2VOL OVERLAND MONTHLY MAGAZINES PRESENTATIONCOPY A two volume presentation set of Overland Monthly Magazine. Edited by Bret Harte and others. Published 1868-1869 by A. Roman and Company, San Francisco. Presentation...
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A SET OF FOUR CHINESE LACQUERED DOUBLESIDED PANEL PAINTINGS Circa 1900, each panel set into a rosewood frame, front side with deep aquamarine background and painted with scenes from a literary narrative, each...
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DAITSU SEKAI, JAPANESE WOODCUT BOOKKodo Tokuchi; DAITSU SEKAI, a facsimile edition of three classic sharebon literary works with additional comic commentary, illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai, Kitao Masanobu,...
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LIBRARY SET OF 10 BOOKS BY ALPHONSEDAUDET, INCLUDING SAPPHO, TARTARIN OF TARASCON, RECOLLECTIONS OF A LITERARY MAN, AND JACK VOL. I AND VOL. II 7 1/2"H X 5 1/2"W (ONE)Library set of 10 books by Alphonse Daudet,...
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SET OF 2 SMALL ROYAL DOULTON MARK TWAINCHARACTER JUGSIncludes Huckleberry Finn D7177 and Tom Sawyer D7187.
Literary characters. International Collector's Club series.
Artist: Shane Ridge
Issued: Early 21st c.
Dimensions:...
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DEPARTMENT 56 FIGURINE SET, LITTLE WOMENTHE MARCH RESI...Literary Classics series. Christmas Village House. # 56-5660-6. Includes Little Women book.
Department 56 backstamp. Includes original box. Dimensions of...
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2 DUANE HANSON EARLY SCULPTURES ANDARCHIVETwo early sculptures by Duane Hanson (American, 1925-1996), together with an archive of related letters and photographs. All were given by Hanson to a former student...
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HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet ofHarvard Classics. Alumni Edition, set no. 434. Edited by Charles W. Elliot, LLD. Published by P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1910. Titles include ìThe Autobiography of Benjamin...
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ROBERT MOTHERWELL OCTAVIO PAZ SUITELITHO 1988Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991). Lithograph "Untitled (Number 24)" with chine colle from the "Octavio Paz" suite, 1988. Pen signed and dated along the lower...
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LITERARY & FIGURAL BRONZE, CAST/PATINATEDBOOKENDS13 pr. plus a single. "Alighieri Dante" and other Dante, Whittier/Bryant (old Bloomingdales label), Lincoln sets, Shakespeare, larger Dante and Tennyson as pair, children...
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BABYLONIAN TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT PLAQUEOF HUMBABAAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A fine, press-molded terracotta plaque featuring the intimidating countenance...
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ANCIENT BABYLONIAN POTTERY FACE OF HUMBABAAncientNear East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A fine, press-molded terracotta plaque featuring the intimidating countenance of the legendary...
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2 POTTERY FIGURES OF DEITIES - MESOPOTAMIAN& EGYPTIANAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE; Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A wonderful pair of pottery...
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ROMAN / BYZANTINE MOSAIC, BANQUET SCENEKIMBROS CYCLERoman, late Imperial to Byzantine period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A magnificent mosaic from the Kimbros cycle featuring a banquet scene of several figures...
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LATE ROMAN MOSAIC PANEL OF EIKAS FROMKIMBROS CYCLERoman, late Imperial to Byzantine period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A remarkable mosaic from the Kimbros cycle featuring a seated male figure in front of the...
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MADELINE WYNDHAM (1845–1920) (ATTRIBUTEDMAKER)
THE 'SOULS' SPORTING MEDAL, 1902 enamel on copper, inscribed to front C/ EVAN, and inscribed verso CLOUDS/ EASTER 1902/ GOLF COMPETITION/ A.J. BALFOUR./ ELCHO. P.S.W./...
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A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE LAMP Late 19thcentury, vase is decorated with registers alternating between flowers in landscape setting and two finely depicted samurai soldiers from an ancient Japanese literary tale,...
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A SET OF FOUR CHINESE CARVED WOODENARCHITECTURAL PANELS Late 20th century, very finely carved reticulated panels, each with a shaped register to the center containing a Daoist immortal or popular Chinese literary...
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THREE LITERARY SETS Comprising approximately50 volumes, including Burton, ARABIAN NIGHTS and SUPPLIMENTAL NIGHTS; 18 volumes of Hawthorne's works (Boston: Osgood, 1876) 12mo, in decorative cloth bindings; and 13 volumes...
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FOUR INTERNATIONAL POETRY AND ONE LITERARYCRITICISM HARDCOVER VOLUMESFour International Poetry and One Literary Criticism Hardcover Volumes,, Consisting of: 'The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley with His Life', Printed...
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Twenty-three volumes of a 25-volumeset of The Writings of Mark Twain (New York and London, n.d. but c. 1917 based upon copyright dates in some volumes). Missing are volumes 22 (Literary Essays) and 24 (The...
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? AN UNRECORDED ITALIAN [URBINO] ISTORIATOMAIOLICA DISH, ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLA DA URBINO, CIRCA 1520-23
SAMSON AND DELILAH Depicting the treacherous Delilah, with scissors and holding to one side the locks of hair...
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RICHARD EDWARD MILLER (AMERICAN, 1875- 1943) 28 ½" x 36" "In the Garden." Oil on canvas, signed lower right, in decorative frame, overall 33 ½" x 41". Remnants of Worcester Art Museum label, Cleveland Museum...
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Private Dexter Butterfield 2nd MassachusettsVolunteers Civil War Archive The lot includes the following: 3 diaries; 9 documents; sergeant's promotion paper; presentation bible given to Butterfield by comrade MWIA Chancellorsville;...
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After Antonin-Marie Moine (French, 1796-1849)"Chactas", a fine bronze sculpture with reddish-brown patina, fourth quarter 19th century, the rockwork inscribed "Antonin Moine 1838", "52" and (indistinctly) "DEBR...",...
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CARL SADAKICHI HARTMANN OIL ON BOARD(American 1869-1944) Impressionist landscape titled ''The Barren Hills of California '' depicting a small farm in the foreground and the Barren Hills in the background. Image...
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Rosewood Chinese Export Hong-Mu ArmchairsChinese. Four chairs in rosewood with mother of pearl inlay and a marble roundel set into the back surrounded by shou emblems and bats the legs ending in ball and claw feet;...
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[Sets] Assorted complete and partialleather-bound sets comprising historical and literary works notably: The Works of James Russell Lowell (Cambridge: Riverside Press 1904) 16 vols. 8vo Estimate $ 250-350...
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Thomas Jefferson Miniature Portraitby William Russell Birch William Russell Birch (English 1755-1834) enamel on copper portrait of Thomas Jefferson unsigned with?Jefferson?written on verso; 1.5 x 1 in. Frame...
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Rare Antebellum Louisiana PlantationCoin (.900) Silver Five-Piece Tea Set, dated 1858 and monogrammed "M.C.B" for Margaret Cyrilla (Brownson) Bisland (1839-1906), mistress of Fairfax Plantation, St. Mary Parish,...
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Joseph Hubert Diss Debar SketchbookJoseph Hubert Diss Debar (American born France 1820-1905). A sketchbook with brown hardcover binding embossed gold title ?SKETCHES / J. H. D. D. including 61 total pages 59...
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