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J. D. Salinger.
The Catcher in the Rye.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. First edition stated and in first issue dust jacket with Salinger portrait on back panel credited to Lotte Jacobi. Octavo. 277 pages. Publisher's black cloth with mild shelfwear and a bump centering at tail of front joint. Staining to bottom one-inch of rear board, not affecting textblock. Light foxing to top page edges and front endpapers. Toning and occasional staining to dj with chipping to extremities. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94056 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$1,937.50
[German Zeppelin Travel] Two Volume Cigarette Card Album
Zeppelin-Weltfahrten
.
Two extraordinary albums featuring cigarette cards of all things zeppelin. The albums were published in 1933 in Dresden Germany. The albums provide a wealth of technical data including schematic drawings, charts and tables to say nothing of the photographs themselves. The albums have a combined 400 cigarette-card sized photographs. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94087 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$950.00
Margaret Thatcher. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Collected Speeches.
Easton Press, 1998. First American edition, first printing.
Limited to 2000 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94155 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$950.00
B. B. King. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Blues All Around Me.
Easton Press, 1996. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1350 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94098 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$650.00
Harlan Ellison and Isaac Asimov. SIGNED/LIMITED.
I, Robot.
Easton Press, 1994. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Finger soiling to boards, else fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94007 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$550.00
Make Offer to Owner
$825 or more
Ernest Hemingway.
The Old Man and the Sea.
Scribners, 1952. First edition, first printing in first state dj. Publisher's cloth with foxing and minor shelfwear. Offsetting to endpapers. Minor rubbing and toning to dj with lightly chipped extremities, a tiny abraded hole in front panel and a small tear to rear. Overall very good condition.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94029 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$550.00
James D. Watson. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Double Helix.
Easton Press, 1998. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 2000 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94159 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$438.75
Willy Pogany.
Willy Pogany's Mother Goose.
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1928]. First edition. Publisher's cloth with mild shelfwear and a slightly leaning spine. Minor rubbing and toning to dj with a few small tears. Color plates. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94052 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$325.00
Sidney Poitier. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Life Beyond Measure.
Easton Press, 2008. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1175 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94115 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$325.00
[Presidential Visit]. Theodore Roosevelt [subject]. Banquet Program Entitled,
Banquet in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt Tendered by Citizens of Dallas, Texas Oriental Hotel April 5th, 1905.
Four single sided leaves bound between stiff wrappers with ribbon. Rear panel of wagon on front cover opens to reveal a mounted photo of Roosevelt. Light rubbing and toning. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94116 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$312.50
Make Offer to Owner
$478 or more
[Garth Williams, illustrator]. Unused Original Watercolor Artwork for the Cover of Baby Farm Animals.
[N.p.: Golden Books, n.d., ca. 1959]. On thick paper.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94214 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$312.50
[Miniature Book]. John Updike. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Mites and Other Poems in Miniature.
Lord John Press, 1990. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 26 lettered and signed copies.
Publisher's cloth and slipcase. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94049 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$287.50
Philip Jose Farmer. INSCRIBED.
Rip Van Winkle's Long Wet Dream.
Contained in
Puritan Quarterly Journal
Number 7.
Puritan Publishing, 1981. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Publisher's illustrated wrappers with mild rubbing. Spine lightly toned. Illustrated. Near fine. Very adult content.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94020 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$275.00
Charles Dickens.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
Vol. I & II.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. Extra illustrated Victoria edition,
limited to 2000 copies of which 500 copies with proofs on India paper. This set is part of the 500 copy Proof series with "Proofs" stamp on spines.
Publisher's cloth with rubbing. Spine ends worn and corners showing. Hinges broken and bindings cracked. Foxing throughout with occasional abrading to fore-edges. An about good set. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94018 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$262.50
Arthur Miller. SIGNED.
Death of a Salesman.
Easton Press, 1998. First edition, first printing. Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94047 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$262.50
J. W. Bengough.
Cartoons of the Campaign 1900.
Poole Publishing, 1900. Publisher's printed wrappers with quarter cloth spine. Minor toning and staining to covers with creases to corners and small tears along edges. Leaves show some thumb-soiling along fore-edge and light wear to corners. Full-page, stand-alone illustrations. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94075 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$262.50
[Slavery]. John Kenrick.
Horrors of Slavery. In Two Parts.
Hilliard and Metcalf, 1817. First edition, first printing. 59 pages. Publisher's printed wrappers with mild rubbing and a one-inch chip along spine. Lightly foxed. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94137 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$243.75
[Garth Williams, illustrator]. Original Pencil Drawing for the Front Cover of Margaret Wise Brown's
I Like Everything
[eventually published as
The Friendly Book
]
. [N.p., n.d., ca. 1959]. (Golden Books, 1959). (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94216 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$237.50
[Map].
Johnson's New Military Map of the United States.
Johnson & Browning, 1861. Engraved map with hand-coloring. Vertical binding fold. Mild toning. Exposed area measure approx. 17.5 x 24 inches. Matted and framed, not removed for inspection. Near fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94195 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$231.25
Mark Twain.
The Prince and the Pauper.
Chatto & Windus, 1881. First edition with publisher's catalog dated November 1881 at rear. Octavo. 391, [1], 32 pages. Publisher's binding with minor rubbing and abrading to cloth extremities. Softly bumped corners with darkening to spine and edges. Bookplate. Front hinge cracked and rear hinge tender. Scattered foxing throughout. A few pages with light abrading to edges. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94066 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$225.00
Make Offer to Owner
$355 or more
Adam Smith.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Vol. I-III.
Edinburgh: Doig and Stirling, et al., 1817. Later edition. Contemporary calf with rubbing. Joints split and spines chipping. Hinges cracked. Offsetting and light foxing to pages. Overall very good. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94150 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$225.00
James Lee Burke. SIGNED.
The Lost Get-Back Boogie.
LSU, 1986. First edition, first printing.
Signed by the author.
Publisher's cloth. Modest rubbing to dj, else fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94012 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$206.25
[Civil War]. Horace Greeley.
The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64.
Vol. I & II.
O. D. Case, 1864. First edition, first printing. Contemporary leather with rubbing and scuffing. Joints split and with some chipping to spine ends. One board reattached. Foxing and occasional staining to pages. Illustrated. Good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94081 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$193.75
Mark Twain.
Following the Equator.
American Publishing, 1897. First edition, first state. Publisher's cloth with light rubbing and toning. Hinges cracked. Owner's small address label to ffep. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94065 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$175.00
Sandra Day O'Connor. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Majesty of the Law.
Easton Press, 2003. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94110 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$175.00
Joseph Addison.
The Works.
Vol. I-IV.
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head, over-against Katharine-Street in the Strand, 1721. Contemporary paneled calf with rubbing and scuffing. Joints split and some boards detached. Armorial bookplates. Scattered foxing. Good. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94006 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$162.50
[Miniature Book]. Ray Bradbury. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Climate of Palettes.
Lord John Press, 1989. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 26 lettered and signed copies.
Publisher's cloth and slipcase. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94048 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$162.50
[Garth Williams, illustrator]. Original Ink Drawing of "Hannah Banana" for
Ride a Purple Pelican
by Jack Prelutsky.
[N.p., n.d., ca. 1986]. (Published by Greenwillow Books in 1986).
Signed by Williams in the lower right corner.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94215 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$162.50
Andrew Lang [editor].
The Arabian Nights Entertainments.
Longmans, Green, 1898. First edition, first printing. Publisher's decorated blue cloth with light rubbing and toning, and a slightly leaning spine. Hinges cracked. Lightly scattered foxing. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94034 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$143.75
[Baxter Printing Process]. B. F. Gandee.
The Artist, or, Young Ladies' Instructor in Ornamental Painting.
Chapman and Hall, 1835. Early example of Baxter printing process with color frontis and title page. Publisher's green cloth with light toning and rubbing. Foxing to endpapers and lightly scattered throughout. Rear board cracked and faintly stained. Bookplate of Marjorie Moon. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94086 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$143.75
[Golf]. Arnold Palmer. SIGNED.
Memories, Stories, and Memorabilia.
Easton Press, 2004. First edition, first printing. Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94111 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$143.75
N. C. Wyeth [illustrator]. C. S. Forester.
Captain Horatio Hornblower.
Vol. I-III.
Little, Brown, 1939. Publisher's cloth with mild toning. Soft bumping to some corners. Bookplates. Publisher's slipcase with rubbing and splitting. Very good. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94023 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Anne Perry.
Callander Square.
St. Martins, 1980. First edition, first printing. Publisher's binding with mild shelfwear and some faint stains to boards. Light rubbing to dj with toning along spine. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94051 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Mark Twain.
The Complete Works.
Vol. 1-16.
Harper & Brothers, 1922-1925. American Artists edition. Publisher's decorated cloth with mild toning and rubbing. Each volume with a color frontis. Near fine. (Total: 16 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94064 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
[Miniature Book]. Gerald Ford. SIGNED/LIMITED.
The Tenth Convention.
Lord John Press, 1988. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 150 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's cloth and slipcase. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94106 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
[Miniature Book]. Gerald Ford. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Global Stability.
Lord John Press, 1981. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 100 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's cloth and slipcase. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94107 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Thomas Gisborne.
An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex.
London: Cadell and Davies, 1813. Ninth edition. Contemporary morocco with minor rubbing and scuffing. aeg. Owner's names. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94088 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$125.00
Jerry Lewis. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Dean & Me.
Easton Press, 2005. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies.
Publisher's leather. Includes an additionally signed COA from the publisher. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94101 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$125.00
[Books About Books]. Henry R. Wagner & Charles L. Camp. LIMITED.
The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800-1865.
Columbus: Long's College Book, 1953. Third edition.
Limited to 75 numbered copies.
Publisher's quarter cloth over patterned boards. Minor rubbing with corners showing. Repaired front hinge. Tattered and splitting slipcase. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94076 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$120.00
Henry M. Stanley.
In Darkest Africa.
Vol. I & II.
Scribners, 1890. Modern cloth. Hinges reinforced. Pastedowns renewed. Maps are lacking. Pages lightly toned with some occasional abrading to edges. Good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94151 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$120.00
Colonel H. A. Toulmin, Jr.
With Pershing in Mexico
.
Harrisburg: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1935. First edition. Drawings by Alden Turner. Publisher's original maroon cloth and dust jacket. A bit of insect damage on the top edge; pages browned, jacket chipped along the edges, else very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94156 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$118.75
[Civil War]. Catton, Donald, and Others. Group of Six Books in Publisher's Leather.
Easton Press/Franklin Library. One still in original shrinkwrap. Mild shelfwear, else fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94078 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$117.50
[Colley Cibber].
Plays Written by Mr. Cibber.
London: Jacob Tonson, et al., 1721. First edition. Two large quarto volumes. 406; 463 pages. Custom uniform full cloth with leather spine labels. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94015 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$115.00
Peter Bogdanovich, American Director. SIGNED.
The Last Picture Show.
Group of Two Original Lobby Cards, Each Signed by the Director, Peter Bogdanovich.
Columbia, 1971. Measure 11 x 14 inches. Fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94002 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$112.50
James A. Michener. SIGNED.
Tales of the South Pacific.
Macmillan, 1950. American Booksellers edition, limited to 1500 copies.
Signed by the author.
Mild rubbing to publisher's cloth with a faint drink circle to front board. No dj, as issued. Near fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94046 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$110.00
[Ophthalmology]. John Stevenson.
A Practical Treatise on the Morbid Sensibility of the Eye, Commonly Called Weakness of Sight.
London: Callow, et al., 1819. Third edition. Contemporary paper boards, rebacked. Rubbing and small stains to boards with corners rounding. Lacking ffep. Very good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94153 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$107.50
Larry McMurtry. INSCRIBED.
Texasville.
Simon and Schuster, 1987. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Publisher's binding. Mild soiling to page edges. Light toning and rubbing to dj. Near fine.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94044 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$102.50
J. W. Barber. Engraved 19th Century Print Entitled,
A Miniature of the World in the 19th Century.
Barber, 1828. Measures. approx. 14 x 16.75 inches. Separated along folds and held with paper-backing. Minor toning and soiling. Good.
Auction 201322
| Lot: 94183 | May 30, 2013
Sold For:
$102.50
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