Selections from the Studio and Personal Archive of Barry Moser | 571-687

Selections from the Studio and Personal Archive of Barry Moser

Lots 571-687

Introduction

Barry Moser was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1940. He was educated early on at a military academy there, The Baylor School, then at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He did graduate work at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1970. He studied with George Cress, Leonard Baskin, Fred Becker, and Jack Coughlin. Following his first encounters with Baskin and master pressman Harold P. McGrath, Moser found his calling and soon embarked on a career that has lasted over fifty years, in which he immersed himself in every aspect of fine press book production, from design to illustration and printing.

While teaching at Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 1969, Moser founded the Castalia Press, the predecessor of what would be renamed the Pennyroyal Press, which is now widely recognized for its finely printed and illustrated editions of some of the greatest works of literature—noted for their artful combination of Moser’s striking imagery and letterpress text. Moser’s Pennyroyal Press edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1982) won the American Book Award for Design and Illustration in 1983. Its success was followed up with four major large-scale editions of literary classics from the Press: Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass (1982), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1984), Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985), and L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1985). Beyond the Pennyroyal Press, Moser has illustrated and/or designed over 300 titles, including the Arion Press Moby-Dick (1977) and the University of California Press The Divine Comedy of Dante (1980-84). In 1999 Moser produced the Pennyroyal Caxton edition of the King James Bible, a masterpiece of book illustration and production, incorporating Moser’s stunning woodcuts to create what ranks among the greatest achievements of the twentieth century book making.

In addition to being an illustrator, Moser is also a printer, painter, printmaker, designer, author, essayist, and teacher. He has been on the faculty of the Department of Illustration Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, for many years he was on the faculty of the Williston Northampton School. Moser is currently the Irwin and Pauline Alper Glass Professor of Art at Smith College, as well as the Printer to Smith College.

The present Selections from the Studio and Personal Archive of Barry Moser, includes many of his own retained copies, trial proofs, deluxe suites of prints, rare early works and broadsides from the nascent Pennyroyal Press, engraved blocks, drawings and watercolors spanning his productive career. The catalogue also includes a section of books from Moser’s library, including books from other presses, first editions, and presentation copies.

This collection comprises the most comprehensive group of Moser material ever offered at auction, and represents the full range of Moser’s creative process—from his own annotated source material, preliminary drawings, through trial designs and proof impressions to the final productions of many of his most celebrated works. It also reflects his close relationships with the numerous poets, authors, scholars and colleagues with whom he collaborated with on many of his book projects over his prolific career.

Note: For reference citations in this catalogue we refer to the Pennyroyal Checklist of books, posters and broadsides from the Pennyroyal Press, 1969-1986, compiled by J. P. Dwyer and printed by the Pennyroyal Press, 1986. For the clarity of citation in this catalogue the distinction [B] has been added before the citation number to distinguish the ‘Broadsides & Posters’ section of the checklist, and [M] to the ‘Miscellany’ section in the checklist.

571 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Bacchanalia. Ten Woodengravings by Barry Moser with Six Epigrams from the Anthologia Graeca newly Translated by D. L. Graham. Easthampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1970.

Folio. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Loose as issued in original blind-embossed blue wrappers (some fading and discoloration to covers).

LIMITED EDITION, one of 35 copies. ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR ADDITIONAL PROOF SHEETS OF THE PLATES, each captioned and signed in pencil by Moser (“a.p. Moser 1970”). An extremely rare copy of the first book printed under the Pennyroyal Press imprint. “This was the first Pennyroyal book to use wood engravings. It was done under the aegis of graduate course in printmaking at the University of Massachusetts taught by the eminent printmaker, Fred Becker”—Pennyroyal Checklist 4.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,500 - 2,500

572 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Additional suite of plates for Twelve American Writers. [Easthampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1974].

8vo. 12 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Loose as issued in cloth portfolio.

The additional suite of plates which accompanied the limited edition of 50 copies of Twelve American Writers, each SIGNED BY MOSER. Printed by Moser for Dwyer & Cronin Booksellers, Amherst, it is the first commissioned book of the Pennyroyal Press. Accompanied by a signed prospectus for Twelve American Writers, illustrated with a small wood engraving of Mark Twain. See Pennyroyal Checklist 9.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

573 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. BEEKMAN, E. M. Carnal Lent. [Easthampton, MA]: Pennyroyal Press, 1975. Square 8vo. Wood engraved frontispiece portrait of Beekman by Barry Moser. Publisher’s quarter morocco over boards. LIMITED EDITION, one of 200 copies signed by Beekman and Moser, this copy outof-series. Pennyroyal Checklist 11. — BEEKMAN, E. M. Totem. Poems. West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1984. 8vo. Illustrated with two wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original cloth, with printed spine label. LIMITED EDITION, number 98 of 100 copies, signed by both Beekman and Moser. One of two poetry collections by Beekman, who also translated the 17th Century naturalist Georgius E. Rumphius’ Ambonese Herbal, published by Yale in six volumes in 2011. Pennyroyal Checklist 31.

BEEKMAN, E. M. Totem. [Easthampton, MA:] Pennyroyal Press, 1973. Broadside, 297 x 344 mm. Illustrated with two wood engravings by Moser. LIMITED EDITION, one of 130 copies, signed by both Beekman and Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]22. — BEEKMAN, E. M. Totem. [Northhampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1976]. Broadside, 442 x 365 mm. Illustrated with a large wood engraving of a bear above Beekman’s ode to bears. LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 copies, signed by both Beekman and Moser. Accompanied by another copy of the broadside printed on Japan paper, signed by both; a proof copy of the woodcut (without text), signed by Moser; and 2 mock-up proofs incorporating newsprint with annotations by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]32.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

574 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. SMYTH, Paul (1944-2006). Thistles and Thorns: Abraham and Sarah at Bethel. Omaha: Printed by Harry Duncan at Abattoir Editions / University of Nebraska, 1977.

8vo. Illustrated with 13 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original linen with printed label, uncut.

LIMITED EDITION, copy number 1 of 253 copies, SIGNED BY SMYTH AND MOSER. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Moser on the dedication page: “For Barry: Thank you, Sir, for so honoring my poem. / Paul / May 1977”. With a promotional pamphlet signed by Moser laid in. Pennyroyal Checklist [M]4.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

575 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. MARIANI, Paul. Timing Devices: Poems. Easthampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1977.

Full sheets, 328 x 620 mm (328 x 156 mm., folded). FOLDED UNBOUND SHEETS. Illustrated with 5 woodengraved plates by Barry Moser; plus a folding polyptych plate at back containing the same five engravings.

FIRST EDITION of Mariani’s first book of poetry. LIMITED EDITION, one of 175 copies SIGNED BY MOSER AND MARIANI. Accompanied by another set of gathered unbound sheets, without the additional folding plate, unsigned.

Pennyroyal Checklist 18 (“This book marks the beginning of a long relationship with a man I consider one of the brightest poets working in America today.”).

[With:]

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. MARIANI, Paul. Epitaphs for the Journey: New, Selected, and Revised Poems. North Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, [2012].

8vo. Frontispiece and dust jacket illustrated with wood engravings by Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, number 10 of 10 copies reserved for the author and illustrator, of an edition of 50 copies SIGNED BY MARIANI AND MOSER, with an additional impression of the folded triptych from the wood engravings, signed by Moser in pencil.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

576 MOSER, Barry. Twelve Woodengravings of Cirsia & Various Thistles with sundry notes gathered, engraved & privately printed for Gray Parrot by Barry Moser. West Hatfield, MA: Privately Printed at the Pennyroyal Press for Gray Parrot, 1978.

109 x 162 mm. UNFOLDED SHEETS UNBOUND. Illustrated with 12 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Loose in board folder with Moser’s note “Cirsia in sheets, unfolded complete.”

CIRSIA IN SHEETS, UNFOLDED.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 35 copies, WITH EACH ENGRAVING SIGNED BY MOSER. This copy not signed by artist and binder as bound copies appear to be. This rare privately printed edition could be ordered bound or in sheets. Accompanied by the original printed announcement for the publication illustrated with a wood engraving of a thistle, signed by Moser. Also with an illustrated invitation to a lecture by Moser entitled “Eryngium & the White Knight: Botanical Motifs in Illustration,” on 13 May 1983 at the Yale Law School Auditorium; and 2 copies of a botanical proof printed by for private use by Moser reproducing a plate from The Flowering Plants of Massachusetts, each signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [M]6.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

577 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. MOSER, George. A Family Letter Written… to His Nephew Arthur Moser & Published by His Great-Nephew Barry Moser… Easthampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1979.

Oblong 8vo. FOLDED SHEETS UNBOUND. Folding wood-engraved frontispiece signed by Barry Moser.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 175 numbered copies signed by Moser on colophon. According to Moser “Eudora Welty spoke highly of this book and commented that George Moser was a wonderful writer, if a bit mad.” Pennyroyal Checklist 21.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300

578 MOSER, Barry. Eight Wood Engravings on a Theme of Pan. With an Afterword by the Artist. Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1980.

8vo. Illustrated with 8 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original cloth.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 130 copies, this copy out-of-series, signed by Moser and designated artist’s proof (“AP”) on colophon, and WITH EACH PLATE SIGNED BY MOSER. Pennyroyal Checklist 24.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

579 MOSER, Barry. Eight Wood Engravings on a Theme of Pan. With an Afterword by the Artist. Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1980.

8vo. FOLDED SHEETS UNBOUND. Illustrated with 8 wood engravings by Barry Moser; calligraphic embellishments by Betse Curtis.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 130 copies, this copy out-of-series, signed by Moser and designated “artist’s copy” on colophon, and WITH EACH PLATE SIGNED BY MOSER. Pennyroyal Checklist 24.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

580 MOSER, Barry. 3 original pen & ink with wash and pencil drawings for Eight Wood Engravings on a Theme of Pan. [1980]. Each ca 285 x 195 mm. On watercolor paper. Each signed and captioned in pencil.

Comprises: “Bacchanalian Pan,” “Pan / p 9,” “p 17 / Rutting pan w. Lamb.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $800 - 1,200

581 MOSER, Barry. Men of Printing. Anglo-American Profiles. [Easthampton, MA:] Pennyroyal Press, 1980.

174 x 122 mm. 8 wood-engraved portraits by Barry Moser. Loose as issued in printed card folder.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 25 sets, WITH EACH PLATE SIGNED BY MOSER in pencil. These portraits of William Morris, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, Emery Walker, Eric Gill, St. John Hornby, Frederick Goudy, John Henry Nash and Bruce Rogers originally appeared in Men of Printing, Anglo-American Profiles printed by the Pennyroyal Press in 1976. See Pennyroyal Checklist 12.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

582 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. VIRGIL MARO, Publius. 9 original pen & ink with wash and pencil drawings for Allen Mandelbaum’s translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, published 1981. [ca 1980]. Each 390 x 285 mm. Each signed and dated by Moser, and with his calligraphic captions (as they appear in published edition) and annotations for the printer. Accompanied by 32 small ink rough sketches for the work, each 226 x 117 mm. With numerous captions and annotations including book and verse references.

[With:]

VERGILIUS MARO, Publius. The Aeneid of Virgil. A Verse Translation by Allen Mandelbaum. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1981, 8vo, illustrated by Moser, original cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Signed by Moser on title-page.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $7,000 - 10,000

583 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby Dick; or, The Whale. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1981.

Folio. Numerous woodcut illustrations by Barry Moser. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver (minor discoloration to spine); original publisher’s cloth slipcase.

LIMITED ISSUE, one of 750 unnumbered copies, SIGNED BY MOSER, of this facsimile reprint of the 1979 edition printed by the Arion Press.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

584 MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick. Edited by Harrison Hayford and Hershel Parker. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., [1967]. 8vo, original wrappers (covers detached, handling wear). Norton Critical Edition.

BARRY MOSER’S HEAVILY ANNOTATED COPY, with his markings, underlinings and notes in pencil and ink throughout indicating many of his references for the subjects of his illustrations for the monumental Arion Press edition (1979), with inserted slips and notes, etc. Some annotations adding instructions to himself, such as: “vertical images - never wider than 17 picas.” On the final blank he quotes Melville’s Fossil Whale and book analogy (Chapter 14): “To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though may there who have tried it. Ch. 104”. Accompanied by Moser’s copy of a trade edition of the University of California reprint of Arion Press edition, small 4to, original cloth, in dust jacket; and his copy of Herman Melville. Selected Tales & Poems. Edited by Richard Chase. New York, [1965]. Later paperback edition.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $800 - 1,200

585 [MELVILLE, HERMAN (1819-1891)]. MOSER, Barry. Group of items related to his illustration of the monumental Arion Press edition Moby-Dick. Comprising: 4 promotional cards for “Barry Moser On the Illustration of Moby-Dick,” given at the Mead Auditorium, Amherst College, April 2, 1981, illustrated with a woodcut whale vignette — Original woodblock used for the white whale vignette used to illustrate the card. — And a manuscript calligraphic sheet by Moser with quotation from Melville on whether a book is ever “finished” from Moby Dick, it reads: “Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, & Patience / Herman Melville fr. Moby Dick.” 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches, on watercolor paper, with some other calligraphic trials on verso.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

586 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there. West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1982.

2 volumes. Folio. Numerous wood-engravings by Barry Moser. UNBOUND IN ORIGINAL FOLDED SHEETS.

ONE OF ONLY TWO ‘ARTIST’S COPIES’ IN SHEETS OF THE PAIR OF MASTERPIECES FROM THE PENNYROYAL PRESS.

LIMITED EDITIONS, each one of 350 copies signed, these copies out-of-series and designated “artist’s copy” on each colophon. The Alice colophon additionally inscribed “For Arno / Barry Moser” with a small pencil remarque depicting a mushroom above. Without the accompanying additional suites of plates that was normally issued with bound copies of the limited edition. Moser notes that there were only two such copies gathered as such in sheets of both works together as a set. See Pennyroyal Checklist 26 & 27. Accompanied by two copies of the “To the Reader” leaf for Alice signed by Moser, and two unfolded invitations for a reception for the Pennyroyal Alice held at the Basilisk Press & Bookshop in London on November, 16, 1981.

[With:]

Original woodblock for the key motif cut by Moser used for the half-title of Alice, inscribed by Moser in ink on back: “Reversed Half-title.”

[And:]

A binding dummy for the Pennyroyal Press editions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, folio, purple half goatskin gilt by Gray Parrot bindery, inscribed by Moser in pencil on the front free endpaper: “This binding dummy by Gray Parrot, with marbled papers by Cara Moser, was the prototype for the binding Parrot & Moser did for the Pennyroyal Press edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1982. / Barry Moser / 8.26.21.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $5,000 - 7,000

587 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. A group of 5 wood-engraved plates for the Pennyroyal Press edition of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1982].

Various sizes. Matted together surrounding a very rare solitary example of the letterpress label “Drink Me” (without the usual wood engraving of the bottle attached to it which appeared on p. 43 in the published edition), printed in colors by Harold McGrath, six passes through the press; framed. EACH PRINT SIGNED AND CAPTIONED BY MOSER in pencil, and designated as artist’s proof (“ap”).

Comprising: “The White Rabbit,” “The Pool of Tears,” “The King of Hearts,” “The Enormous Puppy,” and “The Cheshire Cat.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $800 - 1,200

588 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (18321898). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1982, 1983.

2 volumes, folio. Numerous illustrations by Barry Moser. Original cloth-backed boards; original printed dust jackets. FIRST TRADE EDITIONS, each signed by Moser on the title-page.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

589 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits. [West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press for]: University of California Press, 1983.

Folio. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Original stiff plain wrappers; in original blind-embossed blue dust jacket.

LIMITED PENNYROYAL ISSUE, one of 100 copies, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page, accompanied by an additional suite of five wood-engravings for the work, EACH SIGNED BY MOSER. “The University of California Press commissioned the design and illustration of the Snark to be used as a companion piece for their deluxe edition of Through the Looking-Glass. By the terms of our agreement with the University of California Press, Pennyroyal Press issued its own edition with a suite of the original prints laid in”—Pennyroyal Checklist 28.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

590 [MOSER, Barry. illustrator]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass… & The Hunting of the Snark. New York: Schocken Books, 1978.

8vo. Illustrated. Original wrappers.

BARRY MOSER’S HEAVILY ANNOTATED COPY, with his markings, underlinings and notes in pencil, ink and highlighter throughout indicating many of his references for the subjects of his illustrations for the Pennyroyal Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and Hunting of the Snark editions (1982-83). Accompanied by a second trade edition of Moser’s illustrated edition of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, folio, original quarter cloth, dust jacket, SIGNED by Moser on the title-page.

[With:] A group of 4 pieces of promotional ephemera related to Moser’s illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the LookingGlass, 1982-83. Including a printed invitation from the Pennyroyal Press for a party on 11 September 1982 celebrating the completion of Alice and the commencement of Looking-Glass; a printed invitation to Moser’s discussion and slide-show given to The Society of Printers, 2 February 1983, signed by Moser and fifty of the attendees on verso; and 2 other related items.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

591 [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898)]. A collection of approximately 40 volumes by or about Dodgson from the personal library of Barry Moser, including reference, catalogues and variously illustrated later editions of Dodgson’s works, many with Moser’s bookplate (a few signed by Moser). Various sizes, original bindings.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300

592 [BROADSIDE]. MOSER, Barry. Jabberwocky. [West Hatfield, MA, 1983]. 432 x 561 mm. (A few minor creases at corners.) Illustrated with a wood-engraving printed from the same block used of the Jabberwock from the Pennyroyal Through the Looking Glass. One of an unspecified number, signed by Moser. Not in Pennyroyal Checklist.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

593 [PRINTS]. MOSER, Barry. Alice in Her Sister’s Reverie. [1982]. 433 x 552 mm. Signed and captioned by Moser in pencil, designated artist’s proof (“ap”).

A separate print issued by Moser created using the original block used from his Pennyroyal Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but printed on a background created from a metal line-cut from a collage, with two runs through the press on Superfine paper.

[With:]

MOSER, Barry. The Mad Hatter, No. 2. [1983]. 368 mm x 253 mm. Wood engraving. Signed by Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

594 [PRINT]. MOSER, Barry. Alice in Her Sister’s Reverie. [1982?]. 433 x 552 mm. Signed and captioned by Moser in pencil, designated artist’s proof (“ap”).

A separately issued print by Moser created using the original block from his Pennyroyal Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but printed on a background created from a metal line-cut from a collage, with two runs through the press on Superfine paper.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

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595 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. ALIGHIERI, Dante (1265-1321). The Divine Comedy… A Verse Translation with Introduction & Commentary by Allen Mandelbaum. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1980-84.

3 volumes. 8vo. Illustrated after drawings by Barry Moser. Original cloth (minor soiling to Vol. I); Vols. II-III in dust jackets.

FIRST EDITIONS illustrated by Moser. SIGNED BY MOSER on title-pages. ANNOTATED BY MOSER IN VOLUME I with underlinings in red, notes and additions to the colophon in preparation for an unrealized Pennyroyal edition.

[With:] A later paperback edition of the Mandelbaum/Moser Inferno, [n.d.], SIGNED BY MOSER on title-page. — 2 exhibition booklets to accompany the exhibitions for “Inferno: Drawings by Barry Moser for the California Dante” at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York and Galeriaforma in Genoa in 1980, respectively, each signed by Moser on the title-page, each one of 250 copies printed by the Pennyroyal Press. — 2 illustrated exhibition cards for the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, MA, in 1981, each signed by Moser. — HOMER. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by T. E. Shaw. Preface by Jeremy M. Wilson. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1981. 8vo, UNBOUND FOLDED SHEETS. LIMITED EDITION, one of 2,000 copies SIGNED BY MOSER AND WILSON. —And another copy in unbound folded sheets.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

596 MOSER, Barry. A suite of 18 proof wood-engraved plates by Barry Moser for an unrealized edition of Dante’s Inferno. [ca 1984]. 293 x 190 mm. EACH SIGNED BY MOSER; and 2 additional trial proofs with letterpress in red for the same, each SIGNED BY MOSER.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

597 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Editions in association with Pioneer Publishing, 1984.

Folio. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original linen with paper spine and cover labels; in original linen slipcase.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies. WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL REMARQUE BY MOSER depicting the head of a rooster on the title-page, signed and dated 1989. According to Moser this was an unsuccessful venture into producing trade editions with Pioneer Publishing.

[With:]

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The Scarlet Letter, A Romance. Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Editions in association with Pioneer Publishing, 1984.

Folio. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original linen with paper spine and cover labels; in original linen slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies. Signed by Moser on the title-page.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $250 - 350

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598 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft (17971851). Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1984.

Folio. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket.

FIRST TRADE EDITION, First Printing. SIGNED by Moser on the title-page.

[Accompanied by:] A dummy binding by the Harcourt bindery for the Pennyroyal Press limited edition of Moser’s Frankenstein, folio, quarter morocco. INSCRIBED BY MOSER: “This is a prototype of the Frankenstein binding from harcourt bindery that I gave to my daughter to use as a diary when she was in junior high school. Barry Moser.” Followed by 3 pp of diary entries including mentioning traveling with her father “for Poqipsee [sic] New York avec father. went to the house Wilderstien [sic], the house dad will be using for beauty & the beast,” and goes on to describe her own thoughts for a story.

[With:]

SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft. The Annotated Frankenstein. With Introduction and Notes by Leonard Wolf. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1977. 4to, original quarter cloth, with some sections highlighted by Moser indicating some references for the subjects of his illustrations for the Pennyroyal Press edition of Frankenstein (1983), also within the note at end on the illustrated editions of Frankenstein. Also with 9 other related works from Moser’s library on Frankenstein.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

599 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. A group of 3 multiple color block prints from the Pennyroyal Press edition of Frankenstein, [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1983].

Each c.240 x 285 mm, sight size. EACH SIGNED BY MOSER in pencil. Separately matted and framed. “Frankenstein marks the first instance of the use of multiple color blocks prints in a Pennyroyal book…”—Pennyroyal Checklist 29.

Comprising:

“All joy was but a mockery,” “No father had watched my infant days,” and “Farewell.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $700 - 1,000

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600 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (18351910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.

2 volumes, folio. 49 wood-engraved plates by Barry Moser; extra suite of wood-engraved plates in separate portfolio. Original green morocco gilt by Gray Parrot; extra suite of plates loose as issued in cloth chemise; housed together in a cloth slipcase.

LIMITED EDITION, number 284 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MOSER AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES, each additionally signed by Moser. The text for this centenary edition is the restored version as supplied by the Mark Twain Papers at the University of California at Berkeley. Pennyroyal Checklist 39.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $2,000 - 3,000

602 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Jim, Alone. Wood engraving from the Pennyroyal Press Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985]. 382 x 288 mm. Matted. Signed by Moser and numbered (“34/50”). The model for the subject is the American playwright, screenwriter and actor Samm Art William, who starred in the role of Jim in the PBS American Playhouse drama “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in 1986. 603 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. [New York]: Harper Collins / Books of Wonder, [1998].

4to. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Original glazed pictorial boards; dust jacket.

SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY SIX ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, each signed and titled in pencil. The subjects comprise: “The Haunted House,” “Murrel’s Gold,” “Becky Thatcher,” “Mr. Dobbins,” “The Widow Douglas,” and “They’re Coming.” Sizes range from ca 280 x 198 to ca 288 x 198 mm.

601 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (18351910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.

Plate portfolio only. Folio. 49 wood-engraved plates. Loose as issued in original cloth chemise.

LIMITED EDITION, from the run of 350 copies. EACH PLATE SIGNED BY MOSER. A complete suite of plates issued to accompany the limited centenary edition of Huckleberry Finn (1985). These are unnumbered. See note Pennyroyal Checklist 39.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $800 - 1,200

[With:] LASKY, Kathryn. A Brilliant Streak. The Making of Mark Twain. San Diego, [1998]. 4to, original boards; dust jacket. Signed by Moser on the title-page.

604 [CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)]. Mark Twain’s Book of Animals. Edited with Introduction, Afterward, & Notes by Shelley Fisher Fishkin. Illustrations by Barry Moser. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, [2010].

8vo. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original quarter cloth; dust jacket; housed in custom cloth folding case together with additional suite of the prints and an original woodblock.

SPECIAL COPY, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PRINTS AND AN ORIGINAL ENGRAVED WOODBLOCK FOR THE EDITION. Signed by Moser on the title-page; each print signed and numbered (“2/25”). The original woodblock is for the frontispiece illustration and dust jacket cover.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $2,000 - 3,000

605 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. [CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)]. Mark Twain’s Book of Animals. Edited with Introduction, Afterward, & Notes by Shelley Fisher Fishkin. Illustrations by Barry Moser. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, [2010].

8vo. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original quarter cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PRINTS, each signed and numbered (“AP V/V”).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $800 - 1,200

606 [MOSER, BARRY—SOURCE MATERIAL]. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). The Annotated Huckleberry Finn. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1981.

4to. Original cloth-backed boards (minor fading and handling wear).

BARRY MOSER’S HEAVILY ANNOTATED WORKING COPY, with his markings, underlinings and notes in pencil and ink throughout indicating many of his references for the subjects of his illustrations for the Pennyroyal Press edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985), with inserted slips, annotated photocopies, notes, etc.

Accompanied by Moser’s source material of related editions and works on Clemens including a paperback edition Huckleberry Finn. Text, Sources, and Criticism, Edited by Kenneth S. Lynn, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1961], 4to, original wrappers, with some pencil annotations in Moser’s hand; Dennis Welland’s The Life and Times of Mark Twain, New York: Crescent Books, [1991], 4to, original cloth, dust jacket, with flagged notes on inserted slips in Moser’s hand; and 10 other volumes by or about Clemens.

607 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator.] BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.

Folio. Illustrated with 62 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original beige boards by David Bourbeau at the Thistle Bindery, decorated in gilt and blind; in original linen clamshell box (minor dampstaining to box).

LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies signed by Moser, this copy unnumbered and designated “Artist’s copy” on colophon. With Pennyroyal Press booklet entitled Forty-Seven Days to Oz: A Chronicle of the Studies for the Illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, laid in. Pennyroyal Checklist 43.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

608 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. A group of 4 wood-engraved plates for the Pennyroyal Press edition The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985].

Each c.380 x 285 mm. EACH SIGNED BY MOSER in pencil. Each matted separately.

Comprising: “The Cyclone,” “The Cowardly Lion,” “The Lion’s Courage,” and “The Arrival of the King of the Winged Monkeys.” Accompanied by a copy of the Pennyroyal Press booklet entitled Forty-Seven Days to Oz: A Chronicle of the Studies for the Illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1985.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

609 [MOSER, Barry—SOURCE MATERIAL]. BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Annotated Wizard of Oz… With an Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1973.

Oblong 8vo. Original cloth (joints splitting, hinges tender, some soiling).

BARRY MOSER’S HEAVILY ANNOTATED COPY, with his markings, underlinings and notes in pencil and ink throughout indicating many of his references for the subjects of his illustrations for the Pennyroyal Press edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1985), with inserted slips and notes, etc.

Accompanied by Moser’s source material of related editions and works on Baum, comprising: a paperback edition of the The Wizard of Oz, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1982, 8vo, original wrappers, with some annotations in red ink in Moser’s hand. — The Wizard of Oz. Edited by Michael Patrick Hearn. New York: Schocken Books, [1983], 8vo, original cloth, with flagged notes on inserted slips in Moser’s hand. — RILEY, Michael O. Oz and Beyond, The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1997, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket, inscribed by the author to Barry Moser on the half-title. — a trade edition of Moser’s illustrated The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1986, oblong 8vo, original leatherette and cloth, in dust jacket, signed by Moser on the title-page.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

610 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Portfolio of plates for Master Richard’s Bestiary of Love and Response. Bestiare d’amour. [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985].

8vo. 48 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Loose as issued with additional suite of plates in cloth chemises; housed together in original vellumbacked cloth folding case.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 suites of plates, each signed and numbered in pencil by Moser, this copy designated “AP.” This being among the first 25 suites which contain an additional suite of engravings on Fusuma Gray paper, each signed by the artist and lettered “M/25”. Pennyroyal Checklist 42. Accompanied by a copy of the trade edition of Master Richard’s Bestiary. Translated by Jeanette Beer. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, [1986]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

611 MOSER, Barry. An Alphabet. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1986.

Oblong sheets (191 x 242 mm). UNBOUND AND UNFOLDED SHEETS. With 26 wood engravings by Moser; and 26 letters designed by Yvette Rutledge printed in colors by Moser.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 150 copies, this copy out-of-series.

“One of the most rewarding relationships I have had with other craftsmen in my seventeen years of bookwork has been with Yvette Rutledge. she has an uncanny sense of what I want and an extraordinary talent for making beautiful letters.”—Pennyroyal Checklist 47.

[With:] An incomplete group of unbound folded quires and plates for An Alphabet, including some duplicates.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

612 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. A suite of plates issued separately by Moser using his blocks from his illustrated book The Fall of Camelot (Enchanted World Series), New York: Time-Life Books, 1986.

295 x 246 mm. 33 wood-engraved plates by Barry Moser.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 85 suites of plates printed by the Pennyroyal Press, EACH SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY MOSER in pencil (“84/85”).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

613 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Suite of plates issued separately by Moser using his blocks from his illustrated book The Fall of Camelot (Enchanted World Series), New York: Time-Life Books, 1986.

295 x 246 mm. 33 wood-engraved plates by Barry Moser. EACH SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY MOSER in pencil (“83/85”).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

615 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). I Remember Grandpa. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 1987.

4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original boards; dust jacket.

FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. Accompanied by another signed copy (no dust jacket). Originally written in 1946 as a gift for Capote’s aunt, it was not published until three years before this illustrated edition. 614 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. WELTY, Eudora (1909-2001). The Robber Bridegroom. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1987.

8vo. Numerous wood-engravings by Barry Moser. FOLDED UNBOUND SHEETS.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 150 copies, SIGNED BY WELTY AND MOSER, this copy out-of-series. ACCOMPANIED BY FIVE EXTRA WOOD-ENGRAVED PLATES, each signed by Moser and numbered (“13/100”), matted. With a printed promotional brochure and bookmark to a related event in Jackson Mississippi. Also with a copy of the Moser illustrated trade edition, San Diego & New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. 8vo, illustrated by Moser, original quarter cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

[With:]

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. RUDISILL, Marie. Sook’s Cookbook. Memories and Traditional Receipts from the Deep South. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1989.

4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original boards; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION of a cookbook collected by Truman Capote’s aunt. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING FOR AN ILLUSTRATION, a portrait of Truman Capote’s cousin, Jenny Faulk, signed and dated 1989. With a signed statement from Moser recounting his friendship with Rudisill which developed over the course of illustrating this book, and resulted in her sending Moser a gift of a family quilt which Truman Capote had while he was a boy. THE ORIGINAL QUILT ACCOMPANIES THIS LOT.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

616 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. MACLEAN, Norman. A River Runs Through It. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1989.

8vo. Illustrated with 13 wood engravings by Barry Moser. UNBOUND FOLDED SHEETS.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 200 copies signed by Maclean and Moser, this copy marked artist’s proof (“AP.”) on colophon. Accompanied by an extra suite of 14 engravings signed by the artist.

[With:] Original woodblock engraved by Moser for one of the flies illustrated in the Pennyroyal edition. — An extra group of 40 prints (including duplicates) for the work, unsigned. — 2 later printings, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [n.d.], 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, in dust jackets, each SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. — A group of additional binding labels for the Pennyroyal edition. — Original hand-tied yellow stone fly, with note from Richard Rose (grandson of George Croonenberghs, who tied all the flies depicted in the edition, but the “Bunyan Bug” tied by Norman Means) presenting it to Moser (“My gramps made this around 1940…). — And a copy of Fishing Stories, Edited by Henry Hughes, New York: Knopf, 2013, second printing, inscribed by Hughes to Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $2,000 - 3,000

617 [MOSER, BARRY, illustrator]. DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir (1859-1930). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow & Company, Inc., [1992].

4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket.

SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY FIVE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, signed and dated in pencil (several titled). The subjects comprise: “Vincent Spaulding,” “Charles McCarthy, Dead,” “Grimesby Roylott,” “Dr. Watson,” and “Hugh Boone.” Sizes range from c.264 x 197 mm. to c.284 x 197 mm.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $4,000 - 6,000

618 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. OATES, Joyce Carol. First Love. [Hopewell]: The Ecco Press, 1996.

16mo. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser; extra suite of plates in separate folder. Original turquoise cloth; housed together in matching clamshell case with spacing trays.

LIMITED EDITION, number 4 of 200 copies, signed by Oates and Moser, and accompanied by an additional suite of plates on Japan paper, each individually signed by Moser.

[With:]

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. OATES, Joyce Carol. The Gatekeeper. Las Vegas: Rainmaker Editions, 2003.

8vo. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original morocco-backed silk over boards; in matching folding case.

LIMITED EDITION, number 6 (“vi”) of 125 copies signed by Oates and Moser, and accompanied by an additional suite of artist’s proofs, each individually signed by Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

619 MOSER, Barry. The Animals. The Engravings of Barry Moser. With an Appreciation by Vance Studley. [Pasadena:] By Vance Studley for Pennyroyal Press, 1997.

Oblong 8vo. Illustrated with 18 wood-engraved plates. Text booklet and plates loose as issued in cloth folding case with printed label.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 20 copies, WITH EACH PLATE SIGNED BY MOSER in pencil. Printed and bound “solely for the distribution & pleasure of Barry Moser & Vance Studley.”

[With:]

MOSER, Barry. Six Engravings by Barry Moser. [Pasadena, CA:] Privately Printed by Vance Studley for Pennyroyal Press, 2005.

207 x 161 mm. Title-page with four-line Dogon Greeting, sheet with poem “Civilization” by Richard Grossman; and 6 wood-engravings by Barry Moser. Loose as issued in plain folder; original folding case with printed spine label “The Animals.”

LIMITED EDITON, “a few copies printed,” with each print signed and numbered by Moser (“3/20”).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

620 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments. North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999.

2 volumes. Folio. Illustrated with over 235 relief engravings by Barry Moser. (Front flyleaf creased in Vol. I.) Vol. I partially bound, sewn onto original vellum strips with linen and spine backing paper present; Vol. II in full vellum over boards with title stamped in gilt on front board and spine (slight discoloration to vellum on front cover); each volume housed in original cloth folding case (both with spine labels for Vol. II).

LIMITED EDITION, one of 400 copies on Zerkall Bible paper, out of a total edition of 430 copies, this copy out-of-series and signed by Moser at end of Vol II. The text for the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible follows the classic King James, or “Authorized” version, first published in 1611. The type is Galliard-Moser, designed by Matthew Carter and modified specifically for this project, and the type pages are composed and printed by Bradley Hutchinson of Digital Letterpress in Austin, Texas, after Moser’s designs and specifications. Mr. Hutchinson has rendered the computer-generated type into polymer printing plates and printed them letterpress, combining tradition with modern technology. The paper is Zerkall Bible, manufactured especially for this project and bearing the unique watermark of the Pennyroyal Caxton Press. The bindings are executed by the combined studios of Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton, of Easthampton, Massachusetts. Moser brought the experience of thirty years of engraving to bear on his illustrations for the King James Bible, the first edition in this century in which both the Old and the New Testaments are illustrated by a single artist. Working with a new medium known as resingrave, Moser has cut over 235 stunning illustrations which rank among his finest, and overseen the integration of these engravings into a seamless whole, what he has termed the “struggle to engage not only a sacred text but the greatest monument of our language; to grapple with typography and images befitting such sanctity and monumentality; and to wrestle with the devils and angels that reside therein.” This book undoubtedly ranks among the greatest achievements of twentieth century fine bookmaking. With the original prospectus laid in.

[With:] 3 original preliminary pencil drawings by Moser for illustrations in The Holy Bible. Each 403 x 284 mm, each titled and signed by Moser. The subjects comprise: “Sanballat” (Nehemiah 2:10), “The Child” (Galatians 4:1), and “The Annunciation” (Luke 1:28).

[And:]

A trial binding dummy for the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, folio, linen-backed boards, inscribed by Moser in pencil on the front free endpaper: “This binding dummy is from the workshops of Sarah Creighton & Claudia Cohen is a prototype for the binding of the Pennyroyal Press edition of the King James Bible. The cover papers were made by Tim Barrett at his paper mill at the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa. Barrett and I collected walnut husks around the mill building to dye the sheets. Unfortunately, the paper bruised and burnished, & the idea for a very humble biding was abandoned. / Barry Moser / 8.26.21.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $8,000 - 12,000

621 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. A trial proof bifolium containing the illustrated opening of Genesis beginning the the text of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. [North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999].

Bifolium, ca 400 x 575mm. Printed in red and black; illustrated with an unused trial full-page wood engraving of the Heavens with the Hebrew letter [aleph] at center by Barry Moser; sheet blank on verso. Stitched at center fold and held to mount. Float-mounted in a window mat and handsomely displayed in a gilt-wood frame.

ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 25 TRIAL COPIES PRINTED. The engraving was later used in the published version as an illustration for the Book of Psalms.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

622 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. The Complete Set of Prints Both Published and Unpublished for the Deluxe Edition of The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. [North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999].

Folio (c.380 x 255 mm). 280 resingrave prints by Barry Moser. With letterpress bifolium comprising title page (with limitation) and plate list. Loose as issued (without tray box which accompanied the deluxe edition).

LIMITED EDITION, number 49 of 50 proof sets, each signed and numbered by Moser. All the prints were printed by Harold McGrath on handmade Japanese Kitakata paper. The suite includes the 50 rejected prints by the artist.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $4,000 - 6,000 623 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. A group of 14 engraved prints for the Pennyroyal Caxton Press Bible. [North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999].

Each 406 x 282 mm. Matted or shrink-wrapped on foam core board separately. Most signed and captioned by Moser in pencil, and designated as artist’s proof (“ap”), some with plate number annotated on margin in red pencil.

Comprising: “The Crucifixion,” “1st Crucifixion, left panel,” “Jesus with the Crown of Thorns,” [unsigned], “Golgotha,” “The Two Tables of Testimony,” “The Daughter of Babylon,” “Ezekiel,” “Ebed-melech,” “The Lovers,” 2 others unsigned, and 3 artist’s proofs on Japanese Kitakata paper, signed by Moser: “The Turtle Dove”, “The Goat” and “The Death of John the Baptist.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

624 MOSER, Barry. An original engraved Resingrave block for the image of Esther used to illustrate the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. 1997. 293 x 185 x 21 mm. Titled in marker by Moser on top edge. The block has an almost imperceptible cancellation line scribed along the extreme lower edge of the engraved surface.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $800 - 1,200

625 MOSER, Barry. An original engraved Resingrave block for The Flight into Egypt used to illustrate The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. 1997. 293 x 185 x 21 mm. Titled in marker by Moser on top edge. The block has an almost imperceptible cancellation line scribed along the extreme lower edge of the engraved surface.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $800 - 1,200

626 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments. New York: Viking Studio, 1999.

Folio. Illustrated with over 230 woodcuts by Barry Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket; in original shrink-wrap.

FIRST TRADE EDITION of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. Accompanied by a video cassette trailer for the documentary film by Kessler Brothers, “A Thief Among the Angels,” The Pennyroyal Caxton, new in shrink-wrap.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $100 - 200

627 [PRINT]. Wisdom. Large limited Resingrave print from the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. [North Hatfield, MA, 1999]. 865 x 532 mm. LIMITED EDITION, number XI of XXXV numbered copies, signed by Moser, this copy designated artist’s proof (“ap”).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400 628 [POSTERS]. 3 silkscreen promotional posters for the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. Each 38 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. LIMITED EDITIONS, each one of 50 copies, each signed by Moser. Comprises posters for The Books of the Prophecy, The Five Books of Moses and The Books of the New Testament.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

629 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. SOYINKA, Wole. Outsiders. Decatur, GA: Wisteria Press, 1999.

8vo. Frontispiece by Barry Moser. Original cloth-backed mottled boards.

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 15 copies hors commerce copies (of 265 copies printed on Mohawk Superfine paper), this copy designated “Artist’s Copy 5 of 5,” SIGNED BY SOYINKA AND MOSER. Soyinka was the Nobel laureate in 1986.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

630 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. STOKER, Bram (18471912). Dracula. New York: Books of Wonder / Harper Collins, 2000.

8vo. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser; extra suite of wood-engraved plates in separate portfolio. Publisher’s quarter cloth; dust jacket; extra suite of plates loose as issued in cloth chemise; housed together in original cloth clamshell case.

FIRST EDITION illustrated by Moser, DELUXE PENNYROYAL ISSUE, number 13 of 30 copies, SIGNED BY MOSER AND ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES, each individually signed and numbered by Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $800 - 1,200

631 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. New York: Books of Wonder / Harper Collins, 2000.

8vo. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original quarter cloth; dust jacket.

FIRST TRADE EDITION illustrated by Moser, SIGNED by Moser on the title-page. Accompanied by the additional suite of plates printed at the Pennyroyal Press for the deluxe Pennyroyal issue, each signed by Moser.

[With:] 7 volumes by or about Stoker/Dracula from Moser’s library, several with sections marked or flagged for reference for his own illustrations for this work.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

632 MOSER, Barry. Portraits… Introduction by Ann Patchett. Afterword by Barry Moser. North Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 2006.

Folio. 161 engravings on wood and Resingrave by Barry Moser. Contents loose as issued in original cloth chemise and folding case.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 60 sets, signed by Ann Patchett, printer Vance and Barry Moser, this being COPY NUMBER 1, from the first twenty copies reserved for the artist. Contains 161 portraits of friends, family, artists, architects, writers, poets, and composers engraved on wood and Resingrave by Moser from 1970 to 2006 and collected here for the first time.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $2,000 - 3,000

633 [MOSER, BARRY, illustrator]. Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny the Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius. Los Angeles: Getty Museum, [2007].

4to. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser; extra suite of wood-engraved plates in separate portfolio. Original pictorial boards; in dust jacket; extra suite of plates loose as issued in cloth chemise; housed together in a cloth clamshell case.

SPECIAL COPY, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PRINTS AND AN EXTRA SIGNED PROOF. Signed by Moser on front free endpaper. The signed proof is a wood-engraving of the map of the Bay of Naples.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

634 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. HODGES, Margaret (1911-2005). Moses. New York, Orlando, Austin, etc.: Harcourt, Inc., 2007.

4to. With 13 full-page illustrations from watercolors by Barry Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY FIVE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, each 287 x 216 mm., each signed, dated (“05”) and titled in pencil by Moser. The drawings comprise: “Moses” (used as frontispiece), “The Infant Moses,” “Moses, a prince of Egypt,” “Moses and the Burning Bush,” and “The Table of Testimony.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $4,000 - 6,000

635 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Psalm 23. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008.

4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original pictorial boards; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY TWO LARGE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, each captioned, signed and dated by Moser (“2006”), each c.380 x 570 mm. The subjects comprise: “The Shepherd,” and “Beside the Still Water.” Accompanied by an additional copy of the book, signed by Moser on title-page.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $6,000 - 8,000

636 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Psalm 23. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008.

4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original pictorial boards; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY TWO LARGE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, each captioned, signed and dated by Moser (“2006”), each c.380 x 570 mm. The subjects comprise: “Out from the Shadow,” and “He prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies.” Accompanied by an additional copy of the book, signed by Moser on title-page.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $6,000 - 8,000

637 [MOSER, Barry, Illustrator]. FAIRCHILD, B. H. Trilogy. With an introduction by Paul Mariani. Hadley, MA: Arthur Larson for the Pennyroyal Press, 2008.

8vo. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Original cloth-backed boards.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 50 copies SIGNED BY FAIRCHILD, MARIANI AND MOSER, this copy out-of-series.

[With:]

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. MARIANI, Paul. Epitaphs for the Journey: New, Selected, and Revised Poems. North Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, [2012].

8vo. Frontispiece and dust jacket illustrated with wood engravings by Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, number 5 of 10 copies reserved for the author and illustrator, of an edition of 50 copies SIGNED BY MARIANI AND MOSER, with an additional impression of the folding triptych from the wood engravings, signed by Moser in pencil. Accompanied by a copy of the paperback trade edition, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2012. And 2 additional proof sheets of the triptych, signed by Moser in pencil.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

638 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. WOOD, Douglas. Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2011.

4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original pictorial boards; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY FIVE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, each titled with placement instructions by Moser in pencil. Comprising 3 large portrait drawings for full-page illustrations, each c.455 x 375 mm.; and 2 smaller vignette drawings of a small holiday wreath and a holiday napkin placesetting, each c.283 x190 mm.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $6,000 - 8,000

639 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. WOOD, Douglas. Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2011.

4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original pictorial boards; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY THREE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, each titled with placement instructions by Moser in pencil. Comprising 2 large portrait drawings for full-page illustrations, each c.455 x 375 mm.; and one smaller vignette drawings of a holiday wreath, c.283 x190 mm.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $6,000 - 8,000

640 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. WOOD, Douglas. Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2011.

4to. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Original pictorial boards; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY THREE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, each titled with placement instructions by Moser in pencil. Comprising 2 large portrait drawings for full-page illustrations, each c.455 x 375 mm.; and one smaller vignette drawings of a holiday wreath, c.283 x190 mm.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $6,000 - 8,000

641

642 641 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Salomé. A Tragedy in One Act. Translated from the French by Joseph Donohue. Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2011.

8vo. Illustrated with 23 wood engravings by Barry Moser; extra suite of wood-engraved plates in separate portfolio. Original leather stamped in silver; extra suite of plates loose as issued in cloth chemise; housed together in original cloth clamshell case.

FIRST EDITION illustrated by Moser, DELUXE PENNYROYAL ISSUE, number 18 of 250 copies, signed by Moser and Donohue, ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF PLATES, each individually signed by Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

642 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Salomé. A Tragedy in One Act. Translated from the French by Joseph Donohue. Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2011.

8vo. Illustrated with 23 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original cloth; dust jacket.

FIRST TRADE EDITION illustrated by Moser, SIGNED by Moser on the title-page. Accompanied by the additional suite of plates printed at the Pennyroyal Press for the deluxe Pennyroyal issue, each signed by Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300

643 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. DEEDY, Carmen Agra and Randall WRIGHT. The Cheshire Cheese Cat. A Dickens of a Tale. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 2011.

8vo. Illustrated after pencil drawings by Barry Moser. original boards; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION, second printing, of this tale in which community of mice and a cheese-loving cat form an unlikely alliance at London’s Cheshire Cheese, an inn where Charles Dickens finds inspiration and Queen Victoria makes an unexpected appearance. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. ACCOMPANIED BY SEVEN ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS, including unused versions, each 291x 221 mm, on archival tracing paper. Includes 2 unused portraits of Dickens, unused portrait of Wilkie Collins, and some characters from Dickens stories.

[With:] 4 foreign language translations, including Japanese and French.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

644 [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Group of 11 volumes by other authors and poets illustrated by Barry Moser. Comprising:

BENET, Stephen Vincent. John Brown’s Body. New York: Book-of-the Month Club, Inc., 1980. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket; original slipcase. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. Accompanied by a proof sheet containing 8 wood engravings (recto & verso) for the edition, SIGNED BY MOSER in pencil. — IRVING, Washington. Two Tales: Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1986]. 8vo, original quarter cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on title & dated 1989. — Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny the Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius. Los Angeles: Getty Museum, [2007]. 4to, original pictorial boards. SIGNED BY MOSER on the front free endpaper. — DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”). Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. 4to, original wrappers. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title. — STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1990. 12mo, original cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. Accompanied by the paperback edition, SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. — EPSTEIN, Joseph, editor. Literary Genius. 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature. Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books, 2007. 4to, original quarter cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. — MANDELBAUM, Allen. From the Vast and Versal Lexicon. Selected Poems… North Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press in Association with Allen Mandelbaum Intellectual Property Trust, 2017. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies, this copy out-of-series (“a.p.”), SIGNED BY MOSER. — FALK, Marcia. The Song of Songs. Love Poems from the Bible. Translated from the Original Hebrew by Marcia Falk. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. 8vo, original quarter cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. — FALK, Marcia. The Song of Songs. A New Translation and Interpretation. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1990. SIGNED BY MOSER on title-page.

643

645 [BROADSIDES]. A group of 4 of Moser’s earliest printed broadsides from his Castalia Press. Comprising: Whistler. The Red Rag. Castalia Press. Prospectus. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press, 1969]. Unfolded sheet, 303 x 207 mm. Illustrated with a small oval portrait of Whistler in mauve; title printed in red; text on verso. One of an unspecified number printed. SIGNED BY MOSER beneath portrait. Regarding his first book Red Flag, Moser writes: “So inept at engraving wood was I, that I drew a portrait of Mr. Whistler on scratch-board and had a line etching made so that it would look like an engraving. The Castalia Press was started as part of the Art Department at Williston Academy, Easthampton, Mass. in the Spring of 1969. It took a year for the first book to come off the press”—Pennyroyal Checklist 1. The text on verso announces The Red Flag as the first limited edition from the Castalia Press, which preceded his Pennyroyal Press. This announcement does not appear in the Pennyroyal Checklist. [With:] ONITSURA, Uejima. Thus too my lovely life Must end, another flower… To fall and float away [Haiku]. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press], 15 November 1969. Broadside, 194 x 300 mm. Illustrated with a small flower device; printed in red. One of an unspecified number printed. SIGNED BY MOSER. “This broadside was an offshoot of the Death of Narcissus, printed more or less as part of the continuing set of exercises I was practicing to learn the craft of printing”—Pennyroyal Checklist [B]2. [With:] The Art of the Book. Announcement for an exhibit of handmade books from Leonard Baskin’s Gehenna Press held at the John Stark Gallery, Williston Academy, Easthampton, MA. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press, 1969]. 226 x 213 mm. Printed in red and black. One of an unspecified number printed. SIGNED BY MOSER. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]3. [With:] MILTON, John. For what can Warr, but endless Warr still breed…[quotation from Paradise Lost]. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press], 15 October 1969. 103 x 329 mm. SIGNED BY MOSER.

“This was the first politically motivate bit of printing I ever did, protesting quietly the absurdity of war. Political commentary is a practice I’ve maintained to this day”— Pennyroyal Checklist [B]4.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

646 [POETRY BROADSIDES]. A group of 11 poetry broadsides illustrated and/or printed by Moser at the Castalia or Pennyroyal Press, 1969-1985. Various sizes.

Comprises: HENCHEY, Richard. Galapagos. Easthampton, MA: Coeven [Castalia] Press, 1969. One of 75 copies, signed by both Henchey and Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]6. — SEYBOLT, Stephen H. Autostop. [Easthampton, MA: Castalia Press, 1969]. One of 50 copies, signed by both Seybolt and Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]7. — FRENCH, Roberts W. Two Poems. [Northampton, MA:] Pennyroyal Press, [1972]. No limitation given, signed by Moser and inscribed by French to Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]17. — FRANCIS, Robert. Chrysanthemums. [Northampton, MA, 1976]. One of 100 copies, signed by both Francis and Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]34. — Another copy. — GILL, Eric. Eric Gill. [Northampton, MA], 1976. Wood-engraved portrait of Gill at head after Jack Coughlin by Barry Moser. One of 100 copies, signed by Moser and Coughlin. Contains Eric Gill’s quotation on wood engraving, beginning: “The advantage of wood engraving is that is does away with several sets of middle men and places responsibility upon the shoulders of the workman. The workman who draws, engraves & prints his own blocks is master of the situation…”. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]37. — MACALPINE, Arthur. Resurrection. [Northampton, MA, 1977]. One of 150 copies, signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]46. — Another copy. — MACALPINE, Arthur. Revolt. [Northampton, MA, 1977]. One of 150 copies, signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]47. — MARIANI, Paul. Baudelaire at Gamma Level. [West Hatfield, MA, 1985]. One of 100 copies, signed by both Mariani and Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]73. — TRAVERS, Richard. I Fish. West Hatfield, MA, 1985. Illustrated with a portrait of Norman Netz. One of 100 copies, signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]82.

647 [PENNYROYAL PRESS BROADSIDES, ETC.]. A group of 27 printed exhibition, performance or publication broadside announcements, checklists, invitations and other ephemera printed by Moser at the Pennyroyal Press, mostly for events surrounding Pennyroyal Press publications or lectures and exhibitions presented by Moser. 1971-1982.

Includes: Where’s Charley? Announcement for a performance of a play at the Williston Theatre. Easthampton, MA, 1970. Signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]12. — On Prints and Printmaking. Announcement for a lecture and exhibit by Barry Moser at the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA. [Easthampton, 1971]. Illustrated with a pentagonal etching. Signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist[B]14. — A proof copy for previous without etching, signed by Moser. — Edward Hill. Announcement for an exhibition announcement of drawings and collages at Williston-Northampton School. [Easthampton, 1971]. Signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]15. — Open House & Exhibition. Announcement card for an art exhibition held at the Williston-Northampton School, Easthampton, MA. [Easthampton, MA], 1972. Signed by Moser. See Pennyroyal Checklist [B]18. — Richard Hendel on Books. Announcement for a lecture at Williston-Northampton School. [East Hampton, 1972]. Signed by Moser. Not in Pennyroyal Checklist. — Barry Moser. Etchings and Woodengravings. Announcement for an exhibition at Main Street Gallery, Nantucket, MA. [Easthampton, MA, 1973]. Signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]24. — Barry Moser Botanical Drawings. Announcement for an exhibition at the Spectrum, West Main Street, Brewster, MA. [Easthampton, MA, 1975]. Signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]29. — Barry Moser. Prints & Drawings. Announcement for an exhibition at the Adams Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI. [Easthampton, MA, 1975]. Signed by Moser. Not in Pennyroyal Checklist. — Pennyroyal Press. Announcement of four available books from the Pennyroyal Press. Easthampton, MA, [1976]. One of 155, signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]41. — An Exhibit of Prints & Drawings by Barry Moser at Beardsley’s Cafe-Restaurant. Checklist for an exhibition at Beardsley’s Cafe-Restaurant, Northampton, MA. [Northampton, MA], 1977. Signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]48. — Barry Moser. An exhibit of forty-five wood engravings. Checklist for an exhibition at the Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA. [Northampton, MA], 1977. Signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]50. — Moser at Dwyer’s. Announcement for an exhibition at Dwyer’s Gallery, Northampton, MA. [Northampton, MA, 1978]. Signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [B]56. — And 8 others (a few duplicates), all signed by Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

648 [BROADSIDES & POSTERS]. Group of 7 broadsides and posters illustrated by Moser announcing publication or literary events relating to some of his iconic works, 1982-2008. Comprising:

Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. Broadside announcement of forthcoming publication. Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1984. 635 x 240 mm. Signed by Moser. — Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886. Poster for A Centenary Celebration Spring 1986. West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, [1986]. Signed by Moser. — Moby-Dick. Poster announcement for a lecture by Moser in Mead Auditorium at Amherst College, 2 April 1981. [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1981]. 588 x 445 mm. Signed by Moser. “Since I did not own copyright of my images for Moby-Dick, I made a new wash drawing based directly on the great whale from the Arion Press Moby-Dick for this poster” (Pennyroyal Checklist 62). — The Holy Bible. Poster announcing the Viking Studio edition from the Pennyroyal Caxton Press. [N.p., 1999]. 509 x 407 mm. Signed by Moser. — Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. The Books of the New Testament. North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. 972 x 616 mm (38 1/4 x 24 1/4 in). LIMITED EDITION, one of 50 copies (unsigned). — And 2 others using images from other Pennyroyal editions, including Huckleberry Finn and Wizard of Oz, each signed by Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

649 [BASKIN, Leonard (1922-2000), illustrator]. ALIGHIERI, Dante (1265-1321). The Divine Comedy. Translated by Thomas G. Bergin. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969.

3 volumes, folio. Numerous full-page plates by Leonard Baskin. (Some light spotting on edges.) Original cloth-backed boards, spine gilt-lettered (some burn damage to foot of spine of Vol. II [see note below], some light rubbing & soiling); publisher’s slipcase, paper labels on sides (edges worn).

FIRST EDITION with Baskin’s plates. BARRY MOSER’S COPY, inscribe on front free endpaper of Vol. I: “This set was in a shelf in my study and was burned by a stupidly placed candle / Barry Moser.” Laidin are 2 printed Christmas wishes slips presenting the set from Christ Bromwich, Fred Ramage and 13 others, and adding: “this could only have been accomplished through the thoughtful kindness of Rev. Douglas Graham, Harold McGrath, Leonard Baskin and Albert, our worm.”

[With:] 2 other illustrated editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy, by William Blake (New York: Heritage Press, 1944) and Gustave Doré (New York: Pantheon Books, 1948), original bindings, each with Moser’s bookplate.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

650 BASKIN, Leonard (1922-2000). Ars Anatomica. A Medical Fantasia. New York: Medicina Rara, 1972.

Folio. 13 plates after Baskin. Loose as issued in original red cloth-backed portfolio gilt; board slipcase.

LIMITED EDITION, number 928 of 2,800 copies SIGNED BY BASKIN in pencil. Printed for the members of Editions Medicina Rara, Ltd. at The Curwen Press Ltd.

[With:]

MOSER, Barry. Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000. [N.p.]: Barbarian Press, 2000. 8vo, original printed wrappers. One of 150 copies with a signed wood-engraved frontispiece by Moser.

Barry Moser began to admire Baskin’s work as a college student. He was particularly struck by Baskin’s wood engravings, which inspired him to try the medium for himself. Although Moser never had specific lessons from Baskin on wood engraving, he called Baskin “a huge influence on me. A powerful influence that was difficult to get out from under.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300

651 [CHELONIIDAE PRESS]. ROBINSON, Alan James. H.P.M. Harold Patrick McGrath. Easthampton, MA, 1991.

4to. Etched frontispiece portrait of McGrath by Alan James Robinson and numerous other wood engravings, etchings, and linocuts from Leonard Baskin, Barry Moser, Fritz Eichenberg, Robinson, and Lance Hindy, among others; with an “Ektacolor” portrait print of McGrath at his press by Ned Gray in rear cover folder. Original marble boards with morocco lettering piece on spine, by the Gray Parrot bindery.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 210 copies of which this is number 43 of 100 roman-numbered copies, signed by Harold P. McGrath and A. J. Robinson. This volume was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the printing career of Harold Patrick McGrath. His career spanned more than fifty years and he was known for his work for the Cheloniidae Press, Leonard Baskin at his Gehenna Press, and Barry Moser at the Pennyroyal Press, among others.

[Laid in:] A bifolium signed by over 30 participants at “The Party” for McGrath held in Williamsburg, MA, June 8, 1991.

652 CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.

Square 8vo (216 x 166 mm). Lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1), illustrations in text. (Marginal tear on portrait frontispiece, minor marginal toning or soiling.) Original green gilt-decorated pictorial cloth (front hinge cracked, minor wear and fraying to spine ends and corners); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Martin B. Stern (gift inscription on front flyleaf, dated “April 18th 1885”); Barry Moser (bookplate).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, early state, with the following issue points: the title leaf in the second state; the frontispiece in the first state; first state of p. 13 with “Him and Another Man” plate listed as being on p. 88; first state of p. 57 with “was” for “saw”; third state of pagination on p. 155 (the final “5” larger); third state of p. 283; with final blank 23/8. BAL 3415; Johnson, p.43-50.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $2,000 - 3,000

653 [DOVES PRESS]. MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1902.

Small 4to. Printed in red and black. Red niger gilt, edges gilt, by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery, stamp-signed “19 C-S 19” (both covers detached, spine a little dried and darkened); in morocco tipped slipcase. Provenance: Barry Moser (bookplate).

LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 copies on hand-made paper of a total edition of 325.

[With:]

MORRIS, William (1834-96). Art and the Beauty of the Earth. London: Chiswick Press, 1898. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards (boards stained, front hinge cracked). Provenance: Barry Moser (bookplate).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

654 [EGAN, Beresford (1905-1984), illustrator]. DE SHANE, Brian. De Sade: Being a series of wounds, inflicted with brush and pen, upon Sadistic Wolves garbed in Masochists’ Wool. London: The Fortune Press, [1929].

4to. Illustrated with numerous plates and vignettes by Beresford Egan. (Some light marginal toning or spotting.) Original niger, gilt-lettered on upper cover and spine (spine slightly darkened, some wear to board edges, hinges tender). Provenance: Francis John Beck (bookplate dated 1972); Barry Moser (bookplate).

LIMITED EDITION, number 38 of 100 copies printed on special paper, SIGNED BY EGAN AND DE SHANE. Includes the suppressed plate “The Moralist.” Beresford was a satirical draughtsman, painter, novelist, actor, costume designer and playwright. He was born in London but grew up in South Africa following a family move when he was five years old. He returned to London in July 1926 after spending two years as a sports cartoonist on the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg. His art was highly influenced by Aubrey Beardsley and many of his illustrations were in an erotic vein. Egan was one of the few original British exponents of Art Deco.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

655 [FACSIMILE—GUTENBERG BIBLE]. Biblia Sacra. Paterson, New Jersey: Pageant Books, 1961

2 volumes. Folio. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; publisher’s cloth folding cases.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 1,000 sets. “This is the first Gutenberg facsimile ever printed in the United States and only the second in the world. The reproduction derives from the Insel Verlag edition which was based on the copy in the Koniglichen Bibliothek in Berlin and the copy in the Standischen Landesbibliothek in Fulda, considered by authorities to be the most beautifully illuminated of the 47 copies known to exist. The text pages have been printed by lithography and the illuminated pages by sheet-fed gravure. The paper used is 100 per cent rag content made especially for this book. A VERY FINE COPY.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

656 [FACSIMILE—LORSCH GOSPELS]. The Lorsch Gospels. Introduction by Wolfgang Braunfels. New York: George Braziller, 1967.

Folio. 54 color plates containing ornamental pages, miniatures, Canon tables, and script pages. Original quarter vellum. With accompanying text booklet in wrappers; publisher’s board slipcase.

LIMITED EDITION, number 684 of 1,000 copies. This facsimile edition comprises the two parts of the Lorsch Gospels from the Biblioteca Documentara Batthyaneum in Alba Julia, Rumania, and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $100 - 200

657 GROOM, Winston (b.1943). Forrest Gump. A Novel. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1986.

8vo. Publisher’s cloth-backed boards; original dust jacket (minor wear to spine panel ends to extremities). Provenance: Barry Moser (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY GROOM on the front free endpaper.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300

2 volumes. Folio. Illustrated by Kent. Original gilt-lettered linen (some light soiling and staining to joints, text block splitting after first quire); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Edith Morton Scotter? (signature on front free endpaper, dated 1928); Barry Moser (bookplate).

LIMITED EDITION, number 885 of 924 copies SIGNED BY KENT.

[With:]

[KENT, Rockwell, illustrator]. VOLTAIRE, Jean Francois Marie Arouet de. Candide. New York: Random House, 1928. 4to. Illustrated by Kent. Original cloth gilt (spine and board edges a little darkened, some rubbing to gilt). LIMITED EDITION, number 364 of 1470 copies SIGNED BY KENT. Accompanied by 3 later trade editions of Kent’s Candide, New York, 1929, 1936 and 1975, respectively, 4to, original bindings, dust jackets or slipcases as issued (some chipping to dust jackets). [KENT, Rockwell, illustrator]. ROBINSON, Selma. City Child. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1931. 8vo. Illustrated by Kent. Original cloth; dust jacket. First Trade Edition.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

659 O’CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964). Wise Blood. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1952].

8vo. Original yellow cloth; original dust jacket (some minor restoration at head of spine panel and upper extremities, light soiling). Provenance: Barry Moser (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION OF O’CONNOR’S FIRST BOOK.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,500 - 2,500

660 O’CONNOR, Flannery. A Good Man is Hard to Find, and Other Stories. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1955].

8vo. Original black cloth (minor rubbing to extremities); dust jacket (spine panel faded as usual with minor wear at ends, a few tiny nicks or chips). Provenance: “Walsh” (owner’s ink stamp on front pastedown); Barry Moser (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with “tyring” for “trying” on page 125.

[With:]

O’CONNOR, Flannery. The Violent Bear It Away. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, [1960]. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Accompanied by a copy of Sarah Gordon’s Flannery O’Connor. The Obedient Imagination. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, [2000]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. Provenance: Rome-Floyd County Library (bookplate and library label on spine panel); Barry Moser (signed bookplate).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

661 WELTY, Eudora (1909-2001). The Robber Bridegroom. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1942.

8vo. Original teal cloth stamped in white and pink; top edges stained green; dust jacket (some light toning on rear panel, minor edgewear and soiling).

FIRST EDITION of Welty’s popular second book. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WELTY TO BARRY MOSER on the front free endpaper: “For Barry Moser, with warmest admiration stretching out of the past (1942) for your sensitive, beautiful, imaginative engravings of the 1987 Robber - and gratitude and affections, delight - Eudora Welty / Jackson, Mississippi / November 13, 1987.”

[With:]

WELTY, Eudora. The Robber Bridegroom. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1944. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket (significant portion of lower spine and rear panel torn away, some other chipping). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, INSCRIBED BY WELTY on the title: “For James S. Bloom / Eudora Welty.” Accompanied by a later American edition (no dust jacket); and an essay on Welty’s photography by Robert MacNeil, Jackson, Mississippi: University Press, 1990, 8vo, original wrappers.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

662 [WOOD ENGRAVERS]. Face to Face: Twelve Contemporary American Artists Interpret Themselves in a Limited Edition of Original Wood Engravings. Introduction by Leonard Baskin. Great Barrington, MA: Penmaen-Busyhaus Publications, 1985.

Folio. 13 original wood engraved self-portraits. Unbound as issued in original folders with letterpress descriptive text; housed in card folder (without original linen box).

LIMITED EDITION, number 68 of 250 copies, of which 200 copies for sale. Comprising 13 wood engravings, each in two states (one on different paper). All signed by their respective artist in both states, but Lynd Ward whose death occurred prior to completion of the project. Wood engravers include: Fred Becker, Jack Coughlin, John DePol, Fritz Eichenberg, Raymond Gloeckler, James Grashow, Judith Jaidinger, Stefan Martin, Michael McCurdy, Barry Moser, Gillian Tyler, and Herbert Waters.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

663 [WOOD ENGRAVING, ETC.]. Group of 16 works on wood engraving, book artists, printers and publishers from the library of Barry Moser. Most with his bookplate and/or signed by Moser.

Comprising:

GILL, Eric. Autobiography. London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. — GILL, Eric. Letters of… Edited by Walter Shewring. New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 8vo, original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. — BEEDHAM, R. John. Wood Engraving. With an Introduction and Appendix by Eric Gill. London: Faber and Faber, 1948. 12mo, original cloth; in defective dust jacket. Later printing. — KINDERSLEY, David. Mr. Eric Gill. Recollections of… Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1967. 12mo, original printed wrappers, with a printed card about this keepsake signed by Ward Ritchie and Joseph Simon laid in. — MOSER, Barry. Wood Engraving. Boston: David Godine, 2006. 4to, original pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. — MOSER, Barry. Wood Engraving. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2021. 4to, original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. — MOSER, Barry. “On Wood Engraving,” in: Fine Print. A Review for the Arts of the Book, Vol IV, No. 3. San Francisco, July 1978. 4to, stapled self-wrappers. SIGNED BY MOSER at the head of his article on the first page of the issue. — MOSER, Barry. The Lord of Letterpress: Harold Patrick McGrath, 1921-2000. Athens, GA: The Press of the Nightowl, 2002. 8vo, original printed wrappers. One of 150 copies with a signed wood-engraved frontispiece by Moser. — MOSER, Barry. Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000. [N.p.]: Barbarian Press, 2000. 8vo, original printed wrappers. One of 150 copies with a signed wood-engraved frontispiece by Moser. (2 copies). — MOSER, Barry. “God, Posterity, and Well-Made Objects,” extract from: Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. LVII, No. 2 (Winter) 1996. 8vo, stapled printed wrappers. — MOSER, Barry. In the Face of Presumptions. Essays, Speeches & Incidental Writings… Boston: David R. Godine, 2000. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page. — LILIENTHAL, Philip E. Letters from Phil. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. 8vo, original printed wrappers. One of 1,000 copies printed by Harold McGrath at the Pennyroyal Press. — STUDLEY, Vance. Make Your Own Artist’s Tools and Materials. New York: Dover Publications, 1992. 4to, original wrappers. INSCRIBED BY STUDLEY TO MOSER on the front free endpaper: “Barry: Many thanks for our talks and friendship: / Vance Studley.” — And 2 others.

665 MOSER, Barry. Portrait of Chopin. [ca 1984]. 344 x 305mm. Wood engraving. Signed and captioned by Moser.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300 664 [PORTRAITS—AUTHORS]. Group of 27 wood-engraved portraits of authors (including duplicates and proof variants) from various works or suites by Barry Moser, various sizes and papers, EACH SIGNED BY MOSER in pencil. Includes: Dante, Poe, Twain, Lewis Carroll, Stoker, Wilde, Melville, Baum, Mary Shelley, Stevenson and many others.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

666 MOSER, Barry. A pair of wood-engraved individual prints. Each 330 x 240 mm., sight size; matted and framed.

Comprising: “The Sleep of Treason” and “The Sty.” Each captioned and signed by Moser, numbered 6/30 and 8/35, respectively.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

667 MOSER, Barry. McGrath’s Folly. 2 sheets containing composites of numerous wood engravings by Moser printed by Harold McGrath from various works. Each 640 x 892 mm. Signed by Moser and inscribed “McGrath’s Folly,” and “McGraths Folly II,” each numbered 1/5 copies.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

667 MOSER, Barry. McGrath’s Folly. 2 sheets containing composites of numerous wood engravings by Moser printed by Harold McGrath from various works. Each 640 x 892 mm. Signed by Moser and inscribed “McGrath’s Folly,” and “McGraths Folly II,” each numbered 1/5 copies.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $600 - 800

668 MOSER, Barry. Thicket. [1973]. 284 x 189 mm. Etching in dark brown ink. One of 50 impressions, captioned and signed in pencil, designated artist’s proof (“ap”).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300 669 MOSER, Barry. Self Portrait at 32. [1972]. 346 x 354 mm. Etching and aquatint. Captioned and signed in pencil, numbered 3/25.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

670 MOSER, Barry. Jack-in-the-Pulpit. [ca 1979]. 283 x 227 mm. Etching. Captioned and signed in pencil, designated artist’s proof (“ap”). — Common Day Lily. 1978. 278 x 213 mm. Signed, captioned and dated in pencil.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

671 MOSER, Barry. Mayflower. [ca 1979]. 269 x 230 mm. Etching. Captioned and signed in pencil, designated artist’s proof (“ap”). — Bunchberry. [ca 1979]. 269 x 237 mm. Etching. Captioned and signed in pencil, numbered 16/25.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $400 - 600

672 MOSER, Barry. Tree on the Quad at Williston. [ca 1979]. 330 x 252 mm. Etching. Signed in pencil, captioned “Tree on the quad at Williston—it’s gone now / July 27/21”. — Williston Tree 1. [ca 1979]. 306 x 231 mm. Etching. Captioned and signed in pencil.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

673 MOSER, Barry. Williston Tree 2. [ca 1979]. 372 x 408 mm. Etching. Captioned and signed in pencil, numbered 10/26. — Scatalogical Landscape. [ca 1979???]. 280 x 329 mm. Triptych on one sheet of separate etchings in dark green ink. Captioned and signed by Moser, inscribed “artist’s proof.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

674 MOSER, Barry. Pegasus and Bellerophon. [1971]. 542 x 436 mm. Second Edition. Etching. Signed and captioned “Icarus Agonistes,” numbered “18/25 (2ed)”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 500

675 MOSER, Barry. Charles Ives. [ca 1979]. 353 x 279 mm. Etching. Captioned and signed in pencil, designated artist’s proof (“AP”).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300

676 MOSER, Barry. Fafner. [ca 1980]. 276 x 260 mm. Copperplate engraving. Captioned and signed in pencil.

This small copper engraving was inspired by the character Fafnir from the Icelandic Volsunga Saga, later appearing as a dragon Fafner in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, and influenced Tolkien’s character Smaug in The Hobbit.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300

677 MOSER, Barry. Hawk. [ca 1980]. 376 x 280 mm. Etching. Signed and captioned in pencil.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $200 - 300

678 BARRY, Moser. Treehouse. [printed ca 1994]. 615 x 413 mm. Second printing. Etching printed in sepia ink. Captioned and signed, designated artist’s proof (“ap I/II 2nd printing”).

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

679 MOSER, Barry. 1999. Series of 4 large woodcuts by Moser: Κατὰ Ματθαῖον [“According to Matthew”]. — Kατὰ Μᾶρκον [“According to Mark”]. —Kατὰ Λουκᾶν [“According to Luke”]. — Kατὰ Ἰωάννην [“According to John”]. 1999.

Each 768 x 560 mm (30 1/4 x 22 in.), sheet size. St. Mark matted and framed.

LIMITED EDITION, each one of 35 copies, each signed and dated, numbered 6/35, 9/35, 7/35 and 8/35, respectively.

Moser’s striking and monumental series depicting the symbols of the Four Evangelists.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

680 MOSER, Barry. Original monumental cherry woodcut block, hand cut by Moser to print Kατὰ Μᾶρκον [“According to Mark”] in the Four Evangelists series. [1999]. 610 x 460 mm.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $2,500 - 3,500

681 MOSER, Barry. Large pencil drawing entitled “phantasmagorical spirit of soidisant teaching.” Signed and dated 1969.

965 x 633 mm (38 x 25 in). (Tear crossing image at upper margin, some fraying and short tears at edges, rolled.)

An early occult-themed drawing by Moser drawn while teaching at Williston in Easthampton in 1969.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $500 - 700

682 MOSER, Barry. Original pen & ink drawing depicting two studies of the head of Bacchus. [1970]. 347 x 279 mm. (Some minor marginal tape remnants from previous mounting on upper margin.) Signed in ink and captioned “Two sketches of Bacchus” in pencil.

Sketches were studies for a cover illustration of Polity, a political journal published by the University of Chicago Press, the subject was “The Political Animal.”

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 400

683 MOSER, Barry. 2 fine original pen & ink drawings for the Rhode Island: A Historical Guide, by Steinberg & McGuigan, published for the Rhode Island Bicentennial Commission (1976). comprising.

Street Scene in Providence, Rhode Island. 1975. 229 x 305 mm. (Minor marginal tape stain.) Signed and dated in ink at lower right.

View of Providence, Rhode Island from Prospect Terrace Park with the statue of Roger Williams at left. Providence, RI. 1976. 249 x 385 mm. (Minor marginal tape stain, a little creasing and handling wear at edges.) Signed and dated in ink at lower left.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

684 MOSER, Barry. 2 original pen & ink with wash and pencil drawings for the Macmillan edition of Jack London’s Call of the Wild (1994).

Each ca 330 x 255 mm. Each signed by Moser and captioned “for Call of the Wild” and “From Call of the Wild unfinished,” respectively.

685 MOSER, Barry. Original pen & ink with wash portrait drawing of Perrault for the Macmillan edition of Jack London’s Call of the Wild (1994). 287 x 228 mm. On watercolor paper. Signed and date by Moser in pencil, captioned “Perrault” in lower margin.

This is an earlier version of “Man in a Sweater” illustrated on page 9 in the published edition.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $1,000 - 1,500

686 MOSER, Barry. Treehouse. Original watercolor drawing. 2020. 603 x 456 mm. (A few minor surface abrasions or erasures.) Signed, dated and captioned in pencil.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $2,000 - 3,000

687 [SCULPTURE]. Bronze circular relief portrait of Mark Twain by Moser. Signed and dated by Moser in the cast, 1985, and numbered 19/20. 7 5/8 in. diameter. With circular cherry wood mount, measuring 12 in. diameter.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser $300 - 500