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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 197		Barlow, John. The Vision of Columbus. A Poem in Nine Books To Which Is Added, The Conspiracy of Kings. 5th Edition, Corrected. 1793. Printed at the English Press, Rue de Vaugirard, N. 1214 and sold by Barrios, Senior, Quais des Augustins: and R. Thomson, Rue De L'Ancienne Comedie Francais, N. 42. 1793. John Barlow, very well known American author, diplomat, and politician who helped draft the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, which includes the controversial and aggressively ignored phrase by some: " the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." In good condition, the engraved frontis portrait of Barlow missing, indeed, often lacking. contemporary tree calf, red leather label, gilt lettering, bound upside down, otherwise 304 pages present, mis-correction on page 36, usual mis-numbering of page 190. Some pencil and fountain ink writing on end papers, no loose pages. Very scarce. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 198		[Baum, L. Frank and Ruth Plumly Thompson]. Speedy in Oz. Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories By L. Frank Baum, Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1934. Illustrated by John R. Neill. First edition, hardcover, olive green cloth cover with color label paste down, 298 pages. No Jacket. Front and back illustrated end papers. Very clean inside with hinges and binding intact. Minor age toning. Minor soiling at top of closed edge pages.Slight wear around cover edges. Overall very good condition. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 199		Collection of Signed Books by Galsworthy, O'Neill, Solschenizyn, Wilder and Wouk. Four Forsyte Stories, Dynamo, Im Interesse der Sache, The Angel That Troubled The Waters and Marjorie Morningstar. John Galsworthy, Four Forsyte Stories, Signed on the half title page. First Edition. The Fountain Press, New York, 1929. Cloth and boards, uncut. One of 896 copies, signed by the author. Spine slightly faded, else Fine; Eugene O'Neill, Dynamo, Signed Presentation Copy. Number 397 of 775 signed copies (COA attached at back flyleaf). Horace Liveright, New York, 1929. A fine untrimmed copy bound in blue flexible boards (spine faded); Alexander Solchenizyn, Im Interesse der Sache, Signed on the half title page. First Edition. Hermann Luchterhand, Berlin, 1970. In German. Red cloth covers. With original dust jacket. Fine; Thornton Wilder,The Angel That Troubled The Waters, Signed, First Edition. Coward-McCann, New York, 1928. Number 380 of 775 copies. A fine untrimmed copy bound in blue cloth covers.Lightly toned.; Herman Wouk, Marjorie Morningstar, Signed and Inscribed on the first intragel leaf "Sincere greetings to Romie Perin[sic] and best wishes / Herman Wouk / 10 X 56 NYC." First Edition. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1955. Hardcover. Blue cloth with black cloth spine. Original dust jacket with some minor wear and tears around the edges. Fine.A marvelous collection of some of the most celebrated writers of our time. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 200		The Easton Press. Collection of 11 Signed Books By The Author including Styron and Didion. All 11 books presented in this exceptional lot were published by The Easton Press: Norwalk, CT., Hardcover. Signed First Edition. Numbered Limited Edition. Complete with a Certificate of Authenticity issued from the publisher and Collector's Notes. Full leather volume with decorative gilt covers, gilded page edges, satin ribbon page marker, silk moire endleaves, and raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. The signed books included in this lot as follows: Brain Droppings, signed by George Carlin, No. 355/1100; A Book Of Common Prayer, signed by Joan Didion; Reason For Hope, signed by Jane Goodall, No. 354/1400; A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, signed by Stanley Kramer, No. 399/900; Memoirs, signed by David Rockefeller, No. 601/1300; Ginger My Story, signed by Ginger Rogers; Big Russ And Me, signed by Tim Russert, No. 563/1500; Sophie's Choice, signed by William Styron;The Golden Age, signed by Gore Vidal, No. 242/1100;Timequake, signed by Kurt Vonnegut, No. 404/1200. Also included with this lot is a signed copy of The Bonfire Of The Vanities, signed by Tom Wolfe, on the first flyleaf. The Franklin Library; Signed First Edition Society, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1987. Leather.First Edition. This limited signed first edition has been bound in a deep purple leather with gilt lettering and decoration of the spine and boards. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, satin ribbon page marker. This wonderful collection of signed books is worthy of any library shelf. All the books appear as never read. Mint condition. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 201		Hemingway, Ernest (July 1899-1961 American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. His distinctive writing style is characterized by economy and understatement and he had a significant influence on the development of twentieth century fiction. Hemingway's stoic protagonists are often seen as projections of his own character- men who must show grace under pressure. Many of his works are considered classics in the canon of American literature. *To Have And Have Not.* First Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.,1937, Sun Rise Edition. Signed ("Dr. Hemingstein") and Inscribed, on the front fly leaf: " To Lisa and Henry Moloney [sic] from Dr. Hemingstein (LDS)." Hemingway would often humorously sign "Dr. Hemingstein" to friends. Hemingway became acquainted with Lisa Molony due to her role as the business manager of the local newspaper. Hardcover, original blue cloth covers with embossed Hemingway signature on front board, 8vo., 262 pp. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with a hint of wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean and lightly age toned. "Lisa Molony" book plate on front paste down. No Dust Jacket. A very good+ copy of the book. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,845
Lot 202		[Hemingway, Ernest]. *The Sun Also Rises*. Grosset & Dunlap [n.d. but published in 1927 by arrangement with Charles Scribner's Son's], New York, c. 1927. First Grosset & Dunlap Edition. Hardcover. black silk-finish cloth covers, with red title labels printed in black on spine and front cover; red topstain; Grossert & Dunlap embossed cover seal; first Grosset & Dunlap printing with the error "down-staris" on 169:34.; 259 pp. Light cover wear at top and bottom of spine; light toning. Very Near Fine copy of Hemingway's great 'Lost Generation' novel about a group of American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to Spain. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $308
Lot 203		Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D. (Eleanor). It's Up To The Women. Signed and Inscribed on the front fly leaf "Inscribed for Mrs. Harry Lowerville / With the good wishes / Eleanor Roosevelt / August 1936." Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, second printing. 263 pp. With rare dust jacket. Jacket chipped at extremities, price intact ($1.25), housed in red cloth, double board slipcase with light staining to the back cover. Clean pages and sturdy binding, tissue guard intact. Lightly toned. Very Good condition+. This is Mrs. Roosevelt's first book and the scarcest. Published just months after FDR took office, this was part of Mrs. Roosevelt's attempt to rally America's women to the cause of defeating the Depression. Estimated Value $800 - 900. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 204		[Steinbeck, John]. East of Eden. First edition. The Viking Press, New York, 1952, second printing. Original green cloth, spine lettered in dark green on brown background, front board lettered in dark green. With original dust jacket. 602 pp. Slight wear top & bottom spine ends. Toned. Dust jacket cover separated at spine panel; with some minor wear, chips and tears around the edges. Overall appearance is bright and clean East of Eden was Steinbeck's twelfth novel, originally published to mixed reviews. His longest and most ambitious work, the novel was at first conceived as a narrative history of Steinbeck's own family, and the author stated of it: "I am in it and I don't for a moment pretend not to be." Very good. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 205		[Steinbeck, John]. The Winter of Our Discontent. First edition. The Viking Press, New York, 1961. Hardcover. Turquoise blue cloth covers, spine lettered in gilt on black. 311 pp. Plain endpapers. Original dust jacket with some minor wear, chips and tears around the edges. The jacket was illustrated by Elmer Hader who also illustrated the dust jackets for Steinbeck's The Long Valley and The Grapes of Wrath. The Winter of Our Discontent was Steinbeck's last full-length novel and the book that clinched his Nobel Prize win. Very good. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 206		[Szukalski, Stanislaus]. *SZUKALSKI: Projects in Design, Limited Edition with Signed Woodcut*. The second book published during the lifetime of this often overlooked Chicago artist. Published 1929 The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Gilt-Embossed Buckram. First Edition. Large 4to. np (ca. 200pp), profusely illustrated in black and white. Full edge gilt with decorative endpapers. This copy is not only the limited edition (56/150) but includes the signed woodcut by Szukalski often missing from other copies from this edition. fine + condition, including the original glassine dust wrapper. Rare. This is a massive monograph on the noted idiosyncratic Polish-American artist Stanislav Szukalski. An internally handsome example whose gilt edges and cover embossing are still bright. This copy is not only the limited edition (56/150) but includes the signed woodcut by Szukalski often missing from other copies from this edition. RARE. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $492
Lot 207		White, E.B. Charlotte's Web. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1952. First edition, first printing, with code "I-B" on copyright page. Illustrated by Garth Williams. 184 pp. Original cloth, blue and white spider-web patterned endpapers. Very slightly frayed at spine ends with some toning. Clean dust jacket with unclipped price on front jacket fly; two small chips at top and bottom of jacket spine ends. The most celebrated of White's three children's books, Charlotte's Web is regarded as a modern classic An especially nice copy of an enduring children's classic about a spider who befriends a pig. Overall very good+. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 208		[Melville, Herman, Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott]. Easton Press Greatest Books Ever Written Collection Series. Lot of three classics: *Moby Dick or The Whale* by Melville; Pride and Prejudice by Austen; and *Ivanhoe* by Sir Walter Scott. Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1977. Hardcover. Collectors First Edition; First Printing. Illustrated Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines and gilt decoration. A beautiful addition to any library. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 209		[Shakespeare, Yeats, Darwin & Porter]. Franklin Library Greatest Books of the Western World Collectors Editions. Lot of four classics: Collection of Six Tragedies (Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and Julius Caesar) by William Shakespeare; *Selected Poems of William Butler Yeats; The Origin of Species* by Charles Darwin; and The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1975-1979. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing., Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. Intricate gilt stamped cover designs. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Bound in premium full leather with hubbed spines. Limited edition. Handsome additions to any library shelf. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 210		[Tolkien, J. R. R.]. The Hobbitt or There and Back Again. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1966. Deluxe collector's edition. Green leatherette covers. Gold and red foil rune stamping on the spine and cover. With a green leatherette slip case, featuring a Tolkien illustration. Green endpapers. 317 pp. The text printed in black with green accents. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the author; including five full page color illustrations,Thror's map and a map of Wilderland. Tolkien's description for the first original edition written in 1937: "If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler…" A most enticing and inviting trip indeed. Tolkien's modern classic was the source for the highly popular film trilogy "The Hobbit" directed by Peter Jackson. Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $504
Lot 211		Colette. Break Of Day. Special Illustrated Edition. Signed by the Illustrator, Françoise Gilot. Translated by Enid McLeod. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983. Hardcover. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering, 11 x 9 in., 138 pp., Number 1772 of 2000 copies.Featuring three beautiful original Gilot, full color silkscreens and six single color illustrations. Housed in a grey paper covered slipcase, three minor black marks on case top. Fine. A fabulous illustrated copy of Colette's most original. novel. Colette wrote Break Of Day while she was happy, in love, and making radical changes in her life. Estimated Value $300 - 450. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 212		[Dali, Salvador]. The Jerusalem Bible. First Edition. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1970. Hardcover, 4to., 1714 pp, This massive undertaking is the 1970 Doubleday & Company, Inc. edition of the Jerusalem Bible that was first translated and issued in English in 1966. It features a lavish gilt-stampled, padded, faux red leather binding with marbled endpapers, full edge gilt, and red silk ribbon page markers. The bible contains thirty-two full page color illustrations by legendary Surrealist shaman Salvador Dali (reproduced from his "Biblia Sacra" series). The Bible is housed in a like gilt-stamped, red faux leather, lidded presentation box. which shows some minor wear. Inscribed and signed on the half title page by the previous owner. Otherwise Fine. The lot also includes a copy of Max Gérard's *Dali. Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1968. First Edition. 4to (12 x 11 in.). 243 pp., 271 illustrations, including 80 plates in full color and 23 in toned gravure. The numerous superbly printed illustrations, including startling details and many works never before reproduced, are juxtaposed with Dali's own thoughts on the subjects that most deeply concern him and his painting; war, his wife Gala, space-time, eroticism, mysticism, etc. Chronology and index to rear. Dust jacket of heavy weight gold foil paper, with Dali's The Persistance of Memory* (1931) painting inset, framed in ornately decorated gold foil. Clean copy. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 213		Dickens, Charles. Dickens's Novels Illustrated Household Editions. Collection of 7 Dickens novels from the Dickens's Novels series. Boston: Fields Osgood & Co., 1870, 1871 and 1872. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Text in double column. Original maroon cloth covers with gilt lettering and design on the spine. Gilt Dickens signature on cover. Chocolate endpapers. Illustrated. Tissue guard intact. Age toned. Light foxing in three volumes. Wear to head and heel of spine and to corners. Inner hinge tender in spots. "Library of P.B. Plum, Emporia, Kansas" bookplate on front pastedown in all the books.Titles include: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Our Mutual Friend, Bleak House, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Other Pieces, The Adventures of Oliver Twist, The Old Curiosity Shop, and Little Dorrit. A marvelous vintage collection of Dickens novels. Very good. Estimated Value $300-UP. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 214		Schiller, Frederick. Schiller's Works in Four Volumes, Illustrated by Greatest German Artists. George Barrie, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1883. Greatest German Artists (illustrator). First Edition. 4to 8¼ x 11¾ in. tall. Full-Leather. As New/No Jacket. Four Volumes. Gilt title cover. Title and volume. number in gold on the spines. Gilt end pages. Pearl silk moire endpapers. Covers show slight wear around the edges. Edited by J. G. Fischer with biographical introduction by Hjalmar H. Boyesen, Ph.D. Vol. I: Poems, 376 pp., cover board detached at binding and easily repairable; Vol. II: Dramas, 388 pp.; Vol. III: Dramas, 340 pp.; Vol. IV: Histories, 370 pp. Each book is illustrated with wood engravings printed with the text. Each book has many full-page wood engravings and engravings on steel suitable for framing. Each full page engraving has a protective tissue page. This is a beautiful set of books and the condition could not be better. Fine. Estimated Value $700 - 800. The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 215		Michael Jackson Inscribed and Signed. Moon Walk. First edition Signed. Doubleday, New York, 1988. Original dust jacket. Quarterbound red and black cloth with Jackson's stamped signature in gold on front cover; with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial endpages. Signed and inscribed, in red sharpie, on half title page: "TO BOB HALL / THANX FOR ALL YOUR HELP", with a star flourish at end of full signature. 283 pp. Numerous photographs throughout. Former owner's name stamped on half title page, otherwise Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 216		[Emma, Lady Pender] Norman and English History During the 11th and 12th Centuries. Privately published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1891, Limited Edition, no.13/100, 300 pp., illustrated by Keeley Halswelle, R.I. Beautifully bound in full vellum covers with gilt decorations and lettering. Marble end papers. Illustrated with drawings and vignettes. Large volume measuring 12¾ x 9½½ in. Being a presentation copy, signed and dated April 1892 by Sir John Pender in memory of his wife (The Pender family was closely connected to the early days of Submarine Telegraphy). Minor discoloration and age wear to volume page edges. Otherwise in very good condition. (Shipping weight 6 lbs). Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 217		[Fleming, Ian] Three Early Reprints. The incredible exploits of James Bond, Agent 007 are introduced to readers in Fleming's first three James Bond novels. Fleming's Bond novel's later became major motion picture hits. Casino Royale, 4th printing, 1957; Live and Let Die, 3rd printing, 1956; Moonraker, 4th printing, 1959. London: Jonathan Cape. All octavo. Scattered foxing to edges of Casino Royale. All with original dust jackets. Very good+. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $677
Lot 218		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of Goldfinger.* Agent 007 is at it again, in print, and in the 1964 film starring Sean Connery, the original screen James Bond and arguably the best. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. First edition of the seventh James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with gilt-stamped skull on front board. A fine copy with a very good dust jacket. Former owner's name on end paper. Estimated Value $700 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $566
Lot 219		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of For Your Eyes Only.* In the 1981 film adaptation Agent 007 was portrayed by Roger Moore, who appeared in more Bond films than Sean Connery. London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. First edition of the eighth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with a white gilded eye on front board. Fleming's first book of short stories contains: "From a View to a Kill," "For Your Eyes Only," "Quantum of Solace," "Risico," and "The Hildebrand Rarity." A fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $456
Lot 220		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of On Her Majesty's Secret Service.* In the 1969 film version, George Lazenby steps into the role of James Bond (007), however, unlike Sean Connery and Roger Moore, it is Lazenby's only appearance as Agent 007. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition of the eleventh James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth. Former owner's name on end paper else a near fine copy with a very good dust jacket. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $204
Lot 221		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of The Man With the Golden Gun.* In the 1974 film adaptation Roger Moore is once again Agent 007, a portrail that surely would have had Fleming's approval. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition of the thirteenth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth (without the "golden gun" on the front board). Former owner's name on half title page. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The book was published posthumously, Fleming having died on Aug. 12, 1964. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 222		Garcia, Jerry (The Grateful Dead). J. Garcia, Paintings, Drawings and Sketches. Limited edition, 117/150 hardbound, slipcased edition signed by Jerry Garcia published in1992. First printing, 96 pp Celestial Arts Publishing, Berkely, California. Boldly signed in blue pen and numbered in black just below his signature. Jerry Garcia, the much beloved Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist was also an artist of considerable talent. After attending the San Francisco Art Institute as a young man, he began to focus on music, but his passion for visual art never dimmed and he continued to sketch throughout his life. Here a collection of more than 40 watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil sketches culled fom private and public collections. Slipcase and exterior of book show a light band water staining about two inches in width. But the interior pages remain pristine. Scarce edition. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold