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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
£329
€388
3255 JAMAICA. OGILBY, JOHN. 1600-1676. Novissima et Accuratissima Jamaicae. [London]: 1671. US$ 350
£230
€272
3256 JAPAN. MERCATOR, GERARD. 1512-94. Iaponia. [Amsterdam: c.1630.] US$ 875
£577
€680
3259 LATIN AMERICA. VANDERMAELEN, P.M.G. Group of 40 lithographed maps of Latin America, US$ 1,125
£742
€874
3260 [MARCO POLO.] MARSDEN, WILLIAM, translator. The Travels of Marco Polo. London: for the Author, 1818. US$ 2,000
£1,319
€1,554
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
£494
€582
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
£2,639
€3,108
3267 SCHENCK, PETRUS. 1660-1718. Planisphaerium coeleste: secundum restitutionem Hevelianam et Hallejanam. Amsterdam: Shenck, [1705]. US$ 2,375
£1,567
€1,845
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
£1,154
€1,360
3269 TENISON, LOUISA. 1819-1882. Sketches in the East. [London]: Dickinson & Son, 1846. US$ 1,875
£1,237
€1,457
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
£3,134
€3,691
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
£29,698
€34,975
3273 DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.
US$ 4,000
£2,639
€3,108
3274 FERRARI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1584-1655. Flora, overo cultura di fiori. Rome: Pier'Antonio Facciotti, 1638. US$ 1,250
£824
€971
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
£5,774
€6,800
3276 GRAVES, JOHN. Of Birds and Texas. Fort Worth: Gentling Editions, 1986. US$ 562
£371
€437
3277 GREENE, WILLIAM THOMAS. Parrots in Captivity. London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887 [1890]. US$ 2,250
£1,484
€1,748
3279 SWAMMERDAM, JAN. 1637-1680. Tractatus physico-anatomico-medicus, de respiratione usuque pulmonum. Leiden: Daniel, Abraham & Adrian a Gaasbeeck, 1667. US$ 375
£247
€291
3280 ZOOLOGY. US$ 375
£247
€291
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
£701
€825
3286 FOUJITA, TSUGUHARU, illustrator. JOSEPH, MICHAEL. A Book of Cats. New York: Covici Friede, 1930. US$ 74,500
£49,166
€57,904
3288 HIRST, DAMIEN. SABBAG, ROBERT. Snowblind. [Edinburgh]: Rebel Inc., [1998]. US$ 1,500
£989
€1,165
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
£5,774
€6,800
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
£1,814
€2,137
3291 KANDINSKY & MIRO. SPENDER, STEPHEN. Fraternity. [Paris and New York?]: March, 1939. US$ 10,625
£7,012
€8,258
3292 KERTESZ, ANDRE. 1894-1985. Photograph of the ballet dancer Hugh Laing in flamenco attire, US$ 500
£329
€388
3293 MARCHAND, ANDRE, illustrator. LUNEL, ARMAND. La maison de la femme peinte. Monaco: à la Voile Latine, 1946. US$ 237
£156
€184
3294 MINIATURE ALMANACS. US$ 500
£329
€388
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
£824
€971
3299 ROUAULT, GEORGES. 1871-1958. Autograph Letter Initialed ("G R"), 1 p, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Ambroise Vollard, US$ 312
£206
€242
3301 SHULMAN, JULIUS. 1910-2009. US$ 7,500
£4,949
€5,829
3302 THEATER—EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. PHELPS, HENRY PITT. Players of a Century: a Record of the Albany Stage. Albany: Joseph McDonough, 1880. US$ 875
£577
€680
3307 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. 1867-1959. 1. Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe. Berlin: E. Wasmuth, 1910. US$ 5,000
£3,299
€3,886
3309 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. 1867-1959. An Autobiography. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company, 1932. US$ 1,875
£1,237
€1,457
3310 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. 1867-1959.] Certificate of Marriage for Blaine Drake and Hulda Notz Brierly, US$ 750
£494
€582
3311 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] TESKE, EDMUND. 1911-1996. US$ 625
£412
€485
3312 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. 1867-1959. Small group of Taliesin holiday cards:
US$ 2,000
£1,319
€1,554
3313 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] HIROSHIGE, UTAGAWA. 1797-1858. Snow on Mt. Haruna in Kozuke Province. US$ 1,875
£1,237
€1,457
3314 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] HIROSHIGE, UTAGAWA. 1797-1858. US$ 6,875
£4,537
€5,343
3315 [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] HIROSHIGE, UTAGAWA. 1797-1858. US$ 4,000
£2,639
€3,108
3317 BAYNES, PAULINE. 1922-2008. US$ 812
£536
€631
3319 BROWNE, HABLOT KNIGHT ("PHIZ"). 1815-1882. Autograph Note Signed three times ("Hablot K. Browne," "Hablot K. Browne" and "PHIZ"), US$ 1,750
£1,154
€1,360
3332 LE CAIN, ERROL. 1941-1989. US$ 687
£453
€534
3333 MONTGOMERY, LUCY MAUD. 1874-1942. Anne of Green Gables. Boston, L.C. Page & Company, 1908. US$ 20,000
£13,199
€15,544
3334 MOSER, BARRY—SHAKESPEARE. "Shakespearian Garland," pen and ink drawing US$ 625
£412
€485
3336 MOSER, BARRY—OZ. 2 letterpress and wood-engraved posters for the Pennyroyal Press edition of The Wizard of Oz (1985):
US$ 250
£164
€194
3340 NIELSEN, KAY, illustrator. ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. Fairy Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1924]. US$ 2,000
£1,319
€1,554
3345 POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1902]. US$ 937
£618
€728
3349 PÈNE DU BOIS, WILLIAM. 1916-1993. Five illustrations for ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S The Poison Belt US$ 3,750
£2,474
€2,914
3352 RACKHAM, ARTHUR, illustrator. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. London: Constable & Company, 1909. US$ 525
£346
€408
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
£1,814
€2,137
3355 SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE. 1900-1944. Le Petit Prince. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1943]. US$ 7,500
£4,949
€5,829
3356 SENDAK, MAURICE, BARRY MOSER, et al., illustrators. The Mother Goose Collection of Six Limited Edition Prints. New York: Serigrafia, [1990]. US$ 1,062
£701
€825
3358 VER BECK, FRANK. 1858-1933. Bear Party. US$ 2,000
£1,319
€1,554
3362 AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH. 1907-1973. Poem. [Bryn Mawr: Frederic Prokosch], 1933.
US$ 2,250
£1,484
€1,748
3366 BISHOP, ELIZABETH. 1911-1979. The Fish. [Seattle: Printed by John Sollid for David Ishii, 1974.] US$ 1,250
£824
€971
3367 BUKOWSKI, CHARLES. 1920-1994. US$ 1,125
£742
€874
3369 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. 1888-1959. Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. US$ 5,375
£3,547
€4,177
3370 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. 1888-1959. The High Window. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. US$ 3,750
£2,474
€2,914
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
£3,959
€4,663
3376 DAY LEWIS, CECIL. 1904-1972. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("C. Day Lewis"), US$ 5,250
£3,464
€4,080
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
£701
€825
3378 DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." London: Richard Bentley, 1838.
US$ 2,250
£1,484
€1,748
3379 DICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870. American Notes for General Circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842.
US$ 1,750
£1,154
€1,360
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
£3,299
€3,886
3383 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN, SIR. 1859-1930. The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, 1902. US$ 1,500
£989
€1,165
3385 ELIOT, GEORGE. 1819-1880. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.
US$ 1,750
£1,154
€1,360
3386 ELIOT, GEORGE. 1819-1880. Autograph Letter Signed ("MA Lewes"). US$ 1,750
£1,154
€1,360
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
£1,154
€1,360
3392 FAULKNER, WILLIAM. 1897-1962. A Light in August. [New York]: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, [1932]. US$ 1,000
£659
€777
3393 FITZGERALD, EDWARD. 1809-1883. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. London: Bernard Quarich, 1868.
US$ 5,000
£3,299
€3,886
3394 GISSING, GEORGE. 1857-1903. New Grub Street. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1891. US$ 812
£536
€631
3395 GREENE, GRAHAM. 1904-1991. Virtue of Disloyalty. London: Bodley Head, [1972]. US$ 312
£206
€242
3396 HAMMETT, DASHIELL. 1894-1961. Secret Agent X-9. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1934]. US$ 1,500
£989
€1,165
3397 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. US$ 2,750
£1,814
€2,137
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
£6,599
€7,772
3406 LOCKE, JOHN. 1632-1704. Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1694. US$ 1,250
£824
€971
3407 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. 1806-1882. 1. The Golden Legend. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1852. US$ 875
£577
€680
3410 MANN, THOMAS. 1875-1955. US$ 5,000
£3,299
€3,886
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
£313
€369
3420 MITFORD, JESSICA [DECCA TREUHAFT]. BOYLE, KAY. US$ 1,250
£824
€971
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
£1,319
€1,554
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
£1,484
€1,748
3423 MORRISON, TONI. B.1931. US$ 750
£494
€582
3424 PROUST, MARCEL. 1871-1922. A la recherche du temps perdu: Du côté de chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, [1913]. US$ 6,875
£4,537
€5,343
3425 PSALMS—BINDING. The Whole Booke of Psalmes, with the Prose on the margin. London: Company of Stationers, 1613.
US$ 625
£412
€485
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
£824
€971
3429 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939]. US$ 1,625
£1,072
€1,263
3431 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. US$ 3,125
£2,062
€2,428
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