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LITErATUrE AND FINE PrESS

Lots 324–367

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324* DICKENS, CHARLES Autographed letter signed (“Charles Dickens”), two pages, December 23, 1850. To an unnamed Lord and Lady. Framed and matted with a reproduction portrait. Size of sheet 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Laura Baier-Birtas, Roselle, Illinois $1,000-2,000

324A DICKENS, CHARLES A group of two first editions in book form, comprising Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857, 2 vols. in one, and Our Mutual Friend, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, 2 vols. in one.

8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines. Boards worn; scattered foxing. $200-400

325 DICKENS, CHARLES Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards rebacked and renewed, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, first issue in book form. Renewed endpapers; corners bumped; armorial bookplate of Herbert of Clytha tipped in front pastedown; intermittent light foxing. $100-200 325A DICKENS, CHARLES Bleak House. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spines. First American edition. Rubbing to boards; intermittent foxing; offsetting from plates. $200-400

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327* ELIOT, GEORGE (a.k.a. EVANS, MERIAN) Daniel Deronda. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876.

8 books in 4 vols. 8vo, contemporary 3/4 calf, gilt-lettered spines. First edition in book form of George Eliot’s final novel, errata slip for book two following the title page of vol. 2, book four with a slip advertising the next installment at the end of vol. 2, each of the eight books with individual halftitles. Boards worn and hinges tender; upper board partially detached vols. 1 and 4; bookplate English politician and academic, Augustine Birrell, tipped in front pastedowns. Property from the Collection of Richard A. Grant, Morris, Minnesota $100-200 328 LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM, trans. The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, In England, The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. London: Charles Knight, 1839.

3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 crushed blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines, t.e.g., original printed wraps bound at the rear of each vol. Rubbing to boards; ends chipped; backstrip detached from text block, vol. 1. $300-500

329 VERNE, JULES L’Ile mysterieuse. Paris: J. Hetzel, n.d. [c. 1878]

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered cloth, a.e.g. First edition, first printing, with 8pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. Rubbing to boards; some edgewear; hinges staring; intermittent foxing; otherwise good. $100-200

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330 BECKETT, SAMUEL Waiting for Godot. New York: Grove Press, (1954).

8vo, publisher’s pictorial wrappers. First English edition. Minor marginal chipping and soiling to wrappers; darkening to front pastedown; pen manuscript inscriptions to rear endpapers. $200-400

331 CAPOTE, TRUMAN Breakfast at Tiffany’s. New York: Random House, 1958.

8vo, publisher’s yellow cloth, title in gilt to black spine label, contemporary dust jacket with “10/58” date code on front flap. First edition, first printing. Light soiling to boards and jacket; ends bumped; jacket marginally chipped with some loss to spine ends; otherwise good. $600-800

332 CAPOTE, TRUMAN. In Cold Blood. New York: Random House, 1965.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered maroon cloth, dust jacket. First edition, stated first printing. Previous owner’s inscription to f.f.e.p. $200-400 333

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CAPOTE, TRUMAN The Grass Harp. New York: Random House, 1952.

8vo, publisher’s beige linen, dust jacket. First printing. Light edgewear; jacket faded and chipped at extremities with some loss; intermittent pencil marginalia.

[Together with:] Answered Prayers. New York: Random House, 1987. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Fine. $100-200

334 CHANDLER, RAYMOND A group of two first editions.

The Long Goodbye. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. 8vo, publisher’s green and blue cloth, dust jacket, clipped. First American edition. Ends bumped; marginal chipping to jacket; otherwise fine. The Smell of Fear. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1965). 8vo, publisher’s grey boards, gilt-lettered spine, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Light soiling to jacket; bookseller’s sticker tipped in front pastedown. $200-400

335 CORNWELL, PATRICIA Postmortem. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1990).

8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed red and black boards, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing. Signed on the title page. Small bookseller’s sticker to title page; glue residue to front and rear flaps of dust jacket. $300-500

336 ELLISON, HARLAN (a.k.a. MERCHANT, PAUL) Sex Gang. Violent Stories of Naked Passions. S.l.: Nightstand Books, 1959.

8vo, publisher’s illustrated paperback. First edition, first printing, with “NB 1503” on front cover. Contents include “Sex Gang”, “The Girl with the Horizontal Mind,” “Wanted: Two Trollops,” “The Ugly Virgin,” “Sin Time,” “The Pied Piper of Sex,” “Bayou Sex Cat,” “The Lady Had Zilch,” “Girl with the Bedroom Eyes,” “The Lustful One,” and “Bohemia for Christie.” Very light wear to boards; hinges starting. $400-600

337 FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925.

8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped green cloth, giltlettered spine, lacking dust jacket. First edition, first printing with the following points: “chatter” on p. 60, line 16; “northern” on p. 119, line 22; “it’s” on p. 165, line 16; “away” on p. 165, line 29; “sick in tired” on p. 205, lines 9-10; and “Union Street station” on p. 211, lines 7-8. Ends lightly bumped; hinges starting; previous owner’s ex-libris to front pastedown. $1,500-2,500 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered blue cloth. First edition, second issue, inscribed by Frost “To Amy Stearus from her great friend Robert Frost”. Light edgewear; boards faded; bookseller’s sticker to f.f.e.p.; previous owner’s ex-libris manuscript notation to f.f.e.p. $300-500

339 (GINSBERG, ALLEN) EHRLICH, J.W. Howl of the Censor. San Carlos, CA: Nourse, (1956).

8vo, publisher’s grey cloth, dust jacket, clipped. First edition. Signed by Ginsberg on the title page. Fading to boards; wear to jacket; ends bumped. $200-400

340 GROPPER, WILLIAM The Little Tailor. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1955.

8vo, publisher’s pictorial brown cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Gropper on the f.f.e.p. and dated 1964. Jacket lightly soiled. $300-500

341 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST Check signed (“Ernest Hemingway), September 12, 1957, to Dr. Jose Luis Herrara, for $1,200.00. Framed and matted with reproduction portrait. 3 1/2 x 9 inches. $800-1,200

342 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. To Have and Have Not. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1937.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered black cloth, gilt-lettered title to green background on spine, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing, with A and colophon to copyright page, dust jacket with $2.50. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; light foxing to endpapers; some light rubbing and soiling to top edge of dust jacket. $800-1,200

343 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST A Farewell to Arms. New York: The Modern Library, (1932).

Small 8vo, publisher’s brown cloth gilt. Inscribed by Hemingway on the dedication page. Wear and fading to boards; hinges starting. $200-400 344 JONES, JAMES From Here to Eternity. New York: Charles Scribner’s and Sons, 1951.

8vo, publisher’s black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First edition. Light wear to boards and soiling to jacket. $300-500

345 KANG, YOUNGHILL The Grass Roof. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1946.

8vo, publisher’s orange cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Kang on the f.f.e.p. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped; minor dampstaining and chipping to jacket with some loss to head of spine; bookseller’s sticker to rear endpaper. $100-200

346 MCMURTRY, LARRY The Last Picture Show. New York: Dial, 1966.

8vo, publisher’s cloth, spine lettered in red, dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the f.f.e.p. A few small tears and light soiling to jacket; ends bumped. $600-800

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347 MCPHEE, JOHN A Sense of Where You Are. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1965.

8vo, publisher’s black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First edition, stated first printing. A few small tears to jacket; light wear to boards. [Together with:] The Headmaster. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1966. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First edition, stated first printing. Inscribed by McPhee on the f.f.e.p. A few small tears to jacket; previous owner’s inscription to f.f.e.p. $200-400

348 RAND, AYN The Romantic Manifesto. A Philosophy of Literature. New York and Cleveland: World Publishing, (1969).

8vo, publisher’s blue cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, clipped. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated 11/19/70 on the half-title. Toning to top edge of jacket; a few small nicks to jacket and light soiling to rear cover. $200-400 349

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(TWAIN, MARK) CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883.

8vo, publisher’s brown cloth gilt. First edition, second state. Wear to boards; ends bumped; previous owner’s inscription to f.f.e.p.; light offsetting from frontispiece; hinges tender; otherwise good.

[Together with:] The Gilded Age. A Tale of To-Day. Hartford: American Publishing, 1873. 8vo, 3/4 tan morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. Light edgewear; spine faded; bookseller’s sticker tipped to front pastedown; intermittent brownspotting; otherwise good. $200-400

350 WOLFE, TOM The Bonfire of the Vanities. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1987).

8vo, publisher’s quarter grey cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Wolfe on the half-title. Ends and corners bumped; light toning to jacket. $100-200

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351* (CHILDRENS. GREENAWAY, KATE) A group of eight books illustrated by or pertaining to Greenaway. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

352* (CHILDRENS) HUSSMAN, HEINRICH Die zehn kleinen Negerlein. Leipzig: Schluter & Ulhrich, 1925.

4to, publisher’s quarter cloth over pictorial boards. Profusely illustrated. Light soiling to boards; spine deteriorating; otherwise good. Property from the Collection of Florence Shay, Titles, Inc., Highland Park, Illinois $100-200

353 (CHILDRENS) SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS Yentl the Yeshiva Boy. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1983).

8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped orange cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Light wear to extremities of jacket; otherwise fine. [Together with:] Elijah the Slave. Pictures by Antonio Frasconi. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1970). Oblong 4to, publisher’s blind-stamped purple cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Fine. (2) $200-400 354 (ALDINE PRESS) A Catalogue of an Extensive and Extraordinary Assemblage of the Productions of the Aldine Press, from Its First Establishment in Venice in 1494. London: James Toovey, 1880.

8vo, quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Light wear to boards; corners bumped; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; intermittent light foxing heaviest at endpapers; scattered pencil marginalia. $100-200

355 (ARION PRESS) WELLS, H.G. Tono-Bungay. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2008.

8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth, title to pastedown label, slipcase, “notes” booklet included. Limited edition, number 44 of 300 copies. Fine. $100-200

356 (ARION PRESS) WOOLF, VIRGINIA Orlando: A Biography. Photographs by Diana Michener. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2005.

Folio, publisher’s gilt cloth with pictorial labels, matching slipcase. Limited edition, number 251 of 400 copies, signed by Michener. Fine. $200-400 357 BYRON, LORD Don Juan. London: Arthur L. Humpreys, 1906.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s quarter green cloth over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines. Light wear to boards. $100-200

358* (CHISWICK PRESS) LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE Pericles and Aspasia. New York: Privately printed for the Scott-Thaw Co., 1903.

Folio, 3/4 morocco, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers, uncut. Limited edition, number 122 of 200 copies printed for America, signed by ScottThaw, with engraved frontispiece and title page. Hinges strengthened; edgewear to boards. Property from the Estate of Antonina Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

359 (FOLIO SOCIETY) LETTERPRESS SHAKESPEARE London: The Folio Society, The Tempest, 2008; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2008; As You Like It, 2008; and Twelfth Night, 2008.

4 sets, each title 2 vols. Folio and 8vo, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g., accompanying volume in full cloth, housed in folding clamshell case with gilt-lettered spine labels. Each one of 3750 copies printed by letterpress on mould-made paper. All fine. $300-500

360 (KELMSCOTT PRESS) BURNE-JONES, EDWARD The Beginning of the World. Twenty-Five Pictures. London: Longmans, Green, 1903.

4to, quarter cloth over green boards, printed dust wrapper. Printed at the Chiswick Press. New edition, with 25 wood engravings made for an illustrated edition of Mr. Mackail’s “Biblia Innocentium,” produced for the Kelmscott Press. Chipping to dust wrapper with some loss to head and tail of spine; boards faded and bumped; endpapers darkened; ephemera tipped in front pastedown. $250-350

361 (LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB) CARROLL, LEWIS Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932.

8vo, publisher’s full gilt red leatherette, a.e.g., blue slipcase. Illustrated by John Tenniel. One of 1500 copies signed by the binder and one of approximately 500 copies signed specially for members of the LEC by Alice Hargreaves, the original Alice, on a preliminary blank leaf. Light soiling and wear to slipcase. $600-800

362 (NONESUCH PRESS) MILTON, JOHN AND HENRY LAWES The Mask of Comus. Ornamented by M.R.H. Farrar. Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1937.

Folio, publisher’s blind-stamped imitation vellum boards, gilt-lettered spine, board slipcase with decorative pastedown label. Limited edition, number 65 of 950 copies printed on Pannekoek mould-made paper. Slipcase worn with loss along lower edge. $50-100 363* (STUDIO PRESS) CHAUCER, GEOFFREY The Pardoner’s Tale. With woodcuts by Bronislaw M. Bak. Chicago: Studio Press, 1966.

Oblong portfolio, publisher’s brown cloth slipcase lettered in black. One of 250 copies on Strathmore Ivory Antique, signed by artist to colophon, with 82 woodcut illustrations. Rubbing to slipcase at edges. Property from the Collection of Dr. Wendell Mathews, McCormick, South Carolina $100-200

364 (TERN PRESS) The Gospel According to Mark. As Translated into English in 1380 by John Purvey. Market Drayton, England, (1981).

Folio, publisher’s quarter brown cloth over corkcovered boards. One of 60 copies from an edition of 150, this being number 136, signed by the illustrator and designer. Light wear to boards. $100-200

365 (PENNYROYAL PRESS) TWAIN, MARK Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Foreword by Henry Nash Smith. West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.

Folio, publisher’s green gilt-lettered morocco, slipcase. Illustrated with 49 wood engravings by Barry Moser, additional suite in linen chemise. Centenary edition, number 172 of 350 copies signed by Moser. Light wear to boards and soiling to slipcase. $1,000-2,000 366 (LITERATURE) A group of two signed first editions.

East of Eden. By John Steinbeck. New York: Viking, 1952. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth, slipcase. One of 1,500 copies signed by Steinbeck on the limitation page. Wear to slipcase. Sapphira and the Slave Girl. By Willa Cather. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 8vo, publisher’s quarter green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, slipcase. Number 150 of 498 copies, from a total edition of 500, signed by the author on the limitation page. Light wear and fading to boards; soiling to slipcase. $100-200

367 (LITERATURE) A group of five signed books.

The Adventures of Augie March. By Saul Bellow. New York: Viking, 1953. 8vo, grey and black cloth lettered in red. Signed by Bellow on the f.f.e.p. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped; lacking jacket. Carl Sandburg. By Henry Golden. Cleveland and NY: World Publishing, (1961). 8vo, pictorial cream cloth, dust jacket. First edition stated. Signed by Sandburg and Golden on the f.f.e.p. A few small tears to jacket. Clout. Mayor Daley and His City. By Len O’Connor. Chicago: Henry Regnery, (1975). 8vo, black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Signed by O’Connor on f.f.e.p. A few small tears to jacket. Steps in Time. By Fred Astaire. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1959). 8vo, blind-stamped black cloth, dust jacket. Inscribed by Astaire on the title page. A few small tears to jacket. Groucho and Me. By Groucho Marx. S.l.: Bernard Geis, (1959). 8vo, orange cloth, dust jacket. First printing stated. Inscribed by Marx on the half-title. Light wear to boards; ends bumped; a few small tears to jacket. $200-400

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