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1. [Advance Uncorrected Proof] Maguire, Gregory Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Regan Books / Harper Collins, 1995. Advance uncorrected proof in printed wrappers, preceding the first edition hardcover release. xiv, 401, [1] pp. The book that provides the origin story of Elphaba, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West. Inspiration for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Near fine. 2. [Agriculture] Hedrick, U.P.; Howe, G.H.; Taylor, O.M.; Tubergen, C.B. The Peaches of New York $125 J.B. Lyon Company, 1917. First edition. xiii, 541 pp. An extensive survey of many varieties of peaches grown in New York, including according to the preface “an account of the history and uses of the peach; a discussion of the botanical characters of the species of cultivated peaches; an account of the peach- $225 regions and of peach-growing in New York with the most important statistics relating to this fruit; and, lastly and in greatest detail, the synonymy, bibliography, economic status, and full descriptions of all the most important cultivated peaches, with briefer notices of varieties of minor importance and of those appearing in peach-literature which are now no longer grown.’ Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of peaches. Near fine. Tiny ink name stamp on front endpaper, pages ridges faintly foxed, minor discoloration to base of first and last few pages. Boards are almost entirely free of the scuffing and discoloration one often sees on these volumes. 3. [American History] Lee, Guy Carleton; Brittain, Alfred; et al The History of North America, in Twenty Volumes George Barrie & Sons, 1903. Limited edition, #817 of 1000 sets, printed for subscribers only. Original morocco spines and corners, paper over boards, gilt titles and rules. Illustrated with color frontispieces, facsimiles of original documents, maps, reproductions of portraits, etc. $450 Includes: Discovery and Exploration; The Indians of North America in Historic Times; The Colonization of the South; The Colonization of the Middle States and Maryland; The Colonization of New England; The Revolution; The Formation and Development of the Constitution; The Louisiana Purchase and the Westward Movement; Central America and Mexico; The Pacific Slope and Alaska; Canada and British North America; The Growth of the Nation, 1809 to 1837; The Growth of the Nation, 1837 to 1860; The Civil War from a Southern Standpoint; The Civil War: The National View; The Reconstruction Period; The Rise of the New South; The Development of the North since the Civil War; Prehistoric North America; Island Possessions of the United States. Very good. Spines and corners lightly rubbed and faded with leather drying a bit, rear hinge of first volume repaired. 4. [American History] Sheahan, James W. The Life of Stephen A. Douglas. Harper & Brothers, 1860. First edition. xi, [1], 528, [14] pp. 8vo. A biography of Stephen Arnold Douglas, the American politician who served in the House of Representatives, and lost the 1860 presidential election to Abraham Lincoln. An earlier Senate race between these two resulted in the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, which are still held up as the standard for debate by the National Speech and Debate Association and other forensics organizations. Douglas (along with President Franklin Pierce), drafted the $250 Kansas-Nebraska Act which, though it paved the way for a transcontinental railroad, also resulted in Bleeding Kansas, a series of violent confrontations related to the legality of slavery in Kansas. Opposition to the act also resulted in the formation of the Republican Party. This biography includes close to ten pages about Brigham Young and the Mormons, and discussions of: Jackson’s bank policy; history of the ‘alien suffrage’; the annexation of Texas; the Mexican War; the Monroe Doctrine; the acquisition of Cuba; the Wilmot Proviso; 36-30 and abolition; the Fugitive Slave Law; the Missouri Compromise; Know-nothingism; Kansas statehood; the Lecompton Controversy; Harper’s Ferry; etc. Good. Boards rubbed, foxed throughout, ink name stamp (F.L. Knapp) on front endpaper. 4

5. [American Presidents] Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, in Two Volumes [Shoulder Strap Edition] Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. First edition. 584; 647 pp. 8vo. Engravings and maps throughout text, as well as fold-out facsimiles of the original terms of Lee’s surrender (which Grant wrote himself) and of General Buckner’s dispatch regarding terms of capitulation, with Grant’s reply and Buckner’s response surrendering Fort Donelson. The famous memoirs of the $275 leader of the Union army during the American Civil War, including accounts of his boyhood and early career during the Mexican War. Mark Twain can be partially credited for the release of Grant’s memoirs; Grant’s health was ailing (he soon died of cancer), and Twain encouraged Grant to write them as a way to provide for his family after his death. The books were barely completed before Grant passed away, and were published posthumously. Good. Former library copy, usual marks. Front free endpaper of first volume and rear free endpaper of second volume absent, binding repaired. 6. [American Presidents] Hoover, Herbert The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, in Three Volumes: Years of Adventure, 1874-1920; The Cabinet & The Presidency, 1920-1933; The Great Depression, 1929-1941 The Macmillan Company, 1952. First editions (stated). xi, 496; xii, 405; $275 xv, 503 pp. 8vo. Index follows text of each volume. The memoirs of 31st U.S. President Herbert Hoover, who became unpopular enough during the Great Depression that the makeshift towns constructed by workers in search of jobs were referred to as Hoovervilles. In many ways, though, he was dealt a poor hand, and some of the policies he instituted during his administration, though they did not provide relief during his term, provided a foundation from which FDR could develop his New Deal. He was an able businessman who believed in the power of individuals to influence society and the economy; he was the first President to redistribute his salary. Very good in good jackets (volume 1 jacket fair to good). Jacket edges rubbed with a few chips and tears, jacket flap corners trimmed, jackets lightly toned and foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper of two volumes, ink gift note on front endpaper of first volume. 7. [American Presidents] Morris, Edmund The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt; Theodore Rex; Colonel Roosevelt Random House, 2001. First printing of 2001 reissue of first volume, reprint of second, first edition of third. xxxiv, 920, [6]; x, 772, [2]; xii, [2], 766, [2] pp. 8vo. The complete three-volume biography of President Theodore Roosevelt, the first volume of which earned $70 Morris the Pulitzer Prize. Near fine in very good jackets. Taped tear to jacket spine of first volume, tiny tear to spine head of second volume. 8. [American Presidents] Parmet, Herbert S. Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy [with] JFK: The Presidency of John F. Kennedy (The Library of the Presidents) The Easton Press, 1986. xvii, [3], 586, [2]; viii, 407, [1] pp. 8vo. A biography of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, covering his life, early political career, presidency, and assassination. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Near fine. Both volumes include publisher’s insert, laid in. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (‘86) in black ink on $75 front endpapers. 9. [American Presidents] Peterson, Merrill D. Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography (The Library of the Presidents) The Easton Press, 1987. 1072 pp. 8vo. “The definitive life of Jefferson in one volume, this biography relates Jefferson’s private life and thought to his prominent public position and reveals the rich complexity of his development. As Peterson explores the dominant themes guiding Jefferson’s career--democracy, national- ity, and enlightenment--and Jefferson’s powerful role in shaping America, he simultaneously tells the story 5 of nation coming into being.” Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (‘87) in black ink on front endpaper. 10. [American Presidents] Reagan, Ronald An American Life (The Library of the Presidents) The Easton Press, 1990. 748, [6] pp. 8vo. The autobiography of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States. Near fine. Publisher’s insert laid in. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton book- plate with his name and date (‘92) in black ink on front endpaper. $50 11. [American Presidents] Roosevelt, Theodore; Greene, Francis Vinton The Works of Theodore Roosevelt in Fourteen Volumes, $75 Illustrated (Executive Edition) P.F. Collier & Son, 1899. Frontispiece in each volume including four from illustrations by Frederic Remington, two nautical scenes, and photographs of Roosevelt in several settings. The Executive Edition, reprinted by Collier from editions originally released by G.P. Putnam’s, Charles Scribner’s Sons and others. The collected writings of the American President and leader of the famous Rough Riders. Very good. Boards lightly soiled with SOLD some loss from white of spine titles (common with this edition). 12. [Americana] The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv’d from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part $350 of the World. J.E. Garratt & Co, 1891. 47, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. 1891 reissue of 1710 original (Sabin 25282, Howes C106: “These were Iroquois chiefs taken to London by Col. Schuyler of Albany.”). An account of colonial Canada published for the British book trade, providing a great deal of contemporary detail about Native American culture, specifically within the Iroquois tribe. Very good. Wrappers lightly toned, 1/2 inch tear to spine head. 13. [Americana] Child, John; Marvin, W.T.R. New-England’s Jonas Cast up at London. 1647. Wm. Parsons Lunt, 1869. Limited edition, one of 150 small paper copies (20 large paper copies were printed). lii, [2], 40, [2] pp. 4to. Introduction and notes by W. T. R. Marvin. Sabin 12706. From introduction: “The Tract which is reprinted in the following pages, is an evidence of the discontent which existed among certain classes of the people in New England, who were excluded from a share in the government: and the circumstances $150 it describes, which took place in 1644-6, were the cause of great disturbance among the settlers around Massachusetts Bay. It was printed in London, in 1647, appearing, as we learn from Savage’s New-England Gleanings, on or before the 15th of April...” Church 478: “’The occasion of Printing this following Relation, are the sufferings that not only my Brother Robert Child Doctor of Physick, with some Gentlemen and others have suffered in New-England in their persons and estates by Fines and imprisonments there, but here in England in their repute by false reports and fained Miracles invented and spread on purpose by some lately come from thence.’ --- Preface. To this work we are indebted for the earliest contemporary reprint of The Freeman’s Oath, the first issue of the Cambridge Press. No copy of the original issue has come down to us, but the original draft in the handwriting of John Winthrop is still preserved in the Boston Public Library. Reference is made in the preface of this work to the ‘Capital Laws of the Massachusets Bay,’ also one of the lost issues of Stephen Daye’s press. The second part, or postscript, comments unfavorably on Hypocrisie Unmasked, and called out a reply the same year by Winslow in a tract entitled New Englands Salamander Discovered. These books are important as illustrating the history of Massachusetts at this period. This work was reprinted by Peter Force in his Tracts, Vol. 4, No. III.” Very good. Rebound in navy blue cloth. 6

14. [Americana] Harper, Charles A.; Americanization Department; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States America: Great Crises in Our History Told by Its Makers - A Library of Original Sources, in Twelve Volumes Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1925. Limited edition $125 issued to ‘patrons of record’, with personalized registration pages tipped in preceding title page (presented to James Francis Quick, Jr. and Betty Jane Quick by their father and mother, James F. Quick and Elizabeth Campbell Quick). Includes: Discovery and Exploration, 1000-1562; Colonization, 1562-1753; Revolution, 1753-1783; The Critical Period, 1783-1803; 1812 - Before and After, 1803-1820; The Developing Nation, 1820-1845; The Mexican War and Slavery, 1845- 1861; The Civil War, 1861-1865; Reconstruction, 1865-1890; A New World Power, 1890-1914; The Great War, 1914-1916; American in the Great War - and After, 1916-1925. Near fine. Ink pictographic stamp on front flyleaf of each volume, minimal wear to corners. 15. [Americana] Josselyn, John An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, Made during the Years 1638, 1663. Wherein you have the setting out of a Ship, With the charges; The prices of all necessaries for furnishing a Planter & his Family at his first coming; A Description of the Country, Natives and Creatures; The Government of the Countrey as it is now possessed by the English, &c. A large Chronological Table of the most remarkable passages from the first discovering of the Continent of America, to the year 1673. $300 William Veazie, 1865. Limited edition, one of 250 copies. vii, [1], 211, [3] pp. 4to. 1865 reissue of 1674/5 original (the first and second editions differed only in the date on the title page). A combination of natural history, firsthand accounts of colonial America, and reference guide to herbal medicine, providing some of the earliest and most complete information on New England’s flora and fauna. His work was later praised by Henry David Thoreau. Sabin 36673 notes “Seventy-five copies printed in medium 4to, and twenty-five on large paper.” This copy states ‘small quarto’ on the copyright, though, so we assume it is one of the other 150 copies. Church 627: “Josselyn first visited America in 1638--39. He came a second time and stayed from 1663 to 1671, when he returned to England and wrote this book. His own observations are valuable, but his history is erroneous. He frequently cites Johnson. The work contains many curious particulars regarding medicine and surgery, as did his former work, New Englands Rarities Discovered (our No. 618).” Very good. Title page opened improperly causing tears to corners, Goodspeed number on front endpaper. 16. [Americana] Josselyn, John; Tuckerman, Edward New-England’s Rarities Discovered: in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of That Country. Together with the Physical and Chyrurgical Remedies wherewith the Natives constantly use to Cure their Distempers, Wounds, and Sores. Also a perfect Description of an Indian Squa, in all her Bravery; with a Poem not improperly conferred upon her. Lastly a Chronological Table of the most remarkable Passages in that Country amongst the English. $300 William Veazie, 1865. Limited edition, one of 250 copies. viii, 169, [3] pp. 4to. 1865 reissue of 1672 original. A combination of natural history, firsthand accounts of colonial America, and reference guide to herbal medicine, providing some of the earliest and most complete information on New England’s flora and fauna. His work was later praised by Henry David Thoreau. Sabin 36675 notes “Seventy-five copies printed on medium and twenty-five on large paper.” This copy lists ‘small quarto’ on the copyright page, so our assumption is it is one of the other 150 copies. Near fine. Goodspeed number on front endpaper. Minimal loss from spine head, center of front board fore-edge a bit bumped. 17. [Americana] Mott, Edward Harold The Story of Erie: Between the Ocean and the Lakes John S. Collins, Publisher, 1899. First edition. xii, 511, [3], 157, [5] pp. A history of the Erie Railroad, from early suggestions of a wagon road along its route in 1779, through its construction and use to the time of publication. Maps, facsimiles of $250 documents, and engraved portraits throughout. A biographical section featuring 7 notable individuals is appended to the text. Very good. A few smudges to boards, front hinge repaired. 18. [Americana] Shelley, Henry C. John Underhill: Captain of New England and New Netherland D. Appleton and Company, 1932. Limited edition, #166 of 500 copies. xii, [2], 473, [1] pp. 8vo. “John Underhill (7 October 1597 – 21 July 1672) was an early English settler and soldier in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, where he also served as governor; the New Haven Colony, New Netherland, and later the Province of New York, settling on Long Island. Hired to train militia in New England, he is most noted for leading colonial militia in the Pequot War (1636-1637) and Kieft’s War which the $375 colonists mounted against two different groups of Native Americans. He also published an account of the Pequot War.” Near fine. Spine faded. 19. [Americana] Stephenson, Marmaduke A Call from Death to Life, Being an Account of the Suffering of Marmaduke Stephenson, William Robinson, and Mary Dyer, in New England, in the Year 1659. Privately Reprinted / Knowles, Anthony & Co., Printers, 1865. Limited edition, #78 of 100 copies, hand-numbered on copyright page with initial M in same hand immediately beneath. 47, [1] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of John Endecott. Sabin 91318: “Reprinted, Providence, 1865, AAS., BA., JCB., NYP., WLC.; and, by the Aungerville $250 Society, Edinburgh, 1886, NYP. For notes on these reprints, see the new JCB. catalogue under 1660.” Church: “This is one of the most interesting tracts relating to religious persecution in America. ‘Stephenson was a quaker who came to New England in 1659. He, together with William Robinson and Mrs. Mary Dyer, were arrested for preaching in Boston, and banished thence under pain of death. Returning, they were again arrested; tried before John Endicott, and by him sentenced to death. Stevenson and Robinson suffered the penalty; Mrs. Dyer was reprieved while on the ladder with the halter on her neck. The two men were refused the rites of burial, their bodies being stripped and thrown into a hole, even the privilege of enclosing their grave being denied to their friends. It is difficult to rise from a perusal of this tract without a feeling of intense indignation at the intolerant bigotry and cruelty of the early puritans of New England.’” Very good. Rebound in half leather with paper covered boards, gilt titles, top edge gilt, new endpapers matching boards. Original wrappers bound in. Front endpaper repaired at binding, Rene Lalique bookplate bearing the name Emilie mounted on front paste-down endpaper, bibliographic statements clipped from two references tipped in on front flyleaf, two related articles laid in. Spine faded. 20. [Americana] Thomas, Isaiah, Jr. Isaiah Thomas’s Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Newhampshire & Vermont Almanack, with an Ephemeris, for the Year of Our Lord 1801: Being the Vth after Bissextile, or Leap Year, and 25th of Columbian Independence. From Creation, according to the Scriptures, 5763. Fitted to the Latitude and Longitude of the Town of Boston, but will serve without essential Variation for the adjacent States. Containing, besides the More than usual Astronomical Calculations, a larger Quantity and greater Variety, than are to be found in any other Almanack, Of Matters Curious, Useful and Entertaining. Isaiah Thomas., 1801. [48 pp.] Sewn binding, self An almanac by an important early $125 American printer. Evans 38628. Fair. Large chip from corner of rear wrapper, lightly foxed and toned, minimal loss and minor tears and creases along edges. 21. [Americana] Wilner, Merton M. Niagara Frontier: A Narrative and Documentary History, in Four Volumes The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1931. First edition. ix, [1], 532; x, [2], 533-1082; 633, [1]; 637, [1] pp. 4to. A history of western New York from prehistory through the date of publication, with chapters on local units in the American Civil War and World War I. The third and fourth volumes are dedicated to biographical information on notable figures of the region. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Near fine. $250 22. [Architecture] Wright, Frank Lloyd House Beautiful Volume 98, Number 11, November 1955: Frank Lloyd Wright - His Contribution to the Beauty of American Life Hearst Corporation, 1959. 384 pp. The first issue of House Beautiful dedicated to the work of famous architect 8

Frank Lloyd Wright. Color and black-and-white photographs throughout. Very good. Edges rubbed with two closed tears and a few faint creases to fore-edge of front wrapper, ink stamp on rear wrapper along spine. 23. [Architecture] Wright, Frank Lloyd House Beautiful Volume 101, Number 10, October 1959: Your Heritage from Frank Lloyd Wright Hearst Corporation, 1959. 336 pp. The second issue of House Beautiful dedicated to the work of famous architect Frank SOLD Lloyd Wright (the first was the November 1955 issue). Color and black-and-white photographs throughout. Near fine. Edges lightly rubbed. SOLD 24. [Architecture] Wright, Frank Lloyd The Natural House Horizon Press, 1954. First edition, first state (‘54’ on front board, $6.50 jacket price). 223 pp. A discussion of organic architecture by the developer of the Usonian House who became a leader in what is now known as the Prairie School. Wright is the most well-known architect of modern times, and was named the greatest American architect of all time by the American Institute of Architects in 1991. This work contains a number of photographs and diagrams of various houses Wright designed. Very good in good jacket. Jacket rubbed with internal tears along spine, ink name on $75 front endpaper. 25. [Business] Mills, James D. The Art of Money Making; or, The Road to Fortune: A Universal Guide for Honest Success. International Publishing House, 1872. First edition. xxii, 435, [3] pp. 8vo. A guide to personal financial success by a prosperous New York City merchant. Includes chapters on temperance, the stock market, business morality, accounting, employee-employer relationships, capital and credit, investment and speculation, bankers and banking, $125 advertising, life and property insurance, etc. Appended are short biographies of six successful individuals demonstrating the character Mills describes in the earlier chapters: Peter Cooper; Horace B. Claflin; Cyrus Hall McCormick; A.T. Stewart; George Peabody; Robert Bonner. Good. Discolored stripe across front board, front and end matter and page edges lightly foxed. 26. [Classical Studies] Gibbon, Edward; Bury, J.B. (Editor) The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in Seven Volumes AMS Press, 1974. 3928 pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers. Appendices, bibliography and index. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was written by English historian Edward Gibbon and published in six volumes. It stands as a major literary achievement of the 18th $95 century because it was adopted as a model for the methodologies of modern historians. This led to Gibbon being called the first modern historian of Ancient Rome. Near fine. 27. [Classical Studies] Plutarch; Dryden, John; Clough, A.H.; Goodwin, William W.; Emerson, Ralph Waldo The Complete Writings of Plutarch, Including The Lives, Essays, Morals, Apothegms, Miscellanies, Etc., in Ten Volumes The Colonial Company, Limited, 1906. Limited edition, #108 of 1000 sets. 8vo. Original morocco spines and corners, cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, decorated endpapers. Translated by John Dryden, $600 A.H. Clough, and William W. Goodwin, with an introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Illustrated with photogravure reproductions of paintings and sculptures. Very good. Spines and corners faded and a bit dried, corners rubbed with minimal loss. 28. [Classical Studies] Plutarch; Dryden, John; et al 9

Plutarch’s Lives of Illustrious Men, Translated from the Greek by John Dryden and Others, the Whole Carefully Revised and Corrected, to which is added A Life of Plutarch, Reprinted from the Latest English Editions, in Three Volumes Belford, Clarke & Co., S.D. Circa 1880. 8vo. Near fine. Faint speckling on rear board of first and third volumes, otherwise an excellent set. 29. [European History] Macaulay, Thomas Babington The Whitehall Edition of the Complete Works of Lord Macaulay, in Twenty Volumes: The $75 History of England from the Accession of James the Second, in Ten Volumes; The Miscellaneous Works, in Ten Volumes [Essays] $750 G.P. Putnam’s Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1898. Limited edition, #462 of 1000 sets. Original morocco spines and corners, marbled boards and endpapers, gilt titles and rules. Complete in twenty volumes, comprising Macaulay’s famous history of England, as well as numerous essays on various topics. “[This] history is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history, according to which the country threw off superstition, autocracy and confusion to create a balanced constitution and a forward-looking culture combined with freedom of belief and expression. This model of human progress has been called the Whig interpretation of history... His tendency to see history as a drama led him to treat figures whose views he opposed as if they were villains, while his approved characters were presented as heroes. Macaulay goes to considerable length, for example, to absolve his hero William III of any responsibility for the Glencoe massacre. Macaulay’s approach to writing history was innovative for his period. He consciously fused the picturesque, dramatic style of classical historians such as Thucydides and Tacitus with the learned and factual approach of his eighteenth century precursors such as Hume, following the plan laid out in his own earlier Essay on History.” Very good. Spines faded and a bit dried with several scuffs and discolored spots. 30. [European History] Thornbury, Walter Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places., in Six Volumes - A New Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1890. Green morocco spines and corners over navy blue cloth boards, gilt tiles, gilt and blind-stamped rules and decorations, marbled edges and endpapers, numerous engraved illustrations throughout. Very good. Light mottled staining on rear board of first volume, spines and endpapers toned, small tear to corner of rear free endpaper of first volume. $350 31. [European History] West, Rebecca [Cicely Isabel Fairfield] Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey through Yugoslavia The Viking Press, 1941. First edition. 1181, [1] pp. First published in two volumes in 1941, with a one-volume combined edition $175 following in 1944. “Widely recognized as West’s most distinguished nonfiction work, this book describes the author’s travels to Yugoslavia with her husband in 1937 -- a journey overshadowed by the growing inevitability of the Second World War.” Very good in good jackets. Includes publisher’s slipcase and original jackets. Jacket spines toned, jacket edges and edge of slipcase opening rubbed, top page ridge of second volume lightly spotted. 32. [Fine Art] Nott, Stanley Charles; Yutang, Lin; Meng, Chih Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection: Being an Illustrated Descriptive Record: Exhaustively Reviewing the Symbolic Ritualistic Appurtenances $750 of Chinese Jades and Their Various Sacrificial Usages. Describing fully the involved formulas underlying Chinese religious services; the altar equipment and numerous superstitious practises, as they are perpetuated in Chinese Jades produced throughout the ages. 10

The Norton Gallery and School of Art, 1942. First edition, #759 of 1000 copies, with stamped number and printed author’s signature on copyright page. xvi, 536 pp. Color frontispiece, 118 full page halftone plates reproduced from original photographs, 123 line engravings. Prepared as a handbook for visitors to the Jade room of the Norton Gallery and School of Art, for whom Nott was the director of Oriental Art. Very good. Former library copy, rebound in buckram with a few internal marks, presentation bookplate from the author on front endpaper. 33. [Fine Bindings] Gautier, [Pierre Jules] Theophile, et al; Tyson, Florence MacIntyre (Translator) Russia: Descriptive and Illustrative, in Two Volumes The International Press / The John C. Winston Co., 1905. First edition thus. viii, 483; viii, 461. Index. 8 1/8 x 5 3/4. 8vo. Illustrated with numerous photogravures (50 total, 25 per volume including frontispieces). Translated from the 1867 original Voyage en Russie by Florence MacIntyre Tyson, with $400 an additional chapter on the struggle for supremacy in the Far East. This work includes the famous travel writings of Theophile Gautier and a number of French contemporaries on the topic of Russia, then under the control of the tzarist regime. Very good. Former library copy, erased call number on spine base of second volume, a couple tiny ink stamps on front endpaper of first volume, otherwise no marks. Hinges repaired. 34. [Horror] Jackson, Shirley The Lottery; or, The Adventures of James Harris Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949. First edition, with publisher’s initials on copyright page. 306 pp. 8vo. A collection of twenty-five short stories named for the sensational short story first printed in The New Yorker in 1948, and considered by many to be the greatest, scariest short story of the twentieth century. It inspired a 1951 radio play, a television adaptation on Albert McCleery’s Cameo Theatre, a 1969 short film (notable as the first screen appearance of Ed Begley, Jr.), and a 1996 feature length TV film. Jackson would go $350 on to write her famous novel The Haunting of Hill House, which is often called the greatest ghost story ever written. Her work is cited as an influence by such authors as Stephen King, Richard Matheson, and Neil Gaiman. Includes: The Intoxicated; The Daemon Lover; Like Mother Used to Make; Trial by Combat; The Villager; My Life with R.H. Macy; The Witch; The Renegade; After You, My Dear Alphonse; Charles; Afternoon in Linen; Flower Garden; Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors; Colloquy; Elizabeth; A Fine Old Firm; The Dummy; Seven Types of Ambiguity; Come Dance with Me in Ireland; Of Course; Pillar of Salt; Men with Their Big Shoes; The Tooth; Got a Letter from Jimmy; The Lottery; Epilogue. Very good in fine facsimile jacket. A bit smoky, boards toned, page edges faintly foxed. 35. [Juvenile] Baum, L. Frank; Thompson, Ruth Plumly The Royal Book of Oz: In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island, and how he was rescued and brought back to Oz by Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion (The Oz Series Book 15) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1921. 1934-1950s printing: no color plates, semi-script publisher’s spine imprint (Bienvenue p. 102). 312 pp. 8vo. Red cloth, black titles, vignette on spine, $50 illustrated endpapers, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The first of the many Oz books written by Baum’s first successor, Ruth Plumly Thompson, though it was credited by the publisher to Baum on the spine and cover “to ease the transition to the new Royal Historian.” Very good. A bit musty, page ridge lightly foxed.

36. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] The Cowardly Lion of Oz (Oz Series Book 17) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1923. 1933-1939 printing, no color plates (Bienvenue p. 105). 291, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The third book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series by Ruth Plumly Thompson, whose books are now considered part of the official $50 canon - as such, it is considered the seventeenth book in the series overall. Near fine. Superficial split to bottom 1 inch of rear joint, nearly invisible. 11

37. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] The Hungry Tiger of Oz (Oz Series Book 20) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1926. 1959 printing, no color plates, no cover label (Bienvenue p. 108). 261, [1] pp. 8vo. Pink cloth, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The sixth book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series. Good. Includes original jacket. Stain on front board corner, jacket tears repaired with tape, jacket flap corners trimmed. 38. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] The Gnome King of Oz (Oz Series Book 21) $50 The Reilly & Lee Co., 1927. 1934-1958 printing, no color plates (Bienvenue p. 109). 282 pp. 8vo. Orange cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The seventh book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series. Near fine. Spine slightly faded. 39. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] Pirates in Oz (Oz Series Book 25) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1931. 1935-1950s printing, semi-script imprint, no color plates (Bienvenue p. 113). 280, [4] pp. 8vo. Beige cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The eleventh book in the continuation $50 of Baum’s immortal Oz serie. Near fine. Boards very faintly soiled, otherwise an exceptional copy. $50 40. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] The Purple Prince of Oz (Oz Series Book 26) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1932. 1935-1940s printing, semi-script imprint, no color plates (Bienvenue p. 114). 281, [3] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The twelfth book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series. Good. Spine toned, hinges weakening, ink name and address on ownership page. 41. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] The Purple Prince of Oz (The Oz Series Book 26) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1932. 1935-1950s printing: no color plates, $50 semi-script publisher’s spine imprint (Bienvenue p. 114). 281, [7] pp. 8vo. Grey cloth, black titles, Purple Prince vignette on spine, color paper label on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. Near fine. $50 42. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] Ojo in Oz (Oz Series Book 27) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1933. First edition, binding B (Bienvenue p. 115). Includes all 12 color plates. 304 pp. 8vo. Dark green cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, color plates and black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The thirteenth book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series. Good. A few spots on spine, corners rubbed, hinges weakening. $125 43. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] The Wishing Horse of Oz (Oz Series Book 29) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1935. First edition (Bienvenue p. 117). All 12 color plates included. 298, [2] pp. 8vo. Dark green cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, color plates and black-and- white illustrations by John R. Neill. The fifteenth book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series. Good. Spine a bit $125 faded, front cover label rubbed with minimal loss from top corner, hinges loosening, ink name and address on front endpaper. 44. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] $50 The Silver Princess in Oz (Oz Series Book 32) The Reilly & Lee Co., 1938. 1947-48 printing: 32-page gatherings (Bienvenue p. 120). 255, 12

[3] pp. 8vo. Red cloth, black titles, Oz vignette on spine, color paper label on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The eighteenth book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series. Very good. Slightly musty, page ridges lightly foxed. 45. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (The Oz Series Book 33) Reilly & Lee, 1939. 1947-8 printing: 32-page gatherings (Bienvenue p. 121). 272 pp. 8vo. Light green cloth, black titles, Wizard of Oz vignette on spine, color paper label on front board, illustrated endpapers, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The nineteenth book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series. Very good. A bit musty, page ridges lightly foxed. $65 46. [Juvenile] Thompson, Ruth Plumly; [Baum, L. Frank] Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (Oz Series Book 33) Reilly & Lee, 1939. First edition, 16-page gatherings (Bienvenue p. 121). 272 pp. 8vo. Red cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. Good. 1 inch tear to spine base, boards and front cover label lightly rubbed, rear hinge repaired. 47. [Juvenile] Neill, John R.; [Baum, L. Frank] The Scalawagons of Oz (Oz Series Book 35) Reilly & Lee, 1941. First edition, 16-page gatherings (Bienvenue p. 127). 309, [7] pp. 8vo. Red cloth, color picture plate mounted on $100 front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The second book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series by John R. Neill, following the sequels written by Ruth Plumply $125 Thompson. Very good. Rear flyleaf excised, ink gift note on ownership page, spine faded with two light spots in middle. 48. [Juvenile] Neill, John R.; [Baum, L. Frank] Lucky Bucky in Oz (Oz Series Book 36) Reilly & Lee, 1942. First edition, 16-page gatherings (Bienvenue p. 128). 289, [3] pp. 8vo. Orange cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The third book in the continuation of Baum’s immortal Oz series by John R. Neill. Very good. Spine a bit faded, bookplate remnant on rear endpaper. $75 49. [Juvenile] Cosgrove, Rachel R.; [Baum, L. Frank] Hidden Valley of Oz The Reilly & Lee Co., 1951. First edition, binding A (Bienvenue p. 137). The A binding is more desirable, as it matches the cover design of the original editions of Baum’s books, which also had color picture plates mounted on the front board. 313 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, black-and-white illustrations by Dirk. The first of two books continuing Baum’s immortal Oz series by Rachel Cosgrove, and the author’s first published book. The second was released over four decades later in 1993 under the name Rachel Cosgrove Payes. Good. Lacks jacket. A bit musty, edges lightly foxed, bottom corner of front board rubbed exposing board beneath cloth. $60 50. [Juvenile] Carroll, Lewis Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, with 50 Illustrations (Altemus’ Young People’s Library) Henry Altemus, 1895. 209, [2] pp. One of nine uniformly bound volumes in Altemus’ Young People’s Library. Grey cloth, silver titles and decorations, multi-colored image on front board. Good. Boards soiled, binding repaired, ink name on front endpaper. 51. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. South of the Rio Grande; or, Ted Scott on a Secret Mission (The Ted Scott Flying Stories Book 6) Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First edition. MAD 56900-6-1. vi, 215, [3] pp. 8vo. Original red $175 cloth. Illustrations by Walter S. Rogers. “The Ted Scott Flying Stories was a series of 13 juvenile aviation adventures created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate using the pseudonym of Franklin W. Dixon (also used for The Hardy Boys) and published almost exclusively by Grosset & Dunlap. The novels were produced between 1927 and 1943. The principal author was John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series. As “Richard H. Stone” he also launched a second Stratemeyer aviation series, the Slim Tyler Air stories (1930–1932). Duffield was a conscientious student of aeronautical technology, and long passages in the Ted Scott books can be traced to such sources as Aviation, the New York Times, Aero Digest, and Science. The series featured Ted Scott, a public aviation hero rather than merely an amateur aviator. In the first book $75 in the series, Over the Ocean to Paris published in 1927, Ted Scott achieved fame for being the first pilot to fly over the Atlantic Ocean to Paris, a feat first accomplished in the real world by Charles Lindbergh in May of that year.” Near fine in fair jacket. Copyright page and front jacket flap list series through book 6. Jacket stained and toned with some loss from spine head and foot. 52. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. Over the Jungle Trails; or, Ted Scott and the Missing Explorers (The Ted Scott Flying Stories Book 10) Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. First edition. MAD 56900-10-1. vi, 214, [6] pp. 8vo. Original red cloth. Illustrations by Walter S. Rogers. Good. Copyright page and front jacket flap list $125 series through book 9. Boards and jacket lightly stained, ink name and address on front endpaper. 53. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. Following the Sun Shadow; or, Ted Scott and the Great Eclipse (The Ted Scott Flying $125 Stories Book 15) Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First edition. MAD 56900-15-1. vi, 215, [3] pp. 8vo. Original red cloth. Illustrations by Walter S. Rogers. Very good. Copyright page and front jacket flap list series through book 15. Page ridges lightly foxed, jacket edges rubbed with minimal loss from corners. $125 54. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. Brushing the Mountain Top; or, Aiding the Lost Traveler (The Ted Scott Flying Stories Book 17) Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. First edition. MAD 56900-17-2. vi, 216, [2] pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Illustrations by Walter S. Rogers. Very good in good jacket. Copyright page and front jacket flap list series through book 17. Top corner lightly stained, 1/2 inch chip from jacket spine. 55. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. Castaways of the Stratosphere; or, Hunting the Vanished Balloonists (The Ted Scott Flying Stories Book 18) Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Early printing (MAD 56900-18-2). vi, 216, [2] pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Illustrations by Walter S. Rogers. $125 Good. Front jacket flap lists series through book 18 (first printing lists $75 through 17). Spine base stained, tape repair to jacket spine, minor loss from jacket corners. 56. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. Hunting the Sky Spies; or, Testing the Invisible Plane (The Ted Scott Flying Stories Book 19) Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First edition. MAD 56900-19-2. vi, 216, [2] pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Illustrations by Walter S. Rogers. Very good in good jacket. Front jacket flap lists series through book 18. Pages toned, top back corner of jacket lightly stained.

57. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. SOLD The Pursuit Patrol; or, Chasing the Platinum Plates (The Ted Scott Flying Stories Book 20) Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. First edition. MAD 56900-20-2. viii, [3], 214 pp. 8vo. Original 14

brown cloth. Illustrations by Walter S. Rogers. Good. Front jacket flap lists series through book 20. No wartime paper statement as later printings have (aside from this and the weight of the book, these reprints are identical). Fore edge stained, a few surface tears to front jacket edge, pages toned. 58. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. The Yellow Feather Mystery (The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories Book 33) $125 Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. First edition, second state (Carpentieri 1954A-2). 216 pp. “In trying to trace a missing will, detectives Frank and Joe Hardy trap a dangerous criminal who is willing to risk all -- including murder -- for money.” Very good in good jacket. Tiny tear to $75 jacket spine head, jacket faintly foxed. 59. [Juvenile] Dixon, Franklin W. The Clue in the Embers (The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories Book 35) Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. First edition (Carpentieri 1955A-1). 214 pp. 8vo. Orange Gretta endpapers, brown tweed boards. Tony Prito enlists the help of his detective friends Frank and Joe Hardy when a sinister stranger demands that Tony sell him the bizarre curio collection he has just inherited. While the boys are discussing this suspicious incident, the $75 stranger, Valez, telephones and threatens Tony. That same afternoon the three boys collect the cases of curios at a freight station only for Joe’s life to be at risk on their way back to Tony’s house. The next day a seaman claims two medallions in the collection that coincidently go missing. Did Valez steal them? And what was their significance. Unraveling the clues in this exciting mystery takes the Hardys and their friends to a desolate region in Guatemala and straight into the hands of a gang of dangerous thugs. Very good in good jacket. Jacket edges lightly rubbed with a couple tiny tears along top. 60. [Juvenile] Dulac, Edmund Edmund Dulac’s Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations The Easton Press, 1996. 169, [7] pp. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A decoratively bound reissue of the work first published in 1916, with color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Includes the following fairy tales from around the world: Snegorotchka; The Buried Moon; White Caroline and Black Caroline; The Seven Conquerors of the Queen of the Mississippi; The Serpent Prince; The Hind of the Wood; Ivan and the Chestnut Horse; The Queen of the $75 Many-Coloured Bed-Chamber; The Blue Bird; Bashtchelik (or, Real Steel); The Friar and the Boy; The Green Serpent; Urashima Taro; The Fire Bird. Near fine. From the collec- tion of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, his name in black ink on verso of front free endpaper, and on Easton bookplate on half-title page. 61. [Juvenile] Harris, Joel Chandler Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition, first state (BAL 7100:1 - ‘presumptive’ on last line of pg. 9, this title not in ads following text). 231, [11] pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt titles, gilt and black decorations. Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. Author’s first book, which introduced the fictional narrator Uncle Remus, whose $750 stories were intended to depict the struggles of plantation life in the American South. This collection of stories compiled was from African-American folktales by Joel Chandler Harris, a journalist who frequently employed dialect in his prose. A number of Uncle Remus stories have inspired adaptations to film and television, including Walt Disney’s 1946 ‘Song of the South.’ Good. Rebacked with original backstrip laid down, new headband and endpapers, minor restoration to edges of first few pages. Mottled staining on rear board. 62. [Juvenile] Kingsley, Charles The Water Babies (The Collector’s Library of Famous Editions) The Easton Press, 2002. ix, [3], 240, [2] pp. Full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color frontispiece and plates by Jessie Willcox Smith, with illustrations in green ink throughout text. The classic tale of Tom , the poor chimney sweep. His life is hard until he 15 escapes and is turned into a charming water baby only four inches long. He meets many strange new creatures in his adventures. This book has been delighting readers for over one hundred years, written by the author for his own children. “[A] children’s novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-63 as a serial for Macmillan’s Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. It was written as part satire in support of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species. The book was extremely popular in England, and was a mainstay of British children’s literature for many decades, but eventually fell out of favor in part due to its prejudices (common at the time) against Irish, Jews, $75 Americans, and the poor.” Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, his name in black ink on verso of front free endpaper, and on Easton bookplate on half-title page. 63. [Juvenile] Kubasta, V. [Vojtech] Cinderella [Pop-Up Book] Bancroft & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1961. Unpaginated. A retelling of the classic story of Cinderella in pop-up format. Very good. Edges lightly rubbed, pop-ups present and functional. $50 64. [Juvenile] Kunhardt, Dorothy Tiny Animal Stories: 12 Story Books (Tiny Golden Library) Simon and Schuster, Inc. / Artists and Writers Guild, Inc., 1948. Twelve miniature children’s stories by Dorothy Kunhardt, with illustrations by Garth Williams. Includes: $90 Why the Little Elephant Got Spanked; The Tiger Kitten’s Poor, Poor Tail; Look Out, Baby Bears, Here He Comes!; The Little Leopard and His Fat Stomach; The Brave Father Gorilla; The Two Stuck-in-the-Mud Rhinoceros; The Baby Hippopotamus’s Adventure; The Baby Camel and His Naughty Father; Shame on You, Baby Whale!; ‘Meow,’ said the Fierce, Baby Lion; The Little Giraffe Wants to Play; Hop, Hop Little Kangaroo. Very good. Includes publisher’s box. Two tiny tears to top box corners, ink name on top edge of box. 65. [Juvenile] Nesbit, E. The Enchanted Castle The Easton Press, 2005. 352, [4] pp. 8vo. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color frontispiece and black- and-white illustrations by H.R. Millar. “E. Nesbit’s classic story of how Gerald, Cathy and Jimmy find an enchanted garden and awake a princess from a hundred-year sleep, only to have her immediately made invisible by a magic ring. Her rescue is difficult, funny and sometimes frightening.” Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton $95 bookplate with his name and date (4/12/08) in blue ink on front flyleaf. 66. [Juvenile] Nielsen, Kay East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North The Easton Press, 1996. 204, [2] pp. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A collection of Norse fairy tales first published in 1913, illustrated with color plates by Kay Nielsen. Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name in blue ink on front flyleaf. 67. [Juvenile] Pyle, Howard $125 The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1927. xviii, 258 pp. 8vo. 39 illustrations by Howard Pyle. In this enchanting version, the renowned American illustrator and storyteller Howard Pyle displays his unique talent for capturing and stimulating the imaginations of the young. Inventively retold and vividly illustrated, these stories describe the perilous and thrilling adventures of King Arthur and his knights in that glorious age of chivalry and honor. Very good. Minor internal split to cloth at spine base, corners rubbed, spine a bit toned. $75 68. [Juvenile] Smith, Caroline M.; [Dr. Seuss (Geisel, Theodore Seuss)] Dr. Seuss: The Cat Behind the Hat (Originally Published as Secrets of the Deep) 16

Amazon Publishing / Chase Art Companies, 2013. 320 pp. An account of the early and forgotten work of the popular children’s author and illustrator known for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, Green Eggs and Ham, etc. “This exquisitely produced collector’s edition holds four exclusive lithographs along with a cloth-covered edition of The Cat Behind the Hat, a beautifully illustrated book that redefines Dr. Seuss as an iconic American artist. Illustrator by day, surrealist by night, Dr. Seuss created a body of little-known work that he called his “Midnight $250 Paintings.” For sixty years, this work allowed Geisel to expand his artistic boundaries outside the confines of commercial influences and deadlines. The book exuberantly juxtaposes Geisel’s “Midnight Paintings” with his best -loved children’s books. Though he fiercely protected his “Midnight Paintings” from criticism during his lifetime, his intention all along was for these works to be seen when he was gone. This comprehensive look at the art that he created over his lifetime, along with four frame-able prints, is an eye-opening peek behind the public persona into the real story of the man who was Dr. Seuss.” Near fine in very good slipcase. Scrolled color lithograph included, still sealed with plastic band; three black-and-white lithographs included in original sleeve; book and promotional slip included, ribbons intact. Slipcase has a few minor scuff marks on front panel, light stain on rear top edge of slipcase. 69. [Juvenile] Smith, Jessie Willcox; Nudelman, Edward D. The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose: A Careful and Full Selection of the Rhymes -- Enhanced Edition, with Five Full-Color Prints Added The Easton Press, 2004. 173, [1] pp. Full black leather, color picture plate mounted on front board, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A decoratively bound reissue of the work $150 first published in 1914. This edition includes additional color illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith, as well as a foreword by Edward D. Nudelman and a historical note by Katherine Gridley Buddy. Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, his name and the year (2004) in black ink on verso of front free endpaper, and on Easton bookplate opposite title page. 70. [Literature] [Fiorentino], Ser Giovanni; Waters, W.G. The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, in Three Volumes $75 Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles, 1898. First English translation. Limited edition, #293 of 1000 sets. Translated into English from the original Italian by W.G. Waters. Illustrations by E.R. Hughes. A collection of fifty stories written by Ser Giovanni Fiorentino, the original title of which (Il Pecorone) translated as The Simpleton. Fiorentino wrote the stories in the 14th century (though they would not be published until the mid-16th century), and they later became a source for William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and The Merry Wives of Windsor, specifically the former’s plot element relating to ‘a pound of flesh.’ (source: British Library catalog listing for 1558 edition) Near fine. Spines toned.

71. [Literature] Austen, Jane; Church, Richard Jane Austen Seven Volume Set: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Shorter Works (The Novel Library) The Folio Society, 1975. 1975 second edition, reset from the 1958 Folio edition. An attractive set of novels by Jane Austen comprising all the works she completed in her lifetime, decoratively bound in quarter grey cloth with gilt titles and designs, and multi-colored stamped paper over boards. Includes: Sense and Sensibil- ity; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; $295 Shorter Works. Each volume includes a introduction by Richard Church and wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Near fine. Includes publisher’s slipcase. Slipcase faintly soiled. 17

72. [Literature] Bellow, Saul Herzog The Viking Press, 1964. First edition, first state, with imperfect initial capitals heading each chapter. 341, [3] pp. 8vo. A twist on the epistolary novel by the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author. McBride’s Points of Issue 10. Very good. Jacket spine toned, jacket edges lightly rubbed, top page edge lightly foxed. $125 73. [Literature] Cervantes, Miguel De; Motteux, P.A. [Peter] The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, in Four Volumes John Grant, 1906. ‘Library Edition’. xi, [1], xlii, 445, [1]; viii, [4], 484; x, [2], 512; ix, [3], 508 pp. 8vo. Translated from the original Spanish by Peter A. Motteux. Illustrated with thirty-seven etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. Don Quixote is a legend among fictional characters. The satirical adventures into which Cervantes throws his hero are among the most well-known in world literature, most notably the scene in which Quixote tilts at windmills, believing them to be giants. Cervantes drew from a number of classical literary $300 sources such as Apuleius’s The Golden Ass, Orlando furioso, and Tirant lo Blanch, both using them as a model for his narrative, and simultaneously satirizing the chivalrous epic. Written in two parts which were released separately, both to resounding success, Don Quixote remains today one of the most respected and treasured works of literature. Near fine. Spine labels lightly toned, front and end matter faintly foxed, pictographic ink stamp on front endpaper of each volume. 74. [Literature] Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Walsh, Henry C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Altemus’ Edition) Henry Altemus, 1889. Unpaginated. Folio. 1889 reissue of the edition first published in 1876 by Harper. Numerous full-page engravings by Gustave Dore. A visually striking edition of the famous nautical poem known for its (oft-misquoted) lines: “Water, water, everywhere / Nor any drop to drink.” First published in 1798, the Rime is Coleridge’s longest major poem, and it is credited as the beginning of British Romantic literature. The gloss included in this edition first appeared in the 1817 revised edition. Very good. Loss of gilt from spine titles and illustrator name on front board, corners exposed, minor tide mark to base of front endpapers, front hinge just beginning to weaken. $350 75. [Literature] Emerson, R.W. [Ralph Waldo] Emerson 6-Volume Set: Nature; Addresses, and Lectures.; Essays. First Series.; Essays. Second Series.; Representative Men: Seven Lectures; English Traits; The Conduct of Life David McKay, Publisher, 1890. Brown leather spines and corners, marbled boards and endpapers. A collection of writings by the poet, philosopher, essayist, and advocate of the individual. Emerson was good friends with Henry David Thoreau, $125 Louisa May Alcott, and other important figures of the day, and helped develop the transcendentalist movement. Good. Edges rubbed, spines a bit dried with some loss from spine labels. 76. [Literature] Fielding, Henry The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Fielding, in Four Volumes: Tom Jones. (2 Vols.); Amelia.; Joseph Andrews. Jonathan Wild. Derby & Jackson, 1857. vi, 492; 443; 547, [4]; 500, [2] pp. 8vo. Half leather, marbled boards, black morocco spine labels, gilt titles & rules. A collection of four works by the 18th century British author most well-known for his novel Tom Jones. Good. Boards rubbed, front hinge of first volume repaired, minor loss from two labels. $125 77. [Literature] Finney, Jack Time and Again The Easton Press, 2013. 399, [1] pp. 8vo. Original full brown leather, gilt titles and 18

decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. “Einstein’s theory of time was that we are like people in a boat drifting along a winding river. We see the present, but the past and the future are hidden around the curves. Still, they are there. How would it be if one could step out of the boat and walk back around the bend to the past? That is what Si Morley does in Time and Again.” “When advertising artist Si Morley is recruited to join a covert government operation exploring the possibility of time travel, he jumps at the chance to $150 leave his twentieth-century existence and step into New York City in January 1882. Aside from his thirst for experience, he has good reason to return to the past—his friend Kate has a curious, half-burned letter dated from that year, and he wants to trace the mystery. But when Si begins to fall in love with a woman he meets in the past, he will be forced to choose between two worlds—forever. Praised as ‘pure New York fun’ by Alice Hoffman, Time and Again is admired for its rich, painstakingly researched descriptions of life in New York City more than a century ago, and for the swift adventure at its core.” Fine. 78. [Literature] Gray, Thomas; Mason, William; Mathias, Thomas James The Works of Thomas Gray, with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, to which are subjoined Extracts Philological, Poetical, and Critical from the Author’s Original Manuscripts, in Two Volumes [Large Paper Edition] William Bulmer and Co. / Shakspeare Press for John Porter in Pall-Mall Bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, 1814. Large paper edition. [xiv], 581, [5]; vii, [1], 634, [4] pp. Folio. $500 Full black morocco, gilt titles, decorations and dentelles on turn-ins, all edges gilt. A collection of Gray’s verse and other writings, including his most well-known poem, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, which was originally written in 1751. This edition is notable for the facsimiles of manuscript material, engraved frontispieces in each volume, and Gray’s thoughts on the philosophical writings of Plato. Good. Boards rubbed with some surface tears to leather, ink gift note on front flyleaf (‘George Frederick James his father Frederick Dimsdale LL.D, judge of county courts. a present on his birth-day January 29th 1863.’), owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. 79. [Literature] Haggard, H. Rider; Bleiler, Everett F. She The Easton Press, 2001. xii, 257, [1] pp. 8vo. Full red leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by Everett F. Bleiler, color frontispiece by Frank Kelly Freas. “Drawing on his knowledge of Africa and of ancient legends, adventure writer H. Rider Haggard weaves this disturbing tale of Ayesha, the mysterious and immortal white queen of a Central African tribe. She, or “She- who-must-be-obeyed,” is the embodiment of the mythological female figure who is both $75 monstrous and desirable, and deadlier than the male. She is a pioneering work in the “Lost World” genre.” Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (16 July 2010) in black ink on front flyleaf. 80. [Literature] Hersey, John A Bell for Adano Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First edition. 269, [1] pp. 8vo. Author’s Pulitzer Prize winning second novel, which inspired the Broadway play starring Fredric March and several other adaptations. Jacket design by George Salter. “[T]he winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It tells the story of an Italian-American officer in Sicily during World War II who wins the respect and admiration of the people of the town of Adano by helping them find $125 a replacement for the town bell that the Fascists had melted down for rifle barrels.” Very good. Faintly smoky, spine and edges lightly toned, jacket price partly clipped, $ visible. 81. [Literature] Montaigne, Michel De; Florio, John; MacCarthy, Desmond The Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne, Translated into English by John Florio, in Three Volumes 19

E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1928. First thus. A contemporary translation of Montaigne’s essays, with a new introduction by Desmond MacCarthy, twenty-six illustrations from pen and ink drawings, and numerous photogravure portraits, prepared specially for this edition. Very good. Spines faded, owner bookplate on front flyleaf of first volume. $125 82. [Literature] Niles, Blair Strange Brother Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. First edition. 341, [3] pp. 8vo. A novel with homosexual themes, set in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance. Blair Niles was the pen name of Mary Blair Rice, whose Condemned to Devil’s Island (a biography of an inmate) led to widespread prison reform. She was the first wife of oceanographer William Beebe, and a founding member of the Society of Women Geographers. Very good. Lacks jacket. $250 Boards lightly soiled, pencil name and note on front endpaper. 83. [Literature] Orwell, George [Blair, Eric Arthur] Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel [1984] Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Original book club edition with $3.00 list price on jacket, book club mentions on jacket flaps, debossed black circle on rear board corner. 314, [2] pp. 8vo. Orwell’s classic novel set in a totalitarian future and featuring Winston Smith. The book inspired several film and TV adaptations, and surely factored into the production of other films such as Gattaca and Equilibrium. It is considered among the most important works of dystopian literature. In 1984 the novel received a Prometheus Hall of $175 Fame Award, an honor created by science fiction author L. Neil Smith to recognize libertarian fiction. Negley 115. Sargent 117. Gerber. Near fine in good jacket. Ink pictographic stamp on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with a couple small tears repaired on reverse with clear tape by previous owner. 84. [Literature] Poe, Edgar Allan; Lowell, James Russell The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, in Ten Volumes (New Fordham Edition) Henry W. Knight, 1902. Limited edition, #186 of 1000 copies. The complete works of Edgar Allan Poe in ten volumes, with a biographical introduction by James Russell Lowell. Illustrated with five water-colors and engraved plates by F. Gilbert Edge, who was the editor of art advertising for New York World. $250 Includes: The Life of Edgar A. Poe; The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall; The Gold-Bug; Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard.; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Mystery of Marie Roget; The Balloon-Hoax; Ms. Found in a Bottle; The Oval Portrait; The Purloined Letter; The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade; A Descent into the Maelstrom; Von Kempelen and His Discovery; Mesmeric Revelation; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Black Cat; The Fall of the House of Usher; Silence - A Fable; The Masque of the Red Death; The Cask of Amontillado; The Imp of the Perverse; The Island of the Fay; The Assignation; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Premature Burial; The Domain of Arnheim; Landor’s Cottage; William Wilson; The Tell-Tale Heart; Berenice; Eleonora; Ligeia; Morella; A Tale of the Ragged Mountains; The Spectacles; King Pest; Three Sundays in a Week; The Devil in the Belfry; Lionizing; X-ing a Paragrab; Narrative of A. Gordon Pym; Metzengerstein; The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether; The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq; How to to Write a Blackwood Article; A Predicament; Mystification; Diddling; The Angel of the Odd; Mellonta Tauta; The Duc de l’Omeleete; The Oblong Box; Loss of Breath; The Man That Was Used Up; The Business Man; The Landscape Gardener; Maelzel’s Chess Player; Power of Words; The Colloquy of Monas and Una; The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion; Shadow - A Parable; Philosophy of Furniture; A Tale of Jerusalem; The Sphinx; Hop Frog; The Man of the Crowd; Never Bet the Devil Your Head; Thou Art the Man; Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling; Bon Bon; Some Words with a Mummy; The Poetic Principle; Old English Poetry; Poems of Later Life; Poems of Manhood; Poems of Youth; Doubtful Poems. Near fine. Small spot on top edge of volume 1 front board, faint smudge on spine of volume 4, otherwise an excellent set. Some pages unopened. 20

85. [Literature] Stafford, Jean The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. First edition. 463, [3] pp. 8vo. “These Pulitzer Prize- winning stories represent the major short works of fiction by one of the most distinctively American stylists of her day. Jean Stafford communicates the small details of loneliness and connection, the search for freedom and the desire to belong, that not only illuminate whole lives but also convey with an elegant economy of words the sense of the place and time in which her protagonists find themselves.” Very good. A bit smoky, jacket faintly $75 toned, a couple tiny spots on top page ridge. 86. [Literature] Stevenson, Robert Louis The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses The Easton Press, 1991. xii, 328, [8] pp. 8vo. Full black leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color plates by N.C. Wyeth. “Set in England during the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses, this swashbuckling historical novel by the author of ‘Treasure Island’ and ‘Kidnapped’ tells the story of young Dick Shelton. Betrayed by his treacherous and brutal guardian, Sir Daniel $50 Brackley, Dick seeks the help of John Amend-All, leader of the mysterious fellowship of the Black Arrow—and Brackley’s sworn enemy. Pitted against fierce fighters, a treacherous priest, and Sir Daniel, Dick seeks to become a knight and rescue his true love. Brimming with adventure, suspense, and romance, this thrilling tale presents a classic portrait of England during one of its most tumultuous eras, as Dick is pulled by his loyalties to the houses of both York and Lancaster. He must make a crucial choice, for his fate and the fate of England hang in the balance.” Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (4/5/2010) in black ink on front flyleaf. 87. [Literature] Stevenson, Robert Louis The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1942. First thus, same date on title and copyright pages, Scribner seal on copyright page. x, 328 pp. “Set in England during the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses, this swashbuckling historical novel by the author of ‘Treasure Island’ and ‘Kidnapped’ tells the story of young Dick Shelton. Betrayed by his treacherous and brutal guardian, Sir Daniel Brackley, Dick seeks the help of John Amend-All, leader of $75 the mysterious fellowship of the Black Arrow—and Brackley’s sworn enemy. Pitted against fierce fighters, a treacherous priest, and Sir Daniel, Dick seeks to become a knight and rescue his true love. Brimming with adventure, suspense, and romance, this thrilling tale presents a classic portrait of England during one of its most tumultuous eras, as Dick is pulled by his loyalties to the houses of both York and Lancaster. He must make a crucial choice, for his fate and the fate of England hang in the balance.” Colored plates and illustrated front and rear endpapers. A 1942 Reprint of the 1916 Charles Scribner’s Sons edition; illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Good. Spine faded, hinges loosening, picture plates somewhat foxed. 88. [Literature] Straparola, [Giovanni Francesco]; Waters, W.G. The Facetious Nights of Straparola: Consists of an Exquisite and Delightful Collection of Humorous, Witty and Mirthful Conversations, Fables and Enigmas including Singing, Music and Dancing during the Thirteen Nights of the Carnival at $125 Venice, as Related by the Charming and Accomplished Damsels and Several Nobles, Men of Learning, Illustrious and Honorable Gentlemen of Note at the Entertainments of Merriment and Pleasure, Given by the Princess Lucretia at Her Beautiful Palace at Murano Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles, 1898. Complete in four volumes. Limited edition, #932 of 1000 sets. Translated into English from the original Italian by W.G. Waters. Illustrations by Jules Garnier and E.R. Hughes. Straparola’s work, originally released in two volumes in the mid-sixteenth century, was the first appearance of fairy tales in a European story-book, and proved influential in the work of Charles Perrault (Straparola was the first to record the tale of Puss in Boots, which Perrault later adapted) and The Brothers Grimm (who adapted numerous tales from Straparola’s versions. Very good. Light stain to top corner of volumes 1 & 3, spines toned. 21

89. [Literature] The Marquis de Sade [de Sade, Donatien Alphonse Francois]; Seaver, Richard; Wainhouse, Austryn; Paulhan, Jean; Blanchot, Maurice The Complete Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings Grove Press, Inc., 1965. First American edition. xxii, 753, [1] pp. 8vo. Compiled and translated by Richard Seaver and Austryn Wainhouse, with introductions by Jean Paulhan of l’Academie Francaise and Maurice Blanchot. The famous erotic novel by the French aristocrat notorious for his deviant sexual behaviors, together with other assorted writings. Originally published in Paris in 1797. Illustration section features facsimiles of $75 Sade’s baptism certificate and other documents, title page of the original Les Crimes de l’Amour, and black & white photographs of his chateau. Bibliography follows text, which provides a useful chronology of de Sade’s literary works, political pamphlets, posthumous publications, and unpublished manuscripts. Very good. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, top corner lightly bruised. 90. [Literature] The Marquis de Sade [de Sade, Donatien Alphonse Francois]; Wainhouse, Austryn Juliette: Six Volumes in One Grove Press, Inc., 1968. First complete American edition. x, 1205, [1] pp. 8vo. Translated by Austryn Wainhouse. An erotic novel written as a companion to Justine, by the French aristocrat notorious for his deviant sexual behaviors. Originally published in Paris in 1797. Bibliography follows text, which provides a useful chronology of de Sade’s literary works, $75 political pamphlets, posthumous publications, and unpublished manuscripts. Near fine. Top edge lightly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. 91. [Literature] Tolstoy, Leo Short Stories The Easton Press, 1996. 281, [7] pp. 8vo. Full red leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color frontispiece by Chris Simon, black-and-white illustrations in text from drawings by Alan Phillips. A collection of nine short stories by the author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Includes: The Raid; Sevastopol in May 1855; Two Hussars; Albert; What Men Live By; Master and Man; How Much Land Does a Man Need?; The Death of Ivan Ilych; The Three Hermits. Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date $75 (4/2/07) in blue ink on front flyleaf. 92. [Literature] Trevor, William The Boarding-House The Bodley Head, 1965. First edition. 287, [1] pp. 8vo. William Trevor’s dark comedy, “reminiscent of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark,” was his second novel. “The author of numerous acclaimed collections of short stories and novels, Trevor won many awards including the Whitbread Book of the Year, The James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. He has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize.” Very good. Faint stain to bottom edge of jacket and a few pages. $50 93. [Literature] Trevor, William Miss Gomez and the Brethren Viking, 1996. First American edition. 291, [1] pp. A novel “first published by The Bodley Head in 1971, in which an inhabitant of the boarded-up wasteland of Crow Street in southwest London, Miss Gomez, is convinced that she has a mission in life: to prevent a sex crime shortly to be committed.” Very good. 1/4 inch closed tear to rear jacket corner. $75 94. [Literature] Trevor, William The Love Department The Bodley Head, 1966. First edition. 295, [1] pp. 8vo. “From the offices of her Love $125 Department, Lady Dolores cures the heartaches of the lonely wives of Wimbledon with inimitable flourish and finesse. When her newest protege, the somewhat naive Edward 22

Blakeston-Smith, is sent on a mission - to learn the secrets of seductive, scheming Septimus Tuam and stop him in his tracks - he learns all about love, its friends and enemies. The Love Department was William Trevor’s third novel.” Page ridge faintly foxed. 95. [Literature] Twain, Mark A Tramp Abroad American Publishing Company, 1888. Reprint of BAL 3386. xvi, [2], 631, [1] pp. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt titles, brown sprinkled edges. Engraved plates and illustrations throughout. Mark Twain records his hilarious and diverse observations and insights while on a fifteen-month walking trip through Central Europe and the Alps. Very good. Minor loss of cloth from joints, hinges just beginning to loosen. 96. [Literature] Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel L. [Langhorne]) $125 The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress; Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City’s Pleasure Excursion to Eu- rope and the Holy Land; with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, Incidents and Adventures, as They Appeared to the Author. American Publishing Company, 1902. Reprint. x, [8], 651, [3] pp. 8vo. The story of a pleasure ship’s visit to Europe and the Holy Land, with 234 engraved illustrations. Near fine. Spine slightly faded, two tiny SOLD pinholes in front joint, owner bookplate of L.K. Babcock on front endpaper. 97. [Literature] Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel] $125 Roughing It American Publishing Company, 1873. Reprint, ‘eighty-fifth thousand’ stated on title page. xviii, 591, [5] pp. 8vo. Two engraved frontispieces, six plates in text. Numerous engravings throughout. A semi-autobiographical novel by the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Very good. Corners rubbed, crease down front free endpaper, front and end matter lightly foxed. 98. [Literature] Unsworth, Barry The Partnership (New Authors Limited Number Fifty-Two) Hutchinson, 1966. First edition. 247, [1] pp. 8vo. “A ‘powerfully done’ (Times Literary Supplement) and tantalizingly semi-autobiographical novel from the author of the Booker Prize-winning Sacred Hunger. Unable to work on his novel about Liverpool’s slave trade, Benson is teaching creative writing and wandering the city. The pupils who bring him their fantasies are a sad, dispossessed group with varying degrees of literary talent. Caught up in a series of bizarre events, Benson nevertheless finds his own imagination $125 sparked by an encounter with two old army colleagues: Thompson, down-and-out and homeless; and Slater, a fabulously wealthy entrepreneur. In trying to heal old wounds, Benson unleashes a plan that just may blow up in his face.” Very good. A bit smoky, top page ridge lightly foxed. 99. [Literature] Wells, H.G. [Herbert George]; Bergonzi, Bernard The Invisible Man The Easton Press, 1967. xvii, [3], 164, [10] pp. Full dark brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. The word ‘invisible’ in the title is cleverly debossed instead of stamped in gilt like the rest of the title. The classic science fiction tale of a man who can turn himself invisible, with an introduction by Bernard Bergonzi and illustrations by Charles Mozley. Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (‘86) in $60 black ink on front flyleaf. 100. [Literature] Wilde, Oscar; Le Gallienne, Richard; Forbes-Robertson, Johnston; Yeats, W.B.; Kernahan, Coulson, Pater, Walter; Saltus, Edgar; Glaenzer, Richard Butler; Smyth, Clifford; Walkley, A.B.; Drinkwater, John; Symons, Arthur; Powys, John Cowper; Monahan, Michael; Morse, W.F.; Colum, Padraic The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, in Twelve Volumes: Poems; Vera and Other Early Plays; The Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Intentions; Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories; Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance; The 23

Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband; Salome and Other Plays; The Soul of Man under Socialism and Other Essays; De Profundis, Lectures and Essays; Criticisms and Reviews (Patrons’ Edition De Luxe) Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. This set belonged to Esther Pauline Wilson, as indicated by the Patrons’ Edition sheet bound in $250 at the beginning of the first volume. 8vo. A collection of works by the famous Irish author, with supplemental material contributed by such authors as William Butler Yeats, Padraic Colum, John Drinkwater, and Walter Pater. Wilde was a humorist, and center of a fair amount of controversy (he was found guilty of ‘gross indecency’ after being charged with committing sodomy, and subsequently imprisoned). Good. Light stains to several jackets and boards of a couple volumes, transfer to jacket spines of two volumes, chips from jacket spines of three volumes, lightly toned. 101. [Literature] Wolfe, Thomas Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life First Editions Library / Collectors Reprints, Inc., 1957. vii, [1], 626, [4] pp. 8vo. Facsimile edition of the Scribner original. Wolfe’s first novel, a bildungsroman set in a fictional American town. Near fine. Includes publisher’s slipcase. Faintly rubbed. 102. [Medical] Dr. Donaldson & Co. $75 Dr. Donaldson & Co’s. (Improved) Pocket Vaporizing Inhaler. For Applying Medicines in the Treatment of Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Headache, Diseases of the Lungs and Air Passages, and the Effectual Vaporization of Any Medicine. Dr. Donaldson & Co., S.D. Circa 1890. Includes hand-held cylindrical glass vaporizer with two internal glass solution vials, each with a fenestrated rubber $175 stopper. Double-layer glass tubes extend through each stopper and through corks at either end of cylinder: the tube at one end is plain and straight, the tube at the opposite end terminates in a knob shape (the latter is the mouthpiece). Good. Includes rectangular cardboard box with printed label on lid, and original instructions for charging, which involves adding hydrochloric acid and ammonia to the opposite vials and then inserting the medicine to be inhaled. Box lid and base moderately stained -- it was likely very difficult to empty the vials of all liquid, so this seems inevitable. Box lid seams splitting, residue in inhaler tubes, weak folds in instructions (probably from being stored in the box). 103. [Medical] Noyes, John H. [Humphrey] Male Continence [or; Self-Control in Sexual Intercourse] Office of the American Socialist, 1877. Second edition. 32 pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. A discussion of reproduction by the founder of the Oneida utopian community, who coined the term ‘free love’. Hoolihan 2652. “Male continence was probably never widely practiced in the United States except at Oneida, but it received considerable publicity and was far from unknown. Noyes first described it in a chapter of his book The Bible Argument in 1848. In 1866 the Perfectionists decided that American society would $150 benefit from a wider knowledge of male continence, so Noyes published as a four-page leaflet a letter he had written to a young medical student who requested detailed information on how the community controlled reproduction. They mailed the leaflet... only in response to specific requests for information, but even so it went through four editions. In 1872 rather than issue a fifth edition, Noyes revised and enlarged the leaflet, adding twenty pages on the history of his discovery of male continence.” Near fine. Edges faintly toned. 104. [Medical] Sanger, Margaret Family Limitation S.N., 1920. 23, [1] pp. Self wrappers. 1920 tenth edition of the work originally published in 1914. From Hoolihan 3084, describing the first edition: “Family limitation defends a $350 woman’s right to control her body, defends her right to have an abortion if she does not 24 choose to be pregnant, and gives simple, explicit directions for a variety of ways to prevent conception. After forty years of ‘Com-stockery’ -- decades during which obscenity laws in the United States prohibited the provision of information on sex education or contraception through the mails -- the publication of Family limitation was a remarkable act of civil disobedience and the opening volley of the birth control movement in 20th century America... Appearing on the eve of World War I and during a period of significant labor trouble -- a time when the authorities hoped to suppress any form of dissent -- Family limitation also urged ‘women of the working class’ not to provide cannon fodder for the wars of ‘financiers and the ruling classes’.” Good. Wrappers foxed, minor loss from front wrapper corner, closed tears to spine head and foot. SIGNED LETTERS FROM AUTHOR ENCLOSED 105. [Medical] White, Benjamin; Robinson, Elliott Stirling; Barnes, Laverne Almon The Biology of Pneumococcus: The Bacteriological, Biochemical, and Immunological Characters and Activities of Diplococcus Pneumoniae [with] Four Signed Letters from the Author The Commonwealth Fund, 1938. First edition. xvii, [3], 799, [1] pp. 8vo. A history and clinical study of pneumococcus, also known as streptococcus pneumoniae, a pathogenic bacterium recognized as a major cause of pneumonia in the late 19th $125 century. An extensive bibliography of medical journal articles and works, and index, follow the text. According to the foreword, “[t]he present review of the literature on the biology of Pneumococcus forms a part of the Pneumonia Study and Service carried on during the years 1931 to 1935 by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health under a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.” Very good. Affixed to the endpapers are four envelopes containing correspondence (two ALSs and two TLSs) from the author to a Mrs. Helen H. Boynton of Rochester, New York, three written before the book’s publication, and the final letter presenting this copy of the book to her for “the admirable way in which you carried out your task of abstracting the literature, without which the book could not have been written.” Mrs. Boynton appears to have provided the author with numerous article citations pertinent to the work, which based on the letters became some, if not all, of the bibliographic citations included in the work. 106. [Military] Big Red One. Vietnam - Volume 1, July, 1965 - April, 1967. Yearbook of the First Infantry Division First Infantry Division APO 1967, 1967. First edition. 272 pp. A photographic history of the First Infantry Division’s role in the Vietnam War, including a complete chronology of major combat operations, with color and black-and-white photographs throughout, and several maps (including color battle map on front endpapers). Honor roll follows text. The first of three pictorial histories of the division. Near fine. $125 107. [Military] Bowen, J.R.; Flint, J.N. Regimental History of the First New York Dragoons (Originally the 130th N.Y. Vol. [Volunteer] Infantry) During Three Years of Active Service in the Great Civil War Published by the Author, 1900. x, 464, [2] pp. 8vo. A history of the cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War, which fought in 64 battles, and captured 19 pieces of artillery and four Confederate battle flags. Good. Former library copy, with their stamp $300 on page ridges, stamp and bookplate inside. Front free endpaper removed, boards a bit soiled, spine toned. 108. [Military] Boyd, James P. $75 The Life of General William T. [Tecumseh] Sherman Publishers’ Union, 1891. 608 pp. 8vo. Frontispiece of Sherman, illustrations, including maps of Vicksburg & Port Hudson and Chattanooga & Vicinity, throughout text. A biography of the Union general known for his ‘scorced earth’ tactic during what is now known as Sherman’s March to the Sea. Near fine. Minimal wear to corners, minor loss of gilt from spine and front board, small light spot on rear board. 109. [Military] Harris, William W.; Allyn, Charles The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc. of the Storming of 25

Fort Griswold, the Massacre of its Garrison, and the Burning of New London by British Troops under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781. Charles Allyn, 1882. Second edition, revised and enlarged (reissue of Sabin 30539, Howes H-240, of which only 100 copies were printed). 399, [3] pp. 8vo. Originally published by William Harris in 1870, this edition is revised and enlarged with additional notes by Charles Allyn, and illustrated with engravings and maps. It recounts the brutal Battle of Groton Heights, also known as the Fort Griswold Massacre, during which the victorious British forces lost many troops, and then notoriously slaughtered the $325 surrendering soldiers. Illustrated with woodcuts and engraved plates, including a portrait of Benedict Arnold, facsimiles of several contemporary documents, and a map of New London. According to Sabin and Howes, these were not present in the original edition. Very good. Rear hinge repaired, corners rubbed, a few spots on rear board, faint ink name on front flyleaf (E. Louise Browning). 110. [Military] Mason, John; Prince, Thomas A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the memorable Taking of their Fort at Mistick in Connecticut in 1637. J. Sabin & Sons, 1869. vi, ix, [1], 20, [8] pp. Reissue of 1736 original. Howes M-369: “Written by a leading participant; most reliable contemporary account.” Evans 4033. Church 924: “This is the contemporaneous account written (at the request of the General Court) by one of the principal actors in the events which it describes, and is the best of them all. ‘I may add here that there were other narratives of the Pequot War written by $375 actors in it. A narrative by Major John Mason, the commander of the Connecticut forces, was left by him on his death, in manuscript, and was communicated by his grandson to the Rev. Thomas Prince, who published it in 1736. It is the best account of the affair written. Some two or three years after the death of Mason, Mr. Allyn, the Secretary of the colony of Connecticut, sent a narrative of the Pequot War to Increase Mather, who published it in his Relation of the Troubles, etc., 1677 [our No. 654], as of Allyn’s composition. Having no preface or titlepage, Mather did not know that it was written by Major Mason, as was afterward fully explained by Prince, who had the entire manuscript from Mason’s grandson.’-- -WINSOR. Mason, after saying that he had no thought of this work coming to the press, and that he had been overpersuaded by friends, says: ‘This with some other Reasons have been Motives to excite me to the enter- prizing hereof; no Man that I know of having as yet undertaken to write a general History or Relation; so that there is no Commemoration of Matters respecting this War; how they began, how carried on, and continued nor what Success they had’; to which Prince adds this note: ‘The Author Died before the Reverend Mr. William Hubbard and Mr. Increase Mather Published their Accounts of the Pequot War.’” Very good. Edges rubbed, Goodspeed number and bibliographic note on front endpaper. 111. [Mystery] Beeding, Francis [Palmer, John; Saunders, Hilary] The House of Dr. Edwardes A.L. Burt Company, 1928. 312, [2] pp. 8vo. A thriller that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 film Spellbound, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. It was written pseudonymously by John Palmer and Hilary Saunders, who used the pen name Francis Beeding (as they did with several other novels). The setting is an insane asylum, in which $225 the psychiatrist in residence begins to suspect that the man who recently replaced the hospital’s director is an impostor. Very good. Minor loss from top marginal corner of first few pages (biopredation?), name crossed out with black marker on front endpaper, minimal loss from jacket edges, faint stain to crease of rear jacket flap. 112. [Mythology] Werner, E.T.C. [Edward Theodore Chalmers] Myths and Legends of China Brentano’s, 1922. First American edition. 453, [3] pp. A survey of Chinese mythology by the sinologist specializing in the myths, magic, and superstitions of China throughout history. “In this fascinating and comprehensive collection of Chinese myths and legends, $125 E.T.C. Werner drew upon material readily available to him as a member of the Chinese government’s’ Historiographical Bureau in Peking. A former barrister and British consul in Foochow, Werner presents a wealth of information illuminating the ideas and beliefs 26 that governed the daily lives of the Chinese people long before the revolutions of the 20th century. Offering a provocative glimpse into a world dominated by traditional rules of etiquette and inhabited by demons, dragon-gods, and spirits, the volume opens with an introductory chapter on the origins of the Chinese people. In succeeding chapters, Mr. Werner’s readable, well-illustrated text considers the gods of China and myths of stars, thunder, lightning, wind and rain; of water and fire; of epidemics, medicine, and exorcism; as well as tales about the goddess of mercy, the guardian of the gate of heaven, accounts of how the Monkey became a god, and much more. In addition, 32 striking illustrations depict such traditional deities as the Spirit That Clears the Way, civilian and military Door Gods, the Kitchen-God, Dragon-Gods, the Gods of Happiness, Office, and Longevity, and others. Engrossing and informative, Myths and Legends of China will appeal not only to lovers of folklore but to anyone interested in Chinese art, culture, or philosophy.” Very good. Frontispiece repaired at binding, boards a bit soiled. 113. [Natural History] Burroughs, John The Writings of John Burroughs, with Portraits and Many Illustrations, in Fifteen Volumes: Wake Robin; Winter Sunshine; Birds and Poets; Locusts and Wild Honey; Pepacton; Fresh Fields; Signs and Seasons; Indoor Studies; Riverby; Whitman; The Light of $175 Day; Literary Values; Far and Near; Ways of Nature; Leaf and Tendril (Riverby Edition) Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. Complete in fifteen volumes, though additional volumes were released subsequently -- at the time of publication in 1908, this set comprised Burroughs entire body of work. Each volume includes black & white frontispiece and several photographic plates. John Burroughs was an influential naturalist in the 19th and early 20th century, particularly in his advocacy of environmental conservation, and is perhaps only overshadowed as a nature essayist by Henry David Thoreau. Each year, beginning in 1926, great works in natural history are awarded the John Burroughs Medal named in his honor. Very good. Spine of final volume and boards of a few volumes soiled, bottom marginal corner of volume eleven pages lightly stained. 114. [Natural History] Peterson, Roger Tory; et al Easton Press 42 Volume Set of Peterson’s Field Guides (Fiftieth Anniversary Lifetime Edition) The Easton Press, 1984. Various colors of full leather, gilt titles, all edges gilt, ribbon markers bound in. Color and black & white illustrations. A collection of 42 volumes from Peterson’s Field Guides series. At least 48 titles from the series were printed by Easton Press, though $450 some of these were revisions of other titles, or later editions released with slightly different titles. Only a handful of titles are omitted here.

Includes: Birds of the Eastern United States; Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies; Butterflies of North America, East of the Great Plains; Mammals: Field Marks of All North American Species Found North of Mexico; Pacific Coast Shells, Including Shells of Hawaii and the Gulf of California; Rocks and Minerals; Birds of Britain and Europe; Animal Tracks; Ferns and Their Related Families of Northeastern and Central North America with a Section on Species Also Found in the British Isles and Western Europe; Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada; Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America; Birds of Texas and Adjacent States; Northeastern Wildflowers; Stars and Planets; Western Reptiles and Amphibians; Rocky Mountain Wildflowers from Northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia; Mammals of Britain and Europe; Insects of America North of Mexico; Mexican Birds: Field Marks of All Species Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador; Birds’ Nests of 285 Species Found Breeding in the United States East of the Mississippi River; Pacific States Wildflowers: Field Marks of Species Found in Washington, Oregon, California and Adjacent Areas; Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America; Atlantic Seashore: Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras; Birds’ Nests of 520 Species Found Breeding in the United States West of the Mississippi River; The Atmosphere; Coral Reefs: A Guide to the Common Invertebrates and Fishes of Bermuda, the Bahamas, Southern Florida, the West Indies, and the Caribbean Coast of Central and South America; Pacific Coast 27

Fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California; Beetles of North America; Moths of Eastern North America; Southwestern and Texan Wildflowers; Atlantic Coast Fishes of North America; Western Butterflies; Mushrooms of North America; Hawks of North America; Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores: Cape Hatteras to the Gulf Coast, Florida, and the Caribbean; Eastern Forests, North America; Advanced Birding: Birding Challenges and How to Approach Them; Medicinal Plants (Eastern and Central North America); Freshwater Fishes: North American North of Mexico; A Field Guide to Western Trees: Western United States and Canada; The Ecology of Western Forests; Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants of North America North of Mexico.

For more than 65 years, Peterson Field Guides have set the standard by which other field guides are measured. Comprehensive and authoritative, they are essential additions to any naturalist’s bookshelf or backpack. Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, spent his life studying, painting, and photographing birds. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guide Series is credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.

Very good. Eastern Birds volume signed by Peterson on a tipped in illustration of the Northern Oriole commissioned exclusively for this edition. Publisher bookplates with previous owner name and ink date on front endpaper of each volume, a few volumes lightly scuffed, minor loss of gilt from T of Beetles on spine. 115. [Philosophy] Schopenhauer, Arthur; Payne, E.F.J.; Muses, C.A. The World as Will and Representation, in Two Volumes The Falcon’s Wing Press, 1958. First English edition thus. xxxvi, [2], 534, [2]; vii, [5], 687, [5] pp. 8vo. Translated from the German by E.F.J. Payne, with an editor’s preface and translations of the prefaces from the first three German editions, an appendix of criticism of Kantian philosophy, and an index following text. The first English translation was entitled The World as Will $175 and Idea, and was released in three volumes from 1883-1886, but this translation did not included the content of the two expanded editions - Payne’s translation was the first to do so. Arthur Schopenhauer’s Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical works of the nineteenth century, the basic statement of one important stream of post-Kantian thought. It is without question Schopenhauer’s greatest work. Conceived and published before the philosopher was 30 and expanded 25 years later, it is the summation of a lifetime of thought. Thought it was initially met with indifference, it later became extremely influential to the thought of such authors and philosophers as Charles Darwin (who quotes it in The Descent of Man), Friedrich Nietzsche, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Very good. Lacks slipcase. Boards lightly soiled, bottom corner of first volume slightly bruised. Text clean and unmarked. 116. [Polar Exploration] MacMillan, Donald B. [Baxter] Four Years in the White North Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1918. First edition (October 1918, K-S code on copyright page). [xiv], 426 pp. 8vo. Illustrations from photographs by the author. Arctic Bibliography 10673: “Narrative of the Crocker Land expedition, 1913-1917, under D.B. MacMillan, for exploration and mapping of Crocker Land and other unexplored lands between Axel Heiberg and Parry Islands, and for scientific studies. Account of the day-to-day life of the party, and of trips from headquarters at Etah, on northwest $75 Greenland across Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands to the reported site of Crocker Land, in the north polar sea; subsequent trips to Humboldt Glacier northwest of Etah, to King Christian Island, and along coast of Ellesmere Island from Cape Sabine to Clarence Head. Appendices contain W.E. Ekblaw’s narratives of his trips, including that to Lake Hazen, northern Ellesmere Island, and his account of vegetation around Etah; also a list (with notes) of thirty-two species of birds observed by D.B. MacMillan; and statements concerning possible existence of land in the polar sea.” Near fine. Owner bookplate on front endpaper. 117. [Printing] Darley, F.O.C. The Cooper Vignettes. From Drawings By F. O. C. Darley. India Proofs Before Letter. 28

James G. Gregory, 1862. Brown full leather, debossed borders and decorations, gilt titles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A collection of 64 engravings commissioned by the publishers as illustrations for the works of James Fenimore Cooper. This folio edition is believed to be the first example of an attempt to employ the printing techniques used for bank notes in a published book. Each illustration includes a tissue guard separating it from an explanatory page of text. The engravings were originally released in eight separate portfolios limited to 500 impressions each. Our research locates examples of these individual portfolios, as well as volumes in which all eight have been bound together (as $500 is the case here). Very good. Printed on flyleaf is the following text: ‘Presented to Chas. Knickerbocker, by the Steel Plate Engravers of the Western Bank Note & Engraving Co. ‘as a mark of esteem’ and dated 1872, which seems to indicate this volume was custom-bound for Mr. Knickerbocker in that year. Professionally rebacked with original backstrip laid down, reinforcement to edges of first and last few pages. Two photographs and two engravings laid in. Foxed throughout, boards a bit rubbed with some drying along edges, later pencil gift note on front flyleaf dated 1903 presenting the book to J.H. Wilcox from his mother. 118. [Science] [Devey, Joseph]; Darwin, Charles; Tyndall, John; Huxley, Thomas H.; Spencer, Herbert; Kant, Immanuel; Hegel, G.W.F.; Tunzelmann, G.W. de; Proctor, Richard A.; Gosse, Philip Henry A Library of Universal Literature... Part One: Science, in Fifteen Volumes $350 P.F. Collier and Son, 1900. Part one of a four-part set, this part comprising important works of scientific history and philosophy. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles, top edges gilt, marbled boards. Includes: Origin of Species; Descent of Man; Journal of Researches; Fragments of Science; Sound; Science and Education; Data of Ethics; First Principles; Critique of Pure Reason; Philosophy of History; Electricity in Modern Life; Other Worlds Than Ours; The Microscope. Very good. Spines faded, corners a bit rubbed with minor loss from spine ends. 119. [Science] Darwin, Charles Insectivorous Plants D. Appleton and Company, 1897. ‘Authorized Edition’. x, 462, [2] pp. 8vo. Red leather spine and corners, marbled boards, gilt titles and rules. Includes illustrations reproduced from drawings by Charles Darwin and his two sons George and Francis. A study of carnivorous plants related to Darwin’s theories on natural selection, based on experiments studying various plant species feeding mechanisms. His findings were that plants had $75 adapted to ignore non-nutritious stimuli like inanimate objects and puffs of wind, as a way of conserving energy. The original edition published in 1875 reportedly comprised a print run of 3000 copies. A second edition was published in 1889. Very good. Boards rubbed. 120. [Science] Josephson, Matthew Edison: A Biography (The Leather-Bound Library of American History) The Easton Press, 1986. xii, [2], 511, [3] pp. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. Includes an index. Numerous black-and-white photographs. The most comprehensive and readable biography on Edison ever published. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize for history. “Regarded as the classic standard biography on Thomas Edison. It is the only biography written in the last 40 years to be recommended by the official voice of the caretakers of the Edison Laboratory $50 National Monument in New Jersey which houses all of Edison’s original records, sketches, notes, correspondence and memoranda. Depicts Edison as a pivotal figure in America’s economic and industrial revolution success and at the same time as a human being, including his exploitative and, at times, crude qualities.” Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (‘86) in black ink on front endpaper. 29

121. [SF & Fantasy] Balmer, Edwin; Wylie, Philip After Worlds Collide The Easton Press, 2008. xiii, [3], 341, [3] pp. 8vo. Full blue leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in, color frontispiece of original jacket art. A sequel to When Worlds Collide, which was originally published in 1933. After Worlds Collide was first serialized in Blue Book Magazine in 1934. “When a small group of survivors from Earth lands on Bronson Beta, they are startled to discover that the planet, which had been hurtling through space for countless millennia, is $175 inhabited.” Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (3/17/2009) in black ink on front flyleaf of each volume, and a brief note about when he began and finished reading the book on the copyright page (he started it the day after he filled out the bookplate, and finished it the next day!). 122. [SF & Fantasy] Boulle, Pierre; Fielding, Xan (Translator) Planet of the Apes The Easton Press, 2010. 248, [4] pp. 8vo. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color frontispiece by Dennis Lyall. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. “Boulle’s classic 1963 novel differs in several ways from the 1968 movie and its various spinoffs. While the bare-bones story is familiar—astronaut travels to a planet populated by intelligent apes, is captured, fights to $300 prove that he is a thinking creature—the novel is richer in detail and parallels to human culture. Boulle’s apes live in cities, wear human-style clothing, drive automobiles. Technologically, they are in pre-spaceflight mode (although they have sent vessels into orbit, with humans as pilots—just like we did with monkeys, back in the 1950s and ‘60s). As in the ‘68 movie, Boulle’s humans are essentially wild animals, unclothed and uncivilized—which is why our hero, French journalist Ulysse Mérou, poses such a problem for his captors: intelligent humans, capable of speech and advanced thought, are not supposed to exist. Many familiar ape characters are here—Zira, Cornelius, Nova, Zaius—but they are subtly different: for example Zaius, the orangutan scientist, is less buffoonish, and more menacing, than you might be expecting. The novel is paced more slowly than the movie, too: the film is a sci-fi movie with philosophical undertones, but the novel is more like a fable, an overt morality tale posing as science fiction, weighted more toward dialogue than action. It should be considered essential reading not just for fans of the movie, but for all science-fiction readers.” -- David Pitt Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (6/8/2010) in black ink on front flyleaf. 123. [SF & Fantasy] Lovecraft, H.P.; Heinlein, Robert; Asimov, Isaac; Sturgeon, Theodore; Williamson, Jack; et al Astounding Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection, in Three Volumes The Easton Press, 1990. x, 397, [1]; xi, [1], 353, [3]; x, 367, [7] pp. Full leather with color images of original cover art mounted on front board of each volume, gilt titles and decorations, all edges $250 gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color plates of original cover illustrations appear on page facing the first page of each story. The stories reprinted here first appeared in the Astounding Stories science fiction magazine (which later became known as Analog) in the 1930s and 40s. Includes: The Sargasso of Space by Edmond Hamilton; The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Murray Leinster; The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft; The Eternal Wanderer by Nat Schachner; Cloak of Aesir by Don A. Stuart; The Roads Must Roll by Robert Heinlein; The Stolen Dormouse by L. Sprague de Camp; The Changeling by A.E. van Vogt; Nightfall, Bridle and Saddle, Sucker Bait, and Profession by Isaac Asimov; Killdozer! by Theodore Sturgeon; Cold Front by Hal Clement; The Equalizer by Jack Williamson; Private Eye by Lewis Padgett; The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz; Bindlestiff by James Blish; ...And Then There Were None by Eric Frank Russell; Martians, Go Home by Fredric Brown; We Have Fed Our Sea by Poul Anderson; The Big Front Yard by Clifford D. Simak. Each volume also includes an introduction (by Stanley Schmidt, Isaac Asimov, and Poul Anderson, respectively). Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (‘90) in red ink on front flyleaf of each volume. 30

124. [SF & Fantasy] Wells, H.G. [Herbert George] The First Men in the Moon The Easton Press, 2010. 342, [8] pp. 8vo. Full green leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. “The First Men in the Moon is a 1901 scientific romance novel by the British author H. G. Wells. The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon undertaken by the two protagonists, the impoverished businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr. Cavor. On arrival, Bedford and Cavor find the moon inhabited by an extraterrestrial civilization the two $225 refer to as “Selenites”. The novel can be read as a critique of prevailing political opinions of the period, particularly of imperialism. The theme of a clash between civilizations is reminiscent of Wells’s earlier and more famous work, The War of the Worlds. As in The War of the Worlds, it is hinted that the non-human civilization presented might reflect the way human society would develop in the far future. As such, the Selenite society depicted could be considered either a utopia or a dystopia, depending on which of its features one emphasizes.” Near fine. From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (9/14/2011) in blue ink on front flyleaf, and a brief note on the copyright date stating when he began and finished the book (10/12/11, 10/17/11). 125. [Signed] Adams, Alice Families and Survivors: A Novel Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First edition. 211 pp. Author’s second novel. “Alice Adams’ sec- ond novel is the portrait of a Southern-born woman as she reviews her life. From Louisa Calloway’s Southern girlhood to her debut to her first marriage, all the time surrounded by a certain tradition and all the time resisting. In lieu of her conservative, bigoted father, she chooses men who are liberal, free-spoken, Jewish. Nevertheless her first marriage is unhappy, but her second promises to be sounder, as she discovers what she really wants, can have, can become—what she really is.” Near fine. Signed by author $60 without inscription. Jacket flaps faintly toned. 126. [Signed] Adams, Alice The Last Lovely City: Stories Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First edition. 191 pp. “The Last Lovely City begins with nine stories whose settings range from San Francisco to a North Carolina college town to a run-down Mexican resort. In “His Women,” a college professor and his ex-wife play an extended game of let’s-kiss-and-make-up, revealing the history of their flirtations and infidelities. In “The Islands,” a young widow mourns the loss of her cat more profoundly than the recent death of her husband. And in the title story, a view of San Francisco from the beach brings an old doctor, known for his generosity, to the sudden realization that the glory, innocence, and passion the city once represented to $225 him are now lost forever, as he faces up to the way he has accrued the money to support his good works. The four stories in part two take on the shape of a novel. Lila Lewisohn, a divorced psychiatrist, finds her private life beginning to fuse with the lives of her patients, their husbands, and their lovers. A brilliant collection that envelops us in the richness of the worlds that Alice Adams has so masterfully created.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription. Few signed copies exist, because the author died two months after this book’s publication. Jacket very faintly toned. 127. [Signed] Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel Dutton, 1992. First edition. 309 pp. Author’s first novel. “Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family—rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other’s trucks, and indomitable women who marry young and age all too quickly. At the heart of this astonishing novel is Ruth Anne Boatwright, $60 known simply as Bone, a South Carolina bastard with an annotated birth certificate to tell the tale. Observing everything with the mercilessly keen eye of a child, Bone finds herself caught in a family triangle that will test the loyalty of her mother, Anney. Her stepfather, Daddy Glen, calls Bone “cold as death, mean as a snake, and twice as twisty,” yet Anney needs Glen. At first gentle with Bone, Daddy Glen becomes steadily 31 colder and more furious—until their final, harrowing encounter, from which there can be no turning back.” Near fine. Signed by author with date (“10/10/92”) and no inscription. Jacket spine head lightly bumped. 128. [Signed] Brayer, Elizabeth The Eastman Theatre: Fulfilling George Eastman’s Dream Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc., 2010. 203, [1] pp. “The Eastman Theatre: Fulfilling George Eastman’s Dream provides a stunning celebration of the history and renovation of the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York. The book is richly illustrated with period imagery as well as breathtaking photographs by award-winning photographer Andy Olenick. Part one of the book presents the importance of music to George Eastman; part two traces the $60 development of the Eastman School of Music; and part three brings the story to the present day, focusing on the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Eastman Theater, and the Eastman School of Music.” Near fine in very good jacket. Signed without inscription by the author, photographer, designer, project manager, and philanthropist Betty Strasenburgh on the title page. Jacket edges a bit rubbed. 129. [Signed] Byatt, A.S. A Whistling Woman Chatto & Windus, 2002. First edition. 422 pp. “This electrifying new novel forms the triumphant conclusion to the great “Frederica quartet” depicting the forces in English life from the early 50s to 1970. While Frederica -- the spirited heroine of Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, and Babel Tower -- falls almost by accident into a career in television in London, tumultuous events in her home county of Yorkshire threaten to change her life and those of the people she loves. In the late 1960s the world begins to split. Near $50 the university, where the scientists Luk and Jacqueline are studying snails and neurons and the working of the brain, an “anti-university” springs up. On the high moors nearby, a gentle therapeutic community is taken over by a turbulent, charismatic leader. Visions of blood and flames, of mirrors and doubles, share the refracting energy of Frederica’s mosaic- like television shows. The languages of religion, myth and fairy-tale overlap with the terms of science and the new computer age. Darkness and light are in perpetual tension and the meaning of love itself seems to van- ish; people flounder, often comically, to find their true sexual, intellectual and emotional identity. The focus of these novels first widened from the old nuclear family to the experimental group and now narrows again to reveal the different, modern patterns of intimacy which emerged in these years. Through her wayward, lovingly drawn characters and breath-taking twists of plot, Byatt illuminates the effervescence of the 1960s -- both its excitements and its dangers -- as no one has done before. A Whistling Woman is the ultimate novel of ideas made flesh -- gloriously sensual, sexy and scary, bursting with ideas, contradictions, scientific discoveries, ethical conflicts, sly humour and wonderful humanity.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription. Pages moderately toned due to the type of paper used by the publisher. 130. [Signed] Byatt, A.S. Little Black Book of Stories Chatto & Windus, 2003. First edition. 279 pp. “Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two middle-aged women walk into a forest, as they did when they were girls, confronting their childhood fears and memories and the strange thing they saw -- or thought they saw -- so long ago. A distinguished male obstetrician and a young woman artist meet in a hospital. But both of them have very different ideas about body parts, birth and death. An innocent member of an evening class turns out to have her own decided views on how to use “raw material.” These unforgettable stories are by turns haunting, funny, sparkling, and scary where Byatt adds a deliciously dark note to her $50 skill in mixing folk and fairy tales with everyday life.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription. 131. [Signed] Byatt, A.S. Sugar and Other Stories Chatto & Windus, 1987. First edition. 248 pp. “A.S. Byatt’s short fictions explore the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss and the elaborate memories we construct against it, resulting in a book 32

that compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription. Pages moderately toned due to the type of paper used by the publisher. 132. [Signed] Byatt, A.S. Still Life Chatto & Windus, 1985. First edition. 358 pp. “From the author of The New York Times bestseller Possession, comes a highly $75 acclaimed novel which captures in brilliant detail the life of one extended English family-and illuminates the choices they must make between domesticity and ambition, life and art. Toni Morrison, author of Beloved, writes of Byatt: “When it comes to $75 probing characters her scalpel is sure but gentle. She is a loving surgeon.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription. Pages moderately toned due to the type of paper used by publisher. 133. [Signed] Chevalier, Tracy The Virgin Blue Penguin Books, 1997. First edition - a paperback original. 255, [7] pp. Author’s first novel. “Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin--two women born centuries apart, yet $125 bound by a fateful family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start a family of her own. Village life turns out to be less idyllic than she expected, however, and a peculiar dream of the color blue propels her on a quest to uncover her family’s French ancestry. As the novel unfolds--alternating between Ella’s story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earlier--a common thread emerges that unexpectedly links the two women. Part detective story, part historical fiction, The Virgin Blue is a novel of passion and intrigue that compels readers to the very last page.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 134. [Signed] Cisneros, Sandra Caramelo or Puro Cuento Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition, review copy with slip laid in. 443, [7] pp. 8vo. “The celebrated author of The House on Mango Street gives us an extraordinary new novel, told in language of blazing originality: a multigenerational story of a Mexican-American family whose voices create a dazzling weave of humor, passion, and poignancy—the very stuff of life. Lala Reyes’ grandmother is descended from a family of renowned rebozo, or shawl, makers. The striped caramelo rebozo is the $50 most beautiful of all, and the one that makes its way, like the family history it has come to represent, into Lala’s possession. The novel opens with the Reyes’ annual car trip—a caravan overflowing with children, laughter, and quarrels—from Chicago to “the other side”: Mexico City. It is there, each year, that Lala hears her family’s stories, separating the truth from the “healthy lies” that have ricocheted from one generation to the next. We travel from the Mexico City that was the “Paris of the New World” to the music-filled streets of Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties—and, finally, to Lala’s own difficult adolescence in the not-quite-promised land of San Antonio, Texas. Caramelo is a romantic tale of homelands, sometimes real, sometimes imagined. Vivid, funny, intimate, historical, it is a brilliant work destined to become a classic: a major new novel from one of our country’s most beloved storytellers.” Fine. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Spine head and foot faintly pushed. 135. [Signed] Dillard, Annie For the Time Being Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First trade edition, after the Easton Press edition. ix, [1], 205, [5] pp. 8vo. By the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. “Following a novel, a memoir, and a book of poems, Annie Dillard returns to a form of nonfiction she has made her own--now, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. This personal narrative surveys the panorama of our world, past and present. Here is a natural history of sand, a catalogue of clouds, a batch of newborns on an obstetrical ward, a family of Mongol horsemen. Here is the story of Jesuit paleontologist Teilhard de Chardin digging in the deserts of China. Here is the story of Hasidic thought rising in Eastern 33

Europe. Here are defect and beauty together, miracle and tragedy, time and eternity. Dillard poses questions about God, natural evil, and individual existence. Personal experience, science, and religion bear on a welter of fact. How can an individual matter? How might one live? Compassionate, informative, enthralling, always surprising, For the Time Being shows one of our most original writers--her breadth of knowledge matched by keen powers of observation, all of it informing her relentless curiosity--in the fullness of her powers.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Spine base lightly pushed. $50 136. [Signed] Dillard, Annie An American Childhood Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. 255, [3] pp. 8vo. “A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard’s poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription on title page. $75 137. [Signed] Dillard, Annie Mornings Like This: Found Poems Harper Collins, 1995. First edition. x, [4], 75, [7] pp. 8vo. “The author offers a new approach to poetry by going through old nonfiction books, finding passages that amuse or interest her, and rearranging them into poems that range from funny to serious to reflective.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription on title page. $75 138. [Signed] Dillard, Annie Living By Fiction Harper & Row, 1982. First edition. 192 pp. “Living by Fiction is written for--and dedicated to--people who love literature. Dealing with writers such as $125 Nabokov, Barth, Coover, Pynchon, Borges, García Márquez, Beckett, and Calvino, Annie Dillard shows why fiction matters and how it can reveal more of the modern world and modern thinking than all the academic sciences combined. Like Joyce Cary’s Art and Reality, this is a book by a writer on the issues raised by the art of literature. Readers of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Holy the Firm will recognize Dillard’s vivid writing, her humor, and the lively way in which she tackles the urgent questions of meaning in experience itself.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 139. [Signed] Dillard, Annie Holy the Firm Harper & Row, 1977. First edition. 76, [4] pp. 8vo. “In 1975 Annie Dillard took up $150 residence on an island in Puget Sound in a wooded room furnished with “one enormous window, one cat, one spider and one person.” For the next two years she asked herself questions about time, reality, sacrifice death, and the will of God. In Holy the Firm she writes about a moth consumed in a candle flame, about a seven-year-old girl burned in an airplane accident, about a baptism on a cold beach. But behind the moving curtain of what she calls “the hard things -- rock mountain and salt sea,” she sees, sometimes far off and sometimes as close by as a veil or air, the power play of holy fire.” Very good. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Binding weaken between pages 12 and 13, otherwise an excellent copy.

140. [Signed] Dillard, Annie Encounters with Chinese Writers Wesleyan University Press, 1984. First edition. [x], 106, [4] pp. 8vo. “The author describes her experiences as part of a group of American writers meeting with Chinese $150 authors in China and the United States.” Near fine. Inscribed without attribution and signed by author on title page (‘Merry Christmas, Annie Dillard’). Top page edge lightly foxed. 34

141. [Signed] Dillard, Annie Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters Harper & Row, 1982. First edition. 177, [1] pp. 8vo. “Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings.” CONTENTS: Living Like Weasels; An Expedition to the Pole; In the Jungle; The Deer at Providencia; Teaching a Stone to Talk; On a Hill Far Away; Total Eclipse; Lenses; Life on the Rocks: Galapagos; A Field of Silence; God in the Doorway; $175 Mirages; Sojourner; Aces and Eights. Very good. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Top edge lightly foxed, jacket flaps lightly toned. 142. [Signed] Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain: A Novel Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. First edition. 356 pp. Author’s first novel, which inspired the motion picture starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zelwegger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Donald Sutherland, etc. Very good. Signed by author and dated in year of publication 10-8-97 (before the movie) without inscription on title page. Faint smoky smell, top page edge faintly foxed. 143. [Signed] Gordon, Mary $60 Final Payments: A Novel Random House, 1978. First edition. 297 pp. Author’s first book, winner of the Kafka Prize. “After eleven isolated years caring for her invalid father, a professor who suffered a stroke upon discovering her in bed with a student, Isabel Moore tries to reenter the world with the help of two very different friends.” Near fine. $75 Signed by author without inscription. 144. [Signed] Hamilton, Jane The Book of Ruth: A Novel Ticknor & Fields, 1988. First edition. 328 pp. Author’s first book. “The black sheep of her $75 troubled family, Ruth struggles to keep the peace between her mother, her young son, and her slightly off-the-wall husband and to put the pieces back together when a heated situation boils over.” Near fine. Signed by author without inscription. 145. [Signed] Harris, Joanne Chocolat Doubleday, 1999. First edition. 394 pp. 8vo. Inspiration for the 2000 film starring Juliette Binoche, Judy Dench, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne Moss, etc. “Try me... test me...taste me...A tantalizing tale about the ultimate sinful luxury: that dark mistress, chocolate. When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud identifies her as a serious danger to his flock - especially as it is the $175 beginning of Lent, the traditional season of self-denial. War is declared as the priest denounces the newcomer’s wares as the ultimate sin. Suddenly Vianne’s shop is somewhere for secrets to be whispered, grievances to be aired, dreams to be tested. But her plans for an Easter Chocolate Festival divide the whole community into a ‘Church not Chocolate’ battle. As mouths water in anticipation, can the solemnity of the Church compare with the pagan passion of a chocolate eclair?” Near fine. Pages lightly toned (typical of this edition).

146. [Signed] Karr, Mary The Liars’ Club: A Memoir Viking, 1995. First edition. 320 pp. “A trenchant memoir of a troubled American child- hood from the child’s point of view describes growing up in a an East Texas refinery town, life in the midst of a turbulent family of drunks and liars, a schoolyard rape, and $75 other dark secrets.” Fine. Signed by author without inscription. 35

147. [Signed] King, Stephen Insomnia Viking Press, 1994. First edition. 787, [3] pp. 8vo. “A small town in Maine again serves as King’s setting in this deft, steady tale, in which two lovable geezers travel through hyper-reality to balance the books of human existence, or something to that effect. Since his wife’s recent death, Ralph Roberts, age 70, has been beset by insomnia and hallucinations. These hallucinations appear as auras, terminating in fine lines of light $275 resembling balloon strings. In these strings, Ralph believes he can see other people’s states of mind and being (e.g., disease, anger, calm). Ah, but 68- year-old gal pal Lois Chasse shares these visions, which by now include three little bald entities in doctors’ smocks. These three, naturally, are not really of this earth. They are brokers for what we mortals call death. The first two, whom Ralph and Lois name Clotho and Lachesis--from a Greek myth about three yarn-spinning sisters--are benevolent and serve ``The Purpose,’’ or natural, timely demise. The third, a malevolent sprite named Atropos, represents ``The Random’’ and takes great pleasure in prematurely cutting folks’ balloon strings with his rusty scalpel. Atropos takes advantage of a pro-life rally currently polarizing the hamlet and enlists a local crazy to help him make a literal killing in the afterlife futures market. In the climax, our oldsters serve as earthly agents to thwart a potentially calamitous disruption in the order of the universe. King throws in a tender romance, sensitive and often funny portrayals of the ravages of age, and the somewhat loopy presence of Rite-Aid drugstores, Cup-A-Soup, and Port-O-Sans smack-dab in the middle of hyper-reality. This commingling of the supernatural and the commonplace is what makes this hefty read so enjoyable.” -- Kirkus Reviews Near fine. Signed by author without inscription on half-title page. Bottom corner lightly bruised. 148. [Signed] Meyer, Stephenie Twilight Special Tenth Anniversary Edition / Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined - Dual Edition Megan Tingley Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2015. First thus. 341, [1]; [viii], 387, [1] pp. 8vo. “Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Twilight with this special double-feature book! This new edition pairs the classic love story with Stephenie Meyer’s bold and surprising reimagining of the complete novel with the characters’ genders reversed. In $95 Life and Death, readers will be thrilled to experience this iconic tale told through the eyes of a human teenage boy in love with a female vampire. Packaged as an oversize, jacketed hardcover ‘flip book,’ this edition features nearly 400 pages of new content as well as exquisite new cover art. Fans of Bella and Edward will not want to miss the opportunity to see these iconic characters portrayed in intriguing new roles. Twilight has enraptured millions of readers since its first publication in 2005 and has become a modern classic, redefining genres within young adult literature and inspiring a phenomenon that has had readers yearning for more.” Near fine. Signed by author twice without inscription, once on the title page for each work. 149. [Signed] Robbins, Tom Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Bantam Books, 2000. First edition. 415, [7] pp. 8vo. “The fierce invalid in Tom Robbins’s seventh novel is a philosophical, hedonistic U.S. operative very loosely inspired by a friend of the author. ‘Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll are enormously popular in the CIA,’ claims Switters. ‘Not with all the agents in the field, but with the good ones, the brightest and the best.’ Switters isn’t really an invalid, but during his first mission (to set free his ornery grandma’s parrot, Sailor, in the Amazon jungle), he gets zapped by $50 a spell cast by a ‘misshapen shaman’ of the Kandakandero tribe named End of Time. The shaman is reminiscent of Carlos Castaneda’s giggly guru, but his head is pyramid- shaped. In return for a mind-bending trip into cosmic truth--’the Hallways of Always’--Switters must not let his foot touch the earth, or he’ll die.” Very good. Bookplate signed by author affixed to front endpaper. A bit smoky, a few tiny spots on page base, top page edge lightly foxed. 150. [Signed] Schwartz, Lynne Sharon The Accounting Penmaen Press, 1983. Limited edition, one of 50 copies. 27, [9] pp. This short story was released 36

simultaneously in three editions: 100 numbered signed copies in wrappers, 150 unsigned copies in wrappers, and 50 signed copies casebound by Deborah Wender of Salem, Massachusetts which include a signed print by Michael McCurdy (the latter is the edition offered here). Near fine. Hand-numbered XIII and signed by the author and artist Michael McCurdy on limitation page. Print hand-numbered 13/50 and signed by McCurdy laid in (these woodcut prints were only included with the hardcover deluxe edition). Includes onion skin jacket, which has a few light creases to the front flap corners and a few $125 tiny spots on the front and rear panels. 151. [Signed] Smiley, Jane At Paradise Gate Simon and Schuster, 1981. First edition. 224 pp. 8vo. The second novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Thousand Acres. Jane Smiley is known for her exceptionally wide-ranging talent and keen takes on everyday life. Her novel A Thousand Acres was made into a critically acclaimed motion picture starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange, and her new novel, The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton, is set to be published in April by Knopf. Elegantly repackaged and reissued to coincide with the release of Smiley’s latest offering, At Paradise Gate is a brilliant novel that delves into the domestic drama of an ordinary American family. $75 While Ike Robinson lays dying, his wife is forced to defend the citadel of their marriage against an ill-considered, albeit loving invasion by their three middle-aged daughters. Amply fulfilling the expectations raised by Smiley’s other celebrated works, At Paradise Gate is an ‘honest, moving, quietly splendid’ (Kirkus Reviews) portrait of family survival.” Very good. Review copy with publisher’s letter laid in. Signed without inscription by author on title page. A bit smoky, top page ridge a bit foxed, light crease on front jacket flap corner. 152. [Signed] Torres, Edwin Carlito’s Way Saturday Review Press / E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975. First edition. 152, [2] pp. 8vo. The $1250 first novel by Puerto Rican New York State Supreme Court judge Edwin Torres, which together with its sequel After Hours inspired the 1993 film starring Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, etc. Penn and Miller both received Golden Globes for their performances. Very good. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page (‘9/4/03, For Tracy Callahan: With warmest regards. Honorable Edwin Torres J.S.C.’). Slightly smoky, top page ridge faintly foxed, jacket lightly toned. 153. [Signed] Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962. 1962 reissue. xii, 206 pp. 8vo. Pictorial endpapers, $950 frontis, and sketches throughout by Mary Shepard. The story that inspired the mo- tion picture of the same name starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Near fine in good jacket. Near fine in good jacket. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper (‘Anne Gorman, to take her back to her childhood - the best place to be - P.L. Travers, October 1962.’). Three inch tear on front jacket edge along flap, jacket spine faded, tiny chip from rear jacket edge.

154. [Signed] Trevor, William Lovers of Their Time Viking, 1998. First edition. 278, [2] pp. A collection of short stories by the Irish author whose fiction has won the Hawthornden Prize, the Royal Society of Literature Award, the Allied Irish Banks Prize for Literature, and the Whitbread Prize for Fiction. Very good. Signed by author without inscription on title page. A bit smoky, jacket price $75 clipped. 37

155. [Signed] Wideman, John Edgar Sent for You Yesterday Bard / Avon Books, 1983. First edition - a paperback original. 208 pp. A novel by the first author to win the International PEN / Faulkner Award twice. “Tells the story of Brother Tate, a Black albino who, after the death of his son, refuses to speak for twenty years.” Very good. Signed by author without inscription on first page. A bit smoky, lightly toned. 156. [Sports] $50 Broadside: Base Ball! between Websters and ____ at Nine-Mile Point, Webster, N.Y., 3 1-2 Miles North of Webster Village. Saturday, _____ 1900 at 3 P.M. Come One! Come All! Ladies Respectfully Invited. [Baseball] Spinning Print / Union Label Typographical, 1900. 28 x 21. Printed on one side. An early broadside advertising baseball in Webster, N.Y., designed to have the competitor and the date written in. The first baseball team in Webster was organized in 1878. Very good. Two inch closed tear along right edge, half inch closed tear along left edge, both nearly invisible, a couple internal closed tears. Never folded. 157. [Wine & Spirits] A Practical Chemist, and Experienced Liquor $250 Dealer. A Treatise on the Manufacture, Imitation, Adulteration, and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, Gins, Rums, Etc. Etc., including ‘Old Rye’ Whiskey, ‘Old Rye Monongahela,’ ‘Wheat,’ and ‘Bourbon’ Whiskeys, Fancy Brandies, Cordials, and Domestic Liquors. Based upon the ‘French System.’ Published for the Author, 1860. xii, 208, [8] pp. An pre-American Civil War guide to the commercial production of wine and spirits, with scientific explanations related to the fermentation and distillation processes, and recipes for a variety of styles of wine, whiskey, brandy, gin, etc. Very good. Rebound in navy blue buckram, with gilt titles and rules on spine. Original green endpapers retained, and somewhat faded along edges. 158. [Wine & Spirits] Thomas, Frank A. [Schoonmaker, Frank; Marvel, Ted] Wines, Cocktails and Other Drinks Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First edition. vi, [2], 228 pp. 8vo. A guide to wine $350 and cocktails, pseudonymously published by wine experts Frank Schoonmaker and Ted Marvel, known for their works ‘The Complete Wine Book’ and ‘American Wines’. Part one focuses on wine, treating wines country by country, giving a brief historical introduction for each, a list of available wines from that country, and a discussion of those wines by region, with a chapter on storing, serving, and drinking wine. The second part includes a dictionary of alcoholic beverages and a collection of recipes for cocktails, which is divided into sections depending on the base liquor, with drinks in each section in alphabetical order. Index follows text. Very good. Boards lightly soiled, front hinge just starting, ink owner stamp on front and rear endpaper.

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