SOVIET CHILDREN’S LITERATURE | LOTS 88

404 STEUBEN, CHARLES AUGUSTE, after Napoleon et son fils. S.l., 1844. Large portrait engraving. Framed and matted. 29 1/2 x 25 inches visible. $200-400

405 VON MAYER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH Das Buch Jezira... Leipzig: Reclam, 1830.

Thick 8vo, quarter cloth. First edition. Light wear to boards; ends bumped; seven wax seals to half-title; pages darkened. $200-400

406 BARTLETT, W.H., illus. The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. London: George Viirtue, n.d. 407* CAMPBELL, JOHN A Political Survey of Britain. London: printed for the author, 1774.

2 vols. 4to, contemporary mottled calf. First edition. Ex-library stamp and bookplate; leather bindings worn with hinges cracked but holding; minor to moderate foxing throughout. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 408 (COACHING) A group of five 19th century works (in 6 vols.) on coaching in England.

The Old Coaching Days in Yorkshire. By Tom Bradley. Leeds: Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company, 1889. Down the Road or Reminiscences of a Gentleman Coachman. By Birch Reynardson. London: Longmans Green and Company, n.d. Annals of the Road or Notes on Mail and Stage Coaching in Great Britan. By Captain H.E. Malet. London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1876. Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore: A Picturesque History of the Coaching Age. By Charles G. Harper. London: Chapman and Hall, 1903. 2 vols. Stagecoach and Tavern tales of the Old Nortwest. By Harry Ellesworth Cole. Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Comapny, 1930. Property from a Private Collector $400-600

2 vols. 4to, contemporary 3/4 navy morocco, a.e.g. Profusely illustrated with engraved plates with tissue guards, engraved title and map. Brown staining to a few pages; rubbing to boards; a slightly musty smell. $200-400

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409 (HOGARTH, WILLIAM) HANNAY, JAMES The Complete Works of William Hogarth, in a Series of One Hundred and Fifty Steel Engravings... London: William Mackenzie, n.d.

6 vols. 4to, pictorial brown cloth stamped in orange, black, and gilt, a.e.g. Profusely illustrated with steel engravings throughout. Boards lightly rubbed and soiled; ends and corners bumped; light offsetting from plates to tissue guards; ownership inscription to f.f.e.p., al vols. $100-200

410 LEAR, EDWARD Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets [with] More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. London: Robert John Bush, 1871-1872.

2 vols. in one. 4to, rebound in quarter red morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. First edition. With numerous in-text illustrations. Fading to spine; some leaves lightly soiled and wrinkled; light foxing to endpapers. [Together with:] The Duck and the Kangaroo. Cambridge, MA: (Harvard Printing Office), 1956. Oblong 8vo, publisher’s printed wraps. Facsimile of the original manuscript draft with pen drawings. Corners slightly folded; otherwise fine. $100-200 411 NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What it is Not. London: Harrison, Bookseller to the Queen, [1860].

Thin 8vo, publisher’s brown speckled cloth, yellow endpapers. First edition. Hinges cracked; light wear to boards; intermittent brown spotting. $200-400

412 PALMER, CHARLES A Collection of Select Aphorisms and Maxims; With Several Historical Observations Extractd from the Most Eminent Authors. London: E. Cave, 1748.

Square 4to, contemporary calf rebacked in period style, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. First few pages detached; rubbing to boards. Property from a Private Collector $200-400 413 SHAW, HENRY Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages. London: William Pickering, 1843.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 black morocco over green cloth, a.e.g. Complete with 94 illustrations including the title page and two double-page plates, most of which are beautifully colored. The text is additionally and generously adorned with illuminated initials and other lavish in-text illustrations. First edition. Minor rubbing to the extremities, with the front board of Vol. II almost detached; minor foxing to the page edges, and a few minor defects, remaining relatively clean and bright. $400-600

414* THE SPECTATOR The Spectator. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, n.d.

8 vols. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, engravings. Wear to boards; hinges starting. Property from the Estate of Mr. John Lawler, Orland Park, Illinois $100-200

415* TOPHAM, JOHN Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster. [London] : [Society of Antiquaries], 1795.

Folio, 3/4 morocco with decorative corner embellishments. First edition, complete with nine pp. of printed text and 14 plates, engraved by James Basire from drawings made by John Carter. Wear to boards with edgewear to edges and extremities; plates lightly foxed, mainly marginal, with scattered minor soiling; dampstain to top corner many pages; ex-library stamp and bookplate. Property from the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois $5,000-7,000

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416 WONDERFUL LONDON Edited by John Abcock. London: The Fleetway House, n.d.

3 vols. 4to, original blue gilt-stamped cloth. Profusely illustrated throughout. Hinges tender; rubbing to boards. $50-100

417* (GOLF) EVANS, CHICK Chick Evans’ Golf Book. New York: Thos. E. Wilson, 1921.

8vo, publisher’s cloth. First edition, with 65 illustrations. Signed and inscribed by Chick Evans on the dedication page “To Edwin T. Maynard: with best of best wishes from His close friend Chick Evans.” Minor shelfwear, including a tiny tear to the top of the spine, and minor flecking to the top of the closed page edges. Property of the Frank J. Piehl Estate, Naperville, Illinois $100-200 418 (GOLF) GRIERSON, JAMES Delineations of St. Andrews. Edinburgh: printed for Peter Hill; P. Bower, and Verner, Hood and Sharpe, 1807.

8vo (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches), modern half calf over maroon boards, endpapers renewed. First edition, complete with four engraved plates (three views and a city plan). The index includes the entries “Golfers, company of”, “Golf, history of”, “Golf, nature of”, “Golf balls, how made” and “Golf balls, number made at St. Andrews.” First few leaves strengthened with Japanese tissue; some light soiling to text, with a few tiny tears at several page edges; otherwise very good. Literature: Donovan & Murdoch 270 $1,000-2,000 419 (GOLF) VAILE, P.A. The Soul of Golf. London: Macmillan, 1912.

8vo (8 x 5 5/8 inches), original decorative green cloth binding, t.e.g. First edition, complete with a frontispiece of George Duncan and fifteen additional photographs of famous golfers including Harry Vardon, J. H. Taylor, Edward Ray, James Braid, and J. Sherlock most of which are instructive poses. $150-250

421* (POP UP) JEWISH NEW YEAR A Jewish New Year pop-up card with gilt and handpainted detail, c. 1910. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

422 DALI, SALVADOR Autographed letter signed (“Salvador Dali”), 2pp., s.l., n.d. To an unknown recipient, likely Sergei Denham, the director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1938-1967. Regarding the ballet production of Tristan Fou. Dali wrote the libretto and designed the backdrops and costumes for the production. Tristan Fou, based on Richard Wagner’s opera, Tristan and Isolde, was choreographed by Leonide Massine and premiered at the International Theater in Manhattan in December 1944. The production then toured to London, performing at the Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo. Property from the Estate of Sergei Denham, New York, New York $2,000-4,000 423 DALI, SALVADOR Autographed letter signed (“Salvador Dali”), one page, Paris, June 2, 1938. To an unknown recipient, likely Sergei Denham. Property from the Estate of Sergei Denham, New York, New York $1,000-2,000

424 DALI, SALVADOR Autographed letter signed (“Salvador Dali”), one page, on lined paper, dated 1943, with a small drawing at the top. To an unknown recipient, likely Sergei Denham. Property from the Estate of Sergei Denham, New York, New York $1,500-2,500 425 (BALLET RUSSE) BERMAN, EUGENE A costume design for Icare, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, together with a group of miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Ballet Russe. 12 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Sergei Denham, New York, New York $500-700

426 (BALLET RUSSE) LAMOTTE, BERNARD A group of three set designs, together with a collection of theater prints. Size of largest 10 x 16 inches. Property from the Estate of Sergei Denham, New York, New York $200-400

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