Lots 61 - 70

Lot #61: WHITMAN, WALT - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - BOSTON, 1881
On "Rand Avery and Co. Printers" Letterhead. "Mr. Sanborn Bender - Have You the Specimen cover ready? - (impressions of the stamps to show me?) - If convenient please come down a moment and see me in counting room - Walt Whitman." Apparently Whitman is discussing the 1881 - 2 (suppressed) edition of "Leaves of Grass". Staining at bottom not affecting text. A few small closed tears.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $1700

Lot #62: BAYLE, PETER "DICTIONARY HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL," LONDON, 1734 - 1738. SECOND ENLARGED EDITION, FOLIO, FIVE VOLUMES
Frontispiece portrait of Bayle. A very nice clean set. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards. Minor rubs.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $375

Lot #63: (STRAWBERRY HILL) LUCANUS, MARCUS A. "PHARSALIA" STRAWBERRY HILL, 1760. 4TO
First Strawberry Hill edition, first state with the second comma in line 8 (Ad Lectorum page) under the "B" in "Burmannum". Only 500 copies printed. A few pages browned. Some light foxing. Modern full morocco. Spine is crushed morocco; boards regular morocco.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $200

Lot #64: MALORY, THOMAS "LE MORTE D'ARTHUR", LONDON (DAVID NUTT) 1889-91. THREE VOLS., SMALL 4TO
Volume 1 contains the facsimile of Caxton's edition; volume 2 contains H. Oskar Sommer's notes, glossary and bilbiography of "Morte d'Arthur"; volume 3 contains Andrew Lang's introductory essay as well as notes on Arthurian sources. Folding chart in volume three. Bound in full limp vellum. Spines lightly soiled. In rubbed slipcases.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $500

Lot #65: MILTON, JOHN "WORKS" LONDON (TONSON) 1752-1754. FIVE VOLUMES, 4TO
(1) Paradise Lost" 1754, two volumes. Two portrait frontispieces and twelve plates. (2) "Paradise Regained" 1752. Portrait frontispiece and five plates. (3) Works - 1753, two volumes, portrait frontispieces. Bound in contemporary calf boards. Rebacked. Some title labels missing. Internally clean and crisp.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00

Lot #66: (BASKERVILLE) TERENTI, MARCUS "COMOEDIAE" BIRMINGHAM (BASKERVILLE) 1772. FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH PAGE 203 NUMBERED "303"; PAGE 299 NUMBERED "283", 4TO
Bound in full red straight grained morocco. PROVENANCE - bookplate of the actor Joseph Jefferson.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $100

Lot #67: (BROADSIDE) THOMASON, GEORGE "A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS BEGUN IN THE YEAR 1640, ..." [LONDON, CIRCA 1685] FOLIO, SINGLE SHEET
Printed on one side only. The broadside is the advertisement for the sale of the collection of Civil War tracts assembled by George Thomason. The broadside goes into detail about how and why the library was formed and how it was concealed and protected during the Civil War. Appears as if old creases have been ironed. A very nice copy of a very rare item. Tipped onto a sheet of handmade paper and bound in 1/2 morocco case.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $1600

Lot #68: (DRYDEN) VIRGIL "WORKS" LONDON (TONSON) 1709. THIRD EDITION OF THE DRYDEN TRANSLATION. 3 VOLS., 8VO
Four portraits and 97 plates. Fine copy. Bound in modern buckram.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $225

Lot #69: CHASE, SALMON P. AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED
Signed S.P. Chase. Framed with engraved portrait and engraving of Treasury department.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $100

Lot #70: (MANUSCRIPT) COOLIDGE, CALVIN, AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS - "ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC" - A THREE PART SERIES PUBLISHED IN THE "DELINEATOR" - SUMMER OF 1921
In these articles Coolidge attempted to prove that many professors at U.S. Women's Colleges were disseminating communist propaganda. Many critics said the incidents in the article were distorted, or magnified to imply a degree of danger that did not exist. The archive contains the following: (1) Three manuscript articles, each approximately 40 pages. (2) Correspondence related to the articles: (a) 7 ALS's from Coolidge. (b) 6 TLS's from Coolidge. (c) 1 ANS from Coolidge - stating that proposed Title "Are Reds Stalking College Girls?" may offend women. (d) Telegrams and other material, mainly about Burgess Johnson of Vassar, the principal attacker. He questioned the authorship of the articles and threatened to sue. (e) Silver Print of Coolidge - inscribed. Housed in a 1/2 morocco slipcase.
Estimate: $ 5000.00 - $ 7000.00 Sold at $4250

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