Lots 41 - 50

Lot # 41: "ASPEN - THE MAGAZINE IN A BOX" NY, 1965. VOL. 1, #1. EDITED BY PHYLLIS JOHNSON
Initialed letter from publisher and all booklets (one with a record attached) and ad folder present.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $150

Lot #42: "ASPEN - THE MAGAZINE IN A BOX" NY, 1967. VOL 1, # 5/6
Includes film, and five records. Collated complete with 28 pieces. This double issue is a look at conceptual art, minimalist art, and a postmodern critical theory contributions by Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Becket, Moholy-Nagy.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $250

Lot #43: (1ST BOOK) ASHBERY, JOHN "TURANDOT AND OTHER POEMS" NY, 1953. 1ST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S 1ST BOOK. LARGE 8VO. ORIGINAL DECORATED WRAPS
1 of 300 copies. Four plates by Jane Freilicher. Chips along the edges; chip on bottom left of front wrapper. Lot includes - Beckett, Samuel "Cendres" 1959 (In "Les Lettres Nouvelles") # 36. Wraps.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $300

Lot #44: SYLVIA BEACH - FIGHTING PIRACY OF ULYSSES
Correspondence relating to piracy of "Ulysses" by Samuel Rath in his magazine "Two Worlds." Correspondence in chronological order: (1) "New York Evening Post" - two copies of typed story - 11/1/1926 - outlines the accusations against Rath and his denial of the Piracy. (2) 11/16/26 - Two copies of Cable from Sylvia Beach (one on "Shakespeare and Company" letterhead - three lines referencing newspaper articles - Rath's publication of Ulysses "is unauthorized unpaid for and the text has been altered." (3) Sylvia Beach - TLS - 12/18/26 - Two pp on "Shakespeare and Company" letterhead - vehement attack on Rath. Mentions a contact between Ernest Hemingway with Rath. Signed - "Sylvia Beach - Publisher of 'Ulysses." Also included is an envelope in Beach's hand from S.S. Mauritania addressed to Lloyd Morris.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $400

Lot #45: CHESTNUTT, CHARLES W. "THE CONJURE WOMAN" BOSTON AND NY, 1899. FIRST EDITION, 12MO
Color pictorial brown cloth. Light staining on margin of most pages. Still very attractive.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00

Lot #46: (DOVES PRESS) COBDEN - SANDERSEN, T.J. :THE IDEAL BOOK OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL ..." HAMMERSMITH (DOVES PRESS) 1900. SLIM 4TO
1 of 300 copies. Bound by Doves bindery in full limp vellum.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00

Lot #47: (DOVES PRESS) COBDEN - SANDERSEN, T.J. "LONDON ..." HAMMERSMITH (DOVES PRESS) 1906. SLIM 4TO
1 of 300 copies. Bound by Doves bindery in full limp vellum.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00

Lot #48: (SIGNED) FAULKNER, WILLIAM "A FABLE" NY (1954). SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, 8VO
1 of 1000 copies signed by Faulkner. A few marks on rear board, else fine. In a lightly soiled slipcase with paper label.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 700.00 Sold at $700

Lot #49: (FIRST BOOK) FLECKER, JAMES ELROY "THE BEST MAN" (OXFORD) 1906. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. 4TO
Red printed wraps. Flecker's very rare first book. Housed in a folding case. Provenance: book plates of H. Bradley Martin and Oliver Brett.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $50

Lot #50: (SIGNED) FROST, ROBERT - TWO TITLES, BOTH SIGNED AND LIMITED EDITIONS:
(1) "West Running Brook" NY (1928). 1 of 1000 copies signed by Frost and the illustrator, who signed each woodcut. Fine copy in chipped glassine wrapper. (2) "Collected Poems" NY, 1930. 1 of 1000 copies. Signed by Frost on the 1/2 title. Spine browned.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $250

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