Auction Titles – October 12 Orient, Empire & the Written Word: Rare Books, Signed Firsts & Folio Society

  • REMINISCENCES OF THE GREAT MUTINY, 1894, William Forbes-Mitchell, Indian Mutiny
  • WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, 1925, A.A. Milne, E.P. Dutton, Shepard Illustrations
  • GREVILLE MEMOIRS, 1885, Queen Victoria, British History, Appleton, 2 Vols
  • THE MIDDLE KINGDOM, 1883, S. Wells Williams, China, Volume I, Illustrated
  • THE MIDDLE KINGDOM, 1883, S. Wells Williams, China, Folding Map, Vol. II
  • PALACES OF CRETE, 1907, ANGELO MOSSO, MINOAN ARCHAEOLOGY, FIRST UK EDITION
  • TROY AND ITS REMAINS, 1875, HENRY SCHLIEMANN, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, ILLUSTRATED
  • SON OF HEAVEN, 1935, PRINCESS DER LING, SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, QING DYNASTY
  • THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD, 1951, Agatha Christie, First US Edition, Dust Jacket
  • LE RIRE, 1896, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC COLOR Chromotypograph, FRENCH SATIRICAL PERIODICAL
  • AGAINST THE WORLD, 1966, Douglas Brown, South Africa, Signed First Edition
  • CHINA UNDER THE EMPRESS DOWAGER, 1911, Bland, Backhouse, Cixi, Qing History
  • LE RIRE, 1896, FRENCH SATIRICAL PERIODICAL, GYP, CARICATURE, THIRD REPUBLIC
  • LIFE OF LORD LAWRENCE, 1883, Bosworth Smith, British India, 2 Vols., Illustrated
  • ARTHUR WALEY, 1949-1964, CHINESE POETRY, MONGOLS, ASIAN STUDIES, 2 VOLS.
  • JEAN-PAUL SARTRE FIRST EDITIONS, 1950-1951, Knopf, New Directions, 2 Volumes
  • BRITISH EMPIRE AND ASIA, 1914-1947, Dickinson, Carrington, 2 Vols, History
  • MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS, 1937-1967, ISLAND OF BALI, MEXICO SOUTH, ILLUSTRATED, 2 VOLS
  • LEAVES OF GRASS, 1855, WALT WHITMAN, FACSIMILE, GILT CLOTH, DUST JACKET
  • TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD, 1926, John Reed, Russian Revolution, Bolshevik
  • LITERATURE AND FABLES, 1931-1977, T. H. WHITE, AESOP, ILLUSTRATED, 2 VOLS.
  • FOLIO SOCIETY EDITIONS, 1972-1999, Joseph Conrad, Michael Kelly, 2 Volumes
  • GERMAN ART HISTORY, 1977-1993, ROMANTIC PAINTING, EXPRESSIONIST UTOPIAS, 2 VOLS
  • MIDDLE EAST AND INDIA HISTORY, 1957-1984, 3 Vols, Folio Society, Illustrated
  • MEDITERRANEAN TRAVEL, 1953-1977, Durrell, Liddell, Greece, Rhodes, 4 Vols.
  • FMR MAGAZINE, 1984-1989, Franco Maria Ricci, Art Periodicals, 8 Volumes
  • FMR INTERNATIONAL, 1990-1991, ART MAGAZINE, ISSUES 47-50, SLIPCASE, 4 VOLS
  • LE RIRE, 1896, FRENCH SATIRICAL PERIODICAL, STEINLEN, LEANDRE, CARICATURE
  • EMPIRES OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, 2001, Folio Society, 4 Vols., Slipcase
  • VIRGINIA WOOLF DIARY, 1977, First American Edition, Volume One, Dust Jacket
  • HERITAGE PRESS EDITIONS, 1952-1960, Tennyson, Wallace, Illustrated, 2 Vols
  • THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, 1909, William Edgar Geil, First Edition, Illustrated
  • BRITAIN AND THE PERSIAN GULF, 1991, J. B. Kelly, Clarendon Press, Middle East
  • THE COAST OF UTOPIA, 2002, Tom Stoppard, Grove Press, 3 Vols, Slipcase
  • FRANZ KAFKA, 1946-1947, Amerika, Parables, Hardcovers, Dust Jacket, 2 Volumes
  • FOLIO SOCIETY AND HERITAGE PRESS, 1962-1995, PICASSO, ROSSETTI, 2 VOLS
  • HAROLD NICOLSON AND CECIL BEATON, 1943-1961, 3 Vols, Memoirs, Travel, Jackets
  • MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM HICKEY, 1921, Alfred Spencer, Knopf, 2 Vols., Cloth
  • STANISLAVSKI: MY LIFE IN ART, 2000, Folio Society, Theater Memoir, Slipcase
  • THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER, 2001, Alison Weir, Folio Society, History, Slipcase
  • LITERATURE & BIOGRAPHY, 1900-1949, 3 Vols., Stevenson, Shakespeare, Inscribed
  • THE CIVIL WAR A NARRATIVE, 1958-1974, Shelby Foote, 3 Vols, Random House
  • THE JAHANGIRNAMA, 1999, Mughal India Memoirs, Art, Oxford University Press
  • BRITISH INDIA HISTORIES, 1962, 2 Vols, Relief Of Lucknow, Folio Society
  • ART CRITICISM AND AESTHETICS, 1923-1995, Clive Bell, Walter Pater, 2 Vols.
  • POEMS, 1870, DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, SECOND EDITION, JOHN QUINN BOOKPLATE
  • LITERATURE AND BIOGRAPHY, 1905-1952, Anne Frank, Oxford Classics, 7 Vols.
  • OXFORD LITERARY STUDIES, 1912-1925, 6 Volumes, English Criticism, Hardcover
  • GEORGE BERNARD SHAW AND TRAVEL, 1899-1984, 3 Vols., Folio Society, Biography
  • ART AND ARCHITECTURE, 1925-1962, 4 Vols., Illustrated, Monographs, Slipcases
  • HOMER, 1942-1959, ILIAD, ODYSSEY, HERITAGE PRESS, LATTIMORE, 3 VOLUMES
  • VIRGINIA WOOLF, 1974-1987, BETWEEN THE ACTS, FOLIO SOCIETY, ESSAYS, 2 VOLUMES
  • MISHIMA AND KUNDERA, 1973-1978, First Editions, Dust Jackets, 2 Vols.
  • LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, 1928-1945, Graves, Storrs, Middle East History, 2 Vols
  • NEW DIRECTIONS EDITIONS, 1947-1963, 3 VOLS, WARHOL JACKET, MODERN LITERATURE
  • ARABIAN AND AFRICAN HISTORY, 1958-2014, Lawrence, Bedouin, Arab Legion, 4 Vols.
  • RUDYARD KIPLING, 1898-1928, Poetry Lot, 2 Vols, Inclusive Verse, Ballads
  • RUDYARD KIPLING, 1900-1972, Works, Folio Society, Collier, Mansfield, 4 Volumes
  • BRITISH LITERATURE, 1954, Graves White Goddess, Toynbee Friends Apart, 2 Vols
  • PRESS BOOKS & LITERATURE, 1942-1990, ERASMUS, SAPPHO, BEDFORD, 3 VOLS
  • W.H. AUDEN, 1950-1977, Poetry, Essays, Random House, Faber, 4 Volumes
  • WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS, C. 1875, Porter & Coates, Fine Leather Binding
  • HISTORY OF NEW YORK, 1824, 1831, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker, Half Calf
  • JOSEPH CONRAD, 1923-1999, 3 Vols., Secret Agent, Heart Of Darkness, The Rover
  • A CHRISTMAS CAROL, 1927, Dickens, Dartnell Corporation, Sales Edition, Leather
  • ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, 1882, Carroll, Tenniel, Macmillan, Inscribed
  • AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1865-1882, Bret Harte, Ik Marvel, Leather Bindings, 2 Vols
  • GIORGIO VASARI, 1979, LIVES OF THE ARTISTS, 3 VOLS, SLIPCASE, ILLUSTRATED
  • THE GOTHICK NORTH, 1929, Sacheverell Sitwell, Medieval Art, Illustrated
  • SIX LITTLE GIRLS OF LANSDOWNE, 1958, Natchez, Mississippi, Plantation Life
  • PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF P. H. SHERIDAN, 1888, Civil War, First Edition, 2 Vols.
  • HERODOTUS, 1912, Cary Translation, Bohns Classical Library, G. Bell And Sons
  • TACUINUM SANITATIS, 1976, Medieval Health Handbook, Braziller, Illustrated
  • THE LITTLE MINISTER, 1898, Green Room Edition, J.M. Barrie, Illustrated
  • THE IRON MASK, 1850, Alexandre Dumas, Thomas Williams, Peterson, Half Leather
  • COMING UP FOR AIR, 1950, George Orwell, First American Edition, Dust Jacket
  • THE WASTE LAND, 1971, T. S. ELIOT, FACSIMILE DRAFTS, EZRA POUND, HARCOURT BRACE
  • CUBAN REVOLUTION HISTORIES, 1962-2006, Inscribed Peter Wyden, Draper, 3 Vols
  • DONT CALL IT FRISCO, 1953, Herb Caen, Signed First Edition, Dust Jacket
  • BRITAIN IN PICTURES, 1943-1945, 5 VOLS, COLLINS, ILLUSTRATED, ART, MILITARY
  • CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND HISTORIC HOUSES, 1961-1964, BOOKLETS, POSTCARDS
  • MONUMENTS OF EGYPT, 1987, Napoleonic Edition, Gillispie, Dewachter, 2 Vols, Boxed
  • AN ICELAND FISHERMAN, 1896, Pierre Loti, Art Nouveau Binding, Illustrated
  • CHRISTY ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS, 1904-1905, Longfellow, Riley, Bobbs-Merrill, 2 Vols
  • THE POWER BROKER, 1974, Robert Caro, First Edition, Dore Schary Copy
  • AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1947-1994, ANDERSON, LITSEY, DRAMA, SIGNED POETRY, 2 VOLS
  • T. S. ELIOT, 1936-1940s, Family Reunion, Collected Poems, Notes, 2 Volumes
  • EPOCH AND VERSE, 1936-1951, American Literary Periodicals, Poetry, 2 Volumes
  • AMERICAN HISTORIC SITES, 1930-1970, PAMPHLETS, NEW ENGLAND, VIRGINIA, REVOLUTION
  • GRAHAM GREENE, 1952-1956, THE QUIET AMERICAN, THE LOST CHILDHOOD, 2 VOLS
  • KIPLING AND DRUMMOND, 1893-1897, Mulvaney Stories, Beautiful Thoughts, 2 Vols.
  • MILLAY AND TOPKAPI SARAY, 1921-1988, Poetry, Architecture, 3 Vols
  • DIARY OF AN EARLY AMERICAN BOY, 1962, ERIC SLOANE, SIGNED WITH SKETCH, 2 VOLS
  • TOPKAPI SARAY MUSEUM, 1987-1988, 3 Vols., Architecture, Carpets, Treasury, NYGS
  • TRAVEL AND NATURE, 1962-1992, MOSER, THEROUX, PACIFIC, OLYMPIC, 2 VOLS
  • ESQUIRE, July 1966, Joe DiMaggio, Gay Talese, William F. Buckley, Magazine
  • OIL, 1927, Upton Sinclair, Third Printing, Albert And Charles Boni, Novel
  • THE LION AND THE HONEYCOMB, 1955, First Edition, R. P. Blackmur, Dust Jacket
  • AMERICAN POETRY FIRST EDITIONS, 1932-1950, MORLEY, JAMES, 2 VOLS
  • TRAVELS THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY, 1979, Smollett, Folio Society, Slipcase
  • THE MASSAGE BOOK, 1977, George Downing, Anne Kent Rush, Illustrated, Paperback
  • LORD PALMERSTON, 1966, Herbert C. F. Bell, Archon Books, Biography, 2 Vols.
  • ERIC SLOANES AMERICANA, 1956, 3 Vols, Illustrated, Dust Jackets, Slipcase
  • CONNECTICUT & NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES, 1923-1970, Architecture, History, 17 Vols.
  • ENCOUNTER, 1956-1960, 9 Issues, Literary Periodical, Stephen Spender
  • HOOKED RUG AND DECORATIVE PATTERNS, Ca. 1950s, Booklets, Transfers, Ephemera
  • THE GREVILLE MEMOIRS, 1874, Charles Greville, History, First Edition, 3 Vols.
  • POETRY ANTHOLOGY AND CRITICISM, 1930-1950, David Daiches, Alexander Pope, 2 Vols
  • ALIAS OSWALD, 1985, JFK Assassination, R.B. Cutler, Signed Inscribed, Cloth
  • THE YELLOW BOOK A SELECTION, 1950, Norman Denny, Aubrey Beardsley, Illustrated
  • THE HOLY LAND JERUSALEM, 1982, David Roberts, Facsimile Plates, Slipcase
  • MODERN LITERATURE AND POETRY, 1930-1935, COLETTE, MEYNELL, PARKER, 3 VOLS
  • ORIENTAL RUGS AND PERIOD FURNITURE, 1914-1921, Lippincott Illustrated, 2 Vols.
  • AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, 1979-1999, Art Deco, Renaissance, Illustrated, 2 Vols.
  • MACAULAYS ESSAYS AND POEMS, C. 1880, Cambridge Edition, Illustrated, 2 Vols
  • VIRGINIA WOOLF AND BLOOMSBURY, 1972-1990, Essays, Biography, Journals, 6 Items
  • ESPIONAGE AND DIPLOMACY, 1937-1965, FIRST EDITIONS, DOMINICAN CRISIS, 2 VOLS.
  • ERIC SLOANE, 1963-1980s, Americana, Weather, Barns, Illustrated, 4 Volumes
  • CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVERS, 1861-1903, Postal History, Envelopes, 4 Items
  • ASIAN ART AND HISTORY, 1954-1976, TAO-CHI ALBUM, KOREA ILLUSTRATED, 2 VOLS
  • JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1960-1964, First Editions, Strategy Of Peace, Tribute, 2 Vols
  • ATLAS OF CHINA, 1935, ALBERT HERRMANN, HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE, FOLIO MAPS
  • GEORGE ORWELL, 1949-1995, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm, Steadman, 3 Vols.
  • IMPRESSIONIST ART, 1993-1997, Chronicle Of Impressionism, Degas Met Press Kit
  • CONQUEST OF NEW GRANADA, 1961, Folio Society, Wood Engravings, Slipcase
  • PHILOSOPHY AND MEDIA STUDIES, 1967-2007, McLuhan, Gray, 2 Volumes
  • WILLIAM BLAKE, 1972-1977, TRIANON PRESS EDITIONS, GEOFFREY KEYNES, 3 VOLS
  • FOLIO SOCIETY ENGLISH COUNTRY LIFE, 1994-1998, 3 Vols, Illustrated, Slipcases
  • FOLIO SOCIETY EDITIONS, 1970, 1993, Orwell Homage To Catalonia, White, 2 Vols.
  • ERIC SLOANE AMERICANA, 1954-1958, 4 Vols, Illustrated, Dust Jackets
  • TOM WOLFE, 1970-2000, FIRST EDITIONS, 3 VOLUMES, HARDBOUND, DUST JACKETS
  • CLASSICAL ATLAS AND GRIMMS FAIRY TALES, 1886-1960, Maps, Illustrated, 2 Vols
  • ANCIENT ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY, 1972-1974, Olmec, Xochipala, China, 2 Volumes
  • ENCOUNTER MAGAZINE, 1971-1974, 13 ISSUES, BRITISH LITERARY AND CULTURAL JOURNAL
  • ENCOUNTER MAGAZINE, 1954-1960, NINE ISSUES, LITERATURE, ARTS, POLITICS, PERIODICALS
  • ENCOUNTER MAGAZINE, 1959-1961, 9 VOLUMES, LITERARY AND CULTURAL PERIODICAL
  • EUROPEAN ART AND LONDON HISTORY, 1995-2007, Ackroyd, Kaufmann, 3 Volumes
  • GEORGE ORWELL, 1974-1989, BIOGRAPHIES, BBC BROADCASTS, 4 VOLUMES
  • JANE AUSTEN, 1971-1972, Oxford Illustrated Novels And Works, Chapman, 6 Vols.
  • ANTHONY TROLLOPE, 1979-1980, Folio Society, Barsetshire Novels, Slipcases, 2 Vols
  • ANTHONY TROLLOPE, 1994-1999, Folio Society, 2 Vols, Illustrated, Slipcases
  • ANTHONY TROLLOPE, 1976-1977, Warden, Barchester Towers, Folio Society, 2 Vols
  • BARSETSHIRE NOVELS, 1978, Anthony Trollope, Folio Society, 2 Vols, Illustrated
  • FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHITECT, 1994, MoMA Exhibition, Illustrated Monograph
  • KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL, 1994, Barry Bergdoll, Prussian Architecture, Rizzoli
  • PHILATELIC COLLECTION, 1947-1995, Stamps, Covers, Presentation Packs, Ephemera
  • FIRST DAY COVERS AND PHILATELIC LOT, 1943-1970, SPACE, HERBLOCK, ROYALTY, JERSEY
  • A TESTAMENT, 1957, Frank Lloyd Wright, First Edition, Horizon Press, Illustrated
  • ATTILIO SALEMME, 1991, SYMBOLS AND METAPHYSICS, ART CATALOG, ALS INCLUDED
  • ANTHONY TROLLOPE, 1998-1999, 2 Vols, Folio Society, Illustrated, Slipcases
  • ANTHONY TROLLOPE, 1995-1998, 2 Vols, Folio Society, Slipcases, Illustrated
  • ANTHONY TROLLOPE, 1994-1998, Folio Society, 2 Vols, Slipcases, Illustrated
  • ANTHONY TROLLOPE, 1997-1998, 2 Vols, Folio Society, Illustrated, Slipcases
  • FABLES, 1970, JOHN GAY, IMPRINT SOCIETY, WOOD ENGRAVINGS, SIGNED, SLIPCASE
  • HOWARD PYLE WORKS, 1941, Brandywine Edition, 3 Vols, Scribners, Illustrated
  • MARCEL PROUST HIS LIFE AND WORK, 1927, Leon Pierre-Quint, First US Edition
  • TEREZIN, 1987, Holocaust, Ghetto, Small Fortress, Czech Resistance, Illustrated
  • BLANK ALBUMS, C. 1970, Two Fine Leather Scrapbooks, Glassine Guards, Clamshell
  • THE HARTFORD TIMES, 1945, Bound Newspaper Month Of June, WWII Era, Folio
  • REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, 1945, First UK Edition, Lindner, Criminal Psychology
  • THE HAPPY OWLS, 1964, Celestino Piatti, First US Edition, Illustrated Childrens
  • THE CHARLES M. RUSSELL BOOK, 1957, McCracken, Doubleday, Illustrated Monograph
  • ALFRED VAN LOEN, 1960, Signed Inscribed Original Drawing, Modern Sculpture
  • THE HARTFORD TIMES, 1923, Bound Newspaper Issues, Connecticut History, Folio
  • GERMAN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND MEDICINE, 1914-1921, Freud, Fliess, 3 Volumes
  • JOAN MIRO, 1950, Clement Greenberg, Ernest Hemingway Memoir, Illustrated
  • HISPANIC FURNITURE, 1964, SPANISH DECORATIVE ARTS, VARGUENOS, ARCHIVE PRESS
  • DON QUIXOTE, C. 1855, Miguel De Cervantes, Tony Johannot, Leavitt And Allen
  • WALL STREET & INVESTING, 1929-1936, NYSE YEARBOOK, CARPENTER LETTERS, 2 VOLS.
  • PHOTOGRAPHY LOT, 1995-2008, Photojournalism, Alternative Processes, 2 Vols.
  • GEORGIA OKEEFFE, 1987, ART AND LETTERS, MONOGRAPH, FIRST EDITION, EXHIBITION
  • PHOTOGRAPHY MONOGRAPHS, 1984-1991, 2 Vols., Molokai, Equestrian, Abrams
  • HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 1869, Vol. 39, Illustrated, Custom Slipcase
  • FUN WITH MAGIC, 1957, Alexander Van Rensselaer, Conjuring, Illustrated
  • PASTE-UP MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, 1949, Pictorial Cut-and-paste Children Map
  • MAINE LEGISLATURE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1891, Senate, House, Howard Owen
  • NATURAL MAGICK, 1957, John Baptista Porta, Science, Facsimile, Slipcase
  • A CHILDS BOOK OF THE TEETH, 1932, Ferguson, Pediatric Dentistry, Illustrated
  • PRINCIPLES OF GRAMMAR, 1856, SOLOMON BARRETT, LINGUISTICS, TREE DIAGRAMS
  • A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES, C. 1910, Oscar Wilde, Methuen, Gilt Cloth, Small Octavo
  • AMERICAN CARTOON ART, 1942-1954, Charles Addams, Francis Dahl, 2 Vols.
  • BRITISH NOVELS, 1935-1949, Robert Graves, Evelyn Waugh, Hammond Innes, 3 Vols.
  • TYPOPHILES & PRIVATE PRESS, 1941-1970, King Penguin, Peter Pauper, 4 Vols.
  • NEW MIRROR, 1843, Illustrated, Periodical, Literature, Art, Engravings
  • GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, C. 1847, Fashion Plates, Steel Engravings, Disbound
  • ARCHITECTURE AND SACRED SPACES, 1985-2004, American Churches, Modern GA Houses
  • COMIC ART & ANIMATION, 1987, Winsor McCay, Doonesbury, First Editions, 2 Vols.
  • LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND HERALDRY, 1916-1955, 4 VOLS, HOGARTH, CAMBRIDGE
  • PLYMOUTH, 1928, WALTER PRICHARD EATON, CAMERON WRIGHT, NEW ENGLAND, RAILROAD
  • JAZZ GIANTS & OSCAR FASHION, 1988-2003, Photography, Hollywood Style, 2 Vols.
  • CONNECTICUT LOCAL HISTORY, 1984-2004, STAMFORD, PROSPECT, IRON HERITAGE, 3 VOLS
  • AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY MONOGRAPHS, 1975-1993, 3 VOLS, LIEBERMAN, RICHARDS, SCHMID
  • PHOTOGRAPHY, 1947-1997, 4 Volumes, Stieglitz, Lootens, Darkroom, AIPAD
  • PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS, 1948-1962, GRAFLEX, THE THIRD EYE, KOMROFF, MORGAN, 2 VOLS.
  • PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINES AND BOOKLETS, 1968-1982, Hasselblad, Life, 9 Vols.
  • THOMAS MERTON, 1955-1984, Four Hardcover Volumes, Dust Jackets, First Editions
  • TELEVISION & BROADCASTING ALMANACS, 1941-1972, Reference, History, 3 Vols.
  • PHOTOGRAPHY MONOGRAPHS, 1975-1983, Erica Lennard, El Salvador, Boston, 3 Vols
  • A BREATH OF FRENCH AIR, 1959, H. E. Bates, First Edition, Dust Jacket
  • JAMES BALDWIN, 1965-1979, 2 Vols., First Editions, Dial Press, Dust Jackets
  • TIBET AND TURKESTAN, 1905, Oscar Terry Crosby, Central Asia Travel, First Edition
  • RATS, LICE AND HISTORY, 1935, Hans Zinsser, Typhus, Medicine, Autograph Letter
  • FMR MAGAZINE, 1991-1992, English Edition, Numbers 51-54, 4 Volumes, Slipcase