16 April 2012
Live Auction908 York Road
Towson, MD, 21204 USA
Phone: 410-828-4838
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Viewing NotesOn View at our Gallery: 908 York Road, Towson, MD 21204 Thursday, April 12, 10 AM to 8 PM Friday, April 13, 10 AM to 4 PM Saturday, April 14, 9 AM to 3 PM
Sale NotesSpectacular Estate Diamond Jewelry Collection; American and Continental Sterling Silver; Oriental Rugs; Coins; Stamps; Fine Book Collection; Ephemera; and Pre-Columbian and Asian Artifacts
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Lot 1300: [English Literature, Fine Press] Four titles
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Description: [English Literature, Fine Press] Four titles 1) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Blackwell, 1928) #22/375, 8 vols. 4to., cloth spines, blue paper boards; 2) T. Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, illus. by R. Gibbings (printed at the Golden Cockerell Press for Limited Editions Club, 1936) 3 vols. folio, cloth and printed paper; 3) H. Farjeon ed., The Poems of William Shakespeare (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1941) 2 vols. folio, cloth and paper boards, slipcase; 4) Izaak Walton; The Compleat Angler, illus. by D. W. Gorsline (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1948) #979/1500, sgd. by artist; folio, vellum and printed boards, slipcase
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Lot 1301: [Literature, Fine Press] Two titles published by the Limited Editions Club, limited to 1500 copies
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Description: [Literature, Fine Press] Two titles published by the Limited Editions Club, limited to 1500 copies 1) A. Dumas, E. Gosse, trans., Camille (La Dame aux Camelias) illus. by Marie Laurencin (London: 1937) signed by the artist, 4to., cloth, slipcase; 2) Henry James, The Turn of the Screw, illus. by Mariette Lydis (Los Angeles, 1949) 4to., pictorial cloth, slipcase
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Lot 1302: [Literature, Fine Press] Four titles published by the Limited Editions Club, each limited to 1500 copies
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Description: [Literature, Fine Press] Four titles published by the Limited Editions Club, each limited to 1500 copies 1) D. C. Peattie, An Almanac for Moderns, illus. by Asa Cheffetz (Washington: 1938) signed by artist, 4to., pict. cloth, slipcase; 2) H. Melville, Typee: A Romance of the South Seas, illus. by Miguel Covarrubias (NY: 1935) signed by artist, 8vo., printed paper; 3) S. V. Benet, John Brown's Body, illus. by John Steuart Curry (NY: 1948) 4to, red cloth; 4) Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho! illus. by E. A. Wilson (NY: 1947) sgd. by artist, 2 vols. 4to., cloth and printed boards, slipcase
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Lot 1303: [Literature, Fine Press] Eight titles published by the Arion Press, San Francisco
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Description: [Literature, Fine Press] Eight titles published by the Arion Press, San Francisco comprising: 1) A. Miller, The Price, illus. by S. Washburn (1999) #91/300, signed by the artist; 2) D. Ketcham, Le Desert de Retz, photos by M. Kenna (1990) ed. of 400; 3) Jack Gannon: Jack of All Trades ... (1986) ed. of 300; 4) Sam Shepard, A Lie of the Mind, illus. by S. Washburn (1993) #60/300 signed by both; 5) F. S. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, illus . by M. Graves (1984) ed. of 400, sgd. by artist; 6) A. Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, photos by M. Kenna (1985) ed. of 400; 7) Gore Vidal, Williwaw (1996) #101/250, sgd. by author; 8) R. M. Rilke, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke, illus. by W. Chapell (1983) ed. of 315
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Lot 1303A: [Fine Press] Two artists' books
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Description: [Fine Press] Two artists' books 1) C. G. Hanzlicek and Olda Prochazka, Mahler: Poems and Etchings (Brighton Press, 1994) #5/55, signed by both, folio, quarter leather; 2) Joan Wolbier, Arachne / Amaranth (Arlington, VA: the Artist, 1983) #188/240 signed by the artist, 4to., wraps
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