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242 AUSTEN, JANE Mansfield Park. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832.

2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo, rebound in contemporary worn leather. First U.S. edition, one of only 1,250 copies printed. Lacking publisher’s advertisments in vol. 1; hinges starting; wear to boards with center portion of spine detached; early owner’s ink signature to preliminary pages of vol.1; all pages somewhat browned and soiled with a few dampstains to top edges; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

243* BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET Halfway to Freedom. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949.

8vo, rebound in library binding with cream cloth spine over illustrated boards. First edition. Signed by the author. Call numbers pasted to spine and titles printed to spine; bookplate tipped in front pastedown. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

244 BURTON, RICHARD F. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. s.l.: Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers, n.d.

17 vols. 8vo, 3/4 black morocco, over marbled boards, gilt spine with red floral and crescent onlay, some pages uncut. Number 328 of 1000 limited copies of the Teheran Edition. Illustrated with numerous plates. Minor wear to boards; spine ends and corners slightly worn; 4 inch tear in vol. 1, p. xii; 1 1/2 inch tear in Supplemental Nights, vol. 1, p. 363; otherwise fine in fine binding. $200-400

245 CAMPBELL, JOHN W. Who Goes There? (Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951).

8vo, original tan cloth-backed boards, with dust jacket designed by Malcolm Smith. Second edition, which followed the success of the 1951 Howard Hawk film, “The Thing from Another World.” Very minor fading to jacket; otherwise fine. $200-400

246 CERVANTES, MIGUEL La Galatea. Madrid: [Fuentenebro y Compania,] 1805.

3 vols. 8vo, full leather, marbled endpapers. Text in Spanish. Engraved title page and six engraved plates by Narciso de Cobo y Rodriguez. Some wear to boards; manuscript ex-libris to front pastedown; otherwise boards and hinges are tight. $400-600

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247 (COLLECTED WORKS) DICKENS, CHARLES A uniformly bound set of Dickens’ works, all London: Chapman and Hall or Bradbury and Evans as issued except where notes. First Edition in book form except where noted. 25 vols. total, comprising the following:

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. 1837. -- Nicholas Nickleby. 1839. Later edition. - - Master Humphrey’s Clock. 1840-41. 3 vols. bound in 2. -- American Notes. 1842. 2 vols. Second edition. -- Martin Chuzzlewit. 1844. -- Five of the six Christmas Books: The Chimes. 1845. -- The Cricket on the Hearth. 1846 [i.e. December, 1845]. -- The Battle of Life. A Love Story. 1846. -- Pictures from Italy. 1746 -- The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. 1848. - Dombey and Son. 1848. -- David Copperfield. 1850. -- Bleak House. 1853. -- Hard Times. 1854. -- Little Dorrit. 1857. With “Rigaud” uncorrected. -- The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: Mrs. Gamp. 1858. Original wraps bound in. -- A Tale of Two Cities. 1859. First edition, second impression, with corrected p. 213, but correct date to title page. -- Great Expectations. 1861. 3 vols. Vols. 2 and 3 are first impressions (vol. 3 conforms with all but 3 points in Clarendon edition, pointing to a later state within the first impression), vol. 1 is fourth edition. -- Our Mutual Friend. 1865. 2 vols. -- Edwin Drood. 1870. With three-page manuscript account to p. 190 and original yellow rear endpapers, transcribing an article from Graphic, August 11, 1888.

Various sizes, all green morocco over cloth gilt-stamped, gilt-stamped spines and title in gilt to leather spine labels. Four of the five Christmas books (all but Picture of Italy) finely bound in full green morocco stamped in geometric block design with titles stamped in gilt to front boards, royal purple and green leather gilt-stamped dentelles, original cloth and spine tipped to endpapers. Conditions vary; most lacking half-titles and advertisements; foxing to most volumes; boards sturdy to all vols.; full condition report available upon request. Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois $6,000-8,000

248 (COLLECTED WORKS) FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE The Complete Works. New York and London: M. Walter Dunne, (1904).

10 vols. 8vo, quarter leather over blue cloth-backed boards. The Saint-Beuve Edition, one of 100 numbered sets. Full-page plates, many colored, most in two states with tissue guards. Minor wear to boards with some chipping to the heads of spine; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

249 (COLLECTED WORKS) HARDY, THOMAS The Writings. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1920.

21 vols. 8vo, 3/4 morocco over gilt-stamped cloth, gilt titles to spine. Anniversary Edition, limited to 1,250 copies. 21 vols. Anniversary Edition, limited to 1250 copies. $100-200 250 (COLLECTED WORKS) HUGO, VICTOR [Works.] Paris: Charpentier, 1842-1845.

5 vols. 8vo, quarter red leather over marbled boards, spines stamped in gilt. Text in French. A leather bound set of works comprising Theatre, 3 vols., Odes et Ballads and Litterature et Philosophie Melees. Rubbing to boards; some minor dampstaining to leather; foxing throughout; otherwise fine. $100-200

251 (COLLECTED WORKS) HUGO, VICTOR Works. The Novels Complete and Unabridged. Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1892-1894).

41 vols. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards. Number 184 of 250 copies of the Edition de Bibliophile printed on Imperial Japanese vellum. With numerous etchings with tissue guards throughout. Minor wear to boards; some leaves detached; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

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252 (COLLECTED WORKS) KIPLING, RUDYARD The Collected Works. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1941.

28 vols. 8vo, red cloth, gilt-stamped, original dust jackets, t.e.g. The Burwash Edition, limited to 1,010 sets signed by Kipling to vol. 1. Chipping to dust jackets with some loss to spines; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

253 (COLLECTED WORKS) LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY Cambridge: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, (1960-1993).

48 vols., comprising 25 vols. of the Greek authors and 23 vols. of the Latin authors. 8 vo, cloth-backed boards, all but two with original dust jackets, condition varies. $200-400

254 (COLLECTED WORKS) MOORE, THOMAS The Poetical Works. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1840.

10 vols. 16mo, 3/4 morocco over silk, spine gilt-stamped in compartments with floral design, four raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Illustrated with frontispiece and extra engraved title page. Slight rubbing to boards; previous owner’s signature to front pastedown and flyleaf; some foxing. $200-400 255* (COLLECTED WORKS) RUSKIN, JOHN [Works.] New York: Lovell, [c. 1885].

26 vols. 8vo, 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, spine gilt-stamped in compartments with five raised bands and title in gilt to red leather spine label, some pages uncut. Illustrated with numerous black and white and color plates. Slight rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Mr. John Mix, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

256 (COLLECTED WORKS) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM New Readings from Old Authors. London: Charles Tilt, (c. 1830).

25 vols. 16mo, full calf, gilt decorations to spine, stamped Morrell binder. With 250 (of 260) plates. Originally issued in 26 parts over a period of time, this set is bound into individual parts, but lacking one volume of plates and original wrappers. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; scattered foxing throughout, affecting some plates; browning to top edge of most leaves; repairs and chipping to spines; some loose boards; otherwise a sound set. $150-250

257 (COLLECTED WORKS) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Plays. London: F. C. and J. Rivington, 1805.

10 vols. 8vo, full leather, gilt decorated spines with titles in gilt to red leather spine label, marbled edges and endpapers. Illustrated with numerous plates, portrait frontispieces. Slight rubbing to boards at edges; hinges cracked on some vols.; minor foxing; otherwise fine. $100-200

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258 (COLLECTED WORKS) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works. Howard Staunton, editor. London: George Routledge, 1881.

15 vols. bound in 40. 4to, 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards, a.e.g. Number 451 of 1,000 copies of the Edition de Luxe. Engraved frontispiece and numerous mounted illustrations after J. Gilbert. Hinges reinforced; some offsetting; wear to spine ends and corners, with some loss to leather; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

259* (COLLECTED WORKS) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works. Edited by Alexander Dyce. London: Chapman and Hall, 1875.

9 vols. 8vo, full gilt-stamped imitation vellum by Rivington, leather spine labels, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., engraved frontispieces. Third edition. Some minor soiling to vellum; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Dr. Warren G. Smirl, Waukesha, Wisconsin $400-600

260 (COLLECTED WORKS) THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE Works. London: Smith, Elder; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1901.

26 vols. 8vo, bound by Zaensdorf in red calf, spines stamped in gilt, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Extra-illustrated title page and frontispiece portrait to vol. 1. Numerous plates and in-text illustrations throughout. Rubbing to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; slight toning to extremities of leaves. $300-500 261 CUMMINGS, E. E. CIOPW. New York: Covici-Friede, 1931.

Folio, original burlap weave covers, front cover stamped in silver. First edition. Limited edition, one of 391 copies printed at the Stratford Press and signed by Cummings with a large “C” on the title page in green watercolor. Illustrated from 99 works of art by Cummings. Burlap starting to detach from top half of spine; browning to endpapers; gift inscription to recto f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $200-400

262 DOYLE, CONAN A group of two books.

The Stark Munro Letters. London: Longmans, Green, 1895. The Hound of the Baskervilles, Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1903. $100-200

263 DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE Candle-Lightin’ Time. New York: Dodd Mead, 1902.

8vo, green cloth-backed pictorial boards, t.e.g. First edition. Wear to boards; light foxing; small tear at top of pp. 117-127; otherwise fine. $200-400

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264* ELIOT, T. S. Collected Poems 1909-1935. London: Faber & Faber, (1936).

8vo, original blue cloth-backed boards, salmon printed dust jacket. First edition. Gallup A32a. Minor chipping to dust jacket; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. Property from the High Museum of Art Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund $100-200

265* ELIOT, T. S. On Poetry. S.l., n.d.

12mo, pamphlet. Gallup A48. Property from the High Museum of Art Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund $50-100

266* ELIOT, T. S. A group of three signed limited large-paper editions of Ariel Poems.

Animula. Wood engravings by Gertrude Hermes. London: Faber, 1929. Thin 8vo, original yellow boards, gilt-lettered. Limited edition, one of 400 signed by Eliot. Triumphal March. Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. London: Faber, 1931. Thin 8vo, original plain boards, gilt-lettered. Limited edition, one of 300 copies signed by Eliot. A Song for Simeon. Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. London: Faber, 1928. Thin 8vo, original plan boards, gilt-lettered. Limited edition, one of 500 signed by Eliot printed on Whatman paper. Property from the High Museum of Art Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund $400-600 267* ELIOT, T. S. (translator); PERSE, ST. JOHN Anabasis: A Poem by St. J. Perse. With a Translation into English by T. S. Eliot. London: Faber, 1930.

Thin 8vo, original green cloth-backed boards, in matching slipcase. Limited edition, one of 350 numbered copies signed by Eliot to limitation page. Ownership signature to f.f.e.p.; bookseller’s sticker to rear endpaper; wear to slipcase; lacking original mylar wraps; otherwise fine. Property from the High Museum of Art Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund $150-250

268* ELIOT, T. S. A group of 27 books.

Poems, 1909-1925. New York, (1925). First American edition. The Idea of a Christian Society. New York, 1940. First American edition. To Criticize the Critic. New York, (1965). First American edition. The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism. Cambridge, MA, 1933. First American edition. Notes Toward a Definition of Culture. New York, (1949). First American edition. Ash Wednesday. London, 1930. First trade edition. Collected Plays. London, 1962. First collected edition. The Confidential Clerk. New York, 1954. First American edition. Three copies. Selected Poems. London, 1954. Reprint of the 1948 Penguin edition. Selected Poems. New York, 1954. Stated first American edition, paper wraps. Selected Essays. New York, 1950. New Edition, first American revised edition. Poetry and Drama. Cambridge, MA, 1951. Gallup, A57, (first edition). Poetry and Drama. London: Faber, 1951. First English edition. Selected Prose. Penguin Books, 1953. Paperback. Gallup, A61. Essays Ancient and Modern. New York, 1936. First American edition. Four Quartets. London, 1944. First British edition. The Sacred Wood. Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. First American edition. The Rock. New York, 1934. First American edition. For Lancelot Andrews. New York, 1939. Stated first edition, but really first American edition. Poemes, 1910-1930. Editions due Sueil, 1947. French translation, one of 510 copies. The Elder Statesman. New York, 1959. First American edition. Anabasis. London, 1930. First trade edition. Anabasis. New York, 1949. Revised and corrected American edition. Poems Written in Early Youth. London, 1967. First edition, preceded only by privately printed edition. Poems Written in Early Youth. New York, 1967. First American edition. Property from the High Museum of Art Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund $200-400

269* ELIOT, T. S. A group of 27 first editions.

John Dryden. New York, 1932. To Criticize the Critic. London, 1965. Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F. H. Bradley. London, (1964). Notes toward a Definition of Culture. London, 1948. The Idea of a Christian Society. London, 1939. Thoughts After Lambeth. London, 1931. Gray cloth, one of 300. After Strange Gods. New York, 1934. The Cocktail Party. London, 1950. The Confidential Clerk. London, 1954. Gallup A64a. Three copies. On Poetry and Poets. London, 1957. Essays Ancient and Modern. London, 1936. The Family Reunion. London, 1939. Dante. London, 1929. Four Quartets. New York, 1944. First edition, second impression. Two copies. The Rock. London, 1934. For Lancelot Andrews. London, 1928. Two copies, one with dust jacket. The Elder Statesman. London, 1959. Points of View. London, 1941. From Poe to Valery. New York, 1948. Elizabethan Essays. London, 1934. Two copies, both second impressions. Sweeney Agonistes. London, 1932. Three Voices of Poetry. New York, 1954. Property from the High Museum of Art Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund $300-500

270 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Light in August. New York: Smith and Haas, 1932.

8vo, original rough tan cloth stamp in orange on the front cover and blue on the spine, top edge stained orange, original blue and orange dust jacket, unrestored and unclipped. First edition, first printing, first state of dust jacket. Bookplates tipped in front pastedown; some chipping along the edges and spine ends and a bit of browning to jacket; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

271 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, (1951).

8vo, 3/4 black cloth over marbled boards, title in gilt to spine, original glassine wrapper. First edition. Limited edition, one of 750 copies signed by Faulkner on the limitation page. Some chipping to glassine; minor wear to endpapers; otherwise fine. $600-800

272 (FINE BINDINGS, RIVIERE) OMAR KHAYYAM The Rubaiyat. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. London: George Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton, n.d. [1921]

8vo, bound by Bayntun Riviere in red morocco stamped in gilt with polychromatic onlay design in gold, green, purple, tan, gray and blue featuring a seated figure peering through a telescope, silk doublures and endpapers with leather dentelles, a.e.g., in red cloth-backed folding case lined with felt. With 12 hand-colored plates after drawings by Gilbert James. Walter Kollmorgen copy with manuscript pen presentation from R. Witt on f.f.e.p. 1 inch split to front edge of spine; hinges tender; some light foxing to endpapers; fading and wear to folding case; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

273* (FINE BINDINGS, STORM BINDERY) An Invitation to Book Collecting, Its Pleasures and Practices. With Kindred Discussions of Manuscripts, Maps and Prints. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1947.

8vo, bound by Colton Storm at the Storm Bindery in orange leather with onlaid polychromatic reproductions of famous collectable books, including Ulysses, Leaves of Grass, Tarzan of the Apes and others, marbled endpapers, custom cloth-backed folding case. Inscribed by Storm to Raymond Epstein, dated 1976, to the f.f.e.p. Fine in fine binding. Property from the Collection of Raymond Epstein, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

274 (FINE BINDING) ONGANIA, FERDINANDO L’Art de L’imprimerie a Venise. Venise: Ferd. Ongania; New York: Amedeo Ongania, 1895-1897.

4to, rebound in highly ornamental wood panelling, 21 shaped compartments cut away from each cover to reveal decorated mother-of-pearl onlay, highly reminiscent of the filigree and intertwined decorations in Venetian window arches. Ongania was the most important bookseller in Venice in the nineteenthcentury. Some soiling to plates; wear to spine with fraying to foot and edgewear to boards; panels starting to detach from pastedown; two portions of the wooden panelling and sections of the onlay detached on the rear panel; otherwise fine. $200-400

275 FROST, ROBERT In the Clearing. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1962).

Thin 8vo, original rough brown cloth, glassine jacket, gilt-stamped leather label to spine, publisher’s slipcase, additionally housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. Limited edition, one of 1,500 copies signed. Fine in fine case. $200-400

276 FROST, ROBERT North of Boston. Illustrated by James Chapin. New York: Henry Holt, n.d. (c. 1920)

8vo, cloth spine over plain boards, gilt pastedown, title in gilt to spine, in original gilt-stamped dust jacket. First illustrated edition. Fine in fine jacket. $200-400

277 FROST, ROBERT Steeple Bush. New York: Henry Holt, 1947.

Thin 8vo, cloth-backed spine over gilt-stamped boards, leather gilt-stamped label to spine, original glassine, slipcased. Limited edition, one of 751 copies signed by the author. Some slight offsetting to endpapers; minor wear to the case; otherwise very fine. $200-400

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278 GREENE, GRAHAM The Power and the Glory. London: Heinemann, (1940).

8vo, rebound in quarter morocco over yellow boards by Frost, leather spine label, marbled endpapers. First edition. Some minor foxing to half-title; minor soiling to boards; small dark spot to fore edge; otherwise fine. $200-400

279 HAMMETT, DASHIELL The Thin Man. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.

8vo, original blue cloth with blue and red illustration to front board and spine, top stained, unclipped dust jacket with photograph of Hammett to front cover. First edition. Chipping to spine ends and edges of jacket, with repaired tears to front panel, light separation at hinges and some light staining and soiling, mainly along upper edge; hinges slightly tender; very minor intermittent foxing; some fading to cloth; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

280 HECHT, BEN Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath. Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1922.

8vo, black cloth-backed boards, with title stamped to spine and circular logo stamped in gilt to front board, dust jacket. Limited edition. Inscribed “To Jada Ford. Ben Hecht.” Ex-library copy with library card holder; wear to boards and to dust jacket; slight toning to extremities of leaves; otherwise fine. Together with, The Kingdom of Evil, A Continuation of the Journal of Fantazius Mallare. Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1924. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, with title stamped to spine and circular logo stamped in gilt to front board, pictorial endpapers, limited. Signed “Tim” on f.f.e.p.; wear to boards; minor toning to extremities of leaves; otherwise fine. $200-400 281* IBSEN, HENRIK Et Dukkehjem, Skuespil i tre Akter. Copenhagen: F. Hegel & Son, 1879.

8vo, original mustard cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine, marbled edges and endpapers, housed in custom chemise and slipcase. First edition. Minor wear to boards; hinges reinforced; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Raymond Epstein, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

282* IRVING, WASHINGTON Illustrations of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Illustrated by Felix O. C. Darley. New York: The American Art Union, 1849.

Oblong folio, spine detached and pages laid loose in custom library folding case. Ex-library copy with gilt call numbers to spine, bookplate tipped in front pastedown and stamp to same in folding case and on verso of title page; covers and title page detached, enclosed in mylar; otherwise plates are clean. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

283* JAMES, WILL Big Enough. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1931.

8vo, original yellow cloth-backed boards illustrated in green and red with two horses, dust jacket, unclipped. Signed by the author to the half-title. Preliminary pages a bit loose; wear to jacket with some loss at spine ends; browning to title page and frontispiece. Property of the Women’s Society of the Winnetka Congregational Church, Winnetka, Illinois $100-200 284* KEATS, JOHN Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.

4to, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in quarter sharkskin. One of 458 copies, illustrated by Robert Gibbings. Spine completely detached; front hinge detached; otherwise interior is fine. Property of the Women’s Society of the Winnetka Congregational Church, Winnetka, Illinois $100-200

285 LAWRENCE, D. H. Etruscan Places. London: Martin Secker, 1932. Large 8vo, original blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First edition of Lawrence’s celebrated essay on travel in Italy. Chipping and some soiling to dust jackets; otherwise fine.

Together with six other first editions, comprising: Mornings in Mexico. London: Martin Secker, 1927. 8vo, yellow cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial cover laid in. First edition. Lacking dust jacket. Pansies. London: Martin Secker, (1929). Large 8vo, blue cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Chipping to dust jacket; otherwise fine. Birds, Beasts and Flowers. London: Martin Secker, (1923). 4to, black and yellow cloth. First edition. Lacking dust jacket; foxed; otherwise fine. The Man Who Died. London: Martin Secker, 1931. 4to, green gilt stamped cloth. First edition. Lacking dust jacket. The Ship of Death. Illustrated with wood engravings by Blair Hughs-Stanton. London: Martin Secker, (1933). Love Among the Haystacks. London: Nonesuch Press, 1930. 4to, burlap and yellow cloth. First edition. Number 3 of 1600 copies. (7 vols. total) $200-400

286 LAWRENCE, D. H. Lady Chatterley’s Lover. s.l. [Florence:] Privately Printed, 1928.

8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Minor rubbing to boards with chipping at spine ends and extremities; otherwise fine. $200-400

287* LAWRENCE, D. H. Love Poems and Others. London: Duckworth, 1913.

Thin 8vo, original blind-stamped blue cloth with titles in gilt to front board and spine. Together with Etruscan Places. London: M. Secker, 1932. The Ladybird. The Fox. The Captain’s Doll. London: M. Secker, 1923. (3) Property from the University of Chicago $300-500

288 LINDSAY, VACHEL A group of three books by Vachel Lindsay, including one first edtion and two inscribed volumes.

The Congo and Other Poems. New York: Macmillan, 1914. Inscribed. The Golden Whales of California and Other Rhymes in the American Language. New York: Macmillan, 1920. Signed. The Art of the Moving Picture. New York: MacMillan, 1915. First edition. $150-250 289 LONDON, JACK Michael, Brother of Jerry. New York: Macmillan, 1917.

8vo, original red cloth-backed boards stamped in gilt and black, unrestored jacket, price-clipped. First edition. Slight warp to cloth on front cover; jacket with small tears along top edge, some with small tape repairs on verso; 2 inch chip in dust jacket affecting a portion of the title; library stamp to f.f.e.p. $400-600

290 LONDON, JACK The Sea-Wolf. New York: Macmillan, 1904.

8vo, blue cloth, with cover and spine lettering in white and cover illustration in dark blue, orange and white, t.e.g. First edition, first issue, title page not a cancel, uncorrected Century Company copyright line with “1904” only on integral title page (second issue copies have copyright notice reading “Copyright 1903, 1904” on cancel title page). One of only two known copies, the other being London’s own personal copy. BAL 11882. Hinges slightly cracked; wear to spine ends; rubbing to cover illustration; p. 202 with offsetting from newspaper article. Scarce. $4,000-6,000

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291 MITCHELL, MARGARET Gone With the Wind. New York: Macmillan, May, 1936.

8vo, original grey cloth with blue lettering, original dust jacket unclipped, reinforced at spine and folds, housed in a custom green cloth-backed chemise and slipcase with gilt-stamped leather spine label. First edition, first printing. Some wear to dust jacket reinforced at the folds; otherwise fine. $3,000-5,000

292* MUSIL, ROBERT Der mann ohne eigenschaften. Lausanne: Imprimerie Centrale, 1930-1943.

2 vols., vols. 1 and 3 only (of 3). 8vo, original cloth-backed boards illustrated in red, brown and black. First edition. Wear to boards with fraying to spine ends of vol. 1; corners bumped; hinges tender, and inner hinge vol. 3 cracked, vol. 1 starting; “H. Eikentschaer, Leipzig” stamped in blind to rear board of vol. 1; lacking slipcase and jackets; otherwise sound. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

293* NASH, OGDEN Autographed quote signed (“Ogden Nash”), with original sketch, 1 page, folded. Framed. Nash writes, “If I could write as funny as I look I might turn out a really funny book,” and draws a brief sketch of a face with glasses. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Property from the Collection of Raymond Epstein, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 294 NIN, ANAïS This Hunger. New York: Gemor Press, (1946).

8vo, pictorial boards. With five color woodcut plates by Ian Hugo, each signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. One of 50 copies printed on Etruria paper signed by Anais Nin to the limitation. Additionally inscribed by Ian Hugo to Leo Katz on the f.f.e.p. Manuscript ex-libris Leo Katz Art Library, dated 1953, to the verso of f.f.e.p.; institutional stamp Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences to the title page; offsetting from plates; some browning and soiling to pages; soiling to boards; otherwise fine. $200-400

295* (DOVES PRESS) THE ENGLISH BIBLE The English Bible. Edited by F. H. Scrivener. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 19031905.

5 vols. 4to, original Doves binding of full limp vellum, gilt-stamped title to spines, housed in custom gilt-stamped felt-lined cloth clamshell cases. The finest work produced by the celebrated press. Light foxing throughout; wear to cases; some light wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Dr. Warren G. Smirl, Waukesha, Wisconsin $4,000-6,000

296* (MARRIED METTLE PRESS) MELVILLE, HERMAN Billy Budd Sailor. (Mount Holly): Married Mettle Press, 1987.

8vo, original binding of patinated bronze spine and wooden boards, hand painted endpapers. One of 160 copies (from a total edition of 185) signed by Benjamin Alterman, typographer, and Deborah Alterman, engraver, to laid-in limitation page. Two full-page wood engravings in brown, head pieces and vignettes by Deborah Alterman. Property from the Collection of Raymond Epstein, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

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297* (MERRYMOUNT PRESS) BIBLE The Holy Bible. Boston: R. H. Hinkley, n.d.

14 vols. 8vo, 3/4 leather stamped with geometric designs over cloth, gilt-stamped title to spines. One of 480 sets on hand-made paper printed at the Merrymount Press. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates and captioned tissue guards. Minor rubbing to leather; hinges starting on some vols.; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Dr. Warren G. Smirl, Waukesha, Wisconsin $400-600

298* (NONESUCH PRESS) BIBLE The Holy Bible. London: The Nonesuch Press; New York: Random House, 1963.

3 vols. 8vo, green glit-stamped cloth. Fine. Property from the Estate of Dr. Warren G. Smirl, Waukesha, Wisconsin $100-200

299 POUND, EZRA The Pisan Cantos. (New York): New Directions, (1948).

8vo, original black cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Loss to jacket at spine ends and corners; slight offsetting from laid-in article to endpapers; otherwise fine. $100-200

300 RAND, AYN The Fountainhead. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, (1943).

8vo, original red cloth-backed boards, first state dust jacket. First edition, later printing. Some tears to dust jacket, at edges and along folds, with tape repair to the verso; hinges slightly tender; otherwise fine. $300-500 301 ROSETTI, CHRISTINA Autographed letter signed, 1 page, 166 Albany St. N.W. [Regents Park, London,] “Saturday.” Tipped to f.f.e.p. of Verses (London, 1898).

Rosetti writes to Mr. [William] Ralston, requesting that he meet with her and her mother for an introduction to “one or two friends whom we like.” Minor foxing; creased in thirds; otherwise fine. $200-400

302 STEINBECK, JOHN East of Eden. New York: Viking, 1952.

8vo, green cloth, front cover printed in dark green, spine printed in black and red, dust jacket unrestored and unclipped. First trade edition. Jacket with some loss at spine ends, corners and small tear to bottom left of front panel; minor fading to spine of jacket; foxing along inner edge of pp. 600-601; otherwise fine. $200-400

303 STOUT, REX A group of five inscribed novels. Various editions and printings.

Four inscribed (“For John & Frances, Rex”), May 10, 1940, comprising: The League of Frightened Men (NY, 1935), The Red Box (NY, 1936), Over My Dead Body (NY, 1939, 1940), The Rubber Band (1936).

One inscribed (“For my friend (I hope) John Gunther, Jr., Rex”), May 10, 1940, comprising Some Buried Caesar, (NY, 1939).

All lacking dust jackets; wear to boards; some hinges tender; otherwise fine. $600-800

304 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Cleveland: J. P. Jewett, 1852.

2 vols. 8vo, bound by Riviere in modern black morocco, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, original covers and spines bound in at end. First edition, first printing of Stowe’s anti-slavery novel. Some minor spotting to a few pages; otherwise fine.

[Tipped in vol. 1:]

Autographed letter signed (“H. B. Stowe”), 4 pages, Paris, December 2, n.y. [c. 1866]. Stowe thanks [William Hickley] Prescott for his praises of her recent work and discusses the character of Nina Gordon, from Dred: A Tale of Great Dismal Swamp. Stowe writes: “It is a weakness that attends us makers of puppet shows that we sometimes conceive a real human affection for some of our corps de ballet as Pygmalion for his statue. I had such a weakness for my little Nina ... In fact I have such a motherly weakness for the poor child that whoever speaks well of her becomes henceforth a discerning person in my eyes . . .” Nina Gordan is the young white plantation heiress of Stowe’s second anti-slavery novel, originally pbulished in 1856 and reissued in 1866 under the name of the title character.

[Also tipped in vol. 1:]

Albumen portrait of Stowe signed on the mount (“Harriet Beecher Stowe”). $5,000-7,000

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305 THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857-1859.

Complete with original 24 parts. 8vo, original pictorial yellow wrappers, cloth clamshell box. With 48 engraved plates and numerous illustrations by Thackeray. Wear to wrappers with some loss to spine ends; slight offsetting from some plates; otherwise fine. $200-400

306* VAN VOGT, A.E. Slan. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946.

8vo, original black cloth-backed boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. First edition. Limited to 4,000 copies printed. Raymond Epstein copy with bookplate tipped in front pastedown. Lacking dust jacket; hinges slightly tender; rubbing to boards with some fraying at spine ends and corners; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Raymond Epstein, Chicago, Illinois $150-250

307 VERNE, JULES Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1873.

8vo, original pictorial maroon cloth, stamped in black and gilt with flying balloon vignette on the front cover. Second American edition, more desirable than the first given the addition of 48 heliotype illustrations (on 12 plates) and tissue guards. Plate at p. 172 with some wear to edge, and minor marginal browning to some plates; wear to spine ends and corners; some rubbing to gilt; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $150-250

308* WARREN, ROBERT PENN Rebuke of the Rocks. Printed broadside on paper handmade by Thomas Leech. The Press at Colorado College, 1976. One of 150 limited editions signed by Robert Penn Warren.

This poem originally appeared in The Nation, January 11, 1928, and was published in Thirty-Six Poems, (Alcestis Press, 1936). Reprinted from Selected Poems: 1923-1975, (Random House). Framed. 18 x 12 inches. Property from the Collection of Raymond Epstein, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

309 WHITMAN, WALT Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1884.

8vo, original green cloth-backed boards, stamped in gilt. Signed by Whitman in black on the title page. Some chipping to edges of pages; edgewear to boards; hinges a bit tender; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

310 WILLIAMS, VALENTINE A group of three books.

Courier to Marrakesh: A Clubfoot Story. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. The Fox Prowls. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1939. The Clock Ticks On. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1933. $100-200

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317 311 WILSON, EDMUND Poets, Farewell! New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929.

Thin 8vo, original cloth spine over plain gilt-stamped boards, unclipped jacket. Inscribed by the author on the f.f.e.p., to Seymour Rikkin, dated Summer 1939. Chipping to upper edge of jacket and at spine ends, with darkening to the rear panel; otherwise fine. $200-400

312 ADAMS, DOUGLAS The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. New York: Harmony Books, (1979).

8vo, cloth, dust jacket. First American Edition, first printing. Together with three other titles from the Hitchhiker’s series, two of which are first American editions, and seven additional fantasy novels by Jasper Forde and Nick Bantcock. $300-500

313 (GREENAWAY, KATE) SPIELMANN, M. H. Kate Greenaway. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905.

4to, original gilt-stamped white cloth, t.e.g., illustrated endpapers. Limited edition, one of 500 copies signed by John Greenaway with an original sketch by Kate Greenaway, additionally signed in the mat by John Greenaway. Illustrated throughout with color plates and captioned tissue guards. Light soiling to cloth with rubbing to the spine ends; minor foxing to drawing; hinges slightly tender; otherwise fine. $200-400

314 MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen, (1942).

4to, bound in red gilt-stamped morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, in matching 1/2 morocco felt-lined folding case, marbled endpapers. One of 100 numbered copies signed by A. A. Milne and the illustrator, Ernest H. Shepard. Very fine. $4,000-6,000

315 PAOLINI, CHRISTOPHER Eragon. Inheritance. Book I. New York: Alfred Knopf, (2003).

8vo, original pictorial wrappers. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with double-page map. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine. $600-800

316 PULLMAN, PHILLIP Three volumes comprising the complete His Dark Materials trilogy, all signed by the author, all New York: Alfred Knopf, all First American edition, with one signed by the author, comprising: The Golden Compass. 1996. Signed by the author. -- The Subtle Knife. 1997. -- The Amber Spyglass. 2000.

3 vols. 8vo, original pictorial dust jackets. Fine in fine jackets. Together with a printed booklet Excerpt. The Amber Spyglass. 31 pp. States on verso of colophon “This is an uncorrected proof,” with upcoming sale date of the book, housed in original gilt-stamped velvet sack. $400-600

317 ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Illustrated by Mary GrandPre. New York: Scholastic Press, (1997).

8vo, original pictorial dust jacket, red and purple cloth. First American edition, first printing, with gilt-embossed text and review from “The Guardian” to rear panel of jacket and no “1” to jacket or boards. Signed by the author and illustrator. Fine. $1,000-2,000

318 ROWLING, J.K. A group of two First American editions, first printings, signed by the author and illustrator, comprising Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Illustrated by Mary GrandPre. New York: Scholastic Press, (1999). 8vo, original pictorial dust jacket with raised gilt lettering, cloth-backed boards with diamond imprint. $600-800

319 ROWLING, J.K. A group of three Advanced Reader’s editions of the first three Harry Potter novels, comprising Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York: Scholastic Press, (1998-1999). 8vo, original pictorial wraps. Fine. $600-800

320 ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: Scholastic Press, (1998).

8vo, original pictorial wraps. Advanced Reader’s edition of the First American edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Fine. $600-800 321 ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Illustrated by Mary GrandPre. New York: Scholastic Press, (1999).

8vo, original pictorial dust jacket with raised gilt lettering, green and purple cloth with diamond imprint. First American edition, first printing, first state jacket with price “$17.95” and no “2” to jacket or spine. Signed by the author and illustrator. Fine. $300-500

322 ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. London: Bloomsbury, (1997).

Small 8vo, original pictorial dust jacket, cloth-backed boards. First edition, fourth state. Signed by author on the title page. Fine. $200-400

323 ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York: Scholastic Press, (1999).

8vo, original pictorial wraps. Advanced Reader’s Copy of the First American edition. Signed by the author. Fine. $600-800

324 ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Illustrated by Mary GrandPre. New York: Scholastic Press, (1999).

8vo, original pictorial dust jacket with raised gilt lettering, purple and green cloth with diamond imprint. First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author and illustrator. Fine. $300-500 325* SALTEN, FELIX Bambi. A Life in the Woods. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928.

8vo, original gilt-stamped green cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. Some dampspotting to boards; spine ends and corners bumped. Property of the Women’s Society of the Winnetka Congregational Church, Winnetka, Illinois $200-400

326 (ELOISE) KNIGHT, HILARY An original illustration for the beloved children’s book series, Eloise. Signed “Hilary Knight” and dated “’96.” Framed and matted with a signed print of the sketch, entitled “Richard Tyler on Gramercy Park South,” inscribed by Knight. Pencil on paper. Size of sketch 9 2/3 x 6 inches. $600-800

327 THOMPSON, KAY Eloise. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955.

Thin 4to, white cloth with stamped illustration, color pictorial dust jacket. First edition, first printing. A few small chips to jacket at spine ends, edges and extremities, and 1/2 inch circular tear to upper right; some browning to cloth. $200-400

328 WINTER, GINNY LINVILLE 18 original mock-up illustrations on boards with plastic overlays from the book, What’s in My Tree? Come See With Me. Written and illustrated by Ginny Linville Winter. New York: Astor Book/Ivan Obolensky, 1962. $100-200