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[ARTIST'S BOOKS]. ZERVOS, Christian (1889-1970). Pablo Picasso. Paris: Editions Cahiers d'Art, 1942-1978.27 volumes (of 34, lacking Vols. 26-31 and 34, and with Vol. 2 in 2 parts as issued), Folio. Profusion of photographic reproductions. Original wrappers printed in red and black; original glassines (some with chipping, tearing or losses).The standard catalogue raisonne of the artist, with numerous black and white illustrations.[With:] Duplicates of the following volumes: Volume 33 (retaining original shipping box and all wrapping). Provenance: Monsieur Marco Levi Laurenti (shipping label); Volume 32 (retaining original shipping box); Volume 33 (retaining original shipping box, another copy).Property from the Estate of a Renowned Art Dealer, New York City, New York

[BINDING]. ALIGHIERI, Dante (1265-1321). L 'Enfer. Paris: Hachette, 1861.  Folio (420 x 302 mm). Half-title, frontispiece and 75 full-page wood engraved plates by Gustave Dore. 19th-century citron morocco, sides with Grolieresque strapwork onlays of green, navy, plum, and purple morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands with morocco onlays to a similar pattern gilt, wide turn-ins gilt, red doublures with gilt concentric rectangle pattern, red watered silk endleaves with all-over gilt floral tooling in a diaper pattern, edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY CHATELIN 1868 (some very slight rubbing or soiling); cloth folding case. Illustrated edition of Dante's Inferno, with illustrations by Dore which, according to Gordon Ray, employ "perhaps Dore's subtlest design" (The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 246). Carteret III, 184 ("Un des livres de Dore les plus rares"). IN A FINE 19TH CENTURY BINDING BY ANTOINE CHATELIN.  Property from the Collection of Mr. Mark Frank

CAMDEN, William. Britain or a Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes.Folio (326 x 220 mm). Engraved title-page, 57 engraved maps (56 double-page) by William Kip and William Hole after Christopher Saxton, John Norden, or George Owen, numerous illustrations. (Some overall browning and staining, worming to lower margin affecting a few maps, a few small holes.) Contemporary calf (worn, spine defective).  Camden's work was first published in Latin in 1586, but the work did not include maps until the sixth edition in Latin of 1607. ESTC S121328

[FRENCH COSTUME]. A group of 6 works, comprising:JUVEN, F., director. Le Rire. Paris: F. Juven, 1895. Nos. 1-52 (10 Nov. 1894 - 2 Nov. 1895). 20th-century quarter navy morocco gilt; original printed wrappers bound in. -- GALLOIS, Emile. Provinces Francaises Costumes Decoratifs. Paris & NY: Editions Art et Architecture, French & European Publications, n.d. Original unbound folded sheets in original portfolio. LIMITED EDITION, number 258 of 1000 copies. -- COLINE, Line. Les Costumes du Pays de France. Paris: Editions Nilsson, [1930]. Original unbound folded sheets and blue cloth portfolio. -- La Mode Illustree Journal de la Famille. Nos. 1-5, 7-13, 15-19, 21-49, 51-52 (Jan. 1894 "“ 30 Dec. 1894). -- Supplement La Mode. Nos. 1-52 (7 Jan. 1894 "“ 39 Dec. 1894). Paris: Firmin-Didot & Co., 1894. 20th-century quarter maroon morocco gilt; original printed wrappers bound in. -- GYSELS, Francois. [Modes 1864-1865.] Anvers, [Belgium]: N.p., n.d. Original quarter red leather gilt. -- Together, 6 works in 5 volumes, various folio and 4to sizes, all profusely illustrated with color plates, condition generally good.  

GEORGE III, King of England (1738-1820). Letter signed and subscribed ("Bonus Frater Consanguineus et Amicus Georgius R."), in Latin, to Ferdinand IV of Naples. St. James's Palace, 8 August, 1783. Countersigned by D. J. Fox.2 pages, folio, on a bifolium, with integral address leaf and seal, tear from opening, some minor toning.GEORGE III ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF PRINCESS AMELIA. Ferdinand IV and his wife Maria Carolina were close allies of England, employing Englishman John Acton as their de facto prime minister. Charles James Fox, then in a coalition with Lord North, was a prominent Whig statesman.   He was a staunch opponent of King George III, who he regarded as an aspiring tyrant, and the Fox-North coalition helped bring an end to the American Revolutionary War.    Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

GEORGE III, King of England (1738-1820). Partly printed document signed, 19 March 1808. Counter-signed by Lord Hawkesbury and William Strachan.1 page, folio, on a bifolium, docketed verso, with paper and blind seals, some soiling, a few tears or separations to folds.Granting William Strachan Royal passage of three vessels of "wine and such goods" to proceed from Cadiz to the Port of Plymouth.   Lord Hawkesworth, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, George III's trusted advisor, served as Prime Minister from 1812-1827.  Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

GODWIN, Francis, Bishop (1562-1633). Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth. Edward the Sixt. Queene Mary. Morgan Godwyn, translator. London: printed by A. Islip and W. Stansby, 1630.  Folio (278 x 174 mm). 3 engraved portraits, ornamental woodcut borders on title and 2 sectional titles, numerous woodcut decorations and initials. (Marginal wormholing in top gutter, some minor staining or spotting, a few tiny holes from the deckle, some minor creasing, corner on Nn2 folded and uncut.) Contemporary blind-ruled calf gilt, covers with central gilt design, edges sprinkled red (rebacked preserving original spine and endleaves, an old repair and some contemporary annotations to front flyleaf, some light wear). Provenance: S.G. Lansford? (early signature, 4 August 1687).FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, originally published in 1616 in Latin, and translated into English by Bishop Godwin 's son, Morgan Godwyn. Bishop Godwin also wrote The Man in the Moone which was posthumously published in 1638, considered to be among the first works of science fiction. ESTC S106901.Property from the Annette Perlman Trust

LOUIS XVI, King of France (1754-1793). Document signed ("Louis"), 17 December 1776. Countersigned by several ministers.  1 page, folio, creased and spotted with some smudged ink.A document regarding unpaid taxes for the year 1773. Countersigned by Finance Counselor Claude Henry Feydeau de Marville (1705-1785), State Counselor Jean Louis Moreau de Beaumont (1715-1785) and 4 others. Louis XVI's reign was affected by France's grave economic situation, which was worsened by his support of the American Revolution. He closely followed the advice of his counselors which aggravated the economic crisis, leading to his fall from power and his ultimate execution.Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

LOUIS XVI, King of France (1754-1793). Document signed ("Louis"), 23 December 1783. Countersigned by several ministers.3 pages, folio, with seal of the region of Chalons, on a bifolium, some toning.  Financial document relating taxes owed by the region of Chalons for the year 1780.   Countersigned by Controller-General of Finances Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734-1802), Chief Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Gravier de Vergennes (1719-1787), Indendant des Finances Jean Louis Moreau de Beaumont, and Councilor of State and Royal Councilor of Finance Claude Henry Feydeau de Marville, and one other.  Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

LOUIS XVI, King of France (1754-1793). Partial document signed ("Louis"),  December 11, 1787. Countersigned by several ministers.1 page, folio, creased, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).  Relating to financial transactions from the Conseil des Finances.   Countersigned by Minister of Finance Henry Lefevre d'Ormesson (1751-1808), Claude Guillaume Lambert (1726-1794), Pierre Charles Laurent de Villedeuil (1742-1828), and 2 others.Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

LOUIS XVI, King of France (1754-1793). Partly printed document signed ("Louis"), 19 April 1791. Countersigned by an unidentified administrator.  1 page, folio, creased with short tear, some soiling.An order to the Treasurer of his Civil List to pay 1,000 livres to dentist S. Dubois, "Dubois Dentiste de la Reine, la somme de Mille livres," as his half-yearly stipend. Jean-Joseph Dubois-Foucou (1748-1840), succeeded Etienne Bourdet as dentist to the royal family after Bourdet's death in 1789, although he did not appear in the Royal Almanac until 1791. On August 1, 1790, he was called to the bedside of Louis XVI for a dental abscess.Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

LOUIS XVI, King of France (1754-1793). Partly printed document signed ("Louis"), July 16, 1791. Countersigned by Arnaud de Laporte.  1 page, folio, some minor staining and a few tiny holes.  An order to the Treasurer of his Civil List to pay 30,000 livres for "Menus Plaisirs" ("lesser pleasures") for expenses for ceremonies, festivals, theater, clothes, carriages, and other expenses.   Countersigned by Arnaud de Laporte (1737-1792), trusted loyalist to the King who was beheaded in 1792.   Issued just one month after Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's return to Paris, and illustrative of Louis XVI's outrageous spending.Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

LOUIS XVI, King of France (1754-1793). Partly printed document signed ("Louis"), 29 September 1791. Countersigned by Arnaud de Laporte, and with an autograph note signed verso ("Laporte").  1 page, folio, a few tiny holes and short tear, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).  Requesting payments and reimbursements including Library costs for Minister of the Marine Arnaud de Laporte (1737-1792).   Laporte was born at Versaille, and was named Intendant of the King's Civil List  by Louis XVI in 1790.   On 10 August 1792, he was arrested for having distributed secret funds and convicted of treason against the Revolution, and on 23 August 1792, he became the second political victim of the guillotine.  Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen

FREART, ROLAND, Sieur de Chambray (ca 1606-1676). A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern in a Collection of ten Principal Authors who have written upon the five orders ... London: T. Roycroft for J. Place, 1664.Folio (344 x 222mm). Imprimatur leaf, engraved title and 40 engraved plates. (Some browning to early leaves and margins throughout, tear on D1 just crossing catchword, tear on E2 just crossing platemark, small internal tear on plate M3, 3-in. tear on P4 crossing plate near gutter, a few other minor marginal tears and dust-soiling.) Contemporary English calf (rebacked in modern calf gilt, some wear to corners). Provenance: T. March (early signature on upper margin of engraved title); P. Jackson (early signature on upper margin of engraved title).    FIRST EDITION of Evelyn's translation. "The preface to the work strikes a new note in English architectural theory. The true model of architecture resides in antiquity, but not all examples of antique architecture are now considered worthy of imitation. The essential can be grasped only after painstaking study and analysis of the originals, and a firm rejection of all distortions and developments. This meant, in effect, that only the Greek models were to be upheld" (Millard).  Fowler 128; Wing C-1923; Keynes, Evelyn 74; Millard 19; ESTC R19331.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851).  The Birds of America. New York and Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Co. & Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [i.e. Nico Israel], 1971-1972.  4 volumes, oversize folio. 435 colored plates. Publisher's half calf over green cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 82 of 250 copies printed for Mark and Carmen Holeman. THE FIRST AND FINEST FULL-SIZE REPRODUCTION of Audubon's Birds of America, reproducing the subscriber's copy in the collection of the Teyler Foundation in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The edition was limited to 250 copies, which retailed in 1972 for $5,500. A FINE ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER'S COPY.  Property from the Carmen S. Holeman Trust, Indianapolis, Indiana

GRAY, Asa (1810-1888). Plantae Wrightianae Texano-Neo-Mexicanae: An Account of a Collection of Plants made by Charles Wright in an expedition from Texas to New Mexico ... Washington City: Smithsonian Institution, March 1852-February 1853.2 volumes bound in one, folio. 14 lithographed plates (a few plates misbound in first part). (Some minor marginal toning.) Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards (rebacked preserving original spine, some other small repairs, a little wear to corners, front free endpaper nearly detached). Provenance: William Whitman Bailey (1843-1914), professor of botany (presentation inscription in a secretarial hand on front flyleaf, bookplate on front free endpaper and an autograph note from the author mounted on pastedown sending the work).    PRESENTATION COPY, with secretarial inscription and note from the author to botanist William Whitman Bailey. This work comprises Vol. III, Art. 5-6 of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge series.  Pritzel 3527; Sabin 28373-4.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[MAP]. REID, John (fl. ca 1775-1800). The State of Virginia from the best Authorities. New York, 1796.  Engraved map of Virginia (short marginal tear repaired verso, a few tiny rust spots, a few faint pencil annotations in southwestern Pennsylvania). Overall sheet 410 x 518 mm. Matted and framed.   From the first edition of Reid's American Atlas, the second folio atlas published in America following Matthew Carey's American Atlas of 1795. The map depicts roads east of the Alleghanies, including those to New London and Hot Springs; only one road west of the Alleghanies, from Ft. Cumberland to Clarksburg, is included. Wheat & Brun 572.Property from the Collection of Richard D. Simmons, Alexandria, VA

[MANUSCRIPT - MATHEMATICS]. Manuscript on arithmetic and algebra, beginning "Institutions of Arithmetick Byway of Preface ..." [England, late 17th century].  154 numbered leaves (including blanks), folio (355 x 253mm). Written in dark brown ink on heavy laid paper in a neat cursive hand; variables and diagram letters supplied in red; ruled in red throughout. With numerous diagrams (some with ink wash). Bound in contemporary English mottled calf (rebacked preserving original spine label, some wear to corners, some scraping to covers, endpapers renewed).    A very fine Restoration manuscript largely devoted to the rules of algebra, with opening sections on decimal arithmetic and universal arithmetic, and concluding with sections on conics and solids. Also contains a section entitled "Collections on Archimedes."Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

AMBROSINI, Giacinto (1605-1671). Phytologiae; hoc est De Plantis partis primae tomus primus. Bologna: sumptibus Haeredum Evangelistae de Duccijs, 1666.Volume I (all published), folio (312 x 207mm). Allegorical engraved frontispiece showing a large garden, 36 full-page woodcuts in the text. (Some minor occasional mostly marginal foxing.) Contemporary vellum over boards (spine repaired at head with vellum, covers bowed). Provenance: Congregazione dell'Oratorio di San Filippo Neri Bologna (oval stamp on title).  FIRST EDITION. The Phytologiae was intended to be the first of a two-volume dictionary of plants with the second volume planned to be devoted to trees was never published due to Ambrosini 's death. The woodcuts in this work on herbaceous plants were done by Lorenzo Tinti. "Giancinto (Hyacintho) was director of the Botanical Gardens at Bologna from 1657-1665, following the directorship of his brother Bartolomeo. The genus Ambrosinia was named after the two brothers" (Hunt).  Hunt 303; Pritzel 132; BM(NH) 36; Wellcome II, 39. RARE.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

[MANUSCRIPT - PERFUMERY]. Collection of formulas for perfumes and soaps. [France, ca 1850-1860s].39 leaves (including 2 partial leaves), folio (ca 305 x 230mm). Written in brown ink on various paper stocks, with some later written in colored inks or pencil. (Some browning and fraying to leaves, many captions cropped at head, some stains including adhesive stains where gutter reinforced on first leaf.) Bound in modern quarter morocco.    Includes numerous recipes for a wide-range of Victorian perfume fragrances, including "Extrait de Bouqt. des Hesperides," "Extrait Bouquet Prince Royal," "Bouquet Victoria," "Jenny Lind", etc.; also includes many recipes for soap fragrances. Many recipes make reference to the name "Maugenet," presumably M. Maugenet & E. Coudray, a small Parisian perfume shop established in 1810. Edmond Coudray, a doctor-chemist, traveled over the world bringing back exotic raw materials. In 1837 the house of Coudray became the official supplier to the British Court.Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

ALBERTI, Leon Battista (1404-1472). De re aedificatoria. Florence: Nicolaus Laurentii Alamanus, 29 December 1485.  Folio (262 x 187 mm). Collation: a-d8 e6 f-o8 p6 q-z8 &8 Ɔ8 ™ƒ8 (a1r blank, a1v dedication to Lorenzo de'Medici, a2r text, ™ƒ7v colophon, ™ƒ8r verse to the reader by "Baptista siculus," ™ƒ8v registrum). 204 leaves, 34 lines. Type: 111Rb. 6- and 7-line initial spaces with printed guide- letters. (Small mostly marginal worm-holes to ca 55 leaves at beginning and end occasionally touching letters, mostly marginal spotting.) 20th-century red morocco gilt (some light wear, a few sheets trimmed affecting marginal annotations). Provenance: Marginal annotations in a Renaissance hand; numerous spurious marginal notes and diagrams in a later "Leonardesque" styled hand in mirror-writing and with diagrams based on his codices (see below); William Marquess of Lothian (armorial bookplate); Emil Richter, Berliner Museum (note in ink on recto of ff.1, see below); acquired by a private individual in 1951; by descent to present owner.FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PRINTED TREATISE ON ARCHTECTURE, presumed earlier setting, with the last quire set in Roman letter as throughout (not Nerlius, see BMC).   According to Fowler, Alberti began work on his treatise in the middle of the 15th-century and enhanced and revised the work until his death in 1472. Some thirteen years later, his work was published due to the efforts of his brother. Alberti, who was architect of several important Renaissance buildings including the Basilica of San Sebastiano and Sant'Andrea in Mantua, and the Santa Maria Novella and the Rucellai Palace in Florence, based his work, based on Vitruvius's De Architectura, is divided into ten books describing the building of palaces and churches, and describing materials, construction, and ornament for sacred and secular buildings, as well as a section devoted to the restoration of buildings. "In accordance with classical principles, the principal elements of architecture are defined as beauty and ornament. Beauty is essentially harmony, the correct proportions of the parts" Alberti considers architecture not only for ecclesiastical purposes or private patrons, but for the first time particularly as a civic activity. His book includes a scheme for building a whole new town, the earliest printed example of town planning" (PMM). With spurious marginal annotations and drawings in brown in a "Leonardesque" hand on 8 leaves (occurring on ff. 7r, 21v, 30v, 44v, 76v, 131r, 164r and 203v), the last being signed "Leonardo da Vinci." A 24 April 1924 note in German from Emil Richter, the Berliner Museum, describes the annotations as being in the hand of Leonardo da Vinci ("kamm ich Betätigen dass diselben in eigener Hand von Leonardo da Vinci sind"). Though the handwriting and method of writing do bear some similarity to that of Leonardo (including the use of mirror-writing), the drawings, including a partial sketch of a hygrometer, are apparently copied from known examples by Leonardo, and the inscriptions are possibly later. BMC, VI, 630; BSB-Ink A-125; Cicognara, 370; Fowler 3; Goff A-215; GW 579; HC 419; Millard Italian 4; PMM 28.Property from the Estate of Nancy Hagensieker

Lives of the most Notorious Pirates by Capt Charles Johnson Hardback Book with Slipcase 1962 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

The Best After Dinner Stories selected by Tim Heald Hardback Book with Slipcase 2006 5th Edition published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

With Napoleon In Russia 1812 translated by W Wallich Hardback Book with Slipcase 1969 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Memoirs of Louis Philippe Comte De Segur edited by E Cruickshanks 1960 Hardback Book with Slipcase edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Fanny Burney's Diary edited by John Wain Hardback Book with Slipcase 1962 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

The Chevalier de Johnstone A Memoir of The Forty Five edited by B Rawson 1958 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

The Diary of A Nobody by G and W Grossmith Hardback Book with Slipcase 1969 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Giorgio Vasari Hardback Book with Slipcase 1971 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Trollope Hardback Book with Slipcase 1974 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Cobbett's England by John Derry Hardback Book with Slipcase 1968 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A Memoir of the Forty Five edited by Brian Rawson Hardback Book with Slipcase 1958 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym Hardback Book with Slipcase 2006 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski Hardback Book with Slipcase 2012 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

The Life and Death of Thomas Becket edited by G Greenaway Hardback Book with Slipcase 1961 edition unknown published by The Folio Society some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

FOLIO OF OLD MASTER ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS comprising; various cut and stuck down images to include Cornelis Schut, After Rembrandt, Ruisdael, After Jan Sten, Benedetto Castiglione, Ludovico Carracci, After Henry Fuseli, Ostada etc.  Viewing is recommended  Condition Report:Available upon request

Miniature folio page study of warriorsIndian, probably Punjab circa 1850the unframed gouache study with a painted border and an ink inscription to the reverse, 21cm x 16 cmSome staining and tears.

AN OLD FOLIO CONTAINING FOUR COLOURED MEZZOTINTS ENTITLED ''THE HUMOURS OF AN ELECTION'' BY WILLIAM HOGARTH, 1755. A COMPLETE SET ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, EACH SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ENGRAVER. (4)

DREISER, Theodore (1871-1945). Epitaph a Poem. Robert Fawcett, illustrator. New York: Heron Press Incorporated, 1929.Folio. Numerous woodcuts. Original black cloth gilt, uncut and unopened; glassine; slipcase.  FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 1029 of 1100 copies, on handmade Keijyo Kami. SIGNED BY DREISER AND BY FAWCETT on frontispiece.[With:] DREISER. A Gallery of Women. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. 2 volumes, 8vo. Title printed in black and navy. Original brown cloth gilt, stamped in black, top edge cut, others uncut (slight rubbing); in unrestored, un-price-clipped dust jackets (some toning). FIRST EDITION.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 7 works, including:  The Hamlet. 1940. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. -- Intruder in the Dust. 1948. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. -- Notes on a Horse Thief. Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1950. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 324 of 950. SIGNED BY FAULKNER. -- Collected Stories of William Faulkner. 1950. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. (Dust jacket price-clipped). -- Requiem for a Nun. 1951. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. -- And one other. Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, all published New York: Random House except where noted, condition generally fine. [With:] "The Bear" in: The Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 213, No. 45. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 9 May 1942. Folio. Illustrated. Publisher's wrappers (minor fading). FIRST APPEARANCE OF "THE BEAR" which appears on p. 30. Early versions had appeared previously under the title "Lion." Later published in book form as one of the seven chapters in Go Down, Moses.  

[AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.)]. L'ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir (1616-1704).  Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists. London: for R. Sare and others, 1704.  Folio (316 x 198 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plate; title printed within double-rule border. (Some light spotting and soiling.) 20th-century calf-backed boards, spine gilt.  Fourth edition, first published in 1692, corrected and amended, and including "The Life of Aesop" in addition to fables of Poggius, Anianus, Abstemius, and Barlandus. ESTC N8014.  

WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Buildings Plans and Designs. New York: Horizon Press, 1963.2 volumes, including plate portfolio, 4to and folio. 100 monochrome plates. Text volume: original stapled wrappers; plates loose as issued in original printed wrappers in original publisher's cloth and board portfolio, ribbon ties.FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, authorized for publication by Wright in 1958, and published posthumously.   The 100 plates recreate the original Wasmuth portfolio of 1910, Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe.   The original edition intended for distribution in America was destroyed in the 1913 fire at Taliesin, where it was being stored. The plates depict the designs of the Frank Lloyd Wright House and Studio (1889), the W. H. Winslow House (1893), Unity Temple (1906), and the Frederick C. Robie House (1909), which "has generally been regarded as the finest of the Prairie houses" (Roth 463). A FINE COPY.

EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (1890-1969).  Report by The Supreme Commander of the combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force 1944 June 6 - 1945 May 8. Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, [1945].Folio (220 x 303 mm). Maps. (Occasional creasing.) One-half morocco with blue cloth, spine 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering in 2, others gilt decorated, original illustrated wrappers bound in (front board detached, light wear to extremities). Provenance: Arthur Leonard Ross (d. 1975, bookplate to inside front wrapper).     FIRST EDITION. WITH DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S SIGNATURE on a bookplate laid in. Eisenhower's detailed report of D-Day illustrated with maps.  

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. (1882-1945). The Democratic Book 1936. N.p: N.p., 1936.Folio. Gilt and illustrated title page with extensive illustrations throughout. (Small dampstain at top edge of later pages.) Original morocco gilt (small separation at upper spine cap, front hinge loose).    LIMITED EDITION, number 2130, SIGNED BY ROOSEVELT under a watercolor vignette of the White House. The first issue "yearbook" was an extravagant publication that drew connections between FDR and Thomas Jefferson. The work was printed with lavish advertisements, the inclusion of which was deemed controversial at the time.  

ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail. New York: The Century Co., [1888].  Folio. Illustrations by Frederic Remington. Original gilt and illustrated brown cloth (minor rubbing at extremities). Provenance: William A. Vawter II Collection, William Clements Library, University of Michigan (bookplate, withdrawal note).     FIRST EDITION of Roosevelt's memoirs of life on the ranch and recollections of hunting adventures. Howes R-432.  

BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). A group of 22 Limited and English editions, including:Endgame. Faber and Faber, 1958. -- From an Abandoned Work. Faber and Faber, 1958. -- Another copy. -- Imagination Dead Imagine. Calder and Boyars, 1965. --For to End Yet Again and Other Fizzles. John Calder, 1976. -- Beckett, translator. Drunken Boat A Translation of Arthur Rimbaud's poem Le Bateau ivre. Reading: Whiteknights Press, 1976. LIMITED EDITION, number 128 of 300 copies. -- All Strange Away. John Calder, 1979. -- As the Story was Told Uncollected and Late Prose. John Calder et al, 1990. -- Dream of Fair to Middling Women. Dublin: The Black Cat Press, 1992. -- Eleutheria. NY: Foxrock, Inc., 1995. -- KNOWLSON, James. Samuel Beckett: An Exhibition held at Reading University Library. Turret Books, 1971. LIMITED ISSUE, number 49 of 100 copies. SIGNED BY BECKETT. -- And 11 others. Together, 22 works in 22 volumes, most published in London, various folio and 8vo sizes, most in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.

8 VARIOUS PICTURES AND FOLIO PRINTS

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Folio Society, The Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Published by Folio Society, London, 1977

Attributed to Keith Vaughan (1912-1977) Abstract with Figures, pencil and crayon, measurements 16.5 x 15 cm, frame 36 x 33 cm Provenance: private local collection, gifted to the vendor by a friend who reputedly purchased a folio of Vaughan's works at auction in the early 90s

Ten books from the Folio Society, include seven volumes from Jane Austen, along with 'The Pilgrim's Progress' and 'Fanny Burney's diary'.

A good quantity of Folio Society books (59 in total) many with sleeves, to include: Kipling - 21 Tales, Life of Alexander the Great, History of Kings of Britain, St Peter's Umbrella and Standhal - Scarlet and Black.

A folio of assorted sketches, including a set of four pen and ink drawings by Francois d'Albignac, 1903-1958, with certificate of authenticity, a German interior design sketch, an Italian landscape etc. (a lot)

Large collection of Folio and other books inc. City of Cambridge 1959, National Geographic etc

Folio einer mittelalterlichen Prachthandschrift, wohl 15.Jh., Pergament, stilistische Nähe zum Psalter von Henry VI (1405/10), Prunkinitialen, Stege mit reichem und feingliedrigem Ranken- u. Blütendekor, goldgehöht, Dekor in rot/blau, schwarze Tinte, unter Glas gerahmt, 26x24 cmFolio of a magnificent medieval manuscript, probably 15th century, parchment, stylistic similarity to the Psalter of Henry VI (1405/10), magnificent initials, bars with rich and delicate tendrils and flowers decor, heightened with gold, decor in red/blue, black ink, framed under glass, 26x24 cm

Three black and white photographs of ladies taken by Society photographer Dorothy Wilding, all signed, contained in original cardboard folio.

6 Folio books to include The Pink Fairy book, The Long Weekend, The Human Factor by Graham Greene etc.

Dali, Salvador - - Dante Alighieri. La Divine Comédie. Illustrations de Dalí. 3 Teile in 6 Bänden. Mit 100 Farbholzstichen nach Aquarellen von Salvador Dali. Paris, Éditions d'art le heures claires, 1963. Folio. Lose Bogen in OUmschlägen in OSchubern (angeschmutzt, Rücken minimal berieben bzw. wasserfleckig, untere Kante von einem Schuber z.T. eingerissen). Eines von 2900 num. Exemplaren auf handgeschöpftem Bütten (GA 3044). - Wünschel/Tuchel III, 1-100: "Ausgelöst wurde die Suite zur Divina Commedia ursprünglich durch einen italienischen Regierungsauftrag zum Dante Jubiläum... Dantes überwältigende Traum- und Weltdichtung... wurde von Dalí den einzelnen Gesängen entsprechend illustriert... Die einhundert Farbholzschnitte... gehören zum Erregendsten und Suggestivsten in der Geschichte der Dante-Illustrationen". - Breitrandiger Druck. Textblätter unten unbeschnitten. Einige Tafeln minimal papierbedingt gebräunt. Insgesamt frisches Exemplar. With 100 colour wood engravings after watercolours by Dali. - One of 2900 copies on laid paper (full edition: 3044). - Loose in ill. orig. paper folders and cardboard cases (slightly dusty or stained, spines minimally rubbed or waterstained, bottom edge of one case torn). - The Suite to the Divina Commedia was originally triggered by an Italian government commission for the Dante Jubilee (Wünsche/Tuchel III, 1-100). The one hundred colour woodcuts are among the most exciting and suggestive in the history of Dante illustrations (Wünsche/Tuchel). - Wide margins. Some plates somewhat minimally browned. Overall fresh copy.

Pop-Art - - Robert Indiana. (1928 New Castle, Indiana (USA) - 2018 Vinalhaven, Maine (USA)). American Dream. 24 (von 30 - hier fehlend 4 signierte, lose Originalgraphiken) Farbserigraphien und 7 großformatig reproduzierte Photographien von Namuth, Jody Dole u. Bill Katz. El Segundo, MFA Contemporary Atelier, 1997. Unpaginiert (51 Blätter). Imperial Folio. OLedereinband mit rotgeprägtem Titel und Rücken in OKassette. (Leichte Gebrauchs- u. Abriebspuren.) Ein Exemplar von 395. Nummeriert auf dem Titelbl. - Druck bei El Segundo, Marco Fine Arts Studio. Mit beiliegendem Zertifikat. Signiert im Impressum v. Verleger. - Die eindrucksvollen Farbserigraphien, die das breite Werk des Künstlers widerspiegeln, werden begleitet von in Rot- und Schwarzdruck alternierenden Texten. Darunter ein poetischer Beitrag von Robert Creeley, einem Vorwort von Susan Ryan`s sowie photographischen Aufnahmen von Michael McKenzie. Robert Indiana gilt als ein Hauptvertreter der Pop Art. Opulente Ausgabe auf kräftigem handgeschöpftem Papier. - 2 Seiten mit minimalen Fingerspuren, Innenfals am Impressum angeplatzt. Insgesamt eine eindrucksvolle und seltene Ausgabe mit kräftigen Farben und vorzüglichen Abdrücken. One of 395 cipies. 24 of 30 colour silk screens and 7 reproduced photographs by various photographers, as named above. Orig.-leather with red printed title and back in original box. - The impressive serigraphs, which are reflecting Indianas work, one of the primary representative of the pop art artists, are accompanied with in red and black printed alternating texts by Creeley, Ryan and photographs by McKenzie. Luxurious edition on hand-made paper. - 2 pages with minimal finger marks, inner fals chipped at imprint. Altogether an impressive and rare edition with intense colours and excellent prints.

Derrière le Miroir - - Miró, Jean. Sammlung von 5 Ausgaben. Mit insgesamt 16 Original-Lithographien von Miró, davon 8 doppelblattgroß und 1 als Triptychon, sowie 1 Original-Lithographie von Ubac. Paris, Maeght, 1956-1973. Folio. Enthält: Nr. 87-89, Juni-August 1956. Nr. 139-140, Juni/Juli 1963. Nr. 155, Dezember 1965. Nr. 193-194, Oktober/November 1971. Nr. 203, April 1973. - Sehr gut erhalten. Collection of 5 issues. With a total of 16 original lithographs by Miró, 8 of which double page and 1 triple page, and 1 orig. lithograph by Ubac. - Contains: see above. - Very well preserved.