- KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957), 3 JAPANESE
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957), 3 JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS.Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), 3 Japanese Woodblock Prints. Moon over Kiyosumi Garden, Tokyo, 1938, Sheet: 10 1/4" x 15 3/8"; Shinagawa Series: Selection of Views of the Takaido, 1931, Sheet: 15 1/2" x 10
- SELECTION OF 5 SILVER PICTURE FRAMESSelection
SELECTION OF 5 SILVER PICTURE FRAMESSelection of 5 Silver Picture frames. Tallest: 13"
- MISC. FANCY STERLING SILVER FLATWARE.
MISC. FANCY STERLING SILVER FLATWARE. APPX. 79.9 OZT.Large selection of Misc. Fancy Sterling Silver Flatware. Appx. 79.9 ozt.
- SIX BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN,
SIX BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, TWO SIGNED Selection of six hardcover and softcover books on architecture and design comprising, Moll Anderson, "The Seductive Home" (signed with personal inscription by the author), The Rockwell Group, "Pleasure: The Architecture And Design Of Rockwell Group" (signed with personal inscription), Daniel Libeskind, "Edge Of Order", multiple authors, "Domestic Art: Curated Interiors", Caroline Knight,"Essential Frank Lloyd Wright", and Philippe Starke, "Starck". Approximate Dimensions:Approx. "The Seductive Home" in case h. 14.25", w. 10.75", d. 2".
- SIX HARDCOVER BOOKS ON MAINLY AMERICAN
SIX HARDCOVER BOOKS ON MAINLY AMERICAN ARTISTS Group of six hardcover books on mainly American artists comprising, Christopher Finch, "Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers", Thomas Buechner, "Norman Rockwell A Sixty Year Retrospective", Peter H. Hassrick, "Frederic Remington: Paintings, Drawings, And Sculpture In The Amon Carter Museum and The Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections", Sylvia Young, "Maxfield Parrish: 1870-1966", Diane Tepfer, "Samuel Halpert: Art And Life 1884-1930", and Lynda Klich and Benjamin Weiss, "The Postcard Age: Selections From The Leonard A Lauder Collection". Approximate Dimensions:Approx. "Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers" h. 13.25", w. 11.5", d. 2".
- 12VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS, INCLUDING
12VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS, INCLUDING 1ST ED. A lot of 12 books by Joel Chandler Harris, including some first editions. Daddy Jake The Runaway by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1898 by The Century. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. 8vo. 198pp.
A Little Union Scout by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1904 by McClure, Phillips. Green cloth boards with a floral design and gilt titling. 8vo. 181pp. Ex-library book with stamps and pockets. On The Wing of Occasions by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1900 by Doubleday, Page. Red cloth boards with illustration. 8vo. 310pp.
Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Published by George Routledge and Sons, London. Peach cloth boards with a turtle decoration and black titling. 8vo. 312pp. Free Joe by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1901 by International Association of Newspapers. Bound in tan boards with a green floral design and black titling. 8vo. 236pp. Balaam and His Master by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1891 by Houghton Mifflin. Tan boards with gilt titling. 12mo. 293pp. Gabriel Tolliver by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1902 by McClure, Phillips. Red boards with blind stamping and gilt titling. 8vo. 448pp. Evening Tales by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1893 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Red cloth boards with black and silver titling and decoration. 8vo. 280pp. Previous owner's bookplate as well as small newspaper articles pasted down on front and back boards. Told By Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris Published 1905 by McClure, Phillips. Red cloth boards with illustrated rabbit and gilt titling. 8vo. 295pp. Songs of the South: Selections From Southern Poets by Jennie Thornley Clarke with an Introduction by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1896 by Lippincott. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling. 8vo. Plantation Pageants by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1899 by Houghton, Mifflin. Light blue boards with gilt titling and decoration. 8vo. 247pp. Book has lost covering on spine. Daddy Jake The Runaway and Other Stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1889 by Century Company. Bound with a pictorial cover and a brown leather spine with gilt titling. 4to. 145pp.
- 2PCS ANTIQUE WOODEN PENCIL BOXES WITH
2PCS ANTIQUE WOODEN PENCIL BOXES WITH BOOK DESIGN First is a late 19th to early 20th century heavily lacquered press board pencil container having three compartments and a selection of books and designs painted on the top and sides of which was made to imitate them perched on a shelf with names of authors such as, Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Dickens, Walter Scott, Burns, Longfellow and Lew Wallace. Second is a late 19th century three compartment pencil holder with a swiveling top and sliding cover.
- 2VOL SAMUEL PEPYS, MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL
2VOL SAMUEL PEPYS, MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL PEPYS 1825 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys... Comprising His Diary From 1659 to 1669, Deciphered... And a Selection from his Private Correspondence. Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. Published 1825 by Henry Colburn, London. First edition of Samuel Pepys' influential diary, with an engraved frontispiece portrait and 13 other engraved plates. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt decoration. Raised bands with gilt titling and decoration on the spine. Marbled end papers and page edges. Sewn in bookmarks for each book. Grolier 100.
- SELECTION OF EULOGIES, JEFFERSON AND
SELECTION OF EULOGIES, JEFFERSON AND ADAMS, 1826 John Tyler and Others, A Selection of Eulogies Pronounced in the Several States, in Honor of Those Illustrious Patriots and Statesmen John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Printed 1826 by D.F. Robinson and Co. 426pp. Period boards with a cloth spine and a period label.
- US CONSTITUTION, NEW HAVEN GAZETTE,
US CONSTITUTION, NEW HAVEN GAZETTE, 1788 The New Haven Gazette, dated February 14, 1788, publishes its first account of Massachusetts ratifying the Constitution. Also discussed is the celebration and who is going to attend. Also includes the first mention of the ship the "Federal Constitution on runners being pulled by 13 horses." Also covering the front page is a list of all states in convention, the inhabitants, black and white, so as to determine representation in congress, and a list of the 6 ratifying states and their vote count thus needing three more to secure complete ratification. Along with other ratifying news such as a false report of North Carolina ratifying the constitution and an account of Georgia actually doing the same on January 6th, 1788, one month earlier than this publication. Plus other news including China's wealth, but the poverty of its working class is the same as it was over 200 years ago; also the election of General James Jackson as governor of Georgia.
- NATHANAEL HUNN, WELFARE OF A GOVT CONSIDERED,
NATHANAEL HUNN, WELFARE OF A GOVT CONSIDERED, 1747 Nathanael Hunn (1708-1749) The Welfare of a Government Considered: A Sermon Preach'd Before the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, at Hartford, on the Day of Their Anniversary Election, May 14th, 1747. Printed by Timothy Green, 1747. Papers front and back covered with period ink stamped paper covers affixed with glue. Covers held to pamphlet with a piece of old yellowed scotch tape. Half title page is "Mr. Hunn's Sermon on 2 Chron.xii 12. Provenance: pamphlet owned and signed in 1747 by Lieut Colonel Nathaniel Stanly (1683-1755) Hartford, Conn, and Marill Curtis. 35pp. Photocopy of Stanly's signature provided for reference.
- CONNECTICUT COURANT, WASHINGTON AND
CONNECTICUT COURANT, WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK, 1787 The Connecticut Courant, Monday, June 11, 1787. #1168. American Revolution leader John Hancock (1737-1793), a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the first governor of Massachusetts, is accepting the governorship as reported in the Connecticut Courant. Also contains a nice full page dissertation on Connecticut's house of representatives and also importantly reported is George Washington's election as president of the Federal Convention held in Philadelphia on June the first, and the 25th ultimatum with Connecticut led by Oliver Ellsworth.