Grouping of 12 Easton Press books. Titles include: 1& 2: The Field Guide Art Of Roger Tory Peterson, 2 volumes. (Some minor wear and staining to the unsigned volumes leather, the other signed volume excellent condition). 3: Spyri, Heidi (very Good condition, very minor tear at the corner of the binding). 4: Barrie, Peter Pan […]
Lot 735: 3 Dickens 1st Editions (Early States)
1st Item: Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall. 1837. xiv, [2], 609pp. Illustrated half-title page and 43 plates present. Some foxing, cracking to gutters. 1/4 Leather binding with marbled boards. 2nd item: Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. Illustrations by Browne. Illustrated half title, frontice, […]
Lot 736: M. Twain 1st Edition (Early State) Life on the Mississippi
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1983. Early state of the First Edition. 624pp. Rebacked with original spine reattached, some dampstaining to page edges. Provenance: Gatlinburg, TN collection. CONDITION: See description.
Lot 733: 2 Peking Stitch Embroideries
Pair of framed Peking Stitch silk embroidery textiles, one depicting Phoenix amid branches (24-1/2" x 13-1/2" overall), the other depicting butterflies and insects (23-1/2" x 12-1/4" overall). Both with matching dark navy blue and metallic brocade borders and ebonized and giltwood frames. Chinese, early 20th century. CONDITION: Some light discoloration to silk background, 1st item […]
Lot 734: 4 Chinese Paintings
Four Chinese paintings in inks and watercolors. 1st item: Painting on silk depicting butterfly and flowers, signed lower right, with brocade border and bamboo style gilt frame. 15" x 6" sight, 21" x 9" framed. A couple of small light stains to top of image. 2nd item: Painting on silk of two blue birds perched […]
Lot 731: 2 Asian Lacquered Chests, 19th c.
1st item: Diminutive black lacquered chest with lift top, having engraved brass hinges and latch and brass side handles; carved, raised and painted Shou symbols to top and sides; raised on short wood feet. 13-3/4" H x 25"W x 13-1/2"D. Painted interior. Chinese or Korean, circa 1870. 2nd item: Small black and red painted trunk […]
Lot 732: Carved Tibetan Table & Bronze Buddha Head
Item 1: Carved hardwood Tibetan low table consisting of a mortise and tenon top, carved drawer fronts, pierced decorative brackets mounted under top and legs and mortise and tenon leg and stretchers. 19 7/8" H x 27" D x 67 5/8" L. 19th century. Item 2: A contemporary decorative bronze Buddha head, Chinese or Thai, […]
Lot 730: 2 Japanese Woodblocks + watercolor
3 Japanese woodblock prints. 1st item: Kuniyoshi woodblock print of woman with bare breast leaning over a river, her baby on her back, poem or inscription and signature upper right corner. 14" x 9-1/2" sight, 18-1/2" x 13-1/2" framed. Foxing, some staining to right side, abrasions to frame. 2nd item: Utagawa Hiroshige, The Seven-ri Ferry […]
Lot 726: Japanese Lacquer Album w/ photos
Japanese lacquer photograph album with painted gilt and inlaid mother of pearl and ivory foliate and bird decoration. Interior contains fifty (50) hand-colored albumen photographs, mounted on card-stock paper, with tissue-guards depicting various landscape, city, architecture and genre scenes of late 19th century Japan, all captioned in the margin. Photographs measure – 5 3/4" x […]
Lot 727: 3 Chinese Scrolls inc. Tiger
3 Chinese scroll paintings on silk. 1st item: Watercolor on silk painting of a tiger, stamp and calligraphy inscription lower left. Image 41-1/2" x 16, 59" x 20" overall. Very good condition with light creases and scattered smudges. Mid 20th century. 2nd item: Qing watercolor still life painting, depicting a vase of prunus branches, above […]









