8 FRAMED VIEWS OF NASHVILLE1st item:"President McKinley's Visit to the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition", drawn by William A. Rogers, published 1897. From "Harper's Weekly", page 604. Wood cut...
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GRP: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART BOOKSLargegroup of reference books, monographs, and catalogs on modern and contemporary art, including works on major movements such as Futurism and Synchromism, and artists including...
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RARE MINIATURE EGYPTIAN OBSIDIAN PESESH-KEFAMULETAncient Egypt, First Intermediate Period, 8th to 9th Dynasty, ca. 2181 to 2140 BCE. Perhaps one of the most unique and unusual Egyptian artifacts, a hand-carved black...
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ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)RobertGordy
American, 1933-1986
Clouds and Sea (Day)
Lithograph, signed lower right, edition 30/35
Coastal landscape, the water still below a clouded sky.
Education:
1956 M.A.,...
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ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)RobertGordy
American, 1933-1986
Study for "The Meeting" , 1980
Marker, ink, and colored pencil on paper, signed and dated lower left
Four silhouetted figures against tiles, set...
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ROBERT GORDY (AMERICAN, 1933-1986)RobertGordy
American, 1933-1986
Still Life with Brick , 1971
Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated lower right
The brick in a field of small fruits and nuts, framed.
Education:
1956...
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TWO OBSIDIAN DESIGNER CONTEMPORARY PENDANTSTwopendants, one with polished stone and the other with a carved crystal, both mounted in sterling silver. Both are marked "Obsidian" on backs. Each measures about 2" wide. shipping...
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[BINDINGS] -- [HISTORY]. A group of7 works, most in contemporary full leather bindings, including works related to history, comprising:
1) GIBBON, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. L: John Murray,1855....
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[BINDINGS] -- [MEMOIRS] -- [BIOGRAPHY].A group of 6 works, most in contemporary full leather bindings, including works related to memoirs and biography, comprising:
1) [CATHERINE THE GREAT]. The Life of Catherine...
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VERONICA POBLANO (B. 1951, ZUNI)VeronicaPoblano (b. 1951, Zuni), A set of abstract sterling wire and set moonstone and mother of pearl jewelry, 2000 Each stamped: Veronica Comprising a silver wire cuff with swivel...
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VERONICA POBLANO (B. 1951, ZUNI)VeronicaPoblano (b. 1951, Zuni), A group of Veronica Zuni silver wire and stone set earrings, 1999 Each stamped: Veronica Comprising three pairs of abstract design stone set earrings,...
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ANTONIE WATERLOO (NETHERLANDS) 1609-1690.MOTHERAND CHILDREN AT REST. ETCHING, C. 1660. BARTSCH 122; TIB 122, III/III. INITIALED IN ...Antonie Waterloo (Netherlands) 1609-1690.Mother and Children at Rest. Etching, c. 1660....
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[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately87 volumes, most in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to British history and literature, comprising:
KIPLING, Rudyard. The Writings in Prose and Verse....
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[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately40 volumes, most in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to British literature, comprising:
BROWNING, Robert. The Poetic and Dramatic Works. Boston & NY:...
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[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately65 volumes, most in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to American history & literature, comprising:
JAMES, Henry. [Works]. L: Macmillan and Co., 1921-1923....
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[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately38 volumes, most in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to biography, history, and literature, including:
SWIFT, Jonathan. The Works. Edinburgh et al:...
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[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately55 volumes, most in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to drama, history, literature, and poetry, including:
GENLIS, Madame de. Madame de Maintenon. L:...
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[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately28 volumes, most in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to history and literature, comprising:
BOCCOCCIO, M. Giovanni. The Decameron. 4 volumes. -- RABELAIS,...
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GROUP OF SOTHEBY'S AND CHRISTIE'S AUCTIONCATALOGS CATALOGS, [Art] all paperback, Sotheby's, 20th Century Decorative Works of Art, NY, June 6, 2003; Sotheby's, Contemporary Works of Art, NY, June 4, 2001; Christie's...
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EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS, ETC., INCLUDINGTHE SCRIPTURE-BISHOP VINDICATED. 1733 THE SCRIPTURE-BISHOP VINDICATED. 1733, [American Imprints] 12 volumes, 12 titles: Eleutherius [pseudonym of Jonathan Dickinson]. The...
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VARIOUS WORKS
INCLUDING TALES OF THEEAST... containing The Arabian Nights. Edinburgh, 1812, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt; The Chinese Spy London, 1765. 6 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed, a...
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TOPOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER VOLUMES
INCLUDINGRedding, Cyrus An Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Cornwall. 1842, 4to, engraved plates, contemporary quarter morocco gilt; Leighton, John Select Views on the River...
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THEOLOGY AND RELIGION, A LARGE QUANTITY
INCLUDINGTillotson, John The Works. 1748, 10 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf; Dickinson, Jonathan Familiar Letters to a Gentleman. Dublin, 1757. 12mo, contemporary calf; Forbes, William...
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SCOTLAND, GLASGOW AND DUMBARTONSHIRE,A COLLECTION
INCLUDING Chalmers, George Caledonia, or an Account, Historical and Topographical, of North Britain. 1807, volumes 1-3 (of 4), 4to, maps, tables, contemporary...
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SCOTLAND, AND HISTORY
A COLLECTION,INCLUDING Scott, Sir Walter The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. 1814, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles and plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e.; John Tweed,...
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NATURAL HISTORY
A QUANTITY, INCLUDINGBewick, Thomas History of British Birds. 1797, vol. 1 only, contemporary tree calf gilt; Bewick, T. A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle, 1807, large paper copy, 5th...
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MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
A LARGE QUANTITY,INCLUDING Horne, R.H. The History of Napoleon. 1841, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; Turner, Sharon The History of the Anglo-Saxons. 1830, 3rd edition, 3 volumes,...
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LEATHER BOUND BOOKS
A QUANTITY, INCLUDINGMonypenny and Buckle Life of Disraeli. 1910, 7 volumes, red half morocco gilt, t.e.g.; Present State of Husbandry in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1778-1784, volumes 1-4 part 2 in...
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LEATHER BINDINGS
INCLUDING BARTHELEMY,J.J. Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece. 1806, 8 volumes including 4to atlas of maps, contemporary half calf gilt; Anson, George A Voyage round the World. 1780. 15th...
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LEATHER BINDINGS
A COLLECTION, INCLUDINGDEFOE, DANIEL The History of the Union of Great Britain. Edinburgh: Heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1709. Folio, contemporary half calf; [Whitelocke, Sir Bulstrode] Memorials of...
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HISTORICAL WORKS, BIOGRAPHIES AND DIARIES
INCLUDINGBURTON, THOMAS Diary of Thomas Burton. London: Henry Colburn, 1828. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt; Dover, Lord, editor Letters written...and addressed to John Ellis,...
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FOLIO AND QUARTO VOLUMES
A COLLECTIONOF TEN, COMPRISING Polano, Pietro S. The History of the Council of Trent. London, 1686, folio, contemporary calf, slightly dampstained, some wear; Spotswood, John The History...
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DICTIONARIES AND LEXICONS
A COLLECTION,INCLUDING Estienne, Charles Dictionarium Historicum Geographicum Poeticum. Geneva: Jacob Crispin, 1633, 4to (in eights), title within typographic border, contemporary calf,...
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DICTIONARIES AND GAZETTEERS
A QUANTITY,INCLUDING Bayle, Peter The Dictionary, Historical and Critical. 1734-38, Second edition, folio, volumes 1-4 (of 5), contemporary calf; Richardson, Charles A New Dictionary...
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COLLECTION OF WORKS, MAINLY LAW
INCLUDINGERSKINE, JOHN [IN THE ORDER OF SIR GEORGE MACKENZIE] An Institute of the Law of Scotland… Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1793. Third edition, folio, 2 volumes bound together,...
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CLASSICAL WORKS, A QUANTITY
INCLUDINGTerentius Afer, Publius Comoediae. 1772; Sallustius, C.C. and L.A. Florus 1774; Lucretius Carus T. De Rerum Natura. 1773; Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius Opera, 1772, these...
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