Fine & Rare Books Sale #244
Catalog Information: 429 lots with images | View lots
Date: September 16, 2010
Auction House:
Location:
431 N. Maple Avenue
Falls Church, VA
USA
22046-4203
Phone: 001 703 532 5632
Email: info@quinnsauctions.com
Viewing Notes:
Fine and Rare Books featuring two important collections including: The Catalog Raisonne Library of a Prominent Washington, D.C. area print dealer and collector and The Antique Japanese Book Collection from a private collector. The sale will also feature a number of other important books including a fine illuminated Quaran, Ogilby's China 2nd edition, and a first edition of R. L. Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Versus.
Lot 1: Fables of Aesop and Others..., 1747. Illustrated with detailed wood engravings.
Aesop. Fables Of Aesop And Others. Newly done into English… The Fifth Edition. Lon: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1747. 12mo. [32],345,[7] pp. Early full calf, red leather spine label. Leather lightly worn, rubbed. Upper margin cropped affec [...more]
Lot 2: Maspero, et. al. History of Egypt. London: Grolier Society, 1903. #417 of 1000.
Ancient Egypt. G. Maspero, et. al. History Of Egypt. 13 Vols. London: Grolier Society, 1903. 4to. 3/4 morocco & marbled board, gilt-decorated spines, teg. Some rubbing/wear along joints, few crowns worn, hinges starting, Vol. 3 cover separated. Cont [...more]
Lot 3: The Works of Honore de Balzac, 42 Vols, (1896-1899), #23 of 500.
Balzac, Honore de. The Works Of Honore De Balzac. 42 Vols. Balt: Medical and Standard Book Co., (1896-1899). 8vo. Half brown pigskin & marbled boards, teg. Spine faded to light brown, some light wear and rubbing, one marginal tear. Numerous plates, [...more]
Lot 4: Henry Hallam, CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 3 Vols. Lon: John Murray, 1867.
British History. Henry Hallam. Constitutional History Of England From the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. 3 Vols. Lon: John Murray, 1867. 8vo. xvi,419; viii,465; viii,457pp. Full brown morocco prize binding, institution's coat of [...more]
Lot 5: The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, 16 Vols in 8. NY: Macmillan, 1894.
Browning, Robert. The Poetical Works Of Robert Browning. 16 Vols in 8. NY: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8vo. Half green calf & marbled board by Stikeman, Art Nouveau motif on spines, teg, marbled eps. Spines faded to light brown, some light wear/rubbing [...more]
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