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[Bible].The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments [bound with:] The Whole Book of Psalms and The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford, 1682. Folio. Later full calf. Rubbing to extremities. Leather cracks to spine. FFEP detached. Some pages edgeworn. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90072 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $468.75
Stanley Clisby Arthur, editor. LIMITED. Old Families of Louisiana. New Orleans, Harmanson, 1931. First edition, limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Original maroon cloth with gilt titles. Spine sunned. Some light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Bookplate. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90193 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $437.50
H. Rider Haggard. She. A History of Adventure. London: Longmans, Green, 1887. First British edition, first issue. Octavo. 317 pages with two color lithographic plates before the title page. Publisher's blue cloth over beveled boards with gilt titles and decoration. Light rubbing and abrading to extremities. Spine moderately toned with a slight lean. Hinges cracking. Minor abrading along fore-edge of front free endpaper. Infrequent foxing and finger-soiling to leaves. A very good copy of this seminal "lost race" novel.
Bleiler 974.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90151 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $406.25
J.K. Rowling. SIGNED. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. [New York]: Arthur A. Levine Books, [1998]. Later printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's binding and original dust jacket. Fine.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90175 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $406.25

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$609 or more
Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. New York: Random House, [1958]. First edition. Octavo. Pictorial paper-covered boards and original illustrated dust jacket. Previous owner's ink signature on front pastedown. Corners lightly bumped. Modest edgewear to jacket. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90176 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $406.25
Letters from His Excellency George Washington to Sir John Sinclair on Agricultural, and Other Interesting Topics. London: W. Bulmer, 1800. Folio. Bound in a modern half morocco. Rubbing to extremities. Corners bumped. Very good. From the collection of Judith Adelman.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90242 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $375.00

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$565 or more
Albert Camus. The Plague. New York: Knopf, 1948. First American edition. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Jacket edgeworn. Ownership sticker to FFEP. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90048 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $350.00
[Americana]. William Bourne. The House That Jeff Built. New York: The American News Company, 1868. Printed wrappers, both detached. Toned and edgeworn. Good. From the collection of Zita Books.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90077 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $300.00
[Almanac]. Isaiah Thomas's Almanack for 1799. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, [1799]. Self-wrappers, disbound. Modern stitched binding. Foxing and edgewear. About very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90185 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $300.00
[Female American Authors]. Group Lot of Autograph and Typed Letters Signed. Includes Ivy Lee, Josephine Johnson, Sara Jewett, Meredith Nicholson, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, Kate Seaborn, Grace Richmond, Amelie Rives and Mary Hallock Foote. Various dates. Very good.
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90006 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $275.00
[Lord Byron]. The Works of Lord Byron. London: John Murray, 1832. Complete in seventeen twelvemo volumes. Mid-19th century half morocco. Some rubbing to extremities. Corners bumped. A very good set.
(Total: 17 Items)
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90047 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $212.50
[Fore-Edge Painting] [Sir Walter Scott]. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1869. With a fore-edge painting of Sir Walter Scott. Custom red morocco ruled in blind. Rubbing to corners and hinges. FFEP detached. Offsetting to frontispiece. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90099 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $212.50
William Gaddis. The Recognitions. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1955]. First edition. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Jacket rubbed and edgeworn. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90059 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $200.00
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852. Eighth printing. Two octavo volumes. [iii]-x, [13]-312; [i]-iv, [5]-322 pages. Six inserted plates. Publisher's black cloth, paneled in blind, fronts with central vignette in gilt. Spines stamped in blind and gilt. Original cream endpapers. Corners bumped. Spines leaning, with fraying to ends. Owner's ink signature to FFEPs. Foxing throughout. Bindings a bit shaken. A good, solid set.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90104 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $200.00
Agatha Christie. The Hound of Death. London: Odhams, [1933]. First edition. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Cloth spine sunned, with edges rubbed. Foxing to jacket verso; showing through on rear panel. Creasing to rear jacket panel. Good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90138 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $200.00
[Original Drawing]. Burt Silverman. Sketch of Helen Ross. Graphite on Fabriano paper, 9.5 x 13 inches. Very lightly soiled with archival notes to margins, small closed tear on bottom edge with tape repair. Portrait of unknown figure on verso. Very good.
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90386 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $200.00
Hunter S. Thompson. SIGNED. Open Letter San Francisco October 25, 1960. White Fields Press, 1996. First edition, limited to 92 copies signed by the author. Broadside measuring 13.5" x 26". Fine.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90322 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $195.00
James Gordon. A History of Ireland. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. First edition. Complete in two octavo volumes. Modern leather-backed paper over boards, with modern endpapers. Very good. From the collection of Judith Adelman.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90231 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $175.00
[Incunabula Leaf]. Leaf from a 15th Century Bible. Nuremberg, 1489. With hand-painted capitals. Measures 5.75" x 8.25". Capitals a bit faded. Some roughness along bound edge. Very good. From the collection of Judith Adelman.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90342 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $175.00
[American Poets]. Group Lot of Autograph and Typed Letters Signed. Includes Celia Thaxter, Bayard Taylor, George Sylvester Viereck, Phyllis McGaley, Henry Tuckerman, Charles Hanson Towne, Edmund Clarence Stedman, John Gould Fletcher and Edna Dean Proctor. Various dates. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90002 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $162.50
[Bible]. The Old Testament in Greek. Lipsiae: Bernh. Christ. Breitkopfii, 1757. Second edition. Octavo. Bound in parchment over boards. Edges stained red. Rubbing. Library label to spine. Scabbing from bookplate. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90071 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $162.50
[Frank Frazetta, illustrator]. Betty Ballantine, editor. Three Books of Frank Frazetta Drawings. 1975-1978. Quartos. Publisher's printed wrappers. Some handling wear. Very good.

(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90146 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $162.50
Theodor Mommsen. The History of Rome. Translated by William Dickson. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, 1874. New edition. Complete in four octavo volumes, bound in contemporary half calf with morocco spine labels. Some minor scuffing and scabbing to leather, else a very good set.
(Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90248 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $162.50

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$300 or more
Ursula K. Le Guin. The Farthest Shore. [together with:] Bruce Ariss. SIGNED. Full Circle. [and:] Edgar Rice Burroughs. Jungle Girl. All are first editions (Burroughs first British edition). Publisher's cloth and original dust jackets. Very good overall.
(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90184 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $150.00
Anne Bony, editor. Les années 40. Paris: Editions du Regard, [1985]. Thick quarto, with several hundred illustrations. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Some rubbing to jacket panels, else fine.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90204 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $150.00
G. Viafora. Caricature. "Pen-and-Ink Satire". Brentano's, 1919. Oblong wuarto. Printed wrappers. Some wrinkling and edgewear. Very good. From the collection of Zita Books.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90296 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $150.00
[Carte de Visite]. Eighteen Cartes de Visite of Artists. Contemporary manuscript notes in an unknown hand. Very good. From the collection of Zita Books.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90326 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $150.00
[British Artists]. Group Lot of Autograph and Typed Letters Signed. Includes Alan Wright, James Sant, George Shalders, G. Tutill and Marianne North. Various dates. Very good.
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90010 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
[British Authors]. Group Lot of Autograph Letters Signed. Includes Thomas May, Ralph Mottram, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Justin McCarthy, Anthony Hawkins and Frederick Marryat. Various dates. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90013 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
Harry Halyard. Wharton the Whale-Killer, or, The Pride of the Pacific. Boston: F. Gleason, 1848. Original green printed wrappers. Spine partially split. Closed tear to spine edge. Lightly soiled. Good. From the collection of Zita Books.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90064 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First British edition. Publisher's red cloth. Spine darkened and leaning. Extremities rubbed. Two front gatherings detached. Good. From the collection of Judith Adelman.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90108 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
[Fore-Edge Painting]. Rev. E. Bickersteth. A Treatise on Baptism. London: Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1844. With a lovely fore-edge painting. Twelvemo. Custom purple morocco with decoration tooled in blind. Rubbing to hinges and extremities. RFEP detached. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90202 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
Anne Bony, editor. Les années 30. Paris: Editions du Regard, [1987]. Complete in two thick quarto volumes, with several hundred illustrations. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Fine in slipcases, as issued.

(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90203 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
[Fore-Edge Painting]. Charlotte Elizabeth. Chapters on Flowers. London: Seeleys, 1853. Eighth edition. With a lovely fore-edge painting. Twelvemo. Full purple morocco with gilt decoration. Some wrinkling to spine. Scabbing from an ownership sticker on front pastedown. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90228 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
Josiah Quincy. AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED, JULY 4, 1798...IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. Boston: John Russell, 1798. First edition. 31, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [which is browned]. Bound in 20th century quarter cloth and marbled boards. Occasional light foxing, blank corner torn from one leaf. Very Good.
The spirit of tyranny, despite the glorious American Revolution, is again loose in the world. "Exchange Britain for France," and the "despotic design" is identical. The Jeffersonians do not escape Quincy's ire, for they are the authors of the "disgusting calumnies and falsehoods, which have been propagated concerning our best and most virtuous citizens; our clergy...the present head of our nation; or shall I point you, to that injured hero, who, like the departing sun, looks through the shades of Mount Vernon?"
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90277 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
[Original Art]. Henry Bunbury (1750-1811). Original Watercolor, "A Calf's Pluck." Matted to an overall size of 17.25" x 15.25". Some smudging. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90350 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $137.50
[Carte de Visite]. Ten Cartes de Visite of Composers. Contemporary manuscript notes in an unknown hand. Fine. From the collection of Zita Books.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90327 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $131.25
Umberto Eco. The Name of the Rose. San Diego/New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1983]. First English-language edition, first American edition. Publisher's binding and original dust jacket. Light edgewear to jacket. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90053 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $125.00
Paul Bowles, translator. Mohammed Mrabet. SIGNED. The Boy Who Set the Fire. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First edition, limited to 276 numbered copies signed by the author and translator. Publisher's cloth-backed paper over boards. Fine.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90086 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $125.00
[Almanac]. Hosea Stafford. Stafford's Almanac for 1785. New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, [1785]. Self-wrappers, string-bound. Light foxing and staining throughout. Tattered at edges, with some loss. Good or better.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90186 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $125.00
[James McNeil Whistler]. Group of Miscellaneous Articles about James McNeil Whistler Bound into One Volume. Articles come from unknown publications, circa 1900. Bound in plain green cloth. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90300 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $125.00
[James McNeil Whistler]. Group of Three Bound Periodicals. Includes Pacific Era, 1907, as well as two articles about James McNeil Whistler from unknown publications. Bound in plain green cloth, with sunning and scuffing. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90301 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $125.00
[Female British Authors]. Group Lot of Autograph and Typed Letters Signed. Includes Myra Kelly, Helen Maria Williams, Margaret Irwin, Pamela Johnson, Margaret Storm Jameson, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Beverley Nichols, Margharita Laski and Mrs. Henry Ellen Wood. Various dates. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90014 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $118.75
Lucian Freud. Edited by Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall. New York: Random House, [1996]. First edition. Thick quarto. Publisher's original black cloth. Fine in slipcase, as issued.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90230 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $118.75
[Bibliography] [Tom Lea, illustrator]. INSCRIBED. Lawrence Clark Powell. A Southwestern Century. A Bibliography of One Hundred Books of Non-Fiction about the Southwest. Van Nuys: J.E. Reynolds, 1958. First edition. Inscribed by Tom Lea. Publisher's binding and original dust jacket. Jacket edges toned and worn. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90199 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $112.50
[Original Art]. John Rombola (b. 1933). SIGNED. Original Ink and Watercolor Drawing for "The Invisible Suburbs." Drawing measures 13.5" x 11". Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Fine.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90357 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $112.50
[Periodical]. [Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Hugh Thompson, et al]. Nine Issues of The Bookman. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913-1931]. All are "Special Christmas Numbers." Several color plates. Folios. Original printed wrappers. One cloth backstrip nearly detached. Overall a very good set. From the collection of Judith Adelman.
(Total: 9 Items)
Auction 201423 | Lot: 90093 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $106.25
[Walt Disney]. Mickey Mouse Story Book. Philadelphia: David McKay, [1931]. Octavo. Publisher's printed wrappers. Child's coloring to title page. Ink signature. Rubbing to wrappers, with some edgewear. Very good.

Auction 201423 | Lot: 90143 | Jun 5, 2014

Sold For: $106.25

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