Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch | Lots 325-358

Children’s Books from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch

Lots 325-358

325 AESOP (ca 620-560 B.C.). Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae Graece et Latine, cum aliis opusculis, quorum Index proxima refertur pagella. Tübingen: Ulrichus Morhardum, 1546.

8vo (151 x 95 mm). Title printed within woodcut border with hand-coloring, 17 woodcut decorative initials. (Abrasion with minor loss to border on title, some browning or staining.) Later half calf gilt, marbled boards, edges stained red (some overall wear). Provenance: Unidentified inscription on title-page; F. J. Pith? (early signature, annotations); unidentified stamp; Crosby Gaige (1883-1949) (bookplate).

A rare 16th-century edition of Aesop’s Fables, printed in Greek and Latin, here printed with an index. Also included, are Homer, Ranarum & Murium Pugna (24pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Musaeus, Deero et Leandro (26pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Agapeto, Exposito Capitum Damonitoriorum.... (44pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Hipp. Ivsivrandum (4pp.); and 17pp. in Greek. From the collection of Broadway producer Crosby Gaige. Brunet II 99.

[Bound with:] CLENARDUS, Nicolaus. Institutiones absolutissimae in Graecam linguam. Cologne: Martinus Gymnicus, 1546. Text in Greek and Latin. Copies of either work are exceedingly scarce on the market at auction.

$600 – 800

326 AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.). -- BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828). The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood. Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818.

Demy 8vo (202 x 121 mm). Engraved frontispiece printed in red and black with Bewick’s engraved thumbprint and facsimile signature, engraved printer’s device on title-page, profusely illustrated with woodengravings by Bewick. (Some spotting, some toning.) 19th-century blue morocco gilt, edges gilt, (some chipping). Provenance: Mr. Jife (signature); R.W. Martin (bookplate, Longbenton, [Northumberland]).

FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies printed, variant A with “Auld Clouty” wood-engraving at bottom of page XVI, and with last line in page 248 reading “road of honour and honesty.” Engraver Thomas Bewick is credited for reviving wood-engraving during the 18th-century and illustrated several editions of Aesop’s Fables throughout his career. He worked on the present work in 1812 before it was published in 1818. This present work is part of Bewick’s third edition of Aesop’s fables, and highlight’s his pioneering method of “white-line” engraving (Uglow, p. xiii). Roscoe 45c; Uglow, Nature’s Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick, 2006. $300 - 400

327 [AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.).] – A group of 17 works in 19 volumes of Aesop’s fables, comprising:

Aesopi Fabula. N.p.: N.p., [ca 1670]. Modern polished calf gilt. – NORTHCOTE, James. One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected. London: Geo. Lawford, 1829, 1833. 2 volumes. Publisher’s red blind-stamped cloth gilt. -- JAMES, Thomas, Rev. Aesop’s Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources. London: John Murray, 1848. 12mo. 20th-century green crushed levant gilt, stamp-signed by ZAEHNSDORF. -- BALDWIN, Edward. The Book of Fables. Selections from Aesop, and Other Authors. New York: Robert B. Collins, 1856. Publisher’s brown blind-stamped cloth gilt. – [Fables d’Esope] Contes et Fables, De Mr. Le Noble, Avec Le Sens Moral. Brussels: Simon T’Serstevens, 1707. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt. -- And 13 others. Together, 17 works in 19 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), illustrated, condition generally good, complete list available upon request. $400 - 600

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328 [AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.).] – A group of 19 works relating to Aesop’s Fables, including:

LEONARD, William Ellery (1876-1944). Aesop and Hyssop. Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Co., 1912. 8vo. 158 pages. Publisher’s olive decorated -- Aesop’s Fables. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, nd. Large 8vo. 128 pages. Numerous colored prints by Edwin Noble. Original cloth, printed label on upper cover. -- Aesop’s Fables. Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, 1989. Oblong 8vo. 26 pages. Original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. -- The Fables of Aesop. London, New York, & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. (1909). Large 4to. 23 colored plates and pictorial endpapers illustrated by Edward J. Detmold . Publisher’s tan gilt-decorated cloth. -- And 15 others. Together, 19 works in 19 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400

329 [AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.).] A group of 22 works by or relating to Aesop, including:

HERFORD, Oliver (1863-1935). The Herford Aesop: Fifty Tables in Verse. Boston: LeRoy Philips Publishers, and Ginn and Company, 1921. 12 mo. 90 pages. Numerous illustrations by the author. Original, red publisher’s cloth, original dustjacket. Spine on dust jacket discoloring. Provenance: William Edgar Fisher (bookplate). -- Aesop’s Fables. London, Bombay, Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co., 1927. Large 8vo. 136 pages. 8 color plates and numerous other illustrations by Nora Fry (1897-1985). Original pictorial boards, original dust jacket. Provenance: Molly (Early ownership inscription, “To Molly from Auntie and Uncle at Cambridge.” -- Aesop’s Fables. New York: Viking Press, 1933. 8vo. 86 pages. Numerous wood engravings by Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965). Red publisher’s cloth. Slightly chipping to title plate on spine. -- GATTI, Anne. Aesop’s Fables. San Diego, New York, London: Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Square 8vo. 80 pages. Many color illustrations by Safaya Salter. Original boards, unclipped dustjacket. -- And 18 more. -- Together 22 works in 22 volumes. -- Condition generally good. -- Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400

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330 BELLAMY, Daniel, the Elder (1687-?). Ethic Amusements. BELLAMY, Daniel, the Younger (ca 1715-1788), reviser. London: W. Faden, 1768.

4to (267 x 212 mm). 2 engraved section titles, 44 engraved plates, 27 vignettes and 8 other engravings, many by G. Bickham. (Lacking one preliminary leaf, a few short tears not affecting text, some spotting, staining, or offsetting.) 18th-century half calf, marbled boards gilt, edges marbled, (rebacked, some light wear). Provenance: C.A. (long inscription in an early hand bound in, some early annotations).

FIRST EDITION of Bellamy the Elder’s work, which was revised by his son, Bellamy the Younger, who was a Chaplain of Petersham and Kew in Surry. This work contains five parts, the first of which is “The Comforts of Philosophy: in five books, from the Latin of Boetius” (p. v). The inscription notes: “Botius’ [sic] Consolations of Philosophy was a favorite book with King James I when a prisoner in England and confined at Windsor Castle. It was a popular work among the writers of that day, and which had been translated by Chaucer. Indeed it would be difficult to find, out of the sacred writings, a more admirable text book for meditation under misfortune. It is the legacy of a noble and enduring spirit, fortified by sorrow and suffering, bequeathing to all its successors in calamity, the stores of eloquent but simple reasoning, by which it was enabled to bear up against the various ills of life, it is a talisman which the unfortunate may treasure in his bosom, or like the good King James, lay it nightly on his pillow. C.A.” $300 - 400

331 COMENIUS, John Amos (“Johann Amos KOMENSKY” or “Ján Amos”) (1592-1670). Orbis Sensualium Pictus: Hoc est Omnium Principalium in Mundo Rerum, et in Vita Actionum, Pictura & Nomenclatura. Charles Hoole, translator. Alexander Anderson, illustrator. New York: T. & J. Swords, 1810.

12mo (173 x 104 mm). Numerous woodcuts. (Some marginal chipping, some creasing or browning.) Original publisher’s sheep gilt, edges sprinkled brown (rubbing, joints starting, a few wormholes to spine); quarter calf gilt folding case.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE FIRST CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK, ENGRAVINGS BY THE FIRST WOOD-ENGRAVER IN THE UNITED STATES. “The World Around Us in Pictures was the first European schoolbook based on the principle of what is now called visual education. Each page consists of a woodcut of some subject or object and, underneath, a bilingual Latin-German text in two columns, which in simple terms explains the picture, with numerical references to the items shown… it is the combination of text and picture which has made Orbis Pictus a milestone in the history of education” (PMM). Comenius was an important figure in the field of education. He wrote many books on education, many were translated into a variety of languages, such as the present work, which was translated from the original Latin and High Dutch by Charles Hoole in 1659 from the twelfth London edition with corrections and enlarged. “His universal importance rests on the pedagogic theories and writings of educations from the ages of four to twenty-four (Didactica, written 1632, published 1657)” (PMM). Anderson was a self-taught wood-engraver and produced the first wood-engravings in the United States. Muir, English Children’s Books, pp. 217-218; PMM 139. Not in Rosenbach or Welch. $300 - 400

332 [CHILDRENS’S BOOKS]. FONTAINE, Jean de La (1621-1695). Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: N.p., 1764.

2 volumes, 8vo (184 x 113). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved printer’s devices on title-pages, 71 (of 80?) engraved plates after Eisen, 4 large engraved vignettes most after Choffard, 60 culs-de-lampe, a few engraved head-and-tail pieces. (Dampstained in lower margin, some soiling or browning, a few tiny holes touching text.) Later calf gilt (rebacked preserving old red morocco backstrip gilt, rubbed, hinges starting). Provenance: unidentified stamps and annotations from a previous owner.

Presumed pirated edition after ‘Fermiers-généraux’ edition of 1762. Printed only 2 years after the decadent limited edition, this edition is profusely illustrated by engravings largely after Charles Eisen. Eisen was best known for his book illustrations and vignettes, and “the most remarkable of these are the designs for the ‘Fermiers-généraux’ edition of the ‘Contes’ of La Fontaine’” though he also served as the painter and draftsman to the Kind and the drawing-master to Madame de Pompadour (Bryan, Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, p. 459). Stories and Tales in Verse was originally published by Fontaine from 1668 to 1694. He transformed fables from a variety of sources into French free verse. While the present edition was produced for an adult audience, Fontaine’s fables were quickly adapted to the educational curricula for children. See Cohen-de-Ricci 571.

333 [FONTAINE, Jean de La (1621-1695)] – A group of 5 works in 9 volumes by Fontaine for children:

MARSH, Edward, translator. The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Stephen GOODEN, illustrator. London & New York: William Heinemann Ltd. & Random House, 1931. 2 volumes. Original vellum gilt; slipcases. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 446 of 525. SIGNED BY MARSH AND BY GOODEN. –Fables of La Fontaine… Translated from the French by Elizur Wright, Jr. Boston, New York, & London: Elizur Wright, Jr. & Tappan and Dennet & William A. Colman & Edward Moxon. 2 volumes in one. Publisher’s brown cloth blindstamped gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par Monsieur de La Fontaine, avec un Nouveua Commentaire par M. Coste. Paris: N.p., 1759. 2 volumes. Contemporary polished calf gilt; slipcase. –Fables mises en vers par J. de La Fontaine. Dijon and Paris: Bossange, Masson, and Besson, 1793. 4 volumes. Later half roan, paste-paper covered boards. -- Together, 5 works in 9 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), illustrated, condition generally good, complete list available upon request. $300 – 400

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334 [FONTAINE, Jean de la (1621-1695)]. A group of 10 editions of Fontaine’s Fables or about Fontaine, including:

Fables de la Fontaine. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1920). Small Folio. Numerous color illustrations by Andre Helle. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. -- Fables de la Fontaine. France: Editions Albin Michel, 1947. Large 8vo. Numerous illustrations by Armand Rapeno. Original paper-backed boards, original dust jacket. -- The Fables of La Fontaine. New York: The New Press, 1997. Square 8vo. Numerous illustrations by Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Original boards, pictorial slip case. Light chipping to extremities of spine and slipcase. -- And 7 others. Together 10 works in 10 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600

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336 GRIMM, Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859) (“The Brothers Grimm”). Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories. Kay Rasmus Nielsen, illustrator. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.

4to. Color printed frontispiece and 11 colored printed plates tipped in; title-page and numerous pictorial initials printed in red and black, 10 full-page woodcuts. (Short marginal tears to a few leaves.) Publisher’s original half red cloth gilt top edge gilt, others uncut (some minor chipping ); original glassine; original black cloth slipcase (some minor staining). Provenance: Jasmine Britton, gifted to; Helen Ramsay Fifield (bookplate laid in).

LIMITED EDITION, No. 319 of 600 copies SIGNED BY NIELSEN. Danish illustrator Nielsen moved to California in 1939 and contributed illustrations to Fantasia in one of his many collaborations with Disney over a 4-year period. Despite his talent, Nielsen did not have financial success. His last artworks were murals for local churches and schools around Los Angeles, most notably the “The First Spring” mural at Central Junior High School. With a pamphlet by Nielsen, “The First Spring Mural for Central Junior High School,” laid in. $800 - 1,200

337 HOLBEIN, Hans (1497-1543). The Dances of Death, through the various stages of Human Life: wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited in Forty-Six Copper plates. London: W. Smith and Co., for John Scott & Thomas Ostell, 1803.

4to (179 x 144 mm). Additional engraved title for “Le Triomphe de la Mort,” dated 1786, frontispiece portrait, 46 engravings by David Deuchar after Holbein. Contemporary blue morocco gilt, covers with floral border, anchor tools in corners, upper cover with central ornament of Garter badge and collar surmounted by a crown and with anchor underneath, flanked by the initials “G. R.III.”, smooth spine in 6 compartments (hinges starting, some light wear). Provenance: George III (1738-1820), King of Great Britain and Ireland (binding); his third son, William Henry, Duke of Clarence (1765-1837), later King William IV (bookplate); his eldest illegitimate son George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence (1794-1842), English peer (his bookplates as Col. FitzClarence and the Earl of Munster); John Gerard Heckscher (1837-1908), American book collector (bookplates).

A COPY FROM KING GEORGE III’S LIBRARY. In terms of his contribution to the arts, he is best remembered for his book collecting; his library was available to scholars and became the foundation of a new national library (see Ayling, George the Third, 1972, p. 195-198). George Augustus FitzClarence served in the Peninsular War, was wounded twice, and escaped capture by the French. He became brevet lieutenant-colonel in 1819 and served as A.D.C. to his father, King William IV, from 1830 to 1837, becoming Earl of Munster in June 1831. His Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England, illustrated with hand-colored plates, was published in 1819.

Hans Holbein’s series of woodcuts was first published in 1536. In this edition, 46 Dance of Death plates are within separately engraved borders in four different designs. 30 of the woodcuts are copied from Wenceslaus Hollar’s 17thcentury designs. Brunet III:258; Oppermann 1154 (“very rare edition”). $1,000 – 2,000

338 MILNE, Alan Alexander (“A.A. Milne”) (1882-1956). The House at Pooh Corner. Ernest Howard SHEPARD (1879-1976), illustrator. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928.

8vo (190 x 122 mm). Numerous illustrations. Original publisher’s red cloth gilt, smooth spine gilt-lettered, gilt-decorated front cover, top edge gilt, pink pictorial endpapers (very slight rubbing to head and foot of spine and corners); glassine. FIRST EDITION of the second work in the Winnie-the-Pooh series, in which the character Tigger is introduced. $300 - 400

339 POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit a New Printing from the Original Line-blocks Made for the First Private Edition of 1901. Maurice Sendak, illustrator. Kingston, New York: Battledore Ltd., 1995.

35 parts, 12mo. 34 line-block plates printed in dark brown. Original publisher’s green printed wrappers, each print laid in individual limp gray printed wrappers; original blue-gray cloth folding case, green painted lettering-piece gilt to spine, gray and brown stamped illustration to front cover (some very minor rubbing). Provenance: acquired from Justin G. Schiller, Ltd. (correspondence laid in).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, No. 111 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY SENDAK AND IAIN BAIN. Sendak introduced the present work, which contains “restrikes of all the surviving linecut zinc plates (34 of a total 42) that were used for printing the original 1901 private edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit” (Introduction, p. 5). Iain Bain was a Scottish historian of printing and served as the president of both the Thomas Bewick Society, and of the Printing Historical Society. $300 - 400 340 POTTER, Helen Beatrix (“Beatrix Potter”) (1866-1943). The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan. London and New York by Frederick Warne & Co., [undated but ca 1930].

16mo. Color illustrated frontispiece, 9 color illustrations, numerous woodcut illustrations. (Some very light toning.) All in original publisher’s tan boards, color pictorial label to front cover, stamp-lettered in dark green to front cover and spine, color pictorial endsheets (some light rubbing). Provenance: R. Teasdale (signature, struck).

Later edition of one of Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s books, SIGNED BY POTTER. The present work is a reprint of beloved children’s book illustrator and author, Potter’s 7th book of “The 23 Tales,” original published in 1905. While the precise dating of this edition is made difficult by the number of editions and reprints of Potter’s works, this present book must be after 1930 when the title was changed from “The Pie and the Patty-Pan” to “The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan.” $300 - 400

340A [POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943)] – A group of 3 books written and illustrated by Beatrix POTTER, comprising:

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The Tale of Pigling Bland. 1913. Maroon boards. Provenance: Mildred Greenhill (bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate). --The Tale of Mr. Tod. 1912. Gray boards. Provenance: Mildred Greenhill (bookplate); gift inscription “To Kenneth From Geoffrey.” --The Tailor of Gloucester. Green boards. New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1903. Glassine. Later American edition. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in London and New York by Frederick Warne & Co. (except where noted), all 16mo, FIRST EDITIONS (except where noted), color illustrated frontispieces, numerous colored plates, numerous woodcut illustrations. (Some occasional staining, some light toning.) All in original publisher’s colored boards, color pictorial labels to front cover, lettered in green or white. THE MILDRED GREENHILL COPIES of two of the works, one additionally from THE COLLECTION OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN.

$400 - 600 341 RACKAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator. – A group of works 6 early or FIRST TRADE EDITIONS in 6 volumes, illustrated by Rackham, comprising:

Aesop’s Fables. London and New York: William Heinemann, Double Day Page & Co., 1912. 4to. “Arthur Rackham Exhibition” leaf laid in. Riall p. 111; Latimore & Haskell pp. 38-39. – Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures. New York: The Century Co., 1913. 4to (262 x 198 mm). 19th-century blue calf, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt. – Charles, DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1915. Stamped in black; original pictorial dust jacket printed in red and green. Latimore & Haskell, p.45.-- SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. The Springtide of Life Poems of Childhood. London: William Heinemann, 1918. – STEPHENS, James. Irish Fairy Tales. London: MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 1920. – Mother Goose The Old Nursery Rhymes. London: William Heinemann, [N.d.]. 19th-century blue polished calf gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed ZAEHNSDORF. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), color printed frontispieces, illustrated title-pages, numerous color printed plates (many tipped in), numerous illustrations, all in original publisher’s green cloth gilt (except where noted), condition generally good. $400 - 600

342 | part lot 342 [REYNARD THE FOX]. A group of 17 editions of Reynard the Fox, including:

The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox, edited by Joseph Jacobs (18541916). London and New York: MacMillian and Co., 1895. 8vo. Numerous illustrations by W. Frank Calderon. Original green cloth, titles gilt, edges gilt. -- THOMS, William J. (1803-1885). The History of Reynard the Fox. London: The Percy Society, 1844. 12mo. Quarter morocco, top edge gilt. -- ELLIS, F.S. (1830-1901). The History of Reynard the Fox. London: David Nutt, 1894. Square 8vo. Frontispiece, title, decorations and by Walter Crane. Quarter morocco gilt. -- Reynard the Fox, A Poem in Twelve Cantos. Translated by E.W. Holloway. Dresden and Leipzig, A.H. Payne and London: W. French, 1852. 4to. Engraved frontispiece, titles, and plates after designs by H. Leutemann. Red publisher’s cloth gilt. -- And 13 others. Together, 17 works in 17 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600

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344 [SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012)]. A group of 15 works illustrated by Maurice Sendak, including:

HOFFMANN, E.T.A. (1776-1822). Nutcracker. London: The Bodley Head, 1984. Square 4to. Original blue cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED by MAURICE SENDAK. -- MACDONALD, George (1824-1905). The Golden Key. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1976. 8vo. Original blue cloth with silver bird design. Unclipped dust jacket. Second edition. -- SAWYER, Ruth (1880-1970). Maggie Rose: Her Birthday Christmas. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. 8vo. Original pink cloth. Unclipped pink dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012). Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must be More to Life. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1967. Square 8vo. Original olive cloth with illustration affixed to cover. Dust jacket clipped. FIRST EDITION. -- SENDAK. Very Far Away. New York: Harper Collins, 1957. 8vo. Illustrated cloth boards. Dust jacket. Later edition. -- And 10 others. Together 15 works in 15 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400

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345 | part lot 345 [SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012)]. A group of 16 works illustrated by Maurice Sendak, including:

SENDAK, Maurice. We are All in the Dumps Together. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. Oblong 8vo. Original tan paper boards. Unclipped pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK. -- YORINKS, Arthur. (b.1953). The Miami Giant. New York: Michael di Capua and Harper Collins, 1995. 4to. Original boards and unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- MARSHALL, James (1942-1992). Swine Lake. New York: Michael di Capue and Harper Collins: 1999. Original cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- MARGOLIS, Matthew. Some Swell Pup. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. 4to. Publisher’s brown-cloth, unclipped pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- And 14 others. Together 16 works in 18 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400

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346 [SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012)]. A group of 11 works illustrated by Maurice Sendak, including:

JARRELL, Randall (1914-1965). The Animal Family. New York: Pantheon, 1965. 12mo. Blue publisher’s cloth with silver lettering, original, unclipped dustjacket. -- OPIE, Iona and Peter (Editors). I Saw Esau: The Shoolchild’s Pocket Book. Cambridge, MA and London: Candlewick Press and Walker Books, 1992. 8vo. Original boards, unclipped dustjacket. -- SEGAL, Lore. (B.1928). The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. 2 volumes. 12mo. Gilt-stamped brown cloth, original unclipped dustjacket, orange publishers slipcase. FIRST EDITION. -- STOCKTON, Frank R. (1834-1902). The Griffin and the Minor Canon. New York, Chicago, and San Francisco: 1963. 8vo. Quarter grey cloth over boards, dust jacket clipped. FIRST EDITION. -- And 9 others. Together 11 works in 13 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400 347 THURBER, James Grover (1894-1961). Many Moons. Louis Slobodkin, Illustrator. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943.

4to. Numerous color illustrations by Slobodkin. Original publisher’s red cloth, black-lettered on front cover (very minor rubbing to spine ends and corners); in original pictorial dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION of the 1944 Caldecott Medal winner, the first picture book written by Thurber, and Slobodkin’s fourth illustrated children’s books. The story was later adapted into an opera by Celius Dougherty, a play by Charlotte Chorpenning, part of the animated film Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966), and an audio version read by Peter Ustinov accompanied by music by Edgar Summerlin. $300 - 400

348 TRUSLER, John (1735-1820). Proverbs Exemplified, and Illustrated by Pictures from Real Life. Teaching Morality and a Knowledge of the World. John Bewick, illustrator. London: 1 May 1790.

12mo (161 x 85 mm). Wood-engraved vignette on title-page, 50 wood-engravings by John Bewick. (Some occasional spotting, some creasing.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, smooth spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt (some chipping, covers rubbed, front cover nearly free).

FIRST EDITION of these moralizing tales for children by Reverend John Trusler, who published on a wide variety of subjects, including etiquette, medicine, and gardening. In Proverbs Exemplified, Trusler explains well-known proverbs by providing commentary on illustrations by wood-engraver, John Bewick, who was the brother of fellow woodengraver Thomas Bewick. Thomas Bewick, often cited for reviving woodengraving during the 18th-century, is best known for his work in The History of British Birds. $400 - 600 349 [VAN ALLSBURG, Chris (b. 1949)] – A group of 11 works in 11 volumes illustrated and most written by VAN ALLSBURG, comprising:

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The Polar Express. 1985. FIRST EDITION, later issue with Caldecott medal on cover. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG. –The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts. 1987. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG. –Two Bad Ants. 1988. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG laid in. –The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. 1979. –Just a Dream. 1990. –The Wretched Stone. 1991 –The Widow’s Broom. 1992. “A Special Preview of The Widow’s Broom” Laid in. --Probuditi! 2006.

[With:] A group of 3 works in 3 volumes written by Mark HELPRIN (b. 1947), illustrated by VAN ALLSBURG, and published in [New York] by Ariel-Viking, comprising: Swan Lake. 1989. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG. –A City in Winter. [1996]. –The Veil of Snows. [1997].

Together, 11 works in 11 volumes, all published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin Company (except where noted), 4to and 8vo, illustrated, all in Publisher’s cloth stamped in silver, gold, black, bronze and/or blindstamped, all except one volume in ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine. $300 - 400

350 White, Elwyn Brooks (“E.B. White”) (1899-1985). Charlotte’s Web. Garth Williams, illustrator. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952.

8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth stamped in blue and black, decorated blue endsheets (some light rubbing); original publisher’s dust jacket (some light chipping, overall browning). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with “I-B” on the copyright page in FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with $2.50 price on front flap and four blurbs for Stuart Little on the rear panel. White’s children’s literary classic won the John Newbery Medal in 1953, the Horn Book Fanfare in 1952, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970, and the Massachusetts Children’s Book Award in 1984.

$300 - 400

351 White, Elwyn Brooks (“E.B. White”) (1899-1985). Stuart Little. Garth Williams, illustrator. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1945.

8vo. Illustrated frontispiece, printer’s device on title-page, numerous illustrations. (Very light occasional toning.) Original publisher’s pictorial tan buckram stamped in green and pink, mint decorated endsheets (some light fading); original dust jacket (overall toning, minor chipping, short tear to front panel affecting “s” in “Williams”).

FIRST EDITION, later issue, with code-numbers “10-5” and letters “I-U” on verso of title. In FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with flap priced $2.00. White’s first children’s book, which received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1970.

[With:]

WHITE. The Trumpet of the Swan. Edward Frascino, illustrator. New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, 1970. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s blue cloth stamped in silver and gold, (some light fading to extremities); original pictorial dust jacket (corners of front flap clipped, ruststain from paperclip on lower panel, a few wrinkles to top edges, some minor chipping). FIRST EDITION.

$200 - 300

352 [CHILDREN’S BOOKS]. A group of approximately 20 children’s books and fables printed by a variety of Fine Presses, comprising:

ARNOLD, Thomas James (ca.1804 – 1877). Reynard the Fox after the German Version of Goethe. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. 4to. 60 illustrations after the designs of Wilhelm von Kaulbach and 12 engravings by Joseph Wolf. Half morocco, titles gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 355 of 400 deluxe copies printed, SIGNED by Roberts Bros. -- Winter, Milo (1888-1956). Billy Popgun. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. 4to. 8 color plates by the author. Vellum-backed boards, titles gilt, top edge gilt. Very light rubbing to the corners. Stated first edition. LIMITED EDITION, number 11 of 350 copies, of which only 300 were for sale. -- Aesop’s Fables. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933. 4to. Numerous illustrations after original, Florentine woodcuts. Original vellum-backed boards, slipcase, top edge gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 825 of 1500 copies signed by the designer, Bruce Rogers. -- Mother Goose: Twenty Nursery Rhymes. San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem: 1970. 4to. 20 illustrations by Philip van Aver. Original tan linen, printed paper labels to upper cover and spine. LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 unnumbered copies. Grabhorn-Hoyem Bibliography 40. -- And 16 more. -- Together 19 works in 20 volumes. -- Condition generally good. -- Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600

353 | part lot

353 [CHILDREN’S BOOKS] -- A group of 18 chapbooks in 23 volumes, all likely Rosenbach remainders, comprising:

SHERWOOD, Mary Martha. The History of Little Henry and his Bearer. Catskill: Croswell & Son for Nathan Elliot, 1818. With another copy. Original tan printed papers (chipped). Third American Edition. Rosenbach 571. -- G., J. A Small Help, Offered to Heads of Families, for Instructing Children and Servants. Morris-Town: J. Mann for P.A. Johnson, 1814. Original wrappers (minor chipping). Rosenbach 489. -- London Cries for Children: With Twenty Elegant Wood Cuts. Philadelphia: John Bouvier for Johnson & Warner, 1810. Original printed stiffened wrappers (spine defective, some staining). Rosenbach 421; Welch 249.12. -- The Tragi-Comic History of the Burial of Cock Robin. Philadelphia: S. Probasco for Benjamin Warner, 1821. Plain stiff wrappers (spine defective, chipped, frontispiece and final plate laid-down to inside covers). Rosenbach 616. – SENDAK, Maurice. Ten Little Rabbits A Counting Book with Mino the Magician. Philadelphia: Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1970. Original blue marbled wrappers with mounted pictorial paper label to front cover. Blue wrappers preceded the red (Hanrahan). Hanrahan A76. – WOOD, Samuel. The Young Child’s A,B,C; or First Book. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1806. With another copy, 24mo. Original printed pictorial wrappers (some creasing). FIRST EDITION and Later Edition. -- COBB, Lyman. Cobb’s Toys. Second Series, Nos. 3-6. Lewistown, PA: Hickok & Stark, 1835. 4 volumes. Contemporary plain colored paper wrappers (some chipping, some creasing). Rosenbach 794. -- And 11 others. Together, 18 works in 23 volumes, all 12mo except where noted, condition generally good. Provenance for the lot: John F. Fleming (1910-1987). $500 - 700

354 | part lot 354 [CHILDREN’S BOOKS -- ANTIQUARIAN] -- A group of 19 works of books for children’s books, including:

IRVING, Washington. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1895. 2 volumes. Publisher’s blue cloth gilt, white cloth onlay; original maroon cloth dust jacket gilt. – JERROLD, Walter, editor. The Big Book of Fables. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, [1912]. 4to. Publisher’s red pictorial cloth gilt. – GAY, John. Fables by John Gay, With a Life of the Author and embellished with Seventy Plates. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 2 works in one volume. Early 19th-century calf gilt, green morocco lettering-piece gilt. – CARRYL, Guy Wetmore. Fables for the Frivolous (With Apologies to La Fontaine). New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. Publisher’s maroon pictorial cloth gilt, stamped in green. – DRUMMOND, William. The Satires of Persius Translated: With Notes. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for J. Wright, 1799. Contemporary brown diced russia gilt. – BOISARD, M. Fables. Paris: Pissot, 1779. 2 volumes. Half blue crushed levant gilt, marbled boards. Provenance: Henry W. Poor (bookplate). -- And 13 others. Together, 19 works in 21 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), illustrated, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine, complete list available upon request. $400 - 600

355 [CHILDREN’S BOOKS] -- A group of 20 children’s books, comprising:

LOBEL, Arnold (1933-1987). Fables. New York: Harper and Row, 1980. 4to. Color illustrations by the author. Blue publishers cloth, dust jacket clipped. Stated first edition. SIGNED BY ARNOLD LOBEL. -- Song of Robin Hood. Selected and edited by Anne Malcolmson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947. 4to. Designed and illustrated by Virgina Lee Burton. Original black cloth with silver and red decoration, dust jacket clipped. -- Contes de Perrault. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1927. 4to. Illustrations by Felix Lorioux. Original cloth backed boards. -- KEIZOBURO, Tejima. Ho-Limlim: A Rabbit Tale from Japan. New York: Philomel Books, 1990. 4to. Original pictorial boards; dust jacket. -- And 16 others. Together, 20 works in 20 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400

356 | part lot 355 | part lot

356 [CHILDREN’S BOOKS]. A group of 22 children’s books, including:

KRECKER, Ada May. Fuzzy Four-Footed Folks. Chicago, JamiesonHiggins Co., 1902. 8vo. Illustrations by Mary M. Reid. Decorated, blue publishers’ cloth. -- COLLODI, Carlo (1826-1890). The Adventures of Pinocchio. Translated by Carol Della Chiesa. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. 4to. Color Illustrations in color by Attilio Mussino. Publisher’s decorative navy-blue cloth stamped in green, red, white, black, and light blue. Third edition. -- MOFFAT, Alfred (1863-1950). Little Songs of Long Ago. Philadelphia: David Mckay and London: London, 1911. Oblong 4to. Illustrations H. Willebeek Le Mair. Tan publishers’ cloth gilt; dust jacket. -- And 19 others. Together, 22 works in 22 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400

357 [CHILDREN’S BOOKS] -- A group of 33 children’s books, including:

PAPASHVILY, George and Helen (1898-1978). Yes and No Stories. A Book of Georgian Folk Tales. New York and London: 1946. 8vo. Illustrations by Simon Lissim. Dark blue publishers cloth, dust jacket clipped. FIRST EDITION. -- THURBER, James (1894-1961). The 13 Clocks. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. 8vo. Illustrations by Mark Simon. Cloth backed boards, original dust jacket. -- THURBER. The Great Quillow. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. Square 8vo. Illustrations by Doris Lee. Yellow publishers’ cloth, title card affixed to cover. -- BRILL, Edith. The Golden Bird. New York: Franklin and Watts, 1970. 8vo. Illustrations by Jan Pienkowski. Yellow publishers’ cloth. -- And 29 others. Together, 33 works in 33 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400

358 [CHILDREN’S BOOKS]. A group of 28 children’s books, including:

WILLIAMS, Margery (1881-1944). The Velveteen Rabbit. New York, Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1922. Small 4vo. 7 color lithograph plates by William Nicholson. Decorated publisher’s boards, dust jacket. An early edition. -- SIGNLETON, Esther (18651930). The Wildflower Fairy Book. Toronto: The Musson Book Co., 1905. 8vo. Color plates and decorations by Charles Buckles Falls. Publishers cloth, gilt title, top edge gilt. -- BAILEY, Carolyn Sherwin (1875-1961). Miss Hickory. New York: The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press, 1946. 8vo. Lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Red publisher’s cloth, original dust jacket. PRESENTATION COPY, “To Helen Fulley, my treasured friend. Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Miss H.” -- And 25 others. Together, 28 works in 28 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400

357 | part lot

359 CHOPIN, Kate (1850-1904). The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899.

8vo. Title-page printed in black and red. (Some minor spotting or staining.) Publisher’s pictorial green cloth uncut (darkened and soiled, separation along lower joint).

FIRST EDITION of Chopin’s novel, whose frank and sexual themes drew condemnation from contemporary reviewers. In light of these reviews, the publisher declined subsequent printings of the work, which is now regarded not only as a major early feminist work, but also a precursor to American modernist literature. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only 3 copies of Chopin’s novel have sold at auction in the last 45 years. BAL 3246. $800 - 1,200

360 CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). An Address by Winston S. Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain Delivered before members of the Congress of the United States – 19 May 1943. Stamford, Connecticut: Overbrook Press, September 1943.

4to (263 x 190 mm). Title printed in red and black. (Very slight toning to edges). Publisher’s original black boards, red gilt-lettered label on front cover (some minor scuffing, endleaves toned).

FIRST EDITION, one of 600 copies, of Churchill’s second speech before U.S. Congress urging cooperation between Great Britain and the U.S. Cohen A181.4; Woods A93(b).

Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana $800 - 1,200

361 CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark “Twain”) (1835-1910). Autograph letter signed (“Mark”), to Kate Riggs. New York, 17 Jan., [1908].

1 page, 12mo, bifolium, on 21 Fifth Ave stationery, some very slight toning to edges and corners. An invitation: “The next Doe-Luncheon will happen at the above address on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 1p.m. please don’t fail to come.”

After several years of living in New York, Twain was well-known for entertaining his male friends at stag luncheons. In 1908, his friend, writer Kate Douglas Wiggin, chastised him for only hosting his male friends. She “argued that ‘brilliance is not limited to the stags--give a doe-luncheon & you will see.’ ‘And she was right,’ Clemens conceded. The first ‘doe-luncheon’ on 14 January 1908 was a great success. ‘I was the only lady of my sex present,’ Clemens reported modestly” (see “Mark Twain at Play,” The Bancroft Library, 2010). Twain organized a second doe-lunch for 11 February 1908, and in addition to Riggs, other attendees included a young Ethel Barrymore, and Frances Hodgson Burnett. $500 - 700

362 COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). The Poetical Works of S.T. Coleridge, Including the Dramas of Wallenstein, Remorse, and Zapolya. London: William Pickering, 1828.

3 volumes, 8vo (197 x 120 mm). Woodcut devices on title-pages. (Some minor spotting to a few leaves.) Contemporary half vellum, marbled boards, smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (spotting and soiling). Provenance: John Swaine (prize inscription, Manchester, June 1829).

FIRST EDITION of the collected works of one of most significant figures in English poetry and published during his lifetime. Keynes 60.

Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana $400 - 600

363 [COOKERY]. Manuscript cookbook and home remedy guide, 18th century.

4to (225 x 175 mm). 120 pp. in at least two hands, comprising approximately 500 recipes and several home remedies. (A few tiny wormholes, some minor staining.) Contemporary sprinkled English panelled calf (upper joint separated, some overall wear). Provenance: George Folliott (bookplate); unintelligible signatures (1964).

Recipes include oyster pie, gold hash, buttered crab, roast lobster, pickled trout, oyster loaves, French leg of mutton, olive florindine, spring garden beef, Westfalia ham, pickled goose, quince cakes, various wines and numerous cheesecakes. Remedies are included “For the Itch,” “A Drink for Rickits,” “For Worms,” “For Ahsma,” and “A Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog.” $500 - 700

364 CRANE, Walter (1845-1915). The First of May, a Fairy Masque. London: Henry Sotheran, 1881.

Oblong folio (605 x 433 mm). 57 engraved plates [including half-title, title, dedication, frontispiece, and colophon] printed on India proof paper and mounted after illustrations and calligraphy by Crane (some minor spotting to a few mounts). Loose as issued in original brown cloth portfolio gilt, printed pictorial label on upper cover (lacking ties, some minor soiling).

LIMITED EDITION, number 88 of 200 copies SIGNED BY CRANE. $400 - 600

365 [CRIME]. The Confession & Dying Words of Samuel Frost, Who is to be Executed this Day, October 31, 1793, for the Horrid Crime of Murder. Worcester, MA: [Isaiah Thomas] Mr. Thomas’s Printingoffice [sic], [1793].

Broadside (visible area 458 x 388 mm). Woodcut of a public hanging top left, text printed in four columns within black borders. (Some small losses affecting borders or letters repaired verso along old folds, some minor staining.) Matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).

RARE BROADSIDE PRINTED BY ISAIAH THOMAS

In Samuel Frost’s confession, he readily admits to killing his father (a crime for which he was acquitted), and admits to killing Captain Allen (the crime for which he will be executed). About his early life, he says: “My mother is dead; I always regarded her, and ever thought my father had no affection for her, and that he used her ill; this induced me to kill him, which deed I executed on the 23d of September, 1783;...My mother died when I was about fourteen years old, and I always supposed her death was occasioned by the bad treatment she received from my father.” The broadside also includes others’ accounts of Frost.

Evans records three versions of this rare broadside, two of wihch include a poem after Frost’s life story (not present in this issue). Evans 22521; Sabin 105351. From the Private Collection of Richard Cady $800 - 1,200

366 [CRIME]. The Life, Trial, and Execution of R. Blakesley For the Murder of Mr. James Burdon. Seven Dials: Paul & Co., [1841].

Broadside (visible area 482 x 355 mm). large woodcut of Newgate scaffold and surrouding area with a large crowd, smaller woodcuts of Blakesley, and interior and exterior views of Mr. Burdon’s house, text printed within 5 columns. Matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).

The text and poem cover the particulars of Mr. Blakesley’s execution by hanging, his attempted escape (hitting his jailer with a candlestick), the testimony of two city policemen, a hairdresser, and his own father, and the jury’s guilty ruling. An unusually large and profusely illustrated 19th-century crime broadside. From the Private Collection of Richard Cady $200 - 300

367 CUMMINGS, Edward Estlin (“e e cummings”) (1894-1962). W. New York: Horace Liveright Inc., 1931.

Folio (307 x 180 mm). Woodblock print on title-page. Original publisher’s quarter cloth, boards, smooth spine lettered in silver, all edges uncut (minor rubbing); original slipcase, front cover lettered in silver (some chipping).

LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 41 of 95 copies, SIGNED BY CUMMINGS. Cumming’s third major collection of poetry with typography by S. A. Jacobs, embodying his experimentation with typography and design.

Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana $500 - 700

368 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed (“CD”), to [Thomas] Mitton (“My Dear Mitton”). Devonshire Terrace, 18 April 1844.

1 1/4 pages, 8vo, on a bifolium. Folds, minor mounting remnants along hinge fold on verso.

Discussing financial matters in advance of his pivotal travels to Italy and Europe: “I am sorry to say that plan won’t do. Because, although Coutts’s were so prompt and polite last time, still they did say ‘that it wasn’t the kind of note’ &c &c - as I wrote you at the time. Indeed, I remember to have often heard that they avoid discounting: not having that kind of insurers[?].

I wish to Heaven you could think of any other way. I will come down today, between 2 and 3.

I have not seen [Thomas James] Thomson yet. He wrote that he was coming. Likewise that his house had not bedrooms enough for all[?] - and talking wildly about Houses near Belgrave Square!! Faithfully Always / CD.”

A fine letter to his close friend and solicitor, Thomas Mitton. Dickens wrote Mitton the previous day: “I am very much and pressingly in want of a hundred pounds until June. Though the time is short, my father’s debts, two quarters income tax &c, coming all at once, drive me, sailing so near the wind by not drawing any profits from C[hapman] and H[all], into a most [un]comfortable corner. Ca[n you oblige] me with this, or devise any [means of doing so?…” (Letters, 17 April 1844, pp. 107-08).

This letter might conversely relate to Mitton’s purchase of a share in the legal firm of Smithson and Dunn [later Smithson, Dunn and Mitton]. Money for the purchase was borrowed from his family, while Dickens stood as security for the debt.

Not in The Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens, Edited by Kathleen Tillotson, Oxford, 1977. $1,000 - 1,500

369 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

8vo (212 x 125 mm). Half-title; engraved frontispiece, engraved title (disbound, marginal chipping); 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne (“Phiz”). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the addition of ca 22 plates. (Some minor spotting to a few leaves.) 20th-century maroon morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (some slight rubbing to joints, minor wear to spine ends). Provenance: Sold Halle Bros. Co. (envelope and bookseller notes laid-in).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. An EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED copy of Dickens’s first novel with all of Smith’s first issue points present except signature E is present on p.25. Gimbel A15; Grolier English78; Smith I:3.

WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY DICKENS TIPPED IN. [Tipped in:] Autograph letter signed (“Charles Dickens”), to Miss Loretta Huffam. Kent, 8 February 1870. 2 pages, 8vo, on Gad’s Hill Place Stationery, with original envelope. In part: “I was more amazed than displeased. I beg to assure you, by finding that your friends had used my name without my knowledge. I received a letter from...Hurt & Rockwell of Bond Street, informing me that they had had the pleasure of voting for ‘my case.’...They then gave me your name. Not having the faintest idea that you were a candidate...I mentioned this in a general way to my sister.” $2,000 - 3,000

370 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.

8vo (212 x 125 mm). Half-title; engraved frontispiece, engraved title; 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. K. Browne (“Phiz”). (Some minor spotting to a few leaves.) 20th-century red morocco gilt, stampsigned by Morrell (some slight rubbing to joints, minor wear to spine ends).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith, this copy without signature E on p.25, but with “inde-licate” corrected on p.341. Gimbel A15; Grolier English78; Smith I:3. $600 - 800

371 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy’s Progress. By “Boz”. London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

3 volumes, 8vo (200 x 117 mm). Half-titles to vols. I&II with advertisements verso, publisher’s advertisements vols.I&III. Etched frontispiece to each volume and 21 plates after George Cruikshank. (Some very minor offsetting.) 19th-century polished tan calf gilt, maroon and brown letteringpieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (a few small scuffs); original covers bound in.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST ENGLISH NOVEL TO FEATURE A YOUNG CHILD AS A PROTAGONIST, with the “Fireside” plate at p.312 in vol. III, and authorship ascribed to “Boz” on each title-page. Dickens opposed the “Fireside” plate, and also objected to having “Boz” on the title-page; the plate was replaced with the “Church” plate, and his name was added to the title-page in later issues. Eckel, p.59-60; Gimbel A27; Smith I:4. A FINE COPY.

$1,000 - 1,500

373 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Sketches by Boz...New Edition, Complete. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

8vo (208 x 131 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title, 38 engraved plates by Cruikshank. 20th-century maroon straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt (a few minor scuffs lower cover).

FIRST OCTAVO ONE-VOLUME EDITION of The Complete Sketches by Boz. Chapman and Hall acquired the copyright to both series of Sketches by Boz, which they issued in parts with 13 additional illustrations. In May 1839, the series was published in the present one-volume edition (see Smith I:2, p. 16). Gimbel A7. $400 - 600 372 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy’s Progress. By “Boz”. London: Richard Bentley, 1838.

3 volumes, 8vo (192 x 118 mm). Half-titles to vols. I&II with advertisements verso, publisher’s advertisements vols.I&III. Etched frontispiece to each volume and 21 plates after George Cruikshank. (Some minor offsetting or spotting.) 20th-century polished calf gilt, red and green morocco letteringpieces gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (some minor rubbing).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST ENGLISH NOVEL TO FEATURE A YOUNG CHILD AS A PROTAGONIST, with “Boz” on the title-page and the “Fireside” plate. When Bentley decided to publish Olive or Twist in book format before completing its completion in Bentley›s Miscellany magazine, Cruikshank had to rush to complete the illustrated plates. Dickens didn›t review the plates until the eve of publication, and he objected to the “Fireside” plate (present here) which depicted Oliver at Rose Maylie’s knee with Harry and Mrs. Maylie gathered around the living room fire. Cruikshank revised the illustration, using the same title (“Rose Maylie and Oliver”), to show Rose and Oliver standing before Oliver’s mother’s church memorial. The altered plate was used in later issues of Oliver Twist in book form, as well as in the conclusion of the periodical run. Eckel, p.59-60; Gimbel A27; Smith I:4.

$1,000 - 1,500

374 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Sketches by Boz...New Edition, Complete. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837-1839.

8vo (210 x 125 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title, 38 engraved plates by Cruikshank. (A few small spots or stains.) 20th-century red crushed levant gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son; original wrapper to part X bound in; red cloth folding case.

FIRST EDITION, BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS, WITH AN AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY DICKENS TIPPED IN: Autograph note signed (“Charles Dickens”), to John Hardwick. Devonshire Terrace, 1 December 1850. 1 page, 8vo, on a bifolium. “I shall be delighted and book myself accordingly.” John Hardwick (1790–1875) was presiding magistrate at Great Marlborough Street Magistrate’s Court in Soho. $1,000 - 1,500

375 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839.

8vo (219 x 138mm). (Lacking half-title; frontispiece, title, two text leaves (pp. 199-202) and final plate detached and a bit frayed at edges, some browning to plates.) Late 19thcentury half morocco gilt over marbled boards (minor wear to extremities, some rubbing to boards, rear hinge starting).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, this copy with copy frontispiece in 1st state (with imprint), first four plates in later state without imprint, page 123 with “sister” (2d state) & page 160 with “letter” (2d state). Smith I:5; Eckel, p. 64.

[With:]

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman & Hall, 1844.

8vo (219 x 138mm). Frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne. (Lacking half-title, frontispiece detached and slightly shorter, engraved title and a few plates slighty shorter, some toning and spotting to plates, including frontispiece and pictorial title.) Late 19th-century half morocco gilt over marbled boards (minor wear to extremities, some rubbing to boards).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, second issue, with the signpost reading £100 and the 14-line errata leaf after list of plates. Smith Vol. I:7; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 185-224. Eckel, pp. 71-73. $400 - 600

376 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 18401841.

3 volumes, 8vo (250 x 165 mm). Engraved frontispieces and numerous in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne [‘Phiz’]. Later polished red calf gilt, brown and black morocco lettering-pieces gilt stamp-signed by Charles E. Lauriat (upper cover to vol.III nearly detached, a few joints starting, some rubbing or wear).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first appearing as a weekly serial from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841, including short stories and two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Gimbel A51; Smith I:6. Property from the Estate of Charles and Lorraine Janda, Hinsdale, Illinois $300 - 400

377 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.

3 volumes, 8vo (246 x 162 mm). Engraved frontispieces and numerous in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne (“Phiz”). 20th-century half green polished calf gilt, marbled boards, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (spines sunned, a few tiny scuffs); board slipcase. Provenance: Unidentified signature on title-page vol.I (faded and partially shaved).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first appearing as a weekly serial from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841, including short stories and two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Gimbel A51; Smith I:6. $400 - 600

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. Half-title, 8 illustrations including frontispiece. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, second state, with title-page printed in red and blue and dated 1843, with green endpapers, and with the balance of the text uncorrected. Eckel, pp.110-115; Smith II:4.

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1845. Half-title, 1p. advertisement, 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of the vignette title-page. Eckel pp. 116-118; Smith II:5.

The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans for the Author, 1846 [i.e. December 1845]. Half-title, 14 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title, 2pp. advertisement (second state). FIRST EDITION. Eckel pp. 119-120; Smith II:6.

The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Half-title, 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title(variant 2). FIRST EDITION. Eckel, pp. 121-23; Smith II:8.

The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 2pp. advertisements, 17 illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Eckel, pp. 124-25; Smith II:9.

Together, 5 volumes, 8vo. (Some browning or spotting.) Uniformly bound in 20th-century maroon crushed levant, covers with gilt mistletoe and holly motif, upper cover to The Christmas Carol with central gilt vignette of the Fezziwig›s Ball frontispiece, the rest with central gilt portrait of Dickens or mistletoe, edges gilt, turnins gilt, green or yellow watered silk doublures and endleaves; original green or yellow endleaves bound in; original cloth covers bound in. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. A FINE SET.

$5,000 - 7,000

379 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). [Christmas Books].

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. Second edition, first state, with titlepage printed in red and blue and dated 1843, with yellow endpapers, and with the balance of the text corrected (but without “Second Edition” on the title-page). Provenance: Sold at The Old Curiosity Shop (bookplate, description laid in). Eckel, pp.110-115; Smith II:4.

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Bradbury and Evans for Chapman and Hall, 1845. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Eckel, pp.116-118; Smith II:5.

The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans for the Author, 1846 [i.e. December 1845]. FIRST EDITION. Eckel, pp. 119-120; Smith II:6.

The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. FIRST EDITION. Vignette title-page Eckel variant 4. Eckel, pp. 121-23; Smith II:8.

The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. FIRST EDITION. Eckel, pp. 124-25; Smith II:9.

Together, 5 volumes, 8vo. (Some browning or spotting.) Original publisher’s cloth gilt (some light staining or wear, a few small repairs); all housed in red half morocco slipcase. Provenance for the lot: William Joseph Connery (bookplates). Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois $500 - 700

380 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). [Four Christmas Books].

The Chimes: A Goblin Story. London: Chapman & Hall, 1845 [1844]. 8vo (163 x 101mm). Half-title and 13 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield. FIRST EDITION, second state of the vignette title. Smith II:5.

The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [1845]. Half-title and 14 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise and Edwin Landseer; 2 pp. advertisements at rear (second state). FIRST EDITION. Smith II:6.

The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Half-title, 13 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title, by Maclise, Doyle, Leech and Stanfield, fourth state of the vignette title, 2pp. advertisements at rear; one or two stray spots. FIRST EDITION, fourth state of vignette title. Smith II:8

The Haunted Man and the Ghost›s Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 17 illustrations, including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech, Stanfield, Tenniel and Stone. FIRST EDITION. Smith II:9.

Together, 4 volumes, 8vo. (Some occasional very slight marginal toning or spots.) Uniform late 19th-century half morocco gilt over marbled boards (minor wear to extremities, some rubbing to boards). $600 - 800

381 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). [Christmas Books].

A Christmas Carol. -- the Chimes: A Goblin Story. -- The Cricked on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. -- The Battle of Life. -- The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1902.

5 volumes, 12mo. Half-titles; titles printed in red and black; frontispieces and vignette titles. Original half calf, marbled boards, top edges gilt, others uncut (some minor scuffing). Scarce collected edition of Dickens’s Christmas classics. $300 - 400

382 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Pictures from Italy. London: Bradbury & Evans for the author, 1846.

8vo (173 x 107 mm). Half-title; 4pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. Wood-engraved vignette title and three wood-engravings in text by Samuel Palmer. 20th century polished tan calf gilt, black morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (a few tiny scuffs); green cloth slipcase.

FIRST EDITION. Dickens’s account was first published in The Daily News entitled “Traveling Sketches - Written on the Road”; he reproduced the work in book form as Pictures from Italy, retaining only two of the original twelve chapter titles, and incorporating a number of textual changes, as outlined in Smith. Eckel, p. 126; Smith II:7 $200 - 300

383 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848.

8vo (219 x 138mm). Half-title, frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne. (Some light mostly marginal toning to plates, text generally clean, upper fore-corner bumped slightly affecting c.30 pages at beginning.) Late 19thcentury half morocco gilt over marbled boards, with original printed front wrappers to each part bound in at rear (front cover detached, minor wear to spine ends and extremities, corners lightly bumped, some rubbing to boards).

FIRST EDITION, bound from the original monthly parts, with most early issue points listed in Smith, including 2-line errata, first state vignette title, “Capatin” for “Captain” in last line on p. 324, “if” missing in line 9 on p. 426, no period at end of last line on p. 582. Smith I:8. $400 - 600

384 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.

8vo (208 x 130 mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne (“Phiz”). (Some pale spotting or soiling.) 20th-century tan polished calf gilt, red and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Morrell.

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM published on 14 November 1850, and considered Dickens’s most autobiographical novel. In his preface to the 1869 edition, Dickens writes: “Of all my books, I like this the best. It will be easily believed that I am a fond parent to every child of my fancy, and that no one can ever love that family as dearly as I love them. But, like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.” Gimbel A122; Eckel, p.77; Smith I:9. $500 - 700

385 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857.

8vo (218 x 139mm). Frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne. (Some mostly marginal toning to plates, text generally clean, final two text leaves and plate detached.) Late 19th-century half morocco gilt over marbled boards, with original printed front wrappers to each part bound in at rear (minor wear to spine ends and extremities, some rubbing to boards).

FIRST EDITION, bound from the original monthly parts, FIRST ISSUE, with “Rigaud” for “Blandois” on pages 469, 470, 472, and 473. Hatton & Cleaver 307-330; Eckel 82-85; Smith I:12. $400 - 600

386 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870.

6 original parts (224 x 143 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by J.H. Baker from a photograph, engraved title after Luke Fildes, 12 woodengraved plates by Dalziel, C. Roberts and others after Fildes. (A few minor stains or spots.) Original blue-green pictorial wrappers (repairs to some spines, some minor mostly marginal chipping, soiling); green cloth folding-case.

FIRST EDITION, IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. The “Edwin Drood Advertiser” is present in each part, as well as all the inserted advertisements listed in Hatton and Cleaver except: Dr. Jongh’s ad in part I, the scarce “Cork Hat” ad in part II; p.1-2 of the Cassel ads in part III; 8pp. Chapman & Hall ad in part IV. Part IV with the additional 8pp. Chapman & Hall ads not found in all copies; part VI with the printed slip “Price Eighteenpence” pasted over the original price of “One Shilling”. Eckel pp. 96-98; Hatton and Cleaver pp. 373-384; Gimbel A154.

$400 - 600

Pictures from Italy. London, 1846. First Edition. Hard Times. London, 1854. First Edition in Book form. The Uncommercial Traveller. London, 1861 [1860]. First Edition in Book form. Sketches by Boz. London, 1837. 2 volumes. Third edition. Sketches by Boz… Second Series. Complete in One Volume. London, 1837. American Notes. London, 1842. 2 volumes. Second edition. In Memoriam. Extract from The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. IX, No. 50, February, 1864. A Child’s History of England. London, 1854-59. 3 volumes. Later edition. [CASWALL, Edward]. Sketches of Young Ladies… By “Quiz.” London, 1838. Eighth edition. FOSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. London, 1874-7374. 3 volumes. Later issues.

Together 10 works in 16 volumes, various 8vo sizes. (Occasional minor marginal toning). Uniform late 19thcentury half morocco gilt over marbled boards (minor wear to extremities, some rubbing to boards, a few hinges starting). $400 - 600

388 DICKENS, Charles (1812 - 1870). A group of issues of the periodical Household Words, most in incomplete runs, comprising:

Household Words. A Weekly Journal. London: Bradbury & Evans for Office, 1850. Vol. 1: Nos. 1-26, complete run from 30 March- 21 September 1850. – Household Words. A Weekly Journal. New York: George P. Putnam, ca 1850-1852. Vol 3: Nos. 64, 71. – Dickens’ Household Words: And Valuable Whispers. New York: Angell, Engel & Hewitt, Saturday, 6 November 1852. Vol. 6: Whole No. 131. – Dickens’ Household Words, and United States Weekly Register. New York: Billin and Brothers for McElrath & Barker, 1853. Vol. 7: Nos. 165-179 (except lacking Nos. 167, 173). – The Holly-Tree Inn: A New Christmas Story, By Charles Dickens. Being a Christmas Number of Household Words. New York: Dix & Edwards, Christmas 1855. Cover torn with minor loss to text. – Together, 43 issues, 8vo (245 x 162 mm), original printed wrappers as issued, all FRIST EDITION, all in good condition; all housed in cloth cover with tie. Gimbel E9-E20 & E113-E118.

Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana $400 - 600

389 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Buckhurst Hill, Essex: n.p., 1910.

19 volumes (including the index), 8vo (197 x 137 mm). EXTRAILLUSTRATED by the addition of over 1,000 engraved plates, original watercolors, and other illustrations bound in on stubs, many windowmounted. Contemporary half green morocco gilt, edges gilt (some light rubbing to extremities).

AN UNUSUAL EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SET, including numerous illustrations and engravings collected by John Coxall. Comprising a visual history of the Pickwick Papers, illustrated material includes examples from “36 Original Character Illustrations to ‘The Pickwick Papers’ Drawn in colours by ‘Kyd’” (parts 1 and 2), and various wrappers (some in facsimile), portraits, frontispieces, title-pages, various impressions of illustrations after Seymour and H. K. Brown, and several other views. $2,000 - 3,000

390

393 8vo. Wood engraved diagrammatic frontispiece, numerous diagrams in text; 2pp. publisher’s advertisements at end; complete with original printed envelope containing the separate card diagram (envelope torn with old tape repairs, flap of envelope detached, card with a few short tears and one crease); COMPLETE WITH 9 ORIGINAL COUNTERS, 5 gray and 4 pink (with two additional pink and one additional gray counter laid in). Original red cloth gilt, black coated endpapers (front endpaper disbound with minor chipping, a few gatherings or leaves disbound, separations to hinges); quarter morocco folding case.

RARE SUPPRESSED FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 50 COPIES BOUND AT DODGSON’S REQUEST. Dodgson was not satisfied with the first issue, initially intended to be printed in an edition of 500 copies, so the issue was suppressed. In a letter to the publishers of 5 December 1886, Dodgson complains that Baxter used “old type, which obliged him to damp the paper so much that the letters print a little too thick ... and the crooked printing showed me that, to get the best results, it does not do to trust the local printers” (Lewis Carroll and the House of Macmillan, pp. 216-217). “A mystery edition which is rarer than would be expected” (Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 193).

[With:] CARROLL. The Game of Logic. London, 1887. With original printed envelope and separate card diagram (lacking counters). Second edition. $2,000 - 3,000

391 DONLEAVY, James Patrick (1926-2017). The Ginger Man. New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958.

8vo. Printer’s device on title-page in red. Original publisher’s black cloth, gilt-lettered and blind-stamped (a few stains); original publisher’s pictorial dust-jacket (some light chipping, spine sunned); glassine. Provenance: Harry Walker, Jr. (presentation inscription).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, revised issue. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY DONLEAVY: “For Harry Walker, Jr., with highest regards J.P. Donleavy.” First published in Paris in 1955, it was banned in the US and Ireland for obscenity. $300 - 400

392 [DON QUIXOTE, in English] -- CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). The Life & Exploits of Don Quixote, de la Mancha or The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote: From the Spanish of Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra by T. Smollett, M.D. to which is prefixed, some Account of the Author’s life. In Two volumes. Tobias Smollett, translator. London: J.F. Dove for J. Waller, 1818.

2 volumes, 12mo (126 x 63 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title. (Very minor spotting.) Contemporary light green calf gilt, spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges marbled (some chipping or rubbing, hinges starting). Provenance: Harry F. Marks (bookseller’s stamp); W. & G. Folye, Ltd. (bookseller’s ticket).

Later edition of Smollett’s English translation of Don Quixote, first published in 1755, and remaining very popular. Smollett “endeavored to retain the spirit and ideas without servilely adhering to the literal expression of the original; from which, however, he has not so far deviated, as to destroy that formality of idiom so peculiar to the Spaniards, and so essential to the character of the work” (Translator’s Aim, p. xv). $400 - 600

393 DORÉ, Gustave (1832-1883), illustrator -- FONTAINE, Jean de La (1621-1695). Fables de La Fontaine. Paris: L. Hachette et Cie, 1867.

2 volumes, folio (428 x 311 mm). Half-titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, borders and titles printed in red, 85 wood-engraved plates by Doré printed on chine paper and mounted, numerous engraved vignettes, and engraved head-and-tailpieces. (Some spotting, a few short tears not affecting plates or text.) Contemporary half morocco gilt, marbled boards, spines in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands gilt (some light wear). Provenance: Librarie Tulkens (ticket, Brussels, Belgium).

Second edition, first issue, the “Edition De Luxe” in two volumes, including the first appearance of the engraved portrait frontispiece. The first edition of this work was issued serially in 58 parts starting 1866. As an artist prodigy, by the age of 15, Doré was employed as a caricaturist for Le journal pour rire. By the time he created the woodengravings for this present work, he had been working in the medium for over 2 decades. Lyons, Books: A Living History, 2011.

394 DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir (1859-1930). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892.

Small 4to. In-text illustrations by Sidney Paget. (Some spotting.) Original light-blue gilt-decorated pictorial cloth over bevelled boards, edges gilt (some soiling and rubbing, spine leaned, hinges reinforced).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE of the text, with the misprint Miss “Violent” Hunter for “Violet” in the final sentence of “The Copper Beeches” (p.317). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the first collection of Holmes stories to be published, was released shortly after the success of the series in the Strand Magazine.

[With:] DOYLE. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1894.

Small 4to. Frontispiece of the Death of Holmes at Reichenbach Falls and numerous illustrations in text by Sidney Paget. Original blue gilt-decorated pictorial cloth over heavy bevelled boards, edges gilt (some rubbing and soiling, spine leaned, hinges reinforced); cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Property from the Estate of Charles and Lorraine Janda, Hinsdale, Illinois $1,500 - 2,500 395 DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir (1859-1930). The Valley of Fear. New York: George H. Duran, 1914.

8vo. Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. Original red cloth gilt (tiny tear at foot of spine just touching publisher’s imprint); publisher’s pictorial dust jacket (some chipping, some creasing or minor soiling).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, which, according to Green and Gibson, preceded the English edition by more than 3 months. VERY RARE IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, gilt-lettered and with a color illustration on the front panel, with a blurb on the back panel and publisher’s advertisements on the flaps. Green and Gibson A39(c). Property from the Collection of Mr. Gregory Thomas $4,000 - 6,000

396 [EARLY PRINTING - LEAVES] A collection of approximately 40 leaves, 15th18th century, including examples from:

Caxton, Chronicles of England, 1480; Almanach leaf for the year 1484. Strassburg: Johann Prüss, 1483]. Broadside with zodiacal woodcut (mounted and restored, some loss of text); Voragine’s Golden Legend, Cologne: von Renchen, 1485; Bible, Basel, 1491 (2); leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle; Wechtlin, woodcut of Christ preaching; Eliot Indian Bible, 1685; the first Irish Bible, 1685; Ortelius, Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descrip, hand-colored map, Latin text on verso; and others. Provenance: Cornelius J. Hauck (his sale, Christie’s, 27 June 2006, Lot 157). Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler $4,000 - 6,000 397 EVELYN, John (1620-1706). The Diary of John Evelyn. Austin DOBSON, introduction. London & New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited & The MacMillan Company, 1906.

3 volumes, 8vo (221 x 140 mm). Engraved portrait frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, 11 engraved portraits, 3 engraved maps (1 folding), 38 engraved views (2 folding), 3 facsimile title-pages, one folding facsimile autograph letter, one folding pedigree of the Evelyn family. (Some offsetting, some staining to preliminary leaves, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary half morocco, green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spines sunned, some light chipping or staining).

LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 unnumbered copies of the “Edition de Luxe.” Evelyn’s diary was first published in 1818 and was immediately well-received. While the publication of Samuel Pepys’ diary a few years later became more widely known, the publication of The Diary of John Evelyn paved the way for Pepys’ success (Harris and Hunter, John Evelyn and His Milieu, 2003, p. 2).