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cabinet lots 398 – 441
opposite Lot 421 | A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934. Chicago: Kaufman-Fabry Photographers, n.d. (c. 1934). (detail)
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Lots 398 – 441
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398
(RacKHaM, aRtHuR) aESoP
Aesop’s Fables. London: William Heinemann, 1912.
Full purple morocco, (29 cm tall), decorated in gilt, a.e.g., gilt turn-ins, Hatchards 187 Piccadilly stamped in gilt, spine in six compartments. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates and illustrations throughout by Arthur Rackham. Limited edition, 496 of 1450 copies, signed by Rackham on the limitation page. translated by V.s. Vernon Jones. sunning to spine; hinges starting; corners bumped and rubbed. Property from a Private Collector $600-800
399
(naPoLEon) BaIn, nIcoLSon
A detailed account of the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo: preceded by a short relation of events, attending the temporary revolution of 1815, in France and concluding with the immediate political consequences of these decisive victories. Edinburgh: Printed by Michael Anderson for John Cafrae, 1819. second edition, revised.
three-quarter leather, with marbled boards (19 cm); showing some scuffing and rubbing to joints. Gilt ruling and lettering to spine. With folding colored map as frontispiece; showing professionallymended tear through title, along with smaller open tear to join. Contents complete: xvi, 301, [1] numbered pages; gathered in 6s.
For this enlarged edition, oCLC reports only a single copy (British Library). Property from the Collection of Phil Rosette, troy, Michigan $200-400 400
BauM, L. FRanK
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. Chicago: the Reilly and Britton, 1908.
Publishers blue cloth binding with pastedown illustration, (24 cm tall). First printing with advertisement on verso of half-title listing three titles, pictorial endpapers. First state binding with the Reilly &/ Britton Co. Hinges tender; ends and corners bumped; wear to boards. Property from a Private Collector $150-250
401
BELLoW, SauL
Humboldt’s Gift. New York: Viking Press, [1975]. First edition.
original publisher’s boards, (24 cm tall), printed dust jacket. Signed by the Author on the f.f.e.p. Sunning to spine of jacket; wear to jacket; otherwise fine condition. Property from a Private Collector $100-200
402
(BInDInG) BuRY, J. B.
A history of Greece. London: Macmillan, 1902.
two volumes. three-quarter leather over cloth boards, with elaborte spine ornamentation. $100-200 403
DEFoE, DanIEL
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: W. Lane, 1790.
2vols. 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. Property from a Private Collector $200-400
404*
caRLYLE, tHoMaS
The French Revolution, A History. London: Chapman and Hall, 1910.
2 vols. Publisher’s quarter vellum over gilt-lettered cloth boards, (gilt-lettered spine. Profusely illustrated by Edmund sullivan with black and white plates. Limited edition, number 61 of 150 copies, signed by sullivan. Light soiling to boards; hinges a touch tender. Property from the Collection of Phil Rosette, troy, Michigan. $100-200
404A
coLBY, cHaRLES
The World in Miniature: With Descriptions of every Nation and Country. Together with a Treatise on Physical Geography. Western Hemisphere. New orleans: Arthur B. Griswold, 1857. Gold-stamped black leather binding. (19 cm tall) All colored maps present. $300-500
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405*
DIcKEnS, cHaRLES
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form.
8 vols. Brown half morocco over marbled boards, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 41 plates (43 illustrations altogether); front and back boards detached; rubbed; edgeware; pages toned. Property from the Estate of Ann t. Downey, Palm Beach, Florida $200-400
406
DoYLE, aRtHuR conan
The Hound of the Baskervillles. George Newnes, Limited: London, 1902.
original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. (19 cm tall) First edition, first issue, with “you” instead of “your,” page 13, line 3. Illustrations by sidney Paget. Previous owner’s ex-libris in pencil to f.f.e.p.: Keton House [and] [illeg.] Jenny; blind stamp “W.H. smith and son, London.”Hinges starting; spine faded with a few tears to the ends; brown spotting to endpapers; text block shifted; thumb print to fore edge one page. Property from a Private Collector $800-1,200 407
FIELDInG, HEnRY
The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.. With the Life of the Author. London: A. Millar, 1762. 409
MILLS, JoHn
The Stage Coach. London: Henry Colburn, 1843. First edition.
8 vols. Contemporary calf (21 cm tall) rebacked in period style, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. second edition, issued simultaneously with the “first,” with engraved portrait of Basire after Hogarth to vol. 1. Boards rubbed and corners bumped; minor intermittent foxing and a few marginal ink stains; endpaper toned; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns: D. Garnett. Property from a Private Collector $150-250
408
JoHnSon, SaMuEL
A dictionary of the English language... London: Printed for J. Knapton et al, 1756.
2 volumes. Contemporary calf (20 cm tall) rebacked and restored, gilt-lettered spine. second abridged (8vo) edition. Hinges tender on vol. 1; title pages of both volumes toned; wear to boards of both volumes; gilt lettering rubbed off almost entirely on both volumes. Property from a Private Collector $400-600 3 vols. Bound in three quarter red morocco, (19 cm. tall), t.e.g. Illustrated with nine engraved plates by standfast. Light browning to spines, light loss of gilt to the spine decorations. Light foxing to the first and final pages; toning to the plates; light foxing to page edges; small ink notation on f.f.e.p. Property from a Private Collector $100-200
410
PaLMER, cHaRLES
A Collection of Select Aphorisms and Maxims; With Several Historical Observations Extractd from the Most Eminent Authors. London: E. Cave, 1748.
Contemporary calf (24 cm tall) rebacked in period style, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. First few pages detached; rubbing to boards; corners bumped and rubbed; foxing. Property from a Private Collector $100-200
411
PoE, EDGaR aLLan
Tales of Mystery and Imagination. New York: tudor Publishing, 1933.
Black cloth, (27 cm tall), spine lettered in gilt, pictorial cover label by Morella, decorative jacket. First American Edition Illustrated by Harry Clarke with 8 tipped-in color plates and 24 black and white illustrations by Clarke, including tipped-in color frontispiece. In original box. Wear to jacket and box; hinge starting; pages lightly toned. $200-400
413
412*
(WHIStLER, JaMES McnEILL) PEnnELL, J anD E. R.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1908.
2 vols. 4to, publisher cloth. Property from the Collection of Phil Rosette, troy, Michigan $100-200
413
tEnnYSon, aLFRED
A set of 15 uniformly-bound works by Mansell, mostly first editions. London: various publishers, 1855-1893.
3/4 morocco over marbled boards (18 cm. tall), with top edges gilt. Each volume with armorial bookplate of Robert Ellis Cunliffe. Comprising: Maud and other poems, 1855; The holy grail, 1870; Gareth and Lynette, 1872; Queen Mary, 1875 (Lacks half title and advert); Harold, 1877; Lover’s Tale, 1879 (First published edition); Ballads and Other Poems, 1880; Becket, 1884 (First published edition); Tiresias, 1885; Locksley Hall Sixty Years After, 1886; Idylls of the King, 1888 (second edition); Demeter and Other Poems, 1889; Death of Oenone, Akbar’s Dream, and Other Poems, 1892; Poems by Two Brothers, 1893. Property from a Private Collector $800-1,200 414
tWaIn, MaRK
Collection of four works by Mark twain consisting of (1) Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. New York: Webster, 1889. original publisher’s cloth. First edition, second issue. Inner hinges are weakened; (2) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Webster, 1885. three quarter leather binding. First edition. Contains numerous in-text llustrations after E. W. Kemble and a photogravure of Karl Gerhardt’s portrait bust of Clemens (here without tablecloth visible). of the three changes introduced after the first printing of 30,000, they are present here in the first and uncorrected state. those changes are at p. 13 the erroneous page reference “88” was changed to “87”; at p. 57 the misprint “with the was” was corrected to “with the saw”; and at p. 9 the misprint “Decided” was corrected to “Decides”. of the traditional issue points, this copy has p. 155 with the final 5 lacking, and the suggestive illustration on page 283 has been modified. Previous owner’s name stamped several times on the front endpapers; (3) Prince and the Pauper. Boston: osgood, 1882. original publisher’s green cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt. First American edition with the Franklin Press imprint on the copyright page and correct number of blank leaves. Red pencil annotation on copyright page, and a few pages with tiny stains; (4) Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American, 1870. First edition, second or mixed issue. original publisher’s cloth with stamped gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine and front cover. Identification points: Page numbers are given in the “Contents” and last entry on p. xviii reads “thankless Devotion - A Newspaper Valedictory - Conclusion.” this edition has the engraved portrait of Napoleon III on p. 129. Heading on p. 643 is “Chapter LXI”. Advertisement for “Personal History of Ulysses s. Grant” appears on the fourth page of advertisements. Edgewear; corners rubbed and bumped; light foxing to endpapers. Property from a Private Collector $800-1,200 415*
(REnoIR, PIERRE auGuStE) VoLLaRD, aMBRoISE
AMRoIsE VoLLARD, PARIs, 1919 La vie et l’oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Paris: Chez Ambroise Vollard, 1919.
original printed paper wrappers (33 cm) tall. Limited edition, number 946 from a total edition of 1,000. With original Renoir etching as frontispiece entitled Femme Nue, (also titled “Baigneuse Assise”) and bears Renoir’s stamped signature. Includes 51 full-page engraved plates after Renoir. Inscribed in ink on the f.f.e.p. by L. ( Lucien) Vollard to Erich Chlomovitch (Erich slomovic) “ A. M Erich Chlomovitch ami d’Ambroise Vollard je dedicace ce livre en souvenir de l’ auteur.” toning to paper wrappers; spine/backstrip entirely split and loose; binding starting. Property from the Estate of Denise selz, Chicago, Illinois $600-800
416*
(LIMItED EDItIonS cLuB) WaRREn; o’nEaL
All the King’s men. [New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1989.
2 volumes. original black levant over beige linencovered boards, (30 cm tall0 gilt-lettered spines, slipcase. Illustrated with photogravures by Hank o’Neal. Limited edition number 47 of 600 copies. signed by the author and the illustrator at the colophon. Light wear to spine of vol.2; light wear to slipcase; otherwise fine condition. Property from the Estate of John B. Henes, Menominee, Michigan $400-600
421
417
WHItMan, WaLt
November boughs. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1888. First edition. Maroon cloth boards (23 cm. tall), with gilt lettering to spine and gilt-stamp design to front board. Illustrated with surreal frontispiece of Whitman. 140 numbered pages, followed by one page of ads. Property from the Collection of Phil Rosette, troy, Michigan $100-200
418
(ScIEncE) WIEGLEB, JoHann cHRIStIan
Die Naturliche, aus allerhand belustigenden und nützlichen Kunststücken bestehend.Berlin and stettin: Friedrich Nicolai, 1782.
20cm, full calf, marbled endpapers, 12 folding engraved plates depicting apratus, describes experiments with electricity, magnetism, optics, chemistry, mechanics, hydrostatics, numbers, economics, cards. Wear to boards; corners bumped. $400-600
419
YEatS, WILLIaM ButLER
The variorum edition of the poems of W. B. Yeats. New York: the Macmillan Company, 1957. signed by the author on the limitation page.
Publisher’s cloth boards (24cm tall) with gilt lettering at spine, slipcase. Limited edition number 449 of 825. toning to slipcase; light sunning to spine; otherwise fine condition. Property from a Private Collector $800-1,200 419A
HaLL, JaMES noRMan and noRDHoFF, cHaRLES BERnaRD
The Lafayette Flying Corps. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
2 vols., in slipcases. 8vo., original blue cloth, stamped in gilt, t.e.g. In original jackets, with printed spines; tape repairs to corners, short tear to one spine. Color frontispieces, nearly 400 illustrations from photographs throughout, ex-libris stamp to front endpaper. Jackets toned; jackets chipped.
From the library of Dr. Gros, an American doctor in Paris who was instrumental in organizing the Lafayette Escadrille, and is pictured on page 70 of Volume I. $800-1,000
420
(BInDInGS) WoRLD WaR II
Group of four volumes relating to World War II previously belonging to Carl A. Kroch. Comprising The United States Navy in World War II. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. 8vo, bound in full blue morocco, gilt turn-ins, onlay leather designs on upper and lower covers, t.e.g. [With] The Game of the Foxes. New York: David McKay Company, 1972 (later printing). 8vo. dark green full morocco, t.e.g.[With]The United States Marine Corps in World War II. New York: Random House, 1969. 8vo, full brown morocco, gilt lettering at spine. [With]The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. 8vo, full blue morocco, gilt stamped seal of United states Navy to top board,marbled endpapers, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g. three of the four volumes have Kroch’s ex-libris stamp to front pastedown. Known as the “Book Baron,” Kroch was a legendary Chicago bookseller. the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University is housed in the library named in his honor. All in fine condition. $300-500 421*
(cHIcaGo, cEntuRY oF PRoGRESS)
A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934. Chicago: Kaufman-Fabry Photographers, n.d. (c. 1934).
Full blue pebbled leather, (36 cm tall), giltdecorative spine, silk endpapers, slipcase. Album of photographs of the Century of Progress fairgrounds. Presentation copy to silas H. strawn, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Montgomery Ward and a guarantor of gold notes issued to finance the Century of Progress. (Bishop & Gilbert, Chicago’s Accomplishments and Leaders, 1932). Upper board detached; some spotting to photographs; slipcase worn and separating. Property from the Estate of Frank J. Piehl , Naperville, Illinois $800-1,200
422
SPuRGEon, cHaRLES HaDDEn
Black and white photograph portrait of spurgeon signed and inscribed in black ink (“Yours truly, C. H. spurgeon”) on bottom center of mat, n.d.
Charles Haddon spurgeon was a British Particular Baptist preacher. spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the “Prince of Preachers”. Mat is toned; waterstaining on all edged and verso of mat. (45 x 37 cm) $100-200
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423
tHERESIa, EMPRESS MaRIa
Document signed (“Maria theresia”). one page on vellum with paper seal affixed to center. Vienna, July 31, 1767. Granting the order of st. Francis the right to levy alms once every seven years throughout her province of the Netherlands. Countersigned by A. Gle. Lederer. With original waxed-paper wrappers. (53 x 70 cm.) toning to vellum along fold lines; wear to waxed-paper wrappers along folds.
Property from a Chicago Collector, Formerly of Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200
424
cuRtIS, EDWaRD SHERRIFF after
Group of four photogravures. Yakotlus-Quatsino (Profile), plate 346. From the copyright photograph 1914 by E. s. Curtis. Photogravure John Andrew & son. on laid paper. Framed and matted; A Cree Woman, plate 627. From the copyright photograph 1926 by E. S. Curtis. Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge, Mass. on Japon Vellum. Framed and matted; Moss for the Baby-Bags-Cree, plate 625. From the copyright photograph 1926 by E. s. Curtis. Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge, Mass. on Japon Vellum. Framed and matted; [and] Soyaksin-Blood, plate 651. From the copyright photograph 1926 by E. s. Curtis. Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge, Mass. Japon Vellum. Framed and matted. (size of largest: 56 x 45 cm.) $800-1,200
425
cuRRIER & IVES
Lake Lugano, Italy. New York, c. 1858.
Lithograph with hand-coloring. Framed and matted. (46 x 59 cm). Fine condition. $1,000-2,000 426
cuRRIER & IVES
Arguing the Point. New York, 1855. Lithograph with hand-coloring. After A.F. tate. Framed and matted. (50 x 64 cm.)
Literature: No. 28 on the list of New Best Fifty Large Folio Currier & Ives prints. $2,000-4,000
427
(MaP) BEauRaIn, cHEVaLIER DE
Carte des Camps de Leuse et d’Hauterive les 17 et 20 May 1690. [1776].
Hand-colored engraved map from Histoire Militaire de Flandre depuis l’Annee 1690 jusqu’en 1694 ...second edition. tome 1, plate 4. this is an important historical source concerning the Nine Years’ War 1688-1697. Framed and matted. Lightly toned; otherwise fine condition. sight: $100-200
428
(MaP) BLaEu, Joan
Episcopatus Balbastrensis, Ribagorca Comit. et Sobrarbe cum Adjacentibus. Amsterdam: 1664.
Hand-colored engraved map depicting the Aragon and Catalonia regions of northeastern spain, along the southern French border. French text on verso. Matted and framed. Light foxing; otherwise fine condition. (sight: 39 x 53 cm.) $200-400
429
(MaP) [BLaEu, Joan]
ArÇobispado de Caragossa. [Amsterdam]: [1664].
Hand-colored engraved ecclesiastical map depicting the Zaragoza region of spain. Framed and matted. (sight: 44 x 54 cm.) $200-400 430
(MaP) caREY, HEnRY cHaRLES; LEa, ISaac
Geographical, Statistical and Historical Map of North America [Philadelphia], c.1822.
Hand-colored engraved map of North America from Carey and Lea’sA Complete Historical, Chronological, And Geographical American Atlas. the map is surrounded by columns of text describing the boundaries, topography, Native Indians, and the history of the settlement of North America. Drawn by J. Finlayson and engraved by J. Yeager. Foxing; offsetting; lightly cockled. (sight: 44 x 55 cm) $200-400
431
(MaP) HonDIuS, JoDocuS
Nova Africæ Tabula Auctore Jodoco Hondio from Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae. Amsterdam, 1606.
Hand-colored engraved map of Africa. this was Hondius’ second map of Africa and was based on Mercator but the coastline, particularly of Madagascar, was considerably altered. Jodocus also made improvements in the Cape area. French text on verso. Matted and framed. tonig to edges; closed tears at top and bottom of center fold; light foxing; pencil notations on verso. (sheet size: 47 x 56 cm.) $600-800
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432
(MaP) oRtELIuS, aBRaHaM
Itala nam tellus GRAECIA MAJOR erat. Ovid 4. Fast. [Amsterdam], c.1600.
Hand- colored engraved map depicting the part of Italy that was formerly called Graecia Major or Magna Graecia i.e the “foot” of the Italian boot reaching up to Paestum south of Naples. seen from the West. All names in Latin. With three cartouches one of which contains a special map of the so-called “Diomedeae” Islands off the coast of Mount Gargano in Apulia. Framed and matted. (34 x 48 cm.) $400-600
433
(MaP) SEuttER, MattHIEu
Le Royaume de France Fait conforme aux Cartes... Augsbourg, 1734.
Hand-colored engraved map depicting France and swabia, the southwest portion of Germany. Cartouche at lower left corner decorated with characters symbolizing war, arts, commerce and agriculture. text at uper right corner reads “Description of the Kingdom of France presented to Roy January 1, 1734 ... “ Unframed. Binding holes present along left edge, small tear at center right edge, center crease. (52.5 x 62 cm.) $400-600
433A
(MaP) RaMM, n.a. and MuntHE, G.
Kart over Grevskabernes Amt. Paris: 1832.
Copper-engraved map depicting the counties of Norway. the map is in 12 segments backed with linen. Framed. $400-600
434
(BotanItcaL) BESLER, BaSILIuS
I. Nerion flore rubro, II. Fructus Nery. Hand-colored engraving from Hortus Eystettensis. Nurenberg, c.1620. Framed and matted. (sight: 47 x 30 cm). Paper toned; minor cockling at lower edge. $200-400 435
DuRER, aLBREcHt
(German, 1471-1528) The Fanatical Falcon and Dog Lover (from Ship of Fools), 1511. woodcut 19 x 13.5 cm. $800-1,200
436
(natuRaL HIStoRY) BRooKSHaW, GEoRGE
Apricots-White and Red Masculine/Orange Turkey, plate 22. Etching with hand-colored aquatint from Pomona Britannica; or, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits. London: c. 1817. Framed and matted. Fine condition. $400-600
437
(natuRaL HIStoRY) GouLD, JoHn
Group of two prints consisting of Thalassidroma Leachii, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel. [together with] Actodromas Minuta, Little stint. Both are handcolored lithographs fromThe Birds of Great Britain, c.1863. Binding marks along bottom edges of both prints, otherwise fine condition. $400-600
438
(auDuBon, JoHn JaMES, after) BoWEn, J.t.
Meriones Americanus, Jumping Mouse, plate LXXXV, no. 17. Engraving with etching, aquatint, and hand-coloring from The viviparous quadrupeds of North America, 1845-1854. Matted (55 x 69 cm.). Lightly toned; binding holes along top edge. $200-400 439
Group of three hand-colored lithograph prints from the octavo edition of The Quadrupeds of North America. c. 1850. Consisting of Collies Squirrel, plate CIV, no. 21, Cat Squirrel, plate XVII, no. 4. Printed by Nagel & Weingaertner (New York) [together with] Douglas Squirrel, plate XLVIII, no. 10. All are matted. Light toning; light foxing. 26 x 18 cm. $200-400
440
(natuRaL HIStoRY) SELBY, PRIDEauX JoHn
Group of two prints consisting ofSanderling, plate XXXVI with J. Whatman 1827 watermark [together with] Spotted Crake, Baillons Crake and Little Crake, plate XXX* (30A) with J. Whatman 1839 watermark. Engravings with etching and handcoloring from Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1833 (text volumes); London: Henry G. Bohn, 1841 (plate volumes). Binding marks at left edge of both prints; otherwise fine condition. $100-200
441
WILSon, aLEXanDER
Ring Plover, Golden Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, plate 59. Copper engraving with hand-coloring from American Ornithology, Philadelphia 18081814. small losses to top left and lower right corner; lightly toned; lined with Japanese tissue. [together with] Red Backed Snipe, plate 56. Copper engraving with hand-coloring from American Ornithology, Philadelphia 1808-1814. All are matted. All in fine condition. Both matted. Light toning to paper; binding holes noted at bottom. (size of largest: 28.5 x 37 cm.) $200-400
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