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Fine Books and Manuscripts including Russian Literature

Auction 20009
19 Jun 2012, starting at 10:00 EDT with lot 3001.
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LINCOLN EXERTS EXECUTIVE CONTROL OVER AMNESTY AND, BY EXTENSION, RECONSTRUCTION. LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865.
Sold for US$ 74,500 inc. premium
FOUJITA, TSUGUHARU, illustrator. JOSEPH, MICHAEL. A Book of Cats. New York: Covici Friede, 1930.
Sold for US$ 45,000 inc. premium
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York ...
Sold for US$ 31,250 inc. premium
DE BRY, THEODOR. 1528-1598. Der Ander Theyl / der Newlicherfundenen Landtschafft Americæ, Von dreyen Schiffahrten/ so die Frantzosen in Floridam (die ...

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3254 DOPPLEMAYR, JOHANN. HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars I. Nuremberg: Homann, [c.1730]. US$ 500
£331
€386
3255 JAMAICA. OGILBY, JOHN. 1600-1676. Novissima et Accuratissima Jamaicae. [London]: 1671. US$ 350
£231
€270
3256 JAPAN. MERCATOR, GERARD. 1512-94. Iaponia. [Amsterdam: c.1630.] US$ 875
£579
€677
3259 LATIN AMERICA. VANDERMAELEN, P.M.G. Group of 40 lithographed maps of Latin America, US$ 1,125
£744
€870
3260 [MARCO POLO.] MARSDEN, WILLIAM, translator. The Travels of Marco Polo. London: for the Author, 1818. US$ 2,000
£1,324
€1,547
3264 NAVAL BATTLE—POETRY. AYALA, ANTONIO DE. La amistad ofendida en el combate de las dos armadas, española, y inglesa, en los mares de Sicilia. [Spain: 1718?] US$ 750
£496
€580
3265 ROSS, JOHN, CAPTAIN. 1777-1856. A Voyage of Discovery, Made under the Orders of the Admiralty ... for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: John Murray, 1819. US$ 4,000
£2,648
€3,095
3267 SCHENCK, PETRUS. 1660-1718. Planisphaerium coeleste: secundum restitutionem Hevelianam et Hallejanam. Amsterdam: Shenck, [1705]. US$ 2,375
£1,572
€1,837
3268 SONNERAT, PIERRE. 1748-1814. Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. Paris: Chez l'Auteur, Froule, Nyon, Barrois, 1782. US$ 1,750
£1,158
€1,354
3269 TENISON, LOUISA. 1819-1882. Sketches in the East. [London]: Dickinson & Son, 1846. US$ 1,875
£1,241
€1,450
3270 VAN NECK, JACOB CORNELISZ. 1564-1638. VAN WARWIJCK, WYBRANT. Historiale Beschryvinghe, Inhoudende een waerachtich verhael vande reyse ghedaen met acht Schepen van Amsterdam, etc., etc. Amsterdam: Michiel Colijn, 1619. US$ 4,750
£3,145
€3,675
3271 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon / Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1840-44. US$ 45,000
£29,796
€34,821
3273 DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.
US$ 4,000
£2,648
€3,095
3274 FERRARI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1584-1655. Flora, overo cultura di fiori. Rome: Pier'Antonio Facciotti, 1638. US$ 1,250
£827
€967
3275 GOULD, JOHN. 1804-1881. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America. London: Richard & John E. Taylor for the Author, [1844-]1850. US$ 8,750
£5,793
€6,770
3276 GRAVES, JOHN. Of Birds and Texas. Fort Worth: Gentling Editions, 1986. US$ 562
£372
€435
3277 GREENE, WILLIAM THOMAS. Parrots in Captivity. London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887 [1890]. US$ 2,250
£1,489
€1,741
3279 SWAMMERDAM, JAN. 1637-1680. Tractatus physico-anatomico-medicus, de respiratione usuque pulmonum. Leiden: Daniel, Abraham & Adrian a Gaasbeeck, 1667. US$ 375
£248
€290
3280 ZOOLOGY. US$ 375
£248
€290
3285 FINI, LEONOR, illustrator. POTOCKI, JEAN. Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse. Paris: la Compagnie des Bibliophiles du Livre d'Art et de l'Amerique Latine, [1961]. US$ 1,062
£703
€822
3286 FOUJITA, TSUGUHARU, illustrator. JOSEPH, MICHAEL. A Book of Cats. New York: Covici Friede, 1930. US$ 74,500
£49,330
€57,649
3288 HIRST, DAMIEN. SABBAG, ROBERT. Snowblind. [Edinburgh]: Rebel Inc., [1998]. US$ 1,500
£993
€1,160
3289 ILLUMINATION. DANTE ALIGHIERI. 1265-1321. Vita Nuova of Dante Alighieri, translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. [New Rochelle]: George D. Sproul, 1902. US$ 8,750
£5,793
€6,770
3290 ILLUMINATION. KOCK, CHARLES PAUL DE. 1793-1871. A Queer Legacy. Boston, Paris, and London: Printed only for Subscribers by the Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1906. US$ 2,750
£1,820
€2,127
3291 KANDINSKY & MIRO. SPENDER, STEPHEN. Fraternity. [Paris and New York?]: March, 1939. US$ 10,625
£7,035
€8,221
3292 KERTESZ, ANDRE. 1894-1985. Photograph of the ballet dancer Hugh Laing in flamenco attire, US$ 500
£331
€386
3293 MARCHAND, ANDRE, illustrator. LUNEL, ARMAND. La maison de la femme peinte. Monaco: à la Voile Latine, 1946. US$ 237
£157
€183
3294 MINIATURE ALMANACS. US$ 500
£331
€386
3295 MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT. GEMINIANI, FRANCESCO. Art of the Violin. or An accurate method of learning to play well on that instrument. Originally composed by the celebrated Geminiani. Newly revised, augmented, explained and enriched.... New York: E. Metcalf, 1813. US$ 1,250
£827
€967
3299 ROUAULT, GEORGES. 1871-1958. Autograph Letter Initialed ("G R"), 1 p, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Ambroise Vollard, US$ 312
£206
€241
3301 SHULMAN, JULIUS. 1910-2009. US$ 7,500
£4,966
€5,803
3302 THEATER—EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. PHELPS, HENRY PITT. Players of a Century: a Record of the Albany Stage. Albany: Joseph McDonough, 1880. US$ 875
£579
€677
3307 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. 1867-1959. 1. Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe. Berlin: E. Wasmuth, 1910. US$ 5,000
£3,310
€3,869
3309 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. 1867-1959. An Autobiography. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company, 1932. US$ 1,875
£1,241
€1,450
3310 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. 1867-1959.] Certificate of Marriage for Blaine Drake and Hulda Notz Brierly, US$ 750
£496
€580
3311 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] TESKE, EDMUND. 1911-1996. US$ 625
£413
€483
3312 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. 1867-1959. Small group of Taliesin holiday cards:
US$ 2,000
£1,324
€1,547
3313 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] HIROSHIGE, UTAGAWA. 1797-1858. Snow on Mt. Haruna in Kozuke Province. US$ 1,875
£1,241
€1,450
3314 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] HIROSHIGE, UTAGAWA. 1797-1858. US$ 6,875
£4,552
€5,319
3315 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] HIROSHIGE, UTAGAWA. 1797-1858. US$ 4,000
£2,648
€3,095
3317 BAYNES, PAULINE. 1922-2008. US$ 812
£537
€628
3319 BROWNE, HABLOT KNIGHT ("PHIZ"). 1815-1882. Autograph Note Signed three times ("Hablot K. Browne," "Hablot K. Browne" and "PHIZ"), US$ 1,750
£1,158
€1,354
3332 LE CAIN, ERROL. 1941-1989. US$ 687
£455
€531
3333 MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD. 1874-1942. Anne of Green Gables. Boston, L.C. Page & Company, 1908. US$ 20,000
£13,243
€15,476
3334 MOSER, BARRY—SHAKESPEARE. "Shakespearian Garland," pen and ink drawing US$ 625
£413
€483
3336 MOSER, BARRY—OZ. 2 letterpress and wood-engraved posters for the Pennyroyal Press edition of The Wizard of Oz (1985):
US$ 250
£165
€193
3340 NIELSEN, KAY, illustrator. ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. Fairy Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1924]. US$ 2,000
£1,324
€1,547
3345 POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1902]. US$ 937
£620
€725
3349 PÈNE DU BOIS, WILLIAM. 1916-1993. Five illustrations for ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S The Poison Belt US$ 3,750
£2,483
€2,901
3352 RACKHAM, ARTHUR, illustrator. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. London: Constable & Company, 1909. US$ 525
£347
€406
3353 ROCKWELL, NORMAN. 1894-1978. A Suite of Fifteen Color Prints of Saturday Evening Post Covers. New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1972]. US$ 2,750
£1,820
€2,127
3355 SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE. 1900-1944. Le Petit Prince. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1943]. US$ 7,500
£4,966
€5,803
3356 SENDAK, MAURICE, BARRY MOSER, et al., illustrators. The Mother Goose Collection of Six Limited Edition Prints. New York: Serigrafia, [1990]. US$ 1,062
£703
€822
3358 VER BECK, FRANK. 1858-1933. Bear Party. US$ 2,000
£1,324
€1,547
3362 AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH. 1907-1973. Poem. [Bryn Mawr: Frederic Prokosch], 1933.
US$ 2,250
£1,489
€1,741
3366 BISHOP, ELIZABETH. 1911-1979. The Fish. [Seattle: Printed by John Sollid for David Ishii, 1974.] US$ 1,250
£827
€967
3367 BUKOWSKI, CHARLES. 1920-1994. US$ 1,125
£744
€870
3369 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. 1888-1959. Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. US$ 5,375
£3,559
€4,159
3370 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. 1888-1959. The High Window. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. US$ 3,750
£2,483
€2,901
3374 DANA, RICHARD HENRY, JR. 1815-1882 Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal History of Life at Sea. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. US$ 6,000
£3,972
€4,642
3376 DAY LEWIS, CECIL. 1904-1972. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("C. Day Lewis"), US$ 5,250
£3,476
€4,062
3377 DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL. 1776-1847. The Bibliomania, or, Book Madness. History, Symptoms and Cure of this Fatal Disease. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1903.
US$ 1,062
£703
€822
3378 DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." London: Richard Bentley, 1838.
US$ 2,250
£1,489
€1,741
3379 DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. American Notes for General Circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842.
US$ 1,750
£1,158
€1,354
3380 DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. The Cricket on the Hearth. Bradbury and Evans, London, 1846. US$ 225
£148
€174
3382 DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. The Works of Charles Dickens. "Household Edition." London: Chapman and Hall, London: Chapman and Hall, July 1871-January 1880. US$ 5,000
£3,310
€3,869
3383 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN, SIR. 1859-1930. The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, 1902. US$ 1,500
£993
€1,160
3385 ELIOT, GEORGE. 1819-1880. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.
US$ 1,750
£1,158
€1,354
3386 ELIOT, GEORGE. 1819-1880. Autograph Letter Signed ("MA Lewes"). US$ 1,750
£1,158
€1,354
3388 ELIOT, GEORGE. 1819-1880. Autograph Letter Signed ("MA Lewes"). 2 pp, 8vo, The Heights, Witley, near Godalming, August 11, 1879, to George Jacob Holyoake, written in violet ink on black-framed mourning stationery, very light, irregular foxing, lightly toned, folds weak. US$ 1,750
£1,158
€1,354
3392 FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962. A Light in August. [New York]: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, [1932]. US$ 1,000
£662
€773
3393 FITZGERALD, EDWARD. 1809-1883. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. London: Bernard Quarich, 1868.
US$ 5,000
£3,310
€3,869
3394 GISSING, GEORGE. 1857-1903. New Grub Street. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1891. US$ 812
£537
€628
3395 GREENE, GRAHAM. 1904-1991. Virtue of Disloyalty. London: Bodley Head, [1972]. US$ 312
£206
€241
3396 HAMMETT, DASHIELL. 1894-1961. Secret Agent X-9. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1934]. US$ 1,500
£993
€1,160
3397 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. US$ 2,750
£1,820
€2,127
3399 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. Typed Letter Signed ("Ernest Hemingway"), 1 p, 4to, Cuba, February 8, 1956, to Professor Arthur L. Scott, on Finca Vigia stationery, with autograph postscript, US$ 10,000
£6,621
€7,738
3406 LOCKE, JOHN. 1632-1704. Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1694. US$ 1,250
£827
€967
3407 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. 1806-1882. 1. The Golden Legend. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1852. US$ 875
£579
€677
3410 MANN, THOMAS. 1875-1955. US$ 5,000
£3,310
€3,869
3412 MELTZER, DAVID. B.1937. Archive containing typescripts, correspondence, and related material, c.1960-76, including a typescript poem SIGNED by Anselm Hollo. [WITH]: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, screenplay. US$ 475
£314
€367
3420 MITFORD, JESSICA [DECCA TREUHAFT]. BOYLE, KAY. US$ 1,250
£827
€967
3421 MODERN LITERATURE. Collection of typescripts, correspondence, and printed material by and related to several modern writers, including material by William Golding, Paul Horgan, Maurice Hewlett, Edgar Jepson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Leonard Merrick, Havelock Ellis, William Styron, Anais Nin, H. Allen Smith, Jersey Kosinski, Robert Hivnor and others. US$ 2,000
£1,324
€1,547
3422 MODERN POETRY. Collection of typescripts, correspondence, manuscript and printed material by and related to several 20th Century American poets, including Marrianne Moore, Carl Rakosi, Denise Levertov, Kenneth Rexroth, Harold Brodkey, Louis Simpson, Karl Shapiro, Ogden Nash, Witter Bynner, Charles Henri Ford, Kenneth Patchen, Janet Lewis, John Taggart, Wayne Holder, Ross Lavroff, and Richard Armour. US$ 2,250
£1,489
€1,741
3423 MORRISON, TONI. B.1931. US$ 750
£496
€580
3424 PROUST, MARCEL. 1871-1922. A la recherche du temps perdu: Du côté de chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, [1913]. US$ 6,875
£4,552
€5,319
3425 PSALMS—BINDING. The Whole Booke of Psalmes, with the Prose on the margin. London: Company of Stationers, 1613.
US$ 625
£413
€483
3428 SPENDER, STEPHEN. 1. Poem. [Bryn Mawr: Frederic Prokosch], Christmas, 1934. 4 pp.
2. Perhaps. [Bryn Mawr: Frederic Prokosch, November], 1933. 8 pp.
US$ 1,250
£827
€967
3429 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939]. US$ 1,625
£1,075
€1,257
3431 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. US$ 3,125
£2,069
€2,418
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