Books and Ephemera - Signed, Leather, Antique Bindings, etc.
Catalog Information: 483 lots with images | View lots
Date: January 8, 2012
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Sale Notes:
This catalog features a broad range of rare antique and vintage books, as well as a fine collection of deluxe, limited bindings and an array of ephemera lots. Of particular note are substantial collections of printings by The Limited Editions Club, Easton Press and The Franklin Library including hundreds of signed first editions and signed limited editions, most of which are housed in handsome, deluxe leather bindings. The books in these collections are impressive both for their quality and condition.
Important antique books in this auction include atlases and other early works. Featured is Vincenzo Corrado's landmark cookbook entitled "Il Cuoco Galante," printed in 1778 and Paulinus Bartholomaeo's Orientalist complilation printed from 1790 through 1793, offering seminal works on Sanskrit Indian culture. Atlases include Jeremiah Greenleaf's 1842 "New Universal Atlas" and Mitchell's 1853 printing by the same title. A number of these early titles feature important illustrations and plates such as those found in our offering of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's 1821 "Monumenti Antichi Inediti."
Modern works in this catalog include first editions and a great quantity of author-signed titles by prominent writers. Offered are first editions of Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea," along with a first American printing of Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange." Signed books include landmark titles such as H. L. Mencken's "Treatise on Right and Wrong" and "Newspaper Days." Other signed titles featuring major writers include those of Mario Puzo, Anne Rice, John le Carre, Michael Crichton, Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury and Umberto Eco, to name just a few.
Found throughout this catalog are pleasing groups of ephemera. Offered are single items and groups of material such as decorative antique and vintage magazines, artwork, antique ephemera, advertising-related items and photographs.
Lot 1001: Anthony Burgess A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1962 First U. S. Edition Dystopian Novel
Title: A Clockwork OrangeAuthor: Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.City: New YorkYear: 1963Printing Information: First EditionBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: 184 pagesWidth: 6 Height: 8.75"Book Details: First U.S. edition of thi [...more]
Lot 1002: Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo ORIENTALIST COMPILATION 1790-1793 First Editions Seminal Works On Sanskrit Indian Culture Museum Collections
This auction lot includes the following group of titles:- Sidharubam seu grammatica Samscrdamica cui accedit dissertatio historico-critica in languam samscrdamicam vulgo samscret dictam by Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo - Dated 1790 by Ex Typographia S [...more]
Lot 1003: Jules Verne THE GIANT RAFT (PART 1): EIGHT HUNDRED LEAGUES ON THE AMAZON 1881 US First Adventure Novel
Title: The Giant Raft (Part 1): Eight Hundred Leagues on the AmazonAuthor: Jules Verne - Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870), [...more]
Lot 1004: 4V Signed First Edition FANCY LEATHER BINDINGS Joseph Heller Norman Mailer Ian De Hartog
Book Details: This lot includes the group of four author-signed first edition books by popular authors shown in the corresponding image(s). These handsome volumes have fancy leather bindings which show elaborate gilt debossing, gilt page edges, and [...more]
Lot 1005: Shakespeare THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET 1933 Limited Editions Club Signed By Illustrator Eric Gill
Title: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkAuthor: William Shakespeare - William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often ca [...more]
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