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Japanese Author Yukio Mishima Autograph Letter Signed
"
Yukio Mishima
". Three onion skin pages, 7" x 10", June 24, 1958 to "
John
". The recently married Mishima reports on his marriage and difficulty with certain literary projects. With the usual fold creases and toned along the edges. Very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92025 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$937.50
[Methodism]. John Wesley.
The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.
Vol. I-VII.
Emory and Waugh, 1831. First American complete and standard edition. Engraved frontis. Contemporary calf with light rubbing and scuffing, and some occasional worming. Chipping to several spine ends. Foxing throughout with some scattered stains. Very good. (Total: 7 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92229 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$593.75
Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92008 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$406.25
Make Offer to Owner
$609 or more
[Egypt]. E. A. Wallis Budge.
The Papyrus of Ani. The Book of the Dead.
British Museum, 1895. First edition. Quarto. Later quarter red calf binding. Some minor wear to binding. Very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92130 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$406.25
George Carlin. LIMITED/SIGNED.
Brain Droppings
.
Easton Press, 1997. First edition limited to 1100 copies signed by the author and additionally signed on the publisher's certificate of authenticity. Leather binding. All edges gilt. Fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92157 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$325.00
[Spaceflight]. Douglas R. Lord. INSCRIBED BY TEAM MEMBERS.
Spacelab: An International Success Story.
NASA, 1987. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by more than 30 team members who worked on Spacelab at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
Publisher's binding with some light rubbing. Illustrations, many in color. Near fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92184 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$325.00
Lewis Carroll. Two First Editions by Lewis Carroll
including
Sylvie and Bruno
. Macmillan and Co., 1889. With 46 illustrations by Harry Furniss and a four-page autograph letter by Furniss tipped in. Publisher's original cloth. Spine worn and faded; contents very good. [and:]
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
. Macmillan and Co., 1893. First edition. With 46 illustrations by Harry Furniss. Publisher's original cloth. Spine faded, else very good. From the Collection of Judith Adelman. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92049 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$300.00
John Heneage Jesse.
Collected Works.
Boston: Frances A. Niccolls, [1901]. Deluxe edition.
Limited to 1000 sets of which this is number 792.
30 octavo volumes. Publisher's three-quarter red morocco with light rubbing and several corners showing. Top edges gilt. Spines toned. Most spine heads with some light wear, two with small splits near joints. An attractive, overall near fine set. (Total: 30 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92075 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$300.00
George P. Pelecanos. SIGNED.
Nick's Trip.
St. Martin's, 1993. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Slight lean. Minor rubbing. Near fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92091 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$300.00
Make Offer to Owner
$460 or more
[Winston Churchill] Winston S. Churchill, editor. LIMITED/SIGNED.
Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
.
Easton Press, 2003. First edition limited to 1225 hand-numbered copies signed by Churchill's grandson. Leather binding, all edges gilt. Fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92159 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$300.00
Cecil Aldin [illustrator]. Charles Dickens.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
Vol. I & II.
Chapman & Hall and Lawrence & Jellicoe, 1910. First Aldin edition,
limited to 250 sets signed by Aldin.
Publisher's vellum with light soiling and rubbing. Hinges cracked. Foxing. Color plates. Very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92064 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$275.00
Make Offer to Owner
$425 or more
Aldous Huxley. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Leda.
Chatto & Windus, 1920.
First edition, one of 160 copies signed by Huxley.
Bound in later full blue morocco, gilt. Fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92071 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$275.00
[Jerry Weist]. SIGNED REVIEW COPIES. John Crowley. Group of Three First Edition, First Printing Books.
Engine Summer; Beasts; The Deep.
Doubleday, 1975-1979.
All signed by the author, two are review copies
(
The Deep
is not a review copy). Fine.
From the Jerry Weist Collection.
(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92061 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$250.00
[Americana]
The Funny Fellows' Almanac For 1861
.
P. J. Cozans, [1861]. Illustrated. String bound. Printed wrappers. Front wrapper detached; some light chipping to edges of pages; light toning, else very good.
From the collection of Zita Books.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92108 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$250.00
[Jerry Weist]. Olaf Stapledon.
Odd John. A Story Between Jest and Earnest
.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1936. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth and dust jacket. Light foxing to the edge of the text block, else a near fine copy.
From the Jerry Weist collection.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92095 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$237.50
Richard Matheson.
Born of Man and Woman.
Chamberlain Press, 1954. First edition, first printing. Pages lightly toned with mild bio-predation to edges. Spine sunned. Very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92087 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$225.00
Robert Charles Bree.
A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles.
Vol. I-V.
George Bell and Sons, 1875-1876. Second edition. Hand-colored plates. Publisher's decorated blue cloth with rubbing. Spines sunned and corners showing. Some hinges cracking. Scattered foxing. Very good. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92128 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$225.00
Make Offer to Owner
$355 or more
Francis Grose.
The Antiquities of England and Wales.
4 Vols. Bound In 6 [includes supplements of vol. I and II].
London: S. Hooper, 1773-1777. Engraved frontispieces, titles and plates. Quarto. Contemporary calf, rebacked and corners renewed. Hinges reinforced. Bookplates and labels from Isle of Wight Library. Lightly scattered foxing and occasional small stains. Very good. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92173 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$225.00
[Slavery] Booker T. Washington. Two Editions of
The Story of Slavery
.
F. A. Owen/Hall & McCreary, 1913. Includes a library edition of which 200 were produced and a standard edition. Publisher's original wrappers, pamphlet format. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92217 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$225.00
John Dryden.
Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems
.
Jacob Tonson, 1700. First collected edition. Folio. Modern green cloth binding. Text block trimmed slightly when rebound; slight toning to pages with some occasional light foxing; else very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92066 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$212.50
[Walt Disney]. Tony Anselmo. SIGNED.
The Disney Poster Book.
Disney, 2002. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92145 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$200.00
George Bush. LIMITED/SIGNED.
All the Best, George Bush
.
Easton Press, 1999. First edition limited to 3000 copies signed by the author. Leather binding, all edges gilt. Fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92156 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$187.50
Arthur Szyk. Signed Color Print Entitled,
U. S. S. R.
Bilkeski, 1947. Measures approx. 11.5 x 10 inches. Matted. Minor toning, else fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92245 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$187.50
[Jerry Weist]. SIGNED AND REVIEW COPIES. Damon Knight. Group of Seven Titles, Six of Which are First Editions, Three Signed, Three Review Copies. Signed titles are:
A for Anything; Beyond the Barrier; The Observers.
Review copies are:
Perchance to Dream; Turning On; Three Novels.
Also included is a later edition of
In Deep.
[Various publishers, various dates]. Generally very good or better.
From the Collection of Jerry Weist.
(Total: 7 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92079 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$175.00
[Texana]. Seymour V. Connor [editor]. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Saga of Texas Series.
6 Vol.
Steck-Vaughn, 1965. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 20 numbered copies and signed by all contributors.
Publisher's quarter leather with mild rubbing and foxing. Mild toning to spines. Slipcase. Near fine. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92224 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$175.00
Bill Cosby and Erika Cosby. LIMITED/SIGNED.
Friends of a Feather. One of Life's Little Fables
.
Easton Press, 2003. Limited to 1500 hand-numbered copies signed by the Bill and Erika Cosby and additionally signed on the publisher's certificate of authenticity. Illustrated. Leather binding. All edges gilt. Fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92068 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$162.50
[Slavery]
The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman, A Narrative of Real Life
.
J. G. K. Truair & Company, 1859. Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece. Publisher's original embossed cloth. Moderate shelf wear to boards; contents with occasional light foxing, else very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92209 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$162.50
Philip MacDonald. SIGNED BY KIRK DOUGLAS.
The List of Adrian Messenger.
Crime Club, 1959. First edition, first printing.
Review copy with slip and press laid in.
Signed by Kirk Douglas, who starred in the film adaptation.
Minor rubbing and bumping. Near fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92086 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$156.25
Ray Bradbury. LIMITED/SIGNED.
Fahrenheit 451
.
Angel City Press, 2005. Special edition limited to 2500 hand-numbered copies signed by the author on a special limitation page. Publisher's original pictorial boards and dust jacket. Fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92039 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$150.00
Two LIMITED/SIGNED Easton Press Books on the Strategy of Chess in Life and Diplomacy
including:
Garry Kasparov.
How Life Imitates Chess
.
Easton Press, 2007. First edition limited to 1150 hand-numbered copies signed by the author. Leather binding, all edges gilt. Fine. [and:]
Zbigniew Brzezinski.
The Grand Chessboard
.
Easton Press, 1997. First edition limited to 1150 hand-numbered copies signed by the author. Leather binding, all edges gilt. Fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92134 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$150.00
Kurt Vonnegut. INSCRIBED.
Jailbird.
Delacorte, 1979. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Spine sunned. Minor foxing and rubbing. A few pages with modest bending. Very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92098 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$137.50
[Civil War].
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies of the War in the Rebellion.
Group of 28 Assorted Volumes from Series I and II, Some Duplicates.
Government Printing Office, 1894-1921. Publisher's cloth. Fair or better condition. (Total: 28 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92138 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$137.50
[Slavery]. Booker T. Washington.
Education of the Negro
.
J. B. Lyon Company, 1904. Early printing. Number 18 in the Monographs on Education in the United States printed for limited distribution by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. Printed wrappers. Scattered foxing and soiling, else very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92218 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$137.50
[WWII Japanese Battleships]
Design and Construction of the Yamato and Musashi
.
Tokyo: Haga Publishing, 1961. First edition. Illustrated. Japanese text with some English translations. Illustrated. Tables, many folding. Diagrams. Publishers cloth and dust jacket. A most rare and minutely detailed look at the construction of two of Japan's most well-known battleships. Fine condition.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92234 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$137.50
R. S. Surtees. Uniform Group of Six Sporting Novels, Including:
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, Handley Cross, Mr. Romford's Hounds, Ask Mamma, Plain or Ringlets,
and
Hawbuck Grange.
Bradbury Agnew, ca. 1880s. Each volume with hand-colored plates. Contemporary half calf with light rubbing and scuffing. Joints tender and some spine labels peeling a little. Bookplates. Very good. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92097 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$112.50
[Slavery] John Campbell.
Negro-Mania: Being an Examination of the Falsely Assumed Equality of the Various Races of Men
.
Campbell & Power, 1851. First edition. Later library binding. Ex-library copy with the usual cancellation stamps. Contents with some scattered toning, damp staining and foxing, else very good.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92199 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$112.50
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$300 or more
Joseph Swan, engraver and John M. Leighton.
Swan's Views of the Lakes of Scotland: A Series of Views
.
Joseph Swan, 1837. Early edition. Two octavo volumes. Steel engraved plates by Swan after paintings by John Fleming. Contemporary bindings, rebacked. Boards worn along the edges; scattered moderate to heavy foxing and toning throughout; small unobtrusive library cancellation stamps, else good condition. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92221 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$112.50
[Americana]
Thomas's Almanack, With an Ephemeris on the Year of Our Lord 1786
.
Isaiah Thomas, [no date]. Printed wrappers. String bound, pamphlet format. Paper toned with chipping, folds and closed tears at the edges, else good condition.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92102 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$106.25
Ray Bradbury. SIGNED.
The Homecoming
.
Collins Design, 2006. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the half-title page. Illustrated by Dave McKean. Publisher's pictorial boards and dust jacket. Fine.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92041 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$100.00
Edward William Lane [translator].
The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, In England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments.
Vol. I-III.
John Murray, 1859. New edition. Publisher's decorated cloth with minor rubbing and a bit of sprinkled soiling. Corners showing and spines leaning. Hinges cracked, one broken. Scattered foxing. Illustrated. Very good. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92082 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$100.00
Cormac McCarthy.
The Road.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 241 pages. Publisher's black cloth over orange boards with orange lettering. Fine in dust jacket.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92088 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$100.00
Art Buchwald. Two LIMITED/SIGNED Easton Press Editions
including:
We'll Laugh Again
. Easton Press, 2002. Limited to 1150 hand-signed copies signed by the author. Leather binding all edges gilt. Fine [and:]
I'll Always Have Paris
.
A Memoir
. Easton Press, 1996. Limited to 1350 copies signed by the author. Leather binding, all edges gilt. Fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92153 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$100.00
[Eastern Religion] Fragmented Taoist Manuscript on Taoist Talismans.
7" x 8". Approximately 20 pages. String bound. Pages with some wrinkling and slight loss at the spine, else sound and in very good condition.
From the Korean and Asian Arts and Artifacts Collection of Jerry Lee Musslewhite
.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92222 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$100.00
Arthur Young.
A Tour in Ireland With General Observations on the Present State of That Kingdom; Made in the Years 1776, 1777, and 1779 and Brought Down to the End of 1779
.
Cade and Dodsley, 1780. First edition. Recent cloth binding. Text-block slightly trimmed and a few pages with archival tape restoration; contemporary marginalia; light toning to pages, else a restored copy, sound and in very good condition.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92240 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$100.00
Alfred M. de Zayas.
The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau, 1939-1945
.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Illustrated. Publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Fine. Scholarly account of the German army's war crimes investigative unit during the war.
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92241 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$100.00
Lot of Two English LIMITED/SIGNED Editions
including:
Richard Llewellyn
. None But the Lonely Heart
. Michael Joseph, 1943. Limited to 250 hand-numbered copies signed by the author. Publisher's original cloth. Very good. [and:]
Viscount Gray of Fallodon.
The Charm of Birds
. Hodder and Stoughton, [no date]. Limited to 250 hand-signed copies signed by the author. Woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings. Publisher's cloth. Spine a bit toned, else very good condition. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92085 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$93.75
Tom Brokaw. Group of Three Signed First Edition Books Published by Easton Press.
Publisher's leather. Each volume is a signed and numbered edition. Fine. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92129 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$93.75
James A. Baker, III. LIMITED/SIGNED. Easton Press Leather Bound Editions
including:
The Politics of Diplomacy Revolution, War and Peace 1989-1992
. Easton, 1995. Limited to 1800 hand-numbered copies signed by the author on a special limitation page and additionally signed on the publisher's certificate of authenticity. [and:]
"Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!" Adventures and Lessons From an Unexpected Public Life
. Easton, 2006. Limited to 1125 hand-numbered copies signed by the author on a special limitation page and additionally signed on the publisher's certificate of authenticity. Both volumes bound in full leather decorated in gilt. Fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201325
| Lot: 92146 | Jun 20, 2013
Sold For:
$93.75
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