- JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, INTERESTING DOCUMENT
GROUP A substantial offering of letters and paperwork regarding the estate of James Whitcomb Riley. Riley's poems were the inspiration for Raggedy Ann dolls and Little Orphan...
[more like this] - 3 PCS. FRENCH SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN,
PORTRAIT CUP, ARM...Three (3) pieces French Sevres or Sevres style porcelain. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) turquoise blue ground pieces with slip-decorated "jewels", including one...
[more like this] - THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE.The Secret
of Madame Blanche. MGM, 1933. Three sheet (39 x 76"). Romantic melodrama starring Irene Dunne as a showgirl. Linen backed. Restoration work particularly along old fold lines,...
[more like this] - LE ROI THEODORE, MADAME ELISABETH OF
FRANCE, PERSONAL C...bound opera score Le Roi Theodore, in three acts, translated from Italian by M. Dubuisson, gilt lettering at spine and gilt coat of arms at front and...
[more like this] - EIGHT ASSORTED LEATHERBOUND BOOKSeight
volumes total, comprising: John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, & Company, 1928, with dust jacket and clipped signature, in...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF JEAN MERCIER SIGNED POSTERS
AND LETTERS More than (24) pieces, mostly posters including 5 inscribed to "Madame Huguette Clark" and signed "Jean A. Mercier"; two illustrated menus from Compagnie Generale...
[more like this] - MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, AUTOGRAPH LETTER,
SIGNED Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette ( 1757-1834), ALS signed "Lafayettye", one page, dated 1829, addressed to "Madame (?) de Berry", text begins "I want to thank...
[more like this] - 8) BOOKS: HISTORY OF ENGLAND, IRELAND,
ANTIQUITIES(lot of 8) Books, including: (4) "History of England," MacFarland and Thomson, London, Blackie and Son, 1874, many illustrations, marbleized an 3/4 leather cover,...
[more like this] - WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE QUIMPER POTTERY
BUST OF MADAME CUEFF 20TH CENTURY HEIGHT 26”. WIDTH 17”. DEPTH 8”. BUST OF MADAME CUEFF, 20th Century, Bust was a gift from the liberated citizens of the French city...
[more like this] - AUGUSTE RODIN ALS UNFRAMED, SHEET 6.75”
X 8.5”.AUGUSTE RODIN ALS, In French, on 77 Rue De Varenne letterhead. Dated June 26, 1913 and addressed to "Mon Cher Dayot". The envelope addressed to "Madame M. Dayot...
[more like this] - THIRTEEN 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY
BOOKS A diverse grouping, to include: La Guide Des Supérueures, ou Avis A Une Superieure (Lyon and Paris, 1826); Ellen Middleton (Paris, 1841); The Dramatic Works and Poems...
[more like this] - LETTERS OF MADAME DE SEVIGNE 1811, 9
VOLUMES"Letters of Madame De Sevigne to her daughters and her friends; An enlarged edition, Translated from the Paris edition of 1806" 9 Volumes, Published in London 1811....
[more like this] - FOUR LATE 18TH/ 19TH C. FRAMED PIECES
INCLUDING: FRENCH DECOUPAGE OF "MADAME LA DUCHESSE DE BERRY ET SON FILS HENRY V", WATERCOLOR AND TEXTILE FRAGMENTS ON/ UNDER PAPER WITH CUTOUTS, STAINING, FOXING, TONING,...
[more like this] - BOOK: "NEW ORLEANS CHARACTER" BY LEON
JOSEPH FREMBOOK: "NEW ORLEANS CHARACTER" by Leon Joseph Fremaux (American, 1821-1898), flourished 1876, published by Peychaud & Garcia, 48 Camp Street, New Orleans, 1876,...
[more like this] - WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN HOLDING
A LETTERWatercolor portrait of a woman holding a letter, inscribed Madame M__ E. Lynn Paris , initialed verso and dated 1830 , frame - 9" x 8 1/2".
Competitive in-house shipping...
[more like this] - LETTERS & LIFE OF MADAME SEVIGNE, (11)
VOLS. Letters of Madame de Sevegne to Her Daughter and Her Friends. Enlarged edition, translated from the Paris edition of 1806. Printed for J. Walker et. al., 1811, complete...
[more like this] - LARGE GROUPING OF FIFTY-SIX (56) MOSTLY
19TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS 12mo and smaller (under 8 in.), to include: twelve (12) volumes of Shakespeare, (1806); Letters of Madame De Sévigné (7) seven volumes (1811);...
[more like this] - DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY[FANNY
BURNEY]. 1854. BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF 7 X 4 1/2 IN. (17.78 X 11.43 CM.) BURNEY]. 1854. BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF, [Bindings] D'Arblay, Madame. Diary And Letters of Madame D'Arblay....
[more like this] - A moving autograph letter signed by
French novelist and politician Victor Hugo (1802-1885), dated September 16, 1843, to Madame de Courbonne on the death of his daughter. Leopoldine Hugo Vacquerie (1824-1843)...
[more like this] - Fourteen pieces sterling flatware: ladle,
King pattern by Black, Starr & Frost, 13-1/2 in., monogram removed ; ice tongs, S. Kirk & Sons, 6-1/2 in.; letter opener, Gorham, 1890, 9-1/4 in.; olive spoon, Imperial...
[more like this] - (EASTON PRESS) A group of 15 books published
by the Easton Press. Norwalk CT: Easton Press various dates. The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde (1976). The Three Musketeers. By Alexandre Dumas (1978). The Last of the Mohicans....
[more like this] - (BINDINGS) A group of 15 volumes bound
in green or blue-toned leather. The Great Short Novels of Henry James. New York: Dial (1948). The Divine Comedy of Dante. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1919). 3 vols. Wuthering...
[more like this] - Leon Joseph Fremaux (American/New Orleans
1821-1898) New Orleans Characters published by Peychaud & Garcia 48 Camp Street New Orleans 1876. Including sixteen hand-colored lithographs of "A cotton classer" "Sugar broker...
[more like this] - After Jean-Honore Fragonard (French,
1732-1806) "The Lover Crowned", oil on canvas, 72" x 48", unsigned, from the series "The Progress of Love". Presented in a contemporary giltwood frame. In 1771, Fragonard...
[more like this] - Gilman Marston Civil War General and
Politician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New...
[more like this] - Jean Patou autograph letter (1880-1936),
two-page typewritten letter signed "Jean Patou" in black ink, dated July 8th, 1932, to Madame Twyeffort, Paris, addr...
[more like this] - Collection of Approximately Fifteen
Decorative Red Leather Bindings, including three volumes of Madame de Stael, ca. 1889, and twelve volumes of Memoirs and Letters, Limited Versailles Aquarelle Edition, number...
[more like this] - Catherine de Medici Queen of France
ALS 1552 1p 8.5 x 12.25 in. plus 1 x 3.25 in. piece attached; Chalons 29 May 1552. Entire sheet attached to a heavy piece of paper with strip attached to long edge on verso....
[more like this] - Rare leather-bound books: Adelaide and
Theodore De Genlis Madame La Comtesse. ADELAIDE AND THEODORE: OR LETTERS ON EDUCATION. 3 vols. London: Printed for T. Cadell 1788. Third edition. Full leather decorated spine....
[more like this] - 7 vols. Madame Blavatsky: Sinnett,
A.P., editor. Incidents in The Life of Madame Blavatsky. London: G. Redway, 1886. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; scuffed, spine ends slightly frayed,...
[more like this] - (NAPOLEON) ABRANTES LAURE JUNOT Memoirs
of Madame Junot (Duchesse D'Abrantes. London: The Grolier Society n.d. [c. 1893] 6 vols. 8vo 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards spines decorated and lettered in gilt marbled...
[more like this] - 8 vols. Literature - First Editions:
Eliot, T.S. The Confidential Clerk. London: Faber & Faber, (1954). 1st ed. 8vo, orig. blue cloth; slightly scuffed, d/j (chipped & repaired, price clipped). Gallup A64a. *...
[more like this] - James W. Denver autograph letter, one
page in light brown ink, integral to two other pages comprising a letter from a lady named "Lou" (to whom Denver writes the page) to Denver's mother (Sacramento,...
[more like this] - Handwritten Robert E. Lee Civil War
Letter Virginia, August 9, 1862, condolences to Julia Edmonds Haskins Meade (about 1809-1891), mother of Maj. Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. (1835-1862), who died July 31, 1862,...
[more like this] - Seven-Volume Leather-Bound Set of The
Letters of Madame de Sevigne, published as the "Carnavalet Edition" of 1,500 sets by J. P. Horn and Company, Philadelphia, 1927, each volume with Florentine marbled endpapers...
[more like this] - 6 vols. (Burney, Francis.) D'Arblay,
Madame. Diary & Letters of... (1778-1840). London: Macmillan, 1904. Edited by Charlotte Barrett, preface & notes by Austin Dobson. Tall 8vo, contemp. 3/4 crushed scarlet niger...
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