Swiss cylinder music box, walnut case with inlaid shell medallion to lid, line inlay to front of body, an ebonized interior, and brass escutcheon. Interior lid with glass panel and two leather pulls opening to an eight-tune cylinder marked "10" and crank marked "16". 5 3/8" H x 20 5/8" W x 8 1/2" D. […]
Lot 696: Swiss 8-Tune Cylinder Music Box w/ Bells
Swiss cylinder music box having an inlaid rosewood case, with an ebonized interior and trim, the lid with inlaid musical instrument and floral decoration. The interior of lid retains the original paper 8-tune sheet listing each song and it's composer along with the serial number 28908 and the numbers 8632 & 713. Fitted with a […]
Lot 694: Steinway & Sons Model B Grand Piano
Steinway and Sons, New York, Model B Grand piano, ebonized case over tapered legs terminating into block feet and mounted with castors. Serial #496359 indicating a manufacture date circa 1985. Includes a Paul L. Jansen and Son black leather upholstered adjustable bench of similar design. Piano: 38 1/2" H x 58" W x 83" (6' […]
Lot 695: 8 Tune Inlaid Swiss Music Box
Swiss brass cylinder 8 tune music box, housed in a rosewood case with floral and line inlaid lid and front and ebonized trim. Glass door houses cylinder frame marked with the serial number #875 and complete steel comb and is flanked by the winding arm and Change and Repeat/ Stop and Play levers. Paper label […]
Lot 693: 3 Edward Gorey Items, incl. Print + 2 Books
Three (3) Edward Gorey items, including signed print and book, first edition books. 1st item: Lithograph print from THE WATERFLOWERS, published by Congdon and Weed, New York, 1982. Signed "Edward Gorey" lower right below print, captioned "He stuck his finger in it and said 'It's lumpy" lower center below image. Typed and handwritten label, en […]
Lot 691: 3 Maurice Sendak Signed Items, incl. Nutcracker, Pierre
1st-2nd items: Illustrator signed, NUTCRACKER, Limited First Edition, Numbered 71/250, by E.T.A. Hoffmann, translated by Ralph Manheim, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, published by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1984. Hardcover quarto, 102 pages with color illustrations, bound in dark heather blue publisher's cloth with blindstamp front cover and silver lettering to front cover and spine, […]
Lot 692: 6 Kurt Vonnegut Hardcover Books, incl. Author Signed, 1st Eds.
1st-2nd items: Two (2) Author signed, HOCUS POCUS, First Edition, by Kurt Vonnegut, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1991. Both signed "Kurt Vonnegut" to flyleaf or half-title page, one (1) with self-portrait illustration by Vonnegut to flyleaf. Includes original pictorial dust jacket wrapped in Mylar, not price-clipped. 3rd item: Author signed, PALM […]
Lot 689: 5 Dickens Books, Novels & Stories, 1st Eds.
Five (5) First Edition Novels and Stories by Charles Dickens. 1st item: DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON, WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND FOR EXPORTATION, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1848. Hardcover octavo, 624 top edge gilt pages, with engraved frontispiece, title […]
Lot 690: 7 Phillip Roth Hardcover Books, incl. Author Signed, 1st Eds.
1st item: Author signed, AMERICAN PASTORAL, First Edition, by Philip Roth, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1997. Signed "Philip Roth" to title page. Includes original pictorial dust jacket, not price-clipped. 2nd item: Author signed, THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, First Edition, by Philip Roth, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2004. Signed "Philip Roth" to […]
Lot 688: 13 Charles Dickens Books, Histories, Notes, Letters, incl. 1st Eds.
Thirteen (13) Charles Dickens books, including First Editions. 1st-3rd items: CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Vol. I-III, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Francis W. Topham, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1852-54. Hardcover 16mos, 745 total gilt-edge pages, each with engraved frontispieces and one page of back advertisements. Note: Vol. I includes first […]