A few examples of appraisal values for
EX LIBRIS

• MOBY DICK, RANDOM HOUSE,
  MOBY DICK, RANDOM HOUSE, 1930Property of a Private Collection, Savannah, GA Moby Dick Or The Whale by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, New York: Random House, 1930, hardcover with book plate 'Ex Libris, Janet Bowden
• R.P. CARRIERES, COMMENTAIRE
  R.P. CARRIERES, COMMENTAIRE LITTERAL, 1715 Commentaire Litteral sur l'Exode inser? dans la traduction Fran?oise avec le texte latin ? la marge, Commentaire Litteral Sur Le Levitique Insere Dans La Traduction Francoise, Avec Le Texte Latin a La Marge. By R.P. de Carrieres. Published 1715, by Nicholas Pepie, Paris. Bound in mottled brown calf with gilt titling and decoration on the spine. Page edges in mottled red. Provenance: Ex libris label, executors of Thomas Eyre, deceased, the inner library, Thomas Eyre (1748-1810) was a Catholic theologian. A graduate of the English College, Douai, he became the first president of St. Cuthbert's College. 189pp. 16mo.
• TWO 18TH CENTURY JUDAIC-GERMAN
  TWO 18TH CENTURY JUDAIC-GERMAN BOOKS The first being Judisches Ceremoniel by Paul Christian Kirchner (Nurnberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1724), 8vo, German text, 226pp., 18pp. index; full leather binding with raised bands to spine and an embossed heraldic shield to the top board; one fold out chart; lacking its 30 engraved plates; several 20th century "EX LIBRIS SCHNAR" stampings; fair condition with worming to boards, loose endpaper and some leaves; overall toning...plus: Menachem Bonafus, Sefer Hagdarim, Yitzhak Satanov, ed. (Berlin, 1798), 8vo, early 20th century half leather with gilt to title plate on the spine; Hebrew text throughout (toned paper; light foxing; two small areas of worming on the title page; overall good condition).
• FELIX BUHOT. “EX LIBRIS POUR
  FELIX BUHOT. “EX LIBRIS POUR L’ENSORCELEE,” ETCHING Etching, unsigned, sight size: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in., framed.
• EIGHT BOOKS: FIRST EDITIONS &
  EIGHT BOOKS: FIRST EDITIONS & BIBLIOPHILY Including four Franklin Library titles in deluxe bindings, including John Le Carre, THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY (1977), Elsa Morante, HISTORY (1977); Paul Theroux, PICTURE PALACE (1978); and Thornton Wilder, THE ALCESTIAD (1977) with some foxing; together with two titles on book collecting by A. Edward Newton, and Christopher Morly, EX LIBRIS CARISSIMIS (NY: 1932).
• A GROUP OF INSCRIBED ARTWORKS BY
  A GROUP OF INSCRIBED ARTWORKS BY GUESTS OF FRED DAVIS'S HOMEA group of inscribed artworks by guests of Fred Davis's home, Comprising various personalized works from guests of Frederick Davis' Cuernavaca home including: an ink and watercolor painting of Davis' Cuernavaca retreat with the family pets by Jorge A. Murillo, an ink and watercolor painting by Matias Santoyo (1905-1975) dated 1931 as well as a pencil drawing, a signed croquis by costume designer Edith Head (1897-1981), a pencil portrait of William "Bill" Spratling, a bookplate reading "Ex Libris Frederick W. Davis," a portrait of Davis at the right hand of a disgruntled God by [indecipherable] Duncan, and two more pencil drawings, 9 pieces Dimensions: Largest: 12.75" H x 9.75" W; Smallest: 6.5" H x 4.25" W Provenance: The Collection of Frederick W. Davis Private Collection, Southern California, by descent from the above
• RARE ARMENIAN BIBLE WITH EMBOSSED
  RARE ARMENIAN BIBLE WITH EMBOSSED SILVER COVERRare Armenian Bible with Embossed Silver Cover, bears book plate inscribed Ex Libris, Haroutune Hazarian; 6 1/2 x 5 in. Provenance: The Estate of Vartan Ghugasian. Condition: Please note: All property is sold "AS IS" and any statement, whether oral or written, is given as a courtesy and shall not be deemed as a guarantee, warranty, or representation of the authenticity of authorship, physical condition, size, quality, rarity, importance, provenance, exhibitions, literature or historical relevance of the property or otherwise. The absence of a condition report does not imply the item is in perfect condition.
• TWO BOOKS BY NASH
  TWO BOOKS BY NASH BUCKINGHAMpublished by the Derrydale Press "De Shootinest Gent'Man," 1934 introduction by Col. Harold P. Sheldon edition 165/950 inscribed "To Mr Jay Cooke with sincere best wishes Nash Buckingham" label "Ex Libris.... Robert G. Kerr" label "Jay Cooke Ex Libris" Blood Lines Tales of Shooting and Fishing, 1938 foreword by Henry P. Davis label "Ex Libris Robert G Kerr" label "Ex Libris Jay Cooke" in pencil "from Aunt Bess Xmas 1958" edition 1250/1075
• THREE BOOKS BY BURTON L.
  THREE BOOKS BY BURTON L. SPILLERpublished by The Derrydale Press More Grouse Feathers, 1938 illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt edition 659/950 label "Ex Libris Robert G Kerr" Thoroughbred, 1936 illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt editon 86/950 label "Ex Libris Robert G Kerr" Firelight, 1937 illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt edition 457/950 label "Ex Libris Robert G Kerr"
• HERMèS SILK SCARF BY GRYGKARAn
  HERMèS SILK SCARF BY GRYGKARAn Hermès silk scarf "EX LIBRIS" in beige by GRYGKAR, minor discolouration on medallion, 34" x 34".
• PRINTS, M.C. ESCHER (lot of 4) M.C.
  PRINTS, M.C. ESCHER (lot of 4) M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972), "Ex Libris Wertheim," 1954, "Ex Libris A.M.E Van Dishoeck," 1943, "Ex Libris de Bruyn," 1946, and "Ex Libris Bosman," 1948, woodblocks prints, possibly later printings, two monogrammed in block, images: 3"h x 2.25"w/3.25"h x 2.25"w, overall (with mat/each): 19"h x 12.75"w
• HERM?S EX LIBRIS EN CAMOUFLAGE
  HERM?S EX LIBRIS EN CAMOUFLAGE POCHETTE SILK SCARF Herm?s Ex Libris en Camouflage Pochette Silk Scarf, designed by Benoit Pierre Emery, having a black ground, a camouflaged signature Ex Libris carriage and groom pattern in shades of gold, 16 x 16,
• 5 DICKENS BOOKS, NOVELS &
  5 DICKENS BOOKS, NOVELS & STORIES, 1ST EDS.Five (5) First Edition Novels and Stories by Charles Dickens. 1st item: DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON, WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND FOR EXPORTATION, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1848. Hardcover octavo, 624 top edge gilt pages, with engraved frontispiece, title page, and thirty-eight additional plates. Original Serial Cover No. IV, dated July 1870 tipped in to front matter pages, green cloth blind-stamped covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. Original Serial Cover No. XVIII, March tipped in to front matter pages, original olive green cloth blind-stamped covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. Note: This copy includes several first issue points: Capt. Cuttle's hook on his left arm on title vignette; half-title page is present; p. xv, no page entry for the frontispiece and vignette, and no quotation marks around "the Party" line 2; p.14, aint has no apostrophe, ten lines from the bottom; p. 26, line 11 has misspelling "fidgetty"; p. 40, "shewed" and "shew" instead of "showed" and "show"; p. 284, "Delight" instead of "Joy", fifth and sixth lines from the bottom; and p. 582, the last full line has no full stop. 2nd item: HARD TIMES. FOR THESE TIMES. First Edition, by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1854. Hardcover octavo, 352 top edge gilt pages. Original olive green cloth blind-stamped covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. Note: This copy includes first issue points: gilt-lettered spine with price 5/-; p. 244 misnumbered as p. 44. 3rd item: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by S. L. Fildes, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1870. Hardcover octavo, 190 top edge gilt pages, with engraved portrait frontispiece, title page, twelve additional plates, eight line errata page, one double-sided advertisement back advertisement page for Dickens's Works and a 32 page "A Catalogue of Books Published by Chapman and Hall", dated August 31, 1870. Original Serial Cover No. IV, dated July 1870 tipped in to front matter pages, green cloth blind-stamped covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. 4th item: HUNTED DOWN: A STORY, First Edition, First Issue, by Charles Dickens, published by John Camden Hotten, London, 1870. Hardcover 16mo, 89 top edge gilt pages with engraved title page. Original green pictorial tipped in to back matter pages with publisher's catalogue. 5th item: THE STORY OF LITTLE DOMBEY, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1858. Hardcover 16mo, 121 top edge gilt pages. Original green pictorial laid down to back matter pages. All volumes rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt-stamped covers and spine, five raised hubs, gilt dentelle with dark green paper pastedowns and endpapers, ex libris plates to interior of front covers. Ranging in size from 6 3/4" H x 4 1/2" W x 5/8" D to 9 1/2" H x 6 1/4" W x 2 1/4" D. The Estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. Condition: Covers in overall very good condition with wear to hinges, corners slightly bumped. Pages in overall good, legible condition with toning/toning impressions, acid burn, scattered foxing spots, scuffs, creases, few pencil marks, light handling wear. Some pages unevenly cut. Plates are collated. 1st item: All plates are present, however "Secret intelligence" faces p. 517 instead of p. 516. 2nd item: All plates are present, however "At the Piano" faces p. 45 instead of p.44; "Mr. Crisparkle is Overpaid" faces p. 73 instead of p. 72; and "Mr. Grewgious Experiences a New Sensation" faces p. 156 instead of p. 157. 4th item: Introduction page with 1/4" to top edge of page. Some pages to publisher's catalogue appear to have been tipped in out of numerical order.
• 13 CHARLES DICKENS BOOKS,
  13 CHARLES DICKENS BOOKS, HISTORIES, NOTES, LETTERS, IN...Thirteen (13) Charles Dickens books, including First Editions. 1st-3rd items: CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Vol. I-III, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Francis W. Topham, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1852-54. Hardcover 16mos, 745 total gilt-edge pages, each with engraved frontispieces and one page of back advertisements. Note: Vol. I includes first issue points: "Christmas 1851" on Dedication page; missing "xi" page number. 4th-5th items: AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION, Vol. I-II, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1842. Hardcover octavos, 614 total top gilt-edge pages, Vol. I with one back advertisement page, Vol. II with three double-sided back advertisement pages. Note: Vol I. includes first issue point: first pagination is page "xvi". 6th-8th items: THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS, Vol. I-III, First Edition, edited by His Sister-in-Law and his Eldest Daughter (Mamie Dickens and Georgina Hogarth), published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1880-82. Hardcover octavos, 1,235 total top gilt-edge pages, Vol. II and III with indexes, Vol. III with 32-page publisher's catalogue to back, dated November 1881. 9th-11th items: THE PIC NIC PAPERS, Vol. I-III, First Edition, edited by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), and others, published by Henry Coburn, London, 1841. Hardcover octavos, 999 total top gilt-edge pages, with engraved frontispieces and eleven additional plates. 12th item: THE MUD FOG PAPERS, ETC., First Edition, by Charles Dickens, published Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1880. Hardcover octavo, 198 top edge gilt pages, three double-sided back advertisement pages. 13th item: SPEECHES LITERARY AND SOCIAL, by Charles Dickens, published by John Camden Hotten, London, n.d. Hardcover 12mo, 372 top gilt edge pages including index, laid down frontispiece portrait of Dickens with additional engraved portrait to title page, fifteen double-sided publisher's catalogue to back, dated 1871. All volumes rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt-stamped covers and spine, five raised hubs, gilt dentelle with dark green paper pastedowns and endpapers, ex libris plates to interior of front covers. Original cloth blind stamped covers and spines laid down to back matter pages. Ranging in size from 6 1/4" H x 5" W x 7/8" D to 9" H x 6 1/4" W x 1 3/4" D. The Estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. Condition: Covers in overall very good condition with wear to hinges, corners slightly bumped. Pages in overall good, legible condition with toning/toning impressions, acid burn, scattered foxing spots, scuffs, creases, few pencil marks, light handling wear, few scattered minute tears, chipping to corners of some pages. Some pages unevenly cut. Plates are collated. 6th-8th items: Front cover to Vol. I is mostly separated from spine. 9th-11th items: Volume III plates are present, however, all face the incorrect pages, for example, "The Wizard" faces p. 134 not p. 234, "Matre Pierrot" faces p. 198 not p. 298. 13th item: Some pages to publisher's catalogue appear to be out of sequence.
• 10 ASST. CHARLES DICKENS BOOKS,
  10 ASST. CHARLES DICKENS BOOKS, INCL. 1ST EDITIONS, CRU...Ten (10) assorted writings, sketches, and plays, primarily by Charles Dickens, including SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS. 1st item: SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS, First Edition, by Charles Dickens under the pseudonym Timothy Sparks, with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1836. Hardcover 12mo, 49 top edge gilt pages including engraved frontispiece, title page, two additional plates. Original pictorial wrappers laid down to back matter pages. 2nd item: THE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD BATEMAN, First Edition, First Issue, by Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, published by Charles Tilt, London, and Mustapha Syried, Constantinople, 1839. Hardcover 12mo, 40 top edge gilt pages including Notes, engraved frontispiece, one page of musical notation, and ten additional plates. Original green cloth blind-stamped covers and spines laid down to back matter pages. Note: This copy includes first issue point "wine" instead of "vine" on line 2, stanza V, of p.13. 3rd item: THE VILLAGE COQUETTES: A COMIC OPERA IN TWO ACTS, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, music by John Hullah, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1836. Softcover octavo, 71 pages with two stitches to center-left. Housed in a red cloth four flap archival enclosure, ex libris plate to interior of left flap. 4th-6th items: Three (3) SKETCHES, including SKETCHES OF YOUNG LADIES, SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN, and SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES, First Editions, by Charles Dickens and Edward Caswall under the pseudonym "Quiz", with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1837-40. Hardcover 12mo/16mos, 248 top edge gilt total pages with engraved frontispieces, fifteen additional plates, YOUNG GENTLEMEN and YOUNG COUPLES with back advertisements. All with original pictorial wrappers laid down to back matter pages. 7th item: THE LAMPLIGHTER: A FARCE, First Edition, No. 49/250, by Charles Dickens, printed from a Manuscript in the Forster Collection at the South Kensington Museum, London, 1879. Hardcover octavo, 45 top edge gilt pages. Original grey wrappers tipped into back matter pages. 8th item: THE POOR TRAVELLER: BOOTS AT THE HOLLY-TREE INN: AND MRS. GAMP, First "Reading" Edition, by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Hall, London, 1858. Hardcover 12mo, 114 top edge gilt pages with one back advertisement page. Original green wrappers laid down to back matter pages. 9th item: MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY: A FARCE IN ONE ACT, First American Edition, by Charles Dickens, published by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1877. Hardcover 16mo, 96 top edge gilt pages with four back advertisements pages. Original green cloth blind-stamped covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. 10th item: NO THOROUGHFARE. A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS AND A PROLOGUE, by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, published by Robert W. De Witt, New York, n.d. Hardcover octavo, 40 top edge gilt pages. Original wrappers tipped into back matter pages. 8" H x 4 3/4" W x 1/2" D. Most rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt-stamped covers and spine, five raised hubs, gilt dentelle with dark green paper pastedowns and endpapers, ex libris plates to interior of front covers. 3rd item with slipcase in matching red morocco leather. Ranging in size from 5" H x 3 1/2" W x 5/8" D to 9 1/2" H x 6 1/4" W x 7/8" D. The Estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. Condition: Covers in overall very good condition with wear to hinges, corners slightly bumped. Pages in overall good, legible condition with toning/toning impressions, acid burn, scattered foxing spots, scuffs, creases, some minute tears to edges, few pencil marks, light handling wear. Some minor chipping to pages, primarily to corners and edges. Some pages are unevenly cut. Plates are collated. 2nd item: Does not include back advertisements. 3rd item: Tears, largest 1 1/4", to edges of pages. Some back pages are uncut. 4th-6th items: Some pages to YOUNG GENTLEMEN with damp staining to pages, largest 3/4" x 2 1/4", including plates.
• CHARLES DICKENS, 5 CHRISTMAS BOOKS,
  CHARLES DICKENS, 5 CHRISTMAS BOOKS, 1ST EDS.Five (5) First Edition Christmas novels written by Charles Dickens. 1st item: THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN. A FANCY FOR CHRISTMAS TIME, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Leech, Stanfield, Tenniel, and Stone, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1848. Hardcover 12mo, 188 gilt-edged pages with wood-engraved frontispiece, additional vignette to title page, fourteen additional illustrations, and one double-sided back advertisement page. Original red cloth blind-stamped and gilt titled covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. Note: This copy has the first numeral intact to page number 161. 2nd item: THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A FAIRY TALE OF HOME, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Maclise, Doyle, Stanfield, Landseer, and Leech, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1846. Hardcover octavo, 174 gilt-edged pages with engraved frontispiece, title page, twelve additional illustrations, and one double-sided back advertisement page. Original red cloth blind-stamped and gilt titled covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. Note: This copy has the second state of the Oliver Twist back advertisement. 3rd item: THE CHIMES: A GOBLIN STORY, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Maclise, Doyle, Stanfield, and Leech, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1845. Hardcover 12mo, 175 gilt-edged pages with engraved frontispiece, title page, eleven additional illustrations, and one back advertisement page. Original red cloth blind-stamped and gilt titled covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. Note: This copy has the publisher's information outside of the cloud on the engraved title page, believed to be in the second state; back advertisement page is for the tenth edition of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. 4th item: THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A LOVE STORY, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Maclise, Doyle, Stanfield, and Leech, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1846. Hardcover octavo, 175 gilt-edged pages with engraved frontispiece, title page, eleven additional illustrations, and one double-sided back advertisement page. Original red cloth blind-stamped and gilt titled covers and spine laid down to back matter pages. Note: This copy has the engraved title-page without the publisher's information, believed to be in the fourth state. 5th item: A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, published by St. Luke's Hospital, London, 1860. Hardcover octavo, 19 top-edged gilt pages with appeal for funds on the last page of text. Note: This copy has the appeal for funds in larger bold type, believed to be in the second state. All volumes rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt-stamped covers and spine, five raised hubs, gilt dentelle with dark green paper pastedowns and endpapers, ex libris plate to interior of front covers. Ranging from 6 3/4" H x 4 3/8" W x 3/4" D to 7 1/2" H x 5" W x 1/4" D. The Estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. Condition: Covers in overall very good condition with wear to hinges, corners slightly bumped. Pages in overall good, legible condition with toning/toning impressions, acid burn, scattered foxing spots, scuffs, creases, few pencil marks, light handling wear. Some pages unevenly cut. Illustrations are collated. 3rd item: Smudging to text on p. 145 bottom right.
• 5 DICKENS 1ST ED. BOOKS, INCL.
  5 DICKENS 1ST ED. BOOKS, INCL. EDITED BY AUTHORFive (5) First Edition books, written, edited, or with a preface by Charles Dickens. 1st-2nd items: MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI, Vol. I-II, First Edition, edited by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1838. Hardcover octavos, 551 total top edge gilt pages, engraved frontispieces, eleven additional plates, Vol. II with 36-page publisher's catalogue. Note: "The Last Song" plate with "grotesque" border, believed to be in the second state. 3rd item: THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1861. Hardcover octavo, 264 top gilt-edge pages with 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated December 1860. 4th item: PICTURES FROM ITALY, First Edition, by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Samuel Palmer, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1846. Hardcover octavo, 270 top edge gilt pages with engraved title pages and additional illustrations, two double-sided pages of back advertisements. 5th item: EVENINGS OF A WORKING MAN, BEING THE OCCUPATION OF HIS SCANTY LEISURE, First Edition, by John Overs, with a preface relative to the author by Charles Dickens, published by T.C. Newby, London, 1844. Hardcover octavo, 205 gilt-edge pages and three pages of back advertisements. 6 5/8" H x 4 1/8" W x 7/8" D. All volumes rebound by Riviere and Son, London in red morocco leather with gilt-stamped covers and spine, five raised hubs, gilt dentelle with dark green paper pastedowns and endpapers, ex libris plates to interior of front covers. Original cloth blind stamped covers and spines laid down to back matter pages. Ranging in size from 7 1/8" H x 4 3/4" W x 1" D to 8" H x 5 1/4" W x 1 1/8" D. The Estate of Edith (Edie) M. Bass, Nashville, Tennessee, by descent from her parents, Walter Paul McBride and Claire Childs of Lake Forest, Illinois. Condition: Covers in overall very good condition with wear to hinges, minor abrasions, corners slightly bumped. Pages in overall good, legible condition with toning/toning impressions, acid burn, scattered foxing spots, scuffs, creases, few pencil marks, light handling wear. Some pages unevenly cut. Plates are collated.
• TN ARCHIVAL LOT, INCL. 4 BOOKS, 1
  TN ARCHIVAL LOT, INCL. 4 BOOKS, 1 CDV ALBUM, 2 ALSArchive of eight (8) items, most related to the Taylor Family of Tennessee, including four (4) Knoxville and Nashville imprints, one (1) carte-de-visite (CDV) album, two (2) autographed signed letters (ALS). 1st item: LIFE AS IT IS; OR MATTER AND THINGS IN GENERAL, First Edition, by John William McNairy "J.W.M." Breazeale, printed by James Williams, Knoxville Press at the Office of the Post, 1842. Hardcover 12 mo, 256 pages, hardbound in one quarter tan cloth with paper sides. F. W. Taylor, Jr., Greenwood Library, Russellville, TN ex libris plate to pastedown of front cover. 7 1/4" H x 5" W x 1" D. 2nd-3rd items: Two (2) copies of THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, by M. L. Weems, printed and published by James Williams, Knoxville Press at the Office of the Post, 1842. Hardcover 12mo, both 235 pages, one (1) hardbound in brown leather with gilt lettering to the spine and one (1) hardbound in one-quarter light pink cloth with paper sides, paper title label to spine. Approximately 7 3/8" H x 4 3/4" W x 1" D. 4th item: CDV album containing ten (10) photographic images, primarily depicting Taylor family members or other relations, including one (1) Franklin William Taylor, one (1) Franklin Walter Taylor, and one (1) depicting a young man possibly wearing a military uniform; and two (2) lithographic images depicting Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) and Horace Greeley (1811-1872), both candidates of the 1872 presidential election. All housed in a brown leather case with a single strap. 4 3/4" H x 3 1/2" W x 5/8" D. 5th item: A COLLECTION OF HYMNS FOR PUBLIC, SOCIAL, AND DOMESTIC WORSHIP, published by Southern Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, 1859. Hardcover 64mo, 766 pages including index, hardbound in brown leather. Includes a handwritten note indicating that the book was given to a Taylor family grandmother in 1862 by Joseph W. Kirkpatrick. 3" H x 2" W x 1 1/2" D. 6th item: ALS. Four-page handwritten letter from James W. Oates, Mountain Home, TN, to Joseph Feamster Taylor, Whitesburg, TN, dated June 1, 1954. The letter primarily discusses a book that Taylor has in his possession concerning Micajah "Big" Harpe, born Joshua Harper (before 1768-1799), and Wiley "Little" Harpe, born William Harper (before 1770-1804), who were murderers, highwaymen, and river pirates who operated in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Mississippi in the late 18th century. Oates states that he once owned the land in Kentucky where Micajah died and then proceeds to relay some of the crimes committed by the Harpe brothers in detail. Oates ends the letter by asking Taylor to type up what he knows about the Harpe brothers and send it to him. Includes one (1) envelope with a blue three-cent George Washington stamp, postmarked June 2, 1954. 7th item: ALS. One-page handwritten letter from James W. Oates, Mountain Home, TN, to Joseph Feamster Taylor, Whitesburg, TN, dated July 13, 1954. The letter relays Oates's continued interest in the Harpe Brothers, provides some personal information about Oates, and thanks Taylor for his previous letter. Includes three (3) newspaper clippings, including one (1) about the Harpe Brothers, and one (1) envelope with a blue three-cent Thomas Jefferson stamp, postmarked July 13, 1954. Note: The Harpe Brothers are often considered the earliest documented serial killers in the United States history. 8th item: Brown wax and paper seal, possibly for the State of North Carolina, hanging loop affixed top center. 3 1/4" dia. Note: Many of the items in this lot include ink numerals that correspond to a similar numbering system used on an inventory list created by Joseph Feamster Taylor (1892-1965) of Whitesburg, TN, son of Franklin Walter Taylor (1854-1919), grandson of Franklin William Taylor (1810-1897), great-grandson of Lieutenant William Graham (1786-1857, served circa 1807-1815 in the Sixth Regiment in the Tennessee State Militia). Condition: All items in overall good condition with toning/acid burn, tears, foxing spots, dampstaining, areas of loss, to be expected from age. 2nd-3rd items: Leather bound copy with stitched repairs to spine. 5th item: Front cover is separated from spine. Back cover with stitched repairs to spine, almost completely separated from spine.
• JOSEF ALBERS, INTERACTION OF COLOR,
  JOSEF ALBERS, INTERACTION OF COLOR, 1963Josef Albers (Connecticut/North Carolina/Germany, 1888-1976) INTERACTION OF COLOR, Edition of 2000, illustrations by Josef Albers, et al., published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1963. Includes: seventy-four (74) color screenprints, some with flaps, cut-out overlays, or other paper elements, all loose as issued in softcover folders with title and Roman and Arabic numeral identification; one (1) softcover folio volume of commentary text, 48 pages bound in dark grey cardstock wrappers; one (1) hardcover folio volume of text, 80 pages bound in dark brown cloth with white lettering to spine, Memphis Academy of Arts Library ex libris plate to back pastedown; all housed in a dark brown cloth slipcase with white lettering to spine. Overall with slipcase: 14 1/2" H x 11" W x 5 1/2" D. Formerly property of the now-defunct Memphis College of Art. Condition: General wear commensurate with manner of use as a former library copy. Leaves VIII-1, XV1-3, XVIII-2, XVIII-4, XVIII-11, XIX-1 are not present. Other leaves may also be missing. XX1-1 with burn mark resulting in 2" x 1" area of loss with radiating tears. Tissue paper guards are not present. Screenprints with pinprick holes to corners, creases, pencil inscriptions, some staining and handling wear, toning. Softcover text volume with white archival tape repair to spine, covers with scuffs, staining, creases, corners bumped. Hardbound text volume with shelf wear, staining, areas of loss to cloth to spine and bumped corners. Pages are becoming separated from spine. Pages to both text volumes with scuffs, pencil marks, handling wear, and toning. Slipcase with general wear, including separations, fraying sunning, staining, to cloth.
• SHERATON REVIVAL INLAID REVOLVING
  SHERATON REVIVAL INLAID REVOLVING MAHOGANY BOOKCASE + 2...1st item: Sheraton Revival inlaid mahogany bookcase, comprised of a round inlaid rotating top above 8 bookshelves divided by geometric inlaid panels above four tapering spade feet joined by plain x-stretchers. 32 1/2" H x 18 3/4" dia. Late 19th to early 20th century. 2nd - 29th items: Twenty-eight (28) 19th and 20th century books, all hardbound in decorative leather or cloth covers, including: THE FORSYTE SAGA, Vol. I-III, by John Galsworthy, published by William Heinemann, Ltd. London, 1932-35; THE FORSYTE SAGA, by John Galsworthy, published by William Heinemann, Ltd. London and Toronto, 1948; A MODERN COMEDY, by John Galsworthy, published by William Heinemann, Ltd. London and Toronto, 1948; DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, Library of Classics Edition, by R. L. Stevenson, Collins Clear Type Press, London and Glasgow, n.d.; THE NOVELS OF LAURENCE STERNE IN FOUR VOLUMES, illustrated by George Cruikshank, published by The Navarre Society Ltd., London, n.d.; THE LIFE OF ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON, New Edition, by G. R. Gleig, published by Longmans, Green, and Company, London, 1894; BYRON SELECTIONS FROM POETRY LETTERS & JOURNALS, edited by Peter Quennell, published by The Nonesuch Press, London, 1949; STORIES OF KING ARTHUR AND THE ROUND TABLE, by Beatrice Clay, illustrated by Dora Curtis, published by J. M. Dent, London, n.d.; THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE[sic], Vol. I-IV, by W. Hazlitt, published by the Office of the Illustrated London Library, London, 1852; MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE, New Edition, Vol. I & II, by Madame Campan, published by Henry Colburn, London, 1843; LEAVES OF GRASS, Selected from the Complete Edition, by Walt Whitman, published by George G. Harrap and Company, Ltd., London, 1927; THE BREAKFAST TABLE SERIES, Vol. I-III, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, published by William Paterson and Company, London, n.d.; ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AN ESSAY IN CRITICISM, by Laurie Magnus, M.A., published by Andrew Melrose, London, 1909; THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart., Vol. XXIV, published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1861; THE WAVERLEY NOVELS, Vol. XLI, by Sir Walter Scott, Bart., published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1868; JANE EYRE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Charlotte Bronte, illustrated by John H. Bacon, published by The Gresham Publishing Company, Ltd., London, n.d.; and THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, by Daniel De Foe, published by Bickers and Son, London, 1909. Ranging in size from 7" H x 4 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D to 7 3/4" H x 5 3/8" W x 1 3/4" D. The Collection of William and Fletch Coke, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: 1st item: Overall good condition, light general use wear, top does not revolve smoothly. 2nd-29th items: All items in overall good condition with normal shelf wear, scuffs, light staining, sunning, areas of loss to covers, corners bumped. Pages in overall good legible condition with toning/acid burn, foxing spots, ex libris plates, inscriptions from previous owners, general handling wear with some possible tears.
• HAMERTON, ART OF THE AMERICAN
  HAMERTON, ART OF THE AMERICAN WOOD ENGRAVER, 1894THE ART OF THE AMERICAN WOOD ENGRAVER: FORTY INDIA PROOFS, to accompany the text of Philip Gilbert Hamerton, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1894. Hardcover folio, forty tipped in India proof paper plates, all but plates VI and VII pencil signed by engraver below the image, with numbered and titled mats with artist and engraver information, hardbound in three-quarter red leather with red cloth sides, gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs, marbled paper pastedowns and end papers, ex libris plate to interior of front cover. 15 1/2" H x 12" W x 1 1/2" D. Condition: Cover in overall good condition with wear, losses to hinges, general rubbing with some staining to cloth, corners bumped. Pages in overall good condition with light toning, some plate with minor tears due to separation at corners from tipped in mounting, Plate XXVI is completely loose. All plates are collated.
• ENGLISH PALACE INTERIOR
  ENGLISH PALACE INTERIOR WATERCOLOR & THE KING'S PICTURE...1st item: British School, late 19th century, watercolor painting depicting the interior of highly ornate building, possibly the Palace of Westminster, with portrait bust of Queen Victoria overlooking a center doorway and flight of stairs leading to an oval desk with inkstand in the foreground. A sculpture of the Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, stands at the right, all surrounded by elaborate marble walls and ceiling painted with vignettes labeled after British Lords Derby and Salisbury. Housed under glass in a newer burnished bronze color frame with linen liner. Sight 23"H x 17"W. Framed - 33"H x 26 1/2"W. 2nd - 4th items: THE KING'S PICTURES, Original Edition, Vol. I-III, with descriptive notes by P. G. Konody, Sir Martin Conway, and Sir Lionel Cust, K.C.V.O., arranged by C. Hubert Letts, published by The Fine Arts Publishing Company, Ltd., 1930. Softcover folio, 100 color or black and white tipped-in plates with English text pages, bound in publisher's original red paper wrappers and tied with red cord, pictorial labels to front covers. Ex libris labels to interiors of front covers. Approximately 15 1/2" H x 12" W x 1 1/2" D. Condition: 1st item: 3" line across paint on rug, lower left (would have happened while paint was wet). 6" crease or scratch lower left corner. 2nd - 4th items: Covers with general expected handling wear including scuffs, dampstaining, sunning, tears, creases, pencil inscriptions from previous owners, and areas of loss, largest 1" x 1 1/2". Pages with light toning and handling wear, scattered minute foxing spots, minor tears, creases. Many pages are separated from cord binding. All plates are collated and in overall good condition with some creases.
• 3 TN CITY DIRECTORIES, NASHVILLE
  3 TN CITY DIRECTORIES, NASHVILLE & MEMPHIS1st item: THE NASHVILLE CITY DIRECTORY, The Ninth Annual Issue, March 1873, published by Wheeler, Marshall, and Bruce, Nashville, 1873. Hardcover octavo, 352 ink stamp edged pages with 72-page list of U.S. Post Offices, hardbound in one-quarter black cloth with printed paper sides, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial pastedowns and end papers. 9 3/8" H x 6 1/2" W x 1 1/2" D. 2nd item: NASHVILLE CITY DIRECTORY: THE BUYER'S GUIDE 1918, Fifty-Fourth Volume, published by the Marshall-Bruce-Polk Company, Nashville, 1918. Hardcover octavo, 876 ink stamp edged pages including Appendix with front and back advertisements, hardbound in light brown cloth with back lettering to covers and spine, pictorial pastedowns. Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA ex libris label to interior of front cover. 9 1/2" H x 7" W x 2" D. 3rd item: POLK'S MEMPHIS (SHELBY COUNTY, TENN.) CITY DIRECTORY 1943, published by R. L. Polk and Company, St. Louis, 1943. Hardcover octavo, 1844 ink stamp edged pages, hardbound in one-quarter burgundy cloth with printed light brown cloth sides, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial pastedowns and end papers. 10 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W x 3 1/2" D. Condition: All items in overall good condition with general wear, losses, to covers, corners bumped. Pages in overall good legible condition with toning, some dampstaining, minor tears, ink stamps and pencil inscriptions from previous owners. 1st item: Covers are nearly separated from spine, possibly with old repairs.
• SET OF APPROXIMATE 100 EASTON PRESS
  SET OF APPROXIMATE 100 EASTON PRESS BOOKS, LEATHER BOUN...Set of Approximate 100 Easton Press Books, leather bound binding, average 8" - 10", Roger Tory Peterson Set, History of America, The Story of Civilization, Ex Libris, R. Lichter und M. Strohmaier. Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• SET OF APPROXIMATELY 100 EASTON
  SET OF APPROXIMATELY 100 EASTON PRESS BOOKS, ALL LEATHE...Set of Approximately 100 Easton Press Books, all leather bound binding, average 9" - 10", Presidential, Washington, Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Don Quixote, Ex Libris, R. Lichter und M. Strohmaier. Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• BOB KUHN ART COLLECTIONBOB KUHN ART
  BOB KUHN ART COLLECTIONBOB KUHN ART COLLECTION Including books, calendars, and prints, many signed. Five (5) books with "The Art of Bob Kuhn - Masters of the World", text by Tom Davis, inscribed and signed by Davis, Briar Patch Press, 1989, with blue leather spine and corners, in hard dust jacket, with another book of the same with glossy paper dust jacket, signed by Kuhn; "The Art of Remington Arms", text by Tom Davis, Sporting Classics, stated First Edition, 2003, limited edition 102/250, inscribed and signed by Bob Kuhn on the pictorial title page, green leather with hard dust jacket; "Animal Harvest - The Animal Art of Bob Kuhn", Ex Libris Bob Kuhn with multiple signatures of Kuhn, Sporting Classics, 1997; "The Big Five" by Anthony Dyer with illustrations by Bob Kuhn, limited edition 933/1000 autographed by Dyer and Kuhn, Trophy Room Books, 1993. With many Remington Arms prints including "Upland Game Birds" signed portfolio sleeve with 12 prints; "Illustrations of North American Big Game from the Remington Game Art Collection" portfolio with 12 images; "American Waterfowl Hunting"; 150th Anniversary portfolio of 12 prints (1966); Pioneers in Conservation portfolio (1977), and several duplicate portfolios. With a 1968 "North American Big Game" calendar, signed by Kuhn; 1970 "Great Game of the World" calendar, signed; Boone and Crockett Club Conservation stamp and a variety of over 40 loose unframed prints including dogs, African game, North American game, fowl and more. Condition: The books are in excellent condition, some of the prints and portfolio covers have a few rough edges but most are in great condition.
• Busenbaum, Hermann. Theologia
  Busenbaum, Hermann. Theologia Moralis??¦, 8 vols., Cologne, 1710 - 14. 8vo., cont. blind-tooled goatskin with metal clasps (spines slightly soiled). Woodcut device on titles. Inscribed "ex Libris Georgii Baedes Presbytr" on titles. (8)
• Attributed to Charlotte
  Attributed to Charlotte Strickland/A large album of loose drawings, some dated between 1792 and 1819, pen and ink and grey washes, some with colour, of views in Somerset, Devon, Kent, Yorkshire, the Lake District and including views of Lynmouth, Weymouth, Exeter, Ramsgate, Derwentwater, Oswestry etc. (approximately 140)/and twenty-four sheets of sundry drawings, landscapes, caricatures, buildings, etc., with 'Ex Libris' label of Algernon A de L Strickland
• RARE SAMUEL COLT BIOGRAPHY,
  RARE SAMUEL COLT BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED BY MRS. COLTFirst edition of extremely rare, privately printed Colt memorial volume, Armsmear, The Home, The Arm & The Armory of Samuel Colt, 1866. SIGNED and inscribed by Elizabeth Hart Colt ("Mrs. Samuel Colt") to Sarah I. Cowan in 1867. Original boards and binding, with some weakness on the rear spine hinge and a 3" separation. (A very easy conservation job for a competent bookbinder.) Additionally, ex libris bookplate of Charles T. Haven inside front board. Haven wrote multiple books on the history of Colt firearms, including A History of the Colt Revolver from 1836 to 1940. Gold page edges are fine. Spine is straight. A solid and very desirable volume. Book measures 8" wide x 10 5/8" high x 2" deep. 399 pages.
• EARLY AMERICAN SIGNATURES
  EARLY AMERICAN SIGNATURES COLLECTIONLarge boards formerly binding the Baltimore Evening Post -- the entire year of 1809. Front endpaper has accession bookplate from the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Inside the front cover, pasted around an oval photo of George Washington, is a most remarkable collection of cut autographs. These are NOT printed signatures, but live, inked signatures -- different types and textures of paper, different tones, etc. The signatures, starting from the top, include the following: Robert Treat Paine (Continental Congress), Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, [illegible], Rob Morris (Continental Congress), Henry Clay (Senator), Roger Sherman (Congress), John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Charles Carroll (Continental Congress), Stephan Hopkins (Rhode Island governor), Sam Huntington (Connecticut governor), Gerard Hopkins (a Baltimore businessman), William McMechen (Baltimore County court justice), Roger Taney (Maryland attorney general), and Washington Irving (author). In the bottom center is the only printed matter on the page -- a letter by Horatio Nelson. A curious mixture of rather unremarkable individuals with some of the most prominent Americans in the history of the country. It has been suggested that the collection was assembled by a newspaper employee around 1810-1820 -- someone with access to letters (such as letters to the editor) or signed documents on file that perhaps were going to be purged. In any case, it is unknown whether these signatures are all genuine, or if some are secretarially signed. None of them, though, are printed signatures. A partially worn engraving to the left of Washington's picture depicts an elderly black woman, on whose apron is written the name "Old Joice Heth," a P.T. Barnum character who was alleged to be the 161-year-old nurse of George Washington. One clue as to the possible assembler of this piece is an early 20th century bookplate just at the end of all the signatures. The bookplate reads "Ex libris Dr. Chr. Deetjen." Dr. Christian Deetjen, a Baltimore physician and X-Ray pioneer, and personal friend of H.L. Mencken, was quite the old book collector, and one of his hobbies was bookbinding. Volume measures 19-1/2" x 12-3/4". A fascinating collection, however it came to be. shipping info This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.
• WRIGHTSMAN BOOKS ON BRITISH HISTORY
  WRIGHTSMAN BOOKS ON BRITISH HISTORY & ARTS, 14 Group of 14 books on British History and Arts from the collection of the late Jayne Wrightsman (American, 1919-2019) and with her Ex Libris, and including: "Thomas Hope and the Neo-Classical Idea" (Watkin, D. John Murray: London, 1968), and "Stags & Serpents: The Story of the Dukes of Cavendish and the Dukes of Devonshire" (Pearson, J. Macmillan: London, 1983). Provenance: From the Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York; A 485 Park Avenue Estate
• WRIGHTSMAN BOOKS ON LONDON
  WRIGHTSMAN BOOKS ON LONDON TOPICS, 16 Group of 16 books on London-related topics from the collection of the late Jayne Wrightsman (American, 1919-2019) and with her Ex Libris, including: "THree Estraordinary Ambassadors" Acton, H (Thames & Hudson: London, 1983) and "Walks in London" Hare, A.J.C. (Two Vols. Daldy Isbister & Co.: London, 1878) Provenance: From the Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York; A 485 Park Avenue Estate
• WRIGHTSMAN BOOKS ON VENETIAN &
  WRIGHTSMAN BOOKS ON VENETIAN & ITALIAN SUBJECTS 23 Group of 23 books on Venetian and Italian subjects from the collection of the late Jayne Wrightsman (American, 1919-2019) and with her Ex Libris, including "The Stones of Venice: (Ruskin, J. Collins, London: 1960) and "A Roman Journal" (Stendhal, Orion Press: New York, 1957). Provenance: From the collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman; A 485 Park Avenue Estate
• WRIGHTSMAN BOOKS ON RUSSIAN &
  WRIGHTSMAN BOOKS ON RUSSIAN & EUROPEAN TOPICS, 31 Group of 31 books on Russian, European, and Asian cultural topics from the collection of the late Jayne Wrightsman (American, 1919-2019) and with her Ex Libris, some with Christie's book tags, including: "Russia in the Age of Peter the Great" (Hughes, L., Yale: New Haven, 1998) and "History of Holy Russia" (illus Gustave Dore, Library Press, London: 1971). Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York; A 485 Park Avenue Estate
• RUDOLF OTTO VON OTTENFELD,
  RUDOLF OTTO VON OTTENFELD, (1856-1913, AUSTRAIN), BEDOUIN RIDER AT PRAYER, OIL ON PANEL, 9.875" H X 7.25" WRudolf Otto von Ottenfeld, (1856-1913, Austrain) Bedouin rider at prayer Oil on panel Signed and indistinctly inscribed lower left: R. Ottenfeld / 579 [indistinct] 9.875" H x 7.25" W Provenance: "Waldesova obrazarna" [translation from Czech: Waldes' Picture Gallery] label, hand-numbered 797, affixed verso "Narodni galerie Praze" [translation from Czech: National Gallery of Prague] label, with the printed number O2200, affixed verso Notes: A quick comparison online with other works bearing this same "Waldesova obrazarna" label, each with different hand-numbering, indicates that it was an ex libris / collector's inventory system used by the industrialist and art collector Jindrich Waldes (1876-1941). Oil on panel Dimensions: 9.875" H x 7.25" W Provenance: "Waldesova obrazarna" [translation from Czech: Waldes' Picture Gallery] label, hand-numbered 797, affixed verso "Narodni galerie Praze" [translation from Czech: National Gallery of Prague] label, with the printed number O2200, affixed verso
• COLLECTIBLE BOOKCOLLECTIBLE BOOK:
  COLLECTIBLE BOOKCOLLECTIBLE BOOK: "Art Work of Portland, Mt. Hood and the Columbia River," photogravures featuring works by the Oregon photographer Benjamin Gifford, published 1912 by W.D. Harney. Ex libris Tillamook County Library. The book measures 13.75" x 11" x 2.75" overall.