- 5VOL MARK TWAIN BOOKS WITH FIRST EDITIONS
A lot of five books by Mark Twain: Mark Twain's Autobiography and First Romance. Published 1871 by Sheldon and Company. First edition. Bound in original red publisher's cloth...
[more like this] - BRASS AND WOOD TIPSTAFFInscribed 'Henry
Bell ****'.
13 1/4 in. long.
Note: Traditionally used by Ward Constables, Beadles and Court Officers.
Condition
Minor wear, some rubbing to the engraving. Some oxidation....
[more like this] - BIERMANS WORLD WAR I PLAYING CARDS.Biermans
World War I Playing Cards. Turnhout, ca. 1915. 52/52. Very good (lightly soiled, 10d very minor corner rub). Court cards satirize political and military figures in Germany....
[more like this] - CHINESE RUBBING OF XUE TAO EX. MALCOLM
LEINChinese stone rubbing mounted to scroll. Possibly a portrait of Xue Tao (Hsueh Tao), a female scholar.
Provenance: From the collection of Malcolm E. Lein, former director...
[more like this] - ENGLISH BRASS RUBBING OF A COURT FIGURE,
FRAME: 54 1/2 X 33 3/8 IN. (138.43 X 84.77 CM.)English Brass Rubbing of a Court Figure,, Dimensions: Frame: 54 1/2 x 33 3/8 in. (138.43 x 84.77 cm.)...
[more like this] - SEVRES, LIMOGES, ETC., THREE PIECES
OF CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN, INCLUDING: SEVRES INKWELL WITH ORMULU MOUNTS, HAND-PAINTED FLORAL DECORATION, BLUE GLAZED MARK ON BASE, MISSING COVER, RUBBING OF GILT, 4" H.; HAND-PAINTED...Sevres,...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Marshall, Julian. The Annals
of Tennis. London: The Field, 1878. First edition in book form. 4to, rebound in brown-red cloth & re-backed in brown-red calf, orig. brown cloth front cover, paneled in black...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Law: Croke, George. Second
Part of The Reports... Select Cases,.. during.. Reign of... King James... London, 1669. Folio, old calf; rubbed & worn. Minor internal foxing. * Fourth Part of Modern Reports......
[more like this] - Exceptional Chinese carved and scenic-painted
twelve-panel screen late 18th/early 19th century each black lacquer frame of mortise and through-tenon construction decorated on one side with continuous summer palace scene...
[more like this] - Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. Confederate
Civil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Elliot, Frances. Old Court
Life in France. New York: G.P. Putnam's, (1893). #7/100 large paper copies, with proofs of the illustrations of Japanese paper signed by the publisher. Lg. 8vo, contemp. 3/4...
[more like this] - 13 vols. Rush, Williams & Biddle Family
Books: Burns, Robert. The Works. Philadelphia, 1804. Vol. 1 (of 3) only. 12mo, contemp. sheep; worn & broken, covers detached. Frontis. Presentation copy to Julia [Rush],...
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