American School, late 20th century, oil on board painting depicting three African American female figures seated on a curb and in folding chairs, eating from take-out containers. One of the figures is a child, talking excitedly to the two older women. Three other figures are standing in the background, as if anticipating a parade or […]
Lot 682: 2 Paintings of Females, 1 signed Barclay
1st item: Oil on canvas portrait of a young black woman in a red garment with a blue head covering against a tan background. Unsigned. Handwritten inscription, possibly "42 Barclay", en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with fluted, bead course, and laurel leaf running patterns. Sight: 7 3/8" H x 5 3/4" W. Framed: […]
Lot 678: Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st Ed. w/ Dickens ALS
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, First Edition, Second Issue, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Hablot K. Brown (Phiz), published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. Hardcover octavo, 624 top edge gilt pages with frontispiece, title page, and thirty-eight plates, errata page present, rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt stamped covers and spine, […]
Lot 679: Novels of the Bronte Sisters, Vol. I-XII, Thornton Ed., 1907
THE NOVELS OF THE BRONTE SISTERS, Vol. I-XII, The Thornton Edition, by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte and Elizabeth C. Gaskell, edited by Temple Scott, published by John Grant, Edinburgh, 1907. Hardcover octavos, 4,942 total top edge gilt pages with lithographic frontispieces and plates, rebound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled-paper sides, gilt tiliting to […]
Lot 680: Langston Hughes Signed & Inscribed, The Big Sea, 1945
Author Signed and Inscribed, THE BIG SEA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LANGSTON HUGHES, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York and London, 1945. Hardcover octavo, 335 top blue edged pages, hardbound in grey cloth with red stamping to front cover and spine, blue lettering to spine, includes original pictorial dust jacket wrapped in mylar. Inscription to […]
Lot 676: Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Ed., 1871-72
MIDDLEMARCH: A STUDY OF PROVINCIAL LIFE, Vol. I-IV, First Edition, by George Eliot, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1871-72. Hardcover 12mos, 1,542 total top edge gilt pages, rebound by Zaehnsdorf for A.C. McClurg and Company, Chicago, in blue leather with gilt stamped covers and spines, five raised hubs, gilt dentelle with […]
Lot 677: 28 George Eliot Books, incl. First Editions
Twenty-three (23) First Edition books by Mary Ann Evans, writing under the pen name George Eliot, 28 items total, majority published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1859-84. Includes: DANIEL DERONDA, Vol. I-IV, 1876; ADAM BEDE, Vol. I-III, 1859; ROMOLA, Vol. I-III, published by Smith, Elder, and Company, London, 1863; THE MILL ON […]
Lot 673: Nicholas Nickleby, 1st Ed., w/ Dickens ALS
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Hablot K. Brown (Phiz), published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1839. Hardcover octavo, 624 top edge gilt pages with frontispiece, title page, and thirty-nine plates, rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt stamped covers and spine, five raised hubs, gilt dentelle […]
Lot 674: Dickens, Great Expectations, Vol. I-III, 1st Ed., 1861
GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Vol. I-III, First Edition, Mixed Issue, by Charles Dickens, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1861. Hardcover octavo, 1,039 top edge gilt pages, rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt stamped covers and spine, five raised hubs, dark green paper pastedowns and endpapers, ex libris plate to interior […]
Lot 675: Bound Extra Christmas Numbers, 1850-67, w/ Dickens ALS
Bound Volume of EXTRA CHRISTMAS NUMBERS, printed in HOUSEHOLD WORDS or ALL THE YEAR ROUND weekly magazines, edited by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1850-58, and Chapman and Hall, London, 1859-67. Hardcover octavo, eighteen bound issues of magazines, ranging from 24 to 48 pages each, 1863-67 issues include original blue front and […]