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1046. Signed "Addresses Upon the American Road 1933-1938" by Herbert Hoover and "Our Islands and Their People: As Seen by Camera and Pencil" Complete in Two Volumes, by Major-General Joseph Wheeler and Jose de Olivares 1) New York: Charles Schribner's Sons, 1938. Fifth printing. 390 pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Very minor wear to extremities. Signed in blue ink by Hoover and warmly to Earnest D. Beatty, former Green Co., OH Recorder. Beatty's plate inside front board. Thirty seven speeches of the 31-st President delivered prior to WWII. 2) N. D. Thompson Publishing Co., 1899. Folio; 784 pp in two volumes. Green cloth with gilt letters on cover and spine, figured endpapers. Extensive descriptions of The Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Isles of Pines, etc. as recently acquired by the United States, with hundreds of b/w photo illustrations, many full page color photos with tissue guards and color maps. 200/400 Sold: $115.00 |
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1047. "The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems" by Lewis Carroll, "Robin Hood: A collection of all the ancient poems, songs and ballads..." Joseph Ritson Ed., and "History of Oliver Cromwell and the English Commonwealth: from the Execution of Charles the First to the Death of Cromwell" by M. Guizot 1) New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First edition thus. Small quarto, xiii, 248 pp. With color frontis and 39 sepia-toned illustrations by Peter Newell, all witty; beautiful wide green borders on every page by Robert Murray Wright (stylized animals, birds, fish, etc.) Full ivory parchment paper covered boards with gilt letters on boards and spine. Gilt top edge; other edges deckled. This edition is collectible for the illustrations and beautiful book design. 2) "...Now Extant Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw to which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes on His Life by Joseph Ritson, Esq." London: William Pickering, 1832. Numerous illustrations by Bewick in both volumes. Octavo, bound in olive-dyed calf, boards framed in gilt fillet, spines with four raised bands, ornate gilt and title in maroon. Vol.1 148 pp, Vol. 2 261 pp. 3) Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1854. viii, 426 pp plus advertisements; vii 511 pp. Translated from French by Andrew R. Scoble. American edition (also published same year by Richard Bentley, London, and in France and elswere). Olive blind-stamped cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Solid bindings. 250/500 |
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1048. "Set This House on Fire" by William Styron, "Portnoy's Complaint" by Philip Roth, and "Iberia: Spanish Travels and Reflections" by James Michener 1) New York: Random House, 1960. First Printing. Hard-cover. 8vo. 507 pp. Olive green paper dust jacket, not price clipped; designed by paul Bacon. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front board; spine with gilt, red and grey lettering. End-paper top stained red. Signed by the author. 2) New York: Random House, 1969. First printing. Hard-cover. 274 pp. Bright yellow dust jacket, clipped, but the price remains; dj design by Paul Bacon. Navy blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine. End-paper top stained red. Signed by the author. Bookplates of the previous owner on the front board. 3) New York: Randon House, 1968. Fist printing. Hard-cover. 818 pp. Photographs by Robert Vavra. Dust jacket not price clipped; designed by Don Bolognese. Ochre cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine, and a gilt coat of arms decoration on the front board. 350/550 Sold: $322.00 |
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1049. A Signed Boxing Glove in a Lucite Display Case A red Everlast boxing glove, autographed by ten heavyweight champions, enclosed in a lucite display case with one mirror-finished side and a black base offset by brass finished details. The overall size of the case is 15"H x 8-1/2"W x 8-1/2"D. 500/1,000 Sold: $316.25 |
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1050. Chaim Gross (American, 1904 - 1991) "The Jewish Holidays" a Suite of Eleven Lithographs This suite of ten original lithographs, plus title page of the Jewish Holidays was created by Chaim Gross in Paris in 1968 for Associated American Artists. The artist was assisted by the master lithographer, Marcel Salinas. The lithographs were printed on the presses of Georges Trotingnon and Lucien Detruit. The typography for the text was composed by hand and printed on the presses of Pierre jean Mathan on velin pur Chiffon des Papeteries de Lana. Suite number 79 out of 200, each suite contains eleven lithographs, each individual lithograph is signed, numbered and titled by the artist. The stones and plates used in this suite have been erased. Grey cloth clamshell box, artist name in gilt letters on recto, spine with the artist name and title of the suite in gilt letters. Printed on Riverie paper, unbound folios. Foreword by Rabbi Avraham Soltes. Measures approx. 26" x 20". 1,000/2,000 Sold: $632.50 |
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1051. "The Wood Engravings of Gwenda Morgan" with an introduction by John Randle, The Whittington Press Andoversford: The Wittington Press, 1985. Artist proof out of 335 copies. Signed by the artist on the justification of the tirage page. Overall with the clamshell box measures approx. 11-1/2" x 8". White cloth clamshell box with an overlay square title plate in white, black and red leather; black felt on the interior. The book is bound by Smith Settle in contemporary leather with applied details; Zerkall mould-made paper; deckled endpapers. Frontispiece: Fittleworth, 1953. The book includes fifty wood engravings by Gwenda Morgan, a British illustration artist. 200/400 Sold: $356.50 |
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1052. "She is My Bright and Smiling and Shy Dear" Poems by Kenneth Hopkins Easthampton: Warwick Press, 1985. Edition of 75. Measures approx. 11-3/4" x 9". Vermillion red cloth clamshell with an applied green leather decoration with gilt lettering on the spine. Maroon velvet lining on the interior. The book is bound in green leather with an abstract decoration in leather of various colors. Deckled end-papers. Seventy five copies of "She is My Bright and Smiling and Shy Dear" have been designed, illustrated printed by Carol J. Blinn at Warwick Press in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The type is Jan van Kimpen's Spectrum, the text paper is handmade Japanese ivory Glazed with dyed paper inserts. The binding paper is Kuzuryu Beige and the illustration paper is Fabriano Artistico Watercolor. The illustrations, printed from cuts made from the original brush and ink drawings, are hand water-colored. 250/500 Sold: $241.50 |
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1053. A Lot of Three Art Books by Carmine Benincasa Miro, published by SEAT, Torino, 1987. Red cloth hard case folio with printed title on front in yellow, text by Carmine Benincasa and Rosa Maria Malet. Includes 50 colors plates with tissue guards. Text with short biography in grey paper, text in Italian. Apprx 21-3/4" T x 15-1/2"W. Kandinsky, published by SEAT, Torino, 1992. Black cloth folio in like slip case with printed title in white. Text in Italian with many B&W plates. Following text are 10 color lithographs with tissue guards. Apprx 21-1/2"T x 15-1/2"W. Slip case with damage, folio scuffed. Ball, published by SEAT, Torino, 1992. Green cloth folio in like slip case with printed title in red. Text in Italian with many B&W plates. Following text are 10 color lithographs with tissue guards. Apprx 21-1/2"T x 15-1/2"W. 200/400 Sold: $448.50 |
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1054. "Joe Miller's Jests: Or, the Wits Vade-Mecum", ca. 1760 ...Being a collection of the most brilliant jests, the most excellent bons mots, and most pleasant short stories in the English language; many of them transcribed from the mouth of the facetious gentlemen whose name they bear. To which are added, choice collections of moral sentences, and of the most pointed and truly valuable epigrams in the British tongue; with the names of the authors to such as are known. Most humbly inscribed to those choice spirits of the age, His Majesty's Poet-Laureate, Mr. David Garrick, Mr. The. Cibber, Mr. Justice Bodens's horse, Tom Jones, the most impudent man living, the Rev. Mr. Henley, and Job Baker the kettle drummer. London: printed for John Hodges, ca. 1760. Thirteenth edition. 192 pp. Re-backed with original leather covers. Gold tooling on board perimeter. Five raised bands on spine with two newer red and black compartment inserts with gilt lettering. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2" x 5/8". Rare book. 200/300 Sold: $241.50 |
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1055. "The Divine Comedy" and "The New Life of Dante", Translated by Charles Eliot Norton, 4 Vols. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. Eighth impression. 8vo. Three quarter burgundy morocco and marbled paper binding with gilt tooling on boards. Five raised bands on spine with gilt tooling in all the compartments. Marbled paper endpapers, gilt top edges, and deckled paper edges on the side. 100/200 Sold: $316.25 |
