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John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking, [1939]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 619 pages. Publisher's binding. Original pictorial dust jacket.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36378 | Feb 8, 2012

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Hannes Bok. The Sorcerer's Ship. Extracted from the December 1942 issue of Unknown Worlds.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36176 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Original Pencil Art and Color Separation/Layout Materials for Cover Art of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1953. Stiff cardboard measuring 12.5 x 16.75 inches, and three overlays, all with handwritten instructions. Cardboard is signed in full by Garth Williams and has his note: "This is NOT my original, it is a close copy. Garth Williams." This was the art used for the later Harper Crest Library edition. Very good. From the Estate of Garth Williams.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36462 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Original Drawing for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, 1954. Original circular drawing featuring Laura Ingalls Wilder as a child, holding a doll, fashioned from three layers of paper, measuring 10 inches in diameter. Pencil on paper. Signed "Garth" on the front, and with Mr. Williams' full signature on the reverse with instructions to return the drawing to him in Aspen, Colorado. Drawing has a few shallow bends, a tiny nick to the edge (above the "G" in "Ingalls"), and a glue stain along the top of Laura's head. Else, in generally near fine condition. The Wilder Award is a bronze medal awarded to an author or artist by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, for excellence in children's literature. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 8 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36489 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Three Preliminary Drawings for Illustrations in Laura Ingalls Wilder's On the Banks of Plum Creek, 1953. Pencil on tracing paper. Three sheets, two measuring approximately 9 x 6 inches (one in landscape), and one measuring 9 x 11.75 inches. Includes two versions of the frontispiece/title page opening, with fold down the middle by the artist, and a slightly different version of the illustration of the covered wagon and dugout house that faces page one. All are signed in full by Garth Williams. All generally fine. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36490 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Three Original Preliminary Ink Drawings for Illustrations in The Rescuers by Margery Sharp, 1959. Ink on paper. Two sheets measuring 8 x 12 inches; one sheet measuring 16 x 12 inches, folded in half. All signed in full by Garth Williams. (Larger sheet has a second sketch, in pencil, initialed by Williams.) Minor toning to edges. Else, all generally fine. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36468 | Feb 8, 2012

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D. H. Lawrence. Two First Editions, including: The Escaped Cock. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition, limited to 450 numbered copies, of which this is number 35. Octavo. 96 pages. Frontispiece. Publisher's wrappers and glassine. Marbled paper-covered slipcase. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36355 | Feb 8, 2012

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Zane Grey. The Last of the Plainsmen. New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Octavo. 314, [4] publisher's catalog pages. Zane Grey library blind stamp on the front free endpaper. With illustrations from photographs by the author. Publisher's pictorial cloth with titles stamped in gilt. A lovely copy in the original dust jacket. The jacket is missing a small section at the lower front panel and bears chips and a few closed tears along the edges. Still, a near fine copy in a good dust jacket. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36335 | Feb 8, 2012

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[Clark Ashton Smith, Jack Williamson, et al.]. Science Fiction Series. New York: Stellar Publishing, [1929-1932]. First editions of the first eighteen issues of this short story magazine. Eighteen octavo volumes, the first twelve issues have an illustrated frontispiece. Original publisher's wraps. Some minor rubbing and light soiling. Fine. Authors include Jack Williamson (his first book) and Clark Ashton Smith. (Total: 18 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36302 | Feb 8, 2012

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E. Demidoff. A Shooting Trip to Kamchatka. London: Rowland Ward, 1904. First edition. Octavo. 302 pages. 113 illustrations, 5 photogravures, and 2 maps, one in rear pocket. Recased binding with publisher's cloth laid on original beveled boards and spine.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36586 | Feb 8, 2012

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L. Ron Hubbard. Final Blackout. Providence: Hadley Publishing, [1948]. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Inscribed and signed by the author, "With Best Wishes / L Ron Hubbard / Hollywood 1948"
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36209 | Feb 8, 2012

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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Player Piano. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition. Delightfully inscribed and signed by the author to Jack Cordes,
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36239 | Feb 8, 2012

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[Walter Crane, illustrator]. [Edmund] Spenser. Spenser's Faerie Queene. A Poem in Six Books, with the Fragment Mutabilitie. Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Pictured by Walter Crane. London: Published by George Allen, 1897-1896. First edition illustrated by Walter Crane, one of 1,000 copies on handmade paper for England and America. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36398 | Feb 8, 2012

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Zane Grey. "Nevada." A Romance of the West. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First edition. Inscribed by the author to his son: "March 1928 / To / Romer / from / Dad / Zane Grey" on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 365, [6, publisher's catalog] pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A beautiful, personal copy in fine condition.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36336 | Feb 8, 2012

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Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. New York: Scribner's, 1932. First edition.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36348 | Feb 8, 2012

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Cormac McCarthy. Suttree. New York: Random House, [1979]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 471 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. Mild rubbing to jacket with a few tiny tears at spine head. Not price clipped or remainder marked, as is often seen. A bright, fine copy, better than usual.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36362 | Feb 8, 2012

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Ayn Rand. Anthem. London: Cassell and Company, Limited, [1953]. Second edition. Inscribed and signed by Rand, "To Jack Cordes - / - Cordially - / 12/4/67 Ayn Rand"
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36231 | Feb 8, 2012

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Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1928. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author,
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36250 | Feb 8, 2012

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Leah Bodine Drake. A Hornbook for Witches. Poems of Fantasy. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1950. First edition of 553 copies printed. Octavo. 70 pages. Publisher's black cloth and dust jacket designed by Frank Utpatel. Contents slightly toned at the edges, else a fine copy.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36262 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Three Original Pen and Ink Preliminary Drawings for the Jacket Design for The Rescuers by Margery Sharp, 1959. Ink on cardstock, with additional color wash, one with pasted on "nibbled" newsprint. Three sheets measuring roughly 7 x 6 inches. Two signed in full by Garth Williams, all three initialed by him. With his notations describing the design on the front, and with his opinions on each of the designs on the verso, one with an additional sketch. Also with a printed cover proof, initialed twice by Williams, with his note on layout. Drawings in generally fine condition. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36463 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Two Original Preliminary Ink Drawings for Illustrations in The Rescuers by Margery Sharp, 1959. Ink on paper, one with white correction fluid. Two sheets measuring roughly 8 x 12 inches. Both signed in full by Garth Williams. One with toning to left edge, the other with a small area of discoloration, a small area of surface loss, and two chips to top edge (none of which affects image area). Very good or better. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36467 | Feb 8, 2012

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Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas; The Marvelous and Exciting Adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil His Servant, and Ned Land, A Canadian Harpooner. Boston: George M. Smith & Company, 1874. Second American printing, sold by subscription. Octavo. xiii, [3], [1]-303 pages. One hundred and ten illustrations from the James R. Osgood & Company edition. Original green pictorial cloth with lavish gilt decoration. A rather nice copy with modest wear to the boards, mainly at the spine ends. Contents bright with a former owner's name in ink on the fly-leaf and small ownership stamps on the title page and tissue guard of the frontispiece. A very good copy.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36305 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Eight Preliminary Drawings for Harry Cat's Pet Puppy by George Selden, 1973. Pencil on paper. Eight sheets of various sizes, most measuring 11 x 8.5 inches; two on blue paper. All initialed by Garth Williams. All in generally fine condition. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 8 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36473 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Nine Preliminary Drawings for Harry Cat's Pet Puppy by George Selden, 1973. Pencil on paper. Nine sheets measuring 11 x 8.5 inches; one on blue paper. All initialed by Garth Williams. All in generally fine condition. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 9 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36474 | Feb 8, 2012

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Edward, Earl of Clarendon. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Begun in the year 1641. With the precedent passages, and actions that contributed thereunto, and the happy end, and conclusion thereof by the King's blessed restoration, and return upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1702-[04]. First edition of this massive and definitive history. Approximately 18 x 11.5 inches. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36595 | Feb 8, 2012

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Isaac Asimov. Foundation. New York: Gnome Press Publishers, [1951]. First edition, first issue (Currey priority A binding).
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36171 | Feb 8, 2012

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Robert A. Heinlein. Revolt in 2100. Chicago, Shasta Publishers, [1953]. First edition, first printing, one of approximately 200 subscriber's copies signed by the author on an inserted flyleaf.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36205 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Preliminary Drawings for Illustrations in Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban, 1960. Pencil on tracing paper. Five sheets, four measuring roughly 14 x 10 inches, one measuring roughly 6.25 x 14 inches. All sheets folded twice by the artist. Four signed in full by Garth Williams, one initialed by Williams. With a few shallow creases. Otherwise, in generally fine condition. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36456 | Feb 8, 2012

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Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1914. First edition of the first Tarzan book, first state (no acorn device on spine). Octavo. 400 pages. Publisher's dark red cloth with gilt titles to the front cover and spine. Spine sunned and slightly worn, some rubbing and light soiling to boards, hinges starting, previous owner's neat signature, text a bit skewed. Good. Zeuschner 696.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36251 | Feb 8, 2012

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Henry St. Clair, compiler. Tales of Terror, or the Mysteries of Magic: A Selection of Wonderful and Supernatural Stories. Boston: Printed and Published by Charles Gaylord, 1833. First edition.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36297 | Feb 8, 2012

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[Walt Disney Studios]. Mickey Mouse and His Horse Tanglefoot. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 60 pages. With numerous color illustrations in text illustrated by the staff of Walt Disney Studios. Original publisher's pictorial boards and rare dust jacket. A bit of trivial toning to pages; contemporary gift inscription on the front-free endpaper; jacket soiled with some loss at the corners and spine ends; else a very good copy in the seldom seen original dust jacket.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36400 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Original Crayon and Ink Drawing "A" for Unused Jacket Design for The Rescuers by Margery Sharp, 1959. Ink on paper, colored with crayon. One sheet measuring 8.5 x 11 inches, folded twice by the artist to resemble a dust jacket, with spine indicated. Initialed three times by Garth Williams, with his notations to the editor regarding layout and design. In generally fine condition. From the Estate of Garth Williams.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36466 | Feb 8, 2012

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[Bookbinding]. Roger Devauchelle. La Reliure en France de ses origines a nos jours. Paris: Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1959-1961. First edition of this huge work on the history of French binding. Three quarto volumes. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36528 | Feb 8, 2012

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William Russell. The History of America, From Its Discovery by Columbus to the Conclusion of the Late War. London: Printed for Fielding and Walker, 1778. First edition. Complete in two large quarto volumes. iv, 596; 629, [1, Errata]. 48 of the 51 maps and plates called for. Full contemporary calf. Spines with five raised bands and two gilt-stamped morocco labels. Leather quite worn, with repairs to joints and spines. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36665 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Twenty-One Rough Sketches for Illustrations in Laura Ingalls Wilder's On the Banks of Plum Creek, 1953. Pencil on paper. Seventeen sheets of varying sizes, most being 8.5 x 5.5 inches. All initialed by Garth Williams. All in generally fine condition. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 17 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36493 | Feb 8, 2012

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Zane Grey. Tale of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926. First edition. Quarto. 228 pages. Over one hundred illustrations from photographs taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares. Publisher's blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Modest shelf wear to the boards. Contents bright. Includes the seldom seen dust jacket which has some minor wear and scuffing but is generally very good condition.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36589 | Feb 8, 2012

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[Original Drawing]. Charles Addams. Favorite Haunts. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1976]. Book club edition. Signed and inscribed by Addams to Jack Cordes and with an original full page illustration. Quarto. 96 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36170 | Feb 8, 2012

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Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. New York: Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, [1950]. First edition. Octavo. 253 pages. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Original pictorial dust jacket by Edd Cartier.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36173 | Feb 8, 2012

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Stephen King. Firestarter. Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1980. First edition, number 99 of 725 limited edition copies signed by King on the limitation page.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36220 | Feb 8, 2012

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Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Sword. London: Collins, [1983]. First edition. Signed by Cornwell on the title page. Octavo. 319, [1, blank] pages.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36255 | Feb 8, 2012

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[Photoplay edition]. Mary W. Shelley. Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d., circa 1931]. Photoplay edition with scenes from the Universal film directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff. Octavo. xiv, 240 pages. Six inserted illustrations from the movie and a frontispiece featuring Boris Karloff as Frankenstein. Publisher's red cloth with titles stamped in black. Top edge stained green. Dust jacket illustrated by Mach Tey. Boards with modest shelfwear and slightly bumped corners. Front hinge cracked but the text block and binding are tight. Contents clean with one plate loose. The jacket art remains bright with some toning to the spine and rear panel. Generally a very good copy of this desirable edition.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36375 | Feb 8, 2012

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[Garth Williams.] Rosemary Wells. Four Illustrations by Garth Williams for Stuart Little, With Original Application of Watercolor by Rosemary Wells. Each illustration is on stiff watercolor paper and is signed by Rosemary Wells. Measurements range from approximately 6.75 x 7.25 inches to 9.25 x 11.25 inches. All generally fine. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36487 | Feb 8, 2012

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Stephen King. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three. [West Kingston, Rhode Island]: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1987]. First edition, number 369 of 850 deluxe, limited edition copies signed by King
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36214 | Feb 8, 2012

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A. A. Milne. The House at Pooh Corner. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, [1928]. First edition. Signed by Milne and artist, Ernest Shepard on the limitation page.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36410 | Feb 8, 2012

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J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York: Scholastic, [1998]. First American edition, first printing. Octavo. 309 pages. Publisher's binding. Original first issue ($16.95) dust jacket with The Guardian blurb on the rear panel. Very minor sunning to jacket spine, some rubbing to edges. Fine.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36415 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Original Watercolored Blueline Proof for The Chicken Book, 1946. Sixth two-page spread. Watercolor on thick paper with printed blueline text, outlines, and detail, measuring approximately 9.25 x 22 inches. Signed in full by Garth Williams at bottom right, with his notations. Publisher info on verso. This illustration with the acetate overlay containing text, outlines, and detail. Generally fine. From the Estate of Garth Williams.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36445 | Feb 8, 2012

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Garth Williams. Fifteen Rough Sketches for Illustrations in Laura Ingalls Wilder's On the Banks of Plum Creek, 1953. Pencil on paper. Fifteen sheets of varying sizes, most being 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Includes a preliminary drawing of the cover art, signed in full by Garth Williams. All other smaller sketches are initialed by Williams. All in generally fine condition. From the Estate of Garth Williams. (Total: 15 Items)
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36492 | Feb 8, 2012

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J. T. Lloyd. Lloyd's Official Map of the State of Virginia. New York: J. T. Lloyd, 1862. 46" x 30". A large linen-backed folding map first issued in 1861, then 1862, and last issued in 1863 taken from Boye's map of 1828 and extensively revised. Each county is in color. This version was intended for use by Union military officer's and bears the printed notation "This is the only map used to plan campaigns in Virginia by Gen. McClellan". The map is mounted in embossed brown cloth covers measuring 4.5" x 7.25", and the front board is titled in gold Lloyd's $100,000 Topographical Map of Virginia. This copy has contemporary ink notations on the front pastedown indicating battles and movements corresponding to marks on the map, probably made by a soldier mustered into an Ohio regiment. . The front board is detached, with perished spine, but the map remains in very good condition.
Auction 6064 | Lot: 36567 | Feb 8, 2012

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