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Lot 202
A group of 20th century blue and white oriental ceramics, a pair of large cylindrical vases with scenic and village panel decoration, interspersed with flora and abstract designs, blue seal mark to base, height 34cm, an octagonal tea canister with panel decorations of village scenes, birds, prunus blossom and chrysanthemum, cover with dog of Fo, a Wood & Sons Oriental inspired sleeve vase with dragon chasing the pearl decoration (af), a small blue and white ginger jar, an ornamental teapot with stylised bamboo handle with overall panel decoration of scenic views and flora, blue ginger jar with line decoration of flowers and abstract and a pair of bowls with central fish decoration (9).
Lot 205
A group of nine late 19th and 20th century ceramics, a Famille Noire charger with central enamel decoration of pheasant with prunus blossom and peonies within a blue border decorated with butterflies and flora, impressed and blue character marks to the base, diameter 37cm, two potpourri pots, one with ivory ground figural domestic scene, character marks verso, one in the Famille Rose palette with bird, peony and prunus blossom decoration, character marks verso, height 9cm, a group of six ginger jars, some matching, one terracotta ground with panel decoration of dragon and flora, two similar with domestic scene figural decoration and flora and three smaller examples (9). CONDITION REPORT Large charger - extensive damage in the form of three large rim chips, pieces missing, one with an associated rack to the plate from one side to the other which has been re-glued, could be done more sympathetically, overall general wear.Pot pourri - appear to be in ok order Ginger jars- appear to be in ok order, two are lacking covers, terracotta example has areas of loss to gilding and paint missing
Lot 217
A group of five late 19th/early 20th century Oriental ceramics to include a large baluster vase in the Famille Rose palette with panels of figural and floral decoration overall ground of peonies, flora and butterflies, with two applied cranes to either side, a Cantonese Famille Rose palette bowl with alternate panel decoration of figures, flora and birds, diameter 18cm, a celadon vase, also in the Famille Rose palette with enamelled hand painted flora, butterfly and naturalistic decoration with applied gilded dragon to the neck (af), and a footed bowl with dragon chasing the Pearl decoration, with bands of jade green abstract deign, height 33.5cm (5). CONDITION REPORT Celadon vase: neck broken and missing, there are associated cracks which have been repaired, could be done more sympathetically.Cantonese bowl: appears to be in good order, age related wear to rim, rim chip.Large baluster vase: cracks to the body, repaired with metal staples.smaller vase has area of restoration to rim. footed bowl has chip and associated crack to top cover, age related wear in the form of some fading to the colour, appears to ok otherwise.
Lot 222
A late 19th century Cantonese baluster vase with panel figural decoration and naturalistic butterfly, bird and floral decoration verso within gilded borders, with peony and figural decoration in the Famille Rose palette, height 19.5cm, an Oriental blue and white baluster vase with prunus blossom decoration, cover with Dog of Fo, four character marks to the base, height 24cm, two blue and white ginger jars with prunus blossom decoration, both lacking covers, the smaller one with character marks to base, the larger with two concentric circles, height 19.5cm, and a modern blue and white vase in the Oriental manner (5). CONDITION REPORT Famille rose vase - firing cracks in the rings of the handles, minor scratchesBlack and white ginger jar Large - minor chip to rim and bubbles to glazeBlack and white ginger jar Small - firing bubbles in glaze Cherry blossom vase - large cracks in the rim and large chip s to lidBlack and white vase - appears good
Lot 224
A group of four late 19th/early 20th century Chinese ceramics, a pair of baluster vases in the Famille Rose palette, with hand painted decoration of peonies, birds and flora, height 16cm, a Cantonese Famille Rose teapot with panel figural decoration and all-over scroll and floral decoration, height 18cm (lacking handle and cover), a baluster vase with oval panel decoration of peonies and flora, overall decoration of scrolls, peonies, vases of flowers, height 19.5cm (4). CONDITION REPORT Teapot - no handle or cover, spout re-glued Pair of baluster vases - crack to base of one, large rim chips, other has small chips to rim and hair line crack, rim chips to base, Single vase - large crack from rim to the neck of vase, approx 7cm, some restoration in the form kintsugi manner
Lot 505
A late 19th century hallmarked silver pocket case, the stitched leather interior with two coin and note pockets, a mechanical silver pencil and notepad, and two coin or stamp pockets, the case decorated with an all-over chased floral and scroll design, with central panel with initials 'HMC', height 10cm, width 7.5cm, approx 3.4ozt.
Lot 6
An Edwardian satin walnut triple wardrobe, the shaped cornice centred with a carved roundel above a central mirrored door with bevelled plate, flanked by a pair of panelled doors, with carved oval panel to the upper portion, raised on plinth base, 221 x 185 x 54cm. CONDITION REPORT Overall solid but used condition, showing signs of use throughout, notably the cornice has been crudely repaired, showing tacks to either side. Further signs of use throughout, including scuffs, scrapes, stains, fading, etc.
Lot 60
A 19th century ebonised gilt brass mounted boulle work side cabinet, with single door centred with an oval boulle work panel, within a gilt brass border, above a brass inlaid shaped plinth centred with a further gilt brass floral arrangement, 111 x 87 x 42cm (af). CONDITION REPORT The top ebonised plinth has some light signs of wear, including light surface scratches, crazing, etc. There are some areas of the brasswork loose from the boulle panels, however, apart from a couple of small areas, it does appear to be complete, with further loose bits of brass stringing inside the cabinet. The most notable damage is a split to the right hand side of the oval centre panel, which is visible throughout the panel itself and further visible beyond the gilt brass border. Would certainly benefit from some restoration work.No makers mark, French design
Lot 7
An Edwardian satin walnut triple wardrobe with moulded cornice above carved central panel, within four fielded panels flanked by a pair of arched mirrored doors with bevelled plates, above a base of two short drawers, raised on bracket feet, 200 x 157 x 53cm. CONDITION REPORT Overall solid but used condition, showing light signs of use throughout including minor scuffs, stains, fading, etc.
Lot 9
An Edwardian satin walnut chest of two short over three long drawers, on plinth base, 100 x 103 x 49cm (af). CONDITION REPORT There is fading and staining to the top, with splits visible to the right-hand side of the top, with a further single split from the left-hand side. The right-hand side of the carcass has a significant split near the back of the case, a further less significant split to the centre. The front panel is coming away through warping. There is a further noticeable split the entire height of the left-hand panel.
Lot 104
A rare early/mid-19th century R. Wedgwood's Patent Manifold Writer for copying letters, invoices including duplicate and triplicate, manufactured by Rathbone Plate, London, the copier in a wallet-style dark purple Morocco binding with tooled detail, the fitted pencil case with side push release button, embellished with three yellow pompoms to the inside of the lid, contains two leather-clad inkwells, one inscribed 'Ink', the other 'Light', some styluses within fitted panel revealing a hidden compartment containing brass pen nibs, including two copy books, one pocket-sized, the other larger, some card with embossed logo to top corner, also carbonic-ink paper and other paper and booklets, etc, with instructions to the interior of the wallet. CONDITION REPORT It appears to be in pretty good condition for the age, still well presented, however it is just missing its brass plate.
Lot 45
India, 19e / 20e eeuw, 22 kt. gouden tulbandornament, Sarpech, ontworpen als een taps toelopend scharnierend paneel. Het centrale element in de vorm van een palmet. Bezet met witte saffieren. Aan de bovenkant bungelt een smaragd van ca. 18 x 10 mm. Aan de onderzijde bungelen rode spinellen. Het dragen van een sarpech werd gedaan door de hogere klassen tijdens feestelijke gelegenheden en waren vaak rijk versierd met edelstenen Provenance: Collectie Indiase juwelen uit de nalatenschap van een Italiaanse diplomaat [1] bruto 117,9 gr., h. 10 cm x 12 cm India, 20th century, 22 kt gold turban ornament, Sarpech, designed as a tapered hinged panel. The central element in the form of a palmette. Set with white sapphires. An emerald of approx. 18 x 10 mm dangles from the top. Spinels dangle at the bottom. A sarpech was worn by the upper classes on festive occasions and were often richly decorated with precious stones
Lot 107
DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). One Man's Initiation-1917. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1920. 8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth (spine panel slightly sunned, touch of wear to spine ends); in unrestored jacket (separation along front flap fold, some minor soiling or chipping). FIRST EDITION, second issue, with perfect type on p.35. Dos Passos' first novel, infused with his anger toward the modern war machine and its absurd logic and devastating effects, and based on his experiences as an ambulance driver during the First World War.
Lot 109
DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). A group of 3 works, comprising:The Three Soldiers. NY, 1921. FIRST STATE with three blanks at front and p.213, line 31 reading "singing;" third state of the dust jacket, with the Stars and Stripes blurb on the front panel. -- Orient Express. NY et al, 1927. Illustrated. -- Midcentury. Boston et al, 1961. FIRST ISSUE. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.
Lot 114
ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). The Waste Land. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922.8vo. Original gold-stamped flexible black cloth (crease to front board, spine slightly dulled, a few tiny scuffs); original printed salmon dust jacket (lacking original spine panel with neat rebacking, minor losses to corners, backed in japan tissue with a few tears repaired). Provenance: Sold Swann Galleries, 1992, Sale 1591, lot 144. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, number 362 of 1,000 copies. FIRST ISSUE with the "a" in "mountain" in line 339 on p.41, and with the number on the colophon measuring 5mm. Ezra Pound, who suggested extensive revisions to The Waste Land, and who was influential in the publication of the work, described Eliot's poem as "the justification of the modern experiment since 1900." "Of The Waste Land I will say nothing but that we should read it every April. It is the breviary of post-war disillusion" (Connolly, The Modern Movement 43). Gallup A6a.
![[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. MORRISON, Toni (1931-2019). The Bluest Eye. New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/92d28faf-6767-4f5e-9e4b-ae70012faa82/468x382.jpg)
Lot 12
[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. MORRISON, Toni (1931-2019). The Bluest Eye. New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. 8vo. Original blue cloth-backed boards, in unrestored unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of Morrison's first novel, written when she was a professor at Howard University. IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with close-up photograph of Morrison on the rear panel, priced "$5.95," and with "1070" code on front flap. Initially, Morrison's novel received limited critical attention, however placement on several university reading lists promoted further recognition.
Lot 125
FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. 8vo. Half-title; title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth, lettered in orange, top edge stained yellow (some minor rubbing to edges, some slight bubbling of cloth on upper cover); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some rubbing and chipping, a few short tears, spine panel soiled). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, in the first state dust jacket with the "mosquitoes" design, of Faulkner's satirical second novel about the residents of a New Orleans artistic colony who embark on a four-day yachting cruise. Petersen A4.1a.
Lot 126
FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sartoris. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. 8vo. Original black cloth, lettered in red, top edge stained red; in unrestored printed dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins (some minor chipping, spine panel slightly faded). FIRST EDITION. In his third novel, Faulkner writes about the northern Mississippi location and characters he knew best. He created fictional Yoknapatawpha County which he populated with characters drawn from his own life and family history. Petersen A5.1.
Lot 127
FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Sound and the Fury. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929.8vo. Half-title. Original cloth-backed black and grey patterned boards, top edge stained blue (light darkening to edges); in unrestored dust jacket featuring an adaptation of Kathe Kollwitz's "Woman and Death" (some chipping and rubbing, spine panel faded, small drawings and notes in ink verso); cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER'S FIRST GREAT NOVEL, in the first state dust jacket with Maurice Hindus's Humanity Uprooted priced $3.00 on rear panel. Set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County, The Sound and the Fury follows the Compson family as they struggle with the downfall of their family reputation. Though not immediately commercially successful, The Sound and the Fury became Faulkner's most popular work. Petersen A6.2a.
Lot 137
FAULKNER, William. The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938. 8vo. Half-title; title printed in brown and black. Original grey cloth stamped in red and blue, top edge stained red (spine slightly soiled); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (tiny stain to front panel, spine soiled, a few short tears). FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. The Unvanquished follows the Sartoris family, who first appeared in Sartoris, during the Civil War in Yoknapatawpha County. Most of the work was first published serially in the Saturday Evening Post. Petersen A19.2.
Lot 144
FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940), contributor. A Book of Princeton Verse II 1919. Princeton: University Press, 1919. 8vo. Half-title. (Short marginal tear to one leaf.) Original green gilt-lettered cloth (spine slightly sunned); original printed dust jacket (soiling along spine edge of front panel and to spine, one tiny chip at foot of spine). FIRST EDITION, containing the first appearance of three poems by Fitzgerald: "Marching Streets" (p.81); "The Pope at Confession" (p.83); and "My First Love" (p.83). Bruccoli B1.
![[FORD, Henry]. GRAVES, Ralph H. Triumph of an Idea: The Story of Henry Ford. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/5789bbfa-0ae3-4661-8eab-ae7001340ddc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 154
[FORD, Henry]. GRAVES, Ralph H. Triumph of an Idea: The Story of Henry Ford. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. 8vo. Photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations from photographs. Original blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored dust jacket (a few small losses to lower edge of front panel, some chipping and rubbing). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY HENRY FORD on the half-title, of Graves' work describing highlights from the 50-year period during which Henry Ford rose to industrial prominence, and telling the story of Ford's Dearborn plant.
Lot 155
FORESTER, Cecil Scott (1899-1966). The African Queen. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935.8vo. Half-title. Original palm-patterned cloth lettered in green (slight rubbing to spine ends and corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (light dampstain to rear panel, a few tiny chips, spine panel slightly browned). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Published February, 1935" on the copyright page, one of only 2,500 copies of the first American edition printed. Forester's novel was the basis for the 1951 film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.
Lot 157
FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1920. 8vo. Frontispiece. Original blue gilt-lettered cloth (spine slightly faded); in unrestored dust jacket (partially price-clipped, some soiling particularly to spine panel, some chipping). Provenance: John McBride (bookplate and signature on pastedown).FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Freud's introductory lectures on psychoanalysis. "Few, especially in this country, realize that while Freudian themes have rarely found a place on the programs of the American Psychological Association, they have attracted great and growing attention and found frequent elaboration by students...These twenty-eight lectures to laymen are elementary and almost conversational." Garrison-Morton 4989 (English edition of 1922). [With:] FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). The Ego and the Id. London: Hogarth Press, 1927. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, printed by Virginia and Leonard Woolf at the Hogarth Press, and translated by Joan Riviere.
![[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WRIGHT, Richard (1908-1960). Native Son. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 8vo. Ha](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/4136749f-72f3-4f9d-9c48-ae70013ab62c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 17
[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WRIGHT, Richard (1908-1960). Native Son. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 8vo. Half-title. Original dark blue cloth stamped in light blue and red; in unrestored and unclipped printed dust jacket (minor creasing at spine cap). FIRST EDITION, with "A-P" below the edition statement on the copyright page. IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, printed in green and yellow with the price "$2.50," and without single-spaced blurbs on spine and front panel. Wright's novel about Bigger Thomas, set on the South Side of Chicago, was an immediate best-seller, selling over 250,000 hardcover copies within three weeks of its release.
Lot 172
GOLDING, William (1911-1993). Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. 8vo. Original red cloth (minor fading to top edge and a few corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (chipping, small loss to foot of spine panel, overall browning).FIRST EDITION of author's first book, a "story for adults about small boys; very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long...turns into a nightmare of panic and death" (front flap). Gekoski & Grogan A2(a).
Lot 174
GOLDMAN, Emma (1869-1940). Living My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth lettered in red; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine panel faded, a few small chips and tears). Provenance: Lois Hall Herrick (presentation inscription).First single-volume edition, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GOLDMAN on front free endpaper: "Mrs. Lois Hall Herrick The daughter of a great father. I hope this mark may inspire you to the idealism and humanity of your father. Emma Goldman New York March 1934." Anarchist, writer, and political activist Emma Goldman was pivotal in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
Lot 177
HELLMAN, Lillian (1905-1984). The Children's Hour. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 8vo. Original purple-stamped yellow cloth, top edge stained purple. in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny chips and tears, spine panel slightly faded, otherwise bright). Provenance: Winifred Noble Gahagan (bookplate on pastedown, name crossed out). FIRST EDITION OF HELLMAN'S FIRST BOOK, a drama set in an all-girls' boarding school, which was first staged on Broadway at the Maxine Elliott Theatre in 1934, produced and directed by Herman Shumlin. The Children's Hour was in consideration for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 1934 -35, but the award ultimately went to The Old Maid. Upset at the Pulitzer decision, the New York Drama Critics' Circle began awarding its own annual prize for drama the following year. A FINE COPY.
Lot 180
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Men Without Women. New York: Scribner's, 1927.8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (small indentation to upper cover); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight soiling particularly to spine panel, some slight chipping, short tear crossing from front panel to spine). FIRST EDITION, second state (weighing 14.4 ounces). In the FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with no blurbs in the orange bands on the front panel, with the two errors on the front flap, and with the "$2.00" price intact. Hemingway's second collection of short stories, including contributions about bullfighting, prizefighting, infidelity, divorce, and death. Hanneman A7a.
Lot 181
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell To Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (some rubbing to labels, a few small stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some overall toning, chipping and a few short tears, vertical crease along spine panel).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the disclaimer on page [x]. A Farewell to Arms, set during the Italian campaign of World War I, has been adapted for stage and film several times. The title is taken from a 16th-century poem by dramatist George Peele. Connolly, The Modern Movement 60 ("probably his best"); Hanneman A8a.
Lot 183
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Winner Take Nothing. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.8vo. Original black cloth, gold labels to upper cover and spine (slight abrasion to finish of covers); in unclipped dust jacket (some chipping, tears and creasing with a few old tape repairs verso). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the capital "A" on the copyright leaf, and with the dropped "t" in "two hundred twenty-five pounds" on p. 159. In the FIRST STATE dust jacket with Stallings' review on the rear panel. Hanneman A12a.
Lot 184
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.8vo. Original green cloth (some fading to spine and edges); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some fading, particularly to spine, a few creases and tiny chips).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the "A" and Scribner's seal on copyright page. In Grissom's "Jacket A" with the wide green band on rear panel covering 7 lines of text. Green Hills of Africa, Hemingway's second work of non-fiction, recounts a month spent on safari in East Africa with his wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, in December 1933. Hanneman A13a.
Lot 188
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.8vo. Half-title. Original light blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket with "$3.00" price (a few tiny chips, some minor staining verso, otherwise bright). Provenance: Patsy English (publisher's compliments slip laid in signed by English).FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the "A" and Scribner's seal on copyright page. FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with the rear panel photo tinted blue. The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman, who struggles with a giant marlin off the coast of Cuba. Patsy English worked as Ansel Adams' darkroom assistant in the 1930s. During that time, she became the object of his affection, and Adams almost left his wife to pursue a relationship with English. A BRIGHT COPY. Hanneman A24a.
Lot 189
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.8vo. Half-title. Original light blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket with "$3.00" price (corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, a few tiny closed tears). INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY on title-page: "Ernest Hemingway Finca Vigia San Francisco de Paula Cuba 1958." FIRST EDITION, later issue without the "A" on the copyright page, but with the Scribner's seal. In a later issue dust jacket with the rear panel photo tinted olive. Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea in Cayo Blanco Cuba in 1951, and he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the work. Hanneman A24a.
![HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. [with 3 others]8vo. Half-tit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b95b38f-1964-4f2b-9c1e-ae6e0113d91b/3a5d1d4f-e1db-47f2-b1c7-ae70013caba4/468x382.jpg)
Lot 190
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. [with 3 others]8vo. Half-title. (Minor staining to first few leaves.) Original beige cloth stamped in red and black; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some rubbing and chipping). Provenance: Jane M. Deck (signature, flyleaf, 1940). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with "A" on the copyright page. FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, without the photographer credit on the rear panel. Published just after the end of the Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls is based on Hemingway's experiences as a war correspondent, and tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. Hanneman A18a.
Lot 199
JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. New York: Random House, 1934.8vo. Original red and black stamped cream cloth (some light spotting to spine and board edges); original red and black printed dust jacket (abrasion and closed tear to spine, a few short tears, some light soiling). FIRST AUTHORIZED AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with "Reichl" credit on front panel. Bennett Cerf, who co-founded Random House with Donald S. Klopfer, hired attorney Morris Ernst to argue the case against the ban on Ulysses in the United States. On 6 December 1933, Judge John M. Woolsey rendered his landmark decision to lift the ban, and Random House published the present edition about a month later. In the publication, Random House included a foreword by Morris Ernst, as well as the full text of Judge Woolsey's decision. The publisher also reprinted an April 1932 letter from Joyce to Bennett Cerf ("since you are determined to fight for its legalization in the United States and to publish what will be the only authentic edition there, I think it just as well to tell you the history of its publication in Europe and the complications which followed it in America"). Slocum and Calhoun A21.
Lot 211
KEYNES, John Maynard (1883-1946). A Revision of the Treaty. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922. 8vo. Half-title. (Some minor spotting.) Original blue cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some toning, chipping, and staining, minor scuff to front panel affecting a few letters of text). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, a sequel to The Economic Consequences of the Peace, published in the same year as the first edition.
Lot 217
LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Babbitt. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in orange (small gouge to spine); original dust jacket (restored with small portions recolored, soiling and creasing, small hole in spine panel).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with "Purdy" and "my fellow" on p.49. In middle-aged, middle class, middle-management title character George Follansbee Babbitt, Lewis identified a new American type. The term "Babbitt" can be found in most dictionaries. Webster's defines it as "a person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards." Pastore 8.
Lot 244
NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. 8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth-backed boards, top edge stained red (one corner bumped, very slightly leaned); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny chips and tears, some soiling to extremities, tiny pencil note on rear flap FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE FIRST ISSUE dust jacket without "Complete Unexpurgated Edition" on front panel. Nabokov's controversial novel was initially rejected by American publishers, and was first published by the avant-garde Olympia Press in Paris in a two-volume edition in 1955. Lolita is ranked fourth on the Modern Library's list of 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century.
Lot 258
RAND, Ayn (1905-1982). The Romantic Manifesto. A Philosophy of Literature. New York and Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1969. 8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth (tiny stain to lower rear corner); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (short tear and minor crease to rear panel). Provenance: William W. Stanhope (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY RAND: "To William W. Stanhope - - Cordially - Ayn Rand 12/20/74." In this series of essays, Rand argues that an artist cannot create art without imbuing it with his or her own personal philosophy, causing the audience to come away with a sense of a philosophical message colored by their own personal values.
Lot 259
RAND, Ayn (1905-1982). A group of 8 volumes, comprising: We the Living. NY, 1936. (Lacking dust jacket.) --Night of January 16th. NY et al, 1936. Original printed wrappers. --The Fountainhead. Indianapolis & NY, 1943. Later edition dust jacket priced at $3.00 with Bobbs-Merrill on rear panel. [With:] Two other copies. --Anthem. Los Angeles, 1946. Original printed wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. [With:] Another copy. Caldwell, Idaho, 1953. (Dust jacket price-clipped.) --Philosophy: Who Needs It. Indianapolis & NY, Inc., 1982. FIRST ISSUE. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, various 12mo and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.
Lot 262
SALINGER, J. D. (1919-2010). Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction. Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. 8vo. Half-title. Original gray cloth (very slight fading to spine ends); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (very slight fading to spine panel).FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE without the dedication page. Salinger's novellas were first published in The New Yorker. The present edition was the first appearance of either novella in book form, which was the third best-selling novel in 1963 according to Publisher's Weekly. A FINE COPY.
Lot 279
SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). Dragon's Teeth. New York and Pasadena, CA: Published by the Author, 1942.8vo. Original red cloth lettered in silver; in unrestored pictorial dust jacket (small hole in spine panel, some rubbing, soiling and minor losses). Provenance: Betty (presentation inscription from Sinclair).FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SINCLAIR: "To Betty with love Upton Sinclair." This issue published for private distribution by Sinclair is similar to the first trade edition published by Viking, but without the Viking logo on the front cover or spine, and with a different title page imprint. Sinclair's novel, which describes the Nazi takeover of Germany in the 1930s, won him the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel.
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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cup of Gold. New York: McBride, 1929.8vo. Original yellow cloth lettered in black (lacking dust jacket, a few pale stains, slight rubbing to corners). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF STEINBECK'S FIRST BOOK, with the McBride imprint and "First Published, August 1929" on copyright page. Goldstone & Payne A1a.[With:] STEINBECK. Cup of Gold. New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (foot of lower joint bumped); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor toning, a few minor stains lower panel, some light rubbing to corners). Second edition, using the original sheets from the 1929 McBride edition. In first state dust jacket with no mention of Of Mice and Men, with the original Covici Friede title blacked out, and the $2.50 price intact on the front flap.
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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici-Friede, 1936.8vo. Half-title. Original orange cloth printed in black and red, top edge stained red (some spotting); in unclipped dust jacket (chipping, a few old tape repairs on verso, some rubbing to edges). Provenance: Lewis Gannett (note from Michael Gannett and Bradford Morrow, bookseller, tipped in). FIRST TRADE EDITION, CRITIC LEWIS GANNETT'S COPY. New York Herald Tribune critic Lewis Gannett's blurb is the first to appear on the rear panel: "...a book to cherish...tells the stories of those lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and prose that reminds one of Robert Nathan's lovely One More Spring." Goldstone & Payne A5b. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY.
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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Long Valley. New York: The Viking Press, 1938. 8vo. Half-title and title printed in brown and black. Original linen-backed russet boards, spine lettered in brown; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some light wear to corners and edges, some staining lower panel); cloth folding case.FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY STEINBECK Las Gatos, 1938, on flyleaf. Steinbeck's collection of stories set in his hometown, Salinas, California, includes "St. Katy the Virgin" and "Red Pony." Goldstone & Payne A11a.
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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cannery Row. New York: Viking Press, 1945. 8vo. Original yellow cloth printed in blue, top edge stained blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (short tear to front panel neatly repaired, some slight rubbing to a few corners). FIRST EDITION, issue in cloth, in second issue binding of Steinbeck's novel set in Monterey, California on a street lined with sardine canneries. Goldstone & Payne A22b. [With:] STEINBECK. Cannery Row. New York: Viking Press, 1945. Original blue wrappers lettered in black (indentations to front wrapper and first few leaves, soiling, repairs to spine). FIRST EDITION, ISSUE IN WRAPPERS (probably the advance review issue). Goldstone & Payne A22a.
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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). East of Eden. New York: Viking Press, 1952. 8vo. Original green cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping, tiny stain on rear panel). FIRST EDITION, trade issue. Elia Kazan's 1955 film of the same title was loosely based on the fourth and final part of Steinbeck's novel. Goldstone & Payne A32b.
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