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Lot Of 4 Antique & Vintage Children's Books

Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 225)

Books include; Loraine and the Little People, 1915, by Elizabeth Gordon, illustrated by Penny Ross, cloth binding with color paste down cover, good with some soiling interior; Is This The House Of Mistress Mouse, 1964, by Richard Scarry, Golden Book, color cardboard binding, good with light wear to covers; StampKraft-Mother Goose & Other Rhymes, 1919, hardback binding, good with wear to spine, all stamps intact and pasted in book; Old Testament Stories, 1938, Lillie A. Farris, cloth binding with paste down on cover, color illustrations, good with corners and spine bumped.

Folio Edition Of The Education Of Mr. Pipp By C. D. Gibson

Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 225)

First Edition, 1899, Pictorial covers, Black & White Illustration through-out, fair to good condition, spine is missing paper covering, scuffing and wear to covers, damp stains near spine, interior is reasonably clean, first few pages are detached from spine but intact with edge chips and wear.

Folio Size Birds & Animals Children's Book

Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 225)

Published by Mclaughlin Bros., undated, color pictorial cover with black cloth spine, 32 full page color illustrations by Albert Kaye with descriptive text, very good condition with light wear to covers on edges, interior is clean.

Lot Of 4 Color Illustrated Antique Children's Books

Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 225)

Including: Frisky the Squirrel, 1904, color paper wraps, illustrated, good, back cover is nearly detached, interior is clean; My Object ABC Is For Cat, 1921, Linentex binding, very good, illustrated; My ABC Of Animals, 1927, LinenTex binding, illustrated, very good; Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Book "Hey Diddle Diddle", color paper covers, sewn, illustrated, undated, good with small tear to cover and light soiling.

Lot Of 2 Arts & Crafts Reference Guides

Lot #5 (Sale Order 5 of 225)

Contains; Stickley Style, undated, hardback binding, color photography through out, very good condition and William Morris By Himself-Designs & Writings, edited by Gillian Naylor, 2000, hardback binding with dust jacket, very good condition, clean interior.

Histoire Du Petit Negre Sambo French Edition

Lot #6 (Sale Order 6 of 225)

Little Black Sambo-published in 1921 by Frederick A. Stokes, written by Helen Bannerman and translated from English to French by Madeleine Bleriot Johnson, cloth binding with paste down color cover, illustrated, very good condition, rare to find in this translation.

Punch 1857-1858

Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 225)

Vol 33, 1857, London, Ex Library, paper and leather boards with gilt titled spine and decoration, clean interior, nice bound edition of this famous English satirical newspaper, black and white woodblock engravings through out including double page examples.

9 Volumes Of Routledge's Pocket Library, 1886

Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 225)

A beautiful series of little books, tastefully bound, paper and cloth boards with paper paste down title on spine, collection of assorted authors, good condition with minor shelf wear and some foxing to interior front pages. Great decorator lot.

Folio Size The Magazine Of Art Volume Vlll, 1885

Lot #9 (Sale Order 9 of 225)

Published by Cassell and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York, 1885, profusely illustrated with steel and wood engravings as well as photogravures, over 50 full page illustrations. Book is bound in cloth boards with leather corners and spine, cover has a gold gilt floral urn decoration, interior is clean, spine and corners of covers are rubbed, otherwise good condition.

Signed Elbert Hubbard of Roycrofters Book "The Law Of Love"

Lot #10 (Sale Order 10 of 225)

Hand signed and numbered copy #14 of 106, The Law Of Love by Marion Reedy,1905, published and printed by Elbert Hubbard of the Roycrofters at their shop, in East Aurora, New York, good condition. Leather and paper boards with gilt titled spine, spine has tear near top and bottom but still is intact. spine is rubbed on its edges as well as the corners of binding, interior is clean.

4 Volume Set The Newgate Calendar, By Knapp & Baldwin 1824-1825

Lot #11 (Sale Order 11 of 225)

Books Comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England since the commencement of the Eighteenth Century, London J Robbins, 1824, First edition by this publisher, illustrated frontis and in text throughout, paper and leather boards, gilt decorated spine and titles, good condition for age with normal expected wear to covers, interior is reasonably clean with some foxing and toning of pages. Still good set on this known history of crime in England.

Scarce Book Chiushingura; or The Loyal League (Japanese Romance), 1880

Lot #12 (Sale Order 12 of 225)

Translated by F. V. Dickins, with notes and an appendix containing a metrical version of the ballad of Takasago, and a specimen of the original text in the Japanese Character, profusely illustrated by engravings on wood drawn and executed by Japanese artists, 8vo, cloth and gilt decorated covers, very good condition.

Scarce Japanese Book Entitled Kusamakura and Buncho, 1927

Lot #13 (Sale Order 13 of 225)

Written by Soseki Natsume, translated by Umeji Sasaki and illustrated by Hyakusui Hirafuku, published in Tokyo, 1927, cloth binding with dust jacket, binding is in very good condition, dust jacket has small chip near top of spine, and minor edge wear. Color illustrated plates, clean interior,

1893 Morris's British Butterflies

Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 225)

79 hand colored butterfly plates, History Of British Butterflies, 7th edition, 1893, by Rev F. O. Morris, hand colored plates, green cloth binding with gilt decoration on cover and spine, very good condition, clean interior, binding is slightly bumped at corners and on spine. Very nice illustrated Natural History.

1860 New Edition of Noble Deeds Of American Women

Lot #15 (Sale Order 15 of 225)

Edited by J. Clement, 1860 new edition, frontis steel engraving of Martha Washington and illustrated with black and white wood engravings throughout, red cloth binding with gilt decorated spine and titles, good condition, interior has some foxing and staining otherwise mostly good, covers are bumped.

Four Antique Children's Books

Lot #16 (Sale Order 16 of 225)

Included are; Mother Goose Illustrated By Kate Greenway, undated, London-Frederick Warne and Co; The Green Umbrella, A Ladybird Book, series 401, Printed in England; Maeterlink's The Children's Blue Bird, illustrated by Doris & Marion Henderson, 1913, Grosset & Dunlap; Mother Goose Rhymes, illustrated by Edward G. McCandlish, printed by Roycrofters at their shop in East Aurora, N. Y. Books are hardbound with pictorial covers, good condition with mostly clean interiors, a few covers have minor wear.

The Red Pony By John Steinbeck First Illustrated Copy 1945

Lot #17 (Sale Order 17 of 225)

Illustrated By Wesley Dennis, The Viking Press, New York, 1945, cloth binding with paper paste down on cover, gilt titled spine on cloth, binding is good with some staining and light bumping to spine, interior is clean. Nice copy for the collector of Steinbeck books.

Beautifully Bound Four Volumes of Gil Blas Translated By Lesage, 1822

Lot #18 (Sale Order 18 of 225)

This outstanding 4 volume set of The Adventures Of Gil Blas Of Santillane, translated from the French by Lesage, New Edition, hand colored engravings by Robert Smirke, London, Hurst, Robinson, and Co. 1822, small octavo, full calf gilt decorated bindings with gilt paper edges, fine condition in paper decorated slip case.

Pierre Louys APHRODITE Illustrations En Couleurs De Paul-Emile Becat, 1937

Lot #19 (Sale Order 19 of 225)

#259 of 3200 edition, illustrations in color, published by Editions De Arts H. Piazza, Paris, 1937, in slip case accompanied by bound folder containing 22 B & W illustrations, very good conditions, binding is fine plates have some folds near top edges and tears. Book is near fine in slipcase.

Observations on the Religious Peculiarities of the Society of Friends, 1825

Lot #20 (Sale Order 20 of 225)

First American Edition from the 4th London Edition, by Joseph John Gurney, published by S Potter & Co. Philadelphia, 1825, bound in leather boards, covers are loose and detached from spine, spine is chipped and missing leather, interior has toned pages and light foxing otherwise good and complete copy.

Two Books By Isaac Asimov

Lot #21 (Sale Order 21 of 225)

Books include; "In Joy Felt The Autobiography Of Isaac Asimov 1954-1978", First edition, ex-library, 1980, with dust jacket and "In Memory Yet Green The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov 1920-1954", 1979, trade edition, ex-library, with dust jacket, both books are in good condition with normal library stamping, some soiling and light wear to dust jackets.

One Hundred Merry And Delightsome Stories With Color Illustrations

Lot #22 (Sale Order 22 of 225)

Translated from the celebrated French collection of jovial medieval tales: translated by Robert Douglas-PARIS, privately printed, profusely illustrated through-out with color engravings, leather and paper board binding with gold titles on spine, French end papers, good condition with some rubbing to covers, binding beginning to separate from outer covers, clean interior.

Rare Signed Limited Edition Rip Van Winkle

Lot #23 (Sale Order 23 of 225)

By Washington Irving, published by the Roycrofters 1905, limited to 100 copies, this copy being #21, signed by Elbert Hubbard, bound in leather and paper boards with gilt titles on spine, reasonably good condition with wear to spine (some splitting and rubbing of edges) and covers, interior is clean

Scarce Book "That Negro Problem" By Coy Muckle Signed Copy

Lot #24 (Sale Order 24 of 225)

Title goes on to contain "A Southern Speaks His Mind", signed on front fly leaf in ink Coy Muckle 1-5-47, privately printed by author 1946, black cloth binding with gold titles on cover, good with some wear to cloth covers and light interior foxing front few pages, minor bug damage on last end papers, otherwise still a good copy of this hard to find narrative on the American Negro in the 1940's.

Rare Early Printing Of "Salmagundi" By Irving

Lot #25 (Sale Order 25 of 225)

This early satirical was written by Washington Irving, William Irving and James Kirk Paulding, Title goes on to contain "The Whim-whams and Opinions Of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others", this full leather 20mo binding was published in London by Charles Daly 1841, book is illustrated with fine steel engravings, Leather bound with gilt decoration and titles, edge of pages have gilt, book is in very good condition with light rubbing to covers, interior is reasonably clean with some light foxing and page toning.

Scarce Copy Of "The Secret Memoirs Of Count Tadasu Hayashi"

Lot #26 (Sale Order 26 of 225)

Edited by A. M. Pooley, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York 1915, bound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine and cover, very good with minor bumps to corners and spine, interior is clean.

Four Volumes "Voices Of The Civil War" Time Life

Lot #27 (Sale Order 27 of 225)

Volumes include; Second Manassas, Gettysburg, Atlanta and Soldier Life, hardback with dust jackets, volumes are fully illustrated throughout, undated, found in like new condition with light wear to jackets

Autographed Copy Of "Catch 22" By Joseph Heller 1961 Eleventh Printing

Lot #28 (Sale Order 28 of 225)

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York 1961-eleventh printing, signed in ink on front fly leaf, blue cloth binding with dust jacket, very good condition, dust jacket has very minor wear, interior is clean.

Autographed Copy Of "Pierre Sicard" By Claude Rumasat

Lot #29 (Sale Order 29 of 225)

Published in Paris 1944 by Rombaldi, inscribed and signed by Pierre Sicard on front fly leaf, first edition, limited to 1000 copies, 11" X 8", cloth binding with black titles on cover and spine-no dust jacket, book comes with 1956 Carstairs Gallery catalog, 1957 French Gallery catalog and 1965 Galerie Durand-Ruel catalog, good condition-covers have some soiling, interior has foxing, 48 plates of which 4 are in color.

Two Thomas Mann Books

Lot #30 (Sale Order 30 of 225)

Lot contains 50th Anniversary 1965 Edition of "Death In Venice" published by Alfred Knopf, in dust jacket and slipcase, excellent condition and Cardinal Giant paperback Thomas Mann's "Buddenbrooks", first printing 1952, good condition with lower right corner damp stain to first few pages, light wear to covers.

Shakespeare's Complete Works Pembroke Edition In Original Burgundy Cloth Slipcase

Lot #31 (Sale Order 31 of 225)

Complete in 12 volumes, published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Company from the original text of the first folio of 1623, edited by Charlotte Porter & Helen A. Clark, Books are housed in a burgundy cloth lift lid slipcase with gilt titles on lid, paper paste in on interior of lid, 12 burgundy cloth with gilt titles and decorations on spine and cover 12mo volumes in rice paper jackets, very good condition, rice paper jackets have small tears and a few areas of paper loss, bindings are clean and bright, slipcase is good with shelf wear and weak hinge to lid.

"The Ring Of The Niblung" Illustrated By Arthur Rackham First Edition 1939

Lot #32 (Sale Order 32 of 225)

Quarto, Bound in a blue cloth with black titles and decoration on cover and spine, written by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour and published by William Heinmann LTD 1939, first edition, 24 color illustrations, very good condition, corners are lightly bumped on covers, interior is clean, with light soiling to edges of text.

The First Edition Of The Book "The Fountainhead" By Ayn Rand

Lot #33 (Sale Order 33 of 225)

8mo, brown cloth binding with gilt titles on cover and spine, published by Bobbs and Merril, 1943, first trade edition, missing dust jacket, very good with damp stain from drink glass on cover and light soiling, 1" torn corner on front fly leaf, interior is clean, tight binding.

Three Children's Readers By Bobbs Merril Written By Baker & Baker

Lot #34 (Sale Order 34 of 225)

Lot contains 1929 Primer edition with color illustrations-nursery rhymes including Little Sambo, good condition with pencil writing to numerous pages,; 1930 First Reader edition including the nursery rhyme "The Tar Baby" and 1930 Second Reader with folk tales, fables and rhymes, all 3 books are bound in pictorial blue cloth with black titles on covers and spine, by Clara Belle Baker & Edna Dean Baker, illustrated by Vera Stone Norman, all bindings are in good condition, some interior pages do have pencil notations.

Illustrated Natural History Fabre's Book Of Insects

Lot #35 (Sale Order 35 of 225)

With color tipped in illustrations by E. J. Detmold, retold from Alexander Teixeira De Mattos translation of Fabre's Souvenirs Entomologiques by Mrs. Rudolf Statwell, Tudor Publishing Co. New York, 1939. Bound in a green with gilt decorated cloth binding, interior is clean with tissue covers to color plates, covers are soiled and have edge stains, otherwise very good.

First Edition Of "Roughing It" By Mark Twain

Lot #36 (Sale Order 36 of 225)

American Publishing Company, 1872, hard cover brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration, illustrated with engravings, very good condition with tight binding, minor page toning to interior, covers have bumped corners with light edge rubbing, nice first edition copy.

Lot Of Five Early Published Religious Books

Lot #37 (Sale Order 37 of 225)

Lot contains Leather bound copy of "The Power Of Religion On Your Mind" By Lindley Murray 1802 New York-good condition, covers are rubbed and interior has toned with age-owner's address on front fly leaf; leather bound " Elisha The Tishbite" by F. W. Krummacher, D. D., published by American Tract Society, good condition-binding tight, interior is toned with age with some foxing. 1899 leather bound book "Laws Of Christ For Common Life", by R. W. Dale L.L. D., published in London by Hodder & Staughton, very good condition with gilt leather cover and spine, clean interior.; 1884 cloth bound book titled "The Character Of Jesus" by Horace Bushnell, good condition and finally Cloth bound "The Story Of The Baptists" by Richard B. Cook D. D. 1889 fair condition.

Lot Of Eighteen Little Leather Library Books

Lot #38 (Sale Order 38 of 225)

Lot includes assorted titles by classic authors; Lamb, Kipling, Dante, Tennyson, Whitman, Dumas, Yeats and others, 18 small leather volumes, most are in good condition a few have minor edge wear and toning of interior.

Commentaries On Equity Jurisprudence By Joseph Story LL. D. 1843

Lot #39 (Sale Order 39 of 225)

Third edition, volume 1 of 2 volumes, published by Charles C. Little & James Brown Boston and London A. Maxwell & Son, original full calf binding with red leather paste on title in gilt, binding is still tight, covers are rubbed and stained, interior has toned with age and has damp stain first few pages, otherwise a good original copy of this respected legal book.

Children's Book Lot

Lot #40 (Sale Order 40 of 225)

Watermelon Pete And Other Stories by Elizabeth Gordon-1914 with color illustrations, one of the early 1900's Black Americana books, good condition cover is loose from binding and 2 cloth bound 3 1/2" X 2 1/2" miniature Sendak books-Alligators Around The World and One Was Johnny 1962-excellent condition.

Two Volumes Complete "The Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope" by George Gilfillan

Lot #41 (Sale Order 41 of 225)

1856, first edition thus, full leather covers and spine with 6 compartments-2 of which have burgundy gilt labels, full gilt edges of pages, marbled endpapers, books are in excellent condition with some light wear to cover and spine edges. Interior is bright and clean, very nice set.

1855 Knickerbocker Gallery

Lot #42 (Sale Order 42 of 225)

First edition, 1855, Samuel Hueston New York, fair to good condition, containing 48 steel engravings of the literary & intellectual community in America in the mid-19th Century, hardcover, full-stamped leather with gilt titles on spine- covers have minor edge wear, spine has begun to split in upper top, interior has toned and foxed with damp stains to first few pages. Pages 343-346 are loose from binding but intact.

Alfred De Musset "Ses Plus Beaux Vers" Paris Undated

Lot #43 (Sale Order 43 of 225)

Soft bound book containing seven richly-colored watercolors on glassine by Robert Polack tipped in with text in French, the watercolors have a wonderful Art Deco feel to them. Book is in very good condition with minor tissue loss on covers, clean interior plates are good.

Lettres De Mon Moulin By Alphonse Daudet

Lot #44 (Sale Order 44 of 225)

Soft bound, Editions Jacques-Petit, illustrated by Gabriel Loire, 1946, French text, numerous color illustrations by the artist, very good condition, some pages still uncut, clean interior, cover has glassine jacket-fair condition with some loss in corners, top of spine and edges.

"Candide" Par Voltaire, Aquarelles De Robert Polack

Lot #45 (Sale Order 45 of 225)

Editions Nilsson-Paris, 1930, containing 6 watercolor illustrations on glassine signed by artist tipped in, French text, soft bound with aquarelles glassine jacket, some pages are uncut, interior is clean, jacket is good with minor loss on spine. Very good condition. Wonderful Art Deco illustrations.

"Les Fleurs Du Mal" Par Charles Baudelaire

Lot #46 (Sale Order 46 of 225)

Editions Nilsson-Paris, containing 6 watercolor illustrations on glassine by Maggy Monier, signed by artist tipped in, French text, soft bound with aquarelles glassine jacket, interior is clean, jacket is good with minor loss on spine and back cover edge.

"Thais" France Anatole; Translated By Robert B. Douglas

Lot #47 (Sale Order 47 of 225)

Illustrated by Frank C Pape, 1926, published by John Lane London, hardback, black cloth with gilt decorations and titles contain 12 black & white illustrations by the artist, very .good condition- covers having some wear, clean interior.

Rare First Edition 1875 Norse Anthology By R. B. Anderson

Lot #48 (Sale Order 48 of 225)

Published by S. C. Griggs And Company Chicago and Trubner & Co London, brown cloth binding with black stamped designs and gilt decorations and titles, binding is reasonably tight, covers have some wear, spine top and bottom is bumped, interior is clean with some very minor toning. Good condition.

Folio Society "On The Origin Of Species" By Charles Darwin

Lot #49 (Sale Order 49 of 225)

Reprint by the respected Folio Society, bound in buckram printed and blocked with a design by David Eccles, 25 color plates, 448 pages, plain black slipcase, new in cellophane wrap.

Folio Society "The Expression Of The Emotions" By Charles Darwin

Lot #50 (Sale Order 50 of 225)

Reprint by the respected Folio Society, bound in buckram with gilt and pictorial decorations, first thus-2008, color plates, 337 pages, plain black slipcase, new in cellophane wrap.

Folio Society "Campaigns Of Napoleon" By David G. Chandler

Lot #51 (Sale Order 51 of 225)

2002, 3 Volume set including The Rise 1793-1805, The Zenith 1805-1812 and The Decline 1812- 1815, published by Folio Society London, Beige cloth hardback, containing contemporary paintings, drawings, prints, maps and documents, fine new in wrap and slipcase copy.

Folio Society "The Voyage Of The HMS Beagle" By Charles Darwin

Lot #52 (Sale Order 52 of 225)

Reprint by the Folio Society of London 2003, bound in full Buckram, printed and blocked with a design by David Eccles, in black cardboard slipcase-having some light soiling; binding is in fine condition.

Easton Press Collectors Edition "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" By Victor Hugo

Lot #53 (Sale Order 53 of 225)

Published Jan 1, 2003, New in cellophane condition, leather bound with gilt decorations and titles, 331 pages.

Heritage Press Edition "Notre Dame De Paris" By Victor Hugo

Lot #54 (Sale Order 54 of 225)

1955 publishers date, illustrated by Bernard Lamotte, bound in pictorial cloth with black cardboard slipcase, near fine in very good slipcase

Folio Society "Napoleon" By Georges Lefebvre

Lot #55 (Sale Order 55 of 225)

2009 by Folio Society Of London, bound in red cloth with gilt titles and decorations, fine condition in slipcase no defects, still in cellophane wrap.

2 Volumes Easton Press "The Corsican Diary & Napoleon Bonaparte" by Alan Schom

Lot #56 (Sale Order 56 of 225)

Bound in leather with gilt titles and decorations, fine in original cellophane wrap no defects, 2 volumes.

13 Vol Set "Real America In Romance" By Edwin Markham Complete

Lot #57 (Sale Order 57 of 225)

Published by William H Wise & Co, NY, 1909, Hardcover with gilt titles and decorations on spine, very good condition with some rubbing of leather and wear to cloth bindings, interior is clean and profusely illustrated by photographs, spines have some wear but no major defects, selling as a complete set.

Washington Square Press 3 Volume Set "The Divine Comedy" By Dante Alighieri

Lot #58 (Sale Order 58 of 225)

Published 1966, Hardcover-quarterwhite cloth, gilt titles, over paper covered boards, illustrated by Harry Bennett, in burgundy & tan paper covered slipcase with paste on label. Very Good Condition. Books are still in glassine jackets.

Folio Society "A Tale Of Two Cities" By Charles Dickens

Lot #59 (Sale Order 59 of 225)

Folio Society 2012, Bound in quarter Buckram hardback, illustrated by Phiz, 363 pages, fine-no defects in original publishers wrap

Folio Society "David Copperfield" By Charles Dickens

Lot #60 (Sale Order 60 of 225)

Folio Society London 2004, blue quarter bound buckram hardback, illustrated by Phiz, new in publishers shipping wrap-fine no defects,

Folio Society " Great Expectations" By Charles Dickens

Lot #61 (Sale Order 61 of 225)

Folio Society London 2011, green quarter bound buckram hardback, illustrated by Marcus Stone, new in publishers shipping wrap-fine no defects,

Folio Society "Metamorphosis" By Franz Kafka

Lot #62 (Sale Order 62 of 225)

Folio Society London, first thus, 2010, in printed paper boards-hardback with shadow of large fly in slipcase, Frontis and 8 color illustrations, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

Folio Society "Christmas Books" By Charles Dickens

Lot #63 (Sale Order 63 of 225)

Folio Society London 2011, quarter red Buckram hardback, illustrated by John Leach and others, first impression, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

Folio Society " The Devils Dictionary" By Ambrose Bierce

Lot #64 (Sale Order 64 of 225)

Folio Society London, 2003 quarter black Buckram with printed marbled paper sides-hardback, illustrated by Peter Forster, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

Folio Society "Amerika" By Franz Kafka

Lot #65 (Sale Order 65 of 225)

Folio Society London 2011, green cloth hardback, illustrated by Bill Bragg, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

"First Folio Of Shakespeare" The Norton Facsimile 1996

Lot #66 (Sale Order 66 of 225)

Second Edition, published by W. W. Norton & Company, London 1996, quarter leather hardback, folio size in slipcase, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

Folio Society " The Apocrypha" Introduced By David Daniell

Lot #67 (Sale Order 67 of 225)

Folio Society London 2006, first impression, quarter leather with Moire silk covered boards, hardback in slipcase, illustrated with Old Master Paintings, new in publishers cellophane wrap

Folio Society "The Castle" By Franz Kafka

Lot #68 (Sale Order 68 of 225)

Folio Society London 2011, blue cloth hardback, illustrations by Bill Bragg, in slipcase, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

Folio Society "On War" By Carl Von Clausewitz

Lot #69 (Sale Order 69 of 225)

Folio Society London 2011, first impression, black Buckram hardback, 848 pp. color plates, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

Folio Society "Oliver Twist" By Charles Dickens

Lot #70 (Sale Order 70 of 225)

Folio Society London 2012, quarter blue Buckram hardback, 418 pp, illustrations by Charles Keeping, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

Folio Society " Bleak House" By Charles Dickens

Lot #71 (Sale Order 71 of 225)

Folio Society London 2012, quarter black Buckram hardback, illustrations by Phiz, new in publishers cellophane wrap.

17 Volumes Of The U. S. Army In World War II-50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition

Lot #72 (Sale Order 72 of 225)

Special 50th Anniversary Edition by the National Historical Society 1995, published by Center Of Military History United States Army, Washington DC., volumes include The Last Offensive, Break out & Pursuit, The Approach to the Philippines, plus other titles 15 of the books are in like new condition, 2 are in original publishers cellophane wrap-new.

10 Volume Set "The Works Of Victor Hugo" Edition De Lux

Lot #73 (Sale Order 73 of 225)

Circa 1864, Limited edition #422/1000 copies, quarter leather and marbled paper boards with gilt decorations and titles, complete, published by John D. Morris & Company Philadelphia, gilt top edge of pages, very good condition, bindings are tight, leather spine and corners have rubbing and wear at top and bottom of spines, interior is clean. with the slightest of toning.

Black Americana Book Titled "Tobe" By Stella Gentry Sharpe

Lot #74 (Sale Order 74 of 225)

1939 First Edition, Second Printing, published by The University Of North Carolina Press-Chapel Hill, photographs by Charles Farrell, orange cloth boards with black titles, very good + condition, reasonably clean interior with a few smudge marks and very light foxing on front fly leaf. Nice story about African American boy and his family in a rural farm setting.

Folio Society "Grimms Fairy Tales" Illustrated By Arthur Rackham

Lot #75 (Sale Order 75 of 225)

Folio Society London 2000, reprint; royal octavo, cloth with gilt titles and decorations, hardback in slip case; color frontis and 39 plates, Fine in near Fine slipcase-slightly scuffed,

13 Volumes Of The Riverby Edition "The Writings Of John Burroughs" 1913

Lot #76 (Sale Order 76 of 225)

Incomplete set, set contains Volume 1 and 3 through 15, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston & New York, dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations, illustrated, very good condition-covers are lightly scuffed, spines are bumped, interior is clean, lot comes with early postcard of John Burroughs.

Women Of Worth And Beauty By Mrs. (Anna Murphy) Jameson

Lot #77 (Sale Order 77 of 225)

Second edition, octavo, circa 1870-1876, published by George A. Leavitt, New York, Brown cloth with portions stained purple, gilt stamped decoration and titles, color illustration pasted on front cover, 24 black and white engravings, good condition+ binding is reasonably tight with bumped corners, rubbed spine edges and light staining, interior is clean with the slightest of foxing, front paper has inscription to owner.

The Skeleton In Armor By H. W. Longfellow Illustrated

Lot #78 (Sale Order 78 of 225)

1877 James R. Osgood & Co. Boston, Black stamped decoration green cloth hardback binding with gilt titles and decorations, fully illustrated with wood engravings, good + condition with some wear covers and spine, clean interior with light smudges.

The Twilight Of The Gods By Richard Garnett, Intro by T. E. Lawrence

Lot #79 (Sale Order 79 of 225)

1924 by John Lane Bodley Head Limited London-Dodd Meade & Co. New York, Frontispiece, endpapers, illustrations and 28 engraved plates by Henry Keen, original black cloth decorated in gilt and orange and gilt titles, very good condition, book is slightly shaken, covers are lightly rubbed and corners bumped. still very good copy of this scarce book.

Marchen Erzahlungen By Oskar Wilde

Lot #80 (Sale Order 80 of 225)

Published Globus Verlag Berlin 66, GERMAN edition, illustrated by German von Schmidt, green marbled paper boards with paste on leather gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on front cover, undated, very good, covers show some wear, interior is clean.

4 Volumes Of T. Smollet's Complete History Of England 1759

Lot #81 (Sale Order 81 of 225)

Published by printed for James Rivington, London; 4 volumes of larger set, full calf bindings with stamped covers, gilt titled spines, 4 volumes include #10, #5, #2 and # 6, good condition-covers are rubbed and bumped, beginning to split at spine seams but not detached, interior is foxed and pages have toned from age, still very good. Selling as a lot.

History Of United States Naval Operations In World War II By Morison 15 Volume Set Complete

Lot #82 (Sale Order 82 of 225)

Published by arrangement with Little Brown & Co, 2001 by Castle Books, 15 volumes complete with dust jackets, hardback, excellent condition, interior is clean and bright. Selling as a set.

14 Volume Set Memorial Edition "Little Journeys" By Elbert Hubbard 1916

Lot #83 (Sale Order 83 of 225)

Complete in 14 volumes, dated 1916, Little Journeys To The Homes Of The Great By Elbert Hubbard, printed by the Roycrofters and published by William H. Wise & Co., New York, books are bound in dark flexible leatherette bindings with embossed fronts and spines, pages are hand cut, with deckled edges on side and bottom, books measure 6 1/2" X 8 1/2", covers are good with some rubbing and bumping to corners, interior is clean, illustrated with numerous plates through-out, over-all very good condition.

The Tres Riches Heures Of Jean Duke Of Berry In Slipcase 1969

Lot #84 (Sale Order 84 of 225)

First edition, published by George Braziller, New York, Muse Conde, Chantilly, introduction & legends by Jean Longnon & Raymond Cazellas, printed in France, reprint of famous illuminated manuscript, book plates contain beautiful color reproductions, bound in red cloth with gilt titles and decorations in slipcase with color paste down plate and red titles on spine of slipcase, interior is clean but approximately 15 pages are detached from spine but completely intact. Covers and slipcase are very good.

The Poetical Works Of Robert Burns: with a Sketch of His Life, by James Curie, MD. 2 Volumes in 1

Lot #85 (Sale Order 85 of 225)

Published by Edward Kearny, New York, hardcover, 304 + 268 pps, stamped leather binding with gilt title on spine, 4.25" X 2.75", front cover is loose from spine, covers are rubbed on edges and corners bumped, owner name on interior back of front cover with date of 1847, pages have gilt edges, interior is reasonably clean with some area's of foxing. good condition.

The Pilgrims Progress By John Bunyan Third Edition, Fisher, Son & Co London and Paris

Lot #86 (Sale Order 86 of 225)

Undated, 25 engravings, red cloth binding with gilt decorations and titles on cover and spine, gilt edge pages, circa mid 1800's, good with covers rubbed on edges and at spine seams, first few endpapers loose but intact, interior has toned with age and has some foxing, otherwise good.

Horse Stories By Ada Montgomery McCrea, Carters Grove 1929

Lot #87 (Sale Order 87 of 225)

Softcover, First Edition, inscribed by author, 29pp, octavo, suede covers, moire endpapers, clean interior, suede wraps have some soiling, very good condition, scarce

Cross Creek By Marjorie Rawlings 1942 First Edition

Lot #88 (Sale Order 88 of 225)

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1942, first edition, illustrated endpapers, decorations by Edward Shenton, green cloth hardback binding with silver decorations and titles, no dust jacket, covers are lightly soiled, spine has faded, interior is clean, good condition.

The Fables Of Jean De La Fontaine, First Edition, 1933

Lot #89 (Sale Order 89 of 225)

Published by William Heinemann, London, brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, hardcover, 469pp and 12 reproductions from engravings by Stephen Gooden, covers very good with light rubbing, interior clean with owners plate pasted on front endpaper.

Alfred Tennyson Little Journeys By Elbert Hubbard Limited Edition-Signed

Lot #90 (Sale Order 90 of 225)

Printed by The Roycrofters at their shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, 1901, #922 of 940, signed by Elbert Hubbard, brown suede wraps, with gilt titles on cover, very good condition, with light wear to suede covers, interior is bright and clean.

Important Work By William Butler Yeats Entitled "The Tower" 1928 First American Edition

Lot #91 (Sale Order 91 of 225)

Published by The Macmillan Company 1928, New York, bound in publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt with design by Thomas Sturge Moore, binding is in very good condition with bumps to corners and light fading to edges of cloth covers, interior is clean.

Folio Society "The Ottoman Empire" By Lord Kinross

Lot #92 (Sale Order 92 of 225)

Published by The Folio Society London, 2nd printing 2003, cream cloth hardback, Color plates by Reginold Piggott and maps, in black slipcase, black and gilt titles and decorations, near fine condition.

Folio Society " Moby Dick" By Herman Melville

Lot #93 (Sale Order 93 of 225)

Published by the Folio Society London, 1974, first edition, blue cloth hardback, wood engravings by Garrick Palmer, in black slipcase, black and gilt titles and decorations, fine condition in publishers cellophane wrap.

Folio Society "The Consolation Of Philosophy" By Boethius

Lot #94 (Sale Order 94 of 225)

Published by The Folio Society, 3rd printing 2001, translated by V. E. Wattsi, medieval manuscript decoration, cream hardback in red slipcase, near fine condition, slip case is bumped near top rear cover/spine.

Lot Of 2 John Barth Novels

Lot #95 (Sale Order 95 of 225)

Lot includes "The Floating Opera", revised by author 1967, published by Doubleday & Company, New York, First Edition thus, hardcover, dust jacket, excellent condition. 2nd book by this respected author is entitled "Chimera" published by Random House 1972, First Edition, hardcover, dust jacket, excellent condition.

John Barth's "End Of The Road" Revised By Author

Lot #96 (Sale Order 96 of 225)

Published by Doubleday & Company New York 1967, revised edition, hardcover in dust jacket, very good +, jacket has top edge wear, book store paste in label on front endpaper.

2 Novels By John Barth

Lot #97 (Sale Order 97 of 225)

First book is entitled "Giles Goat Boy", published by Doubleday & Company, New York, first edition, hardcover in dust jacket, very good+ condition and next book is entitled " The Sot Weed Factor" Revised by the author, published by Doubleday & Company, New York, 1967 revised edition, hardcover with dust jacket, excellent condition jacket has minor edge wear-bookstore paste in on interior of front cover.

"Strange Interlude" By Eugene O'Neill 1928 First Edition

Lot #98 (Sale Order 98 of 225)

Published by Boni & Liveright, New York, First Edition, 1928, hardcover in original dust jacket, teal cloth with gilt lettering, rubbing to spine ends and points, jacket has edge wear and at top of spine, interior is clean with the slightest of toning, front endpaper has some chipping along its side. Book is housed in a mylar wrap. Very Good.

"The Poetical Works Of Lord Byron" 1856

Lot #99 (Sale Order 99 of 225)

Published by Leary & Getze, Philadelphia, 1856, title goes on to say "With Copious Illustrative Notes and A Memoir of His Life Complete In One Volume", illustrated with numerous steel engravings, book has been rebound using its original leather boards-spine and title paste on is newer, replaced marble endpapers, edges of pages retain its original marbled decoration, book is very good with light rubbing to covers, interior first few pages are foxed and most pages have age toning, front fly leaf has small tear, otherwise very good.

"The Bridge Of Dreams" By lady Murasaki 1933 First Edition

Lot #100 (Sale Order 100 of 225)

Published by Houghton Mifflin & Co, Boston & New York, 1933, First Edition-First Printing-First American Edition, final volume in the Japanese Classic "The Tale Of Genji", hardcover in original dust jacket, very good + condition, jacket has some wear along top edge, interior is clean with very light page toning, binding is very good+.

"The Lady Of The Boat" By Lady Murasaki, 1932

Lot #101 (Sale Order 101 of 225)

Published by Houghton Mifflin & Co, Boston & New York, 1933, First Edition, fifth volume in the Japanese Classic "The Tale Of Genji", hardcover, good condition, spine has faded and paste down label has chipping and soiling, covers are very good with rubbing to corners, interior is very good with deckled edges, edges are soiled.

"The Tale Of Genji" Part Four: Blue Trousers By Lady Murasaki 1928

Lot #102 (Sale Order 102 of 225)

Published by Houghton Mifflin & Company, Boston & New York, 1928, Hardcover in original dust jacket, good + condition, color dust jacket has chipping on spine bottom and some edges-minor, interior is reasonably clean with light page toning, edges of pages are foxed. part 4 in the series The Tale Of Genji.

"The Tale Of Genji" Part Three: A Wreath Of Cloud By Lady Murasaki 1927

Lot #103 (Sale Order 103 of 225)

Published by Houghton Mifflin & Company, Boston & New York, 1927, Hardcover in original dust jacket, very good condition, dust jacket has chipping has clipped price otherwise very good +, interior is reasonably clean with light page toning, edges of pages have some foxing, part three in series The Tale Of Genji, comes covered in mylar.

"Blue Trousers" By Lady Murasaki, Translated By Arthur Waley 1928 First Edition

Lot #104 (Sale Order 104 of 225)

Published by George Allen & Unwin, 1928, first edition-first published, hardcover, brown cloth with gilt titles, good condition, covers are rubbed in corners and top and bottom of spine has light chipping, first few pages of interior has light foxing-remainder is light toned, part 4 in series The Tale Of Genji

"The Tale Of Genji" By Lady Murasaki 1926

Lot #105 (Sale Order 105 of 225)

Published by Houghton Mifflin & Company Boston-New York, 1926, first American edition, fourth impression, hardcover no dust jacket, very good condition, covers edges are rubbed, blue cloth spine has faded and paste on label has small chip, interior is reasonably clean with light page toning, front endpaper has discoloration from storage of sheet of paper. edges of pages are lightly soiled.

Signed First Edition "The Story Of A Developing Furniture Style" Stickley

Lot #106 (Sale Order 106 of 225)

Published by L. & J. G. Stickley Inc, 1950, hardcover with title on front cover, 52 pp., signed by author Leopold Stickley, illustrated with drawings, very good-corners and edges of boards are rubbed, back cover has some scratches, interior is clean.

"Essays Of Michel De Montaigne" Illustrated By Salvador Dali 1947

Lot #107 (Sale Order 107 of 225)

Published by Doubleday & Company New York 1947, illustrated by Salvador Dali, translated by Charles Cotton, hardcover grey and green cloth binding with gilt decoration and titles, very good +, covers are slightly bumped at corners, interior is clean, nice tight clean copy.

Folio Society " The Qur'an" 2010

Lot #108 (Sale Order 108 of 225)

Published by The Folio Society London, 2010 3rd printing, white cloth hardback with gilded top edge and ribbon marker, illustrated with 6 double-page color plates from the Qur'an of Sultan Baybars, fine condition in publishers cellophane wrap.

"Women In Love" By D. H. Lawrence, 1988

Lot #109 (Sale Order 109 of 225)

Published by Easton Press 1988, hardback with burgundy covers with stamped gilt decoration and titles, fine condition, still in publishers cellophane wrap.

" The Great Gatsby" By F. Scott Fitzgerald 1991

Lot #110 (Sale Order 110 of 225)

Published by Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut, 1991, leather with gilt decorations and titles, moire endpapers and silk bookmark, fine condition, still in publishers cellophane wrap.

"The Iliad Of Homer" Easton Press 1979

Lot #111 (Sale Order 111 of 225)

Published by Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut, 1979, leather with gilt decorations and titles and page edges, fine condition, still in publishers cellophane wrap.

4 Volumes Of 6 of Collier's Pearl Buck's Writings 1931-39

Lot #112 (Sale Order 112 of 225)

Published by P. F. Collier & Son 1936, 4 volumes of 6 volume set, bound in brown cloth with gilt titles, lot includes The Good Earth 1931, Sons 1932, The House Divided 1935 and The Exile 1936, all books are in very good + condition with tissue jackets which are in fair condition. interiors are clean and bright, covers have minor wear.

2 Copies Of "For Whom The Bell Tolls" BY Ernest Hemingway 1940 First Editions

Lot #113 (Sale Order 113 of 225)

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1940, first editions, copy one has original dust jacket in fair condition, copy two has no dust jacket, both books are bound in an oatmeal cloth, bindings are in very good condition with some light soiling at seams of spine and bumped corners, interior is page toned and front endpapers are stained and foxed otherwise good condition.

Master Of Greylands By Mrs. Henry Wood 1973 First Edition

Lot #114 (Sale Order 114 of 225)

Published by T. B. Peterson, Philadelphia, 1873, cloth hardcover with gilt titles on spine, First American Edition, cloth binding is in good condition with tears and bumps to its corners-top and bottom of spine has minor tears and chips, spine seam on back is beginning to split, interior is reasonably clean with page toning and soiling.

Very Rare "Santa Claus And His Friend St. Nicholas A Christmas Story Book" Circa 1880 Hurst & Co.

Lot #115 (Sale Order 115 of 225)

Published by Hurst And Company, circa 1880, very rare, hardcover bound in gilt decorated blue cloth, good condition-special note interior binding is turned around with front cover at end of book. Beautiful gilt pictorial decorations and titles, front endpaper is beginning to tear at binding, covers are bumped and rubbed. Interior is reasonably clean with minor page toning, still a great copy for this rare and hard to find Christmas book.

3 Harold Bell Wright Novels First Editions

Lot #116 (Sale Order 116 of 225)

Published by The Book Supply Company, including; The Uncrowned king, 1910, First Edition, hardback red cloth with gilt titles and decorations, very good condition; The Winning Of Barbara Worth, 1911, hardback burgundy cloth with gilt decorations and titles, good condition-front cover and spine is loose from binding-interior is very good with light page toning and When A Man's A Man, 1916, hardback burgundy cloth with gilt titles and decorations, good condition, cover is split at its interior seam of spine and pulled away from binding-binding is reasonably tight, interior is very good with some page toning.

The Magic Mountain By Thomas Mann 2 Volumes 1927 First American Edition

Lot #117 (Sale Order 117 of 225)

Published by Alfred Knopf, New York 1927, Translated from German by H. T. Lowe Porter, black cloth hardback with red title on cover and green title on spine, missing its slipcase, books are in good condition with fading to spine and covers, some white spots on back of volume one and has 1 inch tear near top seam of spine and both spines are bumped, interior is reasonably clean with some staining in front near seam of binding and tear of decorative papers at seam on volume one.

3 Pamphlets And 1894 Book Entitled "Steam" Lot

Lot #118 (Sale Order 118 of 225)

Steam book is published by The Babcock & Wilcox Co. 1894 28th edition, profusely illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations and diagrams, green cloth hardcover with gilt decorations and titles, good condition-covers are damp stained and rubbed, interior is clean but has split from binding at seams, lot also includes early paper booklet "The Boiler Expurgator", 1885 paper booklet "Water For Steam Boilers" by William Tweeddale, Topeka Kansas, very good condition, printed spec sheet for W. B. Warrens Draft Equalizer for Locomotive Boilers-1896-2 sheet, good condition.

"Dawn Autobiography Of Early Youth" By Theodore Dreiser 1931

Lot #119 (Sale Order 119 of 225)

Published by Horace Liveright, New York, 1931 First Trade Edition in fair dust jacket-designed by Politzer, red and black cloth hardcover binding, very good with some light edge wear, interior is clean with minor page toning to first few pages.

Lot Of 2 Williamsburg Va. Books

Lot #120 (Sale Order 120 of 225)

Lot contains Williamsburg Art Of Cookery by Mrs. Helen Bullock, reprinted 1938 by Colonial Williamsburg Inc, 8th edition, leather bound hardcover-very good condition with some scratches and rubbing of covers, interior is near fine, binding is tight, 2nd book in lot is entitled "Colonial Virginia Shrines" by Luther Kibler, Garret & Massie publishers, Richmond 1936, guide book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, in original dustjacket-good condition-minor chipping and wear to edges, green cloth hardcover with red titles-very good condition, interior is clean.

3 Rabindranath Tagore Books

Lot #121 (Sale Order 121 of 225)

Books include Fireflies by Rabindranath Tagore, Macmillan Co, 25th printing 1969 in very good dust jacket and binding and "Rabindranath Tagore, A Biography" by Krishna Kripalani, First Edition, Oxford University Press publishers 1962, in very good dustjacket and green cloth hardcover with gilt titles, some white spotting near top left of front cover. "The Man And His Poetry" By Basanta Koomer Roy, Dodd Mead, New York, 1916, blue cloth binding with gilt titles, very good with wear to spine ends. soiling to page edges, interior is very good. Selling as a lot.

"Sun Dials And Roses Of Yesterday" By Alice Morse Earle 1902 First Edition

Lot #122 (Sale Order 122 of 225)

Ex-lib, published by The MacMillan Company, 1902, first edition, pictorial green cloth hardcover binding with gilt titles on cover and spine, very good condition with extremities rubbed and bumped-traces of old library label on spine, interior is clean, front endpaper is taped where it began to split from binding and cover.

"Unleavened Bread" By Robert Grant 1900 First Edition

Lot #123 (Sale Order 123 of 225)

Was one of the best selling novels in 1900. Published by Charles Scribner & Sons, 1900 First Edition, green cloth binding with gilt titles and decorations on cover and spine, good condition, corners are bumped and rubbed, small loss of cloth below title on spine, interior is clean.

4 Volume Set "The Science Of Life" By H. G. Wells, 1931 First Edition

Lot #124 (Sale Order 124 of 225)

Published by Doubleday & Doran & Company Inc, 1931, stated first edition on back of title page, black cloth binding with orange decorations and titles on covers and spines, very good condition, covers contain light wear and very minor staining, corners are rubbed and lightly bumped, interior is clean with the slightest of page toning. Nice 4 volume set.

K. B. Gilden 2 Volume First Edition Set Of "Hurry Sundown"

Lot #125 (Sale Order 125 of 225)

Published by Doubleday & Co, 1964 first edition, black cloth hardcover binding with silver titles on spine, no dust jacket, very good condition-light soiling to covers, interior is clean. chronicles a year of the lives of a small Georgia town. Made into movie with Michael Cain, Jane Fonda and Fay Dunaway.

8 Volume Set "The Book Of Life" 14th Edition 1946

Lot #126 (Sale Order 126 of 225)

Published by John Rudin & Company Chicago, 8 volumes complete, 14 th edition, 1946, Bible Stories, pebbled cloth hardcover bindings with gilt decorations and titles on spine and covers. Very good + condition, bindings have very light soiling and extremities are slightly bumped, interior has minor spotted foxing on first few pages otherwise clean and bright. Nice religious set.

2 Volume Set "Treasury of American Design" By Clarence P. Hornung 1972 First Edition

Lot #127 (Sale Order 127 of 225)

Published by H. N. Abrams, 1972, 2 volumes in original gilt blocked blue cloth, good condition, covers are soiled and spine on volume two is rubbed, interior is very good and clean. Must have set for the student of decorative art and early antiques.

Memorials Of The Huguenots In America By Rev. A. Stapleton 1901 First Edition

Lot #128 (Sale Order 128 of 225)

Ex-library, published Huguenot Publishing Co Carlisle Pa, 1901, first edition, black cloth hardcover with gilt titles on cover and spine, good + condition-ex-lib. Has paste in card holder in back and library stamps on interior front cover, binding is soiled and corners are bumped, interior is clean.

Irving Bacheller Best Selling Novel "Dri And I" 1901 First Edition-2nd Printing

Lot #129 (Sale Order 129 of 225)

Published by Lothrop Publishing Co. Boston 1901 first edition, very good ++, 12 mo., red cloth boards with gilt and pastedown illustration on front cover and gilt on spine, Top edge gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard and 7 more illustrations by F. C. Yohn, extremities of binding has minor wear and bumping, interior is bright and clean.

Lot Of 4 Decorative Leather Books

Lot #130 (Sale Order 130 of 225)

Lot contains "life Of Kit Carson" New York Publishing Co 1889, "Arabian Nights" New York Publishing Co 1895, The Legacy Of Rome by Oxford University Press undated and 30 Arrs Henstand By Eric Soya, 1944 published Frederica Denmark, 3 of the bound books feature quarter leather with corners and marbled paper boards, the other volume has quarter leather and corners with brown cloth boards, each book has gilt titles on spines, 2 of the books are in very good condition+ with minor wear to covers, interior are clean and bright, the New York Publishing Co books have inner splits at hinges and are in good + condition. Selling as a lot.

First Edition Of the Rare "Romance Of Cinderella" 1902 By Ella Boult

Lot #131 (Sale Order 131 of 225)

Self published, first edition-first impression November 1902, green cloth hardcover binding with paste down decoration on cover and gilt titles on cover and spine, beautifully illustrated by Beatrice Stevens, binding is spotted in numerous places with light wear to the extremities, interior is clean, very good.

First Edition Thus "A Childs Garden Of Verses" By Robert Louis Stevenson 1900

Lot #132 (Sale Order 132 of 225)

Published by R. H. Russell, New York, 1900, first edition thus, Large, square quarto, printed boards, illustrated by E. Mars & M. H. Squire, good condition-has been rebound with quarter red cloth spine-covers are good with wear to corners, interior is good with taped front color illustration from tears, illustration opposite page 102 has taped tears. Still hard to find this edition in this condition.

Lot Of 5 Different Editions Of Beatrix Potter's Series "Peter Rabbit"

Lot #133 (Sale Order 133 of 225)

Published by F. Warne & Co, lot includes 1937 "Tale Of The Flopsy Bunnies" very good condition; "Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes" very good condition, "The Tale Of Peter Rabbit" fair condition, "Tale Of The Flopsy Bunnies" fair condition and "La Famille Flopsaut" in dust jacket, very good condition. Selling as a lot.

Lot Of 6 Children's Books & Readers

Lot #134 (Sale Order 134 of 225)

Lot Includes Illustrated Primer-undated circa late 1800's, very good condition, Kate Douglas Wiggin's "The Birds Xmas Carol" Houghton Mifflin Co, 1916 very good in very good dust jacket; "Tabby Cat & Kitty Cat make Friends With Billy The Goat" Whitman Publishing, 1925, very good; "Dot & David" by Mable Johnson, American Book Co, 1926, good condition; pamphlet "Elson Basic Readers" Elsen Gray, paper wraps, good condition; and "Trips To Take" 2nd reader, published by Johnson Publishing Co. 1928, good condition. Selling as a lot.

Lot Of 5 Circa 1900 Novels By Women Writers

Lot #135 (Sale Order 135 of 225)

This lot includes, "The Bow Of Orange Ribbon" by Amella E. Barr, Dodd Mead & Co. New York, 1886, brown cloth boards, good condition, "The Old Homestead" By Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, F. M. Lupton Publishing Co, 1886, dark green cloth boards, fair condition; "Self Raised" by Mrs. Eden Southworth, Grosset Dunlap, undated, green cloth boards, very good condition, "Lavender & Old Lace" by Myrtle Reed, G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1905, lavender cloth binding, good condition; and "Three Little Daughters Of The Revolution" by Nora Perry, Houghton Mifflin & Co, Boston, 1896, first edition, very good condition.

"Love In Art" By Mary Knight Potter First Edition 1898

Lot #136 (Sale Order 136 of 225)

Published by L. C. Page and Company, Boston, 1898, first edition, Red cloth stamped in blue, white and gilt, cover design by Amy M. Sacker, very good with wear to ends of spine, front illustration is loose but intact with tissue guard, interior is reasonably clean.

"Heart-Life In Song" By Fannie H. Marr, 1883, Second Edition

Lot #137 (Sale Order 137 of 225)

Published by J. W. Randolph & English, Richmond, Va., hardback bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, very good + with only wear to spine ends, interior is clean and bright, book is tight. Virginia author, self autobiography in poetry style. Very nice copy.

4 Book Poetry Lot

Lot #138 (Sale Order 138 of 225)

Lot contains books by Emma C. Embury "Loves Token Flowers", J Riker New York, 1848, Very good; Helen Jackson's Poems by H. H., Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1890, New and enlarged edition, hardback bound in cream cloth with gilt titles and decorations, very good-covers soiled corners and spine ends bumped, interior clean; "Poems Of Charlotte Bronte, Federick Stokes & Company, New York, 1897, hardback bound in a floral decorative cloth with gilt stamped decorations and title, very good, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, interior is clean; " The Prelude" By William Wordsworth, second edition 1851, stamped leather binding with gilt titles, fair condition-front cover is detached from spine, spine ends are chipped, interior is reasonably clean with light page toning-page 97 thru 128 is detached from binding but is intact; selling as a lot.

Currier & Ives Printmakers To The American People By Harry T. Peters, 1942 Special Edition

Lot #139 (Sale Order 139 of 225)

Published by Doubleday Doran & Company, 1942, special edition-first edition, hardback, decorated cloth binding with color paste down label on front cover-binding is good with soiled and stained covers, front paste down is scratched, interior is very good with all plates intact and very clean.

3 Book Decorative Binding Lot

Lot #140 (Sale Order 140 of 225)

Lot includes "Farm Ballards" By Will Carleton, 1873, first edition, brown cloth hardback with stamped gilt decorations and titles, good condition; "The Happy Go Lucky" translated from German by Mrs. A. L. Wister, 1906, Green cloth hardback with decorations and gilt titles, very good+; and "How Lisa Loved The King" by George Eliot, 1883, red cloth hardback with black and gilt stamped covers and spine, very good. Selling as a lot

"The ABC And XYZ Of Bee Culture" By A. I. Root, 1945 Edition

Lot #141 (Sale Order 141 of 225)

Published by A. I. Root Company, Medina Ohio, 1945 reprint, Black cloth hardback binding with stamped Gilt Decorations and titles On cover and spine, very Good condition with light rubbing to books extremities, interior is clean, profusely illustrated.

7 Book Poetry Lot

Lot #142 (Sale Order 142 of 225)

Lot includes books by Longfellow, "The Complete Poetical Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" 1883; Byron's Poems, un-dated; Tennyson's Poetical Works, 1882; Lady Of The Lake By Scott, 1895, Selections From The Southern Poets, 1923; "Finders" By John V. Weaver, 1923, first edition, inscribed by author; Tennyson's Poetical Works, 1897, selling as a lot, condition of books range from fair to very good, see photographs.

Hard To Find "Punch or the London Charivari" Volume The First, 1841

Lot #143 (Sale Order 143 of 225)

Published for the Proprietors, at the Office, 13, Wellington Street, Strand, London, 1841 first volume bound, ex-library, bound in leather and marbled paper boards-binding is in poor condition, interior is very good condition and intact. Profusely illustrated through-out, hard to find this early volume.

"Princess Badoura: A Tale From The Arabian Nights" Laurence Housman; Edmund Dulac Illustrator,

Lot #144 (Sale Order 144 of 225)

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, un-dated, First Edition, hardcover, bound in cream colored cloth with elaborate gold stamping and turquoise decoration, very good + condition in a poor condition slipcase-box, interior is very good +.

4 Volume Alice In Wonderland Lot

Lot #145 (Sale Order 145 of 225)

Lot contains 2 volume set by Random House Special Edition 1946, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol with John Tenniel illustrations colored by Fritz Kredel, no slipcase, bindings are good with tears and chipping to bottom spines of both volumes-interior is clean and bright.; "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel, Heritage Reprints, special issue, 1941, good condition-covers are soiled and stained extremities are bumped, interior is very good with a few spots of foxing.; and "Alice In Wonderland" Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, Peter Pauper Press, near fine in very good slipcase. selling as a lot

"The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion" A Novel By Yukio Mishima 1959 First American Edition

Lot #146 (Sale Order 146 of 225)

The next 100 listings will include a collection of Japanese History, Novels and Poetry by Japanese Authors, collected by our seller, Many of these volumes are first editions and quit collectible. The first in this part of the catalog was published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1959, First American Edition, cloth bound hardback in original dustjacket, book is in very good condition+ as is the dust jacket which is covered in mylar.

"Chushingura An Exposition" By Sakae Shioya 1940 First Edition

Lot #147 (Sale Order 147 of 225)

Published by The Hokuseido Press Tokyo 1940, illustrated by Hiroshige's plates (4 Color), hardcover bound in a tan cloth with black titles on cover and spine, white stamped decoration, very good + condition, extremities of book have minor rubbing, interior is clean, no dust jacket.

"The Loyal Samurai of Ako" By Aisaburo Akiyama 1930 First Edition

Lot #148 (Sale Order 148 of 225)

Published by On Sale at the Takashashi Bookstand, 1930, First edition, Hardback bound in pictorial cloth boards, color frontis tipped in art by Toyokuni, in tissue covers in paper decorated cardboard box, book near fine condition. Slipcase very good.

Lot Of 3 Paper Wrapped Japanese Poetry Books

Lot #149 (Sale Order 149 of 225)

Lot includes: "Three Hundred Manyo Poems" by Tetsuzo Okada, 1935, published by Seikanso, Tokyo, softbound in brown paper wraps, very good with staining to top cover edge chipping, interior is clean and bright; "The Poetical Journey In Old Japan" Basho, Translated by Yaichiro Isobe, published by San Kaku Sha, Tokyo, Japan, introduction dated 1933, softbound in cream paper wraps with black printed titles and decoration, very good + condition, light corner wear, interior is very good+; "Tell The Nightingale" Poetry Selected from Japanese NOH by Mr. & Mrs. Murakami Upton, 1964, stiff paper wraps with stitched spine. Very Good, staining to one end of cover, inscription on back of cover, interior is very good.

Signed Copy "The Shoshoin: An Eighth Century Repository" By Jiro Harada,1950

Lot #150 (Sale Order 150 of 225)

Published by Mayuyama & Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1950, cream softbound wraps, 28 pp., 29 b/w plates very good condition, inscribed on title page to Professor S. C. Pepper by the author. Scarce signed copy.

Tales Of The Samurai: Oguri Hangwan Ichidaiki by James S. Benneville, Yokohama 1915 First Edition

Lot #151 (Sale Order 151 of 225)

Published by privately printed The Funkin Printing Co, Yokohama, 1915 First Edition, Hardcover cloth with white and gilt stamped decorations and titles, has 2 bone clasp that hold cover in place, 1 color frontis, 44 plates and 3 folding maps, very good condition, covers are bumped, interior is very good, light page toning. Rare.

"A Peasant Sage Of Japan, The life And Work Of Sontoku Ninomiya" By Tadasu Yoshimoto 1912 First edit

Lot #152 (Sale Order 152 of 225)

Published Longmans Green London, 1912 First Edition, hardcover bound in yellow cloth boards, very good with covers soiled and a few stains, some foxing first few pages of interior otherwise very good.

"The Priest And His Disciples" Kurata Hyakuzo Translated By Glenn W. Shaw 1922

Lot #153 (Sale Order 153 of 225)

Published by Hokuseido, Tokyo Japan, 1922, First Edition, hardcover bound in cloth with black decorations and titles in very good original slipcase. Cloth binding is very good and interior also some page toning and light foxing in front few pages.

"Black Rain" By Masuji Ibuse 1971 with Rare Book Release Poster First UK Edition

Lot #154 (Sale Order 154 of 225)

Published by Martin Secker & Warburg LTD, 1971, first UK edition, Comes with Rare original Book Realease Poster.. Hardback very good +, dust jacket very good, wrapped in a removable archival sleeve, black boards with silver titles, clean , corners are sharp, interior is clean. Rare Book Release Poster included

"Iroka: Tales Of Japan By Adachi Kinnosuke 1900 First Edition

Lot #155 (Sale Order 155 of 225)

Published by Doubleday & Mclure, 1900, First edition, hardcover bound in decorated cloth with titles, very good + with covers having some soiling, slight bumping to extremities, interior is clean and bright.

"Thirst For Love" By Yukio Mishima 1970 First Edition UK

Lot #156 (Sale Order 156 of 225)

Published by Secker & Warburg London 1970, First Edition, Hardback bound in black cloth with titles, in original dustjacket, both are very Good +, dust jacket is in clear removable wrap, clean interior.

Detailed Drawings Of Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1959 First Edition

Lot #157 (Sale Order 157 of 225)

Published by Shinkenchiku Publishing Co. 1959 First Edition, hardback oatmeal cloth binding with gilt stamped titles on cover and spine, very Good condition, light soiling to covers, interior clean and bright, bilingual, profusely illustrated with b/w photos and diagrams.

"The Three Jewels: A Study and Translation Of Minamoto Tamenori's Sanboe" By Edward Kamens 1988 Fir

Lot #158 (Sale Order 158 of 225)

Published by University Of Michigan-Center For Japanese Studies, 1988, First Edition, hardcover bound in cloth with dust jacket, very Good + condition, binding has some light spotting on covers, book is tight and interior is clean and bright.

"The Yoshida Memoirs: A Stunning Self-Portrait of a Strong-Minded Man of Conscience" 1962 First Amer

Lot #159 (Sale Order 159 of 225)

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962, First American Edition, hardcover cloth bound with dust jacket, very good + dust jacket is price clipped, clean and bright interior.

"Essays on Natsume Soseki's Works" Compiled By Japanese Commission For UNESCO 1972 First Edition

Lot #160 (Sale Order 160 of 225)

Published by Japan Society For The Promotion Of Science, Tokyo, Japan, 1972, First Edition, hardbound green cloth boards with silver titles on spine, in original dustjacket, binding is near fine and dust jacket is very good+.

Lot Of 3 Japanese Novels By Some Of Japans Most Celebrated Authors

Lot #161 (Sale Order 161 of 225)

This lot contains: Botchan by Natsume Soseki published by Peter Owen, London, 1973 First British Commonwealth Edition, hardbound orange cloth boards in original dustjacket, binding is very good + and dustjacket is very good; Five Thousand Runaways by Takeshi Kaiko, published by Peter Owen London, First British Edition 1990, hardbound in cloth very good condition and in original dustjacket good condition; The Dark Room by Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, published by Kodansha International Tokyo, First Edition, 1975 stated on copywrite page, hardbound in cloth boards in dust jacket, both are in very good condition. Selling as a lot.

The Distant Isle-Studies and Translations Of Japanese Literature In Honor Of Robert H. Brower 1996 F

Lot #162 (Sale Order 162 of 225)

Published by The University Of Michigan Center For Japanese Studies, Ann Arbor, 1996, First Edition thus, hardbound in black cloth boards, in original dustjacket, Near fine condition.

Lot Of 3 First Editions By Japanese Authors

Lot #163 (Sale Order 163 of 225)

Lot includes "The Japanese A Cultural Portrait" By Robert S. Ozaki, published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland Vt, 1978 First Edition-First Printing, Hardbound in orange cloth boards with dustjacket, very good + condition; The Sunken Temple by Satoko Kizaki, published by Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1993 First Edition, hardbound paper covered boards with dustjacket, near fine condition and "Betty San" stories by Michiko Yamamoto, published by Kadansha International, Tokyo, 1983, First Edition, hardbound in rust cloth boards with dustjacket, very good + condition. Selling as a lot

Lot Of 3 Softbound Japanese Literature Studies

Lot #164 (Sale Order 164 of 225)

Lot contains St Andrews Review, Special double Translation Issue, 1977, good condition; Monumenta Nipponica, Vol 32, #1, Spring 1977, very good and Studies in Japanese Culture II, 1969, University of Michigan, good condition.

Rare The Life Of Toyotomi Hideyoshi By Walter Dening, 1906

Lot #165 (Sale Order 165 of 225)

Published by Yarakusha, Tokyo, 1906, softbound with stiff boards-fair condition missing spine and covers are taped, interior is good with ads in the back of book, good copy ready for rebind.

2 Books On Japanese Plays By Japanese Writers

Lot #166 (Sale Order 166 of 225)

Lot includes: Kabuki, by Yonezo Hamamura and others, 1956, First Edition, published by Kenkyushi LTD., Tokyo, hardbound in cream cloth boards with red, green and black stamped decoration and titles, very good condition-light soiling to covers, interior is clean with minor page toning front few pp. and Twilight Sunflower by Yukio Mishima, A play in Four Acts, published by Hokuseido, Tokyo, 1958 First Edition, softbound in blue wraps with red and white titles, very good + condition.

Lot Of 3 Japanese First Edition Novels

Lot #167 (Sale Order 167 of 225)

Includes "A Spring Like Any Other" By Takashi Tsujii, published by Kodansha International, 1992, First Edition, hardbound in paper and cloth boards with dustjacket, near fine condition; Kazuo Ozaki's Rosy Glasses, published by Paul Norbury Publications, Kent, 1988 first edition, hardbound in black cloth boards with dust jacket, near fine condition; and "Singular Rebellion" by Saiichi Maruya, Translated by Dennis Keene, published by Andre Deutsch, London, 1988, first British edition, hardbound in red cloth boards with dustjacket, very Good+ condition.

Lot Of 3 Japanese Novels By Some Of Japans Most Celebrated Authors

Lot #168 (Sale Order 168 of 225)

Lot contains: The Secret History Of The Lord Of Musashi and Arrowroot" by Junichiro Tanizaki, published by Secker & Warburg, London 1983, first British edition, hardbound with dustjacket, very good + condition; Bonchi by Toyoko Yamasaki, published by Victor Gollancz LTD., London, 1982 First Edition, hardbound with dustjacket, very good + condition; and " The Shoguns Gold" By Masayoshi Sato, published by Kodansha International, First Edition, 1991

Yashima An Ashura Noh By Zeami, 1977

Lot #169 (Sale Order 169 of 225)

Published by Mushinsha Limited, Tokyo, 1977, hardbound black cloth in paper wraps with paste on label on front cover of dustjacket, very good +, interior is clean.

The Tale of the Shining Princess by Naoko & Hisako Matsubara 1966 First Edition

Lot #170 (Sale Order 170 of 225)

Published by Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1966 First Edition., hardbound in orange slipcase, book is near mint, slipcase is very good, illustrated with woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara. Includes rare book poster.

Pair Of Books 2 Volume Set In The Japanese Language

Lot #171 (Sale Order 171 of 225)

Fine condition in fine dust jackets, need help here, I researched bar code and Isbn # and nothing came up, you be the judge.

The Wind Up Bird Chonicle & On Love Japanese Softbound Books

Lot #172 (Sale Order 172 of 225)

The Wind Up Bird Chonicle by Haruki Murakami, 1998 first published date in Britain, published by The Harvill Press, Lond, Thick paperback with color covers, near fine condition and On Love by Shunto Tanikawa published by Katydid Books, 2003, first edition, stiff paper binding with vinyl cover, Bilingual, very good + condition.

Thought and Behaviour in Modern Japanese Politics by Masao Maruyama, 1963 First Edition

Lot #173 (Sale Order 173 of 225)

Published by Oxford University Press, London 1963, First edition, translated by Ivan Morris, hardbound in red cloth near fine condition, dust jacket is very good.

The Bridge Of Dreams By Lady Murasaki 1933 First Edition

Lot #174 (Sale Order 174 of 225)

Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1933, first edition, hardcover, green cloth, good condition, covers have fading on its extremities and is slight bumped, dustjacket is good with minor chipping along top cover edge and spine, in a mylar wrap.

Lot Of 3 Books Published By Peter Owen London, Japanese Literature.

Lot #175 (Sale Order 175 of 225)

Lot includes "The Golden Country" By Shusaku Endo, first published in Great Britain 1989, very good + condition, hardback with dustjacket; "The Counterfeiter" By Yasushi Inoue, first published Great Britian 1989, very good + in dust jacket; "Darkness In Summer By Takeshi Kaiko, first published in Great Britian, 1988, hardback in dust jacket very good + condition, selling as a lot.

The Golden Lotus By Edward Greey, 1883 First Edition

Lot #176 (Sale Order 176 of 225)

Published by Lee & Shepard Boston, 1883, First Edition, hardbound in light brown covers with gilt and black decorations and titles, very good condition, spine ends are rubbed and bumped as well as corners, covers have light soiling, interior is reasonably clean with some page toning, front endpapers are stamped Madison St. Temple.

Lot Of 3 Japanese Literature and Play Books

Lot #177 (Sale Order 177 of 225)

Lot includes Three Japanese Plays From The Traditional Theatre edited by Earle Ernst, 1959 published by Oxford University Press, London, hardbound in red cloth with dust jacket, very good + condition; The Ballad-Drama Of Medieval Japan by James T. Araki, 1964, first edition, published by University Of California Press, hardbound in paper and cloth boards with dustjacket, very Good + condition, and Ogyu Sorai's Distinguishing the Way Annotated English Translation Of The Bendo By Olof G. Lidin, published by Sophia University, Tokyo 1970, hardbound in paper and cloth boards with dustjacket, book is near fine, dustjacket is very good in mylar wrap.

2 Book Lot Of Japanese Poetry & History

Lot #178 (Sale Order 178 of 225)

Lot Contains The Poetry Of Post War Japan, edited by Kijima Hajime, published by University Of Iowa Press, 1975, hardbound in cloth near fine condition in a very good dustjacket and Diaries Of Court Ladies Of Old Japan, translated by Annie Shepley Omori and Kochi Doi, published by Kenkyusha Co. tokyo, 1935 first edition thus, hardbound with dustjacket, very good condition.

Japanese Texts By Frederick Victor Dickins, C.B. 1906 Scarce Copy

Lot #179 (Sale Order 179 of 225)

Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, London, 1906, hardbound in paper covered boards with black titles, good condition, corners are bumped and rubbed as well as the ends of the spine, interior endpapers are foxed and pages have light toning otherwise very good interior.

Lot Of 3 Japanese History Books

Lot #180 (Sale Order 180 of 225)

Lot includes: The Western World & Japan By G. B. Sansom, published by The Cresent Press, London, 1965, hardbound in tan cloth with red paste on label on spine, in dustjacket, near fine condition light bump to corners, interior is clean and bright, dustjacket is very good +; Government & Local Power In Japan by John Whitney Hall, published by Princeton University Press, 1966 first edition, hardbound in green cloth with black paste on label on spine, near fine and in a very good dustjacket; 1937 Vol XV Second Series-The Transactions Of The Asiatic Society Of Japan-An Economic History Of Japan by Takao Tsuchiya, hardbound in paper and cloth boards, good condition.

The Long Imperial Way By Hanama Tasaki, 1950 First Edition

Lot #181 (Sale Order 181 of 225)

Published byHoughton Mifflin & Company Boston, 1950 first edition, hardbound in cloth with original dustjacket, book is in very good condition with clean interior, dustjacket is in good+ condition with some chipping and tears to edges, dustjacket is in a mylar wrap.

2 Book Lot By Japanese Writers On Their Childhood

Lot #182 (Sale Order 182 of 225)

First book is entitled When I Was A Child By Yoshio Markino, published by Constable & Co London, 3rd Impression, 1912, hardbound in red cloth with white stamped titles, very good condition, extremities bumped, interior is reasonably clean with foxing to first few pages; 2nd book in lot is entitled Childhood Years A Memoir by Junchihiro Tanizaki, published by Collins, London, 1990 first Great Britain Edition, hardbound in red cloth boards with dustjacket, near fine condition. Selling as a lot

Homecoming By Jiro Osaragi, 1955 First Edition

Lot #183 (Sale Order 183 of 225)

Published by Alfred Knopf, New York, 1955, First Edition, hardbound in blue cloth with dustjacket, very good condition, corners of covers have minor bumps, interior is clean except for front flyleaf which is stained from newspaper clipping about the author, dustjacket is very good with some wear to its edges-covered in a mylar wrap.

The Death Of II Tairo By Kichizo Nakamura 1927 First Edition

Lot #184 (Sale Order 184 of 225)

Published by The Japan Times, Tokyo, 1927 First Edition, hardbound in light pink cloth with gilt decorations and black titles on cover and spine, boards faded and lightly worn, interior is clean and tight, good + condition.

Lot Of 2 Modern Books By Japanese Writers

Lot #185 (Sale Order 185 of 225)

Lot includes Rain In The Wind by Saiichi Maruya, 1990, Andre Deutsch publisher, first translated edition in Great Britain, hardbound with dustjacket, near fine condition and The Journal Of Socho Translated and Annotated by H. Mack Horton, Stanford University Press, 2002, hardbound in dustjacket, near fine condition.

2 book Japanese Short Stories Lot

Lot #186 (Sale Order 186 of 225)

First Book is entitled The Voice by Seicho Matsumoto, Japans Leading Mystery Writer, 1989, first edition published by Kodansa International Tokyo, hardbound in dust jacket near fine condition and The Yoshiwara by Tadishge Matsumoto, Japanese Love Stories, published by Henry Walker London, hardbound in cloth with dustjacket, very good condition

Outline Of Japanese History In The Meiji Era Compiled & Edited By Fujii Jintaro 1958 First Edition

Lot #187 (Sale Order 187 of 225)

Published by Obunsha, Tokyo Japan, 1958 first impression, translated and adapted by Hattie & Kenneth Colton, hardbound in paper and leather boards, good condition, leather spine is rubbed with small tear near top of spine, corners are bumped, interior is clean and bright, binding is tight, nice copy of this important historical work.

2 Yukio Mishima Novels

Lot #188 (Sale Order 188 of 225)

First book is entitled The Temple Of Dawn, 1973 First American Edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, hardbound in cream cloth boards with dust jacket, very good condition and Spring Snow, 1972, First American Edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf New York, hardbound in cream cloth boards with dustjacket with mylar wrap, very good condition.

"The Hunting Gun" By Yasushi Inoue 1961 First Edition

Lot #189 (Sale Order 189 of 225)

Published by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland Vermont & Tokyo, 1961, First Edition, Hardbound with dustjacket, near fine condition.

Scarce Book "Nihongi" Translated From The Original Chinese & Japanese By W. G. Ashton 1956 First Edi

Lot #190 (Sale Order 190 of 225)

Published by George Allen and Unwin, London, 1956 First Edition Thus, hardbound in red cloth boards very good condition and in dustjacket good+ condition in a mylar wrap, this is a hard book to find in this first hardback edition, many modern reprints abound. Interior is very good with some foxing on front endpapers, slight age page toning.

Jinsei Annai "Life Guide" Glimpses Of Japan Through A Popular Advice Column By John & Asako McKinstr

Lot #191 (Sale Order 191 of 225)

Published by M. E. Sharpe, Inc, 1991, Hardbound in cloth boards-near fine with very good dustjacket.

3 Japanese Poetry Selections

Lot #192 (Sale Order 192 of 225)

Lot contains: A Japanese Garland, published by Mitre Press London, translated by B. K. Bowes, undated, hardbound in blue cloth with dustjacket covered in mylar wrap, near fine; The Tales Of Ise, by H. J. Harris, 1972, first printing, Charles Tuttle Company, Rutland Vermont & Tokyo, hardbound in paper and cloth boards in dustjacket, very good+ with traces of paste down label on front endpaper; and Japanese Songs Of Innocence and Experience, translated by members of The Poetry Society of Japan, published by Hokuseido Press Tokyo, Japan 1975, softbound in paper wraps very good + condition.

Lot Of 3 Translated Japanese Books About Plays

Lot #193 (Sale Order 193 of 225)

Lot includes a softbound book entitled The Old Pine Tree and Other Noh, translated from the Japanese by Makoto Ueda, first edition, 1962 published by University Of Nebraska Press, very good condition with minor wear to top front cover, interior is clean; softbound book Komachi-A Romantic Drama of Old Japan In 3 Acts by Glenn Hughes, published by Longmans, Green And Co. New York, 1929 First Edition, very good +, light wear to covers interior is clean.; Tojuro's Love and Four Other Plays by Kikuchi Kwan, translated by Glenn W. Shaw, 1925, First Edition, published by Hokuseido, Tokyo Japan, hardbound in pictorial cloth, very good in a mylar wrap.

Rare "The Jingle Of A Jap By Clara Bell Thurston" 1906 First Edition

Lot #194 (Sale Order 194 of 225)

Published by H. M. Caldwell Co, Boston & New York, 1906 First Edition, hardbound in paper covered boards with color paste down label on front cover, fully illustrated in color with verse, good condition-cover and spine is rubbed and chipped, interior few pages smudged with spots and light soiled, pages un-cut, otherwise rest reasonably clean.

2 Book Asian Lot Children's Stories

Lot #195 (Sale Order 195 of 225)

Lot contains: Favorite Children's Stories From China & Tibet, by Lotta Carswell Hume, published by Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland Vermont & Tokyo, 1962, First Edition, hardbound near fine in dustjacket and very good slipcase and Little Pictures Of Japan, edited by Olive Miller, 1948, published by The Book House For Children, Chicago, hardbound in blue cloth with paste down color label on front cover and gilt titles, very good with minor scuffing to front cover, some soiling and extremities bumped, interior is reasonably clean with some pencil markings on first few pages.

"Chushingura" By J. Inouye, 1910

Lot #196 (Sale Order 196 of 225)

Published by Nakanishi-Ya, Tokyo, 1910, translated by J. Inouye, illustrated, hardbound in decorative paper boards-fair condition-front cover is detached from spine covers are rubbed and bumped, interior is reasonably clean. Housed in a mylar wrap.

Darkness In Summer By Takeshi Kaiko, 1973, First Edition

Lot #197 (Sale Order 197 of 225)

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1973, First American Edition, hardbound in cream cloth with gilt stamped titles very good-light bumping to bottom of spine in very good dustjacket with some wear to top edges of jacket, interior is clean.

Lot Of 2 Japanese Poetry Books

Lot #198 (Sale Order 198 of 225)

Includes: Green Hill Poems by assorted Japanese poets, published by The Hokuseido Press, 1953 presumed first edition, hardbound in green cloth boards, very good with very good interior, first page has staining from newspaper clipping and Demented Flute Selected Poems 1967-1986, by Sasaki Mikiro, 1988, First Edition stated, hardbound in cloth boards with brown titles, near fine condition, books do not have jackets.

Lot Of 6 Books About The Study And Translation Of Japanese Literature

Lot #199 (Sale Order 199 of 225)

This collection contains 6 books about Japanese Literature including: Translations From Early Japanese Literature by Edwin O. Reischauer and Joseph K. Yamagiwa published for the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University Press, 1951, First Edition, hardbound in black cloth boards, very good with rubbing to extremities-interior is clean with staining from newspaper clippings stored in front endpapers; Paperback- Research In Japanese Sources A Guide by Herschel Webb, 1994, very good +; The Japanese Language by A. E. Blackhouse, 1993, First Edition, paperback, very Good +; Breaking Into Japanese Literature, 2003, First Edition, very good, paperback; Studies In Modern Japanese Literature, 1997, hardbound in black cloth boards with dustjacket, near fine condition; and finally The Courtley Tradition In Japanese Art & Literature-Selections from the Hofer & Hyde Collections, by Rosenfield-Fumiko Cranston and Edwin Cranston, published by The Fogg Art Museum-Harvard University, 1973, hardbound in brown cloth boards with dustjacket covered in a mylar wrap, very good +, front endpaper has paste in presentation label from Fogg Art Museum as well as Ink inscription stating "from John Rosenfield, Sept, 1974.

Japanese Art By Sadakichi Hartmann, 1907 4th Impression

Lot #200 (Sale Order 200 of 225)

Published by L. C. Page and Company, Boston, 1903-4th impression 1907, hardbound in cream and pictorial boards with gilt titles, good+ condition, binding is reasonably tight with interior first few pages beginning to split from interior binding near top of pages, otherwise clean, covers are slightly rubbed and bumped with some soiling and fading to spine.

Lot Of 4 Modern Japanese Novels

Lot #201 (Sale Order 201 of 225)

Lot Includes: Alien Rice by Ichiro Kawasaki-A Novel Of Mixed Marriage, 1973, first printing, hardbound in cloth boards with dustjacket near fine condition; Nakagawa's Tenno Yugao, translated by Jeremy Ingalls, published by Twayne Publishers, Boston, 1975, hardbound in brown cloth boards, very good condition; The Dark Side Of Japanese Business by Ikko Shimizu, 3 novels in one, published by M. E. Sharpe, London, 1996, near fine top of spine slightly bumped; and May In The Valley Of The Rainbow by Yoichi Funado, published by Vertical Inc., New York, 2006, hardbound in dustjacket near fine condition.

Lot Of 3 Japanese Stories Books

Lot #202 (Sale Order 202 of 225)

First book is entitled The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'iwa Inari retold from the Japanese originals by James De Benneville, published by J. B. Lippencott Company, Philadelphia, 1917, First edition, ex-Library of Congress book with past in labels and stamps on first few pages, grey cloth boards with gilt titles, good condition.; Sage Ninomiya's Evening Talks, 1937, First Edition, published by The Tokuno Kyokai, Tokyo, black cloth boards with paste down title label on cover, good condition; The Legend Of Gold and Other Stories, by Ishikawa Jun, published by University of Hawaii Press, 1998, black cloth boards with gilt titles, near fine.

Japanese 8 Book Lot

Lot #203 (Sale Order 203 of 225)

Contains; Painted Fans Of Japan edited by Keiko Chiba, Charles E. Tuttle, 1971, hardbound, good condition; Paperback edition The Kojiki In The Life Of Japan, by Masao Yaku, published by The Center For East Asian Cultural Studies, Tokyo 1969, very good condition; Rashomon and 17 Other Stories, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Penquin Classics Deluxe Edition, 2006 stiff paper boards, near fine; The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami An Excerpt from Alfred Knopf publisher 1993, near fine; The Tale Of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 8 chapter excerpt-Advanced Uncorrected proofs, 2001, very good condition; paperback edition Japan In The Muromachi Age, 1977 University Of California Press, good condition; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace-The Imperial Japanese Mission To The United States 1917, 1918. Green cloth boards, very good condition; and Samurai Warriors by David Miller, 2000 First US Edition, very good + in mylar wrap.

Lot Of 4 Novels & Stories By Noted Japanese Authors

Lot #204 (Sale Order 204 of 225)

Flood by Inoue Yasushi, 1964 by Hara Publishing Company, softbound in stiff paper dustjacket, very good condition (Japanese Text only); Two Stories By Masuji Ibuse, published by The Hokuseido, Tokyo, 1970, stiff paper wraps, very good condition; Two Japanese Novelists Soseki & Toson, by Edwin McClellan, published by University Of Chicago Press, 1969, hardbound in cloth boards, very good + in a good+ dustjacket with wear along its extremities.; and Takigi Noh, 1987 First Printing, hardbound in cloth boards near fine with very good + dustjacket. This ends the Japanese Book Collection.

Rare Jean Renoir Films 1924-1939 120 Slide Collection

Lot #205 (Sale Order 205 of 225)

120 Diapositives collection Avant-Scene du Cinema, 1969, Paris, in a storage box shaped like a book, complete set of 120 film slides of the movies of this known film maker. Comes with booklet, very good condition.

Rare Federico Fellini Films 1950-1969 120 Slide Collection

Lot #206 (Sale Order 206 of 225)

120 Diapositives collection Avant-Scene du Cinema, 1971, Paris, in a storage box shaped like a book, complete set of 120 film slides of the movies of this known film maker. Comes with booklet, very good condition.

Rare S. M. Eisenstein Oeuvres Completes 120 Slide Collection

Lot #207 (Sale Order 207 of 225)

120 Diapositives collection Avant-Scene du Cinema, 1969, Paris, in a storage box shaped like a book, complete set of 120 film slides of the movies of this known film maker. Comes with booklet, very good condition.

3 Book WW2 Lot

Lot #208 (Sale Order 208 of 225)

Lot includes First Printing of A Long Row Of Candles by C. L Sulzberger, published by Macmillan Co., 1969, hardbound in green cloth boards, no jacket, at lower back part of back cover near spine is a #61537, very good condition with normal expected wear, fading and soiling to covers, interior is very good; softbound booklet Battle For Tarawa, 1947, by Capt. James R. Stockman, USMC, illustrated with folding maps and photographs through-out, good condition front edge of cover is rolled with creases to corners, interior is reasonably clean with ink # and price on firts page near top and Singing Soldiers by John J. Miles, 1927, First Edition with authors inscription and signiture on back of front endpaper, ex-library with stamps on back of cover and first endpaper, hardbound in black cloth boards, good condition, Presentation page say's "To The American Negro Soldier Who Made This Writing Possible" scarce.

2 Travel-History Books

Lot #209 (Sale Order 209 of 225)

First book is entitled "With The Tibetans In Tent & Temple" by Susie Carson Rijnhart MD, 1901, published by Fleming H. Revell, First Edition, hardbound in light brown cloth with stamped titles on cover and spine, good condition and "Leaves From The Journal Of Our Life In The Highlands from 1848-1861" 1869, published by Smith Elder & Co., London, (Queen Victoria), hardbound in green cloth boards with gilt title on spine, good condition.

2 Thistle Library Miniature Tartan Books 1927 & 1928

Lot #210 (Sale Order 210 of 225)

Lot includes George Washington, 1927, Walter Scott publishers, Cloth Tartan covers, 2 1/2" X 2" and Voices That Live, 1928, both are in ver good condition, one volume has covers that have faded, interior is very good.

An Island Garden By Celia Thaxter 1989 Illustrated By Childe Hassam

Lot #211 (Sale Order 211 of 225)

Published by Cassel Publishers Limited, London, 1989, hardbound in green gilt decorated cloth boards, near fine condition with fading on spine, in green paper covered slipcase with color paste down label, near fine. Beautifully ilustrated with Childe Hassam Color plates.

2 Book Poetry Lot

Lot #212 (Sale Order 212 of 225)

Contains "The Buck In The Snow and Other Poems" by Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1928, first edition-later printing, published by Harper & Brothers, hardback, very good with top spine tear, interior is clean except for endpapers having brown toning; 2nd book is entitled "The Beginning and the End and Other Poems" by Robinson Jeffers, Random House 1963 first printing, this was Jeffers last book of poetry. hardbound in dust jacket, very good + condition, clean interior.

North Carolina Lot

Lot #213 (Sale Order 213 of 225)

Lot includes softbound 1920 booklet "In Cloudland-Mayview Park Blowing Rock, North Carolina" published by W. L. Alexander, covers are have wear at its spine and on its edges, interior has some foxing and page toning; John Paris's book "My Mountain People" 1957, Citizens Time Publishing Co, Asheville NC, hardbound in cloth boards with dust jacket, good condition; and "The Story Of The Southern Highlands" by May McNeer and illustrated by Cornelius De Will, published by Harper & Brothers, 1945, hardbound in pictorial color covers with color illustration through-out, very good condition.

Lot Of 6 How To Books & Technical Books

Lot #214 (Sale Order 214 of 225)

Includes hardbound book On Book Making, 1919; first edition 1882 Watercolor Painting, published by F. W. Devoe & Co, hardbound; How To Make Good Pictures published by Eastman Kodak Company, early 1900's, hardback; The Walschaert Locomotive Valve Gear by W. W. Wood, 1907, Norman W. Henley Publishing Co., hardbound-fair condition; softbound booklet Caprotti Poppet Valve Gear-Locomotive Engines, 1928, published by the Baldwin Locomotive Works-fair condition has begun to tear where booklet was folded in half. and Introduction To Meteorology 1918, first edition, hardbound in black cloth boards; all books are in good condition unless otherwise stated.

Collection Of 7 As Found Early Leather Bound Books

Lot #215 (Sale Order 215 of 225)

Lot contains rare 1803 "The History Of America" by William Robertson, DD, Volume one, in leather boards which are detached from spine, binding is still tight and interior is reasonably clean with page toning and foxing; hardbound in leather and marbled paper boards "L'Histoire Universelle" Paris, 1800's, good condition.; 1842 Leather Bound book "Sanders Fourth Reader", very good with rubbing to leather boards and reasonably clean interior except for front few pages having brown darkening and page toning; As Is leather bound book "Caesar" missing first 10 pages of text; Leather bound Gebethbuch, early 1800's German prayer book in leather boards, as found; 1899 Ramuntcho by Pierre Loti, Paris, hardbound in leather and marbled paper boards, very good condition and 1867 small cloth hardbound book "Ralph or the Retribution Of The Wicked" published in Richmond Va. by Presbyterian Committee of Publications, good condition.

Tray Lot Youth And Childrens Books

Lot #216 (Sale Order 216 of 225)

This nice lot includes an assortment of youth titles as well as children books, some are Camp Fire Girls, The Outdoor Chums, Black Beauty, Indians, Gulivers Travels, Trains and much more, fair to good condition.

Box Lot Of Assorted Books

Lot #217 (Sale Order 217 of 225)

Lot contains General Kirby Smith CSA by Joseph Parks, 1954 in dustjacket, good condition, The Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, 1883, good condition; The Chinese Chop Mystery in dust jacket, good condition, The Adventures Of A Black Girl In Her Search For God by Bernard Shaw and others, most books are in good condition.

Selection Of Childrens History And Education Books

Lot #218 (Sale Order 218 of 225)

Lot includes New Knowledge Library 1919, Childhood Nature by Collier 1946, Good Companions 1936, Story Of Our Nation 1933, Beginners History Of The United States and Holmes Third Reader 1899, fair to good condition.

3 Plastic Totes Of An Assortment Of Books

Lot #219 (Sale Order 219 of 225)

Books in this lot may range in age from the 1800's to 1970's, covers many different subjects including Science, Novels, Poetry, History, mostly hardbound in cloth boards, most books are in good condition, buying them as you see them.

3 Box Lots Tabletop And Reference Books

Lot #220 (Sale Order 220 of 225)

Books include: Corning Glass, American Poster Art, Art At Auction, Mesda Journal, Art Deco, Historic Houses Of Brittain, The Victorian Vision, Decoys Of The Mid Atlantic and much more, good to very good condition.

8 Volumes Chambers Encyclopedia, Revised Edition, 1891

Lot #221 (Sale Order 221 of 225)

Illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, revised edition, hardbound in cloth boards-Fair to Good Condition, interiors are reasonably clean with some page toning, maps are intact few have tears.

Red Leather Softbound Book Sets By O'Henry & Kipling

Lot #222 (Sale Order 222 of 225)

The O'Henry set contains 8 volumes in a red leather binding with gilt titles and decorations, covers are in good condition, interior is very good, a little reconditioning would bring this set back to life. 6 volume set of Rudyard Kiplings writings in a softbound red leather binding with gilt titles and decorations, binding is good and interior very good, reconditioning would help this set also.

Girl Scout Lot

Lot #223 (Sale Order 223 of 225)

Contains Girl Scout Handbook 1944, green cloth hardback, good condition and bound monthly newspaper entitled The Girl Scout Leader, Vol 8 No's 1 through 12, good condition.

Lot Of 4 High School & College Manuals

Lot #224 (Sale Order 224 of 225)

Lot includes 1901 softbound booklet The Distaff A. W. C. Asheville, college for women in Asheville area; 1909-10 Sybyl Rverside High School, leather and marbled paper covered boards, great advertising art inside, very good + condition; University Of North Carolina Herbarium, Dept Of Botany-contains dryed examples of herbal plants with discriptions, good condition and 1913 North Carolina State Normal College "The Carolinian" Anniversary Number, cloth bound with gilt titles, good condition.

2 Box Lots Of Books

Lot #225 (Sale Order 225 of 225)

Lot contains books on various subjects including Gustave Dore Bible Gallery, circa 1890, Outline Of History By Wells, Arrabian Nights and many Others, fair to good condition, selling as a lot, 20+ books.


Fantastic Lifetime Book Collection
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Fantastic Lifetime Book Collection
by Muscarelli Auction Company Event Begins: Thursday, January 27, 7:00 PM Eastern First lots ends Sunday, February 6, 7:00 PM Eastern Last lot ends Sunday, February 6, 8:54:17 PM Eastern Muscarelli Auction is proud to be Handling The Book Collection from a local Collector. Collection includes modern first editions and author signed first editions. A great collection of books by respected Japanese writers of novels, poetry, and short stories can be found among our many listings. Limited edition Roycroft books signed by Elbert Hubbard, history, fine literature and Easton Press leather bindings round out this superb collection. EVERYTHING STARTS AT 10.00 Questions: Don Schweikert (828-404-6599)/Ted Muscarelli (828-302-7584) PICK UP Tuesday Feb 8,2022 FROM 10:00-5:00pm Auction Location will be at 4500 US Highway 64-90 Taylorsville, NC. Shipping is available on SMALL items at buyers expense. Appointments will be scheduled for pick up through YouCanBookMe, which can be reached through a link on your invoice. Please schedule a time and we will be better able to serve you and your needs in a more timely fashion. ITEMS MUST BE PICKED UP ON THIS DAY. ALL ITEMS THAT ARE LEFT WILL BE DONATED TO A LOCAL CHARITY. THANK YOU Auctioneer reserves the right to add or delete from this sale.