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Bachmair, Heinrich F.S. (1889-1960) Das Pariser Skelett.
Lot: 178UnsoldBachmair, Heinrich F.S. (1889-1960) Das Pariser Skelett. Berlin and Munich: Bachmair, 1913. Quarto, copy number 70 of 100 printed, single signature stitched with black thread, 9 x 7 1/2 in. This ...
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Grose, Francis (1731-1791) The Antiquities of Ireland.
Lot: 272Sold for: $800$650Grose, Francis (1731-1791) The Antiquities of Ireland. London: for S. Hooper, 1791. First edition, two large quarto volumes, large-paper issue, illustrated with an engraved title in each volume and ...
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Morris, William (1834-1896)The Sundering Flood , with Autograph Letter Signed, 4 November 1891 inserted.
Lot: 326Sold for: $1,968$1,600Morris, William (1834-1896)The Sundering Flood, with Autograph Letter Signed, 4 November 1891 inserted. London: Kelmscott Press, 15 November 1897. First edition, one of 300 copies, all printed on ...
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Highland Park Brand Ambassadors Cask 21 Years Old, 1 750ml (owc) bottle
Lot: 1889Sold for: $461$375Highland Park Brand Ambassador's Cask 21 Years Old Orkney official bottling, bottled 2005, celebrating Highland Park 18 years old being named 'Best Spirit in the World' by writer Paul Pacult in ...
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Karl Anderson (American, 1874-1956) Desertion from Agriculture /A Triptych
Lot: 374UnsoldKarl Anderson (American, 1874-1956) Desertion from Agriculture/A Triptych. Unsigned, certified in an inscription from James L. Anderson, the artist's son, on the reverse, identified on an ...
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J. Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901-1985) Situation LXXXXI (a l'arbre)
Lot: 425Sold for: $30,000$24,390J. Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901-1985) Situation LXXXXI (a l'arbre) Signed and dated "J.D. '79" l.l., titled on labels from Pace Gallery, New York, and Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, affixed to the ...
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Varia: a Group of Approximately Forty-five Letters and Clipped Signatures.
Lot: 1105Sold for: $1,046$850Varia: a Group of Approximately Forty-five Letters and Clipped Signatures. Signed material from a variety of writers, politicians, artists, and others, including Presidents Taft and Coolidge, ...
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Hyginus, Gaius Julius (c. 64 BC-AD 17) Fabularum Liber.
Lot: 1184Sold for: $800$650Hyginus, Gaius Julius (c. 64 BC-AD 17) Fabularum Liber. Basel: Hervagiana, 1570. Folio, third edition, edited by Jacob Micyllus (1503-1558), with works by other writers: Palaephatus, Fulgentius, ...
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Lennep, Henry John Van (1815-1889) The Oriental Album: Twenty Illustrations in Oil Colors of the People and Scenery of Turkey.
Lot: 1201Sold for: $3,075$2,500Lennep, Henry John Van (1815-1889) The Oriental Album: Twenty Illustrations in Oil Colors of the People and Scenery of Turkey. New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1862. First and only edition, large ...
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Ogden's New Century Photo Albums, Two Volumes.
Lot: 1226Sold for: $246$200Ogden's New Century Photo Albums, Two Volumes. Each album filled with cigarette cards from Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes, the first containing approximately 188 cards depicting royalty, religious ...
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Timlin, William Mitcheson (1893-1943) The Argus
Lot: 1323ASold for: $1,230$1,000Timlin, William Mitcheson (1893-1943) The Argus. Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, framed, affixed to window mat with brown paper tape around the perimeter of the reverse, 13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. ...
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School of George de Forest Brush (American, 1855-1941) The Picture Writer
Lot: 1143Sold for: $861$700School of George de Forest Brush (American, 1855-1941) The Picture Writer. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 15 x 21 in., framed. Condition: Retouch, stretcher bar marks, surface grime. ...
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Travel Journal, 1865.
Lot: 75Sold for: $1,722$1,400Travel Journal, 1865. Quarto journal, written by hand in English on ruled paper, ownership inscription of William H. Allen, 69 Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut on ffep; recounting a journey ...
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Hyginus, Gaius Julius (c. 64 BC-AD 17) Fabularum Liber.
Lot: 206UnsoldHyginus, Gaius Julius (c. 64 BC-AD 17) Fabularum Liber. Basel: Hervagiana, 1570. Folio, third edition, edited by Jacob Micyllus (1503-1558), with works by other writers: Palaephatus, Fulgentius, ...
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Modern Firsts by Female Writers, Thirteen Novels in Twenty Volumes
Lot: 476Sold for: $25$20Modern Firsts by Female Writers, Thirteen Novels in Twenty Volumes, twelve volumes by Margaret Atwood: two True Stories, six Dancing Girls, two Bodily Harm, a Lady Oracle, and The Handmaid's Tale; ...
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Timlin, William Mitcheson (1893-1943) The Argus
Lot: 433UnsoldTimlin, William Mitcheson (1893-1943) The Argus. Watercolor and gouache on paperboard, framed, affixed to window mat with brown paper tape around the perimeter of the reverse, 13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. ...
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Margaret W. Lesley Bush-Brown (American, 1857-1944) The Blue Jar
Lot: 441Sold for: $2,460$2,000Margaret W. Lesley Bush-Brown (American, 1857-1944) The Blue Jar Signed "M.L. Bush-Brown" l.l., titled and inscribed "Arts Club Exhibition/ "The Blue Jar"/by M. Leslie Bush-Brown/1729 G ...
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Judy Dater (American, b. 1941) Twinka
Lot: 1093Sold for: $1,107$900Judy Dater (American, b. 1941) Twinka, 1970. Signed "Judy Dater" in pencil below the image l.r., titled and dated in pencil on the reverse of the mount l.r., with artist's copyright stamp in ...
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Faulkner, William (1897-1962) Typed Letter Signed, 23 April 1957.
Lot: 24Sold for: $1,845$1,500Faulkner, William (1897-1962) Typed Letter Signed, 23 April 1957. Single page typed on one side with hand-addressed holograph envelope. To Alexander Rives, arranging for the purchase of a house in ...
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Large Kongo Carved Wood Nail Power Figure
Lot: 65Sold for: $255,000$210,000Large Kongo Carved Wood Nail Power Figure, c. second half 19th century, standing on a square base with one arm raised to hold a spear, the other with hand to the side, a magical bundle with glass ...
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Silk Embroidered Ojibwa Minister George Copway Pincushion
Lot: 1002Sold for: $738$600Silk Embroidered Ojibwa Minister George Copway Pincushion, probably London, England, c. 1850, the rectangular linen cushion with an embroidered diamond border and cross-stitched inscription "The Rev ...
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Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Typed Letter, with Manuscript Additions, 1-5 June 1940.
Lot: 47Sold for: $13,530$11,000Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Typed Letter, with Manuscript Additions, 1-5 June 1940. Five leaves (ten pages), typed, 1 1/2 space, comprising one letter on two sheets (four pages); and an experimental ...
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Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Typed Letters, Fragments, [February 1941]
Lot: 50Sold for: $4,920$4,000Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969) Typed Letters, Fragments, [February 1941] Two separate letters, each a single page with substantial damage due to a leaking can of paint, with loss to the paper and text, ...
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Blount, Sir Thomas Pope (1649-1697) Censura Celebriorum Authorum
Lot: 147Sold for: $154$125Blount, Sir Thomas Pope (1649-1697) Censura Celebriorum Authorum. London: Chiswell, 1690. First edition, folio, half-title present, title printed in red and black, bound in full contemporary ...
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![Philenia [aka: Sarah Wentworth Morton] (1759-1846) Ouabi: or the Virtues of Nature. An Indian Tale in Four Cantos.](https://images.skinnerinc.com/square/phpThumb.php?src=/full/128/1059128.jpg&ws=252&hs=252)
Philenia [aka: Sarah Wentworth Morton] (1759-1846) Ouabi: or the Virtues of Nature. An Indian Tale in Four Cantos.
Lot: 331Sold for: $185$150Philenia [aka: Sarah Wentworth Morton] (1759-1846) Ouabi: or the Virtues of Nature. An Indian Tale in Four Cantos. Boston: by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1790. First edition, of the author's first ...
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Shaker Red-Painted Pine Writing Box
Lot: 4Sold for: $3,198$2,600Shaker Red-Painted Pine Writing Box, New Lebanon, New York, c. 1830, rectangular box with hinged lid with breadboard ends on dovetail-constructed case, the sides with red wash surface, the interior ...
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Blount, Sir Thomas Pope (1649-1697) Censura Celebriorum Authorum
Lot: 82UnsoldBlount, Sir Thomas Pope (1649-1697) Censura Celebriorum Authorum. London: Chiswell, 1690. First edition, folio, half-title present, title printed in red and black, bound in full contemporary ...
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Carte-de-visite Album.
Lot: 93UnsoldCarte-de-visite Album. Folio landscape-format commercially produced album consisting of thirteen album leaves, containing fifty-two 4 x 6 in. portrait cards including those of: William Gladstone; ...
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Brush Pot in the Form of a Tree Trunk
Lot: 321Sold for: $400$325Brush Pot in the Form of a Tree Trunk, China, stone, dated 1988, carved to simulate an ancient tree, where the "bark" has peeled away, an incised poem reads, "It is a long way to cultivate one's ...
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Artists' Notes and Letters, France, 20th Century.
Lot: 5Sold for: $1,476$1,200Artists' Notes and Letters, France, 20th Century. Twenty-four documents, mostly letters, from the following artists: three from Jules Cheret (1836-1932); one from Maurice Denis (1870-1943); eleven ...