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March 2004 Fine Art & Antiques Auction Catalog

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Lots

Fine Paintings
1-10
11-20
21-26
Decorative Paintings
27-36
37-46
47-56
57-66
67
Ohio Artists
68-77
78-87
88-97
98-107
108
Works On Paper
109-123
124-138
139-153
154-168
169-179
Sculpture
180-189
190-199
200
Furniture
201-210
211-220
221-230
231-240
241
Ancient Coins
242-251
Fine Jewelry
252-261
262-271
272-281
282-291
292-301
302
Objects D' Vertue
303-312
313-318
Silver
319-333
334-348
349-363
364-378
379-388
Porcelain, Pottery & Ceramics
389-403
404-418
419-433
434-448
449-463
464-465
Decorative Arts
466-475
476-485
486-491
Orientalia
492-501
502-511
512-521
522-531
532-537
Glass
538-547
548-557
558-567
568-577
578-582
Oriental Carpets & Textiles
583-592
593-602
603-612
613-622
623
Books, Maps & Ephemera
624-633
634-643
644-653
654-663
664-669


A Grouping of Maps from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars

654. A Grouping of Maps from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars


Maps were originally issued by William and A.K. Johnston. Printed and published by W. Blackwood and Sons c. 1875-1880 in Edinburgh, Scotland. This grouping contains 40 maps. Each map measures apprx 7-1/2" H x 9-1/2" W.

50/100 Sold: $143.75

Ian Fleming, The Diamond Smugglers & Octopussy and the Living Daylights & The Man with the Golden Gun

655. Ian Fleming, The Diamond Smugglers & Octopussy and the Living Daylights & The Man with the Golden Gun


Ian Fleming, The Diamond Smuggler New York. The Macmillan Co. 1958. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and a cartoon frontispiece of Sir Percy. In blue-green cloth stamped in white with diamond designs on front boards. 160 pp. Octopussy and the Living Daylights London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Small octavo with black cloth end boards and stamped with silver lettering on spine and front end board. Nicely illustrated dust jacket has been clipped on interior. This is the last of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, published posthumously. 95 pp. Both novels measure apprx 8" H x 5" W. 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.

300/350 Sold: $92.00

Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas

656. Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas


Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas The Hogarth Press, London, 1938, octavo, 329 pp. Illustrated with 5 photographic plates. Original yellow cloth end boards with gold lettering on spine. One of 8,000 published copies. Measures apprx 7-1/2" H x 5" W. Ex-libris tag located on interior of front end board.

100/200 Sold: $51.75

Mark Twain, The American Claimant

657. Mark Twain, The American Claimant


Mark Twain, The American Claimant. Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1892. Olive-green cloth binding. First Edition. 278 pp, with 8 pp ads, and twenty-three black and white illustrations. Stamped in black and lettered in gilt. First Edition of this novel in which Twain tried, unsuccessfully, to recreate the character of Colonel Sellers from "The Gilded Age". Measures apprx 8-1/2" H x 6" W.

200/300 Sold: $115.00

Emile Zola, Mes Haines

658. Emile Zola, Mes Haines


Achille Faure, Libraire-Editeur, Paris: 1866. 278 pp. French text. This novel appears to have been rebound in mauve silk cloth with 3/4 marbled end boards. Spine stamped with gilt fleur-de-lis and dated 1866. Inserted leather band on spine with gilt stamp.Label on interior of front end board "Ex-Libris, Paul Muret." Table of contents located at end of novel along with extracts from the catalogue of the Librairie Achille Faure. Measures apprx 7-1/2" H x 4-3/4" W.

100/150 Sold: $11.50

Jeremy Collier, Defense of the Short View

659. Jeremy Collier, Defense of the Short View


Jeremy Collier, Defence of the Short View London 1699. A defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage, 139 pp. Rebound in black leather with gold stamped title on spine. Measures apprx 7-1/2" H x 5" W.

100/200 Sold: $143.75

A Grouping of Works by Ernest Hemingway

660. A Grouping of Works by Ernest Hemingway


A trio of novels by Ernest Hemingway includes "Islands in the Stream," "A Moveable Feast" and "49 Short Stories." "Islands in the Stream" London: Collins 1970. 1st British ed. Blue cloth cover with green dust jacket. In wraps. 398 pp. Clean, bright interior. Measures apprx 9" H x 6" W. "A Moveable Feast" London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 1st Edition. Red and orange dust jacket. This is the corrected edition, not the uncorrected proof. 192 pp. In wraps. Measures apprx 8" H x 5-1/2" W. "49 Short Stories" Re-issued in 1944. London: Jonathan Cape. 471 pp. Camel colored cloth end boards. Blue and gold dust jacket. In wraps. Measures apprx 8" H x 5-1/2" W.

300/400 Sold: $138.00

A Rare Issue of German Time Magazine, c. 1944

661. A Rare Issue of German Time Magazine, c. 1944


"September, 11th, 1944", Time magazine, German edition, printed by Henry Luce, publisher of Time. Printed in black and red ink. The cover features Flugzeugbauer Grumman. Apprx 10-3/4" x 8-1/4". Provenance: Rose Mary Godsey, employee of Time, staffed for the German edition.

250/500 Sold: $69.00

Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I-VIII

662. Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I-VIII


Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I-VIII. London: John Murray 1887. 8 vols. Engraved portrait frontispiece, several folding maps, original blue blindstamped cloth giltOverall each volume measures apprx 9" H x 6-1/4" W.

100/300 Sold: $57.50

Album Des Chefs-d'Oeuvres d'Ecole Flamande: P.P. Reubens, A. Van Dyck & Quintin-Matsys

663. Album Des Chefs-d'Oeuvres d'Ecole Flamande: P.P. Reubens, A. Van Dyck & Quintin-Matsys


London: John Davis, Imprimeur. Bruxelles: H.L. Leys, Lithographie Artistique. This volume has red moroccan end boards with gilt lettering. White satin on interior of end boards. Dated 1878. This book contains many photogravures laid on wove paper from works by several Flemish masters. Measures apprx 25" H x 16" W.

75/125 Sold: $34.50

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