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William Saroyan. INSCRIBED.
The Human Comedy.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1943]. First edition.
Lengthily
Inscribed by the author (as "Bull (Durham) Saroyan") on the FFEP.
Publisher's cloth with some rubbing to corners and spine ends. Ownership sticker to FFEP. Very good.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93131 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Jimmy Stewart. INSCRIBED.
Jimmy Stewart and His Poems.
[and]: Richard Paul Evans.
The Christmas Box.
Various publishers, 1989 and 1993. First editions. Publishers' bindings in dust jackets. Fine.
From a private collection in North Carolina.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93148 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
John Updike. SIGNED.
The Centaur.
New York: Knopf, 1963. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author on the FFEP
. Publisher's cloth-backed paper over boards, with some soiling at edges. Original dust jacket with modest edgewear. Custom slipcase. Very good.
From the collection of Alexander J. Jemal, Jr.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93160 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
John Updike. SIGNED.
The Witches of Eastwick.
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, [1984]. First edition.
Signed by the author.
Publisher's full leather with gilt titles and decoration. Fine.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93194 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Gerald R. Ford. SIGNED.
Portrait of the Assassin.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First edition. Signed in 1995. Publisher's binding in dust jacket. Binding and dust jacket edgeworn with some chips. Light toning. Good.
From a private collection in North Carolina.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93360 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Tony Hillerman. SIGNED.
Indian Country: America's Sacred Land.
Photographs by Bela Kalman. Flagstaff: Northland Press, [1987]. First edition.
Signed by the author. Quarto.
Publisher's binding and original dust jacket. Fine.
From a private collection in North Carolina.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93395 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
[Abraham Lincoln]. J.G. Holland.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln.
Springfield, Massachusetts: Gurdon Bill, 1866. Octavo. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper. Marbled edges and endpapers. Spine lean. Heavy edgewear and rubbing. Bookplate. Damage to front flypaper. Previous owner's signature. Some minor toning and foxing. Good.
From a private collection in North Carolina.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93399 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Jasper Johns.
Text by Max Kozloff. With 48 color plates tipped in. New York: Harry Abrams, [n.d., 1967]. First edition. Quarto. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Jacket panels rubbed. Near fine.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93406 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Chris Kraft. SIGNED.
Flight: My Life in Mission Control.
New York: Dutton, [2001]. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author and dated in the year of publication.
Publisher's cloth binding, with some staining to front board. Original dust jacket, with light puckering to rear panel. Very good.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93417 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
[Inscribed by Mae West]. Jon Tuska.
The Films of Mae West.
New Jersey: Citadel Press, [1973]. First edition.
Inscribed by Mae West on the half-title.
Quarto. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Rubbing to jacket panels and extremities. Price-clipped. Very good.
Auction 201416
| Lot: 93487 | Apr 17, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
John Grisham. Group of Seven First Editions.
New York: Doubleday, 1992-1999. Publisher's bindings in dust jackets. Fine condition.
From a private collection in North Carolina.
(Total: 7 Items)
Auction 201415
| Lot: 92223 | Apr 10, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
L. Ron Hubbard.
Final Blackout.
Providence: Hadley Publishing Co., [1948]. First edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth, with some scratching and scuffing to boards and rubbing to extremities. Science Fiction Agency mailing label affixed to FFEP. A very good copy of Hubbard's first novel.
Auction 201415
| Lot: 92224 | Apr 10, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
John le Carré. SIGNED. Group of Three Signed Editions.
Two UK and one US edition.
The Naive and Sentimental Lover
is a later printing. Each signed by the author. Octavo. Publisher's bindings in dust jackets. Some minor wear and soiling. Near fine.
From a private collection in North Carolina.
(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201415
| Lot: 92227 | Apr 10, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Richard Nixon. SIGNED.
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978. Second printing. Inscribed by Nixon in the year of publication. Octavo. Publisher's binding in dust jacket. Some edgewear and closed tears to dust jacket. Very good.
From a private collection in North Carolina.
Auction 201415
| Lot: 92351 | Apr 10, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
A. Woodward.
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery.
Cincinnati: Applegate, 1853. First edition. Publisher's black embossed cloth with gilt spine titles. Foxing throughout, and to textblock edges. Rubbing to extremities. Very good.
Auction 201415
| Lot: 92371 | Apr 10, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Francis Beeding.
Death Walks in Eastrepps
.
Mystery League, 1931. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth. Dust jacket. Slight lean to text bock, else very good.
Auction 201414
| Lot: 91027 | Apr 3, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
J. Allan Dunn.
The Flower of Fate
.
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1928. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth. Dust jacket. Light foxing; dust jacket a bit dirty, else very good.
Auction 201414
| Lot: 91048 | Apr 3, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Maria Edgeworth.
The Parent's Assistant; or, Stories for Children.
London: R. Hunter, 1822. New edition. Complete in six volumes, bound into three twentyfourmo's. Modern full calf. One volume has light dampstaining to boards. Bookplates on front pastedowns. A near fine set.
From the collection of Judith Adelman.
(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201414
| Lot: 91049 | Apr 3, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
[Children's].
Little ABC Book.
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1884. Printed on linen, with linen wrappers. Twelvemo. Minor fraying at edges, with moderate soiling. Colors bright. A near fine copy.
From the collection of Zita Books.
Auction 201414
| Lot: 91080 | Apr 3, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Roosevelt & Fairbanks: Jugate and Two Other Buttons.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90020 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
William Howard Taft: Seventeen [17] Postcards.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90025 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Woodrow Wilson: Five [5] Campaign Buttons.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90031 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Calvin Coolidge: Pair of 7/8" Buttons.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90040 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Roosevelt & Wallace
:
National and Coattail Jugates.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90047 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Kennedy & Johnson: Jugates and Post-Election Button.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90075 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Group of Thirty-Four
Magazine of Horror
Issues.
New York: Health Knowledge, 1963-1971. Nearly consecutive from issue number two to number thirty six, lacking numbers 4 and 11. Publisher's bindings, first two issues perfect-bound, rest saddle-stitched in wrappers. Covers generally rubbed, some with faint foxing, some pages tone, some volumes lightly dampstained. Overall very good. (Total: 34 Items)
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90181 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Rockwell Kent and Carl Zigrosser. INSCRIBED.
Rockwellkentiana.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1933. First edition. Inscribed by Kent in very small print. Quarto. Woodcuts, drawings, and oil paintings represented. One print in color at frontispiece. Publisher's printed cloth binding. Binding edgeworn and soiled. Large dampstain at rear board. Pages toned. Printing error in color print resulting in an offset effect. Good.
From the collection of Judith Adelman
.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90307 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Isaac Walton and Charles Cotton.
The Complete Angler.
London: Printed for C. Rivington et al., 1797. Sixth Edition. Twelvemo. Modern half leather and marbled paper over boards with gilt titles over calf spine label. Minor toning to boards. Bookplate. Light toning to textblock. Former owner's signature. Very good.
From the collection of Judith Adelman
.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90333 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Garth Williams (1912-1996), illustrator. Large Lot of Preliminary Pencil Sketches for Jack Prelutsky's
Ride a Purple Pelican,
circa 1986.
Drawing and tracing paper.
Most are initialed or signed by Williams.
Most measure about 8.5 x 11 inches. Fine.
From the estate of Garth Williams.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90423 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Garth Williams (1912-1996), illustrator. SIGNED. Five Samples of Wrapping Paper Designed by Williams.
Each measures approximately 30 x 20 inches.
All signed by Williams.
Folded, with creases. Fine.
From the estate of Garth Williams.
Auction 201413
| Lot: 90424 | Mar 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
[Civil War]. Facsimile Reprint of Lee's General Order Number Nine.
April 10, 1865. Measures 12.75 x 8 inches. Housed in a portfolio, along with additional information regarding Lee's surrender. Reproduced by the Lakeside Press. Very good.
Auction 201412
| Lot: 94008 | Mar 20, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Pair of August Derleth First Edition Books.
Includes:
Sac Prairie People.
Sauk City: Stanton & Lee, 1948. [and:]
Three Problems for Solar Pons.
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1952. Publishers' bindings in jacket. Some over-opening. Jackets rubbed, some edges worn with some small chips and closed tears, particularly at extremities and spine ends. Both volumes very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201412
| Lot: 94035 | Mar 20, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
[Golden Cockerel Press]. Gustave Flaubert.
Salambo.
[1931]. Limited to 500 copies. Large octavo. Wood engraved illustrations. Publisher's quarter cloth and paper over boards. Edges untrimmed. Boards edgeworn. Spine sunned. Rear board bumped at bottom edge. Boards lightly soiled. Edges toned. Very good.
Auction 201412
| Lot: 94050 | Mar 20, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Ernst Jünger. Association Copy.
The Storm of Steel. From the Diary of a German Storm-Troop Officer on the Western Front
.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. Third impression. Octavo. Publisher's original red cloth lettered in gilt. Spine faded; boards with moderate soiling; modest shelf wear, else very good. This copy with the bookplate of Thomas Craig Annan of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). In the chapter on the Battle of Cambrai, Jünger writes "A German scout shot down an English captive balloon in flames, and the observer jumped out with a parachute." Next to the passage is written "(T. C. Annan)". Presumably Lt. Annan believed that he was the one mentioned.
Auction 201412
| Lot: 94191 | Mar 20, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
General Walter Krueger. INSCRIBED.
From Down Under to Nippon
.
Washington: Armed Forces Press, 1953. First edition.
Inscribed by General Krueger on the FFEP.
Octavo. Illustrated. Maps. Publisher's original red cloth lettered in black. Dust jacket. Modest shelf wear; stain on FFEP not affecting inscription, else very good condition.
Auction 201412
| Lot: 94194 | Mar 20, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Sam Moskowitz, editor. INSCRIBED.
Masterpieces of Science Fiction
[and]
Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction.
Cleveland: World Publishing, [1965-1966]. Both volumes inscribed by the editor. First editions. Publisher's bindings in jacket. Jackets rubbed and soiled with some small closed tears or tiny chips at extremities, spine wrinkled and faded with small dampstain to
Modern Masterpieces.
Very Good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201411
| Lot: 93102 | Mar 13, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Chinese Carved Wood Printing Block.
Ban po lu [Record of Ban po; geographic narrative].
Ca. 19th century. Carved text on both sides and held between wooden printing supports. Text area measures approx. 13.25 x 7.75 inches. Discovered in Korea. A bit dusty and in overall very good condition.
From the Korean and Asian Arts and Artifacts collection of Jerry Lee Musslewhite.
Auction 201411
| Lot: 93140 | Mar 13, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
[India]
Fifty Views of Madras From Photographs Specially Taken
.
Calcutta: Bennett, Coleman & Co., [no date, circa 1920]. Second edition. Oblong format. Publisher's original printed wrappers. Handling wear to wrappers, else very good.
From the collection of Zita Books
.
Auction 201411
| Lot: 93173 | Mar 13, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Hillary St. John Philby (Sheikh Abdullah).
Arabian Highlands.
Ithaca: Cornell University, [1952]. First edition, first printing. Large folding map in back pocket adhered to rear pastedown, as issued. Publisher's green cloth and dust jacket. Jacket panels lightly rubbed. Near fine.
Auction 201411
| Lot: 93257 | Mar 13, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
[Maps, Magazine Proofs]. Original Drawn Map of the Region of the Gold Rush.
Overlapping cels depict topographical changes, place names and routes. Used in
The American Heritage History of the Great West.
Map is intricately detailed and gives an interesting look at magazine and book image production in the 1960s. Measures roughly 10 x 14 inches. Production notes. Some adhesive residue. Very good overall.
From the American Heritage Publishing Archives.
Auction 201411
| Lot: 93281 | Mar 13, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
(Artist Unknown). Original Watercolor Depicting Rowde Church in Wiltshire, England.
Dated July 14, 1874 in pencil on verso. Matted to an overall size of 14.25 x 11.5 inches. Fine.
Auction 201411
| Lot: 93329 | Mar 13, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Normal Rockwell (1894-1978, American artist) Postcard Twice Inscribed.
Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Inscribed on both the recto and the verso. Fine.
Auction 201410
| Lot: 92014 | Mar 6, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Sax Rohmer. Group of Twenty Later Editions and Reprints.
Various publishers and dates. Publisher's bindings. Some shelfwear. Very good. (Total: 20 Items)
Auction 201410
| Lot: 92095 | Mar 6, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Sax Rohmer.
Group of Sixteen Later Editions and Reprints.
Various publishers and dates, though most are P.F. Collier reprints. Publisher's bindings. Rubbing and shelfwear. Very good. (Total: 16 Items)
Auction 201410
| Lot: 92096 | Mar 6, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Sam Slick's Comic Almanac, 1860.
New York: Philip J. Cozans. Octavo. Illustrations throughout. Removed from larger volume. Lightly toned. two pages torn. Some minor foxing. Good.
From the collection of Zita Books.
Auction 201410
| Lot: 92153 | Mar 6, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Jacques Chauvet.
Les Institutions de L'Arithmetique.
Paris: [n.d., ca. 1578]. Text in French. Twelvemo. Publisher's vellum. Title page and preliminary leaves lacking. Spine disbound. Good.
Auction 201410
| Lot: 92186 | Mar 6, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
James D. McBride 1876 Centennial Memorial Copy of the Declaration of Independence.
One page, 14.75" x 19.5". Printed on onionskin paper as a piece of advertisement. Moderate to heavy toning with separation at the folds.
Auction 201409
| Lot: 91007 | Feb 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
Isaac Melcher Autograph Letter Signed.
Two pages, 7.75" x 13", Philadelphia, March 24, 1790, to Joshua Mercereau regarding the sale of land. Melcher served as a colonel in the Continental Army. Folds; uneven toning with chipped edges.
Auction 201409
| Lot: 91019 | Feb 27, 2014
Sold For:
$100.00
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