Five (5) First Edition Christmas novels written by Charles Dickens. 1st item: THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN. A FANCY FOR CHRISTMAS TIME, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Leech, Stanfield, Tenniel, and Stone, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1848. Hardcover 12mo, 188 gilt-edged pages with wood-engraved frontispiece, additional vignette to […]
Lot 687: 10 Asst. Charles Dickens Books, incl. 1st Editions, Cruikshank
Ten (10) assorted writings, sketches, and plays, primarily by Charles Dickens, including SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS. 1st item: SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS, First Edition, by Charles Dickens under the pseudonym Timothy Sparks, with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1836. Hardcover 12mo, 49 top edge gilt pages including engraved […]
Lot 684: 1978 World Series Baseball Items, incl. NY Yankees Multi-Signed Ball
Seven (7) Baseball items including 1978 Baseball World Series afterplay multi-signed baseball and program, including Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson. 1st item: Multi-signed baseball by players and coaches of the 1978 New York Yankees, including Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (1925-2015); Thurman Lee Munson (1947-1979); John Arthur Fowler (1922-2007); Kenneth Earl Clay (b. 1954); Richard Michael "Goose" […]
Lot 685: 5 Dickens 1st Ed. Books, incl. Edited by Author
Five (5) First Edition books, written, edited, or with a preface by Charles Dickens. 1st-2nd items: MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI, Vol. I-II, First Edition, edited by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1838. Hardcover octavos, 551 total top edge gilt pages, engraved frontispieces, eleven additional plates, Vol. II with […]
Lot 682: 8 The Sheik Movie Lobby Cards plus Valentino Scrapbook Items
Rare group of eight (8) original lobby cards for "The Sheik," a 1921 film starring Rudolph Valentino as Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan and Agnes Ayres as Lady Diana Mayo, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by George Melford, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Includes: one (1) title lobby card depicting Valentino in the titular role standing […]
Lot 683: Roly Poly Tobacco "Brownie" Advertising Tin & Black Forest Pipe
1st item: Mayo's Cut Plug Roly Poly tobacco "Brownie" tin, painted as the character "Store Keeper" with a depiction of the Mayo's tobacco pack on the backside, rounded anthropomorphic form. Brand and collection information on bottom of vessel. 7 1/2" H x 6 1/2" W x 6 1/2" D. American, early 20th-century. 2nd item: Black […]
Lot 680: 2 Regionalist / WPA Farm Prints, John de Martelly & Asa Chaffetz
Two (2) regionalist lithographs depicting rural scenes. 1st item: John Stockton de Martelly (Missouri, Michigan, 1903-1979) lithograph titled “Ride-a-Cock-Horse” depicting a woman playing with her child in a field with farmland in the background. Signed “John S. de Martelly” in pencil, lower right. Title and information about the work attached, en verso. Housed in a […]
Lot 681: 2 Adolf Dehn Cityscape Lithographs
Two (2) Adolf Arthur Dehn (New York/Minnesota, 1895-1968) lithographs on paper. 1st item: Lithograph on Chine applique paper titled "Corner of Raspail & Edgar Quinet" depicting a cityscape with architecture, trees, and figures. Numbered in pencil "9/30" lower left, signed and inscribed in pencil "Adolf Dehn, 1928/ For Ma Ditch a fellow lithograph guy…" lower […]
Lot 679: WPA Oil on Board Painting, Blue Gill Fishing
American School, likely Wisconsin, Works Progress Administration era oil on canvasboard painting, titled "Blue Gill Fishing", depicting a lone male figure with a fishing pole seated on a series of stone stairs on a grassy island in a body of water. Signed "WE HALEY" or "WEHRLEY" lower right. Titled with additional numbering in pencil, en […]
Lot 678: Arthur Sheppard O/C Painting & Drawings, Boxing Matches, 5 pcs.
Five (5) Arthur Sheppard (California, 1875-1954) artworks depicting wrestling and boxing scenes, including oil on canvas and drawings. 1st item: Oil on canvas painting depicting a male figure throwing another man over his shoulder at the corner of a roped off boxing ring surrounded by an emotionally charged audience within an interior having lunette window […]