- PHOTOGRAPHIC MONOGRAPHS, THIRTEEN VOLUMESPhotographic
PHOTOGRAPHIC MONOGRAPHS, THIRTEEN VOLUMESPhotographic monographs, thirteen volumesLot consists of thirteen volumes: 1. The Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography. (National Gallery of Art) Boston: Bullfinch Press,
- FINE SMALL POLYCHROME PAINTED CARVED
FINE SMALL POLYCHROME PAINTED CARVED BIRD TREEattributed to George Stapf ca. 1880s; beautifully carved small size swallow tail songbird with goldfinch painted design, pin nailed to small black painted sapling tree in black and red painted carved stand base, 7 3/4"h; Condition: base encased in cardboard with note of attribution, piece is unsigned, very good
- 2 BIRD WALL HANGINGS CA. EARLY 20TH
2 BIRD WALL HANGINGS CA. EARLY 20TH CENTURY; BOTHcontinental type bird carving wall decoratives: single bird wall hanging with carved hardwood bird with fine polychrome painted accent and painted eye, wire leg mounted to plaster cast wall hanger, 4 1/2"x 2"x 5 1/2", Condition: possible chalk cast figure; black forest type birds on birch sapling depicting four European Gold Finch birds with bright polychrome paint, wire leg mounted to painted white birch sapling twig mount, 11"x 6"x 16", Condition: excellent patina, minor wear noted to paints
- Pair of Moorcroft 'Finch and Fruit'
Pair of Moorcroft 'Finch and Fruit' Table Candlesticks and Vase, c.1991 height 10.6 in — 27 cm; height 7.9 in — 20 cm
- LEATHER BOUND BOOKS Leather Bound Books.
LEATHER BOUND BOOKS Leather Bound Books. Including: Age of Chivalry or King Arthur and his Knights by Thomas Bulfinch; The Country Doctor and Other Stories by Honore De Balzac; Historical Characters Vol II by Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, GCB; Historical Characters Vol I by Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, GCB; Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America by John William Draper, MD LLD; The Beauties of Shakespear by Rev. William Dodd, LLD; Old Court Life in France by Frances Elliot; Touring in 1600: A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education by E.S. Bates; The Fall of the Russian Monarchy: A Study of the Evidence by Bernard Pares; The Makers of Florence: Dante, Giotto, Savonarola, and Their City by Mrs. Oliphant; Exposition Universelle De Paris 1889 Catalogue Officiel de la Section Russe; Shelley: A Critical Biography by George Barnett Smith; Select Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Richard Garnett.
- AUDUBON, John James (1785-1852) et al,
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1852) et al, after
A group of 10 octavo-format prints, comprising:
1) Great Horned Owl (Plate 39)
2) Arctic Ground Finch (Plate 194)
3) Common Pine-finch (Plate 199)
4) Canadian Woodpecker (Plate 258)
5) Hairy Woodpecker (Plate 262)
6) Cock of the Plains (Plate 297)
7) Sharp-tailed Grouse (Plate 298)
8) Musk Rat Musquash (Plate XIII)
9) Jumping Mouse (Plate LXXXV)
10) Musk Ox (Plate CXL)
Together, 10 lithographs in color, some with hand-coloring, ca 19th-century or later, each visible area approximately 9 1/2 x 6-in. or smaller, condition generally very good, all similarly matted and framed (unexamined out of frame).
- AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after.
AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851), after. A group of 190 octavo-format lithographs, including:
1) Snowy Owl (Plate 28)
2) Tyrant Flycatcher or King Bird (Plate 56)
3) Audubon’s Wood-Warbler (Plate 77)
4) Black-throated Green Wood Warbler (Plate 84)
5) Rock-Wren (Plate 116)
6) Black cap Titmouse (Plate 126)
7) Arctic Bluebird (Plate 136)
8) Tawny Thrush (Plate 145)
9) Painted Lark-Bunting (Plate 153)
10) Swamp Sparrow (Plate 175)
11) Bachman’s Pinewood Finch (Plate 176)
12) Song Finch (Plate 189)
13) Wandering Rice-bird (Plate 211)
14) Common Magpie (Plate 227)
15) Clarke’s Nutcracker (Plate 235)
16) Red-bellied Nuthatch (Plate 248)
17) Zenaida Dove (Plate 281)
18) Black-bellied Plover (Plate 315)
19) Rocky-Mountain Plover (Plate 318)
20) Great Marbled Godwit (Plate 348)
21) American Swan (Plate 384)
22) Duskey Duck (Plate 386)
23) Townsend’s Cormorant (Plate 418)
24) Kittiwake Gull (Plate 444)
25) Common or Arctic Puffin (Plate 464)
26) Brewer’s Blackbird (Plate 492)
27) Shattuck’s Bunting (Plate 493)
28) Maryland Marmot. Woodchuck. Groundhog (Plate II)
29) Downy Squirrel (Plate XXV)
30) Polar Bear (Plate XCI)
And 160 others. Together, 190 lithographs after J.J. Audubon et al by J.T. Bowen, from The Birds of North America (Philadelphia), mixed Octavo editions, or Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (Philadelphia & New York), J.T. Bowen et al, n.d. [ca 19th-century]. Each approximately 10 ½ x 6 3/4-in. or smaller, most with stab-holes from old sewing and adhesive remnants along gutter margin, condition generally very good, most with a leaf or leaves of corresponding textual description. Complete list available upon request.
Provenance for the lot: Many plates from the Public Library, Duluth, MN (stamps verso); most with a Certificate of Authenticity by Georgetown Galleries dated 16 June 1994 or 28 July 1994.
- Ojibwe and Mohawk Quilled Birchbark
Ojibwe and Mohawk Quilled Birchbark Boxes
second half 20th century
lot of 3, includes:
one designed with a raccoon, height 2-1/2 inches x diameter 4-1/4 inches
another with a running buck, height 2-1/4 inches x diameter 4 inches
AND
a heart-shaped box with two goldfinches, height 2 inches x diameter 5-1/2 inches
- Vintage Kay Finch Ceramic Poodle on
Vintage Kay Finch Ceramic Poodle on Lighted Base 12''
- SET OF SHAKESPEARE BOOKS, 11 Group Lot
SET OF SHAKESPEARE BOOKS, 11 Group Lot of 11 Shakespeare Books, designed by Martin Solomon, illustrated by Isadore Seltzer, published Finch, Pruyn & Company, Inc, comprising of:"William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice", "William Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "William Shakespeare: Cymbeline", "William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of King Lear", "William Shakespeare: Come as You Like It", a second "William Shakespeare: Come as You Like It", "William Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale", "William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night", "William Shakespeare: King Richard III", "William Shakespeare: The Tempest", "William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Coriolanus", each 8.25" H x 8.5" W x 1.75" D. Keywords: Matched Set, Collection, Rainbow, Library, Reading
- HUNT SLONEM "FIRE FINCHES" OIL ON BOARD,
HUNT SLONEM "FIRE FINCHES" OIL ON BOARD, 2002 Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Fire Finches", Oil on Board, 2002, signed, titled, and dated to verso, wood frame. Image: 10.75" H x 6.5" W; frame: 14.25" H x 10.25" W. Provenance: From an 80 Central Park West collection. Keywords: Fine art, Painting, Bird, Neo-Expressionism, Outsider Art
- SIX HARDCOVER BOOKS ON MAINLY AMERICAN
SIX HARDCOVER BOOKS ON MAINLY AMERICAN ARTISTS Group of six hardcover books on mainly American artists comprising, Christopher Finch, "Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers", Thomas Buechner, "Norman Rockwell A Sixty Year Retrospective", Peter H. Hassrick, "Frederic Remington: Paintings, Drawings, And Sculpture In The Amon Carter Museum and The Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections", Sylvia Young, "Maxfield Parrish: 1870-1966", Diane Tepfer, "Samuel Halpert: Art And Life 1884-1930", and Lynda Klich and Benjamin Weiss, "The Postcard Age: Selections From The Leonard A Lauder Collection". Approximate Dimensions:Approx. "Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers" h. 13.25", w. 11.5", d. 2".
- TEN COFFEE TABLE BOOKS ON MIDCENTURY
TEN COFFEE TABLE BOOKS ON MIDCENTURY DESIGN Lot of ten books on design of the 1950s and 1960s, including, The New Look: Design in the Fifties by Leslie Jackson, printed 1991 by Thames and Hudson; 50s Decorative Art by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, printed 2000 by Taschen; 60s Decorative Art by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, printed 2000 by Taschen; 70s Decorative Art by Charlotte and Peter Fiell, printed 2000 by Taschen; Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s by Cara Greenberg, printed 1999 by Bulfinch; The Sixties by Lesley Jackson, printed 1998 by Phaidon; Contemporary: Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s by Lesley Jackson, printed 1994 by Phaidon; Sixties Design by Philippe Garner, printed 1996 by Taschen; Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream by Paul Adamson, printed 2002 by Gibbs Smith; Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966, printed 2002 by Taschen.Approximate Dimensions:Case Study Houses: l. 16", w. 12.5" Provenance: Private Collection of Bill Stewart, Atlanta, GA.
- ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN FINCH CARD
ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN FINCH CARD TRAY #373, sculpted by Theodor Madsen, 6 in. H., 8 in. W. For further reading see "Royal Copenhagen Porcelain," p.57 by Caroline & Nick Pope.
- Ray Finch (British, 1914-2012), Three
Ray Finch (British, 1914-2012), Three Glazed Stoneware Jugs, 1970s one with a cover largest height 10.4 in — 26.3 cm
- GUNDI VIVIANI FINCH STUDIO ART GLASS
GUNDI VIVIANI FINCH STUDIO ART GLASS SCULPTURE Gundi Viviani-Finch Canadian contemporary studio art glass monumental abstract glass-on-glass sculpture, signed and dated 1999 on the base. 32" H x 16" W x 6.5" D.
- MARTYN "NATURAL HISTORY" HAND-COLORED
MARTYN "NATURAL HISTORY" HAND-COLORED PLATE, 1785 Hand-colored engraved plate (Plate XVII) from "A New Dictionary of Natural History; or Compleat Universal Display of Animated Nature," by William Frederic Martyn, published by Harrison & Co. 1785, illustrating "1. Highland Bull. 2. Bullae. 3. Greater Bull-Finch. 4. Little Brown Bull-Finch. 5. North American Bull-Finch. 6. Bull-Head. 7. Armed Bull-Head." Image: 13.25" H x 8" W; frame: 19" H x 13.75" W x 1" D. Areas of wrinkling, minor discoloration and foxing, old tape on frame.
- BRASS MODELS OF BIRDS, PAIR Pair of
BRASS MODELS OF BIRDS, PAIR Pair of brass models of corpulent birds, possibly Japanese Finches. 6? H x 5.5? diameter. Provenance: From the estate of American film producer Martin Bregman (Scarface, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon). Removed from his Park Avenue apartment decorated by Sister Parish and Albert Hadley.
- GEO. EDWARDS ORNITHOLOGICAL COLORED
GEO. EDWARDS ORNITHOLOGICAL COLORED ETCHINGS, 2 Two George Edwards (British 1694-1773) hand colored etchings, from "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds," published London 1743-1764, each with two birds including "The Wax Bill" and The Grey Finch" with caterpillar, in gilt decorated frames. Image: 9.5" H x 7.5" W; frames: 13.625" H x 11.75" W x 0.5" D.
- IRVING PENN, COLLECTION OF BOOKS & CATALOGUES
IRVING PENN, COLLECTION OF BOOKS & CATALOGUES Includes: 1) Ethnos. Bernhwimer Fine Art Photogrtaphy, 2012; 2) Cigarettes. Hamiltons Gallery, 2012; 3) Flowers. Hamiltons Gallery, 2015; 4) Portraits. National Portrait Gallery, London, 2010; 5) Vessels. Pace.MacGill 2008; 6) New and Unseen / Process. PaceWildenstein / Pace MacGill, 1999; 7) Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes 1949-50. Met. Museum of Art, 2003; 8) A Notebook at Random. Bulfinch, 2003; 9) Drawings. Apparition, 1999; 10) Samll Trades. J. Paul Getty, 2009; 11) Passage. Knopf/Callaway, 1991; 12) Still Life. Bulfinch, 2001; largest: 14"h x 12"w
- IRVING PENN, (5) VOLS. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED
IRVING PENN, (5) VOLS. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED Each title inscribed and signed "Irving Penn" or initialed "I.P." 1) Still Life. Bullfinch, 2001; 2) A Career in Photography. Art Inst. of Chicago, 1997; 3) Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, 1984; 4) Platinum Prints. National Gallery of Art/Yale, 2005; 5) Passage. Knopf/Callaway, 1991; 12.5"h x 11"w (largest)
- (22) EASTON PRESS & OTHER LEATHER-BOUND
(22) EASTON PRESS & OTHER LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS(lot of 22) Books published by Easton Press and other fine publishers, some signed first editions (SFE), leather binding, gilt page ends, many appear unread, titles: (1) O-Zone, Theroux (SFE); (1) Lee & Grant, Smith; (1) Nimitz, Potter; (1) The Great Fake Book, Bourjaily (SFE); (1) Roger's Version, Updike, (SFE), (1) The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne; (1) The Dispossessed, Le Guin; (1) Waterloo, The Hundred Days, Updike; (1) 2001 Space Odyssey; (1) The Rommel Papers, Rommel; (1) Great Expectations, Dickens; (1) The Curious Case of Sidd Finch, Plimpton (SFE); (1) Journals, 1939-1983, Spender (SFE); (1) Empire, Vidal; (1) The Sinter Soldiers, Ketchum; (1) The Magic Mountain, Mann; (1) At Dawn We Slept, Prange; (1) The 900 days, Salisbury; (1) A Fantastic Heart, O'Brien (SFE); (1) The Long March, Salisbury; (1) Wuthering Heights, Bronte; (1) Mysteries of Winterthrun, Oates (SFE); 49lbs total
- JOHN FINCHER (B.1941) OIL PAINTING 'BRUSH
JOHN FINCHER (B.1941) OIL PAINTING 'BRUSH OFF'Framed oil on canvas painting, "Brush Off," signed lower right Fincher (John Fincher, New Mexico, b.1941), sight: approx 12"h, 9"w, overall: approx 13.25"h, 10.25"w, 1.5lbs *Provenance: The family of Alfred A. King (Texas, 1916-2006) great-grandson of Captain Richard King, founder of the now 825,000 acre Texas King Ranch.*
- LALIQUE 'PINSON' FROSTED CRYSTAL BOWL,
LALIQUE 'PINSON' FROSTED CRYSTAL BOWL, 9.25"DIAMLalique, France "Pinson" frosted crystal bowl, with finches and leaves in relief, engraved signature Lalique France underfoot, retaining retail sticker, approx 3.5"h, 9.25"diam, 3.75lbs
- (2) AMERICAN FOLK ART PORTRAIT PAINTINGS(lot
(2) AMERICAN FOLK ART PORTRAIT PAINTINGS(lot of 2) Framed oil on canvas board paintings, Fred McCall (20th/ 21st c.), including: (1) "Little Miss Fairfield," after the original by William Matthew Prior (Massachusetts, Maine, 1806-1873), (1) "Boy with Finch," after the original by John Brewster Jr. (Connecticut, Maine, 1766-1854); sight: approx 19.5"h, 15.5"w, overall: approx 22.5"h, 18.5"w, 4.75lbs total **Provenance- From the Estate of Claude and Zenobia Nantz**
- LALIQUE FRANCE GROUPING OF GLASS To
LALIQUE FRANCE GROUPING OF GLASS To include a Lalique Pinsons Finch Bowl (3.75" x 9.25"), Lalique Nemour Bowl (4" x 10"), lidded decanter (10" x 6.5"), One Lalique tumbler (4.5"), 2 brandy glasses, religious stand (7.25"), nude figure (4.5"), stand (3.75"). From a Westchester NY estate. Condition: Nemour bowl has small nick on rim.
- FINE PAIR OF GEORGE III PAINTED AND
FINE PAIR OF GEORGE III PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ROSEWOOD AND SATINWOOD CONSOLE TABLES, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS SHERATON33 1/2 x 42 x 16 1/2 in.
Note: These consoles are similar to a design by Thomas Sheraton: 'As pier tables are merely for ornament under a glass, they are generally made very light and the style of finishing them is rich and elegant. Sometimes the tops are solid marble, but most commonly veneered in rich satin, or other valuable wood, with a cross-band on the outside, a border about two inches richly japanned, and a narrow cross-band beyond it to go all round...stretching-rails have of late been introduced to these tables, and it must be owned that it is with good effect...as they take off the long appearance of the legs...' (see Sheraton, Thomas, 'The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book', published 1794, Appendix, 'Pier Tables', pages 8 and 9, Plate IV). Sheraton (1751-1806) moved to London around 1790 where he lived for a while at No 41 Davies Street and worked in Wardour Street. His books, published for subscribers in 42 bi-weekly instalments over the years between 1791 and 1794, were extremely influential in shaping the style for Neo-Classical furniture of the time. As a teacher of drawing and architecture he stressed the importance of perspective. He later was ordained as a Baptist minister and left only one known signed piece of furniture, dying in poverty.
The above offered lot has similar painted tops to a pair of George III Polychrome Painted Satinwood Card Tables, sold Christie's, London, April 9, 2003, Lot 80 which sold for GPB33,460 and are in the manner of Seddon, Sons and Shackleton. The pair of card tables and the offer lot shares much in common with the documented work of Seddon, Sons and Shackleton. See C. Gilbert, Seddon, Sons & Shackleton, Furniture History, 1997, pp. 1-29, figs. 3 and 5-6.
Literature: Fastnedge, Ralph, 'Sheraton Furniture', Antique Collectors' Club, Baron Publishing, 1983, cover photograph; Synge, Lanto, 'Mallet's Great English Furniture', Bulfinch Press, Little, Brown and Co., 1991, pp. 150-151, pl. 170.
Condition
In good restored condition. The tops with some areas of repaired veneer, filled scuffs and nicks. The painted border with seam separation, patches of inpainting, some lacking decoration. The tops were made to accommodate chair rails. Glue blocks are missing on undersides. The restored giltwood with some nicks. Structurally sound. Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
- DONALD JORAN WATERS (AMERICAN, 1931-2005).
DONALD JORAN WATERS (AMERICAN, 1931-2005). Tempera. "Goldfinches on Fall Thistle". 1970. Signed and dated lower left. Label verso. From a New Jersey collection. Dimensions: 15.5" high x 24.5" wide Condition: Good. Framed behind glass, not examined out of frame.
- AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851):
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851): ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK; YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT; GRAFS FINCH; AND MANGO HUMMING BIRDFour chromolithographs on wove paper; and Stanley Hawk , engraving in black with hand-coloring on wove paper.
Two 39 x 26 in. (sight), 41 x 28 in. (frame), two 25 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (sight), 27 x 20 in. (frame), one 37 x 25 in. (sheet), 40 x 27 3/4 in. (frame).
Condition
Chromolithographs all with staining, soiling and appear to be laid down. Not examined out of frame. Stanley Hawk laid down on cardboard and trimmed. Staining and surface soiling.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
- 93 FRANKLIN LIBRARY SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS
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 Binchy, "The General's Daughter", Nelson Demille, "Charity", Len Deighton, "Brotherly Love", Pete Dexter, "Murther & Walking Spirits", Robertson Davies, "Hope", Len Deighton, "Vortex" Larry Bond, "The Waterworks", E.L. Doctorow, "Leila", J.P. Donleavy, "The Road To Wellville", T. Coraghessan Boyle, "The Paperboy", Pete Dexter, "The Last Thing He Wanted", Joan Didion, "Billy Bathgate", E. L. Doctorow, "City of God", E. L. Doctorow, "Circle of Friends", Maeve Binchy, "Which Lie Did I Tell?", William Goldman, "Playland", "John Gregory Dunne, "The Phantom of Manhattan", Frederick Forsyth, "Foucault's Pendulum", Umberto Eco, "The Red White And Blue", John Gregory Dunne, "Another City, Not My Own", Dominick Dunne, "Intensity", Dean Koontz, "Esau", Philip Kerr, "A Certain Justice", P.D. James, "The Flaming Corsage", William Kennedy, "A River Town", Thomas Keneally, "A Season In Purgatory", Dominick Dunne, "Jump & Other Stories", Nadine Gordimer, "Delusions of Grandma", Carrie Fisher, "The Finishing School", Gail Godwin, "Father Melancholy's Daughter", Gail Godwin, "Decision", Allen Drury, "A Case of Curiosities", Allen Kurzweil, "A World of Love", Joseph P. Lash, "Among Schoolchildren", Tracy Kidder, "Siro", David Ignatius, "Last Tango In Brooklyn", Kirk Douglas, "An Inconvenient Woman", Dominick Dunne, "The Infinite Plan", Isabel Allende, "Eva Luna", Isabel Allende, "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes", Maya Angelou, "The Robber Bride", Margaret Atwood, "English Music", Peter Ackroyd, "Private Lies", Warren Adler, "Seventh Heaven", Alice Hoffman, "The Cider House Rules", John Irving, "The Lyre of Orpheus", Robertson Davies, "God Knows", Joseph Heller, "Picasso", Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, "Exit Lady Masham", Louis Auchincloss, "Diary of a Yuppie", Louis Auchincloss, "Turtle Moon", Alice Hoffman, "Blues", John Hersey, "A Prayer For Owen Meany", John Irving, "Riven Rock", T.C. Boyle, "Angels & Insects", A.S. Byatt, "The Tax Inspector", Peter Carey, "The Alienist", Caleb Carr, "Quicker Than the Eye", Ray Bradbury, "Babel Tower", A. S. Byatt, "The Great Fake Book", Vance Bourjaily, "The Story of Henri Tod", William F. Buckley Jr., "Tomcat In Love", Tim O'Brien, "On The Firing Line", William F. Buckley, Jr., "Little Wilson & Big God", Anthony Burgess, "Single & Single", John le Carre, "The Kingdom of the Wicked", Anthony Burgess, "Summer's Lease", John Mortimer, "Death is a Lonely Business", Ray Bradbury, "The Curious Case of Sidd Finch", George Plimpton, "Broke Heart Blues", Joyce Carol Oates, "The Gift of Asher Lev", Chiam Potok, "The Things They Carried", Tim O'Brien, "Foxfire", Joyce CArol Oates, "Vittorio The Vampire", Anne Rice, "Merrick", Anne Rice, "Blonde", Joyce Carol Oates, "Mysteries of Winterthurn", Joyce Carol Oates, "His Little Women", Judith Rossner, "Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates", Tom Robbins, "American Pastoral", Philip Roth, "You Must Remember This", Joyce Carol Oates, "The Only Problem", Muriel Spark, "Will You Always Love Me?", Joyce Carol Oates, "Marya A Life", Joyce Carol Oates, " The Last Don", Mario Puzo, "A Turn in the South", V.S. Naipaul, "The Book and the Brotherhood", Iris Murdoch, "The Angel of Darkness", Caleb Carr, "Jazz", Toni Morrison, "Road Rage", Ruth Rendell. One of two large lots of these books in the sale. Condition: All books like new / as new. No owner's book plates or embossing. Most/some have the Franklin Library "notes" included.
- KALLIOPE MUSIK-AUTOMAT 17 3/4IN. UPRIGHT
KALLIOPE MUSIK-AUTOMAT 17 3/4IN. UPRIGHT MUSIC BOX ON STAND WITH (33) DISCS Germany, early 20th century, two-part form, ornate walnut veneer case, labeled to cornice "KALLIOPE / Musik-Automat" beneath a balustrade gallery, carved and turned pilasters flanking the double comb instrument behind glass, 10 pfennig coin operation and crank arm to side, mounted upon a conforming stand with pull-out disc storage; raised on turned bun feet. Includes case keys.
Discs include:
All I Ask of You; Lobe den Herren Choral; At the Christmas Tree The Candles Burn; O Tannenbaum; Monastery Bells; Silent Night; La Paloma; Chor und Tyrolinee Aus Tell; Maria Von Shubert 551; The Bird Seller; Funiculi Funicula; Kalliope March; Merry Bachelor; Merry Wives of Windsor; Radetzky March; The Fairy-Doll Waltz; Double Eagle March; Parade of Tin Soldiers; Mimosa Waltz; Loreley; Vienna Swallows March; Spanish Serenade; Nest of Finches; Waves of Danube; Vilya; Wedding March; Wenn de Bladenleise rauschen; das Echo; Chant Song: Urunten; Roses of the South; Santa Lucia; Spinn! Spinn!; Tiroler Holzhacker-Buab'n Marsch.
- (7) BOOKS ON JAMIE WYETH Including:
(7) BOOKS ON JAMIE WYETH Including: "Wondrous Strange - The Wyeth Tradition", signed by Jamie, Bulfinch Press, Little, Brown & Co. 1998, stated first, unclipped dj; PLUS "Gulls, Ravens and a Vulture - The Ornithological Painting of James Wyeth", intro by Chris Crosman, signed by Jamie on the title page, exhibition catalog, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME, 2005, unclipped dj; PLUS (2 copies) "Jamie Wyeth", Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1980, stated first printing, both signed by Jamie on title page, both with clipped dj's; PLUS "Cabbages and Kings" by Elizabeth Seabrook, Paintings by Jamie Wyeth, Viking, 1997, signed on title page, unclipped dj; PLUS "The Stray", A Story by Betsey James Wyeth, drawings by Jamie Wyeth, signed by both, stated first, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY, 1979, unclipped dj; PLUS Brandywine Catayst booklet featuring "The Stray", November 1994; PLUS "The Quality of Life" by James A Michner, paintings by Jamie Wyeth, in slipcase, Written for and published by Girard Bank, February 1970,
- (16) BOOKS & (8) CATALOGS ON ANDREW
(16) BOOKS & (8) CATALOGS ON ANDREW WYETH Including: "Andrew Wyeth, Autobiography", Intro by Thomas Hoving, Bulfinch Press, Little, Brown & Co, Boston/NY, in Association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, stated first, 1995, unclipped dj; PLUS ibid, edition Konecky & Konecky, Old Saybrook, CT, 1995; PLUS "Andrew Wyeth - Close Friends "Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, University of Washington Press, Seattle & London, Exhibition June 6 - Aug 26, 2001; PLUS "Andrew Wyeth - The Helga Pictures", Text by John Wilmerding, Harry N Abrahms, New York, 1987, clipped dj; PLUS (2 copies, 1 HC/1 SC)"Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth, Kuerners and Olsons", foreword by Thomas Hoving, Metropolitan Museum of Art; A Conversation with Andrew Wyeth by Thomas Hoving, Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, 1978, unclipped dj; PLUS "Dry Brush and Pencil Drawings" by Andrew Wyeth, distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, CT, 1963. A loan exhibition organized by the Fogg Art Museum; PLUS (3 copies 2 HC/1 SC) "The Art of Andrew Wyeth" by Wanda M. Corn, published for Fine Art Museum, San Francisco, by New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1973; PLUS "Unknown Terrain" by Beth Venn & Adam D Weinberg, Whitney Museum of Art, NY, Harry N Abrahms, NY, May 28 - Aug 30, 1998; PLUS "Andrew Wyeth: Temperas, Watercolors, Dry Brush Drawings, 1938 into 1966, PAFA/Baltimore Museum/Whitney/Art Institute Chicago, Nov 27, 1966 to June 4, 1967; PLUS "Christina Olson, Her World", Sept 2 - Dec 31, 2000, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME; PLUS "Andrew Wyeth", Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Nov 2 -Dec 9, 1962; PLUS "Andrew Wyeth: From Public and Private Collections", Canton Art Museum, Ohio, Sept 15 - Nov 3, 1985; PLUS (2 copies) "Andrew Wyeth - A Secret Life" by Richard Meryman, Harper Collins, stated first; PLUS a group of flyers & pamphlets.
- (14) BOOKS & SOME CATALOGS ABOUT THE
(14) BOOKS & SOME CATALOGS ABOUT THE WYETH FAMILY Including: "An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art: NC Wyeth/Andrew Wyeth/James Wyeth", Brandywine Museum for Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1987, stated first edition, unclipped dj; PLUS "One Nation, Patriots & Pirates Portrayed by NC Wyeth and James Wyeth", essays by Tom Brokaw and David Michaelis, Bulfinch Press; Little, Brown & Co, Boston, Delaware Art Museum & Brandywine, stated first, signed by Jamie on title page, unclipped dj; PLUS (2 copies) "John W McCoy, An American Painter" by Anna B. McCoy, Down East Books, Camden, Maine, 2001, signed by author & Jamie, clipped dj; PLUS "The Artifice of Blue Light", by Henriette Wyeth, essay by Paul Horgan, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, 1994; PLUS "A Century of Wyreths", Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME, May 29 - Oct 17, 1999; PLUS "My Land is the Southwest: Peter Hurd Letters and Journals", Edited by Robert Metzger, intro by Paul Horgan, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 1983, unclipped dj; PLUS catalogs & flyers.
- CARVED BIRD COLLECTION Lot of (4) Folk
CARVED BIRD COLLECTION Lot of (4) Folk Art Carved and Painted Birds, incl: (2) by G.T. McFarland, Bristol, ME perched on branches with bark covered wooden bases -- robin (4 1/2" high) and goldfinch (4 3/4" high), beak flake to goldfinch; Woodpecker on tree, signed J.A. Valva and dated Aug. 7, 1938, 6 1/2" high, paint loss area; and Unsigned red painted bird perched on branch, mounted on tree fungus base, 7 1/2" high.
- GROUP OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH DECORATIVE
GROUP OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH DECORATIVE ARTSIncluding: Beaton in Vogue by Josephine Ross, Clarkson N. Potter Inc., 1986, first American edition; The House Book by Terence Conran, Mitchell Beazley Publishers Ltd., 1976; A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration by George Smith, Praeger Publishers Inc., 1970; Regency Design 1790–1840 by John Morley, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1993; Early Georgian Interiors by John Cornforth, Yale University Press, 2004; The English Archive of Design and Decoration by Stafford Cliff, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1998; Household Furniture and Interior Decoration from the designs of Thomas Hope, John Tiranti and Co., 1937; Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700–1840 by Christopher Gilbert, The Furniture History Society and W. S. Maney and Son Ltd. 1996; Sir Edwin Lutyens: Designing in the English Tradition by Elizabeth Wilhide, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2000; Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style by Martin Wood, Frances Lincoln Ltd., 2005, first edition; Colefax and Fowler: The Best in English Interior Decoration by Chester Jones, Bulfinch Press, 2000; Follies and Pleasure Pavilions: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales by photographs by George Mott, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1989; Sir John Soane's Museum, London by Stefan Buzas, photographs by Richard Bryant, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 2002; Armorial Families, A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armor edited by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1905; and Ch. Dresser: People's Designer 1834–1904 by Harry Lyons and C. Morley, Alastair Carew-Cox, Home Farm, 1999 (15).
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