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210* QUINTLIANUS, (MARCUS FABIUS) M. Fabij Quintiliani oratoriarum Institutionum Lib. XII Castgati ad fidem optimorum exemplarium, insignita lecionis distinctione, et additis in marginum adnotationibus percomode illustrati. Parisii: Apud Simonem Colinaeum, 1541. [Bound with:] Oratoris Eloquentissimi Declamtiones diligenter recognitae. Parisiis: Apud Simonem Caolinaeum, 1542. 2 works in one volume. 4to, full contemporary calf, 5 bands, manuscript titles to spine, in custom archival box. Soiling to binding; 1 inch split to foot of spine; bookplate tipped in front endpaper; marginalia to title page and various leaves in early hand; age darkening to extremities of leaves; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $400-600

211 (PLATE BOOKS) ROBIN, M. Travestissements. (Paris: Hautecoeur-Martinet, c. 1868). Folio, 3/4 morocco, gilt titles to spine, 5 raised bands. An elaborate costume book, with 104 beautifully hand-colored lithographed plates of women’s fashions. Some styles appear to be pure fantasy or perhaps theatrical, such as the dancing “Bacchante” in lion skins, decked in grapes and leaves, or the “Diablotin,” pulling the fiery orange, horn-like attachments of her tiara upward to demonstrate her character. Occasional offsetting to pages; slight wear to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

212* ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES Emile ou de l’education. Paris: Le Prieur, 1794. Volumes 1, 2, and 4 (of 4) only. 16mo, quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt-lettered backstrip. With engraved frontispieces. Edges bumped; wear to boards and backstrip; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Collection of Dr. Harriet McNeal, Terra Haute, Indiana $80-120 213 SANDBURG, CARL Slabs of the Sunburnt West. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1922. Thin 8vo, orange cloth with green titles. Signed by Sandburg. Wear to boards with minor soiling; hinges starting; otherwise fine. With two other poetry works signed by their authors. Comprising: Being There: Poetry, 1977-1980. By Robert Penn Warren. New York: Random House, n.d. 8vo, cloth in slipcase. First Edition. One of 250 copies signed by Warren to limitation page. Some fading to slipcase and spine; otherwise fine. Stolen Apples. By Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. 8vo, cloth in slipcase. One of 250 copies signed by Yevtushenko. In English and Russian. Fine. $100-200

214* (SCOTLAND) Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his friend in London. London: printed for Gale, Curtis and Fenner, 1815. 2 vols. in 1. 8vo, cloth, manuscript label to spine. From the library of famous Scotch painter, Noel Paton, with his signature to title page. Boards detached but housed in mylar wraps; some age darkening to pages; otherwise a fine association copy. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $80-120

215 SECRET MEMOIRS OF THE COURTS OF EUROPE

By Multiple Authors. Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1900). 24 vols. (Complete) 8vo, blue cloth with paper labels to spines. Illustrated with hand-colored portrait frontispieces. One of 1,000 printed on Japanese vellum. Spines uniformly sunned; wear to pastedown label; edges bumped; otherwise interiors are very clean and bindings are tight. A fine set, rare in complete form. $800-1,200

216* SEWARD, WILLIAM Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries. London: printed for Cadell, Jun and W. Davies, 1796. 3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to spine, red leather spine labels. Third edition. Wear to binding; otherwise interior is tight and pages are clean. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400

217* (SPORTING) BECKFORD, PETER Thoughts on Hunting, in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. London: D. Bremner, 1798. 8vo, 3/4 leather over marbled boards. A very rare edition. Engraved frontispiece and engraved plated throughout. Front board detached; wear to spine; otherwise sound. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200

218* (SPORTING) BADEN-POWELL, R.S.S. Pigsticking or Hoghunting: A complete account for Sportsmen and others. London: Harrison and Sons, 1889. 8vo, 3/4 morocco, top edge gilt. First edition. Illustrated throughout with photogravure reproductions of the author’s rendering of this unique sport. Minor foxing; otherwise fine. With four other titles pertaining to Pigsticking: Hog-hunting in the East. By J.T. Newall. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867. 8vo, cloth. Sporting in Both Hemispheres. By J. Dewes. London: G. Routledge, 1858. 12mo, cloth. Reminiscences of Twenty Years’ Pigsticking in Bengal. By Raoul. Calentta: Thancker, Spink, 1893. 12mo, cloth. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200

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219 STERNE, LAURENCE A group four volumes printed by the Golden Cockerel Press. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, 1920-1930. 3 vols. A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, 1928. 8vo, red cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered backstrips, deckled edges. Fading to boards and backstrips, exlibris and institutional markings to f.f.e.p. and front pastedowns; otherwise a fine set. Property from the University of Chicago $50-100

220* TARKINGTON, BOOTH The Works of Booth Tarkington. Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1922-1932. 16 vols. (of 27) only. 8vo, original cloth, top edge gilt. One of 1075 sets of the Seawood edition, with portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, signed by Tarkington. Fading to spines; some staining to pastedown labels; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Estates of Will H. Hays, Sullivan, Indiana, and Will H. Hays Jr., Crawfordsville, Indiana $100-200

221 TWAIN, MARK Autographed letter signed. 1p. Hartford, December 25th, 1879. To an John Munro. Twain writes, “Dear John . . . , My twins born three years apart are happily past that stage, but I will thank you all the same for your kindness - as . . . neighbor who is in a position to take practical advantage of it. Very Truly Yours, Mark Twain.” Framed. Split at fold with evidence of repair; some foxing not affecting the text; tape repair to verso. $600-800

222 VAISSETE, J. Geographie Histoire. Paris: Jean-Thomas Herissant, (etc.), 1755. Volumes II, XI, and II (of unknown number) only. 12mo, full calf. Wear to boards. Together with Ecole de Litterature. Paris: Babuty, (ect.), 1765. Volume I only. 12mo, full calf. Instructions Theologiques et Morales sur le Symbole. By Nicole. Paris: Andre Chevalier, 1716. 2 vols. 12mo, full calf. $80-120 223 WAGENSEIL, JOHANN CHRISTOPH De Sacri Rom. Imperii Libera Civitate Noribergensi Commentatio. Accedit, De Germaniae, phonascorvm, Von der meister-singer. Altdorfi Noricorvm: typis impensisqve J.W. Kohlesii, 1697. 8vo, full contemporary calf, 3 raised bands, gilt decoration to spine and edging to front cover, all edges gilt. First edition. With large folding engraved map of Nuremberg, frontispiece portrait, 11 engraved plates (2 double page heraldry charts), some of which are fold-out, numerous engraved chapter headings, and 11 pages of musical notation. Some plates are cut into; rubbing to boards; age-darkening throughout affecting some text; very minor wormholing; otherwise fine. $500-700

224 WESTFALL, R. Victories of the Duke of Wellington. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1819. Folio, 3/4 morocco. First edition. A collection of 12 hand-colored aquatint plates depicting battle scenes from the Napoleonic wars. Rebacked; wear to extremities of boards; minor foxing; offsetting to text from plates; otherwise fine with bright and clean plates. $800-1,200

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225 WRIGHT, PAUL The New and Complete Life of Our Blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Philadelphia: printed by Tertius Dunning and Walter W. Hyer, 1795. Folio, 3/4 calf, 5 raised bands, gilt titles, black leather title label to spine. Rebound; some browning to leaves; otherwise a fine presentation. Together with four leather bound books pertaining to religion, including: The Christian’s Pattern: or, A Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ. By Thomas Kepis. London: printed for D. Browne, 1759. Le Culte de la V. Vierge Marie. By M. l’abbe Combalot. Lyon: chez R. Ruffet, 1865. 2 vols. 8vo. The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. By Rev. F.C. Husenbeth. London; New York: Virtue, n.d. 2 vols. 4to. $400-600