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Isaac Asimov. SIGNED.
The End of Eternity.
Doubleday, 1955. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Minor rubbing and thumb-soiling to boards with a slightly leaning spine. Tape shadows and residue to endpapers and inner flaps. Somewhat rubbed and worn dj with chipping to spine head. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90012 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$937.50
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Scarlet Letter.
Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First edition, with first state points. Lacking ad leaf. Publisher's abraded boards with crude backing. Portion of original spine laid down. Prelims worn along gutter and possibly trimmed slightly on fore-edge. Overall good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90072 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$687.50
Isaac Asimov. SIGNED.
Fantastic Voyage.
Houghton Mifflin, 1966. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Minor rubbing and bumping to boards. Slight spine lean. Price-clipped. Light rubbing and wear to dj. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90013 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$500.00
Isaac Asimov. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Foundation's Edge.
Whispers, 1982. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies.
Fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90014 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$468.75
H. A. Grueber.
Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum.
Vol. I-III.
Trustees of the British Museum, 1970. Reprint edition. Light rubbing to cloth boards, else fine. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90196 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$468.75
R. Ackermann [editor].
The Poetical Magazine: Dedicated to Lovers of the Muse.
Vol. I-IV.
[n. p.], 1809-1810. First edition, first printing. Riviere binding with some light rubbing and scuffing. Joints cracking and front board of Vol. I detached. Pages lightly toned. Color plates. Very good. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90008 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$406.25
Make Offer to Owner
$609 or more
William H. Prescott. ALS Laid In.
Works.
15 volumes. Phillips, Samson, 1857-1858. Contemporary half leather. All volumes have been rebacked with original spine labels laid down. Bookplates. Minor rubbing to boards with some toning to pages.
Laid in is an ALS from Prescott, dated 1847.
Very good. (Total: 15 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90229 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$375.00
Francis Bacon.
The Works.
Vol. I-X.
Baynes, 1824. Contemporary calf with light rubbing and wear. One volume appears recased. Mild toning and some scattered light foxing. Occasional small pencil notations in margins. Very good. (Total: 10 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90018 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$350.00
C. M. Kornbluth. Group of Four Book Club Editions, One Signed.
Doubleday, 1952-1976.
Beyond the Moon
is signed. Very good. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90091 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$300.00
Arthur Rackham [illustrator]. Clement C. Moore.
The Night Before Christmas.
Harrap, 1931. First edition, first printing. Minor wear to stiff wrappers. Pages lightly toned and foxed with off-setting to color plates. Light rubbing and wear to dj. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90108 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$300.00
Joseph Heller. INSCRIBED.
Catch-22.
Delta, 1964. First trade edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Minor wear to wrappers with foxing to page edges. Spine with several creases. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90076 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$275.00
Make Offer to Owner
$425 or more
Hermann Hesse.
Demian.
Boni and Liveright, 1923. First American edition, first printing. Minor rubbing and bumping to boards with a slightly leaning spine. Lacking dj. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90077 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$275.00
Francis Parkman.
Works.
Vol. I-XVI and
A Life of.
Little, Brown, 1902-1907. Frontenac edition. Half leather with minor rubbing and sunning to spines. Light wear to some spine heads. Very good. (Total: 17 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90223 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$275.00
Joseph Pennell. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen.
Macmillan, 1920. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 250 numbered and signed copies, and with an original drawing by Pennell.
Publisher's quarter leather, recased with backstrip laid down. Minor scuffing and wear. Owner's name. Mild toning. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90225 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$250.00
Make Offer to Owner
$390 or more
Charles Willeford. Group of Three First Edition Books, One Signed.
Various, 1980-1988.
Something About a Soldier
is signed.
Near fine or better condition. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90247 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$237.50
[Codex]. F. Anders [editor].
Codex Peresianus.
Akademische Druck, 1968. Book in wrappers and facsimile codex held in publisher's box. Text in German and English. Owner's name and occasional underlining to book. Near fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90186 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$225.00
Francis Moor [Moore].
The Law of Charitable Uses, Revised and Much Enlarged; with many Cases in Law Both Antient and Modern.
Henry Twyford, 1676. [8], 184, 183-186, [10]. Text is continuous despite pagination. Contemporary worn leather boards, recased with new spine labels. Bookplate. Pages lightly toned with occasional abrading. Foxing to endpapers and scattered throughout. Custom slipcase.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90213 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$200.00
Joseph Pennell. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Etchers and Etching.
Macmillan, 1919. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 105 numbered and signed copies, and with an original etching by Pennell, entitled
The Old City Hall.
Publisher's quarter leather, recased with backstrip laid down. Light foxing to prelims. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90224 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$200.00
Audubon. Hand-Colored Lithographic Print of the
Tropic Bird.
Plate 427.
Ca. 1856. Octavo, measuring approx. 10.25 x 6.75 inches. Mild toning. Matted. Overall fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90262 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$200.00
Jack Hillier.
Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection.
Vol. I-III.
Sotheby Park Bernet, 1976. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 2000 numbered copies.
Corners bumped, affecting boards and slipcase. Minor rubbing to djs. Illustrated. Very good. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90200 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$175.00
[American Revolution]. Thomas O'Connor.
An Impartial and Correct History of the War Between the United States of America, and Great Britain.
Low, 1815. First edition. 304 pages. Leather boards with light rubbing and bumping. Color frontis worn and partially affixed to pastedown. Title page with owner's name, abraded corner, and wear at gutter. Two leaves slightly trimmed. Toning and foxing throughout. About good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90216 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$175.00
Gelett Burgess.
Blue Goops and Red.
Stokes, 1909. Cloth lightly rubbed and toned. Color illustrations. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90035 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$162.50
James Hilton. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Good-bye, Mr. Chips.
Little, Brown, 1935. Birthday edition.
Limited to 600 numbered and signed copies.
Light foxing to edges and endpapers. Toning and rubbing to slipcase. Near fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90081 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$162.50
[Jerry Weist]. Stephen Baxter. Group of Five Signed or Inscribed First Edition Books.
Various, 1992-2004.
Mayflower II
is a signed/limited edition.
Near fine. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90020 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$157.50
John Buchan. Group of Five First Edition Books, One Signed.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1931-1938.
Interpreter's House
with clipped signature affixed to title page.
Very good. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90032 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
John Buchan. Group of Four First Edition Books.
Various, 1913-1941. Very good. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90033 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
John Buchan. Group of Four First Edition Books.
Various, 1922-1933. Very good. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90034 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
Robert A. Heinlein.
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.
Gnome, 1959. First edition, first printing. Light rubbing to cloth with a leaning spine. Pages toned. Price-clipped dj with some rubbing and wear. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90075 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
Audubon. Hand-Colored Lithographic Print of the
Arctic Blue Bird.
Plate 136. Ca. 1856. Octavo, measuring approx. 10.25 x 6.75 inches. Mild toning. Matted. Overall fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90251 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$150.00
James Blish. Group of Two First Edition Books.
Faber, 1956-1959. Spines leaning. Foxing. Tape shadows. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90026 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$137.50
Charles McCarry. Group of Four First Edition Books.
Various, 1973-1983. Very good or better condition. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90101 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$137.50
[Books About Books]. J. Basil Ordham.
Group of Two Books on English Blind-Stamped Bindings.
Cambridge, 1952-1958. First edition, first printing. Minor rubbing and wear to cloth with sunning to spines. Bookplates. Light toning and occasional abrading to pages. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90217 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$137.50
Hermann Hesse.
Siddhartha.
New Directions, 1951. First American trade edition, first printing. Minor rubbing and bumping to boards. Light toning and wear to dj with shipping to spine ends. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90078 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$125.00
Hermann Hesse.
Siddhartha.
New Directions, 1951. First American edition, first printing with the following points: no photo credit on verso of title page, printed at Vail-Ballou Press, and top edge stained green. Minor rubbing and toning to slipcase, else fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90079 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$125.00
Make Offer to Owner
$300 or more
[Playboy]. Continuous Run of All 12 Issues of
Playboy
for 1959 in Publisher's Binder.
General minor toning and wear from reading. Light rubbing to binder with some fading along spine. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90119 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$118.75
Two Confederate Registered Bonds.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90001 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$112.50
Isaac Asimov. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Robots of Dawn.
Phantasia, 1983. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 750 numbered and signed copies.
Minor sunning to spine of dj and slipcase, else fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90017 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$112.50
Gerard Fairlie. Group of Two
Bulldog Drummond
First Edition Books.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1939-1945. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90060 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$112.50
[Declaration of Independence]. W. Brotherhead.
The Centennial Book of Signers.
Brotherhead, 1872. First edition, first printing. Full leather with light rubbing and scuffing. Front joint cracked. Half-title cracking and with tape reinforcement. Occasional chipping to corners. Hand-colored, engraved plates of colonies. Ex-library with typical markings and wear. Overall very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90180 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$112.50
John Milton.
Paradise Regain'd: A Poem in Four Books.
Tonson & Poulson, 1725. Sixth edition. Full calf with cracked joints and some scattered scuffing. Light toning and scattered foxing to pages. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90107 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$106.25
Isaac Asimov. SIGNED.
Pebble In the Sky.
Doubleday, 1950. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Presumed ex-library, lacking ffep. A worn, stained, heavily rubbed copy of the author's scarce first book. About fair condition.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90016 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$100.00
[Books About Books]. Edith Diehl.
Bookbinding.
Vol. I & II.
Kennikat Press, 1965. Reprint edition. Fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90158 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$100.00
John Phillips.
Maronides or Virgil Travestie.
Nathanael Brooks, 1672. Contemporary leather with light rubbing. Rebacked to style. Bookplate. Owner inscription. Pages toned with scattered foxing and staining. Occasional notations and underlining. Overall very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90117 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$95.00
Poul Anderson. SIGNED.
Ensign Flandry.
Chilton, 1966. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Minor rubbing to cloth with slight lean. Tape shadow to ffep. Some scattered thumbing to pages. Light rubbing and wear to dj. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90010 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$93.75
Marc Chagall. ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH.
The Biblical Message.
Tudor, 1973. First American edition, first printing.
Original lithograph by Chagall at frontis.
Slipcase. Fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90181 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$93.75
Audubon. Hand-Colored Lithographic Print of the
Scarlet Ibis.
Plate 359.
Ca. 1856. Octavo, measuring approx. 10.25 x 6.75 inches. Mild toning. Matted. Overall fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90261 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$93.75
John le Carré.
Call For the Dead.
Walker, 1962. Book club edition. Light wear with a touch of sunning to spine. Near fine.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90093 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$87.50
W. Heath Robinson [illustrator]. Charles Perrault.
Old-Time Stories.
Dodd, Mead, 1921. Minor rubbing to cloth. Hinges shaken. Color plates. Very good.
Auction 201243
| Lot: 90113 | Oct 25, 2012
Sold For:
$87.50
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