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January 2004 Fine Art & Antiques Online Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-20
21-22
Paintings
23-32
33-42
43-52
53-62
63-72
73-82
83-85
Works on Paper
86-100
101-115
116-130
131-145
146-160
161-167
Furniture & Decorative Arts
168-177
178-187
188-197
198-207
208-217
218-219
Bronze
220-229
230
Glass
231-240
241-250
251-260
261-265
Silver
266-275
276-282
Porcelain & Ceramics
283-292
293-302
303-312
313-319
Orientalia
320-329
330-336
Oriental Carpets
337-346
347-356
357
Books
358-367
368-377
378-387
388-397
398-407
408-417
418-420


Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun.

378. Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun.


London: 1965. Jonathan Cape. Hard Cover. First Edition (Stated). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 221pp. Black cloth boards gilt stamping at the spine, with green and white decorated endpapers. Fine in a near fine jacket. On title page verso is the text "First Published 1965". Boards do not have gold embossed gun, only on the spine.

150/300 Sold: $189.75

Jerzy Kosinski, Cockpit

379. Jerzy Kosinski, Cockpit


Jerzy Kosinski, Cockpit. Boston, Houghton, 1975. Signed by author "For John Mesanos in appreciation of his interest, and hope of future meetings, admiringly Jerzy Kosinsky, September 9, 1976." Black cloth cover, with dust jacket, in wraps. Clean, bright interior. Measures apprx 6" x 9".

75/150 Sold: $46.00

Jerzy Kosinsky, Steps

380. Jerzy Kosinsky, Steps


Jerzy Kosinsky, Steps New York: Random House, (1968). Octavo, original boards, original dust jacket. Signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Steps was Kosinski's second novel, and won the National Book Award. Inscription reads "All the best, Jerzy Kosinsky." Clean bright interior, in wraps. English text. Measures apprx 6" x 8". One corner of dust wrapper clipped.

200/400 Sold: $103.50

Washington Irving, A Chronicle of the Conquest of Grenada

381. Washington Irving, A Chronicle of the Conquest of Grenada


Paris: Baudry, at the Foreign Library, 1829, in two volumes. 454pp. Hardcover, with 3/4 leather binding. Gold tooling on spine with raised bands. Brown end boards. brown and red speckled end papers. Measures apprx 4-1/2" x 7". Pages appear to have been bleached. Exlibris bookplate.

100/150 Sold: $74.75

John Mason Good, The Book of Nature

382. John Mason Good, The Book of Nature


First edition. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826. Complete in three volumes. Boards and corners have gilt ruled borders, marbled endpapers with matching edges. Marbled end boards with 3/4 green leather binding. Spines have raised bands with tooling. Vol. I, 443 pp. Vol. II, 441 pp. Vol. III, 425 pp. Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, London. Important 19th century work of nature. Sellers stamp on interior of board from "George's Park St., Bristol". Measures apprx 6" x 9".

200/400 Sold: $138.00

George Anson, Esq. A Voyage Around the World in the Years 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743 and 1744.

383. George Anson, Esq. A Voyage Around the World in the Years 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743 and 1744.


London: C. & J. Rivington, 1828. 444 pp. New rivised edition. Full leather with gold banding on spine as well as red leather title insert. Embossed on cover " Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge". Inscribed "Miss J.E. Chapman, June 2" in ink on the inside front cover and has stamp of John Bird, bookbinder, London. English text, no map. Measures apprx 4-1/2" x 7".

100/150 Sold: $63.25

T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

384. T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom.


London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First trade edition. Medium brown buckram fabric w/gold gilt text on spine and front cover. Gold gilt crossed swords on front cover. Slightly worn finish on buckram. Illustrations in photogravure by John Swain & Son. Maps by Cheswick Press. Bound by A.W.Bain. Printed in Oxford at the Alden Press. Inscription in ink on front end paper reads "To Bob, with love from Elsie, October 1935." Deckled edges. Measures apprx 8" x 10".

150/200 Sold: $80.50

Henry James, The Sense of the Past

385. Henry James, The Sense of the Past


London: W. Collins Sons & Co. 1917. No dust jacket. First edition. 8vo with dark blue cloth and gilt lettering. 351 untrimmed pp., portrait frontispiece by noted photographer A. L. Coburn. One of two novels which James left unfinished at his death. This publication includes author's notes. Clean interior with deckled pages. Measures apprx 5-1/2" x 8".

100/200 Sold: $17.25

Henry Martin, Joyaux de l'Enluminure a la Bibliotheque Nationale

386. Henry Martin, Joyaux de l'Enluminure a la Bibliotheque Nationale


Henry Martin, Joyaux de l'Enluminure a la Bibliotheque Nationale Paris & Bruxelles, les Editions G. Van Oest, 1928. 134 pp. 101 plts (1 col.) Tissue paper between color plates. Deckled pages, soft cover, with paper dust jacket. Measures apprx 11" x 14-1/2". French text.

200/300 Sold: $46.00

Schedelfche Meltchronik 1493

387. Schedelfche Meltchronik 1493


Scheldelfche Meltchronik Verlag: Germany, 1975. German text with black and white illustrations. Medieval styled text. Spine embossed with gold tooling. Measures apprx 9-1/2" x 13".

150/200

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