Books and Ephemera - Civil War, Children's, Sendak, etc.
Catalog Information: 453 lots with images | View lots
Date: August 29, 2010
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Sale Notes:
This auction features a selection of Civil War-era material, antique genealogical titles, rare and antique children's books (featuring pieces signed by Maurice Sendak) and a selection of items from artists F.O.C. Darley and Louis A. Fuertes.
The Civil War material includes a wide selection of books on the battles, armies and important officers of the War. Featured are approximately 500 letters from the Reverend William Salt and his family members dated 1808-1901, including letters from Arkansas, where Salt experienced the outbreak of the Civil War, and a letter from his sister discussing the Emancipation Proclamation. The letters follow Salt's life, including his ordination into the Catholic Church and his employment at Seton Hall University. Other Civil War-related volumes include histories of the Confederacy and slavery, including an 1810 volume of "An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes," written in response to Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia."
Several antique volumes on the genealogical and heraldic history of Europe are also featured in this catalog. These eighteenth and nineteenth century pieces describe the history of royalty in England, Ireland and Scotland. Highlights include the "Complete Body of Heraldry" published in 1780 and "Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World, From the Earliest to the Present Period" published in 1795.
This catalog also contains a variety of material from famed children's book illustrators and authors, including a number of signed pieces from Maurice Sendak. Featured is the limited edition "Mother Goose Collection" from Serigrafia with six signed prints from Sendak and other illustrators. Additionally, there are numerous children's classics, with beautiful illustrations by Kate Greenaway, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Maxfield Parrish, Gustaf Tenggren, George Cruikshank and many more.
Also featured in this auction are original drawings and other material related to two well known artists. First is a collection of antique original drawings from the renowned artist Felix Octavius Carr Darley, including drawings used in "Oliver Twist" and the "Scarlet Letter." Second are several pieces related to the well-known ornithological painter and illustrator, Louis Agassiz Fuertes. These pieces include a signed volume of "The Burgess Bird Book for Children" from 1920 and several original pieces from the Fuertes family.
Lot 5001: 2V Benjamin LaBree THE PICTORIAL BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR 1884 Nearly 1000 Engravings Nast
Title: The Pictorial Battles of the Civil War, Illustrated By Upwards of 1000 Engravings Editor: Benjamin LaBreePublisher: The Sherman Publishing CompanyPrinting Year: 1884Number of Volumes: Complete two-volume setNotes: Decoratively bound in origina [...more]
Lot 5002: Serigrafia MOTHER GOOSE COLLECTION 1990 Limited Edition Six Signed Prints Sendak Van Allsburg Moser Chwast Pelavin Billout
This large, like-new portfolio is a limited edition of the Mother Goose Collection by Serigrafia Limited, with six brightly colored un-bound prints portraying the nursery rhymes of Mother Goose. This portfolio is one of 300 limited edition works, wi [...more]
Lot 5003: LITTLE SOLDIER BOYS c1900 McLoughlin Bros. Archive Linen Color Illustrations
Title: Little Soldier Boys Author: uncreditedPublisher: McLoughlin Bros. Printing Year: c1900Condition/Details: Bound in stiff paper pictorial wrappers, this antique volume is a very scarce children's alphabet book mounted on linen in mint condition. [...more]
Lot 5004: H. Gregoire ENQUIRY CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL & MORAL FACULTIES OF NEGROES 1810 Response To Jefferson
Title: An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes; Followed With an Account of the Life and Works of Fifteen Negroes & Mulattoes, Distinguished in Science, Literature and the Arts Author: H. GregoirePublishe [...more]
Lot 5005: Charles Bell EXPOSITION OF THE NATURAL SYSTEM OF THE NERVES 1825 Engravings Fold-Out
Title: An Exposition of the Natural System of the Nerves of the Human Body Author: Charles Bell Publisher: H. C. Carey & I. LeaPrinting Year: 1825Condition/Details: Bound in leather boards, this antique volume is a scarce early medical work, with thr [...more]
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