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May 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-20
Paintings
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-67
Works on Paper
68-82
83-97
98-112
113-127
128-142
143
Furniture & Decorative Arts
144-153
154-163
164-173
174-180
Porcelain, Pottery & Ceramics
181-190
191-200
201-210
211-220
221-222
Glass
223-231
Silver
232-241
242-251
252-253
Estate Jewelry
254-263
264-273
274-283
284
Orientalia
285-294
295-304
Oriental Carpets
305-313
Books, Photographs & Autographs
314-328
329-343
344-358
359-373
374-388
389-403


Royal and Noble Authors of England

359. Royal and Noble Authors of England


n.a., CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL AND NOBLE AUTHORS OF ENGLAND. Edinburgh: Printed for W. H. Lunn, et al., 1796. Octavo, full calf, professionally rebacked, raised bands, morocco label and gilt title, over original boards. 339 pp.

100/150 Sold: $97.75

Fantasia of the Unconscious

360. Fantasia of the Unconscious


Lawrence, D. H. FANTASIA OF THE UNCONSCIOUS. London: Martin Secker, 1923. First edition, octavo, cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 175 pp.

75/150 Sold: $155.25

History of British Birds

361. History of British Birds


(Bewick, Thomas). HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. New Castle: Printed for T. Bewick, 1821. Two volumes. Octavo, original half calf over marbled boards. Wood engravings by Bewick. Vol. I: History and Description of Land Birds, pp. xL, 330, 46. Vol. II: History and Discription of Water Birds, pp. xxii, 360, 43.

75/150 Sold: $172.50

Virgin And the Gipsy

362. Virgin And the Gipsy


Lawrence, D. H., VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY. Florence: G. Orioli, 1930. First Edition. Limited edition #794 of 810 copies. Octavo, cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. pp. 216.

150/300 Sold: $299.00

Account of the Pelew Islands

363. Account of the Pelew Islands


Keate, George. ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from The Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his officers, who in August 1783, were there shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a packet belonging to the Hon. East India Company. Dublin: Luke White, 1788. Octavo, original full calf, morocco label, frontis portrait of Captain Wilson, illustrated with engravings (some fold-out), fold-out map of Pelew Islands. pp. xxix, 378, publisher's ads.

300/450 Sold: $333.50

Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

364. Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell


Goldsmith (Oliver), and (Thomas) Parnell. POEMS BY GOLDSMITH AND PARNELL. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1804. Octavo, half blue morocco over marbled boards. Illustrated by Thomas and John Bewick. pp., xxvii, 68.

150/250 Sold: $103.50

Historical Tablets and Medallions

365. Historical Tablets and Medallions


Todd, John Henry. HISTORICAL TABLETS AND MEDALLIONS, Illustrative of an improved system of artifical memory for the more easy remembrance of remarkalbe events and dates, exhibiting in a series of tinted engravings (including more than one hundred medallic portraits), a connected outline of historical and biographical chronology, the complete succession of all the roman emperors, and of the sovereigns of England and France, down to the present time; together with an appropriate introduction, appendix, and vocabulary. London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, 1827. Quarto, half calf, rebacked over mable boards. pp., 42 plus list of subscribers. Engraved plates.

100/200 Sold: $207.00

World's Best Orations (10 volume set)

366. World's Best Orations (10 volume set)


Brewer, David J. (editor). WORLD'S BEST ORATIONS. St. Louis: Ferd P. Kaiser, 1899. Ten volumes. Royal Edition, Limited #405 of 1000 copies. Quarto, 3/4 blue leather over marbled boards, teg, deckle edge. A clean, handsome set.

50/100 Sold: $178.25

Flore Francoise (3 volumes)

367. Flore Francoise (3 volumes)


Lamarck, C. FLORE FRANCOISE, OU DESCRIPTION SUCCINTE DE TOUTES LES PLANTS, Qui croissent naturellement en France, Disposee selon une nouvelle methode d' Anaylyse, & a laquelle on a joint la citation de leurs vertus les moins equivaques en medecine, & de leur utilite dans les Arts. Paris: H. Agasse, (1779). Three volumes, Second Edition. Octavo, quarter calf. cxix, 159 pp., plus 8 fold-out engraved plates at rear; 684; 674 pp.

300/450 Sold: $195.50

Yankee at the Court of King Arthur

368. Yankee at the Court of King Arthur


Twain, Mark. YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR. London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. First U.K. Edition. Decorated red cloth, 525pp., plus publisher's ads dated October 1889, illustrated.

75/125 Sold: $212.75

Three Winnie the Pooh Books

369. Three Winnie the Pooh Books


Milne, A. A. WINNIE THE POOH, NOW WE ARE SIX, HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. London: Methuen & Co., (1926, 1927,1928). Small octavos, full calf, gilt embossed spines, gilt embossed vignettes on front boards, all edges gilt, illustrated endpapers, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. 158, 103, 178 pp. Head, tail and portion of spine of House at Pooh Corner are missing, rear board of Winnie the Pooh and front board of Now We are Six are discolored.

500/1,000 Sold: $546.25

Scott's Red Gauntlet (3 volumes)

370. Scott's Red Gauntlet (3 volumes)


(Scott, Walter). RED GAUNTLET. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824. First Edition. 3 volumes, octavo, original cloth, deckle edges, 319, 328, 331 pp.

125/200 Sold: $69.00

Byron's Werner

371. Byron's Werner


Byron, Lord. WERNER, A TRAGEDY. London: John Murray, 1823. First Edition. Octavo, rebound blue cloth, 188 pp.

150/250 Sold: $40.25

Two Bernard Shaw Titles

372. Two Bernard Shaw Titles


Shaw, Bernard. THE APPLE CART: A POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANZA. London: Constable, 1930. First Edition. 12mo., cloth in dust jacket. Unopened pages, 78 pp., owner's inscription on front fly, foxing to edges. Shaw, Bernard. IN GOOD KING CHARLES'S GOLDEN DAYS. London: Constable & Co., (1939). 12mo., cloth, illustrated by Feliks Topolski. 119 pp.

75/150 Sold: $46.00

Southey's All for Love

373. Southey's All for Love


Southey, Robert. ALL FOR LOVE; and The Pilgrim to Compostella. London: John Murray, 1829. First Edition. 12mo., original quarter cloth over paper boards, paper label, engraved frontis, 221 pp., plus ads.

125/200 Sold: $103.50

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