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77* HOOVER, HERBERT A group of eight books inscribed by Hoover to front free endpaper, mostly first editions, first printings. Includes: Fishing for Fun and to Wash Your Soul. New York, (1963). The Challenge to Liberty. New York, 1935. The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: 1920-1933. New York: Macmillan, 1952. Addresses Upon the American Road: 1933-1938. New York, 1938. Further Addresses Upon the American Road. New York, 1940. Addresses Upon the American Road: 1941-1945. New York, 1946 (2 copies, one unsigned). The Problems of Lasting Peace. By Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson. New York: Doubleday Doran, 1942. Address of Acceptance of the Republican Nomination for President. s.p.: n.p., (1928). Together with 2 books pertaining to Herbert Hoover signed by their authors. (11) $1,000-2,000

78* HOOVER, HERBERT A signed etching of Herbert Hoover, inscribed to Will Hays. Reads “To Will H. Hays with Kind Regards of Herbert Hoover.” Undated. Light scuffing; otherwise fine. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. $100-200

79* (HUBBLE, EDWIN) JEANS, JAMES H. The Stars in their Courses. By James H. Jeans. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. 8vo, blue cloth, cover of original dust jacket laid in. Inscribed presentation copy signed by the author and signed and inscribed by Edwin Hubble to half-title. The inscription reads: “In memory of a session with the 100-inch reflector on Mt. Wilson. Edwin Hubble.” Minor fading to spine; otherwise a fine copy. $200-400 80* KING FREDERICK VII AND QUEEN LOUISE OF DENMARK Two signed portrait photographs of King Frederick VII and Queen Louise of Denmark, each dated 1926. Faded; signature and date of King Frederick light; otherwise fine. 12 x 9 inches each. $100-200

81* LINCOLN MEMORIAL A print after a photograph taken at the Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial on May 30, 1922. Features Vice President Calvin Coolidge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Howard Taft, President Warren G. Harding, General John J. Pershing, Robert Todd Lincoln, and Joseph G. Cannon in front of the Memorial. Signed by Coolidge, Taft, Pershing, Lincoln, and Cannon with a note that it was autographed in 1925. The occasion marked the last major public appearance by Robert Todd Lincoln before his death in 1926. From the collection of Will Hays. Creased in the middle; otherwise fine. 7 x 9 inches. $300-500

82* MUSSOLINI, BENITO A signed original photograph of Mussolini in uniform and helmet. Inscribed to Will Hays, “To William Hays with cordial regards Mussolini. Roma 5 Febb. 1937 - XV.” Light scratching and scuffing; otherwise fine. 15 x 11 inches. $300-500

83* NIXON, RICHARD; EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. A group of two books signed by Nixon and Eisenhower. Including: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1978). 8vo, cloth. First edition, first printing. Signed by Nixon on inserted signature leaf. At Ease: Stories I tell to friends. By Dwight D. Eisenhower. New York: Doubleday, 1967. 8vo, cloth. Signed by Eisenhower on presentation plate tipped in f.f.e.p. $100-200

84* POPE PIUS XII Photograph of Pope Pius XII, signed underneath “E. Card. Pacelli.” Together with Exchange of Letters by His Excellency Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, and His Holiness Pope Pius XII. August 1947. $100-200

85* ROBERTS, KENNETH; TARKINGTON, BOOTH Northwest Passage. New York: Doubleday Doran, 1937. 8vo, green cloth, original dust jacket. Inscribed by both Kenneth Roberts and celebrated author, Booth Tarkington, Roberts’ “neighbor” and to whom the book is dedicated, to title page. Wear to dust jacket; minor browning to front pastedown; otherwise fine. $100-200

86* ROGERS, WILL A group two photographs of Will Rogers, and two books by Will Rogers. 1. A signed photograph of Will Rogers with Will Hays and one other, inscribed “My Real Friend Will Hays, Will Rogers.” Undated. 2. A photograph of Rogers, Hays, and three others, taken on Rogers Ranch in 1934. Signed by all. Dated April 22, 1934. 3. The Illiterate Digest. By Will Rogers. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. 8vo, blue cloth, no dustjacket. Inscribed to f.f.e.p., “My Friend Will. H. Hays, A former Cabinet member and a Darn good one and Good in the Movies too from Will Rogers Author-StatesmanGentleman, Extraordinary a Rare Combination.” Ether and Me or ‘Just Relax.’ By Will Rogers. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1929. 12mo, pictorial boards. Eight impression. With typewritten index tipped in, presumably of topics of interest to Hays. $300-500

87* ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO Signed photograph of FDR at a desk with a stack of papers. Inscribed in the lower border to Will Hays, “For Will H. Hays from his old friend Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Undated, c. Harris & Ewing. 7 x 9 inches. $400-600

88* ROOT, ELIHU Signed photograph of American lawyer and statesman, and 1912 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elihu Root. Inscribed beneath photograph to Will H. Hays, reading “For the Honorable Will. H. Hays with acknowledgements from his friend Elihu Root.” Undated. 9 x 7 inches. $100-200

89* SANDBURG, CARL Abraham Lincon: The War Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1939. 4 vols. Together with The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1926. 2 vols. 8vo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by Sandburg to Hays on halftitle of volume 1 of The Prairie Years: “Will Hays: As Hoosier and midwesterner you will know the overtones here - and in the many delicate balances of justice required of you, may you sometimes find pages here companionable. Carl Sandburg Chicago, 1926.” Minor wear to boards; otherwise fine. $200-400 90* STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR My Life with the Eskimo. London: Macmillan, 1913. 8vo, blue cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed and inscribed twice by the author, once to the f.f.e.p. and again with a personal note on the “Note” page that reads: “Dear Hayes: The chapters of this book I thought might be turned into a picture are the first three (or four) and then chapters X to XIII. To get a good perspective, reading the whole book would be better.” Stefansson has also written above the pictorial frontispiece: “This picture is O.K. except for the snow house itself, which is far too irregular. V.S.” Lacking dust jacket; some rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

91* THOMAS, LOWELL A signed photograph, a first edition of With Lawrence in Arabia, and four other books, two signed. A signed photograph of Lowell Thomas Sr. and Jr. in front of the Dalai Lama’s palace, with Dzasa Lama, one of the Dalai Lama’s top advisors. With a typed note about the photograph and the rarity of Tibetan stamps, and the original envelope. Together with With Lawrence in Arabia. New York, 1924. 8vo, orange pictorial cloth. First edition. Pageant of Adventure. New York, 1940. Inscribed by Thomas to Will Hays. Good Evening Everybody. New York, 1976. Inscribed to Bill Hays, and with second signature tipped in. The Sea Devil’s Fo’c’sle. Garden City, 1929. (2 copies.) $200-400

92* WALLACE, LEW Ben Hur. New York: Harper and Bros., 1880. 12mo, original gray-blue cloth with floral design, custom gray cloth chemise and slipcase with pastedown titles to spine. First edition, first printing, with dated title page and two line dedication. Boards starting and detached at bottom half of the spine; fading to cloth; fraying to extremities of boards and spine; hinges starting; intermittent dampstaining; otherwise sound. $400-600

93* WELLS, H. G. Signed photograph of H. G. Wells with Will Hays. Inscribed and signed “H. G. Wells” in photograph, and dated 1-1-36. 10 x 8 inches. $400-600

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94 BAJ, ENRICO Enrico Baj. By Edouard Jaguer. Milan; New York: Schettini Editor, (1956). 4to, pictorial linen boards and dust jacket designed by Baj. One of 500 copies of the English Edition, from a total of 1,000. With 62 tipped in colored and black and white lithographed plates, four of which are double-page, and numerous reproductions designed by Baj for this book. Minor chipping to dust jacket; otherwise fine. $400-600

95 BARBIER, GEORGES L’Escapade. By Henri de Regnier. Paris: A. and G. Mornay Editeurs, 1931. 8vo, bound by Rene Kieffer in full mauve leather with gilt decorations on spine and both covers, top edge gilt, original wrappers and backstrip bound-in. First edition. One of 877 copies printed on Rives paper from a total edition of 1075. Illustrated throughout with color pochoirs, including the full page plates on the front cover and frontispiece. Minimal scattered foxing; binding slightly soiled; spine with light fading; otherwise a fine copy. $400-600

96 BONNARD, PIERRE La Redemption par les Betes. By Henri de Montherlant. Paris: 1959. Folio, loose as issued in original matching chemise and slipcase. First Bonnard edition. Number 13 of 40 deluxe copies of a total edition of 326. Illustrated throughout with 22 black and white lithographs by Bonnard printed on Grand Velin de Rives. With 3 additional suites of 39 lithographs each housed in separate folders: one suite is printed in gray on Japon nacre, the second suite in pinkish-brown on Rives and the third suite in green on Rives. Each of the extra suites contains 17 lithographs not used in the regular edition. The lithographs were started by Bonnard in 1928 and finished by Mourlot in 1959. Slight sunning and rubbing to slipcase; crease and slight sunning and rubbing to spine of chemise; otherwise a fine copy. $1,500-2,500

97 BRANGWYN, FRANK Zwanzig graphische Arbeiten. Wien: Artur Wolf Verlag, n.d. (1921). Portfolio, publisher’s clamshell box. One of 500 numbered copies. With 17 (of 20) matted black and white and color reproductions of Brangwyn’s graphic works. Lacking plates 1, 2 and 3. Wear to clamshell box; small hole to cover of clamshell box; otherwise a sound set. $200-400 98 BRAQUE, GEORGES Les Parole Transparentes. By Jean Paulhan. Paris: Les Bibliophiles de l’Union Francaise, 1955. Folio, loose as issued in original wrappers, gilt board chemise and slipcase. First edition. One of a total issue of 132 impressions produced for the members of the the club (no copies were for sale). The complete artist’s book, aside from lacking the doubleleaf with the name of the imprinted Club member. Signed on the limitation page in pencil by Braques, Jean Paulhan and Leon Leal (President of Les Bibliophiles de l’Union Francaise). Illustrated with 14 original lithographs in tones of blue, four of which are horstexte, printed on handmade Auvergne du Moulin Richard de Bas paper. Minor soiling to slipcase; otherwise a very fine copy. $3,000-5,000

99 BUFFET, BERNARD Lithographs 1952-1966. Compiled by Fernand Mourlot. Preface by George Simenon. New York: Tudor, (1968). 4to, original lithograph jacket. Illustrated with ten lithographs in color. Together with Bernard Buffet 1948-1967. Gravures, Engravings, Radierungen. By Gerhard F. Reinz. New York: Tudor, n.d. 4to, original illustrated cloth. First trade edition. Lacking jacket; otherwise fine. $400-600

100 CHAGALL, MARC Marc Chagall Drawings and Watercolors for the Ballet. By Jacques Lassaigne. New York: Tudor, (1969). Folio, cloth, in dustjacket, in slipcase. With original lithograph by Chagall, and 68 other color plates. Light wear to dustjacket; light wear and fading to slipcase; otherwise a fine copy. Property of a Gentleman, Racine, Wisconsin. $200-400

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101* CHAGALL, MARC The Jerusalem Windows. New York: George Braziller; Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1962. 4to, red cloth, in original pictorial wrappers and mylar jacket. Some rubbing to jacket; otherwise fine. Together with The Ceiling of the Paris Opera. Texte by Jacques Lassaigne. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Marc Chagall. By Walter Erben. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1957. Marc Chagall: Retrospective de l’oeuvre peint. Foundation Maeght, 1984. (4) Property from the Private Collection of Ms. Barbara Pinsof, Northbrook, Illinois $800-1,200

102* DERRIERE LE MIROIR A group of 20 issues. Folio, in wrappers. Comprising numbers 3637-38, 53-54, 133-134, 157, 158-159 (2 copies), 166, 173, 186, 188, 192, 193-194, 203, 206, 212, 220, 224, 225, 235, 246. Property from the Estate of Dr. Milton and Paula Gutglass, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $1,000-2,000

103 DORE, GUSTAV The Raven. By Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1884 Folio, gray pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. With 25 engraved plates by Dore, most with captioned tissue guards present. First American edition with Dore illustrations. Wear to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

104 DURET, THEODORE Histoire de Peintres Impressionistes. Paris: H. Floury Editeur, 1923. 4to, in original wrappers. Illustrated with 32 helioengravings and 3 original black and white etchings by Auguste Renoir, entitled “Baigneuse,” Berthe Morisot, entitle “Jeune Fille au Chat,” and Armand Guillaumin, entitled “En Hollande.” Also with an original wood engraving by Lucien Pissarro after a drawing by Camille Pissarro. Some age darkening due to paper; otherwise a fine copy. $2,000-4,000 105 LEVINE, JACK Facing East. By James A. Michener. New York: Maecenas Press, Random House, 1970. 2 vols. Folio, publisher’s silk box with leather strap fastening, in parts as issued. Limited edition. One of 2,500 signed by the author and artist. Text with original woodcut and four original lithographs signed in the plate loose as issued in original silk chemise with leather strap fastening. Facsimile portfolio of 54 hand-brushed reproduction of drawings, gouaches and watercolors housed in a leather folder. Very slight stain to the front of the box; otherwise a very fine set. $200-400

106 LINTON, W.J. The Masters of Wood Engraving. New Haven; London: Issued to subscribers only at the residence of the author, 1889. Folio, original cloth. First edition. One of 100 limited copies signed by the author to the limitation page (there were also 500 smaller copies printed). With color frontispiece, numerous plates (2 are double-page), illustrations throughout in text, and a large fold-out facsimile of Albrecht Durer’s “Triumphal Car,” mounted on linen and slipped into a pocket at rear pastedown. Wear to boards; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $500-700

107 MAILLOL, ARISTIDE Belle Chair. Onze Poemes Inedites. By Emile Verhaeren. Paris: Pelletan, Helleu and Servent, 1931. 4to, full black morocco by Art Deco Master S. Longatte and signed by him, upper edge gilt, titles in gilt to spine, mosaic design of inlaid color leathers to front board, untrimmed, decorative endpapers, original wrappers bound in, housed in binder’s slipcase edged in leather. First edition. Number 165 of 225 copies printed on verge de Hollande paper from a total edition of 255, initialed in ink by the publisher Pelletan to the limitation page. The earlier unpublished poems by Emile Verhaeren are here illustrated by Artistide Maillol with 12 (including 2 full-page and 10 half-page with text) original lithographs and 3 original woodcuts. External hinges reinforced; otherwise in very fine condition. $2,200-2,600

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108 MANET, EDOUARD Edouard Manet: Sein Leben und Seine Kunst. By Theodore Duret. Berlin: Cassirer, 1910. 4to, original green cloth with gilt decoration and titles to boards and spine, top edge gilt, decorative end papers. Includes 2 original etchings by Edouard Manet: “Berthe Morisot” and “Baudelaire de Profilen Chapeau,” and original color woodcut “Olympia” by Prunaire after Manet printed in sepia and accompanied by decorative tissue guards. Slight rubbing at spine and extremities; otherwise fine. $2,000-3,000

109 MASEREEL, FRANS Notre Dame de Paris. By Victor Hugo. New York; Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1930. 4to, in original wrappers. First edition. One of 1500 copies numbered and signed by Frans Masereel and printed on velin d’Arches. Illustrated with 11 full-page and 11 small woodcuts by Masereel. Backstrips with very minor creasins; very small stain to top edge of volume one; minor chipping and sunning to protective glassine wrappers; lacking slipcase; otherwise very clean and bright with no foxing. $250-350

110 NALY, ROBERT Le Vieil Homme et la Mer (The Old Man and the Sea). By Ernest Hemingway. Paris: Aux Depens de l’Artiste, 1958. Folio, loose as issued in wrapper portfolio and clamshell box covered in cork with engraved marlin in center of the front cover. Number 48 of 80 copies, from a total edition of 115, printed on hand-made Auvergne paper and illustrated with 19 original black and white etchings, 17 full-page, by Robert Naly. In fine condition. $500-700 111 PICASSO, PABLO Lysistrata. By Artistophanes. A New Version by Gilbert Seldes. Illustrated by Pablo Picasso. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. 4to, pictorial patterned boards, paper label. Number 202 of 1500 copies signed by Picasso to the colophon. With 6 engraved plates and other illustrations throughout by Picasso. Light soiling to boards; lacking slipcase and glassine wrapper; lacking large portion of the spine but retaining the paper label; edges bumped; otherwise binding is tight and interior is clean. $1,000-2,000

112 RACKHAM, ARTHUR Le Songe d’une nuit d’ete (A Midsummer-Night’s Dream). By William Shakespeare. Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1909. 4to, in original vellum with gilt design and titles to cover and spine, top edge gilt, with silk ties. First French Rackham edition. One of 300 numbered copies, from a total edition of 330, printed on velin a la forme watermarked paper. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 40 mounted color plates with imprinted tissue guards and 30 black and white reproductions of drawings. Boards slightly soiled; edges of spine slightly bumped; otherwise interior is very clean and binding is tight. A fine copy. $800-1,200

113 RUSKIN, JOHN The Stones of Venice. London: Smith, Elder, 1851-1853. 3 vols. 4to, full black morocco, 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine and decoration to boards, all edges gilt. First edition. With errata slip at end of volume 1. With 53 plates. Minor off-setting; ex-libris tipped in front pastedown; some rubbing to boards; otherwise a fine set. $100-200