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[Limited Editions Club]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. H. G. Wells.
The War of the Worlds [and]: The Time Machine.
LEC, 1964.
Each book one of 1,500 copes signed by the illustrator, Joe Mugnaini.
Two large octavo volumes, together, as issued. In slipcase. Minor soiling to slipcase, else fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93094 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$1,062.50
[Scotland].
The Beauties of Scotland.
Thomson Bonar, 1805. Five octavo volumes. Illustrated. Modern quarter brown morocco. Text toned, foxed and a bit offset. Very good. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93366 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$625.00
Charles Darwin.
The Descent of Man.
Appleton, 1871. First American edition. Two octavo volumes. Contemporary half calf. Binding worn, minor toning, soiling to text. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93233 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$562.50
[Thomas Paine].
The American Crisis.
Number V.
Watson & Goodwin, 1778. Second edition. Disbound. Some wear soiling to text, ownership signature on title-page. Fair.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93335 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$562.50
Richard Avedon. SIGNED.
In the American West.
Abrams, [1985]. First edition.
Signed by Avedon on the front free endpaper.
Folio. In acetate dust jacket. Fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93196 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$501.25
Arthur Miller. INSCRIBED.
Focus
.
Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945. First edition. Inscribed by Miller on the FEP. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Jacket a bit scuffed, else near fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93119 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$437.50
George H. Devol. INSCRIBED.
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi.
Devol & Haines, 1887. First edition.
Inscribed by Devol in pencil on the frontispiece.
Spine sunned, some wear, soiling to binding, title-page nearly loose, text toned and soiled. Shaken. Fair.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93239 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$406.25
[Whittington Press]. T. E. Lawrence.
Letters to E. T. Leeds.
Whittington, [1988]. One of 80 copies bound in Nigerian Goatskin. Quarto. With portfolio of prints. In slipcase. Fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93393 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$406.25
[Limited Editions Club]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Ray Bradbury.
The Martian Chronicles.
LEC, 1974.
One of 2,000 copies signed by Bradbury and the illustrator, Joseph Mugnaini.
In slipcase. Some rubbing to slipcase, else fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93087 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$375.00
Winston S. Churchill.
The Second World War.
Cassell, [1948-1954]. First editions. Six octavo volumes. All in dust jackets. Jacket spines sunned, some wear to jackets, ownership signatures on half-titles. Very good. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93224 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$350.00
Henry Miller. INSCRIBED.
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch.
New Directions, [1957]. First edition.
Inscribed by Miller to noted book collector Alfred J. Liebmann.
Jacket worn with some tears, some rubbing, bumping to binding, some toning to text. Good.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93114 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$325.00
[Witchcraft]. [Samuel G. Drake, editor].
The Witchcraft Delusion in New England.
Woodward, 1896. Three quarto volumes. Front board of volume I, half-title, and title-page detached, bindings worn, joints cracked. Poor. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93240 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$300.00
[Gehenna Press]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. John Anthony Scott.
The Defense of Gracchus Babeuf Before the High Court of Vendome.
With Twenty-One Etched Portraits by Thomas Cornell. Gehenna, 1964.
One of 300 copies signed by the publisher, Leonard Baskin and each etching signed by Cornell.
Folio. In loose sheets, as issued. In slipcase and clamshell case. Clamshell case lightly rubbed. Fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93264 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$300.00
Henry Miller. INSCRIBED.
Remember to Remember
.
The Grey Walls Press, 1952. First English edition. Inscribed by Miller on the FEP. Publisher's original binding and price-clipped dust jacket. Offsetting to label on the copy right page affecting text on title page, else very good condition.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93118 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$275.00
[Arthur Rackham, illustrator].
Mother Goose.
The Old Nursery Rhymes.
Century, 1913. First American trade edition. Quarto. Illustrated. Some wear to binding, front hinge starting, some gutters overopened (a few gutters having tape repairs). Fair.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93134 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$275.00
Winston S. Churchill.
While England Slept.
Putnam, 1938. First edition, first printing. Minor rubbing and bumping to boards. Tattered dj with internal tape. Very good.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93225 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$275.00
Dwight D. Eisenhower. INSCRIBED.
The White House Years: Mandate for Change.
Doubleday, 1963. First trade edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by Eisenhower on dedication page.
Price-clipped. Mild rubbing to cloth spine ends. Light toning and wear to dj. Overall near fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93246 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$275.00
Make Offer to Owner
$425 or more
Henry Miller. INSCRIBED.
Henry Miller Miscellanea.
Porter, 1945. First edition.
Inscribed by Miller to his friend, well-known collector Alfred J. Liebmann. Signed by the publisher, and with an autograph postcard signed by Miller laid-in, as issued.
In glassine. Glassine torn and worn, mild rubbing to book. Still, fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93116 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$237.50
[Thomas Hart Benton, illustrator]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Francis Parkman.
The Oregon Trail.
Doubleday, Doran, 1945.
One of 1,000 copies signed by Benton.
In slipcase. Slipcase in pieces and worn, book's spine a bit sunned and rubbed. Good. With a trade edition of this title illustrated by Benton. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93006 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$225.00
D. H. Lawrence.
The Lost Girl.
Secker, [1920]. First edition, the rare first issue. Some rubbing, mild soiling to binding, spine and corners a bit bumped, previous owner's signature. Overall, very good. In cloth chemise and quarter red morocco case.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93080 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$225.00
Lord Mahon.
History of England.
Murray, 1858. Fifth edition. Bound in award binding. Some wear to bindings, ownership signature in volume I, library stamps in each volume. Still, good. (Total: 7 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93306 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$225.00
Make Offer to Owner
$355 or more
[Marilyn Monroe, subject]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Norman Mailer.
Marilyn.
[Alskog, 1973]. First edition.
Signed by Mailer and Lawrence Schiller.
Quarto. In clamshell case. Fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93323 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$212.50
[Isaiah Thomas].
Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont Almanack 1797
.
Printed for Isaiah Thomas, [1797]. Printed wrappers. String bound. Includes interested contemporary marginalia. Paper toned and tatty along the edges, else very good condition.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93382 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$212.50
[Bird and Bull Press]. Henry Morris.
Broadside Vignettes.
Bird and Bull Press, [1997]. First edition, one of 145 copies. Large folio. With loose sheets laid-in as issued. In original clamshell case and shipping box. Shipping box worn, else fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93201 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$200.00
Make Offer to Owner
$320 or more
Leon Underwood.
Leon Underwood His Wood Engravings.
Fleece Press, [1986]. One of 200 copies. Folio. In slipcase. Fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93383 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$200.00
Abraham Lincoln [subject]. B. F. Morris [editor].
Memorial Record of the Nation's Tribute to Abraham Lincoln.
Morrison, 1865. First edition, first printing. Rubbing and staining to cloth with some fraying to spine ends. Toning and foxing throughout. Engraved frontis. Good.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93301 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$190.00
Stephen King. SIGNED.
From a Buick 8.
Scribner, 2002. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Mild rubbing to edges, else fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93076 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$187.50
Alexander Pope.
Pope's Poetical Works
[and]:
The Iliad of Homer
[and]:
The Odyssey of Homer
[and]:
The Life of Pope.
Bell, 1857-1889. Later editions. Five octavo volumes. Uniformly bound. Some wear to bindings. Good. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93133 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$187.50
[Bible in English].
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments.
Thomas Baskett, 1745. Large octavo. Modern red morocco. Owner's name. Scattered foxing. Staining to upper corner of textblock. Very good.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93204 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$187.50
J. Ross Browne.
Adventures in the Apache Country.
Harper & Brothers, 1869. First edition, first printing. Publisher's cloth with rubbing and light wear to spine ends. Cloth split along front joint and spine. Hinges and binding cracked. Good.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93209 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$187.50
William Worthington Fowler.
Twenty Years of Inside Life in Wall Street.
Judd, 1880. Early edition. Binding worn and soiled, hinges cracked, front free endpaper loose, ownership signature on front pastedown, text toned. Poor.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93252 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$187.50
Eugene O'Neill. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION.
Anna Christie.
Liveright, 1930.
First edition, one of 775 signed copies.
In slipcase. Jacket spine toned, some wrinkling and mild soiling to jacket, light rubbing to binding, slipcase a bit worn, slipcase label toned and scuffed with some loss. Still, good.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93127 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$175.00
[Limited Editions Club]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Thomas Mann.
The Black Swan.
LEC, [1990].
One of 375 copies signed by the artist, John Hejduk.
Quarto. In slipcase. First and last gutters starting. Still, fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93082 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$162.50
Henry Miller. INSCRIBED.
Tropique du Cancer.
Deux-Rives, 1947. One of 750 copies
. Inscribed by Miller to noted book collector Alfred J. Liebmann.
Quarto. Text in French. Loose signatures housed in wrappers, chemise and slipcase, as issued. Slipcase worn with a few joints split, chemise worn with some splitting, minor thumbsoiling to book. Overall, very good.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93121 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$162.50
Ayn Rand.
Atlas Shrugged
.
Random House, 1957. First printing. Publisher's original binding and partial dust jacket. Boards damp stained and with spotty insect damage; partial jacket detached at the folds and insect damaged; musty odor, else a good reading copy.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93136 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$162.50
[Bible in English].
The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments.
Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, 1704. 24mo. Full leather with metal edges and buckles. 3 of 6 edges lacking and buckles incomplete. Joints cracking and boards somewhat bowed. Small chipping to spine ends. Light wear to pages and a few small tears with reinforcement. Good.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93205 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$162.50
[Irving Penn, subject]. SIGNED. John Szarkowski.
Irving Penn.
[Museum of Modern Art, 1984]. First edition.
Signed by Penn on the half-title.
Quarto. Some toning, minor soiling and rubbing to jacket. Near fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93339 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$162.50
Henry Miller.
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION.
Insomnia or The Devil at Large.
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1974.
First edition, one of 150 Presentation Copies in special binding signed by Miller on a special insert and with a signed lithograph by Miller laid-in.
Quarto. With many color reproductions of Miller's artwork. Publisher's special binding of full black leatherette, front cover and spine stamped in gilt, slipcase. Mild rubbing, sunning to slipcase. Fine. From the collection of Miller's friend (and collector) Pierre Sicari.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93317 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$153.75
D. H. Lawrence.
The Escaped Cock.
Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition, one of 500 copies. Illustrated by Lawrence. In original glassine and slipcase. Minor wear and a short tear to glassine, some wear and a few tears to slipcase. Still, near fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93079 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. INSCRIBED.
The Lurker at the Threshold
.
Arkham House, 1945. First edition. Inscribed by Derleth on the FEP. Publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Boards with light shelf wear and remnants of adhesive tape; pastedowns with tape remnants; jacket with chipping at the edge and closed tears repaired on the reverse, else a very good copy.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93103 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
The American Pioneer.
Vol. I & II. 1842-1843.
John S. Williams, 1843-1844. Later half cloth with light rubbing and wear. Bookplates. Toning and scattered foxing throughout. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93188 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
Viscount Bury.
Exodus of the Western Nations.
Bentley, 1865. First edition. Two octavo volumes. Contemporary half calf. Spines sunned, bindings worn, spine labels missing. Still, good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93215 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
Fanny Kelly.
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
.
Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., 1871. First edition thus. Illustrated with engraved plates. Recent quarter-leather binding. Text block trimmed; pages with damp stains along the edges, else the book is sound and in very good condition.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93286 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
[Rampant Lions Press]. [Bible in English].
The Psalms of David.
Deighton Bell, [1977]. One of 315 copies. Folio. Fine.
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93346 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
William Robertson.
The History of America.
W. Strahan, 1777. First edition. Two quarto volumes. Lacking maps. Both volumes rebacked to style. New endleaves and blanks. Some rubbing to bindings, some soiling foxing in text. Very good. There is a signature on each title-page of Samuel Johnson, however It is our opinion that the Sam Johnson signatures on the title page are NOT by the renowned 18th-century lexicographer and author.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93354 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
[Civil War]. General William T. Sherman.
Memoirs.
Vol. I & II.
Appleton, 1875. First edition, first printing. Publisher's half leather with rubbing and scuffing. Ex-library with typical markings and wear. Vol. I with ffep detached. Good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93370 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
[Burlesque]. Lot of Five Books Relating to Burlesque,
including:
Candy Barr. SIGNED.
A Gentle Mind... Confused.
Dulce Press, 1972. First edition.
Signed by Barr.
Spine of book and jacket bumped.
[and]: Ted Schwarz and Mardi Rustam.
Candy Barr.
First edition.
[and]: Kelly DiNardo.
Gilded Lili.
Backstage, [2007]. First edition.
[and]: Rachel Shteir.
Striptease.
Oxford University Press, [2004]. First edition. Tear to dust jacket.
[and]: Rachel Shteir.
Gypsy.
Yale University Press, [2009]. First edition. All books hardcovers in jacket. Generally near fine or better. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93213 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$137.50
[Daniel Defoe].
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
John Stockdale, 1804. Two quarto volumes. Illustrated. Both volumes rebacked to style. Spines sunned and worn, some wear to bindings, later endleaves, bookplates. Text toned and foxed. Fair. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201241
| Lot: 93027 | Oct 11, 2012
Sold For:
$137.50
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