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F. W. Bain. A Mixed Set of the Complete Indian Stories in Thirteen Books, including: Six volumes of the thirteen-volume set The Indian Stories of F. W. Bain by the Riccardi Press of London, all of which are octavos, all of which are reprint editions, including: Vol. II: The Descent of the Sun. 1913. [and:] Vol. III: A Heifer of the Dawn. 1914. [and:] Vol. IV: In the Great God's Hair. 1914. [and:] Vol. V: An Essence of the Dusk. 1914. [and:] Vol. VII: An Incarnation of the Snow. 1914. [and:] Vol. XI: A Syrup of the Bees. 1914. All six volumes have bookplates, gift inscriptions on the front endpaper, and are housed in publisher's slipcases. Very good condition overall with foxing and toning. [and:] Bubbles of the Foam. London: Methuen & Co., [1912]. First edition. Good. [and:] A Draught of the Blue. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1906] Later printing. Very good. [and:] A Mine of Faults. New York: [1910] First edition. Very good. [and:] The Ashes of a God. New York: [1911] Second printing. Very good. [and:] The Livery of Eve. New York: [1917] First edition. Very good. [and:] A Digit of the Moon. New York: 1920. First edition. Very good. [and:] The Substance of a Dream. New York: 1920. First edition. Very good. Through various publishers and editions, these thirteen volumes constitute the entire Indian Stories series. From the Frank Collection.

90002

Ray Bradbury. Dandelion Wine. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1957.

First edition. Octavo. 281 pages. Signed by Bradbury on front free endpaper.

Yellow cloth. Minor sunning to spine of dust jacket. Very good. In custom slipcase. From the Frank Collection.

90003

Ray Bradbury. Dark Carnival - With Signed Bookplate. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947.

First edition, limited to 3000 copies. Octavo. 313 pages. Signed bookplate laid in reading "This copy of Dark Carnival signed by Ray Bradbury, 1974."

Black cloth. Dust jacket designed by George Barrows. Near fine copy in mildly rubbed dust jacket with quarter-inch closed tear at top of front panel.

The author's first book. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey.

90004

Ray Bradbury. Dark Carnival. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948.

First British edition. Octavo. 271 pages.

Green cloth. Dust jacket illustration by Michael Ayrton. Slight chipping and soiling to the dust jacket. An otherwise very good copy. In custom slipcase.

Includes only twenty of the stories from the twenty-seven printed in the American edition. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90005

Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 - In the Asbestos Binding, Signed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953.

Edition limited to 200 copies, of which this is number 192, signed by Bradbury and bound in "an asbestos material with exceptional resistance to pyrolysis." Octavo. 199 pages.

White asbestos boards. Lettering in red on spine and cover. Very minor soiling to boards. Issued without dust jacket. An outstanding, tight and bright copy of this much sought-after limited binding which often is crumbling and chipping. A near fine copy. In custom slipcase. From the Frank Collection.

Barron 4-99. Currey.

90006

Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953.

First edition, limited author's edition. Octavo. 199 pages.

Red cloth. Letters on cover and spine in gilt - binding state B (Currey). The gilt lettering on the cover denotes this copy as one of about 50 copies bound specifically for the author. Mild sunning to dust jacket, with small stain to front panel. A very nice copy. In custom slipcase. From the Frank Collection.

Barron 4-99. Currey.

90007

Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953.

First edition. Octavo. 199 pages. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in.

Red boards. Letters on cover and spine in yellow (Currey's binding state C). Slight rubbing to extremities of boards. Mild sunning to spine of dust jacket. A very good copy. In custom slipcase. From the Frank Collection.

Barron 4-99. Currey.

90008

Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 - Signed. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954.

First British edition. Octavo. 158 pages. Signed by Bradbury in felt pen on the title page.

Red cloth. Very minor scuffing to spine of dust jacket. Otherwise, a near fine copy. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90009

Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 - Signed. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982.

First edition. Quarto. xx, 152 pages. Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini - one full-page original lithograph, and three fold-out color plates. One of 2,000 copies, signed by the author and the illustrator. Limited Edition Club's "Monthly Letter" laid in.

Hand-bound in aluminum over boards. Silkscreened in red, white and black. All page edges silvered. Small gouge and a scratch to top of original slipcase. A very good copy. From the Frank Collection.

90010

Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451, A Drama in Two Acts. Bound script.

136 mimeographed pages. Original black folder-bound cardboard covers with typed title label pasted to the front cover.

The title page reads, in full, "Fahrenheit 451, a drama in two acts by Ray Bradbury - Final Revisions: August 22nd, 1979." A stage play adaptation by Bradbury of his novel which was staged in March and April of 1981 at the San Diego State University Theatre. Laid in is a flyer describing the theatre's 1980-1981 season's events. "The classic science-fiction thriller, in its second-ever West Coast production. Mr. Ray Bradbury, the International Dean of Science-Fiction writers and the author of The Martian Chronicles, will give a special guest lecture before each performance." Also laid in is a typed memo from the San Diego State University's Department of Drama explaining that this script is the "only un-numbered copy that will not be re-called after our closing performance." A clean, pristine copy in fine condition. From the Frank Collection.

90011

Ray Bradbury. The Illustrated Man. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 251 pages.

Tan cloth. Review copy with faint red ink rubber stamp to front dust jacket flap announcing the publication date. Tiny smudge to bottom edge. Slight fading to spine. An otherwise near fine copy. In custom slipcase. From the Frank Collection.

Barron 4-101. Currey.

90012

Ray Bradbury. The Illustrated Man - The 45th Anniversary Edition - Signed. Springfield: Gauntlet Publications, 1996.

First issue of the first edition, limited to 52 lettered copies, signed by Bradbury, William F. Nolan, and Ed Gorman. Octavo. 332 pages. New preface by the author. Introduction by Nolan. Afterword by Gorman.

Red leather. Gilt lettering. Fine in dark red box with gilt lettering. From the Frank Collection.

90013

Ray Bradbury. The Martian Chronicles - Inscribed. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front free endpaper.

Light green cloth. Some fading to spine of both book and dust jacket. An otherwise very good copy in crisp jacket. In custom slipcase.

A clean and attractive copy of Bradbury's second book. Bradbury loosely connected these science fiction stories set on Mars into a coherent whole so that the publisher could better market the book as a novel. This "episodic first novel about mankind's colonization of Mars [...] helped to bring science fiction to the attention of the literary mainstream." (Bloom, Science Fiction Writers of the Golden Age p. 78) From the Frank Collection.

Barron 4-102. Currey.

90014

Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson. The Martian Chronicles - Bradbury's Own Copy of the Bound Teleplay. 1978.

8.5 by 11-inch sheets bound in ring binder. In three parts with 92; 103; and 88 pages.

Produced by NBC in 1980 as a three-part mini-series starring Rock Hudson and Darren McGavin. The teleplay was written by Richard Matheson, author of several episodes of the original Twilight Zone and numerous short stories and novels, including the recently re-filmed I Am Legend. Divided into three separate scripts all held in one blue three-ring binder that is stamped on the front in gold, "Ray Bradbury". Laid in is a note-card from Bradbury stating "Will be / in France / all of July-August / Here's something / special to auction / R. B.". Near fine condition.

Presumably, Bradbury donated this item in support of a benefit auction at some point. Despite repeated efforts, this is the only version of The Martian Chronicles that has ever been produced and it combines the talents of two extremely gifted artists. Factoring the scarcity of this script with the additional rarity of it being Bradbury's personal copy makes this a truly unique and desirable item. From the Frank Collection.

90015

Ray Bradbury. The October Country - Inscribed to Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. New York: Ballantine Books, 1955.

First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed from the author to Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. "For Charles & Elsa - with the sincere admiration of a long-time fan named - Ray Bradbury, Jan. 22, 1956." Octavo. 306 pages.

Red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Currey lists this as binding state A. "According to Bradbury, 50 copies for the author's use were so bound" (Currey). A very good copy in a custom slipcase. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90016

Ray Bradbury. The October Country - Inscribed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1955.

First edition. Octavo. 306 pages. Inscribed by Bradbury.

Red cloth. Black lettering to spine. The B2 variant binding, according to Currey. Very good in slightly faded dust jacket. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90017

Ray Bradbury. Something Wicked This Way Comes - With Signed Postcard. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.

First edition. Octavo. 317 pages.

Yellow cloth. Black lettering to cover. Laid-in is a signed postcard with Bradbury's address printed on the front. The verso, in blue felt pen, reads: "Jean: the book has gone, signed, to Randy! Best! Ray." Near fine, in bright, crisp dust jacket. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90018

Ray Bradbury. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Signed. Springfield: Gauntlet Publications, 1999.

Special deluxe issue of the first edition limited to 55 lettered copies, signed by Bradbury, Joe Lansdale, and Peter Crowther. Octavo. 245 pages, plus 99 pages from Bradbury's screenplay treatment of the novel. New introduction by the author. Afterwords by Joe Lansdale and Peter Crowther. Seven facsimile pages (unnumbered) from Bradbury's screenplay for Disney's Something Wicked This Way Comes with notes and corrections. And, finally, the 99-page treatment.

Publisher's green leather. Gilt lettering to spine. Decorative endpapers. In publisher's green box with gilt spine and decorative cover. Fine in dust jacket. From the Frank Collection.

90019

Ray Bradbury. The Stories of Ray Bradbury - Inscribed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.

Publisher's deluxe issue of the first edition, limited to 60 specially-bound copies, this one unnumbered. Octavo. xx, 884 pages. Inscribed by Bradbury with a black felt pen, dated 1989. The misspelled first name of recipient has been corrected by Bradbury with the strategic placement of white paper adhered to the front free endpaper.

Original black cloth. Top edge gilt. Near fine copy in dust jacket and slipcase.

One hundred selected short stories from four decades of work. The collection begins with the introductory essay "Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle." From the Frank Collection.

90020

Ray Bradbury. The Vintage Bradbury: Ray Bradbury's Own Selection of His Best Stories - Signed. New York: Vintage, 1965.

First edition. Signed and dated by Bradbury on the front free endpaper. Octavo. x, 329 pages. Introduction by Gilbert Highet.

Red buckram. Uncommon hard-bound variant. Modern slipcase with decorative covers. Fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90021

Ray Bradbury. The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse - Original Typed Manuscript, Signed. [n.d., circa 1953].

8.5 by 11-inch sheets. 17 pages.

Bradbury, one of our greatest living authors, is not only a superb novelist but he is also a master short story writer. Here is a rare opportunity to obtain a complete, original, typewritten manuscript for one of his earlier stories. First published as The Watchful Poker Chip in the March, 1954 issue of Beyond Fantasy Fiction, then later collected into The October Country as The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse in 1956, and again, in 1966, included in The Vintage Bradbury. These sixteen pages are typed with handwritten notes and revisions that affect and alter the final published text. In pencil on the first page is written, "vouchered 8/17/53" and "$400-". Presumably this is when and how much Bradbury was paid for the story. Oh, how times have changed! Boldly signed by Bradbury on the first page. Sheets are in very good condition.

A prolific writer even at 88 years old, few complete, signed manuscripts of Bradbury's work come up for sale. Here is an opportunity for a prime item written during the same period as his classic Fahrenheit 451. From the Frank Collection.

90022

Ray Bradbury. Six Signed Titles, Including an Interesting Association Copy, including: The Martian Chronicles. Avon: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited to 2000 copies of which this is number 838. Signed by Bradbury and the illustrator Joseph Mugnaini on the limitation page. Octavo. 309 pages. Glassine dust jacket shows minor edge wear with spine darkening and a one-half inch chip about mid-spine. In publisher's slipcase with worn corners. Near fine. [and:] The Toynbee Convector. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Limited to 350 copies of which this is number 54. Signed by Bradbury on the limitation page. Octavo. 275 pages. In publisher's slipcase. Fine. [and:] Fahrenheit 451 The 40th Anniversary Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. Limited to 500 copies of which this is number 472. Signed by Bradbury on the limitation page. Octavo. 190 pages. In publisher's slipcase. Fine. [and:] Death is a Lonely Business. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1985]. One of seventy specially bound presentation copies for the author. Signed by Bradbury on the front endpaper, "1 of 70 / copies! / Ray Bradbury / 4/4/88." Octavo. 278 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gold stamping on the front and spine and gilt page edges. Cloth is rubbed with extensive spotting. In custom clamshell case. Very good. [and:] The Martian Chronicles. New York: Time Incorporated, 1963. This is an association copy that Mr. Bradbury has signed on the title page to film producer Dino De Laurentiis. The inscription reads, "For Dino / De Laurentiis! / "These Martian Chronicles" / with the / good wishes / of / Ray Bradbury / May 1970." 267 pages. The covers show some minor edge wear with some light foxing to endpapers and page edges. Very good. [and:] The Stories of Ray Bradbury. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Uncorrected proof. Signed by Bradbury on the front cover. 884 pages. Lower corner of front cover is lightly bumped, affecting the first few pages. Spine shows minor fading. Near fine. From the Frank Collection.

Currey. Ahearn.

90023

Ray Bradbury. Seven Small Press Books, All Signed, including: The Martian Chronicles. Avon: The Heritage Press, 1974. Signed by Bradbury on the half-title page. Octavo. 309 pages. In publisher's slipcase that shows some rubbing and edge wear. Near fine. [and:] Beyond 1984: Remembrance of Things Future. New York: Targ Editions, 1979. Limited to 350 copies of which this is number 327. Signed by Bradbury on the limitation page. Octavo. 22 pages. Bumped on bottom corners. Very good. [and:] The Last Circus & The Electrocution. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980. Limited to 100 copies of which this is number 50. Signed by Bradbury, William F. Nolan, and Joseph Mugnaini on the limitation page. Octavo. 29 pages. Fine in publisher's slipcase. [and:] The Love Affair and Two Poems. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982. Limited to 300 copies of which this is number 271. Signed by Bradbury on the limitation page. Octavo. 25 pages. Dust jacket shows minor ruffling with a one-inch tear on top edge at spine. Very good. [and:] Forever and the Earth. Athens: Croissant & Company, [1984]. Limited to 300 copies of which this is number 91. Signed by Bradbury on the tissue page preceding the limitation page. Octavo. 43 pages. Publisher's glassine dust jacket has some small tears along the edges. Fine copy aside from fragile jacket. [and:] Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1987. Limited to 26 lettered copies of which this is letter "V." Signed by Bradbury on the half-title page. Quarter bound in black leather with gold lettering on the spine and marbled boards. Near fine with minor rubbing to the edges. [and:] Green Shadows, White Whale. Ultramarine Publishing, 1992. Limited to 50 copies of which this is number 4. Signed by Bradbury on the limitation page. Octavo. 271 pages. Publisher's green quarter leather with gold lettering on the spine. Gray cloth boards. Fine. This is an attractive lot of Bradbury's small press books that are beautifully bound and seldom offered together. From the Frank Collection.

90024

Ray Bradbury. Four Easton Press Titles, One Signed, including: The Martian Chronicles. Norwalk: The Easton Press, [1989]. Octavo. 309 pages. Signed by Bradbury on the signature page. [and:] Fahrenheit 451. Norwalk: The Easton Press, [1991]. Octavo. 192 pages. [and:] Dandelion Wine. Norwalk: The Easton Press, [1988]. Octavo. 269 pages. [and:] Something Wicked This Way Comes. Norwalk: The Easton Press, [1988]. Octavo. 317 pages. All the titles in this lot are bound in full red leather with gilt titles and page edges. Condition is fine throughout. From the Frank Collection.

90025

Ray Bradbury. Nine British First Editions, Three of Which are Signed. This lot consists of nine British first editions, published in London by Rupert Hart-Davis (and later, by Hart-Davis, MacGibbon). All copies are octavo, and all are in very good condition, unless otherwise noted. Titles include: The Illustrated Man - Signed. 1952. Signed by Bradbury on the front free endpaper. 192 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the spine lettered in silver. Front board is bumped and has darkened along the top edge. Dust jacket shows some minor general soiling and has darkened along edges and spine; also, some edge wear and some light chipping on corners and spine ends. [and:] The Golden Apples of the Sun. 1953. 192 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in silver. Book has a slight lean and top edge has darkened. Jacket has darkened along edges and spine with minor chipping on corners and spine ends. Larger one-half inch chip at top of spine. [and:]The October Country. 1956. 306 pages. Publisher's green cloth with the spine lettered in silver. Book has some fading to top and bottom edges. Bottom corners are bumped and there is spotting on page edges. Some toning to front and rear endpapers caused by dust jacket. Jacket is evenly soiled with darkening to edges and spine. Small chips on corners and spine ends with a one-quarter inch tear at top of spine. In custom slipcase. [and: ] Dandelion Wine. 1957. 184 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth with the spine lettered in silver. Book has a slight lean. Jacket is evenly soiled with darkening to the edges and spine. There is also some light chipping to the corners and spine ends. [and:] Something Wicked This Way Comes. 1963. 253 pages. Publisher's black cloth with the spine lettered in silver. Book is evenly faded along the edges of the boards with spotting and soiling present on page edges. Jacket shows soiling with darkening to edges and spine. Small chips on corners and spine ends. There is a dampstain running most of the length of the bottom edge and rising into the jacket three-quarters of an inch at the corner folds and two inches at the spine. [and:] The Machineries of Joy - Signed. 1964. Signed by Bradbury on the title-page. 239 pages. Publisher's black cloth with the spine lettered in silver. The front board is lightly bumped on the top edge and on the bottom corner. Jacket has some light soiling with darkening to the spine and minor edge wear. [and:] I Sing the Body Electric! - Signed. [1970]. Signed by Bradbury on the title page. 305 pages. Publisher's black cloth with the spine lettered in gold. Cloth is evenly rubbed throughout with a one-eighth inch split on the bottom corner of the front board. Jacket is darkened along edges and has two one-inch tears on the bottom edge of the front panel. [and:] The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, [1973]. 161 pages. Publisher's yellow cloth with the spine lettered in black. Cloth has some light soiling along the edges of the boards. Near fine. [and:] Long After Midnight. London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, [1977]. 256 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth with the spine lettered in silver. Jacket shows a hint of sun-fading on spine. Near fine. From the Frank Collection.

Currey. Ahearn.

90026

Ray Bradbury. Six Children's Titles, Two of Which Are Inscribed, including: Switch on the Night. New York: Pantheon Books, 1955. First edition. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front free endpaper. Octavo. Publisher's gray boards show rubbing along the top and bottom edges. Top edge is mildly faded and bottom edge has some black spots or stains. Bottom edges of front and rear endpapers are also affected by this staining where it has bled about one-quarter of an inch into the pages. Dust jacket is darkened along the edges and worn on the spine ends. Very good. [and:] The Halloween Tree. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front endpaper. Octavo. 145 pages. Publisher's black cloth with decoration stamped in red on the front board and red and silver lettering on the spine. Cloth is lightly rubbed. Near fine. [and:] The Other Foot. Mankato: Creative Education, Inc., [1987]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 39 pages. Fine. [and:] The April Witch. Mankato: Creative Education, Inc., [1987]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 37 pages. Fine. [and:] The Veldt. Mankato: Creative Education, Inc., [1987]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 45 pages. Fine. [and:] The Fog Horn. Mankato: Creative Education, Inc., [1987]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 31 pages. Fine. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90027

Ray Bradbury. Group of Advance Copies and Reference Books, Some Signed, including: The Stories of Ray Bradbury - Signed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Uncorrected proof. Signed by Bradbury on the front cover. 884 pages. Publisher's green wrappers. Foxing along page edges and fold on bottom corner of rear cover. Very good. [and:] The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope. New York: Knopf, 1981. Uncorrected proof. 86 pages. Fine. [and] Dinosaur Tales - Signed. New York: Bantam Books, [1983]. Appears of be a photostatic copy that has been three-hole-bound with an acetate cover. Signed by Bradbury on the title page. 144 pages. Very good. [and:] Death is a Lonely Business. New York: Knopf, 1985. Uncorrected proof. Publisher's orange wrappers show light wear to corners. Near fine. [and:] The Toynbee Convector. New York: Knopf, 1988. Uncorrected proof. 295 pages. Fine. [and:] The Martian Chronicles. New York: Doubleday 1990. Uncorrected proof. 205 pages. Publisher's blue covers show some fading to spine and edges. Near fine. [and:] Nolan and Greenburg [editors]. The Bradbury Chronicles. New York: ROC, 1991. Uncorrected proof. 328 pages. Fine. [and:] Chroniques Martiennes. Paris: Editions Denoel, [1954]. French edition of The Martian Chronicles. Square bound in publisher's white wraps. 265 pages. Covers have edge wear and large tears with internal tape repairs. Pages are brittle and edge darkened. Chapter index page has ink marks. Good. [and:] William F. Nolan. The Ray Bradbury Review. San Diego: William F. Nolan, [1952]. First edition. Folded and stapled. 63 pages. Covers have some light edge wear with a half-inch chip on bottom edge of front and dampstaining along the spine. Very good. [and:] Omega. New York: Graycroft Press, 1975. Vol. 1, No. 1, Autumn 1975. Limited to 1000 copies. Folded and sewn sheets. Contains the Bradbury poem, "The Groon." Publisher's orange wraps have some edge wear and fading to spine. Very good. [and:] William F. Nolan. The Ray Bradbury Companion. Detroit: Gale Research, 1975. First edition. Octavo. 339 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. In publisher's slipcase with darkened edge. Near fine. [and:] George Edgar Slusser. The Bradbury Chronicles. San Bernardino: Borgo Press, [1977]. First edition. Stapled wraps. 64 pages. Very good. [and:] Olander and Greenburg [editors]. Ray Bradbury. New York: Taplinger, [1980]. First edition. Octavo. 248 pages. Dust jacket. Very good. [and:] William F. Nolan. The Ray Bradbury Review - Signed by Bradbury and Nolan. Los Angeles, Graham Press. [1988]. Limited to 250 numbered copies of which this is number 119. Signed by Bradbury and William F. Nolan on the limitation page. Publisher's quarter cloth in black with gold lettering on the spine and pictorial paper-covered boards. Lightly bumped on top corners. 64 pages. Near fine. [and:] Nolan and Greenburg [editors]. The Bradbury Chronicles. New York: ROC, 1991. First edition. Octavo. 328 pages. Near fine. From the Frank Collection.

90028

Ray Bradbury. Group of Poetry and Specialty Press Books, Many Signed, including: When Elephants Last in the Dooryard Bloomed - Signed. London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, [1975]. First British edition. Signed by Bradbury on the title page. Octavo. 143 pages. Dust jacket. Near fine. [and:] The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. First edition. Octavo. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed. Near fine. [and:] The World of Ray Bradbury. Los Angeles: Coronet Theatre, [1964]. Folded color mailing advertisement for the original 1964 theatrical production of three of Bradbury's short stories. Laid in are folded handbills from the same production. Near fine condition, never mailed. [and:] The Pedestrian - Signed. Glendale: Roy A. Squires, [1964]. Limited to 280 copies. Signed by Bradbury on the title page. This copy is additionally signed on the rear page by the three actors who performed the play version in 1964 as part of "The World of Ray Bradbury" at LA's Coronet Theatre. Publisher's blue wraps with sewn binding. Covers show some light edge wear and rubbing. Very good. [and:] The Dragon - Signed. New York: Footsteps Press [1988]. Limited to 300 copies of which this is number 141. Signed by Bradbury on the limitation page. Pages are stapled and laid into the dust wrapper. Fine. [and:] October. Los Angeles: Shottlebop Press [1983]. Folded and stapled in publisher's orange wraps. Near fine. [and:] They Have Not Seen the Stars - Signed. Lancaster: Stealth Press, [2002]. Limited to 200 copies of which this is number 124. Signed by Bradbury on the limitation page. Octavo. 397 pages. In publisher's slipcase. Fine. This is an interesting group featuring some items not typically seen and providing history of an early Bradbury theater production. From the Frank Collection.

90029

Ray Bradbury. Eleven Assorted Titles, Two of Which Are Signed, including: Death is a Lonely Business. London: Grafton Books, [1986]. First British edition. Octavo. 239 pages. Fine. [and:] The Martian Chronicles The 40th Anniversary Edition. New York: Doubleday, [1990]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 205 pages. Front hinge is broken. Good. [and:] Something Wicked This Way Comes - Signed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1983]. Reprint edition. One of 75 copies bound for the author. Signed by Bradbury on the second free endpaper. Octavo. 307 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gold decoration on front and lettering on spine. Jacket has some soiling to rear panel and some light edge wear and rubbing. Near fine. [and:] Dandelion Wine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1975]. First, thus. Publisher's advance review slip and photo laid in. Octavo. 269 pages. Book has some fading along top edge. Jacket is mildly darkened on top edge. Near fine. Green Shadows, White Whale. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition. Octavo. 271 pages. Fine. [and:] The Novels of Ray Bradbury. London: Granada Publishing [1984]. First thus. Octavo. 647 pages. Front hinge is cracked. Very good. [and:] Death is a Lonely Business. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1985]. First edition. Octavo. 278 pages. Near fine. [and:] Fahrenheit 451 The 40th Anniversary Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster [1993]. Reprint edition. Review slip and press laid in. Octavo. 190 pages. Fine. [and:] The Martian Chronicles. New York: Bantam Books [1979]. First printing of trade edition. 259 pages. Near fine. [and:] The Anthem Sprinters - Signed. New York: The Dial Press 1963. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the half-title page. Octavo. 159 pages. Jacket has some light soiling and edge wear with two one-quarter-inch chips and a one-half-inch tear on the top edge. In custom slipcase. Very good. [and:] The Martian Chronicles. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. [1973]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 298 pages. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Currey. Ahearn.

90030

Ray Bradbury. Seventeen Short Story Collections, A Few of Which Are Signed, including: R is for Rocket. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. [1962]. First edition. Octavo. 233 pages. Book shows some light rubbing to spine ends and corners with spotting on top page edges. Dust jacket has mild edge wear and two one-half inch tears that are located almost in the center of the author's photo on the rear panel. Very good. [and:] S is for Space. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966. First edition. Octavo. 238 pages. Book is bumped on lower corners. Jacket is price-clipped and has some edge wear along the top, a one-inch tear on the bottom edge with an internal tape repair, and a dampstain that covers the majority of the rear panel. Good. [and:] Twice Twenty-Two - Inscribed. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966. First edition. Inscribed and dated by Bradbury on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 406 pages. Near fine. [and:] Dark Carnival - Limited Edition, Signed by Bradbury and Clive Barker. Springfield: Gauntlet Publications, 2001. Limited to 700 copies of which this is number 690. Signed on the limitation page by Bradbury and Clive Barker (who provided the Afterword). Octavo. 479 pages. Small fold on rear inner flap of dust jacket. Fine in publisher's slipcase. [and:] The Illustrated Man. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1951. Later printing. Octavo. 251 pages. Very good. [and:] The Martian Chronicles. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. [1950]. Book club edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Very good. [and:] The Machineries of Joy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Book has minor bumping on bottom edge. Jacket is lightly soiled and rubbed. Near fine. [and:] The Toynbee Convector. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Octavo. 275 pages. Fine. [and:] A Medicine for Melancholy. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1959. First edition. Octavo. 240 pages. Dust jacket shows darkening along the edges and spine. In custom slipcase. Very good. [and:] The Golden Apples of the Sun. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1953. First edition. Octavo. 250 pages. Jacket is slightly faded along the spine. Very good. [and:] I Sing the Body Electric! New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1969]. First edition. Laid in is an inscribed note that is signed and dated by Bradbury on what appears to be a sheet of his personal notepaper. Octavo. 305 pages. Jacket has a small fold on the front inner flap. Near fine. [and:] The Machineries of Joy. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Book shows mild rubbing. Jacket has soiling and edge wear. Very good. [and:] The Martian Chronicles. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1950]. Book club edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Good. [and:] The Cat's Pajamas - Signed. New York: William Morrow, 2004. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the title page. Also stamped with the letter "U," possibly indicating a limitation. Additionally stamped on numerous pages with decorative rubber stamping, presumably by Bradbury. Octavo. 234 pages. Fine. [and:] Long After Midnight. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First edition. Octavo. 271 pages. Near fine. [and:] The Stories of Ray Bradbury. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Octavo. 884 pages. Near fine. [and:] Yestermorrow. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1991. First edition. Octavo. 240 pages. Fine. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90031

Ray Bradbury. Ten Publications Containing Bradbury Stories, including: Best-in-Books. Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1958. Presumed first edition. Octavo. 447 pages. Contains an excerpt from Dandelion Wine. Very good. [and:] The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1950. New York: Random House, [1950]. First edition. Octavo. 298 pages. Contains the short story The World the Children Made. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Very good. [and:] The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1951. New York: Random House, [1951]. First edition. Octavo. 310 pages. Contains the short story The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. Very good. [and:] The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1956. New York: Random House, [1956]. First edition. Octavo. 314 pages. Contains the short story Summer In the Air. Very good. [and:] The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1957. New York: Random House, [1957]. First edition. Octavo. 314 pages. Contains the short story Good-By Grandma. Jacket is price-clipped. Very good. [and:] Saturday Evening Post Stories 1962. New York: Random House, [1962]. First edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Contains the short story The Beggar on the Dublin Bridge. Very good. [and:] Prize Articles 1954. New York: Ballantine Books, [1954]. First edition. Octavo. 192 pages. Contains the short story Sun and Shadow. Book and jacket are dampstained along the entire bottom edge. Good. [and:] The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. New York: Mercury Press, Inc. Volume 24, No. 5, Whole No. 144, May, 1963. Digest. 130 pages. Contains the short stories Bright Phoenix and To the Chicago Abyss. Very good. [and:] Suspense. Manchester: The Hotspur Press. Volume 2, No. 4, April, 1959. Digest. 144 pages. Contains the short story, The Jar. Very good. [and:] Gamma. North Hollywood: Star Press, Inc. Volume 1, No. 1. Digest. 128 pages. Contains the short story, Time In Thy Flight. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

90032

Ray Bradbury. Cover Proof for The October Country and Sixteen Paperbacks, Mostly First Editions, including: Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. First edition, preceding the hardcover edition. Dinosaur Tales. New York: Bantam Books, [1984]. First printing. Dandelion Wine. New York: Bantam Books, [1959]. First printing. The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. New York: Bantam Books, [1972]. First printing. Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow. New York: Bantam Books, [1952]. First edition. Tomorrow Midnight. New York: Ballantine Books, [1966]. First edition. A Medicine for Melancholy. New York: Bantam Books, [1960]. First printing. The Halloween Tree. New York: Bantam Books, [1974]. First printing. The Vintage Bradbury. New York: Vintage Books, [1965]. First edition. Bookstore stamp on first page. The Autumn People. New York: Ballantine Books, [1965]. First edition. Pillar of Fire and Other Plays For Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond Tomorrow. New York: Bantam Books, [1975]. First edition. A Memory of Murder. New York: Dell, [1984]. First edition. The Illustrated Man. New York: Bantam Books, [1952]. First printing. The October Country. New York: Ballantine Books, [1956]. First printing. Something Wicked This Way Comes. New York: Bantam Books, [1963]. First printing. The Silver Locusts. London: Corgi Books, [1960]. Later printing. This lot also includes a proof cover to the 1956 Ballantine Books edition of The October Country. It has a few mild corner bends and a one-inch tear on the right edge. This lot is, as a whole, in better than very good condition. A crisp collection of Bradbury mass market paperback firsts in brighter condition than is typically found. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90033

Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars - Advance Review Copy. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1917.

First edition. 326 pages. Illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover.

Illustrated wrappers. Pre-publication paperbound review copy. Housed in a custom leather slipcase. Slightly cocked, with some chipping to top and base of spine. Some mild dampstaining to back cover. A very good copy of this uncommon variant binding. In scuffed custom leather box.

The first of the Martian novels, The Princess of Mars first saw print in a shorter form in All-Story magazine as "Under the Moons of Mars" in 1912. When the novel was finally printed in book form, McClurg had already published four of Burroughs' Tarzan books and was advertising the Princess of Mars in their catalog as "an absorbing tale of adventure and romance forty-three million miles from Earth. It is hardly too much to say that it is the boldest piece of imaginative fiction in this generation. The story is full of weird and astounding adventures written by an author bold enough to create 'Tarzan, the Apeman'." (Heins) From the Frank Collection.

Barron 2-31. Bleiler. Currey. Heins.

90034

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan and the Golden Lion - The Photoplay Edition. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1928].

Photoplay edition with frontispiece and illustrations from the silent film. Second edition, thus, as the rear advertisements list Outlaw of Torn, published by Grosset and Dunlap in 1928. Octavo. 333 pages.

Publisher's orange cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Cloth is lightly soiled and spine has a slight lean. There is mild foxing present on endpapers and page edges. Dust jacket has darkened along spine and edges, with some minor edge wear, primarily at spine ends. Altogether a tight and very good copy.

Though the copyright page states 1924, the photoplay edition was actually first produced in 1927 to promote the release of the silent film of the same title. It starred James Pierce in his only film appearance as Tarzan, but he later portrayed the original radio version of Tarzan for 286 episodes from 1932 to 1934. He even became the son-in-law of Edgar Rice Burroughs upon his marriage to daughter Joan Burroughs in 1928. Pierce and his wife together played the lead roles of Tarzan and Jane for the radio series throughout the run. The film was produced by Film Booking Offices (FBO), a company that had recently been acquired and funded by Joseph P. Kennedy, father of a future president. Material on this film is scarce, and this photoplay edition provides some great photos from the production and represents the only use of this particular dust jacket image. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Taliaferro, Tarzan Forever. Official Burroughs website.

90035

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Ten Early Tarzan Titles, including: Tarzan of the Apes. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 392 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Frontispiece with silhouette by Fred J. Arting. Dust jacket has minor edge wear with a one-quarter inch tear at bottom of spine and two one-quarter inch tears along rear top edge. Tight copy in very good condition. [and:] The Return of Tarzan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1915. First edition. Octavo. 365 pages. Publisher's original green cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in gold. Spine is leaning and cloth has soiling with splits at corners and spine ends. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] The Beasts of Tarzan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1916. First edition. Octavo. 337 pages. Publisher's original green cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in gold. Spine is leaning and cloth has soiling with splits at corners and spine ends. Rear hinge is broken. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] The Son of Tarzan. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 394 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown and "Book No. 4" written in ink on front free endpaper. Jacket has some wear along the bottom edge. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 350 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Jacket shows edge wear with chipping at spine ends and corners and a tear that begins at the upper right corner on the front and runs one and one-half inch down. Very good. [and:] Jungle Tales of Tarzan. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1940]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Jacket has edge wear with some light chipping on the top spine edge. Very good. [and:] Tarzan the Untamed. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1922]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 428 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Spine is leaning and cloth is generally rubbed. Date is stamped on rear free endpaper. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Jacket has some general edge wear with a one-inch tear starting at top of spine. Very good. [and:] Tarzan the Terrible. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1940]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 408 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Book has a slight lean and a soiled spot on the bottom edge. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Golden Lion. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1940]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 333 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Jacket is price-clipped with several small chips and tears. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Ant Men. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1925]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 346 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Jacket shows edge wear with several small chips and tears. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90036

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Seven Early Tarzan Titles, including: Tarzan of the Apes. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 392 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Frontispiece with silhouette by Fred J. Arting. Dust Jacket has light edge wear with slight sun-fading along the spine. Very good. [and:] The Return of Tarzan. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [n.d., 1916]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 365 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with front and spine lettered in black. Cloth shows some rubbing with darkening to spine. Very good. [and:] The Beasts of Tarzan. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [n.d., 1917]. Reprint Edition. Octavo. 337 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with front and spine lettered in black. Cloth shows some rubbing and soiling. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Ant Men. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1950]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 346 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with the front illustration and spine lettered in dark green. Tape shadows affecting first two pages of the front and rear. Verso of jacket has been bolstered with neatly applied archival tape at top and bottom of spine. Very good. [and:] Tarzan Lord of the Jungle. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1929]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 377 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Copyright page is taken from the A. G. McClurg plates and states second printing. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Jacket shows edge wear with some minor chipping to spine ends and corners. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Lost Empire. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 313 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in blue. There is some darkening along the top edge of the book and jacket suggesting smoke-damage and that this copy may have survived the Burroughs warehouse fire that occurred in Tarzana on May 3, 1958. Very good. [and:] Tarzan at the Earth's Core. New York: Metropolitan Books Publishers, [1930]. First edition. Octavo. 301 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Book has a slight lean, and a small label has been pulled from the rear pastedown. Jacket is from the Grosset & Dunlap reprint edition and shows some sun-fading along spine and small chips at spine ends. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90037

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Eleven Later Tarzan Titles, including: The Return of Tarzan. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 365 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the cover and spine lettered in black. Cloth has two one-half inch splits on top edges of boards. Jacket has edge wear with some wear to spine ends. Very good. [and:] The Beasts of Tarzan. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [n.d., 1917]. Reprint Edition. Octavo. 337 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with front and spine lettered in black. Cloth shows some rubbing and soiling. Tape shadows on front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] Tarzan and the Golden Lion. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1950]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 346 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front illustration and spine lettered in brown. Book is bumped on bottom rear corner, affecting several pages. Jacket has edge wear with several small chips, tears, and a two-inch tear starting on the front bottom edge. Very good. [and:] Tarzan at the Earth's Core. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 301 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in blue. Jacket has light edge wear with minor sun-fading to spine. Very good. [and:] Tarzan the Invincible. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in blue. Near Fine. [and:] Tarzan and the City of Gold. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 316 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in blue. There is some darkening along the top and fore edges suggesting smoke damage and that this copy may have survived the Burroughs warehouse fire that occurred in Tarzana on May 3, 1958. Crisp otherwise. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Lion Man. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in blue. Jacket is edge worn with several chips and tears. Spine is sun-faded. Good. [and:] Tarzan and the Leopard Men. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 332 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in blue. Jacket is edge worn with small chips and tears. Spine is sun-faded. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Foreign Legion. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1947]. First edition. Octavo. 314 pages. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs. There is a three-inch-high by two-inch-wide dampstain at the bottom of spine affecting both the book and jacket, but no interior pages. Jacket has chipping and small tears along top and bottom edges. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Tarzan the Magnificent. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in blue. There is a large dampstain affecting the lower half of the rear board of book and rear panel of jacket. Good. [and:] Tarzan's Quest. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1940]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in blue. No dust jacket. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Heins.

90038

Edgar Rice Burroughs. First Five Mars Titles, including: A Princess of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1917. First edition. Octavo. 327 pages. Publisher's black cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Spine has a slight lean with some minor fading. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Jacket is a facsimile. Very good. [and:] The Gods of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918. First edition. Octavo. 348 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Spine has a slight lean and the upper corner of the rear pastedown is torn. Additionally, there is a large, two color gift inscription on the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Very good. [and:] The Warlord of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. First edition. Octavo. 296 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in gold. Spine is leaning, cloth is rubbed and lightly bumped on spine ends and corners. No dust jacket. Very good. [and:] Thuvia Maid of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Spine is leaning and there is some spotting on the page edges. No dust jacket. Very good. [and:] The Chessmen of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition. Octavo. 375 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Spine has a slight lean with sun-fading. Cloth shows wear on edges and is split on bottom corners. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Good. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90039

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Final Five Mars Titles, including: The Master Mind of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1928. First edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Publisher's orange cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in green. Spine has a slight lean and cloth shows some soiling and has wear on spine ends and corners. No dust jacket. Very good. [and:] A Fighting Man of Mars. Metropolitan Books, [1931]. First edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in green. Spine has slight lean. There is a small sticker in the upper corner and a gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. Additionally, a previous owner has written his name and "Mars Book No. VII" in ink on the front pastedown. No dust jacket. Very good. [and:] Swords of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 315 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Dust jacket has several small chips and tears. Very good. [and:] Synthetic Men of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1940]. First edition. Octavo. 315 pages. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs. Rubbing to cloth along edges and corners. Very good. [and:] Llana of Gathol. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1948]. First edition. Octavo. 317 pages. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper, rear free endpaper, and rear pastedown. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90040

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Nine Mars Titles, including: A Princess of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 327 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. [and:] The Gods of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 348 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. [and:] The Warlord of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 296 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Bookstore sticker present on rear pastedown. [and:] Thuvia Maid of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. [and:] The Chessmen of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 375 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. [and:] The Master Mind of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. [and:] The Fighting Man of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Quarter-inch hole centered on the spine of the dust jacket. [and:] Synthetic Men of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 315 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Previous owner's name stamped on both front and rear pastedown. [and:] Llana of Gathol. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1948]. First edition. Octavo. 317 pages. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Minor fading to spine. This lot is in very good overall condition. A few of the dust jackets show some edge wear with small chips and tears, but generally this is a solid, tight group. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90041

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Five First Edition Pellucidar Titles, including: At the Earth's Core. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition. Octavo. 277 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Spine has a slight lean and cloth shows some rubbing with light fading to spine. No dust jacket. Very good. [and:] Pellucidar. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1923. First edition. Octavo. 322 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Book has slight lean and cloth is beginning to fray along upper spine edge. Gift inscription on second free endpaper. Jacket is from Grosset & Dunlap reprint edition and is completely separated along the rear spine edge. It also has general edge wear, is missing small chips at all the corners and is dampstained in a three-inch section that runs along the same spine edge as the split. Generally a very good copy. [and:] Tanar of Pellucidar. New York: Metropolitan Books Publishers, [1930]. First edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Book has a slight lean. Jacket is from the Grosset & Dunlap reprint edition and shows some sun-fading along spine and small chips at spine ends. Very good. [and:] Back to the Stone Age. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1937]. First edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs. Rubbing to cloth along edges and corners. Tight copy in very good condition. [and:] Land of Terror. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1944]. First edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs has sun-fading along spine. Very good overall. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90042

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Four Pellucidar Titles, including: At the Earth's Core. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition. Octavo. 277 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in black. Spine has a slight lean and cloth has soiling with splits at corners and spine ends. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] Pellucidar. New York: Grosset & Dunlap [n.d., 1924]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 322 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with front and spine lettered in black. Book is bumped on lower spine end and has a gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Jacket has a two-inch tear starting at bottom edge on front and two large tears starting on upper edge of rear that have expanded with chipping and tape shadows. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Generally good condition. [and:] Tanar of Pellucidar. New York: Grosset & Dunlap [n.d., 1931]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with front and spine lettered in black. Jacket has minor fading to spine and some wear to spine ends. Very good. [and:] Back to the Stone Age. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1937]. First edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs. Jacket has chipping and small tears along top and bottom edges. Very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90043

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Four First Edition Venus Titles, including: Pirates of Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1934]. First edition. Octavo. 314 pages. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the cover and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by J. Allen St. John. Rubbing to cloth along edges and corners. Previous owner's name in pencil on the half-title page and also in ink on the front pastedown. Overall a tight, very good copy. [and:] Lost on Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1935]. First edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by J. Allen St. John. Rubbing to cloth along edges and corners. Lightly bumped on upper corner of front cover. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Very good. [and:] Carson of Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1939]. First edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Some fading along top edge and spotting to cloth on front and rear. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs is price-clipped, otherwise crisp. Very good. [and:] Escape on Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1946]. First edition. Octavo. 347 pages. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs. Rubbing to cloth along edges and corners. Lightly bumped on upper corners of front and rear boards. Overall a very good copy. From the Frank Collection.

90044

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Six Titles by Canaveral Press, including: At the Earth's Core. New York: 1962. Reprint edition. Octavo. 159 pages. [and:] Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins. 1963. Reprint edition. Octavo. 192 pages. [and:] Savage Pellucidar. 1963. First edition. Octavo. 274 pages. Spine has sunning along orange portion of spine. [and:] Back to the Stone Age. 1963. Reprint edition. Octavo. 318 pages. [and:] John Carter of Mars. 1964. First edition. First state binding that incorrectly reads John Carter and the Giant of Mars. Octavo. 208 pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped. [and:] Tarzan and the Madman. 1964. First edition. Octavo. 236 pages. Overall, this lot is in very good condition with some jackets showing small tears and light rubbing. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90045

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Eight Books, including: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. New York: A. L. Burt, [n.d., 1919]. Reprint edition. 350 pages. Cloth is rubbed, soiled, and has been wet along the spine. Title page and frontispiece have been removed. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] Tarzan Triumphant. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1940]. Reprint edition. 318 pages. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Tarzan at the Earth's Core. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1940]. Reprint edition. 301 pages. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Land of Terror. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1944]. First edition. 319 pages. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs. Sun fading to top edge of book and the spine of the jacket. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Foreign Legion. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1947]. First edition. 314 pages. Frontispiece and four full-page illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. Light foxing on endpapers, page edges, and dust jacket. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John Coleman Burroughs. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Forbidden City. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. 315 pages. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. This copy is a survivor of the 1958 Burroughs warehouse fire with a tipped-in note from the publisher stating so. As such, it shows light smoke damage. Dust jacket. Very good. [and:] The Moon Men. New York: Canaveral Press, 1962. First thus. 375 pages. The book has a price written in ink on the front free endpaper. Jacket is price-clipped with fading and edge wear. Very good. [and:] The Lad and the Lion. New York: Canaveral Press, 1963. First thus. 375 pages. Jacket shows minor fading along spine. Near fine. From the Frank Collection.

90046

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Eight Books, including: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. New York: A. L. Burt, [n.d., 1919]. Reprint edition. Cloth is rubbed, soiled, and has been wet along the spine and front of board. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] Pellucidar. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1924]. Reprint edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. No jacket. Very good. [and:] The Eternal Lover. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Jacket has rubbing and edge wear. Very good. [and:] Carson of Venus. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Previous owner's name stamped on the front free endpaper. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Leopard Men. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. This copy is a survivor of the 1958 Burroughs warehouse fire with a tipped-in note from the publisher stating so. As such, it shows light smoke damage. Dust jacket. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Forbidden City. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. This copy may be a survivor of the 1958 Burroughs warehouse, as it has smoke damage to the book and jacket. Dust jacket. Very good. [and:] Tarzan and the Lion Man. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. This copy is a survivor of the 1958 Burroughs warehouse fire with a tipped-in note from the publisher stating so. Shows light smoke damage. Dust jacket. Very good. [and:] Tarzan Triumphant. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. This copy is a survivor of the 1958 Burroughs warehouse fire and has a tipped-in note from the publisher stating so. As such, it shows light smoke damage. Dust jacket. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

90047

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Seven Assorted Titles, including: At the Earth's Core. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1923]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 277 pages. Publisher's dark red cloth boards with the cover and spine lettered in black. Book has slight lean. Dust jacket has edge wear with a one-half inch chip in upper corner of front panel. Very good. [and:] A Fighting Man of Mars. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [n.d., 1948]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Publisher's tan cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Spine is leaning and endpapers show foxing. Jacket is heavily edge worn with chips, tears, and sun-fading to spine. Good. [and:] Llana of Gathol. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1948]. First edition. Octavo. 317 pages. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Book is edge worn and rubbed with previous owner's stamp on front pastedown. Jacket is worn and faded with chips, tears, and stains. Good. [and:] The Return of Tarzan. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 365 pages. Publisher's red cloth boards with the cover and spine lettered in black. Book is lightly bumped on the corners. Jacket has light edge wear and soiling. Very good. [and:] The Beasts of Tarzan. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 337 pages. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's red cloth boards with the cover and spine lettered in black. Spine is leaning. Previous owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper. Last free endpaper embossed with bookseller information. Jacket is edge worn and rubbed with several small chips and tears. Very good. [and:] Tarzan's Quest. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1938]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's red cloth boards with the cover and spine lettered in black. Spine is leaning. Jacket is edge worn and rubbed with several small chips and tears. Very good. [and:] Tarzan at the Earth's Core. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1932]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's red cloth boards with the cover and spine lettered in black. Previous owner's name and information on front pastedown. Remnants of bookstore label on rear pastedown. Jacket shows minor edge wear at spine ends and some sunning along the spine. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Heins.

90048

Edgar Rice Burroughs. Six Titles, Including One Biography, including: The Land That Time Forgot. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1924. First edition. Octavo. 422 pages. Frontispiece and three full-page illustrations by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's green cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in dark green. No dust jacket. Spine has a slight lean and some darkening to cloth. Boards have light rubbing along edges and corners. Upper corners of front and rear boards are lightly bumped. Very good. [and:] The Eternal Lover. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1927]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 316 pages. Publisher's red cloth. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Very good. [and:] The Oakdale Affair [and] The Rider. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., [1937]. First edition. Octavo. 347 pages. Publisher's blue cloth boards with the front and spine lettered in red. Dust jacket is from the Grosset & Dunlap reprint. Very good. The Land That Time Forgot. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., 1925]. Reprint edition. Octavo. 422 pages. Publisher's red cloth. Very good. [and:] Beyond Thirty and The Man-Eater. New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, [1957]. First edition, limited to 3000 copies. White dust jacket is lightly soiled with some minor wear at head of spine. A tight copy in very good condition. [and:] John Taliaferro. Tarzan Forever. [New York]: Scribner, [1999]. First edition. Octavo. 400 pages. Near fine condition. From the Frank Collection.

Heins. Currey.

90049

[Richard Burton]. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night - In Sixteen Volumes. The Burton Club, [n.d., circa 1920].

The Baroda Edition. Limited to 950 numbered sets. Sixteen octavo volumes, complete. "A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainment Translated and Annotated by Richard Burton." Monochrome plates with tissue guards, illustrated after paintings by Albert Letchford.

Original blue cloth. Dulled gilt lettering to spine. Top edges gilt. Black dust jackets with gilt lettering to spine. Very slight chipping to top and base of several jackets, some of which have been unobtrusively reinforced on the verso with cellophane tape. Tape has also been used to repair a tear to the tissue guard to the frontispiece of volume I, resulting in some discoloration to both frontispiece and title page. An attractive set. All volumes very good in crisp dust jackets. From the Frank Collection.

90050

L. Sprague de Camp. Five First Editions, Including a Signed Copy of His First Book, including: Lest Darkness Fall - Signed. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941]. First edition. Signed by de Camp on the title page. Octavo. 379 pages. Publisher's black cloth with white decoration on the front and lettering on the spine. Book has darkening to endpapers with some minor spotting to top page edges. Bottom edge is shelf rubbed. Dust jacket has edge wear with chipping to top and bottom spine ends and corners. Very good copy of the author's first book. [and:] with Fletcher Pratt. The Incomplete Enchanter - Inscribed. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941]. First edition. Inscribed by de Camp on the title page. Octavo. 326 pages. Publisher's gray cloth has foxing along edges and spine. Lightly bumped on the corners. Endpapers have darkened. Jacket shows rubbing and minor soiling with small chips and tears to spine ends and corners. Very good. [and:] with Fletcher Pratt. Land of Unreason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1942]. First edition. Publisher's brown cloth has edge rubbing and a dampstain on the top corner of the front board that also affects the front free endpaper. Endpapers show foxing with tape shadows. Jacket is sun-faded along the spine with a dampstain on the upper front corner; edge wear with chipping at spine ends and corners. Very good. [and:] Solomon's Stone. New York: Avalon Books, 1957. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Book has some foxing to endpapers and top page edges. Jacket is sun-faded along the spine and has chipping to the upper and lower corners of the rear panel. Very good. [and:] with Fletcher Pratt. Wall of Serpents. New York: Avalon Books, 1960. First edition. Octavo. 223 pages. Book is bumped on the top edge and corners of the boards. Jacket is sun-faded along the spine and has a one-inch tear on the upper rear corner that has been repaired long ago with now-yellowed tape. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90051

Lord Dunsany. Nine Books, One of Which is Signed, including: The Gods of Pegana. Boston: John W. Luce, [n.d.]. First American edition. Book is edge worn and rubbed with splitting on the bottom corners. Dust jacket has edge wear with chips and tears and some darkening along the spine. [and:] Plays of Gods and Men. Boston: John W. Luce, [1917]. First American edition. Mild edge wear and rubbing. No dust jacket. [and:] Unhappy Far-Off Things. London: Elkin Mathews, 1919. First edition. Rubbed and edge worn. No jacket. [and:] Plays of Gods and Men. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. Boards have darkened and show some rubbing and edge wear. No jacket. [and:] The Curse of the Wise Woman. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1933. First American edition. Spine is leaning and page edges show some foxing. No jacket. [and:] My Talks with Dean Spanley. London: William Heinemann, [1936]. First edition. Spine is leaning and endpapers have darkened. Jacket has darkened along the edge and spine with minor edge wear. One-inch chip to top of spine. [and:] Rory and Bran. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1937]. No jacket. [and:] The Year. London: Jarrolds Publishers, [1946]. First edition. Jacket has some edge wear and rubbing with fading along the spine. [and:] The Last Revolution - Signed. London: Jarrolds Publishers, [1951]. First edition. Signed by Lord Dunsany on the front free endpaper. Jacket has some edge wear and rubbing with chipping to the spine ends and corners. All books in this lot are in very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90052

Philip José Farmer. Handwritten and Typed Notes and Manuscript for Lord Tyger.

A fascinating group of materials for Lord Tyger showing the creation of the book from genesis to completed manuscript. This lot is divided into five distinct sections consisting of: Farmer's original hand-written notes, the outline for proposal to the publisher, a rough first draft, the final manuscript, and a first edition of the Signet paperback.

The earliest gestation of Farmer's idea for Lord Tyger lies in fifty-one pages written in long-hand where he works on character development and story structure. Most of these are full pages, some even spilling over to the back side. A few are just one or two line musings. Interestingly, most of the pages used were from Motorola technical manuals. These are manuals that Farmer may actually have written, as he was a technical writer for them at one time and certainly would have written on what was at hand.

The second section consists of the publisher's outline with materials related to it. This gives an inside view of how the author proposes an idea to a publisher. Included are sixteen pages of notes, mostly handwritten and including three maps Farmer has drawn to work out story logistics. Also, a six-page handwritten letter to an editor, a one-page typewritten letter to the editors of Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, dated Nov. 4, 1964, a four-page typewritten rough outline and, lastly, a copy of the final twenty-two page-outline. The original of the final outline was presumably sent to the publisher for review.

The next section includes 51 pages, most handwritten by Farmer. These constitute a rough first draft of the book and additional notes. Here the author is still working on characters and structure and is fleshing out the story.

The next item is what appears to be the original 464-page typewritten manuscript. Handwritten editor's notations throughout provide alterations to the text of the printed book. A few pages are period photostatic copies. Also included is a first printing of the Signet paperback, allowing for comparisons of the texts.

This entire lot is in very good or better condition.

From Farmer's finished outline to the publisher: "Basic premise: A wealthy white South African businessman, Daniel Boyger, an American immigrant, is sane in most respects. But he is psychotic on one thing. He is an Edgar Rice Burroughs fan to the extreme, a Tarzanomaniac. He deliberately sets up what he calls (at first) the Ape-man Project to duplicate the Tarzan story." Farmer, long a Tarzan admirer, wrote many books exploring and deconstructing the legend of the pulp hero, including this one which he dedicated to Edgar Rice Burroughs, "without whom my childhood and youth would have been inestimably deprived and colorless."

Most manuscripts written today will never allow future generations the chance to truly understand the writer's creative process. As we move toward a paperless digital world, the need for page upon page of revisions and scrawled notes is no longer necessary. Here, though, is a rare opportunity to observe Philip José Farmer's progress from start to finish of his novel. One is able to chart the course of this talented and highly respected author from his rough notes to the finished book. This wonderful lot showcasing the creative prowess of one of the most successful and respected writers in the science fiction realm is an amazing collection for any serious collector of science fiction and fantasy. From the Frank Collection.

90053

Philip José Farmer. The Stone God Awakens - Copy of the Typed Manuscript. [n.d., circa 1970].

8.5 by 11-inch sheets. 206 pages.

Offered here is a copy of the complete manuscript. Though a copy, it does include the original first page of the manuscript with actual hand-written notes and corrections. Additionally, there is a separate handwritten page with Farmer's notes covering the front side and half of the back side. On this page Farmer has listed page numbers of the manuscript with notes next to them indicating points in the text that he has questions about or needs to research. Very good condition.

Published as a paperback original in 1970, this was the author's look at what our world might be like in millions of years. This lot offers a fascinating view into the writing process and how Farmer structured his research. From the Frank Collection.

90054

Vardis Fisher. The Testament of Man Series in Twelve Volumes. All books in this lot are first editions. All are octavo, and all are in generally very good condition unless otherwise noted. All copies in dust jackets. Titles include: Darkness and the Deep. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1943]. [and:] The Golden Rooms. Vanguard, [1944]. Jacket has edge wear with several large tears. [and:] Intimations of Eve. Vanguard, [1946]. Boards show soiling and foxing. There is some glue residue present on both pastedowns. Jacket is darkened, edge worn and chipped. Inner flaps show some tears and stains from being glued to pastedowns. [and] Adam and the Serpent. Vanguard, [1947]. Jacket is price-clipped and shows soiling and minor edge wear. [and:] The Divine Passion. Vanguard, [1948]. [and:] The Valley of Vision. New York: Abelard Press, [1951]. [and:] The Island of the Innocent. Abelard, [1952].[and:] Jesus Came Again. Denver: Alan Swallow, [1956]. Near fine. [and:] A Goat for Azazel. Denver: [1956]. Jacket has minor darkening to spine and edges. Near fine. [and] Peace Like a River. Denver: [1957]. Near fine. [and] My Holy Satan. Denver: [1958]. Near fine. [and] Orphans in Gethsemane. Denver: [1960]. Near fine. This lot, in superior condition, is a monumental work seldom offered in a complete first edition group in jackets. From the Frank Collection.

90055

Vardis Fisher. Ten First Edition Novels. All books in this lot are first editions in very good condition unless otherwise noted. All are octavos, all in dust jackets. Titles include: Children of God. New York: [1939]. Dust jacket is price-clipped. [and:] Dark Bridwell. Boston: 1931. [and:] Toilers of the Hills. Caldwell: 1933. Spine has split and has been taped at the title page. Good. [and:] City of Illusion. Boston: 1941. Jacket is price-clipped. [and:] The Mothers. New York: [1943]. Dust jacket has a two-inch folded tear on lower rear panel. [and:] Pemmican, A Novel of the Hudson's Bay Company. Garden City: 1956. [and:] Pemmican. A second copy. First edition. Bookplate. [and:] Tale of Valor. Garden City: 1958. [and:] Love and Death. Garden City: 1959. Bookplate. [and:] Mountain Man. New York: 1965. Spine is leaning. From the Frank Collection.

90056

Randall Garrett. Ready, Aim, Robot! - Original Typed Manuscript. 1959.

8.5 by 11-inch sheets. 39 pages.

Published in Amazing Stories in July, 1959. Complete manuscript with handwritten notes throughout. For fun, Garrett has typed "For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway" at the beginning of the piece. This has been heavily crossed out and the correct title written in pencil by a probably frustrated editor. Also included with the manuscript is a set of uncut, folded galley sheets of the printed story. These sheets could be pulled, prior to being trimmed, for in-house review and editing. The two items together offer a look at the differences between the author's original ideas and the printed story. Very good condition.

Like many writers working in the pulp field, Garrett was amazingly prolific and wrote under a variety of pseudonyms for more than three decades. He had stories published in all of the major pulps. He was known for his sense of humor, which is evident in this piece, and for his accessibility to fans. These traits helped make him a fan favorite at conventions for many years. From the Frank Collection.

90057

Hugo Gernsback. Ralph 124 C 41 +, A Romance of the Year 2660. Boston: The Stratford Company, 1925.

First edition. Octavo. 293 pages. Frontispiece, plus ten black and white plates illustrated by Frank R. Paul.

Blue cloth. Gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Currey's binding state B. Slightly cocked. Mild rubbing to extremities. Front hinge starting. Rubber stamp of previous owner on front pastedown and front free endpaper. A nice copy in very good condition.

The classic first novel by publisher and author Gernsback, who did more than anyone to popularize the genre of science fiction by founding Amazing Stories magazine. Gernsback made some prescient speculations about future technologies which have since become commonplace, such as television, solar power, radar, and tape recorders. "The creaky plot concentrates upon a love story involving the world's foremost scientist and is unique in the period in having a Martian as the 'other man'." (Barron) From the Frank Collection.

Barron 2-80. Bleiler. Currey.

90058

H. Rider Haggard. Five Books, including: "Me" or the Story of the Window Curtains. New York: J. S. Ogilvie & Company, 1887. Octavo. 281 pages. Boards are rubbed and edge worn with fading along spine. Pages are yellowed and brittle. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] Swallow. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. Later impression. Octavo. 348 pages. Spine is leaning and faded. Previous owner's name on verso of front free endpaper. No jacket. Very good. [and:] The Ancient Allan. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1920. First edition. Octavo. 298 pages. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Heu-Heu or The Monster. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First edition. Octavo. 265 pages. Front hinge is broken. Spine is leaning and boards show wear and rubbing. No jacket. Good. [and:] Treasure of the Lake. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First edition. Octavo. 265 pages. No jacket. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

90059

Lafcadio Hearn. Thirteen Books, including: The Goblin Spider. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, [n.d.]. Twelvemo. Crepe paper that has been fan-folded and tied with silk in a four-hole Japanese binding. Color illustrations printed from Japanese woodblocks. Light, general soiling and a dampstain on the upper fore-edge. A very good copy of this fragile item. [and:] Kokoro, Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. First edition. Octavo. 388 pages. Front hinge is split. Spine is faded and boards are lightly rubbed and bumped. Previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Good. [and:] Gleanings in Buddha-Fields, Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1897]. First edition. Octavo. 296 pages. Spine is darkened and cloth is split on top edge. Boards are lightly soiled and rubbed. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Very good. [and:] A Japanese Miscellany. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. First edition. Octavo. 305 pages. Former lending library copy with marks to support. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Kotto, Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs. New York: Macmillan Company, 1902. First edition. Octavo. 251 pages. Complete, but heavily worn ex-library copy. Fair. [and:] Kwaidan. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. Later printing. Octavo. 240 pages. Spine is faded and has a slight lean. Boards are rubbed and edge worn. Bookplate. Very good. [and:] Milton Bronner [editor]. Letters From the Raven, Being the Correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin. London: Archibald Constable & Company, 1908. First edition. Octavo. 201 pages. Boards are rubbed and bumped. Spine is faded and splitting on the ends. Good. [and:] Japan, An Attempt at Interpretation. New York: Macmillan Company, 1910. Later printing. Octavo. 549 pages. Front hinge is broken. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] Yone Noguchi. Lafcadio Hearn in Japan. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. Second edition. Pages are gathered, sewn, and laid into a folding box with clasps. Pages are browned and show spotting. Box is edge worn and separated along two seams and in pieces. Good. [and:] Karma. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. Second printing. Octavo. 163 pages. Boards are rubbed and worn at the corners. Very good. [and:] Fantastics and Other Fancies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1924]. Later printing. Octavo. 242 pages. Rear hinge is splitting. Spine is leaning and boards are rubbed and edge worn. Book exchange stamps on front free-endpaper. Good. [and:] Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn. Talks To Writers. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. Later printing. Octavo. 243 pages. Spine is leaning. Front hinge is broken. Boards show rubbing and edge wear with splitting to spine ends. No jacket. Good. [and:] The Selected Writings of Lafcadio Hearn. New York: Citadel Press, 1959. First paperbound edition. 566 pages. Rubbed and worn with several corners folds. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

90060

William Hope Hodgson. The House on the Borderland. London: Chapman and Hall, 1908.

First edition. Octavo. xii, 300 pages, plus four pages of advertisements.

Original red cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine dulled. Corners slightly bumped. Mild discoloration to edges. A very good copy.

A classic novel of supernatural horror praised by H. P. Lovecraft in his Supernatural Horror in Literature, which brought the book to the attention of Lovecraft's publisher August Derleth, whose Arkham House published the first American edition in 1946. The Chapman and Hall edition is a scarce and much sought-after item. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey.

90061

William Hope Hodgson. The Luck of the Strong. London: Eveleigh Nash Company, 1916.

First edition. Octavo. vii, 315 pages, plus ten pages of advertisements.

Original red cloth. Black lettering to spine and cover. Slight staining to fore-edge. Snag at top of spine. Foxing. Front hinge cracked, but still intact. Very good.

Two poems and eight short stories, mostly of darkly supernatural nautical themes. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey.

90062

William Hope Hodgson. Men of the Deep Waters. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1914.

First edition. Octavo. 303 pages, plus two pages of advertisements.

Original first state red cloth binding lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine dulled. Front hinge cracked, but intact. Very good.

Ten short stories and two poems. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey.

90063

William Hope Hodgson. Five Books, including: The Luck of the Strong. London: Holden & Hardingham, [n.d.]. Later edition. Octavo. 250 pages. Spine is faded and split on the ends. Pages have darkened. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Captain Gault. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1918. First edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Spine is leaning. Publisher's green cloth with gold stamping. Boards are rubbed with edge wear on the corners. Front hinge is soft. No jacket. Very good. [and:] The Ghost Pirates. London: Holden & Hardingham, [1920]. Cheap edition. Octavo. 248 pages. Spine is faded and split on the ends. Pages have darkened. Front hinge is split. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Men of the Deep Waters. London: Holden & Hardingham, [1921] Cheap edition. Octavo. 250 pages. Spine is faded and split on the ends. Pages have darkened. No jacket. Very good. [and:] The Calling of the Sea. London: Selwyn & Blount, [n.d.] First edition. Octavo. 48 pages. Publisher's green boards with paper label on spine. Boards are soiled and edge worn with a quarter-inch chip at top of spine. No jacket. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

90064

Robert E. Howard. Six Books, Most First Editions, including: King Conan. New York: Gnome Press, [1953]. First edition. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black stamping. Book is lightly bumped on the corners. Dust jacket has some fading along the spine and minor edge wear to the spine ends and corners. Very good. [and:] The Coming of Conan. New York: Gnome Press, [1953]. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black stamping. Spine is slightly leaning. Book is lightly bumped on the corners. Dust jacket has some fading along the spine and and two one-inch tears on the upper front edge. Very good. [and:] The Dark Man and Others. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1963. First edition. Octavo. 284 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gold stamping. Boards are lightly rubbed and edge worn. Hinges are a little soft. Jacket is price-clipped, rubbed and edge worn, with external tape on spine ends and corners. Very good. [and:] with Tevis Clyde Smith. Red Blades of Black Cathay. West Kingston: Donald M. Grant, 1971. First edition. Octavo. 125 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gold stamping on the spine. Jacket is darkened along the edges and spine with edge wear that includes a half-inch chip on bottom edge. Very good. [and:] Always Comes Evening. San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1977. Octavo. 110 pages. Book has fading along spine and minor edge wear. Very good. [and:] Hawks of Outremer. West Kingston: Donald M. Grant, 1979. First edition. Octavo. 153 pages. Near fine. From the Frank Collection.

90065

John Jakes. There's No Vinism Like Chauvinism -- Original Typed Manuscript. [n.d., circa 1965].

8.5 by 11-inch sheets. 77 pages.

First published in the April 1965 issue of Amazing Stories and later collected in The Best of John Jakes in 1977. Offered here is the complete, original manuscript with handwritten notes and changes. Also included are the two original publisher's mock-up pages with artwork for the story's title page and two sets of publisher's sheets representing the version that was finally published. The condition of this group is very good.

Known primarily for his historical novels, much of Jakes' early writing was for the science fiction pulps. He was a prolific short story writer, even into the 1970s, and many of his works were first published in Amazing Stories. This lot provides both a glimpse into pulp magazine production as well as an opportunity to obtain Jakes manuscript material which is rarely offered. From the Frank Collection.

90066

The First Four Volumes of Stephen King's Dark Tower Series, With Reader's Guide, including: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. West Kingston: Donald M. Grant Publisher, 1982. First trade edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations by Michael Whelan. Brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Slightly cocked binding. Very good copy in pristine dust jacket. [and:] The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three. West Kingston: Donald M. Grant Publishers, 1987. First trade edition. Octavo. 399 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations by Phil Hale. Black cloth. Gilt lettering. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands. Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 1991. First trade edition. Octavo. 509 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations by Ned Dameron. Red cloth. As new with dust jacket in publisher's shrink-wrap. [and:] The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass. Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 1997. First trade edition. Octavo. 781 pages. Illustrations by Dave McKean. Black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] Ben Vincent. The Road to the Dark Tower, Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2005. First edition. Octavo. 465 pages. Illustrated end papers. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, signed by Vincent. Yellow cloth slipcase. Fine in dust jacket. A reader's guide and critical analyses of all seven volumes of King's Dark Tower series. From the Frank Collection.

90067

Stephen King. The Dead Zone - Inscribed. New York: Viking, 1979.

First edition. Octavo. 426 pages. Publisher's press release laid in. Inscribed by King.

Black cloth with gold letters to spine. Binding slightly cocked. A near fine copy in a pristine dust jacket. From the Frank Collection.

90068

Stephen King. Four Titles, including: [with Peter Straub]. The Talisman - Signed by Straub. Boston: Donald M. Grant, 1984. Trade edition. Signed by Peter Straub on the title page of volume one and on the half-title page of volume two. Two octavo volumes. 463; 334 pages. Publisher's gray cloth with gold stamping. Both volumes fine in publisher's slipcase. [and:] The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. Boston: Donald M. Grant, [1984]. Second edition. Signed by illustrator Michael Whelan on the half-title page. Jacket has very minor edge wear. Near fine. [and:] [as Richard Bachman]. The Regulators. New York: Dutton, [1996]. First edition. Octavo. 466 pages. Dust jacket. Fine. [and:] The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla. Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 2003. Uncorrected proof. 714 pages. Publisher's light blue wrappers. Minor soiling. Near fine. From the Frank Collection.

90069

Dean R. Koontz. Darkness Comes. London: W. Allen, 1984.

First edition. Octavo. 351 pages.

Black cloth. Silver lettering on spine. Fine in pristine dust jacket.

The true first edition, which preceded the American paperback original (issued as Darkfall). From the Frank Collection.

90070

Dean Koontz. Three Charnel House Signed Limited Editions, including: The Good Guy. Catskill: Charnel House, 2007. Limited to 350 numbered and 26 lettered copies of which this is number 35. Signed by Koontz on the limitation page. Octavo. 449 pages. Publisher's gold mongara-ori silk boards with blind stamping on the front and black lettering stamped on the spine. Publisher's brown royal shantung silk slipcase. Fine. [and:] The Husband. Catskill: Charnel House, 2006. Limited to 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies of which this is number 40. Signed by Koontz on the limitation page. Octavo. 323 pages. Publisher's black shusu silk spine and mohawk superfine printed paper boards. Publisher's black shusu silk slipcase. Fine. [and:] Brother Odd. Catskill: Charnel House, 2006. Limited to 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies of which this is number 42. Signed by Koontz on the limitation page. Quarto. 245 pages. Publisher's raspberry German iris linen boards. Publisher's raspberry German iris linen slipcase. Fine. These beautifully designed and executed editions are wonderful examples of the modern printer's art. From the Frank Collection.

90071

Dean Koontz. Five Signed Limited Editions, including: The House of Thunder. Arlington Hts.: Dark Harvest, 1988. Limited to 550 copies of which this is number 460. Signed by Koontz and the illustrator, Phil Parks, on the limitation page. Dust jacket. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Near fine. [and:] The Servants of Twilight. Arlington Hts.: Dark Harvest, 1988. Limited to 450 copies of which this is number 383. Signed by Koontz and the illustrator, Phil Parks, on the limitation page. Dust jacket. Near fine. Housed in publisher's slipcase. [and:] Cold Fire. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. Limited to 750 copies of which this is number 718. Signed by Koontz on the limitation page. Dust jacket. Fine. In publisher's slipcase. [and:] Hideaway. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992. Limited to 800 copies of which this is number 557. Signed by Koontz on the limitation page. Dust jacket. Fine. In publisher's slipcase. [and:] Dragon Tears. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. Limited to 700 copies of which this is number 617. Signed by Koontz on the limitation page. Dust jacket. Fine. In publisher's slipcase. From the Frank Collection.

90072

Dean Koontz. Four Books Written Under Pseudonyms, including: Brian Coffey. The Walls of Masks. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1975]. First edition. Octavo. 167 pages. Boards are lightly edge rubbed. Dust jacket is mildly darkened along the spine and edges. Also has rubbing to the creases. Publisher's review slip laid in. Very good. [and:] Leigh Nichols. Shadowfires - Inscribed. New York: Avon, [1987]. Book club edition. Inscribed by Koontz (signed "Dean Koontz") on the half-title page. Octavo. 406 pages. Spine is leaning and boards have some light rubbing and soiling with a small bump to upper corner of front. Top page edges have some mild foxing and bottom page edges show a few ink spots. Previous owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. Jacket has some bumping on spine ends. Very good. [and:] Leigh Nichols. The House of Thunder. Loughton: Judy Piatkus, [1983]. First British edition. Octavo. 342 pages. Pages have mildly darkened along edges. Dust jacket. Fine. [and:] Leigh Nichols. Shadowfires. London: Collins, 1987. First British edition. Octavo. 479 pages. Dust jacket. Fine. From the Frank Collection.

90073

Dean Koontz. Eleven First Editions, including: After the Last Race. New York: Atheneum, 1974. First edition. Octavo. 297 pages. Publisher's purple quarter cloth with blue paper boards and silver stamping on spine. Spine ends rubbed. Front board bumped on top edge; both boards are bumped on lower corner. Page edges foxed. Jacket mildly soiled and darkened. Very good. [and:] Nightmare Journey. New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1975. First edition. Octavo. 217 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gold stamping on spine. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Jacket has two tears on the front lower edge causing a fold of about two inches. Very good. [and] Night Chills. New York: Atheneum, [1976]. First edition. Octavo. 334 pages. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with black paper boards and silver stamping on spine. Spine is leaning and shows some fading, particularly to ends. Upper corner of rear board is slightly bumped. Jacket shows some mild edge wear. Very good. [and:] The Vision. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. First edition. Octavo. 287 pages. Publisher's black quarter cloth with beige paper boards and gold stamping on spine. Spine has a slight lean and there is some foxing on the bottom page edges. Jacket has some fading along spine, minor soiling to rear panel, and a half-inch tear on the bottom spine edge. Very good. [and:] Phantoms. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1983]. First edition. Octavo. 352 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth with silver stamping on spine. Spine has a slight lean, rubbing to corners and spine ends, and a bump on the upper rear corner. Jacket has some minor fading along the spine and mild edge wear. Very good. [and:] Twilight Eyes - Inscribed. London: W. H. Allen, 1987. First edition. Inscribed by Koontz on the half-title page. Octavo. 478 pages. Boards lightly rubbed. Scuffing and soiling along fore-edge and foxing on top page edges. Jacket is bumped on the spine ends. Very good. [and:] Lightning. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1988]. First edition. Octavo. 351 pages. Jacket has a two-inch fold on the rear inner flap. Near fine. [and:] The Mask. London: Headline Book Publishing, [1989]. First edition. Octavo. 341 pages. Pages slightly darkened. Dust jacket. Fine. [and:] Hideaway. London: Headline Book Publishing, [1992]. First edition. Octavo. 307 pages. Dust jacket. Fine. [and:] Mr Murder. London: Headline Book Publishing, [1993]. First edition. Octavo. 409 pages. Dust jacket. Fine. [and:] One Door Away From Heaven. New York: Bantam Books, [2001]. First edition. Octavo. 606 pages. Jacket has mild edge wear. Near fine. From the Frank Collection.

90074

Fritz Leiber. The Night of the Long Knives - Original Typed Manuscript. [n.d., circa 1960].

8.5 by 11-inch sheets. 135 pages.

First published in the January 1960 issue of Amazing Stories. In 1966, Ballantine collected it in The Night of the Wolf, a paperback original. There are many handwritten notations and corrections that alter the final text. This is a large manuscript for a work classified as a short story. In pencil at the top of the first page is written "January Amazing Novel". This may indicate that it was the lead story for that issue, allowing it to be larger than usual. Sheets are very good.

Leiber wrote a huge number of stories and novels over an incredible seven decades. Few writers enjoy this kind of creative output and are able to hold an audience that literally spans generations. Considered a master of both fantasy and horror, his most famous creations were the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories. This original manuscript is a wonderful item from a long-respected author. From the Frank Collection.

90075

Richard Matheson. The Shrinking Man. London: David Bruce & Watson, 1973.

First British edition. Octavo. 188 pages. Introduction by Kingsley Amis.

Brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Mild discoloration to dust jacket. A near fine copy.

This is the rather scarce first British edition, as well as the first appearance in hardback. The Shrinking Man, a paperback original, was published by Gold Medal Books in 1956. The following year saw the release of the film adaptation, The Incredible Shrinking Man. Matheson has, perhaps, become better known as a writer of screenplays (Duel, The Legend of Hell House, The Stranger Within, Trilogy of Terror, and many more). Most recently, his classic novel, I Am Legend, made it to the cinema in its third screen adaptation. From the Frank Collection.

90076

A. Merritt. Fifteen Books, including: The Moon Pool. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1919]. First thus. Octavo. 432 pages. Spine ends are lightly rubbed. Dust jacket has darkened along spine and shows very light soiling and minor edge wear. A nicer copy than typically found. Near fine. [and:] The Moon Pool. A second copy. Spine is leaning and boards are edge worn. Front hinge has been reglued. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Library stamp on the copyright page. Dust jacket has soiling and is enclosed in a jacket protector that has been glued to the pastedowns. Good. [and:] The Moon Pool. A third copy. Spine shows fading and boards are mildly rubbed. Spine ends lightly rubbed. No jacket. Very good. [and:] The Ship of Ishtar. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition. Octavo. 326 pages. Stamped lettering chipped, particularly on spine. Spine is leaning and boards show light edge wear. Page edges and endpapers foxed. Very good. [and:] 7 Footprints to Satan. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1928]. Photoplay edition. Octavo. 310 pages. Heavy wear with spine completely separated along one joint and hanging by a thread on the other. Fair. [and:] The Face in the Abyss. New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., [1931]. First edition. Octavo. 343 pages. General rubbing, soiling, and edge wear. Spine is leaning. No jacket. Good. [and:] Dwellers in the Mirage. New York: Liveright Inc., [1932]. First edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Boards lightly edge worn. A quarter-inch dampstain to top page edges. Jacket is price-clipped with fading and some small dampstains along spine. Some light edge wear with general soiling, most prominent along upper edge. Very good. [and:] Burn Witch Burn! New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1933]. First edition. Octavo. 301 pages. Spine is leaning and cloth is rubbed and edge worn. A portion of the book's description taken from the jacket is glued to the front pastedown. A label has been poorly removed from the front free endpaper resulting in a three-quarter inch hole through the paper. No jacket. Good. [and:] Creep, Shadow! Garden City: The Crime Club, 1934. First edition. Octavo. 301 pages. Remnants of jacket have been glued to the front free endpaper and the front pastedown. Library stamp on front pastedown. Spine is leaning and front hinge is splitting. No jacket. Good. [and:] Dwellers in the Mirage and The Face in the Abyss. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1953]. One volume edition. Octavo. 343 pages. Book has fading on spine and the edges of the boards. Jacket is spine faded with minor edge wear and light chipping to spine ends and corners. Very good. [and:] as Abe Merritt. Burn Witch Burn! London: Neville Spearman [1955]. First British edition. Octavo. 223 pages. Jacket shows toning and edge wear with several small chips and tears. Very good. [and:] The Ship of Ishtar. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, [n.d.]. Memorial edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Dust jacket. Near fine. [and:] Seven Footprints to Satan. New York: Avon, [1942]. Mass market paperback. 225 pages. Poor. [and:] The Metal Monster. New York: Avon, [1946]. Murder Mystery Monthly No. 41. Digest. 203 pages. Fair with some dampstaining. [and:] Seven Footprints to Satan. New York: Avon, [1942]. Murder of the Month No. 1. Digest. 310 pages. Fair. From the Frank Collection.

90077

Talbot Mundy. Six Books, including: Caves of Terror. Garden City: Garden City Publishing, [1924]. First American edition. Printed wraps, digest format. 118 pages. Light chipping to front and rear upper corners affecting a few pages. Covers are remarkably crisp and spine is tight and unrolled. Pages are yellowed, but only mildly. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Overall, a stunning copy of this fragile book. Near fine. [and:] Jungle Jest. New York: The Century Company, [1932]. First edition. Octavo. 392 pages. Spine is leaning. Boards are rubbed and edge worn. Library stamp on front free endpaper. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Purple Pirate. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First edition. Octavo. 367 pages. Spine ends are frayed and there appears to be bug-nibbling on the board edges and lower portion of spine. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Purple Pirate. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First edition. Octavo. 367 pages. Boards are rubbed and edge worn. Top edge of rear board has been bumped causing a half-inch tear to the board and cloth. Bookplate on front free endpaper. No jacket. Good. [and:] Jimgrim and Allah's Peace. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 279 pages. Spine is leaning and ends are fraying. Boards are edge worn and rubbed. A portion of the now-missing jacket appears to have been stuck to the front board and then pulled off, leaving a remnant on the lower portion of the front board. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Tros of Samothrace. D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First edition. Octavo. 949 pages. Cloth has a half-inch folded tear to top spine edge along the rear joint. Boards are rubbed and edge worn. Front hinge is soft and rear is splitting. No jacket. Good. From the Frank Collection.

90078

Twenty-Two Talbot Mundy Books, including: Black Light. Indianapolis, 1930. First edition. [and:] A second copy. Cracked hinge. [and:] The Devil's Guard. Philadelphia, 1945. [and:] The Eye of Zeitoon. New York, 1920. [and:] The Full Moon. New York, 1935. Second printing. Faded dust jacket with some scuffing and mild chipping. [and:] Full Moon bound with Charles Willeford's High Priest of California. New York, 1953. Wraps. Royal Books Giant Edition 20. The true first edition of the Willeford title. Some creasing to the spine, but an otherwise very good copy. [and:] Guns of the Gods. New York, 1921. [and:] Hira Singh When India Came to Fight in Flanders. Indianapolis, 1918. Rubber stamped name of previous owner. [and:] The Ivory Trail. New York, 1919.[and:] Jimgrim and Allah's Peace. New York, 1936. First printing. Slightly cocked binding. Very good in dust jacket. This novel had been previously serialized under two titles: "The Adventures of El-Kerak," and "Under the Dome of the Rock." [and:] The King in Check. New York, 1934. Library discard. Cracked hinge. Cocked binding. Sunned spine. [and:] King of the Khyber Rifles. New York, 1916. [and:] The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb. New York, 1935. Cocked binding. Dust jacket faded on the spine. [and:] The Nine Unknown. Indianapolis, 1924. [and:] Old Ugly-Face. First edition, first printing. Slight fading to dust jacket. [and:] Om The Secret of Ahbor Valley. New York, 1924. Rubber stamped name of previous owner. [and:] Purple Pirate. New York, 1935. Second printing. Some insect damage to dust jacket and cloth-covered boards. [and:] Rung Ho! Indianapolis, 1914. [and:] The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil. London, [n.d.]. Some sunning to spine. [and:] Told in the East. Indianapolis, 1920. [and:] Queen Cleopatra. Indianapolis, 1929. [and:] The Winds of the World. New York, 1917. All books in good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90079

Festus Pragnell. The Green Man of Graypec - Original Typed Manuscript. 1950.

8.5 by 11-inch sheets. 263 pages.

First serialized in three parts for Wonder Stories in 1935, it was then collected and published in Britain in 1936 as The Green Man of Kilsona. This original, typewritten manuscript represents Pragnell's continued work on this project for the revised and enlarged edition in 1950. This edition was the first published for the American market by Greenberg. Handwritten notes and revisions throughout. Very good condition overall.

Pragnell was one of the few British science fiction writers working during the golden years of the 1940s, though certainly not the most prominent. Primarily a short story writer, this manuscript represents his only published novel. From the Frank Collection.

90080

Philip Pullman. His Dark Materials Trilogy, including: The Golden Compass. New York: Knopf [1996]. First American edition. Octavo. 399 pages. Spine has a slight lean with some rubbing to ends. Red remainder dot on top page edge. Jacket has some light edge wear at top of spine. Very good. [and:] The Subtle Knife. New York: Knopf [1997]. First American edition. Octavo. 326 pages. Red remainder dot on top page edge. Dust jacket. Near fine. [and:] The Amber Spyglass. London: David Fickling Books, 2000. Later printing. Octavo. 548 pages. Spine is leaning. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

90081

Mary Shelley. Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus -- The First Illustrated Edition, In Two Volumes with Schiller's The Ghost Seer. London: Richard Bentley, 1831.

First illustrated edition. Two small octavo volumes (6.5 inches x 4 inches). xii, 202 pages, plus 163 pages of Schiller's The Ghost-Seer; 176 pages of volume two of The Ghost-Seer, plus xvi, 258 pages of Edgar Huntly. Frontispieces with tissue guards.

Bound in contemporary light brown half calf with marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Some rubbing to the edges of the boards and to the spines. Very good.

This, volume 9 and 10 from the first printing of the Bentley Standard Novels, includes the third edition of Frankenstein, "revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new introduction, by the author." Frankenstein is bound with volume I of The Ghost-Seer. Volume II of The Ghost-Seer is bound with Charles Brockden Brown's complete Edgar Huntly; or, the Sleep Walker.

The frontispiece of the Bentley edition includes the first illustrated depiction of the Monster. It is also the first time that Mary Shelley's name was attributed to the novel. An important edition in outstanding condition, infrequently encountered, particularly with the accompanying Bentley volume 10. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler.

90082

Olaf Stapledon. Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest . London: Methuen & Co., 1935.

First edition. Octavo. v, 282 pages, plus eight pages of advertisements.

Original blue cloth. Second state "B" binding (Currey). Slightly skewed. A slight ink mark to bottom of front and back boards. Minor closed tears to dust jacket, slight tape repair to front panel. Front flap of dust jacket clipped, but price still intact. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey.

90083

Eight Olaf Stapledon Books, including: Last and First Men. London: Methuen & Co., 1930. First edition. Later state binding lacking publisher's catalogue. Slightly cocked binding. [and:] Last Men in London. London: Methuen & Co., 1934. Second edition. [and:] A Man Divided. London: Methuen & Co., 1950. Chipped and slightly soiled dust jacket. [and:] Old Man in New World. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1944. Some sunning and chipping to spine. [and:] A second copy, similar condition, with rubber stamp of science-fiction publisher and author Donald A. Wollheim on rear free endpaper. [and:] Sirius. London: Secker & Warburg, 1944. Second printing. Pages toned. Chipped and stained dust jacket. [and:] Worlds of Wonder. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1949. Dust jacket. [and:] A second copy. Tape-repaired and chipped dust jacket. All books in very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

90084

John Taine. Ten Science Fiction Books, including: Before the Dawn. New York, 1934. Chipped and sunned dust jacket. [and:] G. O. G. 666. London, 1955. Some wear and soiling to dust jacket. [and:] The Gold Tooth. New York, 1927. First edition. Faded and lightly chipped dust jacket. [and:] A second copy, lacking dust jacket. Broken hinges, bookplate removed. [and:] Green Fire. New York, 1928. Cocked binding, faded spine. [and:] The Iron Star. New York, 1930. First edition. Cocked binding. Inked name of previous owner. [and:] The Purple Sapphire. New York, 1924. Second printing. [and:] A second copy, reprint edition. [and:] Quayle's Invention. New York, 1927. First edition. Some rubbing and slight chipping to dust jacket. [and:] Seeds of Life. London, 1955. First British edition. Slightly soiled and chipped dust jacket. From the Frank Collection.

90085

Jules Verne. Dr. Ox's Experiment and Other Stories. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874.

First British edition. Octavo. xi, 332 pages. Illustrated with dozens of black and white plates.

Half bound in red morocco over boards. Raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to spine. A nice copy in very good condition.

This is a different translation than the first American edition of the same year. The novella Dr. Ox's Experiment has been bound with four stories: "Master Zacharius," "A Drama in the Air," "A Winter Amid the Ice," and "Ascent of Mont Blanc." From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler.

90086

Jules Verne. Le Docteur Ox [with] Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours. Paris: Hetzel, [n.d., 1874]. First illustrated edition thus. Quarto. viii, 211, 217 pages. Illustrations, map. Frontispiece. Text in French.

Original decorative purple and red cloth with gilt designs and lettering. All edges gilt. Some fading to spine. Rear hinge cracked, but intact. Very good.

These two volumes bound as one by Hetzel. Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours had appeared earlier, but was added to Le Docteur Ox (a volume which includes the novella Le Docteur Ox along with the short stories "Maître Zacharius," "Un Hivernage dans les Glaces," "Un Drama dans les Airs," and "Quarantième Ascension Française"). From the Frank Collection.

90087

Jules Verne. Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours. Paris: Hetzel, [n.d., 1873].

First illustrated edition. Quarto. 217 pages. Illustrations, map. Frontispiece. Text in French.

Original decorative green cloth with gilt designs and lettering. All edges gilt. One page torn and repaired. Foxing throughout. Rear hinge starting. Cocked binding. A worn, yet very good copy. From the Frank Collection.

90088

Jules Verne. L'Île Mystérieuse. Paris: Hetzel, [n.d., 1875].

First illustrated edition. Quarto. 616 pages, plus eight pages of advertisements. Many black and white illustrations. Frontispiece. Text in French.

Original decorative red and blue cloth with gilt designs and lettering. All edges gilt. Some fading to spine. Inked name of former owner on front pastedown. Some mild foxing. Very good.

French publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814-1886) owned Le Magasin d'éducation et de récréation ("Education and Entertainment Magazine") in which Verne's books were originally serialized. Hetzel also published the serialized chapters in book form under his own imprint; each title appeared in three forms: first, a cheap edition, followed by a small version with a few illustrations, and lastly in the large, lavishly illustrated editions with highly decorative covers (which are here offered), which have become much sought-after items. Hetzel published Verne's adventures under the umbrella series title of the Voyages Extraordinaires, which were presented ostensibly as an educational service to the young people of France because of the wealth of science, technology, and geography included within the novels of Jules Verne. From the Frank Collection.

90089

Jules Verne. Mathias Sandorf. Paris: Hetzel, 1885.

First illustrated edition. Quarto. 552 pages, plus eight pages of advertisements. Many black and white illustrations. Frontispiece. Text in French.

Original decorative red cloth with gilt designs and lettering. All edges gilt. Some fading to spine. Very good.

Verne's epic novel of international intrigue written in the manner of Dumas, père, in whose memory the novel was dedicated. From the Frank Collection.

90090

Jules Verne. Michael Strogoff, The Courier of the Czar. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877.

First British edition. Octavo. 377 pages.

Half-bound in red leather with gilt stamping and gilt top page edges. Marbled endpapers. Shows light edge wear and rubbing, most prominent on the spine ends and corners. Top edge has some fading. There is foxing present to the endpapers and page edges. Overall, a very good rebound copy.

A wonderful Verne adventure set in Imperial Russia. From the Frank Collection.

90091

Jules Verne. Nord Contre Sud. Paris: Hetzel, 1887.

First illustrated edition. Quarto. 416 pages, plus eight pages of advertisements. Many black and white illustrations. Frontispiece. Text in French.

Original green cloth with gilt designs and lettering. All edges gilt. Binding cocked. Hinges loose. Inked name of previous owner on front free endpaper.

Verne's novel of the American Civil War (commonly encountered under the English title of Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South) is set in the deep South and concerns the bitter enmity between two characters, one anti-slavery, the other pro-slavery. From the Frank Collection.

90092

Jules Verne. Un Capitaine de Quinze Ans. Paris: Hetzel, [n.d., 1878].

First illustrated edition. Quarto. 376 pages plus eight pages of advertisements. Many black and white illustrations. Frontispiece. Text in French.

Original decorative red cloth with gilt designs and lettering. All edges gilt. Binding cocked. Some fading to spine. Rear hinge loose. Bumped extremities. Very good.

Un Capitaine de Quinze Ans (published in English as Dick Sands: The Dark Continent as well as Dick Sands: A Captain at Fifteen) is one of Verne's non-fantastic adventure stories dealing with nautical themes, whaling, and the African slave trade, with much of the action happening in western equatorial Africa. From the Frank Collection.

90093

Jules Verne. Five Books in English, including: The American Gun Club. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874. Frontispiece, and 24 additional illustrations. Bookplate on front pastedown. Title page detached. Spine faded. Significant water damage to back board, not affecting the interior. [and:] The Lighthouse at the End of the World. New York, 1924. [and:] Michael Strogoff. Chicago, [n.d.] [and:] Texar's Revenge. New York, 1888. Bookplate. Front hinge cracked. Cocked binding. Extremities bumped and frayed. [and:] Tribulations of a Chinaman. Boston, 1880. First American edition. Water damage to front board. Front hinge starting. Ex library copy. All books in very good or better condition unless otherwise stated. From the Frank Collection.

90094

Jules Verne. Six Books in English, including: From the Clouds to the Mountain. Boston: William F. Gill and Company, 1874. First edition of the Alger translation. Illustrated with black and white plates. Bound in decorative green cloth. [and:] In Search of the Castaways. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874. Many black and white illustrations. Bound in decorative green cloth. Hinges broken. Binding bumped and frayed. [and:] Michael Strogoff. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1877. First American edition. Same pagination and illustrations as the British edition. The two maps - single-page - are bound in the back. In original decorative green cloth. Hinges starting. Some signatures loose. [and:] The Mysterious Island. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Three octavo volumes, Dropped From the Clouds (fourth edition); Abandoned (fourth edition); Secret of the Island (fifth edition). Many black and white illustrations. Bound in decorative green cloth. Hinges to volumes II and III cracked. Volume III has some loose signatures, as well as some rubbing to front board. All books in very good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90095

George Sylvester Viereck and Paul Eldridge. Eleven Books From the "2,000 Years" Series, including: My First Two Thousand Years. New York, 1928. First edition. Inscribed by Viereck. Cocked binding. Bumped corners. Stained and faded spine. [and:] A second, unsigned, copy in similar condition. [and:] A third copy, reprint edition. Inked name of previous owner. [and:] A fourth copy of the first British edition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Missing backstrip. [and:] Salome. New York, 1930. First edition. Slight sunning to spine of dust jacket. [and:] A second copy, lacking jacket. Sunning to spine and portion of front board. [and:] A second copy, reprint edition. [and:] The Invincible Adam. New York, 1932. First edition. Small paper sticker on front free endpaper. [and:] A second copy, some overall shelf wear. [and:] A third copy, first British edition. Triangular piece of jacket removed from spine panel, resulting in a triangle image sun-bleached to red cloth spine of book. Some inked scribbling to spine of jacket. [and:] A fourth copy. Variant blue cloth binding of first British edition. Sunning to spine of book. All books, unless otherwise indicated, in very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

90096

H. G. Wells. The First Men in the Moon. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901.

First edition, second issue. Octavo. vii, 342 pages. Frontispiece and eleven additional plates by Claude Shepperson.

Original dark blue cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Slightly skewed, corners bumped, rear hinge starting. Embossed library markings on front free endpaper. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B7. Wells 18.

90097

H. G. Wells. The First Men in the Moon. New York: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1901.

First American edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Frontispiece, with tissue guard, and eleven additional illustrations by E. Hering.

Original blue cloth. Decorative cover in gilt with gilt lettering. Title blind-stamped to rear cover. Bumped corners, rubbing to extremities. Some scuffing to rear board. An otherwise very good copy. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B7. Wells 18.

90098

[H. G. Wells.] Bert I. Gordon. Food of the Gods Screenplay - Signed by Gordon. [n.d., circa 1975].

8.5 by 11-inch sheets. 133 pages. Signed by Gordon on the title page.

Brad-bound into blue covers with silver stamping. Final draft of the shooting script. Primarily white pages with a few yellow pages filtered in, typically indicating rewrites. Numerous handwritten notations throughout. Better than very good condition.

An extremely loose adaptation of H. G. Wells' Food of the Gods by writer-director Bert I. Gordon. You know you're probably not looking at Oscar material when it has notations such as "In an instant Morgan is bowled over by charging rat" and "rat suit & fixed mouth head". Gordon has the distinction of having more of his films shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000 than any other director. A fun look at B-movie filmmaking. From the Frank Collection.

90099

H. G. Wells. The Invisible Man, A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897.

First edition, first printing, with page 1 misprinted as page 2. Octavo. viii, 245 pages, plus two pages of advertisements.

Original red cloth with front cover lettered in gilt and decoratively stamped in black with the design of the Invisible Man in his dressing gown. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Slightly skewed. Hinges starting. Bookplate on front pastedown. Inked name on detached front flyleaf. An otherwise very good copy, in a red cloth slipcase.. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B4. Wells 11.

90100

H. G. Wells. The Invisible Man, A Grotesque Romance. New York: Edward Arnold, 1897.

First American edition. Octavo. 279 pages.

Original orange cloth. Slightly skewed, minor soiling to the covers. Inked name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Internally a tight, clean copy. Very good.

This, the first American edition, included the first appearance of "a short Epilogue in addition to the chapters contained in the first edition. This Epilogue is included in all subsequent editions." (Hammond). From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B4.

90101

H. G. Wells. The Island of Doctor Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896.

First edition. Octavo. x, 219 pages plus 32 pages of advertisements. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Introduction by Charles Edward Prendick. Publisher's logo blind-stamped on back cover. First state binding.

Original light brown cloth. Red and black decorative cover. Publisher's logo blindstamped on back cover. Slightly skewed. Minor scuffing to spine. Inked rubberstamp on final page of table of contents: "H. G. Sharp 14 Mar 1898 Oxford." Otherwise, a nice copy in very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B3. Wells 7.

90102

H. G. Wells. The Outline of History - Complete 24 Issues of the Original Magazine Series, Bound. The Outline of History, Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. Wells, with the advice and editorial help of Mr. Ernest Barker, Sir H. H. Johnston, Sir E. Ray Lankester, and Professor Gilbert Murray. London: George Newnes Limited, [1919-1920].

First edition, in magazine format which have been gathered and bound. 24 quarto issues (complete series). 780 pages, including index. 47 color and miscellaneous black and white illustrations throughout.

Vellum binding with handwritten lettering on spine. Shows light rubbing and minor, even soiling. There is a one-inch split at the top edge of the front joint and a two-inch separation on the top of the rear joint that starts as a split, but ends as a tear. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Very good.

This first printing of the classic original magazine series was published fortnightly, from November 1919 to November 1920. Dissatisfied with contemporary history textbooks, Wells wrote his own outline in an attempt to rectify the problem and to educate and illuminate his audience on the progress of mankind and civilization. The serial was an immediate success and led to the publication of the work in book form in 1920. That two-volume edition became a massive bestseller and sold over a million copies in its first year. From the Frank Collection.

90103

H. G. Wells. Tales of Space and Time. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900.

First edition. Octavo. 358 pages plus two pages of advertisements.

Original light brown cloth. Decorative cover with gilt lettering. Just slightly skewed. Some slight discoloration to the spine.

"The five stories in this volume were all printed in various magazines during 1897 and 1898, as follows: The Crystal Egg (The New Review), The Star (The Graphic), A Story of the Stone Age (serially in The Idler), A Story of the Days to Come (serially in The Pall Mall Magazine), and The Man Who Could Work Miracles (The Illustrated London News). The Star, which in its immensity of conception and imaginative vividness of execution must be reckoned one of the author's most powerful short stories" (Wells). From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond C4. Wells 16.

90104

H. G. Wells. The Time Machine. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1895.

First edition of Wells's first full-length fictional work. Octavo. vii, 216 pages, plus six pages of advertisements. Frontispiece (with tissue guard detached, but complete).

Original light brown cloth. Decorative cover. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard detached, but complete. Slightly skewed. Small bookplate on front pastedown. The publisher has identified the author as "H. S. Wells." Currey designates this as the first printing, first state. This, the American edition, preceded the British edition by about three weeks. In attractive modern chemise and full leather slipcase with gilt lettering and raised bands. Very good.

The publisher has identified the author as 'H. S. Wells.' Currey designates this as the first printing, first state. This, the American edition, preceded the British edition by about three weeks. The Henry Holt edition of this foundation to modern science fiction is a slightly shorter variant than the Heinemann edition which came to be the definitive version. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B1. Wells 4.

90105

H. G. Wells. The Time Machine. London: William Heinemann, 1895.

First British edition (the American edition of the book preceded the British edition by a few weeks). Octavo. 151 pages, plus 16 pages of advertisements.

Original gray cloth. First state cloth 'B1' binding (Currey). Decorative cover design and lettering stamped in purple. Slightly skewed. Spine dulled. Some foxing to the endpapers. A very good, tight and handsome copy.

Heinemann published the book simultaneously in boards and wraps. First state cloth "B1" binding (Currey). From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B1. Wells 4.

90106

H. G. Wells. The War in the Air. London: George Bell and Sons, 1908.

First edition. Octavo. vii, 389 pages, plus two pages of advertisements. Frontispiece, with tissue guard, and sixeen illustrations by A. C. Michael.

Original blue cloth. Decorative gilt cover. Front hinge cracked, but attached. Two plates detached, but present. An otherwise very good copy.

"The full title of the book is The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted. The title is significant, for throughout the story there is a continuous interaction between the two contrasted elements: on the one hand, the account of a world gradually drifting into a catastrophic global war and, on the other, the humorous adventures of a typically Wellsian hero, Bert Smallways" (Hammond). From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B11. Wells 35.

90107

H. G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. London, William Heinemann, 1898.

First edition. Octavo. viii, 303 pages, plus sixteen pages of advertisements.

Original gray cloth. Second state "B" binding (Currey). "Presentation copy" embossed on title-page. Some rubbing to cover. Snag to foot of spine. Inner hinges weak and starting. Overall, a very good copy. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B5. Wells 14.

90108

H. G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898.

First American edition. Octavo. 291 pages. Fifteen illustrations plus frontispiece.

Original green cloth. Decorative cover. Slightly cocked. Some fading to spine. Overall, a very good, tight copy.

Slight differences from the British edition. "Omits 'The Epilogue;' other minor textual differences" (Currey). From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Wells 14. Hammond B5.

90109

[H. G. Wells]. The War of the Worlds, serialized in The Cosmopolitan Magazine. New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1897.

Nine monthly issues, April 1897 - December 1897.

Illustrated wrappers. Faint, unobtrusive rubber stamp on cover of April, 1897 issue. Minor chipping to head and foot of spines. A nice unbroken run of The Cosmopolitan, containing the entire novel, with illustrations by Warwick Gobel. In a modern, large clamshell box with gilt lettering on the spine. A very nice set in very good condition.

The War of the Worlds first made its appearance in a serialized fashion simultaneously in both the U.S. and in Great Britain, in the monthly magazines The Cosmopolitan and Pearson's, respectively. From the Frank Collection.

Hammond B5. Wells 14.

90110

H. G. Wells. When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899.

First edition. Octavo. 329 pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Two additional illustrations.

Original red cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine dulled. Minor scuffing to covers. Very good.

"A negative utopia based on an extrapolation of nineteenth-century capitalism and American big bossism" (Bleiler). From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler, Science-Fiction the Early Years, page 800. Currey. Hammond B6. Wells 15.

90111

H. G. Wells. The Wonderful Visit. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1895.

First edition. Octavo. 251 pages.

Original red buckram cover over bevelled boards. Decorative gilt cover. Top edge gilt. Slightly skewed. Hammond, in describing this variant binding, remarks that "a few, possibly advance, copies of the first edition bear title and design of a figure of the Angel, both in gilt, on the front cover." A very good copy. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Currey. Hammond B2. Wells 5.

90112

H. G. Wells. The Works of H. G. Wells. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1924-1927.

The Atlantic Edition. Limited to 620 numbered sets, signed by Wells. Twenty-eight octavo volumes, complete.

Original red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Spines somewhat faded. A nice set in very good condition.

"The edition was printed directly from type on pure rag deckle-edge paper specially made for it and bearing the watermark H.G.W. Each volume contains 400-500 pages and a photogravure frontispiece, and is bound with fine buckram. The text throughout was read and revised by the author, who wrote a special preface to each volume as well as a general introduction to the set." (Hammond) From the Frank Collection.

Currey. Hammond G. Wells. 89.

90113

H. G. Wells. Four Early Books, including: The Island of Doctor Moreau. New York: Stone & Kimball, 1896. First American edition. Variant binding, green cloth. Binding slightly cocked. Hinges cracked, but still tight. Inked name of previous owner. [and:] The Sea Lady. London: Methuen & Co., 1902. First edition. Original red cloth. Slightly cocked binding with some sunning to the spine. [and:] Tales of Space and Time. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First American edition. [and:] When the Sleeper Wakes. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. First American edition. Slightly cocked binding. Rear hinge starting. All books in very good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90114

H. G. Wells. Sixteen Books, including: The World Set Free. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1914]. First American edition. No dust jacket. [and:] Men Like Gods. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. First American edition. No jacket. [and:] The Dream. London: Jonathan Cape, [1924]. First edition. Dust jacket is price-clipped and shows darkening and edge wear. [and:] The Dream. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. First American edition. No jacket. [and:] Mr. Blettsworthy of Rampole Island. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First American edition. Jacket shows darkening and edge wear. [and:] The Shape of Things to Come. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1933. First edition. No jacket. [and:] The Shape of Things To Come. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. First American edition. No jacket. [and:] Seven Science Fiction Novels of H. G. Wells. New York: Dover Publications, 1934. Library stamp on title page. No jacket. [and:] The Croquet Player. London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. First edition. Jacket has some minor darkening and soiling. [and:] Man Who Could Work Miracles. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First American edition. Jacket is price-clipped. [and:] Star Begotten. London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. First edition. Jacket is faded along the spine and has a quarter-inch chip on the top edge. [and:] Brynhild or The Show of Things. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. No jacket. [and:] Star-Begotten. New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First American edition. Dust jacket. [and:] Croquet Player. New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First American edition. Dust jacket. [and] The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells. New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1937. No jacket. [and:] The Country of the Blind. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Limited to 280 numbered copies of which this is number 91. This entire lot is in good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90115

H. G. Wells. Fourteen Books, including: The Sea Lady. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902. First American edition. Spine is leaning and shows fading. No jacket. [and:] The Food of the Gods. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First American edition. No jacket. Newspaper clipping glued to front pastedown has caused darkening to front free endpaper. [and:] In the Days of the Comet. New York: The Century Co., 1906. First American edition. Spine has slight lean. No jacket. [and:] The War in the Air. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. First American edition. Previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Review slip laid in. No jacket. [and:] Tono-Bungay. London: Macmillan and Co., 1909. Hinges are broken. Cloth is heavily worn. No jacket. [and:] The New Machiavelli. New York: Duffield & Company, 1910. First American edition. Spine is leaning. No jacket. [and:] The World Set Free. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1914. First American edition. No jacket. [and:] What Is Coming? A European Forecast. New York: Macmillan Company, 1916. First American edition. Water damage to top edge affecting boards and pages. No jacket. [and:] Secret Places of the Heart. New York: Macmillan Company, 1922. First American edition. No jacket. [and:] Men Like Gods. London: Cassell and Company, [1923]. First edition, first state. Fading to spine. No jacket. [and:] The Dream. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. First American edition. Spine has some fading and cloth has rubbing to spine ends and corners. Foxing to endpapers. Small bookplate on front pastedown. No jacket. [and:] Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First edition. Spine is leaning and page edges have light foxing. Jacket is edge worn and lightly soiled with a half-inch chip on lower spine edge. [and:] Mr. Britling. London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d.]. No jacket. [and:] The Sleeper Awakes. London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d.]. Jacket shows edge wear. This entire lot is in good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90116

H. G. Wells. Four First Editions in Decorative Bindings, including: The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth. London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. First edition. Octavo. vii, 317 pages, plus ads. Publisher's green cloth with blindstamped decorations to front board. Top edge gilt. Titles stamped in gold. Light rubbing to extremities. Spine ends slightly bumped. Page edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Very good. [and:] In the Days of the Comet. London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. First edition. Octavo. viii, 299 pages plus ads. Publisher's green cloth with decorations stamped in blind and titles in gilt. Top edge gilt. Extremities rubbed. Bookplate. [and:] The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [n.d., 1911]. First edition. Octavo. 574 pages. Publisher's blue cloth, with decorations stamped in blind and titles in gilt. Light foxing to edges. A beautiful copy with only light rubbing to extremities. Very good. [and:] The World Set Free. London: Macmillan and Co., 1914. First edition. Octavo. 286 pages, plus 8 pages of ads. Publisher's blue cloth with decorations stamped in black, titles in gilt. Binding cocked. Foxing to fore-edge. Very good. From the Frank Collection.

90117

H. G. Wells. Seven Books, including: The Stolen Bacillus. London: Methuen & Co., 1895. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth with gold stamping. Spine is leaning and boards show minor rubbing. Some foxing is present to endpapers and page edges. No jacket. A better than average copy of the author's scarce second book. [and:] The Stolen Bacillus. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1896. First thus. Ex-library. No jacket. [and:] Tales of Space and Time. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First American edition. Publisher's maroon cloth with blind stamping to front and rear boards and gold stamping to spine. Insect damage to bottom page edges. No jacket. [and:] The Sea Lady. London: Methuen & Co., 1902. First edition. Publisher's red cloth with gold stamping to front and spine. Rear board is bent at upper corner causing a crack on rear pastedown. Front board shows some minor soiling. No jacket. [and:] Twelve Stories and a Dream. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First American edition. Publisher's green cloth with gold stamping. No jacket. [and:] The Island of Dr. Moreau. New York: Duffield and Green, 1933. No jacket. [and:] The Time Machine. Armed Forces edition. Stapled wraps. All books in this lot are in very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

90118

Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Signed Limited Edition. London: Ward Lock and Co., 1891.

First edition in book form. The Edition de Luxe, limited to 250 copies (of which this is number 216) numbered by hand and signed by Oscar Wilde. Royal octavo. vii, 334 pages. This edition was printed on larger paper (8.5 x 7 inches) than the first trade edition and was ultimately trimmed down by the binder to smaller dimensions (7.5 x 5.75 inches; 198 x 140 mm.). Printed on Dutch hand-made paper.

Fully bound in brown morocco by Bayntun-Rivière. Gilt lettering and designs. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. A pristine copy in a beautiful modern binding. Fine. From the Frank Collection.

Bleiler. Mason.

90119

S. Fowler Wright. Seven Books, Including a First Edition of The Screaming Lake, including: Deluge, A Romance. London: 1927. Spine sunned. Boards lightly soiled. No jacket. Very good. [and:] A second copy. New York: 1928. Top corner torn from front free endpaper. No jacket. Very good. [and:] A third copy. New York: 1928. Cocked. White mark to spine. Inked name. No jacket. Very good. [and:] The Screaming Lake. London: Robert Hale & Company, [n.d., 1937]. First edition, first binding, per Currey. Publisher's black binding with top edge stained blue. Some light soiling and small dent to front cover. Presentation card partially removed from front free endpaper, leaving an abrasion. Literary agent's rubber stamp and holograph note reading "submitted for publication in United States" on front free endpaper. Rear endpaper wrinkled. One of Wright's scarcest books. [and:] The Island of Captain Sparrow. New York: [1955]. Very good in heavily chipped dust jacket. [and:] The Vengeance of Gwa. London: [1955]. Bookplate. Very good in lightly chipped jacket. [and:] A second copy. London: [1955]. Cloth faded. Jacket heavily chipped. Good. From the Frank Collection.

Currey.

90120

Philip Wylie. Eight Assorted Titles, including: with Edwin Balmer. When Worlds Collide. [n.d.]. Hinges starting. In worn and heavily chipped dust jacket. Library discard. Good. [and:] Night Unto Night. [1944]. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Opus 21. [1949]. Previous owner's name sticker. Very good in worn dust jacket. [and:] The Disappearance. [1951]. First edition. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Gladiator. [1951]. Binding rubbed and worn. No jacket. Good. [and:] Tomorrow! [1954]. First edition. Heavy foxing. Sun-bleached spine. Soiled boards. Good. [and:] The Answer. [1955]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] The Magic Animal. 1968. First edition. Inked name. Very good in worn dust jacket. From the Frank Collection.

90121

Two Classic Science-Fiction Novels, including: Curt Siodmak. Donovan's Brain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition. Corners bumped. Worn and chipped dust jacket. [and:] George R. Stewart. Earth Abides. New York: Random House, 1949. First edition. Cocked binding. Some wear and chipping to dust jacket. Both books in very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

90122

Seven Books of Interest to Young People, including: Five Roy Rockwood juveniles. Dave Dashway Around the World. New York, 1913. [and:] Dave Dashway and His Giant Airship. New York, 1913. [and:] Through the Air to the North Pole. New York, 1906. [and:] Under the Ocean to the South Pole. New York, 1907.[and:] Bomba the Jungle Boy. New York, 1926. [and:] Alex Raymond. Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo. New York, 1936.[and:] J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New York: 2000. Dust jacket. All books are in very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

90123

Fifteen Books by Women Authors of Supernatural Literature, including: Marie Corelli. The Story of a Dead Self. New York, [n.d., circa 1910]. [and:] Marie Corelli. The Life Everlasting. New York, 1911. [and:] Marie Corelli. The Master Christian. New York, 1900. [and:] Marie Corelli. The Mighty Atom. Philadelphia, 1896. [and:] Marie Corelli. A Romance of Two Worlds. New York, [n.d., circa 1900]. [and:] Marie Corelli. The Soul of Lilith. New York, 1892. [and:] Marie Corelli. Wormwood. New York, [n.d., circa 1900]. [and:] Joan Grant. Eyes of Horus. London, 1942 [and:] Joan Grant. The Laird and the Lady. London, 1949. Dust jacket. [and:] Joan Grant. Lord of the Horizon. London, 1943. [and:] Joan Grant. Return to Elysium. London, 1957. [and:] Joan Grant. Scarlet Feather. London, 1945. [and:] Joan Grant. Winged Pharaoh. London, 1943. Dust jacket. [and:] Elizabeth Miller. The Yoke. New York, 1904. [and:] Angela Tonks. Mind Out of Time. London, 1958. Dust jacket. All books in good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90124

Twenty-Four Books of Eastern Folk-Tales. Ten Books of Middle-Eastern Legends and Folk-Tales, including: Ziya'u'd-din Nakhshabi. Tales of a Parrot. Cleveland, 1978. Dust jacket. [and:] Wilhelm Hauff. Arabian Days' Entertainments. Boston, 1893. [and:] [Richard Burton, translator]. The Perfumed Garden of the Nefzawi. New York, 1964. Dust jacket. [and:] Wilhelm Hauff. Caravan Tales and Some Others. London, [n.d., circa 1920]. Many color plates. [and:] H. I. Katibah. Other Arabian Nights. New York, 1928. [and:] [Richard Burton, translator]. The Arabian Nights. New York, 1932. Edited by Bennett Cerf. Dust jacket. [and:] Elizabeth D. Renninger. The Story of Rustem and Other Persian Hero Tales From Firdusi. New York, 1909. [and:] J. J. Morier. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. New York, 1947. [and:] [Richard Burton, translator]. The Perfumed Garden of the Nefzawi. New York, 1964. Dust jacket. [and:] [Leonard C. Smithers, editor]. The Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour (Tartarian Tales). London, 1897. [and:] Fourteen Books of Southern Asian Legends and Folk-Tales, including: [C. H. Tawney, translator]. The Katha Sarit Sagara or Ocean of the Streams Story. New Delhi, 1992. 2 volumes. Dust jackets. [and:] [Alex Comfort, translator]. The Koka Shastra. New York, 1964. Dust jacket. [and:] Ramsay Wood. Kalila and Dimna. New York, 1980. Dust jacket. [and:] [C. H. Tawney, translator]. The Kathakoca. New Delhi, 1975. Dust jacket. [and:] [Francis Johnson, translator]. Hitopadesa the Book of Wholesome Counsel. New York, [n.d., circa 1930]. Dust jacket. [and:] Arpad Ferenczy. Kunala an Indian Fantasy. New York, 1924. Dust jacket. [and:] [J. A. B. Van Buitenen, translator]. Tales of Ancient India. Chicago, 1959. Dust jacket. [and:] Charles Swynnerton. Romantic Tales From the Punjab. London, 1928. [and:] Edward Hower. The Pomegranate Princess and Other Tales from India. Detroit, 1991. Dust jacket. [and:] Isabel Wyatt. The Golden Stag and Other Folk Tales From India. New York, 1962. Dust jacket. [and:] Flora Annie Steel. Tales of the Punjab. London, 1894. [and:] M. Frere. Old Deccan Days. Philadelphia, 1868. [and:] "Ganpat" [M. L. A. Gompertz]. Harilek a Romance of Modern Central Asia. London, 1925. All books are in very good condition. From the Frank Collection.

90125

Six Books on the Kama Sutra and Eastern Eroticism, including: Marc de Smedt. The Kama-Sutra Erotic Figures in Indian Art. New York, 1980. Quarto. Many illustrations. Dust jacket. [and:] The Kamasutra of Vatsyayana. Delhi, 1992. Quarto. Color plates. Dust jacket. [Richard Burton, translator]. The Kamasutra of Vatsyayana. New York, 1962. Octavo. Dust jacket. Edward Windsor. The Hindu Art of Love. New York, 1932. Octavo. [and:] A. F. F. & B. F. R. Ananga-Ranga; (Stage of the Bodiless One) or, the Hindu Art of Love. [N.p.], [n.d.]. Octavo. A facsimile reprint of the 1885 Kama Shastra Society edition.[and:] Bernard Soulie. Tantra Erotic Figures in Indian Art. Freiberg, 1982. Quarto. Dust jacket. All books are in very good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90126

Fourteen Books By Classic Genre Writers, Two of Which Are Inscribed, including: August Derleth. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons - Inscribed. Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1961. Limited to 2000 copies. Inscribed by Derleth. Dust jacket. [and:] Philip José Farmer. A Feast Unknown. [Kansas City]: The Fokker Press, 1975. Wraps. Illustrated by Richard Corben.[and:] Oscar Friend. The Kid From Mars - Inscribed. New York: Frederick Fell, 1949. Inscribed by the author. Dust jacket. [and:] L. Ron Hubbard. Death's Deputy. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1948. Dust jacket. [and:] Robert A. Heinlein. The Green Hills of Earth. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1952. Second printing, fine in dust jacket. [and:] M. R. James. A Warning to the Curious & Other Ghost Stories. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1925. Lower half of dust jacket spine missing. [and:] H. P. Lovecraft. Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1943. Limited to 1200 copies. Lacks dust jacket. Some spotting to boards. Dull spine. Corners bumped. [and:] Arthur Machen. Dreads and Drolls. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. [and:] Arthur Machen. Far Off Things. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. [and:] Arthur Machen. The Three Imposters. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Library discard. [and:] Richard Matheson. What Dreams May Come. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. A very good copy with mild scratches to the dust jacket spine. [and:] Stanley Mullen. Kinsmen of the Dragon. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. Front hinge cracked. Dust jacket. [and:] A. E. van Vogt. The World of A. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Dust jacket. [and:] Jack Williamson. The Humanoids. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. No dust jacket. All books are in very good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90127

Five Assorted Fantasy Books, including: Victor Rousseau. The Messiah of the Cylinder. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1917. First edition. Dark green cloth over boards. [and:] D. E. Stevenson. A World in Spell. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First edition. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. [and:] Bram Stoker. The Jewel of Seven Stars. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Bumped corners, worn boards, cocked binding. [and:] Bram Stoker. The Lair of the White Worm. London: W. Foulsham, 1911. Inked name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Sun-bleached spine. [and:] Theodore Sturgeon. Venus Plus X. London: Victor Gollancz, 1969. First hardback edition. Mildly cocked binding. Very good in lightly chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. All books in very good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90128

Eight Books of Miscellaneous Fiction, including: E. M. Forster. The Eternal Moment. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1928. First edition. Octavo. 187 pages. Very good in slightly chipped dust jacket. [and:] Rudyard Kipling. The Phantom Rickshaw. New York, [n.d., circa 1925]. [and:] Sinclair Lewis. It Can't Happen Here. New York, 1935. [and:] Mary W. Shelley. Frankenstein. Cleveland, 1932. [and:] Mary Shelley. The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction of Mary Shelley. San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, 1996. First edition. Octavo. xvii, 58 pages. Limited to 100 copies. Signed by Michael Bishop, who provided the introduction. Dust jacket. [and:] Gore Vidal. The City and the Pillar. New York, 1948. [and:] Lew Wallace. The Prince of India. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1893. First edition. Two octavo volumes. Lacks dedication page, denoting the first printing of the first edition (BAL). Original blue cloth over boards. All books are in very good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90129

Sixteen Fantasy and Horror Books, including: Jack Bechdolt. The Torch. Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Chipped dust jacket. [and:] Eando Binder. Lords of Creation. Philadelphia: The Prime Press, 1939. Dust jacket. [and:] Fredric Brown. What Mad Universe. San Francisco: Pennyfarthing Press, 1978. Dust jacket. [and:] Howard Browne. Warrior of the Dawn. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1943. Chipped dust jacket. [and:] Stanton A. Coblentz. After 12,000 Years. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1950. [and:] John Keir Cross. The Angry Planet. New York: Coward-McCann, 1945. [and:] Charles L. Grant. The Dark Cry of the Moon. West Kingston: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1985. Dust jacket. [and:] Charles L. Grant. The Soft Whisper of the Dead. West Kingston: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982. Dust jacket. [and:] J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Uncle Silas. London: The Cresset Press, 1947. [and:] Judith Merril. Shadow on the Hearth. Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. Ex-library copy. Torn dust jacket. [and:] J. Leslie Mitchell. Three Go Back. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. Bookplate of Kenneth J. Krueger, book collector and publisher.[and:] John Myers Myers. Silverlock. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1949. A very good copy in dust jacket of this scarce first edition. [and:] Howard Pyle. The Ruby of Kishmoor. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Frontispiece, plus nine illustrated plates by the author. [and:] James Whitcomb Riley. The Flying Islands of the Night. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1913. Two tipped-in color plates by Franklin Booth. [and:] Arthur Train and Robert Williams Wood. The Man Who Rocked the Earth. Garden City: Doubleday, 1915. [and:] H. R. Wakefield. Others Who Returned. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1929. First edition (per Currey). Slightly cocked binding. Some chipping to dust jacket. Condition of all books is very good or better. From the Frank Collection.

90130

Sixteen-Book Lot of Genre Anthologies, including: Phil Strong [editor]. The Other Worlds. New York, 1941. Dust jacket. [and:] Philip van Doren Stern [editor]. Travelers in Time. Garden City, 1947. Dust jacket. [and:] Vincent McHugh. Caleb Catlum's America. New York, 1936. [and:] Century of Thrillers. New York, 1937. Three volumes. [and:] Oriental Fairy Tales Folklore and Legends. London, [n.d., circa 1910]. [and:] Alexander Laing [editor]. Great Ghost Stories of the World. Garden City, 1941. [and:] Philip Van Doren Stern [editor]. Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination. Garden City, 1945. Dust jacket. [and:] Phil Strong [editor]. 25 Modern Stories of Mystery and Imagination. Garden City, 1942. [and:] Andrew Lang [editor]. The Elf Maiden. New York, 1906. [and:] Dorothy L. Sayers [editor]. The Omnibus of Crime. New York, 1929. Spine partially detached. [and:] Dorothy L. Sayers [editor]. The Third Omnibus of Crime. New York, 1935. Front hinge broken. [and:] Philip Van Doren Stern [editor]. The Midnight Reader. New York, 1942. Dust jacket. [and:] Montague Summers [editor]. The Supernatural Omnibus. London, 1949. [and:] Edward Wagenknecht [editor]. Six Novels of the Supernatural. New York, 1944. All books in good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90131

Eighteen Assorted Genre Books, including: Lal Behari Day. Folk-Tales of Bengal. London, 1883. [and:] Walter de la Mare. Henry Brocken. New York, 1921. [and:] Walter de la Mare. Memoirs of a Midget. [N.p.], 1941. Dust jacket. [and:] Walter de la Mare. The Three Mulla-Mulgars. London, 1921. Dust jacket. [and:] Walter de la Mare. The Three Royal Monkeys. New York, 1948. [and:] Hanns Heinz Ewers. Vampire. New York, 1934. [and:] Johannes V. Jensen. The Long Journey. New York, 1923. [and:] Charles Kingsley. Hypatia. New York, [n.d.]. [and:] Pär Lagerkvist. The Dwarf. New York, 1945. Dust jacket. [and:] Pär Lagerkvist. The Sibyl. New York, 1958. Dust jacket. [and:] Victor MacClure. The Ark of the Covenant. New York, 1934. [and:] Andrew Marvell. Minimum Man. London, 1938. [and:] J. Leslie Mitchell. Three Go Back. Indianapolis, 1932. [and:] Christopher Morley. The Haunted Bookshop. New York, 1920. [and:] Thorne Smith. Skin and Bones. New York, 1939. [and:] Thorne Smith. The Thorne Smith Three-Bagger. New York, 1945. [and:] [H. G. Wells]. Boon, the Mind of the Race, the Wild Asses of the Devil, and the Last Trump. New York, 1915. [and:] Ivan Yefremov. Andromeda A Space-Age Tale. Moscow, [1959]. All books are in good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90132

Eighteen Assorted Genre Books, including: Edwin Lassiter Bynner. The Chase of the Meteor. Boston: 1890. [and:] Robert Spencer Carr. The Room Beyond. New York, 1948. [and:] George Croly. Tarry Thou Till I Come. New York, 1901. [and:] Walter de la Mare. Broom Sticks and Other Tales. New York, 1925. [and:] Maurice B. Gardner. Island Paradise and Others. Boston, 1964. Dust jacket. [and:] Wilhelm Hauff. Tales of Wilhelm Hauff. London, 1900. [and:] Florence Huntley. The Gay Gnani of Gingalee. Chicago, 1908. [and:] Paul Jordan-Smith. Nomad. New York, 1925. [and:] Harold MacGrath. The Carpet From Bagdad. Indianapolis, 1911. [and:] Edwin Jessop Marshall. The Garden of Adam. London, [n.d., circa 1915]. [and:] W. Meinhold. The Amber Witch. London, 1928. Dust jacket. [and:] Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Rama the Hero of India. New York, 1937. [and:] L. H. Myers. The Root and the Flower. New York, 1947. Dust jacket. [and:] Jules Romains. Tussles with Time. London, 1952. [and:] Eugene Sue. The Wandering Jew. New York, [n.d.]. [and:] J. David Stern. Eidolon. New York, 1952. Ex-library copy. [and:] Arthur Stringer. The Woman Who Couldn't Die. Indianapolis, 1929. [and:] Fritz Wittels. The Jeweller of Bagdad. New York, 1927. All books in good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90133

Eighteen Assorted Genre Books, including: Alfred Neumann. The Devil. New York, 1928. [and:] Alexander Laing. The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck. New York, 1942. Dust jacket. [and:] A. R. le Sage [translator]. Asmodeus or the Devil Upon Two Sticks. New York, [n.d.]. [and:] Jack Mann. The Ninth Life. New York, 1970. [and:] Norman C. Schlichter. Fancy's Hour. Philadelphia, 1924. Signed by the author. [and:] Richard Shattuck. The Half-Haunted Saloon. New York, [n.d.]. [and:] Jack Snow. Dark Music and Other Spectral Tales. New York, 1947. [and] Phil Strong. 25 Modern Stories of Mystery and Imagination. New York, 1941. [and:] Richard Tooker. The Day of the Brown Horde. New York, 1931. Ex-library. [and:] Vercors. You Shall Know Them. Toronto, 1953. Dust jacket. [and:] Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Venus in Furs. New York, 1928. [and:] Stanley Warburton. An Avatar in Vishnu Land. New York. 1928. [and:] Josiah M. Ward. Come with Me into Babylon. New York, 1902. [and:] Paul I. Wellman. The Fiery Flower. New York, 1959. Dust jacket. [and:] Earl Williams. The Court of Belshazzar. Indianapolis, 1918. [and:] Colin Wilson. The Philosopher's Stone. New York, 1971. First American edition. Very good in dust jacket. [and:] Bernard Wolfe. Limbo. New York, 1952. Library discard. [and:] Edward S. Van Zile. Perkins the Fakeer. New York, 1903. All books in good or better condition. From the Frank Collection.

90134

Blue Book (McCall, 1930) Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars Group. Includes copies of the April, June, August, and September 1930 issues, featuring four of the six installments of A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The pulps are in overall Good to Very Good condition. The front cover of the August issue has a piece missing from and heavy chipping to the front cover; otherwise, the pulps have complete covers and spines, and supple pages with some chipping along the edges. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $250. From the Frank Collection.

90135

Blue Book (McCall, 1917-29) Tarzan Group. Includes copies of the July 1917, November 1928, and February, April-August, and November 1929 issues, featuring "A Jungle Joke" from the Jungle Tales of Tarzan series, as well as installments of Tarzan and the Lost Empire, Tarzan at the Earth's Core, and Tanar of Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, and supple pages with some chipping along the edges. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $900. From the Frank Collection.

90136

Blue Book (McCall, 1930-32) Tarzan Group. Set of 17 issues of the literary pulp that feature installments of Tarzan , Guard of the Jungle, The Triumph of Tarzan, and Tarzan and the Leopard Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Included are copies of the October-December 1930; January-June and September-December 1931; and January-March and August 1932 issues. The magazines are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, and supple, off-white pages. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90137

Blue Book (McCall's, 1907-17) Group of 37. Set of 37 issues of the literary pulp that includes copies of the June 1907; January, and December 1909; February, March 1911; July, and December 1912; February, May, October, and December 1913; January, February, and April-December 1914; February and May-August 1915; January-April, July, and August 1916; and September-December 1917 issues. Contents include classic western tales by Zane Grey, installments of The Ivory Child by H. Rider Haggard, and the first appearance of Blue Book's -- and pulpdom's in general -- most prolific author, H. Bedford-Jones. The magazines are in overall Very Good condition and all but a few have complete covers and spines (some of the earliest copies are coverless); pages and some covers show brittleness along the edges. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90138

Blue Book (McCall, 1918-22) Group of 49. Set of 49 issues of the literary pulp that includes copies of the January, February, April, May, June, September, and November 1918; January-June and August-December 1919; January-April and June-December 1920; January-June, August-October, and December 1921; January (2 copies, one without front cover), February, March, May-July, September, November, and December 1922 issues. Stories by H. Bedford-Jones and William Hope Hodgson. The magazines are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, and cream to light tan pages with some brittleness along the edges. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90139

Blue Book (McCall, 1923-32) Group of 46. Includes the January-June, August, September, November, and December 1923; January-November 1924; February, March, May-September, November, and December 1925; January, April, May, and October 1926; January, March-July, October, and November 1927; August and September 1928; and October and November 1932 issues. Highlights include many Hercule Poirot mysteries by Agatha Christie. The magazines are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, and supple cream-colored pages; some wear, tanning, and occasional flaking to the edges and corners of the pages, and the usual pulp overhang. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,450. From the Frank Collection.

90140

Blue Book (McCall) April-September 1931 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the April, May, June, July, August, and September issues of the pulp title that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. Highlights include all five installments of The Land of Hidden Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The covers were removed prior to the binding process; otherwise, the magazines are complete and in Good to Very Good condition with supple, cream-colored pages that show very little brittleness. Some scuffing and wear to the hardcover boards, but binding is still tight. Bookery's Guide to Pulps GD value for group = $107; VG value for group = $255. From the Frank Collection.

90141

Blue Book (McCall, 1933-37) Group of 55. Includes the January-December 1933; January-December 1934; January and May-December 1935; January-July and September-December 1936; and January-December 1937 issues. Highlights include several Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The January 1934 issue is coverless; otherwise, the magazines are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, and supple cream-colored pages; some wear, tanning, and occasional flaking to the edges and corners of the pages. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90142

Blue Book (McCall, 1938-41) Group of 36. Set of 36 issues of the literary pulp that includes copies of the January-December 1938, January-December 1939, January-March, May, June, and November 1940, January-April, July, and August 1941 issues. Stories by H. Bedford-Jones, Nelson Bond, Ellery Queen, Max Brand, and Rafael Sabatini. There are a few instances of tearing or missing pieces to covers; otherwise, the magazines are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, and supple, off-white pages. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $400. From the Frank Collection.

90143

Blue Book (McCall, 1945-61) Group. This large lot of issues of the literary pulp that includes copies of the October and December 1941; January-December 1942; January-December 1943; January-December 1944; January-December 1945; January-December 1946; January-December 1947; January-June and August-December 1948; January-December 1949; January-December 1950; January-December 1951; January-December 1952; January-July and September-December 1953; January-December 1954; January-July, November, and December 1955; January and March-May 1956; October and November 1960; and June 1961 issues. The title changed format to a non-fiction adventure magazine in 1952. Stories by H. Bedford Jones, Nelson Bond, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Sax Rohmer, and Ian Fleming. The WWII-era issues are in overall Very Good condition, and the rest are in overall Fine condition. Almost all have complete covers and spines, and supple off-white pages. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for pre-1952 issues = $975. From the Frank Collection.

90144

Captain Future (Standard, 1940-44) Group of Ten. Set of ten issues of the sci-fi hero pulp series that includes copies of the Winter (debut issue) and Summer 1940; Winter, Spring, and Fall 1941; Winter and Fall 1942; Summer 1943; and Winter and Spring (final issue) 1944 issues. The pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines (with spine fading ranging from mild to moderate), the usual wear and tear to the edges, and supple cream-colored pages with mild chipping. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $400. From the Frank Collection.

90145

Magic Carpet (Popular, 1933-34) Complete Set. A complete run of Farnsworth Wright's short-lived historical fiction pulp, a retooling of the equally brief Oriental Stories. Includes copies of the January, April, July, and October 1933 and January 1934 issues. The classic covers are by Margaret Brundage with an assist from J. Allen St. John, and the contents include stories by Robert E. Howard, H. Bedford-Jones, Hugh Cave, Seabury Quinn, Clark Ashton Smith, and others. In Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, and supple pages. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90146

Doc Savage March 1933 (Street and Smith) Apparent GD/VG - First Issue. Created by Street & Smith Publications executive Henry Ralston and editor John Nanovic to further capitalize on the success of their other pulp hero, The Shadow, Doc Savage quickly became popular with readers -- so much so that decades later his 182 adventures were reprinted as paperbacks by Bantam over the course of 25 years and continue to entertain readers young and old. This copy of the debut issue is in Apparent Good to Very Good condition, with rice paper reinforcements. The spine is complete with mild wear and soiling; the covers are complete with a moderate amount of wear and tear along the edges, and the issue has a subscription crease. The pages are light tan and show some chipping. The pulp is inscribed and signed "Lester Dent" (it may have actually been signed by Mrs. Lester Dent) in black ink on the inside front cover and "Walter M. Baumhofer" in blue ink on the title page. Bookery's Guide to Pulps GD value = $1,500; VG value = $3,750. From the Frank Collection.

90147

Doc Savage April 1933 (Street & Smith) FR - Second Issue. The historic second issue, with a classic dinosaur cover by Walter Baumhofer. Includes the story "The Land of Terror" by Lester Dent. This copy is in Fair condition with detached covers that have been repaired and reinforced with tape. The Ultimate Guide to the Pulps GD value = $500. From the Frank Collection.

90148

Doc Savage May 1933 (Street & Smith) VG/FN - Third Issue. Cover art by Walter Baumhofer. "Quest of the Spider" story by Lester Dent. There are some small tears to the edges of the covers and some tanning to the page edges; otherwise, this is an attractive copy with complete covers and spine. The Ultimate Guide to the Pulps VG value = $800; FN value = $1,600. From the Frank Collection.

90149

Doc Savage June 1933 (Street & Smith) VG/FN - Fourth Issue. Doc Savage faces down an off-camera polar bear on this cover painting by Walter Baumhofer. Includes the story "The Polar Treasure" by Lester Dent (one of his best). There are some very small tears to the edges of the covers and some tanning to the page edges; otherwise, this is an attractive copy with complete covers and spine. The Ultimate Guide to the Pulps VG value = $500; FN value = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90150

Doc Savage (Street & Smith, 1933) Group of Three. Includes copies of the October, November, and December 1933 issues. Early Doc stories by Lester Dent, covers by Walter M. Baumhofer. In Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, supple pages, and the usual pulp overhang. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $650. From the Frank Collection.

90151

Doc Savage (Street & Smith, 1933) Group of Three. Includes copies of the July, August (Good to Very Good condition), and September 1933 issues. These are excellent copies some of the scarcest, earliest adventures of Doc as written by Lester Dent, with classic covers by Walter M. Baumhofer. Aside from some minor glue residue on the August issue, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, supple pages, and the usual overhang. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $900. From the Frank Collection.

90152

Doc Savage April 1934 (Street & Smith) VG/FN. Classic cover art, painted by Walter Baumhofer. Includes the tale "The Monsters" by Lester Dent. Full unfaded spine, and untrimmed cover overhang. No major defects, just an accumulation of light general wear. Complete covers and spine, supple cream-colored pages. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value = $275; FN value = $550. From the Frank Collection.

90153

Doc Savage (Street & Smith, 1934) Group of Five. Includes copies of the January (Very Good- condition), February (Good to Very Good), March (Very Good to Fine), May (Fine), and June (Fine) 1934 issues. Each has complete covers and spines, supple pages, and the standard pulp overhang. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $800. From the Frank Collection.

90154

Doc Savage (Street & Smith, 1934) Group of Six. Includes copies of the July, August, September, October, November, and December 1934 issues -- some of the earliest of the series. In overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines, supple pages, and the usual overhang. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $625. From the Frank Collection.

90155

Doc Savage (Street & Smith) Complete 1935 Run. A complete run of the 1935 issues of Doc Savage, including an attractive copy of the July 1935 issue with an unscuffed cover (rare in high grades due to its black background). All feature covers by Walter Baumhofer. The pulps are in overall Very Good to Fine condition with complete covers and spines, the usual overhang and wear and tear to the edges, and supple cream-colored pages. Heavy tanning to most of the inside covers. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,400. From the Frank Collection.

90156

Doc Savage (Street & Smith) Complete 1936 Run. A complete run of the 1936 issues of Doc Savage, most with covers by Walter Baumhofer. The pulps are in overall Very Good to Fine condition with complete covers and spines, the usual overhang and wear and tear to the edges, and supple cream-colored pages. Heavy tanning to most of the inside covers. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,350. From the Frank Collection.

90157

Doc Savage (Street & Smith) Complete 1937 Run. A complete run of the 1937 issues of Doc Savage. Highlights include the first instance of "Good Girl" art on a Doc cover (the March issue), and the first appearance of second-tier pulp hero The Skipper in the November issue. The pulps are in overall Very Good to Fine condition with complete covers and spines, the usual overhang and wear and tear to the edges, and supple cream-colored pages. Heavy tanning to most of the inside covers. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,500. From the Frank Collection.

90158

Doc Savage (Street & Smith) 1938 Complete Run. A complete run of the 1938 issues of Doc Savage, with the classic stories "The Submarine Mystery", "Fortress of Solitude", and "The Devil Genghis" among the highlights. The pulps are in overall Very Good to Fine condition with complete covers and spines, the usual overhang and wear and tear to the edges, and supple cream-colored pages. Heavy tanning to most of the inside covers. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90159

Doc Savage (Street & Smith) 1939 Complete Run. A complete run of the 1939 issues of Doc Savage. The pulps are in overall Very Good to Fine condition with complete covers and spines, the usual overhang and wear and tear to the edges, and supple cream-colored pages. Heavy tanning to most of the inside covers. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90160

Doc Savage (Street & Smith, 1940-43) Group of 48. A complete run of the January 1940-December 1943 issues of Doc Savage -- a full four years' worth. It was during this period that Lester Dent was sharing writing duties on the series with William Bogart, Harold Davis, and others, to varying effect. The pulps are in overall Fine condition with complete covers and spines, and supple cream-colored pages. The pulps were being trimmed at the printer by this point, and are without the unsightly overhang often found on older issues. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $3,800. From the Frank Collection.

90161

Doc Savage (Street & Smith, 1944-48) Complete Run. A complete run of the January 1944-July 1948 issues of Doc Savage -- a full five years' worth. It was during this period that the series converted to a digest-sized format, and, as the title struggled along with other pulp series, eventually went from a monthly to bi-monthly schedule. The pulps are in overall Fine condition with complete covers and spines, and supple cream-colored pages. The pulps were being trimmed at the printer by this point, and are without the unsightly overhang often found on older issues. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $2,500. From the Frank Collection.

90162

Doc Savage (Street & Smith, 1948-49) - Final Four Issues. Includes the September 1948 (Fine condition) and Winter (Very Good+), Spring (Very Good to Fine), and Summer (Very Good to Fine) 1949 issues. The 1948 issue is digest-sized. All have complete spines and covers, and supple of-white pages. These are the final four issues of the title, considered some of the scarcest in the series. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $900. From the Frank Collection.

90163

Fantastic Adventures (Ziff-Davis) May 1939-May 1940 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the May-November 1939 and January-May 1940 issues of the pulp that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with glossy front covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple. The back covers were removed prior to the binding process. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, they are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $305. From the Frank Collection.

90164

Fantastic Adventures (Ziff-Davis, 1939-53) Group. Group of issues of the sci-fi pulp that includes copies of the May (first issue, 2 copies), September, and November 1939; January-May, July, August, and October 1940; January, March, and May-December 1941; January-December 1942; January-December 1943; February, April, June, July, and October 1944; January, April, July, October, and December 1945; February, May, June, July, September, and November 1946; January, March, May, July, and September-December 1947; January-December 1948; January-December 1949; January-December 1950; January-December 1951; January-December 1952; and January-March 1953 issues. Stories by Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Manly Wade Theodore, Thedore Sturgeon, and others. The pulps are in overall Very Good condition, almost all with complete covers and spines, and supple, off-white pages. Heavy fading to the spines of most. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,900. From the Frank Collection.

90165

G-8 and His Battle Aces (Popular, 1933-44) Group of 103 Issues. This large lot contains an almost-complete set of the series, an anything-goes pulp title that featured spy/aviator G-8 and his cohorts battling the lethal superweapons and paranormal menaces created by the Kaiser's mad scientists during WWI, until his adventures were eclipsed by the real-life horrors of WWII. Included are the December 1933; January-December 1934; March-October and December 1935; January-December 1936; January-November 1937; January-December 1938; January-December 1939; February-December 1940; January-May, August, October, and December 1941; February, April, June, October, and December 1942; February, April, June, August, October, and December 1943; and February 1944 issues, with a handful of duplicates. The pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and supple, off-white pages. Most have complete spines, and a few exhibit tape repairs and/or reinforcement. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $7,500. From the Frank Collection.

90166

Ghost Stories (MacFadden, 1926-29) Group of 58. Includes copies of the July (first issue, 4 copies, 2 coverless), August-December 1926; January-December 1927; January-July 1928; and April-December 1929 issues, with several duplicates. The pulps are in overall Good to Very Good condition. Most have complete covers (some loose) and a few have heavy tape repair to the spines; pages show signs of brittleness and chipping to the edges and corners. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $3,200. From the Frank Collection.

90167

Ghost Stories (MacFadden, 1928-32) Group of 26. Includes copies of the August-December 1928; January-March 1929; January-May, July, September, October, and December 1930; February-April, June-September, and November 1931; and January 1932 issues, with some duplicates. the pulps are in overall Very Good condition; each has complete covers and spine, supple pages, and the standard pulp overhang. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,500. From the Frank Collection.

90168

Golden Fleece (Sun, 1938-39) Complete Series. A complete run of the short-lived historical fiction pulp that includes copies of the October, November, and December 1938, and January, February, March, April, May, and June 1939 issues. Some feature covers by Margaret Brundage, and the contents include stories by Robert E. Howard, H. Bedford-Jones, Seabury Quinn, Talbot Mundy, and others. In overall Very Good condition, with complete covers and spines, and supple pages. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $450. From the Frank Collection.

90169

Operator #5 (Popular, 1934-35) First 20 Issues. Included are the April-December 1934 and January-December 1935 issues -- the first 20 issues of the notorious pulp title about Jimmy Christopher, aka Operator #5, a secret agent who battled foreign invaders during the Depression. Most exhibit some moisture damage with warping to the spine and isolated cover damage; otherwise, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and supple, off-white pages. All have complete spines that show only a small amount of fading. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $3,000. From the Frank Collection.

90170

Operator #5 (Popular, 1936-39) Group of 30. Included are the January-December 1936, January-December 1937, January-December 1938, and January-December 1939 issues, with a couple of duplicates. The highlight of this run is the epic 13-part Purple Invasion storyline, often referred to as the War and Peace of pulp fiction, in which an unspecified European power (a thinly disguised Germany) invades and nearly conquers the United States. Included. Most exhibit some moisture damage with warping to the spine and some cover damage; otherwise, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and supple, off-white pages. All have complete spines that show only a small amount of fading. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $2,500. From the Frank Collection.

90171

Oriental Stories (Popular, 1930-32) Complete Series. All nine issues of Farnsworth Wright's short-lived historical fiction pulp, later reformatted into Magic Carpet. The classic covers include work by Margaret Brundage and J. Allen St. John. Almost all feature stories by Robert E. Howard -- some of his best non-fantasy work -- as well as writing by Paul Ernst, Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, and others. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,700. From the Frank Collection.

90172

Planet Stories (Fiction House, 1940-55) Group of 64. An almost-complete run of the sci-fi anthology pulp series that includes copies of the Summer 1940; Winter 1941; Spring-Winter 1942; Fall and Winter 1943; Spring-Winter 1944; Spring and Summer 1945; Spring-Winter 1946; Spring-Winter 1947; Spring-Winter 1948; Spring-Winter 1949; Spring-Fall and November 1950; January-November 1951; January-November 1952; January-November 1953; January-May, Summer, Fall, and Winter 1954; and Spring and Summer 1955 issues with a few duplicates. The pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines (with spine fading ranging from mild to moderate), the usual wear and tear to the edges, and supple cream-colored pages with mild chipping. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,600. From the Frank Collection.

90173

The Shadow (Street & Smith) April 1931-January 1932 Bound Volume - The First Six Issues of the Series.

After debuting on July 31, 1930, as the mysterious narrator of Street & Smith's Detective Story Hour radio program, The Shadow quickly achieved enough popularity to be spun off into his own pulp title, one that also skyrocketed to success. By 1934, the magazine had inspired a slew of hero pulps featuring the likes of Doc Savage, the Spider, the Phantom Detective, G-8, Operator #5, and Secret Agent X, with others to follow (including Batman and several other comic book characters) and gone from a bi-monthly to bi-weekly publishing schedule. The title lasted until 1949, and the lion's share of his 325 adventures were written by Walter Gibson under the house pseudonym of Maxwell Grant, often at the rate of millions of words a month.

These breathtaking copies of the April, July, October, November, and December 1931, and January 1932 issues of the influential title have been trimmed and bound into this hardcover volume. These essential early issues -- the first two of which are listed as "rare" in Bookery's Guide to Pulps, include a number of "firsts" for the series: the first appearances of supporting players Harry Vincent, Joe Cardona, Burbank, Claude Fellowes, and Lamont Cranston -- whose identity is co-opted by the Shadow; the first appearance of the Shadow's twin .45 automatics, and the first of many classic covers by Jerome and George Rozen.

The pulps are complete with glossy covers that -- aside from some scuffing to the back of the first issue -- are largely undamaged. The pages exhibit a mild to moderate amount of tanning along the edges, but are otherwise supple and cream to off-white in color; more importantly, they are lacking the signs of advanced brittleness often found with these issues, and the only noticeable chipping is to the corners of the first two issues. The hardcover itself exhibits fading and a small area of wear to the spine, but is otherwise sturdy. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $14,250. From the Frank Collection.

Entertainment Collectibles

90174

The Shadow (Street & Smith) February-July 1932 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the February, March, April, May, June, and July 1932 issues of the classic pulp title that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. Contents include a number of classic covers, the first appearance of Cliff Marsland, and the classic tale "Double Z". The pulps are complete with undamaged covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with signs of brittleness to the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $2,450. From the Frank Collection.

90175

The Shadow (Street & Smith) August-November 1932 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the August, September, October 1 and 15, and November 1 and 15, 1932 issues of the hero pulp that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with glossy covers (some of them classics), and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with signs of brittleness to the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $2,300. From the Frank Collection.

90176

The Shadow (Street & Smith) December 1932-February 1933 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the December 1 and 15, 1932 and January 1 and 15, and February 1 and 15, 1933 issues of the classic pulp title that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. Contents include classic covers and stories such as "The Romanoff Jewels", "Shadowed Millions", and "The Shadow's Shadow". The pulps are complete with glossy covers, and the pages are largely cream colored, but with some chipping to the edges and corners. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,675. From the Frank Collection.

90177

The Shadow (Street & Smith) March-May 1933 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the March 1 and 15, April 1 and 15, and May 1 and 15, 1933 issues of the long-running hero pulp title that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with glossy, clean covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with some water damage and chipping to the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,125. From the Frank Collection.

90178

The Shadow (Street & Smith) June-August 1933 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the June 1 and 15, July 1 and 15, and August 1 and 15, 1933 issues of the pulp title that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with glossy covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with some signs of brittleness to the edges. There is some fading to the spine and soiling to the cover of the volume itself. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,050. From the Frank Collection.

90179

The Shadow (Street & Smith) September-November 1933 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the September 1 and 15, October 1 and 15, and November 1 and 15, 1933 issues of the pulp that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. Contents include the classic stories "Grove of Doom" and "Mox". The pulps are complete with glossy covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with tanning and signs of brittleness to the edges. The volume and its contents exhibit some water damage. The spine of the hardcover shows some fading, and there is very mild soiling to the covers. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,050. From the Frank Collection.

90180

The Shadow (Street & Smith) December 1933-February 1934 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the December 1 and 15, 1933, and January 1 and 15, and February 1 and 15, 1934 issues of the pulp that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with glossy covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with tanning and signs of brittleness to the edges. The volume and its contents show some water damage. The spine of the hardcover shows some fading, and there is very mild soiling to the covers. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,000. From the Frank Collection.

90181

The Shadow (Street & Smith) March-May 1934 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the March 1 and 15, April 1 and 15, and May 1 and 15, 1934 issues of the pulp that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with glossy covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with tanning and chipping to the edges and corners. The spine of the hardcover shows some fading. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $900. From the Frank Collection.

90182

The Shadow (Street & Smith) September-November 1934 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the September 1 and 15, October 1 and 15, and November 1 and 15, 1934 issues of the pulp that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with glossy covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with tanning and signs of brittleness to the edges. The spine of the hardcover shows some fading, and there is very mild soiling to the covers. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $900. From the Frank Collection.

90183

The Shadow (Street & Smith) December 1934-February 1935 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the December 1 and December 15, 1934, and January 1, February 1, and February 15, 1935 issues of the pulp title that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with undamaged covers, and exhibit a fair amount of tanning along the edges with isolated chipping. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $700. From the Frank Collection.

90184

The Shadow (Street & Smith) March-May, 1935 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the March 1, March 15, April 1, April 15, May, and May 15, 1935 issues -- with a couple of classic cover designs -- that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with undamaged covers, and exhibit a moderate amount of tanning along the edges. Page quality is otherwise supple. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $725. From the Frank Collection.

90185

The Shadow (Street & Smith) June-August 1935 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the June 1 and 15, July 1 and 15, and August 1 and 15, 1935 issues of the long-running pulp that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with glossy, undamaged covers, and exhibit a moderate amount of tanning along the edges. Page quality is largely supple, but with some brittleness along the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $625. From the Frank Collection.

90186

The Shadow (Street & Smith) September-November 1935 Bound Volume. Includes copies of the September 1 and 15, October 1 and 15, and November 1 and 15, 1935 issues of the hero pulp that have been trimmed and bound into a single hardcover volume. The pulps are complete with undamaged covers, and the pages are largely cream colored and supple, but with signs of brittleness to the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $600. From the Frank Collection.

90187

The Shadow (Street & Smith) March-November 1936 Bound Volumes. Includes copies of the March 1 and 15, April 1 and 15, May 1 and 15, June 1 and 15, July 1 and 15, August 1 and 15, September 1 and 15, October 1 and 15, and November 1 and 15, 1936 issues that have been trimmed and bound into a set of three hardcover volumes. The March 1 issue marks the first appearance of the recurring villain The Voodoo Master, and sports a classic cover as well (mild damage to left edge of cover). The pulps are complete with otherwise undamaged covers, and exhibit a moderate amount of tanning and areas of chipping along the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,610. From the Frank Collection.

Books

90188

The Shadow (Street & Smith) December 1936-February 1938 Bound Volumes. Includes copies of the December 1 and 15, 1936; January 1-December 15 1937, and January 1-February 15 1938 issues that have been trimmed and bound into a set of five hardcover volumes. Highlights include the revelation of the Shadow's origin and true identity in the August 1, 1937 issue, and the first appearance of recurring heroine Myra Reldon in the November 15, 1937 issue. The pulps are complete with otherwise undamaged covers, and exhibit a moderate amount of tanning and areas of chipping along the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. The hardcover volumes show some fading to the spine, some mild wear, and corner bumping, but the bindings are solid. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,800. From the Frank Collection.

90189

The Shadow (Street & Smith) March 1938-August 1939 Bound Volumes. Includes copies of the March 1-December 15, 1938 and January 1-August 15, 1939 issues that have been trimmed and bound into a set of six hardcover volumes. The pulps are complete with otherwise undamaged covers, and exhibit a moderate amount of tanning and areas of chipping along the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Four of the hardcover volumes show some fading to the spine, and all have some mild wear and corner bumping, but the binding is solid. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $2,750. From the Frank Collection.

90190

The Shadow (Street & Smith) December 1939-August 1942 Bound Volumes. Includes copies of the December 1 and 15, 1939, January 1-December 15, 1940, January 1-August 15, 1941, and and March 1-August 15, 1942 issues of the series, plus the 1942 edition of the Shadow Annual, that have been trimmed and bound into a set of ten hardcover volumes. Highlights include the second, third, and fourth appearances of the Shadow's nemesis, Shiwan Khan, and the first appearance of love interest Margo Lane; the copy of the Annual is the scarce cover variation with some of the cover text blocked out. The pulps are complete with otherwise undamaged covers, and exhibit a moderate amount of tanning and areas of chipping along the edges. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. Two of the hardcover volumes show some water damage to the tail of the spine and some of the contents; all have fading to the spine, some mild wear, and corner bumping, but with solid binding. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $3,275. From the Frank Collection.

90191

The Spider (Popular, 1942-43) Group of 15. Set of 15 issues from late in the hero pulp series. Included are copies of the March (featuring a Suicide Squad crossover story), April, May, July, August, September, October, November, and December 1942, and January, March, June, August, October, and December 1943 issues. The pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines (with spine fading ranging from heavy to none), the usual wear and tear to the edges, and supple cream-colored pages with mild chipping. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,150. From the Frank Collection.

Entertainment Collectibles

90192

Strange Tales (Clayton) 1931-33, Complete Set. All seven issues of the short-lived title that briefly challenged Weird Tales. Includes the September and November, 1931; January, March, June, and October 1932, and January 1933 issues, with an extra copy of the October 1932 issue. Contents include works by Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Hugh B. Cave, and Paul Ernst. All feature covers by H.W. Wesso. Each has a complete spine and glossy covers with soiling or discoloration and some wear, chipping, creases, and/or tears, and supple pages. In overall Very Good condition. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $1,750. From the Frank Collection.

Books

90193

Tales of Magic and Mystery/True Strange Stories (1927-29) Group of 2. Includes the December 1927 debut issue of Tales of Magic and Mystery and the April 1929 issue of True Strange Stories. Both feature early works by Walter Gibson, who would soon after achieve fame as the talent behind The Shadow. A large piece has been replaced to the lower right corner on the cover of Tales of Magic; otherwise, the items are in overall Very Good condition. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $400. From the Frank Collection.

90194

Tales of Wonder (World's Work, 1937-39) First Six Issues. The first six issues of the British pulp series. The spines and top right corners of the first two issues are largely chipped away, and issue #2 is missing its back cover, otherwise the pulps are complete and in Very Good condition with supple pages. Not currently listed in Bookery's Guide to Pulps value. From the Frank Collection.

90195

Unknown/Unknown Worlds (Street & Smith) March 1939-October 1943 Bound Volumes. A complete run of the sci-fi oriented pulp is represented in this set of 13 volumes. Included are copies of the March 1939-August 1941 issues of Unknown and the October 1941-October 1943 issues of the bedsheet formatted Unknown Worlds that have been trimmed and bound into hardcover volumes. The pulps are complete with otherwise undamaged covers, and exhibit a light amount of tanning along the edges and chipping to the corners of a few of the pulps. Aside from having been trimmed and bound, the pulps are in overall Very Good condition. The hardcover volumes are in pristine condition. Bookery's Guide to Pulps VG value for group = $1,320. From the Frank Collection.

90196

Weird Tales (Popular Fiction, 1924-53) Group of 59. Includes the November 1924 (Bookery's lists as "very rare"; Poor condition with missing covers); January (Fair with front cover missing) and August 1925; November 1927; January, August, October, and December 1928; June 1929; March and July 1934; January, February, April, and May 1935; July 1937; July and November 1938; September and October 1939; March 1940; March, May, July, and September 1941; January, May, July, September, and November 1942; January, March, and July 1943; March, September, and November 1944; March, September, and November 1945; September and November 1946; May 1947; May, July, and November 1948; January and March 1949; March, May (2 copies), and July 1950; January, March, May, September, and November 1951; May, July, and November 1952; March, May, and July 1953 issues of the legendary weird fiction pulp. Contents include works by Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Seabury Quinn, Ray Bradbury, Paul Ernst, and numerous others; and many feature classic covers by Hugh Rankin, Margaret Brundage, J. Allen St. John, and Hannes Bok. Most of the pulps are in overall Very Good condition with complete covers and spines that show a moderate to heavy amount of fading, and supple pages with some chipping to the older issues. Approximate Bookery's Guide to Pulps value for group = $3,600. From the Frank Collection.

90197

Assorted Sci-Fi Pulps and Magazines Group (1927-94). Includes the July 1930, February 1931, and April and June 1932 issues of Astounding Stories; the May 21, 1938 Argosy; September 1939 Startling Stories; December 1934 Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds; a rare December 1936 Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine; May 1952 Planet Stories, Summer and Winter 1939, Spring, Summer, and Fall 1940, and Spring 1942 Tales of Wonder; February 1922, February 1924, and January 1927 Science and Invention; issues #1-3, 5-8, 10, and 11 of Tomorrow Speculative Fiction (1993-94); the January, April, July, and October 1990, January, April, July, and October 1991, and January 1992 issues of Burroughs Bulletin; and the Buck Rogers 25th Century A.D. Big Little Book (1933, Good condition). The pulps are in overall Very Good condition, and the magazines are Near Mint. From the Frank Collection.

90198

Playboy (1954-60) Group of Eight Issues Featuring Fiction and Non-Fiction by Ray Bradbury. What do the April and May 1954, January and December 1955, March and June 1956, January 1957, and August 1960 issues of Playboy have in common? Not just centerfolds! Each of these issues, copies of which are included here, featured works by the great Ray Bradbury, including (chronologically) excerpts from Fahrenheit 451, and complete short stories The Concrete Mixer, The Next In Line, The First Night of Lent (article), A Sound of Thunder, In a Season of Calm Weather (with illustration by Picasso), and The Best of All Possible Worlds.

The copies appear in overall Fine condition, but the December 1955 issue, while complete has detached center pages, including the centerfold; the January 1957 issue has 2 detached but still present pages but is missing the centerfold; and the August 1960 issue is missing the centerfold. From the Frank Collection.

Session 2

91001

Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The Story of a Bad Boy. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870.

First edition, first state ("scattered" for "scatters" on page 45, and "abroad" for "aboard" on page 197). Small octavo. 261 pages plus 23 pages of ads. Illustrations throughout. Frontispiece.

Full red cloth, front and rear boards stamped in blind, spine stamped in gilt. Brown coated endpapers. Slightly skewed, spine a little worn and lightly chipped at ends, a few tiny holes at the foot of the front joint. Some spotting to terminal pages. Front pastedown contains bookplate of noted book collector H. Bradley Martin. Very good, in a custom quarter leather drop-back box.

Peter Parley to Penrod, page 35.

91002

[Anonymous]. A Winter in Paris; or Memoirs of Madame C****: Written by Herself. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1811.

First edition. Uniformly bound in three twelvemo volumes. 224; 231; 190 pages.

Original mottled leather bindings with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spines. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Moderate wear and scuffing to boards. Hinges tender and with old repairs. Spines darkened with some loss to gilt. Contents sound with light toning throughout. With the bookplate of Sir Martin Browne Folkes, 1st Baronet of Hillington on the front pastedown of each volume. In very good condition and worthy of further professional conservation.

A Radcliffean romance in which the heroine's adventures take her from Switzerland to France, then Italy and Portugal. Filled with the typical melodrama of the period - shipwrecks, murder to protect virtue, and chivalry - interleaved with the use of historical figures such as Massena, Volney and Napoleon. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91003

Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility [and] Emma. London: Richard Bentley, 1833.

First illustrated and one-volume editions from the Bentley Standard Novels series, numbers 23 and 25. Two sixteenmo volumes. 331 and 435 pages respectively. Each volume contains an extra engraved title page and an engraved frontispiece.

Contemporary half-leather over marbled boards with titles and rules stamped in gilt on the spine. Rubbing and wear at the spine ends and corners. Hinges just starting to crack though the binding is sound. Moderate foxing and toning to the preliminary and terminal pages, otherwise the contents remain tight and bright. Very good copies of two classic Jane Austen's novels.

91004

Ray Bradbury. The October Country. New York: Ballantine Books, [1955].

First edition, first state. Octavo. 306 pages. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. Multiple illustrations within the text.

Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Upside-down monogram on the spine signifying the first state. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Dust jacket slightly soiled with faded spine and one small closed tear on the back and one on the front; small puncture hole to spine. Altogether a very good copy.

The October Country features fourteen stories which first appeared in Bradbury's Dark Carnival published by Arkham House in 1947 as well as four new stories appearing in book form for the first time: "The Dwarf," "The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse," "Touched With Fire," and "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone." Ray Bradbury was recently awarded the National Medal of Arts.

91005

Robert Burns. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (Self-Interpreting). Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., [1909].

The Ayrshire Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered sets, of which this is number 784. Illustrated with sixty etchings and wood cuts, maps and facsimiles. Frontispieces. Index.

Full mustard crushed morocco with gilt lettering, decoration, fillets and dentelles. Beige silk moiré endleaves. A few brown spots to leather and some offsetting from the glue on the reverse side of the moiré-backed free endpapers. Overall, a fine set.

91006

Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932.

Special edition limited to 1,500 copies, of which this is number 1,437, signed on the colophon by Frederic Warde, designer of this edition's typography and binding. This copy also signed on a preliminary blank page by Alice Hargreaves (nee Alice Liddell, "the original Alice"). Per the LEC bibliography, the limitation of the editions signed by Hargreaves (in addition to Warde) was said to be 500 copies. Octavo. xi, 182 pages. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Original illustrations by John Tenniel, re-engravedonn wood by Bruno Rollitz. Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the printing house of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York.

Full red morocco with gilt-stamped fleuron to covers. Titles and portraits of characters from the book stamped in gilt on the spine. All edges gilt. There is damage to the head of the spine, which has been repaired, but which has resulted in a dark spot. Bookplate of Marie Luise Hinrichs, designed by Rockwell Kent, on the front pastedown, and again, upside down on the rear pastedown. Despite the damage to the spine, this is a near fine copy, in the publisher's worn slipcase.

91007

Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935.

Special edition limited to 1,500 copies, of which this is number 1,385, signed by Alice Hargreaves (nee Alice Liddell, "the original Alice"). Octavo. xxi, 211 pages. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Original illustrations by John Tenniel, re-engraved in metal by Frederic Warde. Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the printing house of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York.

Full blue morocco with gilt-stamped fleuron on covers. Titles and portraits of the book's characters stamped in gilt on spine. All edges gilt. Spine is lightly faded. A near fine copy in a custom quarter leather and marbled paper drop-back box.

91008

Lewis Carroll. Sir John Tenniel [illustrator]. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932.

Limited edition of 1,500 copies, signed and bound by Frederic Warde on the colophon page. Octavo. 183 pages. This copy without the bound-in page before the title page signed by Alice Hargreaves, the "original" Alice.

Full red morocco, decoratively gilt-stamped. Wear to the edges. Tender joints. All edges gilt. A very good copy in the publisher's slipcase, moderately worn and browned.

This copy comes with the fabulous addition of a one-page autograph letter, dated March 29, 1884, which reads in full: "My dear Wingman, / I herewith enclose / a cheque for the chest. / with much thanks - & / a thousand apologies / for not sending it sooner. / In an agony of haste / Yours sincerely / John Tenniel. / Please send a Post card to / say "All right". Also included is a small 3.5 x 4.5 inch original pen and ink drawing on an October 25, 1891 postmarked envelope affixed to the front pastedown which duplicates the illustration on page 110 of the present work. Tenniel has cleverly incorporated the postage stamp into the drawing. LEC Bibliography. Williams, Madan and Green.

91009

Willa Cather. April Twilights, Poems. Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1903.

First edition of the author's first book and only published volume of verse. Twelvemo. 52 pages.

Brown paper over boards; paper title labels to spine and front cover. Head of spine lightly bumped. Stray crayon mark to front cover. Small nicks to labels on spine and cover and to bottom edge of front free endpaper. Front hinge starting. Very good.

Cather's first book and her only published volume of verse.

91010

Willa Cather. April Twilights. Poems by Willa Sibert Cather. Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1903.

First edition of Willa Cather's first book. Small octavo (7.5 x 5.1875 inches; 190 x 132 mm.). 52, [4, blank] pages. Title-page printed in green and black.

Original drab boards with cream-colored paper label on front cover printed in orange and black and cream-colored paper spine label printed in black. Light rubbing to extremities, spine ends lightly bumped, spine label browned and slightly chipped, not affecting any text. Small piece torn from lower corner of rear free endpaper (the piece is still present and affixed to the rear pastedown). Lower edge of title and following leaf slightly abraded where they were at one time adhered to the front board, lower edge of final blank leaf slightly abraded where it was at one time adhered to the rear board. Small piece torn from upper blank corner of pages 9/10 and 11/12, not affecting text. A very good copy. Protected in a light brown cloth chemise and quarter brown morocco slipcase.

Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Mrs. Wilson Kuhn / with happy memories of / the S.S. Zeeland and / Paris. / Isabelle McClung- / 1906."

The dear friend to whom Willa Cather dedicated The Troll Garden and The Song of the Lark, Isabelle McClung (1877-1938) "was also the prototype for at least two of Cather's characters, Marjorie Parmenter in 'Double Birthday' and Winifred Alexander in Alexander's Bridge. Born on November 4, 1877, at Old Allegheny, now a part of Pittsburgh, Isabelle attended Pittsburgh public schools and a boarding school in Utica, New York. She revolted against the conservative, rigid, uprightness of her father's Scotch Presbyterianism and turned to the arts. She preferred the society of actors, singers, and writers to the society in which she was supposed to move as the judge's daughter. When Willa Cather went to see Lizzie Hudson Collier, the actress, in her dressing room in 1901, she met Isabelle, a tall, handsome young woman who had come to congratulate Collier. The two young women struck up a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Isabelle was not artistically gifted, but she genuinely appreciated real artistic accomplishment. She invited Cather, who was then working in Pittsburgh, to move into the McClung home (at 1180 Murray Hill)...A study was made for Cather on the top floor of the house, and there she wrote most of the stories in The Troll Garden and probably some of the poems in April Twilights as well" (A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather).

"Badger's Gorham Press was a vanity press. The author contributed a substantial part of the cost for publication.... In 1908, Willa Cather bought the remainder of the first edition and destroyed it. She permitted Knopf to publish a new edition in 1923 after removing 13 poems from the original contents and adding 12 new ones" (Crane).

Crane A1.a.

91011

Willa Cather. Death Comes for the Archbishop. With Drawings and Designs by Harold Von Schmidt. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.

Second edition, first printing, limited issue (first published serially in the Forum, January-June 1927, illustrated with drawings by Harold von Schmidt, and then in book form in September 1927). Limited to 170 numbered copies (of which 160 are for sale) printed on Rives Cream Plate Paper. This copy is Number 54, signed by Willa Cather. Quarto (11.375 x 8.125 inches; 289 x 206 mm.). [2, blank], [8], 343, [1, colophon], [2, blank] pages. Ten full-page black-on-white illustrations by Harold von Schmidt and forty-eight black-on-white vignette illustrations.

Original full cream vellum paper over limp boards pictorially stamped in silver on front cover, ruled and lettered in silver on spine, and stamped in blind with publisher's device on rear cover. Yapp fore-edge. Top edge rough-trimmed and silvered, others uncut. Foot of spine and corners lightly bumped. Slightly over-opened between pages 74 and 75 and 186 and 187. Previous owner's ink signature on front free endpaper. A very good copy. In the original light tan laid paper dust jacket ruled and lettered in black on spine and with flaps folding over the edges. The jacket is slightly browned, chipped and torn at the edges, with most of the spine missing. Housed in the original light brown paper over board slipcase with tan paper spine label printed in black and matching limitation number in ink at the foot of the spine. The slipcase is worn and splitting along the spine and at top and bottom.

"This book, designed by Elmer Adler, was set on the Monotype in Poliphilus, electrotyped, printed and bound by the Plimpton Press of Norwood, Massachusetts. The Japan Paper Company of New York supplied the paper. The illustrations were reproduced by Federal Photo-Engraving Corporation of New York" (Colophon).

"This new edition was originally intended for the 1929 Christmas trade and is called the 'holiday edition' in the Knopf production records. The black-on-white illustrations and text drawings are by Harold von Schmidt, who illustrated the Forum periodical publication of 1927" (Crane, p. 139).

Crane A16.b.i.

91012

Willa Cather. A Lost Lady - Signed Limited Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923.

Edition limited to 200 copies, of which this is number 198, signed by the author. Octavo. 173 pages.

Tan cloth backstrip and blue paper boards. Paper title label on spine (tan paper label rather than the blue as issued may be a later custom label; also, "extra" blue label is missing from rear pastedown). Pages uncut, several unopened. Abrasion to front pastedown which appears to indicate a sticker has been removed. Some rubbing to boards; edges worn. A very good copy in a battered slipcase, missing half of its backstrip.

91013

Willa Cather. Lucy Gayheart. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935.

First edition, limited to 749 copies, of which this is number 457, signed by the author. Octavo. 231 pages.

Blue cloth. Gilt stamping on spine dulled. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge and bottom edge uncut. Blue ribbon marker. Cloth on spine sunned. Endpapers browning. A very good copy in a toned and lightly worn slipcase.

91014

Willa Cather. My Ántonia. With Illustrations by W.T. Benda. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.

First edition. Small octavo. xiii, 418 pages.

Brown cloth lettered in yellow-orange on front cover and spine. Light rubbing to extremities. With oval gilt-stamped leather bookplate of noted collector Estelle Doheny on front pastedown. Front endpapers show offsetting from bookplate and from binding tape. Otherwise, a near fine copy in a beautiful gilt-stamped quarter leather and cloth box; with board chemise and ribbon pull.

Crane A9.a.i.

91015

Willa Cather. My Ántonia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.

First edition. Small octavo. xiii, 418 pages. Illustrations by W. T. Benda.

Brown cloth with yellow stamped titles to spine and front cover. Minor wear to extremities. Stray ink mark and brown spot (diameter one-quarter inch) to bottom page edges. Very slightly cocked. A very good copy housed in a handsome custom quarter leather and cloth slipcase (lightly rubbed and darkened) and board chemise with ribbon pull.

91016

Willa Cather. Not Under Forty. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.

First edition, limited issue. Limited to 333 copies (of which 313 are for sale), this copy being number 207, signed by the author. Octavo. v, 147 pages.

Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and gilt-stamped author's initials and decoration to cover. Top edge gilt. Uncut Nihon Japan vellum pages. Sewn-in blue satin marker lightly faded and frayed at end. Binding very slightly cocked. One sheet (comprising four pages, containing Prefatory Note and Contents) present but detached. Otherwise, this is a fine copy.

Crane A21.a.i.

91017

Willa Cather. Not Under Forty. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.

First edition, limited issue. Limited to 333 numbered copies (of which 313 are for sale), this copy being number 332, signed by the author. Octavo. v, 147 pages. Printed on Nihon Japan Vellum.

Blue buckram with front cover decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt and spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Uncut Nihon Japan vellum pages; several pages unopened at fore-edge. A fine copy in dust jacket (which has a darkened spine and a small chip at head). In sunned and split slipcase missing its top side.

Crane A21.a.i.

91018

Willa Cather. Obscure Destinies. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932.

First edition, limited issue. Limited to 260 copies (of which 235 are for sale), this copy being number 22, signed by the author. Tall octavo. 229 pages. Printed on Nihon Japan Vellum paper.

Original quarter vellum over bright green black- and gold-flecked Chinese paper over boards. Gold paper label printed in black on front cover. Spine stamped in gilt. Top edge rough-trimmed and gilt, others uncut. Sewn-in green ribbon marker. Vellum spine yellowing slightly. Small nick to paper at tip of top corner on back board. Else, a fine copy in chipped and tape-repaired jacket.

Crane A19.a.i.

91019

Willa Cather. The Professor's House. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925.

First edition. Small octavo. 283 pages.

Original orange cloth over boards with blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Top edge trimmed and stained red-orange, other edges rough-cut. Boards show offsetting from dust jacket, head of spine slightly worn, gilt on spine dulled. Dedication page and contents page unopened along bottom edge. One large notch to head of jacket's darkened spine, edges of jacket lightly chipped, with some small closed tears. Else, very good.

Crane A14.a.i.

91020

Willa Cather. Shadows on the Rock. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931.

First edition, first printing, limited issue. Limited to 619 numbered copies (of which 607 are for sale) printed on Croxley Hand Made Paper, signed by Willa Cather (this copy being Number 395). Octavo (9.125 x 6 inches; 232 x 154 mm.). [8], 280, [1, blank], [1, colophon] pages. "Set up, electrotyped, printed and bound by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass. Paper made by John Dickinson & Co. Ltd., of London" (Colophon).

Publisher's blue fine linen marbled curl cloth over boards. Reddish brown leather spine label ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt on the rough, others uncut. A fine copy. In the original heavy cream laid paper dust jacket ruled and lettered in black on spine. Ink limitation number at foot of jacket spine. The jacket is slightly browned with the spine darkened, a few chips and tears repaired on the verso with cellophane tape, two-inch piece torn from lower spine and reattached with tape on the verso, additional tape repairs to rear flap folds. Housed in the publisher's red paper over board slipcase with matching limitation number in ink at foot of spine. The slipcase is faded and worn, with a few small splits.

"Set in Quebec in 1697, this small, serene novel about a 12-year-old girl who keeps house for her father, a widowed apothecary, describes a year in the life of Cecile and Euclide Auclair, whose orderly and loving household is protected from the Canadian wilderness by the civic and religious institutions of Kebec, the 'Rock.' In 1931, when as many as five million American workers were jobless and the industrializing world seemed about to collapse, the relatively stable traditional community depicted in this beautifully written novel provided solace to its readers. It was the first of Willa Cather's many books to become a best-seller" (The New York Public Library's Books of the Century, p. 197).

Crane A17.a.i.

91021

Ralph N. Chubb. The Sun Spirit: A Visionary Phantasy. Fair Oak, near Kingsclere [England]: Privately published by the author, 1931.

First edition of his first lithographed book limited to thirty numbered copies. Folio. [46] pages. Illustrated by the author.

Original quarter morocco with linen over boards and vellum corners with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and titles and vignette of a nude boy stamped in gilt on the front board. The leather spine is darkened slightly and the linen boards display moderate foxing. The contents are bright and, with the exception of a former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, it is in very good condition.

Chubb was greatly influenced by William Blake and this work is considered a milestone in Uranian literature.

91022

Joseph Conrad. The N***** of the "Narcissus." A Tale of the Sea. London: William Heinemann, 1898.

First English published edition, with the letters in "Heinemann" on the spine in small uniform caps, and with four pages of undated advertisements plus sixteen pages of advertisements dated Autumn 1897 at the end. Octavo (7.5 x 5.25 inches; 191 x 130 mm.). [8], 259, [1, blank], [4, advertisements] pages plus 15, [1] pages publisher's catalogue ("Mr. William Heinemann's Autumn Announcements mdcccxcvii").

Publisher's dark slate linen-grain cloth with front cover pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, and back cover stamped in blind with the publisher's initials. Minor rubbing to extremities, endpapers slightly browned, upper corner of front free endpaper folded down and fragile, edges lightly foxed. Over-opened at gathering F (between pages 80 and 81), short (half-inch) tear to outer blank margin of H2 (pages 115/116), tiny tear to outer blank margin of L2 (pages 163/164). A very good copy.

"This sea story of 1897 can, despite its international cast of characters, safely be called Conrad's first English novel: not only is the Narcissus sailing home to England, but the novel's celebration of life at sea is simultaneously a celebration of the traditions of its creator's adopted homeland. Henry James's view is typical of the affection in which the novel is held: 'The N***** of the "Narcissus" is in my opinion the very finest & strongest picture of the sea and sea-life that our language possesses - the masterpiece in a whole class'...The story was serialized in the New Review (August-December 1897)...On 29 July 1897, a copyright edition of just seven copies of The N***** of the 'Narcissus': A Tale of the Forecastle was printed in Britain by Heinemann...The novel was published by Dodd, Mead in America on 20 November 1897 as The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle...[Conrad] consented to the change of title under protest, commenting in an inscribed copy of The Children of the Sea: 'The argument was that the American public would not read a book about a "n*****"' (Smith, [p.] 8). The original title was subsequently restored. British publication followed on 2 December 1897, when the novel was issued by Heinemann" (Oxford Reader's Companion to Conrad).

The N***** of the "Narcissus" was published on December 2, 1897 (post-dated 1898), in an edition of 1,500 copies.

Smith, Conrad, 3.

91023

Stephen Crane. War is Kind. Drawings by Will Bradley. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899.

First edition of Stephen Crane's second book of verse and one of artist and typographer Will Bradley's most famous books. Tall slim octavo (8.3125 x 5.1875 inches; 212 x 132 mm.). [4, blank], [5]-96, [4, blank] pages (the first and final blank leaves used as endpapers). Twenty-two illustrations, including title and six full-page illustrations. "Arranged and Printed by Will Bradley at the University Press, Cambridge and New York" (verso of title-page). Printed on gray deckle-edged cartridge paper.

Original gray cartridge-paper boards pictorially printed and lettered in black. Gray paper spine label printed in black. All edges uncut. Boards browned at the edges, corners lightly bumped, spine browned and lightly chipped at extremities, spine label a little rubbed and chipped. Scratch mark across rear cover. Just slightly over-opened between pages 48 and 49. A very good copy of this notoriously fragile book. Protected in a black cloth chemise and quarter black morocco slipcase lettered in gilt on spine (stamp-signed on chemise liner: "Bound by J. Desmonts / J. Mac Donald Co. / Norwalk, Conn.").

"One of Bradley's most famous books...The first edition of Stephen Crane's War is Kind was designed and printed by Bradley at the University Press in 1899 for Frederick A. Stokes...The gray boards, with a spine label, are decorated on the front with the well-known picture of a woman with a sword printed in black...The cover of the tall, thin octavo is divided into elongated panels by rules, and the elongated line is repeated in the figure of the woman, her flowing hair, her sword, the trees behind her, the large vases beside her. The title page resembles the cover with its eccentric lettering and decorations of a lyre, birds, and extremely elonged candles, all within rules. There is an illustration facing the text opening, other full-page illustrations and occasional decorations throughout, but some pages are plain, even without running titles. Most of these decorations are very black, which suites the thick gray wove, deckle-edge paper on which the book is printed but does not suit the Caslon text type, which is also too thin for the heavy dark paper, especially since only a few lines of poetry are printed to a page...This is the only jarring note in what is otherwise a monument of American Art Nouveau bookmaking. It is a strong, harsh book, one not for all tastes" (Susan Otis Thompson, American Book Design and William Morris, p. 116).

BAL 4083. Bambace A42. Williams and Starrett 20.

91024

[Daniel Defoe]. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years All Alone in an Uninhabited Island on the Coast of America Near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque, Having Been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck Wherein All the Men Perished but Himself, With An Account How He Was At Last As Strangely Delivered By Pyrates, Written by Himself. London: John Stockdale, 1790.

First Stockdale edition. Tall octavo. Complete in two volumes. 389; 456 pages plus ads. Illustrations by Thomas Stothard. Vol. II includes an 85-page essay by George Chalmers titled "The Life of Daniel De Foe"; with portrait of De Foe by Thomas Medland and bibliography.

Full mottled calf with ornate gilt decorations to spine. Gilt titles to red leather label on spine and gilt decorative border to covers and edges of boards. Marbled endpapers. Leather is worn and rubbed, and spines have darkened considerably. Foxing and offsetting to pages preceding, containing, and following illustrated plates. Armorial bookplate of Conolly McCausland (1754-1822) on front pastedown of each volume, another armorial bookplate of Peter Digges La Touche on verso of first free endpaper of Vol. II (one appears to have been removed from the same page of Vol. I). Considering their age, this is a very good set of exceptionally sturdy books.

91025

Charles Dickens. Bleak House. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853 [i.e., March 1852-September 1853].

First edition, in the original monthly parts, twenty numbers in nineteen. Octavo (8.875 x 5.5625 inches; 226 x 143 mm.). xvi, 54, 59-624 pages. This set is lacking leaves E4 and E5 (pp. 55/56 and 57/58) in No. II. Forty etched plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), including frontispiece and added vignette title. Some plates with the original tissue guards.

This set has most of the eighty-two advertisements and slips called for by Hatton and Cleaver, including the apology slip to follow the plate in No. IX ("An accident having happened to the Plate, it has been necessary to cancel one of the Illustrations to the present Number. It will be supplied in the next monthly Part") and the scarce "The Village Pastor" booklet (8 pp.) in No. XV. The "Bleak House Advertiser" is present and correct in each part except No. I, which lacks pages 1-2.

In addition, the following ads are lacking: No. I lacks the "W. Mott" (2 pp.) and "Norton's Camomile Pills" (4 pp.) ads at back; No. II lacks the "Household Words" slip to follow the plates; No. IV lacks the "Waterlow & Sons" (4 pp.) ads and the Marsland, Son, & Co.'s "Crochet Cotton" slip at back; No. VIII lacks the "Crochet Cotton" slip at back; No. X lacks the "New Sporting Newspaper" ad (one leaf, verso blank) at back; No. XII lacks the "Partridge and Cozens" (4 pp.) ads, the "Waterlow & Sons" (2 pp.) ads, and the "Crochet Cotton" slip at back; No. XIV lacks the "Household Words" slip to follow the plates, and "Ali Ahmed's Treasures of the Desert" (8 pp.), "New Geographical and Educational Works" (2 pp.), and the "Crotchet Cotton" slip at back, but has two copies of the "Waterlow & Sons" (2 pp.) ads; No. XV lacks the "Household Words" slip to follow the plates; and No. XVI lacks "Grace Aguilar's Works" (8 pp.) at back. No. I has Variant C of the "Waterlow & Sons" inset. In No. III the "Crotchet Cotton" (with 5-line heading, with "page 285, Nov. 22nd, 1851") slip is bound before the "Waterlow & Sons" inset.

In the original blue pictorial wrappers with advertisements on the inside front and inside and outside back wrappers. The set shows some soiling and wear, but no repairs. Part Nos. XIX/XX is coming apart, but is complete, except for the back wrapper, with has been supplied from a part No. XII. The back wrappers of several parts are detached, the front wrapper of No. VI has a small hole, affecting four letters on the recto and two letters on the verso, and a small hole in the lower blank corner, the front wrapper of No. XIV has a small hole in the lower blank margin. A few text leaves have been poorly opened. The plates are browned and foxed at the edges, and there is some offsetting, especially from the "Dark" plates, a few plates have marginal dampstaining and a few have short tears. Several front wrappers have early ink or pencil signatures, No. V has an early ink signature at head of title. A very good set. Chemised in a full dark brown morocco pull-off case lettered in gilt on the spine.

"The explanation of the accident to Plate No. 17, to face page 261, 'Visitors to the Shooting Gallery,' is, that 'Phiz' made a mistake by introducing Grandmother Smallweed into the etching, instead of the fair 'Judy.' In consequence it was canceled, and never published" (Hatton and Cleaver).

Eckel, pp. 79-81. Gimbel A130. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 275-304.

91026

Charles Dickens. Five Leather-Bound Christmas Books, including: A Christmas Carol, In Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. Early edition, likely second or third edition (edition statement appears to have been erased on title page, making it difficult to ascertain which edition this actually is). 166 pages plus ads. Illustrations by John Leech. Color frontispiece. [and:] The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Sixth edition. 175 pages plus ads. Vignette title page and illustrations. [and:] The Cricket on the Hearth, A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Seventeenth edition. 174 pages plus ads. Vignette title page and illustrations. [and:] The Battle of Life, A Romance. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition. 175 pages plus ads. Vignette title page and illustrations. [and:] The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Appears to be a first edition. 188 pages. Illustrated title page, frontispiece and illustrations throughout. All twelvemo volumes are uniformly bound in full red polished calf with gilt spines and morocco labels. Gilt decorations, borders, and dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. All have the original gilt-stamped red cloth covers bound in. Boards have minor scarring and spines have faded slightly. Overall, a very attractive set in better than very good condition.

91027

Charles Dickens. Five Christmas Books in Original Cloth, including: Christmas Carol, In Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. Ninth edition (which Gimbel says is actually the eighth edition). 166 pages plus ads. Illustrations by John Leech. Color frontispiece. Binding cocked. Binding a little loose. Inked name. With a custom red slipcase with gilt titles and decoration that mimic the front cover of the book. [and:] The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Tenth edition. 175 pages plus ads. Vignette title page and illustrations. Binding cocked. Spine ends chipped. Boards soiled. Inked name. [and:] The Cricket on the Hearth, A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Seventeenth edition. 174 pages plus ads. Vignette title page and illustrations. An early edition with white endpapers. Slightly cocked. Boards soiled. Spine ends chipped. Cloth split along joints. [and:] The Battle of Life, A Romance. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Appears to be a first edition, fourth printing. 175 pages plus ads. Vignette title page and illustrations. Boards soiled. Spine ends chipped; spine darkened. Front hinge broken, pages loose. [and:] The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. 188 pages. Illustrated title page, frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Binding cocked. Head of spine badly chipped. Hinge broken. Cloth split. Bookplate. All twelvemo volumes are in their original gilt-stamped red cloth bindings (Christmas Carol has faded to brown). All edges gilt. All volumes in good condition.

91028

Charles Dickens [editor and contributor]. Household Words. A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens. London: [Bradbury & Evans], 1850-1852; and New York: Angell, Engel & Hewitt; McElrath and Lord; McElrath and Barker; T.L McElrath and Co.; J.A. Dix; Dix and Edwards, 1852-1855.

Mixed set of first English and American editions. Eleven octavo volumes (9 x 6 inches; 229 x 152 mm.) comprising No. 1 to No. 279. With an engraved frontispiece portrait (a bust of the young Dickens) inserted in Volume X.

Uniformly bound in publisher's gilt and blind-stamped green cloth, borders stamped in blind, front boards with gilt wreath centerpieces around gilt side titles (wreaths stamped in blind on rear boards), spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt in compartments, a few volumes with publisher's names stamped in gilt at foot, yellow coated endpapers. Spines with various degrees of sunning and bindings in variously different conditions, probably belying different origins: Lower half of Volume III spine spattered with red wax and foot somewhat frayed; a few volumes with moisture staining, most prominently to the spine and boards of volumes VII and VIII; corners slightly bumped, with bits of loss to some corners, especially to upper corners of volume XI; front board of volume XI with a diagonal abrasion. Overall, except for a few flaws, these are very good copies that are internally clean and bright.

A distinguished set of Dickens's first periodical. In addition to comprising anonymous contributions by preeminent Victorian writers like Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter, George Augustus Sala, Mary Jane Tomkins, and others, Household Worlds contains the first appearance in print of several classic works of English literature, including Hard Times by Dickens and Gaskell's North and South.

Though this set is mixed, it contains the first English and first American editions of these volumes; once in America, the serial's publisher changed frequently -- a fact addressed and explained by Dickens scholar William E. Buckler: "The 1850s were years of copyright agitation in America, and certainly no legally protective arrangements were possible to the English publishers before the journal was discontinued in 1859. And it is not surprising that the course of Household Words was not so brilliant in America as was that of its successor All the Year Round. It was partially a local work and not quite so interesting to an America as to an English reader; it had changed publishers too often; there was no legitimate arrangement between the English proprietors and the American publishers; it was sold at too high a price; it had been published by inexperienced people and therefore had not received proper publicity and promotion; and its lack of pictorial illustration made it unpopular with the masses" ("'Household Words' in America," in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 45, pp. 160-66.)

[Together with:]

Anne Lohrli. Household Words. A Weekly Journal 1850-1859 Conducted by Charles Dickens. Table of Contents List of Contributors and Their Contributions based on the Household Words Office Book in the Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, Princeton University Library. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973.

First edition. Octavo (9.75 x 6.75 inches; 248 x 171 mm.). 534 pages. With four photographic illustrations on three plates.

Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, speckled paper endpapers. In the original printed paper dust jacket. Jacket only lightly soiled, else a near fine copy of this key to understanding the contributors to Household Words.

91029

[Charles Dickens]. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London: Charles Tilt, 1839.

First edition, first issue, with "wine" in the fifth stanza. Small square twelvemo (5 x 4 inches; 127 x 102 mm.). [i]-vii, [1, blank], 40, [8, publisher's ads] pages. With a plate of music and ten (of eleven) etchings.

Limp green cloth with gilt pictorial stamp, cream endpapers.Spine with inexpert restoration. Light soiling throughout. Housed in a beige cloth clamshell case with black leather label lettered in gilt on spine. Overall a good copy.

Cohn 243. Gimbel B84.

91030

Charles Dickens. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Twelve Illustrations by S. L. Fildes, and a Portrait. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.

First edition. Bound from the parts, with stab-holes visible. Octavo (8.625 x 5.625 inches; 219 x 142 mm.). vii, [1, list of illustrations], 190, [2, advertisements] pages plus the first issue 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated Aug. 31, 1870. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens ("Engraved by J.H. Baker, from a Photograph taken in 1868, by Mason & Co."), steel-engraved vignette title by J. Brown, and twelve wood-engraved plates, two by the Dalziel Brothers and ten by Charles Roberts, all after Samuel Luke Fildes.

Publisher's primary binding (Carter A) of deep yellowish green fine bead-grain cloth. Front cover decoratively stamped in black and gilt and lettered in gilt within an outer sawtooth border surrounding a thin double line border. Back cover decoratively stamped in black with a centered shield which contains a design of flowers and leaves within a thin triple line and thick single line border. Spine decoratively stamped in black and gilt and lettered in gilt. All edges sprinkled dull red. Original pale greenish yellow coated endpapers. Just slightly skewed, some wear to corners and spine extremities. Some light foxing. Leaf [A]4 (pp. vii/[viii] list of illustrations) detached. Embossed stamp of W. H. Smith & Son, Strand, London, on front free endpaper. A very good copy.

"Dickens began writing his last and unfinished story in August, 1869. It was his purpose to have much of the novel written before publication began. He found writing to be hard work, though there are few of his stories which are superior in the matter of composition...The solution of the plot was never disclosed and this stamps 'Drood' as one of the best unfinished mystery stories in literature. An approximate approach to any sort of a conclusion rested in the pictorial designs of the green wrapper, yet they rather added to the confusion. An endless number of solutions, so called, were published, without clearing the situation. After Dickens had written six parts, one-half of which having been published, he died June 9, 1870" (Eckel).

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood appeared originally in six monthly parts from April-September 1870. It was published in book form on August 31, 1870" (Smith I, p. 117, note 6). From the H. Barry Morris Collection.

Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 108-109 (describing the cloth as fine-diaper rather than bead-grain). Eckel, pp. 96-98. Gimbel A155. Sadleir 694. Smith I, 16.

91031

Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.

First edition (original parts issue). Two octavo volumes (8.625 x 5.5 inches; 219 x 139 mm.). xi, [1, blank], 320; vii, [1, list of illustrations], 309, [1, printer's imprint], [1, advertisements], [1, blank] pp. Forty wood-engraved plates by the Dalziel Brothers and W. T. Green after Marcus Stone.

Handsomely bound by Bayntun (Rivière) of Bath, England for C. J. Sawyer Ltd. (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-ins) in full light brown crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt single fillet border, spines decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. This copy has been cleaned and has a few neatly repaired tears. Bound at the end are most of the original blue printed wrappers and advertisements. Complete with the printed slip tipped in at p. [1]: "The Reader will understand the use of the popular phrase Our Mutual Friend, as the title of this book, on arriving at the Ninth Chapter (page 84)."

"Our Mutual Friend originally appeared in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from May 1864-November 1865" (Smith).

Eckel, pp. 94-95. Gimbel A149. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 345-370. See Smith I, 15.

91032

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. [London:] Issued for Private Use by Chapman and Hall, [1887].

Special edition limited to only eight copies, of which this is number six. Printed on vellum, and signed in both volumes by Richard Clay & Sons, Printers; Frederic Chapman, Publishers; and Chas. P. Johnson, Editor. Two large quarto volumes. xlvii, 430; xi, 439 pages. Fifty plates, four original to this edition. Two facsimiles, one original to this edition. Illustrations by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss, Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), and J. Leech.

Full morocco extra binding by Zaehnsdorf, with gold tooled sides and backs, doublé, gilt edges to boards. Top edge gilt. Yellow silk endpapers. Leather on front and back covers is lightly scratched and has faded to green; extremities rubbed. Some dampstaining to endpapers. Contents generally bright. A very good set.

91033

Charles Dickens. Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Introduction by Percy Fitzgerald. With an original frontispiece by Harry Furniss. [from: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens]. Edited with Annotations Bibliography and Topography by Frederic G. Kitton. New York & London: George D. Sproul, 1902-1903.

Autograph edition, extended edition, limited to 250 copies. Six large octavo volumes [of the total extended edition of 112 volumes]. xlvii, 130; xx, 131 - 338; xiv, 1 - 183; 187 - 381; xiii, 1 - 172; ix, 173 - 395 pages. 365 beautifully and cheerfully engraved plates with protective tissues lettered in red. Indices.

Publisher's deep violet cloth covers with paper labels affixed to the spines. Top edges gilt. Some rubbing to the covers, lightly bumped corners and head and foot of the spines, very slight sunning to the spines, some toning and cracking to the paper labels, very clean interiors with intact tissues. Altogether very good copies.

This lot consists of three parts in six volumes from the "Two hundred and fifty copies on white hand-made paper, issued both in fifty-six volumes and in an extended form in one hundred and twelve volumes, of which this is an extended copy," of the Autograph edition. Featured signatures include: Charles Dickens [clipped], Harry Furniss [signed frontispiece illustrations in three volumes], Perry Fitzgerald, and F. G. Kitton. D148 Gimbel.

91034

[Charles Dickens]. Scenes from the Life of Nickleby Married. Containing Certain Remarkable Passages, Strange Adventures, and Extraordinary Occurrences, That Befel The Nickleby Family in Their Further Career; Being a Sequel to the "Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," as Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by "Quiz." London: John Williams, 1840.

First edition. Octavo. 516 pages.

Later half leather binding with marbled boards and gilt spine titles and decoration. Marbled endpapers. Moderate shelf wear to the boards. Gilt spine title worn. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Tape repairs to page 278. Scattered minor toning and staining within the textblock. Overall, a good copy.

91035

Mary Mapes Dodge. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland. New York: James O'Kane, 1866.

First edition, with an autograph gift inscription by Dodge laid in. Octavo. [2], 347, [1, blank], [4, ads] pages. With four engraved plates. Title-page and ads printed in red and black.

Original blue-green cloth, heavy border rolled in gilt and publisher's device stamped in gilt as front board centerpiece, smooth spine stamped in gilt, yellow coated endpapers. Wear to board edges and extremities. Tips and spine extremities abraded with some bits of loss. Signatures standing uneven. Overall, a very good copy of this classic tale, housed in a gilt quarter green morocco slipcase and chemise.

A lovely copy of this well-loved children's classic. The laid-in gift inscription by the author, written in cursive in black ink on a small slip of paper, is dated December 25, 1895 and reads: "To dear Mrs Chi: I send the only woman I'm not afraid of -- -- With Xmas greetings. Mary Mapes Dodge."

Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 25.

91036

A. Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles - First Edition. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902.

First edition. Octavo. 358 pages. 16 tipped-in plates illustrated by Sidney Paget. Frontispiece.

Original full scarlet cloth blocked and titled in black and gilt. Gilt dulled. Slight lean to binding. Hinge cracked lightly at title page. Some rubbing to boards; extremities worn, particularly spine ends and tips of corners. Spine is faded and crinkled. Spine also appears to have been repaired. A couple of the tipped-in plates are loose, and a few protrude slightly past page edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. No dust jacket. Overall, good or slightly better condition.

Pasted to the verso of the front free endpaper are two pieces of paper which have been clipped from a handwritten note or letter on Conan Doyle's stationery. The first piece of paper contains Doyle's printed address "Undershaw, / Hindhead, / Haslemere." The second piece of paper reads "Yours very truly / A. Conan Doyle / [and a paraph beneath the signature]." The signature appears to be secretarial, but we are unable to state categorically whose signature this is. We provide a magnified image on our website.

Green and Gibson. A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle. A26a.

91037

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Lost World. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912].

The "Large Paper" issue of the first edition. Small quarto. vii, 319 pages. 13 illustrated plates. Color frontispiece.

Full light blue cloth over heavy beveled boards, blocked in blind and titled in gilt. Blindstamped dinosaur footprints across boards and spine. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Binding cracked at title page. Light soiling to boards; a one-and-one-half inch by two-inch faded spot on back board. Spine lightly faded with darkening at joints; a couple of dark smudges to upper third of spine. Spine ends lightly bumped. Crease to bottom corner of tipped-in frontispiece; frontispiece tissue guard wrinkled. Pages bright. An inked gift inscription and an inked name on front free endpaper. Overall, this is a nice sturdy, square copy in very good condition.

Doyle's novel about Professor Challenger's expedition to South America where he discovers that prehistoric animals still survive. Although 1000 copies of this issue were prepared, only 190 were bound and sold. An enticing item for any Doyle collector or for any serious collector of fantasy and science fiction.

Green and Gibson A37c.

91038

A. Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1905.

First edition. Octavo. 406 pages plus 4 pages of ads. 16 tipped-in illustrations by Sidney Paget. Frontispiece.

Full dark blue cloth with gilt titles. Gilt to spine dulled. Slight lean to binding. Edges rubbed. Spine ends worn; some fraying to foot. Cloth to spine lightly wrinkled with some rubbing along vertical creases. Foxing to pages. One plate detached but present. One of the tipped-in plates is somewhat askew and extends slightly beyond the top edge of the pages. Inked name and date on front free endpaper. Lacks dust jacket. A good or slightly better copy.

Green and Gibson A29a.

91039

Loren Eiseley. The Firmament of Time. New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1960.

First edition. Inscribed by the author to L. Sprague de Camp on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 184 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles. Original color printed dust jacket. Endpapers lightly toned. Minor edge and spine wear to the dust jacket. Spine sunned. A very good copy.

91040

T.S. Eliot. The Waste Land. Richmond: Printed and Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1923.

First U.K. edition, one of just 460 copies printed by hand by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. This copy with Eliot's underscored signature on a slip of paper laid in at front. Octavo (8.75 x 5.625 inches; 222 x 143 mm.). 35, [1, blank], [1, 'Previous Publications'] [1, blank] pages.

Original blue marbled boards with printed paper title label on front board with asterisk border (Gallup's state 'A'). Slight shelf wear, with rubbing to board edges. Paper label with ink from the 'L' in 'Land' smudged diagonally, and a subtle, very light red vertical line running through the 'N'. Splitting at edge of front board and foot of spine. Spine sunned, resulting in even, brown toning, as is sometimes the case with this fragile binding. A bit of light foxing to lower free front endpaper, lower inner margin of title, and final two leaves. Overall a very good copy, with top edges entirely unopened.

A venerable copy of the first U.K. edition of Eliot's masterwork, and arguably the most important poem written in the twentieth century, printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at their Hogarth Press in 1923. This copy with Eliot's underscored signature on a slip of paper laid-in at front.

Gallup A6c.

91041

William Faulkner. A Fable. New York: Random House, [1954].

Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is number 996, signed by Faulkner on the limitation page. Octavo. 437 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with blue and silver stamping. Crisp, sharp copy. Some light foxing to endpapers. Original glassine dust jacket is yellowed and in tatters. Publisher's paper slipcase shows heavy foxing. A near fine copy that could be easily improved with a new glassine jacket.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1955. A powerful anti-war statement that predates similarly brilliant examples such as Heller's Catch-22 and Kubrick's film Paths of Glory.

91042

William Faulkner. These 13. Stories by William Faulkner - Signed Limited Edition. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1931].

Number 61 of 299 limited edition copies signed by Faulkner on the limitation page. Octavo. 358 pages.

Publisher's brown cloth over gray. No dust jacket, as issued. Top edge silver. Minimal wear to the boards and top textblock edge. Spine shows minimal sunning. A near fine copy.

These 13 was Faulkner's first short story collection and includes many of his most famous stories, namely the frequently anthologized tales "A Rose for Emily" and "That Evening Sun." In a contemporary review of this collection, George Milburn wrote that "William Faulkner is one of the few reasons for believing in the future of American letters."

Autographs

91043

W. C. Fields. Signed Book Contract With Dodd, Mead & Company and Other Related Material.

This fantastic lot includes the original 1939 contract between W. C. Fields and the publisher Dodd, Mead & Company for "a collection of humorous articles" which was later published as W. C. Fields For President. The two-page boiler-plate contract measures 8.5 x 14 inches. The contract calls for Fields to receive 10 per cent of the retail list price for books sold in the United States. Fields signed the contract and his long-time secretary, Magda Michael, signed as one of the two witnesses. Included is a first edition copy of W. C. Fields For President, in dust jacket and in very good condition. Finally, a series of correspondence between Magda Michael, acting as executrix of Fields' estate, and Dodd, Mead & Company is included. Communication begins with a December, 1947 autograph letter signed by Ms. Michael in which she directs the publisher to address all of Fields' future mail to her attention. This is followed by a carbon of a December 4, 1947 letter from the publisher to Ms. Michael asking her to send official documentation as to her executrix status. This, in turn, is followed by a December 11, 1947 typed letter signed by Ms. Michael with attached notarized legal document attesting to her status as W. C. Fields' executrix. All correspondence have the usual fold creases, else they are in very good condition. An extraordinary lot giving a behind-the-scenes look into the great man's business affairs.

91045

Ian Fleming Autograph Letter Signed "Ian". Two pages, 5 x 8 inches, on 16 Victoria Square letterhead, London, no date, to "My dear John." In this intriguing letter Fleming pens a quick note to a book reviewer known to us only as "John" thanking him for a recent favorable review. He writes in full: "My dear John, / What an / enchanting review - of / any book. But since / it is of mine I can / only say thank you / very much./ Only one thing. / Your review is so / charming that you make / me feel I shall now / really have to try - / and that might be / fatal. / Anyway - warm gratitude for your sapient & most kindly / comments. / Ian." This charming letter has only the usual fold creases, else it is fine.

Books

91046

Ian Fleming. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. London: Jonathan Cape, [1964-1965].

First edition. Three quarto volumes. Illustrated in black and white and color by John Burningham.

Publisher's pictorial boards with black spine titles, matching the design of the dust jackets. Original pictorial dust jackets have been price-clipped. Minimal shelf wear to the books and jackets. Minor toning to the dust jacket edges, with some very slight dark soiling along the bottom edge of all three volumes, perhaps from adhesive. Overall, a near fine set of Fleming's classic.

Here are all three original adventures comprising Fleming's famous Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, adapted into a popular children's film in 1968 by the same producers as Fleming's James Bond series.

Campbell 33

91047

Ian Fleming. Diamonds are Forever. London: Jonathan Cape, [1956].

First edition. Twelvemo. 257 pages. Jacket design by Pat Marriott.

Publisher's black cloth binding with silver titles and diamond-shaped blind-stamping on the front board. Original pictorial dust jacket with price of "12s. 6d. net" still present. A crisp copy of the book, with minimal rubbing to the silver spine titles. Dust jacket with very light wear at the edges and corners. One tiny closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel of the dust jacket, which also shows mild rubbing and a few very small spots of orange discoloration. Still, a fine copy.

Diamonds are Forever is the fourth James Bond novel, in which 007 infiltrates the highly dangerous world of diamond smuggling.

Campbell 7

91048

Ian Fleming. The Diamond Smugglers - With Inscribed Bookplate. London: Jonathan Cape, [1957].

First edition. Twelvemo. 160 pages. Jacket design by Denis Piper. Bookplate inscribed by Fleming to Eileen Cond affixed to the front free endpaper.

Publisher's black cloth binding with white spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket with price of "12s. 6d. net" still intact. Minimal toning to the textblock edges. Dust jacket has light edge and corner wear, with minor rubbing to the rear panel. Overall, a fine copy.

Eileen Cond was a devoted book collector who sent out her bookplate to her favorite authors, many of whom signed and returned them to her. This book is one of three titles in this sale with an inscribed bookplate by Fleming pasted in.

Campbell 31

91049

Ian Fleming. Dr. No. London: Jonathan Cape, [1958].

First edition. Twelvemo. 256 pages. Jacket design by Pat Marriott.

Publisher's black cloth with silhouette of girl in brown on the front board and spine titles in silver. Original pictorial dust jacket with "13s 6d. net" price intact. A fantastic copy with minimal edge wear to the book and mild rubbing to the rear panel of the dust jacket. A fine copy.

Dr. No was Ian Fleming's sixth James Bond novel and the basis for the very first EON Productions film adaptation of the great British spy, a cultural milestone that introduced the world to a previously little-known Scottish actor named Sean Connery.

Campbell 11

91050

Ian Fleming. For Your Eyes Only. The Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond. London: Jonathan Cape, [1960].

First edition. Twelvemo. 252 pages. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

Publisher's black cloth with painted eye in white on front board and gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket with price of "15s. net" still present. A gorgeous copy of the first edition, only slightly over-opened at the title page. Dust jacket lightly worn and toned from the moderate foxing present on the verso. Overall, a near fine copy.

Contains five shorter tales of Britain's favorite womanizing superstar spy, including "Quantum of Solace," the next Bond film scheduled to be released in November of this year.

Campbell 16

91051

Ian Fleming. Goldfinger. London: Jonathan Cape, [1959].

First edition. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Dust jacket design by Richard Chopping.

Publisher's black cloth binding with blind-stamped skull with gold coins for eyes on the front board and gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket with price of "15s. net" still present. A handsome copy with a lightly bumped spine tail and a slightly cocked spine. Minimal thumb-soiling on the bottom edge of the textblock. Internal contents bright. Crisp dust jacket with only mild wear at the edges, spine head, and fold lines. A near fine copy.

The seventh James Bond novel which later became the third film in the legendary and hugely successful film series starring Fleming's inimitable spy-hero.

Campbell 13

91052

Ian Fleming. Octopussy and The Living Daylights - Signed by Bond Girl Maud Adams. London: Jonathan Cape, [1966].

First edition. Twelvemo. 95 pages. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Signed by Octopussy Bond Girl Maud Adams on the half-title page.

Publisher's black cloth binding with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket with "16s. net" sticker over original price of "10s. 6d. net." Minimal wear to the book and jacket. A fine copy.

A rare first edition signed by Octopussy herself.

Campbell 29

91053

Ian Fleming. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, [1963].

First edition. Twelvemo. 288 pages. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

Publisher's black cloth binding with white ski track design on the front board and silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket with "16s. net" intact. Minimal edge wear to the boards. Textblock very clean. Dust jacket has small bump to top edge of the front panel and minimal rubbing to the rear panel, else a fine copy of perhaps Fleming's best James Bond adventure.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the eleventh James Bond novel and considered the middle volume of the "Blofeld Trilogy," falling between Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.

Campbell 22.

91054

Ian Fleming. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, [1963].

Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Twelvemo. 288 pages. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

Publisher's green wrappers with black titles. Original proof state dust jacket stamped "Proof Only / Provisional Publication date / April 8th, 1963." Spine of book wrinkled, as usual with proofs of this period. Front cover mildly creased at bottom corner. Textblock edges soiled. Dust jacket moderately rubbed and worn, with a small area at the spine head that has been restored. Overall, the book is in very good condition.

A rare proof copy of what many believe to be the greatest James Bond novel.

Campbell 22.

91055

Ian Fleming. The Spy Who Loved Me. London: Jonathan Cape, [1962].

First edition. Twelvemo. 221 pages. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.

Publisher's black cloth with a blind-stamped dagger handle and metallic silver blade on the front board and silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket with "15s. net" price still present. Minor wear to the edges and spine ends. Textblock tight, bright, and clean. Minimal edge wear to and light toning to the verso of the spine of the dust jacket. A fine copy.

The tenth entry in the James Bond series, though 007 barely appears in the story. Also, the shortest and most sexually explicit of Ian Fleming's numerous novels.

Campbell 20.

91056

Ian Fleming. Thrilling Cities. London: Jonathan Cape, [1963].

First edition. Octavo. 223 pages with Erratum laid-in on last page. Jacket design by Paul Davis. Bookplate inscribed from Fleming to Eileen Cond affixed to the front free endpaper.

Publisher's white cloth over mottled gray boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket with price of "30s. net" still intact. Top edge black. Minimal toning to the textblock. Dust jacket has equally minimal shelf wear. Overall, a fine copy.

Eileen Cond was a devoted book collector who sent out her bookplate to her favorite authors, many of whom signed and returned them to her.

Campbell 32.

91057

Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, [1964].

First edition. Twelvemo. 256 pages. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. Bookplate inscribed by Fleming to Eileen Cond affixed to the front free endpaper.

Publisher's black cloth binding with gilt and silver titles. Original pictorial dust jacket with price of "16s. net" still intact. Previous owner's ink inventory number written on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket has minimal edge and corner wear, and a small stain on the spine near the "Y," else a fine copy.

Eileen Cond was a devoted book collector who sent out her bookplate to her favorite authors, many of whom signed and returned them to her.

Campbell 25.

91058

Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1945].

First edition, limited to 800 numbered copies of which this is number 128, signed by Frost on the limitation page and with a fair copy in Frost's hand of the entire poem One Step Backward Taken on the blank page preceding the limitation page. He has additionally signed it "To Peter Thurston Poor" and notated it, "Cambridge 1945.". Octavo. 30 pages.

Publisher's tan quarter-cloth with brown boards and gold stamping. Boards have minor rubbing with darkening to the edges. Foxing present on endpapers. A very good copy.

Laid in is a playbill, dated August 2, 1946 from the Bread Loaf Little Theatre for the production, An Evening of Robert Frost. Frost taught at the Bread Loaf School of English of Middlebury College in Vermont.

91059

Robert Frost. North of Boston. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1914 [1915, per Crane].

The true first American edition of 150 copies bound with the original English sheets; title-page and binding supplied by Holt, the American publisher. Octavo. ix, 143 pages.

Brown cloth and paper over boards. Paper title labels on spine and front cover. Lightly rubbed at foot of spine, small chip to label on spine, edges of boards toned. Pages darkening a bit. Overall, a very good copy of Frost's second book. Housed in a handsome quarter leather custom box and chemise by MacDonald of Norwalk, Connecticut.

Crane A3.1.

91060

Robert Frost. "One More Brevity". [New York: The Spiral Press,] 1953.

First edition, this copy being one of 587 copies reserved for Frost's personal Christmas card, with his name printed on the title-page. Twelvemo. Unpaginated [8 leaves]. Designed by Philip Grushkin.

Yellow-cream stapled wrappers. Two tiny spots of foxing on front cover. Warmly inscribed to "Bill and Julie" (Frost's one-time editor William Sloane and his wife) and signed "your faithful old friend, Robert." A fine copy.

In 1929, The Spiral Press issued a small run of a little holiday booklet containing a Christmas poem by Robert Frost which served as a private holiday greeting for a handful of people. Beginning in 1934, Frost and The Spiral Press began issuing this "Christmas Card" every year through Christmas, 1962 (Frost died in January, 1963). The title-page of this 1953 publication reads: "One More Brevity, A New Poem by Robert Frost. It Comes To You With Warm Holiday Greetings At Christmas 1953 From Robert Frost." This copy, signed by Frost and inscribed to his friend and former editor is a wonderful association piece.

Crane B25.

91061

Robert Frost. A Witness Tree. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1942.

Limited to 735 copies of which this is number 471, signed by Frost on the limitation page. Octavo. 91 pages.

Publisher's green quarter cloth with decorative green boards and gold stamping. Boards have minor rubbing with darkening to the edges and a few small scuffs. There is a half-inch dampstain on the top page edges that does not affect the internal sheets. Very good.

In addition to the regular signature that accompanies this limited edition, Frost has written the poem The Gift Outright by hand on the blank page preceding the limitation page. He has additionally signed it to "Peter Poor" and dated it April 1942. Interestingly, the handwritten version differs from the printed version on line nine. The printed version has "Until we found it was ourselves", while the written version has " Until we found out that it was ourselves". It is unknown whether this was intentional or an honest error by Frost.

A very good copy with an amazing full-page poem handwritten by the author. Winner of the 1943 Pulitzer Prize.

91062

Robert Frost. Five Books, Including the First American Edition of His First Book, and Four Books Signed by the Poet, including: A Boy's Will. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. First American edition, first issue ("aind" for "and" on page 14). Small octavo. ix, 63 pages. Full blue linen with gilt titles. Extremities rubbed. Ink gift inscription dated 1915. A very good copy in a custom quarter leather and linen box and chemise by J. MacDonald of Norwalk, Connecticut. Frost's first book, in a printing of 750 copies. [And:] North of Boston. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. Third edition. Small octavo. ix, 137 pages. Full blue linen with gilt titles. Minimal rubbing to extremities. Signed by Frost on the front free endpaper. [And:] A Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1945]. First trade edition, first printing. Octavo. 23 pages. Dark blue linen with gilt spine. Signed on front free endpaper by Frost at Ripton, Vermont. Fine in dust jacket. [And:] Aforesaid. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1954]. Special edition in celebration of Frost's 80th birthday, limited to 650 signed copies (500 of which were for sale), this copy being number 283. Octavo. xiii, 114 pages. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Full green cloth with gilt-stamped panels. Minor foxing to both sides of frontispiece leaf. Spine lightly darkened. Otherwise, a near fine copy in sunned publisher's green slipcase. [And:] West-Running Brook. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1928]. Special edition limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is number 662, signed by the author. Octavo. viii, 58 pages. Frontispiece and three additional woodcut illustrations behind tissue guards, all signed in pencil by artist J. J. Lankes. Cloth-backed boards over colorful maple leaf patterned paper. Gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt. Paper on back board very slightly rubbed. A fine copy in lightly worn publishers slipcase.

91063

Robert Frost. Seven Titles, Four of Which are Signed by Frost, One Signed by Louis Untermeyer. Seven books by Robert Frost including:

New Hampshire. Hanover, New Hampshire: The New Dresden Press, 1955. First separate edition. Limited to 750 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 341. In rubbed tissue wrappers. Fine. [And:] A Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1945]. First edition in lightly rubbed and lightly chipped jacket. Signed by Frost at Ripton, Vermont on first free endpaper. Very good. [And:] Complete Poems of Robert Frost. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1959]. In jacket. Signed by Frost at Ripton, Vermont on first free endpaper. Very good. [And:] Steeple Bush. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1947]. Second printing in jacket. Signed by Frost at Manchester, Massachusetts on first free endpaper. Fine. [And:] Come In, and Other Poems. [New York:] Henry Holt and Company, [1943]. First edition in worn jacket. This book was edited by and includes commentary by Louis Untermeyer. This copy is Untermeyer's personal copy, with his bookplate affixed to front pastedown and his signature to first free endpaper. Very good. [And:] West-Running Brook. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1928]. First edition. Corners rubbed. Inked name to front pastedown. Very good. [And:] In the Clearing. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1962]. Near fine first edition in warped dust jacket.

91064

Hugo Gernsback. Ralph 124C 41+, A Romance of the Year 2660 . Boston: The Stratford Company, 1925.

First edition. Small octavo. 293 pages. Illustrations by Frank Rudolph Paul.

A nicely rebound copy, incorporating the original gilt-stamped blue cloth from the front board and from the spine. Very good condition.

Hugo Gernsback was a writer and publisher whose Amazing Stories magazine was the first magazine devoted to science fiction. He was so influential in the genre that the "Hugo" science fiction award was named in his honor. He discovered illustrator Frank R. Paul who painted 38 wildly imaginative covers for Amazing Stories from its first issue in 1926 through June, 1929 when Gernsback lost control of the magazine, and the two went on to other pulp publications, continuing to work together. Gernsback and Paul's contributions to the genre cannot be overstated, and it is not an exaggeration to maintain that these men are the two most influential figures in modern science fiction. This copy of Gernsback's seminal science fiction novel is inscribed by both Gernsback (dated 1961) and Paul. An essential item for any serious science fiction collection.

91065

H. Rider Haggard. King Solomon's Mines. London: Cassell & Company, 1893.

Later printing. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the dedication page. "To John Seaman Holes from H. Rider Haggard. 1893." Octavo. vi, 320 pages, plus 14 pages of publisher's ads. Illustrations by Walter Paget. Folding map. Frontispiece.

Original blue cloth. Slightly cocked binding. Extremities bumped. Very good.

The author's most famous novel, inscribed early in his writing career.

91066

Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. With Portraits, Illustrations, and Facsimiles. In Twenty-Two Volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900.

Autograph Edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 64), signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop and the publisher. Twenty-two octavo volumes (8.6875 x 5.875 inches). Titles printed in red and black. Photogravure frontispieces, added vignette titles, and plates, all on India paper mounted, from photographs by Alinari and Clifton Johnson and from drawings by Anna Whelan Betts, B. West Clinedinst, Frank T. Merrill, Howard Pyle, Frank E. Schoonover, Jessie Willcox Smith, Alice Barber Stephens, F. C. Yohn, and others. The frontispieces are in two states, one colored, one on India paper mounted, the India paper frontispiece in each volume signed in pencil by the artist. Descriptive tissue guards.

Contemporary three-quarter blue-green morocco, ruled in gilt, over marbled boards. Spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Original blue-green silk ribbon markers (with slight offsetting to the text). Spines uniformly faded to green, light rubbing to joints and extremities, a few headcaps very slightly chipped, front hinge of Volume I cracked between front free endpaper and front flyleaf. Paper very slightly browned at the edges. Bookplate on the front free endpaper of Volume I, additional bookplate on the front pastedown of most other volumes (removed from two volumes). A very good set.

Clark B20.

91067

Nathaniel Hawthorne. The House of the Seven Gables, A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851.

First editions. Small octavo. vi, 344 pages.

This lot contains two copies of the same book, both first editions and both in roughly the same condition. Both are in full brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind-stamped decorations to boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Both are scuffed and worn along the edges. Both copies have chipped spine ends which have been repaired. Both copies are in good condition and come housed together in a custom gilt-stamped quarter leather and cloth drop-back box.

The copies offered here are both first editions but are different issues.

Copy 1: The first copy is most likely a first edition, second issue, per Ahearn and BAL (last letters on first two lines are present on page 149; "t" is not present in "apparent" on page 50 and "r" is not present in "or" on page 278, but Ahearn notes that the type is beginning to degrade during the second issue and in some copies these letters are dropped; inserted catalogue is dated March 1851).

Copy 2: This copy is a first edition, but is a later, undetermined issue (points as above except that the inserted catalogue is dated July 1852).

Ahearn page 303. BAL 7604.

91068

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Twice-Told Tales. Boston: American Stationers Co. John B. Russell, 1837.

First edition. Large twelvemo (7.625 x 4.75 inches; 194 x 120 mm.). 334, [1] pages. Bound without the publisher's catalogue.

Nineteenth-century full brown morocco by Rivière & Son (stamped in gilt on lower front turn-in), covers with gilt double fillet border, spine lettered and ruled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt board edges and turn-ins, aquamarine coated endpapers, top edge gilt. Fore-edge of title with a few subtle, minor chips, probably the result of inexpert opening, else a very good copy.

A charming copy of the first edition of Hawthorne's second book, and the first book with his name on the title-page, handsomely bound by Rivière & Son in full morocco, gilt.

BAL 7581.

91069

[Nathaniel Hawthorne]. Fifteen Volumes of the Works and Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

This lot consists of one twelve-volume set, one two-volume set, and one single volume, all uniformly bound in rose-colored calf. Titles include: The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Riverside Edition. In Twelve Volumes. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1883. This Riverside Edition is limited to 250 sets, of which this is number 117. Twelve large octavo volumes, complete. Introductory notes by George Parsons Lathrop. Illustrations by Blum, Church, Dielman, Gifford, Shirlaw, and Turner. Tipped to the half-title of Volume I is a clipped government form (Liverpool) on blue paper, measuring 2.5 x 4 inches, signed "N. Hawthorne" and dated 1854. [And:] Doctor Grimshawe's Secret. Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1883. Edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 117. One large octavo volume, complete. [And:] Julian Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife, A Biography. London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. Edition limited to 350 copies, of which this is number 310. Two large octavo volumes, complete. All books uniformly bound in half rose-colored calf over textured pink sateen. Gilt lettering and gilt and green floral decorations between raised bands on spine. Top edge gilt. Pink sateen endpapers. Minimal wear to edges, heads of a few volumes lightly chipped, leather on spines has darkened a bit. Cloth has discolored slightly along some edges. The fifteen volumes are in very good condition.

91070

Joseph Heller. Catch-22. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition. Inserted leaf with Heller's signature. Octavo. 443 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with white stamping to spine. Top page edges in red with a few spots of discoloration. Front board has a small bump on upper corner and another on the bottom edge. Top edge is mildly faded. Some spotting to bottom page edges. Page 295 is dog-eared. Dust jacket is price-clipped with some minor fading to spine and some light edge wear. There are a few small chips on spine ends and corners with a half-inch chip on top edge of spine. Housed in a custom slipcase. Very good.

With a title that has entered the vernacular to describe a no-win situation, Catch-22 is a timeless and still-relevant high point in American literature.

91071

Ernest Hemingway. Across the River and Into the Trees. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950.

First edition. Inscribed by Hemingway on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 308 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with gold stamping on the front and spine. Spine is faded with the gold stamping rubbed off. Boards are rubbed and edge worn with the cloth worn through on all four corners. The front pastedown has large tape pulls running both the vertical and horizontal lengths of the board. Endpapers show some minor darkening. Jacket is the correct first issue, with yellow on the spine. It shows some edge wear with several small chips and tears, primarily at spine ends and corners. Housed in a custom slipcase. A very good copy.

A later novel placed in Venice shortly after the Second World War. It was not favored by critics, possibly because it shows a romantic side of Hemingway that was not typically seen. A scarce title to find signed.

91072

Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.

First edition. Octavo. 355 pages.

Publisher's smooth black cloth with gold paper labels. Spine has a slight lean with some rubbing to spine ends and corners. Endpapers and pastedowns are lightly toned. Dampstaining to the fore-edge that bleeds into the pages as much as a half-inch at points. Price-clipped jacket is heavily edge worn and chipped with darkening along the spine. Dust jacket is the first issue ("Barkley" is misspelled as "Barclay" on front flap). The upper portion of spine is missing the top inch or so. The rear jacket fold is dampstained along a five-inch section. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A good copy of one of Hemingway's most important titles.

Hanneman. Ernest Hemingway: A Comprehensive Bibliography.

91073

Ernest Hemingway. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.

First edition. Inscribed by Hemingway on the title page: "To the Youngs / with sincere good wishes / Ernest Hemingway / 59." Octavo. 472 pages.

Publisher's beige cloth with red and black stamping. Rubbing and soiling with light edge wear to cloth. Darkening to endpapers and pastedowns. Front hinge is soft. First state dust jacket with original price of "$2.75" and no photographer's credit on rear panel. Jacket is rubbed and heavily edge worn with numerous chips and tears. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Overall, a very good copy.

Hanneman. Ernest Hemingway: A Comprehensive Bibliography.

91075

[Oliver Wendell Holmes]. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858.

First edition, first printing (points per BAL 8781: vignette title-page present; period after "Company" on title-page; and three ringed fleur-de-lis plus one ringed publisher's monogram on spine). viii, 373 pages. Index.

Full brown cloth, with blindstamped designs and devices to boards. Gilt stamped spine. Endpapers feature advertisements. Spine ends very slightly chipped, spine lightly sunned, gilt on spine dulled. Small black leather bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, with offsetting from bookplate to adjacent pages. Overall, a near fine copy of an American classic.

91076

Oliver Wendell Holmes. Fifteen Volumes of the Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Comprised of Two Uniformly Bound Sets.

This lot contains two sets of books, uniformly bound in gilt-stamped red morocco. The two sets are: The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes - The Artists' Edition, In Thirteen Volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [n.d. 1891-1892]. This edition limited to 750 sets, of which this is number 53. Thirteen octavo volumes, complete. Illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures. [and:] John T. Morse, Jr. Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes - The Artists' Edition, In Two Volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [n.d., 1896]. This edition limited to 750 sets, of which this is number 53. Two octavo volumes, complete. Illustrated with photogravures. All books bound by the Riverside Press in full red morocco, with gilt lettering and gilt floral decorations to spines and to boards. Gilt fillets, turn-ins, and previous owner's monogram in gilt on front doublures. Top edges gilt. Horizontal-ribbed red silk endpapers. Some sheets unopened. Light wear along edges, most noticeably to spine ends. One or two cracked hinges. Bookplates (some of which have had a second bookplate pasted over the first one); some offsetting to adjacent pages. Tight and bright. Overall, a very good set.

91077

Elbert Hubbard A Left Handed Saint. Eight single-sided pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Bound at the left margin, laid into a chemise and inserted into a custom slipcase. Fine condition.

This remarkable draft is for Hubbard's short story about Jimmie Durkin, a Spokane, Washington saloon owner, liquor tycoon, millionaire and philosopher. The pages are rife with Hubbard's penciled corrections and notations and give the reader a unique insight into his writing process. Accompanying the typescript is a one-page typed explanatory narrative dated January 26, 1927 and signed by Elbert Hubbard II. The narrative gives a brief outline of the senior Hubbard's writing process and goes on to state "This particular piece of manuscript, 'A Left Handed Saint' is an original. It is absolutely the first copy and the corrections and additions that have been put upon it in long hand in pencil and ink were done by Mr. Hubbard, himself." A wonderful and rare item.

91078

[Thomas Hughes]. Tom Brown's School Days. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1857.

First edition, first issue with "nottable" for "notable" on line 15, page 24. Octavo. 420 pages, 24-page publisher's catalog bound in back. Original Thomas Hughes ALS tipped in between the title page and dedication page. Additional Hughes ALS laid-in.

Original blue cloth with twin rules stamped in blind on the front and rear boards and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Yellow endpapers. The boards display some minor scuffing, bumped corners and the edges and joints are shelf worn. The spine panel is slightly toned. Three former owners' bookplates - W. Van. R. Whithall, George Barr McCutcheon, and Charles C. Auchincloss - adorn the front pastedown and front free endpaper. Contents still rather bright. The book is housed in a blue cloth chemise and handsomely presented in a beautiful quarter leather slipcase with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Very good.

Tipped in to this lovely copy is a one page, 4.5 x 7 inch, autograph letter from Hughes dated May 5, 1857 (the same year as the publication of Tom Brown), to an unnamed, but obviously close associate. It reads in part: "You dear old cheery Vagabond, When are you coming down to the Firs?...you promised (my wife declares) to come down at least three weeks back, & she has had your collar & tie be washed so long that it is turning yellow again - Come Tomorrow! Ever yours affly [sic], Tho Hughes P.S. I have had a very kind note from Mrs. Arnold about Tom B - Every body tells every body else so I don't pretend to keep it a secret -". His post script is an obvious reference to his anonymous authorship of Tom Brown, listing only "By An Old Boy" on the title page.

A second ALS, dated July 16, 1883, is laid in. In reply to an unknown correspondent, the letter reads in part: "I am much obliged by your kind note - There has never been any collection of my articles essays of which are scattered all over the magazines & periodicals for 35 years or thereabouts & never will be as I don't think them worth collecting...".

91079

Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.

First edition. Octavo. 306 pages.

Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom blue half leather clamshell box with gilt spine titles and five raised bands. Minimal wear to the bottom edge. Minor bumping to the spine ends. Binding slightly over-opened at page 176. Previous owner's small bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Dust jacket shows minor edge wear, two small abrasions along the flap folds, and slight discoloration of the spine, most noticeable on the verso. Also, moderate restoration and some strengthening has been performed to the dust jacket at the spine ends and adjacent edges, and along the flap folds. Overall, a near fine copy of Huxley's masterpiece.

"One of the few science fiction novels of the 1930s that was considered a major work by the critics, this is a bitterly dystopian novel of 632 A.F. (After Ford). Funnier than the totally grim 1984, it stresses cloning, test tube babies, and genetic, hypnopedic, and drug control of the population, by a benevolent ruling class...Deeply thought-provoking and exceptionally well written, this is a seminal novel for modern SF." (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 104).

91080

James Joyce. Finnegans Wake. New York: The Viking Press, 1939.

First American edition. Octavo. 628 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles. Original printed dust jacket lettered in aqua, crimson, and white. Edges and corners rubbed, especially along the bottom edge. Endpapers and textblock edges somewhat toned and thumb-soiled. Dust jacket moderately worn along the edges, with a number of small closed tears. One noticeable bump and resultant closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel, not affecting any text. Minor chipping at spine ends and corners. Overall, a very good copy of one of the 20th century's most famous, and infamous, literary creations.

"If our society should go to smash tomorrow (which, as Joyce implies, it may) one could find all the pieces, together with the forces that broke them, in Finnegans Wake. The book is a kind of terminal moraine in which lie buried all the myths, programmes, slogans, hopes, prayers, tools, educational theories, and theological bric-a-brac of the past millennium. And here, too, we will find the love that reanimates this debris." (Joseph Campbell, A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake).

91081

James Joyce. The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies. A Fragment from Work in Progress. The Hague / New York: The Servire Press / Gotham Book Mart, 1934.

Number 665 of an edition limited to 1000 first edition copies, printed on Old Antique Dutch. Twelvemo. 77 pages plus colophon. Initial letter, tailpiece and the cover were specially designed by Miss Lucia Joyce.

Cream wrappers illustrated on the front cover in metallic silver, blue, and gray with blue titles. Top edges of textblock largely uncut. Clear mylar sleeve. Housed in a mustard yellow paper slipcase. Slight bumping to corners and spine ends, with noticeable wear and light bumping to the slipcase, but overall a near fine copy.

This publication represents material later collected and published as Finnegans Wake.

91082

James Joyce. Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Three Fragments from Work in Progress. Preface by C. K. Ogden. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929.

Number 35 of 500 limited, first edition copies printed on Holland Van Gelder Zonen from a total print run of 650. Hand-set under the direction of Harry and Caresse Crosby at the Black Sun Press, Rue Cardinale, Paris. Twelvemo. 55 pages plus colophon. Frontispiece portrait of the author by Brancusi.

White printed wrappers lettered in black and red. Glassine dust jacket. Housed in a paper slipcase covered in gold foil over red paper. Only minimal wear to the extremities. Glassine cover worn slightly at spine ends. Tissue guard at Preface loose. Small leather bookplate applied to front pastedown. Slipcase worn. Overall, a near fine copy of a rare Joyce publication.

This publication also represents material later collected and published as Finnegans Wake.

91083

James Joyce. Ulysses. New York: Random House, 1934.

First American edition. Octavo. 768 pages. Dust jacket design by Ernst Reichl.

Publisher's cream cloth binding with black and red titles. Original first issue dust jacket with the artist's name at the lower right of the front panel. Housed in a custom cream cloth slipcase. Minor shelf wear. Light toning to the textblock. Tiny closed tear at the bottom of the title page. Dust jacket somewhat worn, with some paper loss at the corners, flap folds, and spine ends. An adhesive stain on the front panel overlaps with the "E" and "S" and "james joyce" at the bottom right, and has abraded the paper in two very small areas. Also, front panel and spine mildly rubbed. All in all, a very good copy of James Joyce's enduring masterpiece.

Originally published in Paris in 1922, Ulysses was banned in the United States until 1933. This is the first "legal" edition of the novel to be published in America after Judge John M. Woolsey's landmark decision (in United States vs. One Book Called Ulysses) that Ulysses was not, in fact, pornographic, and therefore could not be obscene. Woolsey's verdict concerning Ulysses has been ranked "among the most civilized ever handed down by an American Court" and allowed millions of American readers to experience the novel that the Modern Library ranked Number 1 on their list of "100 Best Novels" in 1999.

91084

Jack Kerouac. On the Road. New York: The Viking Press, 1957.

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 310 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with white titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom black cloth slipcase with a leather spine title plate lettered in gilt. Moderate edge wear to the boards. Light thumb-soiling to the fore-edge and a handful of pages. Dust jacket worn at the edges, spine ends, and corners, with mild paper loss at the spine head and bottom edge of the front panel. Light rubbing to the panels, and some toning to the rear panel and flap. A 1.5 inch closed tear along the rear spine fold and a small stain at the spine head, the latter only noticeable on the verso. A beautiful, unrestored copy of Kerouac's legendary work in very good condition.

On the Road was the call-to-arms of the Beat Generation and still stands as the movement's masterwork.

91085

Stephen King. The Stand. New York: Doubleday, 1990.

Deluxe, limited edition. Number 1,209 of 1,250 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator, Bernie Wrightson, on the limitation page. Octavo. 1,237 pages.

Publisher's full black calf binding with red titles, gilt decorations, and four raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Protected by the original glassine and housed in a red satin-lined black wooden case, as issued. Comes with a prototype of the metal title plate for the outside of the wooden case, and the original mailing box from Doubleday. Gilt lightly rubbed where the fore-edge meets the top edge of the textblock, as the book fits very snugly into the wooden case. Minor edge wear and faint vertical folds to the glassine wrapper. Two tiny dings to the bottom edge of the wooden case lid. A near fine copy of a desirable King rarity.

91086

Charles Kingsley. Westward Ho! or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1855.

First edition, complete in three small octavo volumes. viii, 303; vi, 356; vi, 373 pages plus 16 pages of ads dated February 1855.

Publisher's full blue cloth with covers decoratively bordered in blind and spines lettered in gilt. Yellow endpapers. Covers rubbed at edges, particularly along spine ends and along joints. Joints of Volumes I and II are starting to split. All spines darkened. Rear hinges of Volumes I and III starting. Volumes I and II slightly skewed. Inked name on front free endpaper of each volume. The set shows all the expected wear associated with this notoriously fragile and perishable "Cambridge blue" binding. The set is in good condition, housed in a handsome custom quarter leather and cloth box and three separate chemises.

This romantic tale of Elizabethan adventure, inspired in part by the Crimean War, was hugely popular and was the first novel published by Macmillan.

91087

D. H. Lawrence. The Collected Poems of D. H. Lawrence. London: Martin Secker, 1928.

Limited to 100 copies of which this is number 75, signed by Lawrence on the limitation page. Two octavo volumes, complete. 231; 303 pages.

Publisher's parchment spines with grey boards and gold stamping. Boards show rubbing and edge wear with darkening to edges and spines. Spine ends also have some chipping and fraying. Rear joint of first volume is split past the mid-point of the spine. Bookplates in both volumes. The books are in very good condition and are housed in a handsome custom slipcase mimicking the spines of two leather-bound volumes.

The scarcest edition of this later poetry collection.

91088

Harper Lee. Advance Reading Copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960.
First edition, first printing, being the rare advance reading copy in publisher's printed white paper wrappers. Octavo. 296 pages.

Moderate age toning and occasional soiling and marks to wrappers with surprisingly gentle wear to edges and corners. Spine is moderately worn at extremities. Paper has started to peel at spine tail, but is easily restored. Textblock is in wonderful condition, clean and sharp. This magnificent book - the author's only major work - won a Pulitzer Prize, and in 2007 brought Harper Lee the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contributions to literature.

Accompanied by a one-page Autograph Letter Signed by Harper Lee dated 11/18/2006: "Thank you for your letter, but I don't receive visits from people other than old friends. I'm 80 now, and somewhat limited in locomotion & energy. Sincerely, Harper Lee." Written in heavy black ink on a sheet of plain white paper. Transmittal envelope addressed by the author is included. Both are in fine condition.

91089

Harper Lee. Advance Reading Copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960.

Advance copy of the first edition. Octavo. 296 pages.

Publisher's printed cream paper wrappers. Housed in a custom black half-leather clamshell box with gilt spine titles. Moderate age toning and occasional marks to wrappers with gentle wear to edges and corners. Previous owner's name in pencil at the top of the front cover, just below a tiny abrasion to the top edge. Spine is moderately worn and wrinkled, as usual. Textblock is in wonderful condition, clean and sharp. A very good copy of Lee's masterwork.

91090

Jack London. The Sea-Wolf. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904.

First edition. Octavo. 366 pages, plus 3 pages of publisher's ads. Frontispiece and five black and white plates illustrated by W. J. Aylward.

Original blue cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. White lettering on illustrated front board. Top edge gilt. The BAL lists two variant bindings (one with gilt lettering to the spine, the other, white lettering), with no known priority. Cancel title leaf, with copyright notices dated 1903 and 1904. Slight rubbing to extremities. Hinges cracked. A very good copy, in shards of contemporary glassine jacket.

91091

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Voices of the Night. Cambridge: John Owen, 1839.

First edition, with two of the first issue points per BAL 12065 (the first page of the contents, and page 18). Twelvemo. xv, 144 pages.

Original brown paper-covered boards with printed paper label to spine. Minor rubbing along edges. Two corners and both spine ends lightly bumped. One tiny water droplet stain to front board. Penciled ownership name, dated 1839, on front free endpaper. A very nice copy in near fine condition. In a handsome custom quarter leather box with chemise.

Longfellow's first book of poetry.

91092

H. P. Lovecraft. The Shunned House. Athol, Mass.: Published by W. Paul Cook / The Recluse Press, 1928.

First edition, unbound sheets. 58 unopened small quarto pages (8.5 x 5.5 inches; 215 x 140 mm.). Inscribed by Frank Belknap Long (who provided the preface) to collector Philip J. Grill. The copyright notice ("copyright 1928") has been cancelled by pasting a typed piece of paper over the date on the copyright page listing the copyright history of the short story.

The eight signatures of text rest between two acid-free pasteboards and have been slid into an archival-quality mylar sleeve and placed in a simple custom portfolio case with marbled paper-covered boards and a burgundy cloth spine. Near fine.

"The Shunned House is a classic tale of a noxious dwelling in Providence, which had been built over the long-forgotten graveyard of a mysterious Huguenot. An immense, jelly-like being is discovered buried under the house and is destroyed with concentrated sulfuric acid, thus rendering the house once more habitable." (Jaffery)

In 1928 W. Paul Cook endeavored to published H. P. Lovecraft's lengthy short story "The Shunned House" -- a piece which had been turned down by Weird Tales magazine -- but because of his meager finances and ill health, Cook was never able to have the book bound. The 300 or so complete sheets for The Shunned House have made their way through several hands over the decades, leaving a shadowy and convoluted trail. After languishing at in a Boston bindery for some years, they made their way to Walter J. Coates, who, also because of financial difficulties, was unable to fund the binding. Eventually R. H. Barlow acquired the sheets with the intention to publish them. It seems that while in his possession, Barlow had a few copies bound - copies which were presented to Lovecraft and author Clark Ashton Smith. By about 1949 Arkham House received the then-extant run of the unbound sheets of The Shunned House, which had dwindled to about 150 copies. In 1959 Arkham House sold about 50 copies, unbound. In 1961, Arkham House had the remaining 100 copies bound and offered for sale. This copy seems to be from the unbound batch Arkham House sold. Frank Belknap Long dates his inscription March 15, 1960. This, Philip Jack Grill's copy, is listed in A Catalog of Lovecraftiana: The Grill / Binkin Collection (Baltimore: The Mirage Press, 1975), which is also offered with this lot. An incredible association copy of this famous Lovecraft rarity.

Curry. Bleiler. Derleth, Thirty Years of Arkham House. Jaffery, The Arkham Companion.

91093

Katherine Mansfield. Poems. London: Constable & Co., [1923].

First edition. Tall octavo. xii, 89 pages.

Cream cloth backstrip over brown paper boards. Red leather label and gilt-stamped title and date on spine. Top edge gilt. Boards slightly bowed. Bookseller's label neatly affixed to rear pastedown. Dust jacket has some light toning and a couple of closed tears. Fine condition. Housed in a rubbed custom gold-stamped red leather and cloth slipcase with chemise.

91094

John P. Marquand. The Late George Apley. A Novel in the Form of a Memoir. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1937.

First edition ("Lovely Pearl" at the top of page 19). Octavo. 354 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and rules. Original pictorial dust jacket. Top edge red. Several uncut leaves. Light bottom edge, corner, and spine wear to the boards. Previous bookshop sticker affixed to the rear endpaper. Textblock pages show faint vertical lines throughout caused by over-lubrication of the presses, a flaw that virtually all copies of the first edition share. Five tiny open tears and six closed tears to the dust jacket edges. Spine ends with minor chipping. Rear panel lightly rubbed and creased. Overall, a very good copy.

91095

W. Somerset Maugham. My South Sea Island. Chicago: [Black Cat Press], 1936.

First edition, second state, one of just forty-three copies. Inscribed by Maugham in blue ink: "This little article appeared in the Daily Mail. It was issued in pamphlet form by an enthusiastic American bookseller. For James Spencer. W. Somerset Maugham." Tall quarto (8.125 x 5.25 inches; 206 x 133 mm.). [1-4], 5-12, [13-16] leaves, with text and "pagination" printed on alternating rectos and versos only. Title-page with palm-tree motif printed in green; initial "I" on page "5" (i.e. fifth leaf recto) printed in green. All upper edges unopened.

Publisher's printed stiff green wrappers, sewn, with black lettering on upper cover and author's symbol in lighter green, at center, within black rules. A fine copy of this fine press production, with a nice inscription, housed in a cloth chemise that bears a typed label with a few lines of description.

"This is a limited edition of fifty copies, hand-set and printed by Ben Abramson. According to Abramson, seven copies of this book were printed in the first state, with the author's name misspelled 'Sommerset Maugham' on the title-leaf, five of which were subsequently destroyed by the printer" (Rothschild).

Rothschild 205. Stott 51a.

91096

W. Somerset Maugham. Of Human Bondage - An Intriguing Association Copy, Inscribed by Maugham Twice. London: William Heinemann, [1915].

First edition. Octavo. 648 pages plus ads.

Publisher's gilt-stamped blue-green cloth. Cloth is worn and fraying along edges. Both hinges are cracked, and binding is a little loose. Gilt dulled. Insect damage and foxing to page edges. In a battered custom slipcase and chemise. Overall, fair to good condition, but a prime candidate for repair and restoration.

This copy of the semi-autobiographical Of Human Bondage, Somerset Maugham's most acclaimed novel, is inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author: "This copy was given by me to J. E. Brooks who was the original of the Hayward of this book and who was later described under the initial 'B' in [Maugham's autobiography] The Summing Up." In 1890, as a 16-year old student in Heidelberg, Maugham first met John Ellingham Brooks (1863-1929) a scholar and artist with whom Maugham had his first sexual experience. Brooks was ten years older than Maugham, and he encouraged Maugham's ambitions to be a writer and introduced him to the works of Schopenhauer and Spinoza. The two later shared a villa on the island of Capri. The character of G. Etheridge Hayward in Of Human Bondage (whom the protagonist of the novel meets in Heidelberg) was based on Brooks. As Maugham notes in the inscription, this book was presented by him to Brooks. Above the inked inscription quoted above is J. E. Brooks' name and Maugham's initials in Maugham's hand. Accompanying the book is a handwritten note on Doubleday, Doran stationery (Maugham's American publisher) in which an editor writes about Maugham's interest in this copy when it was presented to him to sign. The letter is addressed to the woman to whom this book is inscribed. A very interesting association copy.

91097

Herman Melville. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.

First American edition (first published in three volumes in London as The Whale). Twelvemo. xxiii, [1, blank], 634, [1, "Epilogue"], [1, blank], [6, ads], [2, blank] pages.

BAL first binding of publisher's drab purple-brown "A" cloth. Covers stamped in blind with a heavy rule frame and publisher's circular device at center, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, original orange coated endpapers. Double flyleaves at front and back. Some light scattered foxing or browning, as is usual. A few light moisture stains to lower outer corner. Semi-circular cockling to the middle outer margin of most leaves. Some small ink stains to lower edge of textblock, foot of spine, and lower outer edge of final five leaves. Hinges with minor expert restoration. Spine sunned, and moisture lightening along outer edge of front board. Light shelf wear to board extremities, corners very slightly bumped, with a few bits of loss to lower outer corners of boards and another bit of loss to upper edge of front board. Cloth along front joint with minor expert repair. Engraved armorial bookplate of James M. Strachan affixed to front pastedown; engraved pictorial bookplate of renowned book collector Charles C. Auchincloss affixed to front free endpaper. Overall, a very good copy. Chemised in a quarter brown morocco over lavender cloth case.

A lovely copy, with a distinguished provenance, of Melville's greatest achievement, and arguably the greatest novel in American literature.

"[Melville's] great book, Moby Dick, was a complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harpers' fire destroyed the plates of all of his books and most of the copies remaining in stock [only about sixty copies survived the fire]... Melville's permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic of Moby Dick, a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling" (Dictionary of American Biography XII, pp. 522-526).

"Moby Dick is the great conundrum-book. Is it a profound allegory with the white whale the embodiment of moral evil, or merely the finest story of the sea ever written?" (Grolier, 100 American).

BAL 13664. Grolier, 100 American, 60.

91098

James A. Michener. The Bridges at Toko-ri. New York: Random House, 1953.

First edition. Octavo. 147 pages.

Two-tone blue cloth over boards. Light blue endpapers. Near fine, in crisp, bright dust jacket.

91099

James A. Michener. Hawaii. New York: Random House, 1959.

First edition, first printing. Special edition limited to 400 copies, of which this is number 378, signed by the author. Octavo. 937 pages, plus 8 pages of Genealogical Charts of the principal characters.

Publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth, with mylar wrapper. Top edge stained pink. Map endpapers in color. In publisher's cream-colored slipcase. Fine condition.

91100

James A. Michener. Tales of the South Pacific. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947.

First edition. Octavo. 326 pages.

Some slight rubbing to bottom edges of boards. Typical uniform toning throughout. Front flap of dust jacket neatly clipped, not affecting the original vertically-printed $3.00 price. An outstanding near fine copy in dust jacket.

Michener's first book, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize, came out of his experiences during World War II when he was working as a naval historian. Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical South Pacific was adapted from these stories in 1949.

91101

Arthur Miller. Death of a Salesman. (New York: The Viking Press, 1949).

First edition. Signed by Miller on the title page. Octavo. 139 pages.

Orange cloth with brown lettering on spine and brown stamped binding of the stage set on front board, 8vo (5.75" x 8"), dust jacket (in protective mylar). The dust jacket of this copy shows some wear to the spines, very slight edge wear, with a 2.5 inch tear on the front flap (barely noticeable in the mylar). Otherwise, this copy of the first edition is very clean and in near fine condition.

Miller's play was the first to sweep the three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949, namely the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Tony, and the Pulitzer Prize, and it continues to inform American culture to this very day. Willy Loman has, does, and will always represent the danger inherent in taking a too-narrow view of the American Dream.

91102

A. A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen Children's Books, 1973.

Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Ernest H. Shepard. Octavo. 145 pages. With color illustrations in text by Ernest H. Shepard.

In the original blue morocco binding with Christopher Robin and Pooh illustration stamped in gilt on the front board and titles stamped in gilt between raised bands on the spine. Additional decoration stamped in blind on the spine. All edges gilt. Whimsical color map of Hundred Acre Wood used as pastedowns and endpapers. A fine copy complete with the original mylar protective cover. In the original matching blue very good slipcase.

91103

A. A. Milne. Two First Edition Winnie the Pooh Books, including: Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co., [1926]. First edition. Octavo. xi, 158 pages. "Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard." Original green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt vignette and border to front board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Binding slightly cocked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Offsetting from dust jacket to endpapers. Dust jacket is chipped at spine ends and at corners. Jacket's spine has darkened, and front panel has a light coffee ring stain. Inked name to half-title page. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co., [1928]. First edition. Octavo. xi, 178 pages. "Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard." Original salmon cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt vignette and border to front board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Offsetting to dust jacket from endpapers. Jacket chipped at spine ends and at corners; edges and spine have darkened. A very nice copy in very good or better condition. Laid into each copy is a flyer for art exhibitions by illustrator Shepard - one for 1926 and one for 1928.

91104

A.A. Milne. Ernest H. Shepard [illustrator]. [The Four Pooh Books]. London: Methuen & Co., [1924-1928].

First edition set. Four octavo volumes (When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We are Six; The House at Pooh Corner). Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.

Bound in full morocco, each volume a different color (navy, brown, maroon, and dark salmon), with a cloth vignette stamped in gilt from the front of each of the four original cloth bindings inlaid on the front cover. Spines gilt and tooled in compartments with Pooh device. Top edges gilt, original illustrated endpapers from the first edition books. An attractive, very good set.

91105

Margaret Mitchell. Gone with the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.

First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on copyright page and no note of other printings. In first issue dust jacket with Gone with the Wind listed in the second column of Macmillan Spring Novels list on back panel. Octavo. 1037 pages. On the front free endpaper is a warm personal inscription in ink from Margaret Mitchell to a fan: "For Jewel Allen with sincere hopes for a speedy and complete recovery - Margaret Mitchell. Oct. 12, 1936 Atlanta, Ga."

Original gray cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in blue on front cover and spine. Minor rubbing along rear joint and to head of spine. Light foxing to top edge. Tiny spot to front pastedown, and very light toning and foxing to endpapers. The dust jacket is fresh and bright, with virtually no fading. The top corner of the front flap has been clipped, but the $3.00 price is still present at the bottom corner of the front flap. A couple of small chips along edges at folds. Very light foxing to jacket's rear panel, and one small closed puncture to rear panel at spine edge. Overall, a very good copy of a highly desirable book.

Mitchell's Typed Letter, Signed Twice

Letter is on cream-colored stationery, with "Margaret Mitchell" stamped in blue at the top left of the page. The one-page letter, folded twice and typed on one side, measures 7.25 x 11 inches. There is evidence of the letter having been tipped into a scrapbook, with remnants of paper still adhering to the verso of the letter, at the tips of each corner; recto shows some offsetting/bleedthrough at these points, most noticeably at the top right corner. The letter is signed twice with Mitchell signing as both "Margaret Mitchell" and "Mrs. John R. Marsh" at the bottom of the page. Overall, this letter is in fine condition.

Mitchell's Personally Compiled Brief Civil War Bibliography, With Initialed Hand-Written Note

Two sheets of a carbon copy on onionskin paper with handwritten note on page two, signed by Margaret Mitchell with her initials. Both pages are folded in half, then folded in thirds. Page one measures 8.5 x 11 inches, and appears to have been tipped in to a scrapbook with evidence of the scrapbook paper still attached at tips of all four corners on verso of page. There is also a shallow paper clip indentation to top left corner, a shallow crease to top right corner and very faint foxing along the left edge of the page. Page two measures approximately 8.5 x 10 inches with the bottom inch or so of the page missing, having been neatly cut on the horizontal. Paper remnants from scrapbook still attached to tips of top two corners on verso, with shallow indentation of paper clip to top left corner; quarter-inch slit intersecting with one-inch closed tear to top left hand corner and very faint foxing along the left edge of the page. Overall, fine condition.

The Collection

This wonderful and revealing lot contains not only a desirable inscribed first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gone With the Wind, one of the bestselling novels in publishing history, it also contains a signed personal letter from author Margaret Mitchell and a short specially-selected bibliography of some of the Confederate history sources she used in researching her epic novel, appended with a handwritten note explaining how she had come to compile that very specific list. Mitchell's gracious notes contained in this lot offer a look at an extremely private woman who had never wanted nor courted the limelight but had found herself suddenly famous and engulfed in an absolute deluge of attention upon the release of her landmark novel, published in June, 1936.

Jewel Allen, a Tennessee native who had been a Red Cross nurse in the early 1930s, had been diagnosed with tuberculosis and had spent long hours of her recuperation reading Margaret Mitchell's instant bestseller, Gone With the Wind. When she finished the book, the 24-year old young woman wrote to Mitchell to tell her how much she had enjoyed the book, and she tentatively inquired if she might send the book and have it signed. She made sure to mention that she was suffering from T.B., concerned that the author might have a fear of possible infection.

By the end of 1936, over a million copies of Gone With the Wind had sold, and Margaret Mitchell's life had been turned upside down - only a couple of weeks after publication of the book she wrote her publisher that "life has been so much like a nightmare." There were incessant and relentless demands on her time, and she was shocked by the lack of civility demonstrated by members of the press and by many of her fans who showed up at her home uninvited, who phoned her night and day, and who followed her all over Atlanta demanding attention and autographs (she was followed into department store dressing rooms and even to family funerals!). By the end of the year she was unable to handle the crush of autograph-seekers, and she politely refused to sign any more copies of the book after December of 1936. Mitchell was overwhelmed, and in August of 1936, her husband, John Marsh, sent a telegram to Time magazine stating "Mrs. Marsh sick in bed as result of strain of becoming famous too suddenly."

It was during this fevered time that Margaret Mitchell received Jewel Allen's letter. In Ms. Mitchell's warm response to Miss Allen's letter, particularly in regard to her concern for Miss Allen's health and in the deft way she puts her at ease ("It was nice of you to think of the possible chance of infection but that doesn't worry me. I have known and visited too many friends who were suffering from tuberculosis to have any fear."), one feels that she was touched by Miss Allen's polite and heartfelt expression of praise and appreciation. ("That was a fine letter you wrote me and I appreciated it very much. The fact that you are ill - and yet took the trouble to write such a nice letter makes me thank you all the more for it.")

Mitchell's five-paragraph letter expresses genuine concern for Miss Allen ("I am so very glad that you like the book and I hope that it helped divert you for a while. But it is so heavy and I am wondering if your hands did not get very tired holding it up?"), while at the same time dismissing her own previous injury of a broken ankle which she says paled in comparison to Miss Allen's consumption ("[It] took forever to heal and kept me hopping about on crutches for an eternity but I wasn't really laid up, as, for instance, you are"). (It's interesting that Mitchell shrugs off her own illness when in other letters she describes this broken ankle and the severe arthritis that set in soon after as being a three-year period when she was on crutches "with no prospect of ever walking again.")

She closes the letter by sharing six of her favorite Confederate books by women writers that she thinks Miss Allen would enjoy. ("Most of these books are out of print but when you can get hold of them they are charming reading. But probably you've already read them.")

In addition to the typed letter on her personal stationery, Mitchell also sent Miss Allen a carbon copy of a roughly-typed list of bibliographic sources she had prepared in response to a "Northern woman" who had recently "demanded some references to back up my statements about the conduct of Sherman's troops in Georgia." The short list of 37 titles on Sherman and/or Georgia during the Civil War is only a tantalizing sliver of the collection of source materials Mitchell pored over in the years of research leading up to the publication of Gone With the Wind. (Mitchell states in the handwritten note that appears at the end of the list that "I haven't had time to get up my bibliography which runs in the thousands.") The note closes with these remarks: "Knowing of your interest in this period, I thought you might like to see this. Perhaps there are a few here which may interest you." She signs the note with a very informal "M. M. M."

This incident in which a "Northern woman" had insisted to Time magazine that Mitchell had lied about Federal troops looting and desecrating Southern cemeteries had been a definite sore point with Mitchell (she was still incensed about it twelve years after the incident). On August 3, 1936 Time queried her about sources that would back up her assertions of these desecrations, and on August 29, 1936 she supplied the magazine with the sources. In the letter she cites only four specific references, but it appears that this query persuaded Mitchell to put together the longer bibliography here offered. She writes to a friend in 1948 that in her original response to Time she had "four or five references [...], but when dealing with people like Time it was better to have more, and so I spoke to some of my reference librarian friends," and they appear to have banded together to help Mitchell compile this list. It is unclear whether this same list was attached to her response to Time, but it is interesting to note that she refers to the still-fresh-in-her-mind incident in her handwritten note to Miss Allen. It appears that this list may not have been previously published.

Also included in this lot is what appears to be a rough draft of "The Private Life of Margaret Mitchell" by Edwin Granberry; the article appeared in the March 13, 1937 issue of Collier's magazine. The draft is on seven pages of 8.5 x 11 inch paper, and is typed, single-spaced, containing several typographical errors. The first page appears to be an original page, the other six are carbon copies. The sheets are generally clean and uncreased, aside from marks left by paper clips. Edwin Granberry wrote one of the first glowing reviews of Gone With the Wind and became a close friend of Mitchell. It has been reported that Mitchell requested Granberry write this "official" article about her in response to the insatiable demand for details about her life. In a letter to Granberry written the week the article appeared, Mitchell wrote: "This is just a line to tell you how marvelous the article looked. My family and friends liked it so much and already strangers are beginning to write me about it." Jewel Allen's family speculates that she may have come into possession of this draft during the course of the freelance work she did as an editor in order to supplement her disability income. A nice association item.

Also included in this lot is Jewel Allen's copy of the December 28, 1936 issue of Life magazine, with several pages on Margaret Mitchell and the staggering success of her novel. Very good condition.

Jewel Allen, the Tennessee woman who received these notes and whose book was graciously inscribed by Ms. Mitchell, lived another 37 years after this exchange, and, though never fully-recovered from her bout with tuberculosis, lived a full life and, according to her family, always prized this special correspondence with Margaret Mitchell, author of perhaps the most loved book of the twentieth century.

Reference: Richard Harwell. Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" Letters, 1936-1949. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1976.

91106

Margaret Mitchell. Gone With the Wind - First Edition [with] Pamphlet Annotated by Mitchell. New York: Macmillan Company, 1936.

First edition, first printing with "Published May, 1936" on copyright page with no note of other printings. In first issue dust jacket with Gone with the Wind listed in the second column of Macmillan Spring Novels list on back panel. Octavo. 1037 pages.

Original gray cloth, blue-stamped front board and spine. Tiny spot to front pastedown. Book is in absolutely pristine condition with one extremely shallow bump to top corner of front board and a wrinkle to base of spine. Sheets are bright. Binding is tight and square. The book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is chipped along the edges and rubbed along the folds. There are several closed tears. The top corner of the front flap has been clipped, but the $3.00 price is still present at the bottom corner of the front flap.

The second item in this lot is a 22-page promotional pamphlet printed by Mitchell's publisher titled Margaret Mitchell and Her Novel, originally published in 1936. "This booklet has been compiled in response to a flood of requests from readers all over the country for information about the author and her book." There are corrections and additions to the text in black ink in Margaret Mitchell's distinctive hand. It appears these notes were written in the winter of 1937, as she refers to the book's sales figures through October and November of that year.

Her notations include: "[As of] Nov. 1937 Gone With the Wind has been published in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Finland, Poland and Czechoslovakia." (We invite you to take note of the lot of foreign-language editions of Gone With the Wind which is also offered in this sale, Lot # 91108.) In the section titled "About the Author," she clarifies that it was a badly sprained ankle that necessitated a lengthy recuperation. On the facing page, she has blocked out the words "after my auto accident" from the sentence "[B]ut the fact remains that I never read 'Vanity Fair' till about a year and a half ago after my auto accident." She seems to have felt rather strongly about this redaction as the words are crossed out completely and she has scratched so heavily with the pen that the paper is somewhat scarred and the ink has bled through to the verso.

The small cream-colored pamphlet is very lightly rubbed and has a penciled notation in an unknown hand on the front cover. The condition of this item is near fine.

Provenance: Stephens Mitchell, brother of Margaret Mitchell and Executor of her estate, to a long-time employee of Stephens Mitchell who was a family member of our consignor.

91107

Margaret Mitchell. Gone With the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.

First edition. Signed by Mitchell on the title page. Octavo. 1037 pages.

Publisher's grey cloth with blue stamping. Cloth is edge worn and lightly soiled with darkening to the spine and board edges. Spine ends are fraying and corners are lightly bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. There are two folds to the lower corner of the front free endpaper that also affect the following three pages. Dust jacket is the second state, with the title listed at top of list in first column on the rear panel. It shows foxing with rubbing and edge wear. There is a one-inch tear at upper edge of joint and light chipping, most prevalent along bottom edge. Housed in a handsome, custom clamshell box. A solid, very good copy.

After December of 1936 Mitchell would politely, but firmly refuse to sign any copies of her runaway bestseller. This attractive signed, first edition copy of one of the most successful books in publishing history would be a welcome addition to any library.

91108

Margaret Mitchell. Gone With the Wind - Many Foreign-Language Editions and Other Assorted GWTW-Related Items.

The Foreign Editions of Gone With the Wind

This lot features 31 foreign editions of Margaret Mitchell's classic novel Gone With the Wind. Languages represented include: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Mitchell kept a watchful eye on the publication of foreign editions of her book. She encouraged translations into a wide variety of languages and seems to have taken an active interest in the foreign rights, but she was also concerned about the rampant piracy in many countries. On the subject of international publications of her book, she wrote this in a 1947 letter: "The 'Gone With the Wind' rights in Europe have turned out to be more valuable, potentially, since the war than before, for every country has had its recent experience with war and occupation and defeat, and people in each country apply the experiences of the character of 'Gone With the Wind' to themselves." (Harwell, GWTW Letters) This is a wonderful opportunity to own a wide selection of foreign editions of the international bestseller that continues to have strong sales around the world.

The foreign-language editions in this lot include: Brazilian edition: E o Vento Levou. Rio de Janiero, Pongetti, 1961. In Portuguese. Two paperback volumes. Pages surprisingly bright, but unopened at top edge. Spine of volume I is loose and has partially pulled away from binding. Good or better. [and:] Brazilian edition: E o Vento le Vou. Hemus, Livraria Editora, [1973?]. In Portuguese. One paperback volume. Sunned spine. Very good. [and:] Chilean edition: Lo Que el Viento Se Llevó. Santiago, Ediciones Ercilla, 1940. In Spanish. Two paperback volumes. Weak binding, brittle pages. Good. [and:] Czech edition: Odviate Vetrom. Slovensky Spisovatel, [1973]. Two hardcover editions. Very good in dust jackets. [and:] Danish edition: Borte Med Blæsten - Margaret Mitchell's Copy. Copenhagen, Steen Hasselbalchs Forlag, 1937. Full leather with gilt stamping and gilt top edge. Laid in is the address label and postage stamps from the package containing this book, addressed to "Mrs. Margaret Mitchell Marsh" in Atlanta, postmarked 1939. Some discoloration to binding. Near fine. [and:] Danish edition: Borte Med Blæsten. Lademann, [n.d.]. Four hardcover volumes. Illustrated. Fine in dust jackets and a battered publisher's slipcase. [and:] Dutch edition: Vuur Over Land. Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, [n.d.]. Three hardcover volumes. Illustrated dust jackets. This is an absolutely beautiful set, bound in green cloth decorated with green, orange, white and silver Art Nouveau-style decorations. Each book has its own design colors and different color stain to the top edge, and each book's dust jacket has a different full-color illustration. The jackets are of stiff paper, and all are in impeccable condition except for one small closed tear to volume III. Each volume has "printed in Holland" handwritten on the front pastedown. Laid in is the publisher's card. A lovely set in fine condition. [and:] Dutch edition: Gejaagd Door de Wind. Ad. M. C. Stock, Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgevers Mij, [n.d.]. Publisher's card laid in. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. [and:] Finnish edition: Tuulen Viemää. Helsinki, Femi, Suuri naistenkerho. 1981. Two hardcover volumes. Pages browning. Near fine in dust jackets. [and:] French edition: Autant en Emporte le Vent. Gallimard, [1973]. Two paperback volumes. Very good. [and:] German edition: Vom Winde Verweht. Berlin, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, [n.d.]. One hardcover volume. Corners lightly rubbed. Else, near fine. [and:] German edition: Vom Winde Verweht. Buchgemeinschafts-Ausgabe, [n.d.] One hardcover volume. Thin faded strip to front board. Else, fine. [and:] German edition: Vom Winde Verweht. Bern, Alfred Scherz, [n.d.] One hardcover volume. Near fine in rubbed dust jacket. [and:] German edition: Vom Winde Verweht. Rowohlt, [1970].One paperback volume. Lightly bumped at head of darkening spine. Near fine. [and:] German edition: Vom Winde Verweht. Frankfurt, Büchergilde Gutenberg, [1971]. One hardcover volume. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] Greek edition: Publisher information unknown. One paperback volume. Top edges unopened. Brittle paper. Good. [and:] Hebrew edition: Printed in Israel, 1971. Two hardcover volumes. Damage to hinge of volume I. Laid in is a business card of either a literary or publisher's agent. Very good in dust jackets. [and:] Hungarian edition: Elfujta a Szél. Forum Könyvkiado, [n.d.]. Two hardcover volumes. Very good in rubbed dust jackets. [and:] Hungarian edition: Elfujta a Szél. No publisher information, [n.d.]. One paperback volume. Some preliminary pages detached but present. Top edges unopened. Brittle paper is chipping. Good condition. [and:] Italian edition: Via Col Vento. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, [1969]. One hardcover volume. Near fine in dust jacket. [and:] Italian edition: Via Col Vento. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, [1971]. Three paperback volumes. Fine in rubbed slipcase. [and:] Japanese edition: Publisher information unknown. Eight slim paperback volumes. Each volume has a wraparound printed paper title label and each is in a glassine wrapper. Laid in to several volumes are the address labels and postage stamps from package containing the books (which seem to have been sent separately): one is addressed to "Mr. John Marsh" in Atlanta, and the others to "The Margaret Mitchell Estate" in Atlanta. The return address is Mikasa Shobo Publisher in Tokyo and "1952" has been written in pencil on the paper. Minimal wear to glassine. A fine set. [and:] Japanese edition: Publisher information unknown. Three trade paperback volumes. Near fine. [and:] Latvian edition: Vejiem Lidzi. Riga, Apgadnieciba Gramatu Draugs, 1938. Two hardcover volumes. Pages have browned, but overall, this is a fine set in dust jackets. [and:] Norwegian edition: Tatt av Vinden. Den norske Bokklubben, 1969. Two hardcover volumes. Fine copies in lightly edgeworn dust jackets. [and:] Polish edition: Przeminelo Z Wiatrem. Warsaw: Wydawnictowo J. Przeworskiego, 1939. One hardcover volume. Front hinge cracked. In chipped dust jacket. The name "Marion Saunders" (Mitchell's literary agent) is in ink on the front free endpaper. It is unclear whether this is the complete novel, there may be a second volume not in this lot. Overall condition is good. [and:] Slovenian edition: V Vrtincu. Založba Obzorja Maribor, 1965. One hardcover volume. Boards creased; bottom corner bumped (appears to have been damaged in shipping). Good in wrinkled dust jacket. [and:] Slovenian edition: Prohujalo Sa Vihorom. Založba Obzorja Maribor, 1966. Two hardcover volumes. Very good in dust jackets. [and:] Swedish edition: Borta Med Vinden. Stockholm, Albert Bonniers, [1969]. Three hardcover volumes. Near fine in dust jackets. [and:] Swedish edition: Borta Med Vinden. Stockholm, Bokförlaget Aldus/Bonniers, [1969]. Two paperback volumes. Fine in split slipcase. [and:] Thai edition (?): Publisher information unknown. Two paperback volumes. This appears to be in the Thai language, but we are somewhat uncertain. Very good.

Several English Language American Editions of Gone With the Wind

Also part of this lot are several American editions of Gone With the Wind published primarily by the Macmillan Company, including: Macmillan, 1939. Two-volume special edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, of which this is number 635. Fine in split and battered publisher's slipcase. [and:] Macmillan, 1961. 25th Anniversary edition. Illustrations by Ben Stahl. Fine in rubbed publisher's slipcase. [and:] Macmillan, 1961. Trade paperback. Very good. [and:] Macmillan, 1967. Later edition in chipped jacket. Good. [and:] Avon, 1973. First Avon mass market paperback. Very good. [and:] Macmillan, 1986. 50th Anniversary facsimile edition. Fine in dust jacket.

An Assortment of GWTW-Related Items

Also part of this lot is an assortment of several publications about Margaret Mitchell and Gone With the Wind, all in very good condition unless otherwise noted. Items include: Margaret Mitchell and Her Novel. 1936. Macmillan promotional pamphlet. [and:] Howard Dietz [editor]. Gone With the Wind Souvenir Program. Undated, but presumably issued in 1939 when the movie was released. "Sold in theatres showing the movie." Many photos and watercolor portraits of the stars; also, two articles attributed to Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh writing about their characters. [and:] Margaret Mitchell Memorial Issue. Atlanta Journal Magazine, 1949. Newsprint. Brown and brittle. [and:] Atlanta Historical Bulletin. In Memoriam Margaret Mitchell. Atlanta Historical Society, May 1950. Several articles about Mitchell as well as some of her reprinted articles originally written for the Atlanta Journal under the byline "Peggy Mitchell." Softcover. Fine. [and:] Margaret Mitchell Memorial. Atlanta Public Library, 1954. Slim wraps. [and:] Margaret Mitchell. Gone With the Wind Extracts. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget, [n.d., 1962]. Edited for Swedish Schools by Arne Rudskoger. Text in English, with a glossary in the back translating certain words into Swedish. Softcover. [and:] Finis Farr. Margaret Mitchell of Atlanta. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1965. First edition. Dust jacket. A second copy: the first printing of the Avon mass market paperback. [and:] Gone With the Wind Original Soundtrack Album with music composed and conducted by Max Steiner. MGM Records, 1967. Vinyl LP record album with gatefold sleeve. [and:] The Georgia Review, Spring 1974. Literary journal with article titled "Gone With the Wind as Bildungsroman, or Why Did Rhett Butler Really Leave Scarlett O'Hara?" by Dawson Gaillard. [and:] Norman Shavin and Martin Shartar. The Million Dollar Legends: Margaret Mitchell and "Gone With the Wind." Atlanta: Capricorn Corporation, 1974. Booklet with many photographs. [and:] A Letter From the Georgia Collection: Margaret Mitchell, The University Collection. Athens: University of Georgia, 1975. Includes a reprint of a 1936 letter from Mitchell with genealogical information about her family. Stapled pamphlet. [and:] Richard Harwell. Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" Letters, 1936-1949. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1976. First printing. Book plate. Dust jacket. Laid in is a partial sheet of Margaret Mitchell one-cent stamps. [and:] Sidney Howard. GWTW, The Screenplay. New York: Collier Books, 1980. Edited by Richard Harwell who has inscribed this copy. Softcover. [and:] Richard Harwell Christmas Card. 1981. Signed by Harwell. [and:] Susan Myrick. White Columns in Hollywood, Reports from the GWTW Sets. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1982. First edition. Edited by Richard Harwell who has inscribed this copy. Dust jacket. [and:] Gone With the Wind Video Cassettes. MGM/UA Home Video, 1985. Two VHS cassette tapes in box.

Provenance: Stephens Mitchell, brother of Margaret Mitchell and Executor of her estate, to a long-time employee of Stephens Mitchell who was a family member of our consignor.

91110

Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse [by Edward Fitzgerald]. Second Edition. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1868.

Second edition, with many alterations and additions (the first edition of 1859 contained seventy-five quatrains, while this second edition contains 110). Small quarto (8.125 x 6.25 inches; 206 x 159 mm.). xviii, 30 pages.

Original buff printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly darkened, with a few faint dampstains, tiny chip at upper edge of rear wrapper, upper corner of rear wrapper and final leaf creased. Occasional very minor soiling or staining, a few faint ink stains on page xviii. An excellent copy. Protected in a light brown cloth chemise and full brown levant morocco book-backed pull-off case with spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with four raised bands.

"Fitzgerald first offered his translation to the editor of Fraser's Magazine, who returned it after holding it a long time, apparently afraid to publish it. It was not until years afterward that the poet, having nearly doubled the number of verses, issued it himself, anonymously, inserting in the imprint, without even asking permission, the name of Bernard Quaritch. The little pamphlet in brown paper, with its eleven pages of biography, and five pages of notes, against sixteen pages of poem, was not attractive in appearance; and we are told that it was not advertised in any way except by entry among the Oriental numbers of Quaritch's catalogue. So it is really not to be greatly wondered at that its sale was slow, even though the price was set as low as five shillings. Two hundred copies remaining on his hands, Quaritch, who had consented to act as bookseller, finally resorted to the expedient of offering them at half-a-crown, then at a shilling, then at sixpence, until finally they were cleared out at a penny a volume. Those who read it at this price acted as leaven, and nine years afterward, in 1868, a second edition was called for; a third was published in 1872, and a fourth in 1879. These were all issued by Quaritch at his own expense, and all without the translator's name. Quaritch paid Fitzgerald a small honorarium, which he promptly gave away in charity" (Grolier, 100 English, 97, describing the 1859 first edition).

"The translation was first published anonymously in 1859; Fitzgerald produced further editions, revised and with added quatrains, in 1868, 1872, and 1879. Fitzgerald's translation preserved the stanza form of the original, but adapted the quatrains into a connected theme, skeptical of divine providence, mocking the transience of human grandeur, and concentrating on the pleasures of the fleeting moment. The felicitously phrased aphorisms of this cynical yet genial poetic sequence are among the most frequently quoted lines in English poetry" (The Oxford Companion to English Literature).

Prideaux, Fitzgerald, pp. 27-28. Tinker 1039.

91111

Edgar Allan Poe. The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. New York and London: The Knickerbocker Press for G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1902].

The Tamerlane Edition, printed on Ruisdael hand-made paper, limited to 300 numbered sets, of which this is number 110. Ten large octavo volumes, complete. Edited and Chronologically Arranged on the Basis of the Standard Text, With Certain Additional Material and With a Critical Introduction by Charles F. Richardson. Illustrations by Frederick Simpson Coburn. All plates in two states, with tissue guards. Frontispiece of each book is in two states, one of which is in color. Illustrated title-pages.

Bound in half brown crushed morocco over marbled boards. Spines decoratively tooled in gilt in a floral design and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Marbled endpapers. Occasional foxing to margins; otherwise pages bright. A beautiful set in fine condition.

91112

Philip Pullman. His Dark Materials Trilogy.

His Dark Materials, a trilogy of fantasy novels, includes the following volumes: The Golden Compass. New York: Knopf [1996]. First American edition. Octavo. 399 pages. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with blue boards and gold stamping on spine. Laid in is Philip Pullman's book plate which he has signed. Dust jacket. Near fine. [and:] The Subtle Knife. New York: Knopf [1997]. First American edition. Octavo. 326 pages. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with blue boards and gold stamping on spine. Laid in is Philip Pullman's book plate which he has signed. Spine is leaning and has been water-damaged, affecting the bottom edge of the endpapers. Some light soiling to page edges. Dust jacket. Generally, very good. [and:] The Amber Spyglass. New York: Knopf [2000]. First American edition. Signed by Pullman on the title page. Octavo. 518 pages. Dust jacket. Near fine. This popular and somewhat controversial trilogy has quickly become a classic of young adult fantasy and is increasingly difficult to find in a first edition set.

91113

Eleanor Hodgman Porter. Pollyanna. Illustrated by Stockton Mulford. Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1913.

First edition, first impression ("February, 1913" on verso of title-page). Octavo (7.4375 x 5.125 inches; 189 x 131 mm.). viii, [2, "List of Illustrations"], 310 pages plus [8], 8 pages of publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and seven plates.

Original green woven-patterned cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Minimal rubbing to extremities, spine slightly darkened, gilt on spine dulled, small ding to upper edge of front board. Tiny tear to outer margin of pages 63/64, tiny tear and crease to lower edge of pages 261/262, tiny rust spot in the lower blank margin of pages 274 and 275. An excellent copy, with the gilt on the front cover still bright. Housed in a green cloth chemise and quarter dark green morocco slipcase lettered in gilt on spine (chemise liner stamp-signed: "Bound by J. Desmonts / J. Mac Donald Co. / Norwalk Conn.").

"This resolutely cheerful story of an appealing orphan who invents the 'glad game' when she is sent to live with a stern aunt sold over a million copies. Apartment houses, a brand of milk, a game, and innumerable babies were named for 'The Glad Girl.' Pollyanna was dramatized in 1916 by Catherine Chisholm Cushing, later made into a movie for Mary Pickford. Pollyanna Grows Up (1915), the only sequel by Porter, was followed by a series of Pollyanna books by Harriet Lummis Smith, Elizabeth Borton, and Virginia May Moffitt. 'Pollyanna' became a part of the language, defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as 'an excessively or persistently optimistic person'" (HarperCollins Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature).

Pierpont Morgan Library, Children's Literature, 257. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 131.

91114

Ayn Rand. Atlas Shrugged. New York: Random House, 1957.

First edition. Octavo. 1168 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with gold and black stamping. Top page edges finished in blue. Cloth is lightly rubbed with some mild darkening along the top edge. Foxing is present on the page edges, endpapers, and the first couple of pages at the front and rear. Rear hinge is cracked. Jacket is price-clipped with some darkening to edges and rear panel. Retail price stickers are still attached to front flap near clip. Edge wear with several small chips at top of spine. The jacket has a small repair at about mid-spine on the crease of the rear joint. Overall, a very good copy.

"Who is John Galt?" Rand's magnum opus is often cited by many as a life-changing novel. It is "the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and he did." This literary and philosophical masterpiece stresses the importance of individual achievement and personal responsibility, and it continues to influence readers fifty years after its initial publication.

91115

Samuel Richardson. The Works of Samuel Richardson. With a Sketch of His Life and Writings, by the Rev. Edward Mangin. London: Printed for William Miller, and James Carpenter, 1811.

First collected edition. Complete in nineteen twelvemo volumes. Comprising: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded in a Series of Familiar Letters (in four volumes); The History of Clarissa Harlowe in a Series of Letters (in eight volumes); and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (in seven volumes). Frontispiece portrait.

Full mottled calf. Covers bordered in gilt, spines decoratively tooled in gilt with two black morocco gilt lettering labels, turn-ins decoratively stamped in blind. Leather worn along edges, some spine ends chipped, gilt dulled a bit on spines, joints rubbed, a couple of boards loose, boards show light puckering. Offsetting from frontispiece. Bookplate of Harriet, Duchess of St. Albans (1777-1837), on front pastedown of each volume. Bindings generally sound. Overall, a good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91116

J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 277 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with titles stamped in gold on the spine. Original first state dust jacket with Lotte Jacobi photo credit on the rear panel of the dust jacket. Housed in a custom black cloth slipcase with a leather spine title plate lettered in gilt. Light shelf wear to boards. Front board slightly bowed. Gilt titles partially rubbed from the spine. Bump to spine ends. Textblock edges show a few stains. A tight copy. The jacket is a trifle worn at the edges and spine ends, with a small stain near the spine tail and a dark vertical tape stain to each flap, where presumably the jacket was attached to a sleeve of some kind. An attractive first edition of Salinger's classic in very good condition.

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." So begins the book that has been the center of controversy in American high schools since 1960. It has the dubious distinction of being the most censored book in schools and libraries across the nation, selling 65 million copies along the way, "for Chrissake."

91117

Sir Walter Scott. The Abbot. By the Author of Waverly. Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, et. al, 1820.

First edition. Three octavo volumes.

Publisher's original linen-backed drab boards. Printed paper labels on spines. Light wear and rubbing, else a very good copy. Cloth clamshell case.

91118

[Walter Scott.] John Gibson Lockhart. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - In Ten Volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901.

This is the large paper edition, limited to 600 copies, and further limited to only 10 copies "bound in the Roger Payne style"; this set is one of those ten copies and is number 7. Ten octavo volumes (complete). "Copiously annotated and abundantly illustrated." Double frontispieces. Index.

Bound by The Riverside Press in gilt-stamped blue morocco. Five raised bands. Gilt titles and ornate gilt decoration to spines, boards, edges, dentelles and doublures. Top edges gilt. Fore-edges and bottom edges untrimmed. "Bookplate" with name of subscriber stamped in gilt directly to front doublure. Silk moiré free endpapers. Minor wear along edges. Very good or better. A lovely set.

91119

William Shakespeare. The New Grant White Shakespeare: The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare - In Eighteen Volumes. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1912.

The "Old Stratford Edition," limited to 124 subscribed copies, of which this is number 109. The subscriber's name is printed on the first page of volume I. Eighteen octavo volumes (complete). The complete works of Shakespeare, with Introductions, Notes and Memoir by Richard Grant White. Illustrated throughout.

Half bound blue crushed morocco and light blue cloth. Spines decorated with elaborate red- and gilt-stamped roses and other floral motifs. Gilt rules and a gilt "S" to front boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Minimal wear to edges. Overall, a fine set of an infrequently encountered edition.

91120

[William Shakespeare]. Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke [editors]. The Works of William Shakespeare. London: Bickers & Son, et al., 1869.

First edition, thus. Four octavo volumes. [lii], 725; 730; 700; and 747 pages. With engraved portrait of Shakespeare as frontispiece in volume one. From the personal library of Herbert John Gladstone, with his personal bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume and personal ink stamp on the second front free endpaper of each volume.

Half red morocco over red morocco-grained cloth. Titles stamped in gilt on the spine with additional rules and decoration in gilt on the spine and boards. Six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Light shelf wear and soiling to boards with some rubbing at the spine ends and corners. Joints tender. All edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Pages lightly toned with some penciled marginalia throughout, in Gladstone's hand perhaps? A most attractive set in very good condition.

Herbert John Gladstone (1854-1930) was the youngest son of English Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. The younger Gladstone, later Viscount Gladstone, held many high offices including Home Secretary, First Commissioner of Works, and Governor-General of South Africa. This set was presented to Gladstone by his brother Henry Neville Gladstone as evidenced by the inscription on the second front free endpaper of volume one: "To/ Herbert John Gladstone/ for Jan. 7, 1874/ from/ HNG". Laid-in to volume one is a two page autograph quote, unsigned in pencil on Governor-Generals Office, Pretoria letterhead with several quotes from Shakespeare. Also laid-in is a small autograph note on blue paper, in ink with intriguing and largely indecipherable content.

91121

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939].

First edition, second printing before publication. Inscribed by Steinbeck on the title page: "For Mrs. Manning / with good luck / John Steinbeck." Octavo. 619 pages.

Publisher's beige cloth with brown wraparound illustration. Blue top page edges. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Spine has darkened and spine ends have splits with chipping, particularly to the bottom edge. There is also a one-inch split in the cloth about center of the front joint. Boards have some light edge soil with a few damp spots on upper area of front board near joint. Corners are mildly rubbed. Dust jacket flap shows the original price of "$2.75" but the lower corner - which normally shows edition state - is clipped; this jacket appears to be a later-issue dust jacket which has been married to a first edition copy of the book. Spine of jacket is darkened with some edge wear consisting of small chips and tears, mainly at spine ends and corners. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Generally, a very good inscribed copy of a cornerstone of modern American fiction.

91122

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939].

First edition. A small card reading "John Steinbeck" is laid in, but does not appear to be authentically signed by the author. Octavo. 619 pages.

Publisher's beige cloth with brown wraparound illustration. Top edge stained yellow. Foxing present on front and rear pastedown and page edges. Dust jacket displays correct "$2.75" original price and "First Edition" printed in lower corner. Restoration work has been done to the jacket, repairing tears and filling numerous chips and edge wear. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

A near fine copy that would please any collector not averse to a professionally-restored dust jacket.

91123

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939].

First edition. Octavo. 619 pages.

Publisher's beige cloth with brown wraparound illustration. Yellow top page edges have darkened considerably. Foxing present on front and rear pastedown with toning to the page edges. Cloth has darkened along the entire top edge and the bottom edge of the spine. Dust jacket flap has original "$2.75" price and "First Edition" printed in lower corner. Jacket is darkened along the spine, edges, and flaps; some light edge wear with two half-inch tears on the top edge of the front panel. Front and rear flaps have a few edge folds. There is one half-inch chip on the upper front corner. Housed in custom slipcase. None of these defects keep this copy from being a very good copy of this important work.

Winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize, this brilliant look at the American Depression remains relevant today.

91124

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, [1939].

First Canadian edition. Octavo. 619 pages.

Publisher's beige cloth with brown wraparound illustration. Yellow top page edges. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Front hinge is split at title page. Very small bump to top corner of rear board. The dust jacket is the correct Canadian issue with the "Viking" imprint on the spine overprinted in black, and with "MACMILLAN" added above the overprinted line. Additionally, two lines on the inner flap containing American printing information have been correctly overprinted as well, but it still retains the "First Edition" statement. The jacket is price-clipped and shows rubbing and edge wear. Spine has darkened a little with chipping along top spine edge, the deepest being one-quarter of an inch. There is a one-inch folded tear on top edge near front joint. Corners are chipped and jacket folds are rubbed with splits at upper corners. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Very good.

This Pulitzer Prize winner is the classic novel of the American Depression. A story that beautifully illustrates the struggles of the working poor and the changes to a culture. A nice, solid copy of a literary high point.

91125

Robert Louis Stevenson. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886.

First edition. Octavo. 138 pages, plus 4 pages of publisher's ads.

Original green cloth. Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering on spine and front board. Minor bumping to extremities. Slightly cocked binding. A bright, clean copy in very good condition.

This is the true first edition, as it preceded the British edition by four days. Charles Scribner's Sons printed 4200 copies, of which 3000 were initially bound in paper wrappers; the remaining 1200 were bound in boards.

91126

Robert Louis Stevenson. Thirty-Four Volumes, Including the Twenty-Eight Volume "Edinburgh Edition" of Stevenson's Works. The following selection includes: Robert Louis Stevenson. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. Constable for Longmans Green and Co., et al., 1894-1898. Twenty-eight octavo volumes (complete), printed in an edition limited to 1035 copies, of which each of the volumes is numbered 741. Several volumes have portrait frontispieces. Half bound in red morocco over pale red cloth. Rich gilt spine with five raised bands. Top edges gilt. Lavender endpapers. General wear to leather, particularly at spine ends and joints; some chipping to heads of spines. All bindings generally sound, although volume VI has a cracked hinge. This handsome set is in very good condition. [and:] six additional Stevenson-related volumes, all uniformly bound to match the above set (and all in similar condition), including: The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson To His Family and Friends, Selected and Edited With Notes and Introductions by Sidney Colvin. London: Methuen and Co., 1899. Complete in two volumes. [and:] Graham Balfour. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. London: Methuen and Co., 1901. Second edition. Complete in two volumes. [and:] Colonel W. F. Prideaux. A Bibliography of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. London: Frank Hollings, 1903. [and:] J. A. Hammerton. Stevensoniana: An Anecdotal Life and Appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1910. A new and revised edition with forty illustrations. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91127

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852.

Sixtieth Thousand. Two twelvemo volumes. [iii]-x, 312; iv, [5]-322 pages. Wood-engraved title vignettes and six wood-engraved plates.

Recently bound in full polished calf by Bayntun Binders of Bath. Covers with gilt double-rule border, spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with raised bands and red and green morocco gilt lettering labels. Gilt board edges and inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. A couple of minor scratches to boards of volume I. A near fine set in a battered slipcase.

BAL 19343. Grolier, 100 American, 61. Printing and the Mind of Man 332.

91128

Robert Smith Surtees. Seven Sporting Novels with Many Hand-Colored Plates, including: Hawbuck Grange: or, The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., [n.d., circa 1850]. Illustrations by Phiz. [and:] Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. London: Bradbury and Evans. 1853. Illustrations by John Leech. [and:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. Illustrations by John Leech. [and:] Ask Mamma; or, The Richest Commoner in England. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. Illustrations by John Leech. [and:] Plain or Ringlets? London: Bradbury and Evans. 1860. Illustrations by John Leech. [and:] Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1865. Illustrations by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. [and:] Hillingdon Hall, or The Cockney Squire, A Tale of Country Life. London: John C. Nimmo, 1888. Illustrations by Wildrake, Heath and Jellicoe. Original cover bound in at rear.

All volumes uniformly bound in full red calf. Gilt-stamped leather labels and gilt horse and horseshoe decorations to spines. Gilt borders and inner dentelles. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Wear to spine ends; spines and labels faded. A set in very good condition.

Robert Smith Surtees (1803-1864) was an English editor and sporting writer whose popular novels were published anonymously. These comic novels, set amongst the horsey set, were admired by many, including William Makepeace Thackeray. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91129

Henry David Thoreau. Walden, Or Life in the Woods. Boston: The Limited Editions Club, 1936.

Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, of which this is number 1,385, signed by Edward Steichen. Quarto. xiii, 290 pages. Illustrated with sixteen photographs by Edward Steichen, taken at various seasons at Walden Pond. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press.

Quarter bound in cloth over patterned paper boards. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge stained blue-green. Spine lightly sunned. Minor rubbing to edges of boards. Near fine, in slipcase.

LEC Bibliography No. 78.

91130

J. R. R. Tolkien. Farmer Giles of Ham. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1949.

First edition. Octavo. 79 pages. Illustrations by Pauline Diana Baynes.

Original muted orange cloth. Blue lettering on spine and blue dragon illustration on front board. Slightly cocked binding. Near fine copy in crisp dust jacket with three-quarter inch closed tear and mild foxing.

91131

J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938.

First American edition. Octavo. 310 pages. Illustrations by the author.

Tan cloth. Map endpapers. First state, with drawing of bowing Hobbit on title page. Small bookseller's label tipped to bottom of first fly-leaf. Some light discoloration to bottom edge and to fore-edge. Top edge a bit dusty. Some minor soiling to spine of dust jacket; three-inch closed tear up from bottom of front dust jacket flap fold; light chipping. Very good. A scarce item in dust jacket.

"This beautiful tale is purely and simply one of the greatest children's books ever written" (Hammond & Anderson, J. R. R. Tolkien - A Descriptive Bibliography.) Tolkien's first novel.

Bleiler.

91132

J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings comprised of a signed copy of The Fellowship of the Ring. Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1965. Fourteenth impression. Signed by Tolkien on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 423 pages. Large folding map tipped in back. Original red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Cloth worn at the spine ends and corners, dampstained in spots, else moderate shelf wear. Slight skew to text block. Top edge stained red and spotted. Pages toned as usual. Former owner's name written in ink on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket with staining on the spine panel with a small section of loss at the bottom affecting the publisher's name and a small split just under the title lettering. Jacket split at the joints and worn and stained at the edges. Taped repairs on the verso. The book is in good condition, the dust jacket slightly less. [and] The Two Towers. Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954. First edition. Octavo. 352 pages. Large folding map tipped in back. Original red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Top edge stained red. Wear to cloth mainly at the corners, otherwise light shelf wear. Contents lightly toned but quite sound. Former owners' names in ink on the front pastedown and front free endpaper. Small bookseller label at the bottom of the front pastedown. Price-clipped dust jacket soiled with old tape repairs on the verso, with further tape repairs (or remnants) on the front and back panels, small chips and areas of loss at the corners and spine ends, splits along the front flap and rear joint, and additional small closed tears. The book is in very good condition, the jacket in good condition. [and] The Return of the King. Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955. First edition, priority one per Hammond with signature mark "4" at the base of page 49 and all lines on the page sag in the middle. Octavo. 416 pages. Large folding map tipped in back. Original red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Top edge stained red (but has faded). Wear to cloth mainly at the corners and edges, otherwise light shelf wear. Contents lightly toned, more so at the preliminary pages, but quite sound. Dust jacket soiled and toned on the spine. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Overall a solid set of Tolkien's enduring classic, housed in a custom slipcase. Hammond A5a.i, ii, and iii.

91133

John Kennedy Toole. A Confederacy of Dunces. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980.

First edition. Octavo. 338 pages.

Publisher's original beige cloth with black stamping on the spine. Slightly rubbed on the spine ends and just very mildly bumped on the lower corners. There are a couple of small dents on the top page edges and a small ink mark that should not be considered a remainder mark. Boards are slightly splayed out. Previous owner's name in ink on the front pastedown. The jacket shows some light edge wear, primarily around the spine ends and corners. A near fine copy housed in a custom slipcase.

Published posthumously and with great difficultly, this amazing novel went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1981. Set in New Orleans in the early 1960s, it has influenced and inspired many contemporary writers. Though almost lost to obscurity, this work was ultimately recognized for its brilliance and originality and now stands as a masterpiece of twentieth century American fiction.

91134

Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrims' Progress...Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869.

First edition, second state, this copy with a presentation inscription by Twain. Octavo. 651, [5, ads] pages. Complete with two frontispieces and fourteen plates.

Late nineteenth-century half brown morocco over marbled boards by U. Holzer (binder's ticket affixed to lower rear pastedown). Spine lettered in gilt in compartments with four raised bands. New endpapers, but bound with original brown coated front free endpaper. Ownership inscription of Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, on upper outer corner of front free endpaper (dated February 1921). Presentation inscription on blank recto of first frontispiece: "Truly Yours, Mark Twain (S.L. Clemens). Riverdale-on-Hudson, Feb. 19, 1902. To Rev. L.M. Powers Buffalo, N.Y." Some light wear to board extremities. A charming copy of Twain's second book, with an excellent inscription and a great association.

BAL 3316.

91135

Mark Twain. The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.

First edition, binding state A. Octavo. 411 pages. With One Hundred and Ninety-Two Illustrations.

Publisher's green cloth binding lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt and black. Binding somewhat worn along the edges, with cloth split at the rubbed corners. Cloth at spine ends frayed and rubbed along the fold lines and the rear board. Previous owner's name and address on front free endpaper. Textblock edge lightly toned, but internal contents bright and clean. A very good copy of Twain's original bait-and-switch story.

BAL 3402

91136

Mark Twain. The Writings of Mark Twain. Hartford: American Publishing Company, [1901-1907].

This set is numbered 108, but the limitation is not stated. Twenty-five octavo volumes (complete). Illustrations throughout. Frontispieces. Mounted to the recto of the portrait frontispiece in Volume I is a two-inch by three-inch card, handwritten in ink, which reads "Very truly yours | S. L. Clemens | Mark Twain | Oct. '83."

Recently bound in half dark blue crushed morocco over light blue cloth boards. Spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Wear along edges, notably to the heads of several of the spines. Contents tight and bright. Generally, a very good set.

91137

Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Boston: Geo. M. Smith & Co., 1873.

First American edition, second issue (this copy, published by Smith, features Captain Nemo looking through a sextant on the cover; the first issue, published by Osgood, features a jellyfish). This title page reads in full: 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas; or, The Marvelous and Exciting Adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil His Servant, and Ned Land, A Canadian Harpooner.' Translated from the French of Jules Verne. One Hundred and Ten Illustrations. (Edition of James R. Osgood & Co.) Sold only by subscription. Boston: Geo. M. Smith & Co., 1873.

Octavo. xiii, 303 pages. 110 illustrations. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard.

Full green cloth with bright gilt-stamped pictorial spine and front cover, with titles and border in black. Brown endpapers. Very minimal rubbing to extremities. One small light spot and one small dark spot on front cover. One corner bumped. Front hinge shows minor cracking. Light foxing to a few pages, usually those preceding or following the plates. Contemporary inked gift inscription on first free endpaper, almost impossible to see on the dark brown paper. Overall, this is a very good copy with a square binding and crisp gilt covers. Housed in a handsome quarter green leather over green cloth custom box and chemise.

91138

Voltaire, [François Marie Arouet de]. The Works of Voltaire. 'The Immortals' Edition. A Contemporary Version With Notes, by Tobias Smollett, Revised and Modernized New Translations by William F. Fleming, and an Introduction by Oliver H. G. Leigh. A Critique and Biography by the Rt. Hon. John Morley. Forty-Two Volumes. Two hundred designs, comprising reproductions of rare old engravings, steel plates, photogravures, and curious fac-similes. Paris, London, New York, Chicago: E. R. DuMont, [1901-1903].

A special edition limited to only forty sets, this set being number 29. Forty-two octavo volumes (complete). Frontispieces and numerous illustrations throughout.

Full dark green morocco with covers decoratively tooled in gilt, spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, gilt inner dentelles. Unusual tree calf doublures, brown moiré silk liners. Some general wear, mostly along edges, joints, and at heads of spines, but the bindings are sound. Very occasional foxing, but for the most part, pages are exceptionally bright. Overall, a very good set, not often encountered in the complete forty-two-volume limited edition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91139

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Cat's Cradle. New York Chicago San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1963].

First edition. Octavo. 233 pages. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc.

Publisher's green cloth over blue boards with blue and gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Original pictorial dust jacket. Top edge green. Housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase. Minor edge wear to the boards. Dust jacket worn at the edges, spine ends, and corners, with mild paper loss. Two small creases and a tiny abrasion to the rear panel. A very good copy of Vonnegut's fourth book.

In 1971, this brilliant science-fiction novel earned Kurt Vonnegut his Masters degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago, after his thesis had been rejected. Nothing is sacred, as the author tackles religion, science, technology, and such topical issues as the nuclear arms race. A fantastic read.

91140

Eudora Welty. Two Signed First Editions, including: The Robber Bridegroom. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1942. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo. 185 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth with white titles and ruled in pink along the middle of the spine and front board. Original pictorial dust jacket. Light rubbing along the bottom edge. Top edge with noticeable insect damage to the cloth. Mild toning to the textblock. Previous owner's name and address on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket chipped, worn, and toned, with staining to the rear panel. Spine lightly sunned. A good copy of Welty's first novel. "I had such a good time writing it! I had been working for the WPA or for the Mississippi Advertising Commission. I had to do a lot of reading on the Natchez Trace. Reading these primary sources fired my imagination. I thought how much like fairy tales all those things were. And so I just sat down and wrote The Robber Bridegroom in a great spurt of pleasure." (Prenshaw, Conversations with Eudora Welty, 24) [and:] Delta Wedding. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1946]. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo. 247 pages. Publisher's tan cloth with purple titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Slightly shelf-cocked. Mild edge and corner wear. Toning to the textblock, mostly confined to the edges and endpapers. Chipping and some paper loss to the edges of the dust jacket. Rear panel somewhat foxed. Overall, a good copy of a Welty classic.

91141

Oscar Wilde. Collected Works. London: Methuen and Co., 1908. (The Picture of Dorian Gray published by Charles Carrington of Paris, 1908).

First Methuen collected edition. One of 1,000 copies printed on handmade paper. Fourteen octavo volumes.

Publisher's cream-colored cloth with front covers lettered in gilt and decoratively stamped in gilt with a design by Charles Ricketts, spines lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Moderate shelf wear to all volumes. Minor rubbing and some bumping to spines and corners. The spines on three of the volumes somewhat darkened. Mild dust-soiling and foxing to some volumes, mostly to the edges and endpapers. The textblocks, in general, are very clean. Overall, a very good collection of Wilde's works.

This edition includes: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Miscellanies, Salome, A Florentine Tragedy, and Vera, Poems, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Pieces, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest, A House of Pomegranates and Other Tales, Reviews, The Duchess of Padua, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, De Profundis, Intentions, and The Soul of Man.

91142

Oscar Wilde. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. London: The Edinburgh Society, [n.d., ca. 1911].

This "Authorized Edition" is apparently a variant of the Robert Ross authorized editions intended for sale in America. This "Cherwell Edition" is limited to 240 copies, of which each volume is numbered 143. Complete in fourteen octavo volumes. Many illustrations throughout, including frontispieces with captioned tissue guards.

Full gilt morocco with covers decoratively tooled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, turn-ins tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. Blue-gray endpapers. Some light wear. A handsome set in near fine condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91143

W. B. Yeats. Autobiographies: Reveries over Childhood and Youth and The Trembling of the Veil. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927.

First American limited edition (published on January 25, 1927; the first American trade edition was published o February 8, 1927). Limited to 250 numbered copies (this copy being No. 55), signed by W. B. Yeats. Octavo (7.6875 x 5.25 inches; 195 x 134 mm.). [2, limitation leaf], [8], 477, [3, blank] pages. Photogravure frontispiece portrait and three photogravure plates by Emery Walker (with tissue guards), one color plate mounted on black paper captioned in gilt (with tissue guard).

Publisher's quarter blue cloth over brown paper boards. White paper labels printed in black on front cover and spine. Light rubbing to board edges, corners lightly bumped, spine very slightly faded, spine label slightly darkened, a few tiny splits to cloth at spine extremities. Tiny tear and crease to lower gutter of limitation leaf and half-title. A very good copy, uncut and unopened.

"I have changed nothing to my knowledge; and yet it must be that I have changed many things without my knowledge; for I am writing after many years and have consulted neither friend, nor letter, nor old newspaper, and describe what comes oftenest into my memory" (Preface to "Reveries over Childhood and Youth").

The first English edition was published on November 5, 1926.

Wade 152.

91144

Augustine B[irrell]. Aphorisms on Authors and Their Ways; with Some General Observations on the Humours, Habits, and Methods of Composition of Poets-Good, Bad, and Indifferent. Diligently Collected from Johnson's "Lives" by A. B. [N.p.]: "One Hundred Copies Privately Printed" [by Eyre and Spottiswoode], 1917.

One of 100 privately printed copies. Quarto (9.9375 x 7.5625 inches; 254 x 192 mm.). 60, [4, blank] pages.

Contemporary half navy blue levant morocco over cream-colored marbled paper boards. Spine lettered in gilt with five raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities. Minimal foxing to fore-edge. Bookplate of Clement K. Shorter on front pastedown.

Bound in at the end is the original Autograph Manuscript, consisting of 8 numbered leaves of "Contents" written in pencil on rectos only (8.8125 x 6.125 inches; 224 x 168 mm.), [1] leaf containing the title-page on the verso and instructions on the recto, headed "Private," and dated "Oct 11. 1917," the entire page crossed out, and [42] leaves of text. Written in black ink primarily on the rectos of ruled paper (9.0625 x 6.9375 inches; 230 x 176 mm.).

"Private / I should like these Extracts to be made in / to a little book privately printed & distributed / to the Friends-a list of whom appears in [crossed out] at / the end of a corresponding note book to this- / As to the Format-it is my wish a small / Quarto. like the Kings Classics (Morings[?]) of / which I have Fitzgeralds Polonius in the library-or better perhaps a duodecimo-in plain, hard, clean, Boards with / labels on [crossed out] (in white) on back & front. / As to the Printer. Shorter might be / Considered or Mr. Humphrys [sic] of Hatchards / 100 copies will be the outside wanted / A B / The Pightle / Sheringham / Oct 11. 1917."

In addition, bound in at the front are two Autograph Letters Signed (with initials) by Augustine Birrell to his close friend and collaborator, Clement K. Shorter.

The first letter is one quarto page (approximately 9.875 x 7.5 inches; 252 x 190 mm.), writtten in black ink on the recto only of Birrell's "70, Elm Park Road, Chelsea, S.W." letterhead (at left: "1098 Western."): "Dec. 20. 17 / My dear Shorter- / If you pursue your mad prospect / of 'Large Paper' Copies note the following / Corrigenda / [list of seven corrections] / It might have been & perhaps is Worse. / Thine A B." Some light foxing and browning. Creases visible. With a pencil annotation at foot: "P 212."

The second letter is two quarto pages (8.75 x 6.625 inches; 222 x 168 mm.), written in black ink on the recto and verso of Birrell's "Sheringham, Norfolk" letterhead: "Jan. 2. 1918. / My dear Shorter- / A Happy New Year- / A new Error of the Press. on / that unlucky page 22! There is / only one l in Somervile-These / Blunders are all my fault & the / Compositor, that damned / 'Cream-faced loon'-With the / 'Goose Look' who would have it / that Macheath should be Macbeth / I think now the List of Corrigenda / is complete, but I daresay if your / large paper copies are / Entrusted to the same Compositor / new ones will arise, if indeed he / does not return to his Macbeth-like / the dog he is. / This little Volume seems / to have given pleasure to a few of / my friends if so-it has [furthered?] / its [?] & may sink into oblivion / Yours A B / I will be here until the 16th." Creases visible.

All manuscript leaves mounted on guards.

Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), politician, lawyer, and author, son-in-law of poet Frederick Locker-Lampson, was the longest serving Chief Secretary for Ireland (from 1907 to 1916). "He also acquired a considerable reputation as an essayist and literary critic, especially with his two small volumes of Obiter dicta (1884, 1887), which aimed to remind his readers 'of books they once had by heart, and of authors they must ever love' (Obiter dicta, 2nd ser., 1896, vi). His witty and elegant essays on writers he admired, such as Milton, Pope, Carlyle, and Dr Johnson, revealed his passion for literature and his intellectual versatility. He had collected more than 10,000 books for his library by the time he was fifty, observing in his essay 'Book-buying' that 'the man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively' (Obiter dicta, 2nd ser., 1896, 264)...In dictionaries of quotations some of his witty epigrams achieved fame as 'Birrellisms'" (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online).

91145

Charles Hamilton. American Autographs: Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War Leaders, Presidents. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1983].

First edition. Two large quarto volumes (complete). 353; 357-633 pages. Profusely illustrated. Index.

Quarter bound in blue leatherette and blue cloth. Facsimile endpapers. A couple of light smudges to boards. Fine condition, in publisher's slipcase.

A collection of more than 2,000 facsimiles of letters, documents and signatures compiled by the noted expert in the field. This standard and essential reference book has become exceedingly scarce.

91146

Al-Jazuli'. Dala'il al-Khayrat. [Poems, Prayers and Blessing in Praise of the Prophet]. Turkey?, circa 1800.

Octavo. 134 pages.

Arabic manuscript, written in naskh, in black and red on a green ground, gold discs between verses, with headings in black on gold ground. Persian interlinear translation, written in nasta'liq, in red. Each page has nine lines of text within gold rules and concentric gold and orange border rules. There are eight double-page spreads illuminated in gold and numerous colors to an overall arabesque design with bold and background decorated with flowers. Contained are two stylized views of Mecca and Medina, richly executed in gold, blues, red, orange, green, violet and black. Bound in a contemporary wallet style, lacquered boards, with tree-of-life illustration on the boards and the doublures in colors and accented with gold. Rebacked with some additional minor restoration to the edges and flap hinges, with the primary decoration intact. Occasional smudges and minor staining to contents, else a very good copy and beautiful example of Middle Eastern book making. Contained in a chemise and morocco pull-off case by Rivière. The leather bookplates of successive owners Robert Hoe, Beverly Chew and Estelle Doheny are affixed to the front free endpaper.

91147

Lewis Carroll. Sylvie and Bruno Books, Beautifully Bound as a Matching Two-Volume Set, including: Sylvie and Bruno. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. First edition. Small octavo. xxi, 400 pages. [And:] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. First edition. Small octavo. xxxi, 423 pages. Both volumes are illustrated by Harry Furniss, and each volume has an Index.

Both volumes beautifully rebound by Bayntun of Bath in full red morocco. Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, each front cover set with a character from the book fashioned out of multicolored leather onlays, spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The original cloth covers and spine of Sylvie and Bruno Concluded are bound into the rear of the second volume. The second volume has been overopened, but the binding is still sturdy. Very minimal rubbing at extremities of both volumes. Oval gilt-stamped leather bookplate of noted collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny is affixed to front pastedown of each volume. Fine.

A stunning leather-bound set of Carroll's last novels.

91148

[Cosway-style binding]. [Abraham Lincoln]. Nathaniel Wright Stephenson [editor]. An Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln Consisting of the Personal Portions of his Letters Speeches and Conversations. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1926.

First edition. Octavo (7.9375 x 5.25 inches; 202 x 133 mm.). [10], 501, [1, blank] pp. with a photographic frontispiece of the Statue of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French.

Contemporary full crushed crimson morocco, covers with single fillet border rolled in gilt and enclosing a panel of single fillets and foliate tools. Cover set with oval portrait of Lincoln on ivory under glass within a rectangular centerpiece comprising gilt fillets and foliate stamps. Spine in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in two compartments and dated at the foot, the remaining four compartments tooled in gilt in a similar floral design, board edges and turn-ins gilt, rust-colored watered silk doublures and liners, all edges gilt. Overall an excellent copy housed in a cloth clamshell box.

A superb example of a Cosway-style binding with an excellent miniature, though the binding is unsigned it looks very much like other Cosway-style bindings executed by Rivière & Son in the first part of the twentieth century.

91149

[Cosway-Style Binding]. [William Shakespeare]. The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the Text of the Original Copies, Including the Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches Found in His Dramas. London: Edward Arnold (printed by Essex House Press), 1899.

First edition of a limited edition of 450 numbered copies. Octavo. 253 pages. Full-page woodcut of Venus and Adonis with additional woodcut initials throughout. Woodcut device on the colophon. Headings and margin titles in red.

Beautiful full red morocco Cosway-style binding by Baytun-Rivière featuring a central oval miniature watercolor portrait of Shakespeare on ivory inset into the front board and surrounded by floral decoration stamped in gilt. The boards are further decorated with twin gilt rules along the border within which are additional vertical rules and opposing floral motifs. The spine is decorated with complementary floral designs and titles stamped in six compartments between five raised bands. The motif of the boards are repeated in the form of wide gilt decorated borders on each of the turn-ins which frame pale green silk moiré doublures. The same pale green silk moiré is also used for the preliminary and terminal endleaves. All edges are gilt. Twin silk place ribbons complete this magnificent binding. Fine condition.

Includes Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, and many other sonnets and snippets from his dramas.

91150

[Cosway-style binding]. Peter Cunningham, [editor]. The Story of Nell Gwyn: and the Sayings of Charles the Second. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852.

First edition, extra illustrated. Octavo (7.25 x 4.75 inches; 184 x 121 mm.). xi, [1, blank], 212 pages. With intertextual wood engravings and extra-illustrated with thirty-five engraved plates, many hand-colored.

Contemporary full crushed blue-green morocco bound for Charles J. Sawyer, Ltd. (stamp signed in gilt on rear lower turn-in), beveled boards with two single fillet borders rolled in gilt and a gilt border of dots and dashes. Rectangular panel with foliate, dot, and crown tools stamped in gilt at corners around interlocking "C"s and five cinquefoil stamps with pink morocco onlays along edges. Elaborate circular centerpiece to front board comprising floral, foliate, and dot tools stamped in gilt around decorative initials "NG", the four floral tools with pink morocco onlays. Spine in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in two compartments and dated at the foot, the remaining four compartments tooled in gilt in a similar design, with single fillet and dots and dashes gilt rules. Board edges and turn-ins gilt, red morocco doublures and red watered silk liners, all edges gilt. The front doublure with an oval portrait of Gwyn on ivory under glass within a sunken ovular centerpiece of foliate and cinquefoil stamps tooled in gilt, the cinquefoils with black morocco onlays. Overall a very fine copy housed in a velvet-lined cloth clamshell box (the box slightly worn with joints starting).

A superb Cosway-style binding with an excellent miniature, and a lovely copy of Cunningham's well-loved book, extra-illustrated with thirty-five engravings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

91151

[Embroidered Binding]. [Bible in English]. 1628 Edition of the King James Version of the Bible in a Beautifully Embroidered Binding. An early King James Bible printed in 1628 by Bonham Norton and John Bill of London bound with the Whole Book of Psalmes published the same year. This sixteenmo volume has been bound using embroidered silk over boards. The intricate and delicate embroidery work is composed of a liberal use of gold bullion thread accented with additional floral and bird decorations in silk thread. Even the gilt edges of the pages have been incised with intricate floral designs. Four silk tasseled ribbons act as place marks. The contents of the Bible remain sound. The embroidered boards bear moderate soiling, but are remarkably complete, with the exception of a few loose bullion threads on the front board and spine. The Bible is housed in a modern quarter leather clamshell case with five raised bands on the spine and titles stamped in gilt. An important book that has been transformed into a work of art. Very good condition.

91152

[Fine Press]. An astounding archive of some 560 items, consisting of work done by Walter Kahoe and family from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Most are hard-bound small books, approximately 5 x 4.25 inches (some larger to 8.75 x 5.25 inches) or soft-bound ribbon-tied books, often in their original envelopes. The group also includes one complete page of set type, and a title-page set in type, along with approximately 27 original cuts used to illustrate the books. Also included are two complete sets of the Golden Door Magazine, and various ephemeral forms related to its publication. The collection includes:

Edward Lear. Nonsense Alphabet. 1942. Two first edition (thus) hardbound copies (from a total edition of 70 copies) plus 26 metal cuts used for the illustrations by Lear and Betty Bacon and set type for the title and author. Hans Christian Andersen. The Goblin at the Grocery Store. 1944. Three first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 100) printed on laid book paper. Two front illustrations by Louise R. Pfeiffer hand-colored. Lovely note about how book was printed. Hans Christian Andersen. The Goblin at the Grocery Store. 1944. Three first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 10) printed on dull coated paper. Two front illustrations by Louise R. Pfeiffer hand-colored. Hans Christian Andersen. The Goblin at the Grocery Store. 1944. Two first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 10) printed on Arnold Unbleached paper. Two front illustrations by Louise R. Pfeiffer and Rose Valley Press logo at back all hand-colored. (this version is slightly larger). Aesop. Walter Kahoe (reteller). Ten Fables of Aesop. 1944. Two first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 20) printed on dull-finished coated paper. Illustrations by John Tenniel. Aesop. Walter Kahoe (reteller). Ten Fables of Aesop. 1944. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 120) printed on laid paper. Illustrations by John Tenniel. Aesop. Walter Kahoe (reteller). Ten Fables of Aesop. 1944. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 12) printed on Arnold Unbleached paper. Illustrations by John Tenniel. (this version is slightly larger). Walter Kahoe (gatherer). Garland of Poems. 1945. Six first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 150). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. Walter Kahoe (reteller). The Wise Men of Gotham. 1946. Six first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 300). Illustrations by Gustav Ulhmann. John Donne. The Bell. 1946. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 40). Printed April 1946. This is not a "Christmas" book. John Donne. The Bell. 1946. Seven first edition, second printing (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 150). Printed Summer 1946. John. Donne. The Bell. 1946. Two first edition, second printing (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 8) on Arnold paper. Printed Summer 1946. [King James Bible]. The First Christmas. 1947. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 300). Walter & Mildred Kahoe (retellers). The Seven Blind Men and the Elephant. 1949. Fourteen first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 300). Illustrated by Gustav Ulhmann. [King James Bible]. The One God. 1947. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 20). "Hamilton Kilmory" paper. Not a "Christmas" book. Walter Kahoe. Journey of the Wise Men. 1950. Eighteen first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 300). Illustrated by Janilee Middlebrooks. Benjamin Franklin. Two Parables. 1951. Twenty-two first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 50). Illustrated by Janilee Middlebrooks. Walter Kahoe (compiler). Book Titles From the Bible. 1956. Ten first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 175). "Canterbury Text" paper. Not a "Christmas" book. Walter Kahoe (compiler). Book Titles From the Bible. 1956. Ten first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 75). "Special book" paper. The Flushing Remonstrance. 1958. Eight first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Clint Bradley. All copies have a mint 3 cent Flushing Remonstrance stamp in the back. Benjamin West. 1960. Eight first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Clint Bradley. Parson Mason L. Weems. King and Quaker. 1962. Nine first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Clint Bradley. All have small card, "Season's Greetings Mildred and Walter Kahoe" inserted. Some envelopes are a bit discolored, but contents are fine. Parson Mason L. Weems. King and Quaker. 1962. Twenty first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Clint Bradley. John Woolman. 1963. Four first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Clint Bradley. Brother Francis. 1964. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Clint Bradley. Printed on yellow paper. Brother Francis. 1964. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Clint Bradley. Walter Kahoe (compiler). Book Titles From Shakespeare. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 150). W. D. Snively, Jr. My Father. 1964. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Jane Schaefer Smith. Not a "Christmas" book. Walter & Mildred Kahoe (compilers). The Flowers and Foliage of Christmas. 1965. Ten first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Walter & Mildred Kahoe (compilers). The Flowers and Foliage of Christmas. 1965. Eight first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). All copies have a mint block of the 5 cent 1964 Christmas stamps. Christmas and the Animals. 1966. Eight first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrated by Fred Walker. Three cuts from the production are included. Walter Kahoe. Clarence Pickett. 1966. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Each copy has 2 photos of Clarence Pickett. Not a "Christmas" book. Spines discolored. King James Bible. The First Christmas. 1967. Twenty-four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Same text as 1947 edition, different illustrations and layout. Walter Kahoe. Silent Night. 1968. Eight first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. Spines discolored. Walter Kahoe. Saint Fiacre. 1969. Twelve first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 100). Illustrated by Sandra Lovegrove. Not a "Christmas" book, printed March 1969. Two Quaker Botanists. 1969. Six first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 100). Illustrated by Clint Bradley. Hans Christian Andersen. The Brownie at the Grocery Store. 1970. Twelve first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. New illustrations and layout from 1944 edition; "goblin" changed to "brownie". Benjamin Franklin. Two Parables. 1971. Eighteen first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 90). Illustrations by Janilee Middlebrooks. New layout and type from 1951 edition. Slightly larger than usual. Not a "Christmas" book - printed February 1971. The Madonna and the Woodcutter. 1971. Eight first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. The Madonna and the Woodcutter. 1971. Sixty first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. New Testament Apocrypha. Flight Into Egypt. 1972. Eight first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. Edward Lear. Nonsense Alphabet. 1972. Two first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 150). Illustrations by Edward Lear and Betty Bacon. Alphonse Daudet. The Three Masses. 1973. Twenty-four first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. Alphonse Daudet. The Three Masses. 1973. Five first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. Patrick L. Chalmers (retold). The Faun's Christmas. 1974. Four first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. Patrick L. Chalmers (retold). The Faun's Christmas. 1974. Twelve first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. The Legend of Saint Christopher. 1975. Thirty first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. Includes set type of page 5 of the book. Walter Kahoe only - Mildred died summer of 1975. The Shoemaker's Christmas. 1976. Ten first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. The Juggler of Our Lady. 1977. Ten first edition (thus) softbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by Gus Ulhmann. Edward Needles Wright. Chestnut Bur Lions. 1977. One first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Illustrations by D. Owens Stephens. Not a "Christmas" book.

Walter Kahoe Archive from the Whimsie Press

Edna Wyss Altemeier. Herbie and His God. 1975. Two first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Edna Wyss Altemeier. Herbie and His God. 1975. Two first edition, second printing (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). June Yungblut. Flowers Into The Fire. 1977. Three first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). One cut from this book included. Winifred Rawlins. Roots of Happiness. 1977. One first edition (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Helen Morgan Brooks. A Slat of Wood. 1979. Three first edition, second printing (thus) hardbound copies (limitation not specified). Whimsie Press moved to Otego in 1979, after Walter Kahoe's death in 1978.

Walter Kahoe, Publisher

The Golden Door [magazine]. 1939. Complete set is 11 volumes. Two sets of 11 volumes each, softbound in printed wrappers. Fine condition. Together with two large envelopes with letterhead, envelopes, mailing labels, advertising material, billing forms, letters, and other assorted ephemera.

Peggy Kahoe, Printer (age 9) (Daughter of Walter Kahoe)

Peggy Kahoe [printer]. Henry Hudson. 1949. Fourteen first edition (thus) hardbound copies (total edition of 20). Printed at the Rose Valley Press.

Together with 200 "Walter Kahoe" bookplates that can be used to affix to the books (these were Mr. Kahoe's copies and stock). The "G.U." on the bookplate is Gus Ulhmann, who also illustrated many of the "Christmas" books sometime in the 1950s or 1960s.

Biography of Walter Kahoe, with notes.

Walter Kahoe, 1905-1978, received his training as a printer at the house of William Edwin Rudge in Mt. Vernon, NY, and at the Antioch Press in Yellow Springs, Ohio. While he was at Rudge's, in 1924, Bruce Rogers was the Master.

Kahoe, a fast learner, was Director of the Antioch Press from 1926-1935. In this same period, with Ernest Morgan, Kahoe started the Antioch Bookplate Company. Kahoe fairly quickly sold his interest in it to Morgan. It became Antioch Publishing, and was bought by Trends International on March 1, 2008.

Also during this period, with David Spieth, Kahoe started Kahoe and Spieth, soon buying out Spieth and changing the name to Kahoe and Company.

Walter Meyer, bookbinder for the Rudge company, commented on one of Kahoe and Spieth's first publications: "'Eternal Springtime' has all the earmarks of a de luxe book."

In 1939, Kahoe published "The Golden Door: A Magazine Anthology for Bookish Folk." It ran eleven issues.

After moving to Philadelphia in 1940 and joining the medical department of J.B. Lippincott Co., as a hobby Kahoe began The Rose Valley Press, each year printing and binding several hundred little books as Christmas presents. The Rose Valley Press did non-Christmas books as time permitted. Kahoe became head of Lippincott's medical division and a Vice President of the firm. He also served as a Director of the Independence Press in Philadelphia.

After retiring in 1971 Kahoe started The Whimsie Press, and published five titles. He did all the layout and binding on Whimsie books.

91153

The Famed Bruce Rogers World Bible, together with William Targ's Making of the Bruce Rogers World Bible.

Two books, including: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1949. First, thus. Edition limited to 975 copies. Folio. xxii, 941 pages. Printed by A. Colish from designs by Bruce Rogers for the World Publishing Company. Full red cloth with gilt titles on spine and pictorial gilt design on front and rear covers. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. A mammoth-sized book measuring 19 x 13 x 3.25 inches and weighing almost 30 pounds. Minor scuffing and soiling to boards. Front cover with faint cup ring stain. Overall, a very good copy of an elegantly designed lectern bible from one of the foremost typographers of the twentieth century. [And:] William Targ. The Making of the Bruce Rogers World Bible. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1949]. First edition. Quarto. 19 pages of text plus several unnumbered pages of decorations and initials used in the World Bible. Photographs of the Bible being printed. Red cloth with gilt titles and cover decoration of an eagle, matching the cover design of the World Bible. Offsetting to front endpapers. Otherwise fine, in a split and battered slipcase. Laid in is a signed presentation letter from Louis Colish, son of Abraham Colish, founder of the A. Colish fine art printing company which produced both volumes. This companion book to the gargantuan World Bible documents its production and was a privately-printed book intended for presentation to friends of Bruce Rogers, A. Colish and the World Publishing Company.

91154

Isaiah Thomas. The History of Printing in America. With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers. To Which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1810.

First edition. Two large octavo volumes. 487; 576 pages. Illustrated with five engraved plates, three of which are folding.

Original printed boards are significantly faded and rubbed. Joints cracked; front board of volume I is loose, and front and back boards of volume II are all but detached. Rear hinges of both volumes have been expertly reinforced. A few light water stains to the cover of Volume II. Uncut pages are toned within area of the text. A previous owner's signature has been clipped from the first free endpaper of each volume. Volume I has the name 'Thomas' hand-written in ink on the front cover, filling in the printed name, now mostly faded. A set in good condition. Individually chemised and housed together in a custom case lettered in gilt on spine.

Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) was a newspaper publisher and writer who was active in the American Revolution. He was the country's leading printer, prompting Benjamin Franklin to call him the "American Baskerville." His History of Printing in America is considered the authority on the history of printing in America, and many of the source materials used for this book formed the nucleus of the library of the American Antiquarian Society which Thomas founded in 1812.

91155

Jacques Reich, [portrait etcher]. George Washington (1732-1799). First President of the United States. Plain print. From the painting by Gilbert Stuart. Signed by Jacques Reich. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Third President of the United States. Plain print. Signed by Jacques Reich. James Madison (1751-1836). Fourth President of the United States. "Artist's trial proof, 5th proving, 2 copies" and signed by Jacques Reich. From the painting by Gilbert Stuart. Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). Seventh President of the United States. "No. 2, first state, of forty impressions" and signed by Jacques Reich. Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). 28th President of the United States. "Artist's trial proof, sixth proving, 2 copies" and signed by Jacques Reich. All prints approximately 17.5 x 13 inches [plate mark] 25.5 x 18.5 inches [sheet size]. An attractive print in fine condition. A few prints with a bit of adhesive residue at the very outer edge of the sheet, and not affecting the image or matting area.

91156

Jacques Reich, [portrait etcher]. Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). Proof Etching of Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States. 17.5 x 13.5 inches [plate mark] 25.5 x 18.5 inches [sheet size]. "Artist's Trial Proof No. 6, of eight impressions" and signed by Jacques Reich at the lower left. Signed by President Cleveland under the lower right. Etching made from a photograph by Pach Bros., New York, and sittings from life. An attractive print in fine condition, but for a bit of adhesive residue at the very outer edge of the sheet, and not affecting the image or matting area.

91157

Jacques Reich, [portrait etcher]. Warren G. Harding (1865-1923). Proof Etching of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States. 17.5 x 13 inches [plate mark] 25.5 x 18.5 inches [sheet size]. "Artist's proof from the copper, 30 copies" and signed by Jacques Reich at the lower right. Signed and inscribed "Sincerely yours" by President Harding at the bottom center. Etching made from live sittings. An attractive print in fine condition.

91158

Jacques Reich, [portrait etcher]. William Howard Taft (1857-1930). Proof Etching of William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States. 17.5 x 13 inches [plate mark] 25.5 x 18.5 inches [sheet size]. "Number 25 artist's proof, from the copper" and signed by Jacques Reich at the lower right. Signed by President Taft at the bottom center. Etching made from a photograph by the Moffett Studio, Chicago, selected by Mr. Taft, and from a sitting. An attractive print in fine condition.

91159

Pair of Rare 19th Century Books Dealing With Prisons and Prisoners in England including Joseph Adshead. Prisons and Prisoners. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845. First edition. Quarto. xvii, [13]-320 pages. With presentation inscription by the author on the third front free endpaper. With frontispiece engraving by George Cruikshank and folding plate of Pentonville Prison. [and] Henry Mayhew and John Binny. The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life. London: Griffin, Boh, and Company, 1862. First edition. Quarto. xii, 634 pages. With numerous illustrations from photographs including a folding frontispiece of London traffic as seen from the top of St. Paul's cathedral. Though not part of a set both volumes have been uniformly bound in half leather and buckram over boards. Decoration is stamped in gilt within six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Titles are stamped in gilt on morocco labels. Both volumes are also uniform in wear and condition displaying shelf wear at the extremities and slight scuffing to the boards. The joints are tender and are just starting to crack. The contents of both volumes are sound. Overall the pair are in very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91160

Edward William Lane. An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. [with] Gardner Wilkinson. Modern Egypt and Thebes. [with] Wilkinson. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. London: Charles Knight; John Murray, 1842; 1843; 1847.

Third editions. Nine octavo volumes in all (2, 2, and 5). The Lane is a Knight imprint, the Wilkinson works are John Murray. Illustrated with plates (some in color) and folding maps.

Uniformly bound in full green calf with gilt borders and spines. Marbled endpapers and edges. Spines heavily ornamented. Very minor rubbing to boards. The spines are evenly faded with some of the gilt darkened. Bookplates. A quite sound and attractive set in very good or better condition.

91161

George Washington. The Writings of George Washington; Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private. In Twelve Volumes. Boston: Ferdinand Andrews, [1837-1839].

Twelve octavo volumes, complete. With additional text by Jared Sparks. Illustrations. Frontispiece portrait in Volume I.

Full speckled calf. Spines ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments with four raised bands. Gilt tooling along edges. Recent olive endpapers. General wear to edges and light staining to a few boards, some spines rubbed. Volume II has a three-quarter-inch gouge to first compartment of spine, and Volume VIII has a quarter-inch gouge to bottom compartment. Binding of Volume I cracked, with a couple of signatures loose; the other volumes appear sound. Heavy foxing throughout. Volume I has an embossed library stamp on title-page. Volume I is in good condition, the other eleven volumes are in very good condition.

Although this set is uniformly bound, it appears to be made up of volumes from different sets: Volume IV is dated 1837 on the title page; Volumes III, V, VI, IX, X, and XI are dated 1838; and Volumes I, II, VII, VIII, and XII are dated 1839.

91162

Gibert de Montreuil. Roman de la Violette, ou de Gérard de Nevers, en vers, du XIIIe Siècle, Publié pour la Première Fois d'Après Deux Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale. Paris: Chez Silvestre, 1834.

First edition, probably one of fifteen copies printed on Holland paper. Octavo (9.375 x 6 inches; 24 x 155 mm.). [4], lxiv, 334, [2, binder instructions] pages. Complete with two engraved facsimiles, the first on three kinds of paper (vellum paper, China paper, and vellum); and the second (comprising two pages) on four kinds of paper (Holland paper, vellum paper, China paper, and vellum). Also with the six engraved vignettes printed in black and red, on three, three, four, three, four, and three different kinds of paper, respectively. Two facsimile leaves and one vignette leaf hand-illuminated in gold and colors. This copy also bound with two half titles (one printed on vellum paper and the other on vellum) with the edition statement printed on versos; while the vellum paper edition statement is unnumbered, the vellum edition statement lists this copy as "No. 1".

Contemporary half red morocco over marbled paper, spine elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Some occasional light foxing and significant toning to final engraving on vellum. Some wear to boards, with small bits of loss to all corners, and rubbing to board extremities, affecting the raised bands and joints especially. Front joint starting at top but board still holding tight. Headcap perished. Still, a good, unusually made-up copy of this important first printing.

In the fifteenth century de Montreuil's celebrated thirteenth century verse romance Roman de la Violette was executed in prose and illuminated with miniatures in a manuscript commissioned by the Duc de la Vallière. It is this original manuscript upon which the vignettes and facsimiles in this first printing of the poem are based, and according to the edition statement, the limited edition of 200 copies comprised one copy printed on vellum, nine on China paper, fifteen on Holland paper, and 175 printed on vellum paper.

Though the text of the present copy seems to have been one of those printed on Holland paper, each of the eight engravings is included on at least three of the four kinds of papers used in the edition, and in three instances, all four kinds of paper are represented.
Brunet II, p. 401.

91163

Samuel Pepys. Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. FRS. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II, Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith, A.B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, From the Original Short-Hand MS. in the Pepysian Library, and a Selection from his Private Correspondence. London: Henry Colburn, 1825.

First edition. Two large quarto volumes. xlii, 498 pages, plus 59-page index; 311 pages. Edited by Richard, Lord Braybooke. Illustrated with eleven engravings, one a fold-out map. Volume I features an engraved portrait frontispiece, volume II an engraved frontispiece of Pepys' library; both frontispieces have caused significant offsetting to title pages.

Full polished mottled calf. Covers ruled in gilt, spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt with raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers. Significant offsetting from plates, as usual. Covers scuffed and scratched, edges worn. Overall, a sturdy and bright set, in very good condition.

Written in shorthand between 1660 and 1669, this key historical record of Restoration London remained unpublished for more than 150 years after it was first written. The text was painstakingly deciphered from Pepys' shorthand by John Smith, a penniless student, who wrote of his experience: 'The original Diary is written in Short-hand, & extends to upwards of 3,000 pages...I deciphered the whole, & transcribed it in nearly 10,000 Quarto pages. When I commenced it, I did not know a single character of Short-hand, wh. varies much in places when Pepys wished to be unusually secret, & it occupied me in incessant labour for three years...' (Drinkwater, J., Pepys His Life & Character, pp. 207-208). One of the most important titles in all of English literature, and one of the most influential and illuminating personal histories ever written.

Grolier, 100 English, 75.

91164

[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]. The Spirit of Cervantes; or, Don Quixote Abridged. Being a Selection of the Episodes and Incidents, with a Summary Sketch of the Story of That Popular Romance. London: F. C. & J. Rivington, 1820.

First edition thus. "In two parts," complete in one tall octavo volume. xv, 310 pages. Illustrated with four hand-colored engraved plates.

Full brown polished calf. Covers with triple gilt fillet border, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands and red leather gilt lettering label, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt. Rubbing to spine and extremities, half-inch deep nick along top edge of front board, leather puckered and slightly cracked, abrasion to rear joint. Despite the cosmetic flaws, this book is in very good condition.

91165

Alexander Hamilton. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Comprising His Most Important Official Reports; an Improved Edition of the Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788; and Pacifus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality, Written in 1793. In Three Volumes. New York: Published by Williams and Whiting, 1810.

First edition of Hamilton's works, and sixth edition of the Federalist. Three octavo volumes (7.5 x 4.5 inches; 191 x 114 mm.). vii, [1, blank], [1, contents], [1, blank], 325, [1, blank]; [2, general title], [i-ii, Federalist title], [iii]-iv [contents], 368; [2, general title], [i-ii, Federalist Volume II title], [iii]-iv [contents], 368 pages. Complete with three engraved frontispiece portraits of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, respectively.

Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines numbered in gilt and ruled in gilt in compartments, gilt brown morocco lettering pieces, edges sprinkled blue. Middle nineteenth-century engraved bookplate of August S. Campbell affixed to front pastedowns, with his inscription in ink on the recto of the front free flyleaf of Volume I; near-contemporary ownership inscription of William Jackson on general and sectional titles. A few instances of marginalia in pencil, and a few instances of authorship emendations made in ink by a contemporary hand. A few instances of light foxing to frontispieces and margins. Light offsetting of frontispiece on general title of Volume III. Shelfwear to board extremities. A few minor abrasions to boards. Overall, a very good copy, in better condition than is usually found.

"In these documents are constellated more than the learning and the wisdom of other days. The native, the original conceptions of this creative genius, give life and light to every subject. Every page bears its own peculiar testimony to the vastness of his mind - the soundness of his judgment - the clearness of his views - and the integrity of his heart. The humblest peasant, who loves his country and participates in her weal and wo, as well as the statesman and politician whose feelings and interests are more particularly identified with the subject, will read these Reports with mingled wonder and delight" (from the Preface).

"The sixth edition [of the Federalist] was published in 1810 by Williams and Whiting of New York, and formed the second and third volumes of the "Writings of Hamilton" [sic.]. It was edited by John Wells, a distinguished member of the New York bar, and one of Hamilton's personal friends....[T]he text was said to have the benefits of the marginal notes made by Hamilton in his own copy. The principal...feature of this edition was that the names of the respective authors were appended to each essay" (Henry Cabot Lodge, The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1889); p. xxxviii).

Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltonia, 116.

91166

[Chess] Three Nineteenth-Century Chess Books, including: A. D. Philidor. Studies of Chess; Containing Caissa, A Poem, by Sir William Jones; A Systematic Introduction to the Game; and the Whole Analysis of Chess, With Critical Remarks. London: Samuel Bagster, 1803. Two volumes bound in one. Half calf over marbled boards. Binding worn, spine darkened. Paper on the front board peeling. Foxing throughout. Bookplates. Overall, good. [and:] An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess; Containing One Hundred Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; Including the Whole of Philidor's Analysis, With Copious Selections from Stamma, the Calabrois, &c. London: Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe..., 1809. 254 pages. Half calf over marbled boards. Binding rubbed and worn. Pages heavily foxed. Overall, good. [and:] [Josef] Kling and [Bernhard] Horwitz [editors]. The Chess Player. London: Published by R. Hastings, 1852; and Day, 1853. Presumed first editions. Four volumes bound in one. Many chess diagrams throughout. Half mottled calf over tan cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Sprinkled edges. Leather rubbed and worn along edges, particularly along fore-edges and joints. Front joint cracking and flaking. Binding is solid. Overall, a very good copy. From the library of prominent American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91167

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. London: William Miller, 1801.

Revised and corrected edition. Four large octavo volumes (complete). cxlv, 371; ix, 412; xvi, 391; xii, 440 pages. Translation by Charles Jarvis. Color illustrations. Frontispieces. Fold-out map. Notes.

Handsomely bound by Bayntun Rivière of Bath in full brown morocco. Covers with gilt single fillet border enclosing a large panel of black and gilt interlaced strapwork. Spines in six compartments with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, the remaining compartments panelled in gilt and black. Gilt board edges and inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon markers. Very minor wear to edges. Foxing to preliminary and terminal pages. Tight and bright. A striking set in fine condition.

91168

Jacques Mallet du Pan. The History of the Destruction of the Helvetic Union and Liberty. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, March, 1799.

First American edition and first in English (first published in French as Essai historique sur la destruction de la ligue et de la liberté helvétiques). Twelvemo (7.75 x 4.25 inches; 197 x 108 mm.). 264 pages. Complete with engraved frontispiece.

Uncut, in the original blue boards, printed spine title with quatrefoil borders. Joints split, but boards still holding tight. A few bits of loss to spine, and especially to foot, with quires and lower cord exposed. Light soiling and wear to board extremities, with corners slightly bumped. Scattered light foxing, especially to preliminaries, and offsetting from frontispiece to title. Short horizontal tear to outer margin of title, not affecting any text. Overall, a very good copy, extremely scarce in original boards.

A distinguished copy of this critical account of the invasion of Switzerland by the revolutionary armies of France, and the subsequent establishment of the so-called Helvetic Republic, by pioneer of political journalism Mallet du Pan (1749-1800).

Evans 35765.

91169

Joseph Strutt. The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England: Containing the Representations of all the English Monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; Together With Many of the Great Persons that were eminent under their several Reigns; on Sixty Copper Plates, Engraved by the Author. London: Printed for Benjamin and John White, 1793.

"A New Edition," with twelve additional plates. Large quarto (11.125 x 9 inches; 283 x 229 mm.). 119, [5, index]; [2], [2, preface], 24 pp. With seventy-two copper engraved plates printed in sepia; supplement with separate title-page, dated 1792.

Contemporary straight-grained red morocco, thick-thin and floral borders rolled in gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, five raised bands intersected by a thick gilt rule, gilt board edges and turn ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Letterpress bookplate of Viscount Mersey and engraved armorial bookplate of John Barton affixed to front pastedown.

Lowndes, p. 1753.

91170

Pierre François Percy. Manuel du Chirurgien D'Armée, ou Instruction de Chirurgie Militaire Sur le traitement des plaies d'armes à feu; avec la Méthode d'extraire de ces plaies les corps étrangers, et la Description d'un nouvel instrument proper à cet usage...Paris: Chez Germer Baillière, 1830 [1792].

Though the title-page bears an imprint of 1830 and a "Nouvelle Edition" designation, in fact, except for this title and the half-title that precedes it, the work comprises the entirety of the first edition from 1792, with the same typesetting, collation, pagination, single folding plate, and indeed, two examples of the 1792 title page -- one mounted in its original place as leaf a1, and another, bound backwards, between leaves K11 and K12. Neither a new edition nor a reprint, the 1830 Manuel de Chirurgien D'Armee is most certainly made up from sheets left over from the 1792 print run, and therefore best described as a reissue undertaken by Germer Baillière, bookseller and "Successeur de Madame Auger-Méquignon" (the Méquignon firm published the book in 1792).

Twelvemo. [4], xvi, 272 pp. Complete, with the folding plate, and an additional 1792 title-page.

Twentieth-century orange buckram library binding, smooth spine lettered in gilt, with white manuscript call numbers at foot. From the "Bibliotheca Nevrologica" of Dr. Cyril Courville (1900-1968), with the Courville imprint stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine. The first 1792 title at the front (leaf a1) is mounted on a stub and re-margined at the gutter; in other copies reissued in 1830, this leaf has been excised. Occasional light foxing and toning. Small piece torn away from outer margin of leaf A1, just touching a couple of letters (piece is present and repairable, and leaf bears faint remnants of an earlier repair). Small fore- and bottom-edge tears to F6 just touching a couple of letters, and small piece of paper missing from outer margin of leaf G1, unaffecting text in both cases. Sheets are largely clean and supple, with bright text. Overall, a very good copy.

Baron Pierre François Percy (1754-1825) was a prominent surgeon in Napoleon's army, and published his "Manual of Army Surgery" the same year that he became médicin consultant of the Northern Army. Percy is remembered for creating and designing his own medical tools and instruments for bullet and fragment extraction, discussed in this work and illustrated in the single plate. With his contemporary, Hippolyte Larrey, Percy was the first to develop special ambulances and squads of litter-bearers, as well as a kind of ambulance able to transport sixteen surgeons and surgical dressings for more than a thousand soldiers.

During his distinguished career, Cyril Courville was head of neuropathology at Los Angeles County General Hospital, Director of the Cajal Laboratory of Neuropathology, and Professor of Neurology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. In part because of his own magnificent personal library of over 7,000 books and journals in neurology, medical history, and arms and armor, in 1956 Courville was also made honorary president of the Medical Library Association. Upon his death Courville donated the majority of his library to the Bernard Becker Medical Library at the University of California, Irvine. These works were purchased by prominent Los Angeles physician Merle Hunter Boyce and remained part of his library until his death in 2005.

Garrison-Morton 2158.1.

91171

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, 1775, 1776, and 1777. London: D. Henry, 1775-1777.

Three octavo volumes including volumes XLV, XLVI, and XLVII. 639, index; 608 index; and 641, index, pages. With many fold-out maps and assorted illustrations in each volume.

Half calf binding and marble boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine. Significant wear to the leather corners and spines of all volumes with scuffing to their marbled boards. The 1776 volume has a 2" split in the rear joint at the head of the spine; the 1777 volume is missing a 2" x 2" portion of the spine leather. However the contents of all volumes are tight, sound and reasonably bright. In total, a very good set whose historical value makes them worthy of professional conservation.

Contained in these three volumes is a wealth of reports on the colonies and reports of the American Revolution. Notable are first-hand reports on the battle at Lexington and Concord and a verbatim transcription of the American Declaration of Independence signed in type by John Hancock. Later in the 1776 issue there is commentary questioning whether the grievances detailed by the American Congress were real or imagined - "the ball has been struck and only time can tell where it shall rest." Additionally the poems, fiction, commentary and other stories contained in the volumes provide an interesting background to English society during the Revolutionary period.

91172

[Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield]. Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals Now in Her Possession. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1774.

First edition, second state, with the corrected error on line 16, page 55, Volume I. Two large quarto volumes. vii, 568; 606 pages plus Errata page for the first volume; also bound into Volume II is the Supplement to the Letters dated 1787: vii, 96 pages. Portrait frontispiece.

Bound by Birdsall of Northampton in full brown polished calf. Covers with triple fillet border stamped in black. Spines ruled in black and lettered in gilt with five raised bands. Minor rubbing to extremities. Occasional foxing and offsetting. A very few instances of light penciled underlining and marginalia. Both volumes contain three bookplates, plus the nameplate of essayist and biographer Charles Whibley. An attractive set in very good condition.

Chesterfield, a witty and urbane man of the world, wrote this famed collection of letters to his illegitimate son over a period of thirty years (1738-1768), ending with the premature death of young Stanhope at age 36. With these celebrated letters, Chesterfield strove to impart both knowledge and wisdom whilst inculcating proper British breeding, manners, and social graces. An important - and still popular - literary classic.

91173

Benjamin Franklin. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America. To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved and now collected into one Volume, and illustrated with Copper Plates. London: F. Newbery, 1774.

Fifth edition. Octavo. vi, 514 pages plus index. Seven engraved plates, including two folding.

Full calf binding with spine decoratively tooled in gilt with five raised bands and gilt-stamped morocco label. All edges stained red. Front and rear boards are detached, but present, boards are heavily scarred, with significant wear along edges, spine is rubbed and worn. First three leaves, including frontispiece and title-page, are detached, but also present. Heavy foxing to preliminary pages, offsetting to pages surrounding plates. Shallow crease to corner of first 154 pages. An important work in need of repair and restoration. Good.

The fifth and most complete edition of Franklin's landmark work on electricity which includes letters to Peter Collinson, the British scientist with whom he corresponded about their experiments with electricity. This edition contains the final revision of conclusions drawn from those experiments.

91174

William Blackstone. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1770.

Fourth edition. Four quarto volumes. ii, 485; 520, xix appendix, two engraved plates, one folding; 455, xxvii appendix; 436, vii appendix, [39] index.

Contemporary calf with light tooling along the perimeter of the front and rear boards and titles stamped in gilt on two morocco labels in compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Wear at the edges of the boards with additional light scuffing. Corners bumped, especially on volumes III and IV. Light foxing scattered throughout otherwise internally very clean and tight. Old ownership signature and 1778 date on the front free endpaper of volume I. A particularly handsome set in very good condition.

Blackstone's commentaries provided a clear and relatively simply approach to the rather complex and disorderly legal thought of the previous two hundred years. His commentaries address the topics of individual rights, property rights and the nature of crimes and their punishment. Many of Blackstone's concepts and ideals were embraced by the American founding fathers and incorporated into the Constitution.

91175

Samuel Johnson. A Dictionary of the English Language; in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton..., 1755.

First edition. Two folio volumes (16.25 x 10 inches; 413 x 254 mm.). Unpaginated. Text in double columns. Title-pages printed in red and black. Woodcut tail-pieces.

Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards. Spines with six raised bands and gilt black morocco lettering pieces. Scattered light foxing or soiling, primarily marginal, throughout. A few light marginal moisture stains. Front flyleaf in volume II with early paper repairs to three short tears of fore-edge and a diagonal tear to lower inner corner; title page of Volume II with a 1/4 inch hole just left of but unaffecting imprint. Early paper repairs to a vertical tear at middle upper edge and middle lower edge of the first leaf to the Preface. Volume I title-page mounted. Ownership inscription of Robert Long, dated 1758, to leaf B1r (the beginning of the 'A' entries) in volume I and on leaf 15A1r (the beginning of the 'L' entries) in volume II; early nineteenth century ownership inscription of Samuel Wetherill Junior at head of each title. Several instances of Long's marginalia (and marginalia in another hand, possibly Wetherill's) in both volumes. Overall, a very good copy of one of the most important works in the English language.

"The dictionary...took its place as the standard authority. It was a great advance upon its predecessors. The general excellence of its definitions and the judicious selection of illustrative passages make it (as often observed) entertaining as well as useful for reference" (Leslie Stephen in the Dictionary of National Biography).

Grolier, 100 English, 50. Printing and the Mind of Man 201. Rothschild 1237.

91176

Joseph Stöcklein. Allerhand so Lehr- als Geist-reiche Brief, Schrifften und Reis-Beschreibungen, welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschafft Jesu aus beyden Indien, und andern ÜberMeer gelegenen Ländern, seit Anno 1642 bis 1726 in Europa angelanget sind. Ausburg Augsburg u. Graz: Philips, Martins, und Joh. Veith seel. Erben, 1726.

First edition. Folio. [xxxi], 116, [viii], 116, [xii], 116, [viii], 116, [xii], 120, [xii], 110, [ii], [xii], 124, [xii], 64 pages, [ii], [xlii, index]. Half title "Der Neue Welt-Bott Mit Allerhand Nachrichten Dern Missionariorum Soc. Jesu". Illustrated with frontispiece, 1 full-page plate, the wind-rose, and 9 (of 11) maps. Text in German.

Bound in period full vellum panel binding over beveled boards with leather and brass clasps. Decorations stamped in blind. Binding rubbed with split in vellum for half of the lower joint. Front hinge cracked. Paper age-toned and foxed for about two-thirds of the book. Perforated library stamp on title and half-title pages. Bookplate. Previous owner's inscription on title page, dated 1729. Condition generally very good.

This is the first volume in eight parts. "This work which was issued in parts was, to some extent, as stated in the title, a German translation of the 'Lettres edifiantes et curieuses' of the Jesuit missionaries, [...] but much additional material from manuscript sources is included." Sabin 91981; Howes S1022; DeBaker & Sommervogel p. 1584, no. 4. OCLC locates two copies.

91177

[Geoffrey Chaucer]. John Urry. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Compared With the Former Editions, and Many Valuable MSS. Out of Which, Three Tales are Added Which Were Never Before Printed, by John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. Deceased: Together With a Glossary, By a Student of the Same College. To the Whole is Prefixed the Author's Life, Newly Written, and a Preface, Giving an Account of This Edition. London: Bernard Lintot, 1721.

First Urry edition. Elephant folio. [52], 626, 81 [index], [1] errata. Copper-engraved frontis portrait of Urry by Pigné, missing the Chaucer portrait, title vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials, and 26 half-page engravings to illustrate each of the Canterbury Tales.

Contemporary full calf with decoration stamped in blind on the boards. Eight compartments between seven raised bands. Spine shows evidence of old and significant repairs, still there is a 4 inch split in the joint of the front board. Boards dark with age, scuffed and worn along the edges and corners. Front free endpaper missing. Frontis has ghosted onto the facing title page. Front hinge cracked. Two small armorial bookplates on the front pastedown. The contents are sound and reasonably bright and overall the book is in very good condition.

Urry's edition includes three previously unpublished tales: "The Adventure of the Pardoner and Tapster at the Inn at Canterbury", "The Merchant's Second Tale", and "The Coke's Tale of Gamelyn". Urry began editing this edition of Chaucer in 1711 but died in 1715 before it could be completed. The project was transferred to Thomas Ainsworth, who died in 1719, and finally to Timothy Thomas, who completed it. Lowndes says 1000 copies were printed.

91178

John Milton. The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton. Volume the First [Second]. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespeare's Head in the Strand, 1720.

Two quarto volumes (11.25 x 8.25 inches). 590 [13, index]; 527 pages. With two frontispiece engraved portraits and numerous head- and tail-piece engravings.

Uniformly bound in full paneled calf, rebacked to style, with double gilt ruled borders, spine compartments with blind rules and central devices, morocco lettering labels mostly perished. Some light offsetting from engravings. Small worm tracks to the bottom margin of the last 100 pages or so of Volume I, not affecting text. Short closed tear to the gutter margin of page 333/334 in Volume I. Repaired tear to sectional title for Second Part of Paradise Lost in Volume II. Overall, an extremely clean set in good condition. Armorial bookplates of Francis Reynolds, Esq.

Includes Paradise Lost; Paradise Regained; Samson Agonistes; Poems upon several occasions; and A Small Tractate of Education, to Samuel Hartlib, written about the year 1650.

91179

Instructions for Masters, Traders, Labourers, &c., Also for Servants, Apprentices, and Youth. [No place, no publisher], 1718.

Sixteenmo. 53 pages, plus Contents pages.

Recent marbled paper boards. Light wear to edges. Binding cracked near final signature - binding still intact, but fragile. Light foxing and minimal dampstaining throughout. Overall, a very good copy of an uncommon title.

91180

Thomas à Kempis. The Christian's Pattern: or, A Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ. In Four Books. Written Originally in Latin by Thomas à Kempis. Now Render'd into English. To Which are added Meditations and Prayers, for Sick Persons by George Stanhope, D. D... London: Printed by M. Roberts, for D. Brown, without Temple Bar, et. al., 1704.

Fourth edition. Twelvemo. [15], 339, [two page advertisement], 46 pages. Five engraved plates.

Gorgeously rebound in later black leather with simple decorations and rules in green and spine titles in gilt inside five raised bands. All edges red. Floral decorative endpapers. Some minor rubbing to green and gilt. Minimal bottom edge wear. Scattered minor foxing, mainly at the endpapers. Near fine condition. An attractive and clean copy of a scarce book.

"An expression of the mystical German-Dutch school of the fifteenth century and intended for monks and anchorites, the book has become one of the greatest spiritual forces in the life of Christians of all denominations. Its purpose is to instruct the soul in Christian perfection." (Printing and the Mind of Man 143)

91181

Eusebius Pamphili. De Demonstratione Evangelica Libri Decem [with] Praeparationis Evangelicae Libri Quindecim. Cologne: Mauritii Georgii Weidmanni, 1688.

Editio Nova. Includes his Liber Contra Hieroclem and Adversus Marcellum Ancyrae Eipscopum. Two folio volumes. [viii], [1]-24, [xii], [1]-548, 196, 82 pages (notes); [xvi], 856 pages, [xxiv]. Parallel texts in Greek and Latin.

Bound in full period vellum with hand-lettered spine titles. Minor soil to covers; corners bumped. Vellum of second volume is cracked along spine and joint and has been repaired. Moderate foxing to title page, else clean. All quite tight and presentable. Both volumes very good.

Eusebius (c. AD 260-c. 340), Greek ecclesiastical historian, is known as the father of church history. "The apologetic writings of Eusebius are the Praeparatio Evangelica [...] and the Demonstratio Evangelica [...]. They are both, but especially the former, a rich storehouse of information on antiquity, particularly on the philosophy and religion of the Greeks." (Seyffert. Dictionary of Classical Antiquities.) "The Praeparatio evangelica ('preparation for the gospel'), in which he shows that the Greek tradition is inferior to the Hebrew and the best of Greek philosophy merely coincided with or was derived from biblical teaching, is incidentally valuable in that it includes many quotations from classical authors now lost." (Oxford Companion to Classical Literature.)

91182

Edward Coke. Institutes of the Laws of England - Second, Third and Fourth Parts.

The Second Part. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, for Thomas Basset, 1681. Sixth edition. Quarto. x, 744 pages, [xxxviii]. Rebound in library buckram with red and black spine labels gilt. Outer corner of title page repaired and re-margined with tape; all else clean and tight. Very good. [and:] The Third Part. London: Printed by W. Rawlins, for Thomas Basset, 1680. Sixth edition. Quarto. [vi], 243 pages, [xviii]. Rebound in library buckram with red and black spine labels gilt. First three pages, including title page, soiled and chipped; title page and first page of table of contents tape-repaired; all else clean and tight. Very good.[and:] The Fourth Part. London: Printed by John Streater, Henry Twyford, Elizabeth Flesher, Assigns of Richard Atkyns, and Edward Atkyns, 1671. Fifth edition. Quarto. [xii], 364 pages, [xxxv]. Rebound in quarter leather with cloth sides, red and black spine labels gilt. Edges rubbed. Spine ends chipped. Front board detached but present. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

Sir Edward Coke is most remembered for his forceful championship of the supremacy of the common law. He defended the common law against the prerogative power of the crown and the encroachments of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. In 1628 he published the first of four volumes of Institutes, which delineated some of the basic rights of an individual in a stable legal order. The last three volumes, which included an analysis of the Magna Carta, were so incendiary that they were suppressed by King Charles I for almost a decade after Coke's death. These books, as well as his case reports, were accepted as first principles of law.

The Locke Institute, online.

91183

Caesaris Magati. De Rara Medicatione Vulnerum Seu de Vulneribus Raro Tractandis, Libri Duo. Venetiis [Venice]: Apud Io: Iacobum Hertz, 1676.

Second edition, the first edition appearing in 1616, and the third and last published in 1733. Latin text. Two parts in one folio volume. [viii], 178, [18, index]; [iv], 172, [14, index]. First title page printed in red and black, separate title page to the second part. A few fine woodcut ornaments.

Mottled calf binding with titles and decoration stamped in gilt in seven compartments between six raised bands. Corners bumped and worn to boards. Joints cracked. Decorative endpapers. All edges red. Title page slightly browned. Small light water stain at the edge of the first few pages. Otherwise contents sound and remarkably bright. Very good condition.

Magati was a proponent of conservative treatment of wounds and extolled the virtues of natural processes to heal wounds. The second part mainly deals with wounds of the nerves and head. Garrison and Morton 2143.

91184

[Robert Burton]. The Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is, With all the kinds, causes, sumptomes, prognostickes, & Severall cures of it, In three partitions, with their severall Sections, members & subsections, Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically opened & cut up By Democritus Junior...London: Printed for Peter Parker, 1676.

The ultimate seventeenth-century edition of Burton's classic work. Folio (12.625 x 7.75 inches; 321 x 197 mm.). [8], 46, [6], 434, [8, index], [2, ads] pages. First leaf with half-title on recto and "The Argument of the Frontispiece" on verso. Engraved title within pictorial border by Le Blon.

Period-style full Russia by Hering (his ticket affixed to front free pastedown), professionally rebacked at an early date. Fillet borders rolled in gilt, embossed corners and blind-tooled panels around large stadium-shaped centerpieces, spine lettered and tooled in gilt and blind in compartments, five raised bands, gilt board edges, turn-ins with gilt floral stamps at corners and quintuple fillets rolled in gilt, coated brown paper doublures stamped in blind, coated brown paper liners, all edges gilt. Armorial paper bookplate of Henry Perkins and gilt morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe affixed to front pastedown. Edges of front free endpaper with some minor chipping and a few short tears. Paper restoration to upper outer corner of first leaf where an early ownership inscription was clipped. Overall, a very good copy.

A handsome copy of one of what Llewelyn Powys once called "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," from the library of renowned book collector Robert Hoe. Indeed, since its initial publication in the early seventeenth century, Burton's superlative treatment and examination of melancholy in all its permutations has elicited admiration from the most eminent readers, including Dr. Johnson, who famously reported to Boswell that the Anatomy was "the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise."

Wing B-6184.

91185

Hippocrates. Magni Hippocratis Medicorum Omnium Facile Principis, Opera Omnia Quae Extant...Bound With Anuce Foes. Oeconomia. Genevae [Geneva]: Samuel Chouet, 1657 and 1662.

Early edition in Greek and Latin. Two elephant folio volumes. [xlvi], [1]-934; 935-1344, [54], title page, 418 [Oeconomia] pages. With wood engraving of Hippocrates uses as frontispiece in volume one and with additional woodcut capitals and decoration within text.

Vellum bindings with rules and decoration in blind. Titles in ink by hand on the spines of each volume. Seven compartments between six raised bands on the spine. Boards dirty with wear at the corners otherwise remarkably sound. Sprinkled edges. Pastedowns need re-gluing to the boards. Light toning to contents. Some scattered very light foxing throughout. Otherwise in remarkably handsome condition. Very good.

91186

[George Cavendish]. The Negotiations of Thomas Woolsey, The Great Cardinall of England, Containing His Life and Death, viz, 1. The Origins of his promotion. 2. The Continuance in his Magnificence. 3. His Fall, Death, and Buriall. London: William Sheeres, 1641.

First edition. Twelvemo. [12], 118 pages. Woodcut of Woolsey used as frontispiece.

Brown calf with a single gilt rule on the front and back board and lettering and rules in gilt in six compartments between five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Shelf wear to the boards at the edges and spine ends with slightly cracked joints. Front hinge cracked. Contents slightly toned, otherwise sound. A very good copy.

Manuscripts by George Cavendish on Wolsey's life were allegedly written in 1557, but remained unpublished. Although Cavendish's manuscripts would later comprise one of the greatest biographies in English, The Life of Wolsey (1810), the manuscripts circulated for eighty years before first being published in this present form.

Wing C1619.

91187

[Anonymous]. The Supplication of Certaine Mass-Priests falsely called Catholikes Directed to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, now this time of Parliament, but scattered in corners, to move mal-contents to mutinie. Published with a Marginall glosse, for the better understanding of the Text, and an answer to the Libellers reasons, for the cleering of all controversies thereof arising. London: William Aspley, 1604.

First edition. Twelvemo. [5], 50, [50] pages. With the signature of John Robinson, pastor of the "Pilgrim Fathers" before they left on the Mayflower. Robinson has signed the title-page "Jo: Robinson".

Modern full brown calf binding with a delicate single rule at the perimeter of the boards and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Light shelf wear to boards and minor straining at the joints. The pages are lightly toned at the edges and there is light foxing scattered throughout. Each leaf bears a holograph number at the upper right corner beginning with 125 on the title-page and ending with 177 on the recto of the terminal leaf. A very good copy of this rare work.

This work is a reply to the Catholic priest John Colleton's Supplication to the Kings Most Excellent Majestie. Catholics had hoped for some détente when James I took the thrown but it was not to be. This is the personal copy of John Robinson, a prominent English pastor and one of the founders of the Congregational Church. Robinson was also a moral leader and pastor to the pilgrims who set sail from England and landed at Plymouth in 1620.

91188

The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English... Rhemes: John Fogny, 1582.

First edition. Quarto. [28], 745, [27] pages. Woodcut initials and headings scattered throughout.

Full contemporary polished calf with twin rules blind stamped on the front and rear boards. Rebacked spine with gilt decoration and titles in six compartments between five raised bands. Wear to the boards along the edges with a few small areas of soiling. Contents remarkably sound with some light toning to the pages, especially the preliminary pages. The bible comes housed in a beautiful brown half-morocco slipcase. A very good copy of this scarce bible.

The Rheims New Testament was the first Catholic version in English. It was translated from the Vulgate by Gregory Martin of the English College at Douay (which temporarily moved to Rheims), under the supervision of William Allen (afterwards Cardinal Allen), and of Richard Bristow. The purpose of the version, both the text and notes, was to uphold Catholic tradition in the face of the Protestant Reformation which was heavily influencing England. As such it was an impressive effort by English Catholics to support the Counter-Reformation. The translation of the Old Testament followed in 1609-10 and the two are frequently referred to collectively as the Rheims-Douai Bible.

91189

[Johannes Sleidanus]. A Famouse Cronicle of Oure Time, Called Sleidanes Commentaries, Concerning the State of Religion and Common Wealth, During the Raigne of the Emperour Charles the Fift, With the Argumentes Set Before Euery Booke, Conteyninge the Summe or Effecte of the Booke Following. [London: Jhon Daye for Abraham Veale and Nicholas England, 1560].

Early English-language edition (originally published in Germany in 1555). Thick quarto. "Translated out of Latin into Englishe by Ihon Daus."

Contemporary calf over wooden boards decoratively panelled in blind. Spine with four raised bands and leather gilt. Clasp latches on rear board. Expertly rebacked to period style, with most of the original spine laid down. General wear, rubbing, and cracking to leather. Tiny wormholes to back board. Small stain to fore-edge. Dampstaining to the bottom edge of a few pages. Heavily foxed. Bookplate of Viscount Mersey; also, inked name of Edw. Owen, dated 1842. Considering the age of the item, the book is in generally very good condition, with the binding still tight and sound. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556), a scholar and the official historiographer of the Lutheran party, is considered the preeminent historian of the Reformation. This book - his masterwork - remains the most important contemporary history of the period.

91190

[SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 12 July 1493].

First edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, preceding the German language edition (23 December 1493) by just over five months. Large folio (18 3/8 x 12 5/16 inches). 325 leaves ([20], CCLXVI, [5], [1, blank], CCLXVII-CCXCIX, [1]). Lacking two final blank leaves. This copy contains the three numbered leaves CCLVIIII, CCLX, and CCLXI, blank except for headlines, and the five additional unnumbered leaves containing the description of Poland, De Sarmacia regione, and the laudatory verse on Maximilian, and the blank leaf following them. Gothic type, sixty-four lines plus headline. Table and parts of the text in double columns. Woodcut title and 1,809 woodcut illustrations, of which 1,164 are repeats, from 645 blocks (Sydney Cockerell's count in Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century (Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897, pages. 35-36) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and their workshop, including (supposedly) the young Albrecht Dürer, including double-page maps of the world and of Europe. Unrubricated.

Bound to style in modern pigskin over wooden boards, stained brown. Spine in six compartments with five raised bands. First blank page bears early holograph note: "Chronicarum Liber per Hartman Schedel. Hunclibrum Antho. Koberger Nurembergoe Impressis, Anno 1493." First printed leaf remargined around edges and with a few stains along fore-edge. Dampstains to fore-edge margin of a few preliminary leaves, just touching edge of text. Small worm tracks repaired with tissue to about 18 preliminary leaves in bottom fore-edge corner, well away from and not affecting text; and again to about 27 leaves (CLXXX-CCVII) at the bottom fore-edge corner; and again to bottom margin of CCLVIII-CCLXVIII and CCLXXXIII-CCXCVII. Dampstains to fore-edge margin not touching text or images (CCV-end) about nine inches tall at the worst and only occasionally prominent. Leaves CCIII-CCIIII browned. Leaf CLX trimmed at top, into leaf number. Numbering on CCXLVII corrected with a dab of white paint. Top of CCLVIII repaired at the top edge. Dampstains just touch text on some preliminary leaves. Browing and soiling to a few leaves. Dampstaining and browning to CLXV. Browning to CLXXIII and CLXXIIII. Repaired tear to bottom margin of CLXXV with some loss but not touching woodcut or text. Small paper repair to fore-edge margin of world map and a couple of small stains. Previous owner's contemporary holograph ex-libris partially erased from first printed leaf and difficult to read. Contemporary ink annotation to the top of the second printed leaf, and shoulder annotations on the same leaf appear smudged as if an attempt was made to erase them at some point. Holograph signature and note below printed colophon, showing through somewhat to the map side. Despite the flaws mentioned here, still a superb, well preserved copy.

The most extensively illustrated book of the fifteenth century. The artists, Michael Wolgemut, the well-known teacher of Albrecht Dürer, and his stepson, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, are mentioned in the colophon. The woodcuts comprise religious subjects from the Old and New Testament, classical and medieval history, and a large series of city views (including Augsburg, Bamberg, Basel, Cologne, Nuremberg, Rome, Ulm, Vienna), as well as a double-page map of Europe and a large Ptolemaic world map. The text is a year-by-year account of notable events in world history from the creation down to the year of publication, including the invention of printing at Mainz, the exploration of the Atlantic and of Africa, as well as references to the game of chess, and to medical curiosities, including what is believed to be the first depiction of Siamese twins. Included are Biblical images and identified scenes of famous cities, as well as a series of charts illustrating the Ptolemaic geocentric view of the universe. It was one of the first secular histories of the world ever printed. Laid in is a copper-engraved view of Nuremberg.

BMC II, p. 437. Goff S-307. Hain 14508. Harrisse 13. Polain 3469. Proctor 2084. Sabin 77523. Schreiber 5203. Updike, Printing Types, I, p. 65.

91191

[Astronomical Manuscript]. In sideralem scientiam phisicae discussiones. [An eighteenth-century astronomical manuscript, in Latin. N.p.: n.d., ca. 1775].

Manuscript on paper. Folio (13 x 9 inches). 232 numbered leaves (59 leaves are blank, mostly toward the end). Written in Latin in black, red, and blue ink on both rectos and versos. With five diagrams in the text, four in black and red, and one colored with red and blue. With crude illumination to some of the section headings.

Contemporary limp vellum, somewhat soiled and worn, and with repairs to the spine. Some worming to the preliminary and terminal leaves and pastedowns, not affecting text. The text "guides" on many pages appear to have been marked by scoring lines on each side (some now splitting or failing along the scored lines). Apart from intermittent light spotting, and a few larger soiled spots and stains, this is a very good, clean and crisp, example of a probably unique volume on Astronomy. Housed in a half vellum clamshell case.

An eighteenth-century manuscript comprising astronomical treatises and problems. This beautifully handwritten manuscript of unknown origin was most probably copied from other sources and contains mention of Aristotle and Ptolemy, and of course the planets, stars and universe.

This manuscript appears as Item 49 (pages 18-19) in the Catalogo di manoscritti ora posseduti da D. Baldassarre Boncompagni (Rome: 1892), with the note that it was originally Codice no. 693 in the Albani Library in Rome, formed by Pope Clement XI, 1700-1721.

91192

[Illuminated Manuscript]. Single illuminated manuscript leaf, in Latin and on vellum, with 22 small illuminated initials heightened in gold. Text in red and black. Leaf measures approximately 6 x 3.5 inches.

William Shakespeare. A leaf from the first collected edition of Shakespeare, commonly known as the "First Folio" and printed in 1623. Includes pages 225 and 226 from "The Taming of the Shrew". Small chip and tear at the top margin, else a very nice example.

[Bible in German]. Anton Koberger [printer]. An excellent rubricated leaf from the ninth edition of the Bible in German, printed in Nuremberg by Koberger in 1483. Leaf XLIII with four rubricated initials. Light soiling and foxing, reinforced on the rear at the top and bottom. A very attractive and beautifully printed incunable leaf.

[Bible in English]. Another printed English bible leaf in 59 lines, and with one woodcut initial. Includes Exodus chapter VIII (partial).

91193

[Bible in English]. Pair of leaves from the 1613 folio edition of the King James Bible, easily distinguishable from the other early editions with its smaller type (72 lines instead of 59 lines of text). Approximately 11 x 16 inches. This is the New Testament Title (little ink splotch in the middle) with the Title to the Gospel of John (small amount of writing on top and bottom), both with a small patch of browning in the bottom left inner margin. A rare offering.

91194

[Bible in English]. Original leaf from the 1613 folio edition of the King James Bible easily distinguishable from the other early editions with its smaller type (72 lines instead of 59 lines of text). Approximately 11 x 16 inches. Includes the opening page of the Old Testament, the Title to Genesis, 1:1 through Genesis 3:10. Some minor soiling/creasing.

91195

[Bible in English]. Four consecutive leaves from the editio princeps of the King James Bible , commonly known as the Authorized Version. Printed in 1611 by Robert Barker, Printer to the King. Known as the "He" Edition for the misprint in Ruth 3:15 ("he went into the city" instead of "she went into the city"). Measures about 10 1/2 x 15 inches. These contain Jeremiah 1:7 to 7:26 and in excellent antiquarian condition. Truly authentic "He" leaf offerings today are fairly rare. Each comes with a facsimile Title page in fine condition.

91196

[Bible in English]. Black letter Bible leaf from Tyndale's Version printed by R. Jugge in 1552.
The first of three illustrated Editions by Jugge. This is from a Quarto edition with the leaves measuring about 5 ½ x 7 inches. This contains a Woodcut of the Evangelist Mark on the recto with a commentary on his life by St. Jerome and Scripture verses from the Book of Mark 1:1-5 on the verso, with the Title to the Gospel of St. Mark. Though Coverdale was credited with being the first to print a complete Bible in the English language, his friend William Tyndale was the first to translate the New Testament into the English language.

91197

[Bible in English]. Two black letter Bible leaves from Tyndale's Version printed by R. Jugge in 1552.
The first of three illustrated Editions by Jugge. This is from a Quarto edition with the leaves measuring about 5 ½ x 7 inches. The first contains verses from the Book of Revelation 12:10-13:14 (p) With a woodcut of the Beast (AntiChrist) of chapter 13, headline cropped. The second has Luke 10:39-11:19 (p) with the very popular set of verses known as the Lord's Prayer (verses 11:2-4), with a woodcut. Though Coverdale was credited with being the first to print a complete Bible in the English language, his friend William Tyndale was the first to translate the New Testament into the English language.

91198

[Bible in English]. Two Roman and black letter bi-folio Bible leaves still attached as originally printed from the first edition of Coverdale's Diglot Testament. Printed in Southwarke by James Nicolson in 1538.

Leaves measuring about 5 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Contains Scripture text from the New Testament in both Latin and English each corresponding to the other after the Vulgare text, commonly called S. Jeroms. The Latin text is in Roman Letter and the English text is in Black Letter. These contain Scripture verses Colossians 2:23 to 1st Thessalonians 2:1(p) with the Title. With six Woodcut Capitals. Miles Coverdale, 1487-1569, was the first to produce an English translation of the complete Bible from the original languages.

91199

[Bible in English]. Two Roman and black letter bi-folio Bible leaves still attached as originally printed from the first edition of Coverdale's Diglot Testament. Printed in Southwarke by James Nicolson in 1538.

Leaves measuring about 5 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Contains Scripture text from the New Testament in both Latin and English each corresponding to the other after the Vulgare text, commonly called S. Jeroms. The Latin text is in Roman Letter and the English text is in Black Letter. These contain Scripture verses 1st Peter 3:18 to 2nd Peter 2:1(p) with the Title. With six Woodcut Capitals. Miles Coverdale, 1487-1569, was the first to produce an English translation of the complete Bible from the original languages.

91200

[Bible in Latin]. This is a set of six incunable Latin Folio Bible leaves from the Biblia Latina printed in Venice by Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, August 8 1489. These are from the first illustrated Bible to be printed in Italy. They contain the following: the first set of two Bi-Folio leaves still attached as originally printed contains Isaiah 37-39 (partial) with King Hezekiah (King of Judah). There is a woodcut included of the sundial of King Ahaz. Some light browning. The next set of Bi-Folio leaves from the Book of Ezekiel chapters 1-3 includes a rare artist's depiction of the vision of Ezekiel. Some light browning. The next leaf has verses from the Book of Ezekiel chapter forty-eight with the depiction of the new city of Jerusalem. Some more pronounced browning. The last leaf has verses from the Book of Ezekiel 47 with a Woodcut of the Millennial temple. Some browning on recto (where the Woodcut is) with a heavier stain on the verso. The text itself (in most cases) is printed in the center with commentary on the outer portions by Nicolaus de Lyra, Paulus Burgensis and others. They measure about 9 x 13 inches and are rubricated (red and blue ink) on both sides of the leaf.

91201

[Illuminated Manuscript]. Psalter Leaf in Latin, with musical stanzas. From a fifteenth-century English manuscript Book of Hours on vellum. [England: circa 1470].

With eight and nine illuminated initials on recto and verso, respectively, (one two-line initial on each side, with the rest one-line). Initials heightened in gold and rubricated in red and blue. The English Psalter leaves are more difficult to find than the French Psalters probably because many were destroyed during the Reign of King Henry the 8th. The leaves measure about 4 x 6 inches, and are in very good condition. Professionally framed to about 6 x 8 inches. This leaf came from a Psalter, used to sing from and for devotional purposes. This leaf includes Psalms 71:1-15, (Latin/English translation included).

91202

[Illuminated Manuscript]. Three Psalter Leaves in Latin, with musical stanzas. From a fifteenth-century English manuscript Book of Hours on vellum. [England: circa 1470].

Three leaves, each with nine illuminated initials on recto and verso, (one two-line initial on each side, with the rest one-line). Initials heightened in gold and rubricated in red and blue. The English Psalter leaves are more difficult to find than the French Psalters probably because many were destroyed during the Reign of King Henry the 8th. The leaves measure about 4 x 6 inches, and are in very good condition. Each professionally framed to about 6 x 8 inches. These leaves came from a Psalter, used to sing from and for devotional purposes. These leaves includes Psalms 91:2-92:3 (partial), 102:1-18, 108:4-109:6(p). (Latin/English translation included).

91203

[BIBLE]. Single Manuscript Leaf from a Flemish Bible. [N.p.]: [circa 1300].

Single leaf from a Bible, in Latin, on vellum. From Isaiah 50-53. Written in dark brown ink with a gothic bookhand, in 50 lines; measures 16 x 10.5 inches. With three three-line initial capitals illuminated and decorated in blue, red, brown, green, tan and orange and heightened in gold (one initial includes a demon's face) and with various bars, scrolls and foliage; and one smaller two-line initial illuminated in red and blue on recto. Verso bears a single three-line initial with bars and illumination (apparent from image of rear of leaf that is attached to the back of the frame). Most probably used for monastic readings. Contained in double-matt archival frame.

Illuminated manuscripts are books which have been written and decorated by hand. In the Middle Ages, manuscripts were written and painted on vellum parchment, which was made from the skins of animals. The color and texture of the parchment varies according to the method of preparing the skins and type of animal used. Cows, sheep, goats, squirrels, and possibly even dogs and cats were used to make the parchment. The beautiful, handwritten texts were created by scribes (either professional individuals or monks) who learned to write in many different types of script. Calligraphers today continue the tradition and compose signs and invitations. The adornment of the book, or illumination, depended on the skill of the illuminator and the wealth of the person who commissioned the book. Individual pages could receive such decorations as: decorated initials, borders, line endings, drolleries (human or animal figures in the borders of a page, often fantastical) and miniatures (fine small paintings). The artist worked with natural substances, such as red clay, the woad plant, and brazil wood. Gold, silver, and lapis lazuli were also used. Gold was applied to the page in two ways, either burnished (the shiny form of gold, polished with an animal tooth) or liquid (applied as paint in a liquid suspension).

91204

[Illuminated Manuscript]. [Bible in Latin]. New Testament Leaf in Latin. From a thirteenth-century manuscript Bible on vellum. [Bologna, Italy: circa 1250].

Elaborate decorated initial and scroll work at beginning of Colossians. Also smaller decorated initials at chapter beginnings and borders, etc. Initials rubricated in red and blue. Begins around Philippians 4:16 with the popular verse of 4:19 and goes through Colossians chapter 4:8 (approximately). Measures about 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches and is in fine condition. Double columned with twelve to thirteen lines of text per inch. A fine example of a rare leaf. Accompanying this leaf is a six page pamphlet on the history of the Latin Bible and a matte with a clear window that can be used for display or framed itself (with acid free tape for mounting).

91205

[Illuminated Manuscript]. [Bible in Latin]. Two New Testament Leaves in Latin. From a thirteenth-century manuscript Bible on vellum. [Bologna, Italy: circa 1250].
With numerous blue and red initials, scrollwork, etc.. The first has the end of Psalms 28 to 34:10 (approximately). Very light browning. The next contains Song of Solomon containing 1:1-7:13 (approximately). Both measure about 4 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches and are in fine condition. Double columned with twelve to thirteen lines of text per inch. A fine example of a rare leaf. Accompanying this leaf is a six page pamphlet on the history of the Latin Bible and a pair of mattes with a clear window that can be used for display or framed itself (with acid free tape for mounting).

91206

[Illuminated Manuscript]. [Bible in Latin]. New Testament Leaf in Latin. From a thirteenth-century manuscript Bible on vellum. [Bologna, Italy: circa 1250].

With two seven-line illuminated initials and several smaller initials). Initials rubricated in red and blue. Includes the end of chapter four of the First Epistle of John continuing with chapter five (with the popular verse of John 5:12), and the complete Books of the second and third Epistle of John (with short Prologue before each), the Prologue of St Jude and the first part of the General Epistle of Jude (St Jude was overlooked completely in the printed description). Measures about 4 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches and is in fine condition. Double columned with twelve to thirteen lines of text per inch. Large elaborate decorated initials and scroll work at beginning of second and third John with further adornment at the beginning of Jude and Prologue. Also smaller decorated initials at chapter beginnings and borders, etc. A fine example of a rare leaf. Accompanying this leaf is a six page pamphlet on the history of the Latin Bible and a pair of mattes with a clear window that can be used for display or framed itself (with acid free tape for mounting).

91207

[Bible in Latin]. [Illuminated Manuscript]. Single Manuscript Leaf from Flemish Bible. [N.p.]: mid-13th century. Single leaf from a Bible, in Latin, on vellum. From the Book of Judith. Written in dark brown ink with a small gothic bookhand, in 50 lines; measures 7.75 x 6 inches. With two eight-line initial capitals (both "A") illuminated and decorated in blue, red, brown, green and orange (one initial includes a serpent); and one smaller two-line initial illuminated in red and blue on recto. Versal initials are two-line and appear to be illuminated in red and blue ink (apparent from image of rear of leaf that is attached to the back of the frame. Most probably used for monastic readings. Contained in double-matt archival frame.

Illuminated manuscripts are books which have been written and decorated by hand. In the Middle Ages, manuscripts were written and painted on vellum parchment, which was made from the skins of animals. The color and texture of the parchment varies according to the method of preparing the skins and type of animal used. Cows, sheep, goats, squirrels, and possibly even dogs and cats were used to make the parchment. The beautiful, handwritten texts were created by scribes (either professional individuals or monks) who learned to write in many different types of script. Calligraphers today continue the tradition and compose signs and invitations. The adornment of the book, or illumination, depended on the skill of the illuminator and the wealth of the person who commissioned the book. Individual pages could receive such decorations as: decorated initials, borders, line endings, drolleries (human or animal figures in the borders of a page, often fantastical) and miniatures (fine small paintings). The artist worked with natural substances, such as red clay, the woad plant, and brazil wood. Gold, silver, and lapis lazuli were also used. Gold was applied to the page in two ways, either burnished (the shiny form of gold, polished with an animal tooth) or liquid (applied as paint in a liquid suspension).

91209

Edward Gibbon. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: John Murray, 1862.

Eight octavo volumes, complete. xxxii, 415; x, 425; viii, 433; viii, 410; viii, 415; vii, 428; x, 412; ix, 434 pages. Frontispiece. Ten folding maps. Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot. Additional editorial notes for this edition provided by William Smith. Prefaced by a lengthy autobiographic essay, "Memoirs of My Life and Writings."

Bound in full contemporary calf. Gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Front covers gilt-stamped with the herald and motto of Malvern College (Worcestershire): "Sapiens qui prospicit." Presentation copy from Malvern to a graduating student - 1868 presentation label affixed to front pastedown. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. A tight, attractive set with minimal wear. Very good.

91210

Cesare Lombroso. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso. Briefly Summarised by his Daughter Gina Lombroso Ferrero... New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1911.

First edition in English. Quarto (8.0625 x 5.5 inches; 205 x 140 mm.). xx, 322 pp. With thirty-nine photographic illustrations on twenty-eight plates.

Near-contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Except for the lower outer corner of the rear board being just slightly bumped, a near-fine, notably clean and bright copy.

A handsome copy of the first English translation of this landmark work of criminology, one of the first works to advance the notion of atavism and biological determinism, but also one of the first to call for the humane treatment of criminals via rehabilitation.

"'Criminal Man' was a revolutionary work which not only caused a considerable stir when it first came out but had a practical effect which was wholly beneficial. The division which it indicated between the congenital criminal and those who were tempted to crime by circumstances has had a lasting effect on penal theory. Again, by connecting the treatment of crime with the treatment on insanity, Lombroso initiated a branch of psychiatric research which has cast new light on problems, such as criminal responsibility, which lie at the root of human society" (Printing and the Mind of Man).

Printing and the Mind of Man 364 (the first edition).

91211

[Rasmus B. Anderson, editor]. Norroena, The History and Romance of Northern Europe. London: Norroena Society, 1908.

Fifteen octavo volumes, complete. Titles in this set include: Snorre Sturlason. The Heimskringla, A History of the Norse Kings (three volumes). [and:] Oliver Elton (translator). Saxo Grammaticus (two volumes). [and:] Viktor Rydberg. Teutonic Mythology (three volumes). [and:] Dr. W. Wagner. Romances and Epics. [and:] Eirikr Magnusson and William M. Morris (translators). The Volsung Saga. [and:] George Webbe Dasent (translator). The Story of Burnt Njal. [and:] Benjamin Thorpe (translator). The Elder Eddas. [and:] Thomas Malory. The Arthurian Tales. [and:] George Webbe Dasent. A Collection of Popular Tales From the Norse and North German. [and:] Arthur Middleton Reeves, North Ludlow Beamish, Rasmus B. Anderson (providing translations and "deductions"). The Norse Discovery of America. Illustrated with photogravure plates. Frontispieces. Deluxe limited edition signed by Rasmus B. Anderson.

Bound in full green morocco. Raised bands. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt design on front and back covers. Decorative doublures to inside covers. Silk moiré endliners. Some sunning to the spines of the first four volumes. Minor wear to joints, but an otherwise tight and handsome set. Very good.

91212

Frances Parkman, with illustrations by Frederic Remington. The Oregon Trail, Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892.

First British edition thus. Octavo. 411 pages. Illustrated throughout by Frederic Remington. Laid in is a two-page handwritten note, signed by Parkman.

Publisher's mustard cloth with red and blue stamp on the front board and gold stamping on front and spine. Top page edges finished in gold. Cloth is rubbed and lightly soiled with some darkening to the spine. Corners are bumped and a little soft. Previous owner's gift inscription of second free-endpaper. A very good copy.

91213

[Franklin Roosevelt]. The Democratic Book 1936. Philadelphia: C. Brill, 1936.

First edition. Number 1,179 of 2,500 limited edition copies signed by Roosevelt on the limitation page. Folio. 384 pages.

Publisher's brown padded leather with gilt lettering on front. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear and short tears and scuffing at the corners and along spine. A few nicks to the boards. Light toning to various pages. Preliminary blank leaves with small holes and edgewear. Magazine articles laid in at rear. Very good condition.

91214

Two Theodore Roosevelt Works in Five Volumes.

This lot is comprised of a four-volume set and a single volume. The single volume is slightly smaller than the others, but all books are uniformly bound. The titles are: The Winning of the West. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. Four large octavo volumes, complete. Fold-out maps in each volume. Appendices. Indices. Bound in half polished calf over marbled boards. Gilt spines. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Marbled endpapers. Some wear to edges. Brown spots to leather. Front free endpaper of Volume I detached, but present. Some leaves roughly opened. Neat pencil notations to a preliminary blank page. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Generally very good. Partially unopened. [And:] The Rough Riders. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. One small octavo volume, complete. Numerous illustrations. Portrait frontispiece. Half polished calf over marbled boards. Gilt spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate and name label on front pastedown. Some sheets unopened. Light wear and spotting to binding. Very good. Partially unopened.

91215

Royal Air Force Museum. They Fell in the Battle. A Roll of Honour of The Battle of Britain 10 July-31 October 1940. Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1980.

First edition, limited to 80 copies for distribution. Folio. 50 pages. Forward by His Royal Highness the Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh and signed "Philip".

Bound in specially dyed goatskin with cross device stamped in gilt on the front board and titles stamped in gilt on the spine between two raised bands. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Arches Velin mould-made paper. Spine sun-toned, otherwise a fine copy in a very good blue-cloth slipcase as issued.

A roll of honor commemorating the 435 pilots and 63 crew members of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm who lost their lives during the Battle of Britain.

91216

John Ruskin. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. ... With Illustrations, Drawn and Etched by the Author. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1849.

First edition. Large octavo (9.875 x 6.75 inches; 254 x 171 mm.). Complete with half-title, fourteen lithographic plates after Ruskin's original sketches, publisher's ads, and the errata slip bound before leaf a1.
[Together with:]

John Ruskin. The Stones of Venice. ... With Illustrations Drawn by the Author. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1851.
First edition. Three large octavo volumes (10.0625 x 6.75 inches; 256 x 171 mm.). All half-titles present. Complete with fifty-three engraved plates after Ruskin's original sketches, many with contemporary hand coloring, and publisher's ads.

[And:]

John Ruskin. Modern Painters. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1851-1860.
First editions of volumes 3, 4, and 5; best editions of volumes 1 and 2. Five large octavo volumes (10.0625 x 6.75 inches; 256 x 171 mm.). All half-titles present. Complete with publisher's ads, three steel-engraved frontispieces, eighty-four steel-engraved plates, and eight wood-engraved plates after Ruskin's original sketches. Plate 7 with contemporary hand coloring highlighted with gold.
Together nine volumes uniformly bound by Rivière & Son in sumptuous full dark brown morocco. Covers with gilt triple fillet borders, spines elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands, gilt board edges, gilt inner dentelles, doublures comprising publisher's original brown and green cloth (variously blocked in blind and gilt), dark blue glossy free endpapers, top edge gilt. From the library of Robert Treat Paine II, with his printed paper bookplate affixed to the recto of the front free endpapers. Four instances of an unobtrusive, contemporary owner's inscription ("William Simpson") in upper outer corner of preliminary leaves in Volumes I, II, III, and IV of Modern Painters. Except for some minor shelf wear to extremities and a few instances of subtle light foxing, a fine set.

An exceptional set of Ruskin's three most important contributions to art history and criticism (and indeed, to the canon of English literature), beautifully bound by Riviere & Son in appropriately stunning bindings of gilt morocco. In addition to Ruskin's singular style, penetrating analyses, and informed criticism, the books are remarkably attractive productions, with excellent typography and expertly engraved plates after Ruskin's original sketches. This synthesis resulted in the volumes being highly respected and influential in their time. As a contemporary reviewer of Modern Painters had it, "[T]hese five volumes contain the most valuable contributions to art-literature the language can show ... they contain worlds of thought, imagination, and knowledge such as no other writer can educe ... It is impossible but that Art should be the better for them" (quoted in Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (London: Trubner & Co., 1870); p. 1195); one could be confident in making similar assessments about the composition of Seven Books and Stones of Venice and their relation to the fields of architecture and aesthetics, respectively.

Grolier, 100 English, 92 (The Stones of Venice).

91217

Albert Schweitzer. Out of My Life & Thought. An Autobiography. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1933.

First edition. Inscribed in French by Schweitzer in ink on the title page. Octavo. 288 pages. Illustrated.

Original tan cloth with titles in black on the front board and spine. Light shelf wear to cloth. Front hinge cracked but textblock sound. Former owner's name in ink on the front pastedown. In a chipped and tatty dust jacket with faded spine panel. Overall very good.

Laid-in to the book is a 3.5 x 5.5 inch real photo postcard of a bandaged African child on which Schweitzer has written a long message in French on the reverse side. On the front, in his own hand he has written in English: "I am waiting to have my wounds dressed." Another photographic portrait of Schweitzer, 4.25 x 6 inches, dated December 14, 1938 has been signed for Schweitzer by his wife Helene. Mrs Schweitzer has also signed and dated the photograph. A particularly nice lot associated with the famous medical missionary.

91218

[Walter Scott] John Gibson Lockhart. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition, thus ("A New Edition"). Nine small octavo volumes. Engraved title pages.

Half-bound in gilt-stamped calf and marbled boards. Morocco labels and raised bands. All edges and endpapers marbled. Light wear and rubbing to edges and boards. An attractive, tight set of books. Very good.

The front pastedown of each volume has a bookplate which reads ""Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant. Citizens of Boston, January 1, 1886." with a seal of Bostonia printed in the center. The city of Boston presented Ulysses S. Grant with a large collection of literary works in appreciation for his service to the country. Grant wrote back: "The kind expression of confidence conveyed on the note announcing this valuable and substantial present will be preserved by me as possessing an extrinsic value beyond that of goods which can be bought with money." From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91219

Leon Trotsky. The History of the Russian Revolution. London: Gollancz, 1965.

Second printing of this later edition. Octavo. 1295 pages. Inscribed by film director Joseph Losey to actor Richard Burton: "For Richard / with affection / Joe / Christmas 1971 / Rome." Burton portrayed Trotsky in the 1972 film The Assassination of Trotsky which was directed by Losey.

Rebound in full red leather with gold stamping on spine and gold top page edges. A near fine copy showing only a few small abrasions.

An interesting association item for the film enthusiast.

91220

Robert C. Winthrop, Jr. A Memoir of Robert C. Winthrop [Extra-Illustrated Edition in Two Volumes]. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1897.

First edition. Prepared for the Massachusetts Historical Society. Two tall octavo volumes. vi, 198; 199-358 pages. This extra-illustrated edition has expanded the original one-volume edition to two volumes with the addition of many, many portrait and scenic engravings (approximately 115 plates). Frontispiece. Index.

Beautifully bound by Root & Son of London in full brown morocco. Covers decoratively panelled in gilt, spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Only the ribbon markers show wear. A fine set, in a brown cloth slipcase.

Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894) was a Boston-born lawyer and philanthropist. He served as United States Speaker of the House of Representatives during the 30th Congress (1847-1849) and as Senator from Massachusetts (1850-1851), succeeding Daniel Webster, his old law school cohort. When his political career ended at the age of 41, he spent the remainder of his life involved in mostly philanthropic pursuits and was known as a spirited and persuasive orator. Winthrop was a direct descendant of the first governor of the Massachusetts colony and is the great-great grandfather of Senator John Kerry.

91221

John James Audubon and John Bachman. The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V. G. Audubon, 1852, 1851, 1853.

Mixed edition. Three octavo volumes. viii, 383; 334; 357 pages. 150 colored plates, all with tissue guards, all hand-colored lithographs. Volume I (1852), second edition; volumes II (1851) and III (1853), first editions. Volumes II and III printed with the full title The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Bound in full contemporary brown morocco with ornate black-stamped designs. All edges gilt. Corners slightly bumped and some moderate scuffing to bottom edge of boards. The set has been rebacked in dark red calf with raised bands and gilt titles; new decorative endpapers. The previous owner's name has been gilt-stamped to base of spine. Occasional mild foxing. A beautiful, tight copy, with clean and vibrant plates. Very good.

This unusual variant has 150 plates, in keeping with the original folio edition. Six additional plates were added as supplements to subscribers of the folio. Five of those plates were included in most all of the octavo editions, making a standard run of 150 plates. In this set, volume III includes an unbroken run of plates 101, through 150, in keeping with the animals listed in the table of contents. This early issue of the first edition of volume III was bound with neither the text nor the plates, in keeping with the folio edition.

Ron Flynn, The Audubon Price Guide.

91222

John Cassin. Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American Ornithology. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1856.

First edition. Author signed the second front free endpaper "John Cassin/ Philadelphia/ Nov. 3rd 1864". Quarto. viii, 298 pages. Fifty hand-colored lithographed plates, including frontispiece, after George G. White by Wm. E. Hitchcock, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen. Index.

Later blue morocco with floral rules and decoration stamped in blind and gilt on the boards and spine, with unique decorated endpapers. Plate 9 detached but present. Additional titles stamped in gilt on labels in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Spine sunned with light shelf wear to the boards. Scattered mild foxing especially at the preliminary pages and areas of light staining throughout but plates remain unaffected. Overall a very clean copy, very good in a handsome binding.

Originally issued in ten parts between 1853 and 1855, this work was intended as a supplement to the octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America. Hitchcock, who transferred White's drawings to stone, and Bowen, who printed and colored them, had both worked extensively on that earlier work, as well as on the octavo edition of Audubon and Bachman's Quadrupeds of North America. Cassin was the first American ornithologist to use trinomials to designate geographical races. "The work was intended by Cassin as a general revision of the ornithology of the United States, and he expresses the hope that he may be able to issue two additional volumes or series; however, nor more than this one volume ever appeared" (Anker). Ayer/Zimmer, pp. 124-125. Copenhagen/Anker 92. Fine Bird Books, p. 64. McGill/Wood, p. 281. Nissen, IVB, 173. Sabin 11369.

91223

William Curtis. The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed: in Which the Most Ornamental Foreign Plants, Cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, Will be Accurately Represented in Their Natural Colours .... London: Fry and Couchman, 1787-1817.

42 numbers and index in 19 octavo volumes. 1770 hand-colored engravings, of which many are larger, folding plates.

Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Heavy damage to the bindings - three volumes with detached boards; one volume inexpertly repaired with new front board. All volumes reinforced with brown adhesive cloth tape to spines. Bookplates on front pastedowns - or the remnants of same, inelegantly removed. An internally sound set, although four loose signatures have been reinforced with brown paper tape, affecting the verso of four of the plates. Very mild foxing occasionally scattered throughout. Defects to the bindings aside, an overall very good set of this exhaustive and comprehensive compendium of pre-Victorian botanical lore.

91224

Charles Darwin. Sixteen Volumes of Charles Darwin's Works.

The following thirteen small octavo volumes, published in London by John Murray, are bound uniformly in half leather over marbled boards with gilt-stamped morocco spine labels, raised bands, and gilt top edges. All volumes illustrated with a bookplate on the front pastedown. The (un-numbered) set is in very good condition. Titles in this group include: The Power of Movement in Plants. Assisted by Francis Darwin. 1880. [And:] Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species. 1888. [And:] The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation In the Vegetable Kingdom. Second edition. 1888. [And:] The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations of Their Habits. 'Corrected' edition. 1888. [And:] Insectivorous Plants. Second edition, revised by Francis Darwin. 1888. [And:] The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. 1888. [And:] The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. Volume I. Second edition, revised. 1888. [And:] The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. Volume II. Second edition, revised. 1888. [And:] The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects. Second edition, revised. 1888. [And:] The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Second edition, revised and augmented. 1889. [And:] A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Round the World. 1889. [And:] The Expression of the Emotions In Man and Animals. Second edition, edited by Francis Darwin. 1890. [And:] The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle For Life. 'Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872.' 1890.

The following (numbered) three volume set is comprised of slightly larger octavo volumes, bound in the same leather and marbled paper as the set above. These volumes also have bookplates and are also in very good condition. This set, complete in three volumes, is The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Edited by His Son, Francis Darwin. London: John Murray, 1887. Second edition.

A very nice collection of books by one of the finest and most controversial scientific minds of the nineteenth century. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91225

[FLORA DANICA]. OEDER, Georg Christian von [editor]. Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniae et Norvegiae,

in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiae, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiae, ad illustrandum opus de iisdem Plantis, Regio jussu exarandum, Florae Danicae nomine inscriptum; - Editae ab ejus operis auctore, Georgio Christiano Oeder. Copenhagen: Nicolas Möller [and others], [1761-] 1763-1797.

Volumes I-VII (Volume VII has Fascicule 20 only, and lacks the title and Fascicule 21) bound in eight folio volumes. (15 x 9 3/16 inches; 380 x 230 mm.). Illustrated with 1,200 hand-colored engraved botanical plates on fine Honig paper. The coloring was accomplished at the time of publication.

Modern half green morocco over green cloth boards, spines lettered and ruled in gilt. Edges sprinkled. Pale yellow endpapers. Title and last plate in each volume backed. Ex-library copy, with unobtrusive library blind-stamp on plates. Engraved bookplates for the City of Liverpool Public Libraries on the pastedown endpapers. Ink stamps for the same library on the verso of the title pages. Altogether, a very clean, handsome set of this important botanical work in excellent condition.

A large and beautifully colored group of plates from one of the greatest of all European Flora publications. The Flora Danica was published over a 125 year period and includes the plants of Norway, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, much of Northern Germany and some Swedish flora, besides Denmark itself, and includes flowers, grasses and fungi.

Dunthorne, 218. Great Flower Books (1990), p. 69. Hunt, 594. Nissen, BBI, 2249.

91226

Louise S. Lovett. Desert Flowers. [N.p.: presumably printed by the author, ca. 1957-1960].

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Introduction and glossary of flowers precede thirty-two plates, some colored.

Bound in a looseleaf album of red decorated boards, tied with cord. Both cream and gray cardstock pages. Preliminary and terminal sheets of paper tanned. Signed by the artist/author above her hand-written Santa Cruz address. Very good.

Louise Sheppa Lovett (1894-1974) taught school in the Death Valley area for many years, and during this time she produced the drawings of desert flowers contained here. From the author's introduction: "This edition was hand-screened in the studio of Louise S. Lovett and displayed at the Death Valley '49-ers' Encampment of 1956, in connection with the artists' exhibition at Furnace Creek Inn." Some of the plates have been colored with stencils during the screening process. Others were intentionally left uncolored, allowing the owner of the book the opportunity to do his or her own hand-coloring on a desert flower-viewing trip to Death Valley. A few of the drawings seem to have been colored in with a colored pencil or crayon. The brief descriptions of the flowers are as charming as the drawings.

91227

[James Newton]. Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M.D. Containing the Prints and the English Names of Several Thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, Etc. London: Printed by E. Cave, 1752.

First edition. Twelvemo. Unpaginated. With 176 illustrations "curiously engraved on Copper-Plates". Engraved portrait of Dr. Newton used as frontispiece.

Marbled paper over boards with leather backstrip. Six compartments between five raised bands on the spine with titles stamped in gilt on a morocco label. Boards worn, especially at the corners. Hinges starting to crack. Front joint just starting to crack. Contents remarkably free of foxing but there is some slight toning, especially at the preliminary pages. A sound copy in very good condition.

A brilliant volume that wonderfully illustrates every manner of plant life then known to Dr. Newton. Apparently Dr. Newton's day job was running a lunatic asylum and he studied botany to divert his attention from what must have been the grim realities of that profession.

91228

Toru Shirai [compiler]. Family Tables of Racehorses, Volume III. Tokyo: Thoroughbred Pedigree Center Ltd., 1990.

First edition, number 0717 of an unspecified limited edition. Two folio volumes. 1193, 286 pages.

Original green leatherette with titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Light staining to the edges of the larger volume with light shelf wear to the boards, otherwise it is in very good condition. The index volume has damage on the spine which is covered by clear tape. The corners and spine ends are significantly rubbed. The contents are well thumbed and the edges of the pages are slightly dark, else it is in good condition. Both volumes are housed in the original slightly frayed and dirty cloth attaché case.

A comprehensive collection of equine pedigree tables including all winners of major races in various countries during the period 1964 through 1988 and including the data from volumes I and II.

91229

Jacques Zoubaloff. Two First Editions, including: Clos Joli. I Les Fleurs [-II Les Fruits]. Paris: Éditions D'Art Charles Moreau, 1929. First edition, one of 325 copies. Two large quarto volumes (13.625 x 12.375 inches; 346 x 314 mm.). [2, title and imprint], 6, [2, plate list and colophon]; [2, title and imprint], [2, plate list and colophon] pages. Each volume with fifty hand-colored lithographic plates (100 total). Publisher's eggshell blue paper over boards with white linen backstrip, with hand colored lithographs affixed to the front boards (a rose on Volume I and a plum and pear on Volume II). "Printed in Paris" stamped in blue ink on titles. Wear to board edges. Soiling to boards, including four spots on front board of Volume I. Fraying to head and tail of backstrip, with some bits of loss and gatherings exposed. First gathering of Volume I split from remainder of the block. Overall, very good copies, internally clean and bright.

[Together with:]

L'Automne. I Feuilles. Préface de Guillaume Janneau. Paris: Éditions D'Art Charles Moreau, 1930. First edition, one of 325 copies. One large quarto volume only of two (13.625 x 12.375 inches; 346 x 314 mm.). [2, title and imprint], 4, [2, plate list and colophon] pages. With forty hand-colored lithographic plates. Publisher's grey paper over boards with white linen backstrip, with hand-colored lithograph affixed to the front board (a stem with three leaves). "Printed in Paris" stamped in blue ink on titles. Wear to board edges, soiling to boards. Fraying to head and tail of backstrip, with some bits of loss and gatherings exposed. Overall, a very good copy, internally clean and bright.

Jacques Zoubaloff is best known as a collector of great European art from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries, much of it donated to Parisian institutions in the 1920s, and as one of the first serious collectors of post-Impressionist and Modern art. He was also an amateur artist of some repute, to which these charmingly Modern collections of hand-colored lithographic still lifes attest.

91230

James Edward Alexander. Travels From India to England; Comprehending a Visit to the Burman Empire, and a Journey Through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c. in the Years 1825-26. London: Parbury, Allen, and Co., 1827.

First edition. Quarto. xvi, 301 pages. Engraved portrait of Alexander used as frontispiece. Two maps, fourteen lithographic plates (five hand colored), and twenty vignettes on seven sheets at the end of the work.

Half brown calf over marbled boards with twin gilt rules accenting the front and rear boards. Decoration and decorative devices stamped in gilt in false compartments on the spine. Titles stamped in gilt on a brown morocco spine label. Slight toning at the edges of the boards. A couple of light Mercantile Library of Philadelphia ink stamps on random pages not affecting text, maps or plates. An internally bright copy. A handsome volume in near fine condition.

Sir James Edward Alexander was a career officer in the British Army whose early career began with the East India Company. He was appointed aide-de-camp to MacDonald Kinneir, the British envoy to Persia, and wrote up his experiences of this time on his return to England, as published here. He went on to become a general and died on the Isle of Wight in 1885. He was also the author of numerous books, including Life of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, 1840 and a history of the 16th Queen's Lancers, 1830.

Abbey (Travel), 520. Tooley 17.

91231

Twenty Baedeker's Travel Guides Published Between 1894 and 1928, Including a First Edition of the Russian Guide Book.

All volumes published in Leipsic by Karl Baedeker between 1894 and 1928. Twenty twelvemo travel handbooks, in publisher's limp red cloth boards with gilt lettering. A few maps are detached but present. Almost all maps appear to be accounted for. The previous owners' names are in most, if not all, books, and all belonged to the same impressively tireless world-traveling couple from Des Moines who have made a few inoffensive notes throughout some of these volumes. All are in very good condition.

Travel destinations included in this collection are: Austria, Including Hungary, Transylvania, Dalmatia, and Bosnia. 1900. Ninth edition, revised and augmented. [and:] Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. 1897. Twelfth edition, revised and augmented. [and:] The Dominion of Canada, With Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. 1907. Third revised and augmented edition. Back board creased. [and:]Egypt. 1902. Fifth "remodelled" edition. [and:] Great Britain. 1927. Eighth revised edition. [and:] Greece. 1894. Second revised edition. Penciled name to front cover. [and:] Italy; First Part: Northern Italy, Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, and Routes Through Switzerland and Austria. 1899. Eleventh "remodelled" edition. First map may be missing. [and:] Italy; Second Part: Central Italy and Rome. 1900. Thirteenth revised edition. [and:] Italy, From the Alps to Naples. ("Abridged.") 1928. Third revised edition. [and:] London and Its Environs. 1900. Twelfth revised edition. [and:] Northern Germany, As Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers. 1900. Thirteenth revised edition. [and:] Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, with Excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen. 1912. Tenth edition, revised and augmented. Some color illustrations pasted in. [and:] Palestine and Syria. 1898. Third edition, revised and augmented. [and:] Paris and Its Environs. 1900. Fourteenth revised edition. [and:] The Rhine, From Rotterdam to Constance. 1900. Fourteenth revised edition. [and:] Russia, with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking. 1914. With no additional editions noted, this appears to be a first edition. Closed tear to front fold-out map. A newspaper notice detailing the upcoming new Russia guide book is pasted onto the blank page facing the half-title page. A few pencil notations throughout. A very nice, crisp copy. [and:] South-Eastern France, Including Corsica. 1898. Third edition. [and:] Southern Germany, Including Wurtemberg and Bavaria. 1895. Eighth revised edition. Gouge to front cover. [and:] Spain and Portugal. 1901. Second edition. [and:] United States. 1909. Fourth revised edition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91232

Lewis de Bougainville [Louis-Antoine de Bougainville]. A Voyage round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. London: J. Nourse and T. Davies, 1772.
First English edition. Quarto. xxviii, 476 pp. with five folding engraved maps and one plate. Translated from the French be John Reinhold Forster.

Contemporary calf with titles stamped in gilt on a spine label. Six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Boards shelf worn with some areas of soiling and repairs to the corners. Spine panel slightly crazed. Hinges tender. Text block sound and remarkably bright with uniform spotting to the edges. A most attractive copy in very good condition.

In this volume Bougainville gives an account of the discovery and occupation of the islands called Malouines by the French and Islas Malvinas by the Spaniards with a chapter devoted to their natural history. Bougainville was in Buenos Aires when the order for the expulsion of the Jesuits of Paraguay arrived, which he describes in detail. He passed through the Strait of Magellan and across the Pacific to the East Indies and back to France in a three year voyage which was France's first official circumnavigation of the world. He visited several of the Pacific islands including Tahiti which he provides a long description of and a vocabulary of some 300 words used on the island given at the end of the volume. Bougainville created a great deal of interest among the French in the Pacific, which resulted in the voyages of Nicholas Marion du Fresne and La Perouse. The largest islands in the Solomons and two straits in the Pacific bear his name and the tropical flowering vine Bougainvillea was named after him. Later in life, Bougainville took part in the American Revolution. Though John Reinhold Forster is listed as the translator, the real translator was his son George Forster.

Cox I 55. Hill p. 32. Sabin 6869.

91233

Thomas Edward Bowdich. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa. London: John Murray, 1819.

First edition. Quarto. [iii]-viii, [2], 512 pp. Bound without half-title. Two engraved maps (including folding frontispiece map), folding engraved facsimile, seven hand-colored aquatint plates (including two folding) containing ten views, wood-engraved "Ichonographical Sketch," and three leaves of engraved music. Text watermarked 1817 and 1818.

Contemporary diced calf boards, bordered in gilt and blind, rebacked in calf to style, in compartments with five raised bands and gilt tooling and lettering. Original marbled edges, modern marbled endpapers. Some light browning and offsetting from the plates. Some foxing and browning to maps. Paper repair to rear of one folding plate. A very good copy.

"The work in which he records the results of his Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee (1819) was received with enthusiasm, and his account of a people hitherto unknown and their 'warlike barbaric splendour' excited widespread interest.

Abbey, Travel, 279. Tooley 95.

91234

James. S[ilk]. Buckingham. Travels among the Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine, including a journey from Nazareth to the mountains beyond the Dead Sea, and from thence through the plains of the Hauran to Bozra, Damascus, Tripoly, Lebanon, Baalbeck, and by the valley of the Orontes to Seleucia, Antioch, and Aleppo. With an appendix, containing a refutation of certain unfounded calumnies industriously circulated against the author of this work, by Mr. Lewis Burckhardt, Mr. William John Bankes, and the Quarterly Review. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.

First edition. Quarto. xv, [1], 669 pages. Folding engraved map and twenty-eight wood-engraved vignettes as chapter headings.

Half leather over marbled boards with titles stamped in gilt in two compartments of six between five raised bands on the spine. Boards scuffed with rubbing at the extremities. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Engraved map and the title page it faces moderately toned and foxed. With some very light scattered foxing, otherwise a remarkably clean and tight copy in very good copy.

James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855), founder of the Calcutta Journal, Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, The Sphynx, and The Argus, social reformer and founding member of the British and Foreign Institute, traveled in the Middle East as a sea captain and merchant. This work relates the part of his travels which took him through Nazareth, the plains of the Hauran, Damascus, Tripoli, Lebanon and Balbec to Aleppo. An appendix refutes the charges of plagiarism brought by Burckhardt and Bankes against his Travels in Palestine (1822).

91235

Richard F. Burton. First Footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar - With a Signed Letter Laid In. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856.

First edition. Octavo. 648 pages. Two maps and four color lithograph plates. Laid in is an autograph note signed by Burton dated Nov. 4 [1875], to the London publishing firm of Smith Elder & Co., in which he suggests a correction to an unknown manuscript ("All the engravers have to do is to read [?] the letter-press and to work the enclosed into "ship-shape," preserving the lines.") The short note is written on a folded sheet of embossed Athenaeum Club (Pall Mall) stationery. The back of the note shows evidence of having been adhered to another piece of paper (apparently, at some point, the recto of the second free endpaper). The envelope, addressed to Smith Elder in Burton's hand, has been pasted to the verso of the second free endpaper.

Bound in full maroon leather. Boards have blind-stamped borders, and spine is stamped in gold with a black spine label stamped in gold. Boards show some rubbing with rounded corners. Page edges and endpapers are marbled. Upper spine edge has been chipped and filled with a similarly matched piece of leather. Penciled ownership name on verso of front free endpaper; two inked names to recto of second free endpaper, including one pasted in. Also, hand-drawn and colored borders on recto and verso of second free endpaper, serving as "frames" for the (now laid in) note and the envelope. Second free endpaper also with closed tears and some discoloration. Overall, very good.

Known for his exploits as a traveler and explorer, Burton recounts his journey through an unknown and largely unexplored Africa.

91236

[Richard Henry Dana, Jr.]. Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840.

First edition, first issue (with dotted "i" in "in" on copyright page and unbroken running head on page 9, per BAL 4434). Twelvemo. 483 pages.

Rebound in contemporary full calf with gilt-stamped morocco label on spine. Leather is heavily rubbed and scarred, with wear to edges and extremities. Both hinges cracked, but binding is, overall, sound. Front free endpaper shows light dampstain along top edge and has a closed tear along spine edge. Foxing throughout. Good.

The acclaimed true story of a teenaged sailor's two-year sea voyage, begun in 1834, in which the author vividly recounted his time as a common seaman in the American merchant service. The voyage took the brig ship Pilgrim from Boston to California, by way of Cape Horn. Herman Melville, wrote in White-Jacket, "If you want the best idea of Cape Horn, get my friend Dana's unmatchable Two Years Before the Mast. But you can read, and so you must have read it. His chapters describing Cape Horn must have been written with an icicle." Dana's descriptions of California were among the first published; the area he describes as "the only romantic spot in California" is now, unsurprisingly, known as Dana Point. An American adventure classic.

91237

[Anthony Finley. New American Atlas. Philadelphia: Published by Anthony Finley, n.d., 1826].
Scarce pocket issue of Anthony Finley's 1826 New American Atlas. Twelvemo (6 x 4.5 inches; map size approximately 17.25 x 21.5 inches). With fifteen numbered folding hand-colored engraved maps on fourteen sheets (the maps of "Florida and elevation of Mountains" and "West Indies" are on one sheet). The maps are dated 1825 and 1826 (the map of "Kentucky and Tennessee" is undated) and are drawn by D. H. Vance and engraved by J. H. Young. Each map features a statistical profile of the area it represents.

Publisher's wallet-style red roan binding. Complete with the original flap lined with green roan (usually lacking or restored). The flap is stamped in gilt: 'New American Atlas / Sold by John Grigg / No 9 N. 4th St / Philadelphia.' Issued without title, but with printed index leaf mounted on front pastedown and printed "Population of the Principal Cities and Towns in North and South America" leaf mounted on rear pastedown. Binding lightly rubbed. Some foxing and minor browning, minor edge wear, a few short tears where the maps are attached to the mounts, and a few short separations at folds. A few faint penciled ownership inscriptions, one dated 1827, and an early ink ownership inscription erased from front free endpaper, with "Lockport, N.Y." remaining. A remarkable copy of this scarce pocket atlas, with the maps generally clean and crisp.

This pocket atlas was issued by Finley the same year as his folio A New American Atlas, Designed Principally to Illustrate the Geography of the United States of North America (Philadelphia: 1826) and they are closely similar, except that the in the pocket issue the maps are printed on thinner paper than that used in the folio edition, so that they could be more easily folded to fit into the pocket-style format.

"Little is known about [Finley's] background, but he was probably born around 1790. Judging from contributors to his atlases, he apparently moved in the same Philadelphia circles of engravers and compilers as other contemporary publishers...His first publication, issued in 1824, is titled A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe, Together with the several Empires and States in the World...Its ornate title page was designed and engraved by Joseph Perkins, who also prepared the title page illustration for Tanner's New American Atlas. Perkins also engraved, in a beautiful cursive hand, the table of contents for Finley's atlas. All of the atlas's sixty plates were engraved by Young & Delleker. The New General Atlas was favorably reviewed in the July 1824 issue of the North American Review...The 1834 edition of the New General Atlas was the last. Finley's 1826 A New American Atlas Designed Principally to Illustrate the Geography of the United States of North America appears to have been a one-time effort. Most of the atlas maps carry the credit 'Drawn by D. H. Vance,' and all were engraved by J. H. Young. The same plates, with dates and publisher's name changed, were used by S. Augustus Mitchell in 1831 for an atlas published under the same title as Finley's 1826 volume" (Walter Ristow, American Maps & Mapmakers: Commercial Cartography in the 19th Century, pp. 268-270).

Finley continued to publish "pocket maps of the United States, and of each state" for travellers until 1831, when he sold his map and atlas copyrights to S. Augustus Mitchell, who reissued this American Atlas only once, in 1831, but continued to issue the pocket maps, with updates, until about 1850.

91238

Francesco Fontani. Viaggio Pittorico Della Toscana. Tomo II. Firenze [Florence]: Presso Giuseppe Tofani E Compagno, 1802.

First edition. Volume II only (of three volume set). Folio (21.25 x 13.25 inches). Illustrated with sixty-four engraved plates (includes four double-page plates of views and plans).

Full mottled calf, boards bordered and spines tooled in gilt, two red morocco labels lettered in gilt. Binding is worn and scuffed, but still attractive. There is significant water and mold damage to the rear endpapers and 15 terminal pages, including damage to the last three plates, and loss of paper on indexes affecting about 25 lines of text. Offsetting and mild mustiness to some plates. Paper flaw on corner fold on page 101. Still, a very good group of prints with most clean and bright. The first edition of this work appeared between 1801 and 1803, with a total of 204 engraved plates.

91239

James Hakewill. A Picturesque Tour of the Islands of Jamaica, from Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson, 1825.

First edition. Folio. [2], 16 page (pages 15/16, "Directions for the Binder,"), [42] pages. Twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates by Sutherland and Cartwright after Hakewill.

Half yellow calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments. Marbled endpapers. Preliminaries replaced. Light soiling and wear to boards otherwise a superb copy of this very rare work in fine condition.

This beautiful, delicately drawn set of illustrations was the result of Hakewill's trip to Jamaica in 1820-1821. "A charming colour plate book that has become quite scarce and valuable" (Tooley). Abbey, Travel, 683. Sabin 29592. Tooley 240.

91240

HEARNE, Samuel. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. In the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell: and sold by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1795.

"First and best edition" (Sabin). Quarto xliv, 458, [2] pages. Two (of four) engraved plates after drawings by the author (both folding) and four (of five) folding engraved maps.

Modern Green buckram, lettered in gilt on the spine. Paper repairs to front and rear of title page. A bit of soiling and foxing, else a very good, clean copy. Housed in a custom patterned paper slipcase.

"Hearne played an important role in ascertaining the relations between Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean by his exploration of the Coppermine River. The Hudson's Bay Company had long been interested in investigating the reports of copper mines to the north and sent him from Churchill northward. Hearne was the first man to travel overland to the Arctic Ocean and he discovered the Great Slave Lake. Hearne was in the Hudson's Bay Company's service in Canada from about 1765 to 1787....Much attention is given to the natural history and the Indian tribes of the region covered" (Hill). "This first and best edition....was the first of a long series of Arctic Voyages and Travels which reflect so much honor on the British Press. Its publication is due to the celebrated navigator La Perouse who captured Fort Albany, Hudson's Bay, and found the MS. of Hearne. The fort was afterwards surrendered to the British, but La Perouse stipulated for the publication of this work by the Hudson's Bay Company, which stipulation was honorably fulfilled in this beautiful volume....'The author will always be remembered as the first white man that ever gazed on the dreary expanse of the Arctic or Frozen Ocean from the northern shores of the Continent of America'" (Sabin).

Hill I, p. 141. Sabin 31181.

91241

Edward Ives. A Voyage From England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And an Historical Narrative of the Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a Journey From Persia to England, by an Unusual Route. With an Appendix..etc. London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.

First edition. Quarto. xii, 506 pages. Complete with two folding engraved maps and thirteen full-page copper plates, one of which is folding. Final blank present.

Contemporary leather with titles stamped in gilt on an expertly re-backed spine. Six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Moderate shelf wear to the boards, mainly at the corners, with various scuffs and scratches elsewhere. Contents lightly toned with light foxing scattered throughout. Map showing Ives's route from Bassora to Latichea with moderate foxing on both sides. Map of India with additional fold creases. A very good copy of this rare work.

Charles Ives served as a surgeon under Watson in India. He passed through the Persian Gulf, Iraq, southwestern Turkey, Syria and Cyprus on his return to England. His book contains appendices on military and topical medicine, medical botany, and epidemiology. It also contains a very early illustration of a water pipe. "Ives' presence at many of the transactions he describes and his personal intimacy with Watson gives his historical narrative an unusual importance, and his accounts of the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and of the products of the countries he visited, are those of an enlightened and acute observer" (DNB).

91242

Edwin James. Account of the Expedition From Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820. By Order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Under the Command of Maj. S. H. Long, of the U. S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Party. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823.

First British edition. Three octavo volumes, complete. vii, 344; vii, 356; vii, 347 pages. Illustrations. Folding map. Fold-out Indian battle map (color). Fold-out geographical chart. Two frontispieces (one in color).

Full polished calf with covers bordered in gilt, spines decoratively tooled in gilt with burgundy and black morocco gilt lettering labels, turn-ins stamped in blind. Marbled endpapers. Light wear to edges and extremities. Volume I cracked at first signature. Discoloration to fore-edge of Volume I. Bookplates in each volume. The folding map splitting along some folds. The word "Portico" is rubber stamped on maps, title-pages, and two of the Table of Contents pages. A handsome, tight set, in very good condition.

"Notable government expedition (commanded by Maj. Stephen H. Long), supplementing earlier discoveries of Pike and of Lewis and Clark, and pronouncing the plains region as nothing but a desert, incapable of cultivation!" (Howes J41) The expedition across the Great Plains from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains was the first expedition to include artists who provided an important visual record. The expedition resulted in the first detailed mapping of the area which Long famously described as "The Great American Desert."

91243

Mirza Abu Taleb Khan. The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, in Asia, Africa, and Europe, During the Years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803. Written by Himself, in the Persian Language. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810.

Presumed first English language edition. Two octavo volumes. viii, 320; 418 pages. Translated by Charles Stewart. Portrait frontispiece.

Full tree calf. Gilt-stamped morocco labels to spines. Page edges speckled. Leather rubbed along edges and chipped at spine ends. Nickel-sized stain to rear board of volume II. Boards of volume I a little loose; front hinge starting. Foxing and offsetting throughout. Inked name of Irish-born officer Mervyn Archdall (1763-1839), dated 1811, on both title pages. Good to very good condition.

The account of the travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, an Indian court official of Persian descent who traveled to England at the suggestion of a British friend in Calcutta. Much on British society, where he was welcomed as a "Persian prince" and was introduced at the court of George III. Also, much on Muslim factionalism, witnessed and described by the author (a devout Shia Muslim) on his return trip through what is now Iraq. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91244

Robert Knox. An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies. Together, With an account of the detaining in captivity the Author and divers other Englishmen now living there, and of the Author's miraculous escape. Illustrated with Figures, and a map of the island. By Robert Knox, a captive there near twenty years. London: Printed by Richard Chiswell, Printer to the Royal Society, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1681.

First edition. Folio. Engraved folding map colored in outline by hand and fifteen engraved plates; some soiling and edge tears, several closed tears mostly marginal, a couple of minor paper repairs to rear of plate. First printed leaf re-inforced on the back at the gutter; title page with a small hole. Contemporary calf; bindings dry and perishing, covers detached. Still a good, attractive copy of a very rare book.

91245

William Martin Leake. Travels in the Morea. With a Map and Plans [with] Peloponnesiaca: A Supplement to Travels in the Morea. London: John Murray, 1830 and 1846. From the library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Four octavo volumes (the fourth volume being a supplement). xvii, 513 pages; viii, 534 pages; vii, 476 pages; ix, 432 pages. With numerous folding plates and maps.

The three-volume set of Travels in the Morea in contemporary leather bindings with a single rule stamped in gilt on the boards and titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine in six compartments between barely raised bands. The boards show significant shelf wear and the joints are cracked (front board almost detached) and tender on volume one and altogether loose on volume three. The contents, however, are remarkably sound. The supplement is quarter bound with marbled boards and titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine in shallow compartments between raised bands. The front joint is slightly tender, else the boards display moderate shelf wear. The contents are sound. A rare set, the more so with the supplemental volume, worthy of professional restoration. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

91246

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by order of the Government of the United States, in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1814.

First English edition. Quarto. xxiv, 663, [1, publisher's ads] pages. Complete with half-title, one large folding engraved map, and five other engraved maps on three sheets. Text watermarked 1813.

Modern half calf over red cloth. Titles, decoration, and sailing ship motif stamped in gilt in six compartment on five raised bands on the spine. Light shelf wear mainly in the form of rubbing along the edges of the boards. One small scuff to the cloth on the front board. Top edge gilt, other edges rough trimmed. Decorative endpapers. Contents are stunningly bright and virtually without flaw. An extraordinary copy in fine condition.

"Beyond the Missouri River there lay a vast and largely unexplored territory which bordered on the western reaches of the United States. Ceded by France to Spain in 1762 and then back to France in 1800 it was at this period visited only by some British and a few French trappers. The importance of exploring this area had been evident to Thomas Jefferson as early as 1783, when he had proposed the project to George Rogers Clark; but it was not until twenty years later that Jefferson, then President of the United States, saw the realization of his idea. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in December 1803 greatly increased the importance of the expedition, which finally began its long journey to the headwaters of the Missouri in May of the following year. That year they wintered in the Mandan villages in the Dakotas and in the Spring pushed on west across the Rocky Mountains and then down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. Returning by the same route nearly two-and-a-half years after they had set out they arrived back at St. Louis in September 1806 to the amazed delight of the nation which had given them up for lost. Though unsuccessful in their attempt to find a transcontinental water route, they had demonstrated the feasibility of overland travel to the western coast" (PMM). Wheat states that the map is almost identical to the Philadelphia edition 'except for a few minor variations'. Although preceded by the American edition in two volumes, this first British edition is generally thought to be a much finer production, both in layout and in the materials used. Graff 2480. Howes L-317. Sabin 40829. Wagner-Camp 13; 2. Grolier, American 100, 30 (American edition).

91247

Job Ludolphus. [Hiob Ludolf]. A New History of Ethiopia. Being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia, Vulgarly, though Erroneously called the Empire of Prester John. Wherein are Contained I. An Account of the Nature, Quality and Condition of the Country, and Inhabitants; their Mountains, Metals, and Minerals; their Rivers, (particularly of the source of the Nile and Niger;) their Birds, Beasts, amphibious Animals, (as the River Horse and Crocodile;) Serpents, &c. II. Their Political Government; the Genealogy and Succession of their Kings ... III. Their Ecclesiastical Affairs; their Conversion to the Christian Religion ... IV. Their Private Oeconomy, their Books and Learning; their Common names... London: Printed for Samuel Smith, 1682.

First edition. Folio. [viii], 398 pages. Complete with eight copper plates, seven of which are folding, folding genealogical table, and plate of Ethiopic alphabet. No map called for.

Contemporary leather with titles stamped in gilt on a re-backed spine. Moderate shelf wear to the boards with corners badly scuffed. Old repair to bottom back corner. Replaced endpapers. Front and back hinges cracked but sound. Scattered foxing throughout with occasional small stains. Still, a sound and complete copy in very good condition.

Said to have mastered twenty-five languages, Hiob Leutholf, or Ludolf, a celebrated German scholar, nursed a scheme to foster relations between Abyssinia and Europe. However, his dream of furthering scientific and commercial transactions came to nothing. This is still a valuable work, and of special interest for its account of Abyssinian literature and natural history. The first grammar of Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, was published by Hiob Ludolf in 1698. Wing L3468.

91248

John Meares. Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America. To Which Are Prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage Performed in 1786, From Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage; and Some Account of the Trade Between the North West Coast of America and China; and the Latter Country and Great Britain. London: Printed at the Logographic Press; and sold by J. Walter, 1790.

First edition. Large quarto. viii, [12], xcv, [1, errata], 372, [108] pp. Stipple and soft ground frontispiece portrait by C. Bestland after W. Beechey, ten maps and plans (three of which are folding) and sixteen plates. Bound with the "Views of the Land on the Philipine Islands" plate facing p. 21, usually lacking. This copy collates complete as per Sabin and Smith.

Contemporary tree calf with sailing ship motif and lettering in gilt in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Edges stippled in blue. Boards with wear at the edges and a few scratches. Crazing to spine. Joints tender. Some offsetting from portraits to text. Moderate foxing to pages [1]-viii. Old paper tape repairs to first map "A Chart of the North West Pacific Ocean". A handsome volume in fine condition.

"John Meares [1756?-1809] was sent out in 1786 from Calcutta, by a group of merchants, to enter into the fur trade of the northwest coast of America. Establishing himself at Nootka Sound...he built the first vessel to be launched in northern waters, made important discoveries, and explored the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The discoveries by Meares were part of the basis for the claim of Great Britain to Oregon. Competition with the Spanish almost caused war between the two countries...The Spanish seizure of his ships led to the convention by which the Spanish claims to any northern territory were finally disallowed. This important narrative gives a very full account of the Indian nations of Northwest America, describing their villages, languages, manners, and customs. It also contains a separate account of the voyage of the Iphegenia, commanded by Captain William Douglas, who visited the Sandwich Islands and Nootka Sound" (Hill). "According to the British Museum Catalogue, William Combe assisted Meares in the compilation of the work. John Walter, the printer and publisher of this book, was the founder of The Times" (Abbey). Several references cite variations with regard to the plates, Streeter noting the extra plate of the Philippines as missing in most copies. Abbey, Travel, 594. Cordier, Sinica, III, col. 2103. Cox II, p. 29. Hill I, pp. 195-196. Howes M469. Lust 344. Sabin 47260. Streeter VI, 3491. Taylor p. 197.

91249

MONTANUS, Arnoldus. OGILBY, JOHN [editor]. America: being the latest, and most accurate Description of the New World... Collected from most Authentick Authors, Augmented with later Observations and Adorn'd with Maps and Sculptures, by John Ogilby. London: Printed by the Author [John Ogilby], 1671.

Folio. [vii], [1, blank], 674, [1, binder's instructions], [1, blank] pp. Title printed in red and black. With Twenty-one of fifty-seven full page plates and sixty-six intertextual plates. The maps present are: Novi Belgii; Yucatan & Guatimala; Nova Hispania; Nova Mexico; Insulae Americanae; Mappa Aestivarum Insularum alias Barmudas; Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan; Peru; Cusco; Potosi; Chili; Tabula Magellanica Qua Tierrae del Fuego; Paraguay; Brasilia; Olinda de Phernambuco; I Tamaraca; Serinhaim; Mauritiopolis; Castrum Mauritii Ad Ripam Fluminis S. Francisci; Guiana; and Venezuela.

Old quarter leather over marbled boards, rebacked to style. Binding worn and rubbed. Some plates soiled and torn, some with paper repairs. Repair to rear of "Nova Mexico" map; repair to rear of "Potosi" map. An incomplete copy, overall fair. Two armorial bookplates.

John Ogilby (1600-1676) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as a "miscellaneous writer" of a good family. He apprenticed to a dance master and was soon reputed to be "one of the best masters in the profession." He suffered a number of misfortunes in his lifetime, including being shipwrecked in his passage from Ireland while fleeing the outbreak of the Civil War in 1641 and losing his house in the Great Fire of London in 1666. He translated, edited, and published many books, including several illustrated geographical works. These included America and ones on China, Japan, Africa, Asia, and Britain. In 1671, Ogilby published the 'America', translated from Arnold Montanus' Dutch text. However, Ogilby added fresh material on the English colonies. supplied by the Proprietors of the various colonies. Earliest issues contain only the Dutch maps and views, with the new English text. Later issues had a number of important maps, draughted from English materials, added, including a map of the Americas and very early depictions of the Carolinas, Maryland, Jamaica and Barbados.

Sabin 50089; Wing O-165.

91250

Claude Bartholomew Morisot. Orbis Maritimi Sive Rerum in Mari et Littoribus Gestarum Generalis Historia... Divione [Dijon]: Apud Petrum Palliot, 1643.

First edition. Latin text. Two parts in one folio volume. [xxiv], 725, [19, index] pages. Woodcut initials throughout text. Double-plate of ancient sea battle opposite the title page. Title page printed in red and black. With 44 engraved plates in text, including a full-page plate of an antique statue with six antique vessels attached to it, 23 maps, 9 plates of antique coins with representations of the sea, and 11 views of various period sailing ships.

Brown calf binding with multiple fleur de lis motif within an ornate wide rule stamped in gilt on the front and rear boards. Corners worn to the boards with additional scuffs to the edges of the boards. Joints worn but not cracked. Old repair to the bottom corner of the rear board. Marbled paper on the front and rear pastedowns. No counterpart marbled endpapers. Paper repairs made to missing portions of the front free endpaper, first title page, second title page and first eight pages. Contents uniformly toned with scattered light foxing throughout. Light water stains to scattered pages. Otherwise the contents are sound and tight with the overall condition of the book being very good.

An encyclopedia of all things maritime up to 1643. The author describes navigation in ancient times, travel in the middle ages and the great discoveries of the Renaissance. The second part is concerned with the navigation and exploration including the great French, Spanish, English, Dutch and Portuguese expeditions to the coasts of Africa and North America. North and South America in particular are covered in two sections, and by three maps and Morisot mentions many details concerning recent discoveries in those regions.

91251

John Oxley. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, Undertaken by Order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18. London: John Murray, 1820.

First edition. Quarto. xvi, 408 pages. Three folding maps, two of which have been repaired, two folding tables, one folding plate, and five plates, two of which are hand colored.

Half green leather over marbled boards with titles stamped in gilt on two labels on the spine. Six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Spine panel faded with light shelf wear at the corners. Scattered light to moderate foxing throughout. Small worm holes affecting two maps, a folding table and the pages mainly in the second half of the text block. Still, taken in whole, a very good copy of this rather scarce book.

Oxley's account is the first detailed description of inland Australia. Though Oxley himself thought the land of little value, his explorations paved the way for future interest and settlement.

91252

Constantine John Phipps. A Voyage towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773. London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J. Nourse, 1774. First edition. Large quarto. viii, 253 [last numbered page a folding table], [1] directions to the bookbinder] pages. With eleven tables, some folding, three folding engraved maps by W. Palmer, J. Cheevers (after P. D'Auvergne), and J. Russell, and twelve engraved plates, most double or folding, by Mason, Pouncey, Sparrow, P.C. Canot, W. Byrne, Bayly, and J. Caldwall, after Clevely, Ph. D'Auvergne, W. Pars, and Barnes.

Full calf with rules, floral devices and dentelle stamped in gilt. Titles and decoration stamped in six compartments between five raised bands. Some light wear to the edges of the boards. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Lacks half-title page. Contents virtually free of defect with only the lightest occasional foxing. Overall, a superb copy in fine condition.

"In 1773 [Phipps] commanded the Racehorse, which, in company with the Carcass, was fitted out to attempt the discovery of a northern route to India. The expedition sailed to the north of Spitzbergen, and, finding the sea absolutely blocked with ice, returned without any result. The voyage is now principally remembered from the fact that [Horatio] Nelson was a midshipman on board the Carcass" (D.N.B.). "This work is an important addition to early nautical science in the polar regions. Besides a journal of the voyage, it contains a descriptive catalog of the natural history and resources of Spitsbergen. This is the official account written by Phipps himself, who later was created Lord Mulgrave" (Hill). Hill I, p. 207. Sabin 62572.

91253

Henry Salt. A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810; in which are included, an account of the Portuguese settlements on the East Coast of Africa, visited in the course of the voyage; some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes, extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt; together with vocabularies of their respective languages. Illustrated with a map of Abyssinia, numerous engravings, and charts. London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1814.

First edition. Quarto. xvi, 506, lxxv, [1, blank] pp. With two engraved vignettes and thirty-four engraved plates, including the folding hand-colored map, six charts (four of which are folding), and twenty-seven full-page illustrations. Missing the chart of Annesley Bay, else it corresponds to the list of plates, maps, and charts.

Modern half brown morocco over red cloth. Titles stamped in gilt. Six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Edges untrimmed. Replace endpapers. Light scattered foxing to contents, else extraordinarily clean and crisp.

Perhaps the most striking elements of this first edition of Salt's Voyage to Abyssinia are the numerous charts, including a large hand-colored map of Abyssinia that folds out to 30 x 23 inches (761 x 584 mm.). Equally impressive are the engraved illustrations which comprise representations of the peoples, architecture, flora and fauna, and landscape of Ethiopia in the first decade of the nineteenth-century. In addition to being a prominent traveler and diplomat of the early nineteenth-century, Englishman Henry Salt (1780-1827) was also an archaeologist of some repute, and an accomplished artist and draughtsman. Salt published A Voyage to Abyssinia five years after his participation in a government-sponsored mission to Ethiopia intended to establish diplomatic relations with Ras Wolde Selassie. Blackmer 1479; Brunet V, 96.

91254

Robert F. Scott. The Voyage of the 'Discovery'. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. xix, [1], 556; xii, 508 pages. Gravure frontispiece in each volume, 12 color plates, numerous other illustrations, panoramas, and a fold-out map in a pocket at the back of each volume.

Half blue calf over blue cloth with delicate tooling in blind and titles stamped in gilt in five compartments between four raised bands on the spine. Slight fading to spine panel, else light shelf wear to boards. Top edge gilt, all other edges untrimmed. Scattered light foxing throughout. Modern gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. A beautiful set in near fine condition.

Scott's expedition was organized by the Royal Geographic Society and the Royal Society and its aim was the scientific exploration of South Victoria Land and the ice barrier, discovered by Sir James Ross, and the interior of the Antarctic continent. Scott made sledge journeys inland with Shackleton and Wilson. He made the first long journey towards the interior of Antarctica, and in addition to surveying the coast of South Victoria Land and taking soundings of the Ross Sea, important scientific discoveries were made in the fields of zoology, magnetism, and meteorology. Though this, his first expedition was the more important, historically it is overshadowed by his tragic second expedition, during which he died.

91255

Charles Wilkes. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845.

Third edition, and the first generally available trade edition, with the type completely reset and important corrections included. This edition was limited to 1,000 copies printed.

It follows only the exceedingly rare quarto edition of 100 copies, most of which were given to foreign countries or perished in a fire, and a second quarto edition limited to 150 copies. This is the last edition which included the important atlas of five large folding maps.

Six tall octavo volumes (11 1/8 x 7 inches), including: Five volumes of text, complete with two steel-engraved frontispiece portraits, sixty-two beautifully steel- or wood-engraved plates after A.T. Agate and J. Drayton (including portraits and views, all with tissue guards) and nine double-page engraved maps, plus the atlas volume of five large folding engraved maps, the first of which is color by hand. With 295 engraved vignettes and woodcuts in the text.

Publisher's brown cloth decoratively blocked and lettered in gilt and blind. Pale yellow endpapers. A few minor tears to cloth and a bit of bumping and wear at some corners. Volume II has a dampstain to the bottom margin of a few leaves and three plates, not affecting the text but for just touching on one leaf, and just touching the corner of one plate. A bit of light foxing and faint offsetting to some maps. Volume V has a pressed tree leaf that has caused a small faint stain. In the atlas volume, there is a short tear to the first map where it connects to the gutter margin, and a small paper repair to the last map in the same place. Altogether, a superb, stunningly clean set in a remarkably well preserved original publisher's binding. The set is partially unopened, with the engraved plates bright and clean. Even with the few minor flaws mentioned above, still a fine copy.

Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) "...was appointed to command an exploring and surveying expedition in the Southern Seas, authorized by Congress in 1836. The expedition, including naturalists, botanists, a mineralogist, taxidermists, a philologist, &c., was carried by the sloops-of-war 'Vincennes' and 'Peacock,' the brig 'Porpoise,' the storeship 'Relief' and two tenders. ..., it stopped at Madeira and Rio de Janeiro; visited Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Peru, the Paumotu group of the Low Archipelago, the Samoan islands and New South Wales; from Sydney sailed into the Antarctic Ocean in December 1839 and reported the discovery of an Antarctic continent west of the Balleny islands; visited the Fiji and the Hawaiian islands in 1840, explored the west coast of the United States, including the Columbia river, San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento river, in 1841, and returned by way of the Philippine islands, the Sulu archipelago, Borneo, Singapore, Polynesia and the Cape of Good Hope, reaching New York on the 10th of June 1842." (Encyclopedia Britannica Eleventh Edition). Several prominent American writers were influenced by the narrative of Wilkes' expedition, including Herman Melville, who owned a copy of the book and included traces of the description and narrative in Moby Dick, and James Fenimore Cooper, who used portions of the narrative in his sea novels.

Howes W-414. Sabin 103994.

91256

[J. M. Barrie.] May Byron. J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan & Wendy Retold by May Byron for Boys and Girls, with the Approval of the Author. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., circa 1935].

Octavo. 128 pages. 10 color plates (including frontispiece) by Mabel Lucie Attwell, with additional black and white drawings throughout.

Original pictorial red cloth. Some slight water damage to top edges of boards, not affecting the text block. The chipped dust jacket has suffered some soot damage. J. M. Barrie's own copy, with his bookplate: "This Book is From the Library of J. M. Barrie" (Barrie's signature is a printed facsimile). Very good.

91257

Rodolphe Bresdin and Odilon Redon. Bresdin to Redon, Six Letters 1870 to 1881. [n.p.]: Gehenna Press, 1969.

Limited to 100 copies of which this one is unnumbered and marked "artists copy" by Leonard Baskin and additionally signed by him. Octavo. Unpaginated. Edited by Roseline Bacou, translated by Seymour S. Weiner.

Publisher's full tan leather with gold stamping. Japanese paper, untrimmed along fore- and bottom edge. The etching bound into the book is signed by Baskin, but the additional signed plate typically laid in is missing from this copy. Minimal rubbing to spine ends and corners. The title page lettering is printed in black and red. Baskin has written a notation of "crooked" next to this due to the fact that the black lettering on this copy appears misaligned next to the red. Evidently a printing error occurred. Book has suffered water damage along the lower edge. Endpapers and numerous pages show dampstains and all the pages exhibit puckering. Many pages blank in what appears to be a proof copy. A beautifully bound edition in generally very good condition.

91258

Hugues Le Roux. Les Jeux du Cirque et la Vie Foraine. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1889.

First edition. Quarto. 250 pages. With illustrations, mostly color, within text by Jules Garnier.

Green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine toned, corners bumped with slight shelf wear overall. Pages slightly toned but contents sound. A very good copy with magnificent color illustrations. A former owner has laid-in several circus-related photos, cartoons, and miscellaneous clippings.

91259

Walter Crane. The Baby's Opera, A Book of Old Rhymes With New Dresses. London & New York: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d., ca. 1877].

First edition. Square octavo. 56 pages. Illustrations by Crane, engraved and printed in color by Edmund Evans.

Original illustrated paper-covered boards and cloth backstrip. Green endpapers. Edges stained red. Minor rubbing to bottom edge and corners. Binding is a little fragile, but overall, this is a near fine copy, housed in a custom quarter leather and cloth drop-back box.

In this classic children's book, Crane's illustrations of favorite sing-along nursery rhymes are accompanied by the song lyrics and the musical notations. In addition to being an extremely popular book when published, Rodney Engen writes in his Crane bibliography that this book was a turning point in Crane's use of color and that the drawings "had an unmistakable influence on Kate Greenaway" (Engen, 63/64).

Laid in is an Autograph Letter Signed by Walter Crane. The one-page letter is on Crane's illustrated "Beaumont Lodge, Shepherd's Bush" letterhead and was written in the 1880s (the date appears to be November 5, 1884). The letter reads, in full: "Dear Mr. ["Parker"?], I have only just returned from Glasgow ["to"?] find your letter of Oct. 28. I believe the sonnet you mean is the enclosed which was written on a picture of Mr. G. F. Watts', ["and"?] appeared in different catalogue. Please return me the M.S. when done with [indecipherable]. Yours, Walter Crane." The letter ends with Crane's distinctive signature. (George Frederic Watts, a prominent artist and fellow socialist, was a close friend of Crane.)

These two wonderful items from Walter Crane, one of the finest and most influential children's book illustrators of the nineteenth century, would certainly be an impressive addition to any collection.

91260

Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 161 pages. Illustrations by Joseph Schindelman.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped title to front board. Top edge stained slate gray. Mustard endpapers. Slight lean to binding. Gilt a bit dulled. Pages clean and tight. Dust jacket has darkened along edges and spine; one chip at bottom of front panel and a few tape repairs to verso. A very good copy, in a custom slipcase.

The American edition is the true first edition, preceding the British publication by three years. The colophon contains the six lines of text, rather than the five lines seen in later editions. The book is in the first issue dust jacket with the $3.95 price. This children's classic featuring eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka and his delightful concoctions - such as lickable wallpaper, marshmallow pillows, and fizzy lemonade swimming pools - has become one of the most enduring and popular children's books of the twentieth century, loved by both children and adults.

91261

[Edward J. Detmold, illustrator]. The Fables of Aesop. Illustrated with 25 Drawings in Color by Edward J. Detmold. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Number 603 of 750 limited edition copies signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 25 color plates tipped-in.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles and decorative blind-stamping on the front board. Moderate wear to the extremities. Spine faded. Bumped corners. Minor foxing of the endpapers, but overall a beautiful near fine copy of a classic illustrated work.

The most haunting and intriguing of his work, Aesop's fables was illustrated by Detmold when he was only 26 years old. It was the first book he illustrated after his twin brother's suicide in 1908, a tragedy that imbued these illustrations with a sense of personal turmoil against unnatural acts in the natural world. It is fitting, then, that they are intended to illustrate the fables of the moral man struggling to break free from the harsh, natural world of eagles and jackdaws, foxes and grasshoppers, grapes and ants. A stunning book.

91262

[Edmund Dulac, illustrator]. Three Wonderfully Illustrated Books, including: Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. [London:] Hodder & Stoughton, [nd]. Quarto. 222 pages. 23 color plates tipped-in behind captioned tissue guards. Publisher's decorative tan binding with blue floral designs and gilt decorative stamping and titles. Floral endpapers. Moderate wear to the extremities, with minor fraying of the cloth at the spine folds. Bumped corners. Spine darkened. Scattered minor foxing of the endpapers. A beautiful book in very good condition. [and:] Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book. London New York Toronto: Houghton and Stoughton, [nd]. Later edition. Quarto. 135 pages. 18 color plates tipped-in behind tissue guards. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and decorative stamping. Original brown paper dust jacket with full color Dulac plate on the front panel. Moderate wear to the extremities. Rubbed corners. Scattered minor foxing to textblock and edges. Dust jacket has several closed tears along the edges, with mild paper loss at the spine ends and corners. The verso of the dust jacket shows several well-executed tape repairs. A very good copy of a scarce book found in the dust jacket. [and:] Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. London New York Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [nd]. First trade edition. Quarto. 170 pages. 15 color illustrations tipped-in on captioned pages. Publisher's tan cloth with teal and black titles and decorations on the spine and front board. Moderate wear to extremities. Light rubbing to boards. Bumped corners. Minor toning to endpapers. Spine cracked at page 129. Overall, a very good copy.

91263

[Edmund Dulac, illustrator]. Four Illustrated Books, including: A Fairy Garland. Being Fairy Tales from the Old French. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1929]. First trade edition. Octavo. 251 pages. Twelve gorgeous color plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Original orange and gold dust jacket with a blue title plate affixed to both the spine and the front panel, lettered in gilt. Top edge red. Minimal edge and corner wear. Minor toning of the endpapers. Previous owner's small, quaint bookplate on the rear pastedown. Scattered dark spotting on the fore-edge. Very good condition. Very scarce in the dust jacket. [and:] John Milton. The Masque of Comus. The Poem by John Milton with a Preface by Mark Van Doren & The Airs by Henry Lawes with a Preface by Hubert Foss. Illustrated with Water-Colors by Edmund Dulac. Cambridge: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954. Number 1277 of 1500 limited edition copies. Quarto. 72 pages plus limitation. Six color plates from watercolors by Dulac. Publisher's quarter vellum over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Housed in the original black paper slipcase. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear, else near fine. Dulac was supposed to sign the limitation page, but passed away before he was able to do so. [and:] The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales. Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [nd]. Octavo. 165 pages. Fifteen color plates tipped-in protected by thick paper printed tissue guards. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine titles and blind-stamped rules on the covers. Original dust jacket with Dulac plate pasted down to front panel. Noticeable shelf wear to the book, especially the bottom edge and corners. Scattered foxing throughout, most heavily towards the endpapers. Edges of textblock thumb-soiled and lightly foxed. Dust jacket worn and rubbed, with a four-inch closed tear and some paper loss along the rear spine fold and at the corners, else a very good copy. [and:] Stories from the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman with Drawings by Edmund Dulac. [London: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., Nottingham, nd]. Octavo. 319 pages. Twenty color illustrations tipped-in. Publisher's light brown cloth with black and gilt titles and decorations. Original dust jacket with Dulac illustration affixed to the front panel. Moderate shelf wear. Some foxing to the textblock edges and endpapers. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with a slightly sunned spine. Overall, a very good copy rarely found in the dust jacket. A truly wonderful selection of Dulac-illustrated volumes.

91264

Edmund Dulac [illustrator]. Four Beautifully Illustrated Books including [William Shakespeare]. Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1908]. First trade edition. Quarto. 144 pages. With 40 tipped-in color illustrations under captioned tissue sheets by Edmund Dulac. Original blue cloth with titles in decoration stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Shelf wear to the boards at the corners and spine ends. A very good copy. [and] Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales From the Old French. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. First trade edition. Quarto. 129 pages. With 30 tipped-in illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Original red cloth simulating morocco with lavish gilt decoration and titles. Light scuffing to corners and boards. Two creases at the bottom corner of plate 112, otherwise a near fine copy. [and] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1909]. Quarto. Unpaginated. Quatrains printed on rectos only with decorative border, 20 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards. Original buff cloth with ornate gilt decoration and lettering. Spine slightly sunned. Light shelf wear and soiling. Decorative endpapers. Front hinge slightly loose. Very good. [and] Stories From the Arabian Nights Retold by Laurence Housman. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. First edition. Quarto. 133 pages. With 50 tipped-in color illustrations under captioned tissue sheets by Edmund Dulac bound in back. Original brown cloth with decoration and lettering stamped in gilt. Light shelf wear. Light foxing on the preliminary pages. Front hinge starting. Very good.

91265

[Warwick Goble, illustrator]. Three Classic Illustrated Books, including: Giambattista Basile. Stories from the Pentamerone. Selected and Edited by E. F. Strange. Illustrated by Warwick Goble. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1911. Octavo. 304 pages. 32 color illustrated plates with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. All edges green. Moderate shelf wear. Rubbed spine ends and corners. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked at page 1. Over-opened at page 81. Adhesive stain to the gutter at page 302. Light foxing to the endpapers. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Rev. Lal Behari Day. Folk-Tales of Bengal. With 32 Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912. Later illustrated edition after the first edition of 1883. Octavo. 274 pages plus two-page publisher's advertisement. Illustrated with 32 color plates protected by thick paper captioned tissue guards. Publisher's red cloth with beautiful gilt titles and stamping. Scarce printed dust jacket lettered in red. All edges red. Moderate wear to the extremities. Spine ends sunned. Lightly rubbed corners. Minimal foxing to the endpapers. Dust jacket with minor paper loss at the corners, rear panel, and spine folds. A large section of the spine head is missing, taking the "FOLK TA" from "FOLK TALES." Still, an about very good copy, scarce in a dust jacket of any quality. [and:] The Fairy Book. The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by the Author of 'John Halifax, Gentleman.' With 32 Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. Later illustrated edition after the first edition of 1863. Octavo. 379 pages. Illustrated with 32 color plates protected by captioned tissue guards. Publisher's green cloth with elaborate decorative gilt stamping and titles. Top edge gilt. Moderate wear to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the gilt on the front board. Rubbed and lightly bumped corners. Spine has tiny closed tear at the head and a small dark stain. Textblock edges mildly thumb-soiled. Previous owner's 1913 gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Binding is square and tight, and the textblock is neat and clean. All in all, a very good copy and a great set of three superbly illustrated story books.

91266

Johnny Gruelle. Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees. Joliet: P. F. Volland Company, 1924.

Octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. In original decorative box.

Pictorial boards. Half-inch circular stain to back board. Bookplate on front pastedown. Original illustrated publisher's box shows some staining on bottom, and the upper section has been repaired; the interior of the box has some spotting. A near fine copy, not often encountered still in the box.

Autographs

91267

Raggedy Ann Creator Johnny Gruelle Typed Letter Signed "Johnny Gruelle" with Original Presentation Color Drawing. One page, 6.5 x 8.5 inches, on Gruelle's personal letterhead, Miami Beach, Florida, November 27, 1933, to Irma Glen. Johnny Gruelle could have scarcely believed that a dusty doll found in the attic and given to his daughter would be the genesis for a series of stories that would make a lasting mark in children's literature. This fantastic lot includes a personal letter written by Gruelle to lyricist and organist Irma Glen and an accompanying original color drawing which he inscribes to her. He writes, in part: "Thanks for your letter of Nov. 14...I listened to your organ broadcast this morning and as usual enjoyed it very much...The drawing in which I used your name was made for the New York Herald-Tribune and is syndicated to papers all over the country...Sorry you did not make N.Y. while I was up north, but hope that you and your husband can trot in on us when you come down in February. With all good wishes, Cordially Johnny Gruelle". The letter has some mounting remnants on the last page which doesn't affect text and is otherwise fine condition. Gruelle's original drawing which measures 3.5 x 5 inches features the familiar characters of Raggedy Ann and Andy sitting on a hillside surrounded by birds and flowers. The color has faded ever-so-slightly giving the drawing a slightly muted affect. The inscription reads "To/ Irma Glen/ With many/ Happiness wishes -/ Johnny Gruelle/ Aug. 22-1933". A singular lot from a beloved author of children's books.

Books

91268

Three Beautiful Illustrated Books including W. E. Henley [editor]. A London Garland. London and New York: Macmillan and Company, 1895. First edition. Quarto. 203 pages. Profusely illustrated with works by Arthur Rackham, Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Crane, Joseph Pennell, et al. Red leather binding with ornate decoration and titles in gilt. Matching gilt stamped leather pastedowns. Six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Light scuffing at the edges of the boards. All edges gilt. Moiré front and terminal free endpapers. About fine. [and] Arthur Ransome. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme. London: Nisbet & Co., [1919]. First edition. First trade edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. With twelve color tipped-on illustrations under captioned tissues and additional illustrations in text by Thompson Mackenzie. Original pictorial cloth showing only light shelf wear. Pictorial endpapers. Former owner's small leather gilt stamped armorial bookplate on the front pastedown having ghosted onto the front free endpaper. A very good copy. [and] Kay Nielsen [illustrator]. Hans Andersen. Fairy Tales. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. First American edition. Quarto. 280 pages. With twelve tipped-in color plates and additional drawings in text. Original pictorial cloth illustrated in silver, orange and black. Titles in silver on the spine. Decorated endpapers. A bright copy with minimal shelf wear in fine condition in a custom gray cloth slipcase.

91269

Rockwell Kent. N by E. New York: Random House, 1950.

First edition, limited to 900 copies, of which this is number 572, signed by the author. Quarto. 245 pages. Profusely illustrated with Kent's distinctive woodcuts, printed in pale gray.

Original blue cloth decoratively stamped in silver. Publisher's graphite stain to top edge. Offsetting to first free endpaper. A beautiful copy in fine condition in the rarely seen original dust wrapper. In publisher's slipcase.

91270

A. A. Milne. Toad of Toad Hall. A Play From Kenneth Grahame's Book 'The Wind in the Willows'. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929.

First edition, limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Kenneth Grahame and A.A. Milne on the verso of the title page. Octavo. 166 pages.

Original quarter blue cloth and cream-colored paper over boards with paper title label on the front board (extra title label tipped in at back). Edges untrimmed. In the scarce dust jacket. Boards generally bright with small abraded areas at the lower corners. Slight warp to boards. Contents bright. Dust jacket slightly soiled with toning to the spine and a few very small closed tears. Very good.

91271

Kay Nielsen [illustrator]. Hans Andersen. Fairy Tales. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924.

First American edition. Quarto. 280 pages. With twelve tipped-in color plates and additional drawings in text.

Original pictorial cloth illustrated in silver, orange and black. Titles in silver on the spine. Remnants of glassine wrapper present. Decorated endpapers. Former owner's Christmas gift label affixed to recto of second front free endpaper. A bright copy in fine condition with remnants of the publisher's original illustrated box which the book was issued in.

91272

[Maxfield Parrish, illustrator]. Edith Wharton. Italian Villas and Their Gardens. New York: The Century Company, 1904.

First edition. Large octavo. xii, 270 pages. Fifty-two illustrations, including forty-five plates (fifteen of which are color), with captioned tissue guards printed in red, and seven text illustrations. Twenty-six of the plates are after drawings by Maxfield Parrish. Printed in red and black.

Original dark green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Internal contents bright and clean A near fine copy.

"The 1904 publication of Italian Villas and Their Gardens followed Poems of Childhood by about two months. With text by Edith Wharton and pictures by Maxfield Parrish, the volume represented a genuine collaborative effort between the two. Each traveled to Italy to gather material for the project; later they met in Lenox, Massachusetts, to compare notes and to discuss the points of view to be taken in the publication. First serialized in The Century Magazine and then released in book form, Italian Villas and Their Gardens provided an avenue of expression for Parrish's architectural interests, as well as for his growing desire to paint landscapes. The paintings, as a result, were a sensitive and striking departure from his more fanciful work, to which the public had grown accustomed" (Coy Ludwig, Maxfield Parrish, p. 32).

Ludwig, p. 206.

91273

[Maxfield Parrish, illustrator]. Louise Saunders. The Knave of Hearts. With Pictures by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

First edition. Large quarto. [6], 46, [1], [3, blank] pages. Color frontispiece (included in pagination), with tissue guard, and color illustrations (fifteen full-page).

Original black cloth with color pictorial label on front cover. Color pictorial endpapers. A few scuff marks, one crescent-shaped scratch at the top right edge, and some small rubbed spots on the color pictorial label. Scattered minor foxing to the front endpapers. Bookplate largely removed from the rear pastedown. The book is a bit over-opened at the half-title, page 18, and page 26. A very good copy.

"Not until 1920 did [Parrish] agree to illustrate what was to become one of the most valuable children's books ever published, Louise Saunders's Knave of Hearts. Saunders was the wife of Maxwell Perkins, the editor of Scribner's. They summered in Cornish, New Hampshire, and were friends with the Parrishes. In a letter to J. H. Chapin of Scribner's, Parrish wrote on October 24, 1920: 'The reason I wanted to illustrate the Knave of Hearts was on account of the bully opportunity it gives for a very good time making the pictures. Imagination could run riot, not bound down by the period, just good fun and all sorts of things. You must understand all this layout to be in gorgeous color. The landscapes back of the figures in the cover lining-a very beautiful affair illuminated by a golden late afternoon sun: castles, waterfall, rocks and mountains.' Parris relished working three years on the twenty-six paintings for the Knave of Hearts. He built an elaborate castle model in his fully equipped workroom to use in the illustrations for the book...Many of the fixtures in the illustrations show handcrafted items from the Parrish household, such as elaborate hinges and a wonderful clocklike affair...that Parrish had built to let him know when the main house ran out of well water...Knave of Hearts, published in October 1925, was printed in rich colors on heavy coated paper. The illustrations were the highest quality reproductions that could be printed" (Alma Gilbert, Maxfield Parrish: The Masterworks, pp. 49-52).

Ludwig, p. 206.

91274

Arthur Rackham [illustrator]. Richard Wagner. The Ring of the Nibelung in Two Volumes Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Wagner's complete Ring cycle with the distinctive illustrations of Arthur Rackham including The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. London: William A. Heinemann and New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1914. Second impression. Quarto. 160 pages. Translated by Margaret Armour. With 34 mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards. Original blue cloth with ornate Valkyrie illustration stamped in gilt on the front board and titles and additional decoration stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Cloth worn mainly at the spine ends and corners with some light soiling and small stains present. Illustrated endpapers. Contents slightly tone with the last plate loose but present. Otherwise a sound copy in very good condition. [and] Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. London: William A. Heinemann and New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1911. First edition. Quarto. 182 pages. Translated by Margaret Armour. With 30 mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards. Original decorated paper over boards with green cloth backstrip. Titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Light wear at the corners and spine ends with slight fading to gilt on the spine. Contents slightly toned. Former owner's bookplate the front pastedown. Very good.

91275

[Arthur Rackham, illustrator]. Lot of Five Books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham including Eden Phillpotts. A Dish of Apples. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [no date, circa 1921]. First edition. Octavo. 75 pages. Three tipped-on color plates and numerous line-drawings in text. Original pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Shelf wear mainly at the corners, spine slightly faded, else near fine. [and] Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler. London: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1931. First Rackham edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Twelve color plates with captioned tissue guards and additional line drawings in text. Beautiful contemporary green morocco with titles, rules and decoration stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Shelf wear to the bottom edge of the boards; and boards slightly warped. Foxing to the fore-edge. A handsome copy in near fine condition. [and] John Ruskin. The King of the Golden River. London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1932. First edition. Octavo. 48 pages. Four color plates and numerous other illustrations within text. Stiff pictorial wraps with matching dust jacket. A fine copy. [and] Hans Andersen. Fairy Tales. London: George C. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1932. First trade edition. Octavo. 288 pages. Twelve color illustrations with captioned tissue guards and numerous illustrations in text. Original red cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Scuffing to the spine. Lightly bumped corners with wear at the spine ends. Pictorial endpapers. Two small stains to the bottom edge. Very good. [and] Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. New York: The Heritage Press, 1940. First edition, thus. Octavo. 190 pages. Twelve color plates. Original blue cloth and red cloth backstrip with titles in yellow on the spine and Mr. Toad vignette on the front board. All edges dyed red. A fine copy in dust jacket and in the pictorial slipcase as issued.

91276

[W. Heath Robinson, illustrator]. Two Beautifully Illustrated Books, including: Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night, or What You Will. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Hodder & Stoughton Publishers, [nd, 1908]. First trade edition. Octavo. 144 pages. 40 color illustrations tipped-in. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and flourish. Original green dust jacket with black titles and a color illustration pasted down to the front panel. Moderate wear to the book and dust jacket. Sunned spine. Mild paper loss to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket. Very good condition. Rare in dust jacket. [and:] Rudyard Kipling. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Houghton & Stoughton, [nd]. Quarto. Unpaginated. Thirty color plates tipped-in protected by thick paper printed tissue guards. Publisher's navy blue cloth with gilt titles. Moderate shelf wear with lightly rubbed corners. Spine sunned. Front hinge starting at the half-title page. Adhesive paper remnants on front pastedown along with a very small bookseller's sticker. Endpapers mildly toned. Internal contents clean and bright. A very good copy of a beautifully illustrated volume.

91277

[Thomas Rowlandson, illustrator]. [William Combe]. The English Dance of Death. [Together with:] The Dance of Life. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1815-1817.

First editions. Three octavo volumes. 295; 299; 285 pages. 36 hand-colored aquatints in both volumes of The English Dance of Death, and 24 in the single volume of The Dance of Life; plus hand-colored titles and frontispieces. Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, poem by William Combe.

Uniformly bound in full tan polished calf by Rivière. Covers ruled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments with five raised bands and black leather gilt lettering labels, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Minor scratching to leather. Overall, a near fine matching set. Each volume contains two bookplates, one on the front pastedown, and the other on the first free endpaper. One bookplate belongs to Edward Laurence Doheny (1856-1935), the California oil tycoon who was implicated in the Teapot Dome Scandal and who inspired a character in Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!. The other bookplate belongs to Carrie Estelle Doheny, his second wife known for her philanthropic work and for her rare book collection.

Thomas Rowlandson's English Dance of Death is his acclaimed satirical series of comic drawings featuring the inevitable appearance of Death (represented as a skeleton) in the lives of persons from all walks of life. The companion, The Dance of Life, chronicles the more upbeat side of life, with nary an appearance from the Spectre of Death.

91278

J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000.

First English edition, signed boldly by Rowling on the dedication page. Octavo. 636 pages.

Original pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Binding with an ever-so-slight slant common to books of this size and a small stain to the fore-edge. Else, a near fine copy of Rowling's fourth installment in the Harry Potter series.

91279

J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 1999.

First English edition, with all first issue points. Octavo. 317 pages.

Original pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. A fine copy of Rowling's third installment in the Harry Potter series.

91280

J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 1999.

First English deluxe edition, boldly signed by Rowling on the half-title page. Octavo. 317 pages.

Original green cloth with color pictorial vignette on front board with titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Edges sprayed gold. Corners slightly bumped with extremely light shelf wear to boards. A near fine copy of Rowling's third installment in the Harry Potter series in this special deluxe format.

91281

J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998.

First English edition, with all first issue points. Octavo. 251 pages.

Original pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Edges of pages slightly yellowed as is normal. A fine copy of Rowling's second installment in the Harry Potter series.

91282

J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1999.

First English deluxe edition, boldly signed by Rowling on the title page. Octavo. 251 pages.

Original blue cloth with color pictorial vignette on front board with titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Edges sprayed gold. Corners slightly bumped with extremely light shelf wear to boards. A near fine copy of Rowling's second installment in the Harry Potter series in a special deluxe binding.

91283

J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1999.

First English deluxe edition, boldly signed by Rowling on the half-title. Octavo. 223 pages.

Original red cloth stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, with gilt facsimile signature of the author and color pictorial label on front cover. All edges gilt on the rough. Corners slightly bumped with extremely light shelf wear to boards. A near fine copy of Rowling's first book in the Harry Potter series: the book that spawned an empire!

91284

J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, [1997].

The true first edition, first printing, of the first Harry Potter book, with "Copyright © Text Joanne Rowling 1997" and "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" present on the copyright page. Octavo. 223, [1, blank].

Luxuriously bound by The Chelsea Bindery (stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in) in full red and purple morocco. Single fillet borders, front board with gilt side title, gilt facsimile signature of the author, and large sunken panel, bordered in blind, reproducing the original color pictorial label for this volume in onlaid multicolored morocco (rear board reproducing the original illustration of Dumbledore on this volume, also in onlaid multicolored morocco). Spine decoratively paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins ruled and decoratively tooled in gilt, cream-colored watered silk doublures and liners, all edges stamped in silver with hologram stars. A fine copy housed in a custom gilt quarter red morocco case lined in red suede.

A stunning example of a fine binding, executed with great care by the artist-binders of The Chelsea Bindery.

91285

J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. [London]: Bloomsbury, [1997].

First edition, with all first issue points including "Joanne Rowling" and "Thomas Taylor1997" on copyright page, along with the complete number sequence "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Twelvemo. 223 pages.

This, the first book in the Harry Potter series, was issued simultaneously in both hardcover and softcover. This softcover copy is in the original pictorial wrappers, now protected by a Mylar cover. The pages have toned as is common with this title, otherwise the binding is tight and seemingly unread. A fine copy of this most popular title.

Very rare indeed. Reputedly only 300 hardcover and 200 softcover copies of Rowling's first book were printed, nearly all of these went to schools and libraries. Considering that many of Rowling's later books were printed in first edition runs numbered in the millions, the rarity of this volume coupled with the empire that it spawned is extraordinarily significant.

91286

J. K. Rowling. Set of First Five Harry Potter Inscribed Editions. This amazing boxed set of books are all inscribed on the half-title page from Rowling to the same boy, Jack Perchick. The set includes: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. [London:] Bloomsbury, [1999]. Later deluxe edition. Inscription reads, "To Jack Samuel Perchick, who made an excellent [underlined] choice of parents! With lots and lots of love, J. K. Rowling." [and:] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. [London:] Bloomsbury, [1999]. Later deluxe edition. Inscribed "to Jack, with lots of love J. K. Rowling (Jo) x." [and:] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. [London:] Bloomsbury, [1999]. Later deluxe edition. Inscribed "to Jack again! lots of love J. K. Rowling (Jo)." [and:] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [London:] Bloomsbury, [2000]. Later deluxe edition. Inscribed "To Jack, your mum and I put up with a lot of parrots so that this book could get written! J. K. Rowling." [and:] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. [London:] Bloomsbury, [2003]. First deluxe edition. Inscribed "to Jack, with lots of love again J. K. Rowling x."

All volumes are octavo in the original publisher's bindings and housed in the common purple publisher's slipcase. All volumes lettered in gilt with a color illustration inset into the front cover. All edges gilt. Minimal wear to the corners of some volumes, else all are in fine condition. A truly remarkable set of Harry Potters personally inscribed by J. K. Rowling.

91287

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The Little Prince. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1943].

First edition in English. Square octavo. 91 pages. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. Illustrations by the author.

Publisher's salmon cloth with red-stamped lettering. Cloth is worn along the fore-edge of the rear board - three-quarters of an inch of the actual board is visible. Small stain, measuring approximately one-quarter of an inch in diameter, on front free endpaper, with faint bleedthrough to half-title page. Minimal darkening to spine. Lightly rubbed and tanned dust jacket shows light sun-fading to rear panel and is chipped along lower quarter of both fore-edges. The number "2084" is rubber stamped to right corner of front flap. First edition points: jacket has the $2.00 price and the Fourth Avenue address on front flap; book contains the five-line colophon. A very good copy in dust jacket.

91288

Dr. Seuss. If I Ran the Zoo. New York: Random House, [1950].

First edition. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations by the author.

Pictorial glazed paper boards. Illustrated endpapers. Both ends of spine are bumped. The top inch and a quarter of backstrip has split and is pulling away from binding. Dust jacket is chipped at head and foot of the sunned spine; some closed tears and a horizontal crease along the top of the front panel. First edition point: jacket price of "200/200" at top corner of front flap. Overall condition is good or slightly better.

91289

Dr. Seuss. Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose. New York: Random House, [1948].

First edition. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations by the author.

Publisher's blue-stamped red boards. Some offsetting to illustrated endpapers. Head and foot of spine and tips of corners lightly worn. Chips to dust jacket around spine ends and a couple of closed tears. First edition points: jacket has "200/200" price to front flap and blue and white lines to front panel, copyright page contains eight lines of text. Overall, a very good copy in dust jacket.

91290

[Robert Southey]. The Doctor (Vol. IV). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1837.

First edition. Octavo. 16 pages of ads, xxvii, 392 pages. Note: only Vol. IV is here offered.

Green cloth with paper label on spine. Cloth fraying at one corner at head of spine. Covers somewhat soiled; corners bumped. Small strip (one-quarter inch) of cloth missing from front joint. Label on spine is rubbed and chipped. Binding fragile and slightly skewed. Two bookplates on front pastedown, including one of noted book collector H. Bradley Martin. Good condition. Housed in a handsome custom green cloth drop-back box.

"The Story of the Three Bears" appeared for the first time in print in a multi-volume collection by Robert Southey, a former Poet Laureate of England. It was long assumed that Southey was the original author of the story until an 1831 manuscript by Eleanor Mure surfaced, proving her to be the true author. The story has changed over the years, as many fairy tales do, and it is interesting to note that there is no Goldilocks in this story, only an "impudent, bad, old Woman" who curses the three (unrelated) bears as she all but ransacks the bears' home after breaking in and may (or may not, depending on one's interpretation) meet a ghastly end. Contained here in a miscellany that is not at all a collection of children's stories, this is a fascinating look at an early version of what is now one of the most popular stories in all of children's literature.

91291

Kay Thompson. Eloise, A Book For Precocious Grown Ups. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955.

First edition, first printing. Signed by Knight on the front free endpaper. Quarto. 65 pages. Illustrations by Hilary Knight.

Original cream-colored boards. Illustrated endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed. In dust jacket with $2.95 price. A near fine copy in a custom slipcase.

The enduring children's classic about Eloise, "a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person."

91292

Kay Thompson. Eloise At Christmastime. New York: Random House, 1958.

First edition, first printing. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations by Hilary Knight. Signed by Knight on the second free endpaper.

Original illustrated slick paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Very light wear to spine ends. Minimal wear along edges of price-clipped dust jacket. Near fine in custom slipcase.

91293

Kay Thompson. Eloise In Paris. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957.

First edition, first printing. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations by Hilary Knight. Signed by Knight on the verso of the front free endpaper.

Original blue boards stamped in silver and black. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket (with $3.50 price) is lightly chipped at head of spine; some rubbing and some areas of light discoloration to back panel. Overall, a near fine copy in a custom slipcase.

91294

Kay Thompson. Eloise in Moscow. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

First edition, first printing. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations by Hilary Knight. Signed by Knight on the front free endpaper.

Original orange boards stamped in black. Illustrated endpapers. Slight lean. Corners and foot of spine lightly bumped. Tips of upper corners worn. Dust jacket (with $3.75 price) is very lightly chipped and has darkened along edges and spine. Overall, a very good or better copy in custom slipcase.

91295

Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol's Index (Book). New York: Random House, 1967.

First edition of the soft cover. Octavo. Unpaginated. Apparently signed by Warhol on the half-title page under which he has drawn his famous soup can.

Silver foil covers show minor rubbing and minimal edge wear with a few light bends around the lower portion of spine. All of the extras published with this volume are present. These include the pop-up castle, the red accordion, the pop-up biplane, The Chelsea Girls wheel on a spring, the cardboard form on a string, the Lou Reed picture disc, the fold-out nose, the tomato paste can, the eight "big surprise" tabs, and the balloon. The balloon, though present, is deteriorated with a piece of foil placed over it to prevent further discoloration to the adjoining pages. A stunning, complete copy in near fine condition.

The estimate for this lot is being placed on the book itself and not the signature/drawing which we can not authenticate with certainty. Please bear this in mind when bidding. This unique, unusual book is very difficult to find complete and in this condition.

91296

Pair of Volumes Featuring the Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth including David McCord [notes and observations]. Stow Wengenroth's New England. Barre: Barre Publishers, 1969. First limited edition, number 53 of 350. Octavo. 112 pages. With original signed lithograph and 51 full-page reproductions from lithographs by the artist. Original binding. Printed on Rives heavyweight paper. A fine, unread copy in the original cardboard slipcase and original unopened shrinkwrap. Fine. [and] Ronald and Joan Stuckey. The Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth 1931-1972. [Boston]: Boston Public Library in Co-operation with Barre Publishers, 1974. First limited edition, number 17 of 100. Quarto. 295 pages. With an original signed lithograph pulled from the stone at the workshop of George C. Miller and Son of New York City. Profusely illustrated with Wengenroth's lithographs. Original decorative paper over boards and black leather backstrip with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy in the slightly soiled original slip case.

91297

E. B. White. Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1952].

First edition, with "I-B" on the copyright page. Octavo. 184 pages.

Publisher's brown cloth with decorative blue and black titles. First issue dust jacket with $2.50 price and four blurbs for Stuart Little on the rear panel. Minimal wear to the boards, with light rubbing at the corners. Minor toning to the dust jacket, with slightly rubbed corners and spine ends, a half-inch closed tear at the spine head, and a somewhat darkened spine. A solid, very good copy of this children's classic.

91298

[N. C. Wyeth, illustrator]. Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. [Boston:] Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929.

Translated by George Herbert Palmer, with illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. Edition limited to 550 copies, of which this is number 190, signed by both Palmer and Wyeth. Quarto. xxviii, 314 pages. Sixteen tipped-in color illustrations behind captioned tissue guards. Facsimile frontispiece.

Original pigskin backstrip over green cloth with gilt-stamped pictorial inset. Black morocco label to spine with gilt titles. Illustrated endpapers. Edges uncut and many pages unopened. A fine copy in the publisher's box.

Laid in is an envelope, as originally issued, containing the full suite of the sixteen illustrations featured in the book.

91299

[N. C. Wyeth, illustrator]. Kenneth Roberts. Trending Into Maine. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938.

First edition, limited to 1,075 copies, of which this is number 949, signed by both Roberts and illustrator N. C. Wyeth; also with laid-in envelope containing a suite of individual plates of all fourteen of Wyeth's illustrations that appear in the book. Quarto. 394 pages. Index.

Original quarter cream buckram over bright blue cloth boards. Black leather spine label stamped and lettered in gilt. Color pictorial endpapers. Some light spotting to front and back covers, bottom edges of boards lightly faded. A near fine copy. In chipped and browned wrappers and soiled publisher's cardboard slipcase.

91300

N. C. Wyeth [illustrator]. Four Classic Illustrated Books including John Hay. The Pike County Ballads. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First edition. Octavo. 47 pages. With 12 color illustrations and additional drawings in text by N. C. Wyeth. Original cloth with color pictorial label affixed to front board and lettering in black on the spine. Light shelf wear. Pictorial label slightly toned. Pictorial endpapers. A very good copy. [and] Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. First edition, thus. Octavo. 289 pages. Fourteen color Wyeth illustrations, color title page, and fold-out map. Original black cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front board and lettering in gilt on the spine. Wear mainly at the spine ends and corners. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Very good. [and] Robin Hood. Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1917. First edition, thus. Octavo. 362 pages. With eight color illustrations and frontispiece illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Original green cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front board and titles and borders stamped in gilt. Light shelf wear. Pictorial endpapers. Contents sound. Very good. [and] Jules Verne. Michael Strogoff: A Courier of the Czar. New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition, thus. Octavo. 397 pages. With nine color plates illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Original black cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front board and lettering in gilt on the spine. Scuffing to boards with wear at the corners and spine ends. Spine slightly faded. Pictorial endpapers. Contents sound. Very good.

91301

[N. C. Wyeth, illustrator]. Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by George Herbert Palmer. With Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, 1929.

Limited to 550 numbered copies (this copy being No. 257), signed by the translator, George Herbert Palmer, and the illustrator, N. C. Wyeth. Quarto (10.3125 x 7.5625 inches; 263 x 192 mm.). [2, title], [2, limitation leaf], [iii]-xxviii, [2, fly-title], 314 pages. Sixteen mounted color plates and two black and white plates (facsimile of a letter to the publisher from the translator, dated May 1, 1929, and final sketch made for the painting "Odysseus and Calypso"). Captioned tissue guards. Together with an additional suite of the color plates in the original envelope.

Original quarter pigskin over green cloth boards with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt. Brown leather spine label ruled and lettered in gilt. Pictorial endpapers in gray and white. All edges uncut. Pigskin spine slightly darkened and rubbed at extremities, spine label lightly chipped, corners rubbed, a few light scuff marks on the cloth boards. Tiny rust spot in the upper blank margin of pages xiv and xv. Short (half-inch) tear to outer blank margin of pages 241/242. A very good copy, largely unopened. The original envelope containing the additional suite of plates is slightly browned, worn at the edges, and starting to split at top and bottom.

Allen and Allen, p. 213. Dykes 253.

91302

Robert Tyre (Bobby) Jones, Jr. Golf is My Game. Illustrated with Photographs and Drawings. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960.

Later edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 255 pages.

Publisher's black cloth over green buckram. Original pictorial dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear to the book and jacket. Light soiling to the boards, which also bow slightly. Dust jacket shows minor toning, paper loss at the corners and spine ends, and fits somewhat loosely around the book. A very good copy.

Bobby Jones is one of the enduring legends of golf, the Tiger Woods of his time. A lifelong amateur, Jones was the first, and still only, golfer to complete the Grand Slam of major tournaments in a single season. He was the first superstar of golf, though he retired at age 28, and went on to make instructional films, design golf courses, and found The Masters Tournament in 1934. When he was named a Freeman of the City of St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1958, he was only the second American to be so honored (after Benjamin Franklin in 1759).

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92001

Jean Aicard. La Chanson de L'Enfant... Nouvelle Édition Ornee de 128 Compositions par T. Lobrichon avec la Collaboration de E. Rudaux. Gravées sur Bois par L. Rousseau. Paris: Georges Chamerot, 1884.

"Édition D'Amateur," number 109 of one-hundred fifty copies. Quarto (10.9375 x 7.375 inches; 278 x 187 mm.). With 128 wood-engraved illustrations by Rousseau after Lobrichon and Rudaux, each of which occur in two states, and extra-illustrated with approximately thirty etched plates by Lalauze, Jacquemart, Veyressat, Greux, and others. Title printed in red and black.

Contemporary full blue morocco by David (stamp signed in gilt on lower front turn-in), two sets of gilt double fillet borders around a central panel comprising an additional set of gilt double fillet rules, gilt floral drawer handle stamps at corners, gilt centerpiece comprising two floral drawer handles surrounding a gilt putto stamp, spine elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt board edges and turn in, floral doublures and liners of woven silk, marbled fly leaves, all edges gilt. Shelf wear, with some abrasion to board extremities and a few small bits of loss to headcaps. Expert restoration to joints. Front joint starting, but still holding tight. A subtle abrasion to lower outer corner of title. Front marbled fly-leaf detached. Overall, a very good copy.

A lovely copy in a sumptuous contemporary binding of one of Aicard's best-loved collections of poems, "The Child's Song," crowned by L'Académie française upon its publication in 1876. A charming celebration of childhood, copiously illustrated with accomplished, evocative illustrations after Lobrichon and Rudaux.

92002

Conrad Aiken. Blue Voyage, Limited edition of 125 copies, signed by the author. Together with an Original Typed Letter from Aiken. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927.

Limited edition of 125 copies, of which this is number 73, signed by the author. 318 pages.

Publisher's coarse paper-covered boards. Decorated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge untrimmed. Boards lightly rubbed along edges. A near fine copy in a rubbed slipcase.

Laid in is a densely typed one-page letter from Conrad Aiken to his friend Maurice Firuski, a Melville scholar and book collector, signed with Aiken's initials. The letter was sent from Aiken's Harvard Square address and is dated February 15, 1929.

92003

Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The Story of a Bad Boy. Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co. 1870.

First edition, first issue ("scattered" on page 14, and "abroad" on page 197). Small octavo. iv, 261 pages plus 23 pages of ads. Illustrations. Frontispiece.

Publisher's green cloth with blindstamped borders to boards and gilt titles and vignettes to spine. Brown endpapers. Extremities worn. Hinges starting. Gold on spine dulled. Ink stain to top corner of the pages of ads at the back of the book. Inked gift inscription dated 1870. Bookplate on front pastedown of Jean Hersholt, noted actor (after whom the Academy Awards' Humanitarian Award is named) and the foremost translator of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales into English. Very good condition, in a custom gilt-stamped box and chemise.

BAL 269. Peter Parley to Penrod, page 35.

92004

Irving Bacheller. Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, [1900].

First edition. Small octavo. vii, 432 pages plus ads.

Publisher's gilt-stamped red cloth. Top edge gilt. Penciled gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1900. A fine copy in a custom gilt-stamped quarter leather box with chemise.

This novel, set in the North Country of New York State, was one of the best-selling books of 1900.

92005

John Bartlett. Familiar Quotations, A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937.

Eleventh edition, edited by Christopher Morley. Large octavo. xlviii, 1578 pages. Index.

A beautiful deluxe binding by Rivière & Son in full blue polished calf with raised bands and red and green morocco labels to spine. Ornamental gold stamping; all edges gilt. Spectacular patterned endpapers. Rockwell Kent-designed bookplate to front pastedown. Aside from a lightly sunned spine and penciled notations on the verso of the front free endpaper, this is a fine copy. In a rubbed blue cloth slipcase.

92006

Gilbert Abbott Á Beckett. The Comic History of Rome. London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co., [no date, circa 1850].

First edition. Octavo. 308 pages. With ten hand-colored steel engravings and other illustration by John Leech.

Original green cloth with rules in blind and vignettes and lettering in gilt. Corners rubbed to the boards, otherwise light shelf wear. Top edge gilt. Front hinge cracked, back just starting. Some foxing to the preliminaries. Old bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good.

92007

A. E. Gallatin and L. M. Oliver. A Bibliography of the Works of Max Beerbohm. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952.

First edition, thus. Tall octavo. x, 60 pages.

Original gold-stamped red cloth. Fine in neatly repaired dust jacket.

92008

Lot of Five Books by Stephen Vincent Benét, Including One Signed and One Inscribed Volume. Titles in this lot include: Jean Huguenot. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. First edition, first printing. Spine sunned. Heavy offsetting created by a newspaper article laid in in the middle of the book. Overall, very good condition. [and:] John Brown's Body. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. First edition. Very good in smudged dust jacket. [and:] The Devil and Daniel Webster. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. First edition. Illustrations by Harold Denison. Inscribed by Benét to literary critic Van Wyck Brooks. Heavy offsetting to endpapers; else, very good in dust jacket. [and:] Johnny Pye & The Fool-Killer. Weston, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1938. A limited edition of 750 copies, of which this is number 723, signed by Benét and illustrator Charles Child. Printed paper wraparound with blurb. Spine and strip along top edge sunned. In torn plastic slipcase. Overall, very good condition. [and:] Nightmare at Noon. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First edition. Slim volume (eight pages) in paper boards. Very good.

92009

James Beresford. The Miseries of Human Life; or, The Groans of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy; with a Few Supplementary Sighs from Mrs. Testy. London: William Miller, 1807. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Complete in two twelvemo volumes. Volume I is an eighth edition; viii, 337 pages. Volume II has no edition noted; vi, 292 plus ads. Both volumes have illustrations throughout. Volume I has a folding frontispiece (not hand-colored as seems to be the norm); volume II lacks its frontispiece.

Half bound in calf over marbled boards. Four raised bands and gilt stamping to spine. All edges marbled. Leather is worn on both volumes, with leather chipping and flaking. Significant wear to heads of both spines, with at least a quarter of the first compartment missing. Front hinge of volume I is broken, with front board and spine pulling away from binding; front free endpaper detached but present. Both hinges of volume II cracked, but boards are still intact. Text blocks of both volumes are sound. Occasional foxing. Good condition.

An extremely popular book of satire that went through nine editions in its first year. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92010

Walter Hart Blumenthal, compiler. Franklin Sampler. A Garner for the Mind's Delight. Published for the Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1964.

First edition limited to 500 copies. Octavo. 105 pages.

Marbled paper over boards and vellum back strip with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Light toning to spine and light shelf wear to edges, otherwise very good.

92011

Giovanni Boccaccio. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1949.

Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies signed by artist Rockwell Kent. Two quarto volumes. 1-300; 301-562 pages. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.

Original maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine of each volume. Top edges gilt. Edges untrimmed. A handsome set in fine condition in a matching very good slipcase as issued.

92012

Giovanni Boccaccio. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. London: A. H. Bullen, 1903. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Two large octavo volumes (complete). xxi, 332; xiii, 404 pages. Translation by J. M. Rigg. Illustrations by Louis Chalon.

Half bound in red leather over red cloth. Gilt lettering and raised bands to spine. Top edges gilt. Light rubbing along joints; spine has darkened a bit. Overall, a very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92013

James Boswell. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785. From theLibrary of Glenn Ford.

"The Second Edition, Revised and Corrected." Octavo. xx, [2], 534, [1, ad for Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson], [1, blank] pp.

Eighteenth century speckled calf, rebacked to style at an early date. Double fillet borders rolled in blind, smooth spine ruled and stamped in gilt in compartments, gilt red morocco lettering piece. Early nineteenth century ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Two columns of a middle nineteenth century English newspaper clipping affixed to rear endpapers ("Dr. Johnson's Act of Penance in Uttoxeter Market ... By the American Writer Hawthorne.") Shelf wear to board extremities, upper outer corner of front board bumped and softening. Marginal worming to upper outer corner of text block, completely unaffecting text, pinhole-sized and nearly invisible except from [a]1 through B8 and Ll4 to final leaf; also to lower outer corner from [a]1 through [a]4. Overall a very good copy.

A lovely copy in contemporary boards of Boswell's famous travel journal, which became a kind of preview for his Life of Samuel Johnson. Arguably the greatest biography ever written, Boswell's Life of Johnson was published six years after the publication of the present volume, whose final leaf contains an advertisement for the later book. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92014

James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell, Esq. From the Library of Glenn Ford. New Edition, With Numerous Additions and Notes by the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, M.P. To Which Are Added, Two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana, by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Malone, Nichols, Steevens, Cumberland, and Others. And Notes by Various Hands. In Ten Volumes. London: John Murray, 1839.

Ten twelvemo volumes (complete). "Upwards of fifty engraved illustrations." Frontispieces. Index.

Half bound in tan calf over marbled boards. Red and black gilt-stamped morocco labels. Edges worn, particularly at spine ends; boards rubbed. Overall, an attractive set in very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92015

Van Wyck Brooks. The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865; Together with an ALS by Brooks Laid In. [New York]: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1936.

First edition. Large octavo. 550 pages. Index.

Publisher's tan and blue gilt-stamped cloth. A fine copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket.

Laid in is a handwritten note, dated January 7, 1909 and signed by the then-23 year old Brooks; it is written on Doubleday, Page & Company stationery (the publishing house that employed Brooks upon his graduation from Harvard). The note is written to W. R. Benjamin, the pre-eminent dealer of autographs in New York at the time. Brooks writes: "Dear Mr. Benjamin, I send herewith a number of miscellaneous autographs, none, I fancy, of any special value. Keep the lot and let me have anything you can for them. Very truly yours, Van Wyck Brooks."

92016

Thomas Bulfinch. The Age of Chivalry. Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company, 1859.

First edition. Twelvemo. 414 pages plus two-page advertisement. Six color plates with tissue guards.

Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine titles and rules. Housed in a custom slipcase of brown leather over cloth with gilt spine titles and five raised bands. Moderate wear to the edges, spine ends, and corners. Slightly skewed. Spine somewhat sunned. Previous owner's signature on the front flyleaf. Scattered foxing to endpapers and edges. A very good copy.

Blanck 14-15

92017

Frank T. Bullen. The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1898.

First edition. Octavo (8 x 5.25 inches; 203 x 133 mm.). xx, 379, [1] pp. With eight plates and a folding map.

Publisher's blue cloth, pictorial centerpiece (a sperm whale) stamped in gilt, smooth spine lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Except for some light wear to board extremities, a near-fine copy.

A beautiful copy of Bullen's celebrated account, and a serious contender for the premier American work on whaling before the canonization of Melville in the early twentieth century. Both books have been compared and contrasted -- and defenders of Bullen's account have sparred with fans of Moby Dick - ever since the publication of The Cruise of the "Cachalot" in 1898.

Wolff 916.

92018

[John Bunyan.] Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co., [n.d., circa 1870].

Small quarto. xliii, 354 pages. Illustrations by Charles H. Bennett. Portrait frontispiece.

Full leather with gilt titles and decorations and geometric borders stamped in black; dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed at extremities and along spine. Scratch to front board. A couple of smudges to preliminary and terminal blank pages. Generally, a very good copy.

92019

Robert Burns. Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: D. Brown & Co., 1909.

Facsimile edition of the original 1786 edition of Burns' poetry. Octavo. 240 pages. This facsimile edition was issued in stiff blue wraps. That edition has been here bound in full red leather, with gilt titles to spine and floral designs to spine and boards. Pages uncut. Leather rubbed along joints, and leather at foot of spine is torn and one corner piece is hanging on for dear life. Offsetting to free endpapers. Overall condition is only good, but binding is sturdy and pages are bright.

92020

Lord Byron (Charles Gordon Noel Byron). The Works of Lord Byron Including His Suppressed Poems, Complete in One Volume. Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1827.

First edition. Octavo. xlii (a short biography by J. W. Lake titled "The Life of Lord Byron"), 716 pages. Engraved portrait of Byron used as frontispiece.

Full leather binding with floral decoration stamped in blind and twin gilt rules on the front and rear boards. Titles stamped in gilt on the re-backed spine. Boards scuffed and worn at the corners. Spine scratched with wear at the ends. Marbled endpapers. Contents toned with scattered moderate to heavy foxing and staining throughout. Preliminary pages with tears and chips. Page v with old conservator's repair to paper. Various former owner's names in ink on the several of the preliminary pages. Binding and contents sound and in good condition.

92021

Sarah E. Carmichael. Poems. San Francisco: Towne and Bacon, 1866.

Presumed first edition. vi, 72 pages. "A brief selection, published by permission of the authoress, for private circulation."

Blue moiré cloth boards with gilt lettering. Yellow endpapers. Extremities worn. One-inch slit to head of spine along front joint. Very faint dampstaining along bottom edges of pages. Inked name on front free endpaper. Overall, very good.

Sarah Elizabeth Carmichael (1838-1901) was a Utah poet known in some quarters as "The Mormon Poetess." This much-heralded collection of poems, including one on the recent death of President Lincoln, attracted the admiring attention of Mark Twain and Bret Harte.

92022

Lewis Carroll. The Game of Logic. London: Macmillan and Co., 1887.

First edition. Small octavo. 96 pages. Diagrams throughout. Includes a tipped-in publisher's envelope containing the complete game set, consisting of the game's board and all nine markers (five gray, four pink).

Half bound in red gilt leather over red cloth. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Light wear to extremities. Foxing to blank pages adjacent to endpapers. A previous owner's contemporary inked name and address. Very good.

Ostensibly written for older children, this game of logic was devised by Lewis Carroll, who, as Charles Dodgson, was a respected lecturer of Mathematics at Oxford. An uncommon book in the first edition, particularly with a complete set of game pieces.

92023

Willa Cather. April Twilights, Poems. Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1903.

First edition. Twelvemo. 52 pages.

Brown paper over boards; paper title labels to spine and front cover. Spine and covers rubbed and worn; light dampstaining to front board. Some browning to title label on front cover. Head of spine chipped; foot of spine bumped. Good condition.

Author's first book and only published volume of verse.

92024

Willa Cather. Lucy Gayheart. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935.

First edition. Small octavo. 231 pages.

Green cloth with paper labels to spine and front cover. Edges of cloth lightly faded. Binding very slightly cocked. Dust jacket lightly chipped and rubbed at head and foot of spine. Very good.

92025

Willa Cather. My Ántonia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.

First edition. Small octavo. xiii, 418 pages. Illustrations by W. T. Benda.

Handsomely rebound in gilt-stamped quarter leather and cloth covered boards. All edges gilt. Fine condition.

92026

Willa Cather. My Mortal Enemy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.

First edition, second printing (the first appearance of this book in a trade edition, noted by illustrations appearing on yellow panels throughout). Octavo. 122 pages.

Black cloth over pale green decorated boards. Dulled gilt on spine. Endpapers tanned. A near fine copy in a very lightly chipped dust jacket, housed in a blue, yellow and black slipcase, crudely repaired with tape.

92027

Willa Cather. My Mortal Enemy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.

First edition, second printing (the first appearance of this book in a trade edition, noted by illustrations appearing on yellow panels throughout). Octavo. 122 pages.

Black cloth over pale green decorated boards. Dulled gilt on spine. Minor bump to bottom edge of binding. Endpapers tanned. Dust jacket has darkened and is lightly chipped. The spine and front panel of jacket is present but is neatly detached from back panel. Overall, a very good copy.

92028

Willa Cather. O Pioneers! Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.

First edition, first state (the period after the "o" in "Co." on spine touches the "o"). Octavo. 308 pages. Color illustration frontispiece ("Alexandra" by Clarence F. Underwood).

Yellow brown cloth with brown titles on spine and front cover. Covers and page edges lightly soiled. Binding is very slightly cocked. A very good copy in a handsome custom gilt-stamped red quarter leather and cloth slipcase with board chemise and ribbon pull.

92029

Willa Cather. Obscure Destinies. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. First edition, limited to 260 copies, of which this is number 117, signed by the author.

Tall octavo. 229 pages.

Quarter vellum and gold-flecked green paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine and gold and black title label on front cover. Top edge gilt. Uncut Nihon Japan vellum pages. Sewn-in green ribbon marker, fraying at end. A nick and a bump to fore-edge of front board. Bottom edge and extremities lightly worn. Green paper on front and back is faded from top to bottom where paper meets vellum spine. A very good copy in a soiled and splitting publisher's yellow slipcase.

92030

Willa Cather. The Professor's House. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925.

First edition, first printing, limited to 225 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 105. Octavo. 283 pages.

Pale green cloth backstrip with paper label and floral patterned paper over boards. Pages uncut. Top inch or so of boards darkened; spine sunned. Bookplate to front pastedown has offset to facing page. Else, very good.

92031

Willa Cather. Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition, limited to 520 copies, of which this is number 20, signed by the author.

Tall octavo. 295 pages.

Green cloth backstrip and green paper-covered boards. Gilt to spine, decorated front cover and top edge. Yellow ribbon marker sewn in. Uncut pages at fore-edge and bottom edge. Spine slightly sunned. Two corners lightly bumped. In soiled slipcase. Very good.

92032

Willa Cather. Shadows on the Rock - Signed Vellum Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931.

First edition printed on Shidzuoka Japan Vellum, limited to 199 copies, of which this is number 132, signed by the author. Tall octavo. 280 pages.

Full reddish-orange vellum with gold lettering, decorations and borders. Top edge gilt. Boards very slightly bowed. A fine copy in shards of a slipcase.

92033

Willa Cather. Shadows on the Rock. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition, limited to 619 copies, of which this is number 181, signed by Cather.

Octavo. 280 pages.

Publisher's marbled and beveled boards with gilt-stamped leather label to spine. Top edge gilt. Label is partially sunned. Otherwise, a near fine copy in chipped wrapper.

92034

Willa Cather. Shadows on the Rock. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1931.

First edition. Small octavo. 280 pages.

Full green cloth with paper labels to spine and front cover. Publisher's stain to top edge. Spine and top edge of cloth sunned. Dust jacket has a few chips to head and foot of darkened spine; one tape repair to reverse of jacket, not affecting obverse. Overall, very good condition.

92035

Willa Cather. The Song of the Lark. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1915].

Early edition matching points of the second issue of the first edition. Octavo. 489 pages.

Blue ribbed cloth with gilt-stamped titles and designs to spine and front cover. Publisher's gray/light blue stain to top edge. Light ink spot to bottom edge. Copy is tight and square. Overall, a very good copy in tape-repaired and heavily chipped dust jacket. Housed in a rubbed custom quarter leather box and chemise.

92036

Lot of Five Willa Cather First Editions, including: Obscure Destinies: Three Stories of the West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. First edition. Octavo. 230 pages. Original green cloth with titles printed on paper labels on the front board and spine. Edges of board and spine faded, with additional light wear mainly at the corners and spine ends. Contents sound. Price-clipped dust jacket worn at the edges, with the front panel detached from the spine, else complete. Very good. [And:] December Night: A Scene From Willa Cather's Novel 'Death Comes for the Archbishop'. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. First edition in this format. Octavo. Unpaginated. Original tan paper over boards with titles printed in brown on the front boards. Sound externally and internally in a jacket that has split in two at the spine, otherwise is complete. Very good. [And:] Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Original green cloth with titles printed on paper labels on the front board and spine. A nice copy in very good condition, in a price-clipped dust jacket. [And:] The Old Beauty and Others. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First edition. Octavo. 166 pages. Original brown cloth with titles and decoration in black on the front board and spine. Light shelf wear and light fading to boards, else a sound copy in a slightly worn jacket. Very good. [And:] Willa Cather in Europe: Her Own Story of the First Journey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First edition. Octavo. 178 pages. Original gray cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in blue on front cover and spine. Very good, in a price-clipped jacket.

92037

Lot of Two Willa Cather First Editions, including: April Twilights and Other Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First edition, limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by the author on a special limitation page bound in at rear. Octavo. 66 pages. Floral decorated paper over boards and vellum backstrip with titles stamped in black on the spine. Pages uncut and edges untrimmed. Spine slightly toned, otherwise a very good copy in the original badly repaired and worn slipcase. [And] Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Original green cloth with titles printed on paper labels on the front board and spine. A nice copy, in dust jacket in very good condition.

92038

Lot of Eight Books By or About Willa Cather, including: Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Original green cloth with titles printed on paper labels on the front board and spine. Hinges broken and binding loose otherwise a good reading copy in dust jacket. [And:] Willa Cather in Europe: Her Own Story of the First Journey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First edition. Octavo. 178 pages. Original gray cloth with titles and decoration in blue on the front board and spine. Very good in a price-clipped jacket. [And:] The Old Beauty and Others. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First edition. Octavo. 166 pages. Original brown cloth with titles and decoration in black on the front board and spine. Light shelf wear and light fading to boards else a sound copy in very good condition. [And:] Willa Cather on Writing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Second printing. Octavo. 126 pages. Original teal cloth with titles and decoration stamped in black on the front board and spine. Light shelf wear and sound contents, in a worn price-clipped dust jacket. Very good. [And:] E. K. Brown and Leon Edel. Willa Cather: A Critical Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Octavo. 351 pages. Original green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. [And:] Edith Lewis. Willa Cather Living. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Octavo. 197 pages. Decorated paper over boards with a green cloth backstrip and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Very good. [And:] Mildred R. Bennett. The World of Willa Cather. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1951. Third printing. Original maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. In a slightly worn dust jacket. Very good. [And:] John H. Randall III. The Landscape and the Looking Glass: Willa Cather's Search for Value. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. First edition. Octavo. 425 pages. Original gray cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Very good, in dust jacket.

92039

[Miguel de] Cervantes. The History of Don Quixote - Illustrated by Doré. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin , [n.d., circa 1869].

Folio. xxviii, 737 pages. Illustrations by Gustave Doré. Text edited by J. W. Clark. Biographical notice of Cervantes by T. Teignmouth Shore. Illustrations throughout, many of which are full-page.

Half bound in polished calf. Leather label, gilt stamping and raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Extremities worn and corners bumped. Leather worn on spine, particularly along joints; splitting along front joint. Head of spine pulling away from binding. Hinges repaired with blue tape. Rear hinge cracked at final printed page. Foxing to preliminary and terminal pages; otherwise, sheets are bright. A special gift inscription page (creased) has been inserted by a family member of a previous owner, dated 1869. Another gift inscription, this one in ink and dated 1923, is on the title page. Overall, good condition.

92040

Geoffrey Chaucer. The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.

First edition thus. Large octavo. xii, 607 pages plus ads. "Now first put into modern English by John S. P. Tatlock and Percy MacKaye." Illustrations by Warwick Goble.

Full blue cloth with gilt titles and elaborate pictorial gilt stamping to front board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Light wear to extremities; lower rear corner bumped. Plates vivid and bright. A beautiful book in very good or better condition.

92041

[Thomas Rowlandson, illustrator]. [William Combe]. The Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of the Picturesque: A Poem. [Together with:] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of Consolation: A Poem. [And:] The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of a Wife: A Poem. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1813, 1820, [1821].

Volumes I and II third editions; Volume III presumably first edition. Three quarto volumes. Volume I: Frontispiece; engraved, aquatint title-page, advertisement [iii] with advertisement to third edition, directions for plates leaf, [1]-276, with thirty-one aquatint plates, including frontispiece and title-page; Volume II: frontispiece, printed title-page with advertisement to third edition on reverse, introduction, directions for plates leaf, [1]-277, twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece; Volume III: frontispiece, aquatint engraved title-page, preface, directions for plates leaf, [1]-279, with twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates, including the frontispiece and title.

Beautiful Root and Son full dark blue morocco binding with covers decoratively panelled in gilt, spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in six compartments with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A beautiful set in fine condition, with only a hint of wear to the boards.

92042

Joseph Conrad. The Shadow-Line, A Confession. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1917.

First edition. Small octavo. 227 plus ads.

Publisher's decorated green cloth with gilt title on spine. Binding slightly cocked. Discreet bookstore sticker to rear pastedown. Very good.

92043

Joseph Conrad. Suspense. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925.

First English edition (the American edition was issued one day earlier). Octavo. ix, 303 pages plus ads. Introduction by Richard Curle. Portrait frontispiece.

Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind-stamped design to front board. Top edge stained green. Mild offsetting to endpapers. Laid in is the publisher's Autumn List of upcoming titles. A fine copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket.

Conrad's last novel, unfinished and published posthumously.

92044

Joseph Conrad Preface to The N***** of the "Narcissus" and a Signed Limited Preface to Simple Cooking Precepts for a Little House. A copy of Conrad's preface to The N***** of the "Narcissus", octavo, seven pages, bound with a single staple, slightly toned yet in very good condition; and a limited edition copy of the preface to Simple Cooking Precepts for a Little House, octavo, four pages, bound with two staples and boldly signed and numbered by Conrad on the title page. This copy is numbered "73". Fine. Both prefaces are contained in a chemise and inserted in a beautiful quarter leather slipcase.

92045

James Fenimore Cooper. The "Leather-Stocking" Tales. The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873.

Later omnibus edition. Octavo. 239, 174, 207, 199, and 189 pages, respectively.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt and black titles. Moderate shelf wear to the book. Light toning to the textblock edge. Overall in very good condition.

92046

William Cowper. The Poetical Works of William Cowper - In Three Volumes. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1863. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Three twelvemo volumes. xcvi,264; vi,307; xii, 386 pages. Portrait frontispiece.

Half bound in calf over marbled boards. Gilt-stamped lettering and decorations; labels and raised bands to spines. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather lightly rubbed and worn; head of spine of volume I lightly chipped. Paper boards rubbed; significant tears to paper on front board of volume I. Each volume has the bookplate of Ulysses S. Grant to front pastedown (from a gift of many books presented to him by the Citizens of Boston, in appreciation to his service to the country). Despite the cosmetic imperfections, a very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92047

George Crabbe. The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: with His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by His Son - In Eight Volumes. London: John Murray, 1853. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

"New edition." Eight twelvemo volumes (complete). Illustrated frontispieces and title pages. Index.

Full blue calf. Morocco labels and raised bands to spines. Gilt lettering, decorations, borders, filigree edges and turn-ins. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather is lightly worn, and a couple of boards are cloudy. Armorial bookplate in all volumes. Overall, a handsome set in very good condition.

George Crabbe (1754-1832) was an English poet and naturalist whose poetry was much-admired by Byron, and whose work "The Borough" was the inspiration for Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92048

Abbé Prévost D'Exiles. The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux. New York: The Heritage Press, 1935. Signed by the illustrator Pierre Brissaud.

First edition. Quarto. 155 pages. Signed by the illustrator Pierre Brissaud beneath the color lithograph serving as the frontispiece.

Tan leather spine with marbled boards and titles stamped in gilt on a leather spine label. Light wear to boards, contents bright. A fine copy in the issue slipcase. Slipcase is slightly sun-faded along the edges.

92049

Daniel De Foe. The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1856. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Six twelvemo volumes (complete). "With Prefaces and Notes, including those attributed to Sir Walter Scott." Portrait frontispiece in volume I.

Half bound in polished calf over marbled boards. Gilt spine and leather labels. Marbled endpapers and edges. Light wear and rubbing to leather; some scarring. Head of spine of volume VI chipped. Some abrasions to paper of front board of volume I. Offsetting to adjacent pages of frontispiece. Bookplate of Ulysses S. Grant to front pastedown of each volume (this set was part of the large gift of fine books from the Citizens of Boston presented to the general in thanks for his service to the country in 1866). Overall, very good. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92050

Walter de la Mare. Peacock Pie, A Book of Rhymes - The Limited Signed Edition. London: Constable & Company, [1924].

A special edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 10, signed by the author. Tall octavo. ix, 127 pages. Color illustrations by C. Lovat Fraser. Color frontispiece with tissue guard.

Publisher's off-white cloth backstrip and drab paper boards. Gilt-stamped mustard-colored title label to spine. Top edge gilt. Corners very lightly bumped. Title label rubbed. Pages unopened. Sheets bright, colors vivid. A near fine copy.

92051

[Thomas De Quincey]. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1823.

Second book edition. Twelvemo (6.75 x 4.25 inches; 171 x 108 mm.). iv, 206, [6, ads] pp.

Period-style full polished calf, single fillet border rolled in gilt, smooth spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt turn ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Printed paper bookplate of Howard Wallingford affixed to rear pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscription ("Geo. John Miller") to upper outer corner of second front flyleaf. Twentieth century gift inscription to first front flyleaf. A few instances of subtle light foxing, else a very good copy.

A handsome copy of this classic of English literature, De Quincey's first published work, and arguably the most famous work on drug addiction ever written. The highly imaginative and haunting prose in Confessions of an English Opium Eater was to have a profound impact on the work of Baudelaire, who borrowed from the work extensively, as well as modern writers like Jean Cocteau and William S. Burroughs, who re-popularized De Quincey in the later twentieth century.

NCBEL III, 1232. Sterling 229 and Tinker 817 (the first edition).

92052

Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey's Clock - In Three Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41.

First edition. Three large octavo volumes. iv, 306; vi, 228; vi, 426 pages. Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Illustrated frontispieces.

Original brown cloth with blind-and gilt-stamped decorations to spine and boards. Bindings are rubbed and worn, particularly at extremities. Boards and spines sunned. Dark one and one-half inch stain to front board of volume II. A couple of signatures hanging in by threads in volumes I and II. All bindings cocked. Volume III is from a different set, with no substantial differences from volumes I and II. Overall, a good set.

92053

Charles Dickens. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition (bound from the parts). Octavo. 190 pages. Illustrations by S. L. Fildes. Five of the original wrappers and advertisements from the original parts issue are bound in at the back.

Contemporary half green leather, ruled in gilt, over blue cloth boards. Spine decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with four raised bands and burgundy morocco gilt lettering label. Marbled edges and endpapers. Slight toning to spine, some light scuffing to boards, corners bumped and abraded. Contents toned, with moderate foxing scattered throughout. Very good. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92054

[Charles Dickens]. Our Young Folks. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868.

Issue 39, March 1838. Octavo. 320 pages plus advertisements.

Later half-leather binding with marbled boards, five raised spine bands, and gilt spine titles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Original orange printed wrappers bound-in. Minor shelf wear. Lightly bumped corners. Previous owner's bookplate and Dickens commemorative stamp affixed to the front pastedown. Very good condition.

Contains Dickens' "Holiday Romance" parts II, III, and IV.

92055

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: The Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1932. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition of a limited edition of 1,000 copies numbered and signed by John Harrison Stonehouse on a special limitation page bound in front of volume one. Two uniformly bound octavo volumes. xxix, 496; vii, 492. With forty-three illustrations by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss and 'Phiz'.

Contemporary three-quarter binding with titles stamped in gilt in compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Top edge gilt. Light shelf wear and soiling to boards otherwise quite handsome externally. Contents fresh. Very good.

This is a facsimile edition of Dickens' work with publisher's advertisements and facsimiles of the original blue wrap covers bound at the back of each volume. The Pickwick Papers were originally published in installments and it wasn't until 1837 that it was finally published in hardcover. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92056

Charles Dickens. The Works of Charles Dickens. New York: P. F. Collier, Publisher, [no date].

First edition, thus. Six quarto volumes. 1-588; 589-1183; 1-684; 685-1190; 1-582; 583-1182 pages. With about twenty illustrations in each volume.

Original green cloth richly ornamented and lettered in gilt, all edges dyed red. Moderate shelf wear to each volume especially the corners and spine ends. Gilt faded on the spines but with the exception of a few volumes remains mostly complete on the front boards. Most volumes with cracked hinges but bindings sound. A handsome collection of Dickens, worthy of restoration in overall good condition.

Includes Barnaby Rudge, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Pickwick Papers, Bleak House, Hard Times, Old Curiosity Shop, A Tale of Two Cities, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and others.

92057

Emily Dickinson. Mabel Loomis Todd and Millicent Todd Bingham [editors]. Bolts of Melody: New Poems of Emily Dickinson. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1945. James Cagney's person copy.

First edition. James Cagney's person copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown and small card with autograph note paper clipped to the front free endpaper: "Dear Jim/ We were just thinking/ about you. Best always,/ Robie and Kay". Octavo. 352 pages.

Original green cloth lettered in gilt. Boards with some soiling and shelf wear. Contents sound. Dust jacket chipped with several small closed tears, small area of loss at the head of the spine and tape repairs on the spine.

92058

Austin Dobson. The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892.

Large Paper Edition of 450 copies, of which this is number 330. Octavo. 89 pages. Fifty illustrations by Hugh Thomson.

Full light purple cloth with paper label to spine. All edges untrimmed. Cloth faded with cup ring to front board. Lettering on label rubbed. Contents bright. Overall, very good.

92059

John Dryden. The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq. - In Six Volumes. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1762. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Six twelvemo volumes (complete). Illustrations throughout. Frontispieces in volumes I-V. Blank leaves between plays lacking.

Half bound in black leather over marbled boards. Spines decorated and lettered in gilt. General wear along edges. Toning and foxing throughout. A handsome set in very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92060

John Dryden. The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq., Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations - In Four Volumes. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1767. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Four twelvemo volumes (complete). xvi, 286; 368; 334; 379 pages.

Half bound in polished calf over marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decorations; leather labels and raised bands to spines. Tips of all corners lightly worn. Overall, this handsome set is in near fine condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92061

George Elliot. The Mill on the Floss. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1860.

First American edition. Octavo. 464 pages with four pages of publisher's ads at end.

Original pebbled brown cloth with stamped "H&B" on both covers. Spine bears blindstamped bands, with gilt lettering. Skewed spine with minor wear to spine ends and corner tips. Mild foxing throughout; small tear to initial flyleaf. Published the same year as the English first edition, this copy is in very good condition.

92062

George Eliot. Novels of George Eliot - Eight Volumes Bound in Seven. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, [n.d., except on volumes VII and VIII, dated 1887). From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Seven octavo volumes (complete). Some novels illustrated. Illustrated title pages. Works in this set include: Adam Bede. Illustrated. [and:] Mill on the Floss. Illustrated. [and:] Silas Marner. [and:] Scenes of Clerical Life. "Stereotyped Edition." [and:] Felix Holt the Radical. Illustrated. "Stereotyped Edition." [and:] Romola. "Stereotyped Edition." [and:] Middlemarch. "New Edition." 1887. [and:] Daniel Deronda. "New Edition." 1887.

All volumes uniformly bound in polished calf over marbled boards. Gilt-stamped lettering and decorations to spine; morocco labels. Endpapers and edges marbled. Some joints weak. Bookplate to front pastedown of all volumes. Overall, a very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92063

Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Boston New York: The Jefferson Press, [nd].

Deluxe edition. Five octavo volumes. 423, 604, 574, 554, and 322 pages, respectively.

Publisher's crimson cloth with cream paper spine labels lettered in black. Top edges gilt. Moderate shelf wear and light dust-soiling to the boards. Textblock edges somewhat toned. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper of all volumes. Overall, a very good set of essays, speeches, and poetry from one of the finest American minds in history.

92064

Euripides. The Nineteen Tragedies and Fragments of Euripides. London: John Walker, 1809. From the library of Glenn Ford.

"A new edition, corrected throughout by the translator." Three octavo volumes (complete). xvi, 508; 502; 472 pages. Translated by Michael Wodhull. Engraved portrait of Wodhull pasted onto to a preliminary blank page. Index.

Full calf with gilt-stamped morocco labels. Marbled endpapers. All edges stained red. Leather rubbed and worn along edges. Light foxing to pages. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92065

L. Coelius Firmiani. Opera Quae Extant. Cum Selectis Variorum Commentariis Opera et Studio Serva Tii Gallaei. Lugd. Batavorum (Leyden>: Apud Franciscum Hackium: & Petrum Leffen, 1660.

First edition (?). Octavo. [28], 938, [76, index] pages. Engraved title.

Contemporary full mottled calf, lettered in gilt on the spine. Edges speckled red. Binding defective and in need of repair, worn and with both boards detached and some sheets loose (a few detached) from the text block. Sheets are very good and supple, with just light foxing and toning. Altogether, a very nice copy of this seventeenth-century work in an appropriate binding that could use some attention. A good copy only of the binding, text is very good.

92066

Robert Frost. Three Booklets in Wrappers, including: Robert Frost Issue of The New Hampshire Troubadour - November, 1946 - Volume XVI, Number 8. Concord, New Hampshire: [Rumford Press.] 1946. First edition. Twelvemo. 31 pages. Illustrated with photographs, including a portrait of Frost in Dartmouth College's Baker Library by David Pierce; also, one woodcut by J. J. Lankes. Stapled wraps. Fine condition. This issue of an all-things-New Hampshire glossy magazine is devoted entirely to Robert Frost, guest-edited by Herbert F. West. Appearing in this little magazine are three Frost poems, including the heretofore unpublished "Our Getaway." Also included are essays by West, Stearns Morse, Ernest Poole, Sylvia Clark, Sidney Cox, Donald Bartlett, and David Lambuth. A rarely-encountered item, not cited in Crane. [and:] "Does No One But Me At All Ever Feel This Way in the Least" - Frost's Personal 1952 "Christmas Card." [New York: The Spiral Press, 1952.] First edition, this copy being one of Frost's 495 specially-printed personal "Christmas Cards." Twelvemo. Unpaginated (four printed pages). Drawings by Howard Cook. Stapled wrappers. Fine condition. This copy comes with Frost's apologia laid in; printed on a small card is this message from the author: "This Christmas poem, though not isolationist, is so dangerously near isolationist, it was thought better to send it out for Independence Day instead of Christmas." Appearing at the bottom of the card in Frost's hand is "R. F. July, 4 '53." [Crane B24] [and:] The Lone Striker. New York: Alfred A. Knopf [1933]. First edition of 2,000 copies (per Crane). Small octavo. Three printed pages. Stitched wrappers. One crease to preliminary blank page; otherwise, this is a fine copy in original envelope. Number 8 of the Borzoi Chap Books. Designed by and cover art by W. A. Dwiggins. Printed at the Plimpton Press. [Crane A17]

92067

Robert Frost. Seven Frost-Related Titles, including: Robert Frost. From Snow to Snow. New York: Henry Holt & Company, [1936]. In chipped dust jacket. [and:] Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, [1945]. First edition in lightly chipped jacket. [and:] Robert Frost. In the Clearing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1962]. First edition in dust jacket. [and:] Edward Connery Lathem [editor]. The Poetry of Robert Frost. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1967]. First edition. [and:] Elaine Barry [editor]. Robert Frost On Writing. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1973]. First edition in jacket. [and:] Richard Thornton. Recognition of Robert Frost, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1937]. First edition in jacket. [and:] Lesley Frost. New Hampshire's Child, The Derry Journals of Lesley Frost. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1969. First edition in jacket. Inscribed by Lesley Frost, eldest daughter of Robert Frost. All copies in publisher's cloth, and all in very good or better condition.

92068

Thomas Fuller. The History of the Worthies of England: Endeavoured by Thomas Fuller, D.D.. First Printed in 1662. A New Edition, with a few explanatory notes, by John Nichols. In two volumes. Vol. I [II]. [London]: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, et. al., 1811.

New edition. Two large quarto volumes bound in one. 596; 619 pages. Two title pages. Index. Volume I with engraved frontispiece portrait of Thomas Fuller.

In a contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards binding that has been rebacked, and is now out of its case and requires a bit of restoration. Binding worn and rubbed, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Aside from a bit of foxing and offsetting to title, frontis and preliminary leaves, text block is very clean. A good copy only, wanting some repair.

92069

The Works of John Gay in Four Volumes, Bound Uniformly in Tree Calf.

Volumes I and II: Poems on Several Occasions, in Two Volumes. London: W. Strahan, et al., 1775. Two twelvemo volumes. 260; 272 pages. Illustrated with engravings throughout. Bound in full tree calf which is rubbed and heavily worn along edges. Rebacked. Gilt-stamped leather label to spines. Foxing to endpapers and to most pages surrounding illustrations. The first signature of volume I is very loose but not quite detached. Both volumes are ex-library copies with expected markings to spines, pockets to front pastedowns, tipped-in "date due" slip to front free endpapers, and embossed seals to a few preliminary pages. [and:] Volumes III and IV: The Miscellaneous Works, in Two Volumes. London: John Bell, 1773. Two twelvemo volumes. 271; 233 plus publisher's ads in both volumes. Bound in full tree calf, rubbed and heavily worn along edges. Rebacked. Gilt-stamped leather label to spines. Foxing throughout, especially in volume IV of the set. Both ex-library copies, with the expected markings, though fairly unobtrusive. A handsome set of books, in good to very good condition.

92070

Jean Genet. Three Books from Grove Press, including: Our Lady of the Flowers. New York: Grove Press, [1963] Third American printing. Octavo. 318 pages. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] The Thief's Journal. New York: Grove Press, [1964]. First American edition, first printing. Octavo. 268 pages. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] Miracle of the Rose. New York: Grove Press, [1966]. First American edition, first printing. Octavo. 344 pages. Fine in lightly bumped dust jacket.

92071

Allen Ginsberg. Iron Horse - Signed. San Francisco: City Light Books, 1974.

54 pages. Metallic colored cover, paper wraps. 8" x 5.5". Signed: "Allen Ginsberg 5/24/88" on the title page.

This City Lights Edition has a depiction of a train on the cover and each page inside has a muted picture of the same locomotive in the background behind the text.

Iron Horse is one of the lesser known works by the author who produced one of the iconic poems of the "Beat Generation," Howl. In fine condition; metallic ink on cover lightly rubbed; signature and date slightly smudged but still quite dark and legible; corners bumped and rounded.

92072

A. B. Guthrie, Jr. The Way West. New York: William Sloane Associates, [1949].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 340 pages.

Publisher's gray and blue cloth binding. Light wear to head and foot of spine. Some age-toning to endpapers. Overall, a near fine copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. Signed by Guthrie on the front free endpaper.

92073

H. Rider Haggard. Allan Quatermain. Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Bart., Commander John Good, R. N. and One Umslopogaas. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887.

First edition. Twelvemo. 278 pages. Illustrated with nineteen black and white plates. Frontispiece.

Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate shelf wear. Bump to top of boards. Rubbed and bumped corners. Spine skewed and sunned to a brown hue. Front hinge tender. Walter Kahoe's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Overall, good condition.

92074

Lot of Five First Editions by H. Rider Haggard Books.

Eric Brighteyes. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Illustrations by Lancelot Speed. Good. [and:] The Last Boer War. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1899. First edition. Original illustrated wrappers. Binding cocked and fragile; front cover pulling away from spine. Previous owner's penciled name on front cover. Good condition. [and:] Stella Fregelius, A Tale of Three Destinies. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Good. [and:] Ayesha, The Return of She. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Bookplate, sunned spine. Good condition. [and:] The Lady of Blossholme. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. First edition. In publisher's iIlustrated boards. Color plates. Good.

92075

Lot of Five H. Rider Haggard Novels, Most First Editions, including: The Wizard. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. First edition. Publisher's decorated cloth. Good. [and:] Lysbeth, A Tale of the Dutch. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. First edition. Pictorial cloth. A beautiful copy in near fine condition. [and:] The Way of the Spirit. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1906. First edition. Good. [and:] The Mahatma and the Hare, A Dream Story. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. First edition. With 12 illustrations by W. T. Horton and H. M. Brock. An attractive copy in publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth, slightly cocked. Very good. [and:] Red Eve. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. Illustrations by Arthur C. Michael. Good.

92076

Lot of Five H. Rider Haggard Non-Fiction Books.

Titles include: Rural England, Being an Account of Agricultural and Social Researches Carried Out in the Years 1901 & 1902. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. First edition. Two octavo volumes. xxv, 584, plus 40 pages of ads; 623 pages. Photographs. Maps. Index. Publisher's cloth with gilt titles. Boards rubbed; spines faded. Heavy scattered foxing. Generally, very good condition. [and:] The Poor and the Land, Being a Report on the Salvation Army Colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England with Scheme of National Land Settlement. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First edition. Small octavo. xli, 157 pages. Photographs. Publisher's red cloth. Sunned spine. Spotting to top edge. Bookplate. Very good. [and:] A Gardener's Year. London: Longman's, Green, and Co., 1905. First edition. Octavo. xii, 404 pages, plus 40 pages of ads. Photographs, fold-out garden plan. Publisher's cloth with gilt titles. Sunned spine and faded boards. Generally, very good. [and:] Rural Denmark and Its Lessons. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911. First edition. Octavo. xi, 335 pages. Photographs. Index. Rebound half leather with gilt titles and decorations; original wrappers pasted on to terminal pages. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine has darkened. Very good.

92077

Lot of Ten H. Rider Haggard Books, By and About Him, including: H. Rider Haggard. A Winter Pilgrimage, Being an Account of Travels Through Palestine, Italy, and the Island of Cyprus, Accomplished in the Year 1900. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. Reprint. Good condition in dust jacket. [and:] H. Rider Haggard. Cetywayo and His White Neighbours; or, Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co.. 1891. Fourth edition. Very good. [and:] H. Rider Haggard. The Days of My Life, An Autobiography. London: Longman's Green and Co., 1926. First edition. In two volumes. Good. [and:] H. Rider Haggard. Regeneration, Being an Account of the Social Work of the Salvation Army in Great Britain. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1910. Good. [and:] Lilias Rider Haggard. The Cloak That I Left, A Biography of the Author Henry Rider Haggard, K.B.E. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1951]. First edition. A biography of Haggard by his daughter. Very good in tape-repaired dust jacket. [and:] George L. McKay. A Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Rider Haggard. London: The Bookman's Journal, 1930. Edition limited to 475 numbered copies (this copy is not numbered). The Earl of Belmore's copy, with his inked name on front free endpaper. Generally very good. [and:] J. E. Scott. A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1856-1925. Takeley: Elkin Mathews, 1947. Good. [and:] Morton Cohen. Rider Haggard, His Life and Works. London: Hutchinson, [1960]. First edition. Very good in dust jacket. [and:] Morton Cohen. Rudyard Kipling to Rider Haggard, The Record of a Friendship. Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [1965]. First edition. Very good in dust jacket.

92078

Lot of Ten H. Rider Haggard Novels, including: Morning Star. [and:] Allan and the Holy Flower. [and:] Finished. [and:] The Ancient Allan. [and:] Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales. [and:] Wisdom's Daughter, The Life and Love Story of She-Who-Must-be-Obeyed. [and:] Heu-Heu or The Monster. [and:] Queen of the Dawn, A Love Tale of Old Egypt. [and:] Marion Isle. [and:] Belshazzar. All copies are in this lot were published in New York between 1910 and 1930, and all are in good condition.

92079

H. Rider Haggard. Lot of Twelve Titles, Most of Which are First Editions.

All books are in generally good condition. Titles include: Allan and the Ice-Gods, A Tale of Beginnings. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First edition. [and:] Allan the Hunter, A Tale of Three Lions. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, [1898]. (Includes "Prince: Another Lion"). [and:] Benita, An African Romance. London, Paris, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1906. Illustrations by Gordon Browne. First edition. [and:] Doctor Therne. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First edition (with patterned endpapers). [and:] Doctor Therne. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First edition. [and:] The Ghost Kings. London, Paris, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1908. Illustrations by A. C. Michaels. First edition. [and:] Joan Haste. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [and:] Maiwa's Revenge; or, The War of the Little Hand. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888. [and:] Margaret. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907. First edition. [and:] Queen Sheba's Ring. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1910. Illustrated by Sigurd Schou. [and:] The Spirit of Bambatse, A Romance. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. First edition. [and:] Treasure of the Lake. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First edition.

92080

Lot of 29 H. Rider Haggard Novels.

The following are reading copies, mostly later editions, published between 1886 and 1928. All are in good condition, unless otherwise noted. Titles include: King Solomon's Mines (this copy in poor condition with back board and spine almost detached). [and:] A Farmer's Year. [and:] Cleopatra. [and:] Nada the Lily. [and:] Colonel Quaritch, V. C., A Tale of Country Life. [and:] The World's Desire, written with Andrew Lang. [and:] Love Eternal. [and:] The Ivory Child. [and:] Moon of Israel, A Tale of the Exodus. [and:] The People of the Mist. [and:] The Brethren. [and:] Pearl-Maiden, A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem. [and:] Swallow, A Tale of the Greek Trek. [and:] She and Allan. [and:] Allan's Wife and Other Tales. [and:] Montezuma's Daughter. [and:] The Wanderer's Necklace. [and:] When the World Shook. [and:] Jess. [and:] The Virgin of the Sun. [and:] She. [and:] Elissa, The Doom of Zimbabwe/Black Heart and White Heart. [and:] Beatrice. [and:] Dawn. [and:] Child of Storm. [and:] Mr. Meeson's Will. [and:] Heart of the World. [and:] The Witch's Head. [and:] Marie, An Episode in the Life of the late Allan Quartermain.

92081

Lucretia Hale. The Peterkin Papers. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1880.

First edition. Twelvemo. 246 pages. Eight black and white illustrations with tissue guards.

Publisher's green cloth with black and gilt titles and decorations. Housed in a custom slipcase of green leather over green cloth with gilt spine titles and five raised bands. Moderate wear to the extremities. Rubbed corners and boards. Front hinge starting. Bookplate on front pastedown and previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Overall, a very good copy.

Appeared serially as early as 1868 in Our Young Folks and later, beginning in 1874, in St. Nicholas. Received at the Library of Congress November 18, 1880.

Blanck 52

92082

Anonymous [John Arthur Hamilton]. The MS. in a Red Box. New York: John Lane, 1903.

First American edition. Octavo. x, 328 pages. Folding map. Publisher's Note.

Publisher's pictorial blue cloth. Light wear along spine ends and joints. Inked name on first free endpaper. Very good condition.

Submitted to John Lane without name or title, a manuscript arrived in a red box, and after a fruitless attempt to find the author, this book was published attributed to an unknown author. The publisher's note, printed in red, precedes the novel.

92083

Bret Harte. Poems. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. with a three-page ALS tipped in.

First edition, later printing, with a three-page ALS tipped in on the recto of the front flyleaf. Twelvemo (6.75 x 4.5 inches; 172 x 117 mm.). 152 pages.

Near-contemporary full red morocco, single fillet border rolled in gilt and an inner border also in gilt comprising floral tools and a dotted pattern, centerpiece diamond comprising floral tools stamped in gilt (surrounding "POEMS" stamped in gilt, vertically, on front board; and a gilt flower tool with blue onlays, on rear board), spine tooled in gilt in compartments, gilt brown and green morocco lettering pieces, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Twentieth century gift inscription on second front flyleaf recto. A very good copy.

A lovely copy of one of Harte's most charming collections, and a superlative example of late nineteenth century regional poetry as much as it is an exemplar of Western Americana. This copy with a three-page ALS written in purple ink on Harte's personal stationary, dated July 23, 1880, and sent from London to "My dear Black" (novelist William Black) at the very beginning of Harte's five-year tenure at the Consulate at Glasgow. In the letter Harte playfully describes "a Macbeth Day" complete with visits to Glamis Castle and the "outrageously pleasant" Burnham Wood.

BAL 7253.

92084

Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852.

First American edition, possibly "issued simultaneously" with the London edition of 1851, according to BAL. Twelvemo (7.1875 x 4.5 inches; 183 x 114 mm.). 273, [1, blank] pp.

Publisher's brown cloth, boards stamped in blind, smooth spine lettered in gilt in blind-ruled compartments, pale yellow coated endpapers. A few instances of light marginal spotting. Shelf wear to board edges, with some bits of loss to corners. Front free endpaper lacking. Upper front joint starting, but board still holding tight. Overall a very good copy of this classic of American literature.

92085

Alice Caldwell Hegan. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. New York: The Century Co., 1901.

First edition. Twelvemo. 153 pages.

Original green cloth, with pictorial front cover stamped in black, red and gold. Gilt titles. Minor rubbing to extremities. Binding slightly cocked. Cracking at one signature. Overall, very good. Housed in a custom quarter leather box with chemise.

92086

Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.

First edition. Octavo. 517 pages. Numerous illustrations.

Publisher's black-cloth binding with gilt lettering, decorations, and facsimile signature. Reproduction dust jacket. The book is in good condition with moderate wear and some acidification in the paper. Covers are beginning to loosen. Dust jacket is fine.

Published in 1932, Death in the Afternoon was Hemingway's first non-fiction book. Referring to the traditions of Spanish bullfighting, he pointed out that "anything capable of arousing passion in its favor will surely raise as much passion against it."

92087

Ernest Hemingway. The First Publication of A Farewell to Arms in Scribner's Magazine. New York: Scribner's, 1929.

The first publication of Hemingway's second novel, in six issues of Scriber's magazine for May through October 1929, LXXV, Number 5 through LXXVI, Number 4. Octavo. With cover illustrations by Rockwell Kent.

All issued in overall good condition with some fading to spines with light soiling and chipping to the edges. The May issue has had the top 25% of the cover clipped, but the contents remain unaffected. Ex-library copy, with ink stamp to front wrapper of several issues. Housed in an attractive clam shell case with titles stamped in gilt on a morocco spine label.

92088

Seven Books By and About Ernest Hemingway, including: Ernest Hemingway. For Whom the Bell Tolls. [and:] Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man and The Sea. Book club edition. [and:] Ernest Hemingway. The Hemingway Reader. In heavily chipped dust jacket.[and:] Carlos Baker. Ernest Hemingway, A Life Story. Dust jacket. [and:] A. E. Hotchner. Papa Hemingway, A Personal Memoir. Uncorrected proof copy of English edition, in softcover. [and:] William McCranor Henderson. I Killed Hemingway, A Novel. First edition in jacket. [and:] Michael S. Reynolds. Hemingway's First War: The Making of "A Farewell to Arms." Second edition in jacket. All books are in good or better condition.

92089

G. A. Henty, editor. Yule Logs. Longman's Christmas Annual for 1898. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898.

First edition. Octavo. 430 pages. Sixty-one illustrations.

Original red cloth with pictorial vignettes stamped in gilt on the front board and spine and titles in white. Top edge gilt. Boards worn at the spine ends, extremities, and corners. Contents sound. Very good.

92090

Lot of Nine Adventure Novels For Boys by G. A. Henty, All In Beautiful Pictorial Bindings, including: Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main. London/New York: Blackie & Son/Charles Scribner's Sons, [n.d., 1883]. Blue pictorial cloth. Slightly cocked; otherwise, a near fine copy. [and:] True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., [n.d., written 1885]. Later reprint. Blue pictorial cloth. Faded spots to spine. Pages brittle. Good. [and:] The Dragon and the Raven, or, The Days of King Alfred. New York: Scribner and Welford, [n.d., written 1886]. Red pictorial cloth. Neat gift inscription dated 1891. Fine. [and:] For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem. New York: Scribner and Welford, [n.d., 1888]. Blue-green pictorial cloth. Some gilt dulled on spine. Light wear to head and foot of spine. Neat gift inscription dated 1889. Overall, a near fine copy.[and:] The Cat of the Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt. New York: Scribner and Welford, [n.d., 1889].Green pictorial cloth. Neat gift inscription dated 1889. Near fine. [and:] Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War. New York: Scribner and Welford, [n.d., 1890]. Red pictorial cloth. Neat gift inscription dated 1890. Fine. [and:] A Chapter of Adventures, or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria. Toronto: Coop Clark Co. and William Briggs, [n.d., written 1891). Brown decorated cloth. Front board slightly bowed. Foxing throughout. Neat gift inscription dated 1917. Overall, very good. [and:] At Agincourt: A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris. London: Blackie & Son, 1897. First edition. Green pictorial cloth (the areas decorated in white are fading a bit). Near fine.[and:] The Treasure of the Incas: A Tale of Adventures in Peru. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First American edition. Blue pictorial cloth. Fairly inconspicuous water stain to outside of front board. Light wear to rear hinge. Neat gift inscription dated 1902. A near fine copy. A lovely collection of books that apparently belonged to one boy, whose name appears in most of these volumes, and who took very good care of his books.

92091

James Hilton. Good-bye, Mr. Chips. [London:] Hodder & Stoughton, 1934.

First edition. Octavo. 127 pages. Jacket design, endpapers and four illustrations by Bip Pares.

Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Pages bright. Very slightly cocked; otherwise, a fine copy in a dust jacket which is rubbed and worn along edges and is neatly repaired on reverse. Housed in a custom quarter leather and gilt-stamped box.

92092

G. Whitney Hoff. Lettres Autographes Composant la Collection de Madame Grace. Whitney Hoff. Paris: Pierre Cornuau / Pierre la Brely, 1934.

Edition limited to 200 copies, of which this is number 120. Folio. 118 pages. Numerous facsimiles of letters. Text in French.

Full gilt-stamped cloth. Boards faded. Front hinge cracked; binding loose. Library discard with bookplate to front pastedown. Contents generally bright. Good or better.

92093

Oliver Wendell Holmes. Poems. Boston/New York: Otis, Broaders, and Company/George Dearborn and Company, 1836.

First edition. Small octavo. xiv, 163 pages.

Deluxe Rivière binding in full black morocco with gilt titles and ornate gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Red silk moiré endpapers. Minor rubbing to spine and raised bands. Overall, a near fine copy.

92094

Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, His Talks With His Fellow-Boarders and the Reader. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872.

First edition. 418 pages. Illustrated frontispiece. Index.

Publisher's maroon beveled cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and gilt winged urn to front board. Sunned spine is chipped at head and foot. Some sunning to rear board. Wear to tips. Scattered foxing. Inked gift inscription to a preliminary blank page. Good to very good.

92095

Lot of Three Volumes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: The Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table. [and:] The Poet at the Breakfast-Table. [and:] The Professor at the Breakfast-Table. All volumes published in London by J. M. Dent & Co. in 1902, and all are illustrated by H. M. Brock. The three twelvemo volumes are uniformly bound in full green calf, with gilt titles and gilt floral decorations. All edges gilt. Spines and borders of front and rear boards have darkened. Light wear to spine ends and corners. Contents tight and bright. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92096

William Dean Howells. A Boy's Town Described for Harper's Young People. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. With a one-page ALS laid in.

First edition, first state, with a one-page ALS laid in. Octavo (7.3125 x 4.875 inches; 186 x 124 mm.). [2], vi, 247, [1, blank] pp. With intertextual vignettes and twenty-three plates.

Publisher's blue-green cloth, front border with elaborate border stamped in silver around side title and Howell's facsimile signature stamped in gilt, spine with a similar motif stamped in silver and lettered in gilt. Small twentieth century bookplate ("Soule") affixed to front pastedown. Some light shelf wear to board edges, otherwise a near-fine copy chemised in a gilt quarter green morocco slipcase.

A lovely copy of one of Harte's most delightful reminiscences, and a classic of children's literature. This copy with a one-page ALS written in black ink, dated April 12, 1890, and sent from Boston to a "Mr. Turner." In the letter Howells inquires about renting a cottage for the summer.

BAL 9654. Peter Parley to Penrod, 92.

92097

William D. Howells. The Rise of Silas Lapham. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1885.

First edition, first state of boxed ads. Twelvemo. 515 pages.

Publisher's brown cloth with gilt and black titles and decorations. Housed in a slipcase of brown leather over brown cloth with gilt spine titles and five raised bands. Moderate wear to the extremities. Bumped corners. Light rubbing to the rear board. Textblock edges slightly toned. Internal contents bright and clean. A beautiful first state copy in very good condition.

Interestingly, a bookplate reading "From the Library of Robert Louis Stevenson" is affixed to the front pastedown, most likely from a previous auction of that great author's books.

BAL 9619

92098

Charles Bradford Hudson. The Crimson Conquest. A Romance of Pizarro and Peru. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1907.

First edition. Octavo. 454 pages. Color frontispiece by J. C. Leyendecker.

Original pictorial cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Light shelf wear to boards; internal contents slightly toned, otherwise a very good copy.

92099

W. H. Hudson. Green Mansions. Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, no date.

First edition. Quarto. 269 pages. With original lithographs by John de Martelly in text.

Original decorative paper over boards with light blue cloth back strip and titles printed in green on a paper label affixed to the spine. Top edge green. Cloth spine moderately browned otherwise light shelf wear to boards. Contents sound. In slipcase as issued. Slipcase is toned at the edges and there is some damage at the spine ends.

92100

Leigh Hunt. The Seer; or, Common-Places Refreshed. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1864.

First American edition. Two small octavo volumes. viii, 334; iv, 290 pages.

Publisher's gilt-stamped purple cloth. Top edges gilt. Light wear to boards. Spines have darkened and spine ends are worn. Overall, a very good set.

92101

Aldous Huxley. Apennine - Limited Signed Edition. Gaylordsville: The Slide Mountain Press, 1930.

Special edition of "Ninety-one copies printed and bound by James & Hilda Wells," of which this is number 13, signed by Aldous Huxley. Quarto. Pages unnumbered. Huxley's one-page poem accompanied by one full-page illustration by George Macrum. Tipped to title page is an Erratum sheet, consisting only of the letter "O" (rather embarrassingly, Aldous Huxley's name was misspelled as "Aldus on the title page).

Bound in gold and red patterned foil-covered boards; cloth backstrip with paper label. Handmade paper. A fine copy in lightly chipped glassine wrapper. In foxed and darkened pictorial slipcase.

92102

Washington Irving. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville U.S.A. in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West - Digested From His Journal and Illustrated From Various Other Sources. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.

The Pawnee Edition. Two octavo volumes, complete. xxvi, 339; xii, 237 pages. Numerous illustrations. Fold-out map.

White cloth with lettering and decorations stamped in maroon and gold. Top edges gilt. Inked name in both books. Fine.

92103

G. P. R. James. Corse de Leon; or, The Brigand. A Romance. Paris: A. and W. Galignani and Co., 1841. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Octavo. 348 pages. Text in English.

Quarter bound polished calf and marbled paper boards. Gilt spine. Head of spine chipped. Extremities rubbed; corners worn. Foxing throughout. Overall, very good. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92104

Gertrude Jekyll and George S. Elgood. Some English Gardens. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1905.

Third edition. Small folio. xii, 130 page. Text by Gertrude Jekyll, Fifty color plates, from watercolors by George S. Elgood.

Full blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Some scuffing to covers; corners bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very good condition.

92105

Willard Rouse Jillson. The Boone Narrative, The Story of the Origin and Discovery Coupled With the Reproduction in Facsimile of a Rare Item of Early Kentuckiana to Which is Appended a Sketch of Boone and a Bibliography of 238 Titles. Louisville: The Standard Printing Company, 1932.

First edition (1000 copies printed). Octavo. 61 pages. Illustrated frontispiece of Daniel Boone.

Wraps (lacking outer wrappers).Some pages unopened. Some minor soiling to outer pages, but generally, pages are bright. Despite the lack of wrappers, this item is in very good condition.

92106

Owen Johnson. The Tennessee Shad, Chronicling the Rise and Fall of the Firm of Doc Macnooder and the Tennessee Shad. New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911.

First edition. Small octavo. 307 pages plus advertisements. Illustrations by F. R. Gruger. Frontispiece.

Crimson cloth with black and white pictorial spine and front cover. Page containing frontispiece with tissue guard is detached, but present. Hinges cracked but sturdy. Decorated covers are bright and beautiful. Overall, this is a very good copy in a chipped and worn dust jacket; jacket is in three pieces, split along the front flap and the rear joint. Housed in a striking gilt-stamped red quarter leather and cloth custom box and chemise.

One of Johnson's "Lawrenceville Stories" in which the exuberant prep school boys continue to wreak havoc.

92107

Samuel Johnson. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D - A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy. London: Nichols and Son, et al., 1816. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Twelve octavo volumes. Portrait frontispiece. Index.

Full mottled calf. Heavy gilt spines with raised bands and leather labels. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather rubbed and worn. Foxing throughout. A very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92108

Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First Version of Edward Fitzgerald. London: The Folio Society, 1955.

First printing of the Folio Society. Sixteenmo. Unpaginated.

Beautifully embroidered cloth over boards. Boards slightly warped, otherwise a fine copy in the original gold box as issued.

92109

Aline Kilmer. Hunting a Hair Shirt and Other Spiritual Adventures. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.

First edition. Octavo. 105 pages.

Orange cloth back strip with black paper over boards. Titles in black on orange labels on the front board and spine. Light shelf wear. Contents slightly toned. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown. Dust jacket toned, especially on the spine, with closed tears and some soiling. Very good.

92110

Rudyard Kipling. Brazilian Sketches. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940.

First edition. Octavo. 115 pages.

Original blue cloth with Kipling's initials stamped in blind on the front board and titles in gilt on the spine. Top edge green. Edges untrimmed. Foxing and toning to the preliminary and terminal pastedowns and endpapers. Former owner's book plate tipped on the front pastedown. Dust jacket foxed on the reverse side, else a near fine copy.

92111

Rudyard Kipling. Limits and Renewals. London: Macmillan and Co., 1932.

First edition. Octavo. viii, 400 pages.

Publisher's gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Top edge gilt. Near fine in dust jacket.

92112

Rudyard Kipling. Limits and Renewals. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932.

First edition. Octavo. 371 pages.

Original black cloth with embossed ship design on the front board and titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Top edge blue. Contents slightly toned with light foxing to fore-edge. Price-clipped dust jacket foxed with closed tears along the edges. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

Includes ten previously unpublished short stories and nineteen verses.

92113

Large Lot of Eleven Books By or About Rudyard Kipling including Will M. Clemens. A Ken of Kipling. New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1899. First edition. Twelvemo. 137 pages. [and] Edward Shanks. Rudyard Kipling: A Study in Literature and Political Ideas. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. First edition. Octavo. 267 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Philip Mason. Kipling: The Glass, the Shadow and the Fire. New York: Harper & Row, 1975. First edition. 334 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] John Gross, editor. The Age of Kipling. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. First edition. Quarto. 178 pages. Very good in a slightly tatty dust jacket. [and] Rudyard Kipling. The Maltese Cat: A Polo Game of the 'Nineties. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. First edition as illustrated by Lionel Edwards. Octavo. 91 pages. Very good in a dust jacket and the original slipcase as issued. [and] Rudyard Kipling. The Lamentable Comedy of Willow Wood. San Francisco: The Windsor Press, 1929. First edition limited to 100 copies. Octavo. 27 pages. Near fine in the original slightly sunned slipcase. [and] [No author]. Kipling's College. Evanston: W. M. Carpenter, 1929. First edition of 100 copies printed by the Alderbrink Press. Octavo. 58 pages. Near fine in the original slipcase as issued. [and] J.M.S. Tompkins. The Art of Rudyard Kipling. London: Metheun & Co., Ltd., 1959. First edition. Octavo. 277 pages. Bad gouge on the front board which has affected the dust jacket as well, otherwise very good. [and] G. C. Beresford. Schooldays With Kipling. New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 270 pages. Good condition. [and] Lucile Russell Carpenter. Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile. Chicago: Argus Books, 1942. First edition. Octavo. 72 pages. Very good in a slightly stained dust jacket. [and] Frederic F. Van de Water. Rudyard Kipling's Vermont Feud. New York: John Day, 1937. First edition. Octavo. 119 pages. Very good in a dust jacket.

92114

Oliver La Farge. Laughing Boy. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Signed and dated by the author on the second front free endpaper.

First edition. Signed and dated by the author on the second front free endpaper. Twelvemo. 302 pages.

Original yellow cloth with lettering in brown. Spine slightly faded. Light shelf wear. Top edge dyed brown. A handsome volume of the author's first book in very good condition.

92115

Walter Savage Landor. Imaginary Conversations. London, Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited, [no date, circa 1909]. Clipped signature of Landor laid-in.

First edition, thus. Clipped signature of Landor laid-in. Twentyfourmo. 438 pages. Portrait of Landor used as frontispiece.

Beautiful polished red calf binding with central floral device and single rule stamped in gilt on the front board; single rule stamped in gilt on the rear board; gilt dentelle; and titles, rules and decoration stamped in gilt within six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. A beautiful copy in fine condition.

92116

Jane Lane. Titus Oates. London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1949.

First edition. Octavo. 394 pages.

Original light blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Light shelf wear to boards and slight toning to spine. Contents sound. Dust jacket with some minor chipping along the edge. Very good.

92117

T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935.

First American edition for general circulation. Quarto. 672 pages. Illustrated.

Original tan cloth with gilt vignette on the front board and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Edges untrimmed. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents toned. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown. Dust jacket soiled and toned at the spine and extremities with a few closed tears. All things considered a solid copy in good condition.

92118

[Charles Lever]. Confessions of Con. Cregan: The Irish Gil Blas. London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., [1849]. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Two twelvemo volumes. viii, 336; viii, 305 pages. With wood and steel engravings by Hablot K. Brown.

Contemporary green quarter leather binding and marbled boards. Decoration and titles stamped in gilt in five compartments between four raised bands on the spine. All edges marbled. Boards worn at the leather corners. Spine panel slightly darkened. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents sound and bright. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92119

Charles Lever. The Martins of Cro' Martin. London: Chapman and Hall, [n.d., circa 1860]. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Two large octavo volumes (complete). xiii, 288; 289-625 pages. Illustrations by Phiz. Illustrated frontispieces and one illustrated title page.

Half bound in green calf over marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decorations to spine. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Pages surrounding plates heavily foxed. Wear to spine ends and corners. Laid in is a note to Glenn Ford and his third wife Cynthia Hayward. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92120

Jack London. Before Adam. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907.

First edition. Octavo. 242 pages plus ads. Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, several in color. Frontispiece.

Publisher's brown cloth decorated with paw prints. Slightly cocked binding is lightly soiled. Spot to top edge. Overall, very good.

Jack London's first science fiction novel.

92121

Jack London. The Sea-Wolf. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904.

First edition, first issue (with "Published October, 1904 on copyright page). Small octavo. vii, 366 pages plus ads. Illustrations by W. J. Aylward. Frontispiece.

Publisher's pictorial blue cloth with white-stamped lettering. Gilt top. Very minimal wear to extremities. Smudge to spine. Light stain to fore-edge. Foxing to frontispiece and its tissue guard. One inch split to middle of front hinge; rear hinge starting. Overall, an attractive copy in very good or better condition.

92122

[James Russell Lowell.] Homer Wilbur [pseudonym, "editor"]. The Biglow Papers. Cambridge: George Nichols, 1848.

First edition, first issue. Twelvemo. xxxii, 163 pages; plus 12-page "Notices of an Independent Press" which precedes the title page. "With an Introduction, Notes, Glossary, and copious Index by Homer Wilbur."

Full blindstamped purple cloth (BAL 13068, binding "A"). Gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. Boards scuffed and faded around edges; spine sunned. Light foxing. Generally, very good, in a quarter bound black leather and purple cloth slipcase and chemise.

This satirical political work in prose and verse, inspired by the "abhorred" Mexican-American War, was written (in Yankee dialect) by poet James Russell Lowell under a pseudonym. This popular work - named by the Grolier Club as "the most influential book of 1848" - elevated Lowell to a leader in the anti-slavery movement.

92123

[Felix M'Donough, written anonymously.] The Hermit in London; or, Sketches of English Manners - A New Edition in Three Volumes. London: Henry Colburn and Co. 1821. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Three twelvemo volumes. iv, 275; iv, 271; iv, 269 pages plus ads.

Full leather; gilt-stamped green labels and gilt decorations to spine. Endpapers and edges marbled. Light wear to edges; dark spots and stain to boards. Scattered foxing. Bookplate in all volumes. Overall, very good. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92124

Ik. Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell). Dream Life. A Fable of the Seasons. New York: Charles Scribner, 1851.

First edition, first printing. Twelvemo. 286 pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard.

Publisher's green cloth stamped in blind and gilt with gilt spine titles and rules. Housed in a slipcase of green leather over cloth with gilt spine titles and five raised bands. Moderate wear to the boards. Bumped corners. Slightly skewed. Internal contents bright and clean. A solid copy in very good condition.

BAL 13931

92125

[Arabian Nights]. Powys Mathers. The Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night. Rendered into English from the literal and complete French Translation of Dr. J.C. Mardrus by Powys Mathers. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd., [1953].

Ninth impression. Four octavo volumes.

Original blue cloth lettered in gilt, printed dust jackets. Books are in very good condition but for some very minor foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves. Dust jackets sunned on the spines, and with a bit of foxing in places. A few short tears or chips, else very good altogether. A handsome set.

92126

W. Somerset Maugham. Cakes and Ale, or The Skeleton in the Cupboard - Signed Limited Edition. London: William Heinemann, [n.d. 1954].

Limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is number 855, signed by Maugham and by Graham Sutherland, the artist who provided the portrait frontispiece of Maugham and the illustrations throughout. Large octavo. xii, 255 pages. Manuscript facsimiles.

Publisher's half-bound cream and blue calf binding; leather label to spine. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed; some pages unopened. Head and foot of spine are significantly rubbed, but, generally, this is a near fine copy in original glassine, plain brown wrappers, and corner protectors.

92127

Sophie May. Little Prudy. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1864.

First edition. Sixteenmo. 167 pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece.

Original blindstamped brown boards with gilt spine. Light wear to extremities. Foot of spine extending beyond textblock missing. Spine sunned; gilt dulled. Binding slightly cocked. Penciled gift inscription dated 1864. Overall, a very good copy, housed in a custom quarter bound slipcase with inner chemise.

A prolific writer of children's books, this is the author's first book. A Peter Parley to Penrod title.

92128

William McFee. Casuals of the Sea. The Voyage of a Soul. London: Martin Secker, [1916]. Lengthy inscription by the author on the half-title page and an Autograph Note Signed on his own blind-stamped stationery laid-in.

First edition, first issue. Lengthy inscription by the author on the half-title page and an Autograph Note Signed on his own blind-stamped stationery laid-in. Twelvemo. 470 pages plus advertisements.

Publisher's green cloth with light green titles. Housed in a custom half-leather slipcase with gilt spine titles and five raised bands. Top edge green. Moderate shelf wear, with bumped corners. Light bubbling of the cloth in a few spots. Internal contents bright and clean. A very good copy.

92129

René Ménard. Les Institutions De L'antiquité [one volume from: La Vie Privée Des Anciens]. Texte Par René Ménard. Dessins d'Après les monuments antiques par Cl. Sauvageot. Les Institutions de L'Antiquité. Paris: A. Morel et Cie., 1883.

First edition of volume 4 only (of 4). Large octavo. 676 pp. Illustrated.

Quarter morocco back over marbled paper boards, spine tooled in gilt in six compartments with five raised bands. Edges sprinkled, marbled endpapers. Leather sunned on spine, general wear and rubbing to the binding, ex-library copy with markings, occasional light to moderate foxing. Altogether a very good, handsome copy.

92130

Lot of Six Edna St. Vincent Millay First Editions including: Second April. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. First edition, first issue. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Twelvemo. 112 pages. Original black cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Boards worn, with a few areas of spotting. Light staining to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Very good. In a chemise and inserted in a beautiful quarter leather slipcase. [And:] Three Plays. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926. First edition. Octavo. 147 pages. Original decorated paper over boards with black cloth backstrip and corners. Titles in black on a spine label. Edges untrimmed. Toning to the paper of the boards and wear to the extremities, especially at the spine ends. Very good. [And:] Poems Selected For Young People. New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. First edition. Octavo. 113 pages. Illustrated by J. Paget-Fredericks. Original orange cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in black on front cover and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Spine slightly faded and worn at the ends. Boards slightly soiled. Contents sound. Very good. [And:] Wine From These Grapes. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. First edition. Octavo. 91 pages. Quarter cloth binding with light green paper over boards. Titles in black on a paper spine label. Spine faded and boards with moderate shelf wear. Former owner's ink stamp on the front free endpaper and bottom edge of textblock, else good. [And:] Make Bright the Arrows. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. First edition. Octavo. 65 pages. Quarter cloth binding with blue paper over boards and titles in black on a paper spine label. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents slightly toned, especially the endpapers and pastedowns. Very good. In a dust jacket that is slightly worn around the edges. [And:] The King's Henchmen: A Play in Three Acts. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. First edition. Octavo. 132 pages. Quarter cloth binding with light blue paper over boards and titles in black on a paper spine label. Wear at the spine ends and corners slightly bumped. Very good.

92131

Arthur Miller. Death of a Salesman. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1984. Limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which this is number 843, signed in pencil by Arthur Miller and Leonard Baskin.

Limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which this is number 843, signed in pencil by Arthur Miller and Leonard Baskin. Quarto. 164 pages. Foreword by Arthur Miller. Five etchings by Leonard Baskin. Full brown Nigerian goatskin with title stamped in gold on spine. A fine copy in original brown slipcase.

A beautiful edition of Miller's classic play designed by Ben Shiff. Set in American and English Monotype Bulmer by Dan Carr and Julia Ferrarie at Golgonooza Letter Foundry. Text printed by Daniel Kelcher at the Wild Carrot Letterpress. Etchings printed by Bruce Chandler at The Heron Press. Papers made by Cartiere Enrico Magnani. Book bound by Gray Parrot Incorporated. LEC prospectus is laid in.

92132

Arthur Miller. Death of a Salesman - Limited Signed Edition. New York: The Viking Press, 1981.

Special edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 137, signed by Arthur Miller. Octavo. 139 pages. Photographs.

Publisher's full gilt-stamped reddish-brown cloth, in accompanying cloth-covered slipcase (no dust jacket issued). Top edge gilt. Photograph endpapers. Spine of book and top edge of slipcase are very lightly sunned (as is common with this edition). Else, fine.

92133

Arthur Miller: Timebends. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1987. Signed by the author.

First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. 614 pages.

Full leather with gilt titles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.

Arthur Miller (1915-2005) wrote for the stage and screen over the span of 61 years, producing such classics as All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Misfits, and The Crucible. Timebends: A Life is Miller's autobiography, which follows the same innovative narrative structure as Death of a Salesman. The book, signed by Miller on the front endpaper, is in as new (still sealed) condition.

92134

A. A. Milne. Once On a Time. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., 1925].

First edition, thus. Octavo. 269 pages. Illustrations by Charles Robinson. Color frontispiece.

Publisher's blue pictorial cloth with titles in gilt and vignettes in black and gold. Illustrated endpapers. Head of spine lightly bumped. A near fine copy.

92135

A. A. Milne. The Secret and Other Stories --The Limited Signed Edition. New York: The Fountain Press, 1929.

Special edition, limited to 700 copies, of which this is number 488, signed by the author. Octavo. 70 pages.

Publisher's red-orange cloth. Paper label to spine. Scattered foxing. Overall, a near fine copy.

92136

A. A. Milne. Five Books, including: The Christopher Robin Story Book. London, 1929. First edition. Two shallow dents to spine. Lacks dust jacket. Near fine. [and:] Toad of Toad Hall, A Play from Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows.' London, 1929. First edition. Stain to boards and fore-edge; matching stains to dust jacket. Overall, very good. [and:] The Christopher Robin Birthday Book. New York, 1931. No edition stated. Illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Many dates for birthdays filled in by a previous owner; owner's inked name. Chipped dust jacket; titles on jacket heavily faded on spine-edge half of front panel - titles almost completely faded on spine. Generally very good. [and:] The Christopher Robin Birthday Book. London, 1941. Fifth edition. Several dates for birthdays filled in; owner's inked name. Dust jacket. Very good. [and:] Chloe Marr. New York, 1946. First American edition. A novel for adults. In price-clipped dust jacket. Very good.

92137

Lot of Five Volumes of Hajji Baba Books by James Morier, Including an Author's Presentation Copy, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan - In Three Volumes. London: John Murray, 1824. Second edition. Three twelvemo volumes. xxxix, 311; viii, 351; viii, 382 pages. "With the author's best regards" is written in ink on the title page of volume I, but is unsigned. [and:] The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, In England - In Two Volumes. London: John Murray, 1828. First edition. Two twelvemo volumes. xxxii, 306; 352 pages. All five volumes are uniformly bound in half bound red leather over red cloth, with gilt lettering, decorations and rules. All edges gilt. Geoffrey Clarke's armorial bookplate is present in each set. (Clarke was the Postmaster General of the United Provinces, a province of British India.) A handsome set of books in near fine condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92138

Christopher Morley. Where the Blue Begins. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.

First edition. Twelvemo. 215 pages.

Publisher's pictorial blue and white paper boards with gilt-stamped blue cloth backstrip. The blue from the backstrip appears to have bled onto dust jacket, and possibly onto boards (unless the white paper is faintly marbleized). Binding slightly cocked. Dust jacket is lightly chipped with darkened spine and panels. Bookplate. Very good, in a custom quarter leather and cloth slipcase with chemise.

92139

Lot of Two Eugene O'Neill Books, One a Signed Limited Edition.

Titles include: The Hairy Ape - Limited Signed Edition. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Edition limited to 750 copies, of which this is number 370, signed by O'Neill. Quarto. 114 pages. Color illustrations by Alexander King. Illustrated frontispiece. Publisher's red and navy patterned paper boards and cloth backstrip. Gilt title to spine. Black endpapers. Offsetting from frontispiece to title page. A fine copy in a spine-darkened dust jacket. In edgeworn slipcase. [and:] Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy. New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Original green cloth with gilt titles. Top edge stained blue. Pictorial endpapers. Light horizontal ink offsetting to bottom of endpapers. A near fine copy in spine-darkened jacket.

92140

Oliver Optic [pseudonym of William Taylor Adams]. The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton. A Tale for Boys. Boston: Brown, Bazin, and Company, 1855.

First edition. Twelvemo. 252 pages.

Original blindstamped brown cloth boards. Pictorial gilt spine. Inked gift inscription on a blank preliminary page. Boards a bit faded, but, overall, a very good copy, housed in a quarter leather custom box and chemise.

92141

James Otis. Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks With a Circus. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881.

First edition. Square twelvemo. 265 pages, plus 6 pages of ads. Illustrations by W. A. Rogers. Frontispiece.

Pictorial tan cloth boards, with red, black, and gold decorations and lettering. Illustration in middle of spine. Coated brown endpapers. The faintest of wear at spine ends and tips of corners. Mildred Greenhill's bookplate. A beautiful copy in fine condition, housed in a custom half morocco pull-off box.

A Peter Parley to Penrod title.

92142

Thomas Nelson Page. Two Little Confederates. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888.

First edition. With an autograph note signed by the author to his fellow author, F. Hopkinson Smith laid-in: "For one who always lived/ in the heart of the land of/ his youth./ F. Hopkinson Smith/ from his friend/ Thos Nelson Page". Octavo. 156 pages. [8] publisher's catalog. Illustrated.

Original pictorial blue cloth with lettering in gilt. Uniform toning to boards and spine with wear at the spine ends and corners. Gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. Contents slightly toned but sound. A very good copy housed in a chemise and inserted into a custom blue morocco book-backed slipcase. Parley to Penrod, page 89.

92143

Dorothy Parker. Not So Deep as a Well: The Collected Poems of Dorothy Parker. New York: The Viking Press, 1936. First edition of a limited edition of 485 numbered copies, signed by the author and the illustrator, Valenti Angelo.

On a special limitation page inserted at front. Octavo. 210 pages.

Original decorated salmon paper over boards with black cloth backstrip with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. A fine copy, in the original gold slipcase (worn), as issued.

92144

Randall Parrish. A Sword of the Old Frontier: A Tale of Fort Chartres and Detroit. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1905.

First edition. Octavo. 407 pages.

Original pictorial cloth. Slight shelf wear to boards. Contents toned slightly but sound. Former owner's name in ink on the front pastedown. Very good.

92145

Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1894-1895]. Full purple leather with gilt lettering and gilt decorations and dentelles.

Nine octavo volumes of a ten-volume set (volume VIII missing). Some illustrations. Frontispieces.

Full purple leather with gilt lettering and gilt decorations and dentelles. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some wear, mainly to joints. Leather has faded to brown on spines. An attractive set in very good condition, lacking one volume.

92146

Edgar Allan Poe. John H. Ingram [editor]. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1881.

Second edition, revised. Four twelvemo. vii, 513; vi, 569; vi, [1], 517; vii, 574 pages. With engraved frontispieces and title page vignettes in volumes one and two.

Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards with rules, decoration and lettering in gilt. Raised spine bands. Wear to the edges of the boards, darkening to the spines, volume four with light chipping to spine panel, hinges tender on all volumes. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Contents bright and tight. A lovely set in very good condition.

92147

Edgar Allan Poe. The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe With Selections From His Critical Writings. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.

First edition. Two quarto volumes. 1-542 pages; 543-1092 pages. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer.

Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Top edge blue. Light shelf wear to boards and browning to the spines of the dust jackets, otherwise near fine in the original very good illustrated slipcase as issued.

92148

Katherine Anne Porter. A Christmas Story. New York: A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1967. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper,

to Goddard and Zorina Lieberson. Twentyfourmo. Unpaginated. Illustrated with drawings by Ben Shahn.

Original green paper over boards with illustration and titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Light browning at the edges of the boards and spine. Contents without flaw. In a bright dust jacket that has slightly toned on the spine panel. Fine.

This copy is from the personal library of Goddard Lieberson and his wife Vera Zorina. Goddard was the president of Columbia Records and was instrumental in making Columbia a leader in the field of recorded music. Vera, his second wife, and former wife of George Balanchine, was a ballerina and actress.

92149

Katherine Anne Porter. Ship of Fools. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1962].

First edition. Octavo. xiii, 497 pages.

Publisher's red-stamped yellow cloth. Tiny faint discoloration to top edge. Foxing to fore-edge. A near fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

92150

Chaim Potok. Wanderings, Chaim Potok's History of the Jews - Signed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. A limited edition of the first edition, signed by Potok.

Quarto. 431 pages. Illustrations. Index.

Full black cloth with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Boards a trifle dusty. Spine is sun-bleached. Very good. In worn publisher's slipcase.

92151

[Francis Rabelais]. The Urquhart-Le Motteux Translation of The Works of Francis Rabelais, Volumes I and II. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931.

First edition. Two quarto volumes (of five). xx, 1-506, lxii; xiv, 507-952, clvi pages.

Original brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spines. Light shelf wear with some soiling to page edges and toning to contents, otherwise very good.

92152

Charles Reade. The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth. London: Richard Bentley, 1857.

First edition. Small octavo. 269 pages.

Original pink pictorial lithographed paper-covered boards. Hinges starting. Preliminary and terminal pages lightly foxed. Head of spine cleanly (and almost invisibly) repaired with tape. An attractive copy. Very good in custom gilt-stamped clamshell box.

92153

Frederic Remington. Pony Tracks. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895.

First edition. Octavo. viii, 269 pages. Stories and 70 illustrations by Remington. Frontispiece with tissue guard.

Publisher's burnt orange pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Covers lightly soiled; spine darkened. Some faint spots to top edge. Inked gift inscription dated 1895 on first free endpaper. A very good copy of Remington's first book.

92154

W. H. Rhodes. The Case of Summerfield. San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder & Company, 1907. First edition limited to 1,000 copies.

Sixteenmo. 54 pages. Photogravure frontispiece from an oil painting by Galen J. Perrett.

Paper over beveled boards and vellum back strip with titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Edges untrimmed. A near fine copy in a matching slipcase as issued.

92155

[Samuel Richardson.] The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of "Pamela" and "Clarissa" - In Seven Volumes. London: S. Richardson, 1754. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

This set, published the same year as the first edition, may be a third edition. Seven twelvemo volumes (complete). Volume VII contains "An Historical and Characteristical Index, As Also, A Brief History, authenticated by Original Letters, of the Treatment which the Editor has met with from certain Booksellers and Printers in Dublin; Including Observations on Mr. Faulkner's Defense of himself, published in his Irish News-Paper of Nov. 3, 1753." Advertisement leaf laid in at end of volume IV.

Full speckled calf, with gilt-stamped morocco labels, gilt rules, borders and edges. Minimal wear. A very handsome set in near fine condition.

The popular epistolary novel which followed Richardson's hugely successful Pamela and Clarissa novels. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92156

Kenneth Roberts. Lydia Bailey. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1947. First edition, limited to 1050 copies, of which this is number 749, signed by the author and with a typewritten page from the working manuscript of Lydia Bailey

tipped in, with corrections in pencil. Quarto. 499 pages, including bibliography. Color illustrated frontispiece.

Beige cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Map endpapers printed in green and black. Frontispiece offsetting lightly to title-page. A fine copy. In publisher's worn and splitting cardboard slipcase.

92157

Edwin Arlington Robinson. The Man Against the Sky, A Book of Poems. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916.

First edition. Twelvemo. x, 149 pages plus ads.

Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles and borders. Top edge gilt. A fine copy in the very scarce dust jacket. Jacket is chipped at head of spine and has a two-inch by quarter-inch piece at foot of spine separated from jacket but present; also, jacket has darkened and there are four small spots to front panel. Housed in a quarter bound leather and cloth slipcase and chemise.

92158

Bertrand Russell. Nightmares of Eminent Persons and Other Stories. London: The Bodley Head, 1954.

First edition. Small octavo. 150 pages. Illustrations by Charles W. Stewart.

Publisher's black cloth. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket.

92159

Frederick Schiller. The Robbers: A Tragedy. London: H. D. Symonds, et al.,1799.

First edition, thus. Octavo. viii, 195 pages plus ads. Translated by the Rev. W. Render. Engraved frontispiece.

Original (?) half-bound leather and marbled boards. Binding is extremely worn, so much so that the actual board and (printed) publisher's waste on spine shows through. Boards heavily rubbed. Both hinges cracked, with front board all but detached. Rubber stamp of previous owner on front pastedown. Pages foxed. Fair. A good candidate for rebinding.

92160

Frederick Schiller. The Works of Frederick Schiller: Historical Dramas, Historical, Early Dramas and Romances, Aesthetical and Philosophical, Historical and Dramatic and Poems. London: Bell & Daldy, 1872-1875. From the Library of Glenn Ford.
Bohn's Standard Library edition. Six twelvemo volumes.

Quarter leather with marbled boards and decoration and titles in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Boards show minimal shelf wear and the contents are remarkably sound. A near fine set.

This handsome set is particularly interesting as each volume bears a gift inscription on the second front free endpaper dated Christmas 1877 to Fannie J. Chaffee, first wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., from a "loving friend". From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92161

Walter Scott. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1869.

Octavo. 823 pages. "Author's Edition, With All the Copyright Introductions, Extra Notes, Various Readings, and Annotations." Edited by J. G. Lockhart. Illustrated frontispiece and title page. Index.

Half bound in green polished calf. Gilt titles and stamped decorations between gilt rules and raised bands. All edges marbled. Leather worn along edges and joints. A sound copy. Very good.

92162

Robert W. Service. Ballads of a Cheechako. (New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1909). Later printing, 137 pages, green cloth with gilt title and decorations, 12mo (5" x 7.75"), very good condition with a slightly faded spine. Poems from the "Great White North".

92163

William Shakespeare. Historical Plays from: The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Revised from the Original Editions. London: John Tallis and Company, [n.d., circa 1850].

Quarto. 487 pages. Revisions and notes by J. O. Halliwell, et al. Numerous steel engravings of eminent Shakespearean actors. Frontispiece, extra engraved title page.

Publisher's elaborate gilt-stamped red morocco binding. All edges gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Wear to edges, particularly to corners and spine ends. Top inch and a half of spine has split at front joint. Occasional foxing. Inked gift inscription to front free endpaper. Good.

Historical plays complete in one volume.

92164

Lot of Two Books By or About William Shakespeare including The Riverside Shakespeare. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. Quarto. 1898 pages. Good. [and] Hugh Kingsmill. The Return of William Shakespeare. London: Duckworth, 1929. First edition. Twelvemo. 254 pages. Very good in a well-worn tatty dust jacket.

92165

[Willliam Shakespeare, subject]. Charlton Hinman. The Printing and Proof-Reading of the First Folio of Shakespeare. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1963.

First edition. Two quarto volumes. Illustrated.

Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt on the spines. Original printed dust jackets lightly sunned on the spine and with chips and short tears, mainly to the corners and top and bottom of spine. Altogether, a very good copy.

92166

[T. E. Shaw - Lawrence of Arabia, translator]. The Odyssey of Homer. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981. Limited edition of two thousand hand-number copies signed by artist Barry Moser and Jeremy M. Wilson.

Limited edition of two thousand hand-number copies signed by artist Barry Moser and Jeremy M. Wilson on a special limitation bound in back. Quarto. 300 pages. Twenty-five wood engravings in text.

Original tan cloth with rules stamped in red on the boards and titles stamped in red on the spine. Original glassine wrapper and matching slipcase as issued. Sun fade line on the slipcase, else fine.

92167

Percy Bysshe Shelley. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - The Buxton Forman Edition. London: Reeves & Turner, 1882.

Two octavo volumes. xxx, 572 plus ads; xiv, 580 pages plus ads. Edited by Harry Buxton Forman. Portrait frontispiece to volume one, illustrated frontispiece to volume two. Index.

Publisher's pictorial black cloth featuring gilt-stamped sunflowers, butterflies, etc. Rough trimmed pages to top edge; fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Scuffing to boards; edges rubbed. Both volumes very slightly cocked. Bookplate of Oxford scholar and author Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861-1922) on front pastedown of volume one. Penciled notations to a rear blank page. Overall, very good condition in custom gilt-stamped quarter leather and cloth clamshell box.

92168

Henry A. Shute. The Real Diary of a Real Boy. Boston: The Everett Press, 1902.

First edition. Sixteenmo. v, 135 pages.

Publisher's olive green cloth with red and green lettering and a red rose on the front board and on the spine. Very light wear along front joint and at spine ends. A previous owner's inked name to front free endpaper. A very attractive copy in fine condition, housed in a custom gilt-stamped quarter leather slipcase with inner chemise.

A Peter Parley to Penrod title.

92169

Margaret Sidney. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew. Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, [1880]. First edition, first issue.

Twelvemo. 410 pages plus four pages of advertisements. Illustrated.

Publisher's illustrated yellow cloth binding lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt, orange, and brown. Housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase with a leather title plate affixed to the spine and lettered in gilt. Minimal edge, spine, and corner wear. Cloth rubbed to white along rear spine fold. Frayed and tender hinges, but still well intact. Internal contents bright and clean. A very good copy of a rare first issue.

Bookplate of celebrated bookman Arthur Swann affixed to the front pastedown.

92170

Upton Sinclair. Singing Jailbirds, A Drama in Four Acts. Pasadena: published by the author, 1924.

First edition. Twelvemo. 95 pages plus a one-page ad for a previous Sinclair book.

Original stapled wraps. Faint half-inch stain to front cover. A shallow crease to the first few pages. As expected, pages yellowing a bit. Overall, a very good copy.

A play written in response to a strike of transport workers in San Pedro, California in 1923, during which Sinclair was arrested and jailed. Laid in is a small flier advertising a roster of lectures and publications of the Industrial Workers of the World; flier is undated, but, presumably, it is from 1924.

92171

Lot of Three Novels by Albert Smith, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: The Fortunes of the Scattergood Family. viii, 416 pages. [and:] The Pottleton Legacy, A Story of Town and Country Life. viii, 472 pages. [and:] The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole At Home and Abroad. vii, 498 pages. All books published in London by George Routledge and Sons, with no date of publication in any of the volumes; these appear to be early reprints, circa mid-1850. All three twelvemo volumes are uniformly bound in half green calf over marbled boards, with morocco labels and gilt stamping to spine; endpapers and all edges marbled. Leather is worn along extremities of all volumes, particularly at tips of corners. Still, a handsome set in generally very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92172

James Stephens. Collected Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. First edition of five hundred large paper copies signed by the author on a special limitation page bound in front.

Octavo. 260 pages.

Quarter vellum with blue paper boards with lettering in gilt on the spine. Corners abraded, else light shelf wear. Edges untrimmed. Pages uncut. In a dust jacket missing sections from the spine and detached in two large pieces split at a fold. A very good copy in a good dust jacket.

92173

William O. Stoddard. Little Smoke. A Tale of the Souix. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891.

First edition. Twelvemo. 295 pages, [4] publisher's catalog. With fourteen full-page illustrations and 72 head and tail pieces drawn by Frederic S. Dellenbaugh.

Original maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Spine ends and corners slightly worn with some darkening to spine panel. Contents slightly toned with an area of half-toning to pages 44 and 45, else a very good copy housed in a chemise and inserted into a custom red morocco book-backed slipcase. Parley to Penrod, page 95.

92174

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher. Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co., 1868.

First edition. Octavo. xiv, 575 pages. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Eighteen steel engraving portraits with tissue guards.

Green boards with dulled gilt title on spine. Author's facsimile signature in gilt on cover. Light foxing present on some of the portrait pages. Light wear to corners and to head and foot of spine. Small circular discoloration to front cover. Bookplate and owner's rubber stamp. Overall, a very good sound copy.

Stowe profiles the great men of the early and mid-nineteenth century, with greatest attention paid to Abraham Lincoln.

92175

Thomas Scott [R. S. Surtees]. Hawbuck Grange, or, The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq. Bath: George Bayntun, 1926.

Octavo. 265 pages. Illustrations by H. K. Browne and W. T. Maud. Color frontispiece.

Publisher's vivid blue pictorial cloth. Faint soiling to back cover. Bookplate and tiny bookstore sticker to front pastedown. A near fine copy.

92176

[Robert Smith Surtees.] Mr. Romford's Hounds. London. Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., [n.d.].

Octavo. vi, 391 pages. Illustrations by John Leech and H. K. Browne. Hand-colored plates. Frontispiece.

Half bound in red gilt-stamped leather over red cloth. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gold. Some foxing. Very good.

92177

Jonathan Swift. A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage. Glen Head: The Ashlar Press, 1932. First edition of 400 copies finished in 1933.

Twelvemo. 23 pages. With drawings by T. M. Cleland.

Original tan cloth with paper spine label. Original glassine wrapper remains albeit well worn and torn. Spine panel slightly toned. Contents sound. Very good.

92178

H. A. Taine. History of English Literature. Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co., 1897.

The Imperial Edition, limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 469. Eight octavo volumes. Translated from the French by H. Van Laun. Illustrated with portraits and photographs of writers profiled. Frontispieces.

Black half-leather binding over marbled boards with gilt titles and decorations to spine and gilt rules. Top edges gilt, fore-edges and bottom edges untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. All volumes show wear and chipping to spine ends; the second volume has a large chip at the foot of the spine. Internally, all volumes bright and tight. Overall, a very good set.

92179

Lot of Five Booth Tarkington Novels, One of Which is Signed.

All books in generally very good condition. Titles include: The Two Vanrevels. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902. First edition. Illustrations by Henry Hutt. Binding slightly cocked; front hinge starting. [and:] Penrod. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d.]. Illustrations by Gordon Grant. [and:] The Lorenzo Bunch. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. First edition. Binding cocked. Inked name. [and:] Rumbin Galleries - Signed Copy. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., [1937]. First edition. Illustrations by Ritchie Cooper. Signed by Tarkington in Indianapolis in 1941. Binding slightly cocked. Some ink spots along bottom of boards and along bottom of some pages. In worn dust jacket minor dampstaining to back panel. [and:] Penrod, His Complete Story. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [n.d., circa 1970s]. Illustrations by Gordon Grant. Book is in fine condition; dust jacket is price-clipped and is missing back flap. A compilation including the following: Penrod; Penrod and Sam; and Penrod Jashber.

92180

Lot of Four Books by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, including: Maud, and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First American edition. Full brown cloth with blindstamped decoration to boards and gilt titles to spine. Rear board lightly scuffed. Endpapers foxed. Inked gift inscription, dated 1855. [and:] Idyls of the King. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. First American edition. "Author's edition." Full brown cloth with blindstamped decoration to boards and gilt titles to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Small stain to fore-edge. [and:] The Last Tournament. Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company, 1872. First edition. Illustrations by Hammatt Billings. Full pictorial green cloth with gilt vignette and title to front board; all edges gilt. Extremities lightly worn. Foxing to endpapers and scattered throughout. [and:] The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. "The Household Edition," with 127 illustrations. Full leather with gilt titles, decorations, dentelles and edges. Marbled endpapers. Edges rubbed and worn. Spine darkened; joints worn, ends chipped. Contents clean and tight. Overall, good.

92181

[William Makepeace Thackeray] Mr. M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym]. Rebecca and Rowena, A Romance Upon Romance. London: Chapman and Hall, 1850.

First edition. Square octavo. vi, 102 pages plus one page of ads. Hand-colored illustrations by Richard Doyle. Illustrated frontispiece and title page.

Handsomely bound in full crimson morocco with gilt titles, rules, and elaborate inner dentelles and tooling. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tri-color ribbon marker. Original pink paper wrappers have been bound in. Finely bound by Bartlett & Co. of Boston. Front board is present but is cleanly detached along joint. Rear board has a faint, fairly unobtrusive stain. Joints lightly rubbed. Interior is in beautiful condition, and full-color plates are bright and vivid. Despite the detached board, this book is in near fine condition.

Thackeray's pseudonymous parody sequel to Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.

92182

Henry David Thoreau. Cape Cod. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1908].

Second edition. Octavo. xii, 319 pages. Illustrations by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated frontispiece.

Half gilt-stamped leather and cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed along joints. Offsetting to endpapers from leather turn-ins. Bookplate to front pastedown. Very good.

92183

Henry D. Thoreau. Excursions. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.

First edition. Twelvemo. 319 pages. Portrait frontispiece.

Publisher's blue-green blindstamped cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Brown coated endpapers. Light wear to binding, particularly to tips of corners. Gilt dulled. Offsetting from frontispiece to title page. Closed tear to tissue guard at frontispiece. A nice copy in very good condition.

92184

Henry D. Thoreau. Yankee in Canada, with Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866.

First edition. Small octavo. 286 pages.

Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and blindstamped wreath and borders to front and rear boards. Front board is present but is detached along the front joint. Head of spine chipped; edges worn, particularly at corners. Front free endpaper is adhered to pastedown. Two inked numbers, one crossed through, on title page. Foxing to fore-edge. Overall, a good copy of a book that would be a great candidate for repair and restoration.

Contains the first appearance in book form of the essay "Civil Disobedience."

92185

Anthony Trollope. The Last Chronicle of Barset. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition in book form (originally appeared in 32 weekly parts). Two octavo volumes. 384; 384 pages. With thirty-two illustrations by George H. Thomas.

Contemporary half binding with marbled paper over boards. Titles stamped in gilt on two morocco labels on the spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Wear at the joints with additional moderate scuffing to boards. Contents sound with light foxing throughout and some toning to the preliminary pages. Contemporary owner's book plate on the front pastedown of each volume. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92186

J.T. Trowbridge (John Townsend). Cudjo's Cave. Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1864.

First edition, first issue. Octavo. 504 pp.

Publisher's original binding of blue pebble-grain cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Lightly worn at the edges, especially the bottom of the spine. Skewed. Spine faded, ex-library copy with markings, bookplate. Altogether, a very nice copy. Clean inside and out. An anti-slavery novel about a Quaker man who hides in a cave with runaway slaves.

92187

J. T. Trowbridge (pseudonym of John Townsend). Cudjo's Cave. Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1864.

First edition, first issue. Octavo. 504 pages.

Publisher's original binding of green wave-grain cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Housed in a custom slipcase of green leather over cloth with gilt spine titles and five raised bands. Lightly worn at the extremities, especially the spine ends. Slightly skewed. Spine faded. Publisher's blind imprint on the front free endpaper. Previous owner's signature at the top of the front flyleaf. Binding sound and internal contents clean. Altogether, a very good copy.

An anti-slavery novel about a Quaker man who hides in a cave with runaway slaves.

92188

Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876. First American edition, third printing. Publisher's cloth.

with pp. [i]-[ii] used as front pastedown and with frontispiece on p. [vi]. Square octavo. [i-xiv, but missing the eighth leaf, the list of illustrations], [17]-274, [1], [1, blank], [4, advertisements (dated December 1st, 1876)] pp. Printed on laid paper. Text illustrations.

Original blue ribbed cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt and lettered in gilt and blind on front cover and spine. Back cover decoratively stamped in black.

Unfortunately, the binding on this copy has been severely damaged. The foot of the spine is completely perished, portions of the cloth along the rear joint are peeling away, covers show considerable wear and water damage with exposed boards at corners and along lower edges, spine is severely sunned and outer edge of rear cover severely darkened, the upper outer corner of the front free endpaper and lower outer corner of the rear are torn away, and the hinges are split, with the boards completely detached, hanging onto the rest of the book only because of the cloth. Barkalow Brothers Union Pacific Rail Road General News Agents red ink stamp to upper outer corner of free front endpaper (partially perished); and ownership stamp of "U.S. Vermillion" stamped six times there. The text block has not escaped unscathed, but it is in much more acceptable condition, with only occasional light spotting and moisture staining to the outer margin of most leaves. The book would make a good candidate for rebinding.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is now thought of a juvenile classic, though when it was written, it was an attempt by Twain to appeal to the current vogue for local-color fiction. In contrast to his earlier satirical work, this is a nostalgic and sentimental story based on the author's own youth in an antebellum river town" (Lilly/Karanovich).

BAL 3369. Johnson, Twain, pp. 27-30. Lilly/Karanovich 90.

92189

Mark Twain. Concerning Cats, Two Tales by Mark Twain. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1959. Limited to 450 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Colt Press.

Quarto. xvi, 29 pages. Introduction by Frederick Anderson. Illustrated with drawings and two photographs. Portrait frontispiece of Twain with kitten.

Black cloth backstrip with printed label and paper-covered boards, patterned with cats and flowers. Very light scattered foxing throughout. In its plain cream-colored dust wrapper, heavily foxed. A near fine copy.

92190

Mark Twain. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889.

First edition, later issue without the "S" figure on page 59, per BAL. Square octavo. xv, 575 pages plus ads. Illustrations.

Pictorial olive cloth. Patterned endpapers. Binding is rubbed; wear to edges, particularly to corners. Joints have been inelegantly repaired, affecting endpapers and pages directly surrounding endpapers. Some inoffensive repairs to pages with tape. Publishers' association stamp affixed to front free endpaper. Interior is generally sound. Overall, a good or better copy.

92191

Mark Twain. Death-Disk. New York: Edgar S. Werner, 1913. First separate edition, reprinted from My Debut as a Literary Person (1903).

Small octavo. Unpaginated (five pages of text). Pamphlet.

Two folded sheets, stapled. Fine. BAL 3676.

92192

Mark Twain. Two Twain items, including: Death-Disk [and:] The New War-Scare. including: Death-Disk. New York: Edgar S. Werner, 1913. First separate edition, reprinted from My Debut as Literary Person (1903). Small octavo pamphlet. Unpaginated (five pages of text). Two folded sheets, stapled. Fine. BAL 3676. [and:] The New War-Scare. Santa Barbara: Neville, 1981. First edition limited to 100 copies, of which this is number 91. Octavo. 14 pages plus appendix. Edited by James Pepper. Illustrated frontispiece. Full green cloth, stamped in gilt. Fine condition.

92193

Collection of Over Two Hundred Assorted Mark Twain Periodicals, including: Mark Twain Circular. [and:] The Mark Twain Journal. [and:] The Mark Twain Quarterly. from 1936 and 1937. [and:] The Twainian. including: Mark Twain Circular. Approximately 35 issues, most from the late-1980s. [and:] The Mark Twain Journal. 12 issues, from the late 1980s into the early 1990s. [and:] The Mark Twain Quarterly. 4 issues, from 1936 and 1937. [and:] The Twainian. Approximately 180 issues, including the first 18 issues in 1939 and 1940, through the 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, and 1980s. All items in this lot are in very good or better condition.

92194

Lot of Two Books By or About Mark Twain including Kenneth R. Andrews. Nook Farm: Mark Twain's Hartford Circle. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. First edition. Octavo. 288 pages. Very good in a chipped dust jacket. [and] Mark Twain. Letters From Earth. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1962. First edition. Octavo. 303 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92195

Henry Van Dyke. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition. Octavo. xii, 467 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Index of first lines.

Full red leather. Gilt-stamped spine with raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed at front joint, along bottom edge, and at top of back cover. Dampstain to top of front cover and top edge of pages. Spine faded. Bookplate to front pastedown; inked gift inscription on first free endpaper. Very good.

92196

Jules Verne. Le Tour du Monde en Quartre-Vingts Jours. Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie, [no date].

One of several of the Hetzel edition variations. Quarto. 217 pages. Eight page undated catalog bound in back. With frontispiece and illustrations in text by L. Benett.

Original pictorial cloth with color steamship and pier illustration. Titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Illustration on front board slightly faded with splits in the front joint and moderate shelf wear to the edges of the boards. Contents toned with moderate scattered foxing throughout. Good condition.

A French edition of Jules Verne's classic Around the World in 80 Days.

92197

Elizabeth Gray Vining. Windows for the Crown Prince. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1952. Inscribed and dated by the author.

First edition. Inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 320 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.

Original black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents slightly toned. Dust jacket slightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. Publisher's program for "Lippincott Night", May 1, 1952 laid-in.

92198

Maggie-Owen Wadelton. Sarah Mandrake. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1946].

First edition. Octavo. 318 pages.

Publisher's green cloth. Fading along edges of mottled back board. Back panel of dust jacket is soiled. Overall, a very good copy.

92199

Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. London: Samuel Bagster, 1815.

Eighth edition, being Bagster's second edition. Octavo. 514 pages, index. With thirty illustrations in text. Engraved portraits of Walton and Cotton used as frontispieces.

Leather binding with decoration stamped in gilt on the boards and spine. Spine ornately decorated in gilt with titles stamped in gilt on red morocco spine labels. Large sections missing from the spine panel, other loss from the edges of the boards. Marbled endpapers. Some toning and scattered foxing to the contents, otherwise a good copy worthy of restoration.

92200

[Izaak Walton]. The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation,. London: T. Maxey, 1653 (this, a late-19th century facsimile).

Facsimile edition (unattributed publisher; text block measures 5.5 inches by 4 inches; The Anglers Song on page 217 is upside upside down]. Twelvemo. 246 pages.

Full leather with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Foxing to fore-edge. Very good.

92201

Nathaniel Wanley. The Wonders of the Little World; or, A General History of Man: Displaying the Various Faculties, Capacities, Powers and Defects of the Human Body and Mind...London: Printed for W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

"A new edition, with the addition of much new and curious matter ..." Two octavo volumes. With seven engraved plates.

Nineteenth century full polished calf, single fillet borders rolled in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments, give raised bands, gilt red and black lettering pieces, edges sprinkled red. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Evelyn J. Shirley affixed to front pastedowns. Occasional light foxing, especially to plates. Wear to board extremities and joints; joints starting to varying degrees on both volumes, but boards still holding tight. Overall a very good set.

Wanley's compendium was first published in the 1670s, and then again in the 1780s. A popular book, it comprises stories from antiquity and more recent history to, according to the title page, display "the various faculties, capacities, powers and defects of the human body and mind ... to increase Knowledge, to promote Virtue, to discourage Vice" -- though it was most akin to a kind of eighteenth century "Ripley's Believe it Or Not." From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92202

Ina Russelle Warren [editor]. The Doctor's Window. Poems by the Doctor, for the Doctor and about the Doctor.
Edited By Ina Russelle Warren And With An Introduction By William Pepper, M.D. Buffalo, New York: Charles Wells Moulton, 1898.

Apparent second edition. Royal octavo. 288 pp.

Publisher's original gray cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated with photogravure plates, at least one of which is loose, binding slightly shaken with front hinge just starting to crack but still sound, very minor soiling and rubbing, else a very good, handsome copy of an interesting book.

92203

Robert Penn Warren. Seventeen Volumes of Novels and Poetry - Most Signed by the Author. All books are in publisher's octavo bindings, and, unless otherwise noted, most are published in New York by Random House and are generally later editions. Most copies are in very good or better condition and come in unclipped dust jackets. Titles include: Night Rider. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] At Heaven's Gate. Price-clipped dust jacket. Signed on the front free endpaper. [and:] All the King's Men. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Signed on the title page. [and:] World Enough and Time. Price-clipped dust jacket. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] Brother to Dragons. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] Band of Angels. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] Band of Angels. Book club edition. Covers mottled. Good condition. No dust jacket. This copy not signed. [and:] Promises, Poems 1954-1956. Evidence of light moisture warping to front and back panels of dust jacket, not affecting binding or contents. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] Selected Essays. Dust jacket is lightly crinkled and first several pages are lightly creased. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] Remember the Alamo! The history of the Alamo for young readers. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] The Cave. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] The Gods of Mount Olympus. First printing. The story of the Greek gods for young readers. Signed on front free endpaper. [and:] Selected Poems: New and Old, 1923-1966. In dust jacket and slipcase. Special edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 84, signed by the author. [and:] Meet Me in the Green Room. First edition. This copy is not signed. [and:] A Place To Come To. First edition. Inscribed by Warren on front free endpaper. [and:] Two Poems. [North Carolina:] Palaemon Press [1979]. Large 12mo, attractively bound in marbled paper boards. Light foxing to paper title label on front cover. Special edition limited to 230 copies, of which this is number 107, signed by the author. [and:] Love: Four Versions. [North Carolina:] Palaemon Press [1981]. Tall octavo. Cloth spine with marbled paper boards. Poetry. Not in Grimshaw. Special edition limited to 200 copies, of which this is number 11, signed by the author.

92204

John Greenleaf Whittier. Poems of Nature. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886.

Large quarto. viii, 101 pages. Illustrations by Elbridge Kingsley. Portrait frontispiece.

Publisher's gold- and black-stamped pictorial green cloth boards. All edges gilt. Extremities worn. Boards scuffed. Good condition.

92205

John Greenleaf Whittier. The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. Complete edition. Seven-line poem signed and dated by the author on the front flyleaf, opposite a laid-in sepia photograph of the poet.

Twelvemo. 543 pages.

Publisher's reddish brown illustrated cloth lettered in black and gilt. No dust jacket (as issued). All edges gilt. Moderate shelf wear, bumped corners, and pages toned. Front hinge starting at the title page. Overall, a good copy.

92206

Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. Limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which this is number 428, signed by photographer Edward Weston.

Two small folio volumes. xxix, 123; 124-264 pages, plus Alphabetical Index of Titles. With an introduction by Mark Van Doren. Specially commissioned photographs by Edward Weston, "made in an extensive tour of Democratic America" in the years 1941 and 1942. LEC prospectus laid in.

Original green decorative paper boards with brown leather spine labels stamped in gilt. Light wear to extremities and rubbing to leather labels. A very good copy in scuffed and rubbed original brown cloth slipcase.

92207

[Walt Whitman]. Horace L. Traubel, Richard Maurice Bucke, and Thomas B. Harned. In Re Walt Whitman. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1893. First edition, limited to one thousand copies. Inscribed by Thomas B. Harned.

First edition, limited to one thousand copies numbered on the copyright page. Inscribed by Thomas B. Harned on the second front free endpaper. Octavo. 452 pages and two page publisher's catalog bound in back.

Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Gilt floral endpapers. Edges untrimmed. Light shelf wear. Rear hinge cracked with back board free, else contents tight with light toning. Copy easily repaired. All things considered, a very good copy.

92208

Antonio Frasconi. A Whitman Portrait. [New York: Spiral Press, 1960.]. First edition, limited to 525 copies, of which this is number 55, signed by Frasconi.

Small octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated with woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi and facsimiles of Whitman's manuscript pages.

Decorated paper over boards. Double leaves of Goyu paper from Japan. Small mark to front board, else a fine copy of a lovely little book.

92209

Marshall P. Wilder. The Wit and Humor of America. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, [1911].

Complete set of ten octavo volumes. Portrait frontispiece in each volume; index in last volume.

Half maroon leather over green cloth. Top edges gilt. Very good.

92210

Tennessee Williams. The Glass Menagerie. New York: Random House, [1945]. First edition, second printing.

Twelvemo. xii, 124. Several photographs from the original staging of the play starring Laurette Taylor.

Original blue cloth. Top edge stained blue. Discreet bookstore sticker to rear pastedown. A couple of tiny nicks to dust jacket. A fine copy.

92211

Thomas Wolfe. From Death to Morning. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition, first issue.

First edition, first issue (with "A" on copyright page and "rer" for "her" on page 59). Octavo. 304 pages.

Original brown cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Very slightly cocked. A near fine copy in chipped and rubbed dust jacket (with price of $2.50 and without "BTC" on upper cover). In custom gilt-stamped black quarter leather and red cloth fall-down box with light wear to extremities of leather spine.

92212

Walter A. Wyckoff. The Workers, An Experiment in Reality. London: William Heinemann, 1898-1899.

First English editions. Two small octavo volumes, The East (published 1898) and The West (1899). xii, 241; viii, 347 pages. Both volumes illustrated. Frontispieces.

Both volumes half-bound in green morocco with marbled boards. Raised binds. Gilt titles, rules and decorations to spine. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spines are sunned. Foxing to bottom edges. Very good.

Wyckoff, a sociology professor at Princeton, traveled the United States for two years in the early 1890s, living as a day laborer. Here he writes of his experiences in a variety of jobs, including farm hand, hotel porter, logger, hired man at an asylum, and road builder on the grounds of the Chicago World's Fair.

92213

Rajah Comm. Sourindro Mohun Tagore, and others. Hindu Music from Various Authors. Second edition. Inscribed from the main credited author and compiler, S. M. Tagore to Stewart Culin of New York. Compiled and Published by S. M. Tagore. In two parts. Second edition. Calcutta: Printed by I.C. Bose & Co., Stanhope Press, 1882.

Second edition. Inscribed from the main credited author and compiler, S. M. Tagore to Stewart Culin of New York. Two parts in one octavo volume. 423 pages. Illustrated with examples of music, musicians, musical instruments, etc.

Bound in elaborate paneled binding of red morocco, gilt extra. All edges gilt. Binding is failing and perished, with spine mostly gone and boards detached. Front free endpaper lacking. Altogether, still a good copy. Textblock is clean and bright, and a good candidate for restoration.

An interesting book, and inscribed by the compiler. This is a collection of mostly short articles on the subject, the first of which is more substantial with its own title-page: Captain N. Augustus Willard. A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan, comprising a detail of The Ancient Theory and Modern Practice.

92214

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the Church of England Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as They Are to Be Sung or Said in Churches. 1717. London: John Baskett, 1717.

Presumed first edition. Small octavo. xxii, 166 pages. Illustrated throughout with finely engraved initials, Biblical scenes, and portraits. With the often missing volvelle depicting "the moveable Sundays of the year" and the advertisement page at end.

Full red leather with elaborate gilt decorations to spine, covers and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather lightly rubbed and extremities somewhat worn. Some toning and foxing to pages, as expected. Inked gift inscription to first blank page. Binding tight and sturdy. Overall, this is a very good copy of an early 18th century book.

92215

The Book of Common Prayer; the Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, The Whole Book of Psalmes. Cambridge: Thomas and John Buck, Printers to the University of Cambridge, 1629.

Folio (12 x 8 inches). Text in double columns, ruled in red throughout. Engraved title-page depicting Moses, David, The Last Supper, others. Pages of the bible are numbered to 842; including the calendars, prayers, and psalms, there are over 1,000 pages.

The worn front and back covers are detached, spine missing, textblock tight. Bookplate of William Park affixed inside front cover. Internally, very good. This is the first Bible to be printed in Cambridge by the printers to the university, the first edition of the King James Version printed in Cambridge, and the first complete revision of the King James Version text.

Herbert 424.

92216

Maximo Mangold. Philosophia recentior praelectionibus publicis accomodate a patre Maximo Mangold Soc. Jesu. J.F.X. Craetz, Monachii et Ingolstadii, 1764.

Octavo. 526 pages plus index. Ten folding charts. Text in Latin.

Drab speckled paper over boards. Wear to edges and extremities. Base of spine bumped. Paper peeling at both joints. Title page loose. Pages heavily foxed. Good.

92217

The Primer, or, Catechism. London: Printed for a Company of Stationers, 1783.

Unpaginated. Illustrated frontispiece. Decorated title page.

A tiny book measuring 3.75 by 3.25 inches in thin drab boards. Covers brown, chipped and dampstained. Pages are browned and brittle. Frontispiece page all but detached. Fair.

92218

William Leighton and Eliza Barrett (translators). The History of Oliver and Arthur. Boston: Printed at the Riverside Press for Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. Limited edition of 330 copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers.

Limited edition of 330 copies, of which this is number 301. Small quarto. 108 pages. Designed by Bruce Rogers, with his device and initials on colophon. Illustrated throughout with small black and white woodcuts. Title page features a woodcut illuminated with red, blue and gold.

Tan cloth backstrip over green paper boards; red-stamped paper label to spine. Minor wear to boards; tips of corners worn. A beautifully designed book in near fine condition.

92219

[Various authors]. An Immortal Anthology. [No place listed]: Sign of the Blue-Behinded Ape, 1933.

First edition limited to 290 issued for sale at the Walpole Printing office. Quarto. 130 pages. Erotic vignettes by Andre Durenceau.

Original decorated paper over boards and tan cloth back strip with titles in black on a paper spine label. Edges untrimmed. Top edge gilt. Spine well sunned, boards slightly soiled. Contents sound. In the original slipcase as issued. Slipcase is worn and frayed at the edges and generally dirty. Otherwise, a very good copy.

92220

Das Kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions, von Alten und Neuen Auserlesenen Geistes Gefangen. Germantown [PA]: Michael Billmeyer, 1797.

German text. Twelvemo. [6], 572, [24], 21 pages.

Full leather binding with five raised bands on the spine. Brass and leather closing devices. Boards generally scuffed but sound. Contents toned with light foxing scattered throughout. A few pages at the end are slightly tatty along the edges. Old ownership writing on the preliminary pages including "This book is bide [sic] in the year of our lord 1797" written on the front pastedown. All things considered a handsome copy in very good condition.

92221

The Comic Almanack, An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips and Oddities: First Series (1835-1843) and Second Series (1844-1853). London: Chatto & Windus, 1912.

Two small octavo volumes. 388; 428 pages. "Many hundred" illustrations by George Cruikshank and others. Illustrated title pages and frontispieces (frontispiece of Series Two folds out).

Half-bound orange-gold polished calf and orange cloth boards. Leather labels and gilt-stamped titles and decorations to spine. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some wear to extremities; light soiling to cloth. Inked name dated 1913 to front free endpaper. Contents tight and bright. Overall, a near fine set.

92222

The Spectator. New Edition, Carefully Corrected From the Originals, With Historical, Biographical, and Explanatory Notes, Contents, and a General Index. From the Library of Glenn Ford. To Which are Prefixed, The Lives of the Authors - In Eight Volumes. London: J. Bumpus, 1819.

Eight octavo volumes (complete). Joseph Addison portrait frontispiece, volume I.

Full leather with gilt and morocco labels to spine. Leather worn. Spine ends chipped; almost the whole of the first compartment of volume III is missing. All joints weak; front boards of volumes I and VIII detached, but present. Heavy foxing to front and rear blank pages. Fair condition.

The daily Spectator (published in 1711-12 and for a short period in 1714) was an influential publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. The goal of the publication was "to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality... to bring philosophy out of the closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffeehouses." The complete run of the Spectator is contained in these eight volumes. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92223

Printed Leaf from the First Edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools, printed by Richard Pynson in 1509, Featuring a Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.

This leaf is headed with the chapter number "LVI" and contains both Latin and old English text on the recto and text and an Albrecht Dürer woodcut on the verso.

The leaf has been rather inelegantly affixed to heavy stock paper for display purposes, with several pieces of badly discolored cellophane tape applied to the verso of the leaf and to the paper to which it is affixed. This same tape has also been used on the recto of the leaf to repairs along the edges. Missing paper at tips of corners has been replaced. Toning along edges. Good condition.

Ship of Fools was Alexander Barclay's English adaptation of Narrenschiff, Sebastian Brant's German poem which satirized all manner of late-fifteenth century folly. It was one of the most successful published works of its age, and as its popularity grew it was translated into several European languages. The title of Alexander Barclay's loose English translation was Ship of Fools, printed by Richard Pynson, considered one of the finest printers of his time. It was immensely popular - in fact it was one of the very first international bestsellers - and its resounding success paved the way for a new satirical literature.

92224

William S. Burroughs' APO-33 Bulletin [and] Claude Pelieu's Opal U.S.A.

Two books from City Lights: William S. Burroughs APO-33 Bulletin: A Metabolic Regulator - A Report on the Synthesis of the Apomorphine Formula 1968, second edition, not paginated, 4to (8.5" x 10.75"), brown paper wraps, very good, perimeter of pages browned, in a protective plastic cover. Chronicles Burroughs's experiences to cure his heroin addiction. Also included is Claude Pelieu Opal U.S.A. 1968, first edition, 22 pages, 4to (8.5" x 10.75"), blue and silver paper wraps, very good with only some minor scuffs to covers.

92225

Lot of Thirteen Mostly British Novels, Including Six Bentley Standard Novels.

All books in this lot are sixteenmo and twelvemo, and, unless noted otherwise, all are in very good condition. Titles include: Hans Christian Andersen. The Improvisatore: or, Life in Italy. London: Richard Bentley, 1847. Translated by Mary Howitt. Half leather. Front hinge broken. Bookplate. Good. [and:] J. Fenimore Cooper. The Two Admirals: A Tale of the Sea. London: Richard Bentley, 1844. Half leather. Bookplate. [and:] Maria Edgeworth. Helen, A Tale. London: Richard Bentley, 1850. Half leather. Bookplate. [and:] George Eliot. The Mill On the Floss - In Two Volumes. New York: Home Book Company, [n.d.]. The "Venetian Edition." Full blue cloth decorated with gilt peacock feathers. First signature of volume I detached, but present. Hinges broken or tender. Inked name, rubber stamped name, bookplates. Good. [and:] Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary. London: Collins Clear-Type Press, [n.d.]. Translated by Henry Blanchamp. Rubbed flexible boards. Chipped spine. Good. [and:] Thomas Colley Grattan. The Heiress of Bruges; A Tale. London: Richard Bentley, 1853. Half leather. Bookplate. [and:] Thomas Ingoldsby. Some Account of My Cousin Nicholas. London: Richard Bentley, 1846. Half leather. Bookplate. [and:] Lord Lytton. Last Days of Pompeii. [No place]: T. Nelson & Son, [n.d.]. Red cloth with illustrated inset. Binding faded. Joints splitting. Spine and boards all but detached; binding loose. Pages brown and brittle. Fair. [and:] A. E. W. Mason. The Philanderers. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926. Full leather with gilt spine and top. Head of spine chipped. [and:] Horace Mayhew [editor]. The Comic Almanack For 1848: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest. London: David Bogue Bibliopolist, 1848. Full gilt leather. [and:] A. Sewell. Black Beauty, The Autobiography of a Horse. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1895]. Full plaid cloth with paper labels to front board and spine. [and:] Albert Smith. The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century - A Romance of Old Paris. London: Richard Bentley, 1846. Half leather. Bookplate.

92226

Lot of Six Illustrated Adventure Novels.

All titles in generally very good condition unless otherwise noted. Titles include: Jules Verne. A Journey of the Centre of the Earth. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., [n.d.]. Illustrations. Binding cocked; extremities worn. Good. [and:] Robert J. Burdette. Chimes From a Jester's Bells - Stories and Sketches. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. Illustrations by Louis Braunhold. First edition. Gold, white and black-stamped red pictorial cloth. Top edge gilt. Very minimal wear to edges. An absolutely beautiful book in fine condition. [and:] S. R. Keightley. The Pikemen, A Romance of the Ards of Down. New York: Brentano's, 1903. First edition. Illustrations. Small stain to bottom of front board and to bottom page edges. [and:] Louis Tracy. The Great Mogul. New York: Edward J. Clode, 1905. Presumed first edition. Illustrations by J. C. Chase. Blue pictorial cloth. Extremities rubbed. [and:] John Arthur Barry. Sea Yarns. London: W. & R. Chambers, 1910. Color illustrations by Charles Pears. Attractive blue and gold pictorial boards. [and:] John Luther Langworthy. The Bird Boys Among the Clouds, or Young Aviators In a Wreck. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, [1912]. Illustrated frontispiece. Presumed first edition. Light blue pictorial cloth. Foxing to outer binding. Spine sunned.

92227

Lot of Three Books By Famous American Authors including Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Tenth printing. Octavo. Very good in jacket. [and] Edgar Allan Poe. Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Random House, 1944. Good condition. [and] Thomas Wolfe. The Thomas Wolfe Reader. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. Good condition.

92228

Four Classics of Literature in Attractive Bindings, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: [Alain René Le Sage. Tobias George Smollett, translator]. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A New Translation by the Author of Roderick Random. Adorned with Cuts, Neatly Engraved. London: Printed for W. Strahan [and nine others], 1785. Four twelvemo volumes. With twenty copper-engraved plates. Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines tooled in gilt, gilt red and black morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers. Shelf wear to board extremities. Front joints starting, especially front joint of volume I, but boards still holding tight. Overall a very good copy. [and:] Nicholas Harris Nicolas. Memoirs and Remains of Lady Jane Grey. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Large paper edition. Octavo. With engraved frontispiece portrait and folding pedigree chart. Nineteenth century full polished calf, single fillet border rolled in gilt, spine elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments, gilt black morocco lettering piece, tan endpapers, edges sprinkled red. Engraved armorial bookplate of Richard Lane Freer, giftplate of Archdeacon Freer to E.R. Dowdeswell, and Full Court Library ticket affixed to front pastedown. Offsetting from frontispiece to title. Corners slightly bumped. Shelfwear to board extremities, with a bit of leather coming away (but still attached) to head of spine. Overall a very good copy. [and:] Elizabeth Gaskell. The Life of Charlotte Brontë ... In Two Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857. First edition. Two octavo volumes. With two engraved frontispieces and manuscript facsimile plate. Contemporary half red calf over marbled boards by Maclehouse (stamp signed in ink on front pastedown), spines ruled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt red and green morocco lettering pieces, all edges marbled. Gift inscription from 1894 to front flyleaf. A very good copy. [and:] Washington Irving. Randolph Caldecott [illustrator]. Bracebridge Hall. London: Macmillan & Co., 1877. Octavo. With engraved frontispiece and intertextual illustrations throughout. Contemporary polished green calf by Henry Sotheran (stamp signed in gilt on front pastedown), double fillet gilt borders, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt red morocco lettering pieces, gilt board edges and turn ins, publisher's gilt forest green cloth as doublures (with original cloth spine affixed to rear flyleaf),marbled free endpapers, all edges gilt. Offsetting from frontispiece to title. A few instances of scattered light foxing. A bump to outer edge of front board, and wear to board extremities, especially to joints, with a few bits of loss to upper and lower headcaps. Overall a very good copy. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92229

Lot of Twelve Turn-of-the-Century Books Including The King In Yellow and an Early Edition of The Yellow Wall Paper.

A dozen twelvemo books in generally very good condition, including: Blanche Willis Howard. The Humming-Top. 1890. [and:] Robert W. Chambers. The King in Yellow. 1895. Black binding. [and:] W. Clark Russell. The Phantom Death. 1895. [and:] Edward Perry Warren. The Prince Who Did Not Exist. 1900. Limited edition of 350 copies, of which this is number 149. In glassine wrapper. [and:] Charlotte Perkins Stetson. The Yellow Wall Paper. 1901. Gilman's classic book, published here with her first husband's surname. [and:] Walter Gilliss. The Story of a Motto and a Mark. 1902. Limited edition, this copy inscribed to noted architect and writer Isaac Newton Phelps-Stokes. In glassine wrapper, in battered box. [and:] Bradford Torrey Dodd. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars. 1903. [and:] Gouverneur Morris. The Pagan's Progress. 1904. [and:] Walter Pater. The Child in the House. 1906. [and:] M. Wilhelm Meyer. The End of the World. 1914. [and:] John Ruskin. The King of the Golden River. 1916. [and:] William Canton. The Invisible Playmate. N.d.

92230

Lot of Three Books on Film including Peter Ustinov. Dear Me. 1977. [and] Thorne Smith. Turnabout. [and] Warren B. Meyers. Who Is That? The Late Late Viewers Guide to the Old Old Movie Players. including Peter Ustinov. Dear Me. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. First edition. Octavo. 374 pages. Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket. [and] Thorne Smith. Turnabout. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1931. Later edition. 312 pages. Twelvemo. Very good in price-clipped jacket. [and] Warren B. Meyers. Who Is That? The Late Late Viewers Guide to the Old Old Movie Players. New York: Personality Posters, Inc., 1967. Oblong octavo. 64 pages. Pictorial wraps. Very good.

92231

Lot of Three Miscellaneous Books From Scribner's Publishing House. including Henry Van Dyke. The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. First edition. Octavo. 71 pages. Very good. [and] George C. Hazelton, Jr. Mistress Nell: A Merry Tale of a Merry Time. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Very good. [and] Helen and Alfred Campbell. Applejack For Breakfast. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First edition. Octavo. 191 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92232

Lot of Nine Literary Works From the Late-19th and Early-Twentieth Centuries.

All books are bound in full cloth and are in generally very good condition unless noted otherwise. Titles include: Louisa M. Alcott. Jack and Jill: A Village Story. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1919. Binding cocked. Bookplate. Good. [and:] William Cowper. Selections from Cowper's Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Sixteenmo. Introduction by Mrs. Oliphant. Half leather. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Heavy foxing to pages adjacent to the portrait title page. [and:] Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield. New York: John W. Lovell Company, [n.d.]. Boards rubbed. Front hinge cracked. Pages tanned. Good. [and:] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Hyperion: A Romance. New York: Frank F. Lovell and Company, [n.d.]. Title page detached but present. Pages tanned. Good. [and:] Herman Melville. Typee, A Real Romance of the South Seas. New York: United States Book Company, [1892]. First posthumous edition. Binding soiled; spine darkened. Good. [and:] Mrs. Oliphant. Jeanne D'Arc, Her Life and Death. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1896. A few illustrations, including a fold-out map. Hinges cracked. Good. [and:] Mark Twain. The £1,000,000 Bank-Note, and Other Stories. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. Spine darkened. Both hinges cracked. Inked gift inscription. Bookplate of William Roedel Rathvon (the only known witness of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to leave an audio recording of his impressions of the historical event). Good. [and:] Mark Twain. Mark Twain's Letters - In Two Volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1917]. Two volumes (complete). Edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. Illustrated. Index. Top edge gilt. Light soiling to both volumes; fingertip-sized stain to front board of volume II.

92233

Lot of Eleven Modern Literature Titles by Various Authors, Including One Signed by Robert Penn Warren.

All book are in very good condition unless otherwise noted. Titles include: John Hersey. A Bell For Adano. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First edition. Covers soiled. In a very good price-clipped dust jacket. [and:] Aldous Huxley. Time Must Have a Stop. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. First edition. In chipped jacket. [and:] C. S. Lewis. An Experiment in Criticism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961. First edition. Inked name of Lewis scholar Douglas J. McMillan, with some of his inked underlining throughout. Fine in jacket. [and:] Margaret Mitchell. Gone With the Wind. Garden City: International Collectors Library, [1964]. First, thus. Full simulated leather. Issued without jacket. [and:] Christopher Morley. The Man Who Made Friends With Himself - Special Advance "Presentation Copy." Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1949. This advance copy (called a "presentation edition" on the copyright page and a "private edition" in the author's memo). This presentation copy varies from the trade edition by the inclusion of Morley's "Memo" (which starts out "The publishers have wished to print a few hundred advance copies of this troublesome novel for old friends in The Trade. They assure me that these are privileged among ourselves."), and by the front board which shows a facsimile page from Morley's manuscript printed on the paper-covered board. A very nice copy in jacket. [and:] Christopher Morley. The Man Who Made Friends With Himself. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First edition. Full cloth. In rubbed and chipped jacket. [and:] John Steinbeck. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First edition. Binding loose and cocked. Inked gift inscription. Good. [and:] John Steinbeck. The Winter of Our Discontent. New York: The Viking Press, [1961]. First edition. [and:] John Steinbeck. Zapata, The Little Tiger. London: William Heinemann, [1991]. Pages yellowing at margins; else, near fine in jacket. The previously unpublished introduction, commentary and script for the film Viva Zapata! starring Marlon Brando. [and:] Robert Penn Warren. Homage To Theodore Dreiser - A Signed Copy. New York: Random House, [1971]. Fist edition. Signed by Warren on the title page. Fine in price-clipped jacket. [and:] Robert Penn Warren. Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back. [Lexington]: University of Kentucky Press, [1980]. First edition. Fine in jacket.

92234

Lot of Ten Novels by Various Authors, Including Two Limited Editions Signed by John Galsworthy.

All books in this lot are in very good condition, unless otherwise noted. Titles include: Pearl S. Buck. Peony. New York: The John Day Company, [1948]. Cloth lightly faded; quarter-sized water stain to front board. Shards of dust jacket laid in. [and:] Helen Perry Curtis. Jean & Co. Unlimited. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company,[ 1937]. Illustrations by Grace Paull. [and:] Edna Ferber. Cimarron. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930. In lightly chipped dust jacket. [and:] Robert Frost: The Man and His Work. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [n.d.]. Stapled pamphlet, 10 pages. Pages split (and splitting) at fold. Good. [and:] John Galsworthy. Flowering Wilderness. London: William Heinemann, 1932. Edition limited to 400 copies, of which this is number 170, signed by Galsworthy. Full gilt-stamped vellum (cream backstrip and green boards). Top edge gilt. A couple of stray marks to front board; boards very slightly bowed. [and:] John Galsworthy. Soames and the Flag. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Edition limited to 680 copies, of which this is number 328, signed by Galsworthy. Top edge gilt. Corners lightly rubbed; else, near fine in publisher's slipcase. [and:] John Hersey. A Bell for Adano. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First edition. Dust jacket is price-clipped. [and:] Thomas Mann. Doctor Faustus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First American edition. Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter. In chipped jacket with tape repairs on verso. [and:] W. S. Maugham. The Moon and Sixpence. London: William Heinemann, 1919. First edition. Binding a little loose. Pages tanned. [and:] Edgar Wallace. Sanders of the River. London: Ward, Lock & Co., [n.d.]. Binding cocked. Hinge cracking at first signature. Good.

92235

Lot of Eight Assorted Books, including: Nathan Gallizier. The Lotus Woman. Boston: 1923. First edition. [and:] Thomson Burtis. Haunted Airways. Garden City: 1932. Juvenile. [and:] Alan Devoe. Phudd Hill. New York: 1937. [and:] C. F. Ramuz. The End of All Men. New York: 1944. First edition. [and:] Owen Rutter. The Monster of Mu. London: 1945. [and:] Constance E. Dodge. In Adam's Fall. Philadelphia: 1946. [and:] Anthony More. Puzzle Box. San Francisco: 1948. First edition. [and:] Edmund Boisgilbert. Caesar's Column. Chicago: n.d. All copies in good condition with dust jackets.

92236

Five Works of Literature and Commentary, including: Andre Gide. Dostoevsky. Norfolk: New Directions Books, 1949. Later printing. Twelvemo. 176 pages. Very good in jacket. [and] Victor Hugo. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Boston: Books, Inc., [no date]. Later printing. Twelvemo. 360 pages. Very good. [and] Fyodor Dostoevsky. The House of the Dead. New York: Macmillan Company, 1931. Volume 5 in the series The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Twelvemo. 284 pages. Very good. [and] Kahlil Gibran. The Prophet. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. 70th printing. Octavo. 96 pages. Very good. [and] Edward Townsend Booth. God Made the Country. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First edition. Twelvemo. 330 pages. Very good in jacket.

92237

Four Books Concerning British Writers, including: John Fisher, editor. The Magic of Lewis Carroll. New York: Bramdall House, 1973. Reprint. Octavo. 288 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Vivien Noakes. Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. Second printing. Octavo. 359 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Saki (H. H. Munro). The Short Stories of Saki. New York: The Viking Press, 1934. Sixth printing. Twelvemo. 718 pages. Very good in torn and tatty dust jacket. [and] J. H. White. The Scandal Monger. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1952. First edition. Octavo. 223 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92238

Lot of Three Literary Companion Books including James D. Hart. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. [and] Sir Paul Harvey. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. [and] Colin Clair, editor. Literary Anecdotes. including James D. Hart. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. Sixth edition. Octavo. 991 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Sir Paul Harvey. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. First American edition. Octavo. 961 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Colin Clair, editor. Literary Anecdotes. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. First edition. Octavo. 525 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92239

Lot of Four Humor Books including Various Authors. Born in a Beer Garden or, She Troupes to Conquer. New York: The Foundry Press, 1930. Octavo. Numbered limited to 999 copies. 118 pages. Very good. [and] Al Capp. Al Capp's Bald Iggle...the life it ruins may be your own. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. Quarto. Unpaginated. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Damon Runyon. Runyon a la Carte. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1944. First edition. Twelvemo. 192 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] James Thurber. Many Moons. Saint Joseph: A.M. & R. W. Roe, 1958. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Very good.

92240

Three Abridgements and Collections in the "Everybody's" Series, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: [Samuel Pepys] O. F. Morshead [editor]. Everybody's Pepys: The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669, Abridged from the Complete Copyright Text. G. Bell and Sons, 1932. [and:] [Charles Lamb> A. C. Ward [editor]. Everybody's Lamb: Being a Selection From the Essays of Elia, The Letters and Miscellaneous Prose of Charles Lamb. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1933. [and:] [James Boswell] Everybody's Boswell: Being the Life of Samuel Johnson, Abridged From James Boswell's Complete Text and from the "Tour to the Hebrides". London: G. Bell, 1949. All books uniformly bound in three-quarter red leather over red cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Small stain to cloth of front board of the Pepys volume. All books illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. All volumes have an index. All books in very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92241

Lot of Five Classic Works, including: Lord Byron. Sardanapalus, A Tragedy; The Two Foscari, A Tragedy; Cain, A Mystery. London: John Murray, 1821. Octavo. Three poetic works in one volume. Full leather, rubbed and worn. Front board detached but present; rear board loose. Inked name. Fair. [and:] Herodotus. The History of Herodotus. Oxford: W. Baxter, 1824. Octavo. Translation by Isaac Littlebury. Half bound in leather over marbled boards. Wear to extremities. Good. [and:] Henry W. Longfellow. Poems. London: David Bogue, 1856. New and Complete Edition. Twelvemo. Illustrations. Portrait frontispiece. Index. Full leather with titles stamped in gilt and decorations stamped in black. Four raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Extremities rubbed. Very good. [and:] Plato. The Republic [and] The Statesman. New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1901. Large octavo. Two volumes in one. Attractive full leather stamped in gilt and in blind. Color frontispiece. Bookplate. Very good. [and:] Adam Smith. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d.]. Small octavo. From the "Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books" series. Half bound in maroon leather over marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed and worn, particularly along spine. Bottom third of spine is black, perhaps as the result of a fire. Gilt titles dulled. Hinges broken, but boards still attached. Good.

92242

Group Lot of Various Children's Books, Periodicals and Illustrated items, including: 1. Peachy, J. Lorne; How To Teach Peace To Children. 2. Life Magazine - April 30, 1965. 3. Lippincott's (Magazine). 4. British History Illustrated (26 Issues). 5. Drug And Condiment Plants. 6. England Under The Norman - April/May 1978. 7. L'illustration - 6 December 1930. 8. Gay, Thomas Benjamin; Many Places: A Diary Of Two Friends. 9. Montana: The Magazine Of Western History. 10. Conover, Charlotte Reeve: On Being Eighty And Other Digressions. 11. Morgan, Arthur E.; The Great Community. 12. Mankind, Vol I, Nov 8, 1968. 13. Diplomat, October 1966. 14. Gatchell, Dorothy Glandenning; Heraldry Designed For You. 15. Schwarz, Berthold E.; Ordeal By Serpents, Fire And Strychnine. 16. Dagmar Car Advertisement.

92243

Lot of Eleven Miscellaneous Titles, including: Anonymous [James DeMille]. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder. 1889. Rebound in cloth over paper boards; no jacket. [and:] Langdon Smith. Evolution, A Fantasy. 1909. [and:] Henry Lovejoy Wilson. Of Lunar Kingdoms. 1937. [and:] William Richard Twiford. Sown in the Darkness, A.D. 2000. 1941. [and:] Robert Ardrey. Worlds Beginning. 1944. [and:] M. Farrer. The Kingdom of a Thousand Isles. 1947. [and:] Jerry Walker. Mission Accomplished, A Novel of 1950. 1947. [and:] Elizabeth Reynard. The Mutinous Wind. 1951. [and:] Richard Aldington. Frauds. 1957. [and:] Charles L. Wallis, editor. The Treasure Chest. 1965. No dust jacket issued. [and:] Alan E. Nourse. The Mercy Men. 1968. All books in dust jackets, unless otherwise noted. All books in good or better condition.

92244

Lot of Four Books of Essays including The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier: Selected Texts on Work, Love, and Passionate Attraction. Boston: Beacon Press, 1972. Octavo. 427 pages. Wraps. Very good. [and] Edward Hoagland. Red Wolves & Black Bears. New York: Random House, 1976. Second edition. Octavo. 273 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Howard H. Brinton. Critique by Eternity and Other Essays. Wallingford: Pendle Hill, 1943. First edition. Octavo. 56 pages. Very good. [and] Thomas K. McCraw. Morgan vs. Lilienthal: The Feud Within the TVA. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1970. First edition. Octavo. 153 pages. Very good.

92245

Pair of Mystery Commentary Books including Trevor Hall. Sherlock Holmes: Ten Literary Studies. [and] Tage la Cour & Harald Mogensen. The Murder Book. An Illustrated History of the Detective Story. including Trevor Hall. Sherlock Holmes: Ten Literary Studies. New York: St. Martin's, 1969. Octavo. 157 pages. Wraps. Very good. [and] Tage la Cour & Harald Mogensen. The Murder Book. An Illustrated History of the Detective Story. New York: Herder and Herder, 1971. First edition. Quarto. 191 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92246

Lot of Eight Books on the English Language including C. T. Onions, editor. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. Octavo. 1024 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] William and Mary Morris. Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins. New York: Harper & Row, 1977. First edition. Octavo. 654 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] H. L. Mencken. The American Language. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Fourth edition. Octavo. 769 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Mario Pei. The Story of the English Language. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1967. Revised edition. Octavo. 430 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] William Strunk & E. B. White. The Elements of Style. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. Second printing. Octavo. 71 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Leslie Blakeley. Old English. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1964. First edition. Sixteenmo. 185 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] William Morris. Your Heritage of Words: How to Increase Your Vocabulary Instantly. New York: Dell 1970. First printing. Twelvemo. 182 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Kevin Guinagh. Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1972. Second edition. Octavo. 352 pages. Very good.

92247

Lot of Sixteen Miscellaneous Titles.

All books in this lot are in very good condition unless otherwise noted. Titles include: Joan Walsh Anglund. Spring Is a New Beginning. 1963. First edition. Dust jacket. [and:] Irving Bacheller. Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country. 1900. [and:] William F. Buckley, Jr. Airborne, A Sentimental Journey. 1976. First edition. Inked gift inscription. Dust jacket. [and:] John Fox, Jr. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. 1908. First edition. [and:] Arthur Hailey. Airport. 1968. Back board and dust jacket water-damaged. Good. [and:] Eric Hatch. The Little Book of Bells. 1964. First edition. Sketches by Eric Sloane. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] [John Hay.] Anonymous. The Bread-Winners, A Social Study. 1884. [and:] Walter Lippmann. Public Opinion. 1922. Front hinge broken. Fair. [and:] Betty MacDonald. The Egg and I. 1945. [and:] Thomas Nelson Page. In Ole Virginia, or Marse Chan and Other Stories. 1887. [and:] Channing Pollock. The Adventures of a Happy Man. 1942. Inscribed by the author. [and:] Le Duc de La Rochefoucauld. Maxims. 1917. Translated by John Heard, Jr. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] Eric Sloane. Eric Sloane's Don't, A Little Book of Early American Gentility. 1968. Signed by the author. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. [and:] Leonora Speyer. Fiddler's Farewell. 1926. [and:] Webb Waldron. Americans. 1941. Inscribed by the author. In sunned dust jacket. [and:] Robert James Waller. The Bridges of Madison County. 1992. Fine in dust jacket.

92248

Lot of Ten Poetry Titles by Various Authors, Including a Signed Volume by Edward Arlington Robinson.

All books are in very good condition, unless otherwise noted. Titles include: Roy J. Cook [editor]. One Hundred and One Famous Poets, With a Prose Supplement. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, [1958]. Revised edition. Full leatherette with pictorial vignette and titles in gold. Fine. [and:] Oliver Herford. Overheard In a Garden, Et Cetera - With Notes Signed by the Author. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1900]. First edition. Pictorial cloth. With charming illustrations by the author. Inked name of previous owner; also, tipped in to the back of the book is a handwritten letter from Herford on Players Club stationery. Laid in is another note, signed "Oliver," dated 1934. [and:] Oliver Wendell Holmes. The One Hoss Shay, With Its Companion Poems How the Old Horse Won the Bet & The Broomstick Train. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. First, thus. Illustrations by Howard Pyle. Full brown suede. General wear, particularly to edges and spine. Gouge to back board. Sticker to front free endpaper. [and:] Joe Lincoln [aka Joseph Crosby Lincoln]. Cape Cod Ballads and Other Verse. Trenton: Albert Brandt, 1902. First edition. Illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. Full yellow cloth with gilt titles and a vignette stamped in brown. [and:] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1980. First, thus. Color woodcuts by Boyd Hanna. Full gilt-stamped publisher's red leather. Orange moiré endpapers. Fine.[and:] Amy Lowell. What's O'Clock. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. Cloth and paper boards; paper labels to spine and front board. Boards soiled; spine label chipped. [and:] Edward Arlington Robinson. The Man Who Died Twice - Signed by Robinson. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this appears to be a limited edition of an unstated number of copies (this being number 337), signed and numbered by the author. Publisher's gray paper boards with black cloth backstrip; paper labels to spine and front board. Several pages unopened. Some light smudges to boards. A few terminal pages very lightly rippled. Overall, fine. [and:] Amy Smith. Poems. London: Privately Printed, 1929. First edition. Illustrations by George Plank. Red and white patterned boards. Paper label to front board. Spine darkened. [and:] Charles A. Wagner [edited]. Prize Poems 1913-1929. New York: Charles Boni, 1930. First edition. Pictorial cloth and endpapers (from drawings by Rockwell Kent); paper label to spine. Inked name of Ann Van Doren Bender, presumably a relative of poet Mark Van Doren, who wrote the Introduction. [and:] Audrey Wurdemann. Bright Ambush. New York: The John Day Company, [1934]. First edition. Full green cloth. In sunned dust jacket. Winner of the 1935 Pulitzer Prize. Author's first book.

92249

Pair of 19th Century Poetry Books From the Masters including [Sir Walter Scott]. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott With Life. Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis, circa 1885. Later edition. Twelvemo. 624 pages. Illustrated with steel engravings.
Original brown cloth beveled boards decorated in black blind stamped floral motifs and a beautiful color illustration inset on the front board. Titles are stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Spine slightly faded and corners moderately bumped. Front endpaper and first three pages loose but present. Hinges cracked but textblock sound. Very good. [and] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Early Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887. Later edition. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Portrait of Longfellow uses as the frontispiece. Original brown cloth with decorations in black and gilt on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Light shelf wear at the spine ends and corners, spine slightly faded, otherwise very good.

92250

Lot of Seven Poetry Books including Gordon Parks. In Love. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1971. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Gene Stratton-Porter. The Fire Bird. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922. First edition. Octavo. 71 pages. Very good. [and] Robert Clark Schaller. The Throne of Merlin. Chicago: Argus Books, 1937. First edition. Quarto. 102 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Various authors. Parlour Poetry: A Casquet of Gems. New York: The Viking Press, 1969. First edition. Octavo. 325 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] William Allingham. The Music Master: A Love Story. Xerox University Microfilms, 1967. First edition. Twelvemo. 221 pages. Very good. [and] Earl H. Emmons. The Hell Raisers of History. Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1948. First edition. Octavo. 91 pages. Very good in the original slipcase as issued. [and] William Rawlins. Roots of Happiness & Other Poems. Moylan: The Whimsie Press, 1977. First edition. Octavo. 36 pages.

92251

Clamshell Conservation Case for Little Women.

Brown quarter leather box over grayish-white cloth. "Little Women - Alcott" stamped on spine in gilt. Interior dimensions measure approximately 6.75 x 5 x 2 inches.

92252

Clamshell Conservation Case for Ondes et Mouvements.

Brown cloth box with brown morocco label with "Ondes et Mouvements - Broglie - First Edition - Paris 1926" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 10 x 6.5 x .5 inches.

92253

Clamshell Conservation Case for The Return of Tarzan.

Full simulated brown leather case with gilt rules and "The Return of Tarzan - Burroughs - 1915" stamped in gilt on spine. Box is rubbed along edges and is lightly scratched. Felt lining. Interior dimensions are approximately 7.25 x 5 x 1.25 inches.

92254

Clamshell Conservation Case for The Son of Tarzan.

Full simulated leather case with gilt rules and "The Son of Tarzan - Burroughs - 1917" stamped in gilt on spine. Felt lining. Interior dimensions are approximately 7.25 x 5 x 1.25 inches.

92255

Clamshell Conservation Case for David Copperfield.

Green cloth box with green morocco label with "David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - First Edition - London 1850" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 9 x 6 x 2.25 inches.

92256

Clamshell Conservation Case for The Library of Fiction by Charles Dickens.

Blue cloth box with "Library of Fiction - Charles Dickens - Vol. I-II - First Edition - Chapman & Hall - 1836" stamped in gilt on spine. Lined with marbled paper. Interior dimension are approximately 7.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inches.

92257

Clamshell Conservation Case for Martin Chuzzlewit.

Blue cloth box lined with marbled paper, with "Dickens - Martin Chuzzlewit - First Edition in Cloth - Chapman & Hall - 1844" stamped in gilt on spine. Interior dimensions are approximately 9 x 6.25 x 2 inches.

92258

Conservation Case for The Pickwick Papers.

Blue cloth slipcase with "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - First American Edition in Parts - James Turney - New York - 1838" stamped in gilt on spine. Interior dimensions of four-fold chemise are approximately 9.75 x 6 x 3 inches.

92259

Conservation Case for The Pickwick Papers.

Blue-gray leather slipcase with "Charles Dickens - The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - London - 1836-1837" stamped in gilt on spine; also, gilt rules and decorations to box. Leather faded. Interior dimensions of four-fold chemise are approximately 8.75 x 5.5 x 3.25 inches.

92260

Clamshell Conservation Case for The Pickwick Papers.

Blue quarter leather box over blue cloth. "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - Original Parts - (First Cheap Edition) - Chapman & Hall - London - 1847" stamped on spine in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 7.25 x 5 x 1.75 inches.

92261

Clamshell Conservation Case with Accompanying Label for Amelia Earhart's 20 Hours, 40 Min.

Blue and maroon cloth case with interior dimensions measuring approximately 9.75 x 6.5 x 2 inches. The empty box is unmarked, but inside is a gilt-stamped blue morocco label reading "20 Hrs 40 Min -Our Flight in the Friendship - Amelia Earhart - Author's Autograph Edition - Signed - New York 1928".

92262

Clamshell Conservation Case for Ehrlich's Die Experimentelle Chemotherapie der Spirillosen.

Green cloth with green morocco label with "Die Experimentelle Chemotherapie der Spirillosen - Ehrlich - First Edition - Berlin 1910" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 9.5 x 6.25 x .75 inches.

92263

Custom Slipcase for William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury.

Gray cloth slipcase with the image that appears on the front cover of the 1929 Jonathan Cape first edition pasted onto the front of the slipcase, and the printed panel from the book's back cover pasted onto the rear of the slipcase. Interior dimensions of the box measure approximately 7.75 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches. Lightly soiled.

92264

Clamshell Conservation Case for Fitzgerald's Tales of the Jazz Age.

Blue cloth with two gilt-stamped brown morocco labels. One label reads "Fitzgerald - Tales of the Jazz Age - 1923" and the other reads "Presentation Copy." Interior dimensions are approximately 7.75 x 5.5 x 1.25 inches. A couple of light scratches to back panel of box.

92265

Conservation Case for Fitzgerald's The Vegetable.

Orange cloth slipcase with black morocco label with "The Vegetable - F. Scott Fitzgerald- N.Y. 1923 - Presentation Copy" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions of two-fold chemise are approximately 7.75 x 5.5 x 1.25 inches. The gilt spelling out "The Vegetable" is significantly dulled.

92266

Two Custom Slipcases for Two F. Scott Fitzgerald Titles.

Blue cloth slipcases with brown morocco gilt-stamped labels. One label reads: "Fitzgerald - All the Sad Young Men - Inscribed - 1926" (interior dimensions of the box measure approximately 7.75 x 5.75 x 1.5 inches). The other label reads: "Fitzgerald - Taps at Reveille - 1935" (7.5 x 5.75 x 1.5). Cloth lightly sunned.

92267

Clamshell Conservation Case for Howard's The State of the Prisons In England and In Wales.

Brown and russet cloth with red morocco label with "The State of the Prisons In England and In Wales - John Howard - First Edition - Warrington - 1777 1780" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 11 x 9 x 2 inches.

92268

Clamshell Conservation Case for Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind.

Green cloth box with green morocco label with "Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind - Prichard - Third Edition - Volumes IV-V - London 1836" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 9 x 6 x 3.25 inches.

92269

Clamshell Conservation Case for Scott's Waverley.

Brown and russet cloth with red morocco label with "Waverley - Sir Walter Scott - First Edition - Edinburgh 1814" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 7 x 4.5 x 3 inches.

92270

Clamshell Conservation Case for Interactive Action of the Nervous System.

Blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "The Interactive Action of the Nervous System - Sherrington - First Edition - New York 1906" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 9 x 6 x 1.75 inches.

92271

Clamshell Conservation Case for The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

Red cloth box with red morocco label with "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Mark Twain - London 1890" stamped in gilt. Rubbed indentation to label. Interior dimensions are approximately 6.75 x 4.75 x 1 inches.

92272

Custom Conservation Case for The Complete Angler.

Green cloth slipcase with "Complete Angler [sic] - Walton and Cotton - Vol. I - London 1836" stamped in dulled gilt on spine. Interior dimensions of two-fold chemise is approximately 11 x 7.75 x 2.25 inches. Cloth on slipcase is rubbed, splitting, and fraying along edges; one corner bumped.

92273

Large Solander Case Labeled Antiques For the Storage of Prints.

Heavy-duty blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "Antiques" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 15 x 11.5 x 4 inches. Cloth lightly rubbed in spots.

92274

Large Solander Case Labeled Architecture For the Storage of Prints.

Heavy-duty blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "Architecture" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 15 x 11.5 x 4 inches. Cloth lightly rubbed in spots.

92275

Large Solander Case Labeled Art For the Storage of Prints.

Heavy-duty blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "Art" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 15 x 11.5 x 4 inches. Cloth lightly rubbed in spots.

92276

Large Solander Case Labeled Dance For the Storage of Prints.

Heavy-duty blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "Dance" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 15 x 11.5 x 4 inches. Cloth lightly rubbed in spots.

92277

Large Solander Case Labeled Illustrators For the Storage of Prints.

Heavy-duty blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "Illustrators" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 15 x 11.5 x 4 inches. Cloth lightly rubbed in spots.

92278

Large Solander Case Labeled Music For the Storage of Prints.

Heavy-duty blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "Music" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 15 x 11.5 x 4 inches. Cloth lightly rubbed in spots.

92279

Large Solander Case Labeled Prints For the Storage of Prints.

Heavy-duty blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "Prints" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 15 x 11.5 x 4 inches. Cloth lightly rubbed in spots.

92280

Large Solander Case Labeled Theatre For the Storage of Prints.

Heavy-duty blue cloth box with blue morocco label with "Theatre" stamped in gilt. Interior dimensions are approximately 15 x 11.5 x 4 inches. Cloth lightly rubbed in spots.

92281

A Square [pseudonym of Edwin Abbott]. Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891.

Small octavo. 155 pages. Illustrations.

Publisher's pictorial brown cloth. Extremities rubbed. Bottom edge of front board faded. Very good.

92282

Cynthia Asquith. What Dreams May Come. London: James Barrie, 1951.

First edition. Small octavo. 254 pages.

Publisher's blue-green cloth. Spine and one-half of back board faded. Top edge foxed. Very good in dust jacket.

92283

John Jacob Astor. A Journey In Other Worlds, A Romance of the Future. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894.

First edition. Octavo. iv, 476 pages. Illustrations by Dan Beard.

Publisher's blue and silver boards with gold lettering. Water spot to back board and light wear to extremities. A former owner's inked name, dated 1894, on a preliminary page. Overall a very nice copy in very good condition.

Early science fiction from John Jacob Astor, member of the famed New York Astors who perished in the sinking of the Titanic.

92284

L. Frank Baum [published anonymously]. The Last Egyptian, A Romance of the Nile. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1908.

First edition. 287 pages. Color illustrations by Francis P. Wightman.

Publisher's blue cloth with rubbed illustrated inset pasted to front board. Cloth a trifle dusty. Very light wear to hinges. Binding slightly cocked. Overall, very good.

Published anonymously, this is Baum's only adventure novel, written for adults.

92285

William Beckford. Vathek. London: Philip Allan & Co., [n.d., ca. 1920s].

Small quarto. 210 pages. Color illustrations. Frontispiece. Illustrated title page.

Publisher's gilt-stamped blue cloth. Spine faded. Small stain to top edge. Offsetting to endpapers. Foxing along page edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. Overall, very good.

92286

Edward Bellamy. Looking Backward 2000-1887. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888.

First edition, first issue (imprint of J. J. Arakelyan on copyright page). Octavo. xi,470 pages.

Original gray cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover and with decorations in gilt on spine and front cover. Very light rubbing and soiling to covers. Slightly cocked. Bookplate on front pastedown of a previous owner; offsetting of bookplate to facing page. Otherwise, very good. Housed in a beautiful " J. Macdonald Co. custom gray cloth box, with a gilt-stamped black leather backstrip and a chemise with ribbon pull.

The first issue of one of the most important - and most socially influential - Utopian novels of the 19th century.

92287

Zealia B. Bishop. The Curse of Yig. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1953.

First edition of 1200 copies. Small octavo. 175 pages.

Publisher's gold-stamped black cloth. Offsetting to endpapers. Lightly rubbed dust jacket. Near fine.

92288

Everett F. Bleiler, editor. The Checklist of Fantastic Literature - A Bibliography of Fantasy, Weird, and Science Fiction Books Published in the English Language. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948.

First edition. Twelvemo. xix, 455 pages. Preface by Melvin Korshak.

Publisher's maroon cloth. Gilt titles dulled on spine. Minimal edgewear to dust jacket; spine has darkened slightly. Signed by Bleiler on the first free endpaper. A near fine copy.

92289

Robert Bloch. The Opener of the Way. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1945.

First edition of 2000 copies. Small octavo. 309 pages.

Publisher's black binding. One corner lightly bumped. Thin strip at bottom edge of spine faded. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Overall, a near fine copy.

92290

Nelson Bond. Exiles of Time. Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1949.

First edition. Small octavo. 183 pages.

Publisher's gold-stamped gray cloth. Light scratch to front panel of dust jacket; pinhole and light rubbing to back panel of jacket. Fine.

92291

Franklyn M. Branley. Lodestar, Rocket Ship to Mars. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 248 pages.

Publisher's orange cloth. Green stain to top edge faded. Edgewear and light rubbing to dust jacket. Very good.

92292

Henry Hardy Heins. A Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publishers, 1964. First [complete, revised] edition, limited to 1000 copies. Inscribed by the author on the initial flyleaf.

First [complete, revised] edition, limited to 1000 copies. Inscribed by the author on the initial flyleaf: "To Mrs. J. Allen St. John, in memory of J. Allen who must have been a wonderful man. All good wishes, Henry Hardy Heins. 9/9/64." Accompanied by a typewritten letter from Heins to Mrs. St. John, signed "Henry." . Quarto. 418 pages. Index, list of abbreviations. Illustrated.

Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor bumping to spine head and tail, light rubbing to a few corner tips. Dust jacket is fine, with just a few creases at spine ends. Overall fine condition.

92293

John W. Campbell, Jr. The Mightiest Machine. Providence, R. I.: Hadley Publishing Company, [1947].

First edition. Octavo. 228 pages. Four inserted illustrations by Robert Pailthrope.

Publisher's dark blue textured cloth with the spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to covers, jacket spine sunned, back of jacket soiled, and spine of the jacket rubbed. Altogether a very good copy.

Best known as the editor of Astounding Science Fiction from 1937 until his death, John W. Campbell (June 8, 1910 - July 11, 1971) was also a prolific writer. The Mightiest Machine was his first novel, but first appeared as a series in five Astounding issues, beginning in December 1934.

92294

John W. Campbell, Jr. The Moon Is Hell! Reading: Fantasy Press, 1951.

First edition. Small octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's purple binding. Spine shows offsetting from dust jacket and general fading. Light wear to dust jacket. Overall, very good.

92295

Agatha Christie. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case. London: Collins, 1975.

First edition. Octavo. 221 pages.

Custom maroon leatherette binding with title and owner's initials stamped in gold. Minor wear to extremities. Near fine.

Originally written during World War II, this final case for Poirot was held for publication until it was certain it would be Christie's last book.

92296

Arthur C. Clarke. The Sands of Mars. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, [1951].

First edition. Small octavo. 219 pages.

Publisher's red boards are slightly bowed. Pages tanned. Dust jacket has a couple of small holes to spine and along fore-edge; one closed tear at head of spine. Overall, very good.

92297

Susanna Clarke. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. New York: Bloomsbury, 2004. Signed by the author on the half title page.

First American edition. Signed by the author on the half title page. Octavo. 782 pages.

Publisher's black boards with gilt titles. Original white dust jacket lettered in black. Fine condition.

An extraordinary work of fantasy fiction that won both the Hugo and World Fantasy Award in 2005.

92298

F. Marion Crawford. The Witch of Prague, A Fantastic Tale. London: Macmillan and Co., 1891.

First edition. Octavo. 435 pages plus ads. Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

Publisher's dark green and light green cloth with gilt letting and decorations. Spine darkened and gilt on spine dulled. Boards lightly worn. Overall, a very good copy.

92299

Clive Cussler. Raise the Titanic! New York: The Viking Press, [1976]. Signed by Cussler on title page, in the year of publication.

First edition. Signed by Cussler on title page, in the year of publication. Octavo. 314 pages.

Publisher's cloth. Top and bottom edge of cloth on spine faded. One closed tear to dust jacket. Very good.

92300

L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. The Castle of Iron, A Science Fiction Adventure. New York: Gnome Press, [1950].

First edition. Small octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's orange cloth. Top edge of spine faded slightly. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed at edges. Spine of jacket is faded completely to white, with evidence of water droplets. Very good.

92301

L. Sprague de Camp. Demons and Dinosaurs. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1970.

First edition. Small octavo. 72 pages.

Publisher's gold-stamped black cloth. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Fine.

A collection of poetry.

92302

L. Sprague de Camp and P. Schuyler Miller. Genus Homo. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1950.

First edition. Small octavo. 225 pages.

Publisher's green cloth. Thin brown stain to front joint. Offsetting to endpapers. Spine and one-inch vertical strip to front panel of the dust jacket are sunned. Overall, a very good copy. Laid in is a publisher's ad/prospectus for John W. Campbell, Jr.'s The Incredible Planet, with Genius Homo contained in a list of "New and Forthcoming."

92303

L. Sprague de Camp. Lest Darkness Fall. Philadelphia: Prime Press, [1949].

Small octavo. 233 pages.

Publisher's black cloth. Verso of dust jacket has been repaired at head of spine with yellowed and brittle cellophane tape. Otherwise, this is a near fine copy.

92304

L. Sprague de Camp. Scribblings. Boston: NESFA Press, 1972.

First edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 342. Small octavo. 95 pages.

Publisher's silver-stamped blue cloth. Spine of dust jacket has yellowed. Fine.

92305

August Derleth. Oliver, The Wayward Owl. Sauk City: Stanton & Lee, 1945.

First edition. Square octavo. Pages unnumbered. Illustrations by Dwig.

Publisher's tan paper-covered boards have darkened at edges and show light foxing; foxing also to top edge. Light bump to one corner. Darkened endpapers. Rubbed and lightly soiled dust jacket has a couple of closed tears. "$1.50" rubber stamped in red on front flap. Overall, very good.

A "children's book for adults" from Stanton & Lee, an Arkham House imprint.

92306

A. Conan Doyle. Micah Clarke. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894.

Small octavo. 471 pages. Illustrations by George Willis Bardwell.

Publisher's pictorial cloth. Covers lightly soiled; spine darkened. Near very good.

92307

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Poison Belt, Being an Account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor Challenger. New York: Hodder and Stoughton/George H. Doran Company, [1913].

First American edition. Octavo. 252 pages. Frontispiece and illustrations by Harry Rountree.

Publisher's gold-stamped red cloth. Dark rectangular discoloration to back board. Binding slightly cocked. Else, very good.

92308

A. Conan Doyle. Two Sherlock Holmes Novels, including: His Last Bow, Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. London: John Murray, 1917. Hinges cracked or starting. Stain to rear board. Inked gift inscription. In a later issue dust jacket which is heavily chipped at spine ends. Good. [and:] The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First American edition. Extremities worn; spine stained and fraying at ends. In heavily-chipped second issue jacket. Good.

Green and Gibson A40a; A46c.

92309

Charles Duff. A New Handbook on Hanging. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, [1951].

First edition. Twelvemo. 179 pages.

Original black cloth with titles stamped in silver on the spine. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

92310

Lord Dunsany. The Charwoman's Shadow. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.

First American edition. Small octavo. v, 294 pages.

Publisher's green cloth. Top edge stained green; top edge foxed. Inked gift inscription on first free endpaper. Inoffensive bookstore sticker on rear pastedown. Faint dampstaining along bottom edge of many pages. Dust jacket worn along edges; darkened spine. Overall, a near very good copy.

92311

Lord Dunsany. Tales of Three Hemispheres. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, [1919].

First edition. Octavo. 147 pages.

Publisher's quarter black cloth over maroon cloth covers with the front and spine lettered in gilt. Cream colored dust jacket lettered in black. Minor rubbing to the jacket, some discoloration and spotting to the spine, partially unopened. Altogether a very good copy.

This classic collection of fourteen short fantasy stories by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957), was also published in London by T. Fisher Unwin in June of 1920.

92312

Harlan Ellison. Alone Against Tomorrow. New York: Macmillan Company, 1971.

First edition. Octavo. 312 pages.

Cloth boards slightly bowed and a trifle dusty. Otherwise, near fine in dust jacket.

92313

Ralph Milne Farley. The Hidden Universe. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1950.

First edition. Small octavo. 134 pages.

Publisher's yellow cloth. Lightly rubbed dust jacket. Near fine.

92314

Philip José Farmer. The Adventure of The Peerless Peer. Boulder: The Aspen Press, 1974.

First edition. Small octavo. 111 pages.

Publisher's red cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket.

A Sherlock Holmes/Tarzan pastiche, attributed to "John H. Watson, M.D." and "edited" by Philip José Farmer.

92315

John Gore. The Ghosts of Fleet Street. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, [n.d.].

Small octavo. viii, 114 pages. Illustrations by Joseph Pike.

Publisher's brown cloth. Top edge gilt. Many pages unopened. A very good copy in a soiled dust jacket.

92316

[Karl Grosse]. Horrid Mysteries, A Story From the German of the Marquis of Grosse. London: Robert Holden & Co., 1927.

First, thus. Two octavo volumes. xxvi, 268; 231 pages. Introductory essay on the Gothic Novel by Montague Summers.

Publisher's exceptionally bright yellow, pink, blue and green pictorial boards. Lurid scene by Paul Rotha on front board, and a somewhat unsettling Pear's Soap ad on rear. Most pages unopened. Light offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown of both volumes. A near fine set in chipped publisher's printed glassine wrappers.

This famed novel, originally published by the sensationalist Minerva Press in 1796, is one of seven early Gothic "Horrid Novels" breathlessly recommended by a character in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. The book became notorious at the time for its eyebrow-raising depiction of sex, violence and overall depravity. A beautiful set of a rarely encountered title.

92317

Austin Hall. People of the Comet. N.p.: Griffin Publishing House, 1948.

Small octavo. 131 pages. Illustrations by R. K. Murphy. Book club edition.

Light tan boards with brown lettering. Book club materials laid in, including an envelope that has adhered to front flap of dust jacket. Very good.

92318

L. Ron Hubbard. Final Blackout. Providence: Hadley Publishing Co., [1948].

First edition of 1000 copies. Small octavo. 154 pages. Illustrations by Halladay.

Publisher's gold-stamped black binding. Minor rubbing to head and foot of dust jacket's spine. Light yellowing along spine edge of jacket's back panel. A near fine copy.

First edition of the Hubbard's first science fiction novel to be published in book form.

92319

L. Ron Hubbard. The Kingslayer. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1949.

First edition, issue "B" per Currey. Small octavo. 208 pages.

Publisher's yellow-stamped blue cloth binding. Blue endpapers show offsetting from dust jacket. One corner lightly rubbed. Else, a fine copy in dust jacket.

The volume contains three stories: The Kingslayer, The Beast, and The Invaders.

92320

C. K. Jaeger. The Man in the Top Hat. London: The Grey Walls Press, [1949].

First edition. Small octavo. 264 pages.

Publisher's red cloth. Light foxing. Very good in dust jacket.

92321

David H. Keller. The Devil and the Doctor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940.

First edition. Octavo. 308 pages. Illustrations by Gregor Duncan.

Publisher's red cloth. Binding is very slightly cocked. Rubbed dust jacket with one closed tear along rear joint. Light wear to edges. Very good.

92322

Otis Adelbert Kline. Call of the Savage. New York: Edward J. Clode, [1937].

First edition. Small octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's black cloth with red and black lettering. Top edge stained red. Cocked binding. Dust jacket has chips to head of faded spine and to front panel. A near very good copy.

92323

C. M. Kornbluth. Takeoff. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1952.

First edition. Octavo. 218 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth. Foxing to endpapers, to page edges, and to verso of dust jacket. Very good.

92324

J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1945.

First edition of 2000 copies, per colophon. Small octavo. 357 pages.

Publisher's black cloth. Front board lightly rubbed in spots. Heavy offsetting from dust jacket to endpapers. Small hole to dust jacket's spine; jacket has light wear to spine ends. Overall, very good.

92325

Peter Leighton. Moon Travellers. London: Oldbourne, [n.d. ca. 1960].

Octavo. 240 pages.

Publisher's silver-stamped purple boards. Thin black tape obscuring one line of publishing information on copyright page. Very good in dust jacket.

92326

Murray Leinster. The Last Space Ship. New York: Frederick Fell, [1949].

First edition. Small octavo. 239 pages.

Blue and black cloth with red-stamped titles. Spine of dust jacket is faded; front panel has large chip to bottom edge. Very good.

92327

Murray Leinster [pseudonym of Will Jenkins]. Sidewise in Time and Other Scientific Adventures. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950. Signed by the author.

First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. 211 pages.

Bound in red cloth with silver lettering on spine. A genuinely amazing copy of this sweet collection of stories with pristine boards and spine and a tight, white textblock. Former owner's name on initial flyleaf. In a brilliantly colored dust jacket depicting Vikings and Roman soldiers, luscious maidens, dragons and snakes. Jacket is faintly age toned at upper edges and lightly sunned along spine. Very good.

92328

John Uri Lloyd. Etidorhpa, or The End of the Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey as Communicated in Manuscript to Llewellyn Drury Who Promised to Print the Same, But Finally Evaded the Responsibility. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, [1896].

Second edition. Octavo. 386 pages. Illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp.

Publisher's brown pictorial cloth. Light wear to extremities. Very good.

92329

Richard A. Loederer. Voodoo Fire in Haiti. New York: The Literary Guild, 1935.

First edition. Octavo. 274 pages. Translated by Desmond Ivo Vesey. Striking woodcut illustrations by the author.

Publisher's orange cloth with blindstamped decorative boards. Map endpapers. Edges foxed. Lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Very good.

92330

H. P. Lovecraft. Dreams and Fancies. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1962.

First edition of 2000 copies. Small octavo. 174 pages.

Publisher's gold-stamped black cloth. Gray endpapers. A near fine copy.

92331

Prof. A. M. Low. Adrift in the Stratosphere. London: Blackie & Son, [n.d.].

Later edition. Small octavo. 224 pages.

Publisher's red-stamped orange boards. One corner bumped. Top edge foxed. Back panel of dust jacket soiled. Overall, a very good copy.

92332

Brian Lumley. The Caller of the Black. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1971.

First edition. Small octavo. 235 pages.

Black cloth with gilt lettering. Gray endpapers. Near fine in lightly toned dust jacket.

92333

John Metcalfe. The Feasting Dead. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1954.

First edition of 1200 copies. Small octavo. 123 pages.

Publisher's black cloth. Lightly rubbed dust jacket. Near fine.

92334

Weymer Jay Mills. The Ghosts of Their Ancestors. New York: Fox Duffield & Co., 1906.

First edition. Twelvemo. 142 pages. Illustrations to John Rae. Color frontispiece.

Publisher's pale green cloth with gilt titles and pictorial inset. Boards faded and lightly soiled. Spine darkened. A near very good copy.

92335

Frances Trego Montgomery. On a Lark To the Planets. Akron: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1904.

First edition. Octavo. 180 pages. Illustrations by Winifred D. Elrod. Color frontispiece.

Publisher's pictorial blue cloth stamped in silver and black. Extremities worn. Front hinge cracking. Neat rubber stamp of previous owner on rear pastedown. Overall, a very good copy.

92336

C. L. Moore. Northwest of Earth. New York: Gnome Press, [1954].

First edition. Octavo. 212 pages.

Publisher's blue-green cloth; spine has spattered staining. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Overall, very good.

92337

Andre Norton. Star Born. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, [1957].

First edition. Octavo. 212 pages.

Publisher's pictorial green-stamped cloth with top edge stained green. Minor wear to foot of dust jacket's spine. Back panel of jacket rubbed and lightly scored. Overall, a fine copy.

92338

V. A. Obruchev. Plutonia, An Adventure Through Prehistory. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1957.

First English edition. Small octavo. 319 pages. Translated from the Russian by Brian Pearce. Illustrations by E. J. Pagram.

Publisher's maroon cloth has wear to spine ends. Dust jacket has wear to head and foot of spine; price sticker on back panel. A near fine copy.

92339

Frank Owen. The Porcelain Magician, A Collection of Oriental Fantasies. New York: Gnome Press, [1948].

First edition. Small octavo. 256 pages. Illustrations by Frances E. Dunn.

Publisher's blue cloth. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed with some wear to edges; spine sunned. Overall, very good.

92340

Frank Owen. The Wind That Tramps the World - Splashes of Chinese Color. New York: The Lantern Press, 1929.

First edition. Small octavo. 118 pages.

Publisher's gilt-stamped black cloth and decorated paper over boards. Pages are browning at edges. Signed and dated by the author on the first free endpaper, with an inked gift inscription which appears to be in another hand above the signature.

92341

Lewis Padgett. Mutant. New York: Gnome Press, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 210 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth. Foxing to spine and top edge. Spine of dust jacket is sunned and has one small chip. One small closed tear to front panel of jacket at head of spine. Otherwise, a near fine copy.

92342

Lewis Padgett. Tomorrow and Tomorrow & The Fairy Chessmen, Two Science Fiction Novels. New York: Gnome Press, 1951.

First edition. Octavo. 254 pages.

Publisher's cloth. Tiny spot to fore-edge. Near fine in dust jacket.

92343

Desiderius Papp. Creation's Doom. London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1934.

First English language edition. 286 pages plus ads. Translated by J. J. Stenning. Illustrations.

Publisher's red cloth. Corners and spine ends bumped. Bookstore sticker to front pastedown. Battered dust jacket has been repaired with tape in two places on the verso; with chipped glassine outer jacket. Overall, a near very good copy.

Speculative non-fiction on probable ways the earth will meet its doom.

92344

Randall Parrish. The Last Voyage of the Donna Isabel, A Romance of the Sea. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1908.

First edition. Octavo. 366 pages. Color illustrations by Allen T. True.

Publisher's pictorial cloth. Some rubbing to front board; spine faded.

92345

Mervyn Peake. Gormenghast. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 454 pages.

Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles. In original pictorial dust jacket. Light wear and brown soiling to the bottom edge, foxing at the endpapers and textblock edges, and minor toning to the internal text. Dust jacket somewhat toned, with minimal staining and scattered mild foxing, most noticeable to the flaps. Overall, a very good copy.

Gormenghast won the 1950 Royal Society of Literature award and the 1951 Heinemann Award for Literature along with Peake's collection of poetry, The Glassblowers.

92346

Mervyn Peake. Letters From a Lost Uncle. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948.

First edition. Twelvemo. Unpaginated. Illustrations by the author.

Publisher's pictorial red-stamped yellow cloth. Light offsetting to endpapers. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Unhappy with the quality of the printing of the facsimile letters and drawings, Peake requested that this book be withdrawn from sale shortly after its publication.

92347

Roger Pilkington. Stringer's Folly. London: Dennis Yates, [1952].

First edition. Small octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's black cloth. Small stain to top edge; slight lean. Overall, very good in dust jacket.

92348

Frederik Pohl and C. K. Kornbluth. The Space Merchants. New York: Ballantine Books, [1953].

First edition. Small octavo. 179 pages.

Publisher's green cloth. Evidence of light dampstaining to bottom edge of front board and to bottom page edges; light intrusion of waterstaining to the bottom edge of a few preliminary pages, not affecting text. Light wear to foot of spine. Pages tanned. Water stain to foot of dust jacket's spine and to bottom edge of front panel. Overall, very good.

92349

A. T. Quiller-Couch. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts, A Book of Stories. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900.

First American edition. Octavo. 384 pages plus ads.

Publisher's gold-stamped blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Binding slightly cocked. Previous owner's inked name on title page. Overall, very good.

92350

Sax Rohmer. The Romance of Sorcery. New York: Causeway Books, [1973].

First, thus. Tall octavo. 320 pages. Illustrations. Index.

Publisher's orange cloth. Light stain to fore-edge. Rubbed dust jacket. Very good.

92351

Eric Frank Russell. Deep Space. Reading: Fantasy Press, [1954].

First edition. Small octavo. 249 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth; spine shows light offsetting from dust jacket. Foxing to top edge. Minimal wear to edges of dust jacket. Overall, a very good copy.

92352

Eric Frank Russell. Dreadful Sanctuary. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1951.

First edition. Small octavo. 276 pages.

Publisher's blue binding. Thin strip at head of spine is faded. Dust jacket has a small chip at the foot of the sunned spine. Overall, Very good.

92353

Eric Frank Russell. Sentinels From Space. New York: Bouregy & Curl, [1953].

First edition. Octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth. Spine of dust jacket is sun-faded; back panel is rubbed and lightly soiled, with a small chip at bottom corner. Very good.

92354

Clark Ashton Smith. The Abominations of Yondo. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1960.

First edition of 2000 copies, per colophon. Small octavo. 227 pages.

Publisher's black cloth shows minor scuffing at extremities. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Very good.

92355

Edward E. Smith. Children of the Lens. Reading: Fantasy Press, [1954].

First edition. Small octavo. 292 pages. Illustrations by Ric Binkley.

Publisher's blue cloth faded along spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Top edge foxed. Attractive dust jacket shows minimal rubbing and foxing. Overall, a very good copy.

92356

Edward E. Smith. Galactic Patrol. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1950.

First edition. Small octavo. 273 pages. Illustrations by Ric Binkley.

Publisher's gold-stamped blue cloth. Offsetting from dust jacket spine to cloth spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Very good.

92357

Edward E. Smith. Triplanetary, A Tale of Cosmic Adventure. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948.

First edition. Small octavo. 287 pages. Illustrations by A. J. Donnell.

Publisher's blue cloth shows fading and offsetting (from dust jacket) to spine. Foxing to endpapers. Rubbed dust jacket has two scratches across middle of spine, revealing binding underneath. Overall, very good.

92358

George O. Smith. Pattern for Conquest, An Interplanetary Adventure. New York: Gnome Press, [1949].

First edition. Octavo. 252 pages.

Publisher's orange cloth. Wear to head of dust jacket's faded spine. A new blurb has been pasted onto an old blurb on back flap of jacket. Very good.

92359

W. Olaf Stapledon. Last Men in London. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1932].

First edition. Octavo. 312 pages with eight-page publisher's catalogue at end (marked "932" at lower edge of final ad page).

Blue cloth covers with front panel blind-ruled; gilt lettering on spine. Untrimmed fore and bottom edges. Boards and spine are in surprisingly fine condition, with no discernible rubbing or bumping to edges or corners; very faint wear at spine ends. Slight dust jacket offset on spine. Minor foxing to page edges. Second-issue green and purple dust jacket shows light wear at edges and corners; spine is sunned with a closed one-inch tear near spine head. 1518 copies of the book were printed in this format, of which 237 were issued with the rare second-issue dust jacket.

Written as a companion piece to his Last and First Men (1930), Stapledon's unique story about the last generation of society offers a critical view of life in the 1930s from a science fiction perspective. A fine issue worthy of any science fiction collection.

92360

Olaf Stapledon. A Man Divided. London: Methuen & Co., [1950].

First edition. Small octavo. 187 pages.

Publisher's maroon cloth. Boards mottled. Preliminary and terminal pages foxed. Price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed and lightly soiled. Overall, very good.

92361

Olaf Stapledon. Sirius, A Fantasy of Love and Discord. London: Secker & Warburg, 1944.

First edition. Small octavo. 200 pages.

Publisher's brown boards. Cloth at head and foot of spine faded. Price-clipped dust jacket lightly chipped at head and foot of spine. Very good.

92362

Will Stewart. Seetee Shock. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.

First edition. Octavo. 238 pages.

Publisher's silver-stamped red cloth. Top and bottom edge of spine lightly faded. Dust jacket spine also lightly faded. One corner slightly bumped. Else, near fine.

92363

Bram Stoker. The Jewel of Seven Stars. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904.

First American edition. Small octavo. 310 pages.

Publisher's black cloth, stamped in green and silver. Minor rubbing to boards along edges; back board lightly scarred. Front hinge starting. Binding very slightly cocked. A former owner's name in red pencil on front pastedown. Overall, very good.

92364

Theodore Sturgeon. The Dreaming Jewels. New York: Greenberg, [1950].

First edition. Octavo. 217 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth. Top and bottom edge of spine faded. Spine of dust jacket faded. Very good.

92365

J. R. R. Tolkien. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Other Verses from The Red Book. London: George Allen & Unwin, [1962].

First edition. Octavo. 63 pages. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes.

Publisher's pictorial paper boards. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket.

92366

H. H. Turner. A Voyage in Space, A Course of Six Lectures "Adapted to a Juvenile Auditory" Delivered at the Royal Institution at Xmas 1913. London: The Sheldon Press, 1927.

Second edition, "with an addendum on recent discoveries." Octavo. xvi, 344 pages plus ads. Illustrations and scientific diagrams. Frontispiece. Index.

Publisher's blue cloth. A near fine copy in a lightly worn and faded dust jacket.

92367

Jules Verne. Voyages Extraordinaires: Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant - Voyage Autour du Monde. Paris: J. Hetzel, [n.d.].

Large octavo. 622 pages. Numerous illustrations. Illustrated frontispiece. Text in French.

Pictorial red cloth with lettering and decorations in gilt, red, black and purple. All edges gilt. Wear to edges, particularly to spine ends. Hinges cracked. Some pages detached but present. Inked gift inscription dated 1887. Library discard with all the usual pocket and markings. Bookplate. Good.

92368

A. E. Van Vogt. The Voyage of the Space Beagle. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.

First edition. Small octavo. 240 pages.

Black boards with titles stamped in silver. Dust jacket is very lightly rubbed at extremities; back panel has yellowed slightly. Overall, a fine copy.

92369

Adelbert von Chamisso. The Shadowless Man Peter Schlemihl. New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1910.

First American edition. Octavo. xxiv, 106 pages. Translated by Sir John Bowring. Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Color frontispiece.

Publisher's green cloth and ornate pictorial boards. Top edge stained green. Illustrated endpapers. Small inoffensive bookplate to front endpaper. A brightly colored, beautifully designed binding. Fine.

92370

[Ghost Stories]. Karl von Eckartshausen. Sammlung der merkwürdigsten Visionen, Erscheinungen, Geister - und Gespenstergeschichten: nebst einer Anweisung dergleichen Vorfälle vernünftig zu untersuchen, und zu beurtheilen.. München: [F. F. Bibliothek], 1793.

Twelvemo. 243 pages. Illustrated frontispiece.

Marbled paper boards. Edges stained bright yellow. Two strips of adhesive tape - which contain handwritten title information on spine - have been rather inelegantly applied, with tape extending from spine onto both front and rear boards. Boards scuffed; spine ends and corners worn. Interior sound. Generally a very good copy.

A collection of ghost stories and "strange visions." Text in German.

92371

Stanley G. Weinbaum. The Black Flame. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948.

First edition. Small octavo. 240 pages. Illustrations by A. J. Donnell.

Publisher's black cloth. Offsetting to endpapers; top edge foxed. Dust jacket lightly soiled; spine faded. Overall, very good.

92372

Stanley G. Weinbaum. The Dark Other. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1950.

First edition. Small octavo. 256 pages.

Publisher's blue cloth. Mottled fading to spine. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Very good.

92373

Stanley G. Weinbaum. A Martian Odyssey and Others. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1949.

First edition. Small octavo. 289 pages.

Publisher's black cloth. Boards mottled. Verso of dust jacket heavily foxed; recto rubbed. Very good.

92374

H. G. Wells. The Outline of History - Complete 24 Issues of the Original Magazine Series. The Outline of History, Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. Wells, with the advice and editorial help of Mr. Ernest Barker, Sir H. H. Johnston, Sir E. Ray Lankester, and Professor Gilbert Murray. London: George Newnes Limited, [1919-1920].

First edition, in magazine format. 24 quarto issues (complete series). 780 continuous pages, including index in volume 24. Forty-seven color and miscellaneous black and white illustrations throughout.

Original wrappers with full color covers. Some issues are lightly worn, and some covers are splitting, but, generally, this collection is in very good condition. Housed in a handsome gilt-stamped custom leather and cloth drop-back box.

This first printing of the classic original magazine series was published fortnightly, from November 1919 to November 1920. Dissatisfied with contemporary history textbooks, Wells wrote his own outline in an attempt to rectify the problem and to educate and illuminate his audience on the progress of mankind and civilization. The serial was an immediate success and led to the publication of the work in book form in 1920. That two-volume edition became a massive bestseller and sold over a million copies in its first year.

92375

Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams. The Mystery. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1907.

First edition. Octavo. 286 pages. Illustrations by Will Crawford.

Publisher's green cloth with rubbed illustrated inset pasted onto front board. Very good.

92376

Henry S. Whitehead. Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales. [Sauk City]: Arkham House, 1944.

First edition. Small octavo. 394 pages.

Publisher's cloth; binding slightly cocked. Spine sunned. Overall, very good.

92377

S. Fowler Wright. The World Below - The Limited Autographed Edition. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1949].

Edition limited to 500 signed copies. Octavo. 344 pages. Introduction by Everett F. Bleiler.

Publisher's blue cloth. Very minor wear along edge of dust jacket. Signed by the author. Fine condition.

92378

Lot of Two Science Fiction Novels Published by Avalon Books, including: Robert Sheckley. Immortality Delivered. 1958. Near fine in dust jacket. [and:] J. Hunter Holly. Encounter. 1959. Very good copy in heavily water-damaged jacket.

92379

Lot of Five Fantasy and Science Fiction Titles from Doubleday, including: Stanley Waterloo. A Son of the Ages. 1914. First edition. [and:] Arthur Train and Robert Williams Wood. The Man Who Rocked the Earth. 1915. [and:] F. Britten Austin. The War God Walks Again. 1926. [and:] Arthur Mason. From the Horn of the Moon. 1931. First edition. [and:] Dorothy Macardle. The Uninvited. 1942. First edition; dust jacket. All books in good or better condition.

92380

Lot of Three Science Fiction Novels from Doubleday, including: Sam Merwin, Jr. The House of Many Worlds. 1951. [and:] H. Nearing, Jr. The Sinister Researches of C. P. Ransom. 1954. Jacket bumped at tail of spine. [and:] Michael Moorcock. The Land Leviathan. 1974. Remainder speckle to bottom edge. All are first editions, in very good condition, with dust jackets.

92381

Lot of Five Science Fiction Novels from Doubleday, including: Judith Merril. Shadow of the Hearth. 1950. First edition. [and:] J. T. McIntosh. The Fittest. 1955. First edition. [and:] Damon Knight. A Pocketful of Stars. 1971. Remainder speckle to bottom edge. [and:] William Marden. The Exile of Ellendon. 1974. First edition. Remainder speckle to bottom edge. [and:] Michael Moorcock. The Land Leviathan. 1974. First edition. All books in very good condition in dust jackets.

92382

Lot of Four Science Fiction Novels from Doubleday, including: Robert Lewis Taylor. Adrift in a Boneyard. 1947. First edition. [and:] Edgar Pangborn. West of the Sun. 1953. First edition. [and:] Charles W. Runyon. Pig World. 1971 First edition. Remainder speckle to bottom edge.[and:] Thomas N. Scortia. Artery of Fire. 1972. All books in very good condition with dust jackets.

92383

Lot of Four Science Fiction/Fantasy Titles from Doubleday, including: George Malcolm-Smith. The Grass Is Always Greener. 1947. First edition. Very good in dust jacket. [and:] Lloyd Biggle, Jr. The Metallic Muse. 1972. Book club edition. Very good in yellowed jacket. [and:] John Crowley. Engine Summer. 1979. Ex-library edition. Fair condition in jacket. [and:] Robert Lynn Asprin. Myth Adventures. No date. Good.

92384

Lot of Five Science Fiction and Supernatural Titles from Doubleday, including: Max Ehrlich. The Big Eye. 1949. First edition. [and:] Theodora DuBois. Solution T-25. 1951. [and:] Avram Davidson. The Phoenix and the Mirror. 1969. First edition. Back board stained. [and:] Herbert G. Jackson, Jr. The Spirit Rappers. 1972. Remainder speckles on bottom edge. [and:] J. John Harrison. The Centauri Device. 1974. First edition. Remainder speckles on bottom edge. All books in very good or better condition, and all copies in dust jackets.

92385

Lot of Four Science Fiction Titles From Gnome Press, including: Nat Schachner. Space Lawyer. 1953. [and:] William Morrison. Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars. 1954. [and:] F. L. Wallace. Address: Centauri. 1955. [and:] James H. Schmitz. Agent of Vega. 1960. All books are first editions and all are in very good condition in dust jacket.

92386

Lot of Four Science Fiction Novels Published by Gnome Press, including: William Gray Beyer. Minions of the Moon. 1950. First edition. Light foxing to top edge; else, near fine in dust jacket. [and:] Raymond F. Jones. Renaissance. 1951. First edition. Spine and top strip of both boards faded. Very good. [and:] H. Chandler Elliott. Reprieve From Paradise. 1955. Pages tanned. Very good in rubbed jacket. [and:] James E. Gunn. This Fortress World. 1955 First edition. Pages tanned. Very good in rubbed jacket.

92387

Lot of Three Science Fiction Novels Published by Greenberg, including: Festus Pragnell. The Green Man of Graypec. 1950. Revised and enlarged edition. [and:] Anthony Gilmore. Space Hawk. 1952. [and:] John D. MacDonald. Ballroom of the Skies. 1952. First edition. An early work of science fiction from the author of the Travis McGee novels. All books have dust jackets, and all are in very good or better condition.

92388

Lot of Four Science Fiction/Fantasy Titles Published by Lippincott, including: John Mackworth. The Raid of the Terribore. 1937. [and:] Alfred Noyes. No Other Man. 1942. [and:] Frank M. Robinson. The Power. 1956. First edition. [and:] Julius Fast. The League of Grey-Eyed Women. 1970. First edition. All books in very good condition with dust jackets.

92389

Lot of Three Fantasy Titles Published by Lippincott, including: Louis de Wohl. The Second Conquest. 1954. [and:] Pat Frank. Forbidden Area. 1956. [and:] Caroline Baxter. The Stolen Telesm. 1975. All books are first editions, and all are in very good condition in dust jackets.

92390

Lot of Four Fantasy and Adventure Titles Published by Lippincott, including: Owen Wister. The Dragon of Wantley, His Tale. 1902. Third edition. Very good. Juvenile. [and:] Edmund Snell. Kontrol. 1928. First edition. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket. [and:] Alfred Slote. My Robot Buddy. 1975. First edition. Very good in jacket. Juvenile. [and:] Seymour Simon. Space Monsters From Movies, TV, and Books. 1977. First edition. Near fine in jacket with one small closed tear. Juvenile.

92391

Lot of Five Fantasy Books Published by A. C. McClurg & Co., including: Edith Ogden Harrison. Princess Sayrane. 1910. Dust jacket repaired on verso with yellowed cellophane tape. [and:] James Paul Kelly. Prince Izon. 1910. [and:] Marah Ellis Ryan. The House of the Dawn. 1914. [and:] Victor Rousseau. The Messiah of the Cylinder. 1917. [and:] Marah Ellis Ryan. The Dancer of Tuluum. 1924. [and:] All books are first editions, and all are in good or better condition.

92392

Lot of Two Books Published by Walker and Company. including: James White. The Watch Below. 1966. Science fiction. [and:] Flann O'Brien [writing as Myles Na Gopaleen]. The Best of Myles. 1968. Satire. Both books are first editions, and both are in very good condition in dust jackets.

92393

Two Fantasy Adventure Titles from the Winston Company, including: Alida Sims Malkus. The Citadel of a Hundred Stairways. Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, [1941]. Illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. Rubbed cloth and rubbed dust jacket. Very good. [and:] Chad Oliver. Mists of Dawn. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, [1952]. First edition. Artwork by Alex Schomburg. Tanned pages. Spine of dust jacket is sunned. Very good.

92394

Lot of Ten Fantasy Titles With Decorative Bindings, including: William Jones. Credulities Past and Present. [and:] Phil Robinson. Noah's Ark, or, Mornings in the Zoo. [and:] David Lawson Johnstone. The White Princess of the Hidden City. [and:] Ambrose Lester Jackson. When Shiloh Came. [and:] Henry Iliowizi. The Weird Orient. [and:] Edwin Lester Arnold. Lepidus the Centurion. [and:] Mrs. John Ellsworth Graham. The Toltec Savior. [and:] Alice K. Hopkins. Mona the Druidess. [and:] George T. Buffum. Smith of Bear City.[and:] Mark Stubble. Geyserland. All books are in good or better condition and are published between 1880 and 1908.

92395

Lot of Six Science Fiction and Fantasy Titles, including: M. P. Shiel. The Purple Cloud. 1946. [and:] William Sloane. To Walk the Night. 1946. [and:] William F. Temple. Four-Sided Triangle. 1951. [and:] C. S. Cody. The Witching Night. 1952. [and:] E. Mayne Hull. Planets For Sale. [and:] Ivan T. Sanderson. Invisible Residents. 1970. Book club edition. All books are in good or better condition, and all have dust jackets.

92396

Lot of Ten Fantasy, Science Fiction and Genre Titles, including: David Garnett. Lady Into Fox/A Man in the Zoo. 1923. [and:] Andrew Caldecott. Not Exactly Ghosts. 1947. [and:] Eliot Crawshaw-Williams. The Man Who Met Himself. 1947. [and:] Rob Eden. Golden Goddess. 1947. [and:] George Borodin. Spurious Sun. 1948. [and:] Ewan Butler. Talk of the Devil. 1948. [and:] Henry Baerlein. Laugh and the Ghosts Laugh With You. 1951. [and:] "Sarban." Ringstones and Other Curious Tales. 1951. [and:] Wyndham Martyn. Stones of Enchantment. N.d.
[and:] E. T. Portwin. The Zero Ray Terrors. N.d. All books in dust jackets, and all books in good or better condition.

92397

Lot of Ten Science Fiction and Fantasy Titles, including: H. S. Drake. Cursed Be the Treasure. 1928. [and:] Emerson B. Hartman. Lunarchia. 1937. No dust jacket. [and:] Charles Hanson Towne. The Shop of Dreams. 1939. [and:] Cledwyn Hughes. He Dared Not Look Behind. 1947. [and:] Bruce Carter. Into a Strange Lost World. 1952. and:] Harold Gayle. Spawn of the Vortex. 1957. [and:] Julius P. Newton. The Forgotten Race. 1967. [and:] Philip Gibbs. The Key of Life. N.d. [and:] Reginald de Glossop. The Egyptian Venus. N.d. [and:] Roger Lancelyn Green. From the World's End. N.d. All books in dust jackets, unless otherwise noted, and all books in good or better condition.

92398

Lot of Ten Fantasy and Science Fiction Titles, including: George Brydges Rodney. Edge of the World. 1931. [and:] William Fryer Harvey. Midnight Tales. 1946. [and:] Erle Cox. Out of the Silence. 1947. [and:] George U. Fletcher. The Well of the Unicorn. 1948. [and:] Pelham Groom. The Purple Twilight. 1948. [and:] Erroll Collins. Mariners of Space. 1949. [and:] Langston Day. Magic Casements. 1951. [and:] H. J. Campbell. Beyond the Visible. 1952. [and:] Frederic Vernon Bouic. Good-Bye White Man. 1953. [and:] E. C. Eliott. Kemlo and the Martian Ghosts. 1954. All books in dust jackets, and all books in good or better condition.

92399

Lot of Eleven Science Fiction and Fantasy Titles, including: Granville Hicks and Richard M. Bennett. The First to Awaken. 1940. [and:] Beth Brown. Universal Station. 1944. [and:] Robert Graves. Hercules, My Shipmate. 1945. [and:] Fritz Leiber. Gather, Darkness! 1950. [and:] Nugent Barker. Written With My Left Hand. 1951. [and:] René Barjavel. The Ice People. 1970. Book club edition. [and:] H. U. Bevis. The Star Rovers. 1970. [and:] Geoffrey Ashe. The Finger and the Moon. 1973. [and:] Joseph Elder, editor. Eros In Orbit, A Collection of All New Science Fiction Stories About Sex. 1973. [and:] Barbara Jefferis. Time of the Unicorn. 1974. [and:] Jacques Bergier. Secret Doors of the Earth. 1975. All books in dust jackets, and all books in good or better condition.

92400

Lot of Ten Science Fiction, Fantasy and Genre Titles, including: Gösta Larsson. Revolt in Arcadia. 1942. [and:] Frank Orndorff. Kongo the Gorilla-Man. 1945. [and:] Dorothy Thomas. The Call of the Phoenix. 1945. [and:] Jim Phelan. Moon in the River. 1946. [and:] Tiffany Thayer. 33 Sardonics. 1946. [and:] Edith Pargeter. By This Strange Fire. 1948. [and:] The Earl Nelson. There IS Life on Mars. 1955. Non-fiction. [and:] Alberto Denti di Pirajno. A Grave For a Dolphin. 1956. [and:] Wolfgang D. Müller. Man Among the Stars. 1957. Non-fiction. [and:] Ian Wallace. The Purloined. 1971. All books in good or better condition; all books in dust jackets.

92401

Lot of Ten British Fantasy, Science Fiction and Genre Titles From the 1940s and 1950s, including: Louis de Wohl. Strange Daughter. 1943. [and:] Russell Thorndike. The Master of the Macabre. 1946. [and:] E. H. Visiak. Medusa. 1946. [and:] John Nicholson. Space Ship to Venus. 1948 First edition. [and:] R. P. J. Richards. The Blonde Goddess. N.d. [1948].[and:] George C. Wallis. The Call of Peter Gaskell. 1948. First edition. [and:] Maurice Richardson. The Exploits of Engelbrecht. 1950. First edition. [and:] Daphne Vigers. Atlantis Rising. 1952. [and:] Islwyn Williams. Dangerous Waters. 1952. First edition. [and:] Philip Wilding. Shadow Over the Earth. New York: 1956. [and:] All books are in dust jackets and are in good or better condition. Unless otherwise noted, all books are published in London.

92402

Lot of Ten Fantasy Books in Softcover, including: Ambrose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary. [and:] Marion Zimmer Bradley. Men, Halflings & Hero Worship. [and:] Palmer Cox. The Brownies: Their Book. Good condition. [and:] Sylvia Louise Engdahl. Enchantress From the Stars. [and:] Sylvia Louise Engdahl. The Far Side of Evil. [and:] Raymond Jean. Les Ruines de New York. Text in French. Waterstaining to front cover. [and:] J. S. Le Fanu. Uncle Silas. [and:] Kuhnelt-Leddihn. Les Larmes de Dieu. Text in French. [and:] William Morris. The Glittering Plain. [and:] Colin Wilson. Tree by Tolkien. All books in very good condition, unless otherwise noted.

92403

Lot of Seven Science Fiction and Fantasy Paperbacks including Amazing Stories from March, 1988, in fine condition. [and] three issues of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from September 1981, June 1986 and January 1988, in very good condition. [and] Analog from June, 1988 in fine condition. [and] Leigh Bracket. Shadow Over Mars. Manchester: Sydney Pemberton, 1951. Twelvemo. 127 pages. Foxed, else very good. [and] Paul French (Isaac Asimov). Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury. New York: Del Ray, 1978. Twelvemo. 174 pages. Very good.

92404

Lot of Eleven Juvenile Science Fiction, Fantasy and Genre Titles, including: Albert Adams Merrill. The Great Awakening, The Story of the Twenty-Second Century. 1899. [and:] Hervey White. Noll and the Fairies. 1903. [and:] Charles Dwight Willard. The Fall of Ulysses, An Elephant Story. 1912. Dust jacket. [and:] Charles S. Muir. A Trip to Polaris, or 264 Trillion Miles in an Aeroplane. 1923. [and:] Roy Rockwood. The City Beyond the Clouds, or Captured by the Red Dwarfs. 1925. [and:] Roy Dickinson. The Ultimate Frog. 1939. Dust jacket. [and:] Thames Williamson. The Flint Chipper, A Boy's Story of England in the Stone Age. 1940. Dust jacket. [and:] Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold Bug. 1945. [and:] Clay Orb. The Man in the Moon Is Talking. 1946. Dust jacket. [and:] T. H. White. The Book of Merlyn. 1977. Dust jacket. [and:] Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and the Martian Mix Up. 1978. A mini pop-up book. All books in good or better condition.

92405

Ansel Adams. Death Valley. Photographs by Ansel Adams. Story by Nancy Newhall. Guide by Ruth Kirk. Maps Drawn by Edith Hamlin. Redwood City, CA: 5 Associates Redwood City, 1970. Signed by photographer Ansel Adams.

Fourth Edition. Signed by photographer Ansel Adams on the half title. Quarto. 63 pages.

Publisher's tan cloth lettered in gilt, photographic dust jacket. Book is fine, minor wear and chips to the jacket. An excellent copy in very good condition.

92406

Lot of Five Cartoon Books, Including Four by Chas. Addams and One by "Alain."

Titles include: Chas. Addams. Nightcrawlers. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First edition in rubbed and lightly chipped dust jacket. [and:] Chas. Addams. The Groaning Board. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First edition in dust jacket. [and:] Chas. Addams. The Groaning Board. A second copy, without dust jacket. Sunned. [and:] Chas. Addams. The Chas. Addams Mother Goose. [N.p., New York]: Windmill Books/Harper & Row, 1967. Edition not stated, but "1167" on front flap. Probable first edition in torn and price-clipped dust jacket. (Strictly speaking, this is the only book in this lot specifically written for children.) [and:] Alain [Daniel Brustlein]. Alain's Steeplechase. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First printing. Inked gift inscription. Cartoons from The New Yorker. In sunned and worn jacket. All books in this lot are in generally very good condition.

92407

Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The Story of a Bad Boy. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First edition, first state, with a check signed by Aldrich laid in.

First edition, first state, with a check signed by Aldrich laid in. Octavo (). 261, [3, blank], 23 [ads], [1, blank] pp. With two plates and intertextual illustrations throughout.

Publisher's green cloth, boards stamped in blind, smooth spine stamped in gilt, brown coated endpapers. With the bookplate of renowned book collector Charles C. Auchincloss affixed to front pastedown. Gift inscription from 1874 to recto of front flyleaf, ownership inscription to upper margin of page 8. Light shelf wear to board extremities, including a tiny bit of loss to lower outer corner of front board. Light marginal foxing throughout, as is often the case, and some spots to upper outer margin of pages 137-144. Overall, a very good copy chemise in a gilt half green morocco slipcase.

A charming copy of this classic work of children's literature from the library of famous bibliophile Charles Auchincloss, with a substantial check laid in at the front of the book. Aldrich made out the $10,000 New-England Trust Company check to his son Talbot on June 29, 1899; with a 2-cent series 1898 documentary stamp, it is signed by the author and endorsed by his son on the reverse.

BAL 269. Peter Parley to Penrod 35.

92408

Hans Andersen. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, Selected and Edited For Children. London: Blackie and Son, [n.d., circa 1910].

Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations by Helen Stratton. Ten full-page color and several black and white illustrations.

Green pictorial cloth. Boards lightly rubbed. Binding cracked at a middle signature, but binding still fairly solid. Four small illustrations have been neatly colored in by a child. Inked gift inscription. Generally, very good.

92409

Hans Andersen. The Snow Queen. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [n.d.]. Illustrations throughout, including many full-page color plates by Honor C. Appleton.

Large quarto. 31 pages. "Retold by Louey Chisholm." Illustrations throughout, including many full-page color plates by Honor C. Appleton.

Illustrated paper boards (with the author's name misspelled as "Hans Anderson" on the front cover). Binding rubbed and worn. Inked gift inscription dated 1918. Color plates bright and vivid. Good or better.

92410

Anne Anderson. The Anne Anderson Fairy-Tale Book. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [n.d., circa 1920s].

Large quarto. 190 pages. Illustrations by the author. Twelve color plates including frontispiece.

Blue-gray cloth with illustrated paper pastedown to front board. Titles stamped in blue on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Boards rubbed; binding loose. Endpapers toned. Ink splotch to two pages, not affecting plates or text. Light dampstaining to the bottom of a few pages not intruding into text or body of plates. Inked name and gift inscription. Plates bright and colorful. Good.

92411

Anne Anderson & Alan Wright [illustrators]. Natalie-Joan. Tales For Teeny Wee. In Two Parts. [i.e.. Together with]: Sing Song Stories By Agnes Grozler Herbertson. (with separate title page on page 101 with continuous pagination). Both parts illustrated by Anne Anderson & Alan Wright. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, [no date, circa 1935].

First edition. Quarto. 248 pp. Illustrated with black and white line drawings and with eight color plates by Anne Anderson. Publisher's original binding of yellow cloth back over illustrated paper boards, lettered in black.

Original illustrated dust jacket. Book is very clean and tight, slight shelf-wear, some light browning around the edges, one page with a small faint soiled spot, jacket with mild chips and tears around the edges, mostly minor. A very nice copy in excellent condition. Clean inside and out.

92412

Four Charmingly Illustrated Children's Books, Including Three Father Tuck Books, including: Good Time Stories From Father Tuck's Gold Gift Series. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, [n.d., but a gift inscription is dated 1913]. [and:] Father Tuck's Annual. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, [n.d., but a gift inscription is dated 1916]. [and:] Father Tuck's Annual. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, [n.d., circa 1926]. [and:] The Story Wonder Book For Boys and Girls. London: Ward, Locke & Co. [n.d., circa 1928]. All are quartos with slick illustrated boards, and all are in good or better condition.

92413

Maurice Barrés. Du Sang de la Volupté et de la Mort. Paris: Èditions Littéraires de France, 1946

First edition limited to 425 copies. Quarto. 255 pages. With a frontispiece and 34 illustrations in text.

Unbound signatures laid-in to a stiff paper folder with printed titles. A bit of wear to the paper folder, else a fine copy.

Of Blood, Pleasure and Death was one of Maurice Barrés's later works dealing with his fascination with death and decay.

92414

Frank Brangwyn and Hayter Preston. Windmills - The Limited Signed Edition. London: John Lane/The Bodley Head, [1923]. The first issue, limited to 75 copies, of which this is number 20. The limited edition contains two woodcuts which do not appear in the trade edition. These color woodcuts, printed by Y. Urushibara, are both signed by Brangwyn in pencil. Quarto. 126 pages. 16 full color plates and several black and white illustrations depicting windmills by Brangwyn. Text by Preston.

Vellum backstrip over dark mustard paper boards. Black and white leather label to spine. Top edge gilt. Two-color patterned endpapers, designed by Brangwyn. Foot of spine lightly bumped. Offsetting to three pages of the last chapter from a now-absent sheet of paper that had been laid in. A near fine copy of an uncommon - and desirable - edition of this book.

Sir Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) was an acclaimed Welsh artist and designer who trained briefly with William Morris.

92415

Lot of Four "Freddy" Books by Walter R. Brooks, including: Freddy and the Ignormus (1941). [and:] Freddy and the Popinjay (1945). [and:] Freddy the Pied Piper (1946). [and:] Freddy the Cowboy (1950). All books are published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf and all are first editions. All are illustrated by Kurt Wiese, and all are in generally good to very good condition in worn dust jackets.

92416

Margaret Wise Brown. Little Fur Family. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946. Original fur slipcover over boards in fine condition. Complete with original illustrated box.

First edition. Thirtytwomo. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Garth Williams.

Original fur slipcover over boards in fine condition. Complete with original illustrated box featuring an illustration of a bear with a die cut circular hole in his belly from which the fur of book protrudes. The box is undamaged with only some light soiling from storage.

92417

Robert Browning. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, A Child's Story. 1898. Number 67 of the 100 English Vellum Edition de Luxe copies. Large folio. On vellum. Set Forth in a Series of Designs and Decorative Orders by Harry Quilter Barrister at Law and Written in Ornamental Text by Mary his Wife. London: Harry Quilter, 1898.

Number 67 of the 100 English Vellum Edition de Luxe copies. Large folio. [56 pages] on vellum. Elaborately integrated text and illustrations in black and white throughout the copy. Two illustrations in color printed by Lemercier, with one on silk following the title page and one as the frontispiece on vellum.

Elegantly bound in the original olive green calf with elaborate gilt tooling and lettering on the front cover. Also on the front cover are two embossed inset metal panels. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt. Light blue endpapers with an allover design with themes from the story in dark blue. Protective tissue paper between each page. Some minor repair work to the covers and hinges. Altogether a gorgeous and very good copy.

British poet and playwright, Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), authored this sumptuous version of the familiar German tale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin. As in all of Browning's works, this tale seems to skip along playfully through his rhythmic and humorous rhymes.

92418

Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Illustrations by Peter Newell.

Octavo. 192 pages. Introduction by E. S. Martin. Illustrations by Peter Newell. Portrait frontispiece.

Cream boards with gilt stamping. Top edge gilt. Binding cocked. Boards rubbed and edges worn. Damage to head and foot of spine; joints split. Front hinge starting. Tear and chip to front free endpaper. Good.

92419

Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1901. Illustrations by Peter Newell.

First thus. Octavo. xvii, 192 pages. Introduction by E. S. Martin. Illustrations by Peter Newell. Portrait frontispiece.

Publisher's cream-colored paper-covered boards with gilt titles and stamped vignette of Alice on front board. Top edge gilt. Boards browning around edges; spine darkened. A few small stains to spine and front and back boards. Inked gift inscription dated 1902. Interior sound. Very good condition.

92420

Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. New York: A. Wessels Company, [1900]. Color illustrations by Blanche McManus.

Large octavo. 255 pages. Color illustrations by Blanche McManus. Frontispiece illustration.

Pictorial yellow cloth boards. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth is soiled. Light water stain to last thirty or so pages, at fore-edge, not intruding on text or plates. Closed half-inch tear to first four pages at fore-edge. Plates bright and colorful. Overall, good.

92421

Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Illustrated After Drawings by W. Russell Flint. London: The Medici Society, [1929].

Reprint, second edition. Octavo. xiii, 637 pages. Color illustrations by W. Russell Flint. Frontispiece.

Publisher's maroon cloth with blindstamped decorations to front board and gilt-stamped lettering to spine. Spine and top edge lightly sunned. Small stain to bottom page edge. Stain to rear hinge. Very good with shards of dust jacket laid in.

92422

Carlo Lorenzini]. Collodi. Pinocchio: The Story of A Puppet. by "C. Collodi" (Carlo Lorenzini). Gift Edition with 14 illustrations in color by Maria L. Kirk. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1920.

Gift edition. Quarto. 234 pp. Illustrated with fourteen color plates and monochrome illustrations in the shoulder margins.

Publisher's original binding of gray cloth lettered and decorated in green and red, and with a illustrated label mounted on the front cover. Light wear and soiling, some foxing and soiling inside but very light, hinges repaired. Altogether, a very nice copy in excellent condition. Clean inside and out.

92423

[Albert Kretschmer and Karl Rohrbach]. Die Trachten der Völker, [vom Beginn der Geschichte des zum 19. Jahrhundert in 104 Tafeln zusammengestellt, gezeichnet und lithographiert von Albert Kretschmer, Mit Text von Karl Rohrbach in Gotha]. [Leipzig]: [Bibliographische Anstalt Adolph Schumann], [n.d., 1906].

Portfolio. 104 loose lithographed leaves featuring costuming through the ages. Illustrations by Albert Kretschmer. Text by Karl Rohrbach.

Half bound in brown cloth over illustrated paper boards. Typed paper label to spine. Loose leaves are laid in, and portfolio closes with a ribbon tie. Cloth is split along both joints, causing cloth to fray. Boards are rubbed and worn. One ribbon tie missing. The plates are in beautiful condition, with bright colors; minor toning along some edges, not, on the whole, affecting plates. A title page may have been issued upon publication, but is not present here. The binding is in only good condition, but the illustrated leaves are in very good or better condition.

The traditional costumes of the people of the world, from the ancient Egyptians to German fashions of 1881.

92424

Paul Louis de Giaferri. The History of the Feminine Costume of the World. New York: Foreign Publications, Inc., [1926-1927].

First edition in English. Eleven [of twenty] original parts, each a color portfolio with eight pages of text and ten plates colored by hand in porchoir.

Original illustrated portfolio failing at the folds and held together by ribbon ties. Parts are mostly clean and fresh, with wonderful color plates.

92425

Albert Kretschmer and Dr. Carl Rohrbach. The Costumes of All Nations from the earliest times to the Nineteenth Century: Exhibiting the Dresses and Habits of All Classes, Regal, Ecclesiastical, Noble, Military, Judicial, and Civil. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1882.

Large quarto. Chromolithograph title and 104 full-page chromolithographic plates.

Rebound in patterned heavy paper, with hand-lettered label on spine. Binding cracking and worn in places. Endpapers stained from glue, and hinges reinforced with white Fabrikoid book tape. Title page and preliminary leaves including the first couple of plates reinforced on the back around the edges. Ink stamp of Ware Costumer, in Boston Mass. Inner hinge splitting at title, general soiling and edgewear, including to a few plates. At least one plate with an edge tear that just enters the image area, but most plates clean and bright.

92426

Walter Crane. A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden, Set Forth in Verses and Coloured Design. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899.

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. 46 full-color, full-page illustrations by Crane.

Pictorial cloth with pictorial endpapers. Cloth splitting along front joint. Inked name dated 1898 on front blank endpaper. Some pages are detached, but present; other pages are tenuously hanging on. Considering the fragility of the binding, this copy is in only good condition, but all plates are in beautiful condition.

92427

Dante Alighieri. Gustave Doré [illustrator]. Dante's Inferno. New York, London and Paris: Cassell & Company, Ltd., [no date].

New edition. Folio. 183 pages. With 75 full-page illustrations and frontispiece by M. Gustave Doré. Translated by Rev. Henry Francis Cary.

Original blue cloth with illustrations and lettering in black and gilt. All edges gilt. Boards worn especially at the corners and spine ends. Decorated endpapers. Contents toned and binding is slightly shaken, otherwise good condition.

92428

E.J. Detmold, [illustrator]. Fabre's Book Of Insects. Retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' Translation of Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques" by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell. Illustrated by E.J. Detmold. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, [1937].

Seventh printing of this new edition. Quarto. X, 271 pp. Complete, illustrated with twelve wonderful mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards.

Publisher's original binding of green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Light foxing in places, including to some plates, small bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown endpaper. A very nice copy in excellent condition. Clean inside and out.

92429

Charles Dickens. Two Brilliantly Illustrated Novels, including: The Personal History of David Copperfield. Illustrated in Colour by Frank Reynolds R. I. London: The Westminster Press, Limited, [nd]. Quarto. 572 pages. Twenty color illustrations tipped-in protected by printed tissue guards. Publisher's red decorative cloth binding stamped in black and gilt. Original printed dust jacket. Minor edge and corner wear to the cloth. Dust jacket rubbed and slightly worn with a one-inch closed tear to the top of the front panel. All in all, a very good copy. [and:] The Chimes. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, [nd]. Octavo. 138 pages. Seven color illustrations tipped-in. Publisher's blue decorative cloth with gilt stamping and titles. Illustrated endpapers. Minor edge wear and rubbing to the boards, which appear ever so slightly bowed. Small white stain to the top edge of the front board. Corners lightly rubbed. Tender front hinge. Previous owner's gift inscription to the half-title page. Pages with illustrations have toned around the edges and darkened adjacent pages; the illustrations have offset on the facing leaves. Very good condition.

92430

Christopher Finch. The Art of Walt Disney. From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1975.

First edition. Folio. 458 pages. Profusely illustrated with photographs and artwork, including many fold-out color plates.

Original off-white cloth with die-cut color illustration of Mickey Mouse affixed to front board, titles stamped in gilt on the spine and clear Mylar jacket with titles printed in color on the front panel. Light wear to the bottom edge and corners as is typical with a book of this size. Slight toning to the edges, else contents sound and in very good condition.

92431

Lot of Six Books by Dr. Seuss, including: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1938]. This appears to be a later printing of the first edition (the hats become increasingly larger on the front endpapers indicating it is not a first printing, but the back flap of the dust jacket indicates the price of Mulberry Street at $1.00, a first edition point). Light fading to spine ends of binding. Price-clipped jacket has light wear, including a sunned and chipped spine. Overall, a very good copy of Seuss's second book. [and:] The King's Stilts. New York: Random House, [1939]. An early edition in a price-clipped jacket. Very good. [and:] McElligot's Pool. New York: Random House, [1947]. Likely first edition (open-mouthed fish on front bright green board and eleven lines on copyright page; 250/250 on front flap, no price on rear flap). Very good copy in lightly worn jacket. [and:] Scrambled Eggs Super! New York: Random House, [1953]. Discreet rubber stamp to rear pastedown. A near fine copy in worn dust jacket. [and:] Horton Hears a Who! New York: Random House, [1954]. Discreet rubber stamp to rear pastedown. Very good. Jacket's spine is sunned. [and:] On Beyond Zebra! New York: Random House, [1955]. Very good. Jacket's spine is sunned.

92432

[Edmund Dulac, illustrator.] Laurence Housman. Stories from the Arabian Nights. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., 1911].

Large octavo. 222 pages. Full-color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Illustrated frontispiece.

Full off-white cloth with titles and decorations stamped in red. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth lightly soiled; edges and corners bumped. Spine stained and darkened. Occasional foxing. Plates clean and colorful. Generally very good.

92433

Juliana Horatia Ewing. Seven One Shilling Books, including: The Story of a Short Life. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1885]. Octavo. 82 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed. Spine defective. Binding cracked at the title page, but holding. Endpapers foxed. Previous owner's signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Fair condition. [and:] Lob Lie-By-The-Fire. Or the Luck of Lingborough. With Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1885]. Octavo. 72 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed. Corners bumped. Spine worn and slightly skewed. Binding broken at the front free endpaper, but holding at the rear. Previous owner's signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Fair condition. [and:] Mary's Meadow. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, 1886]. Octavo. 96 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed and edge-worn. Spine noticeably rubbed. Binding cracked, but holding. Endpapers foxed. Previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper. Fair condition. [and:] Daddy Darwin's Dovecot. A Country Tale. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1886]. Octavo. 52 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed and edge-worn. Spine chipped. Binding cracked at page 16, but holding. Endpapers foxed. Previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper. Fair condition. [and:] The Peace Egg. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1887]. Octavo. 58 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed and edges worn. Spine worn considerably. Binding broken at the endpapers, holding literally by a thread. Endpapers lightly foxed. Textblock toned. Poor condition. [and:] Jackanapes. With Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [nd, circa 1884]. Octavo. 47 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards with a blue cloth spine. Boards lightly rubbed and corners worn. Previous owner's signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Good condition. [and:] Horatia K. F. Gatty. Julia Horatia Ewing and Her Books. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1885]. Octavo. 88 pages. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Boards rubbed and edge-worn. Bumped corners. Spine worn. Binding cracked at the rear hinge, but holding. Endpapers and some internal text foxed. Previous owner's ink signature on the front free endpaper. Fair condition.

92434

C. S. Forester. Poo-Poo and the Dragons. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942.

First edition. Octavo. viii, 142 pages. Illustrations by Robert Lawson.

Publisher's pictorial green cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge foxed. Closed tear to front panel of tanned and foxed dust jacket. Very good.

92435

Lynda Graham. Ann Kirn [pictures by]. Pinky Marie. Lynda Graham. Ann Kirn [pictures by]. Pinky Marie. The Story of Her Adventure with the Seven Bluebirds. Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1939.

First edition. Quarto. Illustrated in color and black & white.

Publisher's original illustrated hard boards, matching illustrated dust jacket. Minor wear to the board edges, text block clean and fine but separated from the binding where the staples have failed. Jacket with edge chipping and creases, a couple short closed tears, some small loss around edges and at spine and fore-edge, else a very good copy of a book rarely found in a dust jacket.

Beautifully illustrated and politically incorrect account of a young African-American girl and her trip to the city.

92436

Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen and Co., [1960]. With illustrations by Arthur Rackham; Introduction by A. A. Milne.

Octavo. xii, 178 pages. With illustrations by Arthur Rackham; Introduction by A. A. Milne.

Striking full green polished calf with gilt-stamped blue and red morocco labels on spine between raised bands. Spine and front cover decorated with gilt characters from the book. Floral-patterned inner dentelles and all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Stamped "Bound by Bayntun-Rivière, Bath, England" on verso of first free endpaper. An exceptionally beautiful book in fine condition.

Although this is a later reprint of the children's classic, the absolutely stunning Rivière binding makes this a worthy candidate for any library of fine bindings.

92437

Kate Greenaway. Under the Window, Pictures & Rhymes for Children. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1878].

First edition, first issue (imprint on verso of title-page and "End of Contents" on page 14). Quarto. 64 pages. Illustrations by Kate Greenaway, engraved and printed at Racquet Court by Edmund Evans.

Green cloth backstrip with illustrated paper over boards. Edges and corners rubbed; in some instances, boards are visible beneath paper. Scattered foxing. Good condition. Housed in a custom box with gilt-stamped orange leather over blue cloth, with chemise.

92438

Cornelius Gurlitt. Das französische Sittenbild des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts im Kupferstich. Berlin: Im Verlag von Julius Bard, [n.d., circa 1912]. 100 beautiful copper-engraved plates. Publisher's full vellum binding (one of first 100 copies issued).

Folio. Illustrated with 100 beautiful copper-engraved plates reproducing French engravings from the 18th century.

Publisher's original full vellum binding (one of first 100 copies issued). Black morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Some rough erasure on a preliminary page, else an about fine copy. An excellent production.

92439

Wilhelm Hauff. Fairy Tales. London/New York: Ernest Nister/E. P. Dutton & Co., [n.d. ca. 1910].

Octavo. 344 pages. Translation by L. L. Weedon. Illustrations by Arthur A. Dixon, including six in color.

Publisher's green cloth with beveled edges. Gilt-stamped titles and decorations to spine and gold Art Nouveau-inspired image of a goddess to front board. All edges gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Only minimal wear to extremities. A beautiful copy in fine condition.

92440

William Hogarth. The Works of William Hogarth, Consisting of One Hundred and Forty-Eight Engravings - In Two Volumes. London: [n.p.], [n.d.].

Two large quarto volumes. 158; 145. 148 engravings "including many of the author's minor pieces, not in any other edition, engraved in the best style by Cooke and Davenport, with descriptions and comments on their moral tendency by the Rev. John Trusler." Commentary by J. Hogarth, Ireland, and others.

Half-bound in brown calf and marbled boards. Leather labels and gilt decoration to spine. Leather is rubbed and scuffed; edges worn. Labels to spines heavily chipped - one label missing; gilt dulled. Fore-edge of volume one is dampstained, with stain intruding on to some pages (not affecting text or plates). Offsetting of plates throughout. Otherwise, both volumes are sound with plates in nice condition. Inconspicuous bookstore sticker to front pastedowns. Good condition.

92441

Two Children's Books Written and Illustrated by Holling Clancy Holling, including: Paddle-to-the-Sea. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1941]. Red cloth binding. Wear to edges. Spine and one-third of back board sunned. Good.[and:] Seabird. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1948].Turquoise cloth binding. Wear to extremities. Very good.

92442

Albert A. Hopkins [editor and compiler]. Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions Including Trick Photography. New York: Munn & Co., Publishers, 1897.

First edition. Octavo. 556 pages. Profusely illustrated.

Original yellow cloth with large color vignette on the front board and titles and additional decoration in black. Boards soiled and scuffed, spine toned. Contents slightly toned with several loose signatures causing the binding to be a bit shaken. Former owner's small ownership inkstamp on the front and rear pastedowns. Otherwise a good copy of a rather rare book worthy of restoration.

92443

Lilian Price Hacker. Susan. Banbury: Henry Stone and Son, [n.d.].

Large quarto. Unpaginated. Verses and twelve charming and delicate full-page color illustrations by the author.

Illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Boards rubbed, worn and soiled. Spine missing. Plates in nice condition. Overall, good condition.

92444

Walt Kelly. Lot of Nine Pogo Books. All books published by Simon and Schuster, New York. Titles include Ten Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Years With Pogo. 1959. First edition. Quarto. 288 pages. Very good in a slightly worn dust jacket. [and] Pogo A La Sundae. 1961. First edition. Octavo. 127 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Pogo: Prisoner of Love. 1969. First printing. Octavo. 128 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] The Pogo Stepmother Goose. 1954. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Pogo Primer for Parents (TV Division). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1961. Octavo. 24 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Pogo: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us. 1972. First printing. Octavo. 127 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Uncle Pogo So-So Stories. 1953. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Very good in dust jacket. [and] The Return of Pogo. 1965. 1965. First printing. Octavo. 192 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Gone Pogo. 1961. First printing. Octavo. 127 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good.

92445

Three Elisha Kent Kane Titles, including: Elisha Kent Kane. Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853, '54, '55 - Volume One. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1857. Illustrated. Boards loose, binding heavily chipped. Fair condition. [and:] Elisha Kent Kane. Arctic Explorations in the Year 1853, '54, '55 - Volume Two. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1857. Illustrated. Binding worn. Hinges starting. Good condition. [and:] William Elder. Biography of Elisha Kent Kane. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1858. Illustrated. Rubbed boards. Good.

92446

Charles Kingsley. The Water Babies. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., circa 1929].

Quarto. ix, 240. Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Twelve tipped-in color plates, including frontispiece.

Blue-green cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt stamping to spine and front board. Rebacked. Edges rubbed and corners bumped. Some page corners with shallow creases. Plates in beautiful condition. Very good.

92447

Lot of Six Children's Books by Rudyard Kipling, including: Teem - A Treasure-Hunter. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938. First edition. Frontispiece illustration by Marguerite Kirmse. [and:] How the Camel Got His Hump. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, [1942]. Part of the Just So Stories Series. Illustrations by F. Rojankovsky. [and:] How the Leopard Got His Spots. Garden City Publishing Company, [1942]. Part of the Just So Stories Series. Illustrations by F. Rojankovsky. [and:] How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin. Garden City Publishing Company, [1942]. Part of the Just So Stories Series. Illustrations by F. Rojankovsky. [and:] The Cat That Walked by Himself. Garden City Publishing Company, [1947]. Part of the Just So Stories Series. Illustrations by F. Rojankovsky. [and:] The Cat That Walked by Himself. New York: Hawthorn Books, [1970]. First, thus. Illustrations by Rosemary Wells. All books in this lot are in good or better condition, and all are in dust jackets.

92448

Rudyard Kipling. The Seven Seas [with] The Jungle Book.

The two books in this lot are: The Seven Seas. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Small octavo. vii, 209 pages. Publisher's orange cloth boards, beautifully decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. A two-inch horizontal wrinkle to front board. Two chips to fore-edge of one sheet that has been carelessly opened. Very good. [and:] The Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1921. Octavo. xi, 314 pages. Color illustrations by Maurice and Edward Detmold. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, decorations and vignette. Top edge gilt. Wear to spine ends, with cloth fraying at base. Some discoloration to boards. Inked gift inscription. Generally very good.

92449

Fritz Kredel and George Salter. Am Wegesrand - Limited Signed Edition. Frankfurt: Der Goldene Brunnen, [1961].

Special edition limited to 150 copies, of which this is number 77, signed by both Kredel and Salter. Quarto. 33 pages. Hand-colored engraved illustrations. Text in German.

Vellum-backed vertical ribbed green cloth. Gilt title to spine. A beautiful book. Fine in lightly rubbed slipcase.

The title translates roughly as "By the Side of the Road." The subtitle reads: "Blossoms and leaves, both fresh and wilted, roots, bark and living creatures found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are restively presented in 24 woodcuts by Fritz Kredel and surrounded with verse fragments from the classic poets [such as Goethe and Villon] in the free-flowing calligraphy of George Salter."

92450

Four Books Written and Illustrated by Robert Lawson including Capt. Kidd's Cat. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. First edition. Octavo. 151 pages. Original green cloth with cat illustration and titles in black on the front board and spine. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Ben and Me. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. First edition. Octavo. 114 pages. Original brown cloth with titles in dark brown on the front board and spine. Very good. [and] The Tough Winter. New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First edition. Octavo. 128 pages. Original blue cloth with titles and decoration stamped in silver on the front board and spine. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Mr. Revere and I. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1953. First edition. Octavo. 152 pages. Original tan cloth with titles and decoration in red on the front board and spine. Very good in dust jacket.

92451

Lot of Ten Books by Children's Author and Illustrator Robert Lawson.

All books are first editions, and all are in very good condition and in dust jackets. Titles include: I Discover Columbus (1941). [and:] Country Colic (1944). [and:] Rabbit Hill (1944). Newbery Medal winner of 1945. [and:] Mr. Wilmer (1945). [and:] At That Time (1947). [and:] Mr. Twigg's Mistake (1947). [and:] The Fabulous Flight (1949). [and:] McWhinney's Jaunt (1951). [and:] Edward, Hoppy and Joe (1952). [and:] The Great Wheel (1957).

92452

Lot of Eight Lois Lenski Children's Books, including: Judy's Journey (1947). [and:] Boom Town Boy (1948). No dust jacket. [and:] Cotton in My Sack <1949). [and:] Texas Tomboy (1950). [and:] Prairie School (1951). [and:] San Francisco Boy (1955). [and:] We Live By the River (1956). [and:] Lois Lenski's Christmas Stories. (1968). All are first editions published in Philadelphia by Lippincott. All are in dust jackets, except where otherwise noted, and all books are in very good or better condition.

92453

Lot of Twelve Doctor Dolittle Books, Written and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting, including: The Story of Doctor Dolittle. Frederick A. Stokes Co. [and:] The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. Stokes. [and:] Doctor Dolittle's Post Office. J. B. Lippincott Co. No dust jacket. [and:] Doctor Dolittle's Caravan. Stokes. No jacket. [and:] Doctor Dolittle's Zoo. Stokes. No jacket. [and:] Doctor Dolittle's Garden. Lippincott. [and:] Doctor Dolittle in the Moon. Lippincott. [and:] Doctor Dolittle's Return. Lippincott. [and:] Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake. Lippincott, 1948. First edition. [and:] Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary. Lippincott, 1950. First edition. [and:] Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures. Lippincott, 1952. First edition. [and:] Doctor Dolittle, A Treasury. Lippincott, 1967. First edition. Most books in this lot are later editions and in dust jacket, unless otherwise noted. All books in good to very good condition.

92454

Charles Malam. J. J. Lankes [illustrator]. Spring Plowing. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. First limited edition of 100 copies numbered and with an original woodcut by Lankes hand pulled and signed laid-in.
First limited edition of 100 copies numbered on a special limitation page bound in front and with an original woodcut by Lankes hand pulled and signed laid-in. Octavo. 58 pages.

Cloth backstrip over decorated paper boards with titles in gilt on the spine. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents bright and tight. Very good.

92455

George Martin. The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice, An Homeric Fable. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1962].

First edition. Square octavo. 55 pages. Illustrations by actor Fred Gwynne, known to millions as Herman Munster.

Publisher's green cloth, decorated with gold and black. Pictorial endpapers. Spine of dust jacket has darkened a bit; otherwise, this is a very nice, fine copy.

92456

Two Children's Movable Books by Lothar Meggendorfer and One Other Moveable.

Three books, including: L[othar]. Meggendorfer. Moving Picture Series, Volume II: More Living Animals. New York: The International News Company, 1884. Quarto. Unpaginated. Five hand-colored movables (the "Owl" plate is missing, perhaps others). Illustrated paper boards. Covers soiled and creased. Outer spine has been repaired with black tape. Binding is broken; pages are detached. Some of the workings and tabs have been repaired, most function but are very fragile. In need of restoration. Fair. [and:] Lothar Meggendorfer. Allerlei Tiere [Curious Creatures]. München: Braun und Schneider, [n.d. ca 1888]. Quarto. Unpaginated. Text in German. Seven hand-colored movables of various animals. Illustrated paper boards. Covers soiled; thumbspots to some pages. Outer spine strengthened with black tape. Colors of illustrations vivid. Mechanicals still move (the crab is a bit iffy), but all are fragile. In need of restoration. Good. [and:] Fred E. Weatherly. Touch and Go, A Book of Transformation Pictures with Verses. London/New York: Ernest Nister/E. P. Dutton & Co., [n.d., ca. 1894]. Quarto. Unpaginated. Eight chromolithographed movables. Much Christmas-related content. Illustrated coated boards and patterned endpapers. Binding broken; the pages that are not completely detached are hanging on by strings. Illustrations on title page have been colored in by a child's crayon. Bookplate to front pastedown. Neat gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper, dated 1894. Many of the movables damaged and not functioning. Restoration needed. Poor.

92457

Lot of Five A. A. Milne Books, Published in the U.S. Between 1944 and 1967, including: Winnie the Pooh, with The Toy Bearkins by John Jewett. New York: Perks Publishing, 1944. Quarto. Illustrations by Mary and Wallace Stover. Stapled wraps. Pages browning. Shallow crease to bottom corner. Very good. [and:] Winnie-the-Pooh. Kenosha: John Martin's House, [1946]. First, thus. Square quarto. Illustrations by Helen Page. Near fine in lightly chipped dust jacket. [and:] Once On a Time. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1962. First, thus. Octavo. Illustrations by Susan Perl. Spine of jacket sunned. Near fine. [and:] Prince Rabbit and the Princess Who Could Not Laugh. New York: E. P. Dutton, [1966]. First edition. Quarto. Illustrations by Mary Shepard. Fine in a rubbed and clipped jacket. [and:] The Christopher Robin Book of Verse. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1967]. First, thus. Quarto. Illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Near fine in rubbed and clipped jacket.

92458

James Moffatt, translator. The Story of the Birth of Jesus in the Words of Luke and Matthew. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1932.

First edition. Octavo. xiv, 9 pages. Illustrated with woodcuts by Albrecht Durer.

Marbled boards with original glassine cover. Edges untrimmed. Former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, else fine.

92459

Clement Clarke Moore. The Everett Shinn Illustrated Edition of The Night Before Christmas. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1942.

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations in color and black and white by Everett Shinn, who has also provided an introduction.

Blue cloth backstrip over illustrated paper boards. Very good in a dust jacket only lightly toned around the edges with tiny chips to head and foot of spine.

92460

Mary Norton. The First Four Books in The Borrowers Series - First American Editions. All four books published in New York by Harcourt, Brace and Company and illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush. All books in very good or near fine condition, and all are in bright and virtually unchipped dust jackets. Titles include: The Borrowers (1953). [and:] The Borrowers Afield (1955). [and:] The Borrowers Afloat (1959). Jacket is price-clipped. [and:] The Borrowers Aloft (1961).

92461

William Dana Orcutt. Celebrities Off Parade. Chicago and New York: Willett, Clark & Company, 1935.

First edition limited to three hundred numbered copies signed by the author on a special limitation page inserted in front. Octavo. 287 pages. Thirty-five pen-and-ink portrait sketches by Dwight C. Sturges.

Half leather binding with patterned paper over boards and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Satin book mark ribbon. Insect hole in the leather of the front joint with some spotting on the spine. Contents sound with many pages uncut. A very good copy in the original matching slipcase as issued.

92462

Florence Orville, [editor]. The Golden Book, For Young People. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, [1917].

Apparent first edition thus. Quarto. 246 pp. Illustrated with color plates and with black and white line drawings in the text.

Publisher's original binding of brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and yellow. Illustrated endpapers. Binding rubbed and with light wear, and somewhat dulled on the spine. Inner hinge at the rear appears to have been rather clumsily repaired. Edge tear to one color plate, small dampstain to the top fore-edge corner of pages in the last third of the book. Previous owner's ink name to the front endpaper. A very nice, attractive copy.

92463

[Maxfield Parrish.] Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith (editors). The Arabian Nights, Their Best-Known Tales. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.

Square octavo. xii, 339 pages. Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish.

Black cloth with titles and illustration pasted to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Boards rubbed; extremities worn. Binding solid, plates bright. Good or better.

92464

[Maxfield Parrish, illustrator]. Two Illustrated Books, including: Eugene Field. Poems of Childhood. With Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First edition. Octavo. 199 pages. Color-illustrated title page plus eight color illustrations protected by printed tissue guards. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles and a color-illustrated paper label inset into the front board. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate wear and rubbing to the boards. Cloth frayed at the spine ends, most noticeably at the head. Two previous owners' inscriptions on the front flyleaf. Sepia photograph with caption of Eugene Field memorial pasted down to the second front flyleaf, which has offset the verso of the first flyleaf. Tissue guard on illustration at page 120 loose. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Frances Turner Palgrave. A Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics. Pictures in Color Reproduced from Paintings by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Duffield & Company, 1911. First edition thus. Octavo. 373 pages. Eight full-color plates with printed tissue guards. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles, and a full color Parrish illustration pasted down to the front board and outlined in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate wear and rubbing to the boards, including the cover illustration. Rubbed corners. Mildly toned textblock edges. Rear hinge barely starting. A very good copy of a beautifully illustrated book.

92465

[Maxfield Parrish]. Maxfield Parrish: The Early Years 1893-1930. Secaucus: Chartwell Books, Inc., [1973].

First edition. Folio. 350 pages. Profusely illustrated with color and black-and-white works by Maxfield Parrish. Commentary by Paul W. Skeeters.

Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket. Boards slightly warped with light shelf wear. Dust jacket worn at the extremities, especially at the spine ends. Very good.

92466

Lot of Five Peter Parley to Penrod Children's Books.

Jacob Blanck's Peter Parley to Penrod is one of the most essential (and one of the most frequently cited) bibliography of children's literature, originally published in 1938. The five titles in this lot are all included in Blanck's bibliography of "best-loved American juvenile books." Titles include: [Jacob Abbott.] Rollo's Travels. Boston: William Crosby and Company, 1840. First edition. Twelvemo. Illustrations. Brown cloth, decoratively stamped in blind and lettered in gilt. Boards rubbed and worn, particularly at corners; some light spots to boards. Spine ends chipped. Heavy foxing throughout. Generally, good, in a custom slipcase and chemise. Peter Parley to Penrod 2. [and:] William Allen White. The Court of Boyville. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First edition. Illustrations. Pictorial cloth, lightly soiled. Very good in custom quarter leather slipcase and chemise. Peter Parley to Penrod 109. [and:] Henry A. Shute. The Real Diary of a Real Boy. Boston: The Everett Press, 1902. First edition. Twelvemo. Pictorial olive cloth. Cloth soiled, hinges cracked, binding cocked. Good. Peter Parley to Penrod 118. [and:] John Fox, Jr. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First edition, first issue. Illustrations by F. C. Yohn. Gilt-stamped red cloth. Inked name. Fine in custom quarter leather box and chemise. Peter Parley to Penrod 146 (a "border-line selection"). [and:] Booth Tarkington. Penrod. Garden City, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. Illustrations by Gordon Grant. Pictorial blue cloth, lightly rubbed. Very good. Peter Parley to Penrod 132.

92467

Howard Pyle [illustrator]. Yankee Doodle, An Old Friend in a New Dress. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1881.

First edition. Square quarto. 30 pages. Illustrations by Howard Pyle, many in full color.

Original gray and red illustrated paper-covered boards. Boards are rubbed and quite worn; front board has a vertical crease down the middle. Spine is missing, and boards are hanging on by threads. Full-page color illustrations are bright and vivid. Overall, fair condition, but a wonderful candidate for rebacking.

Howard Pyle's first book.

92468

Lot of Four Robert Quackenbush Children's Picture Books, including: Go Tell Aunt Rhody (1973). [and:] She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain (1973). [and:] The Man on the Flying Trapeze, The Circus Life of Emmett Kelly, Sr. (1975). [and:] Skip to My Lou (1975). All books are first editions, published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott Company, and all are in fine condition with fine dust jackets.

92469

[Arthur Rackham, illustrator.] Thomas Ingoldsby. The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1898.

First edition. Octavo. xxiii, 638 pages. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, both in color and in black and white. Color frontispiece.

Rebound in full green morocco, with four raised bands and gilt title, rules and border. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Fore-edge and bottom edge of pages untrimmed. Tight and sturdy binding. Near fine.

92470

J. K. Rowling. Lot of Three Books in the Harry Potter Series including Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Fourth edition. Octavo. 223 pages. Original pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Fine. [and] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1998. Octavo. 223 pages. Pictorial wraps. Trade paperback. Fine. [and] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. First trade paperback edition. Octavo. 317 pages. Pictorial wraps. Fine.

92471

Charles Schulz. Five Peanuts Books. All are near fine in lightly worn dust jackets. Titles include: A Charlie Brown Christmas. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, [1965]. First edition, first printing. Oblong octavo. [and:] Charlie Brown's All-Stars. World, 1966. First edition. Oblong octavo. [and:] A Boy Named Charlie Brown. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. [1969]. First edition. Large quarto. [and:] Snoopy and "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night." Holt, 1971. Book club edition. Small octavo. "I Never Promised You an Apple Orchard" - The Collected Writings of Snoopy. Holt, 1976. Book club edition. Small octavo.

92472

George Selden. The Cricket in Times Square. New York: Ariel Books/Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, [1960].

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 151 pages. Illustrations by Garth Williams.

Publisher's lavender cloth. Light foxing to top edge. Near fine in dust jacket.

92473

Lot of Maurice Sendak Books including Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must be More to Life. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. First edition. Twelvemo. 69 pages. Original cloth with dog illustration affixed to front board and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Dust jacket toned at the extremities and spine panel. Else, very good. [and] Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book With Mino the Magician. Philadelphia: Philip H. & A. S. W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1970. First edition. Thirtytwomo. Unpaginated. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Fantasy Sketches. Philadelphia: Philip H. & A. S. W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1970. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Stiff pictorial wraps. Light soiling and wear to wraps. Very good. [and] Boxed Set of Four Books in the Nutshell Library. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1962. First editions, thus. Thirtytwomo. Unpaginated. Original cloth with dust jackets house in a pictorial slipcase. Very good. Titles include One Was Johnny, Alligators All Around, Pierre, and Chicken Soup With Rice.

92474

Selma G. Lanes. The Art of Maurice Sendak. New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1980].

First edition. Oblong quarto. 278 pages. Many illustrations, including 94 in full color. Index.

Publisher's pictorial paper over boards, in publisher's printed mylar wrapper. Fine. With publisher's shipping box.

92475

H. de Vere Stacpoole. The Blue Lagoon, A Romance. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910.

New Edition. Octavo. ix, 326 pages. Tipped-in color illustrations by Willy Pogany. Color frontispiece.

Blue cloth with gilt titles, decorations and vignette. Top edge gilt; fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Binding cocked. Boards rubbed; extremities worn. Gouge to front joint. Bookplate and penciled name. Contents solid and bright. An attractive book in good to very good condition.

92476

Mrs. Bray [Anna Eliza Bray]. Life of Thomas Stothard, R. A. With Personal Reminiscences by Mrs. Bray. London: John Murray, 1851.

First edition. Inscribed by the author on the third front free endpaper. Octavo. 246 pages. With illustrations by Stothard within text. Portrait of Stothard used as frontispiece.

Contemporary half binding with titles and decoration stamped in gilt in six compartments between five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Boards and corners with wear at the edges. Spine slightly flaky with wear at the ends. Joints tender. Moderate foxing scattered throughout. Half-title page detached but present. Very good.

Anna Bray was Thomas Stothard's daughter-in-law and was in a unique position to write an intimate biography of the noted English artist. This copy also has three exceptionally fine engraved plates by Stothard which have been affixed to the recto and verso of the second front free endpaper and the recto of the third front free endpaper.

92477

Arthur Szyk. The Book of Job [with] The Book of Ruth. New York: The Heritage Press, [1946, 1947].

Two quarto volumes. 148; 42 pages. From the translation prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I. Preface by Mary Ellen Chase. Color illustrations by Arthur Szyk.

Each volume in full cloth with color illustration pasted onto front board. Both volumes are in fine condition, in worn publisher's slipcases

92478

Arthur Szyk. Five Books Illustrated by Arthur Szyk - One of Which is Inscribed, including: Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales. New York: The Heritage Press, [1946]. Inscribed by Szyk. Near fine. [and:] Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. New York: The Heritage Press, [1946]. Light discoloration to front board. Fine. [and:] The Arabian Nights Entertainments. New York: The Heritage Press, [1955]. Boards rubbed. Spines sunned. Very good in publisher's battered slipcase. [and:] Steven Luckert. The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk. Washington: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2002. Second edition. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] Hans Christian Andersen. Andersen's Fairy Tales. New York: Grosset & Dunlap,[n.d.]. Bookplate. In publisher's plastic slipcase. Fine.

92479

Louis Tracy. The Wings of the Morning. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, [1924].

First edition. Large octavo. 319 pages. Illustrations by Mead Schaeffer. Color frontispiece.

Publisher's pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Near fine.

92480

Elleston Trevor. Deep Wood. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1947.

First edition. Octavo. 282 pages. Illustrations by Stephen J. Voorhies.

Publisher's green cloth with lettering and image of tree on front cover in black. Pictorial endpapers. Lightly chipped and rubbed dust jacket. Very good.

92481

Lot of Three Issues of Verve, The French Review of Art, Published Between 1940 and 1945.

All are quarto, and all are published in Paris at the Éditions de la Revue Verve. Issues include: Verve, The French Review of Art, Vol. 2, Nr. 7, April-July 1940: Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry; Calendar by Pol de Limbourg and Jean Colombe. Text by Henri Malo (translated by Robert Sage). In English. Unpaginated. 12 tipped-in bright and vivid color plates. Thin paper boards, both detached, but present. In dust jacket. Fair. [and:] Verve, Vol. III, No. 9, October 1943: Les Fouquet de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Preface by Paul Valéry; text by E. A. Van Moé. In French. Unpaginated. 13 tipped-in bright and vivid color plates. Thin paper boards. Book plate of noted book collector Estelle Doheny on inner top panel of intricately folded-in dust jacket. Pages browning. Very good in chipped and torn jacket. [and:] Verve, Vol. III, No. 12, March 1945: Les Fouquet de Chantilly, Le Heures D'Étienne Chevalier - La Vierge et Les Saints par Jean Fouquet. Text by Henri Malo. In French. Unpaginated. 14 tipped-in bright and vivid color plates. Thin paper boards. Bookplate of Estelle Doheny on verso of blank page opposite title page. With decorated purple and gold dust jacket, chipped. Good to very good condition.

92482

Eduard Wagner. Medieval Costume, Armour and Weapons (1350-1450). London: Andrew Dakers, [n.d.].

First edition. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations, some in color by Eduard Wagner. Text by Zoroslava Drobná and Jan Durdík; translation by Jean Layton.

Full gray cloth with red lettering. Foot of spine has ex-library markings. Foxing to cloth. Attractive bookplate (Bibliotheca Neurologica Courville) tipped to front pastedown. A couple of tiny stains to fore-edge. Very good.

92483

Richard Wagner and Ul de Rico. The Ring of the Nibelung. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1980.

First American edition. Folio. 204 pages. 30 color plate illustrations by Ul de Rico. Introduction by Sir Georg Solti. Text in English.

Publisher's gilt-stamped black cloth. Two bottom corners lightly bumped. Else, a fine copy in dust jacket.

92484

Ch. M. Widor. Vieilles Chansons Pour Les Petits Enfants. Paris: Plon-Nourrit, [n.d., ca. 1910].

Oblong quarto. 43 pages. Illustrations by M. B. de Monvel. Musical notations with song lyrics and text in French.

Publisher's gold- and green-stamped floral cloth. Front hinge starting. Price in red pencil on front pastedown. Green felt closure ties are worn. Overall, a very good copy of a thoroughly charming children's book.

92485

Kate Douglas Wiggin. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903.

First edition, later printing, per BAL. Small octavo. 327 pages.

Publisher's pictorial green cloth. Decorations to spine and front board lightly rubbed. Light wear to extremities. Binding very slightly cocked. Inked gift inscription dated 1903 on a blank preliminary page. A very good copy of an attractively-designed book.

92486

Brian Wildsmith. Seven Children's Books by this Illustrator, including: 1, 2, 3's. New York: Franklin Watts, 1965. First American edition. Lightly worn dust jacket, reinforced with tape on the verso. [and:] The North Wind and the Sun. New York: Franklin Watts, 1966. Dust jacket is rubbed and has some closed tears. [and:] Birds. New York: Franklin Watts, 1967. First American edition. Cloth faded along edges. Price-clipped dust jacket. [and:] Fishes. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed and reinforced with tape on the verso. [and:] The Hare and the Tortoise. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Price-clipped dust jacket. [and:] The Lion and the Rat. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Price-clipped dust jacket has ghost of sticker on front flap. [and:] Squirrels. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. First edition. Name has been erased from front free endpaper, causing some discoloration. Price-clipped dust jacket has ghost of sticker on front flap and has been reinforced with tape on verso. All books in this lot are quarto (some oblong), and all are in very good condition.

92487

A. Windsor-Richards. The Cabin in the Woods. Penhurst, Kent: The Friday Press, 1963.

First edition. Small octavo. 118 pages. Illustrations by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford.

Publisher's silver-stamped green cloth. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Otherwise, a fine copy.

92488

Karl Woermann. Geschichte der Kunst Aller Zeiten und Völker. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1915.

Presumed first edition. Four large octavo volumes. 558; 492; 574; 636 pages. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and several full-color plates. Indices.

Full blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles and borders. Brown endpapers. Spines lightly sunned. A very good set.

A history of art, from prehistoric times up to the Renaissance. Text entirely in German.

92489

Two Frank Lloyd Wright Books, including: Frank Lloyd Wright. The Natural House. New York: Horizon Press, 1954. First edition. Quarto. 223 pages. Illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings. Original tan boards are stained. Boards loose with front hinge starting. Inked name on front pastedown. No dust jacket, but back flap is laid in. Good condition. [and:] Olgivanna Lloyd Wright. The Roots of Life. New York: Horizon Press, 1963. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Inked gift inscription on front free endpaper. No jacket. Very good.

92490

Ida Zeitlin. Skazki, Tales and Legends of Old Russia. New York: George H. Doran, 1926.

Tall octavo. xiii, 335 pages. Illustrations by Theodore Nadejen, some in color and tipped in.

Publisher's green cloth with brightly illustrated endpapers. Minor wear to edges of cloth. Some inked underlining in Foreword. Inconspicuous book store sticker to a blank terminal page. Very good in dust jacket.

92491

The First Book of Moses Called Genesis. Yellow Springs: Kahoe and Company, 1929.

First edition limited to 950 numbered copies. Quarto. 163 pages. Illustrated with woodcut vignettes.

Original white buckram back strip with decorated paper over boards and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Retains original glassine cover. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown, otherwise a near fine copy.

92492

[Frank C. Papé, illustrator]. George MacDonald. At the Back of the North Wind. First edition of this Papé illustrated version. With Twelve Full-Page Illustrations in Color, and Seventy-Six Text Illustrations in Black-and-White. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, [n.d., circa 1912].

First edition of this Papé illustrated version. Octavo. Beautifully illustrated and complete with twelve full-page color plates.

Publisher's decorated cloth, with mounted color illustrated label on the front. Minor scuffs and rubbing, pictorial endpapers with previous owner's name, small soiled spot to bottom of title and frontis, else a very good, attractive copy.

92493

Le Mécanicien Moderne par Un Comité d'Ingénieurs Spécialists. Paris: Librairie Commerciale, [n.d., circa 1900].

Fifth edition. Two folio volumes (complete). 476 pages over two volumes. Numerous plates, diagrams and drawings of mechanical objects, including things such as engines, automobiles, and locomotives. Several plates consist of intricate color overlays that move, revealing the inner workings of various contraptions. Text in French.

Publisher's pictorial blue cloth, stamped with gold, black and orange. Patterned endpapers. Both volumes worn along extremities. Spine of volume II has come away from binding but is still attached at rear joint; front board is only very tentatively attached. Inked name to half-title page of volume II. The moveable color plates are in wonderful condition with still-vivid colors, but, considering the problems with volume II, the set is in only good condition. This is a fun and fascinating book that is a great candidate for repair.

92494

The Rocking-Chair Story Book. London: Blackie & Son, [n.d.].

Quarto. Unpaginated. A collection of children's stories and verse accompanied by the work of several illustrators. Eight charming color plates, including frontispiece.

Illustrated paper boards with cloth backstrip. Covers lightly rubbed; light wear to tips of corners. A few stray smudges to pages, none of which intrude onto text or plate. Bookplate of St. Mark's Infants' School noting that this was a prize awarded in 1935 to a young student for his "progress and conduct." Very good.

92495

Lot of Three Illustrated Books, including: Octave Uzanne. The Sunshade, The Glove, The Muff. London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884. Small quarto. viii, 138 pages. Illustrations by Paul Avril. Full navy leather, lightly rubbed at extremities. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Occasional foxing. Very good. A collection of "feminine toys"(parasols, gloves, and muffs). [and:] Max Beerbohm. The Happy Hypocrite. London: John Lane, 1915. First illustrated edition. Quarto. 70 pages. Illustrations by George Sheringham. Color plates and black and white drawings. Publisher's blue, green, pink and gold pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Extremities lightly worn. One corner bumped. Spine darkened; rear board lightly soiled. Occasional foxing. Plates in beautiful condition. Very good. [and:] Aesop's Fables. [Oxford]: The Limited Editions Club, 1933. Edition limited to 1500 copies, of which this is number 363, signed by designer Bruce Rogers. Quarto. 210 pages. Translation by Samuel Croxall. Bibliographical note by Victor Scholderer. Numerous facsimiles of Florentine woodcuts. Vellum-backed marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt. Fine in darkened slipcase.

92496

Lot of Nine Miscellaneous Illustrated Titles,

All books in this lot are in very good condition unless noted otherwise. Titles include: George Cruikshank. The Bachelor's Own Book; or, The Adventures of Mr. Lambkin. No date. Illustrations by the author. Half bound in leather; edges rubbed. [and:] Daniel Defoe. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. No date (inked name is dated 1896). Illustrated. Pictorial cloth. Dulled lettering on spine. Good. [and:] F. R. L. Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling. A History of England. 1911. Pictures by Henry Ford. Quarter bound in leather; spine sunned. [and:] Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Heritage Press, 1962. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Fine in dust jacket. In slipcase. [and:] Japanese Accordion-Fold Book of Illustrations. No date. An attractive book with text in Japanese. [and:] Carlo Lorenzini. Pinocchio, The Story of a Puppet. No date. Illustrations. Shaken. Good. [and:] Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels. 1927. Edited by Padraic Colum. Illustrated. Binding loose and rubbed. Inked gift inscription. Good. [and:] E. B. White. Charlotte's Web. No date, circa 1960s. Illustrations by Garth Williams. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] E. B. White. Stuart Little. No date, circa 1960s. Pictures by Garth Williams. Fine in clipped dust jacket (price still visible).

92497

Lot of Four Illustrated Books, including: Howard Pyle. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. Illustrations by the author. Brown pictorial cloth with red and black stamping; gilt titles. Very good. [and:] Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. Color and black and white illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Heavy green cloth binding. Paper label to spine. Spine heavily sunned; edges of boards lightly sunned. [and:] Charlotte Brontë and Emily Brontë. Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights - Two Volume Set. New York: Random House, 1943. Quarto. Illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Both volumes are bound in illustrated paper boards and cloth backstrip. Tips of corners worn. Bookplates, inked name. Very good in publisher's splitting slipcase.

92498

Famous Sporting Prints. London: The Studio, 1927-1930.

Large quarto. Seven volumes bound in one. Volumes included are: I. Hunting (published 1927); II. Grand National (1927); III. The Derby (1927); IV. Coaching (1927); V. Henry Alken (1929); VI. Boxing (1930); VII. Shooting (1930). Pages unnumbered. 56 tipped-in plates, 8 per volume.

Half-bound red morocco with marbled boards. Raised bands. Gilt-stamped lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Wear to edges; some scuffing to spine. Light foxing throughout. Overall, binding is sturdy and plates are bright, Very good condition.

92499

[Frank Booth and Willy Pogany, illustrators]. Two Beautifully Illustrated Books, including: James Whitcomb Riley. The Flying Islands of the Night. Illustrated by Frank Booth. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Publishers, [1913]. Quarto. 124 pages. 16 gorgeous color plates with tissue guards tipped-in. Publisher's green cloth over tan boards with brown titles. Original printed dust jacket. Moderate edge wear to the boards, the bottom edge shows light scuffing. Light wear to the front hinge. Tissue guard opposite page 64 has been reattached at the gutter. Previous owner's gift inscription has been erased from the first flyleaf. Dust jacket slightly worn, with some paper loss at the spine ends and flap folds. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] Folk Tales from Many Lands. Retold by Lilian Gask. Illustrations by Willy Pogany. London Calcutta Sydney: George Harrap & Company Limited, [nd]. Octavo. 253 pages. 26 stunning illustrations, including eight in full color. Publisher's green cloth with black, blue, yellow, and orange decorative stamping and titles. Moderate edge wear. Some foxing to the edges, else very good condition. A wonderfully illustrated book of well-known folk tales.

92500

Lot of Ten Illustrated Children's Books, including: Harold McCracken. Son of the Walrus King. Philadelphia: Stokes/J. B. Lippincott Company, [1944]. First edition. Illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt. [and:] Nancy Byrd Taylor. When It Rained Cats and Dogs. Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1946]. First edition. Illustrations by Tibor Gergely. [and:] Patricia Gordon. The Witch of Scrapfaggot Green. New York: The Viking Press, 1948. First edition. Illustrations by William Pène Du Bois. [and:] Dorothy Childs Hogner. Rufus. Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1955]. Illustrations by Nils Hogner. [and:] Erich Kastner. Till Eulenspiegel the Clown. New York: Julian Messner, [1957]. First edition. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston with illustrations by Walter Trier. [and:] Edgar Parker. The Duke of Sycamore. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First edition. Illustrations by the author. Dampstaining to boards and dust jacket, not affecting interior of book. Generally, good condition. [and:] Padraic Colum. The Six Who Were Left in a Shoe. New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, [1968]. Illustrations by Joseph Schindelman. Price-clipped jacket. [and:] Ellen Hsiao. A Chinese Year. Philadelphia: Two Worlds/Lippincott, [1970]. First edition. Illustrations by the author. [and:] David Martin. Spiegel the Cat. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1971]. First American edition. Based on the tale by Gottfried Keller with illustrations by Roy McKie. James Whitcomb Riley. The Gobble-uns'll Git You Ef You Don't Watch Out! Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1975]. First edition. Riley's "Little Orphant Annie" illustrated by Joel Schick. All books in this lot are small quartos in dust jackets. All are in very good or better condition, unless otherwise noted.

92501

Lot of Six Charmingly Illustrated Children's Books, including: Dr. Henry [Heinrich] Hoffman. Slovenly Peter; or, Cheerful Stories and Funny Pictures For Good Little Folks. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [n.d., ca. late 1800s]. "From the twenty-third edition." Vivid color illustrations by the author. Green pictorial cloth binding lightly worn. Very good. [and:] Hortense Flexner. Puzzle Pond. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1948]. First edition. Illustrations by Wyncie King. Very good in chipped dust jacket. [and:] Marcia Brown. Dick Whittington and His Cat. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First edition. With linoleum cuts by the author. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Fine. [and:] Hrubín-Trnka. The Enchanted Forest. Prague: Artia, 1954. Publisher's pictorial paper boards. Presumed first edition. Translated by Daphne Rusbridge. "After the cartoon film of the same title." Striking illustrations. Near fine. [and:] Edward Lear. Edward Lear's A Nonsense Alphabet. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1962. First edition. Illustrations by Richard Scarry. Fine in dust jacket. [and:] Richard H. R. Smithies and Maura Cavanagh. The Yeggs and the Yahbuts. New York: Random House, [1969]. Illustrations by Deborah Ellis. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Fine.

92502

Lot of Seven Illustrated Children's Books, including: Mark Lemon. Legends of Number Nip. London: Macmillan and Co., 1864. Gold-stamped red cloth. Illustrations by Charles Keene. Very good. [and:] Tudor Jenks. The Prince and the Dragons. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, [1905]. Pictorial stamped boards. Illustrations by John R. Neill. Cocked binding. Good. [and:] Alfred Moffat. Our Old Nursery Rhymes. London: David McKay, [1911]. Songbook with charming illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Lightly soiled boards. Generally, very good. [and:] Clifton Johnson [editor]. The Elm-Tree Fairy Book, Favorite Fairy Tales. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1918. Illustrations by Lejaren Hiller. Pictorial cloth. Front hinge cracked. Good. [and:] Elleston Treveor. The Wizard of the Wood. London: The Falcon Press, [1948]. First edition. Illustrations by Leslie Atkinson. Very good in price-clipped dust jacket. [and:] Jane Werner [editor]. The Tall Book of Make-Believe. New York: Harper and Brothers, [1950]. Illustrations by Garth Williams. Very good in dust jacket. [and:] Dorothy Hall Smith [editor]. The Tall Book of Christmas. New York: Harper and Brothers, [1954]. Illustrations by Gertrude Elliott Espenscheid. Very good in dust jacket.

92503

Lot of Six Illustrated Children's Books, including: Charles and Mary Lamb. Tales From Shakespeare. [No place]: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1914]. Tipped-in color illustrations by Heath Robinson, Edmund Dulac, et al. Orange pictorial cloth. Inked gift inscription. Binding loose. Very good. [and:] George MacDonald. At the Back of the North Wind. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1919. Illustrations by Jesse Willcox Smith. Pale lavender cloth with chipped illustrated pastedown. Top edge gilt. Rear hinge starting; binding loose. Good. [and:] Grimms' Fairy Tales. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1920. Illustrations by Ella Dolbear Lee. Blue cloth binding with illustrated pastedown. Boards rubbed. A couple of pages torn at fore-edge. Good. [and:] George Eliot. Adam Bede. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. Color illustrations by Percy Tarrant. Blue cloth binding with illustrated pastedown. Faint stains to spine; head of spine fraying. Evidence of removed bookplate in glue stain to front pastedown. Overall, a very good copy. [and:] J. M. Barrie. Peter Pan and Wendy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Black cloth binding with illustrated pastedown. Boards and paper rubbed. Bookplate. Overall, good condition. [and:] Rupert Sargent Holland. Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters. [Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1931.] Illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover, many in full color. Blue cloth binding with illustrated pastedown. Small hole in spine. Very good.

92504

Lot of Four First Edition Children's Books, Including Works by Rackham, Tudor, and Sendak.

The following children's books are in very good or better condition: Arthur Rackham. A Fairy Book. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Illustrations by Rackham. Spine sunned. [and:] Tasha Tudor. The White Goose. New York: Oxford University Press, 1943. In creased dust jacket. [and:] Betty MacDonald. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1954]. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. In dust jacket. [and:] Susan Cooper. Greenwitch. New York: Atheneum, 1974. Top edge foxed.

92505

Lot of Four Signed Children's Books including Joseph Wharton Lippincott. Persimmon Jim the 'Possum. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1924. First edition. Twelvemo. 140 pages. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Original ribbed brown cloth with titles stamped in black on the front board and spine. [and] Joseph Wharton Lippincott. Black Wings: The Unbeatable Crow. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1947. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 144 pages. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Original blue cloth with black crow illustration on the front board and titles in black on the spine. Areas of spotting to boards, else very good in a dust jacket. [and] John Storm. Malcolm MacBeth. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Sheppard Co., 1946. First edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 148 pages. Illustrated by Charles Alston. Original pictorial blue cloth with titles in white on the spine. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Lois Lenski. Strawberry Girl. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945. Third edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Octavo. 194 pages. Original green cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Very good in a shelf-worn and slightly tatty dust jacket.

92506

Lot of Four Charming Children's Picture Books, Including a Very Early Book From Andre Norton.

A group of four collectible children's titles including: Dorothy P. Lathrop. The Colt From Moon Mountain. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. First edition. Light wear to extremities of orange cloth; some offsetting to endpapers. A very good copy in a lightly worn dust jacket. [and:] Andre Norton. Rogue Reynard. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First edition. Illustrations by Laura Bannon. A very early work from the Science-Fiction icon, here writing a book for young children. A fine copy in a dust jacket with one small closed tear. [and:] Frank Tashlin. The 'Possum That Didn't. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company. [1950]. A near fine copy in a very lightly worn jacket. [and:] Bethany Tudor. Samantha's Surprise. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1964]. A fine copy in a very nice jacket that has been clipped at the top corner of the inside flap, but price remains printed on the bottom corner.

92507

Collection of Miniature Children's Books including Marion Robertson. The Story of Swan Lake. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1953. Second edition. Thirtytwomo. 96 pages. Illustrations by Joyce Millen. Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the front board. Dust jacket. Very good. [and] Adapted by the Editors of Hallmark Cards from a Leo Tolstoy story. The Cobbler's Guest. [No place]: Hallmark, [no date]. First edition. Thirtytwomo. 34 pages. Illustrated. Titles and vignette stamped in gilt on the front board. Very good. [and] Dick Whittington and His Cat. New York: Holiday House, 1937. First edition, thus. Thirtytwomo. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Very good. [and] Boxed set of Hilary Knight's Nutshell Library, New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First edition. Thirtytwomo. Original cloth with pictorial dust jacket. Titles in include A Firefly in the Fir Tree, Angels & Berries & Candy Canes, A Christmas Stocking Story, and A Christmas Story. Very good. [and] Dorothy Kunhardt. Tiny Animal Stories. New York: The Golden Library, 1948. First edition, thus. Thirtytwomo. Pictorial boards. Includes twelve diminutive books including Baby Bears, Tiger Kitten, Baby Whale, Baby Lion, etc. In the original slightly dirty and tatty pictorial display box. Very good.

92508

Lot of Ten Children's Books, Featuring Illustrations by Dr. Seuss, Lynd Ward, Maurice Sendak, Lois Lenski, and Others.

All books are in dust jackets, and unless otherwise noted, all books are in very good condition. Title include: Dr. Seuss and Alexander Abingdon. The Boners Omnibus (no date, copyright 1931). Illustrations by Dr. Seuss, (referred to as "Dr. Theophrastus Seuss" in laid-in promotional material) and Virginia Huget. Good condition in worn jacket. [and:] Sir Walter Scott. Ivanhoe (no date, ca. 1930s). Illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. [and:] Robert Nathan. Tapiola's Brave Regiment (1941). First edition. Illustrations by Kurt Wiese. [and:] Daniel DeFoe. Robinson Crusoe (1946). Illustrations by Lynd Ward. [and:] Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio (1948). First, thus. Illustrations by Anne Heyneman. [and:] Aesop's Fables (1949). Illustrations by Glen Rounds. [and:] Robert Nathan. The Adventures of Tapiola (1950). First edition. Illustrations by George Salter and Kurt Wiese. [and:] H[ans]. C[hristian]. Andersen. Seven Tales by H. C. Andersen (1959). Probable first edition. Translation by Eva Le Gallienne. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Near fine in jacket. [and:] Hugh Lofting. The Twilight of Magic (1967). Illustrations by Lois Lenski. [and:] Betty MacDonald. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic (no date, ca. 1970s). Illustrations by Hilary Knight. Trade paperback.

92509

Lot of Six Illustrated Books for Children and Young Adults, including: William Gilbert. The Magic Mirror. Philadelphia, 1907. First edition. Color illustrations by John Menzies. Bright blue pictorial cloth. Very good. [and:] Irving Crump. Og, Boy of Battle. New York: Grosset & Dunlap,[n.d., ca. 1925]. Frontispiece illustration by Charles Livingston Bull. Very good in worn dust jacket. [and:] Elizabeth Janet Gray. Adam of the Road. New York: The Viking Press, 1942. First edition. Illustrations by Robert Lawson. Offsetting to endpapers. Very good in worn dust jacket. [and:] Joan Aiken. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, [n.d., ca. 1963]. Illustrations by Pat Marriott. Near fine in dust jacket with lightly sunned spine. [and:] James Joyce. The Cat and the Devil. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1964]. First edition. Charming illustrations by Richard Erdoes. A story Joyce wrote for his grandson in 1936. Fine in dust jacket with sunned spine. [and:] Gerald Durrell. The Talking Parcel. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1974]. First American edition. Illustrations by Pamela Johnson. Near fine in dust jacket with some discoloration to spine and along top edge of back panel.

92510

Lot of Eleven Children's Picture Books, Plus One Ronald Searle Book for the Parents.

All books in this lot are generally oblong quartos, in very good or better condition, unless otherwise noted. All hardcover books have dust jackets. Titles include: Dorothy and Marguerite Bryan. Johnny Penguin (1931). First edition. Illustrations by the authors. Significant wear to rear joint. Boards soiled and creased. Good. [and:] Ed Nofziger. Spunky the Elephant (1946). With delightful illustrations by the author. [and:] Hans Christian Andersen. The Ugly Duckling (1955). Illustrations by Johannes Larsen. Translated by R. P. Keigwin. [and:] Karel Zeman. The Treasure of Bird Island (n.d., ca. 1960s]. Illustrations by the author. [and:] Irmengarde Eberle. A Chipmunk Lives Here (1966). Drawings by Matthew Kalmenoff. Photographs. [and:] Harry Devlin. The Walloping Window Blind, An Old Nautical Tale (1968). First edition. Illustrations by the author. [and:] Elizabeth Coatsworth. They Walk in the Night (1969). First edition. Wood engravings by Stefan Martin. [and:] John and Harriet Frye. Skipper, What's That Light? (1969). Wraps. [and:] Ronald Searle. Dick Deadeye (1975). First American edition. Rather racy, and in some cases "adult" illustrations by Searle, based on scenes from the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. [and:] Steven Kellogg and Edward Bangs. Yankee Doodle (1976). Illustrations by Kellogg, text by Bangs. [and:] Alvin Schwartz. Kickle Snifters and Other Fearsome Critters (1976). First edition. Illustrations by Glen Rounds. Creatures inspired by American folklore. [and:] Burton Supree. Bear's Heart: Scenes From the Life of a Cheyenne Artist (1977). First edition. The true story of a Cheyenne Indian named Bear's Heart who was put in a military prison in 1874 and, while there, drew these striking naïve color drawings illustrating his life.

92511

Lot of Twelve Illustrated Children's Books, Including Many by Kenneth Grahame.

All books in very good or better condition and in dust jackets, unless otherwise noted. Titles include: Kenneth Grahame. The Golden Age (1914). Illustrations by R. J. E. Moony. Significant dampstaining to front and rear boards of the blue cloth binding, not affecting contents. Good. No dust jacket. [and:] Kenneth Grahame. The Reluctant Dragon (1938). Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. [and:] Lois Lenski. Bound Girl of Cobble Hill (1938 or later). Later printing. Illustrations by the author. Cocked binding. Good. [and:] J. M. Barrie. Peter Pan and Wendy (1941). Illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. No jacket. [and:] Kenneth Grahame. First Whisper of 'The Wind in the Willows' (1945). First edition. [and:] Catherine Besterman. The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, the Shoe King's Son (1947). First edition. Illustrations by Warren Chappell. [and:] Catherine Besterman. The Extraordinary Education of Johnny Longfoot in His Search for the Magic Hat (1949). First edition. Illustrations by Warren Chappell. [and:] Joseph Wharton Lippincott. Bun, a Wild Rabbit (1953). Illustrations by George F. Mason. [and:] Joseph Wharton Lippincott. Little Red the Fox (1953). Illustrations by George F. Mason. [and:] Ben Lucien Burman. Seven Stars For Catfish Bend (1956)). Illustrations by Alice Caddy. [and:] Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows - Golden Anniversary Edition (1960). Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. [and:] Ben Lucien Burman. The Owl Hoots Twice at Catfish Bend (1961). First edition. Illustrations by Alice Caddy.

92512

Lot of Seven Illustrated Children's Classics.

Books are in very good condition unless otherwise noted. Titles include: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Little Lord Fauntleroy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Illustrations by Reginald Birch. [and:] Mrs. Lang. The Strange Story Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. Presumed first edition. Illustrations by H. J. Ford. Soiled boards. Good. [and:] Arthur Rackham. Mother Goose, The Old Nursery Rhymes. New York: The Century Co., 1913. First edition. Illustrations by Rackham. Front hinge broken. First signature almost detached. Significant water damage throughout. Fair. [and:] A. Conan Doyle. The White Company. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1922. First, thus. Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. [and:] Edward Bulwer Lytton. The Last Days of Pompeii. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Illustrations by F. C. Yohn. [and:] Arthur Rackham. Aesop's Fables. London: William Heinemann, [1933]. Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones. Illustrations by Rackham. Spine sunned. Good. [and:] Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. New York: Random House, [1946]. Two volumes in slipcase. Illustrations by John Tenniel.

92513

Lot of Twenty-Four Children's Books, including: George Manville Fenn. The Young Castellan. (1895). [and:] Mary Caroline Hyde. Under the Stable Floor. (1895). [and:] Rudyard Kipling. The Brushwood Boy. (1907). [and:] C. H. Robinson. Longhead, The Story of the First Fire. (1913). [and:] Charles Foster. Bible Pictures. (1914). [and:] Hans Naumann. Die Minnefinger in Bildern. (n.d., ca. 1920s). [and:] Allen Chaffee. Brownie. (1925). [and:] William Lewis Nida. Ab, The Cave Man. (1935). [and:] Thornton W. Burgess. The Adventures of Mr. Mocker. (1937). [and:] Sophia L. Fahs. Beginnings of Earth and Sky. (1937). [and:] Muriel H. Fellows. Little Magic Painter, A Story of the Stone Age. (1938). [and:] Mabel Leigh Hunt. Benjie's Hat. (1938). [and:] Child's Own Book of Favorite Poems. (n.d., ca. 1930s-1940s). [and:] Edward Wilson. Blow High, Blow Low. (1941). [and:] Ethel Cook Eliot. The Wind Boy. (1945).[and:] Richard Church. A Squirrel Called Rufus. (1946). [and:] John Keir Cross. The Owl & The Pussycat. (1948). [and:] Harry Behn. The Little Hill. (1949). [and:] Ann Nolan Clark. Secret of the Andes. (1952). [and:] Jane Oliver. The Eaglet and the Angry Dove. (1957). [and:] B. B. Bill Badger and the Pirates. (1963). [and:] Will Nickless. Owlglass. (1966).[and:] Shirley Rousseau Murphy. Elmo Doolan and the Search for the Golden Mouse. (1970). [and:] Richard Kennedy. Amy's Eyes. (1985). All books in good or better condition.

92514

Lot of Ten Miscellaneous Books, including: Ellen E. Kenyon-Warner. Nonsense Dialogues for the Youngest Readers. (1917). Bookplate. Pictorial cloth. Juvenile. [and:] Richard Hughes. The Innocent Voyage. (Heritage Press, 1944). Color lithographs by Lynd Ward. Slipcase. Juvenile. [and:] James Thurber. The Thurber Carnival. (1945). [and:] Cynthia Harnett. Caxton's Challenge. (1960). First American edition. Juvenile. [and:] Christine Price. Made in the Middle Ages. (1961). First edition. Dust jacket. [and:] The New Yorker Fortieth Anniversary Album, 1955-1965. (1965). First edition. Worn jacket. [and:] Louis A. Safian. Just For the Pun of It. (1966). Price-clipped jacket. [and:] Tom Stoppard. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. (n.d., 1980s). Trade paperback. [and:] Anthony Burgess. A Clockwork Orange. (1986). Trade paperback. [and:] Weaving. (n.d.). An amateur scrapbook of wooden stick crafts and woven paper crafts. All books in good or better condition.

92515

Lot of Ten Children's Fantasy Books, including: Robert Leighton. The Thirsty Sword, A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland. (1892). Illustrations by Alfred Pease. Pictorial cloth. Binding cocked. [and:] Bertha M. Neher. Among the Giants, A Story Introducing Six Common Failings. (1895). Inked inscription. Green cloth boards soiled. [and:] Denys Watkins-Pitchford. The Little Grey Men. (1949). Illustrations by the author. Dust jacket. [and:] Elleston Trevor. Mole's Castle. (1950). Illustrations by Leslie Atkinson. Dust Jacket. [and:] Hilda Van Stockum. King Oberon's Forest. (1957). Illustrations by Brigid Marlin. Dust jacket. [and:] Cynthia Harnett. The Load of Unicorn. (1959). Illustrations by the author. Dust jacket. [and:] Nicholas Stuart Gray. Grimbold's Other World. (1963). Illustrations by Charles W. Stewart. Dust jacket. [and:] Sally Patrick Johnson [editor]. The Harper Book of Princes. (1964). Illustrations by Janina Domanska. Binding cocked. Dust jacket. [and:] Robin McKinley. The Hero and the Crown. (1985). Inked name. Dust jacket. [and:] Kennilworthy Whisp [J. K. Rowling]. Quidditch Through the Ages. (2001). Slim wraps. All books in generally very good condition.

92516

Lot of Twelve Large Format Children's Books, including: William Rose Benét [editor]. Mother Goose. (1938). Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. In slipcase. [and:] Jane Werner [editor]. The Golden Mother Goose: 367 Childhood Favorites. (1948). A Giant Golden Book. [and:] Walt Disney's The Adventures of Mr. Toad. (1949). An adaptation of Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, by John Hench. Illustrations by the Walt Disney Studio. [and:] Elizabeth Coatsworth. The Giant Golden Book of Cat Stories. (1953). A Giant Golden Book. Illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky. [and:] Gertrude Crampton [editor]. The Golden Christmas Book: Stories, Songs, Poems, and Riddles for Christmas. (1955). A Big Golden Book. Illustrations by Corinne Malvern. [and:] My Christmas Treasury: A Collection of Christmas Stories, Poems, and Songs. (1957). A Big Golden Book. Illustrations by Lowell Hess. [and:] Mildred Marmur. Japanese Fairly Tales. (1960). Illustrations by Benvenuti. [and:] Lafcadio Hearn. The Boy Who Drew Cats. (1963). Illustrations by Manabu C. Saito. [and:] Jane Werner [editor]. A Big Golden Book of Poetry. (1965). Illustrations by Gertrude Elliott. [and:] Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio, The Tale of a Marionette. (1966). Complete and unabridged. Illustrations by Sergio Rizzato. [and:] Charles Schulz. Peanuts Jubilee, My Life and Art with Charlie Brown and Others. (1975). First edition. In worn dust jacket. [and:] Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths. (n.d.). Recent trade paperback. Illustrated. All books are hardcover quartos or folios, unless otherwise noted, and all are in very good condition.

92517

Lot of Nine Children's Books, including: The Little Child's Fable Book, Arranged Progressively in Words of One, Two, and Three Syllables. London: Griffith and Farran, 1868. Illustrations by Georgina Bowers. Pictorial cloth. [and:] Old Nursery Stories. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1892. Illustrated. Pages missing; binding very loose. Poor. [and:] Wilhelm Hauff. Caravan Tales and Some Others. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [n.d., ca. 1910]. Adapted and retold by J. G. Hornstein with illustrations by Norman Ault. Pictorial cloth. [and:] David Eugene Smith. Number Stories of Long Ago. Boston: Ginn and Company, [1919]. Pictorial boards. [and:] Frederick H. Martens. Fairy Tales From Far Away. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1923. Illustrations by Da Loria Norman. Soiled yellow cloth. [and:] Harriette R. Campbell. A Royal Cinderella. London: Oxford University Press, [1934]. The re-telling for children of Royal Flush by Margaret Irwin. Illustrations by J. R. Monsell. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue boards. [and:] Anna Pettit Broomell [editor]. The Children's Story Caravan. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1935]. Illustrations by Katharine Richardson Wireman. Good in dust jacket. [and:] Munro Leaf. Aesop's Fables, A New Version. New York: The Heritage Press, [ 1941]. Illustrations by Robert Lawson. Fine in slipcase. [and:] Kathleen Lines [editor]. A Ring of Tales. New York: Franklin Watts, 1959. First American edition. Illustrations by Harold Jones. Dust jacket. All books in good or better condition unless otherwise noted.

92518

Lot of Fifteen Children's Books, including: Wally Piper. The Little Engine That Could. (n.d., ca. 1940s). Illustrations by Lois L. Lenski. Dust jacket. [and:] Mary Ann Walton. My First Book of Bible Stories. (1943).A Little Golden Book. Illustrations by Emmy Ferand. Dust jacket. [and:] G. E. McPherson. Tommy Tractor. (1947). Illustrations by Rosemary Beuhrig. [and:] Alice Sankey. Tuffy the Tugboat. (1947). Illustrations by Ben Williams. [and:] Katharine Tyler Wessells. Singing Games. ( 1947). A Little Golden Book. Illustrations by Corinne Malvern. [and:] Walt Disney's Bongo - From the Walt Disney Motion Picture "Fun and Fancy Free." (1948). [and:] Sheena Morey. The Old Man and the Turnip. (1948). Illustrations by Dorothea Mathieu. [and:] Betty O'Connor [editor]. Better Homes and Gardens Story Book. (1950). [and:] Walt Disney's White Wilderness, Animals of the Arctic. (1958). Front board detached, but present. Fair. [and:] Walt Disney's Wildlife of the West, Animals of the Plains, Mountains and Desert. (1958). [and:] John & Harriet Frye. Skipper, What's That Light? (1969). Wraps. [and:] Janette Sebring Lowrey. The Poky Little Puppy. (1970). A Little Golden Book. Illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren. [and:] Janette Sebring Lowrey. The Poky Little Puppy. (1973). A second copy. [and:] Burton Supree. Bear's Heart. (1977). Dust jacket. [and:] 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Disney Goofy Classic. (1978). All books are hardcover and are in good or better condition, unless otherwise noted.

92519

Lot of Nine Christmas Books for Children, including: Eustace Conway. Christmas and the Animals. Privately printed for Christmas, 1929. First edition. Original glassine wrapper. Inscribed by the author. Bookplate. Verse. [and:] Clement C. Moore. The Night Before Christmas. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. With a biography of Moore by Arthur N. Hosking. No dust jacket. [and:] Ruth Sawyer. The Long Christmas. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First edition. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. [and:] Helen A. Monsell. Paddy's Christmas. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1942]. Illustrations by Kurt Wiese. [and:] F. E. Krauss. Weihnachten Im Gebirg. München: F Bruckmann, 1943. Illustrations by Fritz Lometsch. Text in German. Illustrated paper boards. No dust jacket. [and:] Anne Thaxter Eaton [editor]. The Animals' Christmas. New York: The Viking Press, 1944. First edition. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. [and:] Katherine Milhous. The First Christmas Crib. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1944]. Illustrations by the author. [and:] Ilonka Karasz. The Twelve Days of Christmas. New York: Harper and Brothers, [1949]. Illustrations by Karasz. [and:] Phyllis McGinley. How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. [1963]. Illustrations by Kurt Werth. All books in this lot are in very good condition in dust jackets, unless otherwise noted.

92520

Lot of Children's Books in Wraps.
Twenty or so slim pamphlets, mostly informational and instructional.

92521

Various authors. Set of Ten Volumes of the World's Art With Accompanying Slides. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1962-1965. All volumes octavo and uniformly bound with paper over boards with titles stamped in gilt on the front boards and spines. Each volume is illustrated and each include twenty-four slides housed in a fold-out panel bound at the front of each volume. All volumes are in very good condition. Each volume covers an aspect of world art including impressionist, Dutch, old masters, high renaissance, Flemish, post-impressionist, Spanish, earl renaissance, German, Baroque, realism, and romantic art.

92522

Three Books on Art, including: Raymond S. Stites. The Arts and Man. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1940. First edition. Quarto. 872 pages. Inscribed by the author. Very good. [and] Philippe Julian. Dreamers of Decadence. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974. Second edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Wraps. Very good. [and] John Canaday. Mainstreams of Modern Art. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Second printing. Quarto. 579 pages. Very good in tatty jacket.

92523

Three Issues of The Connoisseur Magazine, including: Vol. 96, No. 407: July 1935. Covers detached, but present. Else, very good. [and:] Vol. 97, No. 415: March 1936. Fine. [and:] Vol. 98, No. 420: August 1936. Fine.

92524

Thirteen Issues of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletins, 1978-1984.

Thirteen single-topic issues of the museum Bulletin, featuring subjects such as Stieglitz, Rembrandt, Rodin, El Greco, Winslow Homer, Renaissance Art, and Egyptian Art. Thirteen saddle-stapled slick magazines in fine condition.

92525

The Family Handyman Do-It-Yourself Encyclopedia. N.p.: Rockville House Publishers, 1960. Sixteen quarto volumes. Illustrated. Very good. [and:] Editors of Sunset Books. Basic Home Repairs. Menlo Park: Lane Books, 1972. Quarto. Softcover. Very good.

92526

The Book of Oz Cooper, An Appreciation of Oswald Bruce Cooper, With Characteristic Examples of His Art in Lettering, Type Designing & Such of His Writings as Reveal the Cooperian Typographic Gospel. Chicago: The Society of Typographic Arts, 1949.

First edition. Quarto. xx, 181 pages. Introduction by Maurice H. Needham, and articles by Dwiggins, Goudy, Standard, et al. Illustrated with photographs and with many examples of Cooper's art. Designed by Ray DaBoll.

Red cloth with gilt-stamping. Publisher's red stain to top edge. Uncut pages. Foxing to fore-edge; pages beginning to brown around the edges. Very good.

92527

[W. K. Darling.] The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller. Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1932.

First edition. Octavo. 307 pages.

Original green cloth. Boards well scuffed, especially at the extremities. Paper title label missing from the spine (though a facsimile is tipped-in at back). Spine panel and edges of boards browned. Edges untrimmed. Pages toned, especially the preliminary and terminal endpapers. Good condition.

A small label affixed to the front pastedown identifies this book as having belonged to Jake Zeitlin, a noted West Coast bookseller.

92528

Geoffrey Ashall Glaister. Glossary of the Book: Terms Used in Paper-Making, Printing, Bookbinding, and Publishing, With Notes on Illuminated Manuscripts , Bibliophiles, Private Presses, and Printing Societies. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., [1960].

First edition. Small quarto. 484 pages with appendices. Photographs and illustrations throughout, with some tipped-in plates.

Quarter leather over marbled boards. Top edge stained purple. Rebound by Linari of Rome. Leather spine faded. Stray pen mark to bottom edge. Overall, very good condition.

92529

Rudolf Koch and Fritz Kredel. Das Blumenbuch. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1942.

First thus. Small folio. Pages unnumbered. Eighty hand-colored wood engravings of flowers originally drawn by Koch and engraved by Kredel.

Bound in full vellum with gilt titles and rules. Vellum boards have bowed; else, fine.

Rudolf Koch was a leading German calligrapher, typographic artist and teacher who, in the 1920s, invited Fritz Kredel to join his studio where Kredel perfected the art of making woodcuts. Das Blumenbuch (The Flower Book), originally published in an expanded edition in 1929-30, was the first collaboration between the two artists and was Kredel's first major book commission. This collaboration is regarded by many as their masterpiece.

92530

Douglas C. McMurtrie. Lot of Four Books on the History of Printing, including: American Type Design in the Twentieth Century. [1924] [and:] Benjamin Franklin, Typefounder. [1925] [and:] Printers' Marks and Their Significance. [1930] [and:] Wings for Words: The Story of Johan Gutenberg and His Invention of Printing. [1940] All books are in publisher's original bindings and are in good or better condition.

92531

[Henry Miller] Lawrence J. Shifreen and Roger Jackson (editors). Henry Miller: A Bibliography of Primary Sources. [Ann Arbor, MI and Glen Arm, MD]: Shifreen and Jackson, 1993.

First edition, limited to 815 copies. Octavo. xxi, 1022 pages. Preface by Henry Miller. 104 plates of dust jackets. Index.

Full maroon cloth with gold lettering. Light thumbstain to bottom edge. A near fine copy, signed by Roger Jackson.

The first volume of an eventual two-volume bibliography.

92532

A. Edward Newton. I Want! I Want! [and] Men and Ghosts of Gough Square [and] Gough Square 'Round the Corner From Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. Privately printed by the author, 1932-1937.

First editions. Each volume signed or inscribed by the author. Each volume twelvemo. Each volume averages twenty pages.

Blue paper wraps with string binding and titles printed in dark blue ink. Volumes display only light shelf wear, else they are in fine condition. The lot includes a one page, 8.5 x 11 inch typed letter on Friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library letterhead, dated June 5, 1935 and signed by Newton as President of the association with the original transmittal envelope.

92533

William Osler. Illustrations of the Book-Worm. Reprinted from the Bodleian Quarterly Record, 1917.

Author's offprint; first separate edition. Square octavo. Five numbered pages (with three pages of text). Color frontispiece featuring illustrations of the pesky bookworm and examples of the damage it causes books.

Drab paper wraps, sewn. Wrappers splitting along fold and all but detached; some offsetting to back cover. Fore-edges of wrappers chipped. Rubber stamp noting "Apr 26 1917" to first blank page. Tipped to verso of title page is a slip reading "With Sir William Osler's compliments." Contents bright. Good.

92534

[George G. Parker]. Piratical Barbarity or, the Female Captive. [Mount Vernon]: Peter Pauper Press, 1930.

Limited edition of 500 copies offered for sale by Random House, New York. Octavo. 48 pages. Illustrations by Herbert Roth.

Original decorated paper over boards with black cloth back strip. Titles in red on a paper label on the spine. Untrimmed edges. Boards sunned at the edges and corners slightly bumped. Contents sound with former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good.

92535

Lot of Eight Books on the Printed Work of Designer Bruce Rogers, including: Carl Purington Rollins. B. R. - America's Typographic Playboy. New York: The Georgian Press, 1927. Edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 153. [and:] Paul A. Bennett. Bruce Rogers of Indiana, An Interview. Providence: The Domesday Press, 1936. In chipped glassine wrapper. [and:] Irvin Haas. Bruce Rogers: A Bibliography - Hitherto Unrecorded Work 1889-1925, Complete Work 1925-1936. Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1936. Limited to 425 copies. [and:] Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain & Perfect Pronunciation. Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, [1936]. In chipped glassine wrapper. Title page designed by Bruce Rogers. [and:] Rudolph Ruzicka. On the Aesthetic Values That Are To Be Found in the Printed Work of Bruce Rogers. New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1939. In chipped glassine wrapper.[and:] James Hendrickson. Paragraphs on Printing, Elicited From Bruce Rogers in Talks [...] on the Functions of the Book Designer. New York: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1943. [and:] B. R. - Marks & Remarks. New York: The Typophiles, 1946. In glassine wrapper and slipcase. [and:] Bruce Rogers. Pi: A Hodge-Podge of the Letters, Papers and Addresses Written During the Last Sixty Years. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1953. In dust jacket. All books in good or better condition.

92536

Sacheverell Sitwell and Wilfrid Blunt. Great Flower Books 1700-1900, Together with: Sacheverell Sitwell, Handasyde Buchanan, and James Fisher. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-illustrated Flower Book. With a Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, [1990].

Reprint of the 1956 edition, added material. Quarto. 189 pages. Excellent color illustrations. Bibliography of botanical books.

As new in publisher's original cloth and color-illustrated dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Together with:

Sacheverell Sitwell, Handasyde Buchanan, and James Fisher. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. With a foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990.

Reprint of the 1953 edition, added material. Quarto. Illustrated with many full color plates. Bibliography.

As new in publisher's original cloth binding and illustrated dust jacket. Still in original publisher's shrink wrap. An excellent guide.

92537

Henry Reed Stiles. Bundling: Its Origins, Progress and Decline in America. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [no date].

First Peter Pauper Press edition. Octavo. 88 pages. With woodcuts by Herb Roth.

Decorated paper over boards. Very good internally as well as externally, in the original slipcase as issued.

92538

Mrs. [Frances] Trollope. The Barnabys in America; or, Adventures of the Widow Wedded. London: Henry Colburn, Publishers, 1843.

First edition. Three octavo volumes. 321; 312; 306 pages.

Beautiful full morocco binding by The Club Bindery with twin rules stamped in gilt on the boards and titles and decoration in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Gilt dentelle. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Beautiful internally and externally with only the slightest wear starting at the joints and spine ends. Near fine.

This set bears the morocco and gilt ex libris of Robert Hoe III (1839-1909) on the front pastedown of each volume. Hoe was the first president of the Grolier Club and the man instrumental in importing a group of European book binders to start The Club Bindery in an effort to foster fine bookbinding in America. This set is certainly a fine example of the bindery's work.

92539

Hendrik D. L. Vervliet, editor. The Book Through Five Thousand Years. London and New York: Phaidon, 1972.

First edition. Folio. 496 pages. Illustrated.

Original red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. A fine copy in dust jacket (one small closed tear at the head of the spine) and the original slipcase as issued.

92540

[James Lamar Weygand.] A Second Book of Pressmarks Gathered From America's Private Presses and From Others Not So Private. [and:] A Third Book of Pressmarks Gathered From America's Private Presses and From Others Not So Private Nappanee, Indiana: Private Press of the Indiana Kid; book two published 1959, book three 1962.

Both first editions. Small octavos. 102 and 100 pages plus indices, respectively. Book two contains a limitation page stating "about 250" copies. Both books printed letterpress with some color illustrations.

Both books in full cloth with gilt tiles and gilt pictorial cover. Uncut pages. Endpapers of book two are discolored. Both books in near fine condition.

92541

Gero von Wilpert and Adolf Gühring. Erstausgaben Deutscher Dichtung, Eine Bibliographie Zur Deutschen Literatur 1600-1960. Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner, [1967].

Presumed first edition. Twelvemo. 1468 pages. Text in German.

Blue and white cloth with mylar wrapper. In publisher's printed slipcase (with what appears to be a price sticker obscuring some of the text). Fine.

A bibliography of first edition German poetry.

92542

Lot of Five Books on the History of Printing, including: John Clyde Oswald. A History of Printing, Its Development Through 500 Years. [1928] [and:] Otto W. Fuhrmann. The 500th Anniversary of the Invention of Printing. [1937] [and:] Holbrook Jackson. The Printing of Books. [1938] [and:] Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt. The Book in America, A History of the Making, the Selling, and the Collecting of Books in the United States. [1939] [and:] [Melbert B. Cary, Jr.] The Missing Gutenberg Wood Blocks. [1940] All are in good or better condition.

92543

Lot of Nineteen Printing-Related Books, Journals, Pamphlets and Magazines, including: Inland Type Foundry. Pony Specimen Book, Standard Line Type. [1907] [and:] Oswald Publishing Company. Embossing, How It Is Done. [1908] [and:] Robert Seaver. Tabular Composition. [1913] [and:] The Sketch Book Magazine, August 1928. [and:] Antioch Press Books. [1930] [and:] The Golden Door, Vol. I, No. I, January 1939. [and:] Las Artes del Libro in los Estados Unidos, 1931-1941. [1942] [and:] Edward Stern & Co. Type Specimens, Revised. [1942] [and:] John Ryder. Printing for Pleasure. [1957] [and:] New York Public Library. Cuts, Borders, and Ornaments from the Robinson-Pforzheimer Typographical Collection. [1962] [and:] Elizabeth Koller Lieberman, ed. The Check-Log of Private Press Names. 4th Ed. [1963] [and:] Ervin J. Felix. Worldwide Watermarks and Perforations, From 1840 to Date. [1966] [and:] Westbrook Type Specimens. [1966] [and:] Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 3, 1967. [and:] Inland Printer/American Lithographer Magazine, January 1967. [and:] Inland Printer/American Lithographer Magazine, August 1967. [and:] James Moran. Printing Presses, History & Development From the 15th Century to Modern Times. [1973] [and:] Aspects of Publishing in Philadelphia, 1876-1976; Drexel Library Quarterly, July 1976. [and:] Haga's Type Specimens, AM 725 Phototypesetter. [n.d.] All items in good or better condition.

92544

Lot of Thirteen Books on Printing, including: Margaret Bingham Stillwell. The Heritage of the Modern Printer. [1916] [and:] F. J. Trezise. Design & Color in Printing. [1919] Fourth printing. [and:] The New York Times Typographical Standards. [1927] Third edition. [and:] Ralph W. Polk. Elementary Platen Presswork. [1931] [and:] E. A. Crutchley. A History and Description of The Pitt Press. [1938] [and:] Harry Summer and R. M. Audrieth. Handbook of the Silk Screen Printing Process. [1939] [and:] Kunisaki Jihei. Kamisuki Chohoki, A Handy Guide to Papermaking. [1948] "After the Japanese edition of 1798." [and:] Theory and Practice of Presswork - United States Government Printing Office, Apprentice Training Series, Orientation Period. [1948] [and:] W. Turner Berry et al. The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces. [ 1958] Revised and enlarged edition. [and:]
Thomas Rae and Geoffrey Handley-Taylor. The Book of the Private Press, A Check-List. [1958] [and:] Georg Björklund. Litet Boklexikon. [1963] (Text in Swedish.) [and:] Miles A. Tinker. Legibility of Print. [1963] [and:] Edwin H. Stuart. Utilizing the By-Product of a Printing Business. [n.d.] All items in good or better condition.

92545

Lot of Thirteen Books on Printing and Printers, including: Daniel Berkeley Updike. In the Day's Work. [1924] (Two copies, one with with dust jacket.) [and:] Douglas C. McMurtrie. The Type Punches Cut by Garamond and LeBé. [1926] [and:] Christopher Morley. "It's a Kind of Memorabilia" - A Letter About the Trojan Horse, Written to F. P. Frazier (of J. B. Lippincott Company). [1937] [and:] Edgar Allan Poe. Anastatic Printing, As Described by Edgar Allan Poe in 1845. [1946] [and:] Daniel Berkeley Updike. Updike: American Printer and His Merrymount Press. [1947] (Two copies. One with dust jacket.) [and:] Ralph Green. On Making a Printing Press. [1955] Signed by the author. [and:] J. Van Krimpen. On Designing and Devising Type. [1957] [and:] B. Franklin, Inventor. [1960] [and:] Walter Hart Blumenthal. Eccentric Typography and Other Diversions in the Graphic Arts. [1963] [and:] Jan van Krimpen. A Memento of the Quater-Centenary Year of William Shakespeare 1564-1964, April 23. [1964] [and:] Michael Hutchins. Printing at Gregynog, Aspects of a Great Private Press. [1976] Printed in English and in Welsh. All books in good or better condition.

92546

Lot of Eleven Books on Printing, including: Samuel N. Dickinson. Recommendations and Notices of "A Help to Printers and Publishers". [ca. 1835] [and:] Thomas Mackellar. The American Printer: A Manual of Typography. Seventh edition. [1872] [and:] The Young Job Printer, A Book of Instructions in Detail on Job Printing For Beginners. Revised edition. [1891] [and:] Benjamin Sherbow. Making Type Work. [1916] [and:] John Edward Allen. Tales of the Print Shop. [1923] [and:] F. J. Trezise. Imposition, A Handbook for Printers. Fourth edition. [1924] [and:] Henry H. Taylor. A Plan of Printing Instruction for Public Schools. [1927] [and:] Printers' Rollers, A Better Understanding of the Composition Roller. [1932] [and:] Donald G. Paterson and Miles A. Tinker. How to Make Type Readable. [1940] [and:] Thomas E. Griffits. Colour Printing, A Practical Demonstration of Colour Printing by Letterpress, Photo-Offset Lithography, and Drawn Lithography. With color charts. [1948] [and:] Poole Bros. Inc. Type Color. [n.d.] All books are in good or better condition.

92547

Lot of Six Books on Printing, including: The Legibility of Type. Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, [1935]. [and:] George Parker Winship. Printing in the Fifteenth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1940. [and:] Sol Hess. Printing Types, Their Origin and Development. New York: Diamant Typographic Service, 1947. [and:] Edwin Eliott Willoughby. Fifty Printers' Marks. Berkeley: University of California, 1947. [and:] John Ryder. A Suite of Fleurons. London: Phoenix House, [1956]. [and:] J. Luther Ringwalt. Marks and Maniacs. Grosse Pointe: Junto, 1961. All books in very good condition.

92548

Lot of Seven Books on Printing, including: Stanley Morison and Holbrook Jackson. A Brief Survey of Printing History and Practice. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. [and:] Clayton Whitehill. The Moods of Type. New York: Barnes & Noble, [1947]. [and:] Charles Rosner. The Growth of the Book Jacket. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1954. [and:] Harvey Weiss. Paper, Ink and Roller - Print-Making For Beginners. New York: Young Scott Books, [1958]. [and:] Ben Rosen. Type and Typography, The Designer's Type Book. New York: Reinhold Publishing Company, [1963]. [and:] Lewis M. Allen. Printing With the Handpress. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, [1969]. [and:] Johannes Weisbecker. Alphabete. Frankfurt: Johannes Weisbecker, [n.d.]. All books in good or better condition.

92549

Lot of Four Books on Printing,

including, Isaiah Thomas. The History of Printing in America, with a Bibliography of Printers & an Account of Newspapers. Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1970. Special edition limited to 1,950 copies, of which this is number 867; each copy of this edition has an original leaf from the first edition of Thomas' History of Printing in America (Worcester, 1810) bound in. Octavo. xxi, 650 pages. Edited by Marcus A. McCorson from the Second Edition. Portrait frontispiece. Index. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Dark spots to spine. Front hinge starting, but binding solid. Very good in publisher's slipcase. [and:] Clifford K. Shipton. Isaiah Thomas, Printer, Patriot and Philanthropist. 1749-1831. Rochester: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1948. First edition. Octavo. xii, 94 pages. Illustrated. Index. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Foxing to fore-edge. Fine in dust jacket with closed tear. [and:] John Clyde Oswald. Printing in the Americas. New York: The Gregg Publishing Company, [1937]. First edition. Octavo. xii, 564 pages, plus 41-page index. Illustrated. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Map endpapers. Front joint rubbed. Foxing to fore-edge. Very good in dust jacket. [and:] Joseph Moxon. Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing (1683-4). London: Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition. Octavo. lviii, 480 pages. Edited by Herbert Davis and Harry Carter. Illustrated. Two fold-out facsimiles. Index. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Publisher's red stain to top edge. Foxing to fore-edge. Very good in price-clipped jacket.

92550

Lot of Two Printing Books, Including a Lovely Small-Press Edition of Essays by William Morris.

This lot contains two books, including: William Morris. The Art and Craft of Printing; Collected Essays of William Morris. [New Rochelle, New York: The Elston Press, 1902.] Edition limited to 210 copies, printed by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press. Octavo. Essays are "A Note by William Morris on His Aims on Founding the Kelmscott Press Together With a Short Description of the Press by S. C. Cockerell, and an Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat" (44 pages) and "The Ideal Book: An Address by William Morris, Delivered Before the Bibliographical Society of London, MDCCCXCIII" (19 pages). With a William Morris engraved frontispiece, after Edward Burne-Jones. Drab boards with paper title label to spine. Stiff handmade paper. Pages uncut and unopened. Very good. [and:] Pastonchi, A Specimen of a New Letter For Use on the Monotype. London: The Lanston Monotype Corporation, [1928]. Special edition limited to 200 copies. Quarto. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Some foxing. Various specimen booklets of various sizes bound in. Designed by Hans Mardersteig and printed at the press of Arnoldo Mondadori. Very good condition.

92551

Lot of Six Books on Printing and Typography, including: A. P. Tedesco. The Relationship Between Type and Illustration in Books and Book Jackets. [1948] [and:] Tommy Thompson. Basic Layout Design. [1950] [and:] John R. Biggs. An Approach to Type. [1952] [and:] R. Randolph Karch. How to Recognize Type Faces. [1952] [and:] Oliver Simon. Printer and Playground, An Autobiography. [1956] [and:] Stanley Morison. On Type Designs Past and Present, A Brief Introduction, New Edition. [1962] All books are in the publisher's original hardcover bindings, and all are in good or better condition.

92552

Lot of Seven Books on Typography and the History of Printing, including: Thomas L. Raymond. Events Which Led to the Development of the Literature of the Middle Ages. [1926] [and:] The Haddon Craftsmen. A Primer of Types: Bembo, Baskerville, Bell - A Showing of Three English Monotype Book Faces, Together With a Note on Their History & an Analysis of the Characteristics of Each Letter. [1936] [and:] Bernard Lewis. Behind the Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy. [1941] [and:] Olive O. Cross [editor]. Typography and Design: United States Government Printing Office, Apprentice Training Series, Intermediate Period. [1951] [and:] Nicolette Gray. XIXth Century Ornamented Types and Title Pages. [1951] [and:] Frank Denman. The Shaping of Our Alphabet, A Study of Changing Type Styles. [1955] [and:] C. H. Timperley. William Bulmer and the Shakespeare Press. [1957] All are in good or better condition.

92553

Lot of Nine Books on Typography and Printing, including: J. Luther Ringwalt. American Enclyclopaedia of Printing. Philadelphia: Menamin & Ringwalt, 1871. Hinges and joints cracking; fair condition. [and:] Paul Johnston. Biblio-Typographica. New York: Covici Friede, 1930. [and:] Talbot Baines Reed. A History of the Old English Letter Foundries. London: Faber and Faber, [1952]. [and:] W. Turner Berry, A. F. Johnson, and W. P. Jaspert. The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces. London: Blandford Press, [1953]. [and:] Elizabeth Armstrong. Robert Estienne, Royal Printer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954. [and:] Theory and Practice of Composition. Washington: G.P.O., 1962. [and:] Theory and Practice of Presswork. Washington: G.P.O., 1962. [and:] Theory and Practice of Design. Washington: G.P.O., 1963. [and:] Theory and Practice of Lithography. Washington: G.P.O., 1964. Unless otherwise noted, all books in very good condition.

92554

Lot of Six Chap Books Issued by The Typophiles, including: Songs For a Printers' Way Goose. New York: The Typophiles, 1940. Chap Book No. 1. Copy 131 of 300 printed. [and:] Frederic W. Goudy. A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography 1895-1945. New York: The Typophiles, 1946. Chap Books No. 13 and 14. Two volumes in slipcase. Copy 382 of 825 printed. [and:] Bouquet for B R - A Birthday Garland Gathered by The Typophiles. New York: The Typophiles, 1950. Chap Book No. 24. [and:] Paul A. Bennett, et al. Postscripts on Dwiggins. New York: The Typophiles, 1960. Chap Book No. 35. Two volumes in slipcase. [and:] Carl Purington Rollins. Theodore Low De Vinne. New York: The Typophiles, 1968. Chap Book No. 47. Two volumes in slipcase. Extensive fading to front joint of volume one; otherwise, very good condition. [and:] Martin K. Speckter. Disquisition on the Composing Stick. New York: The Typophiles, [1971]. Chap Book No. 49. In slipcase. All copies in very good condition.

92555

Lot of Five Typography Books, Including Three Frederic Goudy Titles.

Titles include: Oliver Simon and Julius Rodenberg. Printing of To-Day, An Illustrated Survey of Post-war Typography in Europe and the United States. London/New York: Peter Davies Limited/Harper and Brothers, 1928. First edition. Large quarto. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. Printed at the Curwen Press. Very good in chipped dust jacket. [and:] Boyd Lee Spahr. Philadelphia, Its Historic Position as a Publishing Center. Philadelphia: [National Publishing Company], 1952. Edition limited to 200 copies, of which this is number 137. Small octavo. Very good in glassine wrappers. [and:] Vrest Orton. Goudy, Master of Letters. Chicago: The Black Cat Press, 1939. First edition. Octavo. Introduction by Frederic W. Goudy. Limited to 500 copies. Very good condition. [and:] Frederic W. Goudy. The Story of Village Type, By Its Designer Frederic W. Goudy. New York: The Press of the Woolly Whale, 1933. Special edition limited to 450 copies. Very good. [and:] Frederic W. Goudy. Typologia, Studies in Type Design & Type Making with Comments on the Invention of Typography, The First Types, Legibility and Fine Printing. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1940. First edition. Tall octavo. Very good in dust jacket.

92556

Lot of Four Typography Books.

Including: Stanley Morison and Kenneth Day. The Typographic Book, 1450-1935. A Study of Fine Typography Through Five Centuries Exhibited in Upwards of Three Hundred and Fifty Title and Text Pages Drawn from Presses Working in the European Tradition. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1963. First edition. Large quarto. Fore-edge foxed; otherwise fine in dust jacket and sunned slipcase. [and:] Designs & Typography for Cover Paper. Washington, D.C.: District of Columbia Paper Manufacturing Company, [1924]. Presumed first edition. Large quarto. A catalogue of sorts with examples of paper stock and typography, with colored paper "swatches" affixed to inside back cover. Ironically, the paper in this volume is foxed and, in places, toned; much offsetting present. Overall, a very good copy of an interesting and uncommon design book. [and:] Modern Book Production. London: The Studio Ltd., 1928. Printed at the Curwen Press. Presumed first edition. Large quarto. Quarter vellum and printed paper. A world survey of the best in commercial and private press design and production; illustrated with color and black and white images and several full-color tipped-in plates. Very good. [and:] William Dana Orcutt and Edward E. Bartlett. The Manual of Linotype Typography, Prepared to Aid Users and Producers of Printing in Securing Greater Unity and Real Beauty in the Printed Page. Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, [1923]. Presumed first edition. Large quarto. Profusely illustrated. Very good in original kraft dust wrapper.

92557

Lot of Fifteen Books on Publishing and Writing, including: Authors and Publishers, A Manual of Suggestions for Beginners in Literature. [1883] [and:] Geo. Haven Putnam. Authors and Their Public In Ancient Times. [1896] Third edition, revised. [and:] Joshua Wright. The Book Agent: His Book. [1904] In fair condition. [and:] John Milton Edwards (pseudonym of William Wallace Cook). The Fiction Factory, Being the Experiences of a Writer Who, For Twenty-One Years, Has Kept a Story-Mill Grinding Successfully. [1912] [and:] H. B. Cooper. Tip-Offs for Proofreaders. [1927] [and:] George H. Doran. Chronicles of Barabbas 1884-1934. [1935] Memoirs of the New York publisher who owned the George H. Doran house and, later, Doubleday Doran. [and:] Newman Flower. Just As It Happened. [1950] Autobiography of the London publisher who owned Cassell & Company. [and:] Scott Meredith. Writing to Sell. [1950] Inscribed by the author. [and:] Charles Miley. Try and Get It Published. [1953] [and:] Madeleine B. Stern. Imprints on History: Book Publishers and American Frontiers. [1956] [and:] Kate L. Turabian. A Manual For Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. [1964] [and:] Frances Clarke Sayers. Summoned by Books. [1965] Essays and speeches by a children's librarian. [and:] The Author and His Audience, [...]The Publishing History of J. B. Lippincott Company. [1967] [and:] Armand Coppens. The Memoirs of an Erotic Bookseller. Grove Press,[1969]. [and:] Pre-printed Manuscript Rejection Letter from The Shortstory Publishing Company. [n.d.] One page, folded. Unless noted, all items in good or better condition.

92558

Lot of Eight Books on Book Repair and Book Production, including: Harry Summer and Ralph M. Audrieth. Handbook of the Silk Screen Printing Process. New York: Arthur Brown & Bro., [1941]. [and:] John Averill. Scratchboard Printing Plates. [No place]: Molehill Press, 1951. Pamphlet. [and:] Sydney M. Cockerell. The Repairing of Books. London: Sheppard Press, [1958]. [and:] John F. Bussinger. Gilding & the Making of Gold Leaf. [No place]: Butler & Ferigno, 1962. [and:] Lionel S. Darley. Introduction to Book Binding. [London]: Faber and Faber, [1965]. [and:] Heinrich Rumpel. Wood Engraving. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, [1972]. [and:] Roger Marsh. Silk Screen Printing. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1973]. [and:] G. S. Percival. Repairing Books. Leicester: Dryad Handicrafts, [n.d.]. Pamphlet. All books in very good condition.

92559

Lot of Two Books on Book Design,

including: Arthur Warren. The Charles Whittinghams Printers. New York: The Grolier Club of New York, 1896. First edition, limited to 385 copies. Large octavo. 344 pages. Plates and illustrations. Charles Whittingham portrait frontispiece. Half leather over paper-covered boards. Gilt titles on spine; pictorial device printed on front cover. Hand-made paper with uncut edges. Leather rubbed at extremities; paper boards darkened and lightly soiled. Minor offsetting to free endpapers. Overall, a very good copy. This early Grolier Club publication profiles the distinguished Whittingham family of printers and their Chiswick Press, the most successful English printing house of its time which became very influential in printing and typography, publishing some of the early designs of William Morris. [and:] Alfred E. Hamill. The Decorative Work of T. M. Cleland, A Record and Review. New York: The Pynson Printes, 1929. First edition of 1200 copies, this being number 71. Large quarto. xxiii, 99 pages. Lithograph portrait of Cleland by Rockwell Kent. Many illustrated plates, most in color, one folding. Full cloth with gilt titles. Extremities rubbed; rear board sunned. Overall, a very good copy of a handsomely-designed book. An overview of prolific American artist T. M. Cleland (1800-194) who, among other things, illustrated several Limited Editions Club publications.

92560

Lot of Two Books From the Roycroft Press, Both Signed By Elbert Hubbard.

Both books published in East Aurora, New York by the Roycroft Shop, helmed by Elbert Hubbard. The two titles are: Thomas de Quincey. Confessions of an Opium-Eater. Published in 1898. Edition limited to 925 copies, of which this is number 650, signed by Hubbard. Octavo. 188 pages. Quarter bound in green Roycroft suede over brownish-gray paper boards. Gilt label to spine and gilt title to front board. Endpapers match paper on boards. Pages unopened. Contents fine, but suede to spine has faded to a light brown. A near fine copy. [and:] [Elbert Hubbard] Fra Elbertus. So Here Then Are the Preachments Entitled 'The City of Tagaste,' and 'A Dream and a Prophecy.' Published in 1900. Edition limited to 940 copies, of which this is number 61, signed by Hubbard. Quarto. 21 pages. "Hand-illumined" by Anna Paine. Handmade paper. Portrait frontispiece. In addition to Hubbard's signature on the limitation page, he has also inscribed the book to a friend on a preliminary blank page. Half bound in brown Roycroft suede over gilt-stamped slate gray paper boards. Gilt label to spine. Gray endpapers. Minor fading and wear to spine ends. Some foxing to frontispiece. Generally, very good or better, in a fine plain light gray dust wrapper.

92561

Pair of 19th Century Books including Dante Gabriel Rossetti [translator]. The New Life of Alighieri [and] Richard Burton. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi Portland: Thomas B. Mosher, 1896.

First editions limited to 925 copies. Two twelvemo volumes. Still in the original publisher's envelope.

Vellum over boards with decoration and lettering in gilt. Pages uncut. Fine. In the original slipcases as issued. Slipcases browned and fragile. The slipcase for the Dante volume has a detached and partial spine panel.

92562

Lot of Nine Small Press Books including The Juggler of Our Lady: An Old Tale Retold. Moylan: The Rose Valley Press, 1977. First edition. Twentyfourmo. Unpaginated. Very good. [and] Max Beerbohm. The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men. New Fairfield: Bruce Rogers October House, 1955. First edition of 500 copies printed for sale. Octavo. 81 pages. Very good. [and] Oscar Wilde. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Yellow Springs: The Antioch Press, 1932. First edition. Octavo. 41 pages. Very good. [and] "Raven". The Child's Story of the Child's Book. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1939. First edition. Octavo. 57 pages. Very good. [and] General Catalogue of the Antioch Press. Yellow Springs: The Antioch Press, 1931. Octavo. 18 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Eustace Conway. A Boy's-Eye View of Mid-Victorian Times. Yellow Springs: The Antioch Press, 1936. First edition. Twelvemo. 21 pages. Very good. [and] Various authors. Libertine Lyrics. Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, [no date]. Octavo. 94 pages. Very good in a slightly faded slip case as issued. [and] The Holiday Drink Book. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, 1951. First edition. Twelvemo. 61 pages. Very good in the original box as issued. [and] Peter B. Kyne. The Book I Never Wrote. San Francisco: Privately printed, 1942. First edition. Twentyfourmo. 25 pages. Very good.

92563

Lot of Six Small and Private Press Books, Several Signed, including: John H. Gwathmey. Justice John, Tales From the Courtroom of the Virginia Judge - Limited Signed Edition. Richmond: Dietz Printing Co., 1934. Edition limited to 1000 copies, of which this is number 38, signed by the author. Blue paper boards and cloth backstrip. Some yellowing to boards. Very good. [and:] Edith Sitwell. Five Poems - Limited Signed Edition. London: [Cambridge University Press], 1928. Edition limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 10, signed by the author. Quarto. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Pages unopened. Fine in toned wrapper. [and:] Osbert Sitwell. Three-Quarter Length Portrait of Michael Arlen, The History of a Portrait - Limited Signed Edition. London/New York: William Heinemann/Doubleday, Doran and Co., [n.d.]. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 97, signed by the author. Quarto. Marbled cloth. Very light wear to edges. Near fine. [and:] James Stephens. Optimist. Gaylordsville: The Slide Mountain Press, 1929. This poem issued in an edition of 83 copies, of which this is number 74. Drawings by William H. Cotton. Slim red, green and gold printed paper boards. Handmade paper. Fine. [and:] Leo Tolstoy. What Men Live By. Flemington, New Jersey: St. Teresa's Press, 1974. Edition limited to 125 copies, of which this is number 125. Hand-colored and gilded. Handmade Japanese stenciled paper boards. A very attractive book designed and printed by the Carmelite Monastery. Fine. [and:] Voltaire. Candide. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1947]. Illustrated by Samuel M. Adler. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Edition limited to 950 copies, of which this is number 163, signed by Adler and Van Doren. Twelvemo. Original gray cloth. Fine in faded slipcase.

92564

Lot of Seven Small Press Gift Books, including: Volney Streamer. Book Titles from Shakespeare. Privately printed, 1911. Inscribed by the author. [and:] Walter Kahoe. Book Titles from the Bible. Rose Valley Press, 1946. [and:] The ABC of Barbecue. Peter Pauper Press, 1957. [and:] Dwight E. Agner. William Maxwell: Ohio's First Printer. The Centaur Press, 1960. [and:] Curt F. Bühler. William Caxton and His Critics. Syracuse University Press, 1960. [and:] Peter Beilenson. The Story of Frederic W. Goudy. Peter Pauper Press, 1965. (Two copies.) All books are in publisher's original twelvemo bindings, and all books are in very good or better condition.

92565

Lot of Five Miniature Books including Oliphant Smeaton. Edinburgh of Today or Walks Around Scotland's Capital. Edinburgh: Valentine & Sons, Ltd., [no date]. Thirtytwomo. 240 pages. Very good. [and] J. Hill Hamon. The Saga of Shitty Smith. Frankfort [KY]: Whippoorwill Press, 1971. Limited to 100 copies. Inscribed by the author. Thirtytwomo. 15 pages. Very good. [and] two copies of [No author]. The Royal Alphabet, or, Child's Best Instructor to Which is Added the History of a Little Boy Found Under a Haycock. Facsimile of the 1792 edition published in 1942 by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Thirtytwomo. 30 pages. Stiff Wraps. Very good. [and] a stunningly beautiful copy of the Book of Common Prayer published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1849. The thirtytwomo book is bound in full brown leather with delicate brass corner ornaments and closure mechanism. All edges are gilt and this fine little volume in sold with its original satin lined leather box.

92566

Lot of 19th Century Reference Books Including Sidney E. Morse. System of Geography for the Use of Schools. Illustrated With More Than Fifty Cerographic Maps and Numerous Wood-Cut Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. Quarto. 72 pages. Pictorial boards with black cloth backstrip. Boards badly damp stained and moldy, contents miraculously salvageable with the exception of the last few pages. Good. [and] Further Queries Upon the Present State of the New-English Affairs. New York: Printed for Joseph Sabin, 1865. Sabin's Reprints, Quarto Series No. VIII, limited to 250 copies. Initialed by Sabin on the verso of the title page. Octavo. 18 pages. Printed wraps. Chipped at the edges, especially the spine with a large water stain across the lower right corner of all pages, else good.

92567

Lot of Four Books on Illustrators and Their Art, including: Brian Reade. Aubrey Beardsley. New York: Bonanza Books, [1967]. Quarto. Profusely illustrated with Beardsley's distinctive pen and ink drawings. Foot of spine bumped; else, near fine copy in a repaired dust jacket. [and: ] Arthur L. Guptill. Norman Rockwell Illustrator. New York: Watson-Guptill, [1972]. Quarto. Later printing. Hundreds of illustrations, 43 in color. Fine in jacket. [and:] Coy Ludwig. Maxfield Parrish. New York: Watson-Guptill, [1973]. First edition, first printing. Quarto. A beautiful collection of Parrish's work, in color and in black and white. A fine copy in a near fine jacket. [and:] Walt Reed. Great American Illustrators. New York: Crown, [1979]. Folio. Profiles and works of 50 important American book and magazine illustrators, with more than 70 full-color plates. Fine in jacket.

92568

Malcolm C. Salaman. Old English Colour-Prints. London: The Studio, 1909.

"Special Winter Number" (1909-10) of The Studio magazine, "with 40 choice examples" of eighteenth century prints "in facsimile colours." Quarto. 42 pages of text, with advertisements. Edited by Charles Holme. Color plates tipped in.

Large wraps in magazine format. Front cover split at joints; back cover detached but present. Most of backstrip is missing. Very occasional foxing and a few smudges. Lovely vivid color plates. Good.

92569

Lot of Nine Assorted Volumes, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: The Mirror. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 - Complete in Two Volumes. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1782. Full gilt tree calf. Front hinge and joint of volume I cracked, leaving board loose. Good. [and:] Thomas Fitzosborne. The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects. London: J. Dodsley, 1795. Tenth edition. Full mottled gilt leather. Very good. [and:] The Mirror. A Periodical Paper.... - Complete in Three Volumes. London: Taylor & Hessey, 1809. Twelvemo. Illustrated. Full gilt leather. Good. [and:] [G. P. R. James.] The Commissioner: or, De Lunatico Inquirendo. Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1843. First edition. 28 steel engravings by Phiz. Half-bound leather and marbled boards. Leather rubbed and worn. Plates surrounding plates heavily foxed. Very good. [and:] [John Addington Symonds.] Wine Women and Song, Medieval Latin Students Songs Now First translated Into English Verse With an Essay by John Addington Symonds. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899. Limited to 725 copies. Deluxe green leather binding with gilt lettering, decorations and turn-ins. Spine sunned; else, fine. [and:] George Carruthers. Paper-Making: First Hundred Years of Paper-Making by Machine, and First Century of Paper-Making in Canada. Toronto: Garden City Press Co-Operative, 1947. Illustrated. Fold-out maps. Full maroon cloth. Front board scuffed. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92570

George Thomason, [collector]. Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers, and Manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, Collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661. Vol. I: Catalogue of the Collection, 1640-1652; Vol. II: Catalogue of the Collection, 1653-1661, Newspapers, Index. London: Printed by the Order of the Trustees, sold at the British Museum; and by Longmans & Co., 1908.

First edition. Two large octavo volumes. 895, 767 pages.

Publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. Top edges gilt. Black coated endpapers. Spine is chipped and torn, and appears to have had some rudimentary repair. Corners bumped and worn. Rear hinges starting to crack. Ex-library copy, with Nicholson Institute, Leek on the rear pastedowns and ink stamps on the bottom of the titles, ink number to top of titles. Volume I has bookplate on front pastedown endpaper: The Bibliographical Library of William P. Wrenden. Altogether, still a very good set of a very desirable bibliography.

92572

Manuscript Service Book Leaf. [England: c. 1450-1550]. Single vellum folio leaf. A handsome manuscript leaf from a late medieval service book.

Single vellum folio (total dimensions unknown but image size is 11 x 8.5 inches; 279 x 216 mm.). Seventeen lines written in black and red ink on recto and verso; text is Latin in a formal gothic hand (textura). Decorated initials, alternately painted in gold with black flourishes and blue with red flourishes (two three-line initials and one two-line on recto; one three-line and one four-line on verso).

Professionally glazed and double-matted in an appropriate double-sided wooden frame (16.5 x 13.75 inches; 419 x 349 mm.). Pricking along outer edge. Except for some light marginal soiling and subtle cockling, a very good example.

A handsome manuscript leaf from a late medieval service book, with a fragment from Psalm 67, several Latin prayers, including Pro defuncta nominatim and De omnibus apostolic, and a gospel excerpt from the Acts of the Apostles.

92573

David Erskine Baker. Biographia Dramatica, or, A Companion to the Playhouse. London: Printed for Mess. Rivingtons [and seven others], 1782. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

"A New Edition, Carefully corrected; greatly enlarged; and continued from 1764-1782." Two octavo volumes.

Contemporary full speckled calf, smooth spines tooled in gilt, gilt red and green lettering pieces. Some minor wear to extremities, and upper joints starting, but boards still holding tight.

A lovely copy of this late eighteenth century reference that, according to the title-page, contains "Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the Commencement of our Theatrical Exhibitions; amongst whom are some of the most celebrated Actors. Also An Alphabetical Account of their Works, the Dates when printed, and occasional Observations of their Merits." From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92574

Hieronymus Brunschwig. Buch der Cirurgia. [The Book of Surgery]. [New York: Editions Medicina Rara, n.d., circa 1970].

Limited facsimile edition, one of 2,500 numbered copies, from a total edition of 2,800. Small folio. With numerous color illustrations.

Publisher's original parchment back over paper covered boards. Publisher's slipcase. Very faint soiling, else a lovely copy in near fine condition.

A lovely facsimile edition, with many fine color woodcut illustrations; reproducing the Johannes Gruninger edition published at Strasbourg in 1497.

92575

Karl Friedrich Burdach. Anthropologie Für Das Gebildete Publicum. Von Dr. Carl Friedrich Burdach. Unter Mitwirkung des Verfassers umgearbeitet und herausgegeben von dessen Sohne Dr. Ernst Burdach. Stuttgart: A. Becher, 1847.

Second edition (first was published ten years earlier in 1837). Octavo. Xii, 732 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait and three folding engraved plates.

In a red cloth library binding. Ex-library copy, with some markings. Light to moderate foxing in places, plates in nice shape. Altogether a very good copy. Dr. Burdach was a physiologist who specialized in the anatomy of the nervous system, one of the group in Germany which developed the "romantic" physiology.

92576

Charles Darwin. The Origin of Species. With Introduction and Notes. Volume 11 of The Harvard Classics, edited by Charles W. Eliot. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, [1909].

Volume 11 of the Harvard Classics. Octavo. 552 pages. Glossary, index. Frontispiece illustration of Darwin's study at Down, Kent; and one folding diagram.

Original red morocco-grain cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth on spine very slightly sunned, a bit of rubbing around the extremities, else a very good, clean copy.

92577

The Darwin Collection of Chris and Michèle Kohler, A Catalog In Three Volumes. Los Angeles: Heritage Bookshop (in conjunction with Maggs Bros. and Bernard Quaritch of London), 2003.

First edition. Three quarto volumes (Volume I - By Darwin; Volume 2 - About Darwin and Evolution; Volume 3 - Autograph Letters by Darwin and His Circle). xxvii, 231; 319; 58 pages. Introduction by Michael Ruse. Photographs.

Full green cloth with gilt titles and Darwin's facsimile signature in gilt to front boards. Fine.

A Heritage Bookshop catalog which is an excellent bibliographic resource for books by and about Charles Darwin.

92578

Charles Darwin. Three Books, including: Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. New edition. Original red cloth. Significant wear to head of spine; extremities rubbed. Hinges starting. Good. [and:] The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Original red cloth. Edges worn; foot of spine chipped. Dampstaining throughout. Boards and backstrip are coming away from binding. Fair.[and:] The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. New York: A. L. Burt, [n.d.]. Reprinted from the sixth London edition with all additions and corrections. Original black cloth. Front hinge cracked. Bookplate inexpertly removed from front pastedown. Inked name to front free endpaper. Good.

92579

Charles Darwin. Three Books, including: Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Round the World. New edition. [and:] The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter. 1898. Edited by his son, Francis Darwin. Published in two "authorized" volumes, but only volume one is offered here. Original cloth. [and:] The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. 1883. New edition, revised and augmented - complete in one volume. Original cloth. All books published in New York by D. Appleton. Bindings are rubbed and worn and spines have darkened. All books in good or better condition.

92580

Charles Darwin. Three Books, including: Geological Observations. 1896. Second "authorized" edition. With folding maps, diagrams and plates. Half leather. [and:] The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits. Illustrations. [and:] The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. Third edition. Illustrations. Half leather over marbled boards. Hinges cracked. All books published in New York by D. Appleton. All in good or better condition.

92581

Clamshell Conservation Case for Freud's Die Traumdeutung.

Clamshell box of red quarter leather over marbled paper, with gilt lettering and decorations to spine. Spine reads "Die Traumdeutung / Sigmund Freud / First Edition / Leipzig 1900." Interior dimensions are approximately 9 x 6.5 x 1 inch.

92582

Thomas Huxley. Six Science Books, including: L'Écrevisse [The Crayfish], Introduction a l'Étude de la Zooligie. Paris: Librairie Germer Bailliére, 1880. Illustrated. Original gold-stamped maroon cloth. Text in French. [and:] Lessons in Elementary Physiology. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. The "stereotyped" edition. Original green cloth. [and:] Darwiniana, Essays. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. The "authorized" edition. Half leather over marbled paper boards. [and:] Method and Results, Essays. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. The "authorized" edition. Half leather over marbled paper boards. [and:] Science and Education, Essays. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. The "authorized" edition. Half leather over marbled paper boards. [and:] A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907. Illustrated. Original dark orange cloth. All books in good or better condition.

92583

Thomas Huxley. Seven Science Books, including: Evolution and Ethics, and Other Essays. [and:] An Introduction to the Study of Zoology, Illustrated by the Crayfish. [and:] Man's Place in Nature, and Other Anthropological Essays. [and:] Physiography, An Introduction to the Study of Nature. [and:] Science and Christian Tradition, Essays. [and:] Science and Education, Essays. [and:] Science and Hebrew Tradition, Essays. A complete set is not represented in this lot, but all volumes are bound uniformly in maroon cloth with printed paper labels to spine. All published in New York by D. Appleton and Company in 1902 or 1903. All are lightly rubbed but are in generally very good condition.

92584

Bureau of Aeronautical Research, Bound Report. 1940-1945.

This lot consists of eight papers by Dr. C. B. Ling, et al., bound in a blue cloth binder. Some material is in Chinese. Laid in is a letter of introduction to Professor T. von Karman (Director of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology and one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory) from Colonel C. T. Chien (Chief Counselor of the Commission on Aeronautical Affairs), dated December 1, 1945. The subject of the letter is Mr. H. S. Tan, a graduate of the National Chiao-Tung University. Very good condition.

92585

Frederick Winslow Taylor. The Principles of Scientific Management. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911.

First edition. Octavo. 77 pages. "This special edition printed in February 1911 for confidential circulation among the members for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the compliments of the author."

Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt spine. Spine ends chipped. Light wear to extremities. Front hinge starting. Scattered foxing. Very good.

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) is considered to be the father of "scientific management" (now known as "time and motion study"). His system to increase efficiency transformed factory production and had a profound impact on modern management philosophy and technique. This is the scarce private first printing of his important and influential treatise on business management theory, a theory that continues to resonate today.

Printing and the Mind of Man 403.

92586

Harold C. Troxell, [and Others]. Floods of March 1938 In Southern California. United States Department of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary. Geological Survey, W. C. Mendenhall, Director. Water-Supply Paper 844. Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and Works Progress Administration. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942.

First edition. Octavo. 399 pp. Illustrated and complete with 26 plates, many folding maps or photographs, including three large folding plates in pocket at rear as called for; also many figures in the text.

Publisher's original binding of printed wrappers. Light general rubbing from use, and with manuscript title on spine in ink. A very good copy in excellent condition.

92587

Seven Science Books by John Tyndall, including: Lessons in Electricity at the Royal Institution 1875-6. (1883). Illustrated. [and:] The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers. (1893). Illustrated. [and:] Fragments of Science - Volume One. (1896). Illustrated. [and:] Fragments of Science - Volume Two. (1897). Illustrated. [and:] Hours of Exercise in the Alps. (1897). Illustrated. [and:] New Fragments. (1897). Illustrated. [and:] Sound. (1897). Illustrated. [and:] All books in good condition.

92588

H. E. Winlock. Egyptian Expedition Publications, Volume XVI, 1945: The Slain Soldiers of Neb-Hepet-Re Mentu-Hotpe. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1945.

First edition. Quarto. 40 pages plus unnumbered pages containing 40 plates. Photographs, tables, and diagrams. Index.

Dark tan wraps, lightly chipped, with cloth back. Black spine has ex-library markings. Attractive bookplate of the Bibliotheca Neurologica Courville pasted to inside front cover. Inoffensive rubber stamp to title page. A few notations in the margins, presumably by Dr. Cyril Courville, a neurologist notable in the study of head wounds, whose signature is on the half-title page. Despite the few ex-library markings and the chipped wrappers, a very good copy of an uncommon title.

92589

Four Nineteenth Century Science and Art Books, including: H. Alleyne Nicholson. The Ancient Life-History of the Earth. (1896). [and:] Richard A. Proctor. Other Worlds Than Ours, The Plurality of Worlds Studied Under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches. (1896). [and:] John William Draper. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science. (1897). [and:] Ernst Grosse. The Beginnings of Art. (1897). All similarly-bound volumes published in New York by D. Appleton and Company, half-bound in leather and marbled paper. All bindings worn along edges, particularly at spine ends. All in good or better condition.

92590

Four Nineteenth Century Science Books, including: Oscar Schmidt. The Doctrine of Descent and Darwinism. (1897). [and:] Edward B. Tylor. Anthropology, An Introduction to the Study of Man and Civilization. (1897). [and:] Alexander Bain. Education As a Science. (1898). [and:] Joseph Le Conte. Evolution, Its Nature, Its Evidences, and Its Relation to Religious Thought. (1898). All similarly-bound volumes published in New York by D. Appleton and Company, half-bound in leather and marbled paper. All bindings are worn along edges, particularly at spine ends. All in good or better condition.

92591

Three Nineteenth Century Science Books, including: The Culture Demanded by Modern Life, A Series of Addresses and Arguments on the claims of Scientific Education. [and:] Philip Henry Gosse. Evenings at the Microscope; or, Researches Among the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life. [and:] C. A. Young. The Sun. New and revised edition. Numerous illustrations. All books published in New York by D. Appleton and Company in 1896 or 1897. All in lightly scarred and rubbed half-bound leather. All generally very good.

92592

John James Audubon. The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America. [New York]: American Heritage Publishing Company/Crown Publishers, [1966].

Two large quarto volumes. Unpaginated. 431 color plates, some folding. Introduction by Marshall B. Davidson. Index.

Full blue cloth with gold-stamped lettering. Spines lightly sunned. Some pages of volume two are not completely opened along top edge (due to a printing error), affecting the last 25 plates; one page with closed tear. Overall, this is a very good set with bright plates, in publisher's slipcase.

92593

[Jonathan Badcock - "An Operator"]. Selections From The Fancy; or True Sportsman's Guide. Barre: Imprint Society, 1972.

First edition limited to 1,950 numbered copies signed by the illustrating artist, Randy Jones, on a special limitation page bound in back. Quarto. 136 pages. Illustrated with works by Randy Jones including an original etching laid-in.

Half-leather binding and decorated paper over boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. A fine copy in the original slipcase as issued.

92594

Three Books by William Beebe, including: The Arcturus Adventure. An Account of the New York Zoological Society's First Oceanographic Expedition. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition. Octavo. 439 pages. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] The Log of the Sun. A Chronicle of Nature's Year. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1906]. Later edition. Octavo. 321 pages. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and an illustration inset in the front cover. Moderate shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] Zaca Adventure. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1938]. First edition. Octavo. 308 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Moderate shelf wear and light dust-soiling to the boards. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Very good condition.

92595

Three Books by William Beebe, including: Half Mile Down. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1935]. Third printing. Octavo. 344 pages. Publisher's black cloth with silver spine titles and decorative blind-stamping on the front cover. Moderate shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] Edge of the Jungle. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., [1921]. Octavo. 303 pages. Publisher's green cloth with yellow titles. Moderate shelf wear. Very good condition. [and:] Nonsuch: Land of Water. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. First edition. Octavo. 259 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Moderate shelf wear, and some soiling to the boards. Very good condition.

92596

William C. A. Blew. The Quorn Hunt and Its Masters. London: John C. Nimmo, 1899.

First edition. Quarto. xxiii, 396 pages plus 16 pages of ads. With 24 Illustrations Drawn by Henry Alken, 12 of Which Are Coloured by Hand. Also a Coloured Map of the Quorn and Surrounding Countries. Frontispiece. Map. Index.

Full red ribbed cloth, with gilt lettering and a gilt pictorial front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Blue coated endpapers. Cloth to spine worn, particularly at head and foot; small puncture at head of spine. Gilt to spine dulled. Some smudging and water droplet stains to front board. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. Though binding is a little loose, the book is generally sound. Contents bright. Good condition, overall.

A comprehensive look at the world of fox-hunting at Quorn, site of one of the oldest hunts in England, founded in 1696 by Mr. Thomas Boothby of Tooley Park, Leicestershire.

92597

James Dille. Footnotes For Biologists: Contrived in a Regrettable Moment of Weakness. Chicago: The Press of the Silver Quoin, 1944.

First edition of forty copies printed for the author's friends. Sixteenmo. Unpaginated.

Paper over boards with titles printed in black on the front board and spine. Light soiling and sun-fading to boards, else very good.

92598

Th. Haltenorth And W. Trense. Das Grosswild Der Erde Und Seine Trophaen. Mit 12 Farbtafeln und 190 Habituszeichnungen von Helmuth Diller. 102 Trophäenzeichnungen sowie 6 Karten. Bonn, München, Wien: Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag, 1956.

First edition. Quarto. 436 pp. Illustrated with twelve color plates and numerous line drawings, maps, etc..

Publisher's original binding of brown cloth lettered and decorated in dark brown. Original illustrated dust jacket. Backstrip of jacket sunned and faded, light rubbing and chipping around jacket extremities and to corners. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket and in excellent condition. The German version of Rowland Ward's Records, with all of the big game species of the world with descriptions and horn and other measurements. German text. Big game hunting.

92599

William Howitt. [Thomas Bewick, illustrator and engraver.] The Rural Life of England ...In Two Volumes. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Two octavo volumes. With wood-engraved intertextual illustrations by Bewick and Williams.

Nineteenth century full polished calf, single filler border rolled in gilt, pictorial centerpieces stamped in gilt, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised band, gilt green and red morocco lettering pieces, edges sprinkled red, brown endpapers. Some light wear to front joints, including two pinholes to foot of volume I joint and some moisture staining along joint and front board of volume II, but overall a very good set.

A charming set of one of miscellaneous writer Howitt's best-loved works, with delightful wood engraved illustrations by the father of that art, Thomas Bewick. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92600

John Sterling Kingsley [editor]. The Standard Natural History - In Five Volumes. Boston: S. E. Cassino and Company, 1884-1885.

Five quarto volumes: Lower Invertebrates, Crustacea and Insects, Fishes and Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals. (This set appears to be missing volume VI: Man.) Hundreds of illustrations, including many full-page plates. Indexes.

Green half-leather binding stamped in gilt. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Significant wear and scarring to leather of all volumes. Spine of volume III has faded to brown. Bindings solid. Good condition.

92601

J.F. Lansdowne. Birds of the West Coast. Paintings, drawings and text by J.F. Lansdowne. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley [in vol. I]; Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh [in vol. II]. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1976 [1980].

First edition. Two folio volumes. Profusely illustrated with full-page color illustrations, including some that are double-page and folding.

Publisher's white cloth, lettered in gilt on the front covers and spines. Illustrated dust jackets. Very good copies in excellent condition.

92602

J. Rowning. A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy: with Notes, Containing the Mathematical Demonstrations, and Some Occasional Remarks. London: J. and F. Rivington, 1772. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Seventh edition. Two octavo volumes. Volume I in several parts, each part separately paginated. Volume II is 400 pages plus index. Several fold-out drawings and diagrams. Index.

Full gilt-stamped leather with red labels to spine. Leather chipping at edges and splitting along joints. Corners bumped. Hinges cracked, but binding is, overall, fairly sound. Contemporary inked name. A good set.

Dynamics, hydrostatics, pneumatics and optics. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92603

W. H. Thorpe. Bird-Song, The Biology of Vocal Communication and Expression in Birds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1961].

First edition. Octavo. xi, 142 pages. With graphs, diagrams, and charts. Index.

Publisher's blue cloth. Foxing to top edge. Inscribed by the author to a fellow naturalist on the front free endpaper. A very good copy in price-clipped dust jacket.

92604

A. Hyatt Verrill. Secret Treasure. Hidden Riches of the British Isles. New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1931.

First edition. Octavo. 252 pages. Illustrated.

Original red cloth with vignette and titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents toned with scattered foxing and a former owner's book plate on the front pastedown. Price-clipped dust jacket slightly soiled with wear at the extremities, especially the spine ends. Very good.

92605

Seven Nineteenth Century Science Books by Alexander Winchell, including: Sketches of Creation: A Popular View of Some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in Reference to the History of Matter and of Life. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1870]. [and:] Preadamites; or, A Demonstration of the Existence of Men Before Adam. Chicago: S.C. Griggs and Company, 1886. Fourth edition. With fold-out map. [and:] Sparks From a Geologist's Hammer. Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1887. [and:] Winchell's Geological Map of the Iron-Bearing Rocks of Northeastern Minnesota. 1887. No publishing information, other than "Advance Copy" printed on the front cover. Folding map. [and:] Geological Excursions; or, The Rudiments of Geology For Young Learners. Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1888. [and:] World-Life of Comparative Geology. Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1889. Third edition. [and:] Walks and Talks in the Geological Field. New York: The Chautauqua Press, 1898. Revised edition. All books in this lot are in good or better condition.

92606

Lot of Five Books Dealing With Evolution including I. I. Schmalhausen. Factors of Evolution: The Theory of Stabilizing Selection. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1949. First edition. Octavo. 327 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Wood Hutchinson. The Gospel According to Darwin. Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1898. First edition. Octavo. 241 pages. Very good. [and] Henri Bergson. Creative Evolution. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1926. Second edition. Octavo. 407 pages. Very good. [and] John Hogdon Bradley. Patterns of Survival: An Anatomy of Life. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. First edition. Octavo. 223 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Claude Levi-Strauss. The Savage Mind. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. First edition. Octavo. 290 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92607

Lot of Five Books on Animal Subjects including Etienne Rabaud. How Animals Find Their Way About. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. First edition. Octavo. 142 pages. Very good. [and] Konrad Z. Lorenz. Man Meets Dog. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. Octavo. 211 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] George Laycock. The Alien Animals: The Story of Imported Wildlife. Garden City: American Museum of Natural History, 1966. First edition. Octavo. 240 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Catherine C. Coblentz. Animal Pioneers. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 241 pages. Very good. [and] P. A. Chadbourne. Instinct: Its Office in the Animal Kingdom and Its Relation to the Higher Powers in Man. New York: Geo. P. Putnam & Sons, 1872. First edition. Twelvemo. 307 pages. Very good.

92608

Lot of Two Books on Gardening and Plants including: Allan Armitage, et al. Burpee Complete Gardener. New York: Macmillan, 1995. First edition. Quarto. 422 pages. Near fine in dust jacket. [and] Paul R. Wieand. Folk Medicine Plants Used in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Allentown: Wienad's Pennsylvania Dutch, 1963. Second printing. Octavo. 48 pages. Stiff wraps. Fine.

92609

Lot of Four Books on Insects including Lester A. Swan and Charles S. Papp. The Common Insects of North America. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. First edition. Octavo. 750 pages. Very good in jacket. [and] A. Hyatt Verrill. Strange Insects and Their Stories. Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1937. First edition. Octavo. 205 pages. Very good in a slightly tatty dust jacket. [and] Henry Christopher McCook. Nature's Craftsmen: Popular Studies of Ants and Other Insects. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. Inscribed first edition. Octavo. 317 pages. Very good. [and] E. L. Bouvier. The Psychic Life of Insects. New York: The Century Co., 1922. First edition. Twelvemo. 377 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92610

Lot of Four Books on Ancient Hunters and Hunting including Gregory Trent. Hunters Long Ago. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. First edition. Octavo. 370 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] W. J. Sollas. Ancient Hunters and Their Modern Representatives. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Third edition. Octavo. 689 pages. Very good in a slightly tatty dust jacket. [and] Robert Ardrey. The Hunting Hypothesis. New York: Antheneum, 1976. Book club edition. Octavo. 214 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Jim Corbett. Man-Eaters of Kumaon. New York & Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1946. First American edition. Octavo. 235 pages. Very good in a tatty dust jacket.

92611

Large Lot of Miscellaneous Nature and Animal Books and Magazines, including: approximately 100 issues of the weekly magazine "Encyclopedia of Animal Life" from the early 1970s. [and:] 27 volumes of the American Wilderness series from Time-Life. [and:] An additional dozen or so books on animals, domestic and wild. All items in very good or better condition.

92612

Three Nineteenth Century Nature Books, including: John Lubbock. Ants, Bees, and Wasps - A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. London: Kegan Paul, 1882. Fourth edition. Illustrations, some in color. Half-bound in leather over marbled boards. All edges marbled. Extremities heavily rubbed and worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Very good. [and:] Ransom Dexter. The Kingdoms of Nature, or, Life and Organization from the Elements To Man. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1889. "Designed for popular use." Illustrations. Handsomely designed pictorial dark yellow cloth with black and gilt stamping. Beveled edges. Light wear to edges. A very nice copy. Very good. [and:] J. G. Wood. Homes Without Hands, Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction. New York: Harper & Brothers, [n.d.]. Publisher's maroon cloth. Spine ends frayed and edges worn. Front hinge starting. Good.

92613

Five Nineteenth Century Natural History Books, including: W. S. W. Ruschenberger. Elements of Natural History: Embracing Zoology, Botany and Geology; For Schools, Colleges and Families. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. Two volumes. Illustrated. Half bound in leather. Leather heavily rubbed and chipped. Pages foxed. Binding sound. [and:] James D. Dana. New Text-Book of Geology, Designed for Schools and Academies. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co., 1883. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated. Stained and rubbed red cloth. Unobtrusive penciled notations throughout. [and:] N. S. Shaler. Aspects of the Earth, A Popular Account of Some Familiar Geological Phenomena. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Illustrated. Rubbed and loose green cloth binding. [and:] Buffon's Natural History of Man, the Globe, and of Quadrupeds. New York: John B. Alden, [n.d.]. Two volumes in one. Pages tanned. All books in this lot in good or better condition.

92614

Five Natural History and Adventure Books, including: J. W. Dawson. The Story of the Earth and Man. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. Gouge to spine. [and:] J. P. Maclean. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1880. Ninth edition. [and:] J. A. Gillet and W. J. Rolfe. Astronomy for the Use of Schools and Academies. New York: American Book Company, [1882]. [and:] Ernest Ingersoll. The Crest of the Continent: A Record of A Summer's Ramble in the Rocky Mountains and Beyond. Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1885. Binding loose. [and:] Paul du Chaillu. The Country of Dwarfs. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. The African explorer recounts his encounters with pygmies. Pictorial green cloth. All books in this lot are in good or better condition.

92615

Lot of Five Natural History Titles, including: Edward A. Samuels. The Birds of New England. Boston: Noyes, Holmes, and Company. 1870. Color bird illustrations. Cloth worn and rubbed. Scattered foxing. Inked name. Good. [and:] William Hamilton Gibson. Eye Spy, Afield With Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First edition. Illustrations by the author. A beautiful book, with cloth boards decorated with bees and beetles. Some pages lightly bumped at bottom corner. Pages bright and tight. Fine condition. [and:] Gertrude Jekyll. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Garden. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. Tenth impression. Photographs. Binding frayed; rear joint split; spine sunned. Hinges cracked or starting. Bookplate; inked name. Fair. [and:] Jean Hersey. Wild Flowers to Know and Grow - Signed. Princeton: Van Nostrand Company, [1964]. Color flower illustrations by Allinora Rosse. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by the author. [and:] Michael J. Behe. Darwin's Black Box, The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution - Signed. New York: The Free Press, [1996]. Later edition. Fine in jacket. Signed by the author.

92616

Lot of Seventeen Nature Books, including: The Audubon Nature Encyclopedia (12 volumes). [and:] Hugo Mulertt. The Goldfish and Its Culture. [and:] Edwin H. Colbert. The Age of Reptiles. [and:] E. L. Grant Watson. Profitable Wonders. [and:] 1973 Edition of Time Life's Nature/Science Annual. [and:] Edgar M. Queeny. Prairie Wings. All books in good or better condition.

92617

Lot of Four Books About Cats including Louise Lessin. Cats and Their People. New York: Paul S. Eriksson, Inc., 1968. First edition. Sixteenmo. Unpaginated. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Gladys Emerson Cook. Drawing Cats. New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1958. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Ronald Spillman. Cat's Whiskers. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1963. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Ann Spencer. The Cat Who Tasted Cinnamon Toast. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition. Quarto. 70 pages. Very good.

92618

Five Dutch Books Featuring Natural History Cigarette Cards,

All books in this lot are published in Zaandam, Holland by Uitgave Verkade's Fabrieken. All are large quartos. The text in all volumes is in Dutch. Each book features numerous illustrated color cigarette cards of various plants or animals, pasted in throughout; all books have tipped-in frontispieces. Cards/plates are in very good condition, and only a couple seem to be missing. The books' illustrated paper boards are lightly worn and rubbed, and the pages in all are heavily foxed. These books, with their striking and playful covers, are in generally good or better condition. Titles in this lot include: Jac. P. Thijsse. Paddenstoelen. 1929. 81 pages. Mushrooms. [and:] A. F. J. Portielje. Zeewater-Aquarium en Terrarium. 1930. 105 pages. Aquatic life. [and:] A. J. Van Laren. Cactussen. 1931. 102 pages. Cacti. [and:] A. F. J. Portielje. Dierenleven In Artis. 1939. 73 pages. Mammals, birds, and reptiles. [and:] A. F. J. Portielje. Apen en Hoefdieren In Artis. 1940. 78 pages. Mammals, birds, and reptiles.

92619

John Bartram, Lewis Evans, and Conrad Weiser. A Journey From Pennsylvania to Onondaga in 1743. Barre: Imprint Society, 1973.

First edition limited to 1,950 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Nathan Goldstein on a special limitation page bound in back. Octavo. 132 pages. Fold-out map.

Half-binding and marbled paper over boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. A fine copy in a matching slipcase as issued.

92620

E. Vale Blake [editor]. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on the Ice-Floe, A History of the Polaris Expedition, The Cruise of the Tigress, And Rescue of the Polaris Survivors. To Which is Added a General Arctic Chronology. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874.

First edition. Octavo. 486 pages plus ads. Seventy-six engravings; one full-page map. Arctic scene frontispiece with tissue guard. Appendix. Index.

Somewhat soiled russet cloth over boards. Dulled gilt spine and pictorial cover. Binding worn along edges and at corners; head and foot of spine frayed. Hinges starting. Contents sturdy; else, good.

First-hand account of the problem-plagued Polaris Expedition which set sail in 1871 to explore the North Pole. Not only did the expedition's crew have to deal with mutiny and accusations of murder, it also had to contend with the abandonment of the Polaris when the ship became trapped in ice, leaving many of the crew marooned on an ice floe for months before being rescued.

92621

John C. Bourne. Bourne's Great Western Railway, A Reproduction of the History and Description of the Great Western Railway ... From Drawings Taken Expressly For This Work and Executed in Lithography. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1969.

First edition thus. Large folio. 58 pages plus an unpaginated section of 34 plates. Frontispiece.

Full slate-gray cloth with gilt-stamped black backstrip. Fine in dust jacket. In original shipping box.

A classic book on British railways, first published in London in 1846.

92622

Richard Evelyn Byrd. Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic; The Flight to the South Pole. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930.

First edition. Large octavo. xvi, 422 pages. Seventy-four illustrations (photographs), four maps (two folding). Index.

Bright blue cloth-covered boards. Gilt-stamped spine and cover, top edge stained. Frontispiece portrait. Arctic scene endpapers. Bookstore sticker discreetly affixed to inner page. A very good copy.

Admiral Byrd's detailed recounting of his historic initial Antarctic aerial expedition of 1929.

92623

Richard Evelyn Byrd. Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic; The Flight to the South Pole. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. Author's Autograph Edition, limited to 1000 copies, of which this is number 993, signed by the author.

Author's Autograph Edition, limited to 1000 copies, of which this is number 993, signed by the author and a representative of Putnam. Large octavo. xvi, 436 pages. Seventy-four illustrations (photographs), four maps (two folding). Portrait frontispiece with captioned tissue guard. Index.

Gilt stamped and ruled half parchment over blue paper boards. Plain blue endpapers. Pages uncut. Parchment extending onto front board has brown spots, as does the spine; also, apparent water damage to back blue board has resulted in a prominent blue-green stain which has bled onto the strip of parchment on back cover. Back hinge fragile. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Despite the flaws to the binding, this is a very good copy.

92624

Howard Carter and A. C. Mace. The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter. London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1927.

Third impression. Three octavo volumes. 231; 277; 248 pages. Illustrated with numerous photographic plates.

Original mustard cloth with lettering and illustration stamped in gilt. All volumes with a slight skew to the textblock, lightly worn and bumped corners, small stain on the spine of volume three, and general shelf wear. Pictorial endpapers. Former owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper of volume one. Front hinge in all volumes starting to crack but bindings sound. An important work in very good condition.

Carter's discovery of Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb is the stuff of dreams. "At first I could see nothing, the hot air escaping from the chamber causing the candle to flicker, but presently, as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues and gold - everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement...".

92625

R. P. Forster. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, From the Discovery of America to the Present Time - In Four Volumes. Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent: 1818. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Third edition. Four octavo volumes. "Illustrated and embellished with correct Maps, and beautiful Engravings."

Full diced leather. Bindings heavily rubbed and worn. All boards are tentatively attached or completely detached; rear board of volume III is missing altogether. Foxing throughout. Inked name to front free endpaper of volume I, dated 1884. Fair condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92626

Charles Francis Hall. Narrative of the North Polar Expedition, U. S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1876.

Thick quarto. 696 pages. Illustrations throughout. Portrait frontispiece. Index.

Half-bound in gilt-stamped red leather. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Leather dry and very worn. Front hinge completely broken; front board and spine are still attached to rear board, but they have become detached from binding. Foxing present. Fair condition.

92627

Washington Irving. A History of the Voyages of Christopher Columbus - In Three Volumes. New York: G. & C. Carvill, 1828.

First American edition. Three octavo volumes. xvi, 399; viii, 367; viii, 420 pages. Folding map.

Half-bound in heavily distressed leather over blue paper boards. Boards rubbed, worn and stained; bindings loose with front boards of volumes II and III almost detached. Pages heavily foxed. A one and three-quarter-inch strip missing from top edges of two terminal sheets of volume III. Some dampstaining. Discreet inked name. Fair.

92628

Washington Irving. Tales of a Traveller. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. vi, 316; vi, 312 pages. Decorated borders around each page. Illustrations throughout, several by Arthur Rackham.

Lovely blue pictorial cloth binding decorated with green and gilt. Top edges gilt. Black endpapers. One leaf, containing half-title page of volume one is detached but present. Overall, a very nice set. Very good.

92629

Elisha Kent Kane, M. D., U. S. N. The U. S. General Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. A Personal Narrative. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1854.

Second printing after the 1853 edition. Octavo. 552 pages.

Publisher's brown tooled cloth with gilt titles and blind-stamping. Noticeable wear to the boards, especially the spine folds, corners, and spine ends. A good copy.

92630

William H. Kilgore. The Kilgore Journal of an Overland Journey to California in the Year 1850. New York: Hastings House, 1949.

First edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Octavo. 63 pages.

Brown paper over boards with titles on paper labels on the front board and spine. In the original slipcase as issued. Fine.

92631

Richard and John Lander. Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of The Niger; with A Narrative of a Voyage Down That River To Its Termination. London: Thomas Tegg and Son, 1838. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Second edition. Two twelvemo volumes (complete). xlvii, 319; vii, 387 plus Appendix. Illustrated with engravings and maps. Portrait frontispieces.

Full speckled leather with leather labels and gilt spines. Light wear to extremities. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92632

J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis, with Francis Gribble. The Lake of Geneva. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909.

First edition. x, 360 pages. 60 color plates (with captioned tissue guards) after paintings by J. and May Hardwicke Lewis. Text by Francis Gribble. Frontispiece. Index. Folding map of Lake Geneva.

Publisher's decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Two tiny tears to head of spine. Light foxing to front endpapers. Generally, a near fine copy.

Considered to be the rarest of the Black series in color, with only 1000 copies printed.

92633

Captain. G. F. Lyon. A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year MDCCCXXIV. London: John Murray, 1825. From the library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Octavo. xvi, 198 pages. Illustrations. Fold-out map of Hudson's Strait and Welcome Passage, off the coast of Labrador. Appendices.

Full leather. Gilt lettering, decorations, and morocco label to rebacked spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt border and blindstamped shield to front and back boards. Boards rubbed and worn along edges. Foxing and offsetting throughout. Overall, very good.

Much on the Eskimos of the Southampton Islands. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92634

Mortimer Menpes. Four Illustrated Books, including: World Pictures. London: A. & C. Black, 1902. Octavo. 332 pages plus ads. Text by Dorothy Menpes. Title page and frontispiece detached but present. Soiled, stained and faded boards. Binding weak. Good. [and:] The Durbar. London: Adam and Charles Black, [1903]. Octavo. 210 pages. Text by Dorothy Menpes. Decorated cloth. Top edge gilt. Binding slightly cocked. Penciled gift inscription dated 1903. Very good. [and:] Japan, A Record in Colour. London: Adam and Charles Black, [1905]. Octavo. 206 pages. Blue cloth decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Slightly cocked. Chip to head of spine. Good. [and:] India. London: A. & C. Black, 1916. Octavo. 216 pages. Text by Flora Annie Steel. Folding map. Heavy foxing to page edges. Very good.

92635

Jedidiah Morse. Geography Made Easy: Being an Abridgement of the American Geography. Boston: Isaiah Thomas & Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1790.

Second edition, abridged by the author. Twelvemo. viii, 322 pages. Seven maps, including one folding. Tipped-in map frontispiece.

Full contemporary tree calf, with red morocco gilt-stamped label to spine. Binding rubbed, particularly along joints. Stains and abrasions to back board seem to indicate the book was in a fire. Heavy offsetting and foxing throughout. Some dampstaining along page edges. First signature, including frontispiece and title page detached, but present. Contemporary inked name to title page. Binding still generally solid. Overall, good condition.

Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a schoolteacher known as the "Father of Geography," prepared early American geography books for use in schools as a result of having been disappointed in the poor quality of geography texts in use at the time. His book covers "astronomical geography," the history and geography of each of the Thirteen United States, and geographical accounts of European settlements in North America. (As an interesting sidenote, Morse was the father of Samuel Morse, of telegraph and Morse Code fame.)

92636

George Fennell Robson. Scenery of the Grampian Mountains; Illustrated by forty etchings in the soft ground: representing the principal hills from such points as display their picturesque features; diversified by lakes and rivers: with an explanatory page affixed to each plate, giving an account of those objects of natural curiosity and historical interest, with which the district abounds. By George Fennell Robson... The engravings executed by Henry Morton, from original drawings made on the spot by the author. London: Published by the Author, Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn, 1814.
First edition. Oblong folio (20 x 14 inches). Four leaves (including title, preface, dedication and 'Subscribers' list) and forty fine soft-ground etchings by Henry Morton after Robson, each with one leaf of explanatory text (letterpress sheet for plate 12 is lacking).

Disbound sheets, with contemporary rear board and endleaves present, but plates and text no longer bound. Title page torn and creased, with heavy paper tape repairs to the verso. Most plates and text leaves attached at the top edge with a short piece of tape, not affecting the image or text area. Descriptive letterpress description for plate 12 lacking, but present for all other plates. General chipping and bumping around edges, with some short tears. Plates with Occassional light foxing or soiling, but for the most part clean and bright. Possibly good candidates for hand-coloring.

Robson first published his wonderful views of the Scottish highlands in the work at hand published in 1814 with forty soft-ground etched plates. It was reissued in 1819 with hand-coloured aquatints. George Fennell Robson, 1788-1833, watercolour painter, was one of the twenty-three children of John Robson (1739-1824) by his second wife, Charlotte, was born at Durham in 1788. He began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1807, and published in 1808 a print of Durham, the profits of which enabled him to visit Scotland, where he wandered over the mountains, dressed as a shepherd, with Scott's 'Lay of the Last Minstrel' in his pocket. In 1810 he began to exhibit landscapes in the Bond Street gallery of the Associated Painters, of which short-lived society he was a member. The fruits of his journey north, which inspired him with the beauty of mountain scenery, were first shown at the exhibition of 1811, to which, and to that of the following year, he sent drawings of the Trossachs and Loch Katrine. In 1813 he began to exhibit with the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours, and in 1814 published 'Scenery of the Grampians,' which contained forty outlines of mountain landscape, etched on soft ground by Henry Morton after his drawings" (DNB).

Abbey, Scenery, 506 (1819 Color-Plate edition). Prideaux, p. 350.

92637

John Scott. A Visit to Paris in 1814;Being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual, and Social Condition of the French Capital. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. From the Library of Glenn Ford. [and] Paris Revisited, in 1815, by Way of Brussels: Including a Walk Over the Field of Battle at Waterloo. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816.

Second edition and first edition respectively. Two uniform octavo volumes. [v]-lxxv, [1]-343; [iii]-viii, [1]-405.

Contemporary leather with decoration, rules and titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Boards display moderate shelf wear especially at the corners and spine ends with some flaking to the spine. The joints are cracked but the boards are still firmly attached and the bindings are solid. The contents are slightly toned with only a smattering of foxing, mainly on the preliminary pages. A notable set deserving of professional conservation. Very good.

With the bookplate of Sir William John Henry Browne ffolkes, 2nd Baronet of Hillington on the front pastedown of each volume. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92638

[Henry M. Stanley]. J. T. Headley. The Achievements of Stanley and Other African Explorers. Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros., [1878].

Large octavo. vi, 605 pages. Sixty engraved plates. Frontispiece portrait of Henry M. Stanley with tissue guard. One large color folding map of Equatorial Africa featuring the routes of Stanley, Cameron and Livingstone.

Dark green cloth with decorative gilt spine. Gilt facsimile signature of Stanley on front cover. Edges worn with some fraying to bottom edge of rear board. Binding overopened and cracked at the title. Some spotting to fore-edge. Light foxing throughout. Map has a few tears along folds. A good copy.

In addition to Stanley, there is much on Livingstone, Cameron and Baker in this thorough and vividly illustrated volume on African exploration.

92639

Henry M. Stanley. In Darkest Africa. Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891.

Later printing after the 1890 first edition. Two octavo volumes. 547 and 540 pages, respectively.

Publisher's green cloth with black and gilt titles and decorations. Three loose fold-out maps stored in the pockets at the rear pastedowns. Minor shelf wear with mildly bumped corners. Rear hinge of Volume I tender. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown of each volume. Overall, a very good set of Stanley's great adventure across the dark continent.

92640

N. P. Willis et al. Mountain, Lake, and River, A Series of Twenty-Five Steel Line Engravings from Designs by W. H. Bartlett and Others. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1887.

Folio. 96 pages. Illustrations throughout. Includes "illustrative poems by American and English authors."

Publisher's gold- and black-stamped yellow cloth. All edges gilt. Edges worn. Hinges cracked. Binding loose. Dampstaining to pages. Good condition.

92641

N. P. Willis, et al. Picturesque American Scenery, A Series of Twenty-Five Beautiful Steel Engravings from Designs by W. H. Bartlett, George L. Brown, and Thomas Moran. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1883.

Folio. 92 pages. Illustrations throughout. Includes "illustrative poems by American and English authors."

Publisher's gold- and black-stamped decorated blue cloth. All edges gilt. Spine ends worn away; significant wear to edges. First (blank) page detached but present. Hinges cracked; binding loose. Dampstaining to pages. Bookplates to front pastedown and to front free endpaper. Fair condition.

92642

Paris As It Was and As It Is; or, A Sketch of the French Capital [...] In a Series of Letters, Written by an English Traveller, During the Years 1801-2, To a Friend in London. London: F. and R. Baldwin, 1803. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Two octavo volumes (complete). xxiv, 460; 583 pages.

Full mottled calf, with gilt titles, decorations, borders and edges. Morocco labels to spine. Leather rubbed and worn along edges. Joints weak. Front board and first few leaves of volume I detached, but present. Contents in very nice condition. Overall, good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92643

Our Native Land: or, Glances at American Scenery and Places, with Sketches of Life and Adventure. New York: D. Appleton and Company, [1882].

Quarto. xvi, 615 pages. Profusely illustrated. Index.

Original red pictorial cloth, decorated with black and gold. All edges gilt. Front board lightly mottled. Hinges starting. Overall, very good condition.

92644

Lot of Two Facsimile Editions of Early Exploration, Including Works by Raleigh and Drake. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, [n.d., 1966].

Sir W[alter]. Raleigh. The Discoverie of Guiana. Facsimile of the first edition of Raleigh's work of 1596, bound with the first edition in English of The Discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvano (1601). Unpaginated. Limp imitation vellum binding is yellowing; with closure ties. In publisher's brown clamshell box with red velvet lining. Very good. [and:] Sir Francis Drake. The World Encompassed. Facsimile of the first edition of Drake's work of 1628, bound with the first edition in English of The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage by William Cornelison Schouten (1619). Unpaginated. Limp imitation vellum binding with closure ties. Boards bowing slightly. In publisher's green clamshell box with maroon velvet lining. Very good. Both books are accompanied by pamphlets which contain historical and bibliographic notes by A. L. Rowse and Robert O. Dougan.

92645

Lot of Five Travel and Adventure Books, Including Three Baedeker Guides and a Godfrey Travel Guide, including: Edward K. Godfrey. The Island of Nantucket, What It Was and What It Is, Being a Complete Guide to This Noted Resort. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1882. Presumed first edition. Twelvemo. Publisher's limp blue boards. First map repaired on verso with tape. Front hinge cracked. Rear joint splitting. Good. An uncommon book. [and:] K. Baedeker. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1893. Fifteenth edition. Twelvemo. Publisher's limp red boards. Front hinge cracked. Inked name and address. Good. [and:] Karl Baedeker. Italy - First Part: Northern Italy, Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, and Routes Through Switzerland and Austria. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1903. Twelfth remodelled edition. Twelvemo. Spine ends chipped. Front hinge starting. Good. [and:] K. Baedeker. Great Britain. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1906. Sixth edition. Publisher's limp red boards. Front hinge cracked. Rear joint split. First map has closed tear. One map detached and laid in. One inked name and address and one penciled name and address. Good. [and:] John Hunt. The Conquest of Everest. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1954. First edition. Octavo. xx, 300 pages. Photographs. Index. Publisher's pictorial cloth. Light stain to front joint. Near fine.

92646

Five Books on Lakes and Rivers, including: Charles Ottley Groom Napier. Lakes and Rivers. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1880. Very attractive gold and black stamped pictorial boards. Fore-edge of back board bumped. Very good. [and:] Thomas Dick Lauder. Scottish Rivers. Glasgow: Thomas D. Morison, 1890. Front hinge starting; binding loose. Ex-library markings to spine; bookplate. Good. [and:] A. C. Ramsay, et al. Upon the Origin of Alpine and Italian Lakes; and the Glacial Erosion. New York: The Humboldt Publishing Co., [n.d., ca. 1890). Hinges starting; binding loose. Good. [and:] M. J. B. Baddeley [editor]. Black's Shilling Guide to the English Lakes. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. Twenty-second edition. With maps. Attractive limp green boards. Very good. [and:] C. Dwight Marsh. The Plankton of Lake Winnebago and Green Lake. Madison: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 1903. An ex-library book, but with fairly unobtrusive markings. Bookplate. Overall, very good.

92647

Four Nineteenth Century Books on Oceans and Ocean Life, including: S. P. Woodward. A Manual of the Mollusca; or, A Rudimentary Treatise of Recent and Fossil Shells. London: John Weale, 1851. Illustrations by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. Fold-out map. Half bound in scarred leather. [and:] James D. Dana. Corals and Coral Islands. New York: Dodd & Mead, 1872. Illustrations. Pictorial green cloth. [and:] J. Francon Williams. The Geography of the Oceans, Physical, Historical, and Descriptive. London: George Philip & Son, 1881. Maps. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth.[and:] J. W. Van Dervoort. The Water World, or, The Ocean, Its Laws, Currents, Tides, Wind-Waves, Phenomena Mechanical Appliances, Animal and Vegetable Life. Chicago: Acme Publishing House, 1883. Illustrations. Half-bound in leather. All books in this lot in good or better condition.

92648

Lot of Two Large Atlases including the Life Pictorial Atlas of the World. New York: Time Incorporated, 1961. Folio. 600 pages. Fine in the original slipcase. [and] Hammond's Nature Atlas of America. Maplewood: C. S. Hammond and Company, 1952. Folio. 256 pages. Moderate shelf wear, else very good.

92649

Lucy Aikin. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Second edition. Two octavo volumes. xvi, 488; vii, 522 pages. Engraved frontispiece in volume one.

Contemporary brown quarter leather binding with marbled boards. Titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Significant wear at the corners with additional moderate scuffing and soiling to boards. Spines darkened and scuffed. Joints worn. Text block likely trimmed. Contents remarkably sound. Small old Newbattle Abbey library plates on the front pastedown of each volume. A good set worthy of conservation. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92650

William Harrison Ainsworth. Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire. London: Hugh Cunningham, 1841. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Three uniformly bound octavo volumes. vi, 352; 334; 327 pages. With twenty plates illustrated by John Franklin.

Contemporary green quarter leather binding and marbled boards. Titles stamped in gilt on morocco spine labels. Additional decoration stamped in blind and gilt in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Moderate wear to the corners and edges of boards. Light scuffing to marbled boards. Spine panels slightly darkened. Contents bright with only minor foxing to the preliminary pages. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92651

Ryllis Clair Alexander, editor. The Diary of David Garrick. Being a Record of His Memorable Trip to Paris in 1751. New York: Oxford University Press, 1928.

First edition limited to 550 numbered copies. Octavo. 117 pages.

Marbled paper over boards with a vellum back strip. Titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Edges untrimmed. Top edge gilt. Near fine in a matching slipcase as issued.

92652

Sir Archibald Alison. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in MDCCLXXXIX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1853-1855. From the library of Glenn Ford.

Seventh edition. Twenty small octavo volumes (complete). Frontispiece. Index.

Full polished calf. Heavy gilt spines, with red and black labels and raised spines. Gilt borders and turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and edges. Heavy foxing to preliminary and terminal blank pages. Leather lightly rubbed. Overall, very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92653

William Andrews. Bygone Punishments. London: William Andrews & Co., 1899.

First edition. Octavo. 311 pages. Illustrated.

Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear to boards with some spotting. Contents toned, especially on the preliminary and terminal pages. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown. Good condition.

92654

Hilaris Benevolus and Co. (pseudonym of John Britton). The Pleasures of Human Life: Investigated Cheerfully, Elucidated Satirically, Promulgated Explicitly, and Discussed Philosophically by a Dozen Dissertations, From the Library of Glenn Ford. on Male, Female, and Neuter Pleasures. Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807.

Second edition. Twelvemo. xvi, 223 pages. Hand-colored etchings after Rowlandson, including a frontispiece and a title page illustration. Index.

Full polished calf with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers and edges. Edges worn. Backstrip starting at front joint. A few pages bent at corners. Good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92655

Jeremy Bentham. Defence of Usury; Showing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains in a Series of Letters to a Friend. To Which is Added, a Letter to Adam Smith. London: T. Payne, and Son, 1790.

Second edition. Sixteenmo. 206 pages.

Modern brown leather half binding with decorative paper over boards and titles in stamped in gilt on the spine. Contents toned with some foxing on the preliminary pages and a small area of loss at the upper corner of the front free endpaper. A sound copy in very good condition.

92656

Robert Bisset. The History of the Reign of George III. To the Termination of the Late War. London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Six octavo volumes.

Full polished calf. Morocco title labels to spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt rules and decorations. Bindings worn, particularly along joints. Three of the boards detached or loose. Many morocco labels missing. Foxing throughout. Bookplates to front pastedowns of all volumes. Overall, a good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92657

James Boaden. Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq. Including a History of the Stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period. London: Printed for Longman [and five others], 1825. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. Volume I with a striking mezzotint frontispiece portrait of the elder Kemble by Charles Turner after Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Nineteenth century polished calf, blue morocco onlays on which double fillet and dotted borders have been rolled in gilt, dotted borders at edge of central panel rolled in blind, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt-ruled morocco onlays in the style of the boards in top and lower three compartments, gilt morocco lettering pieces in second and third compartments, small crimson morocco onlays with "1825" tooled in gilt to lower spines, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Offsetting from mezzotint to title. Wear to board extremities, with some loss to foot of volume I spine. Overall a very good copy.

A comprehensive study of one of the most famous actors of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, and manager of Covent Garden Theater at the time of the Old Price Riots, in a handsomely bound set with an accomplished mezzotint. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92658

[John Philip Kemble] James Boaden. Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq., Including A History of the Stage, From the Time of Garrick to the Present Period. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, 1825. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. xl, 477; 595 pages. Engraved portrait frontispiece.

Full polished calf with gilt-stamped red and green morocco labels and raised bands. Lavish gilt decorations to spine and gilt borders to edges; blind-tooled turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and edges. Minor wear to spines. Offsetting to title page from frontispiece, and minor foxing to blank pages surrounding endpapers. Bookplates in both volumes. Internally very bright. A very good set.

John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) was an acclaimed actor who went on to manage London's Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92659

Captain Theodore Canot. Adventures of an African Slaver. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928.

Third printing. Octavo. 376 pages. Edited by Malcolm Cowley. Illustrations and cover design by Miguel Covarrubias.

Pictorial papers over boards and black cloth back strip and corners with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. Bumped corners with general light shelf wear. Contents toned with soiling to the edges, former owner's book plate on the front pastedown. Very good.

92660

Collingwood, G. L. Newman. A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood: Interspersed with Memoirs of His Life. London: James Ridgway, 1829. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Fourth edition. Octavo. xvi, 572 pages. Fold-out plate. Portrait frontispiece.

Full polished calf with crest (presumably Collingwood's) embossed on both boards. Gilt spine and leather label. Gilt borders and edges. Leather scarred along top of boards; light wear to extremities. Offsetting from frontispiece to adjacent pages. Pages generally bright. Very good condition.

Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810) was an admiral in the Royal Navy and achieved his greatest acclaim as Horatio Nelson's second-in-command at the Battle of Trafalgar. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92661

[James N. Collyer and John Innes Pocock]. An Historical Record of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster...London: Printed by William Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1843.From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Octavo. With eleven lithograph plates, all but two of which have been finely colored by a contemporary hand.

Contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt black morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Henry Scott affixed to front pastedown. Light foxing to blank front fly leaf. Wear to joints and board extremities. Front hinge split but board holding tight. Overall a very good copy.

A handsome copy of this military history, with finely painted plates of the light horse volunteers, 1779-1829, by several accomplished artists. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

Huth, Works on Horses and Equitation, p. 145.

92662

George Lillie Craik. The Romance of the Peerage, or, Curiosities of Family History. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848-1850. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition presumed. Four octavo volumes. xvi, 419; xii, 394; xii, 411; xvi, 416 pages. Portrait frontispieces.

Half bound gilt calf over marbled boards. Morocco labels. Marbled endpapers and edges. Minor scarring to leather. Joints worn on all volumes; head of spine of volume I is pulling away from binding. Inked name. Overall, very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92663

James E. Doyle. A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485. Written and Illustrated by James E. Doyle. The Designs Engraved and Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864.

First edition (10.25 x 7.75 inches; 260 x 197 mm.). viii, 462 pp. With eighty-one intertextual wood-engravings printed in color. Title printed in red and black.

Late nineteenth century half crimson morocco over red cloth by Root & Son (stamp signed In ink on front free endpaper verso), spine lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, green endpaper, top edge gilt. Minor shelf wear to board edges and extremities, else a very good, clean and bright copy.

A handsome copy of this stunningly executed milestone in color printing. To reproduce the myriad tones in Doyle's eighty-one original watercolor depictions of scenes from English history, in addition to carving eighty-one key blocks, Evans engraved one woodblock per color -- sometimes carving up to ten blocks per image. The result is one of the most carefully executed and beautifully printed books produced in Victorian England, as well as "a landmark as the first printed book with original work printed in colour expressly designed for the original text" (Muir).

The "reason for [the] book's continuing appeal ... [are its] bright and fresh engravings, printed in as many as ten colors ... dropped into the text about once every six pages" (Ray).

McLean, Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing, pp. 182-4. Percy H. Muir, Victorian Illustrated Books, p. 158. Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, 241.

92664

Herbert B. Edwardes. A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49. In Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1851. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Two octavo volumes. Complete with an engraved folding map, two folding plans, folding facsimile, and seven engraved illustrations (including frontispieces), one folding, and three colored by a contemporary hand and highlighted in gold.

Contemporary full polished calf, double fillet gilt borders, pictorial armorial centerpieces stamped in blind, spines elaborately tooled in gilt, five raised bands, gilt red and black morocco lettering pieces, gilt board edges, blind tooled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Some light offsetting from engravings, especially to titles. Shelf wear to board edges and extremities, and upper joints starting but boards still holding tight. Overall a very good copy.

A handsome copy of Edwardes's personal account of the military campaigns of the Second Anglo-Sikh war. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92665

Pierce Egan. The Life of an Actor. London: C. S. Arnold, 1825. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Tall octavo. xvi, 272 pages. Many hand-colored aquatint plates by Theodore Lane; woodcuts by John Thompson. Color frontispiece. "Poetical descriptions" by T. Greenwood.

Half bound gilt calf over marbled boards. Gilt-stamped leather label to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Leather worn along edges. Stain to top corner of back board. Minor foxing and offsetting surrounding plates. Very good.

Pierce Egan (1772-1849) was an English sportswriter and a journalist who frequently wrote on popular culture. This book is rather floridly dedicated to Edmund Kean. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92666

Edward S. Ellis. Library of American History. Cincinnati: the Jones Brothers Publishing Company, [1918].

Complete in nine octavo volumes. Profusely illustrated.

Full pictorial leather. Olive endpapers. Marbled edges. Wear to extremities. A library discard, but the markings are limited to a small label on front free endpaper and a rubber stamp to the title page and to a terminal page in each volume. Internally sound. Overall, a very good set.

92667

Thomas Erskine. The Speeches of The Hon. Thomas Erskine (Now Lord Erskine) When at the Bar, On Subjects Connected With the Liberty of the Press, and Against Constructive Treasons. London: James Ridgway, 1813. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Second edition. Four octavo volumes (complete). Speeches compiled by James Ridgway. Portrait frontispiece. Fold-out illustration in volume IV.

Full calf with gilt spines. Leather worn along edges, with chipping to spine and to extremities. Joints weak on some of the volumes; front board of volume I detached, but present. Bookplate and signature of Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke (1782-1857), prominent obstetrician and personal physician to Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV. Good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92668

H. Escott-Inman. Wulnoth the Wanderer. A Story of King Alfred of England. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1908.

First edition. Octavo. 316 pages. Decorations and color frontispiece by Troy and Margaret Kinney.

Original brick red cloth with color vignette inset on front board and titles stamped in gilt on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. Edges untrimmed. Spine slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy.

92669

[Heneage Finch]. An Exact and Most Impartial Accompt of the Indictment, Arraignment, Trial, and Judment (according to Law) of Twenty Nine Regicides, the Murderers of His Late Sacred Majesty of Most Glorious Memory: From the Library of Glenn Ford. Begun at Hicks-Hall on Tuesday, the 9th. Of October, 1660. And Continued (at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayley) until Friday, the nineteenth of the same Moneth. Together With a Summary of the Dark, and Horrid Decrees of Those Caballists, Prepatory to That Hellish Fact. Exposed to View for the Reader's Satisfaction, and Information of Posterity. London: Printed by R. Scot, T. Basset, R. Chisswell and J. Wright, 1679.

Early edition. Twelvemo. 329 pages.

Nineteenth century half binding with marbled paper over boards. Simple gilt decoration stamped in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Titles stamped in gilt on a red morocco spine label. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed magenta. Light rubbing and scuffing to the edges of the boards. Spine slightly dark. Contents toned with light foxing scattered throughout. About fine.

An account of the trial of 29 men who sat in judgment at the trial of Charles I in 1660. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92670

John Fiske. Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, Based on the Doctrine of Evolution, With Criticisms on the Positive Philosophy - In Four Volumes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1902].

Four small octavo volumes. cxlix, 276; 410; 372; 389 pages. Index.

Original blue cloth binding with gold-stamped lettering. Top edges gilt. Generally, a very good set.

92671

[David Garrick.] Thomas Davies. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq. Interspersed With Characters and Anecdotes of His Theatrical Contemporaries. The Whole Forming a History of the State, From the Library of Glenn Ford.
Which Includes A Period of Thirty-Six Years. London: Thomas Davies, 1781.

Third edition. 352 pages plus ads and table of contents; 434 pages plus ads. Portrait frontispiece.

Half bound black leather over pebbled cloth. Gilt-stamped lettering, decorations and rules. Leather worn at spine ends and corners. Preliminary and terminal pages tanned. A few discreet penciled notations present. Overall, very good condition.

David Garrick (1717-1779) was one of the most influential actors, theatre managers and theatrical producers of his time. His prestige was such that he was the first actor to have been granted the honor of burial in Westminster Abbey. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92672

Edward Gibbon. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: Jones & Company, 1826. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

"A new edition." Four octavo volumes (complete). Portrait frontispiece and illustrated title pages. Two fold-out maps.

Half bound leather over cloth. Gilt-stamped lettering and decorations to spine; red and black morocco labels. Marbled endpapers. All edges stained red. Leather scarred and rubbed; a couple of labels chipped. Cloth worn and a trifle dusty. Foxing to preliminary pages and to maps. Contents generally tight and bright. Overall, good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92673

Eliot Gregory. Worldly Ways & Byways [and] The Ways of Men. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898 and 1900.

First editions. Two twelvemo volumes. 281; 283 pages.

Uniform bindings featuring original blue cloth with small floral vignettes stamped in gilt in each corner of the front and back boards and titles stamped in gilt on morocco spine labels. Top edges red. Edges untrimmed. Light shelf wear especially at the corners and spine ends. Contents slightly toned with former owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper, otherwise very good.

92674

Charles C. F. Greville. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV - In Three Volumes. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Three octavo volumes. xvii, 424; ix, 384; x, 432 pages. Edited by Henry Reeve. Index.

Half bound green polished calf and marbled boards. Gilt spine, leather labels, raised bands. Marbled endpapers and edges. General wear to edges and extremities; corners bumped. Spines lightly sunned. Discreet bookstore sticker to rear pastedown of volume I. A very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92675

Martin I. J. Griffin. Catholics and the American Revolution.

In three volumes, each volume issued separately. All are first editions, privately printed, and each volume is limited to 1000 copies. Volume I, published in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania in 1907, is number 883 of 1000; Volume II, published in Philadelphia in 1909 is number 663; and Volume III, published in Philadelphia in 1911, is number 277. Three tall octavo volumes. 352; 400; 400 pages, respectively. Illustrations throughout. Index at the beginning of Volume I.

Recently rebound in bright red quarter leather over bright red cloth. Gilt-stamped red leather labels on spines. Top edges gilt; fore-edges and bottom edges uncut. Red endpapers. Some foxing to plates and adjacent pages. Title pages have a seminary's rubber stamp. A beautiful set in fine condition.

92676

An Extra-Illustrated "Grangerized" Volume on English Prison Life. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Arthur Griffiths. Secrets of the Prison-House, or, Gaol Studies and Sketches. London: Chapman and Hall, 1894.

First edition. Two octavo volumes (complete). x, 480; viii, 516 pages. Illustrations by George D. Rowlandson. Index.

Half bound in green leather over green cloth. Gilt lettering and gold and red decorations to spine. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather worn along extremities. Abrasions to front joint of volume II. Armorial bookplate, inked signature, and inked annotations of famed "grangerizer" Thomas Parkin. Very good condition.

This set offers an interesting example of "grangerizing", the process of adding to an existing book illustrations and information from other sources (named after James Granger who often added additional engraved portraits to books, thus "extra-illustrating" them). Thomas Parkin was, apparently, a fervent and prolific grangerizer, and these two volumes are packed with pasted-in and tipped-in newspaper and magazine articles on prisons and crime, political cartoons on the subject, and even two handwritten letters to Parkin, written by a prisoner, dated 1904. The dates of most of the articles range from the 1890s through the first decade or so of the twentieth century. Almost every free space of the preliminary and terminal pages is full of a large number of various pieces of pasted-in ephemera. Perhaps as explanation of this curious practice, Parkin has inserted a pamphlet that contains a reprinted article from 1916 which originally appeared in the Sussex Daily News (Parkin's local paper): "A Sussex 'Grangerizer' - The Literary Friendship of Mr. T. Parkin, J.P. In a Remarkable Library." A fascinating set of books that is also a wonderful conversation piece. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92677

M. Eugène Guinot. A Summer at Baden-Baden. London: J. Mitchell, [1853].

Quarto. 299 pages. Illustrations by Tony Johannot, Eug. Lamy, Francais, and Jaquemot, some plates in color. Portrait frontispiece.

Rebacked, but preserving the original spine, this copy is half bound with gilt-stamped leather over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Leather is rubbed, particularly at corners. Hinges cracked, but binding is still solid. Foxing throughout. Very good.

An illustrated look at the history of Baden-Baden, an area in Southwest Germany in the Black Forest, with with an eye to the traveler.

92678

Lot of Three Works by Historian Henry Hallam, In Ten Volumes, From the library of Glenn Ford. including: View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages - In Three Volumes. London: John Murray, 1878. [and:] Introduction to the Literature of Europe, In the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries - In Four Volumes. London: John Murray, 1882. [and:] The Constitutional History of England, From the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II - In Three Volumes. London: John Murray, 1884. All books are bound uniformly in half calf over marbled boards, with gilt decorations and gilt-stamped black morocco labels to spines. Endpapers and edges are marbled. Edges worn. Overall, a nice set of books in very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92679

Augustus J. C. Hare. The Story of Two Noble Lives, Being Memorials of Charlotte, Countess Canning, and Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford. London: George Allen, 1893. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Three small octavo volumes (complete). x, 381; 489; 495 pages. Illustrations throughout. Frontispieces. Index.

Half bound in gilt-stamped leather over marbled boards. Leather labels to spine. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather worn and scarred, particularly at corners and spine ends. A tear to paper on front board of volume II. Bindings sound. Overall, a good to very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92680

James Harris. Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury, Containing an Account of His Missions at the Court of Madrid, To Frederick the Great, Catherine the Second, and at the Hague; From the Library of Glenn Ford. and of His Special Missions to Berlin, Brunswick, and the French Republic. London: Richard Bentley, 1845.

Second edition. Four octavo volumes. xx, 528; 478; 575; 448 plus index. Engraved portrait frontispieces to volumes I and III; facsimile frontispiece to volume II.

Full polished calf with morocco labels, gilt lettering and gilt decorations to spine. Gilt borders and blind-tooled turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and edges. Head of volume I worn. General light wear to all volumes, including worn spine labels, wear to extremities, and light scarring to boards. Offsetting from frontispieces to title pages of volumes I and III. Dampstaining to sheet containing frontispiece of volumes I and III. Light foxing surrounding endpapers. Overall, a handsome set in very good condition.

Papers of James Harris (1746-1820), 18th century British diplomat, edited by his grandson, James Howard Harris, the Third Earl of Malmesbury. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92681

James Harrison. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson. London: Ranelagh Press, 1806. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Two octavo volumes (complete) xii, 392; 512 pages. Portrait frontispiece.

Half bound calf over marbled boards. Leather rubbed and worn. Boards heavily rubbed. Pieces of head and foot of spines chipped or missing. Corners bumped and worn. A couple of stains to top edge of volume II. Good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92682

Peter Hawker. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting. London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Octavo. xxv, [1, blank], 549, [1, blank] pp. With five steel-engraved plates and intertextual wood-engraved illustrations throughout.

Nineteenth century full polished calf, double fillet borders rolled in gilt, spine tooled in gilt with pictorial gilt stamps in compartments, two gilt green morocco lettering pieces, gilt board edges and turn ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Except for a rectangular acid burn to 2G1-2G3 from a laid-in middle twentieth century newspaper clipping, and minor shelf wear, a very good copy.

A handsome copy of this popular nineteenth century treatise on sports hunting, by the "father of wild-fowling." From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92683

Draughton Stith Haynes. The Field Diary of a Confederate Soldier While Serving With the Army of Northern Virginia. Darien [Georgia]: The Ashantilly Press, 1963.

First edition limited to 400 copies. Twelvemo. 44 pages. Tipped-on portrait of Haynes in uniform used as frontispiece.

Original maroon cloth with titles on a label affixed to the front board. A nice copy in near fine condition in a slightly sun toned jacket.

92684

Hinton Rowan Helper. Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South. New York: A. B. Burdick, 1860.

Abridged edition. Small octavo. vi, 214 pages plus ads. Charts. Index.

Original sewn wraps, with printed covers and spine. Front cover has a three-inch closed tear along spine edge. A couple of shallow creases to front and back covers. Faint dampstain affecting last few pages and back cover. Overall, a very good copy of a normally fragile publication.

The author, a North Carolina native, dedicates his treatise to three Southern-born abolitionists and to "the non-slaveholding whites of the South, generally, whether at home or abroad." This is the abridged edition of the author's original controversial work in which he argued forcibly for the end to slavery (for economic reasons) and called for the deportation of black slaves, for whom he held no sympathy. This unblinking challenge to the soundness of slavery was banned throughout the South.

92685

G. A. Henty. Under Drake's Flag, A Tale of the Spanish Main. London: Blackie & Son, [n.d.]. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Octavo. 368 pages. Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Illustrated frontispiece.

Full polished red calf, with gilt spine and two morocco labels. Filigree edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some scratches to boards; edges lightly worn. Front hinge starting. Binding slightly cocked. Very good.

One of Henty's popular novels for boys, originally published in 1883. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92686

Theodor Hierneis. The Monarch Dines. Reminiscences of Life in the Royal Kitchens at the Court of King Ludwig the Second of Bavaria. London: Werner Laurie, 1954.

First edition. Octavo. 96 pages. Illustrated.

Original yellow cloth with titles in black on the spine. A sound copy in a dust jacket that has faded at the spine. Very good.

92687

Charles F. Horne [editor]. Great Men and Famous Women - Complete Four-Volume Set. New York: Selmar Hess, 1894.

First edition. Four folio volumes. Illustrated with a "series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history."

Half-bound in leather. Gilt lettering. All edges stained red. Marbled endpapers. Worn leather is very dry and is heavily rubbed and flaking. Contents bright. Good.

92688

Walter R. Houghton. History of American Politics (Non-Partisan), Embracing A History of the Federal Government and of Political Parties in the Colonies and United States from 1607 to 1882. Indianapolis: F. T. Neely and Co., 1883.

Octavo. x, 550 pages. Illustrated with colored engravings, most of which fold out.

Full leather binding with gilt-stamped black leather label to spine. Marbled endpapers. Foxing to page edges and scattered throughout. Penciled owner's name, dated 1884, to a blank preliminary page. The large accordion fold-out plate titled "Diagram of the History of Political Parties in the United States" (35 x 7.75 inches) shows some foxing and light waterstains to obverse. Leather shows light wear, but binding is sound. Very good condition.

A look at American politics, with in-depth chapters on every president through the beginning of Chester A. Arthur's administration. Surprisingly scarce.

92689

Edmond Hoyle. A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist. London: T. Osborne, et al., 1746.

Sixth edition. Signed by the author. Sixteenmo. 80 pages.

Full brown-leather binding with gold lettering and decorations. Leather worn and scarred; some acidification in the paper. Good.

Card-game authority Edmond Hoyle (1672-1769) began tutoring English high society in the game of whist in 1741. The first edition of this book (of which only two copies are known to exist) was published in 1742. Four years later, this popular tome had gone into its sixth edition, the price of which was lowered to combat the purchase of pirated versions. Signed by Hoyle on the verso of the title page.

92690

David Hume. An Essay on Suicide. Yellow Springs: Kahoe & Company, 1929.

First edition of 120 numbered copies. Octavo. 20 pages.

Original paper over boards and black cloth back strip with titles printed on a spine label. Walter Kahoe's personal book plate on the front pastedown. About fine in the original slipcase as issued.

92691

Washington Irving. A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada From the Mss. Of Fray Antonio Agapida. London: John Murray, 1829.

First English edition, varying considerably from the American edition. Two octavo volumes. xv, 407; viii, 421 pages.

Quarter calf over marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Boards exhibit scuffing with wear mainly at the edges. Edges and endpapers marbled. Contents remarkably sound. A handsome set in very good condition.

Part fiction, part truth, Washington brings his writing skills to the fore for this romanticized version of the conquest of Granada. BAL 10126.

92692

Rossiter Johnson. A Short History Of The War Of Secession 1861-1865. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888.

First edition. Octavo. 552 pp. Illustrated with maps.

Publisher's original binding of green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and bordered in blind on the boards. Small tear to cloth at headcap and slight discoloration to rear board. Bookplate of Rev. Arthur Lawrence on front pastedown endpaper, and with penciled note on page 127, Chapter VIII on the Monitor and the Merrimac: "I saw the Merrimac launched at Charleston. I saw her at the very opening of the war lying at the [illegible] navy yard a day or two before she was sunk.". A very nice copy in excellent condition. Clean inside and out.

92693

Mr. [John Philip] Kemble. A Select British Theatre: Containing All the Plays Formerly Adapted to the Stage by Mr. Kemble: Revised by Him, With Additional Alterations - In Eight Volumes. London: John Miller, 1815. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Eight twelvemo volumes. Each play paginated separately. Collection contains over forty plays, mostly adaptations of Shakespeare.

Half-bound in green polished calf and marbled boards. Gilt titles and decorations between raised bands; leather labels. Bindings rubbed and worn. Several of the spines are heavily chipped at ends. Scattered foxing. Inked name. Contents are sound. Overall, a good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92694

Arthur F. Kinney, editor. Rogues, Vagabonds, & Sturdy Beggars. Barre: Imprint Society, 1973.

First edition limited to 1,950 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, John Lawrence on a special limitation page bound in back. Quarto. 318 pages.

Half-binding and decorated paper over boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. A fine copy in a decorated slipcase as issued.

92695

John Lingard. A History of England, From the First Invasion By the Romans. Philadelphia: Eugene Cummiskey, 1827. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First American edition. Ten volumes bound in five.

Paper-covered boards with leather backstrip. Leather and boards rubbed and worn. Some boards stained. Heavily foxed throughout. Good condition.

The standard Catholic history of England, through the death of Charles I. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92696

John Locke. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. In Four Books. London: S. Birt, et al., 1753.

Fourteenth edition, complete in two volumes. Octavo. Vol. 1: 372 pages; Vol. 2: 340 pages plus Index and publisher's ads at end.

Full calf binding with gilt decoration on covers and gilt volume numbers on spine. Raised bands. Significant rubbing, bumping and wear to spine, covers, and corners; spine ends frayed. Portions of initial flyleaf torn away; extensive penciled notes on endpapers, flyleaves and blank pages, and throughout Volume 1. Original owner's name and bookplate at the beginning of each volume. Engraved frontispiece portrait in Volume 1. Textblock is lightly age toned, but in very good condition overall.

92697

John A. Logan. The Volunteer Soldier Of America. With Memoir of the Author and Military Reminiscences from General Logan's Private Journal. Chicago and New York: R.S. Peale and Company, Publishers, 1887.

First edition. Octavo. 706 pp. Illustrated, color frontispiece.

Publisher's original binding of pictorial blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. A very nice copy in excellent condition. Rubbed around the edges and with previous owner's ink name on the front free endpaper. A very good copy.

92698

Thomas Babington Macaulay. The History of England From the Accession of James the Second. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849-1861. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Volumes I and II (published in 1849) are fourth editions. Volumes III and IV (1855) and the posthumously-published volume V (1861) appear to be first editions. Five octavo volumes (complete). Index.

Uniform bindings of half bound calf over marbled boards. Gilt spines with red morocco labels. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather and boards rubbed and scarred. Bindings sound. Bookplates. Overall, a good to very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92699

Victor Meally, editor. Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Dublin: Allen Figgis, 1968.

First edition. Quarto. 463 pages. Illustrated.

Original blue cloth with titles in gold on the front board and spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket and matching slipcase as issued.

92700

Charles Holroyd. Michael Angelo Buonarroti. London: Duckworth and Co., 1903.

Octavo. x, 347 pages. Illustrations. Portrait frontispiece. Index.

Full polished calf with gilt lettering and morocco labels to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very good.

92701

Hugh Miller. Ten Nineteenth Century Books, including: The Cruise of the Betsey, with Rambles of a Geologist. [and:] Essays, Historical and Biographical, Political, Social, Literary, and Scientific. [and:] First Impressions of England and Its People. [and:]The Footprints of the Creator. [and:] The Headship of Christ, and the Rights of the Christian People. [and:]My Schools and Schoolmasters. [and:] The Old Red Sandstone. [and:] Popular Geology. [and:] Tales and Sketches. [and:] The Testimony of the Rocks. All books published in Boston by Gould and Lincoln in 1869 and 1870. Though not a set, per se, all books are uniformly bound but are not designated as specific volumes in a set. All copies in red-stamped red cloth, and all are in very good condition.

92702

Robert Munro. Palaeolithic Man And Terramara Settlements In Europe. Being the Munro Lectures in Anthropology and Prehistoric Archaeology in Connection with the University of Edinburgh. Delivered during February and March 1912. By Robert Munro. With 75 Plates and 174 Figures in the Text. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1912.

First edition. Large octavo. Xxi, 507 pp. Profusely illustrated.

Cloth binding, lettered in gilt on the spine. Ex-library copy, with engraved illustrated bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper, and with typical marks on the spine and title, etc. Altogether, a very good, handsome copy.

92703

Sir William Napier. The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier. London: John Murray, 1857. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Four octavo volumes. vii, 482; vii, 458; viii, 482; vii, 432 pages. Engraved frontispiece in each volume. Fold-out map bound in back of volume two.

Contemporary quarter leather binding with marbled paper over boards. Titles stamped in gilt on a morocco label on the spine. Five raised bands on the spine of each volume. Marbled boards scuffed with additional wear to the corners and joints. Spine scuffed and chipped at the ends. Preliminary pages of each volume with moderate foxing, otherwise the contents are still bright. A very good set.

Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853) was a British general who served as commander in chief of British forces in India. During the first Anglo-Afghan War he led a successful campaign resulting in the capture of Sindh province in what is now Pakistan. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92704

Daniel Neal. The History of the Puritans; or, Protestant Nonconformists; From the Library of Glenn Ford. From the Reformation in 1517 to the Revolution in 1688: Comprising an Account of Their Principles; Their Attempts for a Farther Reformation in the Church; Their Sufferings; and the Lives and Characters of Their Most Considerable Devines. London: Printed for William Bynes and Son, 1822.

New edition, revised, corrected and enlarged. Five octavo volumes. xxxv, 479; xiii, 524; xiv, 463; 502; 288, appendix and index ccxii pages.

Blue polished calf with single rules stamped in gilt on the front and back boards. Gilt rules and titles on the spine. Boards display light shelf wear; spines and ends slightly scuffed with wear at the joints. Front board of volume I and front free endpapers of volume I have become detached. Both are present. No other boards in this set are loose; joints are rubbed and a little tender, but no hinges are broken or cracked, and volumes are generally sound. Contents sound save for ghosting to the front free endpaper from an old bookplate on the front pastedown. The bookplate indicates that these volumes are from the library of William Brown ffolkes, the second baronet of Hillington. A very good set in need of some minor conservancy. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92705

Barry E. O'Meara. Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from St. Helena. London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Two octavo volumes. With four engraved plates.

Nineteenth century full polished calf, single fillet borders rolled in gilt, smooth spines tooled in gilt, gilt black morocco lettering pieces, gilt board edges. Shelf wear to board extremities, and especially to joints. Offsetting from plates, despite intact tissue guards. Overall a very good copy.

A handsome set of remembered conversations with the exiled Napoleon by O'Meara, his private surgeon. Upon its publication in England it became immediately popular and immediately controversial, in part because in the work O'Meara accused Sir Hudson Lowe, governor of St. Helena and Napoleon's jailer, of grossly mistreating his prisoner. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92706

[Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz]. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz. Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia, etc. London: Printed for Daniel Browne, 1737-1738. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Four uniformly bound octavo volumes. xix, 431 pages, index; 472 pages, index; vi, 360 pages, index; 355 pages, index.

Contemporary leather with twin rules stamped in gilt on the boards and decorative devices and titles stamped in gilt in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. General light shelf wear especially at the corners, joints and edges of the boards. Spine panels slightly darkened. Contents remarkably bright with light toning relegated to the preliminary and terminal pages. Old bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. Very good.

This is the Baron Pollnitz's travels through Germany, Holland, Flanders, Poland, France and Italy. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92707

William Robertson. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. London: A. Strahan, Cadell, and Balfour, 1787. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Sixth edition, corrected. Four octavo volumes (complete). xv, 479 plus index for volume I; 376; 460; 335 plus index for volumes II, III, and IV. Portrait frontispieces.

Full tree calf. Gilt spines with leather labels. Extremities rubbed; corners bumped and worn. Some joints weak. Offsetting from frontispieces to title pages. Foxing to preliminary and terminal pages. Bindings are sound. Overall, a very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92708

William Robertson. The Works of William Robertson, Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and Historiographer to his Majesty For Scotland - In Twelve Volumes. From the Library of Glenn Ford. With an Account of His Life and Writings by The Right Rev. George Gleig. Edinburgh: Stirling & Slade, 1819.

Twelve octavo volumes (complete). Portrait frontispiece in volume I. Fold-out maps in the "America" and "India" volumes.

Full gilt leather with morocco labels to spine. Leather worn and rubbed; joints weak on some volumes. Scattered foxing throughout. Overall, a good to very good set.

This set includes The History of Scotland (three volumes); The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V (four volumes); The History of America (four volumes); and The Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India (one volume), with some short pieces interspersed throughout. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92709

William Roper. The Life of Sir Thomas More. London: Chiswick, 1822.

New edition, revised and corrected by S. W. Singer. Sixteenmo. 195 pages.

Half leather binding with marbled paper over boards and titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine. Wear and rubbing to the boards especially at the extremities and rubbing to the leather of the spine. Gilt faded and worn. Contents toned with scattered foxing throughout, mainly on the preliminary pages. Old ownership blind stamp and signature on the title page. Very good.

92710

Brillat-Savarin. Physiologie Du Gout. Paris: Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur, 1865.

Later printing. French text. Twelvemo. vi, 525, [2] pages.

Quarter morocco over marbled boards. Five compartments between four raised bands on the spine. Lettering in gilt. Wear to the edges of the boards with light scuffing to the marbled paper. Marbled endpapers. Light foxing to preliminaries. Contents sound. A very good copy of Brillat-Savarin's classic work.

The most famous book in the annals of gastronomy. After being embroiled in the politics of revolutionary France, Brillat-Savarin fled to the United States. There he was a French instructor and a violinist at a theater. In 1797 he was permitted to return to France and managed to obtain the post of counselor to the Supreme Court of Appeal. He held that position until his death in 1826. Brillat-Savarin "remained a bachelor and spent his leisure time drafting various treatises on economics and history and an essay on the duel. He was interested in archaeology, astronomy, chemistry, and, of course, gastronomy, appreciating good restaurants. He entertained frequently at home... and cooked some specialties himself, including tuna omelette, stuffed pheasant garnished with oranges, and fillet of beef with truffles. On 8 December, 1825, two months before his death, the book which was to make him famous appeared in the bookshops: Physiologie du gout (Larousse). The fist printing was 500 copies. The Physiologie du Gout is "a sophisticated, amusing, very readable and quotable collection of anecdotes, pensees, and aphorisms, inspired by an academic interest in food rather than over-addiction to the pleasures of the table" (Oxford Dictionary of French Literature). From it we have derived some of Western culture's most famous food-related sayings; the most famous of which is, no doubt, "Tell me what you eat: I'll tell you what you are" (or in modern parlance 'You are what you eat').

92711

William Milligan Sloane. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: The Century Co., 1901.

Four quarto volumes, complete. xvi, 283; xii, 283; xii, 270; xii, 313 pages. Numerous full-page illustrations, some in color. Frontispieces. Index.

Half bound in crimson morocco over red cloth. Gilt lettering and decorations to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very minimal wear. An attractive set in fine condition.

92712

Earl Stanhope. Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt. London: John Murray, 1861-1862. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Four octavo volumes. xii, 403, xxiii; viii, 405, xxxii, ix, 435, xxxiii, viii, 421, xliv pages. Engraved frontispiece of Pitt after a painting by Copley in volume one.

Beautiful polished calf with twin rules stamped in gilt on the boards; decoration and titles stamped in gilt in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Boards display light shelf wear, mainly at the corners and edge. Spines slightly darkened with some minor scuffing. Joints becoming tender. Contents bright. A very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92713

Richard Steele. The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele - Two Volumes, Bound in One. London: J. Robson and W. Clarke, et al., 1787. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition presumed. Twelvemo. Contains two volumes bound in one volume: Volume the First, Containing Letters To His Second Wife, Mrs. Mary Scurlock, and Her Two Daughters; and Volume the Second, Containing Letters To and From His Friends and Patrons. 518 pages plus ads. "Illustrated with Literary and Historical Anecdotes by John Nichols." Steele's engraved portrait on title page.

Full tree calf with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed and worn; spine ends chipped. Discreet bookstore sticker to front pastedown. Generally, very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92714

Rollin C. Steinmetz and Charles S. Rice. The Amish Year. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1956.

Second printing. Octavo. 224 pages. Illustrated with photographs by Charles S. Rice.

Original cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

92715

Joseph Strutt. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England ... from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. London: Printed for William Reeves, 1830. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

"A New Edition, with a Copious Index, by William Hone." Octavo. With intertextual wood engravings throughout.

Contemporary straight-grained calf, rebacked to style at an early date. Floral border rolled in gilt and a star-and-scroll border rolled in blind, five raised bands, gilt red morocco lettering pieces, tan endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Edward Peto affixed to front pastedown. Wear to board extremities, with an abrasion to lower front board. Overall, a very good copy. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92716

Esmé Stuart. The Good Old Days or Christmas Under Queen Elizabeth. London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1876.

First edition. Octavo. 147 pages. Five color plates by H. Stacy Marks including a gatefold used as the frontispiece.

Original decorated green cloth over beveled boards with inset color illustration on the front board with additional decoration and titles stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. Light shelf wear to boards, contents sound, former owner's book plate on the front pastedown, otherwise a very good copy.

92717

G. S. Taylor, editor. The Book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry. London: John Hamilton Ltd., [no date].

First edition. Octavo. 298 pages.

Original maroon cloth with titles in black on the front board and spine. Light shelf wear to boards. Contents sound with some toning on the preliminary pages and spotting to edges. Former owner's book plate on the front pastedown. Dust jacket spine toned with small sections missing at the spine ends. A very good copy.

92718

Helen Taylor, editor. Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Three octavo volumes. lix, 704; 708; 598 pages.

Contemporary leather with twin rules stamped in gilt on the front and back boards and titles and additional decoration stamped in gilt in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Spine ends rubbed and flaky. Joints on all volumes worn and just starting to split near the head of the spine. Contents fresh. Former owner's name on the second front free endpaper of each volume. A handsome set in very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92719

Henry Teonge. The Diary of Henry Teonge,Chaplain on Board His Majesty's Ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, Anno 1675 to 1679. From the Library of Glenn Ford. Now First Published From the Original MS. With Biographical and Historical Notes. London: Printed for Charles Knight, 1825.

First edition. Octavo. xviii, 327 pages. Folding facsimile leaf from the original diary with additional engraved vignette of Spernall Church, Warwickshire on the first title page.

Beautiful full-leather binding by Mudie with twin rules and floral devices stamped in gilt on the boards and additional decoration stamped in blind. Rules, decoration and titles stamped in gilt in six compartments between five raised bands on the spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Externally handsome with slight toning to the spine panel and light wear at the extremities. Contents fresh with some moderate toning and foxing to the preliminary pages, especially the first title page and some foxing to the fold-out plate. With the bookplate of the Honourable Algernon D. Boyle on the front pastedown. A fine copy.

Henry Teonge entered his majesty's service rather late in life. For reasons unknown he left his family and church in Warwickshire to become a navy chaplain. His diary provides a gripping and graphic look at the rather horrible conditions of ship-board life during the period. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92720

Walter Thornbury. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. London: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, [n.d., circa 1880]. From the library of Glenn Ford.

Six small quarto volumes (complete). Profusely illustrated with "engravings from the most authentic source." Frontispieces. Index.

Half bound in calf over cloth. Leather labels, gilt lettering and rules to spine. Leather rubbed and heavily worn along edges. Cloth of various volumes scuffed, faded and stained. Binding sound and pages bright. Good condition.

An exhaustive study of London, impressively illustrated, originally published in two volumes in the early 1870s. Walter Thornbury (1828-1876) was a popular writer of the period and was much admired by Charles Dickens. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92721

Horace Twiss. The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, with Selections From His Correspondence - In Three Volumes. London: John Murray, 1844. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Three octavo volumes (complete). Illustrations. Portrait frontispieces. Appendix.

Half bound in calf over marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decorations to spines. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather lightly worn and scarred; corners bumped. Pages tight and bright. Overall, very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92722

John W. Vandercook. Empress of the Dusk: A Life of Theodora of Byzantium. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940.

First edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Decorations by John O'Hara Cosgrave II.

Beautiful leather binding by Bennett Book Studio, New York. Covers ruled with gilt rules and floral devices, front cover lettered in gilt, spine panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments with gilt floral devices and three raised bands. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A beautiful copy, with some slight darkening to the spine, otherwise in fine condition. In a matching slipcase.

92723

James Welsh. Military Reminiscences; Extracted from a Journal of Nearly Forty Years' Active Service in the East Indies. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1830. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Two octavo volumes in one. With two aquatint frontispieces, twelve aquatint plans (two of which are folding), twenty aquatint plates (two of which are folding), and wood-engraved intertextual illustrations throughout, several of which are full-page with blank versos.

Nineteenth century half crimson calf over red cloth, spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt black morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red. Scattered light foxing, light edge wear and a few abrasions to leather, else a very good copy.

A handsome copy of this venerable book, respected for its narrative, and valued for its accomplished aquatint engravings: "An unusual feature is the use of aquatint for the maps and plans, Map Number 11 in particular, being almost entirely aquatint used as contour shading" (Abbey). From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

Abbey, Travel, 547.

92724

T. A. Willard. The Wizard of Zacna, A Lost City of the Mayas. Cleveland: The Evangelical Press, [1930].

First edition. Octavo. 319 pages.

Publisher's red-stamped black cloth. Top edge stained red. Binding slightly cocked. Small gouge to bottom page edge. Very good in battered dust jacket.

92725

John Mackay Wilson. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative. With a Glossary. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, [n.d., circa 1860]. From the library of Glenn Ford.

Twelve twelvemo volumes (complete, with each book containing two volumes). This edition revised by Alexander Leighton, an editor of and contributor to the original edition. Portrait frontispiece of Wilson to the first volume, and portrait frontispiece of Leighton to the final volume. Glossary of Scottish words and idioms. Index.

Half bound in calf over marbled boards. Gilt stamping, leather labels and raised bands to spines. Edges speckled. Leather worn, with some chipping to heads of spines. Boards rubbed. Occasional foxing. One signature of volume II is partially detached, and the front board of volume XI is all but detached. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Overall, good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92726

Thomas Wright. The History of Ireland; From the Earliest Period of the Irish Annals, to the Present Time. London and New York: John Tallis and Company, [n.d., circa 1850s].

Three quarto volumes, complete. iv, 728; 663; 591 pages. "Illustrated with beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings executed expressly for this work by H. Warren." Frontispieces and vignette title pages. Double-page hand-colored map.

Full leather, ornately stamped in gold. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Light wear to extremities; a few corners lightly bumped. Some joints rubbed. Occasional foxing. A tight, bright set in very good condition.

92727

[American Tract Society]. Annonymous. The History Of Thomas Frankland. Series II (?): No. 3. New York: Published by the American Tract Society, 144 Nassau Street, [no date, but circa 1827-1832 based on address dates on the American Antiquarian Society website].

Apparent first edition. Twentyfourmo. 32 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings.

Publisher's original binding of printed wrappers, now reinforced with book tape. Wrappers heavily worn and rubbed, with significant tear across rear wrapper, also tears to two preliminary leaves and two terminal leaves. Altogether, a fair copy only of a handsome little book with wonderful engravings. A very nice copy in excellent condition. Clean inside and out.

92728

[No author]. The Mirror. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779, and 1780. London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1786. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Sixth edition. Three twelvemo volumes. vii, 271; vii, 319; vii, 319 pages.

Contemporary leather binding with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine. Moderate scuffing to boards especially along the edges and spine ends. Joints tender. Light foxing throughout though the contents are sound otherwise. Former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown of volumes two and three. Very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92729

The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical Sketches, In Four Volumes. Philadelphia: D. Rice and A. N. Hart, 1856.

Four quarto volumes. Profusely illustrated with full-page steel engravings.

Publisher's embossed brown leather bindings. Ornate decorations to boards and spine. Gold lettering. All edges gilt. Extremities worn. Else, a very good set.

92730

The New Bon Ton Magazine; or, Telescope of the Times. London: J. Johnston. 1818-1819. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition. Three octavo volumes only (of a six-volume set), covering the period May 1818 to October 1819. Several full-page hand-colored plates.

Half bound calf and marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decorations to spines; gilt-stamped leather labels. Leather worn; boards heavily rubbed. Hinges starting but sound. Heavy foxing throughout. One plate torn and detached but laid in. Good.

The New Bon Ton Magazine was a popular satirical magazine published between 1818 and 1821, paving the way for Punch twenty years later. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92731

The Parisian Gem of Fashion, by the Editor of the Ladies' Pocket Magazine. London: Joseph Robins, 1831. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

First edition presumed. Twelvemo. iii, 190 pages. Forty-seven hand-colored drawings of women's Paris fashions of the day (one plate is missing).

Full polished calf with gilt-stamped black morocco label to spine. Marbled endpapers. Binding worn, particularly along edges and joint. Leather coming away at foot of spine. Boards scarred. Front hinge cracked. A charming little book, in good condition.

The Ladies' Pocket Magazine featured fashion illustrations and fashion news interspersed with society tidbits, poetry and literary offerings. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92732

[Polyaenus]. Polyaeni Strategematum Libri Octo. Justo Vultejo interprete. Pancratius Maasvicius recensuit, Isaaci Casauboni, nec non suas, notas adjecit. Batavorum, apud Jordanum Luchtmans & lohannem Du Vivie, 1691.

Small octavo. 832 pages plus index. Double-columned text in Latin and Greek.

Recently rebound in library cloth. Engraved title page. Scattered foxing throughout. Inked notations on first (blank) page. Very good condition.

Polyaenus' Strategems in War (ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΗΜΑΤΑ).

92733

Public Characters of 1798-1806. London: Richard Phillips, 1803-1806. From the Library of Glenn Ford.

Eight octavo volumes. Some illustrations; a couple of fold-out plates.

Quarter bound in leather over marbled boards. Leather heavily worn and chipped. Boards rubbed; corners bumped. Good condition.

A sort of Who's Who of the era, published annually. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92734

Remarkable Trials and Interesting Memoirs of the Most Noted Criminals, Who Have Been Convicted at the Assizes, the King's-Bench Bar, Guildhall, &c. From the Library of Glenn Ford. For High-Treason, Highway Murder, Felony, Conspiracy, Burglary, Rape, Imposition, and Other Atrocious Crimes, Villainies, and Misdemeanours. From the Year 1740 to 1764. With an Account of Their Most Memorable Exploits, Adventures, Confessions, and Dying Behaviour. London: W. Nicoll, 1765.

First edition presumed. Two small octavo editions (complete). x, 336; 358 pages.

Full gilt calf with leather labels. Leather worn, rubbed and scarred; spine ends chipped. Armorial bookplate of Thomas James, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (1752-1822) to front pastedowns. Good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92735

Six Books on the Ancient Americas, including: Geoffrey Ashe, et al. The Quest for America. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. First edition. Quarto. 298 pages. Near fine in jacket. [and] George Woodcock. Incas and Other Men. London: Faber and Faber, 1959. Octavo. Wraps. 268 pages. Near fine. [and] George and Gene Stuart. The Mysterious Maya. Washington, D. C.: The National Geographic Society, 1977. First edition. Quarto. 199 pages. Fine in jacket. [and] Loren McIntyre. The Incredible Incas and Their Timeless Land. Washington, D. C.: The National Geographic Society, 1975. First edition. Quarto. 199 pages. Very good in jacket. [and] H. S. Bellamy and P. Allan. The Calendar of Tiahuanaco. The Measuring System of the Oldest Civilization. London: Faber and Faber, 1956. First edition. Octavo. 440 pages. Very good in jacket. [and] Alfonso Caso. The Aztecs: People of the Sun. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. First edition. Quarto. 125 pages. Very good in jacket.

92736

Eight Books About Ancient Civilizations, including: Timothy Severin. The Horizon Book of Vanishing Primitive Man. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1973 First edition. Quarto. Very good in pictorial slipcase as issued. [and] Aldo Massa. The World of Pompeii. Geneva: Editions Minerva, 1972. First edition. Octavo. 143 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Marcel Brion. Pompeii and Herculaneum: The Glory and the Grief. London: Elek Books Ltd., 1960. Second edition. Quarto. 238 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Michael Grant. Cities of Vesuvius. New York: Macmillan Company, 1971. First edition. Quarto. 240 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Adrian Van Sinderen. A Journey into Neolithic Times. [New Haven]: Yale University Press, 1947. First edition limited to 600 copies. Octavo. Unpaginated. Very good. [and] Alfred Duggan. He Died Old: Mithradates Eupator King of Pontus. London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Octavo. 208 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Raymond Bloch. The Etruscans. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1958. First edition. Octavo. 260 pages. Ink notes on the terminal endpaper, else very good in tatty dust jacket. [and] Katharine Elizabeth Dopp. The Early Cave-Men. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1927. Second edition. Twelvemo. 183 pages. Very good.

92737

Lot of Two Sets of Reminiscences by English Men of the Arts, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: [William Charles Macready] Frederick Pollock [editor]. Macready's Reminiscences, and Selections From His Diaries and Letters - In Two Volumes. London: Macmillan and Co., 1875. First edition. Two octavo volumes. xi, 476; x, 486 pages. Portrait frontispieces and title pages. Index. Full polished calf with gilt decorations and gilt-stamped leather labels to spine. Endpapers and all edges marbled. Chip to head of spine of volume I; otherwise, minimal wear to extremities. Preliminary and terminal pages lightly foxed; interior pages are bright. A very good set. William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was an acclaimed early-nineteenth century English actor and manager of the Covent Garden theatre. [and:] Lord Ronald Gower. My Reminiscences - In Two Volumes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1883. First edition. Two octavo volumes. viii, 422; 384 pages. Portrait frontispieces. Index. Half-bound in polished calf and marbled boards. Gilt-stamped titles and leather label to spine. Endpapers and all edges marbled. Leather worn and scarred; rear corners of volume I are scorched at tips. Volume I slightly cocked. Extremities of both volumes worn. Pasted onto several blank preliminary and terminal pages of volume I are obituary notices from newspapers - many of the notices concern members of the peerage, and several relate directly to Lord Gower's family. Bookplate of Cecil George Savile Foljambe (1846-1907), the 1st Earl of Liverpool. Overall, a very good set. The never-married Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1845-1916) was a liberal Member of Parliament, a sculptor, and a patron of the arts; he is generally considered to have been Oscar Wilde's inspiration for the character Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92738

Lot of Seven Books on Christianity or Religious Subjects including Kathleen Blanchard. Stories of Favorite Hymns. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1940. Third edition. Twelvemo. 118 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] A. I. Tillyard. The Manuscripts of God. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd., 1919. Octavo. 220 pages. Very good. [and] Robert B. Greenblatt. Search the Scriptures: A Physician Examines Medicine in the Bible. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966. Eleventh Printing. Inscribed by the author. Octavo. 127 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Evelyn Underhill. The Mystics of the Church. New York: George H. Doran Company, [no date]. First edition. Octavo. 260 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Leona Woodring Smith. Saint Fiacre (Patron Saint of Gardeners). Privately published, 1986. Octavo. Unpaginated. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Friar Timothy. Contradictions of the Bible: Unique Message to Mankind. Privately published, [no date]. Octavo. Unpaginated. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] W. R. Bowles, translator. Letters From A Portuguese Nun to an Officer in the French Army. Originally published in London in 1817, this edition is an early 20th century reprint. Sixteenmo. 133 pages. Very good.

92739

Lot of Three Books About George Armstrong Custer including D. A. Kinsley. Favor the Bold: Custer: The Civil War Years [and] Custer: The Indian Fighter. New York: Promontory Press, 1967 and 1968. First editions. Two octavo volumes. 308, 241 pages. Very good in dust jackets. [and] Marguerite Merington, editor. The Custer Story: The Life and Intimate Letters of General Custer and His Wife Elizabeth. New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1950. First edition. Octavo. 339 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92740

Lot of Eleven Books on the History and Culture of England, From the library of Glenn Ford. including: George Godfrey Cunningham [editor]. Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, From Alfred the Great to the Latest Times. Glasgow: A. Fullerton & Co., 1837. Complete in eight octavo volumes. Several engraved portraits throughout. Index. Half bound in calf over marbled boards. Gilt-stamped morocco labels and decorations to spines. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather worn and scarred; boards rubbed. Foxing to pages adjacent to plates. Each volume has the bookplate of Ulysses S. Grant, noting that this set was part of a large gift of fine books from the Citizens of Boston to the general in appreciation for his service to the country. Overall, very good condition. [and:] William Cooke Taylor [editor]. Romantic Biography of the Age of Elizabeth; or, Sketches of Life From the Bye-Ways of History, by the Benedictine Brethren of Glendalough. London: Richard Bentley: 1842. Complete in two octavo volumes. Frontispieces. Bound in full calf. Gilt-stamped labels and decorations to spines. Gilt borders and turn-ins. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather chipped, worn and scarred. Gilt to spine dulled. Pages, though, are remarkably bright. Overall, good condition. [and:] W. D. Parish. A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialism in Use in the County of Sussex. Lewes: Farncombe & Co., 1875. Second edition. Octavo. Interleaved with blank pages for notes (there are a couple of inked notes by a previous owner).Half bound calf and marbled boards. Endpapers and edges marbled. Extremities rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown. Overall, very good. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92741

Twelve Books on European History and the British Monarchy, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: Lucy Aikin. Memoirs of the Court of King James the First. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. Second edition. Complete in two volumes. Half bound gilt leather over marbled boards. Tiny bookplate to each volume. Good to very good. [and:] Hugh Campbell. The Love Letters of Mary Queen of Scots to James Earl of Bothwell; With Her Love Sonnets and Marriage Contracts, Being the Long-Missing Originals From the Gilt Casket. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, [n.d., circa 1824]. Full gilt leather. Very good. [and:] Alphonse de Lamartine. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France. London: Vizetelly and Company, 1851. Second edition, complete in four volumes. Full gilt calf. Very good. [and:] Henry Thomas Buckle. History of Civilization in England. London: John W. Parker, 1858 and 1861. Second edition. Complete in two volumes. Full gilt leather. Inked name dated 1880. Near fine. [and:] The Letters of Queen Victoria, A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1937 and 1861 - In Three Volumes. London: John Murray, 1908. Half bound gilt calf over cloth. Spines sunned. Bookplate. Very good. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92742

Three Well-Known Histories of Foreign Lands, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: Nathaniel William Wraxhall. The History of France, from the Accession of Henry the Third, to the Death of Louis the Fourteenth. Dublin: Printed for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, B. Dugdale, and J. Potts, 1796. First edition. Three octavo volumes.
Nineteenth century tree calf, smooth spines ruled in gilt, gilt red and black morocco lettering pieces, edges sprinkled blue. With the armorial bookplate of Robert F. Starkie affixed to front pastedowns. Some wear to board extremities, with abrasions to heads of spines, but overall a very good copy. [Together with:] Gilbert Abbott Á Beckett. John Leech [illustrator]. The Comic History of Rome. London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co., [c. 1852]. First edition in book form. Octavo. With ten steel engravings colored by hand and ninety-eight intertextual wood engravings. Engraved title printed in red and black. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt red morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Shelf wear to extremities, with abrasions to boards. A light moisture stain to the fore-edge of the final plate. Overall a very good copy. [And:] William H. Prescott. History of the Conquest of Mexico. With a preliminary view of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes. In Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1855. Two octavo volumes. With three engraved portraits of Cortes and Montezuma and two engraved folding maps. Contemporary full polished calf, two sets of double fillet borders rolled in gilt and blind, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt red and black morocco lettering pieces, gilt board edges, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Shelf wear to board extremities, with abrasions to boards. Occasional light foxing, especially to plates. Overall, very good. A venerable collection of three well-known histories of foreign lands -- two serious, one comic -- six volumes total bound in lovely contemporary and near-contemporary bindings. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92743

Lot of Three Works on the French Revolution, In Nine Volumes, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: Royal Memoirs on the French Revolution [Containing Narratives by Madame Royale, Duchess of Angouleme and Monsieur, "Now Louis XVIII"]. London: John Murray, 1823. First English-language edition. One octavo volume (complete). "With historical and biographical illustrations by the translator" - translator unattributed. Map frontispiece. Half leather over marbled boards; gilt spine and edges. Edges worn. Ink stain to back board. Contents tight and bright. Very good. [and:] M. A. Thiers. The History of the French Revolution - In Five Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First English-language edition Five octavo volumes (complete). "Translated, with notes and illustrations from the most authentic sources by Frederick Shoberl." Illustrated throughout. Full tree calf; gilt lettering, decorations and morocco labels to spines. Endpapers and edges marbled. Wear to edges. Front board of volume III is detached, but present. Bookplates. Overall, a very good set. [and:] William Smyth. Lectures on History: Second and Concluding Series on The French Revolution - In Three Volumes. Cambridge: J. and J. J. Deighton, 1842. Second edition. Three octavo volumes. Full gilt leather with morocco labels and marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed along edges and chipped at spine ends; some fading to boards. Overall, very good condition. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92744

Lot of Five Books on Human Behavior including Konrad Lorenz. Studies in Animal and Human Behavior. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. First edition. Two octavo volumes. 403, 366 pages. Very good in dust jackets. [and] Konrad Lorenz. On Aggression. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1963. First edition. Octavo. 306 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Ashley Montagu. The Nature of Human Aggression. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Octavo. 381 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Davenport Hooker. The Prenatal Origin of Behavior. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1952. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Octavo. 143 pages. Very good.

92745

Lot of Five Volumes From the Lakeside Classics Series. All volumes are published in Chicago by The Lakeside Press (R. R. Donnelley & Sons). All books are sixteenmo, hardcover, retain their original glassine covers (though some are somewhat tatty) and are in near fine condition. The titles include George Francis Will, editor. Army Life in Dakota. Selections From the Journal of Philippe Regis Denis de Keredern du Trobriand. 1941. 387 pages. [and] James B. Gillett. Six Years With the Texas Rangers 1875-1881. 1943. 364 pages. [and] Reuben Cole Shaw. Across the Plains in Forty-nine. 1948. 170 pages. [and] Britton Davis. The Truth About Geronimo. 1951. 380 pages. [and] George Armstrong Custer. My Life on the Plains. 1952. 626 pages.

92746

Lot of Four Books About London including Donald Goddard. Blimey! Another Book About London. New York: Quadrangle Books, 1972. First edition. Octavo. 214 pages. Very good in a dust jacket. [and] Warren Sylvester Smith. The London Heretics, 1870-1914. London: Constable, 1967. First edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Very good in a dust jacket. [and] Michael Harrison. London Beneath the Pavement. London: Peter Davies, 1961. First edition. Octavo. 280 pages. Very good in a dust jacket. [and] Hermione Hobhouse. Lost London. New York: Weathervane Books, 1972. First edition. Quarto. 250 pages. Very good in a dust jacket.

92747

Lot of Four McGuffey Reader Related Books including a copy of McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader. New York: American Book Company, 1920. Revised edition. Twelvemo. 96 pages. Near fine. [and] McGuffey's Eclectic Primer. New York: American Book Company, 1907. Revised edition. Twelvemo. 64 pages. Near fine. [and] two copies of Alice McGuffey Ruggles. The Story of the McGuffeys. New York: American Book Company, 1950. First edition. Octavo. 133 pages. Tan cloth. Toning to spines, otherwise very good.

92748

Lot of Five Books on Mithraism including M. J. Vermaseren. Mithras, the Secret God. London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. First edition. Octavo. 200 pages. Fine in dust jacket. [and] Esme Wynne-Tyson. Mithras: The Fellow in the Cap. London: Rider & Company, 1958. First edition. Octavo. 227 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Esme Wynne-Tyson. Mithras: The Fellow in the Cap. New York: Barnes & Noble Publishers, 1972. Later edition. Octavo. 227 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] W. J. Phythian-Adams. Mithraism. London: Constable & Company, Ltd., 1915. First edition. Twelvemo. 95 pages. Very good. [and] Various authors. Mithraism in Ostia. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1967. First edition. Octavo. 115 pages. Very good.

92749

Lot of Two Books on Mythology including Samuel Noah Kramer. Sumerian Mythology. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. Octavo. 130 pages. Stiff wraps. Very good. [and] Pierre Grimal, editor. Larousse World Mythology. New York: Prometheus Press, 1965. First edition. Quarto. 560 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92750

Lot of Six Books on Nautical Topics including Peter Padfield. The Titanic and the Californian. London: The Quality Book Club, 1965. Book club edition. Octavo. 318 pages. Fine in slightly shelf worn dust jacket. [and] Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Ships and How They Sailed the Seven Seas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1935. Fifth printing. Octavo. 318 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Wilbur Bassett. Wander-Ships: Folk-Stories of the Sea With Notes Upon Their Origin. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company, 1917. Quarto. 136 pages. Very good. [and] Alexander Laing. Seafaring America. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1974. Quarto. 344 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Tre Tryckare. The Lore of Ships. New York: Crescent Books, 1973. Reprint edition. Quarto. 379 pages. Very good in jacket. [and] Francesco Carletti. My Voyage Around the World. New York: Pantheon Books, 1964. First printing. Octavo. 270 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92751

Lot of Five Books on Naval Topics including Clay Blair, Jr. Silent Victory. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. First edition. Octavo. 1072 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Mrs. Henry Howard. The Seamen's Handbook for Shore Leave. New York: American Merchant Marine Library Association, 1942. Seventh edition. Sixteenmo. 248 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Evangeline and Burke Davis. Rebel Raider: A Biography of Admiral Semmes. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966. First edition. Octavo. 149 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Incident on the Bark Columbia. Cummington: The Cummington Press, 1941. First edition of 300 copies. Sixteenmo. Unpaginated. Very good. [and] Georgiana M. Stisted. The True Life of Capt. Sir Richard F. Burton. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. First edition. Twelvemo. 419 pages.

92752

Lot of Seven Titles on Religion.

All books in very good condition unless otherwise noted. Titles include: Bishop Chalenor. The True Principles of a Catholic. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1789. Disbound religious tract. 12 pages. Light foxing. [and:] [Thomas C. Cushing.] Every Thing Bought With a Price, or Moral Commerce. Salem: 1820. Sixteenmo. Slim wraps in drab paper. Paper lightly chipped and worn. Tape repair on verso of front cover. Good. [and:] Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch Enthaltend Geistreiche Lieder und Psalmen [...] Mennonisten Gemeinen. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 1829. German language hymnal for the immigrant Mennonite community. Full polished calf with brass and leather clasp closures. Hinges cracked. Inked names. Pages heavily toned and foxed. Binding still generally sturdy. Good or better. [and:] The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. New York: American Bible Society, 1847. Small sixteenmo. Full leather. Thin boards, rubbed and bowed. [and:] John Fleetwood. The Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Boston: 1850. Pictorial leather. Hinges cracked. Inked name. Good. [and:] Das Neue Testament. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 1855. Relatively early printing of Luther's translation of the New Testament. Text in German. Full mottled calf with gilt-stamped morocco label and strap clasp closures to fore-edge. Penciled gift inscription. [and:] John Plummer. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves. No date [1966]. Faux vellum binding. 158 full page color plates. A beautiful book. Fine in slipcase.

92753

Lot of Six Books on Vikings including Tre Tryckare. The Viking. New York: Crescent Books, 1972. Reprint edition. Quarto. 287 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Gwyn Jones. A History of the Vikings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. Octavo. 504 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Ole Klindt-Jensen and Svenolov Ehren. The World of the Vikings. Washington-New York: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1970. First edition. Quarto. 240 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] A. W. Brogger and Haakon Shetelig. The Viking Ships. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1971. First American edition. Quarto. Water damaged. Fair in dust jacket. [and] Count Eric Oxenstierna. The Norsemen. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1965. First edition. Quarto. 320 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Farley Mowat. West Vikings: The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. First edition. Octavo. 494 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92754

Lot of Seven Books on Miscellaneous Historical Topics including Carl L. Crossman. The China Trade: Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Other Objects. Princeton: The Pyne Press, 1973. Second printing. Quarto. 275 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Roderick MacFarquhar. The Forbidden City. New York: Newsweek, 1972. First edition. Quarto. 172 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Alistair Cooke. Six Men. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition. Octavo. 205 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Bart McDowell. Gypsies: Wanderers of the World. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1970. First edition. Quarto. 215 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Stephen Clissold. Conquistador: The Life of Don Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. First edition. Octavo. 205 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Ernle Bradford. The Great Siege: Malta 1565. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] William Stubbs. The Early Plantagenets. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., [no date]. Sixteenmo. 300 pages. Very good.

92755

Lot of Three Books With Miscellaneous Americana Topics including Zirkle D. Robinson. The Robinson-Rosenberger Journey to the Gold Fields of California 1849-1850: The Diary of Zirkle D. Robinson. Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1966. First edition. Octavo. 26 pages. Very good in dust jacket. [and] Agnes Rogers. I Remember Distinctly: A Family Album of the American People 1918-1941. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. First edition. Folio. 251 pages. Good. [and] John Wesley Powell. Down the Colorado. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1969. First edition. Folio. 168 pages. Very good in dust jacket.

92756

Three History Books, including: An Authentic Biography of General La Fayette. Wheeling, Va. [sic]: Davis & McCarty, 1825. Leather backstrip and rubbed marbled boards. Heavy foxing throughout. Inked contemporary name. [and:] H. M. Stanley. The Life, Labours, Perilous Adventures, and Discoveries of Dr. Livingstone, Nearly Thirty Years a Missionary Explorer in the Wilds of Africa. Toronto: Maclear & Co., 1873. [and:] Marion E. Gridley. Indians of Yesterday. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, [1940]. Illustrations by Lone Wolf. All books in good or better condition.

92757

Lot of Eight Non-Fiction Titles, Mostly Biographical, Three of Which are Signed, including: Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin. The Way to Wealth. Walpole, N. H.: Preston Merrifield, 1807. Sixteenmo. Slim wraps (34 pages). Drab paper covers. Pages limp and soiled. One leaf has a piece missing from it, affecting about nine lines on each side. Inked name to front cover and inside cover. Fair. Housed in a handsome leather and cloth custom slipcase with chemise. [and:] Lowell Thomas. With Lawrence in Arabia. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., [1924]. Presumed first edition. Signed by the author. Orange cloth on spine sunned and lightly worn at ends. Chipped jacket with sunned spine. [and:] Katharine Anthony. Catherine the Great. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Bookplate and inked name of previous owner. Signed by the author. [and:] Thomas Boyd. Mad Anthony Wayne. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 91, signed by the author. Boards lightly soiled. [and:] Eve Curie. Madame Curie, A Biography. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1937. First edition. Translated by Vincent Sheean. Smudges to front board; dampstaining to rear board and spine. Good. [and:] Alfred Noyes. The Edge of the Abyss. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1942. First edition. An attack on the "disease of totalitarianism." In chipped dust jacket. [and:] Arnold Lunn. Memory to Memory. London: Hollis & Carter, [1956]. First edition. Memoirs of the skier and mountaineer. In chipped jacket. [and:] James Henry Duveen. The Rise of the House of Duveen. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First American edition. In lightly chipped jacket. Story of the famed art dealers. All books in this lot are octavo, and all are in very good condition unless otherwise noted.

92758

Lot of Fifteen Leather-Bound Books From Four Incomplete Sets. From the library of Glenn Ford. [including:] Oliver Goldsmith. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Now First Uniformly Collected. Perth: R. Morison Junior, 1792. Full tree calf, rubbed along extremities. Overall, very good. This set was issued in seven volumes, but the set offered here is comprised only of volumes I-IV, missing volumes V, VI and VII. [and:] George Theodore Wilkinson. The Newgate Calendar Improved; Being Interesting Memoirs of Notorious Characters Who Have Been Convicted of Offences Against the Laws of England, During the Seventeenth Century, and Continued to the Present Time, Chronologically Arranged. London: Thomas Kelly, [n.d., 1836].Half leather, rubbed along extremities, lightly chipped at heads of spines. Overall, very good. This set was issued in six volumes, but the set offered here is comprised only of volumes I and II, missing volumes III, IV, V and VI. [and:] Thomas Moore. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, Collected by Himself, With a Memoir. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1865. Half leather, lightly worn. Each volume has the bookplate of Ulysses S. Grant (from a collection of books presented to him by the Citizens of Boston in 1866). A very good set. This set was issued in six volumes, but the set offered here is comprised only of volumes I-V, missing volume VI. [and:] Plutarch. Plutarch's Essays and Miscellanies. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1909. An extra-illustrated set limited to 1000 copies, of which these volumes are numbered 19. Half leather; extremities rubbed and worn. Overall, good to very good. This set was issued in five volumes, but the set offered here is comprised only of volumes II-V, missing volume I. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

92759

Six Assorted Leatherbound Books, From the Library of Glenn Ford. including: [Edward Nares.] Thinks-I-To-Myself, A Serio-Ludicro, Tragico-Comico Tale. London: Sherwood, Law and Gilbert, 1812. Seventh edition. Two twelvemo volumes (complete). Full leather is heavily rubbed. Hinges weak, but bindings are relatively sound. Front free endpaper (blank) of volume I is detached but laid in. Good. [and:] George Stillman Hillard. Six Months in Italy. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. First edition. Two large twelvemo volumes (complete). Half bound in leather over marbled boards. Bindings lightly rubbed and worn. Bookplate. Very good set. [and:] Charles & Mary Lamb and H. S. Morris. All the Tales From Shakespeare. London: William Heinemann, 1912. Two volumes. Color plates. Half-bound in gilt-stamped red leather over red cloth. A very good set. From the library of American film actor Glenn Ford, with his armorial bookplate.

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Lot of 38 Eclectic Titles by Various Authors. An interesting collection of un-related books, which includes titles such as: Alexander Smith. An Essay on an Old Subject. Redcoat Press, limited to 210 copies. [and:] James Nevins Hyde. On Some of the Consequences of Eating Historical Strawberries. Blue Sky Press, limited to 130 copies. [and:] Max Beerbohm. The Happy Hypocrite. [and:] Prof. Ebenezer Murgatroyd. Cooking to Kill, The Poison Cook-Book, an amusing gift book from the Peter Pauper Press.

Sale Number:	684
Location:	Heritage Auctions - Dallas 3500 Maple Ave 17th Floor Dallas, TX 75219
Auction Date:	October 16th at 1 PM CT through October 18th

2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction