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Fine Bindings from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark, The Monastery Hill Bindery

from Sale 741 | Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana

from Sale 741 | Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana, page 77

Travel & Exploration

[BAYNTUN BINDING]. Congress and the Nation 1945-1964. Washington D. C.: Congressional Quarterly Service, n.d.

2 volumes, 4to. Contemporary blue crushed levant, spines in 5 compartments with 6 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, 2 with red lettering-pieces gilt, the larger center compartment with blue morocco lettering-piece gilt-stamped with a view of the United States and the Capitol, edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTUN for Samuel E. Zeitlan of Chicago (spines and small portion of Vol.II upper cover slightly sunned).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-500

[BAYNTUN BINDING]. JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948). The Anatomy of Bibliomania. London: The Soncino Press, 1930-1931.

2 volumes, 8vo. Brown crushed levant gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, tan and blue lettering-pieces gilt, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTUN for Samuel E. Zeitlin, Chicago.

LIMITED EDITION, number 740 of 1000 unnumbered copies.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

(Part Lot) 8

[BAYNTUN]. A group of 4 works bound by Bayntun, comprising:

KINGSLEY, Charles. Hereward the Wake. London, 1900. Half polished blue calf gilt, burgundy and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt. -- LAMB, Charles. The Last Essays of Elia. -- The Essays of Elia. London and New York, 1900, 1911. 2 volumes. Full red polished calf gilt, green and ivory morocco lettering-pieces gilt. -- BENSON, E. F. Bensoniana. London, 1912. 12mo. Brown morocco gitl (small portion of foot of spine torn away but present). -- BROCKWAY, Wallace. – WEINSTOCK, Herbert. Men of Music. New York, 1950. Full green morocco gilt. Tenth printing. -- Together 4 works in 5 volumes, 8vo (except where indicated).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[BINDING - 16th CENTURY ENGLISH]. HOMER (?8th century B.C.). Opera, in Latin. Antwerp: Joannes Grapheus, 1528.

Volume II only (of 2, lacking Vol.I), small 8vo (150 x 96 mm). Woodcut device on nal leaf; section titles. (Lacking VI-2 (ff. 153 and 154), a few marginal annotations or markings, marginal rust-holes affecting ca 7 leaves, some mostly marginal staining.) Contemporary English blindblocked dark calf over oak boards, upper cover blind-stamped in four compartments depicting St. George, St. Barbara. St. Michael and St. Katherine with binder’s initials “GR” (Oldham QUAD 3) , lower cover with royal panel (Oldham HE 32); portion of old manuscript on vellum and 4 printed leaves used as binder’s waste (rebacked preserving two spine compartments, lacking clasps, lower cover slightly damaged affecting printer’s initials, some minor wear, a few tiny worm holes). Adams H-769.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$200-300

[BRENTANO’S BINDING] -- [RUBAIYAT]. FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Macmillan and Co., 1907.

8vo. 12 photogravures after Gilbert James. Plum morocco gilt, elaborate gilt let and green morocco onlay strapwork border surrounding central circular gilt and blue morocco onlay strapwork ornament, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, giltlettered in one, the rest with gilt borders, top edge gilt, others uncut, STAMP-SIGNED BY BRENTANO’S. Provenance: T. A. Langstroth (bookplate).

[Tipped in:] Persian manuscript, single leaf, double sided, with miniature.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

BURNS, Robert. Works. London: n.p., 1820.

4 volumes, 8vo. Engraved frontispieces. Contemproary green morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with gilt ornamental tooling, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY RETAULT (rebacked preserving original spines). Provenance: Nathan T. Beers, Jr, M.D. (bookplate).

Eighth edition. [Laid in:] Photographs of Burns’ cottage and environs.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

CAXTON, William (1422?-1491). The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers: A Facsimile. Detroit, MI: Cranbrook Press, 1901.

4to. Printed in black-letter throughout. Title and nal text leaves printed within elaborate double-page woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, hand-coloring to ve head- and tail-pieces and a portion of the nal border. Original half vellum, cloth-covered boards, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt (some minor chipping to lettering-piece, some minor soiling).

LIMITED EDITION, number 72 of 244 copies, printed in the manner of Caxton’s 1477 edition, one of the earliest books printed in England.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[CAXTON CLUB]. A group of 5 works published by the Caxton Club, comprising:

DAVENPORT, Cyril. Thomas Berthelet. 1901. Provenance: The Johann Fust Community Library of Boca Grande, Florida, Inc. (bookplate). -- UZANNE, Octave. The French Bookbinders of the Eighteenth Century. 1904. Committee on publications announcement laid in. -- DUFF, Edward Gordon (18631924). William Caxton. 1905. Folio. -- DAVENPORT, Cyril. Samuel Mearne. 1906. Provenance: The Johann Fust Community Library of Boca Grande, Florida, Inc. (bookplate). -- THOMSON, James Westfall. The Frankfort Book Fair. 1911. Original vellum-backed boards, decorated in gilt and blind. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, 4to, in original quarter cloth, blue boards, printed label to spine (except where indicated).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

(Part Lot)

[CUNEO BINDING]. FLORENTINUS, Poggius (d. 1459). The Facetiae or Jocose Tales of Poggio. Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1879.

2 volumes, 12mo. Text in Latin and English. Brown crushed levant gilt, covers with triple gilt llet border, cornerpieces gilt with green morocco diamond onlays, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, foliate tooling with central tan morocco diamond onlays gilt, top edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY CUNEO.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[CUNEO BINDING]. WATERS, W. G., translator. The Percorone of Ser Giovanni. London: Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1897.

4to. Printed on vellum throughout, numerous photogravures and illustrations after E. R. Hughes. Half blue morocco gilt, decorated paper boards, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 3, the rest with foliate design gilt, red morocco onlay owers, decorated paper paste-downs and endleaves, top edge gilt, others uncut, STAMP-SIGNED BY CUNEO (spine slightly faded, corners slightly rubbed).

LIMITED EDITION, number 72 of 110 copies.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[DERRYDALE PRESS]. HERBERT, Henry William (1807-1858). The Sporting Novels of Frank Forester. New York, 1930.

4 volumes, 4to. Half blue morocco gilt, decorative blue cloth, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, the rest with central gilt ornament with red morocco onlay, top edges gilt (spines and top edge of cloth with very slight fading).

“The Hitchcock Edition,” one of 750 copies.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Chicago: Monastery Hill Press, 1980.

12mo. Numerous illustrations by Phillip Reed. Red crushed levant, green morocco onlays, upper cover gilt-lettered, central vellum circular onlays blindstamped and decorated in wash recreating Reed’s illustrations of Fan and young Scrooge (p. 48), and Bob Crachit carrying Tiny Tim (p. 81), turn-ins gilt, green watered silk dentelles and endpapers, STAMP-SIGNED BY J. LARIVIERE; cloth folding case.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

DUHAMEL, Georges (1884-1966). La Possession du monde. Paris: Andre Plicque & Cie, 1927.

Small 4to. 24 engraved plates after Paul Baudier. Half blue morocco gilt, marbled boards, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 3, one large compartment decorated in an Art Deco motif with red morocco onlays gilt (some very minor rubbing to extremities); original wrappers bound in.

LIMITED EDITION, number 60 of 310 copies on Rives à la forme of a total edition of 330.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-500

DUHAMEL, Georges. Le Voyage de Moscou. Paris: Mercure de France, 1927.

8vo. Half red blind-tooled morocco, marbled boards, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands gilt-lettered in 2, one large compartment with black morocco hammer and sickle onlay, top edge gilt, others uncut (2 raised bands with small scuffs); original yellow wrappers bound in. Provenance: Dr. Laloux (bookplate).

LIMITED EDITION, number 117 of 189 copies on Hollande van Gelder of a total edition of 1994.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

DUHAMEL, Georges (1884-1966). Les Hommes abandonnés. Paris: Editions Marcel Seheur, 1927.

4to. Title and text printed in red and black; 24 original lithographs after Maurice Vlaminck (minor spotting to a few leaves). Half black levant, marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered with white geometric onlays in an Art Deco design, top edge gilt, others uncut (some minor scuf ng, spine slightly faded); original wrappers bound in.

LIMITED EDITION, number 135 of 325 copies.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$800-1,200

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). The Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Brentanos, n.d.

5 volumes, 8vo. 5 portrait frontispieces. 20th century half blue morocco gilt, marbled boards, spines with alternating vertical grey morocco onlays, giltlettered, top edge gilt.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924). Le Rotisserie de la reine pedauque. Paris: Simon Kra, 1925.

8vo. Numerous plates in two states after Guy de Montabel, hand-colored initials. Burgundy crushed levant gilt, covers with blue and green morocco onlay Art Deco-style frame surrounding a central gilt stamp of sh, game birds, and a deer, spine in 5 compartments with 4 wide raised bands, gilt lettered in 2, central gilt ornament in 2, the larger central compartment with central hanging bird gilt, turn ins gilt, decorative paper doublures and endleaves, top edge gilt, others uncut; original covers bound in; board slipcase.

LIMITED EDITION, number 42 of 83 copies on Japan imperial with an extra suite of plates on papier du Chine.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$800-1,200

[GROLIER CLUB]. A group of 3 works published by the Grolier Club, comprising:

BIRRELL, Augustine. Three Essays. 1924. Grolier Club subscription series announcement pasted in. -- GOODHUE, Bertram Grosvenor.Book Decorations. 1931. -- BÜHLER, Curt F. Fifteenth Century Books and the Twentieth Century. 1952. Grolier Club Committee on Publications noti cation laid in. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, 4to, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, all published in New York by the Grolier Club, each with the bookplate of The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Training Department, condition generally ne.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

(Part Lot)

[HATCHARDS BINDING]. NOLHAC, Pierre de (1859-1936). J. H. Fragonard, 1732-1806. Paris: Goupil & Cie, 1918.

8vo. Title printed in red, black and gold; etched frontispiece and 27 etched plates, lettered tissue guards. Teal levant, sides with all-over eur-de-lis and dot diaper pattern within 6 let border gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with similar all-over eur-de-lis design, edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY HATCHARDS (some very slight rubbing to spine ends).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$600-800

HOLME, Charles (1848-1923), editor. The Art of the Book. London, Paris, and New York: The Studio, 1914.

4to. A profusion of illustrations, facsimile reproductions of ne press printing, and photographic plates of bindings (some printed in color). 20th century green crushed levant, upper cover with central geometric oral design of black, grey, tan, maroon, green and blue morocco onlay gilt, lower cover with central black and maroon morocco geometric design gilt, spine in 4 compartments with 3 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, 2 with black morocco onlay triangles gilt, edges gilt; cloth folding case.

FIRST EDITION of Holme’s review of European and American work in typography, page decoration, and binding.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$2,000-3,000

HOLME, Charles (1848-1923), editor. The Art of the Book. London, Paris, and New York: The Studio, 1914.

4to. A profusion of illustrations, facsimile reproductions of ne press printing, and photographic plates of bindings (some printed in color). 20th century blue morocco, shaped to a wave pattern on spine and sides, spine and sides with gold and black geometric onlays, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, others uncut (covers very slightly bowed); cloth folding case.

FIRST EDITION, including contributions by Bernard H. Newdigate, Douglas Cockerell, L. Deubner, E. A. Taylor, A. S. Levetus, August Brunius and William Dana Orcutt.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$2,000-3,000

KINGSLEY, Charles (1819-1875). Works. [“Novels and Poems.”] New York: J. F. Taylor and Company, 1899.

11 volumes (of 14), 8vo. Frontispieces, titles printed in red and black. 20th century half brown crushed levant gilt, green cloth, upper covers with “EET” monogram gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered in 2, the rest with gilt ornaments.

LIMITED EDITION, “Edition de Luxe,” number 185 of 350 copies.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$600-800

LECKY, William Edward Hartpole (1838-1903). History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne. London: Longmans, Green, 1869.

2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles. Half blue morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest gilt-decorated. Provenance: Henry Sotheran Ltd. Booksellers (their ticket); bookplate removed from pastedown.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400 29

MITFORD, Mary Russell (1787-1855). Our Village. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893.

8vo. Half-title, frontispiece, illustrations after Hugh Thomson. 20th century maroon crushed levant gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest gilt-decorated.

The “Large Paper Edition,” one of 470 unnumbered copies with illustrations by Thomson and an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. AINSWORTH, William Harrison (1805-1882). Historical Romances. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, n.d.

20 volumes, 8vo. Printed on vellum throughout; frontispieces and plates printed in two states, lettered tissue guards. Full green morocco, covers with triple gilt llet border surrounding elaborate gilt oral cornerpieces with red morocco onlay turn-ins gilt, watered silk doublures and yleaves, edges gilt BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY, ca 1904 (some very light rubbing to a few hinges, some very minor scuffs, slight dampstain affecting foot of a few endleaves, otherwise ne).

LIMITED EDITION, number 22 of 250 copies of the “Astral Edition” printed on Japanese vellum with the plates in two states. A ne early exhibition binding by the Monastery Hill Bindery.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$6,000-8,000

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. HENEAGE, Jesse John. Memoirs of the Court of England. Boston: Chester F. Rice Co., n.d.

30 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces; numerous plates. Half crimson levant gilt, decorative red cloth boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest elaborately gilt-ornamented surrounding central green clover onlays, raised bands gilt, decorative red cloth pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut, BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY, ca 1915.

LIMITED EDITION, number 27 of 100 copies of the “Westminster Edition.”

[Bound in to The Reign of the Stuarts, Vol.I:] HENEAGE. ALS to Lady Blessington, 20 July 1847. 2 1/2pp, 8vo, on a bifolium, window mounted. Regarding a forthcoming memoir.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. BALZAC, Honore de (1799-1850). Works. New York: Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc., n.d.

19 volumes, 8vo. Half red morocco gilt, marbled, boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, the rest giltdecorated, BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY.

Collected edition, with introductions by George Saintsbury.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING -- ZUFFANT, Joseph, binder]. [BIBLE, in German]. Die Heilige Schrift.... Stuttgart, [c.1890].

Folio. Numerous illustrations after Gustave Dore. 20th century maroon crushed levant, upper cover gilt with central cross of varying teal and autumn leaf calf onlays, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, maroon lettering-piece gilt in one, wide turn-ins gilt, tan morocco blind-tooled doublures, the upper doublure with central marbled calf onlay cross, red watered silk endpapers; edges gauffered and gilt with watercolor paintings depicting Christ, Moses, and St. Peter by JOSEPH ZUFFANT FOR THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (very tiny scuffs to corners, otherwise ne); felt-lined cloth folding case.

A ne example of master bookbinder Joseph Zuffant’s work. Zuffant was placed at the Monastery Hill Bindery at the age of 14 in 1925 by the Jane Addams Hull-House; he bound thousands of books during his 73-year tenure at Monastery Hill.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$2,000-3,000

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[MONASTERY HILL BINDING - ZUFFANT, Joseph, binder] -- [ROYCROFTERS]. DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Story of Yule-Tide. East Aurora, New York: The Roycroft Shop, 1902.

8vo. Title printed in red and black within woodcut border. Red morocco gilt, upper cover with green and red morocco border with gilt holly-leaf tooling, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with holly leaf and berry tooling gilt, SIGNED BY ZUFFANT FOR THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY.

FIRST TRADE EDITION.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING - ZUFFANT, Joseph, binder]. LOSSING, Benson John (1813-1891). The Home of Washington and its Associations. New York: W. A. Townsend, 1866.

12mo. Navy crushed levant, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, corners slightly rounded, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest plain, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt-lettered “Washington the Defender of his Country the Founder of Liberty the Friend of Man,” edges gauffered and gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING - ZUFFANT, Joseph, binder]. SABATINI, Rafael (1875-1950). Scaramouche. A Romance of the French Revolution. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924.

8vo. Blue morocco gilt, upper cover with wide gilt-ruled border and square cornerpieces gilt surrounding central pro le of Scaramouche gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with central crossed sabres gilt, turn-ins gilt, blue watered silk endpapers, edges gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY; cloth slipcase.

Later American edition SIGNED BY SABATINI on blank leaf.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$600-800

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING - ZUFFANT, Joseph, binder]. -- [RUBAIYAT]. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald, translator. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913].

8vo. Numerous illustrations after René Bull mounted within decorative borders printed in colors; numerous color-printed illustrations. Red levant gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with central gilt arabesque, decorative paper pastedowns and endpapers, edges gilt, corners rounded, BY JOSEPH ZUFFANT FOR THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (spine slightly sunned, a few minor scuffs to lower cover).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. SURTEES, Robert Smith (1803-1864). [SPORTING NOVELS]. Ask Mamma. -- Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. -- Mr. Romford’s Hounds. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., [ca 1852 or later].

3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo. Profusely illustrated with hand-colored steel-engraved plates and in-text woodcut illustrations by John Leech and H.K. Browne. (Scant spotting.) Uniformly bound in red morocco, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest plain, edges gauffered and gilt (some minor scuf ng); original cloth covers bound in.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. THORNBURY, Walter. Haunted London. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865.

8vo. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the addition of approximately 60 engravings, etchings, and portraits, many window-mounted. Burgundy crushed levant elaborately gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, turn-ins gilt, tan crushed levant doublures with wide decorative border gilt surrounding a central gilt arabesque with burgundy morocco onlay, tan watered silk endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut, BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (some slight rubbing to joints and extremities, short split at head of spine).

FIRST EDITION.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$1,000-1,500

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). The Alhambra. New York and London: The Knickerbocker Press, 1891.

2 volumes, 8vo. Text printed within red and gold frame borders. Full tan morocco gilt, spine in 4 compartments with 3 raised bands, one large compartment with tan onlay decorated in gilt and blind depicting the Alhambra, gilt-lettered in one, the rest gilt-decorated, board edges gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, STAMP-SIGNED BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (spines slightly sunned, a few small scuffs).

The “Darro Edition” of Irving’s work rst published in 1832, the present edition featuring the text of Irving’s Revised Edition, published in 1851.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. RILEY, James Whitcomb (1849-1916). The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1914.

2 works in 2 volumes, 8vo. Printed on vellum; numerous original watercolor illustrations and vignettes throughout, signed by Lee Mason, S. J. Beebe, J. A. Smythe, F. P. Benton, T. C. Moore, S. G. Talbot, and others. Uniformly bound in 20th century blue morocco gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (spine and top edge very slightly faded). Provenance: Eugene and Julia S. Field (inscription, Julia S. Field’s signature, see below); Eugene Field II (inscription).

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY on title-pages. EUGENE FIELD’S COPY, PRESENTED TO HIM BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, with an inscription by Eugene Field II in each volume: “This set came from the library of my father, Eugene Field, and was presented to my mother by James Whitcomb Riley, the author. Nov. 1-1931 Eugene Field II.” Also signed by Julia S. Field in each volume.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. MICHENER, James A. (1907-1997). Hawaii. New York: Random House, [1959].

8vo. Contemporary blue crushed levant, upper cover set with green and yellow morocco hibiscus onlay gilt, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, giltlettered in 2, top edge gilt, turn-ins gilt, by THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (spine very slightly fading).

FIRST TRADE EDITION, fourth printing, in a superb Monastery Hill binding.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert (1834-1894). Man in Art. London: MacMillan & Co., 1892.

8vo. Title printed in red and black, numerous engraved plates, red lettered tissue guards. 20th century half blue calf decorated in gilt and blind, blue cloth, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, the rest with central gilt ornamental tool, top edge gilt, others uncut by THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (some minor toning to fore-edge).

FIRST EDITION.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$200-300

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING & KELLIEGRAM BINDING]. A group of 3 works, comprising:

GRAY, Thomas. An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. London, 1858. Tan morocco decorated in gilt and blind STAMP-SIGNED BY KELLIEGRAM. -- TEBBEL, John. Paperback Books. A Pocket History. New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1964. Brown morocco decorated in gilt and blind, STAMP-SIGNED HERTZBERG MONASTERY HILL. -- Another copy. Tan calf decorated in gilt and blind, STAMPSIGNED HERTZBERG MONASTERY HILL. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400 44

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. THOMSON, James, (1700-1748). The Seasons. Percival Stockdale, editor. London: A. Hamilton, 1793.

8vo. Engraved frontispiece and plates. (Some minor spotting.). Half burgundy morocco gilt, marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with ornamental gilt border, top edge gilt, BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY, ca 1915.

First Stockdale Edition of Thomson’s popular work.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. A group of 3 works bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery, comprising:

SAINT-BEUVE, C. A. Portraits of the Seventeenth Century. New York and London, 1904-1905. 2 volumes. Half olive morocco gilt. -- HARRIS, Paul P. My Road to Rotary. Chicago, 1948. Full blue morocco gilt. [Tipped in:] Deposited check signed by Paul P. Harris, Chicago, 31 August 1943. -- CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. New York, 1932. Half red morocco, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, two larger compartments with ivory and purple morocco onlay gilt Queen and King of Hearts, STAMP-SIGNED BY MONASTERY HILL BINDERY. -- Together 3 works in 4 volumes, 8vo.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. A group of 4 works bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery, comprising:

GILDER, Richard Watson. Poems. Boston and New York, 1908. Half brown morocco gilt. SIGNED BY GILDER. -- SARETT, Lew. Wings Against the Moon. New York, 1931. Half green morocco gilt, upper cover with tan and black morocco onlay silhouette of the moon, a pine tree, and a bird in ight (some minor dampstaining). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY SARETT. [Laid in:] Autograph note signed (“Ernst Hertzberg”). -- Hebraic Literature Translations from the Talmud Midrashim and Kabbala. New York, 1936. Half aqua morocco gilt. -- BEARD, Charles A. American Foreign Policy in the Making, 1932-1940. New Haven, Ct., 1946. Half tan calf gilt. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, 8vo.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

MORRIS, William (1834-1896). Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair. Portland, Maine: for Thomas B. Mosher, 1900.

8vo. Title printed in red and black. Contemporary blue morocco gilt, sides with elaborate let and roll-tool border gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with gilt ornament, blue morocco doublures with all-over diaper pattern gilt, cream watered silk endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine slightly sunned, small nicks to a few corners, lower portion of joint just starting).

LIMITED EDITION, one of 450 copies.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

MOTLEY, John Lothrop (1814-1877). The Rise of the Dutch Republic. -History of the United Netherlands. -The Life of John of Barneville. London, ca 1864.

3 works in 9 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated throughout, a few folding maps. 19th century half navy calf gilt, marbled boards, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest, including large central compartment, with gilt ornament (spines and extremities with a few small scuffs).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$1,000-1,500

[MOUNTENEY BINDING]. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Wonder Book for Girls and Boys. Walter Crane, illustrator. Boston: Houghton MIf in & Company, 1892.

8vo. Frontispiece and 60 illustrations printed in color after Walter Crane (some minor internal spotting). Half rust levant gilt, patterned paper boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest elaborately gilt-tooled, decorative paper pastedowns and endpapers, edges gilt, BY LEONARD MOUNTENEY.

Illustrated edition.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

[MOUNTENEY BINDING] -- [RUBAIYAT]. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Willy Pogany, translator. London; George G. Harrap & Co., 1909.

4to. Printed in colors within ornamental borders throughout, numerous illustrations after Willy Pogany. Crimson morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, turn-ins gilt, decorative paper doublures and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut, STAMP-SIGNED BY MOUNTENEY.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

[MOUNTENEY BINDING]. THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). A Book for Christmas Reading. Chicago: The Cuneo Press, 1947.

8vo. Full green morocco elaborately gilt, smooth spine gilt, turn-ins gilt, red watered silk doublures and endpapers by Mounteney. Sixth volume of the Annual Christmas Stories series.

[With:] Two other editions of the Cuneo Press Annual Christmas Stories series, comprising: WIGGIN, Kate, Washington IRVING, Bret HARTE, and Nathaniel HAWTHORNE. Stories of America’s Past. 1954. The 13th volume of the series. -- CRANE, STOCKTON, HARDY, CONRAD, et al. Stories of Land and Sea from the Late 19th Century. 1956. The 15th volume of the series. -- Both in red morocco gilt, smooth spines gilt, turn-ins gilt, red watered silk doublures.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-700

(Part Lot)

[NAPOLEON] -- SLOANE, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: The Century Co., 1896.

4 volumes, 4to. Over 300 plates, portraits, and maps (many in color). Contemporary half red morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with central gilt Napoleonic tool, top edge gilt, others uncut (small chip with loss at foot of spine to vol.I, some minor wear, particularly to spine ends and corners). Provenance: unidenti ed bookplates removed from pastedowns.

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of Sloane’s most popular work, “published originally in the form of a serial in the Century Magazine, beginning in November 1894, enlarged into four massive volumes in 1896...it was sumptuously illustrated and composed in a fashion to appeal to the general reader rather than the historical student” (DAB).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$800-1,200

[RIVIERE & SON BINDING]. EVELYN, John (1620-1706). The Diary of John Evelyn. London: Bickers and Son, 1879.

4 volumes expanded to 8, 4to. Titles printed in black and red; frontispieces; EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of numerous plates, many window-mounted. Red morocco gilt, sides with triple gilt let border surrounding Evelyn armorial supralibros with motto “Durete”, smooth spines elaborately gilt-decorated, each with 2 tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY RIVIERE & SON (rebacked preserving original spines, a few covers detached or detaching, some minor chipping to spine end.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$1,000-1,500

[SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE BINDING]. CHESTERTON, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936). Five Types: A Book of Essays. London, 1910.

Square 8vo. Engraved title-page, 6 small engravings laid down as head- and tailpieces. Blue morocco elaborately gilt with various tooled borders, corners of front cover with gilt butter ies surrounded by owers of red morocco onlay gilt, gilt centerpiece title within a wreath, spine gilt in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest gilt with red morocco onlay owers, turn-ins gilt, red silk doublures and endpapers, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (upper cover neatly detaching).

LIMITED EDITION, number 3 of 30 copies on vellum SIGNED BY GEORGE SUTCLIFFE.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-500

(Part Lot)

SHAKESPEARE, William, (1564-1616). Works. [The Vale Shakespeare]. London: Vale Press, 1900-1903.

39 volumes, 8vo. Numerous wood-engraved decorative borders and illustrations by Charles Ricketts throughout. Contemporary tan straightgrained morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, red and brown calf lettering-pieces gilt in 2, the rest gilt-decorated, STAMP-SIGNED BY ZAEHNSDORF, 1912 (a few covers detached or detaching, one volume with spine repaired, one volume with small losses to spine ends, some light wear).

LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies printed by the Vale Press. The most ambitious publication of Charles Ricketts’ Vale Press. Ricketts used different borders for the tragedies, the comedies and the histories.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$3,000-4,000

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Shakespeare’s Sonnets and A Lover’s Complaint. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1907.

8vo. Red morocco, upper cover with gilt geometric design, black-tooled lettering and single let border, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, decorative paper paste-downs and endleaves.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$500-600

THOMPSON, Slason. The Humbler Poets. Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1899.

8vo. Olive crushed levant, sides with wide gilt and stipple border, oral gilt and red morocco onlay cornerpieces in an Art Nouveau design, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with red morocco onlay gilt oral centerpiece, wide turn-ins gilt, green silk doublures and endpapers (spine slightly sunned, some light rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Laurence E. Hertzberg (signature)

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-500

WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683). -- COTTON, Charles (1630-1687). Compleat Angler. Edited by Sir Harris Nicolas. London: William Pickering, 1836.

2 volumes, 4to. Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, engraved headpieces and illustrations throughout, numerous engraved plates. Contemporary green morocco gilt, spines in 5 compartments with 4 wide raised bands gilt, giltlettered in 2, the rest gilt, edges gilt (some light wear to joints, spine ends, and corners).

The First Nicolas edition. “One of the best, possibly the very best of...[the 146 editions of The Compleat Angler published between 1836 and 1901] was the superb edition edited by Sir Harris Nicolas for Pickering with engravings after Stothard, Inskipp and others” (Percy Muir, Victorian Illustrated Books, 1971, p.21).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$1,500-2,500

WARREN, Samuel (1807-1877). Ten Thousand a Year. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1841.

3 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, titles printed in red and black; portrait frontispiece printed on vellum in vol.I. Half brown morocco gilt, brown cloth, upper covers with central gilt supralibros with the motto “Je Le Tiens”, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with leaf and vine motif gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance: James Davis (bookplate); bookplate removed from pastedown.

LIMITED EDITION, number 69 of 200 copies.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[ZAEHNSDORF BINDING] -- [NONESUCH PRESS]. The Week-End Book. Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1931.

8vo. Red morocco gilt, upper cover depicting backgammon board with green and black morocco onlays gilt, spine in 3 compartments with 2 raised bands gilt, printed checkerboard upper pastedown and endpapers, printed Nine Men’s Morris board lower pastedown and endpapers, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY ZAEHNSDORF (some light rubbing, particularly to spine); board slipcase.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400 61

[JOHN WRIGHT BINDING]. COWPER, William (1731-1800). Poetical Works. London: William Pickering, 1853.

2 volumes, 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait. (Some minor spotting.) Green crushed levant gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with elaborate gilt ornament, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY JOHN WRIGHT (spines very slightly sunned, some slight rubbing to corners and spine ends).

Later William Pickering edition, nely bound by John Wright, one of the leading binders of the 1840’s. Wright and most of his staff died during the cholera epidemic of 1854.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[AMERICAN LITERATURE]. A group of 5 works, comprising:

CABLE, George W. The Grandissimes. New York, 1880. Half brown morocco gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY BENNETT; original covers bound in. -- NORRIS, Frank. McTeague. A Story of San Francisco. New York, 1899. Full tan morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, red and blue morocco lettering-pieces gilt, the rest gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTUN. -- WALLACE, Lew. Ben-Hur. A Tale of the Christ. New York and London, 1901. 2 volumes. Full brown morocco gilt. -- JOHNSON, Merle. High Spots of American Literature. New York, 1929. Full rec morocco gilt. Limited edition, number 11 of 50 copies SIGNED BY JOHNSON. -- FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Crack-Up. New York, 1945. Half brown morocco gilt. – Together, 5 works in 6 volumes, 8vo.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

[ART NOUVEAU]. A group of 4 works with spines tooled to an Art Nouveau style, comprising:

STANLEY, Arthur Penrhyn. Historical Memorials of Canterbury. New York, [1875]. Half green morocco gilt for Blackwell. Second American Edition. -- INGLESANT, John. A Romance. London, 1881. 2 volumes. Half red morocco gilt, BY ZAEHNSDORF. -- HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Poetical Works. Boston and New York, 1900. Half brown morocco gilt. “Household Edition.” -- LETTSOM, William Nanson, translator. The Nibelungenlied. London and New York, 1901. Half green morocco gilt. -- Together 4 works in 5 volumes, 8vo.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 4 works, comprising:

FIELDS, Mrs. James T. A Shelf of Old Books. New York, 1894. Half tan morocco gilt. [Bound in:] 1p. ALS (“A Fields”) to Mr. Goss. 20 November 1898. -- FIELDS, James T. Yesterdays With Authors. Boston and New York, 1900. Half brown morocco gilt. [Bound in:] Autograph manuscript signed (“James T. Fields”), a poem, “Franklin.” & 1 p. ALS (“James T. Fields”) to F. B. Sanborn. Boston, 12 February 1862. -- MATTHEWS, Brander. Pen and Ink. New York and London, 1888. Half brown morocco gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 12 of 110 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper. [Bound in:] Autograph letter signed (“Brander Matthews”) to Peck. New York, 6 October 1907. 1p. -- HERTZBERG, Edward. Fourty-Four Years As A Bookbinder. Chicago, 1933. Half red morocco gilt. -- Together 4 works in 4 volumes, 8vo.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400 65

[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 3 works, comprising:

MACKAIL, J. W. The Life of William Morris. London, New York & Bombay, 1899. 2 volumes. Half brown morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with central gilt and brown morocco onlya ower. -- JOLINE, Adrian H. The Diversions of a Book-Lover. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Half brown morocco gilt. Provenance: James Davis (bookplate). -- STODDARD, Richard Henry. Recollections Personal and Literary. New York, 1903. Half brown morocco gilt. [Bound in:] Autograph note signed (“R. H. Stoddard”) to Mr. Hitchcock, 7 May 1897. 1p. –Autograph manuscript signed (“R. H. Stoddard”), a poem, 1p. -- Together 3 works in 4 volumes, 8vo.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[ENGLISH BINDERS]. A group of 5 works bound by English binders, comprising:

ANSTEY, Christopher. The New Bath Guide. London, 1830. Full tan morocco gilt BY RAMAGE. Provenance: J. H. (bookplate). -- LOWELL, James Russell. A Fable For Critics. New York, 1848. Extra-illustrated. Full blue polished calf gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt BY ZAEHNSDORF. Provenance: Doris LouisBenz (bookplate). [Bound in:] James Russell Lowell signature on card. -- BATES, William, editor. A Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters. London, [ca 1873]. 4to. Full blue polished calf, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. -- ALLAN, P. B. M, compiler. A Little Book of Loneliness. For Those Who Are Wont To Be Alone. London, 1926. Full aqua polished calf gilt, purple morocco lettering-piece gilt BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Provenance: Doris Louis-Benz (bookplate). -- ADDISON, Joseph. Sir Roger de Coverley. London, n.d. 12mo. Full blue polished calf gilt, red morocco letteirn-piece gilt BY RIVIERE & SON. Together 5 works in 5 volumes, 8vo (except where indicated).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

[LITERATURE]. A group of 3 works, comprising:

VIRGIL. Works. London, 1709. John Dryden, translator. 3 volumes. Half tan morocco, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest gilt-decorated with green morocco onlays. Third edition. -- SHAKESPEARE, William. The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. 1828. 8 volumes, 16mo. Green morocco gilt. Provenance: Alice L. Hertzberg (signature). -- SHAKESPEARE, William. The Leopold Shakspere. London, Paris & New York, n.d. Full polished brown calf gilt. -- Together, 3 works in 12 volumes, 8vo (except where indicated).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600 69

MICHENER, James A. (1907-1997). A group of 7 works by Michener, comprising:

The Floating World. 1954. Fourth printing. -- Hawaii.1959. LIMITED EDITION, number 29 of 400 copies SIGNED BY MICHENER. -- Caravans.1963. First edition, rst printing. -- The Source. 1965. First printing. -- Centennial. 1974. Fifth printing. -- Chesapeake. 1978. -- The Covenant. 1980. -- Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, all published in New York by Random House, uniformly bound in full brown leather BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[NAPOLEON]. A group of 8 works, most bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery, comprising:

IRELAND, W. H., editor. The Napoleon Anecdotes. London, 1823, 1825. 3 volumes, 12mo. -- The History of Napoleon Buonaparte. London, 1830. 2 volumes. 12mo. -- ASHTON, John. English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. London, 1888. Half brown morocco gilt.-- HARTLEY, Cecil B. Life of the Empress Josephine, Wife of Napoleon I. Philadelphia, 1860. -- ROPES, John Codman. The Campaign of Waterloo. A Military History. New York, 1893. Third edition. -- L’ARDECHE, M. Laurent de. History of Napoleon. London, n.d. 2 volumes. -- WATSON, Thomas E. The Story of France. New York, 1926. -- DURAND, Madame La Generale. Napoleon and Marie Louise. Chicago and New York, n.d. FIRST EDITION. -- Together 8 works in 13 volumes, 8vo (except where indicated), all in half red morocco gilt (except where indicated).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$600-800 71

[VELLUM BINDINGS - GEORGES LEVITZKY]. A group of 4 works in decorated half vellum bindings, comprising:

CHANTEPLEURE, Guy. Fiancée D’Avril. Paris, 1921. Eightieth edition. -- CHANTEPLEURE, Guy. Ma Conscience en Robe Rose. Paris, 1922. Sixtyfourth edition. -- LOTI, Pierre. Les Désenchantées. Paris, 1923. -- LOTI, Pierre. Mon Frère Yves. Paris, 1925. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, 8vo, each with hand-painted spine with hand-lettered title, STAMP-SIGNED BY GEORGES LEVITZKY.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400

[FINE BINDINGS - MEMOIR]. A group of 5 works, comprising:

DAVENPORT, John. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs. London, 1869. Half brown morocco gilt. Provenance: Frank L. Hadley. -- UZANNE, Octave, editor. La Cronique Scandaleuse. Paris, 1879. 4to. Half red morocco gilt. Provenance: Bruce Staunton Hill (bookplate). -- HICHENS, Robert. Barbary Sheep. New York and London, 1907. Half brown morocco gilt. Provenance: Laurie Mac Nair Walker (bookplate). -- FARNAL, Jeffrey. The Broad Highway. New York, 1911. Full brown morocco gilt. Provenance: Joseph Collins (bookplate). -- BEASLEY, Gertrude. My First Thirty Years. Paris, [1925]. Half brown morocco gilt. -- Together 5 works in 5 volumes, 8vo (except where indicated).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 3 works, comprising:

SIGOURNEY, Lydia Huntley. Illustrated Poems. Philadelphia, 1849. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half blue morocco gilt. [Bound in:] Autograph manuscript signed (“L. H. Sigourney”), a poem, “The Sea”, comprising 16 lines, bound in to vol.I. Also with autograph letter signed (“L. H. Sigourney”). Hartford, 17 January 1855, bound in to vol.2. -- The Changing Year. London, Paris, and New York, 1882. 4to. Half blue morocco gilt. 2 volumes. BOUND BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY. -- UCHARD, Mario. My Uncle Barbassou. London: Vizetelly & Co., 1888. 4to. Full purple morocco gilt. -- Together, 3 works in 4 volumes.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$300-400 73

[FINE BINDING - MEMOIR]. A group of 5 works, comprising:

BRANTOME, Pierre de. Les Dames Galantes. Paris, 1882. Half blue morocco gilt. 3 volumes. -- BAILY, J. T. Herbert. Emma, Lady Hamilton. London, 1905. 4to. Half turquoise morocco gilt. -- CAMPAN, Jeanne Louise Henriette. Memoirs of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette. New York, 1917. Half green morocco gilt. -- RADZIWILL, Princess Catherine. The Intimate Life of the Last Tzarina. New York, 1928. Half brown morocco gilt BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY. -- ZWEIG, Stefan. Marie Antoinette. The Portrait of an Average Woman. New York, 1933. Half green morocco gilt, small red morocco onlays. 2 volumes. -- Together 5 works in 8 volumes, 8vo (except where indicated).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 6 works, comprising:

BESANT, Walter, Sir. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies. London, 1888. Half purple morocco gilt; slipcase. [Bound in:] ALS from Sir Walter Besant to Rudyard Kipling. 25 January 1892. -- SMITH, F. Hopkinson. A Gentleman Vagabond. Cambridge, MA, 1895. Half blue morocco gilt. LIMITED EDITION number 43 of 250 copies. Signature tipped in. -- WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History of Selborne. London and New York, 1902. Full green morocco gilt; slipcase. -- GARLAND, Hamlin. A Son of the Middle Border. New York, 1917. Hald green morocco gilt. “Special Autographed Edition” SIGNED BY GARLAND. -- PETERSON, Theodore. Magazines in the Twentieth Century. Urbana, IL, 1956. Red morocco gilt. -- CHAUCER, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales. Garden City, New York, 1934. Rockwell Kent, illustrator. Half green morocco gilt. – Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo.

[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 5 works, comprising:

ROGERS, Samuel. Italy. A Poem. London, 1830. Full dark green morocco gilt. Provenance: The Lakeside Press. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Training Department (bookplate). -- BROWN, John. Miss Stirling Graham of Duntrune. N.p., n.d. Half green morocco gilt. [Bound in:] 4 page ALS from William Douglas to unidenti ed recipient; 4 page ALS from Miss Sterling Graham to Mr. Douglas; 1 page original pen and ink drawing of dog. -- RAMÉ, Louisa de la. Two Little Wooden Shoes. Philadelphia, 1901. Half maroon morocco gilt. Provenance: Laure Mac Nair Walker (bookplate). -- RAMÉ, Louisa de la. A Dog of Flanders The Nürnber Stove and Other Stories. Philadelphia, 1909. Half maroon morocco gilt. Provenance: Laure Mac Nair Walker (bookplate). -- RÉGNIER, Henri de. L’Escapade. Paris, 1926. 4to. Half turquoise morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the gilt with central red morocco onlay. LIMITED EDITION, number 39 of 66 copies on Japon Impérial of a total edition of 671 copies. Provenance: Laloux (bookplate). -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, 8vo (except where indicated).

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-600

[FINE BINDINGS]. A group of 5 works, most bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery, comprising:

KELLY, R. Talbot. Burma. Painted & Described. London, 1905. Half brown morocco BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY. -- OMOND, George W. T. Belgium. London, 1907, 1908. Half brown morocco BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY. -- CAMPBELL, Wilfred. Canada. London, 1907. Half red morocco BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY. -- BATES, Joseph D. Atlantic Salmon Flies and Fishing. Mechanicsburg, PA, 1995. Full tan leather. “Deluxe Edition” SIGNED BY BATES. -- BATES, Joseph D. Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing. Mechanicsburg, PA, 1995. Full tan leather. “Deluxe Edition” SIGNED BY BATES. -- Together 5 works in 5 volumes, 8vo.

Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery

$400-500

Lot 252 [ABOLITIONISTS]. [GARRISON, William Lloyd (1805-1879)]. GARRISON, Wendell P. and Francis J. William Lloyd Garrison. The Story of his Life. New York: The Century Co., 1885.

4 volumes expanded to 8, 8vo. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 93 PLATES AND 32 DOCUMENTS. 20th century plum morocco gilt. Original documents neatly bound in throughout, with examples from several notable political gures and abolitionists.

$4,000-6,000 Lot 282 [REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. LOSSING, Benson John (18131891). The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution. New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. [20th-century].

8 volumes, 8vo. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 233 PLATES AND 22 DOCUMENTS. 20th century black morocco gilt. Original documents neatly bound in throughout, including correspondence from several Founding Fathers.

$4,000-6,000

Additional books from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and the Monastery Hill Bindery can be found throughout the sale and are indicated throughout, including:

Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Lots 78-251

[AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE]. ACHEBE, Chinua (1930-2013). Things Fall Apart. New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1959.

8vo. Original publisher’s gray cloth (spine slightly sunned). Provenance: Johnson Publishing Company Library (library stamp). 79

[AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE]. BROOKS, Gwendolyn (1917-2000). A Street in Bronzeville. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1945.

8vo. Original publisher’s black cloth gilt (slightly rubbed).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, INSCRIBED BY ACHEBE: “With salaams Chinua Achebe, June 13, 1963.” A scarce signed copy of the Nigerian writer’s rst published book, considered one of the most signi cant works of twentiethcentury African literature. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY BROOKS: “For Gloria and Lerone, -- black gold! Love, Gwen, August 15, 1970.”

$300-400

Property from the Collection of the Johnson Publishing Company Library

$200-300

[AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE]. DUBOIS, William Edward Burghardt (18681963). The Quest of the Silver Fleece. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1911.

8vo. Frontispiece. Original publisher’s decorated gray cloth (soiled and faded, slight wear to extremities). Provenance: Johnson Publishing Company Library (stamps). FIRST EDITION of DuBois’ rst novel promoting African-American social justice and activism.

[With:]

MCKAY, Claude (1889-1948). Home to Harlem. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards (slight wear to extremities). FIRST EDITION, seventh printing of McKay’s novel portraying life in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance. Provenance: Johnson Publishing Company Library (stamp).

Property from the Collection of the Johnson Publishing Company Library 81 (Part Lot)

[AFRICAN-AMERICAN NARRATIVE]. HENSON, Josiah (1789-1883). Truth Stranger than Fiction. Father Henson’s Story of His Own Life. Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Company and Henry P. B. Jewett, 1858.

8vo. Portrait frontispiece. (Some spotting to preliminary leaves.) Original publisher’s blue cloth gilt (some slight wear); slipcase. Provenance: W.D. Whitmore (1858 gift inscription). FIRST EDITION of Josiah Henson’s autobiography with an introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

[With:]

RANDOLPH, Peter (ca 1825-1897). From Slave Cabin to the Pulpit. Boston: James H. Earle, 1893. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece. (A few tears, browning.) Original publisher’s pictorial cloth gilt (slight rubbing to spine ends). Provenance: Johnson Publishing Company Library (library stamp). FIRST EDITION of prominent abolitionist, pastor and community leader Randolph’s autobiography.

[AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE]. HUGHES, Langston (1902-1967). A group of 5 works, comprising:

The Weary Blues. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. FIRST EDITION. -- The Big Sea. New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Later edition, third printing, SIGNED BY HUGHES. -- Not Without Laughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Later edition, seventh printing, SIGNED BY HUGHES. -- Laughing To Keep From Crying. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1952. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY HUGHES. -- Simple Takes A Wife. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. FIRST EDITION, rst printing, SIGNED BY HUGHES. --Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, most rst editions, most SIGNED BY HUGHES where indicated, original publisher’s bindings, condition generally ne. Provenance: Johnson Publishing Company Library (stamps).

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$300-400 83

[AFRICAN-AMERICAN NARRATIVES]. A group of 3 works, comprising:

[ARION PRESS]. CAVALCANTI, Guido (ca 1250-1300). Thirty-Three Sonnets...translated by Ezra Pound. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1991.

4to. Printed in red and black throughout; etched plate, printed in color, signed by Joseph Goldyne in pencil lower right. Original quarter tan morocco, green silk, uncut.

LIMITED EDITION, number 39 of 150 copies for sale of a total edition of 176. [With:] Original cardboard mailing case. A FINE COPY.

$400-600 (Part Lot) (Part Lot)

DOUGLASS, Frederick. My Bondage and My Freedom. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. Original publisher’s cloth. -- STILL, William. The Underground Railroad. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872. -- SIMMONS, William J. Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising. Cleveland, OH: Geo. M. Rewell & Co., 1887. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, most in later cloth bindings except where indicated, condition generally ne. Provenance: Johnson Publishing Company Library (stamps).

Property from the Collection of the Johnson Publishing Company Library

$300-400

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