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339 BEMELMANS, LUDWIG Hotel Splendide. New York: Viking, 1941.

8vo, original floral silk covered boards, slipcase. First edition, number 73 of 305 copies of the first edition bound “in the draperies of a famous New York Hotel,” signed by Bemelmans on the limitation page. Slipcase deteriorated; light soiling to boards; ends slightly frayed; bookplate tipped to title page verso; otherwise good. $200-400

340 BURROUGHS, WILLIAM Naked Lunch. New York: Grove Press, (1959).

8vo, publisher’s quarter black cloth, dust jacket. First edition, fourth printing. Inscribed and signed by Burroughs on the f.f.e.p. Fading and light soiling to boards; marginal chipping to jacket. [Together with:] Scattered Poems. By Jack Kerouac. [San Francisco:] City Lights Books, (1985). Small 8vo, publisher’s limp pictorial boards. Inscribed and signed by Allen Ginsberg on p. 5. Light wear to boards. $300-500 341 CAPOTE, TRUMAN In Cold Blood. A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. New York: Random House, (1965).

8vo, publisher’s burgundy cloth, dust jacket, unclipped with “1/66” and “$5.95” price to front flap, black top stain. First edition, stated first printing. Signed by the author to f.f.e.p. Some light foxing; minor edgewear to jacket; otherwise near fine. $600-800

342 THE CHAP-BOOK The Chap-Book Semi-Monthly. Chicago: H.S. Stone, 1895-1897.

5 vols. Complete, comprising Vols. III-VII, May 15, 1895 to January 15, 1897. Vols. III-V (May 1895 to May 1896) 8vo, Vols. V-VI (January 1897 - May 1897) Folio, uniformly bound in full gilt-lettered blue cloth. The Chap-Book Semi-Monthly was distinguished by handsome type-face and design, and included contributions from authors such as Max Beerbohm, Henry James, and John Burroughs, and artists such as Georges Pissarro and Raymond Crosby. Wear and fading to boards; ends bumped; hinges starting. $200-400

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343 (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) TWAIN, MARK Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped brown cloth. First edition, second state. Wear to boards; ends bumped; intermittent brownspotting; hinges starting. $200-400 344 (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) TWAIN, MARK Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth stamped in black and gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, double frontispiece (including portrtait - second state). First American edition, early issue, with cancelled title page, “was” for “saw” on p. 57, illustration at p. 87 incorrectly keyed to p. 88, no final 5 on p. 155, “decided” on p. 9, p. 283 is a conjugate leaf with the corrected engraving, p. 161 signature number lacking, final leaf blank and on a stub, “touched” on p. 58 and broken type on p. 59 “would,” “le” on p. 59, second state portrait by the Heliotype Printing Co., New York, the sculptor’s name on the bust, and no cloth or table visible. Portrait detached; chipping to edges of preliminaries and small tear to frontispieces; pencilled manuscript notation to endpapers. $1,000-2,000 345 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN A group of three first editions comprising, The Wanderings of a Spiritualist. New York: George H. Doran, (1921). 8vo, publisher’s green cloth. First edition. The New Revelation and The Vital Message. New York: George H. Doran, (1918) and (1919). 8vo, publisher’s light green cloth, dust jackets. First editions. $200-400

346 DREISER, THEODORE An American Tragedy. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.

2 vols. 8vo, original quarter cream cloth over blue paper boards. Limited edition, numbered 731 of 795 copies. Signed by Dreiser on the limitation page. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped. [Together with:] The Stoic. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1947. 8vo, publisher’s light blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First edition. Minor marginal chipping to jacket; previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $400-600

347 ELIOT, T.S. A group of 11 books by T.S. Eliot. $100-200

348 ELIOT, T.S. A Song for Simeon. London: Faber & Gwyer, 1928.

Thin 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered grey boards. Number 433 of 500 large paper edition copies signed by Eliot to the limitation page. Minor soiling to boards. $200-400

349 ELIOT, T.S. Animula. Wood engravings by Gertrude Hermes. London: Faber, 1929.

Thin 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered yellow boards. Limited edition, number 364 of 400 large-paper edition copies signed by Eliot to the limitation page. Light soiling to boards. $300-500

350 ELIOT, T.S. Ara Vuc Prec. S.l.: The Ovid Press, 1919.

4to, original black boards and yellow leatherette spine. The first volume published by John Rodker of the Ovid Press, limited edition number 68 of 265 copies. Second volume of poetry published by T. S. Eliot. Hinges starting; four pages with dog-ear creases; rubbing to boards; soiling to spine; lacking paper spine label. $400-600

351* ELIOT, T.S. Ash Wednesday. New York: Fountain Press, 1930.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered blue cloth. First edition, number 376 of 600 copies signed by Eliot on the limitation page. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $400-600

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352 ELIOT, T.S. John Dryden, The Poet, The Dramatist, The Critic. New York: John and Elsa Holliday, 1932.

4to, quarter black cloth over marbled boards, giltlettered spine. Limited edition, 29 of 100 copies signed by Eliot. $100-200

353 ELIOT, T.S. Murder in the Cathedral. Canterbury: H.J. Goulden, Limited, 1935.

Thin 8vo, original grey printed wraps. True first, acting edition for the Festival of the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral. Light soiling and small dampstain to front wrapper; small chip to foot of spine; bookplate tipped to front pastedown. $200-400

354 ELIOT, T.S. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1939).

8vo, publisher’s grey cloth, pictorial orange dust jacket, title-page printed on orange paper. Later American edition without “first American edition” statement to verso of title page. $80-120 355 (ELIOT, T.S.) A group of 11 books by or about T.S. Eliot. $100-200

356 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Doctor Martino and Other Stories. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered blue cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Wear and light soiling to boards; marginal chipping and darkening to jacket; hinges starting. $400-600

357 HELLER, JOSEPH A group of three signed first editions, one first edition. Franklin Center, PA, various dates. (4 total)

Now and Then. From Coney Island to Here, 1998. Closing Time, 1994. God Knows, 1984. Good as Gold, 1979. Unsigned. $100-200 358 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929.

8vo, publisher’s quarter vellum, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. First edition, signed limited issue, number 481 of 510 copies signed by Hemingway on the limitation page. Lacking original slipcase; light soiling and toning to boards; spine foxed; otherwise good. $3,000-5,000

359 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940.

8vo, publisher’s oatmeal cloth, title in black to red spine label, author’s black facsimile signature to upper board, original dust jacket. First edition, first printing, with “A” to copyright page, in first issue dust jacket without photographer’s name below portrait of Hemingway on rear panel. Soiling to boards; marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to head of spine and 1-inch portion lacking from lower left corner of rear panel.

Literature: Hanneman, A18a $800-1,200

360 HUBBARD, ELBERT The Journal of Koheleth, Being a Reprint of the Book of Ecclesiastes. East Aurora, NY: Roycroft, 1896.

8vo, original cream cloth over gilt-lettered paper boards. Limited edition, number 192 of 700 copies. Inscribed by Hubbard to Meredith Nicholson on the limitation page. With decorative initials printed in black and woodcut text borders printed in red. Minor wear and soiling to boards; light offsetting from woodcuts. $100-200

361 HUBBARD, L. RON Mission Earth. Los Angeles: Bridge Publications, 1985-1987.

10 vols. 8vo, uniformly bound in gilt-lettered white leather, a.e.g. slipcased. Showcase edition, number 242 of 250 copies. Light soiling to boards; otherwise fine. $200-400

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362 JAMES, WILL Scorpion: A Good Bad Horse. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1936.

8vo, original black-lettered mauve cloth, pictorial jacket. First edition. $100-200 363 JOYCE, JAMES Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1925.

8vo, publisher’s blue paper wraps pasted to modern blue paper wraps, housed in cloth clamshell case, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, seventh printing, with original advertisements tipped in. Bookplate tipped to front pastedown of case; soiling and marginal chipping to wraps; previous ownership inscription to front wrap; upper right corner of halftitle, title and first advertisement leaf cut; toning to edges of leaves. $300-500 364 JOYCE, JAMES Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1916.

8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped blue cloth, giltlettered spine. First edition, preceding the English edition, which was issued from the American sheets, by two months. Ends bumped; ephemera laid in; pencil notations to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine.

Literature: Slocum & Cahoon, A11 $600-800

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365 JOYCE, JAMES Anna Livia Plurabelle. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-stamped brown cloth, giltlettered spine, t.e.g. First edition, number 69 of 800 copies signed by Joyce on the limitation page. Light wear and fading to boards; ends bumped; previous owner’s pen ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; minor soiling to p. xi; otherwise fine with hinges tight. [Together with:] Original 78 rpm record of James Joyce reading Anna Livia Plurabelle, 1929.

Literature: Slocum & Cahoon, A32 $2,000-4,000

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366* HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST A Song of Speed. London: David Nutt, 1903.

8vo, original green printed wraps, uncut. First edition. Inscribed by Henley on the f.f.e.p. Marginal chipping to wraps. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $100-200

367 KIPLING, RUDYARD Collected Verse. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.

4to, full gilt-lettered limp vellum. One of 500 De Luxe copies signed by the printer and the publisher, this copy unnumbered. Soiling to boards; lacking string ties. $100-200

368* KIPLING, RUDYARD The Phantom ‘Rickshaw and Other Tales. London: A.H. Wheeler, (1890).

8vo, publisher’s illustrated grey wraps. First English edition. Marginal chipping to wrappers with some loss; front wrap threatening to detach; scattered brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $100-200 368A LEWIS, SINCLAIR Two first editions.

Gideon Planish. New York: Random House, (1943). 8vo, publisher’s oatmeal cloth, dust jacket. First printing. Signed by Lewis on the f.f.e.p. Marginal chipping to jacket. The Prodigal Parents. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1938. 8vo, publisher’s blindstamped red cloth, dust jacket. Some wear to jacket. $80-120

369 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. AND WILLIAM H. HOSMER Autographed letter signed (“Henry W. Longfellow”), four pages, on a bifolium, Cambridge, October 20, 1847. Longfellow writes to the poet William Hosmer to tell him how much pleasure his works have given him and to point out how similar he found the prose between Hosmer’s work “The Months” (illeg.) and Longfellow’s at the time unpublished poem “Evangeline,” which he then quotes in part.

Framed together with an autographed letter signed (Wm. H. Hosmer”), one page, double sided, Avon, October 30, 1847. In response to Longfellow’s letter. $200-400

370 (NEWTON, A. EDWARD) A group of 13 books and pamphlets by or pertaining to Edward Newton. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collection $200-400 371 ROTH, PHILIP Portnoy’s Complaint. New York: Random House, (1969).

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered beige cloth, facsimile dust jacket, slipcase. Limited edition, number 498 of 600 copies signed by Roth on the limitation page. Fine. $200-400

372 ROTH, PHILIP The Human Stain. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

8vo, publisher’s quarter black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, pictorial dust jacket. First edition, first printing, signed on the title page. $100-200

373 RUSHDIE, SALMAN Haroun and the Sea of Stories. London: Granta Books, (1990).

8vo, quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Limited edition, number 61 of 251 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Fine. Property of a Palm Beach Estate $100-200

374 SAROYAN, WILLIAM The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1934.

8vo, publisher’s grey boards, with title in black to gilt pastedown, dust jacket price-clipped. First edition, inscribed by Saroyan on the f.f.e.p. $100-200

375 STEINBECK, JOHN The Moon is Down. New York: Viking, 1942.

8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, pictorial dust jacket, unclipped. First US edition, second printing. Signed by Steinbeck on the title page. Ends bumped; marginal chipping to jacket. $200-400 376 (WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE) FROMM, ERICH Sigmund Freud’s Mission. An Analysis of His Personality and Influence. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1959).

8vo, grey cloth lettered in white, dust jacket, clipped. First edition. Inscribed in pencil by Tennessee Williams on the f.f.e.p. with the closing lines of the second act of Sweet Bird of Youth: “You can still get away I can still help you, baby. Thanks but no thank you, Miss Lucy. Somehow, I don’t know how, but somehow, I’ll get her out of St. Cloud. I’ll wake her up in my arms and give her life back to her. Yes, God help me, somehow.” Marginal chipping and light soiling to jacket; ends bumped; pencil inscription lightly faded. $150-250

377 WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE Battle of Angels. Murray, UT: Pharos, 1945.

Thin 8vo, printed paper wraps, in custom chemise and slipcase. Signed by Williams on the half-title. Wear to wraps with marginal chipping and light soiling; otherwise fine. $600-800 378 YEATS, W.B. Autobiographies: Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, and the Trembling of the Veil. New York: Macmillan, 1927.

8vo, quarter blue cloth over brown boards, printed paper spine label and paper label pasted to upper board. Limited edition, number 73 of 250 copies signed by Yeats on the limitation page. With frontispiece and four plates. Minor edgewear; previous owner’s ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

379 YEATS, W.B. Plays in Prose and Verse. New York: Macmillan, 1924.

8vo, publisher’s quarter blue cloth over brown boards, printed paper title labels to spine and upper board, slipcase. Limited edition, number 81 of 250 copies signed by Yeats on the limitation page. Slipcase soiled and deteriorated; bookplates tipped to front pastedown and f.f.e.p. with ghosting to verso; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

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380 (BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS) A group of 13 books about books. $200-400

381 (FIRST EDITIONS) A group of four first editions comprising, The Adventures of Wesley Jackson. By William Saroyan. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1946). 8vo, blue cloth, dust jacket. Smoke and Steel. By Carl Sandburg. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1920. 8vo, publisher’s original boards lettered in red. True Bills. By George Ade. New York and London, 1904. 8vo, decorative blue cloth. More Fables. By George Ade. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone, 1900. 8vo, decorative yellow cloth. $100-200

382 (POETRY) BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRET Poems. New York: James Miller: n.d. [c. 1875]

5 vols. 16mo, contemporary 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-decorated and lettered spines. Engraved frontispiece to vol. 1. Rubbing to boards; previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. $200-400

383 (POETRY) BURROUGHS, JOHN Whitman: A Study. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896.

12mo, original decorative green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. Signed by Burroughs on the title page. $80-120 384 (POETRY) CUMMINGS, E.E. CIOPW. New York: Covici-Friede, 1931.

Folio, publisher’s burlap boards, front cover stamped in silver. First, limited edition, one of 391 copies printed at the Stratford Press and signed by Cummings with a large “C” on the title page in green watercolor. Illustrated from 99 works of art by Cummings. Burlap starting to detach from top half of spine; browning to endpapers; gift inscription to recto f.f.e.p. $200-400

385 (POETRY) FROST, ROBERT A Cabin in the Clearing. (New York): (Spiral Press), (1951).

12mo, original wraps. First edition. Decorations by Leo Manso. Inscribed by Frost between the lines “[comes to you with Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost (Robert Frost crossed out)] much more than that / Robert-who-will-be-seeing-you-soon.” Hervey Allen copy. Wraps reinforced to the interior hinge with tape; wear to corners. [Together with:] Accidentally on Purpose. (New York): (Spiral Press), (1960). Inscribed by previous owners. $200-400

386 (POETRY) HABERLY, LOYD Anne Bleyn and Other Poems by Loyd Haberly. Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1934.

8vo, brown morocco with gilt-stamped device to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine. Limited edition, number 223 of 300 copies. Minor wear to boards; light foxing concentrated at endpapers. $200-400

387 (POETRY) OWEN, WILFRED Poems. London: Chatto & Windus, 1920.

8vo, publisher’s red cloth, printed paper spine label. First edition. Wear and fading to boards; chipping to foot of spine; darkening to some leaves; previous ownership inscription to f.f.e.p.; offsetting from ephemera laid into pp. vi/vii. $400-600 388 (POETRY) TODD, GLEN AND ANDREW HOYEM Shaped Poetry: A Suite of 30 Typographic Prints Chronicling this Literary Form from 300BC to the Present. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1981.

2 vols. Folio, 30 typographically illustrated sheets. Text volume in stiff black paper wraps, 30 sheets loose in stiff black wrappers, accordion folded poem laid in. Housed in black cloth clamshell case. Limited edition, one of 300 copies. Light soiling to case; lacking plexiglass frame; otherwise fine. $500-700

389 (NONESUCH PRESS) A group of three books published by the Nonesuch Press.

A Stitch in Time; or, Pride Prevents a Fall. By James Laver. London, 1927. Thin 4to, marbled boards. Limited edition. Love’s Progress; or, The Education of Araminta. By James Laver. Bloomsbury, 1929. Thin 4to, marbled boards. Limited edition. The Mistress, with Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley, 16181667. Edited by John Sparrow. London, 1926. 4to, brown cloth. Limited edition. $100-200

390* (NONESUCH PRESS) ALIGHIEREI, DANTE La Divina Commedia or, The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English. London: Nonesuch Press, 1928.

Folio, gilt-stamped orange vellum. Limited edition, number 950 of 1475 on Van Gelder. Text printed in two columns with text in Italian and English. Illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli and printed by Daniel Jacomet. Some fading to spine and upper board; minor edgewear; light foxing affecting endpapers. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $600-800

391* (NONESUCH PRESS) BLAKE, WILLIAM The Writings of William Blake. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. 3 vols. [With:] The Life of William Blake. By Mona Wilson. London: Nonesuch Press, 1925, 1927.

Together 4 vols. Uniformly bound in quarter giltlettered vellum over marbled boards. Limited editions, The Writings, being number 900 of 1500 copies, The Life, being 922 of 1480 copies. Light soiling to spines; ends bumped. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $300-500 392* (NONESUCH PRESS) CERVANTES, SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE Don Quixote. London: Nonesuch Press, (1930).

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s full tan pigskin, brown morocco labels to spines, slipcase. Limited to 1,006 copies printed on Cainensis hand-made paper. Light wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $200-400

393* (NONESUCH PRESS) A group of five books published by the Nonesuch Press comprising The Anatomy of Melancholy. By Robert Burton. London, 1925. 2 vols. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. Number 702 of 750 copies. Milton’s Poems. London, 1926. 2 vols. Illustrated by William Blake. Number 1214 of 1450 copies. Love Poems of John Donne. London, 1923. Number 1183 of 1250 copies.

8vo-folio, uniformly bound in quarter gilt-lettered vellum over decorative paper. Illustrated throughout. Light soiling to spines; ends bumped. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $300-500 394* (NONESUCH PRESS) PLUTARCH The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romanes. Translated by Thomas North. London: Nonesuch Press, 1930.

5 vols. 4to, publisher’s brown buckram with printed paper spine labels, t.e.g. Illustrated by T. L. Poulton. Some wear to boards; spines lightly faded; ends bumped. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $300-500

395* (NONESUCH PRESS) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works of Shakespeare: The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Selection of Modern Readings. London and New York: Nonesuch Press, 1929-1933.

6 (of 7) vols. 8vo, original brown niger morocco, giltlettered spines. Limited edition, number 1350 of 1600 sets. Minor rubbing to boards. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $500-700

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396 (NONESUCH PRESS) The Holy Bible reprinted according to the Authorised Version, 1611. London: Nonesuch Press, 1925.

3 vols. Folio, gilt-decorated paper boards, engraved title pages. $100-200

397* (NONESUCH PRESS) The Holy Bible reprinted according to the Authorised Version, 1611. [Together with] The Apocrypha. London: Nonesuch Press, 1924-1927.

5 vols. Folio, uniformly bound in publisher’s giltdecorated boards, gilt-lettered spines. Engraved title pages and head- and tail-pieces by Stephen Gooden. Limited edition, one of 1,000 copies on Japon. Light soiling and wear to boards. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $400-600 398 (PRIVATE PRESS) A group of 27 books published by the Peter Pauper press, with seven other private press publications. $300-500

399 (SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS) The Shakespeare Head Press Booklets, I-VI. London: Shakespeare Head Press, 1905-1906.

4 vols. in one. 12mo, original grey wraps, manuscript title label to spine. Light wear to boards; minor foxing to endpapers. $200-400

400 (POGANY, WILLY) KANOS, IGNACZ Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales. London: George C. Harrap, 1913.

Large 8vo, original tan cloth stamped in yellow, blue and black. First edition, with 16 color plates by Pogany. Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200 401 (RABELAIS, FRANCOIS) PUTNAM, SAMUEL, trans. All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais. New York: Covici Friede, 1929.

3 vols. Folio, quarter brown buckram over brown paper boards, gilt-lettered paper spine labels. Limited edition, number 43 of 200 copies illustrated by Alexander King. Minor wear to boards; light offsetting from some plates. $200-400

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402 (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) INGOLDSBY, THOMAS The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth & Marvels. London: J.M. Dent, 1907.

4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth. With numerous tipped-in color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Wear and fading to boards; marginal chipping to some leaves. $100-200

403 BEARDSLEY, AUBREY The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley. London: John Lane, (1925).

4to, publisher’s light blue cloth. With engraved portrait frontispiece of Aubrey Beardsley from a painting by Jacques Blanche, detached but present, and numerous illustrations throughout. Light soiling to boards; light intermittent foxing; some leaves detached from text block. $100-200

404 (CHILDREN’S) (ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN) A group of four books comprising, The Nightingale. Translated by R.P. Keigwin. Odense: Flensted, n.d. Tales. Translated by R.P. Keigwin. Odense: Flensted, (1971). Seven Tales from Hans Christian Andersen. Edition by Svend Larsen. Odense: Flensted, (1961). The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales. Edited by Lily Owens. New York: Avenel, (1981). $100-200 405 (CHILDREN’S) BARRIE, J.M. Peter & Wendy. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939.

4to, publisher’s yellow cloth lettered in blue, pictorial endpapers. First edition. With 12 tipped in color plates and numerous in-text illustrations by Edmund Blampied. Contemporary unsigned inscription to the half-title, “To Jane/ From Peter & Wendy/ February 1st, 1941.” Light soiling to boards; ends bumped; intermittent foxing. $300-500

406 (CHILDREN’S) BARRIE, J.M. Quality Street. (A comedy in four Acts). London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913.

4to, bound in full gilt-decorated and -lettered vellum. With 21 tipped in color plates and numerous in-text illustrations by Hugh Thompson. Limited edition, number 309 of 1,000 copies signed by Thompson. Soiling to boards at spine and edges. $200-400

407 (CHILDREN’S) DAHL, ROALD A group of four first editions.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1964). 8vo, quarter brown cloth, dust jacket. First edition, third printing, with fiveline colophon. Over to You. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1944). 8vo, red-lettered cream cloth, dust jacket. Switch Bitch. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 8vo, gilt-lettered red cloth, dust jacket. Kiss Kiss. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. 8vo, pink and purple cloth, dust jacket. $200-400

408 (CHILDREN’S) DAHL, ROALD The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. New York: Random House, (1943).

4to, quarter cloth over pictorial boards, decorative endpapers. First edition. With 12 full-page and one double-page color illustrations and numerous black and white vignette illustrations. $100-200

409 (CHILDREN’S) (WALT DISNEY STUDIOS) PINOCCHIO Honest John the Fox, 1939. Gouache on trimmed celluloid applied to a likely original master background in watercolor, with the “Courvoisier Galleries” sticker to the verso. Fine condition. Framed and matted. 8 1/3 x 13 inches. $1,500-2,500

410 (CHILDREN’S) DISNEY, WALT Mickey Mouse Movie Stories. Philadelphia: David McKay, (1931).

Tall 8vo, publisher’s green cloth-backed boards with illustrated pastedown, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Illustrated throughout with a small flip-book animation of Mickey Mouse (on recto) and Minnie Mouse (on verso) in lower corner of each page. $80-120 411 (CHILDREN’S) GOREY, EDWARD The Lavender Leotard: or, Going a Lot to the New York City Ballet. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973.

Oblong 8vo, printed purple paper wraps. First edition, stated first printing. $100-200

412 (CHILDREN’S) SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE The Little Prince. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1943).

8vo, salmon-colored cloth with illustration on front cover, color pictorial jacket. First trade edition, first printing, with 5-line colophon regarding the printing on the verso of the final text leaf, first issue jacket with $2.00 price and 386 Fourth Avenue address on front flap, rear flap blank. Ends bumped; light soiling and marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to head and tail of spine; two repaired tears to spine; otherwise fine. $600-800

413 (CHILDREN’S) A group of 34 children’s books. $200-400 414* BALZAC, HONORE DE Balzac’s Novels. Boston: Hardy, Pratt, 1904.

26 vols. 8vo, 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g. The Tour de France edition, number 561 of 1,250 sets. Numerous engraved plates. Boards detached from some vols.; ends and hinges chipped; offsetting from plates to tissue guards. Property from the Collection of Dan Johnson, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

415* BLAKE, WILLIAM Poetical Sketches. London: Vale Press, 1899.

8vo, original blue-grey boards, paper title label to spine and upper board. One of 210 copies on paper, with wood-engraved frontispiece and ornamental borders to title page by Charles Ricketts. Light soiling to boards; darkening to endpapers. $600-800

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416* (BINDINGS) BRITISH POETS A Complete Collection of the British Poets, from Spenser to Wordsworth... Boston: James R. Osgood, 1870-1878.

120 (of 130) vols. Small 8vo, uniformly bound in 3/4 yellow calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines, red morocco spine labels. Light wear to boards; spines uniformly faded; ends chipped on some vols.; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns. Property from the Collection of Cecille Pulitzer, St. Louis, Missouri $400-600 417 (BINDINGS) CHALMERS, A. The General Biographical Dictionary. London: J. Nichols and Son, et al., 1812-1817.

32 vols. 8vo, contemporary gilt-stamped calf, gilttooled and -lettered spines. New edition, revised and enlarged. Wear to boards; ends chipped and boards detached from some vols.; intermittent light foxing. $300-500

418* (EASTON PRESS) A group of 20 leather-bound books published by the Easton Press. Property from the Estate of Virginia H. Rogers, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

419* (DOUBLE FORE EDGE PAINTING) CHARLES I, KING OF ENGLAND Eikon Basilike: The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings. London: Reprinted for C. and J. Rivington, 1824.

8vo, contemporary gilt-paneled red morocco, giltlettered spine, a.e.g., engraved frontispiece. Fore edges show views of Northumberland House after alterations carried out by the tenth Earl, and Old Northumberland House, then called Suffolk House. Edgewear and fading to spine; offsetting from frontispiece. $300-500

420* (FORE EDGE PAINTING) ROGERS, SAMUEL Poems. London: T. Cadell, 1834.

8vo, contemporary crushed green morocco, gilttooled and -lettered spine, a.e.g. Fore edge depicts a house in a field with a person in the forefront. Light brownspotting mainly affecting endpapers. $200-400 421 (FRANKLIN LIBRARY) A group of 12 books published by the Franklin Library. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, various dates. [Together with:] Five books published by the Easton Press, including: The Oregon Trail. By Francis Parkman. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, (1987), and four others. $200-400

422 (FRANKLIN LIBRARY) A group of 36 books published by the Franklin Library. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, various dates. Property of a Palm Beach Estate $200-400

423* (BINDINGS) HEARN, LAFCADIO The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922.

16 vols. 8vo, original 3/4 brown morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Large paper edition, limited to 750 copies, with a page of manuscript laid into vol. 1 and signed by Setsu Koizumi (Mrs. Lafcadio Hearn). Boards rubbed with some chipping to spine ends; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Estate of Eugene B. Clark Jr., Amarillo, Texas $400-600

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424* (BINDINGS) HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL [Works.] Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, (1892).

15 vols. 8vo, publisher’s quarter vellum over red silk, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines, t.e.g. Artist’s edition, number 609 of 715 copies. Illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures throughout. Light wear to boards with soiling to spines; cloth torn on some vols. $600-800

424A* (BINDINGS) WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF The Poetical Works. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, (1892).

9 vols. 8vo, 3/4 vellum over gilt-stamped red silk, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines. Artist’s edition, number 609 of 750 copies. Profusely illustrated with steel engravings. Edgewear; light soiling to spines. $500-700

425 (BINDINGS) JACKSON, CATHERINE CHARLOTTE [Works.] New York: Grolier Society, n.d. (c. 1900)

14 vols. 8vo, blue morocco with gilt-onlay floral design to spines and borders of boards, t.e.g. Edition des Aquarelles, copy “S” of an edition of 26 copies for England and America. With etched plates in two states throughout. Spines chipped on some vols.; edgewear; otherwise fine. $800-1,200 426* (BINDINGS) PAGE, THOMAS NELSON The Complete Works. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906-1912.

18 vols. 8vo, quarter vellum over tan paper boards, gilt-lettered spines. Limited edition, number 116 of 230 copies with the portrait frontispiece in vol. 1 signed by Page. Soiling to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Richardson and Janice Spofford and the Thomas Edward Wilson House, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

427* (BINDINGS) POE, EDGAR ALLEN The Works. Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1894-1895.

10 vols. 8vo, publisher’s vellum, spines and boards decoratively gilt-stamped with floral design. Large paper edition, number 95 of 250 copies printed for America. Soiling to boards and rubbing to spines; bookplates tipped to front pastedown all vols.; intermittent foxing. $700-900

428* (BINDINGS) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works. Edited by William George Clark and John Glover. Cambridge and London: Macmillan, 1863.

9 vols. 8vo, full red calf, upper board stamped with gilt-armorial design, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g. Illustrated with color and black and white tipped in plates. Property from the Collection of Cecille Pulitzer, St. Louis, Missouri $80-120

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429* (BINDINGS) THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE The Works. London: Smith, Elder, 1894.

25 (of 26) vols. 8vo, 3/4 red leather over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines. Minor wear to boards; light fading to spines; scattered foxing to some vols. Property from the Collection of Dan Johnson, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

430 (BINDINGS) A group of five vellum-bound books, sixteenth and seventeenth-century works. $200-400

431* (BINDINGS) Two books comprising, The Poems of Sir John Suckling. London: Hacon and Ricketts, 1896. 8vo, publisher’s decorative boards. Woodcut border to title page and decorative woodcut initials throughout by Charles Ricketts. One of 310 copies. Light wear to boards; ends bumped. [Together with:] The Most Pleasaunt and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupide & Psyches. London: Hacon and Ricketts, 1897. 8vo, original cream cloth. With decorative woodcut initials and head-pieces by Ricketts. One of 210 copies. Light soiling to boards. $500-700 431A (BINDINGS) A group of 24 leather bound books. $200-400

432 (BINDINGS) A group of 21 leather bound books, including two finely bound. $200-400

433 (BINDINGS) A group of five finely bound books in six volumes.

Brave New World. By Aldous Huxley. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. 8vo, in later full crushed blue morocco by Asprey. First edition. [Together with:] Nineteen Eighty-Four. By George Orwell, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. 8vo, in later full crushed red morocco by Asprey. First edition. Jude the Obscure. By Thomas Hardy. London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1896. 8vo, full green crushed morocco by Bayntun-Rivierie. With etched frontispiece by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. Men at War. Ernest Hemingway, ed. New York: Crown, 1942. 8vo, full black morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Asprey. Democracy in America. By Alexis de Tocqueville. Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1864. 2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 crushed blue morocco. One of 100 large paper copies. Property of a Palm Beach Estate $800-1,200