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STIK PAIR OF STIK FIGURE DOODLES
STIK PAIR OF STIK FIGURE DOODLES (2018)Stik
(British, b. 1979)
Two Stik figures, 2018
Marker on index cards
3" x 5" (each)
Two signed drawings by the noted UK graffiti artist, paired in a single museum-grade frame measuring 13 1/2" x 10 3/4" x 1". Also included is a signed copy of the artist's eponymous book (Penguin Books, New York, 2015).
Condition
The drawings and frame are in excellent condition. The book is in very good condition, with somewhat bumped corners and minor wear to the red cloth cover.
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ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING PENGUIN
ROYAL DOULTON ADVERTISING PENGUIN FIGURINE, BEST WISHES...Advertising model for the British publishing house Penguin Books.
Royal Doulton backstamp.Artist:
Issued: c. 1985
Dimensions: 4.75"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
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ROYAL DOULTON PORCELAIN FIGURINE,
ROYAL DOULTON PORCELAIN FIGURINE, PENGUIN BOOKSAdvertising figure for the British publication, Penguin Books. Celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1985. Black and white penguin on top of a red book titled Best Wishes. Royal Doulton backstamp.
Dimensions: 2.75"L x 2"W x 4.5"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
Condition:
Age related wear.
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(9) VOLS. DECORATIVE LEATHER
(9) VOLS. DECORATIVE LEATHER BINDINGS Includes: 1) Weird Tales: English. William Paterson, n.d.; 2) Poems of Shelley. Macmillan, 1908; 3) Elliot. Diary of an Idle Woman in Constantinople. Tauchnitz, 1893; 4) Charles Huard. Berlin Comme Je l'ai Vu. Eugene Rey, Paris, 1907; 5) Poems of the Orient. Ticknor and Fields, 1855; 6) Dante. Purgatory. Penguin Books, 1959; 7) Gibran. The Prophet. Heinemann, 1964; 8) Byzantine Art: A European Art. Dept. of Antiquities, Greece, 1964; 9) Strachey. Memoirs of Madame Vigee Lebrun. Doubleday, Page, 1903; smallest: 5.5"h x 4"w, largest: 9"h x 6.25"w
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GEORGE RODRIGUE
GEORGE RODRIGUE (AMERICAN/LOUISIANA, 1944-2013)George Rodrigue (American/Louisiana, 1944-2013), "Fishing, 10¢ a Day (Entrepreneurs)", 1976, oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed and dated en verso, titled and artist stamps on stretcher, exhibition label with title on reverse of frame, 36 in. x 24 in., framed with artist plaque Provenance: Acquired from the artist; Roland Begneaud Family Collection, Lafayette, LA. Ill.: Freundlich, Lawrence S. George Rodrigue: A Cajun Artist. New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 80, pl. 53. Exh.: "George Rodrigue: Cajuns and Blue Dogs - Paintings from Louisiana Family Collections 1971-2008", Louisiana State Museum - Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum, Patterson, LA, July 17 - Nov. 29, 2008; "George Rodrigue: Legends and Lives of Acadiana", Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, Mar. 14 - Apr. 26, 2009.
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LARGE WICKER BASKET WITH
LARGE WICKER BASKET WITH MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS FROM ANDRé LEON TALLEY'S COLLECTIONThe basket 19 x 30 x 20 in.
Including: Gentle Giants by Bruce Weber, Bulfinch Press, 1994, with autograph by the author to André Leon Talley; The Golden Age of the Princess by H.D. Molesworth, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969; Webster's New World College Dictionary MacMillan USA, 1997; The Complete Works of Aristotle edited by Jonathan Barnes, Princeton University Press, 1994; Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Barnes and Noble, 2004; To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Harcourt Brace and Co., copyright 1927; The Grandmothers: A Novel by Glenway Wescott, Atheneum, 1962; Beloved by Toni Morrison, Plume, 1988; Betrayed: A History of Presidential Failure to Protect Black Lives by Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Westview Press, 1966; Jackie by Nicole Salinger, Editions Assouline, 1998, with 'Galignani' bookmark; Vingt-Cinq Ans Delegance A Paris, Editions Pierre Tinsne, 1951; Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl, St. Martin's Press, 1994; Poetics and Rhetoric by Aristotle, Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005; Olmsted: Writing on Landscape, Culture, and Society edited by Charles E. Beveridge, Penguin Random House, 2015; Three Plays by Mae West: Sex, The Drug, The Pleasure Man edited by Lillian Schlissel, Routledge, 1997; Madame De Pompadour by Nancy Mitford, Hamish Hamilton, first published 1954; The Happy Summer Days by Fulco, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998; George Cukor: A Double Life by Patrick McGilligan, St. Martin's Press, First Edition 1991; Exiles by Michael J. Arlen, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1970; The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford, Penguin Books; The Whims of Fortune: The Memoirs of Guy de Rothschild by Guy de Rothschild, Random House, 1985.
Condition
The wicker basket with minor wear and staining on the bottom. All books with wear consistent with age and use.
Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
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FOUR FIRST OR EARLY EDITION
FOUR FIRST OR EARLY EDITION HARDCOVER VOLUMES BY ROBERT GRAVES AND 'THE NEW GOLDEN BOUGH'Four First or Early Edition Hardcover Volumes by Robert Graves and 'The New Golden Bough',, Consisting of: 'The White Goddess', Farrar Straus and Cudahy, Inc., 1948; 'The Twelve Caesars' by Suetonius for Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1957; 'Poems, 1970 - 1972', For Cassell & Company, Ltd., London, 1972; 'Love Respelt', Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1966; and A New Abridgment of the Classic Work by Sir James George Frazer, Edited, and with Notes and Forward by Theodor H. Gaster for Criterion Books, New York, 1959
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GRAHAME (K) THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
GRAHAME (K) THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS illustrated edition full crushed levant Morell Methuen 1971; ADAMS (R) WATERSHIP DOWN signed illustrated edition slip case Penguin Books 1976; BADEN-POWELL (R) ROVERING TO SUCCESS first edition rebound in full green leather slip case Herbert Jenkins 1922 (3) Estimate ?100-150 Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Gorringes Conditions of Sale.Sold for ?300
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8 vols. Natural History -
8 vols. Natural History - Botanical Illustration & C: [Curtis, William.] General Indexes to The Plants... First Forty Two Volumes... Botanical Magazine. London, 1816. 8vo, contemp. gilt-paneled diced calf, gilt-lettered spine; edge wear, joints rubbed, head of spine gone. Frontis. Internally generally clean. * Blunt, Wilfird. Tulipomania. (Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1950). 1st ed. 16mo, orig. color pictorial bds.; moderate wear. Color plates. * Rix, Martyn. The Art of Botanical Illustration. New York: A. Cape, (1990). Folio, orig. cloth, d/j (head of spine chipped). Color plates, other illus. * de Bray, Lys. The Art of Botanical Illustration. (Secaucus): Wellfleet, (1989 or later). Sm. folio, orig. cloth, d/j (a few small close tears). Color plates, other illus. * Kaden, Verda. The Illustration of Plants & Gardens. 1500-1850. (London): Victoria & Albert Museum, (1982). 4to, orig. cloth, d/j (minor creasing). Color plates, other illus. * McTigue, Bernard. Nature Illustrated: Flowers, Plants and Trees, 1550-1900... Collection... New York Public Library. New York: Abrams, (1989). 4to, orig. cloth, gilt, d/j (minor wear). Color plates, other illus. * Rix, Martyn, introduction by. Art in Nature: Classic Botanical Prints... New York: Rizzoli, (1991). Folio, orig. cloth, d/j. Color plates, other illus. * Fitch, Nugent. Orchids: A Selection. N.p.: Mallard, 1992. 1st Am. ed. Folio, orig. cloth, d/j. Color plates.
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[American Indian - History] Books
[American Indian - History] Books on Indian - White Relations lot of 15 books including:Armstrong Virginia Irving. I Have Spoken: American History Through the Voices of the Indians. Chicago: Swallow Press Inc. 1971.Burnette Robert. The Tortured Americans. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1971.Gearing Frederick O. The Face of the Fox: A Book about American Indians White Men the Cultural Traditions that Separate them and What Can Be Done About their Estrangement. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company 1970.Jacobs Wilbur R. Dispossessing the American Indian. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1972.Josephy Jr. Alvin M. Red Poser: The American Indian's Fight for Freedom. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1971.Kelly Lawrence C. The Navajo Indians and Federal Indian Policy 1900-1935. Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1970.Levine Stuart and Nancy O. Lurie (eds.) The American Indian Today. Baltimore: Penguin Books Inc. 1968.Manuel George and Michael Posluns. The Fourth World: An Indian Reality. New York: Free Press 1974.McNickle D'arcy. Native American Tribalism: Indian Survivals and Renewals. London: Oxford University Press 1973.Nabokov Peter. Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present 1492-1992. New York: Viking Penguin 1991.Prucha Francis Paul. The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the Present. Berkeley: University of California Press 1985.Schusky E. The Right to be Indian. San Francisco: American Indian Educational Publishers 1977.Vogel Virgil J. This Country was Ours: A Documentary History of the American Indian. New York: Harper and Row 1972.Wax Murray L. Indian Americans: Unity and Diversity. Englewood: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1971.Wise Jennings C. The Red Man in the New World Drama. New York: Macmillian Company 1971.
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[American Indian - Literature]
[American Indian - Literature] Novels on Native Americans lot of 9 books including:Bourke John G. On the Border with Crook. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1971.Hamilton Charles. Cry of the Thunderbird: The American Indian's Own Story. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1972.McNickle D'Arcy. Wind from an Enemy Sky. San Francisco Harper and Row Publishers 1978.Momaday N. Scott. House Made of Dawn. New York: Harper and Row 1968.Momaday N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems 1961-1991. New York: St. Martin's Press 1992.Momaday N. Scott. The Ancient Child. New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1990.Neihardt John G. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1971.Silko Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. New York: Viking Press 1977.Welch James. Fools Crow. New York: Penguin Books 1987.
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[American Indian - Southwest] Books
[American Indian - Southwest] Books on Hopi Culture lot of 6 books including:Boissiere Robert. The Hopi Way: An Odyssey. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press 1985.Bourke John C. Snake-Dance of the Moquis. Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1984.Courlander Harold. The Fourth World of the Hopis. New York: Crown Publishing 1971.James Harry C. Pages from Hopi History. Tucson: University of Arizona Press 1994.Underhill Ruth. Pueblo Crafts. Palmer Lake: Filter Press 1979.Waters Frank. Book of the Hopi: The First Revelation of the Hopi's Historical and Religious World-View of Life. Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd. 1986.