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  • Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel (1814-1879)

    Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel (1814-1879)

    Lot: 560
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    Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel (1814-1879),Dictionnaire raisonne du mobilier francais..., Paris: Morel et Cie., 1874-75, in six volumes, three quarter red morocco, 8vo, (scratches to spines, some more ...

  • Ward, Lynd (1905-1985)

    Ward, Lynd (1905-1985)

    Lot: 561
    Sold for: $119$100

    Ward, Lynd (1905-1985),Two titles: God's Man, 1929, first edition, (lacking dust jacket, leaning somewhat),and Madman's Drum, 1930, first edition, second printing, (edge chipping to dust jacket),more ...

  • Warthin, Aldred Scott

    Warthin, Aldred Scott

    Lot: 562
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    Warthin, Aldred Scott, The Physician of the Dance of Death, New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc., 1931, numbered 93 of 1000, together with a loose page printed with Warthin's Credo, signed and dated 1930, more ...

  • Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)

    Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)

    Lot: 563
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    Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915),Up from Slavery. An Autobiography, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901, first edition, original red cloth, with signed letter laid down to flyleaf which more ...

  • (Washington's Funeral),Alden, Rev. Timothy, Jr.

    (Washington's Funeral),Alden, Rev. Timothy, Jr.

    Lot: 564
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    (Washington's Funeral),Alden, Rev. Timothy, Jr., A Sermon, Delivered at the South Church in Portsmouth...Occasioned by the sudden and universally lamented Death of George Washington, Portsmouth, more ...

  • (Western Exploration, United States),Abert, James W.

    (Western Exploration, United States),Abert, James W.

    Lot: 565
    Sold for: $296$250

    (Western Exploration, United States),Abert, James W., Report and Map of the Examination of New Mexico, [Washington], 1848, included in the 1st Session of the 29th Congress, in later wraps, with more ...

  • (Western Exploration),Fremont, John C. (1813-1890)

    (Western Exploration),Fremont, John C. (1813-1890)

    Lot: 566
    Sold for: $1,185$1,000

    (Western Exploration),Fremont, John C. (1813-1890),Report of the Exploring Expedition to The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44, Washington: more ...

  • Illustrated Books, Four Volumes:

    Illustrated Books, Four Volumes:

    Lot: 567
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    Illustrated Books, Four Volumes: Whistler's !OHO! Certain Two-Faced Individuals, 1946, 1st ed.; Iribe's Blanc et Rouge; Bleu Blanc Rouge; and Rose et Noir, 1930-1932. Whistler with torn dj; Iribe more ...

  • White, Gilbert (1720-1793)

    White, Gilbert (1720-1793)

    Lot: 568
    Sold for: $142$120

    White, Gilbert (1720-1793),A Naturalist's Calendar..., London, 1795, with hand-colored frontis engraving heightened with gum arabic, boards, 8vo, (lacking spine, edge wear, scattered spotting and more ...

  • Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

    Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

    Lot: 569
    Sold for: $356$300

    Whitman, Walt (1819-1892),Goldsmith, Alfred, rare black and white portrait of Walt Whitman, shown wearing a broad collared coat and facing the camera, reverse inscribed "1 of 12 copies printed from more ...

  • (Witchcraft),Glanvill, Joseph (1636-1680)

    (Witchcraft),Glanvill, Joseph (1636-1680)

    Lot: 570
    Sold for: $593$500

    (Witchcraft),Glanvill, Joseph (1636-1680),Saducismus triumphatus: or Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions, London: A. Bettesworth, 1726, contemporary calf, engraved more ...

  • Woodville, William (1752-1805)

    Woodville, William (1752-1805)

    Lot: 571
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    Woodville, William (1752-1805),Medical Botany, London: John Bohn, 1832, third edition, five volumes, with hand tinted plates, gilt tooled tree calf, 4to, (Vols. I and II with surface losses to calf more ...

  • Wouk, Herman (b. 1915)

    Wouk, Herman (b. 1915)

    Lot: 572
    Sold for: $95$80

    Wouk, Herman (b. 1915),The Caine Mutiny, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977, limited edition privately printed and signed by the author, gilt tooled brown morocco, with moire doublures, 8vo, more ...

  • (Yachting),Kenealy, A.J.

    (Yachting),Kenealy, A.J.

    Lot: 573
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    (Yachting),Kenealy, A.J., Yacht Races for the America's Cup, 1851-1893, New York: The Outing Company, 1894, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, (binding lightly worn and frayed, spine lightly faded). more ...

  • (Yellow Book)

    (Yellow Book)

    Lot: 574
    Sold for: $95$80

    (Yellow Book),The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly, London: John Lane, 1894, Volumes II and III, with cover illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, pictorial yellow cloth, 8vo, (bumped, light wear more ...

  • Audubon, John James, (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James, (1785-1851)

    Lot: 575
    Sold for: $38,513$32,500

    Audubon, John James, (1785-1851),Carolina Parrot, Plate 26 from The Birds of America, engraved, printed and hand colored by Robert Havell, London, 1830, unframed, near full sheet 37 x 26 in., (Four more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Lot: 576
    Sold for: $8,888$7,500

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),Golden-winged Woodpecker, plate XXXVII from the Bird of America, engraved, printed and hand-colored by Robert Havell, London, J. Whatman 1831 watermark, full sheet more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Lot: 577
    Sold for: $2,726$2,300

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),Cerulean Warbler, plate 48, taken from Birds of America, engraved, printed and hand-colored by Robert Havell, London, J. Whatman, Turkey Mill watermark 1828, sheet more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Lot: 578
    Sold for: $16,590$14,000

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),Louisiana Heron, plate CCXVII from Birds of America, engraved, printed and hand colored by Robert Havell, London, c. 1834, J. Whatman watermark, reduced sheet, 21 more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Lot: 579
    Sold for: $1,778$1,500

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),Sandwich Tern, plate CCLXXIX from Birds of America, engraved, printed and hand colored by Robert Havell, London, c. 1835, reduced sheet 18 by 24 in., (overall more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Lot: 580
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    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),Yellow billed Magpie, Stellers Jay, Ultramarine Jay, Clark's Crow, plate CCCLXIII from The Birds of America, engraved, printed, and hand-colored by Robert Havell, more ...

  • Audubon, John James, (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James, (1785-1851)

    Lot: 581
    Sold for: $2,844$2,400

    Audubon, John James, (1785-1851),Townsend's Warbler, Arctic Blue-bird, Western Blue-bird, plate CCCXCIII, from Birds of America, engraved, printed and hand-colored by Robert Havell, London, J. more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Lot: 582
    Sold for: $444$375

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),Chipping Squirrel, Hackee, plate VIII from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, lithograph printed in colors and heightened with tones of gum arabic, by J.T. more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Bachman, John (1790-1874)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Bachman, John (1790-1874)

    Lot: 583
    Sold for: $1,778$1,500

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Bachman, John (1790-1874),Mink, plate XXXIII from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, lithograph printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1844, more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Bachman, John (1790-1874)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Bachman, John (1790-1874)

    Lot: 584
    Sold for: $119$100

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851) and Bachman, John (1790-1874),Douglasses Spermophile, plate XLIX from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, lithograph printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851),John Woodhouse (1812-1862)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),John Woodhouse (1812-1862)

    Lot: 585
    Sold for: $178$150

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),John Woodhouse (1812-1862),Two lithographs: Lecontes Pine Mouse, plate LXXX, and Columbia Pouched Rat plate CV, each from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Lot: 586
    Sold for: $593$500

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),Texan Lynx, plate XCII from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, lithograph printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, Philadelphia, 1846, folio, the full sheet, more ...

  • Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862)

    Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862)

    Lot: 587
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    Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862),Townsend's Shrew Mole, plate CXLV from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, lithograph printed in colors and heightened with touches of gum arabic, by more ...

  • Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

    Lot: 588
    Sold for: $237$200

    Audubon, John James (1785-1851),Six framed hand-colored 8vo size prints, from The Birds of America, including Golden Eagle, Rough-legged Buzzard, and four buntings and finches, (very good). more ...

  • (Botanical),Besler, Basilius (1561-1629)

    (Botanical),Besler, Basilius (1561-1629)

    Lot: 589
    Sold for: $1,185$1,000

    (Botanical),Besler, Basilius (1561-1629),Malua Rosea Multiplex, taken from the 1613 edition of Hortus Eystettensis sive diligens et accurata omnium plantarum..., Eichstatt & Nuremberg, folio with more ...