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Stephen W. Hawking. SIGNED. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. Bantam Books, [1988]. Signed by the author.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91198 | Feb 5, 2015

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Joseph Strutt. The Chronicle Of England. From The Arrival Of Julius Caesar...To The Norman Conquest. London: Thomas Jones, 1777-8. Krown & Spellman retail: $1000. First Edition, first state with Preface dated April 1777. Large 4to. 310 x 240mm. 2 vols. Large paper Copy. viii,365,[3];
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91280 | Feb 5, 2015

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(John Gauden). A Discourse Of Artificial Beauty, In point of Conscience, Between Two Ladies. With some Satyrical Censures on the Vulgar Errors of these Times. London: R. Royston, 1662. Krown & Spellman retail: $1000. Second Edition. [first with frontispiece and first with Vulgar Errours added.] 8vo. ¹1, A4,B-R8,S4 [S4 blank present],B-H8. [10], 262, [2], 112p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91183 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Edward III - Law Year Book] De Termino Hillarii Anno xvij. Edwardi tertij. [London:] [Richard Tottell,] [1584?] Krown & Spellman retail: $1000. Folio. A-U4. 80ff=160pp. [A1&4,G2&3in duplicate]
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91174 | Feb 5, 2015

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Eudora Welty. SIGNED/LIMITED. The Optimist's Daughter. New York: Random House, [1972]. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies. Signed by the author. Original cloth binding. Fine in slipcase. From the library of John Carroll Collins.

Auction 201506 | Lot: 91068 | Feb 5, 2015

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Maurice Sendak. SIGNED. Where the Wild Things Are. Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. 25th Anniversary Edition. Signed by Maurice Sendak.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91084 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Serial Novel.] Charles Dickens. H. K. Browne, illustrator. Bleak House. Nos. I - XVII. [April 1852 - July 1853.] London: Bradbury & Evans, [1852-1853]. Duplicates of nos. XII and XIII. (Total: 17 Items)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91015 | Feb 5, 2015

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Naxagoras, pseudo. [Erhard von Niedhold?] Attributed also to Baron Johann Hektor von Klettenberg (1684-1720). Alchymia denudata revisa et aucta;
oder, Das biss anhero nie recht geglaubte, durch die experienz nunmehro aber wurklich beglaubte and aus allen zweiffel gesetzte neu ubersehene und vermehrte oder in vielen besser erklahrte wunder der natur, nebst angehangter ausfuhrlichen Beschreibung der unweit Zwickau in Meissen zu Nieder-Hohendorff und anderer umliegenden orten gefundenen goldischen Sande ... Alles nach langwierigen dem studio chymico obgelegenem fleisse...
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Der im guten Ruff und Auffnehmen stehenden :auch zu vielen mahlen schon frisch wieder ausgelegten Alchymiae denudatae, oder, Des bissanhero nie recht geglaubten durch die Experienz aber nun wurcklich beglaubten und aus allem Zweiffel gesetzten Wunders der Natur, Anderer Theil ... Leipzig & Stralsund: Samuel Gottlieb Lochmann [vol. 1] & Johann Sigmund Strauss [vol. 2], 1727-8. Krown & Spellman retail: $850. 8vo. 2 vols. in 1. )(-2)(8,A-M8,N4. )(8.2)(2,A-X8,Y6. [30],202; [20],348pp.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91235 | Feb 5, 2015

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Daniel Defoe. LIMITED. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Mariner, of Hull. In Two Volumes. London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1882. Limited to 150 numbered copies. Eight black and white etchings. (Total: 2)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91014 | Feb 5, 2015

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Johann Hoffmeister. Judicum de articulis Augustanae confessionis, Das ist, Was zu halten sey v. den Articlen der Glaubens-Confesson, welche im Jahr nach Christi Geburt 1530. der Rom. Keys Mayest. etc. v. den Protestierenden Standen, zu Augspurg ubergebe(n)t wirt, nemblich, was die Catholischen darinn gutheissen oder verwerffen...Verteautsch durch...Warmunden Ygl zum Voldrerthurn... Constanz: Nicholas Kalt, 1597. Krown & Spellman retail: $650. 4to. A-Z,a-l4,m6. [26],245,[1],[2 blank]pp.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91206 | Feb 5, 2015

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Pedacius Dioscorides. De Medica Materia Libri Sex...His Accessit, Praeter Pharmacorum simplicium catalogum, copiosus omniu(m) ferme medelarum sive curationum Index. Lyon: Jean Frellon, 1547. Krown & Spellman retail: $800. Small 8vo. (often described s 12mo.) a-x6 (Lacks x 7 & 8 of index,) [4],543,[150]pp. Lacks all after X5 (three leaves, two of index, one blank?)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91171 | Feb 5, 2015

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Saint Cyprian. Opera...ab eodem recens adiecta D. Cypriani Vita... Antwerp: Widow & Heirs of Joannis Stelsius, 1568. Krown & Spellman retail: $600. First Pamele Edition. Folio. 3 pts. in 1 vol. 6, 10,A-S6,T8,V-Z6,Aa-Ll6,Mm8,Nn-Zz6,Aaa-Ccc6,Ddd-Eee8. [112],225,[7],226-414,[8],415-607,[2]pp.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91160 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Aristotle] Porphyry [Porphyrius]. In Arist(otelis) Praedicamenta per interrogationem & responsionem brevis explanatio. Necnon Dexippi In Aristotelis Praedicamenta Quaestionum Libri Tres. Venice: [Aniello Sanvito] for Girolamo Scoto, 1566. Krown & Spellman retail: $650. Folio. A-E6,F4. 62,[4]pp.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91254 | Feb 5, 2015

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William Turner. A Compleat History Of the Most Remarkable Providences, Both of Judgment and Mercy, Which have Hapned in this Present Age. Extracted from the Best Writers, the Author's own Observations, and the Numerous Relations sent him from divers parts of the Three Kingdoms. To which is Added, Whatever is Curious in the Works of Nature and Art. The whole digested into one volume, under proper heads; being a work set on foot thirty years ago, by the Reverend Mr. Pool, author of the Synopsis Criticorum: and since undertaken and finish'd, by William Turner, M.A. Vicar of Walberton, in Sussex. Recommended as useful to ministers in furnishing topicks of reproof and exhortation, and to private Christians for their closets and families. [Includes: The Wonders of Nature, Part II & The Curiosities of Art., Part III]. London: John Dunton, 1697. Krown & Spellman retail: $950. First Edition. Folio. a-i2,B2-6E4. [6], 26, [4], 140, 152, 144, [4], 145-172, 24, [4], 82, [4], 31, [1] p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91292 | Feb 5, 2015

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[World War I]. Dan Smith. Original Lithographic WWI Poster, "Knowledge Wins." Issued by the American Library Association. Designed and printed by Thomsen-Ellis Company. 1918.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91385 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Americana, Comic Illustration] The Rib Tickler: or Tickle Me, and I'll Tickle You. Fisher & Brother, [n.d., ca. 1860s]. Disbound; lacking wrappers. Good. From the collection of Zita Books.

Auction 201506 | Lot: 91005 | Feb 5, 2015

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Sinclair Lewis. INSCRIBED. Arrowsmith. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. Inscribed by the author.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91032 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Almanac] Every Body's Comic Almanac. 1845. Self-wrappers. Scattered foxing and edgewear. Large closed tear to the page for May. Very good. From the collection of Zita Books.

Auction 201506 | Lot: 91105 | Feb 5, 2015

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Dionysius Halicarnassus. Antiquitatum Rom. Libri XI. [Geneva]: Eustathius Vignon & Henri Estienne, 1588. Krown & Spellman retail: $850. Folio. 2*4,a-z6, A-I6, 2A-4, 2B-2L6, AA-II6. 383, [1], 50, [42], 107p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91193 | Feb 5, 2015

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Daniel Turner. The Art of Surgery... in Two Volumes. London: C. Rivington and J. Clarke, 1736. Complete set. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91291 | Feb 5, 2015

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Francis Godwin, Bishop. Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII, Edwardo VI, et Maria Regnantibus, Annales. Nunc primum editi. London [Germany?] John Bill for Officina Norton, 1616. Krown & Spellman retail: $650. First Edition. Folio. ¦2,A-K6,L4,M4. [4],135, [1]p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91186 | Feb 5, 2015

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Francesco Peccetti. Cheirurgia Francisci Peccettii Coelestini Cortonensis Physici, et Cheirurgi, in Qua Omnia, Tam ad Huius artis Theoriam, quam Praxim spectanti traduntur, & diligentissime explicantur in quatuor Libros digesta. Quorum in Primo Agitur de Tumoribus omnibus praeter naturam, Tuberculis, & Excrescentiis humano corpori evenientibus. In Secundo de Vulneribus Generatim et Particulatim incipiendo à capite, & ordinatim usque ad pedes descendendo, & tam à Sclopetto factis, quam à quolibet alio Instrumento, sive venenato, sive non venenato. In Tertio eadem ratione, & ordine de Ulceribus. In Quarto Peragitur in Genere, et Singulatim de Fracturis. de Luxationibus, & demum de Mittendo sanguine; & qualibet in materia pr˜ utraque parte pulcherrimae dubitationes proponuntur, & optime soluuntur. Marginales Indices Item Huic Novo Operi Ubique Sunt Adiecti, & praeter hos sunt aly duo, Capitum alter singulorum Librorum, & alphabeticus rerum notabilium alter. Florence: Donatum & Bernardinum Iunctas, & Socios., 1616. Krown & Spellman retail: $600. First Edition. Folio. in 6s. [4], A-2E6, 2F5 [lacks 2F6], 2G-3E6, 3F2, A8, B2. [8], 346,[Lacks pages 347-8] 349-616, [19]p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91243 | Feb 5, 2015

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Tennessee Williams. SIGNED/LIMITED. Memoirs. Garden City: Doubleday, 1975. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies. Signed by the author. Original cloth binding. Bookplate. Fine in slipcase. From the library of John Carroll Collins.

Auction 201506 | Lot: 91300 | Feb 5, 2015

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[African-American]. Abigail Mott, editor. Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Color. To which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry. New York: Mahlon Day, 1837. Second, enlarged edition.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91231 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Almanac] The Alligator Comic Almanac. New York: P. J. Cozans, 1861. Self-wrappers; 68 pages. Separation to spine, causing both wrappers to nearly become detached. Light, scattered foxing. Very good. From the collection of Zita Books.

Auction 201506 | Lot: 91101 | Feb 5, 2015

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W. Somerset Maugham. INSCRIBED. The Moon and Sixpence. New York: George H. Doran, [1919]. Inscribed by the author on ffep.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91033 | Feb 5, 2015

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Thomas Guidott. De Thermis Britannicis tractatus Accesserunt Observationes Hydrostaticae, Chromaticae, & Miscellaneae, uniuscuiusq; Balnei apud Bathoniam Naturam, Proprietatem, & Distinctionem, Curatius Exhibentes.
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Observationum Centuria... London: Francis Leach for the Author, 1691. Krown & Spellman retail: $750. First Edition. 4to. 2 pts.in 1 vol. [A] b-c e B-D D* E-3K 3L *-4*2. [28],24, [8], 35-412,[2,blank],[2 t.p.],28,[14]p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91191 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Robert Orme.] A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV. London: John Nourse, 1763. Nine folding maps.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91204 | Feb 5, 2015

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Elmer Kelton. SIGNED. The Time It Never Rained. Garden City: Doubleday, [1973]. First edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's cloth and original dust jacket. Rubbing and edgewear to jacket. Bookplate. Very good. From the library of John Carroll Collins.

Auction 201506 | Lot: 91215 | Feb 5, 2015

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Walker Percy. SIGNED/LIMITED. Bourbon. Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, [1979]. First Edition. Limited to 230 numbered copies. Signed by the author.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91244 | Feb 5, 2015

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Joseph Zoller. ConCeptVs ChronographICVs De ConCepta Sacra DeIpara. Septingentis Sacrae Scripturae, SS. Patrum, Ac Rationum, Nec non Historiarrum, Symbolorum, Antiquitatum Et Aanagrammatum Suffragiis Roboratus... Augsburg: Johann Michael Labhart, 1712. Krown & Spellman retail: $850. First Edition. Folio.305 x 195mm. a-c4.d2,A-2Z4,3A2. [28],353,[19]p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91326 | Feb 5, 2015

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Fabricius Cellesius. [Fabrizio de Conti Cellesi]. De Naturali Electricitate Pahenomenique ex ea profluentibus Dissertatio, & These ex eadem deductae, quas publicae disputandas... Lucca: Joannis Riccomini, 1767. Krown & Spellman retail: $500. First Edition. 4to. 300 x 210mm. A12. 21,[1]pp.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91150 | Feb 5, 2015

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Larry McMurtry. INSCRIBED/LIMITED. It's Always We Rambled: An Essay on Rodeo. New York: Frank Hallman, 1974. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Inscribed by the author, with additional author signatures on ffep and colophon.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91229 | Feb 5, 2015

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William Sanderson. A Complete History Of The Life And Raigne of King Charles From his Cradle to his Grave. London: Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins, and George Sawbridge, 1658. Krown & Spellman retail: $1000. First Edition. Folio. A6, B-6H4, 6I2. [12], 408, [24], 409-1149, [15] p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91262 | Feb 5, 2015

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Ethel Barrymore. SIGNED/LIMITED. Memories: An Autobiography. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1955]. First Edition. Limited to 265 numbered copies. Signed by the author.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91125 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Slave Narrative]. William G. Hawkings. Lunsford Lane; or, Another Helper from North Carolina. Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1863. First edition.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91199 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Anti-Slavery]. [Francis Colburn Adams]. Our World: or, the Slaveholder's Daughter. New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. First edition.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91004 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Children's Literature.] Group of Seven Children's Books. Various publishers and dates. One book, Tony Sarg's Book of Animals, inscribed by the author. (Total: 7 Items)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91094 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Map]. [Jean Francois de Baron Bourgoing]. Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country. By the Chavalier de Bourgoanne... Dublin: William Porter, 1790. First Dublin edition. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91137 | Feb 5, 2015

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Jerome E. Brooks. Tobacco: Its History Illustrated by the Books, Manuscripts and Engravings in the Library of George Arents, Jr. Martino Fine Books, [n.d.] Limited edition facsimile of the original 1937 edition. One of 300 numbered copies. Five volumes, including vols. I - IV and an index. (Total: 5)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91142 | Feb 5, 2015

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Johann Indagine. "Translation of much of the Astrological part of Indagine." England: Second half of the 19th c. Krown & Spellman retail: $800. 4to. 24p bound+12p loose+ 3x5 card.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91211 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Slave Narrative]. James L. Smith. Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life. Recollections of the War, Education of Freedman, Causes of the Exodus, Etc. Norwich: Press of the Bulletin Company, 1881. First edition.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91268 | Feb 5, 2015

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[Early Printing]. Group of Thirteen Printed Leaves from Various 16th and 17th Century Texts. Various publishers and dates.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91361 | Feb 5, 2015

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Group of Seven New Yorker Gag Drawings. Various sizes; largest measures 14.75 x 11 inches. All are signed by Williams. Some handling wear, else very good. (Total: 7 Items)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91389 | Feb 5, 2015

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Walter (Gualtero) Charleton. Oeconomia Animalis, Novis in Medicina Hypothesibus Superstructa, & Mechanice explicata. London: R. Danielis & J. Redmanni, 1659. Krown & Spellman retail: $450. 12mo. *12, **4, A-M12, N2. (xxxii), 291p., (1)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91153 | Feb 5, 2015

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Edouard Rouveyre, editor. Réimpression Fac-Simile. La Vraye et Parfaite Science des Armoiries ou L'Indice Armorial de Fev Maistre Lovvan Geliot, Advocat au Parlement de Bourgongne. Volumes I & II. Paris: [Edouard Rouveyre, 1895]. Facsimile reproduction of 1660 text. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91261 | Feb 5, 2015

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Miguel Covarrubias, illustrator. SIGNED. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Signed by the illustrator.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91053 | Feb 5, 2015

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Gottfried Arnold. Historia et Descriptio Theologiae Mysticae; Seu Theosophiae Arcanae et Reconditae, itemque veterum & novorum Mysticorum. Frankfurt am Main: Thomas Fritsch, 1702. Krown & Spellman retail: $650. First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1 vol. )(4,A-2R8,2S6 [-2S6 blank]. [12],645, [3]p.
Auction 201506 | Lot: 91120 | Feb 5, 2015

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