Fine Books & Manuscripts | Skinner Auction 2865B

Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sale 2865B

November 15, 2015

Boston

Fine Books & Manuscripts

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American & European Works of Art Auction 2704B 02/07/2014 4:00 PM EST Lot 632 Of 689 - Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Red Circus Horse

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Selected Provenance The Estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts

The Collection of Robert F. Morey, former U.S. Marshall and Kennedy aide

Property of an Independent Audubon Society

The Collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober

Ex libris Charles S. Dixwell (1868-1934)

The Estate of Stratford W. Carter, Boston, Massachusetts

Documents

1 Armstrong, Neil (1930-2012) Typed Letter Signed, 7 May 1979, with Additional Material.

Single sheet typed on University of Cincinnati letterhead. To Buck Rogers, regarding pilots from the X-15 program, 8 1/2 x 11 in. [with] additional material, including patches, first day covers, and facsimile copies of other documents. $2,000-2,500 2 Arnold, Henry Harley “Hap” (1886-1950) Signed General Pass to the Quebec Conference, August 1943.

Printed card with Arnold’s name typed, signed

by S.T. Wood, Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and by Arnold, 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.

In the first Quebec Conference, a secret military summit, Churchill and FDR met for the first time to discuss a joint attack on the German forces in France, which would eventually become the Normandy Invasion.

Canada, Britain, and the U.S. agreed to concentrate on the development of the atomic bomb in earnest, and Churchill and Roosevelt also secretly signed the Quebec Agreement vowing to share nuclear technological developments. $1,500-2,000

3 Artists and Illustrators, Signed Correspondence and Sketches, Three Pieces.

Ernest H. Shepard (1879-1976) Pen and ink drawing on board, signed, additional signature on verso, an original sketch for an illustrations in Everybody’s Boswell; William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) autograph note signed to a Miss Woodruff, quoting prices for two of his paintings at the Corcoran; one he calls “the Young Man Picture,” $750, the other he calls “The Turn of the Road,” pricing it at $400; and George Cruikshank (1792-1878) signed pencil sketch titled “The Phoca vol. 6 page 127”; various sizes. (3) $450-650 4 Autographs and Signed Material.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) clipped signature, dated 1876, and engraved portrait with facsimile signature; Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) autograph letter signed, 1973, and short inscription with signature; Richard Nixon (1913-1994) typed letter signed, on White House stationery, 18 October 1972; William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) typed letter signed (toned, tape discoloration); P.G. Wodehouse (18811975) typed note signed 15 January 1971; Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894) autograph letter signed 31 May 1862; and Eugène Soubeiran (1797-1859) autograph note signed, 11 July 1832. $500-700 5 Balloon Mail, France, 21 October 1870, Par Ballon Monté.

Pre-printed lightweight stationery with the words, “Par Ballon Monté” in the address panel, letter contents inscribed on two pages, To Madame Pierrot in Lascelle, Aurillac, with postmarks and stamp, old folds, 8 x 5 1/4 in. $200-400

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6 Barbé-Marbois, François (1745-1837) Letter Signed, 7 September 1803.

Laid paper bifolium, engraved official stationery of Le Ministre du Tresor Public, inscribed on one and a half pages. To an unnamed minister of the United States [U.S. Minister to France Robert Livingston?] concerning the Louisiana Purchase, payments, and the negotiations made by Monroe. Old folds, some tears with loss, not affecting content, old mount on verso, 9 x 7 1/2 in.

“Lorsque nous avons signé les conventions et la traité pour la cession de la Louisisanne, je me suis reservé de m’expliquer ulterieurement touchant l’offre que vous et M. Monroe m’aviez fait d’une avance sur la compensation de cette cession.” $800-1,200

7 Briggs, Caroline Louise (b. circa 1875) Archive of Photographs, Including a Group from Brown University, c. 1899.

A collection of late 19th century school, club, family, and personal photos, including several taken while Briggs (class of 1899) and her sister Martha Shepard Briggs (1897) were students at Brown University; including a group photo of the charter members of the Kappa Alpha Theta at Brown, most mounted on mat board, various sizes, approximately eighteen photos. $300-500 8 British Authors, Five Signed Pieces.

J.M. Barrie (1860-1937) clipped signature; Agatha Christie (1890-1976) typed letter signed, with manuscript address and closing, September 1970; George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) autograph note signed 16 February 1928; Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) undated autograph letter signed; and Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) typed note signed with manuscript post script and holograph addressed envelope; various sizes. (5) $750-850

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9 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) The Island, Original Holograph Manuscript Leaf, [pre-1838.]

One leaf of Barrett Browning’s working manuscript, wove paper, inscribed on both sides, containing nine stanzas (stanzas eight through nineteen) of her poem, The Island, with corrections and changes in Barrett Browning’s hand; bound after a calligraphic manuscript of the entire poem, in full crushed navy blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, tooled, ruled, and lettered in blind in a style reminiscent of William Morris’s Craftsman aesthetic, in a custom buckram folding case; the leaf itself 9 x 7 1/4 in., hinged and recessed into heavy card, bound at the end; the binding 11 1/4 x 9 in. overall. $12,000-18,000

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10 California Pictorial Letter Sheet, Tremendous Conflagration of Columbia, July 10th 1854. San Francisco: Britton & Rey, [c. 1854].

Uncolored lithograph printed on pale blue wove paper, the image depicts the fire that ravaged Columbia, California, in 1854, with effective use of contrast; old folds, some water stains, 8 1/2 x 11 in. $800-1,000 11 Carte-de-visite of an Enslaved Man with Whipping Scars, Escaped Slave Known as Gordon or Peter.

Abolitionist image sold as a carte-de-visite in the 1860s showing a shirtless man, seated sideways in his chair, with his back to the camera, his left hand on his hip with elbow out to the side, his face in profile; a spidery network of thick knotty scar tissue covers his back; a short printed account of his ordeal in his own words is pasted onto the back of the card; stamped beneath by A.I. Blauvelt, Photographer, Port Hudson, Louisiana; very small spot of marginal damage along top edge, 4 x 2 1/4 in.

“Baton Rouge, LA, April 2, 1863. Ten days from to-day I left the plantation. Overseer Artayou Carrier whipped me. My master was not present. I don’t remember the whipping.

I was two months in bed sore from the whipping and my senses began to come—I was sort of crazy. [...] My master’s Capt. John Lyon, cotton planter, on Atchafalya, near Washington, Louisiana. Whipped two months before Christmas.” $6,000-8,000

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12 Chaffee, Roger Bruce (1935-1967) Childhood Book with Signature.

R. Sidney Brown’s Dave Dawson on the Russian Front, Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, [1943]; part of the War Adventure series; with Chaffee’s signature on ffep; the book browned throughout, on brittle paper; 8 x 5 1/4 in.

Chaffee was a NASA astronaut who died on January 27, 1967, along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Edward H. White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy in Florida. $200-300

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13 Churchill, Winston (1874-1965), Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), and Others. Signed Menu from the Atlantic Conference, 9 August 1941.

Folded menu printed in red, blue, and copper-colored metallic ink, commemorating the dinner served during the historic meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt aboard the U.S. Flagship Augusta where the Atlantic Charter was drafted; dignitaries present are listed inside on the verso of the cover, each has signed over his name: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Sumner Welles; Admiral Harold R. Stark; General George C. Marshall; Admiral Ernest J. King; Major General Henry H. Arnold; Harry L. Hopkins; Averill Harriman; Winston Churchill; Sir Alexander G.M. Cadogan; Admiral Alfred D.P.R. Pound; General John G. Dill; Air Chief Marshal Wilfrid R. Freeman; and Lord Cherwell; slight foxing to cover, a little stronger foxing on blank outside back, contents and signature page not affected, 9 x 7 in.

[Together with] a black-and-white photograph of nine military men, including Archibald Wavell (1883-1950) and James Somerville (1882-1949), all signed, but most unidentified, the signatures faded away, 8 x 10 in. [and] H.V. Morton’s Atlantic Meeting, London: Methuen & Co., 1944, third edition, in publisher’s cloth. (3) $20,000-25,000

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14 Clinton, DeWitt (1769-1828) Autograph Letter Signed, 22 March 1815.

Single sheet of wove paper watermarked C. Wilmott, 1809, inscribed on one page. To a Navy Commodore John Rodgers (1772-1838), asking for a midshipman’s warrant on behalf of his son James H. Clinton. Old folds, minor short tears, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. $200-300

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15 Collection of Ships’ Papers and Related Documents 18th and 19th Century.

Archive of printed and manuscript material related to American shipping. $300-500 16 Coolidge, John Calvin Jr. (1872-1933) Signed School Notebook, c. 1890.

Quarto format notebook associated with students from the Black River Academy in Ludlow, Vermont, including minutes of various meetings, and notes concerning the formation and subsequent minutes of meetings of the Adelphic Union, of which Coolidge was a member, and president in the 1890s; signed

by Coolidge in several places, some entries may be in his hand as well, in contemporary half sheepskin, worn, binding becoming detached, 8 x 7 in. $400-600 17 Crawford, William H. (1772-1834) Autograph Letter Signed, 9 April 1846.

Large wove paper bifolium with self-envelope, holograph address, and postmarks, the letter inscribed over two pages. To his cousin, Georgia Governor and U.S. Secretary of War, George Walker Crawford (1798-1872) concerning the painting of a portrait; old folds, some faint discolorations; small hole from the original opening of the letter, 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. $200-300

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18 Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882) Partial Legal Document Signed, 27 November 1855.

Fragment of a document, with closing paragraph, date, signature, and witness signatures, and Darwin’s own, the sheet inscribed on one side. The legal matter involves stocks and shares in companies associated with Robert Darwin’s estate.

Witness signatures of Henry Allen Wedgwood (1799-1885) and Catherine Ann Thorley identified only as “Spinster,” who may be the Miss Thorley often mentioned in correspondence between Darwin and his wife, and described as a longtime governess of the family. Old folds, edge toning, yellowish mat burn affecting a band across the document four inches above the bottom edge, where formerly folded, and the vertical left edge, 12 3/4 x 12 in. $1,500-2,000

19 David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Autograph Letter Signed, undated.

Single leaf, with holograph self-envelope, inscribed on one page. To an unnamed recipient, reminding him that he needs the necessary materials to do the portrait of their famous friend. Wear to envelope side, old folds, stain in center, clear legible writing and signature, matted and framed, with a reproduction of David’s portrait of Ingres, 8 x 6 1/2 in. (sight).

“Et bien, cher ami, est-ce que vous avez oublie l’amiable promesse que vous m’aviez faites de ma procurer les materiaux necessaires pour la portrait de notre celebre ami?” $800-1,200 20 Declaration of Independence and Portraits of the Presidents, Broadside, c. 1857.

Philadelphia: Ulman and Sons, [c. 1857].

Engraved broadside on paper incorporating the text of the Declaration at the center, with facsimile reproductions of the original signatures; a reproduction of the painting of the original signing; surrounded by oval portraits of the presidents from Washington through Buchanan; mounted, 23 1/4 x 18 in. $400-600

21 Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) Autograph Letter Signed, 26 March 1844.

Two leaves, each inscribed on one side.

To Frederick Oldfield Ward (1817-1877) concerning Thomas Hood’s (1799-1845) magazine, and Dickens’s intention to contribute a “very short” piece to the next number, as assistance to Hood; promising to do so “with sincere pleasure.” Toning, old folds, some foxing, the ink dark and legible, 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.

Dickens’s characterization of the piece he promises to write is especially apt, as his satirical contribution, a “Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood” published in Hood’s Magazine, volume one, January to June 1844, refers to the Tom Thumb craze sweeping England at the time, and describes a method that parents are currently employing to stunt their children’s growth. $1,500-2,000

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24 Early Boston, Massachusetts Documents: 1692 and 1771.

Indenture regarding the Town or Bendall’s Dock in Boston, and its ownership transfer from Elizabeth Wensley to John Holbrook, signed by Hensley, sealed, with old folds, strengthened on verso, 19 x 14 1/2 in. [and] the 1717 petition of Thomas Boyleston of Boston regarding the width of Peirce’s Alley, adjacent to King Street in Boston, signed by 110 Boston residents of the day, 18 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (2) $200-400

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22 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) Autograph Postcard Signed, 27 February 1928.

Pre-printed postcard with short inscription on the message side and address on verso, with stamp and postmark. To the librarian at the London Library, asking for a copy of Curiosities of London by John Timbs (18011875). Message side slightly toned, matted, with a portrait, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. $200-300

23 Dufy, Raoul (1877-1953) Signed Receipt, Paris, 11 December 1921.

Single leaf, punched with two holes, inscribed on one side. Receipt for two watercolors sold to a Monsieur Rosenberg. The sheet toned, with some reverse mat burn, fifty centime stamp affixed to the paper below Dufy’s signature, 7 x 5 1/4 in. $300-500

25 Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) Signed Portrait.

Photographic reproduction of an artist’s portrait of Edison, in black and white, inscribed in the margin, “To R.Y. O’Leary Thos.

A. Edison,” framed, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. $800-1,000

26 Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603) Clipped Signature.

Parchment with signature cut from a document, pasted to card, 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

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27 Faraday, Michael (1791-1867) Autograph Letter Signed, Edinburgh, 28 July 1847 [or 1867].

Single sheet, paper with mourning edge, inscribed on one page. To British mathematician and logician Augustus de Morgan (1806-1872) declining a look at de Morgan’s paper, citing memory loss and an inability to consider philosophical subjects. Old folds, closed tear to top edge, hole punched through the sheet just above the first line, touching the top of the word “I”; 7 x 4 1/4 in.

“I really do not know where to refer you to, for one part of my trouble is loss of memory and that makes all matters of reference misty & uncertain to me.”

For more on Faraday’s malady, see Dr. E.H. Hare’s “Michael Faraday’s Memory Loss,” published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, July 1974, pp. 617-618. $350-550

28 Ferdinand V, King of Spain (1452-1516) Document Signed, January 1515.

Three separate laid paper leaves; one inscribed on one page; one inscribed on both sides; the third a later docket, inscribed on one side. Signed “Yo el Rey,” with old folds, some spotting, two leaves 8 1/4 x 12 in., the docket irregularly torn, approximately 7 1/2 x 8 in. $3,000-4,000

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29 Gragg, Samuel (1772-1855) Archive of Documents Related to Gragg and His Descendants.

Approximately fifty separate documents, including 18th century receipts signed by Gragg, and other 18th and 19th century material related to descendants.

Gragg was a noted 18th century Boston furnituremaker most famous for his “Elastic Chair” design. $400-600

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30 Hancock, John (1737-1792) Document Signed, Boston, 18 January 1792.

Warrant on laid paper, partially printed, fulfilled by hand. Ordering the payment of one quarter’s salary (fifty pounds) to Colonel Lewis de Maresquelle [aka Lewis Ansart] (1742-1804), inspector of the foundries of Massachusetts. Countersigned by State Secretary John Avery Jr. (1739-1806) and State Treasurer Alexander Hodgson, matted and framed, with a portrait of Hancock, splitting along old folds, inscriptions on verso, 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. $2,000-3,000

31 Hancock, John (1737-1793) Signed Document Fragment.

Military commission printed on laid paper, with seal, the leftmost portion only, with Hancock’s signature and a bit of the printed section, the section with countersignature by John Avery separated as well, with a note on the verso of the section with Hancock’s signature, noting that Jesse Davenport appeared and swore before the court qualifying him before the court, the Hancock section with old folds, dusty, closed tears, separated along the folds, 8 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. $700-900 32 Hemingway, Ernest Miller (1899-1961) Signed Check, 24 December 1954.

Check drawn on the First National Bank of Boston, Havana, Cuba; fulfilled and signed by Hemingway to Roberto Herrera, for $100; with accompanying envelope addressed to Herrera in Hemingway’s hand, “Merry Christmas, Roberto, Happy New Year.” The check endorsed, cashed, stamped, and perforated by the bank; envelope with stain, 6 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. $900-1,200

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33 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Senior (1809-1894) Signed Poetry Transcription, 27 April 1868.

Single page laid paper inscribed with the first and last two stanzas of “The Boys,” three four-line stanzas; old folds, fragmentary along folds; 9 1/4 x 7 in. $400-600 34 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Senior (1809-1894) Signed Poetry Transcription, 5 April 1890.

Single page. Fair copy of the final stanza of Holmes’s poem, “The Chambered Nautilus,” that begins: Build thee more stately mansions, O my Soul,” matted, with engraved portrait, 7 x 4 1/2 in. $300-500

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35 Houdini, Harry (1874-1926) Signed Society of American Magicians Card, c. 1919.

Membership identification card issued to Elmer Gail Ekman, number 615, valid until June 1920, with Houdini’s signature as President, 4 x 2 1/2 in.

[Together with] a receipt for payment of dues (also issued to Ekman) to the Society of American Magicians for 1922; and a preprinted postcard sent to the same recipient regarding a membership drive, September 1921. $1,500-2,000

36 Howe, Richard, Viscount (1729-1814) By Richard Viscount Howe of the Kingdom of Ireland, and William Howe, Esq; General of the King’s Commissioners for Restoring Peace to His Majesty’s Colonies and Plantations in North-America.

Proclamation.

[New-York] Printed by Macdonald & Cameron in Water-Street, between the Coffee-house and the Old Slip, 30 November 1776.

Typographically printed broadside on laid paper; mounted, damaged along old folds with loss of text, some dark discoloration, 15 1/2 x 13 in.

One of a series of threatening broadsides issued by Howe in July, September, and November of 1776, trying to induce the colonists to come back to the British side.

“All persons speedily returning to their just allegiance were promised a free and general pardon, and were invited to accept, not only the blessings of peace, but a secure enjoyment of their liberty and properties, upon the true principles of the Constitution, notwithstanding the said Declarations [...] several bodies of armed men in open contempt of His Majesty’s proffered clemency, do still continue their opposition to the establishment of legal government and peace [...] to prolong the unnatural war between Great Britain and her colonies.” $8,000-10,000

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37 Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Autograph Letter Signed, 18 June 1874.

Bifolium mourning stationery, inscribed on one page, with holograph envelope. To a male recipient at the Bibliotheque Nationale, authorizing the publication of two extracts.

Old folds, corners of bifolium tacked at the corners, small fabric tape fragments adhering to verso of letter and envelope, the letter 8 x 5 in.

This letter was written in while Hugo was in mourning for his son Francois-Victor, who died the previous December. $500-700

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38 Indenture, Savannah, Georgia, 13 August 1773.

Large format two page document on paper, with two smaller sheets appended, signed and sealed. concerning an Indian trading business owned by James Jackson and Andrew McLean, and transfer of the ownership of that business, with a delineation of its assets, including enslaved people. Old folds, tears and breaks along folds, old repairs on verso, delicate, 21 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. $200-300

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39 Isabella, Queen of Spain (1451-1504) Document Signed, December 1501.

Single page document on paper. With “La Reyna” at the top, signed “Yo la Reyna.”

Docketed on the verso, old folds, some light foxing and ink penetration to the sheet, two glassine repairs on verso, 8 1/2 x 11 in. $3,000-4,000

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40 Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Signed Military Commission, 1867.

Parchment document engraved and fulfilled by hand, appointing Eugene A. Woodruff (d. 1873) first lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, with navy blue seal, countersigned

by Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1866), old folds, slight losses along folds, with the original mailing envelope, 19 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. $400-600 41 Jones, Anson (1798-1858) Document Signed, Texas Land Deed, 14 February 1845.

Pre-printed land deed on parchment, sealed, signed by Jones as President of Texas and countersigned by Thomas William “Peg Leg” Ward (1807-1872), second commissioner of the General Land Office, three-time mayor of Austin. Granting John H. Standish 1,280 acres of land in Colorado County, docketed on the verso, with embossed stamp, and a finely drawn map of the properties outside of Columbus, Texas, between the Colorado River and Skull Creek, on the verso, with approximately twenty land owners’ properties identified. Old folds, large brown stain down the center of the document; Texas seal detached, 14 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. $300-500

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42 Keller, Helen (1880-1968) Signed Photo of the Augustus Vincent Tack (1870-1949) Oil Portrait.

Inscribed by Keller in her distinctive handwriting to Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Alter, framed; signed in pencil by Tack on the mat; rippled, 9 x 6 1/2 in. $300-500

44 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Academic Hood Worn During Harvard Commencement, 14 June 1956.

Academic hood with crimson and black stripes, and purple velvet lining worn by Kennedy as he delivered the Commencement address at Harvard University in 1956, with the tag of Cotrell and Leonard, Albany, New York, sewed inside.

43 Kelvin, Lord William Thomson (1824-1907) Autograph Letter Signed, 15 October 1900.

Bifolium, Kelvin’s Netherhall Largs., Ayrshire letter paper, inscribed on two pages, with front panel of holograph envelope. To Miss Mary St. John-Mildmay in Milan. Stating that Kelvin received her letters, passing along regards to Mary’s uncle, Gisbert Kapp, and wishing him well in Germany. Blank back of writing paper with old glue; envelope back trimmed away, glue remnants on verso of envelope front, 9 x 7 in. $200-300

Provenance: From the collection of Robert F. Morey, former U.S. Marshall and Kennedy aide; sold in these rooms on November 15, 1997. $6,000-8,000

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45 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) Approximately 210 Slides.

The slides housed in six aluminum trays, each in its own cardboard box; including thirty-six slides from the Kennedy administration, mostly official photographs including state visits, family portraits, images of Kennedy and family on the tarmac, and similar subjects; sixtyseven slides of Kennedy’s funeral procession, hearse, family at flag-draped coffin, Arlington National Cemetery, and other related subjects; thirty-six slides labeled “McKee” taken at Andrews Air Force Base, documenting an official event and air show; and seventy-one slides of Johnson’s inauguration, including shots of the parade floats, the governors in attendance, and others from the Johnson administration, including White House interiors, and other subjects. $3,000-4,000

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46 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Harvard Commencement Address with Handwritten Notes, 14 June 1956.

Twenty-six pages, consisting of two complete carbons of typed drafts of the twelve-page speech Kennedy delivered, and a third copy of pages five and six; all but two pages (the two copies of page eleven) with notes in Kennedy’s hand, including revisions of the text, additional words, notes to self, sections crossed out, phrases added, and other revisionist work; some pages with wear, primarily the draft Kennedy likely brought with him to the podium, because it notes the names of the other honorees and officials seated on the podium on the day; despite wear (the pages look like they may have been stepped on in the floorboards of a car), all pages still legible and sound, 8 x 10 1/2 in. (26) A review of the published copy of JFK’s address reveals that the manuscript revisions added to this draft, which he presumably incorporated into the speech he delivered, have not been included in the official record and are not reflected in the transcript currently available.

Provenance: From the collection of Robert F. Morey, former U.S. Marshall and Kennedy aide; sold in these rooms on November 15, 1997. $6,000-8,000

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47 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Springfield College Commencement Address Notes, Academic Hood, and Mortarboard, 10 June 1956.

Two typed sheets, carbons, with one sentence crossed out and rewritten in Kennedy’s hand, the remaining portion of the speech crossed out, 8 x 10 1/2 in.

[Together with] the academic hood and mortarboard worn by Kennedy during commencement, the hood in black and crimson fabric with purple velvet lining, with Bentley & Simon Inc. tag; mortarboard is black, size 7 5/8, with tassel, made by E.R. Moore Company, with their tag.

Provenance: From the collection of Robert F. Morey, former U.S. Marshall and Kennedy aide; sold in these rooms on November 15, 1997. $4,000-6,000

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48 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Typed Boston College Commencement Address with Handwritten Notes; and Academic Hood, 13 June 1956.

Five typewritten pages, carbons, each with notes added in Kennedy’s hand in blue ballpoint ink, including the addition of missing words, emphasis points, notes to self, amendments of the typed text, and other refinements; with a copy of the introduction that proceeded Kennedy’s address.

[Together with] the academic hood presented to Kennedy on the occasion of the Boston College commencement speech, with the tag of E.F.P. Burns Inc., of Summer Street, Boston hand-sewn into the collar, and “JK” written on the tag in ballpoint ink.

Senator Kennedy was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws when he presented this commencement address at Boston College in 1956, years before his Presidency.

In his remarks, he openly refers to his own Catholic faith, and that of Boston College and its students, urging the graduating class to become involved in politics and governance in whatever capacity they can.

Provenance: From the collection of Robert F. Morey, former U.S. Marshall and Kennedy aide; sold in these rooms on November 15, 1997. $7,000-9,000

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49 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Typed Mimeographed Notes for a Speech with Sections Crossed Out, 13 April 1956.

Six legal-sized sheets, the reproduction of a typed copy Kennedy had with him in Los Angeles, California on 13 April 1956, when he delivered remarks at the Town Hall Luncheon in that city; with the first paragraph crossed out, one underlined section at the foot of the first page, and another at the top of the second page; otherwise unmarked, 14 x 8 1/2 in.

[Together with] a typed press release, four pages, 14 February 1956, recounting the statement of Senator Stuart Symington (Democrat, Missouri) to President Eisenhower, bemoaning the underfunding of the military; with notes in Kennedy’s hand on the verso of the last page, approximately eleven lines, 8 1/2 x 11 in.

Kennedy’s talk in Los Angeles is entitled, “Colonialism and American Foreign Policy.” He begins by citing press accounts of growing anti-American and anti-Western sentiments in Ceylon, Lebanon, South Africa, Indonesia, Cyprus, and Algeria, and goes on to tackle the problem head on. “We fight to keep the world free from Communist imperialism -- but in doing so we hamper our efforts, and bring suspicion upon our motives, by being closely linked with Western imperialism. [...] We have permitted the reputation of the United States as a friend of oppressed people [...] to be hitched to the chariot of the conqueror; because we have believed we could have it both ways. [...] If we are to secure the friendship of the Arab, the African and the Asian, we cannot hope to accomplish it solely by means of military pacts and assistance [...] the strength of our appeal [...] lies in our traditional and deeply felt philosophy of freedom and independence for all peoples everywhere.”

Provenance: From the collection of Robert F. Morey, former U.S. Marshall and Kennedy aide; sold in these rooms on November 15, 1997. $1,500-2,500

50 Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Autograph Note Signed, 16 October 1861.

Small card with envelope, inscribed on one side, one corner folded, ink in bottom left corner a little light, thumbing, 3 3/8 x 2 in.

“Sec. of State please see the Lady and gentleman bearing this-- A. Lincoln, Oct. 16, 1861.” $3,000-4,000

51 Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Document Signed, 1 April 1863.

Single sheet of wove paper, partially engraved text fulfilled by hand. Appointing Charles F. Williams (1807-1865) Surveyor of Customs for the District of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, signed by Lincoln in full at the bottom, countersigned by Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), with embossed seal, breaking slightly at folds, 16 3/4 x 11 in. $3,000-4,000

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52 Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912) Letter Signed, 18 May 1889.

Single leaf of 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place stationery, inscribed on one page. To Charles Meaburn Tatham Esquire (1828-1924) accepting inclusion on Tatham’s list of patrons.

Some old adhesive to verso, old folds, with a photogravure portrait by Emery Walker, the letter 7 x 4 1/2 in. $100-200

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53 Mary I, Queen of England (1516-1558) Signed Land Deed with Great Seal, c. 1554.

Single page parchment document, in a formal secretarial hand, the bottom portion folded up, in the normal fashion, the seal suspended from a strip of parchment laced through the folded portion bearing Mary’s signature, the seal itself round, of a pale wax with reddish brown surface, depicting Mary seated on the throne, flanked by her coat of arms and the Tudor rose; slightly flattened along Mary’s knees and hands, approximately 5 inches in diameter; the document with slight spotting; housed in a modern archival shadow box frame, the document 15 x 6 1/2 in., 19 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. overall. $4,000-6,000

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54 Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Autograph Letter Signed, Issy, 1 February 1911.

Bifolium mourning letter paper, inscribed on three and a half pages. To Auguste Bréal (1875-1938) reporting his return to Issy, some photographs, and personal news. Slightly toned, old folds, 8 3/4 x 7 in.

“I have been back here in Issy since Saturday.

I found the weather here beautiful, but the cold excessive -however, the sun has not stopped shining, and for Paris, that is superb. You can well imagine, everyone has been happy to see me again. I am delighted that the beautiful days in Seville cause you to look forward to the spring. I recall them very well and enjoy them in recollection. And that Imperio, does she really dance so very, very well? As well as Dora? I would have liked to have seen her to make comparisons. I looked around for new dances in Madrid, but there were nothing but commonplace offerings -just as in Barcelona.

I found this latter city quite ugly, in spite of the magnificent landscape that surrounds it. It is in Barcelona that I came across the ugliest house I have ever seen. You cannot imagine anything so obviously hideous. It made me think of ‘Le Gran Catalan du Cercel’ which Barcelona regretted. How different Andalusia is from all that!” $1,500-2,000

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58 Musicians and Composers, Four Signed Pieces.

Arthur Fiedler (1877-1949) autograph postcard signed, 29 September 1945; John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) signed portrait taken from a periodical, 1922; Aaron Copland (1900-1990) typed letter signed, 22 October 1969, with accompanying typed envelope; and Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) typed note signed, 7 October 1922, various sizes. (4) $300-400

59 Napoleon Bonaparte I (1769-1821) Letter Signed, 18 November 1811.

Single sheet of wove paper, inscribed on one page. To Eugène Rose de Beauharnais (1781-1824), Napoleon’s stepson, Josephine’s biological child, and Viceroy of Italy, advising specific troop movements; some spotting and foxing, old folds, matted, with a portrait, 9 x 7 1/4 in.

“My Son, looting is increasing in the vicinity of Rome. Organize as many mobile columns as necessary-both of Italians and of Frenchtogether with cavalry detachments. Place active and intelligent officers in charge of these columns and have them march on the Roman states. They will be joined with those under General Miollis’s [Sextius Alexandre François de Miollis (1759-1828)] command in order to stop this plunder. Take care of all this with speed. The Grand Duchess will also send some mobile columns from Tuscany.” $1,500-2,000

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55 Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956) Approximately Fifty Letters Signed, 19211941.

Most letters with their original envelopes, some handwritten, some typed, including an invitation to Mencken’s wedding in 1930, all personal and addressed to pathologist Dr. Nicholas M. Alter (d. 1970), various sizes; some with water staining.

Dr. Alter performed surgery on Mencken’s dog and contributed a short piece that appeared in the Spring 1969 edition of Menckeniana. $2,000-2,500

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56 Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956) Signed Photo, 1920.

Black-and-white photo, signed by the photographer in pencil and by Mencken in ink, both on the mat, stain in upper right corner of mat, framed, 9 x 5 1/2 in. $300-500 57 Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Autograph Letter Signed, 15 December 1896.

Bifolium Giverny writing paper, inscribed on two pages. The sheet toned, writing faded, with a later portrait, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

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60 Peary, Robert Edwin (1856-1920) Typed Letter Signed, and The North Pole. New York: Stokes, 1910.

First trade edition, with an autographed sentiment in Peary’s hand tipped onto the ffep on his Eagle Island, South Harpswell, Maine, note paper; with the map; badly water stained.

[Together with] a large frame containing the following documents: a typed letter signed 9 October 1910 to assistant editor of the Boston Evening Transcript, Frank L. Welt, thanking him for a positive review, and mentioning the autograph currently laid into the book described above; the typed portion of the letter faded and very light; with the accompanying typed envelope, a telegraph from Peary to Welt, and its envelope; and a typed letter signed by Ernest W. Roberts (1858-1924) member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts, stating his tendency to believe that Peary had not successfully reached the Pole, despite his claims. (2) $400-600

63 Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) Signed Photograph, 19 July 1905.

Black-and-white photograph mounted on the contemporary mat of Studio Bertieri in Turin, inscribed to Argentine composer, conductor, and pianist Alberto Williams (1862-1952), the photograph 7 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.; 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. overall. $5,000-7,000

64 Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autograph Letter Signed, 9 November 1912.

Single folded bifolium, Les Collettes, Cagnes, inscribed on one page, in French.

To an unnamed male recipient, extending an invitation to stay chez Renoir, noting that the artist had a bout of pneumonia, and mentioning that he has much to say, although it is difficult for him to write. Toned, with a few minor smudges, old fold, 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.

This letter was composed in Renoir’s latter years, after his stroke. $2,000-2,500 65 Resnik, Judith A. (1949-1986) Signed NASA Photograph.

Full color photograph of Resnik wearing a blue NASA jumpsuit with a model of the Space Shuttle in the background, inscribed in top left corner to Steve and Jacquelyn in black felt-tip marker; with printed biography and NASA branding on verso, 8 x 10 in.

NASA Mission Specialist Resnik died tragically on the Space Shuttle Challenger. She was the second woman and the first American Jewish astronaut to travel in space. $100-150

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61 Perpetual Almanack. Portland, Maine: G. Goold, 1805.

Engraved broadside with tables to allow the calculation of the day, week, and month in any year to come, framed, the sheet toned, stained, torn with loss at the top (repaired), 14 x 19 in. $150-250

62 Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Signed Exhibition Catalog.

Title page signed by Picasso in red colored pencil, with added spiral designs in blue, green, yellow, and red colored pencil decorating the title page: Picasso 1966-1967, Saidenberg Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York; December 11, 1967–January 31, 1968; small square-format catalog illustrated with twenty-nine plates of Picasso’s works printed in black and white and color; original printed paper wrappers, saddle-stitched, 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. $400-600

66 Revolutionary War, Four Documents.

Including a receipt from the state of Massachusetts with an engraved Paul Revere border, dated 1 December 1777, obliging to re-pay Joanna Alford the ten pounds she gave to the state by 1 March 1781, signed by Massachusetts Treasurer Henry Gardner; and three other American documents of the same era. (4) $300-500 67 Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Autograph Note Signed, undated.

Bifolium letter paper, inscribed on one page.

To an unnamed female recipient, accepting an invitation. Reverse mat burn to letter, slight spotting, 7 x 4 1/2 in. $300-500

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68 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945) Archive Containing One Presidential Typed Letter Signed and Signed Material Related to Members of his Presidential Cabinet.

Letter signed by F.D.R. on Navy Department letterhead, 3 May 1919, to James Jackson of Boston, regarding logistics of meeting; and typed letter signed and typed letter with rubber stamped signature of Secretary of State Cordell Hull (1871-1955); card signed

by Vice President John Nance Garner (1868-1967); signed card and typed letter signed by Secretary of War Henry Woodring (1890-1967); typed letter signed by Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings (1870-1956); card signed by Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes (1882-1972); and card signed

by Attorney General Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-1968). $200-300 69 Ruth, George Herman “Babe” Jr. (18951948) Autographed Olympiad Stamp, 1932.

Five-cent postage stamp with Ruth’s autograph, 1 x 3/4 in. $1,500-2,000

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70 Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor, Land Deed: 1684 and Hand Drawn Chart: 1703.

Large handwritten deed on laid paper 30 April 1684, signed and sealed by four Native Americans: Josiah (sometimes called Charles Josiah Wompatuck), son of Josiah also called Wompatuck, late Sachem of the Massachusetts Country; William Ahoton Senior; William Ahoton Junior; and Robert Mamentaug; selling the island for “a valuable consideration of money” to Samuel Bill (c.

1654-1705) a butcher of Boston; the Indian signatures witnessed by William Stoughton; the original document signed by George Minott and Experience Fisher; the sheet toned, with marginal chips, spotting, professional repairs along splitting folds and holes on verso, 18 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.

[Together with] Manuscript map of Spectacle Island, in pencil and brown ink on laid paper, with a compass rose, a scale of sixty poles or rods, and a hand-drawn cartouche citing Samuel Bill as the owner, dated 1703; with trees drawn on both parts of the island, and two buildings on the northernmost portion of the island: a house and a barn; with a note stating that the whole island is thirty-eight acres; the chart made up of three sheets of paper pasted together, staining, spotting, fragmentary along folds, chipped; splits along folds archivally repaired on verso, remnants of sealing wax on verso, 18 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

71 Stoker, Bram (1847-1912) Autograph Letter Signed, 20 October 1889.

Bifolium folded Lyceum Theatre writing paper, inscribed on one page. To the Cassell publishers accepting the terms for their publication of the souvenir of The Dead Heart, on behalf of Henry Irving (1838-1905). Old folds, some signs of handling along folds, mounted in a mat by cloth tape, 8 x 5 in. $225-325

74 Toombs, Robert Augustus (1810-1885) Autograph Letter Signed, Washington, Georgia, 7 March 1870.

Lined wove paper bifolium, inscribed on three pages. To an unnamed “Captain” discussing the particulars of the resolution of a legal issue concerning some land in Texas. Old folds, short tears along folds, outer blank page with discolorations, 8 x 5 in. $250-350

72 Swinburne, Algernon (1837-1909) Autograph Letter Signed, 19 August 1902.

Bifolium writing paper, inscribed on one page. To a Mr. Kilton, thanking him for the gift of a Life of Dickens, and hoping that the correspondent will like Swinburne’s article.

Reverse mat burn, fold, 7 x 4 1/2 in.

Swinburne’s article, “Charles Dickens,” appeared in the July 1902 issue of the Quarterly Review. $225-325

75 Travel Journal, 1865.

Quarto journal, written by hand in English on ruled paper, ownership inscription of William H. Allen, 69 Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut on ffep; recounting a journey from Panama to Central America in 1865, the trip departing from New York, and including stops in Guatemala, a voyage of 7,000 miles, that took three months and fourteen days to complete; the journal writer returned to the States on Wednesday, April 26, 1865, and mentions being informed of Lincoln’s assassination, “the announcement of the surrender of Lee’s army, otherwise so important, was hardly noticed in view of the great calamity”; inscribed over approximately 120 pages, contemporary half leather, marbled paper boards, 7 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. $300-500

73 Tissot, James (1836-1902) Autograph Letter Signed, undated.

Single page, inscribed on Tissot’s personal stationery. To an unnamed male recipient regretting that his correspondent could not see the picture while in London, and asking whether it would be better to wait or to send it along. Lightly toned, 4 1/2 x 7 in. $200-300

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76 Washington, George (1732-1799) Autograph Receipt Signed, Philadelphia, June 1787.

Single page of laid paper inscribed on one side. Stating that Washington received a draught of financier and Founding Father Robert Morris, Jr. (1734-1806) from Virginia politician Doctor David Stuart (1753-1814) for 1,401 and 60/90th of a dollar from the annuity due to him from the estate of Parke Custis, deceased. The sheet lightly toned, with old folds, notes on verso, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.

Bartholomew Dandridge, Martha Washington’s brother, had been in charge of the late John Parke Custis’s (1753-1814) estate until his own death in April 1785, when Stuart, who had married Custis’s widow, Eleanor Calvert Custis (1758-1811), took over. Washington was in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention in June of 1787. On 5 May 1787, Washington writes to Stuart. “On Monday after an early dinner, or on Tuesday morning, I shall commence my journey to Philadelphia.

It would therefore suit me very well to receive the Sum mentioned when you were here last, at that place; and probably as you are going to Richmond, it may be so ordered.

Alexanders Bills on Mr. Morris would answer well--doubtfull Bills, or Bills which would be accompanied with delay, would by no means suit me, because the money would be applied 1st towards paying a debt there--and 2d in the purchase of some Goods for the family, if I can get them cheap there.”

Morris was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution; he contributed vast sums of his own money in support of the American Revolution and the fledgling American government.

This receipt was collected at Dr. David Stuart’s former Virginia plantation home, Hope Park, during the Civil War by Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteer Captain Martin L. Stone, likely in late summer of 1862 while he was on picket duty.

Family documents from Stone’s descendants relate that Stone entered the home and found the library floor scattered with papers.

He picked up two receipts on that day, one signed by George, the other signed by Martha Washington. $4,000-6,000

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77 Washington, George (1732-1799) Engraved Presidential Invitation c. 1790, Unsigned.

Unfulfilled printed invitation, mounted and framed, 4 1/2 x 3 in.

“The President of the United States and Mrs. Washington, request the Pleasure of. . .

Company to Dine, on. . . next, at. . . o’Clock. . .

179. . . An Answer is requested.” $400-600

78 Washington, Martha (1731-1802) Signed Receipt, 17 April 1800.

Single piece of laid paper, inscribed on one side. Signed by Martha upon receipt of 435 pounds from Dr. David Stuart (1753-1814) “in full for the annuity due me for the 1799.”

The sheet browned, old folds, a rectangular section in the bottom left corner detached along fold lines, some fragmentary writing on verso, 7 1/2 x 3 in.

This receipt was collected at Dr. David Stuart’s former Virginia plantation home, Hope Park, during the Civil War by Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteer Captain Martin L. Stone, likely in late summer of 1862 while he was on picket duty.

Family documents from Stone’s descendants relate that Stone entered the home and found the library floor scattered with papers.

He picked up two receipts on that day, one signed by George, the other signed by Martha Washington. $4,000-6,000 79 Whistler, James Abbot McNeill (1834-1903) Autograph Note with Butterfly Signature and Holograph Envelope, 7 September 1886.

Single embossed card, Beaufort Grill Club, inscribed on both sides. To Edward HeronAllen (1861-1943) accepting an invitation and referring to a letter Whistler wrote to Henry Labouchere (1831-1912) that was published in the periodical Truth. Signs of handling and old adhesive, the note toned, with some old labels on one edge, light reverse mat burn, 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.

Whistler addressed a letter to Labouchere, editor of Truth, critical of the latter’s opinions on fine art. When published (2 September 1886), Whistler’s use of the word “Sapeur,” was misspelled as “Sapem,” a nonsense word, to which typographical error he alludes in this short letter. The entire exchange is recounted and detailed in Whistler’s The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, 1890, pp.

169-172. $500-700

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80 Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) Signed Photograph, 1871. New York: V.W. Horton for J. Gurney & Son, 1871.

Albumen photograph, signed and dated in the right margin, mounted, the end of the “n” in Whitman trailing from the surface of the photograph onto the mount; 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. $1,000-1,200 81 Wright, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959) Signed Check, 18 November 1947.

Perforated Wright Foundation Check, drawn on the Farmer’s State Bank of Spring Green, Wisconsin, printed in red and black, typed, with Wright’s signature at the bottom. To Commonwealth Telephone Co., for $14.37; tape discoloration to top margin, 8 x 3 1/2 in. $300-500

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82 19th Century Plates Books, Three Titles in Five Volumes.

Sir Walter Scott’s Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland, London: Arch, 1826, in two volumes, full-page illustrations throughout, small folio, bound in uniform half morocco, worn; Rudolf von Osterreich’s Eine Orientreise, Vienna: Hof, 1884, folio, in publisher’s cloth, damaged, staining and foxing to contents, fine etchings throughout; [and] Cesar Daly’s Motifs Historiques: Decorations Exterieures Empruntees a des Monuments Francais, Paris: Daly, 1881, in two volumes, large folio, half red morocco, hundreds of engravings throughout both volumes. (5) $300-500 83 African American History, Six Titles in Seven Volumes.

William Hannibal Thomas’s The American Negro, New York: Macmillan, 1901, octavo, publisher’s brown cloth; I Garland Penn’s The Afro-American Press and its Editors, Springfield, Massachusetts: Willey, 1891, octavo, illustrated, bound in publisher’s ochre cloth, stamped in red and black, worn, folding facsimile plate torn; Marsh’s The Story of the Jubilee Singers, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1886, octavo, in publisher’s dark blue cloth, stamped in black and gold; John G. Van Deusen’s The Black Man in White America, Washington, D.C.: Associate Publishers, 1938, signed by the author on the title, large octavo, green publisher’s cloth; Durham & Jones’ The Negro Cowboys, New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., [1965], octavo, in publisher’s binding and original dust jacket; [and] The Anti-Slavery Papers of James Russell Lowell, Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1902, limited edition, one of 500 copies, two octavo volumes, designed by Bruce Rogers, in publisher’s gray cloth. (7) $200-300

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84 Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472) L’Architecture et Art de Bien Bastir. Paris:

by Robert Massellin for Jacques Kerver, 1553.

First French edition, folio, translation by Jean Martin, title page printed within elaborate woodcut compartment incorporating Kerver’s initials at the top; illustrated with woodcuts throughout, woodcut portrait of Alberti on verso of title; large woodcut printer’s device of unicorn on verso of last leaf; some thumbing, slight chipping, and minor water stains; bound in full 17th century French sponge-decorated sheepskin; decased, covers heavily worn, 13 1/2 x 9 in. $2,000-2,500 85 Alexander, William (1767-1816) Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks. London: [by Bulmer] for John Murray, 1814.

Octavo, illustrated with sixty hand-colored plates, bound in full contemporary straightgrained morocco, a.e.g., with pink endleaves, joints rubbed, some spotting to contents, 9 x 6 1/4 in. $600-800 86 Allom, Thomas (1804-1872) China its Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits, &c.

Illustrated. London: H. Fisher & Son, 1843.

Three volumes bound as one, general title only, illustrated with approximately eighty-nine steel engravings, later half leather and marbled paper boards, spotting to contents, 10 3/4 x 8 in. $300-500

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87 Andreae, Jakob (1528-1590) Colloquium Mompelgartense. Tubingen: Gruppenbach, 1587.

First German edition of Andreae’s account of the Colloquy of Montbeliard, text in fraktur throughout, in contemporary blind tooled alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, hardware removed, binding damaged, 7 3/4 x 6 in.

Andreae and Theodore Beza led the Colloquy, which served as a forum for theological debates between Calvinist and Lutheran theologians. $400-600 88 Angling, Two 18th Century English Titles.

Robert Brookes’s Art of Angling; London: for T. Lowndes, 1774, with frontispiece, rebound in full modern red morocco, in custom slipcase; [and] The Angler’s Vade Mecum, London: for Battersby and Brown, 1700, in full modern calf and custom case; both volumes octavo. (2) $150-250 89 Annual Report of the Croton Aqueduct Department, Signed Presentation Copy to Samuel F.B. Morse. New York: Edmund Jones & Co., 1863.

Inscribed by Myndert Van Schaick (1782-1865) President of the Board of Commissioners of the Croton Aqueduct Department to Morse (1791-1872); first edition, octavo, in a presentation binding, with Morse’s name tooled in gilt on the front board, illustrated, with four tinted folding lithographs, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. $200-300

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90 Artistophanes (c. 446-c. 386 BC) Lysistrata, Illustrated and Signed by Pablo Picasso.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934.

Limited edition, copy number 1,197 of 1,500; signed by Picasso on the limitation page, bound in full red morocco by Bayntun Riviere, tooled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., with the original soft covers bound in at the back, in a custom slipcase; some thumbing and slight foxing, 11 x 8 3/4 in. $5,000-7,000

91 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Reverend John Bachman (1790-1874) The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: Published by V.G. Audubon, 1854.

Three octavo volumes, illustrated with 155 full-page color lithographic plates; the plates in volume one variously signed, some reading, “Drawn on Stone by Wm. E. Hitchcock” and “Lith. Printed & Col[ore]d. by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia,” others signed, “Drawn on Stone by R. Trembly” and “Printed by Nagel & Weingaertner NY,” and others with the latter imprint, “Colored by J. Lawrence”; volumes two and three with Hitchcock/Bowen plates; half-titles present in volumes one and two; imprint date in volume one with the typographical error: M DCCC LIVI; volume three undated; index leaves in volume one with marginal staining; plate 141, American Black Bear, with one blank corner torn away, the torn piece present, tucked into the gutter; the set uniformly bound in publisher’s pebbled brown sheepskin, elaborately blocked in blind with titles within ornate borders, spine lettered in gilt; a.e.g., the set structurally intact, lightly rubbed, 10 1/2 x 7 in. (3) $4,000-6,000

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92 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Reverend John Bachman (1790-1874) The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: Published by V.G. Audubon, 1854.

Three octavo volumes, illustrated with 155 full-page color lithographic plates; the plates in volume one variously signed, some reading, “Drawn on Stone by Wm. E. Hitchcock” and “Lith. Printed & Col[ore]d. by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia,” others signed, “Drawn on Stone by R. Trembly” and “Printed by Nagel & Weingaertner NY,” and others with the latter imprint, “Colored by J. Lawrence”; volumes two and three with Hitchcock/Bowen plates; half-titles present in all three volumes, no tissue guards throughout, list of subscribers in volume two only; quite clean, bound in later half crushed dark brown morocco and cloth, a.e.g., 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (3) $3,000-5,000

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93 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Reverend John Bachman (1790-1874) The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

New York: by J.J Audubon and V.G. Audubon, 1845-1851. Three imperial folio atlas volumes and three octavo text volumes.

Atlas volumes illustrated with 150 handcolored lithographs of the four-footed mammals of North America (fifty in each volume), first edition, with the title page for volume three present; the three bound in uniform half red morocco and corners with gray buckram sides, 27 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.

Text volumes bound in uniform gray buckram, volume two title page inscribed by Victor Gifford Audubon (1809-1860) to a Dr. A.V. Williams; half-title present in volume one; title page of volume three replaced by another title page for volume one, the volume number changed by hand; marginal water stains to volume one, 11 x 7 1/4 in. (6) One of the most notable and successful American illustrated book projects of the 19th century, this copy of the Viviparous Quadrupeds is complete as issued with all 150 hand-colored lithographs. The illustrations were based on John James and John Woodhouse Audubon’s original paintings, sketches, and notes taken in the field. The atlas volumes are bound in three, with separate title pages for each; later editions were bound up in two, with inferior coloring, and without the title-page for volume three.

The Quadrupeds expedition and publishing project were funded with profits from The Birds of America. Printed by subscription and produced entirely in the United States, Audubon employed color lithography for the images, a relatively new technology that he felt would most accurately represent the subject animals, without costing as much as the hand-colored copper-plate engravings he used in The Birds. Audubon the father contributed seventy-seven drawings himself.

The remaining art was executed by his sons, John Woodhouse and Victor Gifford, as their father’s infirmities made his full participation impossible. The Reverend John Bachman composed the material for the text volumes, describing each animal and its habits in great detail. The Quadrupeds originally appeared in thirty numbers: ten dollars for five plates.

Provenance: Property of an independent Audubon Society. $200,000-300,000

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94 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Ornithological Biography, with the Prospectus for The Birds of America. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson and H.H. Porter, 1831.

First American edition, octavo, with Audubon’s prospectus for The Birds of America at the end, including an early subscriber list; ex library copy, in contemporary half red morocco, cloth boards, worn, printed on inferior paper, as usual, 9 3/4 x 6 in.

Audubon published the text for The Birds of America in this country to secure the U.S. copyright for the material. $700-900 95 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of America, Abbeville Press Facsimile. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.

Four atlas portfolio volumes containing 435 double elephant folio unbound color plates; seven octavo text volumes bound in the original green leather gilt; consisting of: a facsimile edition of Audubon’s 1831-1849 Ornithological Biography, in five volumes; a facsimile edition of Waldemar H. Fries’s 1973 The Double Elephant Folio; and Roger Tory and Virginia Marie Peterson’s Commentaries on Audubon’s Birds of America.

[Together with] The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio Audubon’s Birds of America, edited by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson, New York: Abbeville Press, [1981], illustrated in color throughout, bound in half leather, buckram boards, in the original illustrated publisher’s slipcase.

This limited edition full-size facsimile with fullcolor reproductions of the complete set of original ornithological illustrations is one of 350 sets printed; it is a reproduction of the National Audubon Society copy. $6,000-8,000

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96 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of America. New York: J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.

First octavo edition, in seven volumes, illustrated throughout with 500 hand-colored lithographs after Audubon’s drawings, printed in color in Philadelphia by Bowen, portrait of Audubon inserted in volume one; half-titles and subscribers’ lists present in each

volume; tissue guards present throughout; occasional spotting most noticeably in volume two; plate 341 trimmed close with loss of a wing tip; the set bound in uniform blue half morocco by Stikeman & Co., a.e.g., spines faded, rubbed, and other wear, 10 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. (7) $30,000-35,000

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97 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of America. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1856.

Second octavo edition, in seven volumes, illustrated throughout with 500 colored lithographs after Audubon’s drawings, plates printed in Philadelphia by Bowen; notice of works by Audubon available for sale through C.S. Francis inserted in volume one; bound in full uniform publisher’s sheep over beveled boards, boards blind block-stamped with titles within ornate compartments; a.e.g.; bindings rubbed, joints, heads and tails intact; water stain to title in volume one, continuing to about page thirteen; occasional reinforcement of margins to several leaves throughout the set; some spotting and staining to contents; tissue guards present throughout; half titles in volumes one through five; no subscriber lists; 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (7) $10,000-12,000

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98 Back, George, Sir (1796-1878) Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River. London: Murray, 1836.

First edition, octavo, illustrated with folding map and sixteen plates, in later buckram, spotting, 8 1/2 x 5 in. $300-500

99 Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626) The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, Newly Enlarged. London: by John Haviland for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker, 1625.

First complete edition, with title-page bearing the Barret and Whitaker imprint and the words “newly enlarged,” this twelfth edition is the first complete edition and the last to appear in Bacon’s lifetime; quarto, ex libris Thomas Dawes Jr. (1757-1809), in later half leather, a.e.g.; trimmed down, with marginal loss of printed borders, 6 3/4 x 5 in. $800-1,200

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100 Bay Psalm Book, The Psalms Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old & NewTestament: faithfully translated into English meeter for the use, edification and comfort of the saints in publick and private, especially in New-England. Boston: Printed

by B. Green, for Benjamin Eliot, and Nicholas Boone. Sold at their shops, 1705.

Twelfth edition, 16mo, A-Q12, lacking A1: the title page; 505 numbered pages followed by seven pages of music; rare, ESTC locates one copy worldwide, at the University of Virginia library; bound in full contemporary paneled sheepskin over scabbard, rolled tool used inside the central panel on both boards, with blind-tooled ornaments at the corners, unrepaired, with the original metal clasp, marked “SP” inside the catch, decorative engraving to outer surfaces of each catch and clasp piece; ex libris Fitchburg Historical Society, with their withdrawal stamp overlaying the paper bookplate pasted inside the front board; some contemporary inscriptions on pastedowns; small spot where leather was torn away on front and back boards, the binding otherwise intact and structurally functional; text leaves delicate, with marginal chipping, tears, and losses; some pages torn with loss, 4 x 2 3/4 in.

The Bay Psalm Book was pressed into constant use by the colonial religious population of New England, as a result, all early copies are worn, rare, or nonexistent.

The seven editions printed in Boston between 1702 and 1716 are represented by a total of twelve copies only worldwide. The present copy is a rare survival, in an unsophisticated contemporary binding, with printed music. $15,000-20,000 101 Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706) The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr Peter Bayle.

The Second Edition. London: for J.J. and P. Knapton, D. Midwinter, et al., 1734-1738.

Five folio volumes, titles printed in red and black, lacking the portrait frontispiece; bound in uniform 19th century half morocco, edges vibrantly marbled, these volumes not collated, some volumes decased or becoming decased, 14 x 8 1/2 in. (5) $700-900

102 Beale, Thomas (1807-1849) The Natural History of the Sperm Whale. London: van Voorst, 1839.

Second, expanded edition, the one used by Melville while working on Moby Dick, octavo, with half-title, illustrated with three full-page plates, 393 pages, no publisher’s advertising, bound in full modern leather, elaborately gilt-tooled; some staining, signs of wear, 7 x 4 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

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103 Bennett, Arnold (1867-1931) Journals 1896-1928, with Three Autograph Letters Signed by Bennett. New York: Viking Press, 1932-1933.

First edition, three octavo volumes, all in publisher’s bindings and original dust jackets, each volume with an autograph letter or note laid in at the front, 9 1/2 x 6 in. (3) $350-550 104 Bishop, Elizabeth (1911-1979) North & South. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946.

First edition of Bishop’s first book, in publisher’s blue cloth, with the original dust jacket, slightly worn, with wear to back, 9 x 5 3/4 in. $400-600

105 Blue Book, [Directory and Guide to Prostitutes in the Sporting District of New Orleans]. [New Orleans: no printer, no date, c.

1905], Tenth edition.

Small octavo, original tan wrappers printed in blue, text pages printed on coated stock in red and black, stapled; paper wraps breaking along joints, old tape repairs, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.

“Why New Orleans should have this directory: First- Because it is the only district of its kind in the States set aside for the fast women by law. Second- Because it puts the stranger on a proper and safe path as to where he may go and be free from “Hold Ups,” and any other game usually practiced upon the stranger.

Third- It regulates the women so that they may live in one district to themselves instead of being scattered over the city.” $800-1,000

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106 Blundeville, Thomas (act. 1561) His Exercises, Containing Eight Treatises.

London: Stansby, 1613.

Quarto, title page lacking (provided in facsimile), incomplete, not collated, at least nine other text leaves lacking and supplied in facsimile, stain on outer corner of final leaves, bound in modern calf, antique style, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. $300-500

108 Brookes, Richard (act. 1721-1763) The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea-Fishing: with the Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea-Fish.

London: by and for John Watts, 1740.

First edition, 12mo, illustrated with text woodcuts, title page printed in red and black, bound in full modern period-style calf, in a custom slipcase, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. $200-300

107 Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915) Two First Editions.

Poems, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911, first edition, in original dark blue publisher’s cloth, with paper label on spine, t.e.g., housed in custom chemise and dark blue half morocco slipcase, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.

[Together with] 1914 and Other Poems, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1915, first edition, with portrait frontispiece, in the original publisher’s printed dust jacket, bound in full dark blue publisher’s cloth, bright paper label on spine; housed in buckram chemise and custom half blue morocco slipcase, dust jacket toned, with surface wear, small hole, slight losses at corners; some foxing to endleaves, 7 1/2 x 5 in. $2,500-3,000

109 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) Four First Editions.

The Seraphim, London: Saunders & Otley, 1838, octavo, in publisher’s violet cloth, partially sun faded; Poems, London: Edward Moxon, 1844; in two octavo volumes, in green publisher’s cloth; Poems before Congress, London: Chapman & Hall, 1860, octavo, red publisher’s cloth, first signature becoming detached, contemporary pencil notes; Last Poems, London: Chapman & Hall, 1862, octavo, bound in publisher’s violet cloth, spine faded; sizes of volumes varies; each is housed in a custom chemise and half morocco case in leather. (4) $600-800

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110 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) Her Copy of Drummond’s Poems, Signed.

The Poems of William Drummond, of Hawthornden, London: for J. Jeffery, 1790, octavo, untrimmed, in boards, with Browning’s signature in top right corner of title, and a quote from Michael Drayton in her hand, “And my dear Drummond to whom much I owe/For his much love, and proud I was to know,/His poesy, for which two worthy men,/I Menstry still shall love, and Hawthorn-den- Drayton to Reynolds”; front board detached, housed in custom chemise and slipcase, 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500 111 Browning, Robert (1812-1889) Parleyings with Certain People, Author’s Presentation Copy, Signed. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1887.

First edition, octavo, inscribed on half-title to “Miss Emily Harris, with the best regards of Robert Browning,” bound in publisher’s brick red cloth, housed in custom chemise and slipcase, 6 3/4 x 4 in.

[Together with] Men and Women, London: Chapman and Hall, 1855, first edition, in two octavo volumes, bound in uniform publisher’s green blind blocked cloth, 6 3/4 x 4 in. (3) $1,200-1,500

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112 Browning, Robert (1812-1889) The Ring and the Book, Author’s Presentation Copy.

London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1872.

Second edition, four octavo volumes, inscribed on the title page of volume one to William Harcourt Hooper by Browning 8 March 1885, “with every feeling of admiration for the ability, and of gratitude for the kindness of W.H. Hooper, Esq. this is inscribed by Robert Browning,” with Hooper’s bookplates in each volume; very good, in publisher’s cloth, gray coated endleaves, in custom slipcase, 6 3/4 x 4 in. (4) $1,200-1,800

113 Browning, Robert (1812-1889) Three Inscribed First Editions, Presentation Copies.

Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876; The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1877; and La Saisiaz: the Two Poets of Croisic, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878; each inscribed by Browning to Mrs. Charles Skirrow and dated with the publication date of each volume; bound in matching red morocco, joints rubbed, housed in a custom slipcase, each volume octavo, 6 1/2 x 4 in. (3) $2,000-3,000 114 Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson (18491924) Three First Editions.

Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin’s [later titled A Little Princess], New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1888, quarto, in publisher’s brown cloth boards, blocked in red, black, and gold, housed in custom slipcase; Edith’s Burglar, Boston: Jordan, Marsh, & Co., 1888, quarto, in publisher’s brown cloth boards, blocked in black and gold, housed in custom slipcase; [and] Little Saint Elizabeth, New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1890, quarto, illustrated, bound in publisher’s brick red cloth, stamped in black, red, and gold. (3) $200-300 112

115 Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890) First Footsteps in East Africa; or, an Exploration of Harar. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856.

Octavo, illustrated with four lithographs (the first bound as the frontispiece) and two maps; Appendix IV omitted; without the advertising leaf at the end; bound in publisher’s full violet textured cloth, stamped with a gilt cartouche on the front board with a crocodile and a giraffe; borders and back board done in blind; spine blocked in gold, a.e.g., 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. $600-800

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116 Byron, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron (1788-1824) Marino Faliero. London: [by Thomas Davison for] Murray, 1821.

First edition, large copy, with half title, and single page of adverts at end, in contemporary boards, with later spine, housed in custom chemise and green half morocco case, 9 x 5 1/2 in. $200-300 117 Capote, Truman (1924-1984) In Cold Blood, Signed Copy. New York: Random House, [post-1965].

Eleventh printing, in publisher’s cloth binding and dust jacket, signed by Capote on half-title, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. $200-300 118 Carr, John, Sir (1772-1832) The Stranger in Ireland. London: Phillips, 1806.

First edition, quarto, illustrated with frontispiece, folding and full-page illustrations throughout, water stained, contemporary leather, boards detached, 10 1/4 x 8 in. $200-400 119 Carroll, Gladys Hasty (1904-1999) Six Signed and Inscribed Volumes with a Collection of Signed Letters.

All six titles variously inscribed and signed to Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868-1964) a pioneering advertising executive and deaf American; with letters, Christmas cards, notes, and other types of correspondence signed by Carroll inserted, including the following titles: One White Star; Sing Out the Glory; West of the Hill; Only Fifty Years Ago; [all four in original dust jackets] Neighbor to the Sky; and A Few Foolish Ones; all octavo. (6) $300-500

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120 Catlin, George (1796-1872) Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians.

London: by the Author, by Tosswill & Myers, 1841.

Second edition, two octavo volumes, illustrated, bound in contemporary half leather, damaged, large dent to front of volume one, internal spotting, 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (2) $300-500

121 Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) The History of the Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. London: for R. Chiswell, J. Sprint, et al., 1706.

[Together with] A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote, by Alonzo Fernandez de Avellaneda, London: for Wale and Senex, 1705; three octavo volumes, illustrated throughout, bound in uniform calf, rebacked, worn, lacking one label, not collated, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (3) $400-600

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122 Chalcocondyles, Laonicus [aka: Laonikos Chalkokondyles] (c. 1430-c. 1470) Histoire Generale des Turcs. Paris: Cramoisy, 1662 [engraved titles dated 1663].

Two folio volumes, half-titles and added engraved titles present in each; typographical title pages printed in red and black, volume one illustrated with twenty engraved text portraits; volume two illustrated with five text portraits, a folding woodcut plate of the Turkish army, a large folding engraving of Constantinople (mounted), and approximately eighty-one full-page engravings (printed on text leaves) mainly depicting various characters and types from the Middle East and North Africa; one plate defaced with obscene pencil modifications, two torn and unrepaired, one with a hole, repeat of the Berber woman in the place where the print of the Persian woman should be; toning to volume one, intense at times; slight water stain to part of volume two; bound in full uniform French speckled calf, gilt-tooled spines; some repairs to spines and corners, boards rubbed, 14 x 9 in. (2) This collected edition contains additions to Chalcocondyles’s original text by Thomas Artus (d. 1614) and François de Mezeray (1610-1683), bringing the account up to date. The large number of engravings in the second volume depicting different religious and ethnic types are after Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-1583). $3,000-5,000

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125 Clapin, Sylva (1853-1928) A New Dictionary of Americanisms. New York: Louis Weiss & Co., [1902?].

First edition, large octavo, bound in publisher’s dark brown morocco spine, lettered in gilt and blind-tooled, red buckram boards, t.e.g., 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.

Clapin was a Canadian bookseller and linguist with a special interest in the way languages in the New World developed independent of their European roots. This dictionary includes much of amusement and interest, for example, “Choke off. To forcibly obstruct or stop a person in the execution of a purpose. A slang and figurative expression, borrowed from the act of choking a dog to make him loose his hold,” and “Scoot. In parts of New England, to move or run away swiftly. To slide or glide; to dart. No idea of running away, and by no means limited to persons.” Clapin includes French Canadian, and Southern terms, and those used in African American communities.

Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober. $200-300

123 Chastellux, Francois Jean, Marquis de (1734-1788) Travels in North-America in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. Dublin: for Mssrs. Colles, et al., 1787.

Two octavo volumes, bound in contemporary uniform marbled calf; spotting to contents, volume one with an old rebacking, volume two with boards detached, these volumes not collated, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (2) $250-350

124 Children’s Books, American, 19th Century, Three Volumes.

Including: Very Little Tales for Very Little Children; in Single Syllables of Three and Four Letters, First Series, Philadelphia & New York: Appleton, 1844, first American edition, small square format, with uncolored wood engraved vignettes, bound in contemporary cloth, spine perished, boards detached, 5 x 4 in.

[Together with] The American Toilet, New York: Imbert’s Lithographic Office, [c. 1827], twenty numbered pages (including the title) with nineteen flaps revealing moral lessons, all intact, in original marbled paper wrappers, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

[And] A series of chapbooks bound together, with hand-colored illustrations throughout, printed in Philadelphia: by Morgan and Sons; Morgan and Yeager; and others, several titles bound together, engravings printed on one side only, contemporary half leather, boards detached, 5 x 4 1/4 in. $400-600

126 Colman, Benjamin (1673-1747) A Discourse Had in the College-Hall at Cambridge, March 27, 1722. Before the Baptism of R. Judah Monis. Boston: for Daniel Henchman, 1722.

First and only 18th century edition, octavo, containing four separate discourses, each with its own title page; bound in later sheepskin boards; front board detached, spine fragmentary, last text leaf torn with loss to bottom corner, affecting eleven lines of text, spotting and toning to text leaves, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Judah Monis (1683-1764) was the first Jewish person to receive a college degree from a university in North America, graduating M.A. from Harvard in 1720. He was subsequently hired as an instructor in Hebrew at the same institution, although he was required to convert to Christianity to do so. He was the first person to be a professor of Hebrew in this country, and wrote and published the first Hebrew grammar textbook in the States. $3,000-5,000

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127 Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851) The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757.

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1826.

First edition, octavo, two volumes bound as one; pages 275 through 282 in volume one supplied from a smaller copy; lacking blanks at end of volume one and beginning of volume two and title page to volume two, which begins with chapter one; page number vii in volume one marked vi; page number present on page 71; page 89 misnumbered 93; page 243 chapter XVI is misnumbered XIV; last leaf of volume two mutilated at the gutter and amateurishly repaired, bound in half leather and boards; text not collated, 6 3/4 x 4 in. $600-800

128 Craig, Edward Gordon (1872-1966) On the Art of the Theatre, Signed First Edition.

Chicago: Browne’s Bookstore [London: Heinemann, 1911].

Large quarto, first edition, signed by Craig on the limitation page, copy number 68 of the 75 copies for sale in the United States, inscribed by bookseller Waldo R. Browne to Percy MacKaye on ffep, with an original blackand-white photograph of Craig [?] pasted on the following preliminary blank; bound in publisher’s half vellum and brown paper boards, dirty, gouge to edge of back board, 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.

[Together with] Craig’s The Art of the Theatre, Edinburgh & London: Foulis, 1905, in publisher’s black cloth, lettered in gilt, ex libris Percy MacKaye, with his signature on linen endleaf, 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. [and] two unopened copies of A Living Theatre, Florence, 1913, both in the original orange wrappers, 9 x 6 1/4 in. (4) Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober. $300-500

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129 Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches.

London: by James Robins, 1826.

Large quarto, illustrated with hand-colored plates, bound in full crushed green morocco

by Riviere, a.e.g., custom slipcase, 11 x 8 3/4 in. $200-300

130 Dapper, Olfert (1636-1689) Description Exacte des Isles de L’Archipel et de Quelques Autres Adjacentes; dont les Principales sont Chypre, Rhodes, Candie, Samos, Chio, Negrepont, Lemnos, Paros, Delos, Patmos, avec un Grand Nombre d’autres. Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1703.

First French edition, folio, with half-title, added engraved title, title page printed in red and black, illustrated with thirty-four engraved plates extraneous to the text (some folding) and approximately forty-three text engravings, bound in full contemporary sponge-decorate calf, gilt spine, all edges red; somewhat worn, structurally sound, contents generally good, 14 1/4 x 9 in. $3,000-5,000 131 Dartmouth College v. Woodward. Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College against William H. Woodward.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: by John Foster and West, Richardson & Lord, 1819.

First edition, octavo, in boards, untrimmed, 9 x 5 1/2 in. [and] another copy, in half calf with marbled boards. (2) Prepared by Timothy Farrar, Jr. (1788-1874) this case is one of the most important Supreme Court rulings, strengthening the Contract Clause and limiting the power of the states to interfere with private charters, including those of commercial enterprises. $200-400 132 Decorative Bindings, English Literature, Sets, Twenty-nine Volumes.

Late 19th and early 20th century imprints, in full and half-leather bindings, spines decorated in gilt, including Clarendon’s History of the Rebellion, Oxford, 1849, in seven volumes, bound in full red morocco; Collected Poems of Arthur Upson, 1909; Riston’s Ancient English Metrical Romances, 1885, and others, various formats, occupying approximately 3 feet of shelf space. (29) $400-600

133 Decorative Bindings, Fifty-five Volumes, William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) The Works. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879.

Limited edition set, one of 1,000 printed, bound in uniform half dark green morocco, t.e.g., in good shape, 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. each; occupying approximately 5 1/2 feet of shelf space. (55) $400-600 134 Decorative Bindings, Sets, Works in French, Thirty-five Volumes.

An assortment of French works mostly from the late 19th and early 20th century in full and half-leather bindings, tooled in gilt, in good condition, including works by Guizot, Balzac, Flaubert, Fontaine, Guy de Maupassant, and others, various sizes, occupying approximately 3 1/2 feet of shelf space. (35) $400-600 135 Decorative Bindings, Sets, Works of John Fiske in Twenty-four Volumes. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1902.

Octavo volumes, limited edition set number 214 of 1,000 copies printed; uniformly bound in half red polished morocco with attractive gilt tooling on spines; appearance is good from spines, some water damage to a board or two, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in., occupying approximately 3 feet of shelf space. (24) $300-500 136 Decorative Bindings, Shakespeare, Fifteen Volumes.

The Plays of William Shakespeare in Fifteen Volumes, edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, fourth edition, London: Longman et al., 1793, one of twenty-five fine paper copies extra-illustrated with engravings published by E. and S. Harding; octavo volumes bound in uniform contemporary full dark blue straight-grained morocco, a.e.g., spines ruled and lettered in gilt; bindings rubbed, with some chips to heads and tails, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. occupying approximately 2 1/2 feet of shelf space. (15) $400-600

137 Delacroix, Henry (1907-1974) and A. Lezine (fl. circa 1930) Boutiques 2. Paris: Bonadona, (c. 1930).

Oblong folio, title, introduction, and forty-eight of forty-nine numbered plates, twenty-nine of which are enhanced with color pochoir printing; plate number 32 is lacking; all contents loose separate sheets housed in the publisher’s portfolio, titled in raised red letters on a textured cream-colored paper; spine perished, ties intact, toning to paper covering, top outside corner of back board damaged, 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.

[Together with] Herbst, Rene (1891-1982) Devantures Vitrines Installations de Magasins a L’Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris: Moreau, 1925, oblong folio, illustrated with sixty-seven photographic plates of modernist Parisian Art Nouveau store fronts and interiors, plates numbered 1-54, (the same number used for two different plates on thirteen occasions), title printed in red and black, conjugate with contents, all illustrations on separate sheets, loose, housed in original boards, spine and ties perished, chipping to contents, 12 3/4 x 10 in. (2) $900-1,200 138 Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.

First edition, first issue, with “Stave I” on the first page of text, illustrated with four fullpage hand-colored illustrations and four text vignettes by John Leech; lacking half-title; with green endleaves, bound in publisher’s terracotta ribbed cloth, stamped in gold on front board and spine, with blind tooled borders to both boards, a.e.g.; the binding slightly cocked, with some discoloration to boards, scribble inside back board, thumbing to text leaves, contemporary signature of Augustus Jocelyn to title; ex libris Adelaide Livingstone, with her bookplate by Rex Whistler pasted inside the front board, in a custom red half calf case, 6 1/2 x 4 in. $2,000-2,500 139 Dionysius of Halicarnassus (c. 60 BCafter 7 BC) Responsio ad Gn. Pompeii epistolam, in qua ille de reprehenso ab eo Platonis stylo conquerebatur. Eiusdem ad Ammaeum epistola. Paris: Charles Stephanus, 1554.

Small octavo, printer’s device on title, text in Greek, with some marginal notes in Greek, lacking final ?blank, in modern buff morocco, gilt-tooled, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. $300-400

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140 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [aka] Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, First American Edition. New York: D. Appleton, 1866.

This octavo edition with the New York imprint consists of the sheets of the suppressed 1865 London printing (first edition) with a new title page; this copy is the variant with the “B” in “By” above and very slightly to the right of the “T” in “Tenniel” on the title page and without the hyphen in “Rabbit-Hole” on the contents page, no priority; 1,000 unbound copies of the London first edition were sold to Appleton in New York after Lewis Carroll decided to cancel the edition in July 1865 because he was dissatisfied with the illustrations; Appleton issued the purchased London sheets as is and released them in this edition with a new title page inserted; with forty-two illustrations from the woodcuts by Dalziel after John Tenniel; this copy is bound in full crushed red morocco

by Bayntun-Riviere, with an inlay in ivory, yellow, red, gray, and green leather of the White Rabbit as he appears in chapter eight, as herald of the King and Queen of Hearts; large gilt-tool of Alice talking to the Queen of Hearts on back board, spine tooled and lettered in gilt; original cloth from boards and spine bound in at the back, the spine without mention of publisher; housed in a custom slipcase; original binding pieces stained, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. $3,000-5,000

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141 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [aka] Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Presentation Copy with Autograph Letter Signed, 9 July 1888.

London: Macmillan, 1883.

Octavo, with author’s presentation in purple ink on half-title, “Rosamond Sophie Fellowes from the Author, Ap. 27, 1885,” according to a note on ffep, Rosamond Fellowes (18781944), daughter of the Reverend Edward Lyon Fellowes (1845-1896) was a second cousin of “the real Alice,” Alice Liddell Hargreaves (1852-1934); bound in full red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, tooled in gilt with images from the story, original cloth bound in at end, housed in a custom slipcase, 7 x 4 3/4 in.

[Together with] Autograph letter signed by Carroll, 9 July 1888, tipped onto the original black endleaf, written on Christ Church Oxford letter paper, two inscribed leaves. To Anne Symonds (1823-1910), explaining that he and Isa Bowman (1874-1958) should be arriving in Oxford on Wednesday evening, noting the train they’ll take, and hoping that they won’t be late. Written in purple ink, signed C.L. Dodgson. Rosamond Sophie Fellowes was Anne Symonds’s granddaughter, by way of her daughter Margaret Rosamond Fellowes’s marriage to Reverend Edward Lyon Fellowes. $3,000-5,000

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142 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [aka] Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Signed by John Tenniel.

London and New York: Macmillan & Co., 1891.

Octavo, signed by Tenniel just under his name on the title page, bound in full original publisher’s red cloth, stamped in gilt, coated black endleaves, spine slightly darkened, housed in custom chemise and slipcase, 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500

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143 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [aka] Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Limited Editions Club, One Signed by Alice Hargreaves.

Two octavo volumes: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932; and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935; the first volume signed by Alice on blank leaf between the half-title and the frontispiece, and signed by Frederic Ward on the limitation page, copy 969 of 1,500 copies; the second volume not signed, copy 1,343 of 1,500; both bound in publisher’s leather, a.e.g.; spine from Through the Looking-Glass detached and chipped with loss, leather on both volumes fragile, with chipping, the two housed in a slipcase, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. each. (2) $2,000-2,500

144 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [aka] Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Limited Editions Club, Signed by Alice Hargreaves.

Two octavo volumes: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932; and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935; the first volume signed by Alice on blank leaf between the half-title and the frontispiece, and signed by Frederic Ward on the limitation page, copy 456 of 1,500; the second signed by Alice on the limitation page, copy number 861 of 1,500; both uniformly bound in full red morocco by Bayntun (Riviere), tooled in gilt with illustrations taken from the book, a.e.g., housed in a custom slipcase, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. each. (2) $2,500-3,500

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145 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [aka] Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan, 1876.

First edition, octavo, with frontispiece and single page of publisher’s adverts at end; bound in publisher’s white cloth boards pictorially blocked in black, a.e.g., black coated endleaves, in custom chemise and half morocco case, boards discolored, 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. $150-250

146 Donnison, Joseph (1788-1825) Manuscript College Mathematics Notebook from Harvard, pre-1807.

Quarto, approximately eighty pages; laid paper, neatly inscribed throughout with mathematical problems, including drawings and sketches, 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.

Donnison graduated with his bachelor’s degree in 1807, and master’s in 1815. $500-700 147 Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (18711945) An American Tragedy, Signed Limited Edition. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.

Limited edition, copy number 356 of 795 signed by Dreiser on the limitation page, in publisher’s half gray cloth and blue paper boards, inner joint in volume one cracked, 9 x 5 3/4 in. (2) $300-500 148 Dutch Engravings, Approximately Fiftyfive Broadsides and Prints, 17th and 18th Century.

Collection of engravings, etchings, mezzotints, and typographical broadsides from Holland, including six religious broadsides; sixteen portraits; fourteen genre scenes, landscapes and engravings after paintings; twelve satirical broadsides with images above and text below; five typographical broadsides and newspapers; and other miscellaneous prints; various sizes. $600-800 149 Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) The Fun of It, Signed First Edition. New York: Brewer, Warren, & Putnam, 1932.

First edition, octavo, signed by Earhart on ffep, with gift inscription from another person below, with the record present in the back pocket, seal broken, record present, no jacket, publisher’s brown cloth, 8 x 5 in. $500-700 150 Earle, Jabez (1676?-1768) Sacramental Exercises. Boston: Re-printed by D. Fowle and Z. Fowle for D. Henchman, 1756.

12mo, in contemporary half sheepskin and scabbard, damaged, with losses, 5 1/4 x 3 in. $300-400

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151 Early Books, 17th Century English Imprints, Five Volumes.

Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury’s Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, London: by M. Clark for Littlebury et al., 1683, folio; Thomas Jackson’s Treatise of the Divine Essence and Attributes, London: by M.F. for John Clarke, 1628, quarto; Allestree’s Gentleman’s Calling, London: for T. Garthwait, 1660, octavo; Stillingfleet’s Relation of a Conference Held about Religion, London: Moses Pitt, 1676, octavo; [and] John Spencer’s Discourse Concerning Prodigies, Cambridge: by Field for Graves, 1663, quarto; all volumes with binding problems, boards detached, et cetera; not collated. (5) $500-700

152 Early Books, English Imprints, 1637-1676, Four Quarto Volumes.

John Fletcher’s The Elder Brother, a Comedie, London: by F.K. for J.W. and J.B., 1637, red half sheep and marbled boards, spotting to contents, 7 x 4 1/2 in.; Three Speeches of the Right Honorable Sir Francis Bacon, London: by Badger for Broun, 1641, half leather, awkwardly trimmed, 6 3/4 x 5 in.; Bacon’s Cases of Treason, London: More, 1641, some staining to title, half leather, 7 x 5 in.; [and] Edward Lord Clarendon’s A Brief View and Survey of the Dangerous and Pernicious Errors to Church and State, in Mr. Hobbes’s Book, Entitled Leviathan, Oxford: at the Theater, 1676, the second impression, engraved allegorical frontispiece; vignette on title; spotting; contemporary boards, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.; all volumes ex libris Hingham Library, with bookplates. (4) $300-400

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153 Early Books, Three Volumes.

Terence [aka Publius Terentius Afer] (c.

195/185-c. 159 BC) Pars Librorum Quattour et Viginti de Lingua Latina, Rome: Vincentius Luchinus, 1554, octavo, defective: lacking bifolia A2/A7 and M3/M6; in contemporary limp parchment, ex library, with contemporary annotations; Joseph Liesgang’s Tabulae Memoriales Praecipua Arithmeticae, Vienna: Trattner, 1755, quarto, illustrated with seventeen folding engravings and a folding typographical table, in contemporary limp paper wrappers; [and] C. Julii Caesaris Quae Extant Omnia, Italica Versione, Venice: Societas Albritiana, 1737, large quarto, engraved frontis, title printed in red and black, text printed in parallel columns throughout: Italian and Latin; bound in full contemporary sheepskin, marbled in brown and green, gilt spine with two red labels, damage to headcap with loss, boards rubbed, 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (3) $300-500

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154 Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius von (1737-1798) Choix des Pierres Gravees du Cabinet Imperial des Antiques. Vienna: Joseph Noble Kurzbek, 1788.

First edition, folio, illustrated with forty full-page plates of ancient carved stones, bound in full contemporary tan calf, tooled in gilt; surface abrasions, corners bumped; bookplate of a Russian library pasted inside the front board, with inked ownership stamps on title, one text leaf, and verso of final leaf, contents otherwise fresh, 14 1/2 x 10 in. $300-500 155 Edwards of Halifax Binding with Fore-edge Painting.

The Holy Bible, Oxford: Wright & Guild, 1774, 12mo, full vellum painted with scenes from the Bible on both boards, blue underpainted and gold tooled Greek fret Etruscan-style border, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, with the original green morocco slipcase, also tooled in gilt, almost identical to the British Library’s Davis210, a 1762 copy of the Book of Common Prayer, a.e.g., fore-edge painting of Nostell Priory, Yorkshire; housed in modern red chemise and half morocco slipcase, very good, 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. $300-500

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156 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969) The White House Years: Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Signed Copy. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963.

Limited edition, copy number 435 of 1,500, signed by Eisenhower on a blank leaf preceding the title, in the original publisher’s cloth binding, with acetate jacket and slipcase, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. $400-600

157 Erotica and Early Books, Seven Titles in Leather Bindings.

Including: La Pucelle d’Orleans, London: aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1764, octavo, illustrated, bound in later full spongedecorated calf gilt-tooled spine; Demoniality or Incubi and Succubi by the Reverend Father Sinistrari of Ameno, Paris: Liseux, 1879, octavo, in half dark green sheep, gilt title on spine; Pierre Matthieu’s Unhappy Prosperity, London: by Harper for Vavasour, 1639, second edition, 12mo, in full brown morocco; Memoirs of Mrs. Coghlan, London: for the author and Dublin reprinted, 1794, 12mo, in full burgundy calf, gilt-tooled spine; Father Sinistrari’s Peccatum Mutum (the Mute Sin, alias Sodomy), Paris: Liseux, 1893, 12mo, in half leather; Robert Burns’s Not for Maids, Ministers, or Striplings: The Merry Muses, [No place: no printer] Privately Printed, Not for Sale, 1827, 12mo, in half red leather, front board becoming detached; [and] La Fontaine’s Tales Imitated in English Verse, London: for C. Chapple, 1814, volume one only. (7) Provenance: Ex libris Charles S. Dixwell (1868-1934). $300-500 158 Erotica, Fourteen Volumes.

Including Ford Madox Ford’s Some Do Not, New York: Seltzer, 1925, third printing; D.H. Lawrence’s Women in Love, New York: Seltzer, 1923, fourth printing; Edgar Saltus’s Historia Amoris, New York: Brentano’s, 1922; Edward Carpenter’s Love’s Coming-of-Age, New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911; Jules Romains’s The Body’s Rapture, New York: Liveright, [1937]; Le Nismois’s The Voluptuous Army, [no publication information]; Rosa Fielding or a Victim of Lust, London: for private distribution, 1856; Wake’s Sacred Prostitution & Marriage by Capture, Privately Printed, 1929; Colette’s L’Entrave, Paris: Editions Mornay, 1929; The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, New York: for the Society of the Friends of India, 1925; Vautel’s Les Femmes aux Encheres, Paris: Albin Michel, 1932; Merrill Moore’s Illegitimate Sonnets, New York: Twayne, 1950, in the dust jacket, inscribed by the author; Gamiani, or Two Extra-Voluptuous Nights, London: Thomson, 1891; [and] Contes de la Fontaine, Paris: Lefevre, 1822. (14) $100-150 159 Erotica, Sixty-six Volumes.

A collection of late 19th and early 20th century erotic works, almost all in cloth bindings, including illustrated titles, fiction, and psychological treatises including works on the psychology of sex, history of prostitution, frigidity in women, psychopathia sexualis, and others. (66) Provenance: Ex libris Charles S. Dixwell (1868-1934). $600-800

160 Exhibition Bindings by Zaehnsdorf, 1895, The Poetical Works of Surrey and Wyatt.

London: Pickering, 1831.

Two octavo volumes uniformly bound in full crushed dark brown morocco, ornately tooled on all boards and spines, pastedowns of green inlaid gilt-tooled morocco panels, green morocco flyleaves, a.e.g.; joints slightly dry, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (2) $1,000-1,500 161 Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1889.

Epreuves Photographiques Inalterables.

Paris: Phototypie Bertaud Freres, [1889].

Oblong folio, title page printed in red and black, illustrated with ten “cliché” photographs of buildings created for the Paris World’s Fair taken by J. Cornetet, including two striking views of the newly erected Eiffel Tower, specially built for the Fair, each photo reproduced in a red frame with caption; bound in publisher’s red cloth, stamped in black and gold, featuring the Eiffel Tower, back board indicating that this souvenir of the Exposition was presented by the Hanover Fire Insurance Company; some spotting to contents, some leaves becoming detached, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. $300-500

162 Exquemelin, Alexandre Olivier (c. 16451707) Bucaniers of America: or a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years upon the Coasts of the West-Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both English and French. [bound with] Basil Ringrose’s (d.

1686) continuation of the same title. London: for William Crooke at the Green Dragon, 1684 [and 1685].

First edition, two parts in one volume; part one illustrated with two text engravings, six full-page plates, and three folding (or double-page) plates; part two illustrated with two folding maps, fourteen text engraved maps/plans, and numerous text illustrations; a variant with same title and imprint exists without priority; part three includes two additional chapters concerning Captains Cook and Sharp not previously published; bound in full red morocco by Bedford, a.e.g., inner gilt dentelles, housed in a custom slipcase; some maps with breaks along the folds, the last three leaves (printer’s ads) remargined along bottom edge; bottom corner back board bumped; tips rubbed, 8 x 6 1/2 in. $4,000-6,000

163 Falckenstein, Johann Heinrich von (1682-1760) Antiquitates et Memorabilia Nordgaviae Veteris. Schwabach: Enderes, 1734.

Folio, added engraved title, general typographical title printed in red and black; printed throughout in black letter, two columns, in German, illustrated with eight fullpage engraved plates; bound in contemporary sheepskin, gilt spine, worn, abraded, 14 x 19 in. $600-800 164 Ferguson, James (1710-1776) An Easy Introduction to Astronomy. London: for Cadell, successor to Millar, 1769.

Second edition, (first published as The Young Gentleman and Lady’s Astronomy; octavo, illustrated with seven folding engravings; bound in contemporary sheep, rebacked, some plates with repairs, 8 x 5 in. $300-500 165 Ferguson, James (1710-1776) An Introduction to Electricity. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1770.

First edition, octavo, illustrated with three folding engraved plates after the text, bound in contemporary boards, rebacked, sewing structure failing, with some signatures sprung, or thrown out, 8 x 5 in. $400-600 166 Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles, and Made Easy to those who have not Studied Mathematics. London: for the Author, 1756.

First edition, illustrated with folding engraved frontispiece and an additional thirteen folding engravings in the text, as called for on the directions to the bookbinder; bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, 10 x 8 in. $600-800 167 Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics, with the Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and the Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. London: for A. Millar, 1764. [bound with] A Supplement to Mr. Ferguson’s Book of Lectures, London: for A. Millar, sold by T. Cadell, 1767; quarto, the first illustrated with twenty-three folding plates, the supplement with an additional thirteen (thirtysix plates total), contents generally good, bound in original full calf, skillfully rebacked, 10 1/2 x 8 in. $300-500

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168 Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Select Mechanical Exercises: Shewing how to Construct Different Clocks, Orreries, and SunDials. London: for Strahan and Cadell, 1773.

First edition, octavo, with half-title, illustrated with nine folding engravings; in contemporary boards rebacked in library buckram, 8 1/4 x 5 in. $200-300 169 Ferguson, James (1710-1776) Tables and Tracts Relative to Several Arts and Sciences.

London: for Millar and Cadell, 1767.

First edition, octavo, illustrated with three folding engravings after the text; bound in modern half calf, marbled paper boards, title page with marginal discolorations and chips, 8 x 5 in. $200-300

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170 Ferguson, James (1710-1776) The Art of Drawing in Perspective Made Easy. London: for Strahan and Cadell, 1775.

First edition, with half-title, illustrated with nine folding engravings after the text; bound in contemporary calf, gilt-tooled spine, rebacked, 8 1/4 x 5 in. $200-300 171 Fiddes, Richard (1671-1725) The Life of Cardinal Wolsey. London: for John Barber, 1724. Folio, with engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved plates, not collated for completeness, in contemporary boards, rebacked, 14 x 9 1/2 in.

[Together with] The Norton Facsimile [of] the First Folio of Shakespeare, London: Norton, 1968, prepared by Charlton Hinman, in publisher’s half leather, with the slipcase, 14 x 9 1/2 in.

J. Alfred Gotch’s Architecture of the Renaissance in England, London: Batsford, 1894, in two folio volumes, half leather and buckram boards, 18 x 13 1/2 in. [and] one other volume. (5) Provenance: The estate of Stratford W. Carter, Boston, Massachusetts. $300-500

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172 Fielding, Henry (1707-1754) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: for A. Millar, 1749.

First edition, six duodecimo volumes, contemporary boards, rebacked, original spines replaced, new lettering pieces, housed in a custom slipcase, some minor spotting to contents, two pages curiously trimmed at foot of blank margin in zigzag pattern, 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (6) $4,000-6,000 173 Fielding, Henry (1707-1754) The Works.

London: for A. Millar, 1762.

Four large quarto volumes, portrait of Fielding present in volume one, contents good, uniform original boards recently rebacked, spines nicely gilt, with two labels, 11 1/2 x 9 in. $400-600

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174 Fine Bindings and Extra-Illustrated Books, Thirteen Volumes, 1838-1906.

Mrs. Jameson’s Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second, London: Colburn, 1838, in two volumes, portraits hand-colored throughout, bound in half green morocco, gilt-tooled spines; Julia Kavanagh’s French Women of Letters, London: Hurst & Blackett, 1862, two volumes, extra-illustrated, bound in full royal blue crushed morocco, with gilt-decorated boards and spines, by Bayntun, in slipcase; Frances Elliot’s Old Court Life in France, London: Chapman & Hall, 1873, extra-illustrated, in full deep purple crushed morocco by W. Root and Son, in custom slipcase; Reminiscences and Souvenirs of Madame Vigee le Brun, London: Long & Grover, 1879, extra-illustrated, bound in half dark blue morocco by Root, in buckram dust covers, custom slipcase; Count Anthony Hamilton’s Memoirs of the Count de Gramont, London: Vizetelly, 1889, in two volumes, bound in half red morocco, gilt spines;

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The Marvellous Adventures of Sir John Maudevile Kt., Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1895, number 96 of 100 copes, signed by the publisher on the limitation page, in full calfskin, elaborately gilt-tooled spine; Octave Uzanne’s Fashion in Paris, London: Heinemann, 1898, illustrated with color plates throughout, bound in half crushed dark green morocco, gilt-tooled spine (faded); John Thomas Smith’s A Book for a Rainy Day, London: Methuen & Co., 1905, extra-illustrated, in half dark blue morocco by Root, in a slipcase; [and] Memoirs of Count Gramont, London: Bickers & Son, 1906, edited by Allan Fea, illustrated, bound in half red morocco by Bayntun; various formats and sizes, octavo and large quarto. (13) Provenance: Ex libris Charles S. Dixwell (1868-1934). $1,500-2,000

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175 Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940) Flappers and Philosophers, First Edition. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1920.

First edition, octavo, without the jacket, in publisher’s cloth, titled in blind, 7 1/2 x 5 in. $200-300 176 Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940) Tender is the Night, First Edition, Paperback. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1934.

First edition, with Scribner’s letter “A” on copyright page, in plain brown cover stock weight wraps, inscribed with title in pencil on spine and front, 7 1/4 x 5 in. $400-600

177 Flamsteed, John (1646-1719) Atlas Céleste de Flamsteed, Approuvé par l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Publié sous le Privilège de cette Compagnie, Seconde Edition par M. Fortin. Paris: [Imprimerie de la Veuve Herissant] for Deschamps, 1776.

Second edition, octavo, illustrated with thirty double-page engraved star charts; contents generally good in contemporary spongedecorated calf, with gilt spine, skillfully rebacked and recornered, 8 3/4 x 6 in. $2,000-2,500

178 Fontaine, Jean de la (1621-1695) and Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Selected Fables, Signed by Artist and Translator.

New York: Quadrangle Press, 1948.

First edition, in publisher’s binding and original dust jacket, signed by Calder and translator Eunice Clark on ffep, 12 x 8 3/4 in. $300-500 179 Forbes, Captain Robert Bennet (18041889) The Voyage of the Jamestown on her Errand of Mercy. Boston: Eastburn’s Press, 1847.

First edition, large octavo, with lithographic frontispiece of the Jamestown leaving Boston harbor on March 28, 1847, in publisher’s brown cloth, tooled with blind corner pieces on front and back boards, titled in gilt on front board, rubbed, losses to head and tail of spine, front joint starting at foot; contents good; rare, with no copies appearing in the auction record, 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.

A joint resolution of Congress authorized the Navy to deploy the Jamestown under Captain Forbes, to deliver food to the Irish people, who were suffering from starvation during the great potato famine. $400-600

180 Fore-edge Painting, Double.

The Book of Common Prayer, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1817, bound in full olive green straight-grained morocco, tooled in gold and blind; a.e.g.; spine faded; the paintings depicting “The Adoration of the Magi” after Hans Memling; and “The Annunciation” after Domenico Veneziano; the volume housed in a custom slipcase, 8 1/4 x 5 in. $400-600 181 Fore-edge Painting, Two Volumes.

John McDiarmid’s The Scrap Book, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1823; two octavo volumes bound in straight grained burgundy morocco, gilt-tooled, a.e.g.; each volume with a fore-edge painting: volume one with the Tower of London and St. Paul’s Cathedral; volume two with Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, and the Abbey Bridge, but conspicuously without Big Ben, which was not completed until 1859; the two volumes housed in a custom slipcase, 7 x 4 1/4 in. $300-500

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182 Forrest, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ramus (1750-1827) A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India.

London: [by L. Harrison for] R. Ackermann, 1824.

First edition, large quarto, illustrated with engraved folding map by Neele; hand-colored aquatint vignettes on title and last pages; and twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates by T. Sutherland and G. Hunt after Forrest; bound in full red levant, gilt-tooled Cosway-style,

by Bayntun (Riviere), featuring a miniature painting set into the front board, with the Taj Mahal in the center of the panel, surrounded by eight smaller paintings of Indian historic sites, the space between the ovals in-filled with minute gilt floral motifs; a.e.g., watered red silk pastedowns and flyleaves; inner gilt dentelles with leather joints; housed in a custom slipcase, 13 x 10 1/2 in. $8,000-10,000

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183 Fourier, Charles (1772-1837) Theorie des Quatre Mouvemens et des Destinees Generales. Leipzig: [no printer], 1808 [i.e.

Lyon: Peizin].

First edition of Fourier’s first work, with the folding typographical plate bound between pages eight and nine; with the signature of Frederick York Powell (1850-1904) on ffep; bound in contemporary half leather, patterned paper boards; spine missing, front board detached, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.

Fourier was a radical thinker who created a plan for an ideal society. He respected the industry and intelligence of children, acknowledged the validity of same sex relationships and androgyny, and coined the term feminism. $700-900 184 Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890) Memoirs of my Life, With Two Autograph Letter Signed by Fremont. Chicago & New York: Bilford, Clarke, & Co., 1887 First edition, volume one (all published), with two letters by Fremont inserted; the text illustrated throughout, with maps (some folding) including the large folding map pasted inside back board; bound in publisher’s pictorial cloth ornately stamped in red, blue, black, gold, and silver; inner joint cracking, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. $600-800

185 Frost, Robert (1874-1963) A Masque of Mercy, Signed Printer’s Copy and In the Clearing, Signed Limited Edition. Boston: Holt, [1947 and 1962] Two large octavos, A Masque bound in half blue cloth and paper boards; In the Clearing bound in full cloth with publisher’s slipcase. (2) $500-700 186 Galileo, Galilei (1564-1642) Sidereus Nuncius, Facsimile. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Byzantium Press, 2004.

Two octavo volumes, consisting of a facsimile of the first edition of Galileo’s book, handbound in full period style calf, and a modern Companion, to the text, housed in a custom folding case, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. $50-100 187 Gifford, John (1758-1818) A Narrative of the Transactions Personally Relating to the Unfortunate Lewis the Sixteenth, Extraillustrated Copy. London: for W. Locke, 1793.

First edition, large quarto, with approximately forty-five added illustrations, bound in full straight green navy blue morocco by Morrell, t.e.g., with the arms of Louis XVI tooled in gold on front board, 11 x 9 in. $300-500

188 Gondor, Emery I. (1896-1977) Ten Little Colored Boys, Author’s Signed Presentation Copy. New York: Howell & Soskin, 1942.

Landscape format picture book, printed in color, inscribed and signed by Gondor inside front board, with die-cut pages, plastic loose-leaf binding (Tauber multi-tube binding); binding damaged, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. $300-400

189 Grahame, Kenneth (1859-1932) The Wind in the Willows, with Clipped Signature Laid in.

London: Methuen & Co., [Printed by William Brendon and Son, Ltd., 1908].

Octavo, with “First published 1908” on copyright page, and clipped signature from the closing of a letter pasted inside front board, “Yours very faithfully, Kenneth Grahame,” with frontispiece, bound in full publisher’s blue cloth, blocked in gold with title and Pan motif on front board, spine gilt decorated with title, author, publisher, and Mr. Toad in his motor clothes; deckle edges at fore-edge, t.e.g., ex libris Crosby and Hilda Gaige, with their bookplate pasted inside the front board, housed in a custom buckram chemise and half morocco slipcase, 7 1/2 x 5 in. $2,500-3,500

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190 Grant, George (fl. circa 1820) An Essay on the Science of Acting. By a Veteran Stager.

London: Cowie & Strange, 1828.

First edition, octavo, frontispiece portrait of J.P. Kemble, 201 pages, in contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine, boards somewhat rubbed, a.e.g., 7 x 4 in.

Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober. $300-500

191 Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901) Almanacks, Seventeen Small Volumes.

Almanacs for the years 1883 through 1895, and 1897; mixed formats, three larger format almanacs for 1884 in soft covers 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.; all others smaller, in publisher’s boards 4 x 3 in.; all with colored illustrations throughout, housed in custom chemise and half red morocco slipcase. (17) $700-900 192 Hagen, Joannes van der, (1665-1739) and Theon of Alexandria (c. AD 335-c.

405) Observationes in Theonis Fastos.

Amsterdam: Boom, 1735.

First edition, quarto, title printed in red and black, edges untrimmed throughout, almost completely unopened, bound in an unusual modern leather binding, 9 x 7 in. $400-600

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193 Hakluyt, Richard (1552?-1616) The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made

by Sea or Over Land, to the Most Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at any Time within the Compasse of these 1500 Yeeres.

London: George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, Deputies to Christopher Barker, 1589.

First edition, folio, lacking the map, without the cancelled leaves recounting Bowes’s expedition in Russia, without the added unnumbered leaves with the account of Drake’s circumnavigation; first and last few leaves with marginal paper repairs; leaves 485-492 [Xx2-Xx5] supplied from a smaller copy, remargined; in contemporary brown calf, ruled in blind; resewn and rebacked; neat contemporary marginal notes throughout in the hand of Martin Fotherbye [likely Bishop of Salisbury (c. 1560-1620)], with his signature on the title page, 11 3/4 x 8 in. $15,000-20,000

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194 Harrington, James (1611-1677) The Common-Wealth of Oceana. London: J. Streater for Livewell Chapman, 1656.

First edition, folio, without the portrait, title printed in red and black, contents browned, title mounted, in later boards, not collated, 10 1/2 x 7 in. $700-900 195 Harris, Joel Chandler Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings, Limited Edition Large Paper Copy, Signed by the Author.

New York: Appleton & Co., 1895.

Large paper copy, number eighty-three of 250 large paper copies, signed by Harris at the end of the preface, bound in half morocco, spine faded, joints dry, 9 x 6 in. $1,000-1,500

197 Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) The Old Man and the Sea, First Edition. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.

First edition, with the letter “A” and Scribner’s mark on copyright page, in the original dust jacket, the portrait of Hemingway on the back panel with a blue cast, and without mention of the Nobel Prize, 8 x 5 1/4 in. $400-600 198 Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) The Old Man and the Sea, First Edition. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.

First edition, with the letter “A” and Scribner’s mark on copyright page, in the original dust jacket, the portrait of Hemingway on the back panel with a blue cast, and without mention of the Nobel Prize, 8 x 5 1/4 in. $400-600

196 Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) The Old Man and the Sea, First Edition, Signed by Joe DiMaggio. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.

First edition, with the letter “A” and Scribner’s mark on copyright page, signed by DiMaggio on the half-title; in the original dust jacket, the portrait of Hemingway on the back panel with a blue cast, and without mention of the Nobel Prize, 8 x 5 1/4 in. $400-600

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199 Hennepin, Louis (act. 17th century) A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, Between New France and New Mexico.

London: for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.

Octavo, two parts in one volume, each with its own title page; the edition with the first line of the imprint ending with Tonson; engraved frontispiece opposite first title, lacking both folding maps, provided in facsimile; illustrated with six folding plates: “Niagara Falls”; the “Taking of Quebeck by the English”; “Wild Bulls” (i.e. buffalo); the “Unfortunate Adventures of Monsieur de la Salle; the Murther of Monsieur de la Salle”; and the “Cruelty of the Savage Iroquois”; bound in full crushed blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, front board detached. $700-900

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200 Hobhouse, John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton (1786-1869) A Journey through Albania and other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the Years 1809 and 1810.

London: for James Cawthorn, 1813.

Second edition, in two large quarto volumes, illustrated with two engraved frontispieces (one for each volume); two folding maps; seventeen hand-colored plates (of which six are double-page, several of the costume plates heightened with metallic color); and four additional full-page plates of music and facsimiles of documents; lacking pages between the end of volume one and the beginning of volume two: volume one ends on page 539, volume two picks up on page 543 in the middle of a sentence; title page and frontispiece in volume one damaged with loss; bound in uniform half leather, worn, front board to volume two detached, 10 1/4 x 8 in. (2) $700-900 201 Holbein, Hans the Younger (c. 1497-1543) The Dance of Death. Boston: Godine, Cygnet Press, 1974.

Limited edition, one of seventy deluxe copies with an extra suite of fifty-eight plates, in quarter morocco and linen boards, with the extra prints in a custom chemise, housed in matching quarter morocco box, 7 1/4 x 5 in. $100-150

202 Howlet, Robert (act. 1700) The Angler’s Sure Guide: or Angling Improved. London:

by J.H. for G. Conyers & T. Ballard, 1706.

Octavo, illustrated with frontispiece, and full-page plate of fish types, in modern calf, antique style, contents spotted, some edge chipping, 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. $300-500 203 Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) The Novels, Dramas, and Selected Poems of Victor Hugo, Edition Magnifique, One of Twelve Copies.

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, [1892].

Forty-one octavo volumes, limited edition set, specially bound for Henry B. Williams, set number ten of twelve, signed by George Barrie, the illustrations appearing in four states (printed in different colors of ink on different paper stocks), and bound in full red morocco

by Barrie, with full morocco inner doublures tooled in gilt, gray watered silk flyleaves, a.e.g., gilt spines, small gilt decoration on boards, each volume housed in a custom slipcase, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (41) $2,000-3,000

204 Hunting and Fishing, Six Titles in Seven Volumes.

Frank Forester’s Field Sports of the United States, New York: Townsend, 1864, in two volumes, half morocco; Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing of the United States, New York: Townsend, 1864, half morocco; Mayer’s Sport with Gun and Rod in the American Woods and Waters, New York: Century, [1883], in publisher’s cloth, shaken; Whitehead’s The Camp-Fires of the Everglades or Wild Sports in the South, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1891, publisher’s green cloth, blocked in gold; Ducking Days, Chicago, 1919, in green buckram; [and] Robertson’s Zambezi Days, London: Blackie & Son, [1936], in the publisher’s dust jacket; various sizes. (7) $300-500 205 Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695) The Celestial Worlds Discover’d. London: for James Knapton, 1722.

Second English edition, octavo, illustrated with five folding engravings, ex libris Harriet Anne Boone, 1787, with her notes in the text; bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, later label, interior leaves fresh, 7 x 4 1/4 in. $400-600

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208 Illuminated Manuscript Leaf Attributed to Francesco di Lorenzo Roselli (1445-1513) Single leaf on parchment, the initial leaf at the opening of Matins, from the Hours of the Virgin, large historiated initial with Virgin and Child, full border of pink and blue acanthus leaves, foliage, flowers, with a classical vase and putti, three rondelles in the margins, two with portraits, one with a knotwork design, all with gold embellishments; with retouching, trimmed to the edge of the border, 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. $3,000-5,000 209 Islamic Manuscript, North Africa.

Folio-format manuscript on paper in a maghribi script, approximately 350 leaves, in signatures of ten leaves, text written in a dark brown ink with red sections, written in a single column, thirty-one lines per page; in a contemporary goatskin binding, blindstamped on both boards, with the flap; the sewing structure failing, many leaves loose, binding very worn, boards made up of old manuscript waste, now delaminated and released from the binding; worming to binding, water staining to leaves, the acrid ink compromising the structural integrity of the paper in some sections, marginal notations throughout; because of the condition of the sewing and binding, very likely incomplete, 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. $400-600

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206 Hyginus, Gaius Julius (c. 64 BC-AD 17) Fabularum Liber. Basel: Hervagiana, 1570.

Folio, third edition, edited by Jacob Micyllus (1503-1558), with works by other writers: Palaephatus, Fulgentius, Phurnutus, Albricus, Aratus, and Proclus, woodcut printer’s device on title, illustrated with forty-nine woodcuts of constellations, bound in modern vellum, blue paste-decorated edges, damp stain to bottom margin; extensive annotations in the hand of Alfred Holden, whose signature (in the same hand) appears on the ffep, on pages 123 through 142, making notes based on another manuscript copy of Fulgentius’s Mythologiarum; 12 1/4 x 8 in. $1,000-1,500

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207 Hyginus, Gaius Julius (c. 64 BC-AD 17) Mythographi Latini. Amsterdam: Someren, 1681.

Octavo, second Muncker edition, with text engravings throughout, bound in full contemporary parchment over stiff boards, laced case construction, 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. $300-500

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210 Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Notes on the State of Virginia. Philadelphia: for Mathew Carey, 12 November 1794.

Second American edition, lacking the map, folding typographical table present between pages 134 and 135; mostly printed on pale bluish paper, bound in full contemporary sheepskin, some spotting to contents and a few contemporary marks in ink; ex libris Fitchburg Historical Society, withdrawn, 8 x 4 3/4 in. $500-700 211 Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Travels in the Interior Parts of America; Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark.

London: for Richard Phillips, by J.G. Barnard, 1807.

The first overseas publication regarding the Lewis and Clark expedition, reprinted from the 1806 Washington edition entitled Message from the President of the United States, Communicating Discoveries, octavo, with folding table; bound in half brown calf, marbled boards, 8 x 5 in. $1,500-2,500

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212 Jefferys, Thomas (c. 1719-1771) The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America, Sir William Johnson’s (c.

1715-1774) Copy.

London: for Thomas Jefferys, 1760.

First edition, folio, two parts in one volume; corrected issue with added pages in part one (*129-*138) containing information on the capture of Quebec received after the original publication; title pages printed in red and black, illustrated with eighteen folding maps and plans, as called for in the printer’s directions to the binder; four maps with closed unrepaired tears resulting from careless unfolding; errata slip pasted onto page 80, in part two; ex libris Sir William Johnson, with his bookplate pasted inside the front board and signature on the title page; bound in full contemporary speckled calf, with a red lettering piece; unrepaired; the binding worn; flyleaves and final blank removed; corners bumped and rubbed, covers stained, leather at front joint cracked; endcaps chipped with loss, 13 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.

Sir William Johnson was an extraordinary character; born in Ireland, he emigrated to New York in 1738 to manage an estate owned by an uncle. Johnson made friends among the Mohawk Indians of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League, learning the language, and working with Iroquois leaders. He became an honorary sachem himself, known as Warraghiyagey: a man who undertakes great things. He served with distinction during the French and Indian War, serving as an important diplomat between European and Indian ruling bodies. He is also known to have fathered numerous children with European and Mohawk women. He had eight children with Joseph Brant’s sister Molly. $12,000-18,000

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213 Kellar, Harry (1849-1922) A Magician’s Tour Up and Down and Round About the Earth.

Chicago: Donnelley & Sons, 1886.

First edition, octavo, illustrated, bound in publisher’s brown cloth boards, stamped in black, back board and spine blank, discoloration to top edge, front board, 7 x 5 in. $300-500 214 Kelly, Patrick (1756-1842) A Practical Introduction to Spherics and Nautical Astronomy. London: for Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1822.

Fifth edition, illustrated, deckle edges throughout, ex library, with stamps of the New York Society Library; paper repairs to verso of title, bound in half buckram, 10 x 6 1/4 in.

Lewis and Clarke brought a copy of Kelly’s book along with them on their voyage of discovery. $100-150 215 Ketcham, Diana Le Desert de Retz. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1990.

Landscape folio format, in publisher’s case, 16 x 10 in. $250-350

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216 Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) Captains Courageous, First Regular Edition, in the Original Dust Jacket. London: Macmillan, 1897.

Octavo, illustrated throughout by I.W. Taber, bound in full publisher’s blue cloth, blocked in gold, coated blue endleaves, with the original publisher’s heathered light blue dust jacket, illustrated and titled in blue; a.e.g., binding bright beneath the jacket, the jacket fragmentary at head and along two top corners; one corner of binding bumped, housed in cloth chemise and dark blue half morocco slipcase, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. $1,500-2,000 217 Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) First and Second Jungle Books, First English Editions. London: Macmillan, 1894 and 1895.

Two octavo volumes, both illustrated throughout, volume two with two pages of printer’s ads at the end; each bound in publisher’s original dark blue cloth, both volumes blocked with gilt illustrations and lettering on spines and front boards, both with dark greenish-blue coated endleaves, a.e.g.; slightly rubbed, housed in custom buckram chemise and half blue morocco slipcase, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (2) $2,000-3,000

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218 Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) Just So Stories for Little Children, First Collected Edition. London: Macmillan, 1902.

Quarto, illustrated throughout by Kipling, bound in full red publisher’s cloth, with pictorial blocking in black and white on both boards, spine blocked in white, housed in custom chemise and red half morocco slipcase, slight wear to tips, 9 x 6 3/4 in. $300-500 219 Lawrence, David Herbert Richards (18851930) Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Author’s Unabridged Popular Edition. Paris: Privately Printed, 1929.

Octavo, with six page introduction explaining the circumstances surrounding the publication, titled, “My Skirmish with Jolly Roger” in which Lawrence refers to the many pirated copies of his book, in modern half leather, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. $100-150

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220 Le Brun, Corneille (1652-1727) Voyage au Levant. Paris: Cavelier, 1714.

Folio, illustrated with portrait and added engraved title, typographical title printed in red and black; illustrated throughout with folding map, very large folding city views, text and full-page engravings; numbered successively with some anomalies, including the exclusion of numbers 24 to 33, among others; some double-page views with more than one number; many double-page spreads and full-page illustrations with multiple images, each numbered; all said, this copy contains thirty-four double-page or folding engravings, and fifty-two full-page engravings extraneous to the collation; in other copies, some of the double-page images may appear bound as two single full-page plates; full contemporary boards, rebacked, worn; some ink stains to contents, some large views folded imperfectly and protruding from the binding, square piece trimmed from title to remove old signature; surface tear to following page with some loss; 12 1/2 x 8 in. $1,500-2,000

221 Lecomte, Valentine (b. 1872) The Dance of Isadora Duncan, Signed Copy Presented by the Publisher. Paris: Raymond Duncan, [1952].

First edition, number fifty-five of 100 copies printed; inscribed on title page by Raymond Duncan (1874-1966) to poet and dramatist Percy MacKaye (1875-1956); in the original limp paper wrapper, illustrated with forty-five leaves of plates, some spotting to wraps, 12 3/4 x 10 in. “An authentic document of our beloved Isadora and my hands weaving all together, so binding our affection together - Percy, Isadora, and I - a good triangle.�

Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober. $600-800

222 Les Lettres et les Arts, Eight Volumes.

Paris: Boussod, Valadon, etc., 1886-1887.

Eight uniformly bound folio volumes, in half green morocco and marbled paper boards, gilt-tooled spines, t.e.g.; four issues for each year of this illustrated quarterly journal of the arts with colored illustrations, music, poetry, stories, and other similar material; spines faded to tan, slight scuffs, 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.

(8) $500-700 223 Letters of Application for Position of Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Navy, c. 1840.

A series of approximately forty letters addressed to various secretaries of the Navy, including James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860), George Edmund Badger (1795-1866), and Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) all written in application for or on behalf of others wishing to be considered for the position of assistant surgeon. (40) $400-600

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224 Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean.

London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814.

First English edition, illustrated with large folding frontispiece map and three full-page engraved maps; bound in contemporary half green calf with marbled paper boards, contents clean, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. $10,000-15,000 225 Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Five Titles in Eight Volumes, Signed.

Including: a signed copy of Ida Tarbell’s Life of Abraham Lincoln, New York: Lincoln Society, 1909, in four volumes, burgundy publisher’s cloth; W.A. Evans’s Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, New York: Knopf, 1932, first, limited edition, number nine of 195, signed by the author, in publisher’s dark red cloth decorated with sprayed gold shapes; Paul Angle’s Here Have I Lived, Springfield, IL: Lincoln Association, 1935, inscribed author’s presentation copy, in full publisher’s cloth; William Herndon’s The Hidden Lincoln, New York: Viking, 1938, author’s signed presentation copy, in publisher’s cloth and original dust jacket; [and] Benjamin P. Thomas’s Abraham Lincoln, New York: Knopf, 1952, one of 500 copies signed by the author, in publisher’s red cloth spine and black boards. (8) $200-400

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226 Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Four Pamphlets.

Including: Address of Hon. Edward Everett at the Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, 19th November, 1863, Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1864, with Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address printed on page eightyfour, and the folded tinted lithographic map of the cemetery, in publisher’s limp paper wraps, 9 1/2 x 6 in.

[Together with] S.G.W. Benjamin’s Ode on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Boston: Spencer, 1865, in publisher’s paper wraps; George Boutwell’s Eulogy on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Lowell: Stone & Huse, 1865, in publisher’s paper wraps; [and] Andrew Stone’s A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Boston: Wiggin, 1865, publisher’s paper covers, partially unopened, various sizes. (4) $400-600

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227 Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Gettysburg Address; Edward Everett (1794-1865) An Oration Delivered on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, (November 19, 1863) at the Consecration of the Cemetery.

New York: Baker & Godwin, 1863.

First edition, with original very pale peachcolored publisher’s printed soft covers, the title on the front cover printed within a compartment of typographical ornaments, the back cover with printer’s advertisement, 48 pages, with one woodcut illustration: a layout of the cemetery; Lincoln’s address appears on the bottom half of page forty, 9 x 5 7/8 in.

This pamphlet marks the first appearance of Lincoln’s immortal Gettysburg Address, published just three days after the Cemetery was consecrated. (A newspaper account of the Address with some errors was the only print account preceding this publication.) The President’s speech is not even mentioned on the title page; Everett overshadowed Lincoln with bulk in 1863, Lincoln’s concise eloquence continues to resonate today. $4,000-6,000 228 Linderman, Frank Bird (1869-1938), illus.

Winold Reiss (1886-1953) Blackfeet Indians. St. Paul, Minnesota: Great Northern Railway, 1935.

First edition, illustrated with forty-nine full-page color portraits of Blackfeet Indians by Reiss, in original decorative publisher’s boards and dust jacket, inscribed and signed by Yellow Head with his pictogram on ffep and beneath his portrait on page 22; pictogram signature of Short Man on pages 24 and 45; 12 x 10 in. $300-500

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229 London Gazette, August 6-10, 1776.

Two sheets removed from a bound volume, trimmed at the foot with loss; containing extracts from two letters from General Howe, dated Staten Island, July 7 and 8, 1776, regarding British troop movements, the promise of successful recruitment of colonials joining the fight with the British Army, with early mention (in passing) of the issuance of the Declaration of Independence, “I am informed that the Continental Congress have declared the United Colonies free and independent States,” 11 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. $100-200 230 Loreau, Max (1928-1990) Jean Dubuffet: Delits, Deportements, Lieux de Haut Jeu. Paris: Weber, 1971.

Large quarto, in publisher’s acetate dust jacket with the New York Graphic Society paper band; binding in black and white based on a Dubuffet illustration, 12 x 9 1/2 in. $300-500

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231 Maffei, Raffaelo (1451-1522) De Institutione Christiana ad Leone M. X. Pont. Max. Libri Octo. Rome: Mazochium, 1518.

First edition, folio, title page printed within composite woodcut compartment, text printed in a single column throughout, in roman type; both pastedowns are manuscript waste, in the front, a leaf from a text manuscript on paper; in back a parchment leaf in a humanistic hand; bound in full contemporary blind-tooled sheep, worn, with abrasions, worming, and other damage at head and tail, but intact, functioning and unsophisticated; some text leaves quite browned, closed vertical tear down the center of leaf M3; 11 1/2 x 8 in. $600-800 232 Manuscript Autograph Book in German with Drawings, c. 1796-1800.

Small landscape format octavo, with the title, “Der Freundschaft,” painted as a stone monument, dated 1796, with various inscriptions, mostly in German, others in French and Latin, and the occasional drawing; a friendship album shared by a group of artistic friends, bound in full contemporary sheepskin, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. $400-600

233 Manuscript Notebook with Paintings, Joseph [or Josiah] Bartlett, 1821.

Small folio format notebook of wove paper, with a folk art title page in the style of a monument surmounted by the American eagle and a fine watercolor of a ship at sail on the third leaf, other pages inscribed with poems (seventeen leaves); the boards are old panels on board with oil paintings of bucolic landscapes, alum-tawed leather spine; binding and sewing failed, 12 x 7 1/2 in. $300-500 234 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849) The Repealers, Author’s Presentation Copy with Autograph Letter Signed. London: Bentley, 1833.

First edition, three octavo volumes, volume one inscribed by Blessington, with a letter in her hand inserted, lacking the title page in volume two, bound in uniform half dark green calf, marbled paper boards, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (3) $300-500

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237 Marshall, John (1755-1835) The Life of George Washington. Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1805 [-1807].

Five octavo text volumes, with the atlas volume from another set (and perhaps another edition), text volumes bound in uniform contemporary diced russia, gilt-tooled spines with labels, scuffed, 8 1/2 x 5 in.; the atlas volume with engraved title, and ten handcolored maps, ex library, the first map with a library stamp, contemporary label on front board, half leather, boards detached, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (6) $1,000-1,500 238 Masefield, John (1878-1967) Salt Water Ballads, Signed Author’s Presentation Copy. London: Grant Richards, 1902.

First edition, octavo, signed by Masefield on ffep, in publisher’s blue cloth, t.e.g., other edges left rough, housed in custom chemise and blue half morocco slipcase, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. $400-600

235 Marine Society, Boston, Massachusetts, The Constitution and Laws of the Boston Marine Society. Boston: [No Printer], 1792.

The only edition of this title listed in ESTC, rare, with only two locations worldwide, both at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester; bound in modern boards with the original limp marbled paper wraps still in place within, some spotting to title and elsewhere, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. $600-800

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236 Marolles, Michel de (1600-1681) Tableaux du Temple des Muses Representant les Vertus, et les Vices. Paris: [No Printer], 1655.

Folio, second edition, engraved throughout, with engraved architectural title, full-page portraits of Favereau and Marolles, and fifty-seven of fifty-eight engraved plates, lacking plate 34; the plates engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert based on designs mostly

by Abraham van Diepenbeeck inspired by Greek mythological subjects, some ink stains, spotting, later parchment, 17 x 11 in. $600-800

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239 Maseres, Francis (1731-1824) An Account of the Proceedings of the British, and other Protestant Inhabitants of the Province of Quebeck, in North America. [and] Additional Papers Concerning the Province of Quebeck. London: White, 1775-1776.

First editions, two octavo volumes, gift inscription attributed to the author on title of second volume, both in boards, with paper spines, untrimmed, in custom matching chemises and half-morocco boxes, 9 x 5 1/4 in. (2) Maseres was attorney general of the Province of Quebec. $1,500-2,000

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240 Mathews, Alfred E. (1831-1874) Pencil Sketches of Colorado, its Cities, Principal Towns and Mountain Scenery. [New York: Mathews,] 1866.

First edition, oblong folio, illustrated with twenty-three colored and lightly tinted lithographs printed by Julius Bien after Mathews’s original sketches; title, preface (one leaf), and six leaves of text after the prints; bound in publisher’s brown cloth boards with title stamped in gilt on front board within a decorative cartouche; tissue guards present; finger smudging to some plates; offsetting to tissue guards; long tear (7 in.) to the plate of Central City, repaired on the verso; two plates with short unrepaired tears; two other plates with short tears repaired with old cellophane tape on the verso, the tape yellowed, the stain confined to the verso; three tissue guards with short tears repaired with yellowed tape; binding with surface wear, corners bumped, 13 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. $15,000-20,000

241 Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Jazz. New York: Braziller, 1983.

Stated first edition (thus: reprint of the original Verve edition of 1947), with color illustrations, in publisher’s original binding, dust jacket, slipcase and cardboard shipping box, 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. $200-300 242 McCloskey, Robert (1914-2003) Lentil, Signed First Edition of McCloskey’s First Book, with Dust Jacket. New York: Viking, 1940.

First edition, signed by McCloskely on halftitle, under the harmonica, bound in full creamcolored publisher’s cloth, with Lentil’s head on the front board in red; spine titled in red; the jacket worn, with portions missing from the front panel, surface insect damage, losses at head and tail, 12 x 9 in. $400-600

243 Meehan, Thomas (1826-1901) The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States.

Boston: Prang, [1878].

Four large octavo volumes, illustrated with chromolithographs, publisher’s cloth, a.e.g., 10 x 7 in. (4) $300-500 244 Melville, Herman (1819-1891) Moby Dick, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971).

New York: Random House, 1930.

First trade edition, octavo, with original publisher’s dust jacket, in black cloth publisher’s binding blocked in silver, 7 1/4 x 5 in. $200-300

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245 Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956) Six Books Signed and Inscribed by the Author.

In Defense of Women, New York: Goodman, 1918; Heliogabalus, New York: Knopf, 1920, one of 2,000 copies printed, with the original dust jacket; The American Credo, New York: Knopf, 1920; Prejudices, Second and Third Series, New York: Knopf, 1920 and 1922; and the Hungarian imprint, Anok Vedelmeben, undated, in paper wrappers; all octavo, the American imprints all in dark blue publisher’s cloth; all volumes inscribed to Nichoals Alter and signed by Mencken. (6) $400-600

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246 Merchant Ship’s Log Book, 1830-1840 Quarto format log book containing notes from various sea voyages in the mid-1830s taken by Captain Addison Drinkwater Fisher (1813-1887) of Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, for various ships, including the brig Monument; the ships Europe and Pantheon; and the frigate Constellation for her trip to the Mediterranean in the sprint of 1832, commanded by George Read; also containing the transcription of letters, poetry, accounting of ships stores, and other notes; approximately two-thirds of the pages with inscriptions, inscribed from both ends, with a blank section in the center, bound in contemporary half leather with marbled paper boards, with wear, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. $700-900

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247 Mills, Stella Marie (1903-1989) The Saga of Hrolf Kraki. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1933.

First and only edition, in publisher’s green cloth, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.

Mills was a student and lifelong friend of J.R.R. Tolkien; this was her only published work.

Tolkien was very familiar with the Hrolf Saga, for example Tolkien’s character Beorn, the shape-changer, from The Hobbit, was based on Bothvar Bjarki (little bear) and his father Bjorn, who metamorphose into bears. This book was dedicated by Mills to her professors Gordon, Tolkien, and Onions. $200-300

248 Milne, Alan Alexander (1882-1956) Winniethe-Pooh, Four First Edition Titles in Dust Jackets, One Signed.

When We Were Very Young, London: Methuen, [1924], first edition, illustrations

by Ernest Shepard, no roman numerals on the contents page, in publisher’s blue cloth boards, gilt-decorated, t.e.g., with the creamcolored textured paper dust jacket printed in blue ink; dust jacket slightly worn, with finger smudges and some ink doodles to two letters in the title (not very noticeable); Winnie-thePooh, London: Methuen, [1926], first edition, illustrations by Shepard, bound in publisher’s gilt pictorial green cloth boards, t.e.g., in the original dust jacket, slightly worn, smudged; Now We are Six, London: Methuen, [1927], first edition illustrated by Shepard, bound in publisher’s red cloth, t.e.g., the binding quite clean, in the original green paper dust jacket; [and] The House at Pooh Corner, London: Methuen, [1928], first edition, signed by Milne on title page; bound in publisher’s salmon cloth, pictorial gilt tooling to front board, in the original dust jacket, jacket slightly worn and frayed, all housed in a custom chemise and blue half morocco slipcase, each volume 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. $20,000-25,000 249 Möllhausen, Balduin (1825-1905) Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858.

Volume one only of two, first English edition of Möllhausen’s Tagebuch; with frontispiece, folding map, and five full-page illustrations, not collated, bound in full calf, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

[Together with] Gabriel Franchere’s Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, New York: Redfield, 1854, octavo, with frontispiece, publisher’s cloth, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (2) $600-800 250 Nardi, Jacopo (1476-1563) Le Storie della Citta di Firenze. Florence: Sermartelli, 1584.

Quarto, title printed in red and black, in slightly later parchment, spotting to contents, 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. $300-400

251 Natural History, Four Titles in Six Volumes.

Eaton’s Ferns of North America, Salem: Cassino, 1879, illustrated throughout with color lithographs, in two large quarto volumes, bound in uniform contemporary green morocco, a.e.g., worn, rubbed, bindings damaged; Homer House’s Wild Flowers of New York, Albany: State University, 1923, in two large quarto volumes, illustrated with color photogravures throughout, second printing, in uniform publisher’s green cloth; Foy’s Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden, New York: Riker, 1846, octavo, folding color frontis, bound in publisher’s full brown cloth, stamped in gilt on front board, gilt title; [and] Lyon’s Treatise on the Physiology and Pathology of Trees, Edinburgh: by Stewart for the Author, 1816, octavo, untrimmed, spotting to contents, ex library, in worn half cloth. (6) $300-500 252 Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John.

London: by Darby and Browne, sold by Roberts et al., 1733.

First edition, quarto, in a modern binding, full speckled sheep, antique style; former owner’s name expunged from the title with loss of paper, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. $800-1,000

254 Pacific Northwest, Five Volumes.

Lewis & Dryden’s Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, edited by E.W. Wright; Portland, Oregon: Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., 1895, small folio, in full contemporary morocco, front joint split; Caroline Leighton’s Life at Puget Sound, Boston: Lee & Shepard [and] New York: Dillingham, 1884, octavo, in publisher’s pictorial boards; Tacoma and Vicinity, Tacoma, Washington: Nuhn & Wheeler, 1888, landscape octavo; tinted lithographic views and advertising, publisher’s cloth spine and pictorial boards; Ezra Meeker’s Pioneer Reminiscences of Puget Sound. The Tragedy of Leschi, Seattle, Washington: Lowman & Hanford, 1905, large octavo, illustrated, bound in publisher’s blue cloth; [and] Reverend H.K. Hines’s Illustrated History of the State of Washington, Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1893, large quarto, a.e.g., later black cloth, illustrated. (5) $200-300 255 Painter, William (c. 1540-1594) The Palace of Pleasure. London: Cresset Press, 1929.

Limited edition, copy number 245 of 500 printed on mold-made paper; four small folio volumes, with an introduction by Hamish Miles, illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss; with frontispieces in color in each volume, bound in uniform publisher’s linen spines and patterned paper boards, 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (4) $150-250

253 Noah, Mordecai M. (1785-1851) Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States in the Years 1813-14 and 15. New York: by Kirk and Mercein; London: by John Miller, 1819.

First edition, with portrait frontispiece of Noah bound opposite title, and large folding view of the Fortress of Goleta near Tunis, the engraving “Merchant Slave & Arab” at page 300; and the engraving of Abdallah American Drogman at page 317; pages 299 through 302 inserted from a smaller copy; bound in contemporary half leather with marbled paper boards; foxing and spotting to contents, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. $600-800

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259 Perrine, Van Dearing (1869-1955) Studies of Isadora Duncan Dancing and One Framed Pastel, Inscribed.

Eighteen sketches on sixteen sheets of paper, executed with a waxy crayon, quick gestural drawings of Duncan dancing, with a framed pastel derived from the sketches, signed on by the artist on the mounted, presented to Percy MacKaye, matted and framed; the studies mostly 12 3/4 x 8 in., two slightly narrower; the pastel 12 x 9 in.

Duncan, Perrine, and MacKaye worked together in various artistic collaborations in the early part of the 20th century. Duncan so admired Perrine’s drawings of her that she chose them to adorn the program for her performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in November of 1916.

Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober. $2,000-3,000

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256 Pallas, Peter Simon (1741-1811) Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794. London: by Strahan for Longman et al., 1802-1803.

First English edition, in two large quarto volumes, volume one illustrated with twentyfive full-page and folding plates, of which twenty are hand-colored; fourteen vignettes, of which thirteen are hand-colored; and three uncolored maps; volume two illustrated with five plates only of twenty-seven, of which two are colored; fourteen vignettes, ten of which are hand-colored; and one uncolored map; bound in uniform calf, rebacked, boards detached, sewing structure perished, some spotting and repaired tears to contents, 10 1/2 x 8 in. (2) $400-600

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257 Parker, Samuel (1779-1866) Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Ithaca, New York: by Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff, for the author, 1838.

First edition, octavo, with the large folding map of the Oregon territory bound before the title (one or two small holes along folds, spotting), and one full-page plate of rock formations; bound in full contemporary speckled sheepskin, old label on spine, hinges weak, internal spotting, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. $200-300 258 Parker, Samuel (1779-1866) Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Ithaca, New York: by Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff, for the author, 1838.

First edition, octavo, with the large folding map of the Oregon territory bound before the title (water stains, tears, inexpert repairs with cellophane tape); one full-page plate of rock formations; in contemporary patterned cloth, rebacked, the original spine replaced, signs of old tape, housed in custom blue cloth chemise and slipcase, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. $300-500

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260 Phillpotts, Eden (1862-1960) A Dish of Apples, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Signed by Author and Artist. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1921].

Limited edition, copy number ninety-three of 500 signed by Phillpotts and Rackham on the limitation page, with three color illustrations, publisher’s white cloth, stamped in gold on front board; portrait of Rackham cut from a magazine mounted on blank before half-title, contemporary gift inscription on ffep, 10 x 7 1/2 in. $350-450 261 Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1579) Della Sfera del Mondo. Venice: Bevilacqua, 1561.

Quarto in eights, two parts in one, with separate title page for second part, typographical star charts in the text, bound in later half parchment, marbled paper boards, 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. $1,000-1,200 262 Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1579) La Sfera del Mondo. Venice: Giovanni Varisco, 1566.

Quarto, illustrated with text woodcuts and the forty-seven woodcut full-page star charts, bound in contemporary limp parchment; spotting to interior pages, some repairs to pastedowns and parchment covering, 8 1/4 x 6 in. $1,000-1,200

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263 Poesie per le Nozze Solenni della Nobil Donna Andriana Barbaro col Nobil Uomo Nicolo Foscarini Dedicate a Sue Eccellenze Giovanni Barbaro Fratello e Chiara Barbarigo Barbaro Cognata della Sposa.

Venice: [Albrizzi?], 1766.

[Bound with] Poesie per le Fauste Nozze della Nobil Donna Andriana Barbaro col Nobil Uomo Nicolo Foscarini Dedicate a S.E. Procuratessa Cecilia Emo Barbaro Madrea della Sposa, [Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1766].

Folio, title page in the first work printed in red and black, with engraved frontis facing; title of second work printed in blue and red, each title with engraved vignette, engraved head- and tail-pieces, text printed on heavy paper, with very large margins; bound in contemporary mottled brown morocco, ornately tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves; endcaps almost imperceptibly renewed, otherwise very good, occasional spotting in the text, generally very fresh, ex libris John Sax, with his book label, 14 x 9 3/4 in.

These two collections of epithalamia, or poems written in honor of the marriage of Andriana Barbaro and Nicolo Foscarini, are both rare. The first title is only held in one library worldwide, according to Worldcat; no listing exists for the second. $2,000-2,500

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264 Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Pie and The Patty Pan, First Edition, Inscribed Presentation Copy. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905.

First edition, signed by Potter on ffep, “For Mrs. Cannon from Miss Potter, Jan. 13th 1906,” with ten full-page color illustrations and uncolored smaller text illustrations throughout, bound in publisher’s dark brown paper over board, with decorative blocking and lettering in white ink on the front board, and a printed color portrait of Ribby set into the cover, mottled lavender endleaves; the binding sympathetically rebacked, housed in a custom red buckram wrap and half morocco slipcase, 7 x 5 1/2 in. $4,000-6,000

265 Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, Presentation Copy.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1904.

12mo, inscribed by Potter on ffep, “For Miss Davidson, with love from Beatrix Potter, Oct. 24th ‘04”; with “muffatees” on page fifteen, bound in publisher’s tan boards with green lettering and mounted color illustration of Benjamin on front board; text and color illustrations on coated paper with occasional pairs of blank pages, housed in a custom chemise and slipcase, half red morocco and buckram; slight wear to binding, joints a bit frail; frontispiece folding from the gutter at an angle, 5 1/2 x 4 in. $5,000-7,000

266 Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Tale of Mr. Tod, [and] The Tale of Pigling Bland. New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1912 & 1913.

First editions, two 16mo volumes, both with color illustrations throughout, Pigling Bland in publisher’s red paper boards with inset color image of the pig at the crossroads; Mr. Tod in publisher’s gray boards with inset color plate of Mr. Tod returning from the hunt; each housed in a custom half red morocco case, 5 1/2 x 4 in. (2) $350-550 267 Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1911.

First edition, 12mo, publisher’s boards, color illustrations, in custom half morocco case, 5 1/2 x 4 in. $300-500

268 Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) The Tale of Tom Kitten. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1907.

First edition, 16mo, printed on coated paper, with twenty-seven color illustrations, in publisher’s brownish gray paper boards, lettered in white, with an inset color illustration of Tom in his ill-fitting clothes, housed in custom half morocco box, slightly cocked, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. $600-800

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272 Railroad Lot, Four Titles in Six Volumes.

Including: Philip Dawson’s Electric Railways and Tramways, their Construction and Operation, a Practical Handbook, London: offices of engineering; and New York: Wiley & Sons, 1897; Corporate History of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, 1917, with maps inside the back board and associated documents, receipts and letters; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Documentary History, 1928, in four volumes; [and] Richard C. Overton’s Burlington Route, New York: Knopf, 1965, first edition, with the original dust jacket, signed by twenty employees of Burlington Truck Lines, including president, Yale James, and others. (6) $300-500

273 Rand, Ayn (1905-1982) Atlas Shrugged, Signed Tenth Anniversary Edition. New York: Random House, [1967].

Octavo, signed by Rand on limitation page, copy number 1,874 of 2,000, in acetate dust jacket and slipcase, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

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269 Pratt, Harry E. (1901-1956) Lincoln 18091839 [and] 1840-1846, Being the Day-byDay Activities of Abraham Lincoln, Pratt’s Copy, with Extensive Notes, Additions, and Correspondence. Springfield, Illinois: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1939 and 1941.

Two octavo volumes, with many hundreds of added information, typed and handwritten, and additional notes, clippings, and correspondence relevant to the project, with Pratt’s signature, in blue cloth, 9 x 6 in. (2) $300-500

271 Qur’an, First English Translation from the Arabic: The Koran, Commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed. London: by Ackers for Wilcox, 1734.

First edition, large quarto, translated into English by George Sale (1697-1736) title page printed in red and black, illustrated with large folding map of the Arabian peninsula and adjacent land; three engraved lineage charts (two folding, one full-page); and a folding plan/ view of Mecca; bound in full contemporary Dutch parchment over boards, tooled in blind, covers soiled, 9 3/4 x 8 in. $1,000-1,500

270 Prince, Thomas (1687-1758) A Chronological History of New-England in the Form of Annals. Boston: Kneeland & Green, 1736.

First edition, octavo, volume one only, title printed in red and black, volume two published in 1755, titled Annals, bound in contemporary paneled calf, front board detached, 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. $250-350

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274 Rare Books, Six Assorted Volumes.

Including: Walter R. Brooks’s Freddy and Mr. Camphor, and Freddy and the Popinjay, New York: Knopf, 1944 & 1945, both in publisher’s cloth; Sichel’s Emma Lady Hamilton, London: Constable, 1905; Victor Hugo’s Battle of Waterloo, East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1907, in damaged suede binding; [and] Picturesque America, edited by William Cullen Bryant, in two volumes, publisher’s leather, damaged. (6) $250-350 275 Reed, John (1887-1920) Sangar: The Mad Recreant Knight of the West, First Edition, Inscribed Copy. Hillacre, Riverside, CT: Frederick C. Bursch, 1913.

Octavo, limited edition, dedicated to fellow journalist and mentor Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936) with his portrait frontispiece; signed and inscribed to American dramatist and poet Percy MacKaye (1875-1956) on ffep; with a typed letter signed by Reed to MacKaye inserted; deckle edges throughout, in publisher’s paper binding and slipcase, case slightly toned with a small crack, 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.

Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober. $500-700

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276 Rowling, J.K. (b. 1965) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Signed Copy. London: Bloomsbury, [2000].

Stated first edition, signed by Rowling on dedication page, in publisher’s binding and dust jacket, 7 3/4 x 5 in. $300-500 277 Royal Society. Philosophical Transactions Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World. Vol. L. Part II. for the Year 1758.

London: for Davis and Reymers, 1759.

Quarto, illustrated with eighteen folding plates, including a large folding engraving of the streets of Peking, contents generally good, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. $300-500

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278 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Illustrated by Elihu Vedder (1836-1923). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1886.

Large quarto, pages printed on one side only, each sheet mounted on a fabric guard, in brown publisher’s boards, stamped in gold, 12 1/2 x 9 in. $250-350 279 Ruzicka, Rudolph (1883-1978) Newark, a Series of Engravings on Wood. Newark, New Jersey: Carteret Book Club, 1917.

First edition, limited, number 138 of 200, with five full-page illustrations printed by Ruzicka in New York in multiple colors and all signed by the artist in pencil, the text and illustrations printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston, text by Richard Prichard Eaton; this copy unopened, in publisher’s yellow cloth spine and marbled paper boards, in the original (badly damaged) slipcase, which has protected the book well for almost 100 years, 12 x 9 in. $400-600

280 Sacrobosco, Johannes de (c. 1195-c.

1256) Sphaera Ioannis de Sacro Bosco [bound with] Libellus de Anni Ratione [and] Compendium in Sphaeram per Pierium Valerianum Bellunensem. Paris: Cavellat, 1550.

Octavo, three parts in one, illustrated with text woodcuts throughout; the first signature misbound; last two leaves blank and present, one as a torn stub; a few neat contemporary marginal notes; bound in full blind rolled sheepskin over boards, very neatly rebacked, medieval manuscript waste used as endleaf guards, corners bumped, some water stains near the end of the last work, 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. $400-600

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281 Salten, Felix (1869-1945) Bambi, a Life in the Woods, with Signed Photograph of the Author. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1928.

First American edition, with a photograph of Salten inscribed to Nelson Craig, and signed by the author in 1935 pasted opposite the title, on the verso of the frontis; bound in publisher’s green cloth, illustrated throughout, one page of publisher’s ads at the end, 8 x 5 1/4 in. $400-600 282 Salter, T.F. (act. 1810) The Angler’s Guide.

London: for the Author by Carpenter & Son, 1816.

Fourth edition, octavo, illustrated, bound in publisher’s printed pictorial boards, deckle edges throughout, modern leather rebacking, 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. $250-350

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283 Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967) Signed Copies in Dust Jackets, Six Volumes.

Including: Remembrance Rock first trade edition; The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln first edition; Home Front Memo, first edition; Storm Over the Land; and Always the Young Strangers; all signed by Sandburg, all printed in New York by Harcourt, Brace, & Co., regular trade editions; [and] Bronze Wood, San Francisco: Grabhorn Press for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., 1941; with original photographic frontispiece by Henry Flannery, copy seventeen of fifty, signed by Sandburg and Flannery, in publisher’s half cloth. (6) $400-600

284 Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967) Steichen the Photographer, Signed by Sandburg and Steichen. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1929].

First edition, limited, copy number 587 of 925 printed, illustrated throughout with sepiacolored reproductions of Steichen’s work, spanning the breadth of his portfolio, including photographs of actors, intellectuals, fashion and advertising shots, still lifes, improvisations, close-up images of flowers, and other subjects; in publisher’s cloth, dusty and rubbed, small spot along top edge on ffep, half-title, and limitation page, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. $1,800-2,200

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285 Saubert, Johann (1592-1646) Historia Bibliothecae Reip. Noribergensis, duabus Oratiunculis illustrata, quarum altera de ejus Structoribus & Curatoribus, altera de Rarioribus. Nurnberg: Wolfgang Endter, 1643.

12mo, illustrated with engraved frontis and folding engraving with views of the interior of the library; in an unusual contemporary blindtooled sheepskin binding over thin wooden boards, a.e.g., headcap chipped away, fabric ties lost, surfaces scuffed, corners bumped and chipped; ink name on verso of title rubbed out a bit aggressively, with some loss of paper, 5 x 2 3/4 in.

This early library manual contains an account of the invention of printing with movable type in Western Europe in the 15th century and a chronological list of incunabula. $2,000-2,500

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286 Sewell, Anna (1820-1878) Black Beauty, First Edition, Presentation Copy, with Two Autograph Letters Signed.

London: Jarrold and Sons, [1877].

First edition, octavo, with eight pages of publishers ads at the end; bound in full publisher’s brick red cloth, the front cover with rustic border, expanding letters of title, and head and shoulders of horse facing right blocked in black; the surrounding foliage, halter, reins, nostril and eye of horse blocked in gold; spine with border in black; publisher’s name, title, and foliage blocked in gold; inscribed by Sewell on verso of frontispiece, “For Dearest Cousin Emma with the Author’s fond love, Christmas 1877”; the binding with slight abrasion on front board, tips rubbed; housed in a custom slipcase; joint of inner front endleaf slightly separated, 6 1/2 x 4 in.

[Together with] two autograph letters signed by Sewell, both addressed to her cousin Emma Curtis, author of Annie Barclay, and Jottings of an Old Woman of Eighty, according to family notes made in pencil on Sewell’s letter; the first written on 26 December 1877; the other on 2 January 1878, with its original envelope.

“I sent you a book on the 22nd which I hope arrived safely and brought my love with it. I now only write to say please do not acknowledge it until someone--dare I say you? has had time to read it because I want to know your opinion of it.”

“It is impossible for me to tell you all the pleasure that your letter gave me, but as you were an author before any of us, you may perhaps imagine it. I am delighted that you like my book and when I can you shall have that long letter that you bespeak, but just now Beauty & I have so many journeys to go together that I am hard put to it.” $8,000-12,000

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287 Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Mr. William Shakespear’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. London: for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden, 1685.

Fourth folio, engraved portrait frontispiece of the poet by Martin Droeshout facing the typographical title, with the ten lines of verse

by Ben Jonson beneath; with the anonymous Epitaph by John Minton; the leaf L1 printed in a smaller typeface; printed in two columns throughout, within single rule borders; bound in full brown calfskin, c. 1820, decorated in a very spare geometric style reminiscent of

cathedral bindings, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, inner leather joints, double silk endbands, gilt and gauffered edges, expertly rebacked, with the spine replaced; old bookplate removed from inside board; housed in full red morocco slipcase

by Scroll Club, New York; occasional spotting to contents; repaired tears here and there; generally good; scuffs and wear to slipcase, 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. $40,000-60,000

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288 Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822) The Cenci. A Tragedy, in Five Acts. Italy: for C. and J. Ollier, London, 1819.

First edition, large octavo, 250 copies printed, bound in full crushed dark brown morocco

by Riviere, the boards nicely tooled in gilt, gilt ruled and lettered spine, a.e.g., olive green watered silk endleaves and pastedowns, in a custom slipcase, some light spotting to contents, 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. $2,000-2,500 289 Sinclair, Upton Beall, Jr. (1878-1968) The Jungle. New York: Jungle Publishing, [February 1906].

Octavo, the Sustainers’ Edition, one of 5,000 copies published as an advance order copy at the request of the Socialist press, with label to that effect pasted inside the front board; bound in green publisher’s cloth, pictorial stamping to front board and spine in black and white, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. $200-300

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290 Smith, William (1728-1793) The History of the Province of New-York, from the First Discovery to the Year M.DCC.XXXII, Ex Dono Authoris. London: for Thomas Wilcox, 1757.

First edition, large quarto, inscribed on title, “Abrm: Keteltas’s the gift of the Author,” with Keteltas’s (1732-1798) red inked ownership stamp to title; printed invitation from Thomas Jefferson inviting William Keteltas to dine, unsigned and undated, pasted on the verso of the title; armorial bookplate of Abraham L. Smith pasted at the foot of the preface; numerous notes throughout in the hand of Caroline Keteltas, granddaughter of Abraham Keteltas, all circa 1839; the text illustrated with one folding plate, “The South View of Oswego on Lake Ontario”; bound in contemporary boards, rebacked, 10 x 8 in.

Abraham Keteltas (1732-1798) was a graduate of Yale University in 1752; he married William Smith’s sister and they had eleven children together. Smith was Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1783 to 1782.

This work is the first history of the state of New York published. $2,000-3,000

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291 Sousa e Sampaio, Francisco Coelho de (fl. circa 1790) Preleccoes de Direito Patrio Publico, e Particular [First, Second, and Third Parts]. Coimbra: Real Imprensa da Universidade, 1793.

Quarto, two volumes in one; [bound with] the same author’s Observacoes as Preleccoes, Lisbon: Impressao Regia, 1805; first work illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Joao VI, King of Portugal; all parts bound together in a full contemporary red morocco binding from Portugal, with the arms of Joao VI stamped in gilt on both boards, fancy rolled-tool gilt boards, and spine compartments decorated with swags of garlands and urns, edges sprinkle decorated with gold, some marginal stains, 8 x 5 1/2 in. $700-900

292 Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Co., 1883.

First edition, octavo, with the following issue points: pages two and seven, “dead man’s chest” not capitalized; page forty, last line, first word, the “v” in “vain” mutilated; page eighty-three, the “8” not printed; page 127, the “7” printed slightly higher and darker than the other digits; page 178, first sentence of the paragraph starting, “Well,” and ending “opportunity” no period; page 197, third line, “worse” instead of “worst”; and eight pages of advertisements labeled “5R-1083”; bound in full crimson publisher’s cloth; titled in gilt on spine, the pages cocked, some discolorations to boards, with black coated endleaves, housed in chemise and red morocco slipcase, binding/sewing structure somewhat compromised, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. $2,000-2,500 293 Strand, Paul (1890-1976) The Mexican Portfolio. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967.

Folio, loose sheets housed in publisher’s portfolio and slipcase, copy number 282 of 1,000 copies, signed by Strand on limitation page; illustrated with twenty hand-pulled gravure plates, and eight pages of text; with the original prospectus; damage to slipcase, 16 x 12 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

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294 Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

London: for Benj. Motte, 1726.

Four parts in two octavo volumes, portrait in volume one with Latin inscription, the set containing five maps and one linguistic chart; the second volume does not have “Volume II” printed on the title page; bound in uniform brown calf by Bayntun (Riviere), gilt spines, a.e.g., housed in a custom slipcase, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (2) $2,500-3,500 295 Synge, John Millington (1871-1909) Playboy of the Western World. Boston: John W. Luce & Co., 1911.

First American edition, octavo, ex libris Percy MacKaye, with inscriptions on endleaves, publisher’s white paper spine, dark green boards titled in gilt on front board, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.

Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober. $250-350 296

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296 Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892) Queen Mary, Author’s Presentation Copy. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875.

Octavo, inscribed by Tennyson on title page, “Blanche Vere Ponsonby from A. Tennyson,” bound in full navy blue morocco, tooled in gold, a.e.g., rebacked, housed in a custom slipcase, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.

Blanche Vere Ponsonby (née Guest) was Countess of Bessborough and wife of 8th Earl of Bessborough; she died in 1919. $800-1,000 297 Texas, Six Titles in Eight Volumes.

Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas, New York: Antiquarian Press, 1959, limited edition facsimile, copy number 28 of 500 published, in half leather, with original acetate dust jackets and publisher’s slipcase; Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfels’s Texas 18441845, Houston: Anson Jones Press, 1936, in contemporary blue cloth; Rupert Norval Richardson’s Texas, the Lone Star State, New York: Prentice-Hall, 1943, signed by the author, with cards signed by John H. Reagan and Sam Bell Maxey tipped onto ffep, bound in publisher’s cloth with original dust jacket; Robles’s Coahuila y Texas, Mexico: [Antigua Libreria Robredo], 1945 & 1946, two volumes, original publisher’s wraps, glassine covers, unopened; Bolton’s Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1915, in later buckram, partially unopened; [and] Reed’s History of the Texas Railroads, Houston: St. Clair Publishing, [1941], second edition, in publisher’s blue cloth. (8) $300-500

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298 The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-Three Engravings. London: for W. Miller, 1803.

Large quarto, text printed in English and French throughout, illustrated with seventythree full-page hand-colored aquatints, bound in full contemporary straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt; somewhat dry, rubbed, 14 x 10 1/4 in. $400-600

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299 The First Book of the Author’s Club, Liber Scriptorum. New York: Published by the Author’s Club [by the De Vinne Press], 1893.

First edition, limited, copy number thirty-two of 251 copies sold, folio, containing short pieces by 109 different authors, each of whom has signed their name to the piece; including: Andrew Carnegie, William Starbuck Mayo, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and many others; bound in full publisher’s straightgrained brown calfskin over beveled boards, tooled in blind and gilt, by the De Vinne Press binders, t.e.g.; deckle edges, nicely preserved, the binding slightly rubbed, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.

The daunting process of collecting all of the signatures is described in the preface. “Every article, in every copy of the book is signed by its author with pen and ink. In this feature it is unique. The obtaining of these signatures proved to be the most difficult problem connected with the task. [...] [M]ore than twenty-seven thousand signatures in all [were collected.]” $5,000-7,000

300 The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry; Les Tres Riches Heures de Duc de Berry, Facsimile. New York: Abrams [and] Lucern: Faksimile-Verlag, [1984].

Two folio volumes, limited edition of 980 copies, text volume edited by Raymond Cazelles, bound in half red leather and green silk boards; facsimile volume printed in full color throughout, with metallic inks, bound in full red morocco, tooled in gilt, in very good condition, the two volumes housed in a Lucite box, 11 1/2 x 8 in. (2) $2,500-3,500

302 Timberlake, Lieutenant Henry (d. 1765) The Memoirs. London: for the Author, sold by Ridley, Nicoll, and Henderson, 1765.

First and only 18th century edition, octavo, with half-title and the folding map, “A Draught of the Cherokee Country on the west side of the twenty four Mountains commonly called Over the Hills,” and the folding engraved plate depicting an encoded page from the journal of a French officer killed by Indians; a large copy, with deckle edges in evidence; in contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco boards, decorated with rolled gilt tooling along board edges and inner dentelles, rebacked, tan endpapers replaced over the original marbled ones at the same time, 8 1/4 x 5 in.

“Lt. Henry Timberlake’s Memoirs provide the most detailed account of Cherokee life in the eighteenth century. Timberlake visited the Cherokee Overhill towns for three months in 1761-62 and accompanied three Cherokee leaders to London to meet with King George III and other political figures.” (from the description of Duane H. King’s new edition of the Memoirs, University of North Carolina Press, 2007) “[Timberlake’s] detailed descriptions of Cherokee villages, townhouses, weapons, and tools have helped historians and anthropologists identify Cherokee structures and cultural objects uncovered at modern archaeological excavation sites throughout the southern Appalachian region. During the Tellico Archaeological Project, which included a series of salvage excavations conducted in the Little Tennessee River basin in the 1970s, archaeologists used Timberlake’s “Draught of the Cherokee Country” to help locate major Overhill village sites.” (Wikipedia) $20,000-25,000

301 Third Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park. New York: Bryant, 1860.

Octavo, illustrated with frontispiece, eight full-page plates, three folding plates, and the colored folding map, contents good, in the original dark green blind stamped cloth binding, metal foil stamped title on front board, 9 x 5 1/2 in.

Provenance: The collection of Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), by descent to Marion MacKaye Ober. $400-600

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303 Torah Nevi’im U’kethuvim. The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures. Carefully Translated According to the Massoratic Text, After the Best Jewish Authorities and Supplied with Short Explanatory Notes

by Isaac Leeser. Philadelphia: Published at 1227 Walnut Street, 5617 [i.e. 1856 or 1857]. Second small-format edition of the first translation of the complete Hebrew Bible into English by a Jewish scholar, 18mo; improved and corrected over the previous quarto edition; new preface signed Tebeth 29, 5616 and January 7, 1856; 1,243 pages; text printed in double columns throughout, bound in full black pebbled morocco, ornately tooled in gilt on boards and spine, with inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., the front board tooled with the name of Arthur T. Hendricks [likely Arthur Tobias Hendricks (1851-1902) New York City and graduate of the class of 1923 at Columbia; although Hendricks held a medical degree, he was independently wealthy and never practiced, choosing world travel instead]; patterned endleaves; bookplate of Murray Sprung inside front board; sympathetically rebacked, 6 x 3 3/4 in.

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Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) was an Ashkenazi Jewish, German-born American immigrant and lay minister of religion. A noted author, translator, editor, and publisher, he is considered the founder of the Jewish press in the U.S. Leeser notes in the preface to this new edition of The Twenty-four Books that his object was to produce a smaller-format book. He states that he was urged “by several eminent men [...] to make an effort to render [the present work] more accessible to all classes than an expensive and heavy quarto could expect to be.” $3,000-5,000

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304 Twain, Mark (1835-1910) First Editions, Nine Volumes.

Following the Equator, Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1897; The American Claimant, New York: Webster, 1892; Is Shakespeare Dead?, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909; Christian Science, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907; A Dog’s Tale, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904; A Horse’s Tale, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907; Merry Tales, New York: Webster, 1892; Pudd’nhead Wilson, London: Chatto & Windus, 1894; and The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins, Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Co., 1894; all octavo, in publisher’s cloth. (9) $400-600

305 Twain, Mark (1835-1910) Two First Editions.

A Tramp Abroad, Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Co., 1880, in publisher’s brown cloth, stamped in gold; [and] Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old, Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Co. 1875, in publisher’s blue cloth boards, stamped in black and gold, slightly cocked, inner joint beginning to split, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (2) $300-500 306 Uaxactun, Guatemala Group E 19261931, Author’s Signed Presentation Copy.

Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1937.

First edition, large quarto, with lengthy inscription on ffep from Oliver Garrison Ricketson Jr. (1894-1952), pioneer in the study of pre-classical Mayan culture, to his second wife, Ann Howard Riggs, thanking her for supporting him and taking care of his children while he was in Guatemala for five years, in publisher’s cloth, 12 x 8 3/4 in. $300-500 307 Updike, John (1932-2009) Five First Editions (Two Signed).

Rabbit, Run, New York: Knopf, 1960, stated first edition, signed by Updike on ffep, in half morocco; Assorted Prose, New York: Knopf, 1965, stated first edition, very good, in original dust jacket; On the Farm, New York: Knopf, 1965, stated first edition, very good, in the jacket; Rabbit Redux, New York: Knopf, 1971, stated first edition, in the original dust jacket; [and] Self-Consciousness, New York: Knopf, 1989, signed and inscribed, stated first edition, very good, in publisher’s jacket, all octavo. (5) Provenance: The estate of Stratford W. Carter, Boston, Massachusetts. $300-500 308 Updike, John (1932-2009) Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu, Signed by John Updike and Ted Williams. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1977.

Limited edition, copy number ninety-four of 300, in publisher’s half cloth, patterned paper boards, 10 x 6 1/2 in. $300-500

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309 Van Thulden, Theodoor (1606-1669) Les Travaux D’Ulysse. Paris: Francois L’Anglois, 1640.

Landscape-format folio, without the engraved title; typographical title page, “Advertissement,” and four leaves of “Explication Morale sur les Travaux d’Ulysse,” followed by fifty-eight full-page engravings, plate twenty-four printed on two joined sheets, folding; bound in contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, front board becoming detached, 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. $400-600 310 Verve: Marc Chagall (1887-1985) and Georges Braque (1882-1963) Verve VI, No. 24, Chagall’s illustrations to Boccaccio’s Contes, Paris, 1950, two copies, one in publisher’s wraps, the other in full leather, 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.

[Together with] Verve VIII, No. 31/32, The Intimate Sketchbooks of G. Braque, English language edition, Paris, 1955, bound in full leather, 13 3/4 x 10 in. (3) $600-800

311 Virgil (70 BC-19 BC) Bucolica Georgica et Aeneis. Rome: by Zempel for Monaldini, 1763.

Three folio volumes, large paper copy, parallel text in Latin and Italian, illustrated; bound in contemporary Italian half leather and paste paper boards with a floral design; edges untrimmed throughout, damp staining and mildew, bindings failing, sewing structure perished, 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (3) $300-500

312 Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946) The War of the Worlds. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898.

First American edition, octavo, illustrated with frontispiece and fifteen additional illustrated plates by Warwick Goble; bound in publisher’s green cloth, front board decoratively stamped in black and green, spine and front board lettered in gilt; spine faded, rubbed, some surface grime to binding, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. $400-600

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313 Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) November Boughs. Philadelphia: MacKay, 1888.

First edition, portrait frontispiece of Whitman; 140 pages, and one page of ads; with “m lee” on page and “in the last” on page 11; bound in burgundy publisher’s cloth over beveled boards, with printer’s monogram and triple line ruling at head and tail of spine; contemporary ownership inscription on ffep, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. $200-300

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314 Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn: [for the author by Andrew and James Rome], 1855.

First edition, first issue, with the engraved portrait of Whitman by Samuel Hollyer after a photograph printed on thick paper, no tissue guard; copyright statement on verso of title; without the laudatory press statements that appear in later issues; bound in full green publisher’s cloth, the spine gilt lettered with floral decorations, the boards triple filleted with the title in gilt and floral tools blind blocked, marbled endleaves, gilt edges; in a later green buckram jacket inserted in a half morocco slipcase; one corner of the frontispiece torn and replaced, not affecting the portrait; title page formerly torn and repaired on verso, the repair crossing over the copyright statement; title page also reinforced with narrow strips of paper along three edges on verso; binding feels loose in relation to text block; thumbing, spotting, and light edge damage to leaves; contemporary stenciled ownership mark to title; wear to binding, 11 x 7 1/2 in.

First edition of this unprecedented work of American poetry, sometimes called the second Declaration of Independence, and self-published; Whitman personally helped out with the typesetting. $30,000-40,000

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315 Whitney, Peter (1744-1816) The History of the County of Worcester. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1793.

First edition, octavo, with the folding map of the county bound opposite the title (mounted on fine linen, separating along the folds, spotting), in contemporary marbled calf, crudely rebacked in cloth, spotting to contents, 8 1/2 x 5 in. $150-200

316 Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) The Picture of Dorian Gray. London, New York, and Melbourne: Ward Locke & Co., [1891].

First trade edition, first issue, octavo, with the misprint on page 208, lacking the “a” in “and” eight lines from the bottom, no publisher’s ads; in an exhibition binding and custom slipcase by Florence Walter (1884-1972), full crushed morocco with four-color inlaid design on both boards, with gilt-tooled lines, in a coordinating slipcase, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. $2,000-2,500

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317 Wilkins, John (1614-1672) Mathematicall Magick or the Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry.

London: by M.F. for Sa. Gellibrand, 1648.

Octavo, the edition with the “W” in the words “Wonders” and “Powers” on the title (another issue with the same date and imprint has “VV”), illustrated with text woodcuts and engravings; bound in contemporary boards, rebacked, water stains with some signs of mold; penultimate leaf torn with loss (repaired); final leaf and ffep mounted; 6 1/4 x 4 in. $800-1,000

318 Wilkins, John (1614-1672) Mercury; or the Secret and Swift Messenger. Shewing How a Man may with Privacy and Speed Communicate his Thoughts to a Friend at any Distance. London: Baldwin, 1694.

Octavo, second edition, lacking initial ?blank A1, publisher’s advertisements present at end; bound in full modern calf, pages delicate, browning throughout, 6 x 4 in. $400-600

320 Williams, Hugh William (1773-1829) Select Views in Greece with Classical Illustrations.

London: Longman, Rees, et al., 1829.

Two large quarto volumes, illustrated with sixty-four engravings printed on India paper and laid down, as issued; bound in uniform contemporary red sheepskin, tools ornately gilt, with labels, marbled paper boards; the leather peeling, spotting to contents, 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (2) $300-500

319 Wilkins, John (1614-1672) The First Book.

The Discovery of a New World. London: by Norton for Maynard, 1640.

Third impression, octavo, lacking the general engraved title, with two copies of page 221/222, both with and without the text engraving; other text illustrations; bound in later sheepskin, some contemporary notes in margins, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.

The present title is an expanded edition of Wilkins’s The Discovery of a World in the Moone. $700-900

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321 Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983) A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, [1947].

First edition, in the original dust jacket, with “Eunice” and “A Negro Woman” on the list of characters and actors; and “Stella” instead of Blanche on page 161; inner flaps of dust jacket abraded, dust jacket spine and front board slightly sun faded, other minor imperfections to jacket, 9 x 5 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500

323 Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) A History of the American People, Signed Copy. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, [1902].

Five octavo volumes, signed by Wilson in volume one while President-elect, dated 15 February 1913, ex libris Edward Mandell House (1858-1938) Wilson’s chief advisor on European politics and diplomacy during World War I and at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; with his bookplate in each volume, bindings dusty, slightly scuffed, 8 x 5 in. (5) $800-1,200

322 Williams, William Carlos (1883-1963) A Novelette and Other Prose (1921-1931) to Publishers. Toulon, France: Imprimerie F. Cabasson, 1932.

First edition, octavo, in original limp printed paper wraps, contents toned, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. $600-800

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324 Wing, Vincent (1619-1668) Urania Practica: or, Practical Astronomie. London: by R. Leybourn in Monks-well street neer Cripplegate, 1649.

Octavo, with added engraved frontispiece, and its typographical explanation; folding table of moveable feasts; small table showing the parallax of the sun (extraneous to collation) bound in after page 117; constructed volvelle is present on page 125; contemporary boards, rebacked, contents a bit soft, some corners repaired, 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. $800-1,000

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325 Wood, Robert (1717?-1771) An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer.

London: by Hughes for Payne & Elmsly, 1775.

First trade edition, half-title, frontispiece, engraved title vignette, illustrated with four plates (one of which is the map); bound in full contemporary tan calf, rebacked, corners bumped, contents crisp, 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.

The Comparative View of the Ancient and Present State of the Troade (beginning on p.

307) is one of the earliest of the attempts to work out Homeric geography. $300-500

326 Woolf, Virginia (1882-1942) The Common Reader. London: by Leonard & Virginia Woolf, at the Hogarth Press, 1925.

First edition, in the original dust jacket, publisher’s cloth spine, paper boards, illustrations on front board and dust jacket by Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell (1879-1961); jacket chipped with loss, with small water stain and surface grime, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. $500-700

327 World’s Columbian Exhibition, Chicago World Fair, and Other World Fairs, Ephemera Lot. Including thirty-four mounted cyanotypes; and twenty-four albumen prints, all mounted on card; twenty-eight full-color facsimile watercolor prints mounted on mat board from The Book of the Fair; twenty-three color lithographs published to accompany The Book of the Builders, 1894; official guides to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, in St. Louis and the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, held in Philadelphia; five other small pieces of fair-related paper; approximately six issues, eight pages each, of The Book of the Builders; and twenty-five issues of Hubert’s The Book of the Fair, Chicago & San Francisco: Bancroft Co., 1893. $400-600

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328 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) American Cross Fox, Plate VI. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1843.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, signs of handling, sheet slightly toned, 27 x 21 1/4 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $800-1,200

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329 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) American Cross Fox, Plate VI. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1843.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, toned, reverse mat burn, some spotting and foxing, some adhesive remnants clinging to outer margins on verso, 27 1/2 x 20 in. $300-400

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330 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Arctic Fox, Plate CXXI. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, unframed, the sheet evenly toned, 27 x 21 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

331 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Black-tailed Deer, Plate LXXVIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1845.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, unframed, the sheet evenly toned, 27 x 21 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

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332 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Brown or Norway Rat, Plate LIV. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1845.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, one small hole in blank background (repaired), U-shaped closed tear in same area, above the rat on the left, 27 x 21 1/4 in.

334 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) California Marmot Squirrel, Plate CIX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, signs of handling, spotting to background, printing error affecting a small area of color in hindquarters of leftmost animal, 27 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (sight).

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-300

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $300-500

333 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Buff Breasted Sandpiper, Plate CCLXV. [from] The Birds of America, London: Havell for the Author, 1835.

Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, J. Whatman watermark, 1835; framed, some spotting and foxing, colors faded, 37 1/2 x 25 in. $2,000-3,000

335 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Chestnut-sided Warbler, Plate 59. [from] The Birds of America, London: Havell for the Author, 1835.

Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, framed, some spotting and foxing, colors faded; imprint of a pair of pliers and a pair of scissors in blank margin, spotting within the plate mark, the full sheet, framed, 38 x 23 1/4 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $300-500

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336 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Chipping Squirrel, Plate [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, mounted, matted and framed, some slight spotting in upper left corner, 23 x 19 1/4 in. (sight). $400-600 337 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Columbia Pouched Rat, Plate CV. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1846.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, some spotting to background, 28 x 21 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-250

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338 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Common American Wild Cat, Plate I. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1842.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, some spotting, fading, 26 x 21 in. (sight).

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $600-800

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339 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Common Flying Squirrel, Plate XXVIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1843.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, unframed, minor spotting, bottom right corner with glancing chip, 21 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. $500-700

340 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Common or Virginian Deer, Plate CXXXVI. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, spotting to background, short closed tear in upper left corner, colors faded, 27 1/2 x 22 in. $2,500-3,500

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341 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Foxcoloured Sparrow, Plate CVIII. [from] The Birds of America, London: Havell for the Author, 1835.

Plate from the double-elephant folio trimmed to half-sheet size, hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, matted and framed, 19 1/2 x 12 in. $1,000-1,500

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342 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Great Horned Owl, Plate 61. [from] The Birds of America. London: Havell, 1827-1838.

Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored copper-plate engraving, J. Whatman watermark, 1829; framed; wrinkled in bottom left corner; diagonal fold in lower right corner, crossing the end of the lower branch, 38 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $10,000-12,000

343 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Grey Rabbit, Plate XXII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1843.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, the sheet evenly toned, lightcolored line of discoloration in the background originating at the tip of the uppermost rabbit’s nose and going off in the direction of the plate number, 25 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (sight). $2,000-3,000

344 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Hudson’s Bay Lemming, Plate CXIX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted, line of discolored adhesive along top half-inch of margin, signs of handling, top left corner chipped with loss, 1 1/2 inch closed tear to left side margin, 26 3/4 x 21 1/2 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-300

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345 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Ivory Billed Woodpecker, Plate LXVI. [from] The Birds of America. London: Havell, 1827-1838.

Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored copper-plate engraving, variant two, with the title centered at the foot of the sheet; the print mounted to board, colors faded, some water damage, short closed tear to top margin, toned, in a rustic wooden frame, 39 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. $8,000-10,000

346 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Largetailed Skunk, Plate CII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1846.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, some spotting to background, mounted on linen backing, signs of handling along bottom quarter, 28 1/2 x 22 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $400-600

347 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) LargeTailed Spermophile, Plate CXXXIX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, some spotting to background, 27 1/4 x 20 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $300-500

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348 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Lecontes Pine Mouse, Plate LXXX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1845.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, slight toned, few spots, 22 x 16 1/2 in. (sight).

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-300 349 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Little Chief Hare, Plate LXXXIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1846.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, spotting and toning, slight loss of sky color in one small spot, 27 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $250-350

350 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Long-tailed Deer, Plate CXVIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, unframed, the sheet ivory-colored, 27 x 21 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500

353 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Musk-Rat, Musquash, Plate XIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1843.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, left margin chipped with loss, 28 x 22 in. $800-1,200

351 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Marsh Hare, Plate XVIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1843.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, slight spotting to background, 26 x 18 in. (sight). $1,000-1,500

354 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Nuttall’s Hare, Plate XCIV. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1846.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, unframed, 27 x 21 1/4 in. $800-1,000

352 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Moleshaped Pouched Rat, Plate CX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, the plate shifting within the mat, light spotting to background, 27 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (sight).

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-250

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355 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Ocelot or Leopard Cat, Male, Plate LXXXVI. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1846.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, 26 x 20 in. (sight). $4,000-6,000

356 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Pennants Marten or Fisher, Plate XLI. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1844.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, the sheet ivory, slight mat burn along bottom edge, not visible when matted, 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. $500-700

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357 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Pine Marten, Plate CXXXVIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, spotting to white background, 27 1/2 x 21 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $300-500

358 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Polar Hare, Plate XXXII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1844.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, slight signs of handling, 26 x 20 in. (sight). $3,000-4,000

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359 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Pouched Jerboa Mouse [and] Canada Pouched Rat, Plate CXXX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, signs of handling, very slight spotting to background, 26 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-250 360 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Pouched Jerboa Mouse [and] Canada Pouched Rat, Plate CXXX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847 and 1844.

Two hand-colored lithographs, imperial folio, unframed, edges toned, each 27 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (2) $200-300

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361 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Prairie Starling, Plate CCCCXX. [from] The Birds of America. London: Havell, 1827-1838.

Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, matted and framed, possibly trimmed down, not examined out of frame, 22 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (sight); frame size 34 x 25 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $700-900

362 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Rice Bunting, Plate 54. [from] The Birds of America. London: Havell, 1827-1838.

Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, matted and framed, possibly trimmed down, not examined out of frame, the sheet an even ivory, coloration different from that seen in the Sachsen-Meiningen set, the winged maple seeds in russet browns, the female appearing in darker colors; this bird is more commonly called the bobolink; 22 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (sight).

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363 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Shore Lark, Plate CC. [from] The Birds of America.

London: Havell, 1827-1838.

Double elephant folio sheet, hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching, J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark, 1834; framed, spotting to margins, short closed tear to top margin, fading, 37 1/4 x 25 in. $1,000-1,200 364 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Tawny Lemming, Back’s Lemming, Plate CXX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, streak of adhesive remnant across top edge, corners chipped, edges toned, 26 3/4 x 22 in.

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-300

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365 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Tawny Weasel, Plate CXLVIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, unframed, the sheet ivory-colored, 27 x 21 1/4 in. $300-400

366 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Texan Skunk, Plate LIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1845.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, 26 1/2 x 21 in. (sight).

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $400-600

367 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Camas Rat, Plate CXLII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, the print shifting in the mat, 27 x 19 1/4 in. (sight).

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-250

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368 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Jaguar, Female, Plate CI. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1846.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, 26 x 20 in. (sight). $2,000-4,000

370 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) White American Wolf, Plate LXXII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1845.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, two small dark spots along right margin, near sky, thumbing, 27 1/2 x 21 in. (sight).

369 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Sewellel, Plate CXXIII. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1847.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and frame, marginal thumbing, spotting to sky and blank background, 27 3/4 x 20 in. (sight).

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $800-1,200

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $200-250

371 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Yellowbellied Marmot, Plate CXXXIV. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848.

Hand-colored lithograph, imperial folio, matted and framed, some spotting to background, 28 x 21 in. (sight).

Provenance: From the estate of Samuel Parkman Shaw, Jr., Brookline, Massachusetts. $300-500

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372 Char de la Ville [de Paris], Hand-colored Engraving.

Large folding hand-colored engraving by Pierre Francois Tardieu (1711-1771) depicting the allegorical triumphal car or pageant wagon fashioned to represent the city of Paris during the city-wide festival celebrating the marriage of Louis, Dauphin de Paris (1729-1765) and Maria Josepha of Saxony (1731-1767) on February 13, 1747, from the book Fete Publique donne par la Ville de Paris a l’occasion du Mariague de M. le Dauphin, Paris, 1747, presented in a large gilt frame with raw silk exterior mat, not viewed outside of the frame, 33 x 18 3/4 in. (sight). $500-700

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373 Costume Plates, Five Hand-colored Etchings. [from] Jacques Charles Bar’s Recueil de Tous les Costumes des Ordres Religieux et Militaires, Paris: Chez l’Auteur, late 18th century.

Five small folio format prints, hand-colored, depicting: Soldat de Marine Turque; Chevalier de l’Ordre de l’Aile de St. Michel; Chevalier de l’Ordre Royal Militaire de St. Louis; Chevalier de l’Amarante; [and] Chevalier de l’Etoile en France; each matted and shrink-wrapped, 13 1/2 x 9 in. (sight) each. (5) $300-500

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374 Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) Steel Plate for the Illustration Election for Beadle.

Original steel engraving, with a matted print and letter from the Deputy Chairman of Chapman and Hall authenticating the plate, housed in a custom box; the plate 8 x 5 in. $800-1,000

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375 Cuba and Sugar Production, Five Prints.

Vista de la Fuente de la Habana, and Vista de la Plaza de Sn. Francisco, both after James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878) Paris: Thierry Freres, [19th c.] by lithographer Jean Jaccottet (b. 1806), the former hand-colored, with some damage, the latter tinted.

[Together with] Three hand-colored lithographs printed within metallic gold borders, from Justo German Cantero’s (1815-1871) Los Ingenios, Havana, Cuba: Litografia de Luis Marquier, 1857, after Eduardo Laplante (b.

1818); plates four, five, and nine: Ingenio Flor de Cuba, Ingenio Flor de Cuba (Casa de Calderas), and Ingenio el Progresso; 21 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (5) $1,000-2,000

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376 De Bry, Theodor (1528-1598) Eight Handcolored Illustrations of Native American Indians.

Eight leaves removed from German-language editions, four printed only on the rectos, with page numbers in roman numerals; the other four with text on both sides of each sheet, page numbers in arabic numerals; leaves toned, some torn with loss, repaired, damage affecting the text, sizes vary, each mounted in a lightweight mat folder. (8) $1,500-2,000

377 De Bry, Theodor (1528-1598) Four Illustrations of Native American Indians.

Four leaves removed from German-language editions of De Bry’s work, uncolored, each matted, 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

[Together with] Henri Chatelain’s Description de la Pêche habillemens, habitations, manières de vivre, superstitions et autres usages des Indiens de la Virginie, a folding double-page engraving with fourteen figures depicting the customs and habits of North American Indians, from his Atlas Historique, illustrations are taken from De Bry, engraved from John White’s drawings, 21 x 17 1/2 in. (5) $400-600

378 Dutch Harbor Scenes, c. 1780 by Mathias de Sallieth (1749-1791) and Others.

Eight hand-colored engravings of Dutch harbor and maritime scenes, of which six are framed; all but one engraved by Sallieth after de Jong, and printed in Amsterdam by Yver, Smit & Fils, and F.W. Greebe; the odd one, depicting Rotterdam, printed in Amsterdam

by Foquet junior, after Kobel, engraved by de Jong; other subjects include: Goeree, the Chateau of Rammekes, the port of Amsterdam, Veere, Dordrecht, Harlingue, and Maaslandsluis; sizes and condition vary, some trimmed down, other defects. (8) $800-1,000

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379 MacLellan, Charles Archibald (1885-1961) Original Oil on Canvas, Illustration of a Redheaded School Boy. Signed oil on canvas, surface craquelure, some loss of surface, 18 3/4 x 24 in.

MacLellan was a Canadian artist who was responsible for creating forty-four original works for Saturday Evening Post covers between 1913 and 1936. This particular mischievous redhead shows up in other works. The boy’s expression is distracting, but he clearly has a nail attached to his boot and the boy unfortunate enough to be seated in front of him has an unpleasant surprise coming. $2,000-3,000

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380 Orsbridge, Lieutenant Philip (d. 1766) These Historical Views of ye Last Glorious Expedition of his Britannic Majesty’s Ships and Forces against the Havannah, [also known as] Britannia’s Triumph in the Year 1762. [London, c. 1766].

Large folio, engraved throughout, the contents consisting of a double-page engraved frontispiece with an image of Orsbridge presenting his drawings, and twelve large folding double-page plates of the battle based on the original drawings made by Orsbridge at the scene, engravings after Serres, engraved

by Canot and Mason, each plate thrown out on a linen guard; bound in contemporary half leather, with marbled paper boards and a large red morocco lettering piece on the front cover; the binding worn, with old repairs, contents toned, light spotting, one print repaired with yellowing cellophane tape on verso, no showthrough; the engravings printed on heavy paper; without the six leaves of explanatory text found with another copy, 19 1/8 x 14 in. $6,000-8,000

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381 Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) Fantasy of Ruins with a Statue of Minerva, Frontispiece from Volume II of Vedute di Roma, Rome, c. 1748-1778.

Large folio etching on paper, matted and framed, subtle toning, a few short closed tears, 25 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500

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382 Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939) Original Pencil, Ink, and Watercolor Drawing, Alone, Signed, 1 June 1903.

Drawing signed in lower left corner, a gruesome image of a derelict shipwreck survivor adrift on a raft supported by barrels, dressed in rags, with long hair and a tattered flag behind him. He is surrounded by skulls and skeletons, blood, swords, and the aftermath of cannibalistic mayhem; matted and framed, 13 x 9 in. (sight).

An old description on the back suggests that this uncharacteristically brutal image was produced as a response to a challenge among several artists to create the most revolting picture possible. It is likely unpublished and was exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in the spring of 1905. $2,000-3,000 383 Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) Nine Prints.

Reigate; Saloon at the Marine Pavilion; Cuckfield; Sutton; Bathing Machines; Crawley; and Race Ground, London: Mssrs.

Robinsons, 1790, tinted by Alken; The Steine, without imprint, tinted by Alken; and A College Scene, or a Fruitless attempt on the purse of Old Square-toes, designed by Rowlandson, engraved by E. Williams; all with toning and foxing, the first eight vary in size, mostly 11 x 14 in., the last 13 1/4 x 13 in. (9) $1,000-1,500

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384 Stavroulakis, Nikos (b. 1932) Proverbs, Twelve Woodcuts. Athens: Gutenberg Press, 1979. Folio, limited edition copy number 161 of 500, title pages and contents pages in English and Greek, with twelve offset versions of the original woodcuts, each signed by Stavroulakis in pencil, loose sheets, as issued, in publisher’s paper wraps, 19 5/8 x 14 in. $300-500 385 Stereoscopic Views, Approximately Fiftyeight.

Various views, mostly American, including the following subjects: ruins of the great fire in Boston, 1879; Boston Public Garden; Libby Prison; Central Park, Chicago; White Sulphur Springs, Virginia; great ice mountain at Niagara Falls; a suspension bridge in Cincinnati; San Francisco; Cleveland; views of Richmond, Indiana; Ithaca, New York; Saratoga Springs; Bellows Falls, Vermont; Faneuil Hall; “The Bottom Couple”; Montreal; Charlestown Navy Yard; Yosemite Valley; Nantucket; Camp Schoeffel; and others. $200-300

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386 The Natural History of Birds, from the Works of the Best Authors, Antient & Modern: Embellished with Numerous Plates. Bungay: by Brightly & Childs [and] Kinnersly, 1815.

Octavo, defective, with text leaves lacking, illustrated with approximately seventy-five hand-colored plates of birds and plants (mostly birds), incomplete, sold as a collection of prints, 8 1/4 x 5 in. $200-400

387 Vasi Giuseppe (1710-1782) Prospetto del’Alma Citta di Roma Visto del Monte Gianicolo. Rome, 1765.

Twelve etchings on laid paper, comprising: six large format views, 31 1/2 x 22 in.; and six smaller format index pages, 22 x 18 1/2 in. pages with deckle edges, surface grime, fragmentary along edges; the first large view badly stained, torn in half, with a large portion torn away but present, in need of restoration.

(12) $1,000-1,500

388 Wolf, Joseph Zoological Sketches. London: Henry Graves & Co., [1861-1867].

Folio, loose sheets as issued, comprising the illustrated color lithographic title page, list of plates, list of subscribers, and sixteen colored lithographs with accompanying text leaves, titles printed in metallic ink: Stanger’s Monkey, or Pluto Monkey; the Lion; the Painted Ocelot; the Eyra; the Serval; the Caracal; the Grey Fox; the Syrian Bear; the Leuoryx Antelope (Oryx); the Saker Falcon; the Hippopotamus; the Tylacine; the Japanese Pheasant; the Mooruk (Cassowary Bird); Mantell’s Apteryx; and the Black-Necked Swan; text leaves quite chipped, with losses to margins, the text for the Syrian Bear torn in half; title mounted on mat board, plates better preserved, with marginal finger smudges, edge toning, and the occasional closed marginal tear, some edge chipping, the plates 23 x 17 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000

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Maps 390 Burr, David H. (1803-1875) An Atlas of the State of New York. New York: David Burr, 1829 [but 1840].

Large folio, Manhattan map dated 1840 and identified as the third edition, with supplementary introduction dated 1840, census information on page 12 referring to the year 1839; illustrated with fifty-two large, mostly folding or double-page hand-colored engraved maps, including the general map of the state, Manhattan map, and numerous county maps; preliminaries with some damp staining, maps generally good; bound in original boards, water damage, with loss of paper on front board, 22 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.

South Carolina’s was the first atlas dedicated to a single state. This New York atlas was the second state atlas produced, and contains detailed maps of every section of New York by county, including striking hand-colored maps of Manhattan and Long Island often removed and lacking in other copies. $5,000-7,000 391 Camden, William (1551-1623) Camden’s Britannia, Newly Translated into English.

London: F. Collins, for A. Swalle; and A. & J. Churchil, 1695.

Folio, lacking title page and frontispiece and some text leaves; attribution of edition based on pagination, collation, column numbering, and Churchil’s ad below the preface to the reader; containing approximately fifty maps; text incomplete, sold as a collection of maps, in defective diced russia, 15 x 9 in. $800-1,000

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389 Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-1772) Description des Debouquements qui sont au Nord de L’Isle de Saint Domingue. Paris: Didot, 1768.

First edition, quarto, added engraved title, and thirty-four full and double-page engraved maps of the Caribbean; in later parchment; title stained, some toning to contents, water stain, 10 x 8 in. $800-1,000

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392 Chase, Ernest Dudley (1878-1966) Eleven Signed Maps, One Unsigned.

Including six signed full-color maps: The Victory War Map; Japan, the Target; America the Wonderland; The Good Neighbor Pictorial Map of South America; A Pictorial Map of North America; and a badly damaged Total War Battle Map; three tinted signed maps with red compass roses: A Pictorial Map of the New England States; The United States of America; and World Wonders, a Pictorial Map; two signed black-and-white maps: A Pictorial Map of Germany; and Europe, a Pictorial Map; and an unsigned map of Winchester, Massachusetts; some of the larger maps chipped with loss, various formats and condition, should be viewed. (12) $2,000-2,500

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393 China. Matth채us Seutter (1678-1757) Opulentissimum Sinarum Imperium.

Augsburg: Seutter, c. 1760.

Large double-page folio copper-plate engraved map printed on paper, handcolored, matted and framed, cartouche uncolored, 19 1/2 x 23 in. (sight). $600-800

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394 Cornwall, England. Joannes Jansson (1588-1664) Cornubia sive Cornwassia.

Amsterdam: Jansson, c. 1650.

Folding engraved map of Cornwall, handcolored, matted and framed, the sheet toned, 20 x 15 1/4 in. (sight).

[Together with] Cambridgeshire, England.

Cambridge Comitatus quem olim Iceni Insederunt, by Christopher Saxton (c. 1540-c.

1610), small folio double-page engraved map on paper, hand-colored, c. 1637, matted and framed, some fading, 13 x 11 1/4 in. (sight).

(2) $400-600

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395 Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726) and Philippe Buache (1700-1773) Atlas Geographique et Universal, Defective Copy. Paris: Dezauche, 1781.

Two large folio volumes, containing twentyfour of eighty-four maps in volume one, and five of sixty-eight maps in volume two, and the catalogue (contents) page in each volume; for a total of twenty-nine maps; one single page, the other twenty-eight double-page, all copper-plate engravings on paper, hand outlined in color; the maps themselves depict subjects in Western Europe; missing maps have been cut from the bindings; boards and spines still present, sold as defective, each volume 21 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (2) $2,500-3,000

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396 Europe, Four Matth채us Seutter (1678-1757) Maps.

Nova et Accurata Tartariae Europae; Dominium Venetum; Magni Tucarum Dominatoris Imperium; and Mappa Circuli Rhenani Superioris; all maps copper-plate engravings on paper with hand-coloring, each matted and framed, not examined out of frames, some with damage at top of central fold, overall measurements of each with frame 38 x 32 in. (4) $1,000-1,200 397 France. Abraham Ortelius (1528-1598) Two Maps. Gallia Vetus, ad Iul. Caesarius Commentaria, [Antwerp, c. 1601] and Typus Galliae Veteris, Amsterdam: Blaeu, [c. 1649]; two double-page folio maps, both handcolored copper-plate engravings with printed text on the verso, the former framed, the latter unframed. $200-300

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398 India, China, Southeast Asia. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes.

[Amsterdam]: Blaeu, [1635].

Double-page folio map, hand-colored copperplate engraving on paper, framed, 23 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. $800-1,000

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399 North America, East Coast, Maine to Virginia. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (15711638) Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova.

Amsterdam, c. 1640.

Folding folio-format hand-colored copperplate engraved map on paper, cartouche with Native American Indians, two images of longhouse settlements, Native Americans in canoes off the coast, along with European sailing ships; the landscape includes depictions of bears, turkey, egrets, beavers, foxes, deer, rabbits, and other wildlife; the colony at Plymouth is noted, along with Manhattan, framed, 23 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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400 North America. Herman Moll (1654-1732) A New Map of the North Parts of America claimed by France under ye Names of Louisiana, Mississippi, Canada and New France with ye Adjoyning Territories of England and Spain. London: Moll, 1720.

Large engraved map with hand-colored outline, four separate sheets joined with vertical seams, framed, 40 x 24 in. $1,000-1,200

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401 North America: Gulf Coast, Florida, and the Caribbean. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris Adiacentibus.

Amsterdam: Blaeu, [c. 1640].

Double-page folio engraved map on paper, typographical text on the verso, hand-colored, the state with the names for Florida and Virginia, framed, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. $300-500

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402 North and South America. America Divided into North and South with their Several Subdivisions and the Newest Discoveries.

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794.

Engraved map on paper with old color of the two American continents; ocean color oxidized to a dull brown, with green, red, and yellow outline color elsewhere, marking colonial territories, matted and framed, 21 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (sight). $200-300

403 Revolutionary War Map, New York and New Jersey. William Faden (1750-1836) and Claude Joseph Sauthier (1736-1802) A Plan of the Operations of the King’s Army under the Command of General Sr. Howe, K.B. in New York and East New Jersey, against the American Forces Commanded by General Washington, from the 12th of October, to the 28th of November 1776. London: Faden, 25 February 1777.

Large vertical map, copper-plate engraving, variant with British ships in the river off Tarrytown; mounted on old linen, with hand tinting of the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and other bodies of water in an ochrecolored wash, troop movements and camps also colored in the same ochre and red, horizontal wrinkle obscures the legibility of the imprint, no loss, toned, 30 x 20 3/4 in. $4,000-6,000

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404 Sayer, Robert (1725-1794) and John Bennett (fl. 1770-1784) The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of the Distances. London: March 20, 1776.

Copper-plate engraved map on paper, hand-colored in outline; with three columns of letterpress text below; mounted, slightly fragmentary where folds converge, colors faded, 30 x 21 3/4 in.

This rare broadside was published just days after the British evacuation of Boston. The bottom text portion includes descriptions of each of the British colonies, soon to be the independent states. $6,000-8,000

405 Syria. Johannes Jansson (1588-1664) Syriae Sive Soriae Nova et Accurata descriptio. Amsterdam: Jansson, c. 1660.

Copper-plate engraved map on paper, hand colored, framed, somewhat faded, light foxing, 21 3/4 x 19 in. (sight). $200-400 406 The Road From London to Lands End, John Ogilby (1600-1676) Four Framed Maps. London, c. 1676.

Four engraved maps printed on paper, handcolored, each uniformly matted and framed, varying amounts of toning and damage, 17 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (sight). (4) $300-500

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407 Vermont and New Hampshire. Lewis Robinson (1793-1871) Map of Vermont & New Hampshire. [Reading, Vermont]: Lewis Robinson, 1832.

Hand-colored rolled wall map, printed on paper, mounted on linen, with the original wood moldings, slightly yellowed, fragmentary along bottom right margin, with loss to blank margin and break in neat lines, 30 x 26 in. $700-900 408 Wonderground Map of London. MacDonald Gill (1884-1947). London: Westminster Press, 1914.

Large folding map on paper printed in full color, minor folds, slight fading, in a contemporary oak frame, 29 x 36 1/2 in.

This boldly colored and graphic artistic rendering of a bird’s-eye impression of London was originally commissioned by the Underground to be displayed in railway stations, in a larger format, in 1913. Because of its popularity, the publisher produced this smaller version for sale to the public. $600-800

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39th International Antiquarian

BOSTON BOOK FAIR

NOVEMBER 13-15, 2015

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Conditions of Sale 1. Some of the lots in this sale are offered subject to a reserve. The reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the consignor and Skinner, Inc. below which the lot will not be sold. In most cases, the reserve will be set below the estimated range, but in no case will it exceed the estimates listed. A representative of Skinner, Inc. will execute such reserves by bidding for the consignor. In any event and whether or not a lot is subject to a reserve, the auctioneer may reject any bid or raise not commensurate with the value of such lot.

2. All property is sold “as is,� and neither the auctioneer nor any consignor makes any warranties or representation of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and in no event shall they be responsible for the correctness, nor deemed to have made any representation or warranty, of description, genuineness, authorship, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin, or condition of the property and no statement made at the sale, or in the bill of sale, or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty of representation or an assumption of liability.

3. Except as provided in paragraph 1 above, the highest bidder as determined by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the case of a disputed bid, the auctioneer shall have sole discretion in determining the purchaser and may also, at his or her election, withdraw the lot or reoffer the lot for sale. The auctioneer shall have sole discretion to refuse any bid, or refuse to acknowledge any bidder. Any bidder that plans on spending in excess of $100,000 should make arrangements with the accounting department at least five (5) days in advance of the sale, as a deposit may be required to participate.

4. All merchandise purchased must be paid for and removed from the premises the day of the auction. Skinner Inc. may impose, and the purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly interest charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or item lot not paid for within thirty-five (35) days of the date of sale.

Skinner, Inc. shall have no liability for any damage or loss to property left on its premises for more than three (3) days from the date of sale. If any property has not been removed within three (3) days from the date of sale, at the option of Skinner, Inc. (a) Skinner Inc., may impose, and the purchaser agrees to pay, a monthly storage charge of 1.5% of the purchase price of any lot or portion of a lot not removed within the three days, and/or (b) Skinner Inc. may place the merchandise in a subsequent auction, without Reserve, to be sold to the highest bidder, and after deducting the standard commission and any additional charges that may apply, remit the proceeds to the purchaser.

5. Skinner accepts cash or check for payment. Personal checks will be acceptable only if credit has been established with Skinner, Inc. or if a bank authorization has been received guaranteeing a personal check. Skinner, Inc. reserves the right to hold merchandise purchased by personal check until the check has cleared the bank.

The purchaser agrees to pay Skinner, Inc. a handling charge of $25.00 for any check dishonored by the drawee. Please contact Accounting for additional payment methods. Skinner does not accept payment by credit card for merchandise purchases.

6. If the purchaser breaches any of its obligations under these Conditions of Sale, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price of all items for which it was the highest successful bidder, Skinner Inc. may exercise all of its rights and remedies under the law including, without limitation, (a) canceling the sale and applying any payments made by the purchaser to the damages caused by the purchaser’s breach, and/or (b) offering at public auction, without reserve, any lot or item for which the purchaser has breached any of its obligations, including its obligation to pay in full the purchase price, holding the purchaser liable for any deficiency plus all costs of sale.

7. In no event will the liability of Skinner, Inc. to any purchaser with respect to any item exceed the purchase price actually paid by such purchaser for such item.

8. Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. Upon request, our staff will provide the list of shippers who deliver to destinations within the United States and overseas. Some property that is sold at auction can be subject to laws governing export from the U.S., such as items that include material from some endangered species. Import restrictions from foreign countries are subject to these same governing laws. Granting of licensing for import or export of goods from local authorities is the sole responsibility of the buyer. Denial or delay of licensing will not constitute cancellation or delay in payment for the total purchase price of these lots.

9. Sales in Massachusetts, Florida, and New York are subject to the respective current sales taxes. Dealers, museums, and other qualifying parties may be exempt from sales tax upon submission of proper documentation.

10. A premium equal to 23% of the final bid price up to and including $100,000, plus 20% of the final bid price from $100,001 up to and including $1,000,000, plus 12% of the final bid price from $1,000,001 and over will be applied to each lot sold, to be paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price.

11. Bidding on any item indicates your acceptance of these terms and all other terms printed within, posted, and announced at the time of sale whether bidding in person, through a representative, by phone, by Internet, or other absentee bid.

12. Skinner, Inc. and its consignors make no warranty or representation, express or implied, that the purchaser will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights to any lot sold. Skinner, Inc. expressly reserves the right to reproduce any image of the lots sold in this catalog. The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for Skinner, Inc. relating to a lot, including the contents of this catalog, is, and shall remain at all times, the property of Skinner, Inc. and shall not be used by the purchaser, nor by anyone else, without our prior written consent.

13. These conditions of sale shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law).

The buyer/bidder agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this agreement may be brought, and any action against Skinner in connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement shall be brought, in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any federal court sitting therein. The bidder/buyer consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives objections that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit.

Revised January 21, 2015

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FOR OFFICE USE Marlborough

Boston

Phone

63 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 617.350.5400 Fax 617.350.5429

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274 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 01752 508.970.3000 Fax 508.970.3100

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Board of Directors

Departments

Chairman of the Board

20th Century Design

Discovery Auctions

Jane D. Prentiss

Carly Babione

20thcentury@skinnerinc.com

Kyle Johnson

508.970.3253

Melanie Trottier-Mitcheson

Stephen L. Fletcher Richard Albright

discovery@skinnerinc.com

John Deighton Karen M. Keane Andrew Payne

508.970.3202

American & European Paintings & Prints Robin S.R. Starr Elizabeth C. Haff Michelle Lamunière

Executive Management President/Chief Executive Officer Karen M. Keane

paintings@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3206

European Furniture & Decorative Arts Stuart G. Slavid Stephanie Opolski Gwendolyn L. Smith european@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3203

American Furniture & Decorative Arts Stephen L. Fletcher Chris Barber Christopher D. Fox americana@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3200

Historic Arms & Militaria Joel Bohy militaria@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3215

Chief Financial Officer Don Kelly

American Indian & Ethnographic Art Douglas Deihl

Executive Vice President Stephen L. Fletcher

Managing Director Marie Keep

John Colasacco

508.970.3254

jewelry@skinnerinc.com 617.874.4313

Antique Motor Vehicles Jane D. Prentiss antiquemotorvehicles@skinnerinc.com

Stuart G. Slavid

Asian Works of Art Judith Dowling Helen Eagles Suhyung Kim asian@skinnerinc.com

Vice Presidents Victoria Bratberg Eric Jones Gloria Lieberman Carol McCaffrey Robin S.R. Starr L. Emerson Tuttle

Western Massachusetts: George Thomas Lewis 413.727.2721 glewis@skinnerinc.com

Florida: April L. Matteini, G.G. 305.503.4423 florida@skinnerinc.com

Maine: Bruce Buxton 207.772.6979 bbuxton@mainerr.com

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Kerry Shrives judaica@skinnerinc.com

Musical Instruments Carly Babione music@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3216

508.970.3263

Oriental Rugs & Carpets Books & Manuscripts Devon Eastland books@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3293

Ceramics Stuart G. Slavid ceramics@skinnerinc.com

Regional Directors

Judaica

508.970.3256

Senior Vice Presidents Kerry Shrives

Victoria Bratberg

indian@skinnerinc.com

508.970.3253

Marie Keep

Jewelry

508.970.3203

Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments Robert C. Cheney Jonathan Dowling Paul Dumanowski

Lawrence Kearney Erika Jorjorian rugs@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3247

Photographs Michelle Lamunière photographs@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3264

Silver Stuart G. Slavid silver@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3203

clocks@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3201

Wine, Whisky & Ale Marie Keep Joseph Hyman Michael J. Moser finewines@skinnerinc.com 508.970.3296

Auction Services Consignments

Marketing, Media & Communications

Appraisal & Auction Services LaGina Austin Christine E. Finn Katie Fitzgerald Rachel Kingsley Elizabeth Zwicker

Exhibitions & Property Boston:

Marketing

Laura V. Sweeney

Catherine M. Weber

Benjamin Evans

Linsey MacDougall

Paige Lewellyn

Jenna Nastri

Jessica R. Lincoln

Subscriptions

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Linsey MacDougall

Jacqueline Gray

508.970.3240

617.350.5400

508.970.3299

Institutional Relations L. Emerson Tuttle 508.970.3130

Advertising/Production Pamela Van de Houten

Consignment Services

Jeffrey R. Antkowiak

Patricia Walker King

Stanley P. Bystrowski

Rebecca Hamel

John Cornelius

Carol Zeigler

Kristina M. Harrison

508.970.3204

Kathleen Jones

Marlborough: Warehouse Frederic Trottier 508.970.3209 Samatha Heighton

Cheryl Richards Photography

Customer Relations/Human Resources

Skinner Online

Carol McCaffrey

Kerry Shrives

508.970.3252

Receptionist Lindsay White 508.970.3000

Daniel Bar Judie Ochsner online@skinnerinc.com

Transportation

508.970.3279

Eric Jones

Accounting

508.970.3229

Absentee & Telephone Bidding

Denise Johnson 508.970.3269

Boston: 617.874.4318 William Madden

Marlborough: 508.970.3211

508.970.3266

Discovery: 508.970.3208

Kevin Rota

Auctioneers Chris Barber, John Colasacco,

508.970.3283

Stephen L. Fletcher, Karen M. Keane, Marie Keep, Jessica R. Lincoln, Kerry Shrives, Stuart G. Slavid, Robin S.R. Starr, Laura V. Sweeney

63 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 617.350.5400 Fax 617.350.5429

www.skinnerinc.com

274 Cedar Hill Street Marlborough, MA 01752 508.970.3000 Fax 508.970.3100

130 Miracle Mile, Suite 220 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305.503.4423 Fax 305.709.2143

415 Madison Avenue, #1418 New York, NY 10017 212.787.1113 Fax 646.893.0179

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Directions to Skinner’s Boston Gallery/63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116 617.350.5400 From the West: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Prudential/Copley exit located in the Prudential tunnel. Once on the exit ramp, stay in the right hand lane and follow the signs for Copley. The ramp exits onto Stuart Street. Drive straight through five sets of lights and take a left onto Charles Street South. Take your first left off of Charles St. South onto Park Plaza. Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From the South: Take 93-N to Exit 20 for I-90 W toward Worcester. Follow signs for Chinatown/South Station. Bear left at the fork to continue towards Kneeland Street. Turn left onto Kneeland Street. Kneeland Street becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza.

Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From Logan Airport: Take the Ted Williams Tunnel. Take Exit 25 toward South Boston and bear left at the fork in the ramp. Bear right onto B St. Turn left onto Northern Ave which becomes Seaport Blvd. Turn left onto Surface Rd. Turn right onto Kneeland Street which becomes Stuart Street. Turn right onto Charles Street South. Turn left onto Park Plaza. Skinner is at 63 Park Plaza, one block up on the right.

From the North: Take I-93 South towards Boston. Take exit 26 towards Storrow Drive.  Merge onto MA-28 South via the ramp on the left. Turn left onto Beacon Street. Turn right onto Arlington Street. Turn left onto Boylston Street. Turn right onto Hadassah Way. Skinner is on the right at 63 Park Plaza.

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