Sale 20FL02 | Catalogue

Fine Literature

Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10am EDT | New York

Fine Literature | Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10am EDT

Lot image - ASHBERY, JOHN Two signed works.

Lot 1

ASHBERY, JOHN Two signed works. Comprising: Sunrise in Suburbia. New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1968. Limited edit...

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $225 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - BACALL, LAUREN Myself and Then Some.

Lot 2

BACALL, LAUREN Myself and Then Some. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2005. Signed, with prospectus laid-in. Full gilt leather. In...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [BECKETT, SAMUEL (trans.)] APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME Zone.

Lot 3

[BECKETT, SAMUEL (trans.)] APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME Zone. Dublin: The Dolman Press and London: Calder & Boyars, [1972]. Number...

C Property of Jason Epstein and Judith Miller

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [BIBLE] The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Lot 4

[BIBLE] The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Paterson: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1941. One of 1,000 copies....

C Property of The College of New Rochelle

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [BIBLIOGRAPHY] A group of bibliographical works.

Lot 5

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] A group of bibliographical works. Includes BLANCK, JACOB NATHANIEL. Bibliography of American Literature

C From the Personal Collection of Gary Combs

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $75 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - BUKOWSKI, CHARLES The Day it Snowed in L.A.

Lot 6

BUKOWSKI, CHARLES The Day it Snowed in L.A. Sutton West & Santa Barbara: The Paget Press, 1986. First edition, number 133 of...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - CALDWELL, ERSKINE Georgia Boy.

Lot 7

CALDWELL, ERSKINE Georgia Boy. New York: Duell, Sloane and Pearce, [1943]. Stated first edition, inscribed in the year of p...

Estimate: $250 - $350

Unsold

Lot 8

CAIN, JAMES Serenade. New York: Knopf, 1937. First edition. Publishers cloth, in original dust jacket. 314, [1] pp. Sm...

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $100 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [ARION PRESS] CALVINO, ITALO & THIEBAUD, WAYNE (illustrator). Invisible Cities.

Lot 9

[ARION PRESS] CALVINO, ITALO & THIEBAUD, WAYNE (illustrator). Invisible Cities. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1999. Copy 112...

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - CAPOTE, TRUMAN In Cold Blood

Lot 10

CAPOTE, TRUMAN In Cold Blood. New York: [1965]. First trade edition, stated first printing. Publishers cloth, in the origin...

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [CHAGALL, MARC] Chagall at the Met.

Lot 11

[CHAGALL, MARC] Chagall at the Met. New York: Metropolitan Opera Association, Tudor Publishing, [1971]. First edition. Tex...

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $200 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 12

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY Chaucers Canterbury Tales...

C Property of The College of New Rochelle

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $31 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH and GILBERT, MARTIN Winston Churchill.

Lot 13

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH and GILBERT, MARTIN Winston Churchill. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1994. Collectors Edition. 12 vol...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DARWIN, CHARLES Three editions published by the Easton Press.

Lot 14

DARWIN, CHARLES Three editions published by the Easton Press. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, v.d. Includes On the Origin...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $112 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DAVIS, CLYDE BRION The Great American Novel.

Lot 15

DAVIS, CLYDE BRION The Great American Novel. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1938]. First edition, signed by the author on the...

Estimate: $60 - $80

Sold for $43 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DICKENS, CHARLES The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Lot 16

DICKENS, CHARLES The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition in parts. Publishers wrappers (...

C Property of an Upper East Side Collector

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DINESEN, ISAK [BLIXEN, KAREN] Galley or proof copy of the American first edition of Seven Gothic Tales.

Lot 17

DINESEN, ISAK [BLIXEN, KAREN] Galley or proof copy of the American first edition of Seven Gothic Tales. New York: Harrison Smith & R...

C Estate of Robin Gottlieb

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $150 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 18

DINESEN, ISAK Last Tales. New York: Random House, [1957]. Stated first printing. Publishers cloth in original dust jacket....

Estimate: $20 - $30

Sold for $12 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DOS PASSOS, JOHN A Pushcart at the Curb.

Lot 19

DOS PASSOS, JOHN A Pushcart at the Curb. New York: George H. Doran, [1922]. First edition with publishers seal to copyright...

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $31 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DOS PASSOS, JOHN Nine first editions.

Lot 20

DOS PASSOS, JOHN Nine first editions. Each Harcourt, Brace except for the first, each in publishers cloth, four in dust jac...

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DOS PASSOS, JOHN Airways, Inc.

Lot 21

DOS PASSOS, JOHN Airways, Inc. New York: Macaulay, [1928]. First edition. Publishers cloth backed boards, in original jacke...

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $75 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DOS PASSOS, JOHN The Garbage Man. A Parade with Shouting.

Lot 22

DOS PASSOS, JOHN The Garbage Man. A Parade with Shouting. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Stated first edition, one of 10...

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $200 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DOS PASSOS, JOHN The Big Money.

Lot 23

DOS PASSOS, JOHN The Big Money. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1936]. Stated first edition. Publishers blue cloth stamped in...

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DOS PASSOS, JOHN & CENDRARS, BLAISE Panama or The Adventures of My Seven Uncles.

Lot 24

DOS PASSOS, JOHN & CENDRARS, BLAISE Panama or The Adventures of My Seven Uncles. New York: 1931. Number 104 of 300 copies si...

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DUNAWAY, FAYE Looking for Gatsby.

Lot 25

DUNAWAY, FAYE Looking for Gatsby. Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1995. First edition, first printing, one of 1400 signed and num...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 26

ELIOT, THOMAS STEARNS Typed letter signed, 1925.

C Property of a Prominent New Jersey Family

Estimate: $500 - $700

Sold for $312 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - FARRELL, JAMES T. Gas-House McGinty.

Lot 27

FARRELL, JAMES T. Gas-House McGinty. New York: Vanguard, 1933. First edition. Publishers cloth in original dust jacket. ...

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $100 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - FARRELL, JAMES T. Group of five titles.

Lot 28

FARRELL, JAMES T. Group of five titles. Each New York, Vanguard Press, first editions, publishers cloth in original dust ja...

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $25 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - FARRELL, JAMES T. The Guillotine Party.

Lot 29

FARRELL, JAMES T. The Guillotine Party. New York: Vanguard, 1935. First edition. Publishers cloth in original dust jacket....

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $56 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - FAULKNER, WILLIAM Seventeen volumes published by the Easton Press.

Lot 30

FAULKNER, WILLIAM Seventeen volumes published by the Easton Press. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, v.d. Each in full gilt leathe...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $468 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 31

[FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT] Envelope addressed to Mr. H. A. Phillips in Fitzgeralds hand.

C Property of a Prominent New Jersey Family

Estimate: $100 - $200

Unsold

Lot image - FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT Trimalchio. A Facsimile edition of the original galley proofs for The Great Gatsby.

Lot 32

FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT Trimalchio. A Facsimile edition of the original galley proofs for The Great Gatsby. Columbia: Universit...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $93 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - FLEMING, IAN Complete Set of James Bond Novels.

Lot 33

FLEMING, IAN Complete Set of James Bond Novels. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2005. 14 volumes. Full leather gilt in variou...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $3,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL George Washington: A Biography.

Lot 34

FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL George Washington: A Biography. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1995]. Collectors Edition. 7 volu...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $225 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - FROST, ROBERT Closed For Good.

Lot 35

FROST, ROBERT Closed For Good. [New York: The Spiral Press], December 1948. Signed by Frost and with her old friend in in...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $200 - $400

Sold for $375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 36

[LIBRARY SET] GARNETT, RICHARD. The Universal Anthology...

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [GILL, ERIC] GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS The Lords Song.

Lot 37

[GILL, ERIC] GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS The Lords Song. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Publishers cream cloth. 8 7/8 x 4...

C Property of The College of New Rochelle

Estimate: $40 - $60

Unsold

Lot image - GILBERT, ELIZABETH Eat, Pray, Love.

Lot 38

GILBERT, ELIZABETH Eat, Pray, Love.. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2006. Signed, with prospectus laid-in. Full gilt leather. In...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $25 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - GIORNO, JOHN Group of contact sheets.

Lot 39

GIORNO, JOHN Group of contact sheets. Seven black and white contact sheets depicting Giorno and others at an opening, circa...

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - GOODALL, JANE Reason for Hope.

Lot 40

GOODALL, JANE Reason for Hope. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed, with prospectus laid-in. Full gilt leather. Includes...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $56 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - GOREY, EDWARD The Haunted Tea-Cosy. A dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas.

Lot 41

GOREY, EDWARD The Haunted Tea-Cosy. A dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997 [i...

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $150 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 42

GOREY, EDWARD The Haunted Tea-Cosy. A dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997 [i...

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $175 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 43

GOREY, EDWARD The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millenium.

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $200 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 44

GOREY, EDWARD The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millenium.

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $100 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [GOREY, EDWARD] ELLIOTT, RICHARD. A Song and a Diary for Richard Elliott.

Lot 45

[GOREY, EDWARD] ELLIOTT, RICHARD. A Song and a Diary for Richard Elliott. New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1973. First trade...

Estimate: $60 - $90

Sold for $375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 46

[GOREY, EDWARD] BELLOC, HILAIRE. Cautionary Tales for Children. Rediscovered and Illustrated by Edward Gorey.

Estimate: $70 - $100

Sold for $112 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 47

[GOREY, EDWARD] BELLOC, HILAIRE. Cautionary Tales for Children. Rediscovered and Illustrated by Edward Gorey.

Estimate: $70 - $100

Sold for $112 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 48

GOREY, EDWARD The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millenium.

Estimate: $70 - $100

Sold for $375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 49

GOREY, EDWARD The Raging Tide: or the Black Dolls Imbroglio.

Estimate: $70 - $100

Sold for $200 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 50

GOREY, EDWARD The Raging Tide: or the Black Dolls Imbroglio.

Estimate: $70 - $100

Sold for $200 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 51

GOREY, EDWARD The Water Flowers.

Estimate: $50 - $80

Sold for $125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 52

GOREY, EDWARD The Water Flowers.

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $112 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 53

[GOREY, EDWARD] Group of Twelve Figbash Inverted Comma coffee mugs.

Estimate: $20 - $30

Sold for $50 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 54

[GOREY, EDWARD] Group of Twelve Figbash Ampersand coffee mugs.

Estimate: $20 - $30

Sold for $50 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 55

GOREY, EDWARD The Thoughtful Alphabet.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $437 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 56

GOREY, EDWARD The Thoughtful Alphabet.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $406 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 57

GOREY, EDWARD The Thoughtful Alphabet. Five (of six) alphabet broadsides, each titled along bottom and numbered 2, 3, 10, 14...

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $562 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - GREENAWAY, KATE and HARTE, BRET The Queen of the Pirate Isle.

Lot 58

GREENAWAY, KATE and HARTE, BRET The Queen of the Pirate Isle. London: Chatto & Windus, [1886]. First edition. Nicely bound i...

C From the Personal Collection of Gary Combs

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $75 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - DULAC, EDMUND and GUYOT, CHARLES La Toison dOr et quelques autres Contes de la Greece Ancienne.

Lot 59

DULAC, EDMUND and GUYOT, CHARLES La Toison dOr et quelques autres Contes de la Greece Ancienne. Paris: H. Piazza, [15 Octob...

C From the Personal Collection of Gary Combs

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $200 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - HAMMETT, DASHIELL The Maltese Falcon.

Lot 60

HAMMETT, DASHIELL The Maltese Falcon. Philadelphia: Franklin Mystery, 1987. Full silver gilt leather with a large falcon mot...

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $100 (includes buyer's premium)