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November 07 Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-20
21-26
Paintings
27-41
42-56
57-71
72-86
87-101
102-115
Works on Paper
116-125
126-135
136-145
146-155
156-165
166-175
176-184
Sculpture
185-194
195-204
205-206
Jewelry
207-231
232-256
257-281
282-306
307-331
332-356
357-381
382-406
407-431
432-456
457-481
482-495
Oceanic, African & Fetish
496-505
506-515
516-525
526
Orientalia
527-541
542-556
557-571
572-586
587-601
602-616
617-619
Silver
620-629
630-639
640-649
650-659
660-669
670-677
Decorative Arts
678-687
688-697
698-707
708-717
718-727
728-734
Porcelain and Ceramics
735-749
750-764
765-779
780-794
795-804
Glass
805-814
815-824
825-834
835
Furniture
836-845
846-854
Books, Photography, Maps & Manuscripts
855-864
865-874
875-884
885-894
895-896
Oriental Carpets & Textiles
897-911
912-926
927-941
942-956
957-971
972-982


Lives of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose, K.C.B. and Captain James Trevenen, knight of the Russian orders of St. George and St. Vladimir

885. Lives of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose, K.C.B. and Captain James Trevenen, knight of the Russian orders of St. George and St. Vladimir


London: John Murray, 1850. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. 301 pps, bound with book list in back. Binders tag on inside back cover by Remnant & Edmonds of London. Embossed blue covers with gilt lettering on spine. Very good.

100/200 Sold: $40.25

The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, in Fourteen Volumes with anIntroduction and Explanatory Notes, by Henry Weber, Esq.

886. The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, in Fourteen Volumes with anIntroduction and Explanatory Notes, by Henry Weber, Esq.


Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, 1812. 14 vols., 8vo. Marble boards with 3/4 red leather. Spine with gilt lettering. Volume I has missing leather covering on spine and boards detached. Beaumont and Fletcher were playwrights who collaborated on dramatic works from about 1606 - 1613. Overall very good. Some losses to leather. Interiors very good.

150/250 Sold: $132.25

A Lot of Five Frederic Remington Books and One by Julian Ralph

887. A Lot of Five Frederic Remington Books and One by Julian Ralph


New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. On Canada's Frontier...Illustrated by Frederic Remington. 8 vo. Fly paper with ink and pencil inscriptions. Interior pages toned. Red cloth cover with embossed decorative cover, similar spine. Slightly shaken, good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Sundown Leflare, written and illustrated by Frederic Remington. 8 vo. Interior pages toned, Pencil inscription on fly pages. Slightly shaken, good. Brown cloth binding with embossed decorative cover and gilt lettered spine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Men With Bark On. Written and illustrated by the by Frederic Remington. Interior clean. Slightly shaken. Orange cloth binding, soiled, with printed decorative cover. Gilt lettered spine. 8 vo. Good. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1902. John Ermine of Yellowstone. Written and illustrated by Frederic Remington. 8 vo. Interior pages toned, Pencil inscription on fly pages. Slightly shaken, good. Tan cloth binding with embossed and printed cover and like spine. Soiled, good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Crooked Trails. Written and illustrated by the author. Interior clean. Slightly shaken. Pencil inscription on fly pages. 8 vo. Tan cloth binding with embossed and printed cover and like spine. Soiled, good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. Pony Tracks. Written and illustrated by Frederic Remington. 8 vo. Interior pages toned, Pencil inscription on fly pages. Slightly shaken, good. Orange cloth backing printed cover in colors. Decorative spine with gilt lettering. Owners stamps on fly and title page. Good.

250/500 Sold: $241.50

A Lot of Four Frederic Remington Books

888. A Lot of Four Frederic Remington Books


New York: The Dial Press, 1960. Frederic Remington's Own West, written and illustrated by Frederic Remington. Edited and with an introduction by Harold McCracken. End paper and fly paper have pasted down fragments from mailing envelopes. Also Date stamp in ink on fly page and title page. Brown cloth binding with embossed and gilt cover and spine. Very good. New York: The Century Co., 1899. Ranch Life and The Hunting Trail by Theodore Roosevelt, illustrated by Frederic Remington. Deckled edges, green cloth binding with embossed and gilt cover and gilt lettered spine. Ink and pencil inscription on fly page. Shaken, soiled, good. Phila. and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1947. First edition. Frederic Remington Artist of The Old west, by Harold McCracken with an introduction by James Chillman, Jr. Fly and end paper with ink owners stamps, ink markings, and tape residue. With DJ which is well worn with losses. Black cloth binding with decorative spine. Very good. New York: Crown Publishers, 1970. The Illustrations of Frederic Remington with a Commentary by Owen Wister. Owners stamps throughout and blindstamped titled page. Red cloth binding with DJ, which is also blindstamped. and ink stamped. Good.

150/250 Sold: $120.75

The Waverley Novels, Sir Walter Scott

889. The Waverley Novels, Sir Walter Scott


Estes and Lauriat, Boston, 1893. International Limited Edition. Limited to 1000 copies, number 905. Typography, electrotyping, printing by John Wilson and Son, University Press, Cambridge, USA. 54 Volumes; 6 in. x 8 3/4 in., illustrated. Red morocco leather spines, sides and cornerpieces, with raised bands on spine, gilt titling, thistle designs, and marbled paper boards and endpapers, top-edges gilt. Some spines chipped, overall very good.

800/1,200 Sold: $862.50

The Holly Edition of the Works of Washington Irving

890. The Holly Edition of the Works of Washington Irving


G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1891. Limited to 1000 sets, number 294. 37 volumes of 40 (lacking 3 volumes); 5 1/4 in. x 8 in., illustrated. Brown leather spines, sides and cornerpieces, gilt titling, and marbled paper, top-edges gilt. Some volumes show wear to spine ends, spines, cracking to some cover hinges. (Incomplete set). Very good.

800/1,200 Sold: $86.25

Charles Dickens, The Complete Works edited by Richard Garnett; illustrated with etchings and engravings by Cruikshank, Landseer, Maclise,  Doyle, Tenniel, Leech, Browne (Phiz) and others.

891. Charles Dickens, The Complete Works edited by Richard Garnett; illustrated with etchings and engravings by Cruikshank, Landseer, Maclise, Doyle, Tenniel, Leech, Browne (Phiz) and others.


Chapman & Hall, Limited, London, 1900. "Autograph Edition". 30 volumes; 6 1/4 in. x 9 1/4 in., illustrated. Red leather spines, sides and cornerpieces and marbled paper boards and endpapers, gilt titling, top-edges gilt. (Some spine ends show wear, wear to spine of volume 12)

800/1,200 Sold: $201.25

William Shakespeare, The Complete Works edited by Alexander Dyce

892. William Shakespeare, The Complete Works edited by Alexander Dyce


Swan Sonnenschen & Co., London The Stratford-on-Avon Edition (ca. 1880-1900); 10 volumes, 6 1/4 in. x 9 3/8 in., illustrated. Brown leather spines, sides and cornerpieces and marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, gilt titling, top-edges gilt. Illustrated with 186 full-page photogravures and photoengravings and reproductions of famous impersonations of Shakespeare characters.

600/800 Sold: $488.75

A Collection of Sixteen Books on Books

893. A Collection of Sixteen Books on Books


TWENTY-THREE Books and the Stories Behind Them. WINTERICH, John T.Philadelphia:,Lippincott,1939. First edition. 8vo., 241pp., index. illustrated. The books includeMoby Dick, Treasure Island, Walden, Gulliver's Travels, Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Jane Eyre, etc. Near fine in like dj. BOOKS IN BLACK OR RED. Pearson, Edmund Lester. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. First edition. Very good. ISAIAH THOMAS, PRINTER, PATRIOT AND PHILANTHROPIST, 1749-1831. Shipton, Clifford K. New York; The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1948. First edition. 8vo., xiv, 94 pp. Near fine in a very good dj. BOOKS AND PRINTING: a treasury for typophiles. Bennett, Paul A., Ed. Cleveland: The World Pub. Co., 1951. First edition. Very good++ in a like dj. BRUCE ROGERS DESIGNER OF BOOKS with a list of the books printed under Mr. Roger's supervision; Warde, Frederic. with a list of the books printed under Mr. Roger's supervision; Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1926. Second edition, small 8vo, grey cloth with paper spine label, 76pp text, 15pp of illustrations......

300/600 Sold: $149.50

A Group of Four, Signed First Edition Books

894. A Group of Four, Signed First Edition Books


HERE BE MONSTERS NY: Mysterious Press, 1986. First American edition. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Price. Very fine in slipcase still in publishers shrink wrap, without dust jacket as issued. THE ABILITY TO KILL, Ambler, Eric New York, London; Mysterious Press, 1987. First American edition.. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Ambler. 8vo., 214pp. Red cloth in matching slipcase without dust jacket as issued. As new. SAFEKEEPING McDonald, Gregory New York: Penzler Books, [1985]. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by McDonald. Red cloth in matching slipcase without dust jacket as issued. As new. A LIKELY STORY Westlake, Donald New York: Penzler Books, 1984. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Westlake. Grey cloth in matching slipcase without dust jacket as issued. As new.

100/150 Sold: $184.00

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