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lots 77-171
77 a’BEcKEtt, gilbert abbott (1811-1856). The Comic History of England. -The Comic History of Rome. London: Punch, 1846-1848.
2 works in 3 volumes, 8vo (220 x 140 mm). Half-titles (printed in red for England), titles printed in red and black, 19 hand-colored engraved plates, numerous woodcut and steel engraved illustrations throughout SIGNED BY DE COVERLY. (Some minor spotting or browning, one leaf with a small hole repaired to Rome volume not affecting text.) Uniformly bound FROM THE ORIGINAL 20/19 AND 10/9 PARTS in red crushed levant, sides with elaborate foliate border gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt-lettered in two, the rest decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (some very minor wear, joints and spine ends discreetly reinforced). FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUES, BOUND FROM THE ORIGNAL PARTS.
England volumes COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL WRAPPERS AND ADVERTISEMENTS as called for by Abbey with the following exceptions: Part 5 back wrapper with “The Comic History of England” on the inside and “Rowland’s Unique Preparations” on the outside; lacking advertisement to part 1. Rome volume with the front wrappers to parts 5 and 7, and the back wrapper to part 7 only. Abbey Life 434, 435.
Provenance: D. Paterson (signatures to wrappers of England parts); George Browning Anderson (bookplates).
$700-900
78*
[afRIca].
BUCKINGHAM, James Silk. Travels in Mesopotamia. London, 1827. 2 volumes, 8vo. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION. -- EDMONSTONE, Archibald. A Journey to Two of the Oases of Upper Egypt. London, 1822. 8vo. ORIGINAL BOARDS. FIRST EDITION. -- SHABEENY, Abd Salam and James Grey JACKSON. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa. London, 1820. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. --Together, 3 works in 4 volumes, condition generally fine.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$500-700
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80 79 alBInus, Bernard siegfried (1697-1770). Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii. Leiden: Johann and Hermann Verbeek, 1761.
Folio (435 x 270 mm). Half-title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 47 plates with duplicates in outline (totaling 89). (Lacking engraved frontispiece, a few plates disbound, some minor spotting or soiling.) Contemporary boards, modern leather rebacking (some overall wear to boards). Second edition. Eustachius finished his copper plates in 1552, but only a few were published in his lifetime. The plates were rediscovered and published in full in the first edition (Rome, 1714).
Provenance: H.W.T. Seemoller (signature on title, signature dated 1832); Fr. Michaelsen (signature dated 1842); Maday Pista (stamp on flyleaf and verso of title); four other illegible signatures, three dated (1932, 1947, and 1956).
$600-800
80 [dantE alighieri (1265-1321)]. Sonetti e’ Canzoni di diversi antichi autori Toscani in dieci libri raccolte. Florence: heirs of Filippo Giunta, July 1527.
Small 8vo (152 x 95 mm). Woodcut printer’s device on title-page and verso of final leaf. (Lacking q8, some light spotting or browning, minor dampstain to outer margin of a few leaves.) Modern green crushed levant (some light wear). Second and most complete edition of this 14th-century collection of Italian poets, including the first edition of Dante’s Canzoniere, and edited by Bernardo Giunta and others. From the personal Fable collection of Kenneth McKenzie (see Kenneth McKenzie, “Some Remarks on a Fable Collection,” Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.4, June 1944). EXTREMELY RARE: according to online sale records, only two copies of this work have appeared on the market at auction in the last 35 years. Adams T-1213.
Provenance: Cesaris Quirone? (early signature on title-page); A.S. (manuscript initials on title-page): Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949) American Professor and Italian Literature scholar (signature and bookplate).
$1,000-2,000
81*
[thE aMERIcas].
HAMILTON, John Potter. Travels Through the Interior Provinces of Columbia. London, 1827. 2 volumes, 12mo. Contemporary half morocco. FIRST EDITION. -- HIPPISLEY, Gustavus. A Narrative of the Expedition ot the Rivers Orinoco and Apure, in South America. London, 1819. 8vo. Contemporary half calf gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- HUTCHINSON, Thomas Joseph. Two Years in Peru, with Exploration of its Antiquities. London, 1873. 2 volumes, 8vo. Publisher’s red cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- LEWIS, Matthew Gregory. Journal of a West India Proprietor, Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica. London, 1834. 8vo. Contemporary green cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 4 works in 6 volumes, condition generally fine.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$700-900
Lot 82 [aRchItEctuRE] - RaPhaEl sanzio d’urbino (1483-1520). Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano. Rome: Marc Pagliarini, 1772.
Volume I only (of 3), broadsheet folio (text leaf 752 x 468 mm, plates approximately 1130/478 x 453/1356 mm, binding 665 x 460 mm). Engraved plate with title, text leaf printed within a double-rule border, 17 engraved folding plates (one printed on 3 sheets, the rest printed on 2 sheets). (Some very pale spotting.) Contemporary paste-paper covered paper-backed boards, manuscript label on upper spine (some chipping to spine and light wear to extremities). Numerous works were published in the 17th century to illustrate Raphael’s work, but “the present work was the first to attempt to show all the decoration of the pilasters and pillars” (RIBA). A FINE WIDE-MARGINED COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING.
$3,000-4,000
83*
[aRtIc and PolaR].
DAVIS, CHARLES HENRY. Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. Washington, D.C., 1876. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. [With:] HALL, Charles Francis. Arctic Researches and Life Among the Equimaux. New York, 1866. 8vo. Publisher’s red-brown cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, condition generally fine.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$200-300
84*
[asIa].
LANTIER, Etienne-Francois de. The Travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia. London, 1799. 3 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION in English. -- O’DONOVAN, Edmund. The Merv Oasis. London, 1882. 2 volumes, 8vo. Publisher’s brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- ROSS, John. History of Corea. Paisley, [ca 1879]. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco. -- Together, 3 works in 6 volumes, condition generally fine.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$500-700
85 BaKER, Richard, sir (1568-1645). A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of ye Romans Government unto the Death of King James. London: for H. Sanbridge and others, 1684.
Folio (340 x 215 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title. (A few minor stains, a few mostly marginal tears repaired occasionally touching letters.) 19th-century tan morocco, triple fillet border gilt surrounding central lozenge panel gilt surrounding the gilt arms of John Lumley-Savile, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest elaborately gilt, edges gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY HERING (some minor scuffing to extremities, joints starting). Eighth edition, updated to include Charles I and Charles II. After Charles Hering’s death in 1815, his family carried on his firm’s name and moved to the Newman St. address (as here), where the firm operated until 1845.
Provenance: John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarborough (1788-1856) member of Parliament (binding, Rufford Abbey library label); M. Day (signature dated 1952).
$500-700
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86 BaRRoW, John (1764-1848). Travels in China. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806.
4to (257 x 205 mm). Hand-colored engraved portrait frontispieces, 7 engraved plates (4 hand-colored, watermarked 1804). (Some minor spotting, light offsetting.) Contemporary marbled calf (rebacked, preserving original spine). Second edition. “As a writer Barrow is best known for his Mutiny on the Bounty (1831) but, during his lifetime, his accounts of his travels in eastern Asia and southern Africa, published between 1801 and 1807, were better known and more influential” (DNB). Abbey Travel, 531n.
Provenance: Sold Sotheby’s London, 15 November 2001, lot 371.
$400-600
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87
BauM, frank l. (1856-1919) and Ruth Plumly thoMPson (1871-1976). -- John R. neill (1877-
1943), illustrator. A group of 6 later editions of the Famous Oz Stories, comprising:
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz. -- The Road to Oz. -- Glinda of Oz. -- Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. -- Ozma of Oz. -- The Tin Woodman of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [1907-1929]. Uniformly bound in various colored cloth with pictorial labels on upper cover, condition generally fine.
$150-250
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88 BEnthaM, Jeremy (1748-1832). A sammelband of 11 political and legal tracts, comprising:
Jeremy Bentham to His Fellow-Citizens of France on Houses of Peers and Senates. London: Robert Heward, 1830. -- Jeremy Bentham to His Fellow-Citizens of France on Death Punishment. London: Robert Heward, 1831. -- The Book of Church Reform: Containing the Most Essential Part of Mr. Bentham’s “Church of Englandism Examined,”&c. London: Robert Heward, 1831. -- Parliamentary Candidate’s Proposed Declaration of Principles. London: Robert Heward, 1831. -- Emancipate Your Colonies! Addressed to the National Convention of France, A* 1793, Shewing the Uselessness and Mischievousness of Distant Dependencies to An European State. London: C. and W. Reynell for Robert Heward, 1830. -- Observations on the Restrictive and Prohibitory Commercial System; Especially with a Reference to the Decree of the Spanish Cortes of July 1820. London: for Effingham Wilson, 1821. -- Bentham’s Radical Reform Bill, with Extracts from the Reasons. London: E. Wilson, 1819. -- Lord Brougham Displayed: I. Boa Constrictor, alias Helluo Curiarum; II. Observations on the Bankruptcy Court Bill, Now Ripened into an Act; III. Extracts from Proposed Constitutional Code. London: Robert Heward, 1832. -- Equity Dispatch Court Proposal: Containing a Plan for the Speedy and Unexpensive Termination of the Suits Now Depending in Equity Courts. With the Form of a Petition, and some Account of a Proposed Bill for that Purpose. London: Robert Heward, 1830. -- Truth Versus Ashhurst; or, Law as it is, Contrasted with what it is said to be. London: T. Moses, 1823. -- Letters to Count Toreno on the Proposed Penal Code, Delivered in by the Legislation Committee of the Spanish Cortes, April 25th, 1821. London: R. and A. Taylor, 1822. -- 8vo (195/215 x 130 mm). Bound in half tan calf, marbled boards, gilt-lettered and labeled Vol.II on spine (spine defective, some wear).
Provenance: Literary Union (stamps on titles); Harold J. Laski (1893-1950) British political theorist, professor at the London School of Economics (gift inscription to): E. Blythe Stason (1891-1972) Dean of University of Michigan Law School (gift inscription, letters from Laski to Stason paperclipped in).
89 [BIndIng]. dIcKEns, charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853.
8vo (202 x 132 mm). Frontispiece, engraved title, 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne. Red crushed levant, edges slightly bevelled, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, edges gilt and gauffered to a red and green berry and leaf motif, turn-ins gilt, stamp-signed by THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (upper joint discreetly reinforced, some very minor rubbing to extreme edges). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM.
$400-600
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charles (1837-1909). Poems and Ballads. London: Edward Moxon & Co, 1866.
Small 8vo (163x 102 mm). Without half-title, as issued. (Lacking 8pp. advertisements.) Red crushed levant, overall diaper pattern of three poppy seed pods on stems, hearts and open dots, spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered in one, three poppy seed motif gilt in the rest, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY COBDEN-SANDERSON, THE DOVES BINDERY: “The Doves Bindery / 19 C-S 04” (neatly rebacked preserving original spine, hinges reinforced, a few very minor scuffs, otherwise bright). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with Moxon’s imprint. See Tidcome 546; Wise 24.
$500-600
91
1894). The Renaissance. -Plato and Platonism. -Miscellaneous Studies. New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1893-1893-1895.
3 volumes, 8vo (195 x 132 mm). Uniformly bound in tan crushed levant, single fillet and dot border gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, giltlettered in one, the rest with floral gilt pattern, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY COBDEN-SANDERSON, THE DOVES BINDERY: “The Doves Bindery / 18 C-S 95.” (Spines darkened, joints starting, some very minor chipping to joints and spine ends, Plato volume skillfully rebacked preserving original spine). A relatively early example from Coben-Sanderson’s Doves Bindery. Cobden-Sanderson was responsible for all of the Doves Bindery designs; the bindings themselves were executed by his skilled staff, which included Charles Wilkinson, Charles McLeish, Bessie Hooley and Douglas Cockerell.
$600-800
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92 [BIndIng]. long, W.h., editor. Memoirs of Emma Lady Hamilton with Anecdotes of her Friends and Contemporaries. London: W.W. Gibbings, 1891.
Large 8vo (250 x 164 mm). Half-title, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of 65 portraits and other engravings, many mounted or window-mounted. Contemporary red calf gilt, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (some very slight rubbing to extremities). LIMITED EDITION, number 57 of 125 copies printed on large paper.
$300-500 93 [BIndIng]. MooRE, thomas (1779-1852). Lalla Rookh. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817.
8vo (209 x 134 mm). (Some intermittent spotting.) Green straightgrained morocco, wide gilt foliate roll-tool borders, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with central foliate tooling, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Hagia Sophia (upper endpaper and blank leaf disbound, rebacked preserving original spine, some light rubbing). Third edition.
$300-500
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94
[BIndIng]. [cRuIKshanK, george]. thacKERay, William
Makepeace (1811-1863). An Essay on the Genius of George Cruickshank. [London: n.p., ca 1840].
8vo (215 x 133 mm). Title written in manuscript on engraved portrait of Cruikshank, numerous wood-cut illustrations in text, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of 76 illustrations by Cruikshank, many hand-colored, mounted or window mounted. Later crimson crushed levant, gilt signature of Cruikshank, four characters after Cruikshank gilt, smooth spine gilt-lettered with two characters after Cruikshank gilt, edges gilt (2 1/2 in portion of lower joint starting). A reprint of Thackeray’s essay from The Westminster Review, June 1840.
95
95
[BIndIng]. late 19th-century or early 20th-century portfolio.
4to size. Brown and black alligator, upper cover with pewter cornerpieces surrounding a pewter central onlay engraved “Bettine,” green watered silk pockets, green watered silkcovered folder laid in (two pewter cornerpieces broken with segments missing, hinge starting, some light wear both internally and externally).
Provenance: Sold Sotheby’s 12 September 1995, Lot 85.
$100-200
96
97 96 [BIndIngs]. dIcKEns, charles (1812-1870). The Writings of Charles Dickens. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894.
32 volumes, 8vo (195 x 126 mm). Numerous engraved frontispieces and plates. Modern half green morocco, green boards, spines giltlettered, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey. LIMITED EDITION, the “Standard Library Edition,” an unnumbered edition.
$600-800
97 [BIndIngs]. [thE Easton PREss]. A group of works published by The Eaton Press, comprising:
BRONTE, Emily. Wuthering Heights. -- CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. -- COOPER, James Fenimore. The Praire. -- DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species. -- DRYDEN, John, translator. Virgil: The Aeneid. -- FAULKNER, William. The Reivers. -- FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. -- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The House of Seven Gables. -- IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Other Stories. -- JOYCE, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. -- LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wind. -- MITCHELL, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. 2 volumes. -- POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. -- VERNE, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. -- With approximately 60 others. All in original bindings, edges gilt, condition fine. Complete list available upon request.
Property from the Estate of Sarah Barcroft, Chicago, Illinois
$700-900
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99 98 [BIndIngs]. KIPlIng, Rudyard (1865-1936). The Works of Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913-1938.
31 volumes, 4to (235 x 162 mm). Titles printed in blue and black. (Some very minor offsetting or spotting.) Contemporary half blue morocco gilt, blue boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in three, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Asprey. LIMITED EDITION, one of 1050 unnumbered copies of the “Bombay Edition” SIGNED BY KIPLING on half-title to volume one.
$3,000-5,000
99 [BIndIngs]. PoE, Edgar allan (1809-1849). Works. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1902.
10 volumes, 4to (227 x 151 mm). Titles printed in red and black, decorative titles printed in red and black and numerous etched plates printed on Japon throughout. Contemporary black morocco, double gilt fillet, floral cornerpieces, spines gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (tastefully rebacked to style, some light wear, a few corners reinforced). LIMITED EDITION, number 11 of 200 copies of the “Connoisseur’s Arnheim Edition.”
$800-1,200
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[BotanIcal]. Besler, Basilius (1561-1629)
I. Colocasia, II. Pseudocolocÿnthis pÿri forma, III. Cucurbita Arantij forma from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 or later Copper plate engraving with later hand-coloring, image 19 1/8 x 15 5/8 in (21 3/4 x 16 5/8 in sheet), on laid paper with Latin text on verso, some minor mostly marginal spotting, some light chipping to edges, matted.
$600-800 100
Aloe Americana from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 or later Copper plate engraving with later hand-coloring, image 19 x 16 in (20 3/4 x 17 1/2 in sheet), on laid paper with Latin text on verso, short tear to image repaired on verso, a few marginal pale stains, some light chipping to edges, matted.
$400-600
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I. Mandragora foemina, II. Chelidonium minus from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 or later Copper plate engraving with later hand-coloring, image 18 5/8 x 15 1/2 in (20 7/8 x 16 1/4 in sheet), on laid paper with grape cluster watermark, no text on verso, some minor mostly marginal spotting or background staining, some light chipping to sheet edge, matted.
$600-800
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[BotanIcal]. Besler, Basilius (1561-1629)
Melanzana fructu pallido from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 or later Copper plate engraving with later hand-coloring, image 19 1/8 x 15 3/8 in (20 3/4 x 16 1/4 in sheet), on laid paper with grape cluster watermark, no text on verso, some minor mostly marginal spotting, a few ink stains in the background, matted.
$600-800
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[BotanIcal]. Brookshaw, george (1751-1823)
Three Pears (Plate LXXX) -- Six Apples (Plate LXXXVIII) from Pomona Britannica, London, 1804-1822 (but each plate watermarked IIS&S 1822)
2 engravings with hand-coloring, plates 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in, 18 5/8 x 15 in, sheets 21 15/16 x 18 in, 21 7/8 x 17 1/2 in, pale mat burn to outer margins, a few minor surface abrasions to background, some pale marginal spotting, matted.
$300-400
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[BotanIcal]. Brookshaw, george (17511823)
Four Peaches (Plate XXV) from Pomona Britannica, London, 1804-1812 Engraving with hand-coloring, plate 18 5/8 x 14 1/2 in, sheet 21 5/8 x 17 1/25 in, on J Whatman dated 1804, light mat burn to margins, a few pale marginal spots, old tissue adhered to extreme upper margin, outer margin verso with glue stains and old backing remnants, matted.
$600-800
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[BotanIcal]. curtis, William (1746-1799).
Iris Pseudacorus from Flora Londinensis, ca 1878 Engraving with hand-coloring, plate 17 1/16 x 9 15/16 in, sheet 18 3/4 x 11 1/2 in, on unwatermarked laid paper, a few minor marginal chips discreetly repaired, manuscript plate number to upper margin, matted.
$200-300 107
[BotanIcal]. thornton, Robert (1768-1837)
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The Blue Passion Flower -- The Superb Lily from The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus, London, 1799-1807 (watermarked 1794 and H Smith 1810, respectively)
2 engravings with hand-coloring, plates 20 1/2 x 15 in, 19 x 14 1/4 in, sheets 21 5/8 x 16 1/2 in, 22 x 17 11/16 in. Some overall browning and mat burn, Superb Lily with spotting and small holes repaired lower margin, hinged to backing board upper margin verso.
$700-1,000
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[BotanIcal]. thornton, Robert (1768-1837)
The Nodding Renealmia -- The Blue Egyptian Water-Lily from The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature. Picturesque Botanical Plates of the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus, London, 1799-1807 (watermarked J Whatman [undated] and E&P [undated] respectively)
2 engravings with hand-coloring, plates 20 1/2 x 15 1/2 in, 20 5/8 x 15 11/16 in, sheets 22 1/2 x 17 5/8 in, 21 1/8 x 16 1/4 in. Some light browning, matted.
$800-1,200
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[BotanIcal]. RoussEau, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). La Botanique. Paris: Baudouin freres, 1821-1822.
Large 4to (340 x 255 mm). 64 (of 65) stipple engraved plates, printed in color and finished by hand, by Bouquet, Gabriel, and others after PIERRE JOSEPH REDOUTE. Contemporary red leather-backed boards, edges gilt (upper cover detached, upper joint defective, some overall wear). Third edition. “This work is Redoute’s last link with the ancien regime: his old patrons had all died, or like Cels, who died in 1806, had ceased to be influential. Redoute had entered easily into a new life under the Empire. On the whole, it can be said that it is remarkable how little Redoute was affected by the political and social changes that took place around him” (Stafleu). Great Flower Books p. 74; Nissen 1688.
110*
[BRItIsh IslEs] a group of works, comprising:
CAMPBELL, Alexander. A Journey from Edinburgh through Parts of North Britain... London: John Stockdale, 1811. (Lacking volume 2.) Contemporary calf. -- [DUNTON, John] The Phenix: or, A Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces... A Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Texts... London: J. Morphew, 1707. 2 volumes. Contemporary calf. -- HOYLAND, John. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits and Present State of the Gypsies... York: WM. Alexander, 1816. Contemporary quarter morocco, cloth boards, spine gilt-lettered. -- HUGHSON, David. Walks Through London, Including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, with the Surrounding Suburbs... London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1817. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt. -- SAUSSURE, L[ouis] A[lbert] Necker de. Voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland... London: Sir Richard Phillips and Company, 1822. ORIGINAL BOARDS. -- Together, 5 works in 7 volumes, 8vo and 4to, condition generally good.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$300-400
111 [BRontE, charlotte (1816-1855).] Villette. London; Smith, Elder & Co., 1853.
3 volumes, 8vo (175 x 113 mm). (Lacking title-page and contents leaf to vol.III, some spotting, a few leaves with short tears repaired occasionally touching text, a few leaves creased.) Contemporary quarter blue calf (worn, rubbed). FIRST EDITION, a reworking of The Professor, which was rejected by publishers.
$250-350
112* [BullfIghtIng]. Real Provision de los Señores del consejo por la qual se prohibe por punto general el abuso de correr por las calles novillos y Toros que llaman de cuerda, asi de dia como de noche. Seville: Imprenta Mayor de la cuidad, 1790.
4to (302 x 211 mm). 4pp. folded sheets. (Tears to folds.) Red cloth slipcase. A 1790 denunciation of bullfighting. 2 leaves stamped with the seal of Charles IV dated 1790. The printed provision concludes with a note from Martin Perez, referencing the original document, located in the Senior Notary office, and accompanied by a signature (presumably of Perez). Also with a 2-line manuscript note in the upper margin of the first page.
$100-200
113* cEllInI, Benvenuto (1500-1571). Robert H. Hobart, editor. Life of Benvenuto Cellini. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1910.
2 volumes, 8vo (190 x 130 mm). Frontispieces, numerous plates, folding genealogical table. Cadet blue polished calf gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red and black calf lettering-pieces gilt, the rest gilt-decorated, edges gilt (joints very slightly rubbed). A FINE COPY.
Property from the Estate of John Connelly, Chicago, Illinois Sold to Benefit the Evanston Public Library
$100-200
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117 114*
[cEntRal asIa].
[ASPLIN, William]. Alkibla. A Disquisition Upon Worshipping Towards the East... London: J. Roberts, 1740. Contemporary calf. -- LANDOR, A. Henry Savage In the Forbidden Land... New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1899. 2 volumes. Publisher’s green cloth. -- NORDENSKIOLD, A.E. Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe... New York: MacMillan and Company, 1882. Publisher’s green cloth. -- VAMBERY, Arminius. Travels in Central Asia... London: John Murray, 1864. Contemporary calf. Provenance of lot: Wisconsin Consistory Library (bookplate). -- Together, 4 works in 5 volumes, 8vo, condition generally good.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$200-400
115 clEMEns, samuel (“Mark twain”) (1835-1910). The Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869.
8vo. Numerous illustrations in text, 5pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. (Occasional spotting.) Original brown gold-stamped cloth (hinges repaired, some light wear to extremities). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, lacking the page reference numbers pp.xvii-xviii, without the illustration on p.129, with chapter heading “Chapter XLI” p.643, and with the heading “Personal History” p.654. BAL 3316.
$300-500
116
[lIMItEd EdItIons cluB]. clEMEns, samuel l.
(“Mark twain”) (1835-1910). Life on the Mississippi. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944.
8vo. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton. Original leatherbacked printed cloth boards; original glassine (some chipping); original folding box (sunned, spine broken). LIMITED EDITION, number 72 of 1200 copies SIGNED BY THOMAS HART BENTON.
$200-300
117 coKE, Edward, sir (1552-1634). The third part of the Institutes of the laws of England. London: M. Flesher for W. Lee and D. Pakeman, 1644.
Folio (293 x 187 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece signed “I. Payne,” title printed within elaborately engraved border, final epilogue leaf, 14pp. table (not called for by ESTC) bound in at end. (Some staining, a penultimate leaf torn with slight loss to a few letters, last leaf of table and rear endpaper lacking about a third and defective.) Contemporary calf, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands (some light wear). FIRST EDITION. “Coke’s Third Institute give us a Treatise of great learning, and not unworthy of the hand that produced it” (Marvin). ESTC R12841; Marvin Legal Bibliography 208; PMM 126.
$600-800
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118 conRadus dE halBERstadt [conRadus dE alEManIa]. Concordantiae bibliorum. [Strassburg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1474].
Large folio (410 x 292 mm). Gothic types, 3 columns, 66 lines. COLLATION: [a-i10 kl8 m10 2a-d10 e8+1 f-l10 3a-h10 i12 4a-h10 i8 k12]: 415 leaves (of 417, lacking initial and final blanks). 9-line initial “Q” in red and yellow on first page of text, 7- to 8-line initials in red for each letter of the alphabet, column headings in red in upper margin, rubricated throughout. (Approximately 50 leaves with mostly marginal tiny worm holes occasionally touching letters, nearly half of the last leaf renewed, not affecting text, a few leaves at end with repairs to lower corner and margin, occasionally affecting signature.) Contemporary brown calf, sides decorated to a similar pattern, wide blind fillet and roll-tool border, central blind diaper pattern, all over blind flower, star, fleuron and stag(?) tools, spine in 5 compartments with 4 double-cord raised bands, later tan calf letteringpiece gilt to second compartment, clasps and catches, printer’s waste endpapers (some overall wear, old repairs to joints preserving original spine, straps renewed).
FIRST EDITION, THE FIRST PRINTED BIBLE CONCORDANCE, A WIDE-MARGINED COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING
German theologian and Dominican Conrad of Halberstadt completed a new manuscript concordance ca 1310, which improved on the concordances of Hugo de Sancto Charo and other English Dominicans by citing abbreviated forms of quotations, thus making it easier to use. This edition, printed by Mentelin, is also significant for the manner in which it is signed. “This volume is very peculiar in its method of signature, and shows in an interesting manner the transitional period between the manuscript and printed methods of signing” (W. Blades, “The Use & Development of Signatures in Books” in Books in Chains and Other Bibliographical Papers, pp.110). The signatures, MOST PRESENT IN THIS COPY, are printed in the lower left corner; signature “a” is used for every gathering in the first quarter of the book, “b” in the second quarter of the book, and so on through signature “d.”
RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, only two copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 40 years: The Blades-St. Bride Foundation-Rattey copy, sold Swann, 15 April 2004, lot 45; another copy, sold Christie’s London, 17 November 1976, lot 143. BMC I, 58; BSB-Ink C-497; Goff C849; GW 7418; H 5629.
$10,000-15,000
119 daRWIn, charles (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants. London: John Murray, 1875.
8vo (182 x 122 mm). Numerous in-text wood engravings after Darwin. (Lacking half-title, scant spotting.) Later half brown calf gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges. FIRST EDITION, in which Darwin explores the significance of carnivorous habits in plants. Norman 601.
Provenance: Rickard E. Lloyd (stamps on title-page); John T. Middleton (ownership stamp).
$200-300
121 120
no lot
121 du BoIs, William Edward Burghardt (1868-1963). The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., April 18, 1903.
8vo (207 x 138 mm). Half-title (Lacking portrait frontispiece.) Original black cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut (some light wear to spine ends, corners slightly bumped, very minor rubbing, otherwise fine). FIRST EDITION, dated April 18 on verso of title-page, of Du Bois’ best-known work.
$800-1,200
122 122 Eaton, charlotte Waldie (1788-1859). The Battle of Waterloo... London: J. Booth and T. Egerton, 1815.
2 parts in one volume, 8vo (225 x 125 mm). 2 hand-colored engraved plans, 2 hand-colored engraved folding panoramas, halfleaf 139* inserted between pp.138 and 139. (A few tears to folds of panoramas, some pale spotting.) Contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (joints discreetly reinforced, very slightly rubbed). Sixth edition, with fine plans of the Battle of Waterloo, and the Campaign in the Netherlands. Eaton was in Brussels at the time of the Battle of Waterloo, and by 1817, her work on the battle was in its 10th edition.
$200-300
123 123 EVElyn, John (1620-1706). Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn...comprising his Diary, from the Years 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of his Familiar Letters. Edited by William Bray. London: Henry Colburn, 1818.
3 parts in 2 volumes, 4to (302 x 249 mm). Half-titles, errata, 3 engraved portraits, 6 engraved plates (including 3 folding). (Dd3 in in vol.II part II torn and repaired.) Late 19th-century half russia, spines gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (some light wear to joints). FIRST EDITION, THE ABEL BERLAND COPY. Evelyn’s Diary, in which he describes his contemporaries and travels on the Continent, is considered an invaluable record of life in the 17th-century.
Provenance: Castletown (bookplate); Arthur Otto Price (bookplate); Abel E. Berland (acquired from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 5 May 1972, bookplate, his sale Christie’s New York, 9 October 2001, lot 210).
$400-600
124
[foRE-EdgE PaIntIng]. young, Edward (1683-
1765). The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts. London: Chiswick Press for Taylor and Hessey, 1812.
8vo (227 x 138 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece. (Some spotting to frontispiece and a few leaves.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, wide filigree gilt border surrounding blind foliate roll-tool border, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with ornamental decoration gilt, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt concealing a DOUBLE FOREEDGE PAINTING of scenes at Oxford STAMP-SIGNED ON BOARD EDGES BY TAYLOR AND HESSEY (some very light scuffing or rubbing, otherwise bright). Young wrote his Night Thoughts after the death of his wife, and his work was frequently chosen to be finely bound and presented to a special family member or friend.
Provenance: H.P. Sperling (armorial bookplate).
$1,000-1,500
125 fREZIER, amedee francois (1682-1773). A Voyage to the South-Sea, And along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, In the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714. London: for Jonah Bowyer, 1717.
124 (detail)
124
4to (233 x 180 mm). Title printed in red and black, 36 (of 37) engraved maps and views (missing plate XXXI, 19 folding), most with hand-coloring. (A few pale spots, some light offsetting.) Contemporary English panelled calf (covers detached, a few old tape repairs.) FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, preferable to the First Edition in French “because it contains Halley’s…postscript, which corrects certain geographical errors made by Frezier” (Hill). Hill 654; Sabin 25926.
$500-700
126 fRost, Robert (1874-1963). Collected Poems of Robert Frost. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930.
8vo. Frontispiece portrait, brown vignette to title-page. (Minor soft crease to upper corner of some leaves.) Publisher’s gold-stamped brown cloth, top edge stained red, others uncut (lacking dust-jacket, some very light wear to corners). FIRST TRADE EDITION, SIGNED BY FROST on fly-leaf: “Robert Frost Amherst 1930.”
Provenance: J.E. Audrus III (ownership signature dated 1930).
$300-500
127* gRandVIllE (1803-1847) Les Fleurs Animee . Paris: Librairie Martinon, [ca 1857].
2 volumes, 8vo (267 x 182 mm). Half-titles, hand-colored engraved titles, 49 hand-colored engraved plates with borders painted gold, 2 engraved plates. (Some spotting.) Contemporary half black morocco, marbled boards (some light rubbing or wear to edges). Later editions, featuring Grandville’s anthropomorphic depictions of flowers.
Property from the Collection of Jonathan Hoffman, Chicago, Illinois
126
128 gRay, thomas (1716-1711). Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.
128
4to in half sheets (386 x 277 mm). Each leaf printed on one side only. Half-title reading “Drawings, &c.” Engraved title vignette, 6 engraved plates, 12 head- and tail-pieces, and 6 historiated initials. (A few mostly marginal tears, one crossing plate border, minor dust-soiling to outer uncut edges.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL GREY BOARDS (rebacked in paper, endpapers renewed, some light wear); morocco-backed slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, THE ABEL BERLAND COPY. finely illustrating each of the six poems with a frontispiece, head-piece, initial letter and tailpiece. Gray’s Elegy is the final poem in the work, and “A Long Story” is here printed for the first time. At Gray’s insistence, the word “Designs” precedes “Poems” in the title, and the title “Mr” was used before each name. The plates by Richard Bentley (1708-1782), are described as “an extraordinary and skilful combination of classical river gods, rococo lightness, and Strawberry Hill Gothic” (Hammelmann and Boase Book Illustrators in 18th Century England, 1975, p.14). Ray English p.4; Rothschild 1061.
Provenance: Abel E. Berland (acquired from Falkner Greirson, Dublin, 26 May 1970, bookplate, his sale, Christie’s New York, 9 October 2001, Lot 233).
$800-1,200
130 129*
[gREEnland and IcEland].
CRANTZ, David. History of Greenland. London, 1767. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary full calf. FIRST EDITION in English. -- TROIL, Uno von. Letters on Iceland. London, 1783. 8vo. Contemporary full calf. Third edition. -- Together, 2 works in 3 volumes, condition generally good.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$300-400
130 gRIffIth, acton frederick. Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: in the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London: Thomas Davison for the proprietors of the collection, 1815.
Large 4to (263 x 168 mm). Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations. (Scant spotting.) Contemporary tan russia, outer wide strapwork border gilt, inner blind volute border surrounding single fillet, fleuron tools in corners, spine in 5 compartments with 4 triple bands gilt-lettered within blind borders in 2, the rest with central saltire, fleurons, dots and roundels gilt, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt BY HERING WITH HIS TICKET (skillfully rebacked preserving original spine, endpapers renewed, some very minor wear).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 50 LARGE-PAPER COPIES. Longman purchased the library of English poetical historian Thomas Park (1759-1834) from Thomas Hill (1760-1840). “Longman’s speculation was not a profitable one. A few of the more expensive books were bought by Sykes and Heber...the larger portion of the books...were subsequently brought together again in the Britwell Library” (De Ricci, pp.91-92).
Provenance: Cornelius Paine (1785-1869) English book collector (cipher bookplate and armorial bookplate).
$600-800
8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; original printed dust-jacket (a few short tears or nicks to edges and folds with a few small losses, price sticker to front flap, some slight rubbing or browning). FIRST EDITION of Haleys’ novel, which was adapted as a television miniseries in 1977, the same year that he won a Pulitzer Prize for the work.
$150-250
132
haWthoRnE, nathaniel (1804-1864). -- Edmund dulac (1882-1953), illustrator. Tanglewood
Tales. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1918].
4to (280 x 216 mm). 14 color plates tipped to mounts. (Some light toning and spotting.) Half green morocco gilt, marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands (wear to extremities, even fading to spine). LIMITED EDITION, number 31 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY DULAC.
$400-600
133 hEMIngWay, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.
8vo. Original blue cloth (spine slightly darkened); original printed dust jacket priced $3.00, olive tinted portrait of Hemingway on lower panel (spine and edges slightly darkened, very minor chipping with a few small losses to spine ends or edges, some light wear to joints). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, FIRST STATE DUST JACKET. Hanneman A24.A.
Provenance: Glen Stirling (bookplate).
$600-800
134
[IndIa].
BAYLEY, Edward. History of India. London, 1886. -- EARL, George Windsor. The Eastern Seas. London, 1837. 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf. FIRST EDITION. -- MARSHALL, William. Travels Amongst the Todas or the Study of a Primitive Tribe in South India. London, 1873. -- PHILLIPS, J. Thomas (translator). An Account of the Religion, Manners and Learning of the People of Malabar in the East-Indies. London, 1717. 12mo. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. -- WARD, William. View of the History, Literature and Mythology of the Hindoos. London, 1822. 3 volumes. -- Together, 5 works in 7 volumes, condition generally fine.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$400-600
135
[JoycE, James].
JOYCE, James A. Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1928. Later blue cloth. 10th edition. Shakespeare & Co. advertisement card laid in. -- BECKETT, Samuel. An Exagmination of James Joyce. Norfolk, n.d. Publisher’s teal cloth, original printed dust jacket. -- HERRING, Phillip F., editor. Joyce’s Ulysses Notesheets in the British Museum. Publisher’s brown cloth, original printed dust jacket. [With:] Joyce’s Notes and Early Drafts for Ulysses. Selections from the Buffalo Collection. Publisher’s brown cloth, gilt. Charlottesville, 1972 and 1977. Both SIGNED BY HERRING. -- LEVIN, Harry and Clive Driver. James Joyce Ulysses. A Facsimile of the Manuscript. New York and Philadelphia, 1975. Publisher’s blue cloth, original white slipcase. -- With approximately 7 others, condition generally fine, complete list available upon request.
$300-500 136
[JoycE, James].
DALY, Leo. James Joyce and the Mulligan Connection. Ireland: n.p., 1975. Publisher’s red cloth, original printed dust jacket. -- EDEL, Leon. James Joyce: The Last Journey. New York: The Gotham Book Mart, 1947. Publisher’s printed boards. -- ELLMANN, Richard. James Joyce’s Tower. Dun Laoghaire, 1969. Original printed wrappers. -- GOGARTY, Oliver St. John. Perennial. Baltimore, 1944. Publisher’s green cloth, gilt. -- JOLAS, Maria, editor. Pastimes of James Joyce. n.p.: n.p., 1941. Orginal printed boards. -- JOYCE, James A. The Cat and the Devil. London: Faber and Faber, n.d. Original pictorial boards, original printed dust jacket. -- NABOKOV, Vladimir. Lectures on Ulysses. Bloomfield Hills and Columbia: Bruccoli Clark Publishers, 1980. Publisher’s tan cloth. -- With approximately 38 issues (including duplicates) of the James Joyce Quarterly. and 7 other works, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.
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138 137* KIng, Edward (1735?-1807). Munimenta Antiqua; or, observations on antient castles. London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1799-1806.
4 volumes, 4to (455 x 255 mm). Half-titles, 167 engraved plates, 5 folding, 21 double-page, 3 hand-colored (light spotting). Contemporary half calf, edges uncut (some wear, covers detaching). FIRST EDITION of this important work on the Castles of Great Britain.
Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
$300-500
138 laVoIsIER, antoine-laurent (1743-1794). Opuscules physiques et chymiques. Paris: Prault for Durand, Didot, Esprit, 1774.
2 parts in one volume, 8vo (198 x 127 mm). 3 engraved folding plates after La Gardette. (Some creasing to plates.) Contemporary tan calf gilt, edges red (upper cover detached, chipping with losses to spine). FIRST EDITION in which Lavoisier refutes phlogiston theory, and including a review of his experiments with gasses, and in combustion and calcination. Lavoisier, known as the father of modern Chemistry, did not publish any additional volumes of this work.
$800-1,200
139 139
[lIMItEd EdItIons cluB]. IRVIng, Washington
(1783-1859). Rip Van Winkle. A Posthumous Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1930.
8vo (250 x 163 mm). Numerous illustrations after Felix Darley, printed in “Kaatskill” type design and cut for the book by Frederic W. Goudy. (Scant spotting or offsetting.) Original leather, spine lettered in gilt (spine worn with chipping and minor losses, wear and fading to extremities); publisher’s slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 545 of 1,500 copies, SIGNED BY GOUDY.
$150-250
140 [lItERaRy cRItIcIsM]. The Calendar of Modern Letters. [London: Calendar Press, 1925-1926].
10 volumes, (241 x 162 mm). Comprising Vol.1, No. 1-2 (March-April 1925), Vol. 1, No. 5-6 (July-August 1925), Vol. 2, No. 7-12 (SeptemberFebruary 1925-26). All in original printed wrappers (some chipping). Including many works by Douglas Garman, James Joyce, Edmund Blunden, John Doyle, Edwin Muir, E.M. Forster, and W.J. Turner.
$300-500
141 [lItERaRy cRItIcIsM]. The Dial. Volumes 68-86, January 1919- December 1929. New York: The Dial Publishing Company, 1919-1929.
Bound into 19 volumes, 8vo (241 x 150 mm). Uniformly bound in cloth library bindings. Including many important works by James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, Hart Crane, and Gertrude Stein.
$200-300
142 [lItERaRy cRItIcIsM]. Roth, samuel (1893-1974). Two Worlds Monthly. [With:] Two Worlds: A Literary Quarterly. New York: Two World’s Publishing Company and Mocki-Grisball, 1926-1927.
10 volumes, 8vo (242 x 169 mm). Two Worlds Monthly. Issues comprising December 1926, February 1927, March 1927, April 1927, and May-June 1927. Two Worlds: A Literary Quarterly. Issues comprising September 1926, December 1926, March 1927, and June 1927. All in original printed wrappers (some chipping). Including many important works by James Joyce, May Sinclair, Lewis Carroll, and Octave Mirbeau.
$600-800
143 longfElloW, henry Wadsworth. Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1847.
8vo (180 x 117 mm). (Lacking 4-page publisher’s advertisements.) Later full green crushed levant, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in three, board edges and turn-ins gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Stikeman; green morocco-backed slipcase (bottom edge detached). FIRST EDITION, second state, with “Lo” for “Long” in the first line of page 61. BAL 12089.
$200-400
144 longfElloW, henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). The Song of Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
8vo (179 x 115 mm). 12-page publisher’s advertisements dated November 1855. (Some light browning, a few pale spots, as usual.) Original brown cloth, sides blind-stamped, gilt-lettered on spine (some light wear, particularly to spine ends, a few minor stains or rubbing, spine leaned). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, from the collection of Henry W. Boynton, known for his edited editions of works by Bret Harte, James Fenimore Cooper, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Tennyson, and Washington Irving. BAL 12112.
Provenance: Colonel Alfred B. Rhett (note reading: “Captured from the Residence of Col. Alfred B. Rhete near Aikin So.Ca. June 14th 1865); Henry W. Boynton (1869-1947) American author and editor (gift inscription from G.M.T.).
$300-500
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louIs XVI, King of france (1754-1793).
Partially printed document signed (“Louis”), as King of France, countersigned by Armand Marc Comte de Montmorin, just prior to becoming Secretary of State for the Navy, in French, 19 August 1787. 1 page, folio (356 x 240 mm), 6-line manuscript note signed “DeBoffe” on verso, 12-line note in Russian with initials (“M.P.” or “M.L.”), 2-line note in another hand on verso, untranslated, some creasing and spotting, a few short tears to folds. Framed.
$300-500
145
146 Mann, thomas (1875-1955). Nocturnes. New York: Equinox Cooperative Press Inc., 1934.
8vo. Lithographic vignette on title-page, 3 lithographic head-pieces, 3 full-page lithographic illustrations AFTER LYND WARD. Original blue cloth, covers with stencilled star design, printed label to spine (some chipping with small loss to label, spine slightly sunned). LIMITED EDITION, number 181 of 990 copies SIGNED BY MANN, including three short stories: “A Gleam,” “Railway Accident” and “A Weary Hour.” Thomas Mann won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, chiefly in recognition of his works Buddenbrooks, and The Magic Mountain, in addition to his short stories.
Provenance: Elizabeth F. Louq (ownership inscription dated 1934).
$200-300
146
147 147 MaRloWE, christopher (1564-1593). Works. London: William Pickering and others, 1826.
3 volumes, 8vo (193 x 122 mm). Half-titles, wreath devices on titlepages, errata leaf at end of vol.III, (which is rarely present). (A few pale spots.) Publisher’s red cloth, printed labels on spines (chipping with a few minor losses to spines and joints, old repairs to spines, some soiling and light wear). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, AN UNSOPHISTICATED SET IN RARE ORIGINAL BINDING, ONE OF 250 COPIES. Geoffrey Keynes describes this edition of Marlowe’s works, edited by George Robinson and with an introduction by Alexander Dyce, as “inaccurate,” but contends that it is also “attractive.” Pickering and Chatto’s William Pickering explains that this edition “occupies an important position in the bibliographies of Marlowe not only for its textual content, but also for the clarity and beauty of its typography.”
$1,500-2,500
148 [Mason, george henry]. The Punishments of China. London: W. Bulmer for William Miller, 1801 (but later, plates watermarked 1817).
Folio (353 x 257 mm). Title-pages and text printed in English and French, 22 hand-colored engraved plates captioned in English and French, sheets watermarked 1817. (Some pale spotting or offsetting.) Contemporary green straight grained morocco, sides decorated in gilt and blind, spine gilt, edges gilt (rebacked preserving original spine, some overall wear, portion of morocco lacking lower cover). Later edition of this work, attributed to artist George Henry Mason, which describes in graphic detail forms of punishment for crimes committed in China. Each plate illustrates one type of punishment from less severe penalties like “Torturing the Fingers” and “Twisting a Man’s Ears,” to the most serious “The Manner of Beheading.” The accompanying text, in both French and English, further explains the method by which the punishment is delivered. See Abbey Travel 532.
Provenance: Robert Gillow (bookplate).
$800-1,200
148
149 149
MIllay, Edna st. Vincent (1892-1950).
Renascence and Other Poems. New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1917. -- The HarpWeaver and Other Poems. October 1923. Provenance: Alice Thurston, McGirr, a classmate of Millay’s at Vassar (note in her hand indicating that MILLAY READ POEMS FROM THIS COPY during a reading at the Twentieth Century Club, 21 January 1924). -- The King’s Henchman. 1927 (but 1940). Twenty-fifth edition. -- The Buck in the Snow. 1928. Original printed dust-jacket (defective). -- Fatal Interview. 1931. -- Wine from These Grapes. 1934. -- Conversation at Midnight. 1937. Provenance: Marien Bacon (Vassar College Library label). -- Huntsman, What Quarry? 1939. -- And 11 others. Together, 19 works in 19 volumes, ALL FIRST TRADE EDITIONS except where noted, most in original bindings, published New York and London by Harper & Brothers, except where noted, condition generally fine, complete list available upon request.
Property from the Collection of Jonathan Hoffman, Chicago, Illinois
$600-800
150 MIlton, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. London: Miles Flesher for Richard Bently, 1688.
Small folio (313 x 199 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Milton by William Faithorne signed R. White, 13 engraved plates, most by Michael Burghers or Peter Paul Bouche, 6pp. subscriber’s list. (Some browning or spotting, a few edges fraying, a few leaves remargined, a few short tears repaired, occasionally affecting plates.) Modern quarter morocco, vellum (joint starting, some light staining or wear. Fourth Edition, the first illustrated edition, “the earliest serious effort to illustrate an important work of English poetry” (Hodnett). ESTC R13313; E. Hodnett, Five Centuries of Book Illustration, 1988, p.63; Wing M2146.
Provenance: Gulielums Haggerson (early ownership signature on title-page).
$1,000-1,500
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151
MIlton, John (1608-1674). -- PalMER, samuel and
a.h., illustrators. The Shorter Poems. London: Seeley & Company, 1889.
Folio (374 x 263 mm). Half-title and title printed in red and black, 12 etched plates. (Some light dust-soiling to outer margin, a few leaves with scant marginal spotting.) Original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (covers slightly bowed, a few minor stains). LIMITED EDITION, number 72 of 135 LARGE PAPER COPIES. A.H. Palmer carried out the publication of this work after his father’s death: “I proposed to embellish an edition of Milton’s Minor Poems with reproductions, carefully prepared by my own hand, of ten drawings in Mr. Valpy’s collection, besides one or two examples existing elsewhere, and to publish the volume as a companion to the Virgil (introduction, p.xix).
$400-600
153
153 nEcKER, Jacques (1732-1804). De L’Administration des Finances de la France. [Paris:] n.p., 1784.
3 volumes, 8vo (193 x 121 mm). Folding letterpress table to vol.I, errata to vols.I and III, 4pp. Supplement to vol.II. (Lacking half-titles, some minor spotting or browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, edges red (joints starting, some overall wear, covers slightly bowed). FIRST EDITION, “the only authentic account of the finances of France previously to the Revolution” (McCulloch, The Literature of Political Economy, 1845, p. 347).
$200-300
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152 MonRoE, harriet, editor. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Chicago: Seymour, Daughaday and Company, 1912-1916.
7 volumes, 8vo (191 x 138 mm). Comprising Vols. I-VII (October 1912-March 1916). Uniformly bound in green decorated cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut (worn, even fading to spines, minor staining). Contains poetry by W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and others. [With:] Early Volumes & Numbers of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse and Other Literary Periodicals. Catalogue two from John Waite Rare Books.
$300-400
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154* nIghtIngalE, florence (1820-1910). Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What it is Not. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860.
8vo (195 x 123 mm). 4pp publisher’s advertisements. (Scant spotting and light soiling throughout.) Publisher’s brown gilt-lettered cloth (upper joint worn and split at head, small chips to head and foot of spine with associated losses, worn). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Nightingale’s work which includes guidance and tips for nurses.
Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois
155
155 onganIa, ferdinand (1842-1911). Streets and Canals in Venice and in the Island of the Lagoons. Venice: Ferd. Ongania, 1895-96.
2 volumes, folio (362 x 550 mm). Text in English, numerous in-text illustrations, 200 large-format photogravure plates. Contemporary half vellum gilt, brown calf lettering pieces gilt, green boards (scuffs and a few pale stains, one lettering piece chipping with loss). Ongania was one of the earliest publishers to produce books using the photogravure process; the plates reproduce engravings and depict scenes in and around Venice. The work was also issued with text in Italian, but the English text was published for grand tourists who visited Ongania’s bookship in Piazza San Marco.
Provenance: Sir H.A. Layard (armorial bookplate).
$1,500-2,000
156
156*
[PacIfIc] a group of works, comprising:
ANDERSON, John. Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra in 1823. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1826. Contemporary half calf. -- [BRYAN, William S.] Our Islands and Their People as Seen with Camera and Pencil. St. Louis: N.D. Thompson Publishing, 1899. 3 volumes (2 copies of volume 1). Publisher’s green cloth. -- MATHEW, John. Eaglehawk and Crow: A Study of the Australian Aborigines. London: David Nutt, [1899]. Publisher’s maroon cloth. -- Together, 3 works in 5 volumes, 8vo and Folio, condition generally good.
Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Provenance for the Lot: Wisconsin Consistory Library (bookplate).
$200-300
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PalMER, samuel (1805-1881). An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil.
London: Seeley & Company, 1883.
Folio (311 x 212 mm). Half-title and title printed in red and black, 14 original etchings. (A few leaves with minor marginal dampstain.) Original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (a few small tears with loss to vellum of lower cover, some minor staining, covers slightly bowed). Second edition, following the limited largepaper edition of the same year. Samuel Palmer began his translation in 1856; on the advice of publishers, he created etchings to accompany his translation. After his death in 1881, his son, A.H. Palmer, completed the work. The plates comprise an original etching by Palmer, 4 original etchings begun by Palmer and finished by his son, and 8 facsimiles of Palmer’s drawings for etchings. The states of some of the plates are as follows: Opening the fold (Lister 13 viii); Homeward Star (Lister 14 ii); Cypress Grove (Lister 15 II); Sepulchre (Lister 16 ii); Moeris and Galatea (Lister 17 ii).
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158 PEnnant, thomas (1726-1798). British Zoology. Warrington: William Eyres for Benjamin White, 1776-1777.
4 volumes (203 x 130 mm). Engraved titles, letterpress titles to vols.I-III only as usual, 280 engraved plates (several folding). (Scant spotting.) Modern quarter leather, marbled boards. Fourth edition. Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant first published British Zoology, based on works by naturalists in other European countries, in 1761. It was immensely popular, and was issued in 1766 and 1767 in quarto format.
$300-500
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159 QuEVEdo y VIllEgas, francisco de. Pablo de Segovia. The Spanish Sharper. London: Unwin Brothers for T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.
Folio (345 x 255 mm). Photogravure frontispiece of Quevedo after Velasquez, profusely illustrated by Daniel Vierge. (Scant spotting.) Original vellum, brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges stained red (soiled, lettering-pieces chipping with losses, covers slightly bowed). Vierge, known as the “Father of Modern Illustration,” and French photo-engraver Gillot, developed a process to transfer a drawing directly to a metal plate using photography. Pablo Segovia was the first work produced using their revolutionary new method.
$100-200
160 QuIllER-couch, arthur (1863-1944), editor. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930.
12mo (165 x 103 mm). (Scant spotting.) Blue cloth gilt stamp-signed by Riviere, all edges gilt (minor wear spot on spine).
$80-120
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RossEttI, dante gabriel (1828-1882).
Ballads and Sonnets. London: Ellis and White, 1881. 8vo (220 x 142 mm). Half-title. Tan calf gilt, citron and brown morocco lettering pieces gilt, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES so stated on verso of half-title. This third collection of poems completes “The House of Life” sequence of sonnets first introduced in his Poems of 1870. [Uniformly bound with:] Poems. London: Ellis and White, 1881. 8vo (220 x 142 mm). Half-title. New edition, first issue, ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES. The 1881 edition of Rossetti’s Poems includes four poems not included in the 1870 edition.
Both works printed on fine handmade paper. Large paper copies of Rossetti’s works are rare on the market at auction.
$1,000-1,500
162 RoWlIng, J.K. (b. 1965). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000.
8vo (197 x 126 mm). Original printed boards, original printed dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of Rowling’s fourth installment in the Harry Potter series.
$150-250
163 saInt gERMan, christopher. The Dialoges in English. [London: Richard Tottell, 1580].
Small 8vo (140 x 98 mm). Title printed within woodcut border, woodcut initials. (Leaves browned, last few leaves with upper margin and corner repairs, title-page laid down, last leaf mounted on a stub, a few leaves with inkburn, a few stains.) Modern calf antique. Saint German’s first treatise, commonly called “Doctor and Student,” was “surely the most remarkable book relating to English law published in the Tudor period, and quite unlike any book to have come from teh pen of an English lawyer before” (DNB). The first edition was published in 1528, with many subsequent editions. Saint German’s Second Dialogue was published in 1530. Beale T478; ESTC S116367.
Provenance: Thomas Dyke(?) (early signature and annotations on title-page).
$1,000-1,500
164* sanXay, JaMEs (1713-1766). Lexicon Aristophanicum GraecoAnglicum. Oxford: N. Bliss, 1811.
8vo (214 x 129 mm). (Spotting and staining.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt (wear to joints and corners, fading). New edition of a comprehensive Greek dictionary which was first printed in 1754 and edited by Sanxay, a Greek scholar.
Property from the Collection of Eileen Kent, Northbrook, Illinois Provenance: The Cowper and Newton Museum (bookplate).
$100-200
165 scott, Walter, sir (1771-1832). Ivanhoe. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820.
3 volumes, 8vo (198 x 120 mm). Half-titles, Author’s Advertisement leaf in first volume, 3 pages of advertisements at end of third volume. Original rose silk-covered boards, edges uncut, later morocco lettering-pieces gilt (rebacked preserving original spines, some overall wear or staining).
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR HISTORICAL NOVELS. This copy with points of the first state in vol.I as identified by Worthington with one exception: pagination ends on p.298, forme-mark on p.[iii] is 9; “Peter” reading on p.iv line 6; p.v, line 12 the second and fourth words are “which,” not the third as noted in Worthington, but with the 6 forme-mark (as often); “observed” is the first word on p.vi, line14; without commas on p.ix, line 1 after “fought or p.xii, line 5 after “people”; “toilsome” reading on p.xv, line3; no forme-marks on pp.xvi, xix, or xxiv, forme-marks “9” on p.xxviii and “12” on pp.xxx; a comma after “paste” on p.xxix. The space between the horizontal rules on the half-titles to vols.II and III differ slightly in measurement from Worthington (31mm instead of 34 mm, and 34 mm instead of 31, respectively), as does the length of the horizontal rule on p.3 in vol. III (14 mm instead of 15); vol.II p.71 with the forme-mark “5” as per Todd (but not called for in Worthington). Scott wrote Ivanhoe between July and November of 1819. The first printing of 12,000 copies was released in December 1819, and completely sold out in two weeks. Todd 140Aa; Worthington 8.
$2,000-3,000
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167 stolBERg, frederic leopold, graf zu. Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily. London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1796-1797.
Two volumes, 4to (265 x 212 mm). Half-title to vol.II, engraved folding map of Italy after F.D. Sotzman, 19 folding engraved plates, including 7 after Piranesi, 7pp. engraved music. (No title-page to vol.II.) Contemporary calf gilt, edges yellow (some light wear, joints starting with some light chipping, hinges with old tape repairs). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, following the First Edition published in Konigsburg and Leipzig, 1794.
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[sEndaK, Maurice (1928-2012)] -- hoffMan
E.t.a. Nutcracker. New York: Crown Publishers, 1984.
Square 4to. Copiously illustrated throughout. Original purple cloth, original slipcase (spine and edge of slipcase slightly sunned). LIMITED EDITION, number 176 of 250 copies SIGNED BY SENDAK. [With:] An original etching mounted to thick wove paper signed and of the same limitation.
$200-400
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168 WIldE, oscar. A House of Pomegranates. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, [1891].
8vo (212 x 175 mm). Decorated title-page, 4 illustrated plates by C.H. Shannon, numerous illustrations throughout by C. Ricketts. (Some light spotting.) Original green and tan cloth decorated in red and gold, uncut, decorated endpapers after Ricketts (soiled, some light wear to joints and spine ends). FIRST EDITION, with plates printed in Paris using an “improved” method. After the book was finished, each plate had a dusty deposit: “each plate was rubbed with soft flannel, which removed the surface and left the reproductions faint and in some cases almost obliterated” (Mason, p.365).
$300-500
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WIlKInson, John gardner, sir (1797-1875).
Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. London: John Murray, 1837.
3 volumes, 8vo (214 x 132 mm). 17 lithographic plates (including 7 chromolithographic, one tinted, 3 folding), numerous in-text illustrations, errata tipped in to vols. II and III. (Some light offsetting, plate 7 trimmed close touching imprint, lacking ads to vol.III.) Publisher’s green morocco gilt, sides with central gilt Egyptian, smooth spines gilt-lettered with lotus motif, edges gilt (some very minor wear). FIRST EDITION of the first series of Wilkinson’s profusely illustrated work about Egypt. Wilkinson lived in Egypt for twelve years, participating in excavations at Thebes, and visiting Nubia and the Cataracts. Copies in publisher’s deluxe bindings decorated in the same style as copies in publisher’s cloth are rare on the market at auction.
$500-700
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170 Wolff, tobias (b.1945). Old School. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [2003].
4to (280 x 215 mm). Photocopied proof pages. (Numerous pencil notations in the margin, presumably in the recipient’s hand.) Glued into plastic binder with clear upper cover. PROOF OF THE FIRST EDITION TWICE SIGNED BY WOLFF: “For Jim - all best, Toby 11/10/03” on the front sheet; and “For Jim - ALl best, as ever, Toby 11/10/03” on title-page.” Laid in: photocopy of an article written about the work by James Grinnell.
$200-300
171 yEats, William Butler (1865-1939). The Trembling of the Veil. London: Privately printed for subscribers by T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1922. 8vo (223 x 135 mm). Frontispiece portrait. (A few leaves with a few spots.) Original parchment-backed paper-covered boards, printed spine label, edges uncut (dampstain to lower portion of both boards and spine, lacking dust-jacket). LIMITED EDITION, number 607 of 1000 copies SIGNED BY YEATS.
$400-600
