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[Featured Lot] Vieri, Francesco de. ...
I Tre Primi Libri Delle Metheore...da Lui riccorretti con
l'aggiunta del quarto Libro.
Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1582. 8vo. a8,A-2D8,2E4. [16],424,[16]pp. Later 1/2 morocco,some light foxing and stains. Second, expanded, edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $850
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91234 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$650.00
L. Frank Baum.
The New Wizard of Oz.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, [1939]. MGM movie edition.
With eight color plates.
Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Endpapers blank. Edgewear and creasing to jacket, with a large closed tear to front panel. Very good in a good jacket.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91090 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$625.00
[Featured Lot] John Muir.
Travels in Alaska.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First edition. Original cloth binding. Rubbing to extremities. Bumping to corners and spine ends. Very good.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91200 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$450.00
[Featured Lot] Tiraquellis [Tiraqueau], Andre. ...
Tractatus, Cesante causa cessat
effectus
. Paris: Benedict Prevost for Jacob Kerver, 1552 (Colophon 23,Dec.,1551). 8vo. a8,e8,i8,a-z,A4. [48],374,[2]p. Contemp. limp vellum, ties present, soiled, tear across spine from old cord, upper edge of rear cover defective; contemp. ms. ex-libris of Antonii Podres on t.p., some light stains, and occ. foxing. First Edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $850
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91229 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$406.25
[Featured Lot] [Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Printers] Robert Graves. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Feather Bed.
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1923. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies
signed by the author.
Publisher's binding. Some scuffing and soiling to boards. Offsetting to endpapers. Bookplate. Very good.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91011 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$350.00
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$530 or more
[Revolutionary War]. Rev. Ezra Ripley.
A History of the Fight at Concord, on the 19th of April, 1775, et al.
Concord: Allen & Atwell, 1827. No edition stated. Later half morocco binding with gilt titles over marbled boards. Some rubbing at joints. Some foxing throughout. Good.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91215 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$350.00
United States:
THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
Philadelphia: Folwell, 1796. pp 494, [2]; 576; 478, [131 unpaginated index]. Bindings are mixed: Vol. I: later full leather, with gilt-lettered red leather spine label; Vol. II: contemporary full leather and gilt-lettered red leather spine label; Vol. III: imitation leather, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Scattered light fox and wear, Very Good.
"The third volume though dated 1796 was not printed before 1797. Contains the acts passed by the first, second, third, and fourth Congress...This edition published under an order of the Congress of the United States, has many peculiar advantages...There is one copious, luminous Index (in Volume three), compiled by Zephaniah Swift, esq., referring to all the volumes, and comprising in itself a complete Digest of all the Laws of the United States." Evans. Evans also notes that Folwell's volume one is frequently and erroneously replaced by Childs & Swaine's 1795 volume (Sabin's reference does precisely that).
FIRST EDITION. Evans 31356, 32973. Sabin 39424. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91112 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$325.00
Philip de Segur.
History of the Expedition to Russia, Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the Year 1812.
London: Thomas Tegg, 1836. Two sixteenmo volumes. Slightly later full calf. Folding map. Some scratches and scuffing to leather. Ink signature to front flyleaves. Tape reinforcement to hinge versos. Very good.
From the collection of Judith Adelman.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91220 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$325.00
[Featured Lot] Dallington, Robert
.
(Guicciardini, Francesco).
Aphorismes Civill And
Militarie:
Amplified with Authorities, and exemplified with Historie, out of the first Quarterne
of Fr. Guicciardine. (With) A Brief Inference Upon Guicciardines Digression.
. London: Robert Allot, 1629. 4to. 2 parts in 1 vol. T.p., A3-2T4, 2V6, T.p., 2X-3D4, 3E3. (5),
339, 61p. Lacks two blanks. Contemporary paneled calf, rubbed and worn. . Few minor stains. B1 (p.1/2) & B3 (p.5/6) misbound at front, following p.4 & p.8. Few minor outer margin tears, no affect. Old ownerʼs signature to title page "Henry Stapilton, Jan. 12, 177?" Second corrected edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $750
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91148 | Oct 2, 2014
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$312.50
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$478 or more
[Featured Lot]
[Justinian-Law]
Corpus Juris Civilis
. Editio nova, Prioribus correctior.
Amsterdam: Joannis Blaeu et al. (Elzevier), 1663 -1664. 8vo.2 vols. *8, **4, A-3S8, 3T7; A-3E8, 3F3. [Lacks blanks] [25], 1037, [1]; 820, [2]p. Full red morocco, elaborate gilt ruling and panelling, corners a bit worn, hinges creased. Binding coming loose from spine of vol.I. Banded spines with elegant gilt stamp decoration and letters in gilt. All edges gilt, green grosgrain endpapers, and green silk ribbon place markers. Light browning and foxing. Bookplate of Adolph Lewisohn on verso of front free endpaper of vol.I, letter (old hand) regarding obituary of Louis de Boucherat, chancellor of France, loose between front free endpaper and first blank of vol.II. In general, a very nice copy.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $800
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91146 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$275.00
[Featured Lot] Thomas Hart Benton, illustrator. SIGNED. Mark Twain.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Limited Editions Club, 1939. Edition limited to 1,500 numbered copies
signed by the illustrator.
Original cloth binding and glassine jacket. Glassine chipped, creased and toned. Near fine in original slipcase with some scuffing.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91009 | Oct 2, 2014
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$262.50
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$408 or more
[Featured Lot] (Defoe, Daniel).
A Letter To A Member of Parliament, Shewing the
Necessity of Regulating the Press
: Chiefly From the Neccessity of Publick Establishments
in Religion. From the Rights and Immunities of a National Church. And the Trust reposed in
the Christian Magistrate to Protect and Defend them. With a Particular Answer to the
Objections that of late have been Advanced against it
. Oxford: Printed for George West and Henry Clements, 1699. 4to. (2), B-I4, K2. (4), 67p. Modern
marbled boards and new end papers, front board with title in gilt, mislabeled "1599" (instead of 1699). Some soiling to title page, few stains, some corners torn with no affect, few pages with small dog ear corners, small hole to last leaf, K2. First edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $850
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91152 | Oct 2, 2014
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$262.50
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[Featured Lot] Robert Frost. SIGNED/LIMITED.
A Masque of Mercy.
New York: Henry Holt, [1947]. Edition limited to 751 numbered copies
signed by the author.
Publisher's quarter cloth. Fine in a slipcase with some scuffing.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91012 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$225.00
[Featured Lot] Balduinus [Bauduin, Baldwin], Franciscus [ François]
Constantinus
Magnus,
Sive De Constantini Imp. Legibus Ecclesiasticis atque Civilbus, Commentariorum
Libri duo: Accessit copiosus rerum & verborum memorabilium Index
, Basle: Johann Oporinus, 1556. 8vo. alpha8, a-z, A-B8, C4. [16],362,[46]p. Modern full antique calf, using old brass clasp, spine banded, blind tooled,lower part of t.p. excised & restored (loss of imprint date), some old notes and underlines. First Edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $750
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91121 | Oct 2, 2014
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$225.00
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$355 or more
[George Washington] John C. Fitzpatrick, editor.
The Diaries of George Washington 1748-1799.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. First edition. Four octavo volumes. Publisher's cloth and original dust jackets. Spines tones. Some jackets with tape reinforcement to edges. Very good.
(Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91235 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$225.00
Kurt Vonnegut. SIGNED.
Hocus Pocus.
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1990. First edition.
Signed by the author.
Publisher's full leather with gilt titles and decoration. Bookplate. Fine.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91079 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$218.75
Cotton, Sir Robert.
Cottoni Posthuma: Divers Choice Pieces of That Renowned
Antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton, Knight and Baronet
. Preserved from Injury of Time, and
exposed to publick light, for the benefit of Posterity.
London: Mary C[lark] for C[harles] Harper, 1679. 8vo. A4, B-Z8. [8], 157, [3], 163-353, [1] p. Old calf, rebacked. Paper toning and foxing, dampstains, small marginal wormtrack in center of volume. First Edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $375
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91147 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$212.50
[Featured Lot] John Muir, editor.
Picturesque California.
J. Dewing, [1888]. 10 portfolio volumes. Contains over 600 illustrations, including 120 full-page etchings, photo-gravures and wood engravings by Thomas Moran, Julian Rix, Frederick Remington, Thomas Hill, and other prominent American artists of California's canyons, mountains, and rivers, as well as aspects of pioneer life. Lettered tissue-guards. Likely incomplete. Edgewear. Ribbon ties lacking. Very good.
(Total: 10 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91199 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$212.50
Ray, John.
A Collection Of English Proverbs Digested into a convenient
Method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion
; With Short Annotations. Whereunto
are added Local Proverbs with their Explications, Old Proverbial Rhythmes, Less known or
Exotick Proverbial Sentences, and Scottish Proverbs. The Second Edition Enlarged by the
Addition of many hundred English, and an Appendix of Hebrew Proverbs, with
Annotations and Parallels.
Cambridge: John Hayes for W. Morden, 1678. 8vo.
A4,B-2D8. [8],414,[2]p. Contemp. paneled calf, rebacked, spine banded, gilt title, new endpapers; minor foxing.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $550
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91213 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$212.50
Albert Schweitzer Signed Postcard.
No date. Original envelope included. Fine.
(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91003 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$206.25
[Featured Lot] D'Avenant (Davenant), Sir William.
Gondibert: An Heroick Poem.
London: for John Holden, 1651. 8vo. A-V8. [2], [2 errata leaf],64, [4],243, [8]. Old mottled calf, rebacked,title on red leather label, t.p. laid-down (small hole in center, slight text loss),Trinity College dupl. stamp from 1859 on verso of last leaf, contemp. notes on t.p. First Edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $1,000
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91004 | Oct 2, 2014
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$206.25
[Featured Lot] Eudora Welty. INSCRIBED.
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1980].
Inscribed by the author.
Publisher's binding and original dust jacket. Fine.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91085 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$200.00
[Featured Lot] Davenant, Charles.
An Essay Upon Ways and Means of Supplying the
War.
London: for Jacob Tonson, 1695. 8vo. 181 x 112mm. Î 2,B-L8. [4],160p. Contemp. speckled sheep. Moderate internal toning and offsetting, joints partly cracked, some rubbing, loss at foot of spine. First Edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $750
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91150 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$200.00
[Robert E. Lee]. A.L. Long.
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee; His Military and Personal History Embracing a Large Amount of Information Hitherto Unpublished.
New York: J.M. Stoddart, 1886. First edition. Publisher's cloth binding with gilt titles. Some rubbing, soiling and edgewear to extremities. Corners and spine ends bumped and showing. Front and rear hinges broken. Good.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91187 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$200.00
T.R. Malthus.
An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness, et al, Vols. I-III.
London: John Murray, 1817. Fifth edition. Complete in three octavo volumes. Contemporary full calf bindings with gilt titles and raised bands. Covers detached or detaching. Some rubbing, soiling and edgewear to extremities. Some minor foxing scattered throughout. Good.
(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91191 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$200.00
[Featured Lot] Naude, Gabriel.
Considerations Politiques Sur Les Coup D'Estat.
[Amsterdam:] [Daniel Elzevier,] 1667. 12mo. •2,A-N12,O6,P10.
[4],343,[1]p. 19th c. red morocco by Charles-Francois Cape in Janseniststyle,
a.e.g.,marbled endpapers, rebacked using old spine. First Elzevier (second after the 1639 Rome) edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $1,000
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91201 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$200.00
[Featured Lot] E.L. Doctorow. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Ragtime.
New York: Random House, [1975]. First edition, limited to 150 numbered copies
signed by the author. Additionally inscribed by the author on the half-title.
Original cloth binding. Fine in slipcase.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91013 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$193.75
[Atlas]
Atlas of Geographical Discoveries in Siberia and North-Western America.
Moscow, 1864. Russian text. Folio. Original cloth binding. Rubbing to extremities. Some soiling to cloth. Very good.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91117 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$193.75
Richard Hakluyt.
The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation.
Glasgow: James MacLehose, 1903. Twelve octavo volumes. Original cloth bindings. Spine ends bumped. Rubbing to extremities. A very good set. (Total: 12 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91169 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$187.50
[Featured Lot] [Limited Editions Club] Arthur Rackham, illustrator. SIGNED. Charles Dickens.
The Chimes.
Limited Editions Club, 1931. Edition limited to 1,500 numbered copies
signed by Arthur Rackham.
Original cloth binding, a bit soiled. Near fine in original slipcase with some soiling and scuffing.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91007 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$175.00
[Featured Lot]
Origenes; Celsus; St. Gregory of Nazianzus & St. Basil, Bishop of
Caesarea. [Greek Title:] Contra Celsum Libri Octo. Eiusdem Philocalia
. [Including with separate title]
Origenis Philocalia De Obscuris Sacre Scripturae locis...edited by Jean Tarin.
Cambridge: William Morden for John Field, 1658. 4to. 228 x175 mm. *4, A-4O4, [a]-[c]4,[d]2. [12],428,[2 blank],[6],110,[2],98,[38]pp. Contemp. reversed calf decorated with blind rues & fluerons, rebacked in calf, gilt decoration to spine, green leather title label; repairs to outer corners of first gathering; some foxing and minor stains. First Greek Edition published in England.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $800
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91065 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$175.00
Gwyn Williams, translator. LIMITED.
Against Women.
Engravings by John Petts. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1953. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies. Tall, slim octavo. Original cloth binding and glassine jacket. Glassine chipped and toned. Very good.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91086 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$175.00
[George Washington]. Douglas Southall Freeman.
George Washington a Biography, Vols. 1-6.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-1954. First edition. Six octavo volumes from a seven volume set. Publisher's cloth bindings with gilt titles and original custom slipcases. Some sunning and wear to slipcases. Some spotting (what appear to be small, white paint flecks) to spines. Very good.
(Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91164 | Oct 2, 2014
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$175.00
Kentucky:
Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of the State of Kentucky. 1849.
Frankfort, Kentucky: A.G. Hodges, 1849. 1129pp. Closed tear (no loss) to title leaf. A couple of other leaves lightly torn (no text loss). Good + in modern cloth.
A detailed index is included. Much paper is consumed on the subject of slavery and free Negroes.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91181 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$175.00
[Featured Lot] Tennessee Williams. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.
New Directions, [1950]. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies.
Signed by the author.
Publisher's binding. A bit of toning to spine. Near fine in a slipcase with toned edges and some scuffing.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91010 | Oct 2, 2014
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$162.50
[Featured Lot] Finch, Sir Henry.
Law; or A Discourse thereof, in foure books
written in
French by Sir Henry Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by
the same author.
London: [Miles Flesher for] the assignes of John More Esquire, 1636. 8vo. A-Y8, Aa8, [2]B-L8.[Lacks blanks A1, & 2L8] [6 of 8], 504, [14 of 16]p. 19th c. 1/2 calf over marbled boards, rebacked with banded spine, title gilt; binding tight at inner margin.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $1,000
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91160 | Oct 2, 2014
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$162.50
Dugdale, William.
The Antient Usage In Bearing of such Ensigns of Honour As
are commonly call'd Arms
. With A Catalogue of the present Nobility of England. To which
is added, A Catalogue of the present Nobility of Scotland and Ireland, &c
. Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Rich. Davis, 1682. 8vo. [2], A2, B-E8, F1, G2, F2-7, [8 blanks], F8, G-M8, N4, [8 blanks], N5-8, O2, [8 blanks], O3-8, P4. [7], 78, [16 blanks], [4], 79-148, [2 blanks], 149-178, [16 blanks], 179-90, [16 blanks], 191-210. Full contemporary calf, blind tooled ruling, crest on front and rear boards:"Per suo contrario" -
Baron of Anglesey. Hinges split. Leather label on spine with gilt lettering, some damage to head and tail. All edges red. Light browning, foxing, occasional dampstain. Worming in top margins, front free endpaper-C1.Donation note on t.p., in old hand. Bookplate with crest and motto of previous owner on front pastedown. First edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $400
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91155 | Oct 2, 2014
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$156.25
Bruce Catton. SIGNED.
This Hallowed Ground.
Doubleday, 1956. Presentation edition.
Signed by the author.
Publisher's wuarter leatherette over cloth. Spotting and staining to cloth. Very good.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91140 | Oct 2, 2014
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$150.00
Cavada, F.F.:
LIBBY LIFE: EXPERIENCES OF A PRISONER OF WAR IN RICHMOND, VA., 1863-64, BY LIEUT. COLONEL...USV
.
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864. Original publisher's cloth [worn, soiled] Bookseller ticket on front pastedown of A Gensoul, Bookseller, 511 Montgomery St, San Francisco 221pp Endpapers soiled and quite spotted, text satisfactory Illustrations About Good+ Nevins credits this book, reprinted in 1865, as "The best source for the human interest side of Libby during its period of heaviest use" "Cavada, lieutenant-colonel of the 114th Pennsylvania volunteers, was captured at Gettysburg July 1863 His journal extends from that date to March The appendix [p 205-221] contains a list of Libby prisoners who requested its publication [December 1863]" NUC FIRST EDITION I Nevins 187 100 NUC 0237231 [9] Nicholson 141 I Dornbusch [PA] 274A.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91141 | Oct 2, 2014
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$150.00
Robinson, Nicholas.
A New Method of Treating Consumptions
. Wherein All the
Decays Incident to Human Bodies, Are Mechanically Accounted for. With Some
Considerations, touching the Difference between Consumptions and those Decays that
Naturally attend Old Age. To which are Added, Arguments in Defence of the Possibility of
Curing Ulcers of the Lungs: As Also Reasons demonstrating that the irregular Discharges of
all the Evacuations in Consumptions, arise from the Resistance of the Heart not Decaying in
a simple Proportion to the Resistance of the other Parts
. London: for A. Bettesworth and T. Warner, G. Strahan, and C. Rivington, 1727. 8vo. A-P8, A-I8, K10. xvi,218, [6], 160, [4]. Full modern calf, banded spine, black leather label with gilt lettering. Red speckled edges. Browning, foxing, dampstains. A1 (t.p.) in both red and black inks, name of previous owner (old hand) on A1 and B1; correction to text made on G3(v), in old hand. First edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $125
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91217 | Oct 2, 2014
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$150.00
Vanzi [Vantius], Sebastiano, Bishop.
Tractaus De Nullitatibus
Processuum Ac Sententiarum.
Venice: Lucio Spineda, 1599 8vo. A-
2S8,2T4. 293ff=586,[78]pp. Old limp vellum, title in gothic hand on spine, corner of I6 (some text lost), corner off Pp1 (no losses); worm track in head C-O6 (minor loss), occ. foxing & browning.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $400
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91233 | Oct 2, 2014
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$150.00
Dryden, John.
Tyrannick Love: or, the Royal Martyr.
A Tragedy. The Second
Edition, as review'd by the authour.
London: for Henry Herringman, 1672. 4to. A-I8,K2 [10], 67, [1]p. 1/4 calf, over cloth, hinges split. Browning.
Second edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $250
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91025 | Oct 2, 2014
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$143.75
Clifford, Martin.
A Treatise Of Humane Reason.
London: for
Henry Brome, 1675. 12mo. A-D12. [4],91,[1]pp. Contemp. calf, rebacked, spine banded, endpapers renewed, minor soling and paper toning. Second Edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $400
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91145 | Oct 2, 2014
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$143.75
[Children's]. Joel Chandler Harris.
Wally Wonderoon and his Story-Telling Machine.
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903. First edition. 294 Pages followed by eight pages of ads. Octavo. Publisher's illustrative cloth binding and original dust jacket. Spine slightly leaning. Some very minor toning and wear to extremities. Some toning, rubbing and chipping to dust jacket with some closed tears and some loss. Repaired with tape on verso. Some minor foxing to endpapers. Very good.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91092 | Oct 2, 2014
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$137.50
[Featured Lot] Tom Lea. INSCRIBED.
King Ranch.
Boston: Little, Brown, [1957]. First edition, first state.
Inscribed by the author.
Two volumes. Original cloth bindings. Fine. Lacking slipcase.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91006 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$131.25
[Almanac] Ames, Nathaniel:
AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1766
. Boston: Printed and Sold by William M'Alpine, [1766]. 12 leaves (complete). Toned, lightly worn, Very Good in modern green quarter morocco and marbled boards.
This offering celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface by Ames, lauding Americans' "exertion of that noble spirit of Freedom, which every thinking honest Man that has ever been galled with the chain of slavery is possessed of-- a spirit which GOD grant no tyrant may ever be able to extinguish amongst us." He encourages a spirit of nationalism, so "that when ever a Virginian shall visit this part of the Land of Freedom you will be no niggard of Hospitality."
Ames also denounces the "absolute and despotick sway" of the Pope, pities the Europeans thus benighted, and recommends popular education so that "the common people" will not be "slaves" to aristocrats. The Almanac provides a table of distances of New England towns from Boston, "with the most noted Houses of Entertainment on the Roads."
Evans 10224. Drake 3150.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91101 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$131.25
Dearden, Robert, Jr. & Douglas S. Watson.
An Original Leaf From The Bible
Of The Revolution And An Essay Concerning It...
Greenwood, Indiana: Jonathan Byrd, n.d. (1998) 4to. 260 x 180mm. [2],34pp. Publisher's
black leather? Limited edition, number 52 of the Colonial Edition.
From the Krown & Spellman Collection.
Krown & Spellman retail: $300
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91151 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$131.25
William Faulkner. LIMITED.
The Wishing Tree.
New York: Random House, [1964]. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Some discoloration to jacket. Near fine in original slipcase.
From the library of John Carrol Collins.
Auction 201440
| Lot: 91029 | Oct 2, 2014
Sold For:
$125.00
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