Lots 51 - 60
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Lot #51: THACKERY, WILLIAM M. - THREE TITLES, ALL FIRST EDITIONS BOUND IN THREE-QUARTER RED MOROCCO
(1) "Irish Sketch-Book," London, 1843. 2 volumes. Half title page and original cloth bound-in. (2) "Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo...," London, 1846. Handcolored frontis; half title, original cloth bound-in. (3) "Lovel the Widower," London, 1861. Ads and original cloth bound-in.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 |
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Lot #52: TOOLE, JOHN KENNEDY. "A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES"
Baton Rouge, LSU Press, 1980. First edition, first issue dust jacket, 8VO. Light tan cloth binding. Dust jacket has very minor chips and rubs. Dust jacket does not have the Chicago Sun Times blurb. Walker Percy quote is on the back panel.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 Sold at $1000 |
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Lot #53: TWAIN, MARK. "ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN"
New York, Charles L. Webster, 1885. First edition, early issue, large 8VO. Illustrated by E.W. Kemble. Green cloth binding with gilt and black lettering and illustration. Slight spine fade; piece of lower spine cloth (1 1/4 in.) seperated and reglued with no loss. Issue points: (1) first state - "Him and another man" listed at page 88. (2) First state page 57 "with the Was." (3) Third state page 155, final 5 present. (4) Third state, engraving on page 283 redone. (5) First state, portrait frontis, heliotype imprint and cloth visible. (6) First state page 143, "I" missing in"Col," first line and line 7, "b" is badly broken.
Estimate: $ 3000.00 - $ 4000.00 |
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Lot #54: WHARTON, EDITH. "ETHAN FROME"
New York, Scribner's, 1911. First edition, first issue, 12MO. Red gilt lettered cloth. Spine faded, but gilt lettering visible; otherwise a fine bright copy. First issue points: top edge gilt; unbroken type in last line of page 135.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $200 |
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Lot #55: FIVE MODERN FIRST EDITIONS - ALL IN DUST JACKETS
(1) Frazier, Charles. "Cold Mountain," New York, 1997. First issue, page 25, line 16 "man-woman" instead of "mad-woman." (2) Fowles, John. "The Collector," Boston, 1963. First American Edition. (3) Conroy, Pat, "The Prince of Tides," Boston, 1986. (4) Benchley, Peter. "Jaws," Garden City, 1974. (5) Grass, Gunter. "The Tin Drum," New York, 1962. First American Edition.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $125 |
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Lot #56: ARMISTEAD, WILSON. "A TRIBUTE FOR THE NEGRO..."
Manchester, William Irwin, 1848. First edition, 8VO. Frontis and 9 additional plates. Library buckram, ex-Harvard library. Some pages loose.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $75 |
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Lot #57: (1 OF 75) BRENNER, WALTER C. "THE FORD THEATRE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION PLAYBILL"
Philadelphia, Privately printed, 1937. First edition, 4TO. Illustrations of the Ford Theatre's Playbills on the night Lincoln was assassinated. Also includes the 1940 supplement. 1 of 75 copies, very rare.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $75 |
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Lot #58: BURKE, EDMUND. "REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE..."
London, J. Dodsley, 1790. First edition, 8VO, later impression. Three-quarter red morocco by Ramage. Lower left of title page smudged; half title not present; otherwise a crisp copy. Issue points: page 223, line 23, "Ascertainmennt" and title page, "M" in date slightly to right of D in Dodsley.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 |
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Lot #59: CAMDEN, WILLIAM. "THE HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND VICTORIOUS PRINCESS ELIZABETH, LATE QUEEN OF ENGLAND"
London, R. Bentley, 1688. Fourth edition, folio. Engraved frontis of Elizabeth. Half red morocco; some rubs.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $200 |
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Lot #60: CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. - PHOTOGRAPH, ORIGINAL PUNCH CARTOON AND WWII POSTER
(1) Photograph, 1910, Churchill, Sir Edward Grey and Lord Crew following liberal election victory. 5 1/2 x 8 in. (sight). (2) Reed, E.T. "Pencil Drawing for Punch, 1905." 8 x 8 in. (sight). (3) WWII poster "Let Us Go Forward Together." Churchill in foreground with tanks and planes as back drop. 29 x 18 in. All are framed.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $75 |
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