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[Political Cartoon]. Series of Engraved Images Depicting Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
[n. p.], ca. 1835. Measures approx. 11.5 x 16 inches. Vertical crease. Mounted to paper. Overall very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91274 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$700.00
Henri Cartier-Bresson.
The Europeans.
Simon and Schuster, 1955. First American edition, first printing. Illustrated with 114 photographs by Bresson. Publisher's pictorial boards, illustrated by Miro. Light rubbing to boards with some bumping and splitting to spine ends. Acetate dj with paper inner-flaps, tattered with rubbing. With the separate
Captions
pamphlet laid-in. Overall very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91162 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$650.00
Garth Williams, illustrator. Original Color Preliminary Watercolor of a Scene from
Do You Know What I'll Do?.
Signed in full by Williams at bottom right. Plain laid paper. Measuring approximately 8.25 x 10.75 inches, but slightly mis-cut along the sides. Otherwise, a striking image in fine condition.
From the Estate of Garth Williams
.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91125 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$462.50
[Books About Books]. LIMITED. Five on Paper.
Bird & Bull, 1963.
Limited to 169 numbered copies.
Publisher's full morocco with light rubbing. Toning to page edges. Near fine.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91153 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$401.25
[Sherlockiana]. Arthur Conan Doyle and Others.
The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House Library.
2 Vols.
Methuen, 1924. First edition, limited to 1500 numbered sets. Publisher's quarter cloth. Light rubbing and abrading to boards with corners showing. One front hinge cracked. Color plates. Lacking djs. Contains the Sherlock Holmes story,
How Watson Learned the Trick,
written especially for the Dolls' House Library and collected here. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91055 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$387.50
Garth Williams, illustrator. Two Original Watercolor Paintings for Proposed Front Covers of
Baby Farm Animals.
Each signed by Williams on the verso. Thick stock paper. Each measures approximately 7 x 8 inches. Vertical crease to one example to demonstrate the spine fold, else fine condition.
From the Estate of Garth Williams
. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91119 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$325.00
Make Offer to Owner
$982 or more
Alexander Hamilton [subject].
A Collection of the Facts and Documents, Relative to the Death of Major-General Alexander Hamilton.
Riley, 1804. [4], 238 pages. Contemporary full calf with wear and rubbing. Spine chipped and front board detached. Armorial bookplate. Detached ffep. Foxing and staining to textblock. About good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91189 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$300.00
Frank McCourt. SIGNED/LIMITED.
'Tis.
Easton Press, 1999. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1600 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91207 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$287.50
Garth Williams, illustrator. Massive Archive of Original Rough and Preliminary Pencil and Ink Sketches for Various Characters and Scenes in
Baby Farm Animals, Beneath a Blue Umbrella, Ride a Purple Pelican
and Possibly Others.
All but fourteen initialed "GW," with one signed in full at the bottom. Various paper stocks (one on plastic transparency paper). Most measure approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. A handful have some math calculations in pencil. Very good to fine condition.
From the Estate of Garth Williams
.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91118 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$262.50
Make Offer to Owner
$801 or more
[Angling]. Isaac Walton and Charles Cotton. Moses Browne [editor]. INSCRIBED BY BROWNE.
The Compleat Angler.
Two Parts Bound as One.
Kent, 1759. Seventh edition.
Inscribed by Browne without signature on the recto of frontis and with occasional marginalia notes in his hand.
19th century cloth with minor rubbing. Spine ends worn and joint splitting. Bookplate and owner's inscriptions to endpapers. Toning and scattered foxing. Engraved plates. Overall very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91143 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$225.00
Make Offer to Owner
$355 or more
George Orwell.
Animal Farm.
Harcourt, Brace, 1946. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's cloth with minor abrading to extremities. Tape and tape shadows to endpapers. Spine slightly leaning. Minor rubbing and toning to dj with a tiny chip to rear panel. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91101 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$212.50
Make Offer to Owner
$338 or more
Garth Williams, illustrator. Seven Original Preliminary Pencil Sketches of a Girl Listening to a Conch Shell from
Do You Know What I'll Do
?
.
Each initialed by Williams. Cream lightweight drawing paper. Measuring 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Short tears to a few examples. Minimal edge wear. All examples have a diagonal fold crease running through the image. Very good to fine condition.
From the Estate of Garth Williams
.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91127 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$206.25
Make Offer to Owner
$638 or more
John R. Elting. INSCRIBED.
Napoleonic Uniforms.
Vol. I & II.
Macmillan, 1993. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Publisher's cloth. Hinges a bit soft. Mild rubbing to djs. Near fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91178 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$200.00
Homer.
The Iliad
and
The Odyssey.
Four Parts in Two Volumes.
London: Cuthell / Rivington, et al., 1815-1818. Contemporary uniform vellum with light rubbing and toning with some scattered spotting. Mild toning to pages with occasional minor foxing. Folding engraved maps. Text in Greek and Latin. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91192 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$200.00
Ernest Hemingway. Group of Six Books, Three First Edition Library.
Various editions and publishers. Publisher's binding and djs. One in slipcase. Good or better condition. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91067 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$193.75
George Cruikshank [illustrator]. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Cassell, 1852. First Cruikshank illustrated edition. Contemporary half calf with light rubbing and toning. Hinges cracked. Mild toning to pages with occasional foxing. One leaf torn and with repair, affecting text. One plate with abraded corner, affecting caption. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91109 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$193.75
Matisse. Original Double-Page Color Lithograph from
Verve.
1939. Approx. 14 x 20.5 inches. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91265 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$193.75
[Books About Books].
The Studio.
Group of 13 Related Volumes.
Studio, 1898-1906. Publisher's binding. Illustrated. Good or better condition. (Total: 13 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91158 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$175.00
[DNA]. James D. Watson. Group of Two Signed/Limited First Edition Books Published by Easton Press.
First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1125 and 1175 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Each includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91245 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$175.00
John Leech [illustrator]. Gilbert Abbott A' Beckett.
The Comic History of Rome.
Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1851. First edition, later impression. Contemporary brown half morocco with rubbing and scuffing. Occasional light foxing. 10 hand-colored plates. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91137 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$162.50
[Mormonism]. T. B. H. Stenhouse.
The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons.
Ward, Lock, and Tyler, ca. 1874. Contemporary custom half leather with light rubbing. Corners showing a bit. Foxing to prelims. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91238 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$162.50
[Books About Books]. W. Roberts.
The Book-Hunter in London.
McClurg, 1895. Publisher's decorated cloth with light rubbing. Hinges with repairs and pastedowns renewed. Scattered foxing. Overall very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91157 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$157.50
Garth Williams, illustrator. Two Original Preliminary Pencil Sketches of Puppies for
Baby Farm Animals
.
Both initialed "GW" at bottom right. Cream drawing paper (slightly thin stock). Both measure 8.5 x 11 inches. Fine condition.
From the Estate of Garth Williams
.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91122 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$156.25
Garth Williams, illustrator. Original Preliminary Pencil Sketch for a Foal in
Baby Farm Animals
.
Initialed "GW" at bottom right. Cream drawing paper (slightly thin stock). Measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Fine condition.
From the Estate of Garth Williams
.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91123 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$156.25
Make Offer to Owner
$493 or more
[Books About Books]. A. Edward Newton. Group of Three First Edition, First Printing Books.
Various publishers, 1918-1930. Publisher's quarter cloth bindings with minor rubbing and toning. Corners showing. Very good. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91156 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$137.50
Paul Auster. SIGNED.
Ghosts. The New York Trilogy.
Vol. 2.
Sun & Moon Press, 1986. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Publisher's cloth with a slightly leaning spine. First gathering sprung. Owner's name on front pastedown. Mild rubbing and toning to dj. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91009 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Ray Bradbury [subject]. William F. Nolan and Martin H. Greenberg [editors]. INSCRIBED.
The Bradbury Chronicles.
ROC, 1991. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by Bradbury and additionally signed by Nolan and contributor Norman Corwin.
Publisher's binding with mild edge toning. Faint rubbing to dj. About fine.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91020 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Ingrid Bergman. INSCRIBED.
My Story.
Delacorte Press, 1980. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Publisher's quarter cloth. Binding shows mild rubbing with some offsetting to spine ends. Minor rubbing and toning to dj. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91150 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Philip Miller.
The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary, or a Complete System of Horticulture.
Vol. I & II.
Rivington, 1724. Contemporary calf with rubbing and scuffing. Joints split and boards holding by cords. Excised bookplates. Owner's names. Scattered foxing. One volume with worming, affecting text. Good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91209 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Mary Pickford. SIGNED.
Sunshine and Shadow.
Doubleday, 1955. First edition, first printing.
Signed by Pickford in year of publication.
Publisher's cloth with light rubbing and soiling. Leaning spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Minor rubbing and several small tears to dj. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91227 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$122.50
Rockwell Kent [illustrator]. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Beowulf.
Random House, 1932.
Limited to 950 numbered copies, signed by Kent with his thumb print.
Publisher's cloth with toning and mild rubbing. One corner showing. Foxing to endpapers and sprinkled throughout. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91076 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$115.00
Garth Williams, illustrator. Four Original Preliminary Pencil Sketches of Kittens from
Baby Farm Animals.
Each initialed by Williams. Cream drawing paper. Measuring 8.5 x 11 inches. Minor staining to one example. Light edge wear. A couple of light creases. Very good to fine condition.
From the Estate of Garth Williams
.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91120 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$112.50
Make Offer to Owner
$366 or more
Edward Teller. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Memoirs.
Easton Press, 2001. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1225 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91239 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$112.50
[Books About Books]. Matthew J. Bruccoli, et al. [editors].
First Printings of American Authors.
Vol. 1-5.
Gale, 1977-1987. First edition, first printing. Publisher's binding with mild rubbing and bumping. Near fine. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91151 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$110.00
Paul Auster. SIGNED.
City of Glass. The New York Trilogy.
Vol. 1.
Sun & Moon Press, 1985. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Publisher's cloth with a slightly leaning spine. Binding cracked at page 16 with first gathering sprung. Owner's name on front pastedown. Mild rubbing and toning to dj. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91008 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$102.50
Richard Avedon.
In the American West.
Abrams, 1985. First edition, first printing. Publisher's pictorial cloth with mild rubbing and toning. Light finger-soiling along fore-edge of leaves. Acetate dj with rubbing. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91145 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$102.50
John Feltham.
A Guide to All the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places.
Philips, ca. 1806. Contemporary half-leather with minor rubbing and scuffing. Bookplate. Folding, engraved plates, including frontis. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91180 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$102.50
Make Offer to Owner
$300 or more
Ovid.
Art of Love.
Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1764. Later edition. Contemporary half calf with light rubbing and scuffing. Front hinge cracked. Owner's name. Engraved plates. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91102 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$97.50
[War of 1812].
An Act for Establishing Rules and Articles for the Government of the Armies of the United States.
Washington City: Weightman, 1812. Contemporary plain quarter paper spine over marbled boards. Spine chipped and perishing. Rubbing and staining to boards with front detached. Scattered foxing and occasional faint stains to leaves. About good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91244 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$97.50
Garth Williams, illustrator. Six Original Preliminary Pencil Sketches of Pigs from
Baby Farm Animals.
Each initialed by Williams. Cream drawing paper. Measuring 8.5 x 11 inches. Short tear to top edge of one example. Minimal edge wear. A couple of light creases. Very good to fine condition.
From the Estate of Garth Williams
.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91129 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$95.00
Make Offer to Owner
$316 or more
[Books About Books]. John Hill Burton.
The Book-Hunter Etc.
Blackwood & Sons, 1862. Custom full green morocco by Charles Sessler with light rubbing and with toning along spine. Portion of original cloth backstrip bound at rear. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91152 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$95.00
Vincent Price. INSCRIBED.
The Book of Joe.
Doubleday, 1961. First edition, first printing.
Signed and warmly inscribed by the author.
Laid in are two small original photos of Price's baby daughter and a news clipping of her birth. Publisher's cloth with light rubbing and a few small stains to bottom page edges. Mild offsetting and some wear from tape to endpapers. Rubbing to dj and with plastic protector taped to inner flaps. Overall very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91229 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$95.00
Greg Bear. Group of Three Signed/Limited First Edition Books Published by Easton Press.
First edition, first printing.
Each limited to 1150, 1000, and 1200 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Each includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91013 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$90.00
Florence K. Upton [illustrator]. Bertha Upton.
The Vege-Men's Revenge.
Longmans, Green, 1897. First edition, first printing. Publisher's quarter cloth over pictorial boards. Rubbed and toned with corners showing. Hinges strengthened and free endpapers renewed. Title page with portion of top edge strengthened. Thumb-soiling and light abrading to leaves. 31 full-page color illustrations. Good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91114 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$90.00
[Photography].
Across the Ocean.
Robert Collier, ca. 1880. Oblong quarto. Publisher's half leather with rubbing. Corners showing and with chipping to upper spine end. Illustrated with approx. 64 photographic plates of Scotland and Britain. Most measure approx. 5.5 x 8 inches. Overall very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91219 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$87.50
Edward Albee. INSCRIBED.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Atheneum, 1963. Third printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Publisher's wrappers with mild rubbing and offsetting. Very good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91007 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$85.00
Elizabeth B. Custer.
Boots and Saddles.
Harper & Brothers, 1885. First edition, first printing. Ex-library with typical markings and wear. Lacking ffep. Fair.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91171 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$85.00
J. Leadbeater.
The Gentleman and Tradesman's Compleat Assistant; or, The Whole Art of Measuring and Estimating, Made Easy.
Webley, et al., 1768. xii, 240 pages. Contemporary calf with rubbing and staining. Corners showing. Joints and hinges cracked. Abrading and wear to front pastedown. Owner's names, one to verso of title. Scattered staining and thumb-soiling to leaves. Worming, affecting text. About good.
Auction 201319
| Lot: 91198 | May 9, 2013
Sold For:
$85.00
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