A few examples of appraisal values for
LIMERICKS

• Alphabet and verse sampler, 12-line
  Alphabet and verse sampler, 12-line verse "On leaving green hill" below eight lin
• AL HIRSCHFELD, EDWARD LEAR
  AL HIRSCHFELD, EDWARD LEAR LIMERICK, SIGNEDLithograph of Edward Lear with an accompanying limerick. Artwork by legendary illustrator Al Hirschfeld, (American, 1903-2003). Pencil signed and limited (10/200) in the lower corners. Excellent condition, framed with the full sheet visible. Sheet size is 11" wide x 13 1/8" high. Framed to 18 3/8" wide x 21 3/8" high.
• Limog
  Limog
• A linen bound book of poems by John
  A linen bound book of poems by John Keats 1898 a book of the complete works of Burns Alexander Smith New York undated circa 1900 and '' Pictonians at Home and Abroad '' J.P MacPhie Pinkham Press Boston.
• By and after L E G/Floral
  By and after L E G/Floral Specimens/thirty engravings, 27cm x 21cm, each with verse from a Shakespeare play or sonnet
• W. WYCHERELY, MISCELLANEOUS
  W. WYCHERELY, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, SATYRS, EPISTLES, LOVE VERSES, SONGS, SONNETS, LONDON, 1711W. Wycherely, Miscellaneous Poems, Satyrs, Epistles, Love Verses, Songs, Sonnets, London, 1711
• A pair of table lamps, by Loaf
  A pair of table lamps, by Loaf
• SAMPLER - Student Work on Linen
  SAMPLER - Student Work on Linen by Elizabeth Yerman Heath 'Tenth Year of Her Age and the Year of Our Lord 1803 December 28' with vine border birds potted trees and flowers cats and dogs lion and crowns six line blessing and two line rhyme in vint
• ELIOT T. S. The Love Song of J.
  ELIOT T. S. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in Poetry A Magazine of Verse Volume VI No. III June 1915. 8vo original printed decorative wrappers. Pp. 130-135 whole issue offered. First appearance in a national publication preceded only by publication in the Smith Academy Record and the Harvard Advocate. Marginal chipping to wrappers and some leaves; 1 1/2-inch tear to front wrap; hinges tender.
• Schiavonetti after Wheatley/Sweet
  Schiavonetti after Wheatley/Sweet China Oranges/Do you want any Matches/Milk Below Maids/Two Bunches a Penny Primroses/stipple engravings within verre ?glomis? borders/an album of lithographs London Cries and twelve post cards Cries of London
• Thirteen-Piece Limog
  Thirteen-Piece Limog
• ''POOR TIRED TIM'' STILL BANK
  ''POOR TIRED TIM'' STILL BANK Germany c. 1912 lithographed tin very colorful graphics limerick on front panel wears formed hat. 4 3/4'' h. (Near Mint Cond.)
• ELIOT T.S. The Love Song of J.
  ELIOT T.S. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in Poetry A Magazine of Verse Volume VI No. III June 1915. 8vo publisher's printed decorative wrappers uncut. Pp. 130-135 whole issue offered. First appearance in a national publication preceded only by publication in the Smith Academy Record and the Harvard Advocate. Light finger smudge to p. 129; 1-inch tear to foot of spine; otherwise fine.
• 1 vol. Kipling, Rudyard.
  1 vol. Kipling, Rudyard. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. Lahore: The Civil and Military Press, 1886. First edition. Tall 12mo, orig. printed & decorated tan wrappers; occasional edge wear, some spotting & minor staining. Minor internal spotting. Made up in imitation of an official government document (without ties). In custom 3/4 scarlet morocco slipcase, cloth chemise. Livingstone
• A collection of Wade Large
  A collection of Wade Large Nurseryrhyme Whimsies comprising Humpty Dumpty x 2 Mary and Lamb Puss in Boots Jack and Jill etc (18)
• Pair of Rowlandsand English
  Pair of Rowlandsand English SatireLithographs ''Four O'Clock in the Country'' and ''Four O'Clock in Town'' image area 12'' tall x 15'' wide
• An album of poems quotations
  An album of poems quotations paintings and drawings circa 1840.
• ENGLISH SAMPLER. First half 19th
  ENGLISH SAMPLER. First half 19th century. On linen, strawberry border, verses on youth and beauty, trees house, animals, butterflies and crowns. Considerable bleeding, especially to green, appears to be an unsuccessful attempt at recoloring. 18.5"h. 19.5"w.
• (ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH
  (ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY) THE LAMP-LIGHTERS POEM WOODCUT AND LETTERPRESS: 14 X 19 IN. (SIGHT)(ENGLISH, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY) THE LAMP-LIGHTERS POEM, Woodcut and letterpress: 14 x 19 in. (sight) Framed; lower inscribed on plate: Printed and sold by Sabine, 81 Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London, where new Poems are yearly published.
• THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE
  THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF RUDYARD KIPLINThe Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling , 1909-1910, 24 vols of a set of 25, missing vol 7, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 8 1/2" x 6". Condition: Good condition overall, cloth bound, a few with cracks and loss to spines, pages clean, top edge gilt, other edges rough
• A Collection of Three Engravings
  A Collection of Three Engravings depicting dogs dancing dogs at a bar and cats waiting in line for the toilette. Height of largest 14 1/2 inches.
• 2 LITHOGRAPHSca. 1860; one
  2 LITHOGRAPHSca. 1860; one Currier & Ives "The Turn of the Tune", the second published by N. Currier "Quail Shooting", 20 1/2"x 13" sight, 27 1/2"x 20 1/2" largest; Condition: minor foxing on "The Turn", otherwise good original condition in later frames
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  L
• 1812 alphabet and verse sampler,
  1812 alphabet and verse sampler, four lines of letters and numbers over an eight line verse titled "The fair Ladie's wish", stitched on last line "Philena Severance", lower panel 15 window building with birds perched on roof beside a fenced garden, "1812" written in pencil bottom center, silk on linen, unframed, American, possibly Massachusetts or New Hampshire, early 19th century, 13 x 10 in. Tear to linen ground upper left and upper right, browning and fading. The Estates of Ward and Stout Families, Bloomfield, New Jersey
• TWO EARLY VICTORIAN VERSE
  TWO EARLY VICTORIAN VERSE SAMPLERS BOTH DATED 1842 in silk and cotton on linen, the first worked by Louisa Corbould, age 11, with alphabet and number series above nine lines of verse within a leafy vine border, framed; the other by Maria New, age 13, with an eight line guide to a girl's education, above a field with angels, flowerpots, birds and flower sprigs, in a leaf border, framed(2)36 x 32.5cm; 30 x 32.5cm excluding frames
• Charles Frederick Green/Piping
  Charles Frederick Green/Piping Pebworth, Dancing Marston, Haunted Hillboro', Hungry Grafton, Dudging Exhall, Popish Wixford, Beggarly Broom, Drunken Bedford and Shakespeare's Crab Tree/nine illustrated scenes from the Doggerel Rhyme, together with a framed script of the rhyme/watercolours, 11cm x 16cm
• SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER.
  SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER. Worked by Ann Lambton 1820. The top section with alphabet and number rows; the bottom section with verse reading ''How sweet to the heart is the thought of tomorrow When hope's fairy pictures bright colors display How sweet when we *an from future *y borrow A *lm for the griefs that afflict us today. Two sides within strawberry border. Worked in polychrome silk threads on a linen ground. Framed - 15 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in.
• A collection of ten poetry and
  A collection of ten poetry and prose volumes, including: works by E. E. Cummings, Marianne Moore, a copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, Robert Frost, and more. Condition: some overall wear to jacket covers, corners, and edges CT Transfer Fee $10
• Flaxman (John), Alighieri (Dante)
  Flaxman (John), Alighieri (Dante) The Divine Poem, 1867
• WATERFORD, LISMORE PITCHER AND
  WATERFORD, LISMORE PITCHER AND GLANDORE LIDDED JAR Both marked.
• THREE SAMPLERS. Nineteenth century.
  THREE SAMPLERS. Nineteenth century. Two are English; Religious verse by Eliza Leigh, February 20, 1841 with strawberry border. 12.5"h. 11.25"w. and alphabet, numerals with Greek key buy Margret Hogan, missing glass. 20''h. 14.25"w. And the third is German done in heavy floss by Sovie Dohn dated 1883. 12.5"h. 18.5"w.
• * (POETRY) A group of five
  * (POETRY) A group of five titles. The Morning Road. By Thomas Wood Stevens and Alden Charles Noble. Chicago: The Blue Sky Press 1902. Number 122 of 200 copies. Fumes of Formation. By Amanda M. Ross. Belfast: R. Carswell 1933. Revolution. A Poem. By Ebon Dooley. Chicago: Third World Press (1968). The Circus and Other Essays. By Joyce Kilmer. New York: Laurence J. Gome 1916. [Housed in slipcase with:] Trees and Other Poems. By Joyce Kilmer. New York: George H. Doran (1914).
• A ceramic figure entitled 'The
  A ceramic figure entitled 'The Larks Song', modelled by Dorothea Selous, 20cm high (including wooden plinth)
• 1823 alphabet and verse sampler,
  1823 alphabet and verse sampler, six-line verse, bird and floral motifs, "Ann Bailey Aged 12 years 1823", floral vine border, silk on linen, 17 x 13 in. (sight); painted wood grain and gilt frame. Scattered holes and tears especially along lower border, not examined out of frame. Private Collection, Augusta, Georgia
• An English Delftware puzzle jug
  An English Delftware puzzle jug inscribed with a poem, 18cm high
• N Currier, The Siege of Limerick,
  N Currier, The Siege of Limerick, browned, 10 1/4" x 13 1/2" sheet size Estimate $75-125