Here is a list of selected items from the Specials Room of the Booth sale, at Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane, Newtown, CT 06470. The sale will open at 9.00 AM on July 8, and run Saturday from 9.00-5.00, Sunday 9.00-5.00, Monday 9.00- 7.00, Tuesday 9.00-7.00, and Wednesday 9.00-12.00; $5.00 admission is charged Saturday only, all other days are free admission, Saturday tickets will go on sale at 7.00 AM Saturday. Monday is half price day, Tuesday is $5.00 per bag sale; Wednesday all remaining are free, though contributions are always welcome. Directions can be found at www.boothbooksale.com or by contacting [email protected].

Items on the Selected List will be available for inspection by appointment until a few days before the sale begins; please contact [email protected] to set up an appointment time, or with questions about the books. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Please check this website again for any late additions to the list.

SELECTIONS FROM THE SPECIALS ROOM OF THE C H BOOTH LIBRARY SALE 2017

[Autographs] see Brunner, H.C.; Bush, Barbara et al.; Mankoff, Robert (signed by Fradon, Dana, et al.); Nesbitt, Ilse; Rand, Ayn; Van Vechten, Carl; Warhol, Andy and Suzie Frankfurt; and Wright, Frank Lloyd

Baum, L Frank. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill, nd(1902). First state. Gift inscription, Xmas 1902. Full pictorial front cover. Slight darkening, especially to spine; hinges reglued. $200.00

____. Ozma of Oz. Chicago: Reilly Britton, nd(1907). Ads for Land of Oz and John Dough only; left vertical line border on ad page perfect. Page [11] line 5 “O” is in Oz. Illustration page 221 in color. Reilly & Britton on backstrip. Bit of soiling to backstrip. $175.00

Brewster, Anna Richards. A Book of Sketches. NY: Marchbanks Press for William Tenney Brewster, 1954. Limited to 500 copies. Together with 2, Sketches from the South County of Rhode Island, 1957, 250 copies; volume 3, Sketches from the British Isles, 1958, 250 copies; volume 4, Italian and Sicilian Sketches, 1960, 250 copies. Volumes 1, 2, and 4 have their original 1 page transmittal sheets. All very good, with some wear, fading to spines. The four volume set is rarely found together: $500.00

Browne, D J. Sylva Americana. Boston: Hyde, 1832. Full leather. Some scuffing. $65.00

Bunner, H C. Airs From Arcady and Elsewhere. NY: Scribner, 1884. Inscribed FFEP, Paul Paquet, Esquire With the best regards of H. C. Bunner Aug.19/84. Slight discoloration at head of spine. $100.00

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[Bush, G H W & Barbara] De Guzman, Ariel. The Bush Family . NY: Scribner, nd(2005). Inscribed, From our kitchen to your kitchen - enjoy! By Barbara Bush, George Bush and Ariel De Guzman. Fine in fine jacket. $50.00

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Letters. L: Lackington Allen et al, 1799. Fifth . Three volumes. Rebound in full leather, gilt decoration. Housed in a home-made three- compartment slip case. Small chip at head of backstrip, volume I, otherwise very good. $95.00

[cummings, e e, et al] The Harvard Freshman Red Book Class of 1915. Cambridge: Harvard, nd(May 1912). Class included Edward Estlin Cummings, age 17, John P Marquand, 18, Charles Boni, 17. composer Roger Sessions, 15, and many other notables. Together with, Harvard Class Album, Cambridge, 1915. Freshman Red Book with ownership signature of Allan T[urrell] Mckay, very good. Class Book with class of 1915 bookplate (signed HM) with McKay’s name written in, with a loose photo of a young man, presumably McKay, front hinge cracked, some soil. $75.00

Deacon’s Synchronological Chart of Universal History in Seven Languages. Drawn by Edward Hull. London: Deacon, nd. Chart goes through 1900 only. Large folding chromolithographed chart, housed in folder, with separate Key. All very good. $75.00

Douglas, Jack. The Jewish-American Sex and Cook Bpook and How to Raise Wolves. NY: Pocket nd(1974). . Slight split lower spine. $60.00

[Horses] Ransom, J H. Who’s Who in Horsedom. Lexington, KY: Ransom, 1959. Vol XI. With a 9-line inscription to Freddy, from J Glenn Turner, President of the Tennessee Walking Horse Association, and listed in Vol X. Lettering dulled. $35.00

M’Diarmid, Hugh. A Drunk Man Looks At the Thistle. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1926.Backstrip a little dulled, otherwise VG. $200.00

Mankoff, Robert, ed. The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker. NY: Black Dog Leventhal, nd(2004). Inscribed FFEP by five New Yorker cartoonists to Cindy: To Cindy Merry Christmas 2004, Dana Fradon; Happy Holidays – version #397 2004, Roz Chant; Enjoy the holiday, Joseph Farris; Merry Christmas, Peter Steiner; With warmest holiday wishes to Cindy, Edward F[raschino]. Cindy is not further identified, but we believe it refers to Cindy Sherman, artist and photographer who made a career of photographing herself in different guises, worked with The New Yorker, and who numbered her photos rather than titling them; her #397, done in 2000, can be searched online. With two CDs, still sealed. One small bump, lower edge front cover, otherwise fine with fine jacket. $350.00

2 Mason, Dexter. Tipple and Snack Good Things to Eat and Better Things to Drink. NY: Farrar Rinehart, nd(c1931). VG. $50.00

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. NY: Macmillan, 1936. “Published May, 1936.” Owner’s inscription dated July 1936. Good. $300.00

[Movable] [F Gray Severne] Push and Pull Pictures A Mechanical . L: Nister, NY: Dutton, nd[1897]. Date and author from WorldCat (two copies only, Cambridge University, State Library of South Australia). Six metamorphic movables with pull tabs. Some wear and soil along bottom edges and pull tabs, otherwise very good. $450.00

[Music] Bound volume of sheet music, Civil War era. Includes: Parade March 22nd Reg’t NYSM (not illustrated), Lt General Grant’s Grand March (portrait), Gen McClellan’s Grand March (color port), Sanitary Fair Polka (not illus), I Wish I Was In Dixie’s Land (3rd issue?), Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (not illus), Star Spangled Banner (color flags), Vacant Chair (not illus), together with other lithographed covers. Largely disbound. $150.00

Nesbitt, Ilse Buchert. My Garden. Newport, RI: The Third and Elm Press, 1988. “The typeface is Alte Schwabacher, the illustrations were cut in maplewood, the paper is Monadnock Caress. The setting, cutting, and by Ilse Buchert Nesbitt were complete on September 28, 1988.” Number 4 of 175 copies, pencil signed by Nesbitt. With an extra woodcut, also pencil signed. The woodcuts are printed in color, the extra print, limited to the first five numbered copies, “hand-rubbed.” Copies 1-5 bound in full goatskin, by Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt. Together with promotional material for the book, a Christmas card from the Nesbitt family, and a handwritten 2-page letter from Alex Nesbitt. All fine. $125.00

Ono, Yoko. Grapefruit. NY: Simon Schuster, nd(1970). Stated first printing. Intro by John Lennon. VG, jacket with 1” x ½” chip on back panel. $25.00

The Portfolio. Edited by Philip Hammerton. London: Seeley Jackson Halliday, 1877, 1879. Two volumes of the art periodical, filled with tissue guarded plates and in text illustrations. Half leather. VG. $250.00

Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, nd(1944). 8th printing. 4-line inscription on title page from Rand to Jane Hollingworth “Cordially”, 17 October 1944. Ownership inscription FFEP. Water spots on front cover, backstrip faded. $200.00

Report of the Special Committee on Electric Lighting. Newark: Society of Gas Lighting, for the confidential use of its members, 1887. 118 pp. Full red leather, gilt, binder’s ticket of M Plum, Newark. Binding worn, especially on backstrip, title page separated. $75.00

3 Smith, Maria Lavinia. The Fugitive of the Forrest. Philadelphia: John Royer, Printer, 1836. Early American edition of the popular novel first published in London in 1801. Four copies only on WorldCat (Mich St, U Chi, 2 in Switzerland). Original paper covered boards, spine expired, resewn. $45.00

[Spanish American War] Small archive belonging to Floyd E Todd. (1) Scenes Taken in the Philippines, China, Japan and on the Pacific Relating to Soldiers. String tied album of images by J D Givens, “S.F.” Some images loose, not guaranteed complete. (2) Ponce de Leon Land and Florida War Record. St Augustine, FL: Ord Sgt G M Brown, 1902, 8th ed. Some wear. (3) National Guard and Naval Militia List and Directory (NY). Albany? Adj Gen Office, 1914. Good. (4) Spanish War Review. Vol 2, #3, Jan 1913. Good. (5) Second Annual Dinner Company M, 1st Infantry NG, NY. April 8th, 1912. Covers separated. (6) Our Naval Apprentice. Vol 3, #2, Jue 1903. Together with, Enlistment Instruction Pay and Advancement in the United States navy, 1916 (VG), The Bliss Magazune, March 1904, issue on Pensacola Harbor (covers separated), 16th National Convention Army Navy Union, 1913 (VG), six postcards announcing meetings of various groups connected to the War, 1912-13 (VG). The , $100.00

[Tea] The New Way and Tea. San Francisco: Schilling, 1908. 56 pp. On page 52 is a pasted in Service Draft, payable to any retailer, for $10.00, if the tea has been bought and sold at retail price to avoid price cutting destroying the market. On page 53 is a pasted in money back guarantee offering reimbursement plus 2 cents for any merchant who has had to refund the purchase price to a customer. WorldCat 15024365 lists two copies only (NY Academy of Medicine, Hagley Museum), with no mention of the paste in additions, though they were obviously planned for the book. Very good. $150.00

Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. (NY: Random, 1971). Stated first edition. Book very good, jacket (unclipped, $5.95) creased front flap, 1” tear front panel. $200.00

Van Vechten, Carl. The Blind Bow-Boy. NY: Knopf, 1923. Inscribed on front free : “For the wholly adorable ‘Pam,’ with my love. Carl Van Vechton August 1, 1923 New York”. Together with: photograph postcard of a black woman gazing at a portrait of a black man, embossed “Photograph by Carl Van Vechten”, postmarked 19 October 1954, addressed to Mrs William Metcalf, six-line message “Dear Pam – Here is Lady Bird in her first reincarnation there will be others. Love Carlo Oct 18.54”; typed letter, 19 April 1960, concerning cats, Van Vechten stationary, signed in ink “Carlo, mayo Patriarch et Beau Moge”, with envelope addressed to Dame Henriette Metcalf, with note added to envelope “I want to photograph the Dutch boy!”; NYPL note card, The Skaters, 13 line inscription concerning cats, referring to a “sweet Note from Addison”, addressed Dear Pam, signed “much love to you / Carlo”, not dated but envelope addressed to Mrs Henriette Metcalf postmarked 19 June 1964, Van Vechten’s return address sticker; The Tow-Headed Blind Boy or The Blind Bow-Boy’s Step-Brother, by Samuel Hoffenstein, privately printed Cedars Rapids, IO, 1923, inscribed “Dear Pam This grand parody of a man with wicked thoughts Carl Van Vechten January 7 – 1924 New York”. Metcalf was divorced from the artist William Metcalf, mother of two

4 including Addison, lover of the sculptress Thelma Ellen Wood, friend and translator of Collette. Ladybird Cleveland was a frequent model for Van Vechten’s photographs. Hoffentstein was a writer himself, and a script writer for the movie The Wizard of Oz. Book some wear at edges, darkening at backstrip; Tow-Headed Blind Boy unopened, minor soiling and foxing; photographic postcard, letters and envelopes all in very good condition. The collection: $400.00

Warhol, Andy, and Suzie Frankfurt. Wild Raspberries. Boston: Bullfinch, nd(1997). Stated first edition. Inscribed on FFEP, Peggy Merry Christmas Suzie Frankfurt. Unfortunately, also present on the FFEP, though not affecting the inscription, are the remains of a squashed bug; perhaps Suzie was planning on incorporating it into a recipe. Otherwise VG, unclipped belly band with small tear. $100.00

Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Story of the Tower. NY: Horizon, 1956. Inscribed FFEP, To alan(?) with affection and esteem Frank Lloyd Wright /56. Slight soiling, couple of marks to back cover. $600.00

ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF INTEREST IN ROOM 201

Adult Collectibles

[Autographs] see Algen, Nelson; Carmichael, Hoagy; Feininger, Andreas; Genova, Lisa; [MacDonald, Shamus] Stedman, Edmund Clarence; Michener, James; Playbill; Shelby, Carroll [see Wright]; Winfrey, Oprah

Addison, Joseph. Works. 6-volume set in half leather and marbled boards and with gilt lettering. Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., 1867. $50.00.

Alcott, Louisa M. Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Parts I and II. Roberts Brothers, Boston 1876 - Original two-volume set bound in dark green boards with gilt titles and brown endpapers, and with the ads at the back. Some wear to boards and spines, binding somewhat loose; short inscription on ffep $75.00.

Algen, Nelson. The Man with the Golden Arm. NY: Doubleday & Co., 1949. Inscribed by author; no dust jacket. $35.00.

Anderson, Emily. The Letters of Beethoven. 3-volume set in dust jackets and . NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1961. $40.00.

Andrews, James P. History of Great Britain. London: Cadell & Davies, 1806. 2 vol. set, $35.00.

Arndt, Karl J.R., ed. A Documentary History of the Indiana Decade of the Harmony Society 1814-1824. 2-volumes in green paper covers. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1975. $45.00.

5 Axelrod, Herbert and Warren Burgess. Atlas of Aquarium Fishes. 2-volume set in very good slipcase. Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H., 1990. $75.00.

Baldwin, James. Jimmy’s Blues. Selected Poems. London: Michael Joseph, 1983. In good dust jacket with slight foxing. $35.00.

Banim, Michael. Works. New Edition series in green boards with gilt title and floral decoration on spine, gilt page edges; Dublin: Duffy, The Bit o’Writin’ (1865), The Boyne Water (1865), The Croppy (1865), The Denounced (1866), The Mayor of Wind-Gap and Canvassing, (1865), The Peep O’Day (1865), and Peter of the Castle. All seven volumes $100.00

Bateman, Gregory C. The Vivarium. London: L. Upcott Gill, 1897. $40.00

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. 4-volume set. NY: Century Co., 1884-1887. Navy boards with gilt lettering, some soiling, tightly bound. $50.00

Baum, L. Frank. The Enchanted Island of Yew. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1903. First edition, later state; gray boards, 242 pp., cover soiled, but colors clear, some rubbing at top and bottom of spine tape; owner’s name and date on ffep in pencil (1908); five colored plates by Fanny Y. Cory; tight binding, although some gatherings tighter than others $75.00.

-----. John Dough and the Cherub. Illus. John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Company, 1906. First Edition, later state (misprint of “cage” for “cave” on p. 275 corrected) 315 p. Pictorial tan cloth in poor condition with detached covers. $35.00.

Beati in Apocalipsin Libri Duodecim. Companion Volume to the Facsimile Edition of the Gerundensis. Tan cloth boards with ½ brown leather. Edilan, 1975.

[Bendix Products Division]. Service Manual. Stromberg Injection Carburetors for Aircraft. Paperback with additional schematics.1941. $25.00.

Burnham, Jr., Robert. Celestial Handbook. 4-volumes in two. Celestial Handbook Publications, 1966. First edition rebound in emerald green boards. $75.00.

Burton, Richard. The Anatomy of Melancholy. 2-volume set in beige boards. London: Doran, 1927. Limited edition 156 of 500. $100.00.

Carmichael, Hoagy B.; illus. Robert H. Seaman. The Grand Cascapedia River. A History. Vol. 1 (2006) and Vol. 2 (2012). Excellent ¼ black leather and green cloth boards with gilt lettered spine in very good green with gilt lettering and illustration. Signed by author. $75.00 for set.

Carr, Edward A. T. Faded Laurels. The History of Eaton’s Neck and Asharoken. Second edition. Interlaken, New York: Heart of the Lakes , 1994. $50.00.

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Charles Morgan on Retrievers. Ed. Ann Fowler and D.L. Walters. NY: Abercrombie and Fitch, 1968. $40.00

Churchill, Winston S. The Unknown War. The Eastern Front. NY: Charles Scribners and Sons, 1931. 1st edition in brown covers with gilt lettering; spine minimally faded. $60.00.

Cooke, Edward S., Jr. Making Furniture in Preindustrial America. The Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1996. $50.00.

DeGouy, Mrs. Louis P. The Cocktail Hour. NY: Greenburg, 1951. $20.00.

Dickens, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Bound in light brown leather boards (intact but detached), with gilt and leaf design on spine tape. Pages edged in gilt on three sides. Bound at rear with dated ad for release of Oliver Twist followed by list of author’s works up to A Christmas Carol, and original red cover with gilt illustration. $75.00.

Dobson, Susanna. The Life of Petrarch collected from Memoires pour la Vie de Petrarch. 2nd edition in two volumes, ¾ leather and marbled boards, gilt edging to top of pages; some damage to leather spine tapes of both volumes; London: 1776. $125.00.

Dwyer, Francis. On Seats and Saddles. Philadelphia, J. B.Lippincott, 1869. $30.00

Edwards, George Wharton. Spain. Phila: Penn, nd. Inscribed by the author on ffep, Autographed and presented to my valued friends Mr & Mrs Abbott Graves, Feb. 19, 1931. Abbott Fuller Graves, 1859-1936, was a painter and illustrator specializing in garden scenes and still lifes. His works can be found in many museums. Water damage to the fore edge. $20.00.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Works.14-vol. set, green boards with gilt. NY and Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co. $250.

Feininger, Andreas. The Face of New York. Collection of photographs by Life staff photographer Andreas Feininger and signed by him on ffep. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1954. $35.00.

Fowler, Ann and D. L. Walters, ed. Charles Morgan on Retrievers. NY: Abercrombie and Fitch, 1968. In dust jacket with minor tears. $40.00.

Freeman, Douglas. R.E. Lee. 4-volume set in red cloth boards with some fading, tight binding. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934. $45.00

7 Genova, Lisa. Still Alice. NY: Pocket Books, 2009. Inscribed by author. $20.00.

Goethe, J. Doctor Faustus. London: Hacon and Ricketts, 1903. $75.00.

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Miscellaneous Works. Ed. John Prior. 4-volume set in green boards with leather title paste-on on spine tape and marbled page edges. $75.00.

Gray, Thomas. The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse. Ed. Edmund Grosse. London: Macmillan, 1884. 4-volume set in full leather with gilt. $100.00.

Grey, Zane. The U.P. Trail. NY: & Bros., 1918. First edition (A-S January 1918) in maroon leatherette, spine stamped with gilt lettering; issued at the same time as the trade edition, but this version sent to fighting men oversees, hence termed the “Khaki” edition. $75.00.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel Mosses from an Old Manse. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. Two parts in one volume; rebound. $50.00.

Hedrick, U.P. The Grapes of New York. State of New York Department of Agriculture, 15th Annual Report, vol. 3, part 2. Albany: Lyon, 1908. $35.00.

Hervey, A.B. and Isaac Sprague, illustrator. Beautiful Wild Flowers of America. Boston: S.E. Cassino and Company, 1883. $45.00.

Hofland, T.C. The British Angler’s Manual. London: Whitehead, 1839. Bright green boards in brodart, front cover loose. $50.00

The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. New York: American Bible Society, 1872. Leather covers in good condition with gilt decoration and names of recipient couple; family pages in center blank. $45.00.

Hugo, Victor. Works. Set in dark blue boards and slipcases. Edition de Bibliophile in Imperial Japanese . no. 160 of 250. $250.00

Junius. Letters of Junius in Two Volumes. A New Edition. London: 1804. In leather boards with some rubbing, front boards of both volumes loose. $45.00.

Knobloch, Philip. Good Practice in Construction. Parts I and II. New York: The Pencil Points Library, 1923. $25.00.

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. NY: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1960. Early edition. $40.00.

Macaulay, Thom. B. History of England. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1899. 5-vol. set in ¼ leather marbled boards with marbled end papers. $50.00.

8 -----. History of England. NY: Appleton, 1881. 5-vol. set in dark red boards with black impressed edge design, and gilt and black embossed spine tape with some wear to top and bottoms of spines, and corners. $30.00.

[MacDonald, Shamus] Stedman, Edmund Clarence. Poems Now First Collected. Boston: Houghton, 1897. Inscribed on ffep ”To / Shamus MacDonald / of Donegal / from his fellow craftsman / Edmund Clarence Stedman / Casa Laura / Feb 25th / 1899”. MacDonald was a prominent Irish author most known for bringing Irish folktales to 20th century audiences. Backstrip separated along from hinge, hinges shaken, but still a wonderful association item. $10.00.

[Morse, Alice C] Heyse, Paul. At the Ghost Hour. NY: Dodd Mead, 1894. Translated by Frances A Van Santford. With decorations by Alice C Morse. The chief interest of the book is in the decorations by Morse, one of the primary women book designers of the fin de siecle. Backstrip sunned and worn, pencil inscription inside front cover dated 1935. $10.00.

Michener, James A. Miracle in Seville. NY: , 1995. No. 105 of 500 signed in rust slipcase in unopened original shrink wrap. $40.00.

Moore, John W. Roster of the North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States. Vol. 1 only. Raleigh, N.C.: Ashe and Gatling, 1882. $75.00.

Napoleon Bonaparte. Correspondance generale. Publiee par la foundation Napoleon. Paris: Fayard, 2004. 4-volume set in very good condition. $100.00.

Nemirovsky, Irene. A Modern Jezebel. NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1937. First edition in beige boards with some discoloration on spine; no dust jacket. $75.00.

The Parallel Bible. Brown leather boards with bright gilt and two intact silver-toned metal clasps; spine worn. Boston: Gately & Co., 1885. $100.00.

Pickering, William [publisher]. Four volumes with texts from sources: Songs and Carols, The Nutbrowne Maid, The Tale of the Basyn and the Frere and the Boy, and The Turnament of Totenham and the Feest, London: 1836. All four in dark leather with blind stamped design, gilt top pages, and gilt lettering on spine. $45.00.

Playbill for Deuce (New York, June 3, 2007). Signed by Angela Lansbury with ticket. $15.00.

The Plaza. Promenade. Magazine issues for January 1949 to December 1949, vol. 11, no. 11-12 and vol. 12, no. 1-10. Bound in one volume with “Dorothy Waters” impressed in gilt on front boards. $75.00.

Prime, Nathaniel. A History of Long Island. NY: Robert Carter, 1845. $45.00

9 Ramond, Pierrre. Marquetry. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, 1989. $75.00.

Rayleigh, Lord (John William Strutt). Scientific Papers. NY: Dover Publications, 1964. 6 vols. bound as three: Vol. 2 (Vols. III: 1887-1892 and IV: 1892-19901) and Vol. 3 (Vols. V and VI: 1902-1910 and 1911-1919). $10.00 per volume.

Repton, Humphrey. The Art of Landscape Gardening. Edited by John Nolen. Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press, (November) 1907. $40.00.

Schloss, Ezekiel. The Shtetl. A Soul of a People. Pamphlet with 22 plates collated in very good red folder. NY: Jewish Education Committee of New York, 1970. $35.00.

Scott, Walter. The Lady of the Lake. Illus. with engravings from the paintings by Richard Cook. Dark green boards with imprinted filigree border design on front and rear, spine tape detached on joint with front boards, and damage to ends of spine tape. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. As is $50.00.

Schultz, James Willard. Skull Head the Terrible. New York: Houghton-Mifflin, 1929; first edition, no dust jacket; some staining and rubbing to boards. $35.00

Smith, Wm. Farrar. From Chattanooga to Petersburg under Generals Grant and Butler. NY: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893. $35.00.

Source Records of the Great War. National Alumni, 1923. 7-volume set in bright, tight boards with gilt design on spine and front, and page edges; some pages still uncut. $50.00.

Spaulding, John. Historical Relics of the White Mountains. Boston: Nathaniel Noyes, 1855. $50.00.

Spencer, Edmund. The Shepherd’s Calendar. NY: Cassell &Company, Ltd., 1888. Octavo in cream vellum boards with embossed Celtic motif in gold and green. $20.00. Trollope, Frances. Paris and the Parisians. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1836. $35.00.

Ungerer, Tomi. Fornicon. NY: Grove Press, 1969. 1st printing with dust jacket bumped on edges and slight tear. $75.00.

United States Strategic Bombing Survey. The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Chairman’s Office. 30 June 1946. $50.00.

Yale Pot-Pourri. Vol. XXXV, 1900. New Haven: Yale University. Front and rear matter with advertisements for local and New York City businesses. Dark green boards with gilt impression on cover with title in wreath and ribbons. $10.00

Wells, H.G. The War in the Air. Macmillan’s Standard Library. NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1925. $25.00.

10 Winfrey, Oprah; Ken Regan photographer. Journey to Beloved. NY: Hyperion, 1998; in plastic-protected slipcase. No. 1437 of deluxe signed limited edition of 3000. $25.00

Wright, Nicky. Mustang. Anniversary edition 1964-1994. London: MMB, 1994. Easton Press leather-bound collector’s edition signed by Carroll Shelby, limited ed. 804 of 5000 in dark blue leather boards with gilt title and design. $100.00.

Atlases and Maps

Bartholomew’s General World Series. Map of the Far East. China, Japan, Korea and Manchukuo. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., n.d. (1932?) Printed color mounted on linen. $10.00.

-----. Map of the Middle East. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., n.d. Printed color mounted on linen. $10.00.

The Citizens’ Atlas of the World. 4th edition. Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1924. $15.00.

Children’s Books

The Iliad and the Odyssey. Adapted by Jane Werner Watson with pictures by Alice and Martin Provensen. Giant Golden Book. De Luxe Edition. Some bumping on corners and to ends of spine tape, otherwise in comparatively good condition. NY: Golden Press, 1956. $25.00.

Lofting, Hugh. Dr. Dolittle in the Moon; Dr. Dolittle’s Caravan; Dr. Dolittle’s Circus; Dr. Dolittle’s Garden; Dr. Dolittle’s Return; and Dr. Dolittle’s Zoo. NY: Lippincott, 1967. 6-volume set in good slipcase with paste-on still of Rex Harrison and animals from 1967 movie. $12.00.

North, Grace May. The Bylow Squirrel Boys. New York: R. F. Fenno and Co., 1915. Brown boards with color illustration of three squirrels in tree on upper boards. 31 Illustrations, 8 in color. 170 pages plus excerpts from Uncle Wiggly's Travels and Charlie and Arabella Chick at the end of book. Hard Cover. $35.00

Snow, Jack. The Magical Mimics in Oz. Illus. Frank Kramer. copy with loose boards and ffep. $8.00.

The Wonderful Worlds of Walt Disney. 4-volume set in worn, but intact green slipcase, comprising Walt Disney’s America, Walt Disney’s Fantasyland, Walt Disney’s Stories from Other Lands and Walt Disney’s Worlds of Nature. NY: Grolier, 1965. $10.00.

Categories of Note

Decorative bindings:  Classics of world and Swedish literature in ½ calf leather boards with striking

11 marbled covers, gilt lettering and spine design; early 20th century, most excellent, rest very good; $4.00 each.  Easton Press: Selection of titles in bright decorated leather boards with gilt page edges

Piano rolls: Limited selection at $2.00 each.

Puzzles: Limited selection of assumed complete jigsaw puzzles from local estate; includes round or octagon Springbok rarities in very good to fair boxes. $15.00 and up.

Vintage : broad selection, especially of pulp fiction with striking noir covers

Plus: Cooking Gardening Poetry Fishing History Prestidigitation

ON THE GENERAL SALES FLOORS

Antiques: Books on antique and collectible porcelain, glass and other objets d’art from a private collection

Cookbooks: Broad selection arranged by type of cuisine, chef, and occasion; includes bartending guides and vintage items in excellent condition.

History: Private collection of books on Napoleon Bonaparte and his milieu

Home Improvement/Woodworking: How-to books on making wooden toys from estate of local artisan.

Puzzles and Games: Extensive selection of vintage jigsaw puzzles, with large-format, round and octagon Springboks especially well represented, donated by a local collector’s estate and priced $3 and up.

Sports: Books on fishing

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