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290 THE YELLOW BOOK. The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly. London and Boston: John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1894-1897.

Complete in 13 vols. 8vo, publisher’s yellow pictorial cloth, some pages uncut. Profusely illustrated with contributions by Max Beerbohm, Aubrey Beardsley and Walter Crane. Chipping to spine ends; fading to cloth; otherwise interior is in exceptionally fine condition. $400-600

291* BEARDSLEY, AUBREY A Book of Fifty Drawings (London: Leonard Smithers, 1897) and A Second Book of Fifty Drawings (London: Leonard Smithers, 1897-1899).

Together 2 vols. 4to, publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped red cloth, glassine jackets. First trade editions. Spine ends and corners rubbed; spines faded. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

292* BLISS, PAUL SOUTHWORTH The Rye is the Sea. Bismarck, North Dakota: Cirrus, (1936).

4to, full pictorial burlap. First edition. Inscribed by Bliss on the f.f.e.p., dated 1936. With illustrations from the original rubber blocks by Harold J. Matthews. Light soiling to boards; hinges starting; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of R. David Johnson, Quincy, Kentucky $100-200

293 BRADBURY, RAY A group of two signed works.

Bradbury: An Illustrated Life. New York: William Morrow, (2002). 4to, publisher’s boards, pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Bradbury in red crayon with an original drawing of a cat on the endpapers. Small tear to jacket.

The Bradbury Chronicles. With contributions by various authors. New York: Penguin, (1991). 8vo, quarter cloth over paper, dust jacket. Signed by Bradbury on the halftitle. Head and tail of jacket bumped; otherwise fine. $200-400

294 BRADBURY, RAY Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 1953.

8vo, publisher’s red cloth lettered in yellow, facsimile dust jacket. First edition, with binding state D (no established priority). Signed by Bradbury on the title page. Rubbing to boards; bookseller’s sticker to title page. $600-800

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295 BUCK, PEARL The Good Earth. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931.

8vo, publisher’s tan cloth lettered in blue, photo-pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by Buck on a tipped-in card. Later state. Loss to jacket; $100-200

296* BULLU-US, HECTOR The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan. New York: Inskeep & Bradford, 1812. With The Beauties of Brother BullUs. By His Loving Sister Bull-A. New York: Published by James Eastburn, 1812, bound in.

12mo, full contemporary tree calf, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, title in gilt to orange leather spine label, marbled endpapers. Intermittent light foxing; ex-libris manuscript notations to f.f.e.p. and title pages. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

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

8vo, publisher’s red cloth-backed boards with gilt-stamped vignette of Alice to upper board. 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. Text block shifted; light wear to boards with small tear to edge of upper board fore edge and spine faded; light intermittent soiling; obituary of Mrs. Alice P. Hargreaves (the original “Alice”) from the New York Herald Tribune laid into front. $1,000-2,000 298 CLARKE, ARTHUR Sands of Mars. New York: Gnome, (1952).

8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth, dust jacket. Book Club edition. Signed on the title page. Small bookseller’s sticker to title page; rubbing to cloth; a few chips to dust jacket. $200-400

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

8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed red and black boards, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing. Signed on the title page. Small bookseller’s sticker to title page; glue residue to front and rear flaps of dust jacket. $600-800

300* DARROW, CLARENCE A Persian Pearl. Chicago: C. L. Ricketts, 1902.

8vo, publisher’s quarter linen over decorative boards. Inscribed on the f.f.e.p. by Darrow to Bertha Scheier. Inner hinge detached from backstrip; some soiling to cloth. Property from the Collection of Herbert and Cyril Friend, East Dundee, Illinois $400-600

301* (DICKENS, CHARLES) A collection of reference works and bibliographies pertaining to the works of Charles Dickens. (24 items, in two boxes, titles available upon request and in online catalogue) Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

302 DICKENS, CHARLES Bleak House. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853.

8vo, 3/4 blue calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers. First book edition, with extra engraved title page and frontispiece. Light dampstain to some plates; rubbing to boards. $200-400

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

8vo, 3/4 leather over cloth. First book edition. No errata slip on p. 481. Heavy wear to spine; edgewear to boards; spotting to engraved title; otherwise internally a clean copy. $80-120 304* DICKENS, CHARLES Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857.

8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards. First book edition. [Together with:] The Life of Charles Dickens. By John Forster. London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. 8vo, 3 vols.; Household Words. A Weekly Journal. Vols. 1, 2, 4 and 7 (of 19) only. 8vo, bound in uniform gilt-lettered green cloth-backed boards. Loss to approximately 50 pp. in vol. 1. (8 total) Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

305* DICKENS, CHARLES A group of three uniformly bound first editions, all points present all vols. Including David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.

8vo, contemporary 3/4 morocco, spines tooled and lettered in gilt, red leather spine labels, illustrated; a.e.g.; boards rubbed; ends chipped; hinges tender all vols.; intermittent light foxing; David Copperfield front board detached. Property from the Collection of Harris Perlstein, Glencoe, Illinois $300-500

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306* DORE, GUSTAVE London: A Pilgrimage. London: Grant, 1872.

Folio, rebound in 3/4 morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spine. With wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 52 plates with captioned tissue guards. Dampstain and small tears to additional title page; a few light thumb marks. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

307* (DULAC, EDMUND) POE, EDGAR ALLAN The Bells and Other Poems. London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1912]

Folio, rebound in full levant morocco, gilt-ruled, renewed endpapers. Limited edition, one of 750 copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with 28 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac with tissue guards. A few light spots; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

308* ELIOT, GEORGE The George Eliot Portfolio. Being a Series of Sixty Japanese Paper Proofs. Paris: Estes and Lauriat, 1888.

Folio, full vellum with red and gilt design to front board, lettered in gilt, a.e.g. With 60 tipped in plates. Edition de Luxe, number 19 of 50 copies. Soiling to boards; ends and corners bumped; offsetting from some plates; ephemera laid into index page. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 309 ELIOT, T.S. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, Volume VI, No. III, June 1915.

8vo, publisher’s printed decorative wrappers, uncut. 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. Light finger smudge to p. 129; 1-inch tear to foot of spine; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

310* EMERSON, RALPH WALDO Autograph letter signed (“R.W. Emerson”), 1 1/2 pages, Concord, November 19, no year, to T.E. Stone, Esq. Emerson writes that he is sorry he was unable to attend an engagement. Creased in thirds. Framed. Property from the Collection of Christopher B. Noyes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin $400-600

311 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles. A Gallery of Contemporary New Orleans. New Orleans: The Pelican Bookshop Press, 1926.

8vo, publisher’s green boards, printed green paper label. First edition, first issue, limited to 250 copies. Illustrated throughout with portraits of famous Creoles by William Spradling. Spine detached; light rubbing and darkening to boards; previous owner’s presentation inscription to f.f.e.p.; frontispiece partially detached; light offsetting per usual. Literature: Peterson A3.1 $800-1,200

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

8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped green cloth, giltlettered spine. First edition, first printing, with “sick in tired” on p. 205. Bookplate tipped to front pastedown; previous owner’s ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; hinges slightly tender; spine ends bumped. Property from the Collection of Dr. Ernest Pick, Atlanta, Georgia $800-1,200

313 GREY, ZANE The Deer Stalker. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1925).

8vo, publisher’s red cloth, spine lettered in black. Signed on card tipped to f.f.e.p. First edition. Spine lightly faded; corners and spine ends worn; no dust jacket. $200-400

314 HARDY, THOMAS Tess of the D’Urbervilles. A Pure Woman. London: Macmillan, 1926.

Folio, publisher’s quarter vellum over marbled boards. Limited edition, one of 325 large paper copies signed by Hardy. Illustrated with 41 woodengraved plates and illustrations by Vivien Gribble and folding map within colored border by Emery Walker. Light soiling to vellum and rubbing to boards with some loss; otherwise internally fine. $1,000-2,000 318*

315 HEINLEIN, ROBERT Starman Jones. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1953).

8vo, publisher’s green cloth boards, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing. Signed on card tipped to half-title. Inner hinge cracked; light fading to cloth; previous owner’s ex-libris to front pastedown; some loss at spine ends and corners of jacket. $200-400

316* HEMINGWAY, ERNEST Six monthly issues of Scribner’s Magazine, original printed orange wrappers. May-October, 1929, comprising the first appearance of Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. Some chipping and wear to wrappers. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois Literature: Hanneman C188 $400-600

317 No Lot 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. Text block shift slightly; some loss to jacket at spine ends. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $150-250

319 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. $150-250

320 HERBERT, FRANK Dune. Philadelphia: Chilton, (1965).

8vo, publisher’s red boards, title in gold to spine, original pictorial dust jacket. Book Club edition. Signed on the title page, dated 3/4/92. Ends lightly bumped; otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. $300-500

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321 321* KENT, ROCKWELL A group of two typed letters signed, (“Rockwell Kent”).

1 page, on personal letterhead, to Robert Middleton of Ludlow Typography Company, November 3, 1947. Kent apologizes for his delayed response due to his mother’s death, and discusses the use of Japanese “Shogun” paper is the most satisfactory for his woodblocks, but, since it is now difficult to obtain, a difference paper should be used in Middleton’s new publication. Together with a black and white photograph.

1 page, on personal letterhead, to Charles Cutcliff, April 2, 1962. Kent tells Cutcliff that the [climate] maps sent to him illustrate the similarities between the temperature in Greenland and that in the Adirondacks. He states that he is sending him a map of his own reproducing the design of the endpapers in Wilderness. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

321A* CALAPAI, LETTERIO 25 Original Wood Engravings Inspired by “Look Homeward Angel.” [New York, 1948]

Portfolio, publisher’s cloth boards with angel wood engraving tipped to upper board. Limited edition, one of 200 copies with 25 wood engravings printed on Japanese vellum, each numbered and signed by the artist. Prospectus laid in.

Together with Look Homeward Angel. By Thomas Wolfe. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1947. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial cloth boards, dust jacket. First Illustrated edition. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $500-700

322* (KENT, ROCKWELL) CALAPAI, LETTERIO A collection of wood engravings by Letterio Calapai, created posthumously from the original works of Rockwell Kent, all with the Calapai blindstamp, including Embarkation, Flame, Prometheus, First Impression, Portrait of Me Trapped, edition 23/50, estate stamped, Contemplation-Greenland, edition 22/25, Far Horizon, Melancholia (after restoration of background), Exiled, Balkan Star Angel, and two others. (12 total) Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

323* (KENT, ROCKWELL) CALAPAI, LETTERIO The Lovers, captioned: “one of five impressions made from the duplicate electrotype found at The Rockwell Kent Legacies in 1974 by L. Calapai and John Gorton,” initialled (“L.C.”) lower right, with Calapai studio blind-stamp. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

324* (KENT, ROCKWELL) CALAPAI, LETTERIO North Wind, printed in color by Letterio Calapai after the original ink brush sketch by Rockwell Kent, from the book Wilderness, initialled (“L.C.”) and dated (lower right). According to the accompanying letter from the Calapai Studio, Calapai transferred the five colors (indicated in the accompanying swatch) from stencils and linoleum blocks and then used Kent’s metal linecut as the matrix, or key plate, for the black. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

325* (KENT, ROCKWELL) A collection of Kentiana, including The Home Decorator and Color Guide, booklet illustrated by Rockwell Kent for Sherwin Williams, with numerous color illustrations and tipped in color swatches, Lanark, Illinois, 1939; two full sheets of stamps designed by Kent for Tuberculosis awareness in 1939; small booklet entitled, How I Make a Woodcut, by Rockwell Kent, Esto Publishing Company, 1934; and two textiles printed in colors with scenes by Rockwell Kent. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

326* (KENT, ROCKWELL) A collection of works illustrated by and pertaining to Rockwell Kent. (approximately 60 works, in three boxes, titles available upon request and in online catalogue) Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

326A* (KENT, ROCKWELL) SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE A collection of 19 monthly issues, comprising JanuaryDecember, 1928 (duplicate January), January-March and November, 1929 (duplicate March). Original printed orange wrappers with cover designs by Rockwell Kent. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

327 KIPLING, RUDYARD Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, London: Metheun, 1892 [uniformly bound with:] The Seven Seas, London: Metheun, 1896.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth, titles in gilt to spines. First editions. Boards faded and worn; ends and corners bumped; hinges starting; scattered brownspotting. $100-200

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328* 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 $100-200

329 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH Original engraved portrait of Longfellow surrounded by vignettes of his works, by William Edgar Marshall. Signed (“Henry W. Longfellow”) at the lower center. Also signed by Marshall in the lower right corner. 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 $300-400 330 MAILER, NORMAN The Naked and the Dead. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1948).

8vo, publisher’s cloth lettered in silver and gilt. Signed by the author on the title page. Later edition cloth; corners bumped; previous owner’s ex-libris to front pastedown. $100-200

331 MICHENER, JAMES A group of two signed works.

Caravans. New York: Random House, (1963). 8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped cloth lettered in gilt, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing. Signed on an inserted blank.

Tales of the South Pacific. New York: Macmillan, 1954. 8vo, blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, glassine jacket. Fifteenth printing. Signed by Michener on f.f.e.p. Exlibrary copy; toned. $100-200

332 MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT Renascence and Other Poems. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1917).

8vo, black cloth lettered in gilt. First edition. Soiling to boards; ends and corners bumped with some loss; hinges starting. $200-400

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333 MILLER, ARTHUR Death of a Salesman. New York: Viking, 1949.

8vo, publisher’s pictorial orange cloth, jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing. Signed on card tipped to half-title. Light rubbing to jacket with some loss at top right corner; spine ends bumped; a few light spots. $1,000-2,000

334 (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

335 POE, EDGAR ALLEN The Fall of the House of Usher. Paris: Editions Narcisse, 1928.

8vo, publisher’s printed paper wraps. Introduction by Arthur Symons and illustrations by Alastair. Number 58 of 300 copies. Light fading to wrappers; small watermark to bottom right corner of front wrapper; otherwise fine. $300-500

336 (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) MOORE, CLEMENT, C. The Night Before Christmas. London: George C. Harrap, (1931).

8vo, publisher’s limp vellum lettered in gilt, slipcase, illustrated endpapers. Limited edition, one of 275 numbered copies of the English edition signed. Soiling to vellum with edges curled; wear to slipcase separated slightly; pages slightly warped; otherwise internally clean with no foxing or offsetting from prints. $1,000-2,000

336A (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) WALTON, IZAAK The Compleat Angler. London: George C. Harrap, (1931).

4to, publisher’s vellum gilt, pictorial endpapers, custom linen clamshell case with gilt-lettered spine. First Rackham edition. Number 507 of 775 copies signed by the illustrator. Illustrated with 12 color plates and numerous black and white head- and tail-pieces throughout. Hinges slightly tender with 1/2-inch separation to foot of spine and upper board; corners lightly bumped; spine a shade toned as usual; otherwise binding is in comparably good condition and interior is fine. $600-800

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

8vo, publisher’s blue cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, clipped. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated 11/19/70 on the half-title. Toning to top edge of jacket; a few small nicks to jacket and light soiling to rear cover. $600-800

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340 338 SAUNDERS, MARSHALL Beautiful Joe. An Autobiography. Philadelphia: Charles H. Banes, 1894.

8vo, publisher’s pictorial gilt-stamped cloth, photographic frontispiece. First edition. Rubbing to cloth with some loss to head and tail of spine; light soiling; hinges tender. $200-400

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

8vo, publisher’s pictorial linen. First edition, with first state dust jacket unclipped. Light soiling to boards and jacket; marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to spine ends and corners. $800-1,200

339A [THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE] TITMARSH, MR. M. A. Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, By Way of Lisbon, Athens, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. London: Chapman and Hall, 1846.

8vo, publisher’s red cloth, custom morocco-backed chemise and slipcase. First edition, with hand-colored frontispiece. Wear to boards with slight separation at hinges; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; frontispiece starting; lacking 16-page advertisement; ephemera tipped to rear endpaper. $150-250

340 VERNE, JULES Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1873

8vo, publisher’s green cloth stamped in gilt and lettered in black, with central gilt illustration of jellyfish and “Sea” for “Seas.” First American edition, Osgood binding. Exceedingly rare, with the majority of the copies reportedly having perished in the Boston fire. Text block shifted; inner hinge cracked prior to half-title; manuscript ex-libris to title page; light toning to some pages; binding faded and worn with spine ends and corners bumped; otherwise plates and most text pages remain clean and sharp. $2,000-4,000

341 WALLACE, LEW Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1880).

8vo, publisher’s cloth, title in gilt to spine. First edition with first dedication, “To the Wife of My Youth.” With 6 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. Rubbing to boards; ends chipped; spine beginning to detach; hinges starting; scattered light foxing. $100-200

342* (WARD, LYND) A collection of works illustrated by and pertaining to Lynd Ward. (37 items, in two boxes, titles available upon request and in online catalogue) Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

343 WILDER, THORNTON The Angel that Troubled the Waters, and Other Plays. New York: Coward-McCann, 1928.

8vo, publisher’s blue boards and matching jacket, plain slipcase (in pieces). Limited edition, one of 750 copies signed by Wilder. Slipcase worn and lacking portions; jacking lightly sunned; otherwise interior in fine condition. $200-400

344* WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM Autographed note signed (“Wordsworth”), 1 page, July 20, 1837. Framed and matted with portrait drawing. Two horizontal creases; light foxing. 2 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mrs. Luther M. Swygert, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

345* (BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS) BELOE, WILLIAM Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books. London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, 1807.

6 vols. 8vo, full contemporary calf, spines tooled and lettered in gilt, red leather spine labels. Rubbing to boards with loss to heads and tails of spines; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns; scattered foxing; hinges cracked; vol. 5 front board detached. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

346* (BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS) A group of 11 books about books and book collecting.

Collectible Books. Some New Paths. New York & London: R.R. Bowker, 1979. This Book-Collecting Game. By A. Edward Newton. Boston: Little, Brown, 1928. Book Collecting: A Modern Guide. Jean Peters, ed. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1977. Fishers of Books. By Barton Currie. Boston: Little, Brown, 1931. Illustration and Reproduction. By John R. Biggs. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. The Book Collector’s Handbook of Values. By Van Allen Bradley. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, (1972). Book-Collecting as a Hobby. By P.H. Muir. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. The Love Affairs of A Bibliomaniac. By Eugene Field. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1896. ABC For Book Collectors. By John Carter. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First Editions: A Guide to Identification. Edward N. Zempel, ed. Peoria, IL: Spoon River, (1995). Modern Book Collecting. By Robert A. Wilson. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

347* (PRINTING) BOOK PRESS An English oak book press of typical form. Width 15 inches. Property from the Elne Elaine Russ Trust, Winnetka, Illinois $150-250

348 (PRINTING) HAND PRESS An antique iron hand printing press, black iron with red handle. Rollers worn; handle scraped and inkstand. $100-200 349 (BOOK ARTS) STEIN, GERTRUDE The World is Round. San Francisco: Arion, 1986. Together with The World is Not Flat. By Edith Thacher Hurd. San Francisco: Arion, 1986.

4to, publisher’s circular rose pink cloth decorated and lettered in blue. With illustrations by Clement Hurd. Housed in publisher’s box. Light wear to box at corners; otherwise like new. $200-400

350* (BOOK ARTS) D’AMBROSIO, JOSEPH Literary Figures. Portage, Indiana: The Compulsive Publisher, 1978.

Folio, publisher’s cloth-backed spine over decorative boards, matching clamshell case. One of 50 numbered copies. With 10 signed silkscreen prints. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

351* (BOOK ARTS) D’AMBROSIO, JOSEPH Literary Figures. Portage, Indiana: The Compulsive Publisher, 1978.

Folio, publisher’s cloth-backed spine over decorative boards, matching clamshell case. One of 50 numbered copies. With 10 signed silkscreen prints. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 352* (BOOK ARTS. D’AMBROSIO, JOSEPH) JOYCE, JAMES The Mookse and the Gripes. From Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Portage, Indiana: The Compulsive Publisher, 1977.

4to, bound in red velvet with gold leaf over reliefserigraph in a cathedral inset designed by the artist, housed in publisher’s slipcase and chemise, with additional separate print laid in. With three blockprints, three color serigraphs by d’Ambrosio each signed and editioned in pencil. [Together with:] D’Ambrosio. A Checklist to 1976. Portage, IN: The Compulsive Publisher, 1977. Thin 8vo, publisher’s boards, signed in pencil on upper board and dated 1977. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

353* (POP-UP BOOKS) PINOCCHIO The “Pop Up” Pinocchio. Illustrations by Harold Lentz. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1932).

4to, publisher’s illustrated boards, dust jacket, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Lentz with four pop-ups. Manuscript ex-libris to verso f.f.e.p.; hinges lightly cracked; some toning to edges of pages; light fading to jacket; otherwise fine with all pop-ups in working condition. Property from the Collection of George Keeton, Muskegan, Michigan $300-500

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354* (POP-UP BOOKS) MICKEY MOUSE A group of three Mickey Mouse pop-ups and one Goldilocks pop-up. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, various dates.

Mickey Mouse in King Arthur’s Court, (1933), with four pop-ups. The Pop-Up Mickey Mouse, (1933), with three pop-ups. The Pop-Up Minnie Mouse, (1933), with two pop-ups. The “Pop-Up” Goldilocks and the Three Bears, (1934), with four pop-ups. Property from the Collection of George Keeton, Muskegan, Michigan $400-600 355* (POP-UP BOOKS) A group of seven pop-up books, comprising The “Pop-Up” Pop-Eye, (1935). With three pop-ups (2 working); The “Pop-Up” Terry and the Pirates,(1935). With three pop-ups; Hopalong Cassidy Lends a Helping Hand, (1950). With two pop-ups; Hopalong Cassidy and Lucky at the “Double X” Ranch, (1950). With two pop-ups; The New Adventures of Tarzan “Pop-Up,” (1935). With three pop-ups; The “Pop-Up” Little Orphan Annie, (1935). With three pop-ups; The “Pop-Up” Buck Rogers, (1935). With three pop-ups. All pop-ups in working condition unless otherwise stated. Property from the Collection of George Keeton, Muskegan, Michigan $500-700