The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Biographical, Hand-made Edition, No. 29/50, Vol I-VI, collected and edited by Edmund Henry Eitel, 1913. Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. Octavo, Vol. I – 449, Vol. II – 552 pages, Vol. III – 568 pages, Vol. V – 560 pages, Vol. V – 493 pages, Vol. VI […]
Lot 108: A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner, Signed 1st Am. Ed.
Author and Illustrator Signed, The House at Pooh Corner, First American Edition, Numbered 81/250, by Alan Alexander Milne with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard, 1928. Published by E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., New York. Octavo, 178 pages with illustrations, one quarter yellow cloth binding with green cloth spine with green pictorial covers and green […]
Lot 109: A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, 1st Ed., 1926
Winnie the Pooh, First Edition, by Alan Alexander Milne with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard, 1926. Published by Methuen and Company, Ltd. London. 12mo, 158 pages with illustrations, hardbound in tooled green cloth with pictorial design to front cover and gilt lettering to spine, original dust jacket, pictorial end papers, gilt top edged paper. 7 […]
Lot 105: Dalvimart, The Costume of Turkey, 1802
THE COSTUME OF TURKEY, ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS; with Descriptions in English and French, descriptions and drawings by Octavian Dalvimart (active early 19th century), engraved by John Dadley (British, 1767-after 1807) and William Poole (British, active 1803-1807), 1802. Printed for William Miller, London. Quarto, 58 stipple engravings with hand coloring and laid tissue […]
Lot 106: R. Houdin, Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, 1859
Memoirs of Robert-Houdin: Ambassador, Author and Conjurer, First Edition, by Robert-Houdin, edited by Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie, 1859. Published by George G. Evans, Philadelphia. Octavo, 445 pages including index, hardbound in brown pebbled cloth with shield pictorial covers and gilt lettering to spine, brown end papers with pencil inscriptions from previous owner. 7 3/4" H […]
Lot 103: 9 Early American Books
Nine (9) Books related to early America. 1st item: Three Years Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, For More than Five Thousand Miles by Captain Jonathan Carver, 1796. Published by Key and Simpson, Philadelphia. Octavo, 360 pages including appendix, 20 pages of list of subscribers, hardbound in modern black cloth with gilt lettering […]
Lot 104: 10 Medical Books – Midwifery
Ten (10) Midwifery/Medical books. 1st item: A Introduction to the Practice of Midwifery, Vol. II, by Thomas Denman, M.D., 1802. Printed by James Oram, for William Falconer and Evert Dyckinck, New York. Octavo, 281 pages with index, rebound in brown leather with original covers and spine with gilt lettering, ink inscription from previous owner, top […]
Lot 100: 10 B. Maund, Botanic Gardens, inc. 1825
Ten (10) Botanic Garden books. 1st-4th items: The Botanic Garden, Vol. I, Part I and II, in one (1) book, Vol I., Part III and Vol. II, Part IV, in one (1) book, Vol. II, Part V and VI, in one (1) book, and part IX, in one (1) book, by Benjamin Maund, F.L.S., 1825, […]
Lot 101: 8 Herbal/Floral Related Books
Eight (8) late 18th/mid 19th century herbal related books. 1st item: Culpeper's English Family Physician: Or, Medical Herbal Enlarged, Vol. II, by Joshua Hamilton, M.D., 1792. Printed for W. Locke, London. Octavo, 378 pages including indexes and explanations, 84 copper plate engravings with hand-coloring, old rebinding in three-quarter brown leather with brown cloth covers and […]
Lot 102: T. Reid, Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, 1st Ed., 1826
Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical, First Edition, by Thomas Reid, 1826. Printed for John Fairbairn, Edinburgh, James Duncan, London, J. Cumming, Dublin. Octavo, 476 pages including appendix, index, bibliography, 20 folding copper engraved plates with additional illustrations, rebound in half brown cloth with brown leather corners and brown marbled paper, original […]