- 10VOL MARK TWAIN BOOKS WITH SOME 1ST
EDITIONS A lot of 10 Mark Twain books with some first editions. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published 1876 by Belford Brothers. First Canadian edition. Bound in blue cloth with...
[more like this] - 93 FRANKLIN LIBRARY SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS
LEATHER 93 Franklin Library Leather Bound, Signed First Editions, to include: "The Man Who Was Late", Louis Begley, "Charley Bland", Mary Lee Settle, "The Copper Beech", Maeve...
[more like this] - PAUL BOUGH TRAVIS (AMERICAN, 1891-1975)
AFRICAN WATERHO...Paul Bough Travis (American, 1891-1975) African Waterhole, 1956 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower edge 19 in. h. x 25 in. w., paper 22 in. h. x...
[more like this] - DIARY OF LT PAUL SHIRLEY, USN, USS SUSQUEHANNADiary
(log) of the steam/sail ship, U.S.S. Susquehanna written by Lt. Paul Shirley, 3/31/1856 - 5/22/1858 (approx. 168 pages total, two volumes). Paul Shirley (1820 - 1876) was...
[more like this] - CONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY AND
ARCHIVEImportant 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and...
[more like this] - ANN CHRISTOPHER BRONZE - THROUGH THE
DARK (1985)Ann Christopher (British, b. 1947). "Through the Dark" bronze sculpture, 1985. Stamped "AC 1.9" to indicate artist's initials and edition number on lower edge of...
[more like this] - § SIR TERRY FROST R.A. (BRITISH 1915-2003)
UNTITLED,
1988 signed, dated and inscribed in pencil in the margin, collage and aquatint18cm x 13cm (7in x 5.1in)Provenance: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham noted in her diary: "16 Sept to...
[more like this] - § JOHN HOYLAND R.A. (BRITISH 1934-2011)
TWIN
PEAKS, 1992 inscribed 'Given to WBG by Kip Gresham / Silk Screen by John Hoyland', screenprint55.5cm x 57cm (21.75in x 22.5in)Provenance:Gift to Barns-Graham by Kip Gresham,...
[more like this] - § DENIS MITCHELL (BRITISH 1912-1993)
TREVEDRAN,
1991 1/7, initialled, titled, dated and numbered (to base), bronze on slate base15.2cm high (including base) (6in high (including base)Provenance: Information from WBG diaries:...
[more like this] - § AGNES DREY (BRITISH 1890-1957)
WOMAN
WITH SHOPPING BASKET signed (lower right), oil on canvas75cm x 49.5cm (29.5in x 19.5in)Provenance: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham noted in her diary: "15 Sept 1988 WBG bid at auction...
[more like this] - Manuscript items: 'Journal of a Continental
Tour in company with [ R… ….. ] July 1849'. Lengthy account, in English, running to 236 pages of a large notebook. A difficult hand to decipher - there seems to be theological...
[more like this] - (9) VOLS. DECORATIVE LEATHER BINDINGS
Includes: 1) Weird Tales: English. William Paterson, n.d.; 2) Poems of Shelley. Macmillan, 1908; 3) Elliot. Diary of an Idle Woman in Constantinople. Tauchnitz, 1893; 4) Charles...
[more like this] - [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...
[more like this] - GROUP OF SILVER AND PLATED ITEMSGROUP
OF SILVER AND PLATED ITEMS, 11 salt and pepper shakers, gilt and purple guilloche enamel spoon, marked Faibast, Sterling, Denmark; an English knife by Charles Hougham, circa...
[more like this] - Thirteen various books, c/o a fragmentary
copy of Observations Upon the Inconveniences that have Attended the Frequent Promotions to Titles of Honour and Dignity Since King James Came to the Crown of England (n.p.,...
[more like this] - 1776 ALMANAC OF THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON:
Eye Witness Account of the Battle of Lexington: THE NORTH-AMERICAN'S ALMANACK, AND GENTLEMAN'S AND LADY'S DIARY, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1776. by Samuel Stearns. Massachusetts-Bay:...
[more like this] - Edwardian Sterling Silver Inkstand,
hallmarked Birmingham, 1908-1909, by Henry Matthews, of navette form, with upswept ends and gadrooned rim, raised on four scroll feet, the center of the oval plateau fitted...
[more like this] - Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. Confederate
Civil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
[more like this] - Very probably John Ruskin (British 1819-1900)
"Bones of a Female Foot" 1844 graphite watercolor and gouache on gray wove paper laid down; unsigned 7 1/16 x 12 in. in a modern mount; inscribed in a later hand en verso...
[more like this] - 3 vols. British Travelers in America:
Trollope, Mrs. [Francis M.] Domestic Manners of The Americans. London: for Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1832. 2nd ed. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, paper spine labels; occasionally...
[more like this] - Seven tortoise boxes: two cheroot cases,
both with silver inlay on lids, both with cracks at hinges, chips ; wallet with silver inlay on lid, fabric interior, restored ; cigarette case, silver with marks for London,...
[more like this] - World War II POW Diaries of British
Lieut. J.W. Hugo Held by Japanese A lot of two diaries written in captivity by British officer Lt. James W. Hugo while prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. ?These two...
[more like this] - 5 vols. (1 wrappers) Modern First Editions
- Jewish-American Authors: Roth, Henry. Call It Sleep. London: Michael Joseph, (1963). 1st English ed., uncorrected proof copy. 8vo, orig. wrappers; some creasing & light...
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