Lots 161 - 170

Lot #161: (LETTERS AND INSCRIPTION) BORGLUM, GUTZON - LOT INCLUDES AN INSCRIBED BOOK, TWO TLS'S AND AN ALS
(1) ALS to Marie Meloney, discusses travels through the south. Talks about making the President's bust. (2) TLS - 6/5/26 - to Marie Meloney, talks about engraving two coins with a pocket knife. (3) TLS - 5/21/26 - to William Meloney - discusses poem Meloney sent to him. Both TLS's on "Wars of America" monument letterhead. (4) (Book) Borglum, Gutzon "Exhibition of Sculptures - Columbia University", 1914. Inscribed in the title page to "Missy" (Marie Meloney).
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $150

Lot #162: MORGHEN, GIOVANNI, PHILLIPE, ET AL - OVER 200 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVED PLATES
13 1/2X 14 1/2". Very high quality - depicting architectural details, statuary and artifacts.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 Sold at $3250

Lot #163: (STAGE DESIGN) MESSEL, OLIVER "STAGE DESIGNS AND COSTUMES" LONDON (1933). FIRST EDITION, 4TO
1 of 1000 copies. White boards with black cloth spine. Clear plastic dust jacket with black and white printing and a color drawing of a woman in Edwardian costume. Dust jacket has large chip at top and bottom of spine. Long closed tear.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $750

Lot #164: BRINKLEY, F. "JAPAN - DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE JAPANESE" BOSTON, 1897. 10 VOLS, FOLIO. EDITION DE LUXE - 1 OF 750 COPIES
Original pictorial cloth. Some cloth pieces missing; some rubs. Ex-library with bookplate. Illustrated with handcolored albumen prints and collotypes. 59 (of 60) large handcolored albumens.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $2100

Lot #165: CHAMBRE HARDMAN, EDWARD (1898-1988), "BIRTH OF THE ARK ROYAL" LIVERPOOL, 1950
Gelatin silver print - 11 1/2 x 14 3/4". Signed in white ink on the print. Chambre Hardman, an Irish born photographer, spent most of his artistic life in Liverpool. His photographs are seldom offered. Some light spotting. Paper tape residue in verso margin.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 Sold at $3750

Lot #166: HIRTK, PAUL "DIE SHONHEIT DER FRAUEN", BERLIN (CA. 1909)
Photographs of nude women. Green cloth.
Estimate: $ 150.00 - $ 200.00 Sold at $50

Lot #167: JODICE, MIMMO - GROUP OF FOUR SILVER GELATIN PRINTS FOR THE BOOK "MEDITERRANEA" (APERTURE) 1995
All are 20 x 16" (paper size) - image sizes are 14 1/2 x 14 1/2". All are signed and titled on the verso. Notations include placement in the final book.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 Sold at $2100

Lot #168: (SIGNED) KARSH, YOUSUF "HEALERS OF OUR AGE" BOSTON (N.D.) FOLIO
1 of 590 copies with 12 portraits of medical and spiritual healers including Einstein, Fleming, Jung, Helen Keller, Paul Dudley White. Presented to Catherine G. (Gamble) Curran by Karsh in 1980. Loose in a paper portfolio and gray cloth clamshell box. Fine copy.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00

Lot #169: MINNIE, DONALD "CHINA NORTH AND SOUTH" SHANGHAI (WATSON) CA. 1920. OBLONG 4TO
30 Vandyck photogravures by Minnie. Housed in a string tied album.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $350

Lot #170: RITTS, HERB "DUO" (N.P.) (TWIN PALMS) 1991, FOLIO
1 of 250 copies. Series of erotic photographs of Bob Paris and Rod Jackson. Fine copy in clamshell box.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $50

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