Compositions from the TragediesCompositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus. Designed by John Flaxman Engraved by Thomas Piroli 1831 London Miss Flaxman April 15 1831. The complete portfolio of 36 original plates. Engravings in large folio size. Published by Miss Flaxman and Miss Maria Denman 74 Upper Norton Street Fitzroy Square. The names of the characters and the quotations from the tragedies are incorporated into each plate. Overall measures apprx. 11-1/8" x 16-5/8".
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, THE TRAGEDIEWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, THE TRAGEDIE OF IVLIVS CAESAR, THE GRATEHORN PRESS, 1954William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of IVLIVS CAESAR, The Gratehorn Press, 1954,
Sixteen various 20th century books,Sixteen various 20th century books, including a very large and heavy Bible (Philadelphia, 1871), Egyptian Paintings of the Middle Kingdom by Terrace, Hamlet by Shakespeare (New York, 1883), Chance by Joseph Conrad (Garden City, N.Y., 1920), The Poems of Ovid (New York, 1902), two large books on archaeology in Italian, and The Essays of Francis Bacon (Mount Vernon, N.Y., n.d. but c. 1950; in original slipcase).
AESOPS FABLES, THREE ILLUSTRATEDAESOPS FABLES, THREE ILLUSTRATED EDITIONSThree illustrated Aesop's Fables, 16th, and 19th centuriesLot includes: 1. Fabulae Aesopiam Denvo Multo Emeendatius quam antea aeditae. Autore Ioachimo Camerario Pabergensi. Argentorati, Excudebat Chr
A GROUP OF 13 TITLES BY EUGENEA GROUP OF 13 TITLES BY EUGENE O NEILLA group of 13 titles by Eugene O'Neilllot includes seven first editions, four in dustjackets: Mourning Becomes Electra, NY: Liveright,1931.; Ah, Wilderness, NY Random House, 1933.; Eugene O'Neill's Dy
Miniature leatherbound books: CollectedMiniature leatherbound books: Collected tragedies and works of Sterne TRAGEDIES including: Lee Nathaniel. LUCIUS JUNIUS BRUTUS. London: George Cawthorn 1796-1797.Glover Richard. BOADICEA. London: John Bell 1791. Jones Henry. THE EARL OF ESSEX. London: John Bell 1791.Moore Edward. THE GAMESTER. London: John Bell 1792. Cumberland Richard. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS. London: John Bell 1793. Approximately 36 works in 9 volumes; Sterne Laurence. THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE IN SIX VOLUMES. London: Samuel Richards 1823. (15pcs) Provenance: Charlotte North Carolina private collection. Back   Inquiry    Previous Item  Next Item © Charlton Hall Auctions. Images descriptions and condition reports used on this site are original copyright material and are not to be reproduced without permission. For further information telephone 803.779.5678   © 2012 CHARLTON HALL GALLERIES INC.
SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM Comedies HistoriesSHAKESPEARE WILLIAM Comedies Histories and Tragedies. Being a Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Folio Edition 1623 from the Chatsworth Copy in the Possession of the Duke of Devonshire. Introduction by Sidney Lee. Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1902. Folio original reversed calf ties custom folding case with gilt-lettered leather spine labels supplement bound separately in cloth with pastedown label to upper board. Limited edition one of 1000 signed by Sidney Lee.
9 Shakespeare Books All by Hacon9 Shakespeare Books All by Hacon Ricketts Pericales Poems Sonnets; Merchant of Venice As you like it Taming of the Shrew All's well that ends well; Twelfth night Winter's Tale King John King Richard II; The Tempest Two Gentlemen of Verona Merry Wives of Windsor Measure for Measure; Comedy of Errors Much Ado about nothing Love's Labour's Lost; Mid-Summer Night's Dream; Troilus & Cressida Coriolanus Titus Andronicus Romeo & Juliet; King Lear Othello Anthony and Cleopatra Cymbeline; King Henry IV King Henry V King Henry VI Part I; King Henry VI Part II King Richard III King Henry VIII.Provenance: A Private Geneseo NY E
Shakespeare (W) The Dramatic WorksShakespeare (W) The Dramatic Works of 12 vols., Thomas Tegg, London 1815, half-calf, marbled boards and Stanhope (P D) Letters, Dodsley, London 1777, 4 vols.
SHAKESPEARE, COLLECTED WORKS, 14SHAKESPEARE, COLLECTED WORKS, 14 VOLS William Shakespeare, The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies and Poems of William Shakespeare, 14 vols., Unicorn Publishers,, New York, 1950. 1" H x 7.5" W x 5" D.
Thirty-eight pocket volumes, consistingThirty-eight pocket volumes, consisting of all of Shakespeare's then-known plays, published in New York in 1894. In original red cloth binding. Some volumes have some pencil marginalia.
3 vols. Henry, James. The Tragic3 vols. Henry, James. The Tragic Muse. London: Macmillan, 1890. First edition. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered blue cloth; light edges wear corner slightly bumped, very slightly cocked. Hinges of vol.1 stressed, back hinge of vol. 2 starting. Internally clean. With the book plate of the noted collector John Quinn on front paste-down. Bright set of the last of James' works to be issued as a triple decker. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman''s Conditions of Sale.
Books on Shakespeare(5)Books on Shakespeare(5)
Thirty Decorative Bindings of PoetryThirty Decorative Bindings of Poetry and Drama, including four volumes each of Thomas Hood, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Addington's Poetical Quotations, two volumes each of Robert Burns and W. S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads, a copy of James Joyce's drama Exiles, and individual volumes of the poetry of Shelley, Pope, Milton, Tennyson, Gray, Coleridge, Byron, Barrett-Browning, Stevenson, Smollett, Holmes, Robert Southey, and Felicia Hemans. Provenance: The library of the late Gordon Maginnis, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Flaxman (John) Compositions fromFlaxman (John) Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeshylus Designed by John Flaxman, engraved by Thomas Piroli and the Odyssey of Homer and The Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod 93
19 pieces. Engravings. Boydell,19 pieces. Engravings. Boydell, John & Josiah. [Graphic Illustrations of The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, London, 1793-1803]: "The Alto Relievo...: ...Shakespeare... between The Dramatick Muse and The Genius of Painting." * "Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy and Comedy." * "Othello... Desdemona in bed asleep." * "Winter's Tale. Act III, Scene III." * "Winter's Tale, Act II, Scene III." * "Cybeline... The Forest and Cave - Imogen in boy's cloaths." * "As You Like It, The Seven Ages, Fourth Age." * "As You Like It, The Seven Ages, Fifth Age." * "As You Like It, The Seven Ages, Sixth Age." * "As You Like It, The Seven Ages, Seventh Age." * "As You Like It... A forest, Orlando and Oliver." * "First Part of King Henry The Fourth, The road by Gadshill." * "Third Part of King Henry 6th. A field of battle..." * "King John. A Prison..." * "Third Part of King Henry The Sixth, a field of battle..." * "Second Part of King Henry VI, Act III, Scene III." * First Part of King Henry 6th, Act II, Scene V." * "First Part of King Henry Fourth... Prince Henry, Hotspur, Falstaff." * "King Richard The Third... Tower of London." All approx. 20 3/8 x 16 1/2 inches (517 x 420 mm), margins. Occasional dampstaining to margins, images generally clean.
Thirteen 19th century books ofThirteen 19th century books of fiction, including The Mill and the Floss by George Eliot (New York, 1860); The Prisoner of Zenda by Hope (New York, 1896) and two books by Oliver Wendell Holmes; and poetry, including two by Sir Walter Scott-- The Lady of the Lake (Edinburgh, 1810) and Lay of the Last Minstrel (Edinburgh, 1808)-- and one by Hobhouse titled Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold (New York, 1818).
A GROUP OF THREE TRIPTYCHS theA GROUP OF THREE TRIPTYCHS the first two out of sequence but from the same story after Sadahisa; another triptych of a procession through mountains; and a single sheet after Kuniyoshi of a procession (10)
(SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM) LIMITED EDITIONS(SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM) LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB Comedies Histories and Tragedies. New York: Limited Editions Club 1939-1941. 37 vols. Folio quarter cloth over decorative boards spines lettered in gilt. Illustrated. Together with printed pamphlets and supplements. Light soiling to boards; offsetting from head-pieces.
DRAMATICK WRITING OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE,DRAMATICK WRITING OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, PUBLISHED LONDON 1701, TWELVE VOLUMESDramatick Writing of William Shakespeare, Published London 1701, Twelve Volumes,
[LITERATURE] EIGHT BOOKS[LITERATURE][LITERATURE] EIGHT BOOKS[LITERATURE] , 8 books, "Legends of Skyline Drive...,VA.", "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" illustrated by Willy Pogany, another "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", "The Tail of Lonesome Pine", "Around the World in Eighty Days", "Field and Stream Treasury", "Men, Women and Dogs", by Thurb, and "Birds of America"
AESOP'S AND PHAEDRUS FABLES, FIVEAESOP'S AND PHAEDRUS FABLES, FIVE VOLUMESAesop's and Phaedrus' fables, five volumesLot includes four titles (five volumes): 1. Phaedri, Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V. Notis illustravit in usum serenissimi principis Nassauii David
Suite of Five Black and White Engravings,Suite of Five Black and White Engravings, from John Boydell\'s Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, including scenes from \"Julius Ceasar\", \"Tempest\", \"MacBeth\", \"Merchant of Venice\", \"Troilus\" and \"Crefsida\", London, 1798, sight 24\" x 18\". Glazed, matted and presented in carved silver-gilt frames (five pieces).
25 REFERENCE BOOKS ON MYTHOLOGY25 REFERENCE BOOKS ON MYTHOLOGY AND SYMBOLSTwenty five reference books on mythology and symbolstitles include important works by Joseph Campbell, Paul Radin, J. J.Bachofen, Gethard Adler, Henri Corbin, and Erich Neumann.
SIXTEEN FOLIO SOCIETY FICTION &SIXTEEN FOLIO SOCIETY FICTION & HISTORY BOOKS Assortment of sixteen, The Folio Society hardcover fiction and history books comprising, Joseph Conrad, "Nostromo", 2008, Lawrence Durrell, "Justine", 2008, Sebastian Faulks, 2008, Frederick Forsyth, "The Day Of The Jackal", 2014, Neil Gaiman, "American Gods", 2017, William Golding, "Lord Of The Flies", 2009, George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith, "The Diary Of A Nobody", 2016, Richard Hughes, "A High Wind In Jamaica", 2005, W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 2011, Daphne du Maurier, "My Cousin Rachel", 2008, Daphne du Maurier, "Rebecca", 2008, George Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty-Four", 2003, Ronald Searle, "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable", 2015, Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Body-Snatcher And Other Stories", 2007, Oscar Wilde, "The Selfish Giant And Other Stories", 2013, and various authors, "Shakespeare's Life And World", 2004. Provenance: From the Private Collection of Joel A. Katz, Atlanta, Georgia. Approx."American Gods" h. 10", w. 7", d. 1.75".
4 vols. James, Henry: The Tragic4 vols. James, Henry: The Tragic Muse. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1890. First edition. 2 vols. 12mo, orig. green cloth, gilt; light edge wear, spine ends slightly frayed. Internally clean, partly unopened. * Another set of the preceding, first edition, red cloth, gilt; spines darkened, spine edges frayed & chipped, occasional blistering to covers. BAL 10590, printing 2. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman''s Conditions of Sale.
SIXTEEN SIGNED LITERARY FICTIONSIXTEEN SIGNED LITERARY FICTION BOOKSCollection of Sixteen Signed Literary Fiction Books , 20th and 21st c., all but two with dust jackets, all signed by the author, incl.: Maugham, W. Somerest. Liza of Lambeth; Masefield, John. Midsummer Night; Enright, Anne. The Forgotten Waltz; Chang Jung . Wild Swans-Three Daughters of China, and others. (16 pcs.) Provenance: Collection of Wendy and the late George (1944-2013) Rodrigue
A thirty-volume set of the WorksA thirty-volume set of the Works of William Shakespeare, consisting of 28 plays, with a volume of The Sonnets And Other Poems, and Venus And Adonis and Lucrece (London, 1908). All are individually bound in soft red leather, which is in generally good condition for its age.
SIX WORKS OF ARTSix Works of Art,SIX WORKS OF ARTSix Works of Art,
Miniature Books of ShakespeareMiniature Books of Shakespeare Plays Lot of 8. Includes Winter's Tale Measure for Measure King Henry VIII The Tempest Richard III All's Well That Ends Well King John and Venus and Adonis. Each with gilt top edge. Each 3 x 2.25 in.
A set of 40 volumes comprisingA set of 40 volumes comprising the plays of William Shakespeare in miniature form housed in wooden bookshelf.
(SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM) SHAKESPEARE(SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM) SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS A group of seven cloth-bound volumes of the Players' Shakespeare. Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press n.d. Loves Labour's Lost number 279 of 550 copies. Illustrated by Norman Wilkinson. King Lear number 214 of 550 copies. Illustrated by Paul Nash. Cymbeline number 518 of 550 copies. Illustrated by Albert Rutherston. A Midsommer Night's Dream number 218 of 550 copies. Illustrated by Paul Nash. The Merchant of Venice number 413 of 550 copies. Illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky. The Tragedie of Macbeth numbered 343 of 550 copies. Illustrated by Charles Ricketts. Julius Caesar number XIII of fifty copies not for sale numbered VII to LVI. Illustrated by Ernst Stern. Folio quarter linen over paper. Only Macbeth with original wraps; soiling to boards; manuscript notations to front pastedowns; scattered light brownspotting.
BOOKS eight pieces: (Limited EditionsBOOKS eight pieces: (Limited Editions Club) Horace ''Odes and Epodes'' 1961; ''Shakespeare A Review and Preview''; Aeschylus ''The Oresteia'' 1961; Scott ''Waverly'' 1961; Schreiner ''The Story of an African Farm'' 1961; Thackeray ''Pendennis'' 2 volumes 1962; ''Book of Psalms'' 1960. Eight titles each limited to 1500 copies.
* (RELIGION) A group of 12 works* (RELIGION) A group of 12 works in 13 volumes. Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. By Lawrence H. Schiffman. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. 2 vols. The Steps of Life. Further Essays on Happiness. By Carl Hilty. New York: Macmillan 1907. A Discourse on the Great Duty of Mortification. By Ezekiel Hopkins. London: Printed by W.B. for J. Robinson 1701. A Dissuasive from Revenge: In a Discourse. By Nicolas Stratford. London: Richard Chiswell 1684. Footsteps of Our Lord and His Apostles. By W.H. Bartlett. London: Arthur Hall 1852. A Persuasive to Frequent Communion in the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. London: M. Flesher 1685. With six others.
TRAGEDY OF FAUST, RUSSIAN ED.,TRAGEDY OF FAUST, RUSSIAN ED., ST PETERSBURG, 1889 The Tragedy of Faust by Goethe with illustrations by Engelbert Siebertz, translated by Afanasii Afanasiievich. Fet, published by Marx, St. Petersburg, 1889, two volumes, of which this is Vol. I., with stamped leather cover (embrittled) interior in good condition. 18" H x 14" W x 2" D.
FOURTEEN BOOKS OF INTERNATIONALFOURTEEN BOOKS OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND HISTORYFOURTEEN BOOKS OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND HISTORY, including 'Meditations on Nature, Meditations on Silence' by Roberick MacIver and Ann O'Shaughnessy, 'The Complete Works of Tacitus', 'Sam-Giang', 'The Snow Leopard' by Peter Matthiessen, 'Cuba: On the Brink' by James Blight, Bruce Allyn and David Welch, 'The Politics and Economics of Public Spending' by Charles L. Schultze (signed by the author to Robert McNamara), 'The Background of Our War', 'Herodatus: The Persian Wars' (inscribed by Robert McNamara), 'The Essays of Montaigne' ed. Grace Norton, 'George Washington's Rules of Civility', 'Casanova Memoires, 2 vols.', 'A Voice of Reason' by Irene Menell, and 'The Abolition of Poverty' by David Horowitz (inscribed by the author) (14) Provenance: Robert McNamara Estate and Diana Byfield McNamara Book Collection