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Books

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 287		Audubon, John James; Peterson, Roger Tory; Peterson, Virginia Marie. Audubon's Birds of America. The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio. Abbeville Press, New York, 1990. 16 x 12 x 3¼". Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Original slipcase is lightly shelf-worn. Lavishly illustrated. $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 288		Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer). The Folio Society, London, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. 559 pages. In a near fine slipcase with some scuffing to back. Bound in elaborate gilt-decorated, red-brown buckram, 17" x 12" x 3." Essay at end by William Peterson. Based on the limited edition released by The Folio Society in 2002, which was based on the best of the Kelmscott Chaucer facsimiles, the Basilisk Press facsimile. $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $125
Lot 289		Christie, Agatha. Selection of 14 Mystery Novels. Most published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1924-1946. First editions. Book bindings are mostly tight, with some age-toning to the pages -- condition is mostly very good. Five volumes have their dust jackets included and intact, with some wear -- condition ranges from good to very good. Titles include: The Man in the Brown Suit, The Big Four, The Seven Dials Mystery, The Mystery of the Blue Train, The Murder at the Vicarage, The Mysterious Mr. Quinn, The Boomerang Clue, Death on the Nile, Murder in the Mews, And Then There Were None, Sad Cypress, Evil Under the Sun, The Hollow, and Mr. McGinty's Dead. $700 - 900 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 290		Christie, Agatha. Collection of Twelve Mystery Novels. The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1945-1967. Hardcover, 8vo. First editions. Nice, tight binding and clean pages -- books are in very good condition. All but two have their dust jackets included and intact, with some wear and fading, most notably along the edges -- mostly very good. Titles include: Sparkling Cyanide, They Do It with Mirrors, A Pocket Full of Rye, Hickory Dickory Dock, Cat Among the Pigeons, Adventures of the Christmas Pudding, The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side, The Clocks, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, A Caribbean Mystery, At Bertram's Hotel, and Endless Night. $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 291		Cloud, C.Carey and Harold B. Lentz. The Pop-Up Puss In-Boots. Blue Ribbon Press, New York, 1934. Illustrated by C. Carey Cloud and Harold B. Lentz. Illustrated boards, square 4to, unpaginated. Story punctuated by three very funny color pop-ups, as well as many black and white drawings. Very minor spine wear, some slight damage to first pop up, but others fine. Pages are clean, with just the name of a former owner and date handwritten on the title page. No jacket. Extremely scarce book. $200 - 400 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $90
Lot 292		Derleth, August. Someone in the Dark. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1941. Hardcover, 8vo, black cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. First edition, one of 1115 copies printed, 335 pp. Inscribed "Cordially and signed ("August Derleth") on the front free endpaper. The second Arkham House book and Derleth's first collection of supernatural fiction, with stories culled mostly from the pulps, notably Weird Tales. First edition dust jacket is black with sage lettering. Illustrated spine lettering is extraordinary; cover artwork by Frank Utpatel. Book is clean, binding tight - condition is fine. Dustjacket is crisp and clean, with just slight toning around the edges - fine. $1,500 - 2,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 293		Doyle, Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. George Newnes, Limited, London, 1902. First edition, with frontispiece and 15 full-page illustrations by Sidney Paget, 359 pp. Hardcover, 8vo, bound in the original red cloth stamped in gilt with elaborate floral design and pictorial hound in black, signed A.G.J. Former owner's name, city, and date ("26/3/02") inked to the front flyleaf. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with only very slight wear to the spine. No jacket; else fine. The Hound of the Baskervilles was based on an idea given to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Bertram Fletcher Robinson, who was a nephew of Sir John Robinson and a correspondent for "The Daily Express" during the Boer War. The two men struck up a friendship when travelling back on the same ship from Cape Town. They spent four days together on a golfing holiday at Cromer in March 1901, and it was then that Robinson mentioned the legend that inspired the mystery, possibly of the story of the Black Hound of Hergest that was associated with the Vaughan family of Hergest Court in Herefordshire. Doyle told his mother: "Fletcher Robinson came here with me and we are going to do a small book together 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' -- a real creeper." The serial publication of the mystery in "The Strand Magazine" was an unprecedented success: It was the only occasion in the magazine's history that a seventh printing was needed to meet the tremendous demand. The third of the crime novels written by Doyle to feature the detective Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. It is up to Holmes and his companion, Dr. Watson, to solve the case. $3,000 - 6,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,280
Lot 294		Johnson, Samuel. Johnson's Dictionary - Facsimile Edition. The Folio Society, London, 2006. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 482 of 1,000 copies. Exact facsimile reproduced from the first edition, title page printed in two colours on Favini cream paper. Two ribbon markers per volume. Three-quarter bound in calf leather with hand-marbled paper sides. The exquisite hand-marbling of the book edges and boards renders each copy unique. Two volumes. 1,164 pages each. 16¼" x 10¼". Presented in a robust buckram-bound box with scalloped edges and volume divider. $900 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $528
Lot 295		Le Carré, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, 1964. Hardcover, 8vo, black cloth binding with gold lettering on front cover and spine. First American edition, so stated on the copyright page, 256 pp. Binding and pages are tight and clean, condition fine. The dust jacket is intact, with some minor bumps and folds along the edges, the condition very good. Upon publication, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold forever changed the landscape of spy fiction. Le Carré combined the inside knowledge of his years in British intelligence with the skills of the best novelists to produce a story as taut as it is twisting, unlike any previously experienced. Lot additionally includes Le Carre's Call for the Dead. Walker and Company, 1962. Hardcover, 8vo, tealand orange binding with gold lettering on the spine. This appears to be a first American impression, but it is actually a book club edition printed at a later date, 128 pp. Book and dustjacker are both fine. $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 296		Letz, Harold B. The Pop-Up Mother Goose. Pleasure Books, Inc., Chicago, 1934. Illustrated by Harold B. Lentz. Illustrated boards, square 4to, unpaginated. Story punctuated by three clever pop-ups, all of which are in fine condition. Pages are clean. No jacket. Scarce book. $200 - 400 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $90
Lot 297		Lovecraft, H.P. Selected Letters, Vols. I-V. Akham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1965-1976. First editions. Hardcover, 8vo, black cloth binding with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight with minimal wear; in fine condition. Jackets are all present and intact, their appearance crisp and clean, with only a few bumps and tiny tears along the edges of the spine, so that condition ranges from very good to fine. "Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890� 1937, known as H.P. Lovecraft, was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th century authors in his genre. $300 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 298		Ludlum, Robert. Six Thriller Novels. Here we offer a collection of six first editions from the esteemed creator of Jason Bourne, including: The Bourne Identity, The Parsifal Mosaic, The Aquitaine Progression, The Bourne Supremacy, The Icarus Agenda, and The Bourne Ultimatum. All Random House (with the exception of The Bourne Identity, which was published by Richard Marek Publishers), New York, 1980-1990. The books are all fine, as are the dust jackets, which are all present. $400 - 700 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 299		*The Luttrell Psalter - Manuscript Facsimile Edition.* The Folio Society Limited Edition Book (2006). Hardcover. Near Mint. Numbered Edition, No. 977 of 1,480 copies. Reproduced from British Library Additional MS 42130. 14" x 9¾", 624 pages. Over 600 pages of illuminations. Blocked with a design by David Eccles using gold, silver and coloured foils. Bound in the finest grade Nigerian goatskin, the binding design using motifs from the Psalter and the Luttrell coat of arms of six martlets argent. Presented in a hand-made solander box, 15¼ x 11", with a leather label. The Psalter is accompanied by Professor Michelle P. Brown's fascinating scholarly commentary. $800 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $390
Lot 300		Merian, Maria Sibylla. The Surinam Album. The Folio Society, London, 2006. No. 297 of a limited edition of 1,000. Like New. Containing 91 watercolor facsimiles from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum. Introduction by Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum. Quarter bound in the finest Nigerian goatskin leather. Blocked in gold and silver with a design by David Eccles. Buckram-bound solander box. 91 pages. 91 facsimile prints tipped in by hand. 20¼" x 18" x 4¼". Commentary book by Maria Sibylla Merian. In publisher's original shipping box. $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $250
Lot 301		Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1929. Hardcover, 8vo, tan cloth binding with brown and red lettering on the cover and spine. First American edition, stated "First Printing" (June 1929) on the copyright page, 291 pp. Binding is tight, pages clean -- book is fine. In the scarce, lightly chipped and soiled first issue dust jacket, stating "First American printing 100,000 Copies" on the bottom of the rear flap and original price of $2.50 net present. The great War novel, translated from the German Im Westen Nichts Neues by A. W. Wheen. Remarque vividly describes the life of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful and enthusiastic, they become soldiers, but they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. As the horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other--if only he can come out of the war alive. $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 302		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Sonnets & Poems. The Folio Society, London, 2011. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 1,980 copies. Presented together with a Commentary volume in a buckram-bound solander box: 15¼" x 11" x 4" Set in "Monotype" Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather Hand-marbled paper sides, gilded top edge. Ribbon marker 288 pages. Book Size: 14" x 10¼". $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 303		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Henry IV, Parts I & II. The Folio Society, London, 2009. Hardcover. Near Mint. 2 volumes. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 1,000 copies. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides; gilded top edge and ribbon marker. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper. Presented in a buckram-bound solander box with a commentary volume which includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes. Box measures 15" x 11" x 2¾". Letterpress volume book size: 14" x 10¾". Commentary volume book size: 8¼" x 5¾". $400 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $300
Lot 304		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Henry V. The Folio Society, London, 2009. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 1,000 copies. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides; gilded top edge and ribbon marker. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper. Presented in a buckram-bound solander box with a commentary volume which includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes. Box measures 15" x 11" x 2¾". Letterpress volume book size: 14" x 10¾". Commentary volume book size: 8¼" x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 305		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: King Henry VIII. The Folio Society, London, 2012. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 1,000 copies. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides; gilded top edge and ribbon marker. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper Presented together with a commentary volume which includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes. Supplied in a buckram-bound solander box measuring 15" x 11" x 2¾". Letterpress volume: 14" x 10¾". Commentary volume: bound in buckram. 8¾" x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 306		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Richard II. The Folio Society, London, 2012. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 1,000 copies. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides; gilded top edge and ribbon marker. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper Presented together with a commentary volume which includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes. Supplied in a buckram-bound solander box measuring 15" x 11" x 2¾". Letterpress volume: 14" x 10¾". Commentary volume: bound in buckram. 8¾" x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 307		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Twelfth Night. The Folio Society, London, 2008. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 3,750 copies. Hand-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold; with hand-marbled paper sides. Printed in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, with Caslon display. Book size: 14"x 10¾" Buckram-bound solander box: 15"x 11"x 2¾" Commentary volume: bound in buckram; 8¾"x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 308		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: The Tempest. The Folio Society, London, 2008. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 3,750 copies. Hand-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold; with hand-marbled paper sides. Printed in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, with Caslon display. Book Size: 14"x 10¾" Buckram-bound solander box: 15"x 11"x 2¾" Commentary volume: bound in buckram; 8¼"x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 309		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: As You Like It. The Folio Society, London, 2008. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 3,750 copies. Hand-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold; with hand-marbled paper sides. Printed in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, with Caslon display. Book size: 14"x 10�" Buckram-bound solander box: 15"x 11"x 2�" Commentary volume: bound in buckram; Book size: 8�" x 5�" Hand-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold; with hand-marbled paper sides. Printed in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, with Caslon display. Book Size: 14"x 10¾" Buckram-bound solander box: 15"x 11"x 2¾" Commentary volume: bound in buckram; 8¼"x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 310		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Folio Society, London, 2008. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 3,750 copies. Hand-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold; with hand-marbled paper sides. Printed in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, with Caslon display. Book size: 14"x 10�" Buckram-bound solander box: 15"x 11"x 2�" Commentary volume: bound in buckram; Book size: 8�" x 5�". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 311		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Macbeth. The Folio Society, London, 2007. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 3,750 copies. Hand-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold; with hand-marbled paper sides. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, with Caslon display. Buckram-bound solander box: 15" x 11" x 2¾". Commentary volume: bound in buckram. 14" x 10<3/4". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 312		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Hamlet. The Folio Society, London, 2007. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 3,750 copies. Hand-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold; with hand-marbled paper sides. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, with Caslon display. Presented in a buckram-bound solander box 15" x 11" x 2¾", 136 pages. Commentary volume is bound in buckram, size: 14" x 10¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 313		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: King Lear. The Folio Society, London, 2007. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 3,750 copies Hand-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold; with hand-marbled paper sides. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, with Caslon display. 120 pages. Buckram-bound solander box: 15" x 11" x 2¾". Commentary volume: bound in buckram. 14" x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 314		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. The Folio Society, London, 2010. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 1,000 copies. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides; gilded top edge and ribbon marker. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper. Presented together with a commentary volume which includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes. Supplied in a buckram-bound solander box measuring 15" x 11" x 2¾". Letterpress volume: 14" x 10¾". Commentary volume: bound in buckram. 8¾" x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 315		Shakespeare. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Julius Caesar. The Folio Society, London, 2010. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 130 of 3,750 copies. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides; gilded top edge and ribbon marker. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper. Presented together with a commentary volume which includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes. Supplied in a buckram-bound solander box measuring 15" x 11" x 2¾". Letterpress volume: 14" x 10¾". Commentary volume: bound in buckram. 8¾" x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $210
Lot 316		Shakespeare, William. The Letterpress Shakespeare: Richard III. The Folio Society, London, 2009. Hardcover. Near Mint. Limited Numbered Edition, No. 864 of 1,000 copies. Quarter-bound in goatskin leather, blocked in gold with hand-marbled paper sides; gilded top edge and ribbon marker. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville, printed by letterpress on mould-made paper. Presented in a buckram-bound solander box with a commentary volume which includes the text of the play with full explanatory notes. Box measures 15" x 11" x 2¾". Letterpress volume: 14" x 10¾". Commentary volume: 8¼" x 5¾". $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216