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26 ALBEE, EDWARD Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? New York: Atheneum, 1963.

8vo, softcover. Inscribed by Albee to the f.f.e.p. and dated “NYC 3-18-65.” Inner hinges slightly cracked; some soiling to covers; crease to center of spine. $150-250

27* BRADBURY, RAY Chronicles. New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, (1992 - n.d. [1994]).

6 of 7 vols. only, lacking vol. 1. 8vo, uniformly bound in maroon cloth, titles in red to front boards and spines, pictorial wraps, decorative endpapers. Limited editions (vol. 2, 965/1,200 copies; vol. 3, 737/1,000 copies; vol. 4, 976/ 1,000 copies; vol. 5, 754/1,000 copies; vol. 6, 816/1,000 copies; vol. 7, 91/1,000 copies). Signed by Bradbury and contributing authors on the f.f.e.p. all vols. Some light soiling to wraps; evidence of sticker removal to spines of vols. 3, 4 and 6. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $100-200 28 BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN Thanatopsis. Etched from Sketches by Walworth Stilson. New York: Harwell-Evans, [1909].

4to, bound in full green morocco, ruled in gilt, tan and green morocco doublures, silk endpapers. Illustrated throughout with etched plates, handcolored, on tissue mounted to grey cartridge paper. Fading to spine; minor rubbing to boards; light fraying to endpapers. $400-600

29 CLANCY, TOM Clear and Present Danger. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1989.

8vo, publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. Signed by Clancy. [Together with:] The Sum of All Fears. New York, 1991. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. Signed on the title page. (2 total) $100-200 30 (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) TWAIN, MARK The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade.) New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth lettered in black and gilt, peach endpapers, double frontispiece, tissue guard. First American edition, exhibiting the following issue points: title leaf is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884; the illustration captioned “Him and another Man” listed as p.88; 11th line from bottom of p. 57 reads “with the saw”; the final 5 in p.155 is lacking; p. 283 is a stub; first state frontispiece portrait (imprint Heliotype Printing Co. and tablecloth visible); also “Huck Decided” instead of “Huck Decides” under “Chapter VI” on p. [9], a first issue point per MacDonnell (Firsts, p. 31). Minor rubbing to spine ends. $2,000-4,000

31 (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) TWAIN, MARK The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade.) New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth lettered in black and gilt, peach endpapers, double frontispiece. First American edition, exhibiting the following issue points: title leaf is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884; the illustration captioned “Him and another Man” listed as p.88; 11th line from bottom of p. 57 reads “with the saw”; the final 5 in p.155 is lacking; p. 283 is a stub; first state frontispiece portrait (imprint Heliotype Printing Co. and tablecloth visible); also “Huck Decided” instead of “Huck Decides” under “Chapter VI” on p. [9], a first issue point per MacDonnell (Firsts, p. 31). Hinges tender; boards worn with loss at corners and spine ends; brown staining throughout. $1,000-2,000

32 (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) TWAIN, MARK The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade.) New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

8vo, rebound in quarter green morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, double frontispiece, tissue guard. First American edition, exhibiting the following issue points: title leaf is a cancel with copyright notice dated 1884; the illustration captioned “Him and another Man” listed at p. 87 in index; 11th line from bottom of p. 57 reads “with the saw”; the final 5 in p.155 is present but slightly larger than the other “5”; third state frontispiece portrait (imprint Photo-Gravure Co., tablecloth not visible and artist’s name added to the bust). Rubbing to boards; renewed endpapers; dampstain to frontispiece. $400-600 33 (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) TWAIN, MARK The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth stamped in black and gilt. First American edition, binding state A. Front flyleaf detached; previous owner’s manuscript exlibris to front flyleaf; rubbing to boards with loss at head and foot of spine; inner hinge split; a few pages starting to detach; dampstain to fore edge; some intermittent brownspotting. $100-200

34* DEIGHTON, LEN A group of six first editions, four inscribed to Eric Hiscock, with one limited and three others. (10 total) Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $300-500

35 DICKENS, CHARLES Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, March, 1852 - September, 1853.

20 parts in 19. 8vo, original blue wraps with woodcut designs by Phiz, housed in custom cloth slipcase with leather spine label. First edition in the original parts, with 40 etched plates, numerous advertisement leaves (including all those called for by Hatton and Cleaver except “W. Mott” in Part 1 and “Grace Aguilar’s Works” in Part 16). Minor rubbing to wraps; bookseller’s sticker on upper cover of three parts. $600-800 36 DICKENS, CHARLES Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, December, 1855 - June, 1857.

20 parts in 19. 8vo, original blue wraps with woodcut designs by Phiz, housed in custom cloth slipcase with leather spine label. First edition in the original parts, with 40 etched plates, numerous advertisement leaves (including all those called for by Hatton and Cleaver except Dr. De Jongh’s, 4pp., in Part 12; two slips [Golden Mary and Household Words] in Part 13; lacking Little Dorrit Advertiser and all but Dr. De Jongh in Part 14). Chipping to edges of and some staining to wraps. $600-800

37 (DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE) CARROLL, LEWIS Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan, 1866.

8vo, rebound in full crushed red morocco, giltlettered spine, silk endpapers, a.e.g., publisher’s red cloth bound in the rear. First published (second English) edition. The first edition of 2,000 was recalled by Dodgson, following the unsatisfactory printing of Tenniel’s illustrations, and was never offered for public sale. Upper hinge cracked; 1/2-inch tear to frontispiece; evidence of previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris to half-title; professionally repaired tear to 91/92, 93/94, 97/98; some light toning and a few intermittent light stains.

[Together with:] Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. Illustrated by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan, 1872. 8vo, in matching red morocco with original cloth bound in the rear. First edition, first state with “wade” for “wabe” on p. 21. Professionally repaired tear to 209/210; a few very light stains; light wear to spine ends. $3,000-5,000

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38 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes. New York: George H. Doran, (1917).

8vo, publisher’s orange cloth lettered in black, lacking dust jacket. First American edition. Spine faded with rubbing to ends; hinges tender. $100-200

39 ELIOT, T. S. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, Volume VI, No. III, June 1915.

8vo, original printed decorative wrappers. Pp. 130-135, whole issue offered. First appearance in a national publication, preceded only by publication in the Smith Academy Record and the Harvard Advocate. Marginal chipping to wrappers and some leaves; 1 1/2-inch tear to front wrap; hinges tender. $1,000-2,000

40 ELIOT, T. S. A group of eight first editions comprising, Poems Written in Early Youth. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1967). First American edition. On Poetry and Poets. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1957. First American edition. For Lancelot Andrewes: Essays on Style and Order. London: Faber & Gwyer, (1928). The Sacred Wood. Essays on Poetry and Criticism. London: Methuen, (1920). The Rock. London: Faber & Faber, (1934). Selected Poems. London: Faber and Faber, 1948. Points of View. London: Faber and Faber, (1941). After Strange Gods. A Primer of Modern Heresy. London: Faber and Faber, 1934. [Together with:] Four Quartets. London: The Folio Society, 1968. (9 total) $100-200

41 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Light in August. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, (1932).

8vo, publisher’s rough tan cloth stamped in orange on the front cover and blue on the spine, top edge stained orange, original blue and orange dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing, first state of dust jacket. Small tears to edges and spine ends of dust jacket and some scuffing to upper panel; rear panel creased. $800-1,200

42 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Intruder in the Dust. New York: Random House, 1948.

8vo, blue cloth lettered in gilt and blue, original pictorial dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Jacket marginally chipped and lightly soiled; 1-inch tear to jacket at spine; bookseller’s sticker to rear panel; darkening to front and rear pastedowns. $100-200

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

8vo, publisher’s cloth, lacking dust jacket. First edition, first printing, with “sick in tired” on p. 205. Hinges tender; ends bumped; light soiling to boards. $1,000-2,000

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44* FLEMING, IAN Casino Royale. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953.

8vo, publisher’s binding with red heart on upper cover, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing, in first state dust jacket, without the New York Times review. One of 4,728 copies, the majority of which went to public libraries. Housed in a custom full blue morocco case with red leather spine labels and cloth chemise. Previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; light spotting to fore edge; some minor creases, loss at spine ends and corners, toning to dust jacket; foot of cloth spine bumped. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $8,000-12,000

45* FLEMING, IAN Casino Royale. New York: Macmillan, 1954.

8vo, publisher’s evergreen cloth stamped in red, dust jacket. First American edition, first issue jacket priced $2.75, with Paul Gallico quote on front flap, trimmed at the corners. Minor rubbing to edges of jacket with some foxing to the rear flap and 1-inch closed tear to the lower right corner of spine; endpapers foxed; hinges tender. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $800-1,200

46* FLEMING, IAN Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954.

8vo, publisher’s binding and dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing, first state jacket with no mention of artist Kenneth Lewis on inside flap. Jacket lightly toned with light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $5,000-7,000

47* FLEMING, IAN Moonraker. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955.

8vo, publisher’s cloth and dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, with “shoot” on p. 10 (no priority established). Light toning to jacket with some rubbing to spine ends and minor loss at corners. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $1,500-2,500

48* FLEMING, IAN Diamonds are Forever. London: Jonathan Cape, (1956).

8vo, publisher’s cloth and dust jacket, unclipped. First edition. Dust jacket with only minor rubbing to corners and slight toning to rear panel. [Together with:] For Your Eyes Only. London: Jonathan Cape, (1960). 8vo, publisher’s cloth and dust jacket, unclipped. A few creases to jacket with minor toning. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $1,000-2,000

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49 49* FLEMING, IAN From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, (1957).

8vo, publisher’s cloth with gun stamped in silver, and rose in red, spine lettered in silver, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing. Three very small closed tears to dust jacket; light toning to spine; bookseller’s sticker to rear endpaper; otherwise a fine copy with near fine jacket. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $2,000-4,000

50* FLEMING, IAN Dr. No. London: Jonathan Cape, 1958.

8vo, publisher’s binding, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, second state binding with silver lettering and embossed silhouette of a woman. Dust jacket with only minor rubbing on lower edge, small stain and crease on rear panel; small tape mark on rear flap. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $600-800

51* FLEMING, IAN On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.

8vo, publisher’s vellum-backed cloth, original mylar dust jacket, frontispiece portrait, title printed in red and black, t.e.g. First edition, first printing of the only signed limited edition by Fleming. One of 250 copies signed by Fleming, this one out of series and designated “presentation.” Very light rubbing to foot of spine; some very light foxing to f.f.e.p. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $6,000-8,000

52* FLEMING, IAN You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.

8vo, publisher’s cloth, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition. Inscribed by the author to Eric Hiscock: “To Celestial Hiscock-san from Grateful Fleming-san,” as the novel takes place in Japan. Spine lightly toned and some light soiling to upper edge of rear panel; small brown stain on upper panel. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $3,000-5,000

53* FLEMING, IAN The Man with the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.

8vo, publisher’s cloth, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, second issue binding in plain gilt-lettered cloth. Rubbing with some loss to bottom corner of upper panel; glue remnants to front endpaper. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $200-400

54* FLEMING, IAN Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.

8vo, publisher’s binding, dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, price clipped. First edition. Dust jacket signed by Chopping on the rear flap. Some toning to edges of jacket and along the top edge of the text block. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $600-800

55* FLEMING, IAN A group of four uncorrected proofs, comprising The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming with Vivienne Michel, London: Jonathan Cape, 1960, Thunderball, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, and Octopussy and the Living Daylights, London: Jonathan Cape, 1966.

8vo, original decorated wrappers in pale green, white and black, Octopussy and the Living Daylights and Thunderball with original dust jackets, both lightly rubbed, the latter with loss to spine ends. Rubbing to wraps with some loss at spine ends and corners curled; a few stains. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $400-600

56* FLEMING, IAN A group of eight first UK editions (2 second impressions). London: Jonathan Cape. All 8vo, publisher’s binding and dust jacket, all but one unclipped.

Dr. No. London, May 1958. Second impression, second state binding. Thunderball. London, 1961. Large tear to upper portion of dust jacket. The Spy Who Loved Me. London, 1962. Dust jacket, clipped. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. London, 1963. The Man with the Golden Gun. London, 1965, second state binding without the golden gun. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London, 1966. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. 2 copies. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $600-800

57* FLEMING, IAN A group of two first U.K. editions.

Goldfinger. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. 8vo, publisher’s binding, dust jacket, unclipped. Light soiling at edge of dust jacket. Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. 8vo, publisher’s binding, dust jacket, unclipped. Previous owner’s manuscript exlibris on f.f.e.p.; light crease to jacket. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $600-800

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58 FLEMING, IAN A group of two first U.K. editions and one first U.S. edition.

Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, (1961). 8vo, publisher’s binding, original dust jacket. Jacket clipped; bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Moonraker. London: Jonathan Cape, (1955). 8vo, publisher’s binding. Lacking dust jacket. Goldfinger. New York: Macmillan, 1959. 8vo, publisher’s black cloth with embossed skull design and gilt coin eyes. Lacking dust jacket; light rubbing to boards; corners bumped. $200-400

59* FLEMING, IAN A collection of paperback first editions and promotional works.

You Asked For It. (Casino Royale, 1954); Live and Let Die. (London, Permabooks, 1956, with some spine damage); Too Hot to Handle. (Moonraker, 1960); Diamonds are Forever. (London, 1957, Permabooks); Thunderball. (London, 1965). 14th impression Pan paperback with Domino letter endorsing Player’s Cigarettes. (5 total) Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $100-200 60* FLEMING, IAN A group of 11 books by, about, or with contributions from Ian Fleming.

Including first editions of the following: The James Bond Dossier. London: Jonathan Cape, (1965). Thrilling Cities. By Ian Fleming. London: Jonathan Cape, (1963). Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The Magical Car. By Ian Fleming. London: Jonathan Cape, (1964). The Diamond Smugglers. By Ian Fleming. London: Jonathan Cape, (1964). Ian Fleming introduces Jamaica. Morris Cargill, ed. Jamaica: Novelty Trading, (1965). The Education of a Poker Player. By Herbert O. Yardley. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. With five others. (11 total) Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $100-200

61* (FLEMING, IAN) CORGI ASTON MARTIN Corgi No. 261, James Bond’s Aston Martin, gold, with red interior, driver and baddie figure, retractable machine guns, opening roof and ejector seat, rear bullet screen and secret instructions. Original box included. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $100-200 62* (FLEMING, IAN) DANBURY MINT ASTON MARTIN DB5 Danbury mint 22kt Gold James Bond 007 Aston Martin DB5, gold plated issue with black interior, chrome trim, with numerous operating features. With “Certificate of Title,” original box and, packaging and display box. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $100-200

63* (FLEMING, IAN) BOND COLLECTABLES A mixed group of James Bond-related items, including a men’s tie, four wristwatches and a CDROM. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $100-200

64* (FLEMING, IAN) A group of 49 Bond and related items. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $200-400

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65* (FLEMING, IAN) BENSON, RAYMOND A group of 13 signed works, all with dust jackets, comprising: The World is Not Enough, (1999); Die Another Day, (1999), signed on a laid-in card; Never Dream of Dying, (2001), 2 copies signed, both on a laid-in card; Doubleshot, (2000), 2 copies; Tomorrow Never Dies, (1997), 2 copies signed, one paperback; The Man with the Red Tattoo, (2002), 2 copies signed, one on a laid-in card; High Time to Kill, (1999); Zero Minus Ten, (1997); The Facts of Death, (1998).

[Together with:] Three other unsigned Benson Bond titles, comprising The World is Not Enough, (1999), 2 copies; Die Another Day, (2002), paperback. (16 total) Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $400-600 66* (FLEMING, IAN) GARDENER, JOHN A group of 28 books, five signed.

Nobody Lives Forever, (1986), 2 copies, one signed; Scorpius, (1988), 2 copies, one signed; For Special Services, (1982), 3 copies, one signed; Nobody Lives Forever, (1986). Both signed. The Man from Barbarossa, (1991). One signed. Ian Fleming’s Master Spy, James Bond in Cold Fall, (1996). Role of Honour, (1984). One uncorrected proof. Icebreaker, (1983). License to Kill, (1989). Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia 67 (FLEMING, IAN) A collection of later editions, in facsimile dust jacket and slipcases, 13 volumes. $100-200

68 (FLEMING, IAN) A group of three first US editions, with dust jackets, including Man With the Golden Gun, You Only Live Twice, and Octopussy and the Living Daylights. $100-200

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72 68A* HEMINGWAY, ERNEST For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940.

8vo, publisher’s tan cloth, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket worn with loss at all edges and multiple creases. Property from the Estate of Lee Blake, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

68B HEMINGWAY, ERNEST Autograph note signed (“Ernest Hemingway”), one page, “To Marcella, from her friend, Ernest Hemingway,” undated. On Barr-Hall letterhead. $600-800

69 JOYCE, JAMES Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1926.

8vo, rebound in 3/4 black morocco over green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Eighth printing. Light rubbing and scuffing to boards; a few small tears; pages lightly toned; evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown. $200-400

70* LAING, ALEXANDER A group of three works, one typed letter signed and one autograph letter signed.

Typed letter with note signed in the margins (“Alex”), one page, undated, to Robert Gilboy; Autographed letter signed (“Alex”), two pages, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10, 1934, with postmarked envelope.

[Together with:] The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck. New York, 1934. 8vo, publisher’s black cloth, lacking jacket. Inscribed on the f.f.e.p. Frontispiece detached. The Sea Witch. New York, 1933. 8vo, publisher’s 3/4 cloth over marbled boards, pictorial dust jacket, unclipped. Inscribed on the verso f.f.e.p. Newspaper clipping tipped to half title. Wine and Physic, a Poem and Six Essays on the Fate of Our Language. New York, 1934. 8vo, publisher’s brown cloth, no jacket. Inscribed on the f.f.e.p. Property from the Collection of Robert Gilboy, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400

71* LEWIS, SINCLAIR Cass Timberlane. A Novel of Husbands and Wives. New York: Random House, 1945.

8vo, publisher’s grey cloth with gilt-stamped initials to upper board, blue top stain, lacking dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by Sinclair Lewis on the f.f.e.p. Toning to spine. Property from the Estate of Ms. June S. Zimmerman, Park Ridge, Illinois $100-200

72 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH Original engraved portrait of Longfellow surrounded by vignettes of his works, by William Edgar Marshall. Signed (“Henry W. Longfellow”) in the lower right corner. Also signed by Marshall. Toning to print with brownspotting; a few small tears. 30 x 21 1/2 inches. Provenance: Louis Prang Collection Bunte Auction Services, Inc., Lot number 1494-C $600-800

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73 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated. Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1879-1880.

2 vols. Folio, brown morocco stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Engraved frontispiece by William E. Marshall. Rubbing to boards; corners bumped; offsetting from frontispiece to tissue guard; light soiling to vol. 2. $100-200

74* MICHENER, JAMES A. The Covenant. New York: Random House, (1980).

8vo, publisher’s binding, dust jacket. First trade edition, signed on tipped in sheet. Property from the Collection of Terry Brewer, Reston, Virginia $100-200

74A POGANY, WILLY, illus. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: George G. Harrap, (c. 1930).

8vo, finely bound in full crushed morocco giltstamped with foliate design and title in gilt, marbled endpapers. With 16 tipped in color illustrations by Pogany. Light wear to boards. $100-200 75 (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) GOLDSMITH, OLIVER The Vicar of Wakefield. London: George G. Harrap, (1929).

4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered vellum, illustrated endpapers, t.e.g. Limited edition, one of 200 copies signed by Rackham. Light soiling to boards. $300-500

76 RUSSELL, CHARLES M. Good Medicine. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929.

Folio, unbound sheets with wide margins. First edition. Lacking limitation page and frontispiece; some chipping and browning to pages. $100-200

77 STEINBECK, JOHN The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, (1939).

8vo, publisher’s pictorial beige cloth, color pictorial jacket by Elmer Hader, unclipped. First edition. A few small tears along upper edge of jacket; spine toned. [Together with:] The Moon in Down. New York: The Viking Press, 1942. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, clipped. First edition, second issue. Chipping to jacket with a 1-inch tear to foot of spine. $1,000-2,000 78 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, 1886.

12mo, rebound in recent quarter morocco over marbled boards, publisher’s printed wraps bound at the rear. First English edition, first issue, with “5” in 1885 on the binding ink changed to “6” by the publisher and ad for the second edition of “A Child’s Garden of Verses” at the rear. This wrapperbound issue precedes the cloth issue by a week. A few light marginal and fore edge stains; upper wrapper rebacked with thick paper with a couple of professionally repaired tears.

[Together with:] 4pp. program for the performance of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, adapted by T. Russell Sullivan and starring Richard Mansfield (opened at the Lyceum Theatre August 4, 1888). 8vo, bound in blue calf, original cloth bound behind program along with 20 blank sheets. $800-1,200

79 THOREAU, HENRY DAVID Cape Cod. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.

8vo, publisher’s purple cloth, wreath blind-stamp to covers, spine lettered in gilt. With initial blank, page of advertisements for Thoreau’s writings facing title-page, 24 pp. publisher’s advertisements dated December 1864 at rear. First edition. Spine faded; boards rubbed with some loss to spine; hinges tender; sticker to front pastedown; scattered light brownspotting; pencil notation to f.f.e.p. $200-400

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80 TOLKIEN, J. R. The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1938.

8vo, original blue-lettered cloth, pictorial map endpapers. Illustrated with four color plates and nine black and white illustrations. First American edition. Light soiling to cloth; spine sunned; spine ends bumped and lightly frayed; bookseller’s sticker to rear pastedown. $300-500

81 TOLKIEN, J. R. Three first U.S. editions. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954. The Two Towers, 1955. The Return of the King, 1956.

8vo, uniformly bound in gilt-lettered blue cloth. Color fold-out maps to all vols. Fading to cloth; ends bumped; evidence of bookplate removal from f.f.e.p. all vols. $200-400

82 TOLKIEN, J. R. Four Easton Press editions uniformly bound in green gilt lettered morocco. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1965-1966).

Comprising, The Return of the King, (1965). Second edition. The Two Towers, (1965). Second edition. The Fellowship of the Ring, (1965). Second edition. The Hobbit, (1966). $100-200 82A* WELLS, H. G. Autographed note signed (“H.G. Wells”), one page, undated, Hampstead. Framed and matted. Wells writes: “Dear Norman, Can you lunch at the R [illeg.] 1.30 on Saturday.” 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Suzanne Bachman, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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

8vo, publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Signed on the half-title. Light soiling to jacket. $100-200

84 (CHILDRENS LITERATURE) BEMELMANS, LUDWIG Madeline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.

Folio, publisher’s boards and dust jacket, pictorial endpapers. First edition. Light soiling to boards; lacking portion of spine and backstrip partially detached. [Together with:] Madeline and the Bad Hat. New York, 1956. Second printing; Madeline in London. New York, 1961. (3 total) $100-200 85 (PARRISH, MAXFIELD) FIELD, EUGENE Poems of Childhood. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904.

8vo, publisher’s black cloth, color pictorial pastedown to upper board. Illustrated with eight color plates by Maxfield Parrish. Light rubbing to boards at edges; spine ends and corners rubbed. $100-200

86 (CHILDRENS LITERATURE) GA’G, WANDA The Funny Thing. New York: Coward-McCann, 1929.

Oblong 8vo, pictorial paper boards and endpapers, dust jacket. First edition. Light soiling and few chips to jacket. $100-200

87 (CHILDRENS LITERATURE) MILNE, A. A. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen, (1927).

8vo, maroon gilt pictorial cloth, dust jacket, pictorial endpapers. First edition. Jacket chipped at spine ends; endpapers lightly soiled. $500-700

88 (CHILDRENS LITERATURE) MILNE, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen, (1926).

8vo, original green gilt pictorial cloth, dust jacket, pictorial endpapers. First edition. Some chipping to jacket at spine; light toning to endpapers. $500-700

89 (CHILDRENS LITERATURE) MILNE, A. A. A group of four books, comprising: When We Were Very Young. New York: E.P Dutton, (1924). Toad of Toad Hall. London: Methuen, (1929). The Christopher Robin Verses. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1934). A Gallery of Children. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1925. $150-250

90 (PARRISH, MAXWELL) SAUNDERS, LOUISE The Knave of Hearts. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925.

Large 4to, original black cloth with pictorial pastedown to upper boards, pictorial endpapers. First edition of Parrish’s masterwork, illustrated throughout in color on thick paper. Some very light toning to pages and minor rubbing to boards. $800-1,200

91 (CHILDRENS LITERATURE) PYLE, HOWARD The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1883.

4to, full blind-stamped brown calf. Illustrated throughout. First edition. Rubbing to boards; spine ends chipped; hinges cracked; minor intermittent brownspotting. $300-500 92 (CHILDRENS LITERATURE) WILDER, LAURA INGALLS Little House in the Big Woods. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1932.

8vo, pictorial brown cloth, original pictorial dust jacket, color frontispiece. Spine ends bumped; chipping to dust jacket with 1-inch tear affecting title. $200-400

93 (PRIVATE PRESS) CRESSET PRESS The Apocrypha. London: Cresset Press, 1929.

Folio, original full vellum, gilt-lettered leather spine label. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Number 15 of 450 copies. Soiling to vellum. $100-200

94 (PRIVATE PRESS) NONESUCH PRESS The Bible. London: Nonesuch Press, 1924-1927.

5 vols. Folio, gilt-decorated boards, copper-engraved title pages, head- and tail-pieces by Stephen Gooden, slipcases. One of 1,000 copies on Japon vellum. Light soiling to boards; corners bumped; slipcase split at seams. $100-200 95 (HERITAGE PRESS) A group of nine Heritage Press or Limited Edition Club titles.

Peter Ibbetson. By George Du Maurier. New York: Heritage Press, (1963). Rights of Man. By Thomas Paine. New York: Heritage Press, (1961). Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758. By Richard Saunders. New York: Heritage Press, (1964). The Jungle. By Upton Sinclair. New York: Heritage Press, (1965). The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus. New York: Heritage Press, (1958). Troilus and Cressida. By Geoffrey Chaucer. London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. By Tobias Smollett. Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1936. $100-200

96 (BOOKPLATES) A large collection of original bookplates, housed in three binders. $100-200

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