John Held Jr. (American, 1889-1958), “Outlines of Sports,” 1930, limited edition set of twelve (12) framed Art Deco era lithograph illustrations of men and women engaged in various sports including hunting, horse jumping, tennis, fly fishing, golfing, cross country skiing, parachuting, sailing, polo, boxing, waterskiing, and chess. Numbered 66/100 and signed “John Held Jr.” in ink on title plate […]
Lot 558: Jules Cheret Lithograph, Musee Grevin, Theatre Les Fantoches de John Hewelt
Jules Cheret (France, 1836-1932) lithograph advertisement poster, “Musee Grevin / Theatre Les Fantoches de John Hewelt,” 1900. Created to advertise John Hewelt’s marionette show at the theater of the Musee Grevin. A proof impression before text. Signed and dated in the stone, center right. Printed by Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Cheret), Paris. Ref.: Broido 471. Unframed. Laid to canvas, […]
Lot 555: Le Costume Historique by Racinet, 6 Volumes 1888
LE COSTUME HISTORIQUE by M. A. Racinet. Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1888, in 6 volumes. First Collected Edition of Auguste Racinet’s exhaustive work on the history of clothing. Originally published individually in France between 1876 and 1888; collected in 1888 in six volumes with 500 plates. Volume I contains 12 plates; volume II 88; volume III 95; volume IV 97; volume […]
Lot 552: 9 Walter Pater Books, 1st Editions, Bound by Riviere & Son
Nine (9) books by Walter Pater (1839-1894), first editions, uniformly bound by Riviere & Son in dark blue half leather and complementary blue cloth, with gold tooled titles, accents, 5 raised bands, and dates of publication; top edges gilt, 12mo. 8 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in. Bookplate of Lillian Stokes Gillespie in each. Titles Include: STUDIES IN THE HISTORY […]
Lot 550: 4 19th C Leatherbound Books; Federalist, Templar and Native Am. Interest
1st Item: MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE COMPOSED ORIGINALLY FOR THE USE OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES by Thomas Jefferson. Columbus, Ohio: Jonathan Phillips, 1848. 12mo. 245pp, plus population table. 2nd Item: NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA, FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE […]
Lot 549: Ten 19th C. 1st Eds: Wordsworth, Cruikshank, Goldsmith, Hunt
A grouping of ten (10) 19th Century First Edition books, by William Wordsworth, George Cruikshank, Leigh Hunt, and Oliver Goldsmith. 1st Item: THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE; Or the Fate of the Nortons. A poem, by William Wordsworth. First edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece by J.C. Bromley after Sir George Beaumont. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and […]
Lot 548: 8 Lewis Carroll Books, First Editions
Eight (8) volumes of the works of Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), first editions, seven of which are uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf in contemporary full red leather with marbled boards, raised spine bands, and gilt titles, dates, and accents. From the personal library of Lillian Stokes Gillespie (1869-1915). Volumes include: PHANTASMAGORIA and Other Poems, London: MacMillan and Co., […]
Lot 547: Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll). London: MacMillan and Co., 1866. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel (illustrator). Octavo. 192pp. Second (First Published) Edition; first Issue with page 30 correctly numbered and the inverted “S” on the last line of the contents page. Bound in London by Wood (likely Henry T. Wood […]
Lot 546: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes
MIDDLEMARCH: A STUDY OF PROVINCIAL LIFE, Vol. I-IV First Edition, by George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans), Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1871-72. Hardcover 12mo. Bound by Stikeman & Co. in 3/4 brown calf and marbled papers; with gilt stamped covers and spines, five raised hubs, with marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, gilt top edges. Originally issued […]
Lot 545: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc.
Twenty-seven (27) First Edition books by George Eliot, (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans), plus three (3) biographical books by her husband, J.W. Cross. Published by Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1858-84, except where noted. Hardcover 12mos. Uniform late 19th C. bindings by Stikeman & Co., 3/4 brown calf and marbled papers; with gilt stamped covers and […]
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