Lots
11 - 20
|
Lot
#11: LEATHER BINDINGS - GROUP OF 21 BOOKS IN FINE LEATHER
BINDINGS.
11 volumes in full decorated leather; 10 in ¾ leather.
All in fine condition.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $650 |
|
Lot
#12: (FINE COPY) TWAIN, MARK, "ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY
FINN", NY (WEBSTER), 1885
1st edition, very early issue. First issue points are: (a.)
Illustration "Him and Another Man", listed at page
88; (b.) P57, line 11 from bottom "with the was";
(c.) P155, final 5 in page number is slightly elevated; (d.)
Leaf 283 is blank; (f.) Frontis has "heliotype Printing
Co" imprint and table cloth clearly visible. This is
a beautiful copy, only a few light smudges. Green cloth binding
is bright with no flaws.
Estimate: $ 3000.00 - $ 4000.00 Sold at $7500 |
|
Lot
#13: TWAIN, MARK, "ADVENTURES OF
HUCKLEBERRY FINN", NY (WEBSTER), 1885
1st edition, very early issue. Another copy. This copy meets
all the issue points of the previous copy except P155, final
5 is missing from page number. This copy has pages with foxing
spots, primarily Ps156-157, 183-191, and 210-231. A few additional
light smudges. The spine is slightly faded but overall a
very nice copy.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 Sold at $1400 |
|
Lot
#14: (FIRST BOOK) TWAIN, MARK, "THE CELEBRATED JUMPING
FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, AND OTHER SKETCHES", NY (C.H.
WEBB), 1867
1st edition, 1st issue of Twain’s
first book. Book has the
first issue points of the unbroken type on the pages noted
in the BAL. The leaf of advertisement before the title page
has been torn out. Remnants of the page remain. Green cloth
with gilt frog jumping from the left. 4 digs in the cloth
on the front board with pieces of cloth missing. Cut on the
fabric on lower spine. Some pages with light foxing, overall
a sound copy.
Estimate: $ 2000.00 - $ 2500.00 Sold at $2600 |
|
Lot
#15: (FULL PUBLISHER'S MOROCCO) TWAIN, MARK AND
CHARLES D. WARNER, "THE GILDED AGE A TALE OF TODAY",
HARTFORD, 1874
1st edition, very early issue. Points of 1st issue include "Eschol
Sellers" not "Beriah Sellers", page XVI -
final illustration numbered "211" (c) P246 - Line
5 from bottom - no comma after "hallelujah". (D)
P280, Line 18 - period after "Dr. Jackson" (E)
P352 "Pitiable" (F) P403 - no illustration. Pages
351 and 353 corrected (second state). Generalized foxing
and a few corner stains in first few pages. Folding RR map
torn with no loss.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $5500 |
|
Lot
#16: (FINE COPY) TWAIN, MARK, "LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI",
BOSTON (OSGOOD), 1883
1st edition, mixed issue. P441, Mark Twain in flames; P443,
Caption changed to "St. Charles Hotel". A fine,
bright copy.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $800 |
|
Lot
#17: TWAIN, MARK, "THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT",
NY, 1892
1st edition. Olive green cloth. Fine bright copy.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 |
|
Lot
#18: TWAIN, MARK - 9 FIRST EDITIONS
1. "A Horse's Tale", NY, 1907. 2. "A Dog's
Tale", NY, 1904. 3. "Extract from Captain Stormfield's
Visit to Heaven", NY, 1909. 4. "Personal Recollections
of Joan of Arc", NY, 1896. 5. "Is Shakespeare Dead?",
NY, 1908. 6. "Innocents Abroad", Hartford, 1869;
(2nd Issue). 7. "How to Tell a Story", NY, 1897;
3/4 red morocco; original cloth bound-in; (1st issue). 8. "Library
of Humor", NY, 1888; 3/4 morocco; 1st state. 9. "Gilded
Age", Hartford, 1874; spine damaged.
Estimate: $ 800.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $600 |
|
Lot
#19: TWAIN, MARK, "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER",
BOSTON (OSGOOD), 1882
1st edition, 1st issue with the "Franklin Press" imprint
on the copyright page. Publisher's 3/4 calf over marbled
boards. All edges marbled. Rubs on the leather and shelf-worn
on top and bottom edges.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $800 |
|
Lot
#20: MANDELSTAM, OSIP, "TRISTIA", ST.
PETERSBURG/BERLIN, 1922
1st edition, 12 mo. Pictorial wraps. A few chips at the
wrapper edges. These 46 poems form one of the most significant
titles
in the history of Russian poetry; (in Russian).
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $1600 |
|