GROUP OF AMERICAN LITERATURE & GENERALINTEREST Comprising 16 volumes, including H. L. Mencken, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND WRONG (NY: Knopf, 1934) the jacket mended with masking tape; Peter Mathiessen, THE SNOW LEOPARD...
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FINE PRESS EDITIONS: ENGLISH & AMERICANLITERATURE Comprising eight volumes, all with slipcases, including Walter Pater, THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHE, illus. by Edmund Dulac (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1951)...
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VINTAGE BRONZE BUST OF JOSE MARTIBronzesculpted bust modelled after Cuban nationalist and poet Jose Marti. Rich brown patina finish. Unmarked.
Jose Marti was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist,...
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THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS,SIX (6)Six leather bound books to include: 1) A Mencken Chrestomathy by H.L.Mencken, Al Hirschfeld Frontispiece Illustration - Limited Edition Hardcover – The Franklin Library...
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THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS,SIX (6)Six leather bound books to include: 1) Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years by Carl Sandburg - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1978...
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THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS,SIX (6)Six leather bound books to include: 1) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison , illustrated by Steven H. Stroud - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1980 (100...
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FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS,SEVEN (7)Seven leather bound books to include: 1) Collected Poems by Marianne Moore, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker, introduction by T. S. Eliot - Limited Edition Hardcover...
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4 CURRIER & IVES PRINTSCurrier and Ives,United States. Group of four lithographs including:
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (American/British, 1819-1905). "American Forest Scene: Maple Sugaring," 1856.
Literature: Gale...
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5 CURRIER & IVES EQUESTRIAN PRINTSCurrierand Ives, United States. Group of five equestrian lithographs including:
Louis Maurer (German/American, 1832-1932). "Life In The Country: 'The Morning Ride'," 1859.
Literature:...
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5 CURRIER & IVES EQUESTRIAN PRINTSCurrierand Ives, United States. Group of five equestrian lithographs including:
John Henry (J.H.) Wright (American, 1813-1883). "Rysdyk's Hambletonian: The Great Sire of Trotters,"...
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4 CURRIER & IVES FRONTIER PRINTS 1860SCurrierand Ives, United States. Group of four lithographs depicting life on the American frontier including:
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (American/British, 1819-1905). "American Frontier...
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1907 1ST EDITION MARK TWAIN "A HORSE'STALE"Featured in this lot is a 1907, First Edition, "A Horse's Tale" by Mark Twain. "A Horse's Tale" is one of Mark Twain’s lighter writings about different perspectives...
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RARE "DONE IN THE OPEN" FREDERIC REMINGTON1902Presented in this lot is the Rare "Done in the Open, Drawings by Frederick Remington", 1902 copyright Robert Howard Russell, P. F. Collier & Son Publisher, New York. "Done...
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GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATUREGROUPOF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, titles include: Invisible Man; The African American Book of Values; The Life of Langston Hughes; Black Bibliophiles and Collectors;...
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1979 FRANKLIN LIBRARY FINE BINDING LINCOLNAbraham Lincoln, His Speeches and Writings (The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature), Franklin Library, 1979. Leather Bound. Bound in full green leather. Stamped...
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FRED OTNES Mixed Media Painting. forthe book by Eugene O'Neil, Four Plays, 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature, "Strange Interlude"
Dimensions: H: 15 inches: W: 14.5 inches: Frame Height: 22 inches:...
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[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately56 volumes, some in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to American literature, comprising:
HARTE, Bret. The Writings. -- MERWIN, Henry Childs. The Life...
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FRANKLIN LIBRARY AMERICAN LITERATUREBOOKS, 19 Nineteen leather-bound American literature books with gilt lettering published by Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania comprising Richard Henry Dana's...
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ARTHUR BURDETT FROST FISHERMEN PAINTINGPennsylvania, California,1851-1928Depicts two men on a beach shore fishing in the early morning. Frost was apprenticed to illustrators and engravers at 15, his only formal...
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2 vols. American Literature: (Clemens,S.L.) The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress... by Mark Twain. Hartford: American Publishing Company, [etc.], 1869. 1st ed., 3rd issue. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered...
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[American Indian - Central America]Books on Central American History lot of 5 books including:Fontana Bernard L. Tarahumara: Where Night is the Day of the Moon. Flagstaff: Northland Press 1979.Morrison Samuel...
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[Modern American Literature] Two firsteditions by Kurt Vonnegut each 12mo cloth d.j.: 1) Slaughterhouse-Five; or The Children's Crusade (NY: Delacorte 1969); 2) Breakfast of Champions; or Goodbye Blue Monday (NY:...
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[Modern American Literature] Three titlesby Isaac Bashevis Singer and Shell Slverstein comprising: 1) The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer (NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 1982) #230/450 signed 8vo cloth slipcase;...
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[Modern American Literature] Four titlesby Russell Banks Jerzy Kosinski and John Irving 1) Banks The Sweet Hereafter (NY: Harper Collins 1991) Advance reading copy inscribed on t.p. 8vo wraps; 2) Banks Searching...
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[Modern American Literature] Two firsteditions by William Burroughs and Elmore Leonard 1) Burroughs Naked Lunch (NY: Grove Press 1959) 12mo cloth and boards d.j.; 2) Leonard Swag (NY: Delacorte 1976) signed 12mo...
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[Modern American Literature] Two firsteditions by Jonathan Franzen and Mark Z. Danielewski 1) Franzen The Corrections (NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 2001) signed on the t.p. with erratum slip 8vo cloth and boards d.j.;...
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[American Literature] Three titles (witha duplicate) by John Steinbeck Ernest Hemingway and J. D. Salinger comprising: 1) Steinbeck Sweet Thursday (NY: Viking 1954) 1st issue 12mo cloth d.j.; 2) Hemingway The Old...
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[Modern American Literature] Four firsteditions by Tennessee Williams Philip Roth John Updike and Don DeLillo 1) Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (NY: New Directions 1955) 12mo cloth d.j.; 2) Roth Zuckerman Unbound...
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[Modern American Literature] Four firsteditions by William Styron Gore Vidal Patrick O'Brien and Michael Shepherd 1) Styron The Confessions of Nat Turner (NY: Random House 1967) 1st trade ed. 8vo cloth d.j.; 2)...
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(AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE) Fourteentitles including: 1) WILLA CATHER, Sapphira and the slave girl (NY: 1940) 12mo cloth d.j.; 2) RICHARD WRIGHT, Black Boy (NY: 1945) 12mo, cloth, d.j.; 3) SHERWOOD BONNER,...
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[Modern American Literature] Two firsteditions by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams each signed 1) Miller Timebends: A Life (London: Methuen 1987) 8vo boards d.j.; 2) Williams Memoirs (NY: Doubleday Page 1975)...
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[Modern American Literature] Three titlesby John Knowles Saul Bellow and Thomas Pynchon 1) Knowles Indian Summer (NY: Random House 1966) 1st ed. inscribed at length by the author on f.l. 8vo cloth d.j.; 2) Bellow...
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2 vols. Art Nouveau Book Making: Hough,E(merson). The Singing Mouse Stories. New York: Forest and Stream Pub., 1895. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. gilt-decorated & lettered green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; corners slightly...
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(AMERICAN LITERATURE) Seven items concerningEdgar Allen Poe including: 1) "Manuscript Found in a Bottle" as published in The Gift: A Christmas and New Years Present for 1836 (Phila.: 1836) 12mo, no binding present;...
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Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") An originalsteel plate of "Mr Tapley acts Third Party with great discretion" from Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit fitted in a green moroco folding case by Charles J Sawyer with an...
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1 vol. (Early American Literature.)The Fortunate Discovery; or, The History of Henry Villars By A Young Lady of The State of New York. New York: Samuel Campbell, 1798. First edition. 12mo, contemp. sheep,...
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