Lots 161 - 170

Lot #161: WELLS, H.G. TWENTY-FIVE FIRST EDITIONS - ALL REBOUND IN BLACK MOROCCO
25 volumes, including: (1) "Island of Dr. Moreau" London, 1896 - fine copy. (2) "Invisible Man" London, 1897 - damage to leather on top and corner. (3) "The Sea Lady" London, 1902. Ads dated August, 1902. 2 small chips. (4) "The Stolen Bacillus" London, 1895 - fine copy. (5) "Modern Utopia" London, 1905 - fine copy. (6) "When the Sleeper Wakes" London, 1899 - fine copy. (7) "Tono Bongay" London, 1909. Ads dated 1.09. Fine copy. (8) "Select Conversations with an Uncle" London, 1895. Wells' first literary work. Heavily chipped. (9) "Country of the Blind" London, 1911 - chips. (10) 10 others in very good condition. (11) 6 others - leather in poor condition.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $650

Lot #162: (ALS) ZOLA, EMILE. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED.
Paris, 12 December 1883. 2 page letter to an unnamed recipient. Not translated. Nice bold signature. Framed and matted with a portrait.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 250.00 Sold at $450

Lot #163: LITERATURE - ELEVEN TITLES
(1) Mailer, Norman "Barbary Shore" New York, 1951. Fine copy in good dust jacket. (2) Dickey, James "Drowning with Others" Middletown, 1962. Wraps. (3) O'Casey, Sean "The Silver Tassie" London, 1928. Fine in dust jacket. (4) (Signed) Auden, W.H. "The Shield of Achilles" NY, 1955. First edition, signed on title. No dust jacket. (5) Seven others.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $125

Lot #164: LITERATURE - THREE SCARCE TITLES
(1). (Signed) Derleth, August "Shadow of Night." New York, 1943. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed on front free endpaper. (2). Stoker, Bram. "Jewel of the Seven Stars." New York, 1904. First American edition. Spine faded. (3). Collier, John. "Green Thoughts." London, 1932. 1 of 550 copies signed.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $100

Lot #165: SYLVIA PLATH, STEPHEN SPENDER, DYLAN THOMAS AND LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI. FIVE TITLES.
(1). Plath, Sylvia. "The Colossus." New York, 1962. First American edition. Fine copy in dust jacket. (2). Spender, Stephen. "Poems of Dedication." New York, 1947. First edition signed on 1/2 title. Fine copy in slightly rubbed dust jacket. (3). Thomas, Dylan. "A Child's Christmas in Wales." Norfolk, New Directions, 1954. Fine copy in sunned dust jacket. (4). Thomas, Dylan. "New Poems." Norfolk, New Directions, 1943. Purple wraps. Some sun fade. (5). Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. "A Coney Island of the Mind." Norfolk, New Directions, 1958. Pictorial wraps.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $150

Lot #166: (BASKIN) DANTE ALIGHIERI. "THE DIVINE COMEDY."
New York, Grossman, 1969. 4TO, 3 volumes. Illustrated in black and white by Leonard Baskin. 1/2 cloth over paper boards. Publisher's slipcase. Slight spine fade.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $100

Lot #167: (HARRY CLARKE) GOETHE. "FAUST."
London, 1925. 4TO. 1 of 1000 copies signed by the illustrator Harry Clarke. Original 1/2 vellum. Spine lightly soiled. Edges of boards sunned.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $100

Lot #168: (CYLINDER BOOK) HEATH, WILLIAM. "FASHION AND FOLLY OR THE BUCK'S PILGRIMAGE."
London, William Lams, 1822. 6 1/2 in. vertical. 25 satirical plates on one continuous rolled sheet. Handcolored etchings. Color pictorial and printed wooden cylinder with plates and text rolled inside. Plates are in fine condition except for a few minor spots on 2 plates. Heath published a book called "Fashion and Folly" in the same year. The 4TO book had 23 plates. I can find no mention of this "book" in auction records, on-line retail sites or the British Museum catalogue.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $2800

Lot #169: (MATISSE) JOYCE, JAMES. "ULYSSES."
New York, Limited Editions Club, 1935. Large 4TO. Illustrated with soft ground etchings by Henri Matisse. Reproductions of his drawings included. Gilt stamped pictorial brown cloth. Book is fine. Slipcase has bottom panel missing and is in poor condition. 1 of 1500 copies signed by Matisse.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $2200

Lot #170: KENT, ROCKWELL. "FORTY DRAWINGS DONE BY ROCKWELL KENT TO ILLUSTRATE THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE."
Garden City, 1937. Folio. 40 woodcuts by Rockwell Kent; 1 signed and 1 colored. All Matted. Woodcuts in fine condition. A few mats stained. Housed in original box with paper title label. Box has numerous tape repairs.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $1300