Last Book Sale of the Season. Catalogue No. 1239.
Philadelphia: Stan V Henkels, July 22, 1919, small quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. 48 pp. Stan V Henkels, Includes a run of Charles Dickens. Some marginal pencil notations, else fine. More
Philadelphia: Stan V Henkels, July 22, 1919, small quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. 48 pp. Stan V Henkels, Includes a run of Charles Dickens. Some marginal pencil notations, else fine. More
New York: Scott & O'Shaughnessy, May 29, 1918, First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrappers. 68pp., stapled. Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Scott & O'Shaunessy book auction catalogue offering 719 lots. McKay 7972. Slight scuffs and dusting to wrappers, otherwise a nice copy. More
New York: Scott & O'Shaughnessy, May 29, 1918, First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrappers. 68pp., stapled. Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Scott & O'Shaughnessy book auction catalogue offering 719 lots. McKay 7972. Light wear to wrappers, pencil marks to margins. More
London: Sotheby & Co, June 25, 1974, octavo, printed green wrappers. 154 pp. Sotheby & Co, 256 lots. From the Introduction, "The astonishing range of Sir Thomas Phillipp's collecting interests...has been amply illustrated in earlier sales, and the present catalogue provides further evidence.Besides the raw material of conventional political history...are..... More
London: Christie's, November 30, 1993, quarto, pictorial wrappers. Christie's, Book auction catalogue. Thirteen lots offered, each illustrated and described in detail. Prices realized laid in. Very fine. More
New York: American Art Association, May 14, 1915, octavo, printed wrappers. not paginated. American Art Association, American Art Association sale 331 lots. Standard sets in fine bindings, Valentine's Manuals and first editions of Mark Twain and John Kendrick Bangs. McKay 7560. Mckay location symbols penned to the upper edge of..... More
Amsterdam: Frederik Muller, 1876, small octavo, self-wrappers, stitched. 89 pp. Frederik Muller, Book auction catalogue listing 1,530 lots to be sold December 15-16, 1876. Lacking front wrapper. Stain to upper right-hand corner of title page. Contents clean and unmarked. First 4 pages detached but present. More
New York: Walpole Galleries, 1915, First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrappers. (40)pp., stapled. Walpole Galleries, This is the first book auction catalogue of The Walpole Galleries, November 12, 1915. 300 lots offered. McKay 7603. Vertical fold through center. Wrappers dusty and with two tiny chips to back wrapper, penciled notation..... More
(London): Sotheby & Co., (1974), First Edition. quarto, green cloth with gilt lettering and illustrated end papers. unpaginated. Sotheby & Co., In two parts: Part I: Early Science Navigation & Travel including Americana with a few medical books A-C. Part II: D-G. Auction of one of the finest libraries assembled..... More
Zurich and Lucern: L'Art Ancien and Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1937, First Edition. quarto, printed paper wrappers. (4), (52)pp. L'Art Ancien and Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Frontispiece portrait of Trubner plus 10 plates. Auction catalogue of this impressive collection auctioned in November, 1937. Includes incunabula, early printed books and German literature of..... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 10-11, 1941, octavo, printed wrappers. 123 pp. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Parke-Bernet Sale No. 325. 671 items listed. 110 items are by or about Rudyard Kipling. Also includes fine series of Maugham, inscribed Jack London, and much more. Wrappers slightly faded at edges, each lot neatly priced..... More
New York: Christie's, March 27, 2002, quarto, printed wrappers. 359 pp. Christie's, 203 lots, described in detail. Extensively illustrated, including fold-out. Light sprinkling of foxing on front cover, else fine. More
New York: Christie's, November 15, 2005, quarto, printed wrappers. 258 pp. Christie's, 253 lots, described in detail. Extensively illustrated, including fold-out. Light sprinkling of foxing on front cover, else fine. More
New York: American Art Association, February 10, 1903, Limited to 500 numbered copies. octavo, boards covered in printed wrapper with original glassine. American Art Association, 105 lots including Millet, Courbet, Rousseau, Corot, Daubigny, J. M. W. Turner, Delacroix, Pierre Auguste Cott, and more. Illustrated with 52 full page photogravures. This..... More
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 12, 1991, quarto, boards. (x), (90)pp, illustrated with 64pp. of color plates. 45 items listed. Sotheby's, The Schoyen Collection began in 1955 with the acquisition of a printed book containing a manuscript fragment. Continuing to collect both incunables and manuscripts, the manuscripts soon outpaced the collecting..... More
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 11, 1990, octavo, pictorial wrappers. (158)pp. Sotheby's, 350 lots. Schiff's interest in breeding and racing horses is reflected in his library of sporting, racing, and hunting titles. The library also contained nineteenth century English and American literary first editions and twenty-one lots of Presidential autographs "apparently..... More
New York: Sotheby's, April 24, 1985, quarto, cloth. 132pp, 181 items. Sotheby's, Illustrated with photographs and color plates. Webster's collection of books and manuscripts represented 600 years of Western thought and culture - from a Magna Carta of 1300 to Kennedy's Profiles in Courage -- and included Books of Hours..... More
London: Sotheby's, June 19, 1990, quarto, wrappers. (92)pp, 40 items listed. Sotheby's, Illustrated with color plates. The great illuminators from the 12th to the 15th century are represented in this collection with most coming from Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland and the Low Countries. Included are pieces by Nicolo di Giacomo..... More
New York: Merwin-Clayton Sales, April 12, 1911, octavo, printed wrappers. 32 pp. Merwin-Clayton Sales, Book auction sale no. 386. 449 lots. McKay 6966. A fine, clean, unchipped copy. More
(San Francisco): Butterfields, 2000, First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (276)pp. Butterfields, A very fine copy of this important aviation auction. An informative reference item, extensively illustrated in color. Prices realized list laid in. More
New York: Sotheby's, June 14, 1993, quarto, wrappers. (137)pp., followed by XV color plates and a one page index. 211 lots. Sotheby's, With a 2pp. biography of the collector. A collection mainly comprised of letters and manuscripts: Ballooning, Amelia Earhart, Otto Lilienthal, Lindberg, Robert E. Peary, Wilbur and Orville Wright..... More
New York: Christie's, 1988, quarto, wrappers. 185pp. Christie's, 373 lots. With a 1 1/4pp. introduction by Nicolas Barker. "Items from the private library of John Fleming, removed from Larchmont, New York, are indicated by the letters 'PL' in parentheses at the end of the particular entries. All other items are..... More
New York: American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, January 16-17, 1930, large octavo, printed wrappers. (iv), 267, (3) pp. American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, Rare book auction catalogue offering 1,388 lots. McKay 9213 & 9219. This library contained a large selection of Henry Alken, Dickens, Cruikshank, John Gould and..... More