FINE LIVRES D’ ARTISTES | LOTS 1

268 DANA, RICHARD HENRY Two Years before the Mast. New York: Harper, 1840.

12mo, original tan printed cloth, custom green cloth slipcase and chemise. First edition, second issue. Boards worn with separations at the edges of the spine, neatly repaired, manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. Property from a Private Collector $200-400

269 DEFOE, DANIEL The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: W. Lane, 1790.

2vols. 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered, spine label. With two engraved frontispieces, (and six plates). Boards lightly rubbed and bumped at corners, bookplates tipped in front pastedowns. [Together with:] Another copy. Manchester: J. Gleave, 1816. 8vo, contemporary calf boards starting to detach, others worn. Property from a Private Collector $400-600 270 DEFOE, DANIEL The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. [with] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: W.T. Taylor, 1719.

Part one and part two only (of three) 2 vols. Contemporary calf, third edition, book one, first edition, book two. First issue of book two with verso of A4 blank. With fold out map, frontispiece and four page publisher’s advertisement at the end of book one. Upper board and f.f.e.p. of book one is detached, manuscript ex-libris to title page book one, ware to board with separation at the head and foot of volume two. Property from a Private Collector $1,000-2,000

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274 271 DICKENS, CHARLES Bleak House. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1852-1853.

20 Parts in 19, publisher’s printed wraps, quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition in original parts, with frontispiece vignette title page and 40 plates by H.K. Brown. Parts I-VI and XI lacking all ads; others largely incomplete. Scarce Village Pastor leaflet to part XV and Household Words complete in all but part III. Property from a Private Collector $500-700

272 DICKENS, CHARLES David Copperfield. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1840-1850.

20 parts in 19, publisher’s printed wraps, clothbacked slipcase and chemise. First edition in original parts with engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates by H.K. Browne. Parts I-IX, XI, and XIII-XV collated as complete with all ads (lacking slips in parts X, XII and XVIII; all ads to part XVI; front ads in part XVII; all ads save one slip in parts XIX/XX). Lacking wraps on parts XVI and XIX; part III torn in half. Property from a Private Collector $2,000-4,000

273 DICKENS, CHARLES Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846-1848.

20 parts in 19, publisher’s printed wraps, clothbacked folding case. First edition in original parts, with frontispiece, title and 40 plates by H.K. Brown, dark plate to part XVII. All ads save Man in the Moon slip to part IV present. Professional repairs to some wraps, spines strengthened.

Property from a Private Collector $600-800

274 DICKENS, CHARLES Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855-1857.

20 parts in 19, publisher’s printed wraps, clothbacked folder and drop case. First edition in original parts. Complete with 40 etched plates by H.K. Brown (including dark plates). First issue with Rigaud for Blandois on pp. 469, 470, 472, and 473. Ads largely present, save part II, which is lacking rear ads. Front wrap detached in parts XIX/XX and rear wrap partially detached; all wraps soiled. Property from a Private Collector $800-1,200

275 DICKENS, CHARLES The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1838-39.

20 parts in 19, publisher’s printed wraps, red slipcase and chemise. First edition in original parts. Complete with 40 engraved plates, many first issue points including plates in parts I and II bearing publishers’ imprint, “visiter” for “sister” on p. 123 of part IV, “latter” for “letter” on p. 160 of part V. Lacking ads to parts I-IV, VII, XVII; all others complete. Wraps worn and chipped, with some lacking spines. Property from a Private Collector $1,000-2,000

276 DICKENS, CHARLES Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 18641865.

20 parts in 19, publisher’s printed wraps, custom drop box and chemise. First edition in original parts. Complete with 40 etched plates by H.K. Browne. Ads largely complete (except part VI lacking two ads and two slips in the back; part IX lacking one slip; parts XIV and XIX/XX lacking ads slips after plates). Light chipping to wraps; some loss to spine ends; light edgewear to slipcase. Property from a Private Collector $700-900

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277 DICKENS, CHARLES Great Expectations. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861.

3 vols. 12mo, rebound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First edition in book form, with no mention of later editions to title pages. First issue of volume one; later issues volumes two and three; without publisher’s ads. Spines faded, rubbing to boards. Property from a Private Collector $3,000-5,000 278 DICKENS, CHARLES Oliver Twist or The Parish Boy’s Progress. By “BOZ”. London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

3 vols. 8vo, publishers’ purple cloth with arabesque design, custom slipcase stamped. First edition, first issue, with fireside plate and without Dickens’ name to title page. Boards uniformly faded; hinges started; textblock shifted; some loss to spine ends and corners; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. Property from a Private Collector $1,000-2,000

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279 DICKENS, CHARLES A complete set of first editions of the Christmas Books.

5 vols. 12mo, original cloth (light wear to edges and extremities), custom red morocco gilt felt-lined clamshell case. Comprising: A Christmas Carol, in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First state binding (“D” intact, 14mm margin), green endpapers, half-title printed in blue, title-page printed in red and blue, verso printed in blue, hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech, four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements at the end; The Chimes. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. 12mo, publisher’s red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., advertisement, half-title, engraved frontispiece and first state vignette title page; The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. 12mo, publisher’s red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., half-title, frontispiece and vignette title page, first state ad leaf; The Battle of Life. A Love Story. 12mo, publisher’s red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., half-title, advertisements, frontispiece and second state vignette title page; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 12mo, publisher’s red cloth, yellow endpapers, a.e.g., advertisements, frontispiece and vignette title page. Boards lightly soiled and bumped at corners; bookplate tipped in front pastedowns all vols. Property from a Private Collector $5,000-7,000

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280 DOUGLAS, NORMAN Some Limericks. Privately Printed, 1928.

8vo, original publisher’s cloth. Contains a lengthy dedication inscription and a caricature, signed by Norman Douglas. The spine and edges of the binding are darkened, with minor shelfwear. There is one area where the pages are separating. $200-400

281 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN, SIR The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892, 1894.

2 vols. 8vo, Adventures in original light blue cloth (first state without ??? on the street sign), a.e.g., housed in custom cloth-backed folding case; Memoirs rebound in 3/4 navy morocco, with original dark blue cloth bound in the rear. First editions of both, first issue of Adventures, with “cucaine” for “cocaine” on p. 133. Binding of Adventures shaken, lightly soiled, gilt rubbed; first three leaves detached. Property from a Private Collector $1,000-2,000 282 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN, SIR The Return of Sherlock Holmes. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1905.

8vo, original pictorial black cloth stamped in red and yellow with silhouette of Holmes at the window, mylar wrapper. First American edition. With 13 plates after C.R. Macauley. Penciled inscription to f.f.e.p. dated April 2, 1905. Light rubbing to boards; hinges slightly tender. Property from a Private Collector $100-200

283* DOYLE, CONAN A. The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, 1902.

8vo, original red cloth stamped in black and gilt. First edition, first issue, with “you” for “your” on p. 13. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped; glassine torn; hinges starting. Property from the Estate of Barbara Maggos, Alton, Illinois $800-1,200 284* DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN [Works.] London: John Murray, 1903.

12 vols. 8vo, 3/2 red morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Property from the Estate of Mr. John Lawler, Orland Park, Illinois $100-200

285 DU MAURIER, GEORGE Trilby. London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Company, 1894.

8vo, publisher’s light green cloth. First edition in book form. Light wear to boards; spine ends and corners bumped. Property from a Private Collector $100-200

286 DUMAS, ALEXANDRE Camille [La Dame aux Camelias]. Illustrated by Marie Laurencin. London: The Limited Editions Club, 1937.

4to, publisher’s cream cloth with gilt-floral design to upper cover, t.e.g. Limited edition, number 215 of 1,000 copies signed by the artist.

$100-200

287* ELIOT, T. S. Autographed letter signed (“T.S. Eliot”), one page, on personal letterhead, December 8, 1945, London. To Charles Cyrus Hare, thanking him for his praise of Four Quartets, he states: “They give no less pleasure for being recognized by me as exaggerated, though, like Sherlock Holmes, I am ready to praise myself when I deserve it.” With an original envelope, address docketed by Eliot, and signed. Creased in sixths. [Together with:] correspondence pertaining to the above inquiry from Mr. Hare, through his colleague, Constance Nelson, who writes to Eliot requesting a letter. Property from the Collection of Sybil Virshbo, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 288 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO English Traits. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1856.

8vo, original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Ends and corners bumped; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; light foxing to half-title and title pages; scattered brown spots; contemporary ownership inscription to f.f.e.p. $200-400

289* FIELD, EUGENE Manuscript poem “Madge ye hoyden”, 113 lines or sixteen stanzas. [s.l.], 1887. For M.E. Buskett, on October 10, 1887. Inscribed “By Eugene Field for M.E. Buskett” and dated, lower right corner. 18 x 27 inches. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $600-800 290* FIELD, EUGENE Two autographed letters and an incribed print.

1) Autographed letter signed (“Eugene Field”), one page, Buena Park, May 20, 1894. To Norman Bridge, to whom Field provides Hamlin Garland’s address in Chicago; 2) Autographed letter signed (“Eugene Field”), one page, on Tribunal Editorial Rooms letterhead, April 10, 1882. To ?Clemens?. Framed and matted. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $200-400

291* FIELD, EUGENE A group of 18 limited edition books by Eugene Field and Rosalyn Field, together with a collection of ephemera. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $400-600

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292 FLEMING, IAN A group of nine first editions, comprising The Spy Who Loved Me, London, 1962; Thunderball, London, 1961; Moonraker, London, 1955; For Your Eyes Only, London, 1960; Dr. No, London, 1958; Goldfinger, London, 1959; On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, London, 1969; The Man with the Golden Gun, London, 1965; From Russia with Love, London, 1957.

9 vols. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jackets. Minor fading to dust jackets; all have slightly bumped corners and spines. $1,000-2,000

293 FLEMING, IAN Doctor No. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1958.

8vo, publisher’s black cloth lettered in red, dust jacket (clipped). $100-200 294 GALSWORTHY, JOHN The Forsyte Saga. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1924.

8vo, publisher’s original green cloth, gilt-lettered title, signed by the author on the f.f.e.p. Hinges starting; pages toned; text block shifted; corners bumped. $80-120

295 GREY, ZANE The Call of the Canyon. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1924.

8vo, publisher’s pictorial boards. Hinges starting; chipping to spine ends and spine is faded. Property from a Private Collector $100-200

296 HARDY, THOMAS Jude the Obscure. London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Company, 1896.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth. First edition in book form, with etched frontispiece and map of Essex. Spine ends and corners bumped. Property from a Private Collector $100-200 297 HARDY, THOMAS A group of three pamphlets. A Yuletide in a Younger World. London: Faber & Gwyer Limited,(1927). Small 8vo, 2pp. on bifolium, with printed green wrappers., with custom blue cloth covered chemise and slipcase. Slight toning to edges; The Oxen. s.l.: Hove, 1915. 8vo, 1 pp. on bifolium, original brown printed wraps. Minor toning and small chips to wrappers; Song of the Soldiers. s.l.: Hove, 1915. 2 pp. on bifolium original dark brown printed wraps. Minor toning; corners slightly bumped. $50-100

298 HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER Uncle Remus His Songs the Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881.

8vo, publisher’s red pictorial cloth, butterfly endpapers. First edition, first issue, with ads. at the end and “presumptive” on p. 9. Hinges cracked and starting; loss to spine ends and corners; block shifted; some light staining to interior. $100-200

299 HARTE, BRET The Queen of The Pirate Isle. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. London: Chatto and Windus, [1887].

Thin 8vo, publisher’s illustrated boards, a.e.g. First edition, first issue. Inner hinge cracked; boards soiled with a few damp spots. Property from a Private Collector $80-120

300 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL THOREAU, HENRY D. The House of Seven Gables. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1851.

8vo, publisher’s brown cloth stamped in blind. First edition, first issue, with ads dated March 1851. Spine ends and corners bumped with some loss; text block shifted. Property from a Private Collector $100-200

301 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929.

8vo, publisher’s black cloth, gilt-printed labels to spine and upper board. First edition, first issue, without the disclaimer notice on p. [x], publisher’s symbol device on copyright page. First state jacket, with “Katharine Barclay” on the front flap. Ends slightly bumped; jacket faded and lightly soiled with small dampstain to lower right corner; minor chipping to edges of jacket at spine; darkening to endpapers; previous owner’s notations in pencil to f.f.e.p. $400-600

302 HUXLEY, ALDOUS Autographed letter signed (“Aldous Huxley”), one page, on Rue du Bac letterhead, Paris, [illeg. date]. To an unknown recipient, thanking them for their letter. He states he only has one manuscript in his collection, for the poem “Leda,” since he typically composes his works on the typewriter. He mentions the original typescript of “Point and Counterpoint” with mss notation, currently in the hands of his agents, to whom he directs the recipient. 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches. $200-400

303 JOYCE, JAMES Ulysses. New York: Random House, 1934.

8vo, publisher’s tan cloth lettered in red and black, original dust jacket. First U.S. edition. Dust jacket lightly soiled with repaired tear across and along spine; light soiling to boards; pencil notations to f.f.e.p. $250-500

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304 KIPLING, RUDYARD Captains Courageous. London: MacMillan, 1897.

8vo, original blue cloth stamped in gilt. First edition. Spine ends and corners bumped; text block shifted. Property from a Private Collector $100-200 305 KIPLING, RUDYARD The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book. London, 1894, 1895.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth stamped in gilt, a.e.g. First edition. Light edgewear to boards; textblock shifted slightly. Property from a Private Collector $500-700 306 KIPLING, RUDYARD Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories. Allahbad: A.H. Wheeler, [1888].

Thin 8vo, publisher’s first issue wrappers with “A.H. Wheeler & Co’s Indian Railway No 6 One Rupee” and “Mufid I Am Press LaHore” to upper wrap, housed in custom quarter red morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition, first issue. Wraps chipped, toned and foxed.

Property from a Private Collector $200-400

307 LAWRENCE, D.H., ET AL A complete set of the Woburn Books. London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1928-1929.

18 vols. 8vo (8 x 5 3/4 inches), publisher’s decorative paper-covered boards, each with a matching dust jacket. Beautifully produced limited edition, printed in decorative type, on high quality paper. Each volume was published by the great Scottish printer Robert MacLehose in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, signed by their authors. Minor browning to the endpapers, and minimal foxing scattered lightly throughout the texts; the dust jackets are lightly worn at the extremities, protected in mylar. $800-1,200 308 LEWIS, SINCLAIR Main Street. Illustrated by Grant Wood. Chicago: Limited Editions Club, 1937.

4to, publisher’s grey cloth-backed boards, board slipcase. Limited edition, number 215 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Slipcase worn and starting to separate at the top. $200-400

309 LONDON, JACK The Sea-Wolf. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904.

8vo, publisher’s light blue boards with pictorial with and yellow heading. First edition, second issue, with copyright notice reading “1903, 1904.” Text block shifted; spine and corners bumped. Property from a Private Collector $200-400 310 LONDON, JACK Two first editions.

The Game. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial green cloth. First edition, second issue, with magazine rubberstamp to copyright page. Moderate shelfwear; minor foxing to first and final few pages. Adventure. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial dark blue cloth. First American edition, with publisher’s ads and copyright dated March 1911. Moderate shelfwear; a few pages with small stains at edges; text block shifted. Property from a Private Collector $100-200

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311* LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH Voices of the Night. Cambridge: John Owen, 1839.

12mo, 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, a.e.g. First edition, second issue, with line 10 on p. 78 reading “The arm of Hector and the might.” Property from the Estate of Bernard W. Weitzman, Creve Coeur, Missouri $200-400 312 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH Four first editions.

The Hanging of the Crane. Boston: James R. Good and Company, 1875; The Song of Hiawatha. London: David Bogue, Fleet Street, 1855; Tales of the Wayside Inn. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863; The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. Property from a Private Collector $300-500 313 MELVILLE, HERMAN Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. New York: Harper Brothers Publishers, 1847.

8vo, publisher’s brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt, marbled endpapers, glassine. First American edition, with 16 pp. publisher’s ads. and chart frontispiece. Spine faded and lightly spotted; hinges expertly repaired. Property from a Private Collector $400-600

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314 MELVILLE, HERMAN Moby-Dick or The Whale. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1851.

8vo, publisher’s drab brown cloth with an arabesque design in blind, gilt-lettered spine, yellow endpapers. Thomas Melville copy, with stamped ex-libris to f.f.e.p. and transferred to front pastedown. First American edition, following the English edition by a month and containing some thirty-five passages not present in the English edition (deemed “profane”). Many unsold copies of the first edition were destroyed. With 6 pp. pbs’ ads. Wear to boards, expertly repaired at spine, edges, corners and a few points and upper and lower board; evenly toned at preliminaries with intermittent light brown staining throughout. Property from a Private Collector $10,000-15,000

315 MILLAY, EDNA ST VINCENT Six first editions comprising The harp Weaver and Other Poems. New York, 1923; The Buck in the Snow and Other Poems. New York, 1928; Fatal Interview. New York, 1931; Wine from These grapes. New York, 1934. With dust jacket; Conversation at Midnight. New York, 1937. With dust jacket; Huntsman What Quarry? New York, 1939. With dust jacket.

6 vols., 8vo, dust jackets are toned at spines; corners bumped. $200-400

316 MILLAY, EDNA ST VINCENT The King’s Henchman. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1927.

4to, 3/4 cloth over blue boards, paste down to spine. First edition. Minor wear, hinges starting; paper toned. $200-400

317 MORRIS, WILLIAM The Roots of the Mountains. London: Reeves and Turner, 1890.

8vo, original maroon cloth, printed paper spine label. First edition. With 32 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. Fading to spine; rubbing and chipping to spine label; bookplate and bookseller’s sticker tipped to front pastedown; hinges starting. [Together with:] A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse. London: Reeves and Turner, 1889. 8vo, original maroon cloth, printed paper spine label. First edition. Rubbing and fading to boards; spine label chipped and worn; bookplate and bookseller’s sticker tipped to front pastedown; 31 pp. publisher’s advertisements tipped into rear in facsimile. $600-800 318 O. HENRY The Gift of the Magi. London: George G. Harrap, 1939.

8vo, original publisher’s cloth. First edition. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. The first few pages with minor creases; minor sunning to spine, and minor shelfwear. Property from a Private Collector $80-120

319 ORWELL, GEORGE Two first editions, lacking their dust jackets.

Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker and Warburg, 1949. First edition, original green cloth, lacking dust jacket. Animal Farm. London: Secker and Warburg, 1945. Property from a Private Collector $300-500

320* POE, EDGAR ALLAN Phantasy-Pieces. [Paris]: [George Blumenthal], [1928].

8vo, original black cloth-backed boards with pastedown printed spine label. Rare facsimile of Poe’s own copy of vol. 1 from Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. Spine ends and corners bumped; light chipping and toning spine label; hinges tender; scattered intermittent foxing. Property from the Estate of Denise Selz, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 321* REMARQUE, ERICH MARIA All Quiet on the Western Front. Boston: Little, Brown, 1929.

8vo, publisher’s grey buckram lettered in red and black. First American edition, stated first printing. Soiling to boards; hinges starting; lacking dust jacket. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

322 STEINBECK, JOHN Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking Press, 1939.

8vo, publisher’s illustrated linen boards, dust jacket (in pieces), pictorial endpapers. First edition. Toned spine. $200-400

323 STEINBECK, JOHN Two first editions, comprising East of Eden [and] The Winter of Our Discontent. New York: Viking Press, 1952, 1961. Both 8vo, publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. $100-200

324 STEINBECK, JOHN Three first editions, comprising East of Eden, The Wayward Bus and The Moon is Down. New York: Viking Press, 1952, 1947 and 1942. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, dust jackets. Second printing of Moon of Down. $100-200

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325 STEINBECK, JOHN Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1937.

8vo, original tan cloth stamped in tan and orange. First edition. Lacking dust jacket; boards toned; block shifted. Property from a Private Collector $100-200

326 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Treasure Island. London: Cassell, 1883.

8vo, bound in full blue morocco for Charles Sawyer, gilt vignette of ship to upper cover, a.e.g., original cloth bound in at the end. First edition, with 8pp. of ads dated 5R-12.83, p. 127 without “7” and the Chart of the Island as frontispiece. Spine faded; otherwise fine. Property from a Private Collector $800-1,200 326A STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Kidnapped. London: Cassell, 1886.

8vo, publisher’s red cloth. First edition, first issue, with “business” on p. 40 line 11, “nine o’clock” on p. 64 line 1, and “Long Islands” on p. 101 line 10, and publisher’s advertisements dated 5G. 4. 86 & 5B. 4. 86. Spine faded, with some loss at ends and corners; contents shifted; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; inner hinge cracked; [Together with:] Catriona. London: Casell, 1893. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, and cocked. Front inner hinge is weakened. First edition. Association copy, with the ownership inscription “W. E. Henley September ‘93” on the title page. William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), the poet and man of letters, was an intimate friend of Stevenson. He collaborated with Stevenson on four plays. $100-200 327 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, 1886.

8vo, rebound in mustard cloth with author’s name misspelled “Stephenson,” custom quarter morocco over marbled paper clamshell case, green endpapers with ivy leaf pattern. First English edition. Light intermittent brown spotting. Property from a Private Collector $1,000-2,000

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328 TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD Autographed note signed (“Tennyson”), one page, on Harrington, Freshwater, Isle of Man, letterhead, March 16, 1886. To “Sir Henry.” Framed and matted with an engraved portrait.

Size of note 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches. $200-400

329 TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD Maud, and other Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1855.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth stamped in blind. First edition, later issue, with ads dated August 1855, ad leaf at the end. Includes the first book appearance of The Charge of the Light Brigade. Spine sunned; ends and corners bumped with some loss; intermittent brownspotting. Property from a Private Collector $100-200 330 THACKERAY, W.M. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. London: Smith, Elder 1852.

3 vols. 8vo, publisher’s brown cloth. First edition. Spine ends and corners bumped; cloth faded. Property from a Private Collector $80-120

331 THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857-59.

24 parts, publishers yellow printed wraps, housed in a red cloth-backed folding case. First edition, in original parts, with engraved plates. Property from a Private Collector $200-400 332 [TOLSTOY, LEO] Anna Karenina. In eight parts. Translated by Nathan Haskell Doyle. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886.

8vo, publisher’s light brown cloth, gilt spine, olive green floral endpapers. First American edition and first English edition. Boards bumped at spine and corners; text block shifted. Property from a Private Collector $400-600

333 TOLSTOY, LEO War and Peace, A Historical Novel. Clara Bell translation. New York: William S. Gottsberger, 18861887.

6 vols. Small 8vo, publisher’s brown cloth decorated and letter in black and gilt, brown endpapers, housed in custom slipcases. First edition in English, with all ads present. Light edgewear to spine; otherwise fine. Property from a Private Collector

Literature: Sadleir 3192 $2,000-4,000

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334 WAUGH, EVELYN Brideshead Revisited. Boston: Little, Brown, 1945.

8vo, original red cloth. First American edition, one of 600 copies. Light fading to boards and spine; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; ephemera tipped to f.f.e.p.; ownership stamp to f.f.e.p.; pages slightly toned. $200-400

335* WELLS, H.G. The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted. London: George Bell and Sons, 1908.

8vo, original cloth with pictorial onlay to upper board, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Illustrated with 16 plates. Light soiling to cloth; ends bumped; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; toning to edges of leaves. Property from the Estate of Barbara Maggos, Alton, Illinois $100-200

336 WELLS, H.G. The First Men in the Moon. Indianapolis: BowenMerrill, 1901.

8vo, publisher’s dark blue cloth gilt-lettered with central gilt illustrated cartouche of the moon and stars, illustrated endpaper. First edition, first state binding with “Bowen/Merill” at base of spine, . Complete with 12 inserted black and white plates by Claude Shepperson. $100-200

337 (WILDE, OSCAR; BEAUMONT PRESS) After Berneval. Letters of Oscar Wilde to Robert Ross. London: Beaumont Press, 1922.

8vo (8 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches), vellum spine and decorated paper covered boards. First edition, limited to 75 copies on Japanese vellum of the Edition de Luxe, signed by the publisher and artist on the hand-numbered limitation page, and with three additional woodcuts in the back designed by Randolphe Schwabe not included in other editions. Includes the original publisher’s prospectus. Very minor wear to spine and edges of boards. $200-400 338* WISTER, OWEN The Virginian. A Horseman of the Plains. New York: Macmillan, 1902.

8vo, original tan cloth stamped in red, black, and gilt, lacking dust jacket. First edition. With eight plates by Arthur I. Keller. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped; hinges starting; edges of leaves toned. Property from the Estate of Barbara Maggos, Alton, Illinois $200-400

339 YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER Poems. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.

8vo, original cream cloth elaborately decorated in gilt on both covers by Granville Fell in Art Nouveau style design, gilt-decorated spine. First edition, one of only 750 copies of this first print run. Boards soiled; ends chipped; foot of spine reinforced with tape; portion of spine detached and laid into book at front; previous ownership inscriptions to f.f.e.p.; rear hinge cracked.

Literature: Wade, 15. $400-600

340 (BOOKS ON BOOKS) NEWTON, EDWARD A. An extensive collection of typed letters, signed pamphlets and books. [28 items total]

Signed books include: Newton on Blackstone. Philadelphia, 1937. One of 2,000 copies, signed; A. Edward Newton on Books and Business. (Glen Rock), 1930. One of 325 copies, signed, with TLS; The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections. Boston, 1918. Inscribed by the author to his wife; Derby Day and Other Adventures. Boston, 1937. One 1129 copies, signed; and many others. (full list provided upon request) $600-800

341* (BOOKS ON BOOKS) SMITH, HARRY A Sentimental Library. [s.l.]: Privately Printed, 1914.

4to, original vellum-backed boards. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed to William F. Gable. Includes nine of Gable’s bookplates; his collection was sold by the American Art Assoc. in 1923-1925. [Together with:] Amenities of Book Collecting by A. Edward Newton. Boston, 1918; Adventures in Americana. By Frederick Woodward Skiff. Portland, OR, 1935. One of 800, signed. (3 total) Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200 342

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(LEC) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET Of Human Bondage. New Haven: Limited Editions Club, 1938.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s grey cloth, gilt-lettered green paper spine labels, slipcase. Illustrated with numerous etchings by John Sloan. Limited to 1,500 copies, this being number 215, signed by the illustrator. Light wear to slipcase; spines faded. $100-200

343 (LEC) A group of 11 works in 22 vols. New York: Limited Editions Club, various dates. $200-400

344* (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. Slipcase worn; spines toned. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

345 (NONESUCH PRESS) DICKENS, CHARLES The Nonesuch Dickens. Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1937-1938.

Complete in 25 vols. 4to (10 1/4 x 7 inches), original cloth bindings, most with aftermarket slipcases, with four volumes intensified through recoloring, t.e.g. Limited to 877 copies. Includes “Nonesuch Dickensiana” and the special volume titled “Plate” in which is housed an original woodblock used to make the illustrations, this one being from “The Old Curiosity Shop” and includes a matted impression of that plate. Recolored volumes in blue with spots of paint at page edges and endpapers. $4,000-6,000

346 (NONESUCH PRESS) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works of Shakespeare. New York: Nonesuch Press, 1929-33.

7 vols. 8vo, original terracotta morocco, gilt-lettered spines. Limited edition, limited edition on of 1600 sets. Spines slightly faded. Property from a Private Collector $800-1,200

347* DULAC, EDMUND Dulac’s Fairy-Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. New York: George H. Doran Company, n.d.

4to, publisher’s black cloth with gilt-decorated pictorial pastedown, decorative endpapers. First trade edition, signed by Dulac in purple ink below the frontispiece. A touch of wear to boards edges of the spine and some light scratches to cover. Property from the Collection of Phil Rosette, Troy, Michigan. $200-400

348 (FLINT, WILLIAM RUSSELL) CHAUCER, GEOFFREY The Canterbury Tales. London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1913.

3 vols. 4to, publisher’s vellum gilt, slipcase, green cloth ties. Limited edition, number 107 of 500 copies on handmade Riccardi paper. Illustrated with pictorial titles in blue and black and numerous mounted color plates by William Russell Flint with captioned tissue guards. Vellum toned. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $600-800 349* RACKHAM, ARTHUR Some British Ballads. London: Constable and Company, n.d.

4to, publisher’s vellum-backed gilt boards. Complete with 16 color plates by Rackham. Limited edition, number 377 of 575 copies signed. Vellum soiled; rubbing to boards. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

350* RACKHAM, ARTHUR, illus. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. London: Constable, 1909.

Folio, original vellum gilt. Limited edition, number 239 of 750 copies signed by Rackham. Complete with 40 mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, 10 full-page illustrations in black and white and numerous others in text, title within pictorial border. Boards soiled and lightly bowed; lacking silk tie; hinges tender. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,500 351 (CLARKE, HARRY) POE, EDGAR ALLAN Tales of Mystery and Imagination. London: George Harrap, 1919.

4to, publisher’s vellum gilt. Complete with 24 uncolored plates by Clarke. Limited edition, number 90 of 170 copies, signed by the artist. Boards slightly bowed with minor soiling. Property from a Private Collector $500-700

352* (FLINT, WILLIAM RUSSEL) MALORY, SIR THOMAS Le Morte D’Arthur London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher to the Medici Society, 1910-1911.

4 vols. 4to, publisher’s vellum gilt, each vol. individually slipcased, green cloth ties. Limited edition, number 162 of 500 copies on handmade Riccardi paper. Illustrated with pictorial titles in blue and black and numerous mounted color plates by William Russell Flint with captioned tissue guards. Bookplates tipped in front pastedowns: Arthur H. Reynolds; vellum toned. Property from the Estate of Wilton Jaffee, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

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