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Lot 625: 33 Mid-Century Auction Catalogs from Parke-Bernet & Christies

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Collection of thirty-three (33) auction or sale catalogs, including thirty (30) from Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, with dates ranging from 1946-1968, and estates from notables such as Mrs. Andrew Carnegie (Dec. 1946); Harriett Pullman Schermerhorn (Mar. 1957); Robert Livingston Gerry Sr. (Mar. 1958); Marguerite Anna Keasbey (Jan. 1961); John Motley Morehead III (May 1965), and […]

Lot 626: 2 TN Related Books: Art & Mystery of TN Furniture + History of TN Illustrated, 1887

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1st item: THE ART AND MYSTERY OF TENNESSEE FURNITURE AND ITS MAKERS THROUGH 1850, by Nathan Harsh and Derita Coleman Williams, published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, 1988. 11 1/4" H x 8 3/4" W. 2nd item: History of Tennessee Illustrated 1887, East Tennessee Edition. Chicago & Nashville, Goodspeed Publishing, printed 1887. Includes map, […]

Lot 624: 4 Books: Red-Figured Athenian Vases, Yerkes Oriental Carpets, Antiquities of Benin

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1st-2nd items: RED-FIGURED ATHENIAN VASES IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, Vol. I-II, by Gisela M. A. Richter, Litt. D., L.H.D., with drawing by Lindsley F. Hall, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1936. Hardcover folios, approximately 430 total pages, Volume I comprised of English text, Volume II comprised of black and white plates including fold-out […]

Lot 623: The Illustrated Shakespeare in 3 Vols, 1847 Leatherbound

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The Illustrated Shakespeare, edited by G. C. Verplanck, Harper & Brothers: New York, 1847. Hardcover octavo in brown leather with pictorial gilt covers and spines with gilt lettering and gilt-edged pages, profusely illustrated. Vol I Histories, Vol II Comedies, Vol III Tragedies. Each 10 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W x 2" D. CONDITION: Typical […]

Lot 622: Grouping of 6 Books, Limited Edition, Dr. Seuss, Lebowitz, Oates, Toole

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1st Item: METROPOLITAN LIFE / SOCIAL STUDIES, by Fran Lebowitz, published in Paris by Edition 7L, 2003. Limited edition, one of 1500 copies, (unopened, so # unknown) both signed by Lebowitz, Two volumes bound in blue cloth, housed in publisher's yellow slipcase. No dust jackets, as issued. Set retains publisher's shrink wrap with price label, […]

Lot 621: Grouping of 6 Signed Limited Edition Books, Joseph Heller, Malamud

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SIXTY STORIES by Donald Barthelme, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Released simultaneously with the trade hardcover, this Limited Edition of 500 copies is signed by Barthelme on limitation page, this being #24. Octavo. 457 pp. Maroon cloth boards stamped in silver, in publisher's maroon slipcase. FRANKY FURBO by William Wharton, Henry Holt & Company, […]

Lot 620: 8 Fugitive Writer related books incl. Andrew Lytle, R.P. Warren, J.C. Ransom, Allen Tate

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8 Fugitive Poet related publications including signed and first edition books. 1st Item: ALL THE KING'S MEN, Robert Penn Warren, Franklin Library, 1977, Hardcover. Signed by author on the page preceding limitation page; black leather binding with gilt stamping, gilt page edges, silk endpapers, and ribbon marker; Franklin's "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid in. […]

Lot 619: Henry Miller, Insomnia or the Devil at Large; Signed; Loujon Press 1970

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First Edition (Edition G of 385 copies) of Henry Miller's Insomnia or the Devil at Large portfolio, Loujon Press, Albuquerque, 1970. Signed by Miller and dated "May 1st, 1970" in colophon. Book is a facsimile of Miller's handwritten reflections regarding his wife, gathered in comb binding, wrapped in boards with original foil papers; housed in […]

Lot 617: 2 Musician Autographed Hatch Show Print Posters

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Two (2) Ryman Auditorium, Nashville TN. Hatch Show Print concert posters. Autographed by John Hiatt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, and Rodney Crowell (Nov. 19, 2002) and by Trace Adkins and Billy Currington (Feb. 23, 2005). In black frames under plexiglass. Frames: 22" x 13 1/2" and 20" x 13 1/2". PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, Tennessee […]