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Diamond Jewelry; Silver; Rugs; Books

by Alex Cooper Auctioneers

Platinum House

16 April 2012

Towson, MD, USA

Live Auction
643 Lots
[English Literature, Fine Press] Four titles

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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[Literature, Fine Press] Two titles published by the Limited Editions Club, limited to 1500 copies

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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[Literature, Fine Press] Four titles published by the Limited Editions Club, each limited to 1500 copies

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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[Literature, Fine Press] Eight titles published by the Arion Press, San Francisco

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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[Fine Press] Two artists' books

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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[Bible, Fine Press] The King James Version of the Holy Bible (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935)

Lot 1304: [Bible, Fine Press] The King James Version of the Holy Bible (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935)

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Description: [Bible, Fine Press] The King James Version of the Holy Bible (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935) #617/1500; 5 vols., 8vo., gilt cloth, in the two original slipcases; together with The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's, illus. by Valenti Angelo (NY: Heritage Press, 1935) 8vo., full red sheep, slipcase

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[American Literature, Fine Press] Six titles published by the Limited Editions Club, and one by the Stratford Press

Lot 1305: [American Literature, Fine Press] Six titles published by the Limited Editions Club, and one by the Stratford Press

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Description: [American Literature, Fine Press] Six titles published by the Limited Editions Club, and one by the Stratford Press all well-printed and bound, as issued: 1) Poems of Longfellow (LEC, 1944); 2) Poems of Emerson (LEC, 1945); 3) Poems of Whittier (LEC, 1945); 4) Poems of William Cullen Bryant (LEC, 1947); 5) Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln (LEC, 1952); 6) Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson (LEC, 1934); 7) The Constitution of the United States of America (Cincinnati: 1945)

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[Literature, Fine Press] Three titles with medieval theme

Lot 1306: [Literature, Fine Press] Three titles with medieval theme

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Description: [Literature, Fine Press] Three titles with medieval theme comprising: 1) J. Bedier, ed.; Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut, illus. by Maurice Lalau (Paris: Edition d'Art, c.1910) #16/300, signed by the artist, gilt brown morocco by Canape, dated 1911, slipcase; 2) C. S. Moncrieff, trans., The Song of Roland, illus. by V. Angelo (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1938) #617/1500, signed by artist; 8vo., half vellum, slipcase; 3) Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1932) #712/1500, signed by Mardersteig, folio, cloth

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[Literature, Fine Press] Eight titles, all but two published by the Limited Editions Club

Lot 1307: [Literature, Fine Press] Eight titles, all but two published by the Limited Editions Club

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Description: [Literature, Fine Press] Eight titles, all but two published by the Limited Editions Club comprising: 1) Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (NY: 1935) 2 vols., 8vo.; 2) Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (London: 1938) 3 vols., 8vo., slipcase; 3) T. Smollett, trans., The Adventures of Gil Blas, illus. by John Austen (Oxford: 1937); 4) T. Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, illus. by John Austen (Oxford: 1936) 2 vols., 4to.; 5) H. Allen, Anthony Adverse, illus. by E. A. Wilson (Mt. Vernon, NY: 1937) 3 vols. 8vo.; 6) The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers (NY: 1945) 8vo., slipcase; 7) A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, illus. by A.E. Wilson (NY: Heritage Press, 1935) tall 8vo., full blind pigskin; 8) The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil (London: Nonesuch, 1937) #478/1000, 8vo. boards

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[Classics, Fine Press] Plutarch, T. North, ed.; The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1941)

Lot 1308: [Classics, Fine Press] Plutarch, T. North, ed.; The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1941)

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Description: [Classics, Fine Press] Plutarch, T. North, ed.; The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1941) #787/1500, signed by the printer; 8 vols., 8vo., blue cloth, housed in two slipcases

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[Sets and Bindings] Two titles, comprising 7 volumes, in period leather bindings

Lot 1309: [Sets and Bindings] Two titles, comprising 7 volumes, in period leather bindings

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Description: [Sets and Bindings] Two titles, comprising 7 volumes, in period leather bindings 1) M. H. Beyle, La Chartreuse de Parme (NY: Richmond, 1895) #33/50 on Japan paper, with extra suite of proofs, 3 vols., 12mo., half morocco, cloth, slipcase; 2) V. Hugo, Les Miserables (Paris: Flammarion, c.1900) 4 vols., 12mo., half dark green goatskin, marbled boards

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[Sets and Bindings] Seven uniformly-bound volumes of plays by Eugene O'Neill (NY: Boni & Liveright, 1920s)

Lot 1310: [Sets and Bindings] Seven uniformly-bound volumes of plays by Eugene O'Neill (NY: Boni & Liveright, 1920s)

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Description: [Sets and Bindings] Seven uniformly-bound volumes of plays by Eugene O'Neill (NY: Boni & Liveright, 1920s) 8vo., half green morocco and matching cloth, gilt

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[Fine Press] H. B. Wheatly, ed.; The Diary of Samuel Pepys (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1942)

Lot 1311: [Fine Press] H. B. Wheatly, ed.; The Diary of Samuel Pepys (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1942)

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Description: [Fine Press] H. B. Wheatly, ed.; The Diary of Samuel Pepys (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1942) edition of 1500; 10vols, 8vo., blue pictorial cloth, slipcase

Condition Report: Some bumped corners. A few pages in the first and last volumes creased by erroneous pushing into slipcase. Prospective buyers may submit an inquiry requesting a more detailed examination and/or clarification of the condition report. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact, nor regarded as a warranty or guarantee. Alex Cooper Auctioneers is not responsible for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or is free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging.

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[Literature, Fine Press] Seven titles published by the Limited Editions Club in editions of 1500, each signed by the artist

Lot 1312: [Literature, Fine Press] Seven titles published by the Limited Editions Club in editions of 1500, each signed by the artist

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Description: [Literature, Fine Press] Seven titles published by the Limited Editions Club in editions of 1500, each signed by the artist comprising: 1) A. Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, illus. by Lynd Ward (New York: 1941), 4 vols., 4to. cloth, sc; 2) A. France, Craiquebille, illus. Bernard Lamotte (New York: 1949, 4to, cloth, sc; 3) B. Zola, Nana, illus. Bernard Lamotte (New York: 1948), 4to, cloth, sc; 4) M.H. Beyle (Stendhal), The Red and the Black, illus. Rafaello Busoni (New York: 1947), 4to, quarter leather, cloth, sc; 5) Balzac, Old Goriot, illus. Rene Ben Sussan (New York: 1948), 4to, quarter leather, boards, sc; 6) E. Rostand, Cyrano De Bergerac, illus. Sylvain Sauvage (New York; 1936), 4to, cloth; 7) A. France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, illus. by Sylvain Sauvage (New York: 1937), 4to, cloth

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[Literature, Fine Press] Six titles, mostly Limited Editions Club in ed. of 1500, signed by the artist

Lot 1313: [Literature, Fine Press] Six titles, mostly Limited Editions Club in ed. of 1500, signed by the artist

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Description: [Literature, Fine Press] Six titles, mostly Limited Editions Club in ed. of 1500, signed by the artist 1) G. Borrow, Lavengro, illus. Barnett Freedman (London: 1936), 2 vols., 8vo, cloth; 2) W.S. Landor, Imaginary Conversations (New York: 1936) 8vo., cloth; 3) J.J. Morier, The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, illus. by H. Guilbeau (New York: 1947), 2 vols., 8vo, quarter leather, boards, sc; 4) R. Browning, The Ring and the Book, illus. Carl Schultheiss (Los Angeles: 1949) 2 vols., 4to, quarter leather, boards, sc; 5) James Stephens, The Crock of Gold, illus. by R. Lawson (New York: 1942), 4to, cloth, sc; 6) George Moore, Aphrodite in Aulis (London: Heinmann, 1930), Vol. I only, 1796/1825, signed by the author, 8vo, full vellum

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[American Literature] Two titles by Robert Frost

Lot 1314: [American Literature] Two titles by Robert Frost

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Description: [American Literature] Two titles by Robert Frost 1) A Boy's Will (New York: Holt, 1936), 8vo, cloth, signed by the author on the title page, 1936; 2) "From Snow to Snow," The Hampshire Bookshop 20th Anniversary Week, Robert Frost, Guest of Honor, April 16, 1936 (New York: Holt, 1936), 8vo, wraps

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[Sets and Bindings] Three uniformly bound volumes by Rupert Brooke

Lot 1315: [Sets and Bindings] Three uniformly bound volumes by Rupert Brooke

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Description: [Sets and Bindings] Three uniformly bound volumes by Rupert Brooke 1) John Webster and the Elizabethan Drama (London: 1916); 2) Collected Poems...with a Memoir (London: 1918); 3) Letters from America (London: 1916); all are 1st eds., 8vo, three-quarters navy calf, cloth, marbled endpapers

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[Sets and Bindings] Three uniformly bound titles by Willa Cather

Lot 1316: [Sets and Bindings] Three uniformly bound titles by Willa Cather

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Description: [Sets and Bindings] Three uniformly bound titles by Willa Cather 1) Death Comes for the Archbishop (New York: 1927); 2) Shadows on the Rock (New York: 1932); 3) Obscure Destiny (New York: 1932), all early issues, bound in three quarters red morocco, cloth, marbled endpapers

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[Literature] Three titles

Lot 1317: [Literature] Three titles

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Description: [Literature] Three titles 1) Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1925), 12mo, cloth; 2) Mary Ellen Chase, Dawn in Lyonesse (New York: Macmillan, 1938), signed on the title page, 12mo, cloth; 3) Raissa Maritain, Patriarch Tree: Thirty Poems (Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1965), copy #XLV, 4to, full blind-tooled green goatskin

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[Literature] Six titles by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Lot 1318: [Literature] Six titles by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Description: [Literature] Six titles by Edna St. Vincent Millay 1) Huntsman, What Quarry? (New York: 1939), #456, signed by the author, 4to, cloth, sc; 2) Mine to Harvest (New York: 1954), 8vo, cloth, boards; 3) Second April (New York: 1929), 8vo, full leather; 4) Conversation at Midnight (New York: 1937), 8vo, cloth, boards; 5) A Few Figs from Thistles (New York: 1922), 8vo, full leather; 6) The Princess Marries the Page (New York: 1932), 4to, full leather

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[Law, Americana] Seven 18th and 19th century titles, most in original sheep bindings

Lot 1319: [Law, Americana] Seven 18th and 19th century titles, most in original sheep bindings

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Description: [Law, Americana] Seven 18th and 19th century titles, most in original sheep bindings notably: 1) T. Herty, Digest of the Laws of Maryland (Baltimore: 1799), small 4to, full sheep; 2) W. Graydon, The Justices and Constables Assistant...(Harrisburgh, PA: 1805), 8vo, full sheep; 3) S. Freeman, The Town Officer...(Boston: 1815), 12mo, full run sheep; 4) Anonymous, The American Clerk's Magazine (Hagerstown, MD: 1806), 12mo, full speckled sheep, title page and preface leaf are imperfect

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[Medicine, Franklin Imprint] Seven titles primarily on home medical practice

Lot 1320: [Medicine, Franklin Imprint] Seven titles primarily on home medical practice

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Description: [Medicine, Franklin Imprint] Seven titles primarily on home medical practice notably: 1) John Bartram, ed. of T. Short, Medicina Britannica, or a Treatise on Such Physical Plants as are...found in...Great Britain, 3rd ed. (Phila.: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1751), 8vo, binding lost, title page is dusted and worn; 2) F. Hollick, The Matron's Manual Midwifery (New York: American News Company, circa 1860), 12mo, cloth

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[Hunting] Three titles

Lot 1321: [Hunting] Three titles

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Description: [Hunting] Three titles 1) Craven, Recreations in Shooting, new ed. (London: Bohn, 1855), 12mo, half calf, marbled boards; 2) "Marksman," The Dead Shot, 3rd ed. (London: Longman, et al, 1862), 12 mo, half calf, marbled boards; 3) Anonymous, Wild Sports of the West, new ed. (London: Bentley, 1833), 2 vols. 8vo, half calf, marbled boards

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[Americana, Franklin Imprint] Three titles, each in period full sheep bindings

Lot 1322: [Americana, Franklin Imprint] Three titles, each in period full sheep bindings

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Description: [Americana, Franklin Imprint] Three titles, each in period full sheep bindings 1) George Fisher, The American Instructor: or, Young Man's Best Companion, 10th ed. (Phila.: Franklin & Hall, 1753), small 8vo; 2) Pillet, Views of England, During a Residence of Ten Years; Six of them as a Prisoner of War (Boston: 1818), small 8vo; 3) Job Roberts, The Pennsylvania Farmer (Phila.: Johnson, et al, 1804), small 8vo

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[Americana] Aaron Bancroft, An Essay on the Life of George Washington (Worcester: Thomas & Sturtevant, Oct. 1807)

Lot 1323: [Americana] Aaron Bancroft, An Essay on the Life of George Washington (Worcester: Thomas & Sturtevant, Oct. 1807)

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Description: [Americana] Aaron Bancroft, An Essay on the Life of George Washington (Worcester: Thomas & Sturtevant, Oct. 1807) 8vo, full sheep, with penciled ownership signature of Richard H. Ridgely on flyleaf

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[Humor] Anon., The Oxford Sausage; or select Poetical Pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the University of Oxford

Lot 1324: [Humor] Anon., The Oxford Sausage; or select Poetical Pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the University of Oxford

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Description: [Humor] Anon., The Oxford Sausage; or select Poetical Pieces written by the most celebrated wits of the University of Oxford (London: Black, 1814), 8vo, full paneled calf

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[American Frontier] Two titles, each bound in full leather

Lot 1325: [American Frontier] Two titles, each bound in full leather

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Description: [American Frontier] Two titles, each bound in full leather 1) C.F. Hoffman, Wild Scenes in the Forest and Prairie, with sketches of American Life (New York: Colyer, 1843), 2 vols. in one, 8vo, full calf; 2) John A. McClung, Sketches of Western Adventure, rev. ed., (Dayton, OH: Caflin, 1852), 8vo, full sheep

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[Americana] Two titles by Noah Webster

Lot 1326: [Americana] Two titles by Noah Webster

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Description: [Americana] Two titles by Noah Webster 1) Letters to a Young Gentleman Commencing His Education (New Haven: Howel & Spalding, 1823), 8vo, pebbled morocco, marbled boards; 2) A Manual of Useful Studies (New Haven: the author, 1842), 12mo, full sheep

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[Americana, Religion] Three titles

Lot 1327: [Americana, Religion] Three titles

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Description: [Americana, Religion] Three titles 1) William Penn, No Cross, No Crown (Phila.: 1807), 8vo, full sheep; 2) The Methodist Magazine Vol. I (New York: Soule & Mason, 1818), 8vo, full speckled sheep; 3) P. Doddridge, Some Remarkable Passages, In the Life of the Hon. Col. James Gardiner (Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1795), 12mo, full sheep

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[Mathematics, Science] Seven titles, most in original sheep or other leather bindings

Lot 1328: [Mathematics, Science] Seven titles, most in original sheep or other leather bindings

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Description: [Mathematics, Science] Seven titles, most in original sheep or other leather bindings notably: 1) Thomas Dilworth, The Schoolmaster's Assistant. Being a Compendium of Arithmatick (New York: Buel, 1793), 8vo; 2) Samuel Newman, Elements of Political Economy (Andover and New York: 1835), small 8vo

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[General Interest] Selection of six titles on fishing, natural history, and literature

Lot 1329: [General Interest] Selection of six titles on fishing, natural history, and literature

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Description: [General Interest] Selection of six titles on fishing, natural history, and literature including: 1) G. LaBranche, The Dry Fly and Fast Water (New York: Scribner's, 1914), 8vo, cloth; 2) John Muir, A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916), 8vo, cloth, boards

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[Juvenile Literature] Five classic titles, all small 4tos, with pictorial overlay on cloth bindings

Lot 1330: [Juvenile Literature] Five classic titles, all small 4tos, with pictorial overlay on cloth bindings

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Description: [Juvenile Literature] Five classic titles, all small 4tos, with pictorial overlay on cloth bindings 1) Will James, Lone Cowboy, illus. by the author (New York: 1932); 2) James Boyd, Drums, illus. by N.C. Wyeth (New York: 1928); S.M. Crothers, The Children of Dickens, illus. by Jesse Wilcox Smith (New York: 1929); 4) D. Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, illus. by F. Brundage (Chicago: 1924); 5) Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, illus. by Worth Brehm (New York: 1923)

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[Americana] Five titles, primarily on Maryland and Virginia

Lot 1331: [Americana] Five titles, primarily on Maryland and Virginia

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Description: [Americana] Five titles, primarily on Maryland and Virginia notably: 1) Capt. R.E. Lee, Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee (New York: Doubleday, Page, 1904), 8vo, cloth; 2) D. Ridgely, Annals of Annapolis (Balto.: Cushing, 1841), small 8vo, cloth

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[Political Ephemera] Collection of campaign buttons and medallions, with other curios and ephemera, circa 1900-1980

Lot 1332: [Political Ephemera] Collection of campaign buttons and medallions, with other curios and ephemera, circa 1900-1980

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Description: [Political Ephemera] Collection of campaign buttons and medallions, with other curios and ephemera, circa 1900-1980

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[Ephemera, and Memorabilia] Collection of military insignia and diplomatic memorabilia, circa 1945-1985

Lot 1333: [Ephemera, and Memorabilia] Collection of military insignia and diplomatic memorabilia, circa 1945-1985

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Description: [Ephemera, and Memorabilia] Collection of military insignia and diplomatic memorabilia, circa 1945-1985 from the career of a high-ranking U.S. diplomat

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[Civil War] Thirteen volumes, with emphasis on prisoners of war and individual narratives

Lot 1334: [Civil War] Thirteen volumes, with emphasis on prisoners of war and individual narratives

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Description: [Civil War] Thirteen volumes, with emphasis on prisoners of war and individual narratives including: 1) Warren Lee Goss, The Soldier's Story of his Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle and other rebel prisons, illus. by Thomas Nast (Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867), signed by the author, 8vo, cloth; 2) Melvin Grigsby, The Smoked Yank (Privately printed: 1888), 8vo, red cloth, gilt; 3) John W. Urban, My Experiences Mid Shot and Shell and in Rebel Den (Lancaster, PA: The Author, 1882), 8vo, pictorial cloth

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[Western America] Thirteen titles, most in original publisher's pictorial cloth bindings

Lot 1335: [Western America] Thirteen titles, most in original publisher's pictorial cloth bindings

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Description: [Western America] Thirteen titles, most in original publisher's pictorial cloth bindings notably: 1) E.S. Ellis, The Indian Wars of the United States (New York: 1892); 2) J.R. Dodge, Red Men of the Ohio Valley (Springfield, OH: 1860); 3) S.G. Drake, Indian Captivities; or, Life in the Wigwam (Auburn: 1852); 4) I.V.D. Heard, History of the Sioux War and Massacres of 1862 and 1863 (New York: 1864); 5) J. Doddridge, Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania from 1763-1782 (Albany: 1876)

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[Western Americana] Seventeen volumes, including two duplicates, in the original publisher's cloth bindings

Lot 1336: [Western Americana] Seventeen volumes, including two duplicates, in the original publisher's cloth bindings

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Description: [Western Americana] Seventeen volumes, including two duplicates, in the original publisher's cloth bindings notably: 1) W. Glazier, Headwaters of the Mississippi (Chicago: 1893); 2) W. Glazier, Down the Great River (Phila.: 1892); 3) S. Powers, Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea (Hartford: 1886); 4) C. McKnight, Our Western Border (Phila.: 1875); 5) W.W. Fowler, Woman on the American Frontier (Hartford: 1877)

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[Americana, Education] About 24 vols. incl. McGuffey's Readers and Greenleaf's Arithmetic in various eds., & other related titles

Lot 1337: [Americana, Education] About 24 vols. incl. McGuffey's Readers and Greenleaf's Arithmetic in various eds., & other related titles

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Description: [Americana, Education] About 24 vols. incl. McGuffey's Readers and Greenleaf's Arithmetic in various eds., & other related titles

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[Western Americana] Two titles in publisher's cloth bindings including juvenile adventure series

Lot 1338: [Western Americana] Two titles in publisher's cloth bindings including juvenile adventure series

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Description: [Western Americana] Two titles in publisher's cloth bindings including juvenile adventure series 1) F. Hardman, Frontier Life; or, Tales of the South-Western Border (Phila.: Coates, circa 1880); 2) T. Roosevelt, Episodes from the Winning of the West (New York: Putnam, 1900); 3) J.F. McGaw, Philip Seymour, or Pioneer Life in Richland County, Ohio, 3rd ed. (Mansfield, OH: 1902)

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[Americana, Humor] Fourteen titles, 19th and early 20th century

Lot 1340: [Americana, Humor] Fourteen titles, 19th and early 20th century

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Description: [Americana, Humor] Fourteen titles, 19th and early 20th century notably: 1) Edgar W. Nye, Remarks by Bill Nye (Chicago: 1887) thick 8vo, cloth; 2) "A-No. 1," Hobo Camp Fire Tales (Erie, PA: 1911) 8vo, pictorial wraps

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[Art, Collectibles] Twenty-five assorted titles on furniture, glassware, and painting.

Lot 1341: [Art, Collectibles] Twenty-five assorted titles on furniture, glassware, and painting.

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Description: [Art, Collectibles] Twenty-five assorted titles on furniture, glassware, and painting.

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[Western Frontier] Group of about fifteen titles with emphasis on Minnesota history

Lot 1342: [Western Frontier] Group of about fifteen titles with emphasis on Minnesota history

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Description: [Western Frontier] Group of about fifteen titles with emphasis on Minnesota history notably: 1) J. Burnquist, Minnesota and its People (Chicago: 1924) 4 vols., 4to, cloth; 2) W. A. Crafts; Pioneers in the Settlement of America (Cincinnati: 1876) 2 vols., 4to; 3) Frank G. O'Brien,Minnesota Pioneer Sketches (Minneapolis: 1904) 8vo, cloth

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[Western Americana] Eight titles, mostly juvenile adventure

Lot 1343: [Western Americana] Eight titles, mostly juvenile adventure

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Description: [Western Americana] Eight titles, mostly juvenile adventure 1) William Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), Story of the Wild West and Camp Fire Chats (Chicago: Thompson, cop. 1908) 8vo, pictorial cloth; 2) W. H. Bogart, Daniel Boone, and the Hunters of Kentucky (Boston & NY: 1872) 12mo, cloth

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[Americana] Four illustrated items

Lot 1344: [Americana] Four illustrated items

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Description: [Americana] Four illustrated items 1) J. D. Williams, America Illustrated (NY: Arundel, 1874) folio, cloth; 2) J. W. Ehninger, illus., Illustrations of Washington Irving's Dolph Heyliger (NY: Putnam, 1851) folio, buckram, ex-lib.; 3) Bret Harte, The Luck of Roaring Camp (Boston: Osgood, 1872) folio, pictorial gilt cloth; 4) W. C. Bryant, ed., Picturesque America, Vol. I (NY: Appleton, 1872) folio, half black morocco, gilt cloth

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[Americana] Five titles from Wallace Nutting's

Lot 1345: [Americana] Five titles from Wallace Nutting's "... Beautiful" series, various editions

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Description: [Americana] Five titles from Wallace Nutting's "... Beautiful" series, various editions including Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut; 21 vols. in all

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[Literature, General Interest] Twenty-two volumes, including partial set of

Lot 1346: [Literature, General Interest] Twenty-two volumes, including partial set of "Great Men and Famous Women" and

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Description: [Literature, General Interest] Twenty-two volumes, including partial set of "Great Men and Famous Women" and Cooper's Works, together with other volumes in decorative bindings

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[Art History] About thirty volumes of general interest

Lot 1347: [Art History] About thirty volumes of general interest

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Description: [Art History] About thirty volumes of general interest

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[Juvenile] Eight titles

Lot 1348: [Juvenile] Eight titles

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Description: [Juvenile] Eight titles including: 1) Howard Pyle, Pepper & Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folk (NY: Harper, 1898) 4to, pictorial cloth; 2) T. S. Arthur, Pierre the Organ-Boy (Philadelphia: 1852); 3) Anon., Puss in Boots and Other Tales (Racine: Whitman, c.1910); 4) Andrew Lang, The Arabian Nights Entertainment (NY: 1898)

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[Persian Manuscript] Handwritten and illuminated copy of the Koran, 18th century, in a traditional gilt-tooled goatskin binding

Lot 1349: [Persian Manuscript] Handwritten and illuminated copy of the Koran, 18th century, in a traditional gilt-tooled goatskin binding

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Description: [Persian Manuscript] Handwritten and illuminated copy of the Koran, 18th century, in a traditional gilt-tooled goatskin binding

Condition Report: There is some smudging on a few pages, but clean and bright overall. Prospective buyers may submit an inquiry requesting a more detailed examination and/or clarification of the condition report. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact, nor regarded as a warranty or guarantee. Alex Cooper Auctioneers is not responsible for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or is free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. ------------------------------------------------- Additional Comments, April 10, 2012: This is handwritten in soluble ink on glazed paper. Each page of text is contained within painted and gilt frame lines. The text is highlighted in red and gold. The marbled endpapers show some toning and brittleness. The binding shows edge wear, but appears to be sound overall. ------------------------------------------------- Additional Comments, April 11, 2012: The book measures 6 3/4 in. H., 4 1/2 in. W., and is about 3/4 in. thick. ------------------------------------------------- Additional Comments, April 13, 2012: This book and the one following are from the estate of Ryda Levi, a prominent art collector and philanthropist of Baltimore. She had a fabulous collection of artist's books, most of which were donated to the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Library at Smith College. We do not know where she acquired this book.

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