- THREE CAST IRON MECHANICAL BANKSThree
THREE CAST IRON MECHANICAL BANKSThree cast iron mechanical banks , including Trick Pony, Uncle Remus, and Kicking Cow.
Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Condition:
Heavy wear. Shack - bank mechanism works but is not triggered by coin. Others appear functional.
- 2VOL JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS W/ EARLY
2VOL JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS W/ EARLY EDITIONS A lot of 2 books by Joel Chandler Harris: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1881 by D. Appleton. First edition. Early state. "Presumptive" on page 9. Bound in light blue cloth boards with a gilt and black illustration of a rabbit on the front. 8vo. 231pp. Daddy Jake The Runaway and Other Stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1890 by T. Fisher Unwin, London. First British edition. Bound in red boards with pictorial image on the front. 4to. 145pp.
- J. CHANDLER HARRIS, NIGHTS WITH UNCLE
J. CHANDLER HARRIS, NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS,1883 Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1883 by James R. Osgood, Boston. First edition. Silver cloth cover. 416pp. 8vo.
- JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, NIGHTS WITH UNCLE
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS Joel Chandler Harris, Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1883 by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston. First edition. Gold cloth cover 416pp. 8vo.
- 4VOL J. CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS, INCLUDING
4VOL J. CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS, INCLUDING 1ST EDS. A lot of 4 Joel Chandler Harris novels, including first editions. Mr. Rabbit at Home by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1895 by Houghton Mifflin. Early edition. Tan pictorial cloth boards with a lion and rabbit on the front and gilt titling. 8vo. 304pp. Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated edition. Published 1907 by Frederick Stokes. Cardboard pictorial boards. Large 4to. Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1920 by D. Appleton and Company. Green cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. 4to. 265pp. Memories of Uncle Remus: Joel Chandler Harris as Seen and Remembered by a Few of His Friends, Including a Memorial Sermon by the Rev. James W. Lee and a Poem by Frank Stanton. Limited numbered edition. #211 of 300 copies. Privately printed at Christmas, 1908. Brown boards with a rabbit illustration on the front. 4to. 120pp.
- 10VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS, INCLUDING
10VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS, INCLUDING 1ST ED. A lot of 10 books by Joel Chandler Harris, including first editions. Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1898 by Houghton Mifflin. First edition. Red cloth boards with gilt and black decoration. 8vo. 417pp. The Story of Aaron by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1896 by Houghton Mifflin. First edition. Tan pictorial boards with gilt titling. 8vo. 198pp. Little Mr. Thimblefinger Stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1894 by Houghton Mifflin. Riverside Literature Series edition. Green cloth boards with black titling. 12mo. 164pp. Little Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1907 by Berger Publishing. Pictorial cardboad boards with titling in yellow and blue. 12mo.
Uncle Remus, or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1921 by Chatto and Windus. Eighth impression. Green boards with a color scene on the front. 8vo. 288pp. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1906 by Scribners. Red boards with polychrome illustrations on the front. 8vo. 236pp. On The Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1892 by D. Appleton and Company. First edition. Tan cloth boards with rabbit illustration on the front. 8vo. 233pp. Mingo and Other Sketches by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1884 by James Osgood. Green boards with gilt titling and black floral decoration. 8vo. 273pp. Gabriel Tolliver by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1902 by McClure. Red cloth boards with gilt titling and blind stamping. 8vo. 448pp. The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1904 by D. Appleton and Co. Peach colored boards with gilt titling and decoration the front cover. 8vo. 189pp.
- 5VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS SET OF FIVE FIRST
5VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS SET OF FIVE FIRST EDITIONS A set of 5 first editions by Joel Chandler Harris: The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1899 by Charles Scribner's Sons. First edition. Bound in tan cloth with an illustration. 8vo. 210pp. Uncle Remus And His Friends by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1892 by Houghton Mifflin. First edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titling and black decoration. 8vo. 357pp. Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1898 by Houghton Mifflin. First edition. Green boards with gilt and black titling. 8vo. 417pp. Little Mr. Thimblefinger by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1894 by Houghton Mifflin. First edition. Tan pictorial boards with gilt titling. 8vo. 230pp. Wally Wanderoon and His Story Telling Machine by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1903 by McClure. First edition.Tan pictorial boards with extensive polychrome decoration. 8vo. 294pp.
- 12VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS, INCLUDING
12VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS, INCLUDING 1ST ED. A lot of 12 books by Joel Chandler Harris, including some first editions. Daddy Jake The Runaway by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1898 by The Century. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. 8vo. 198pp.
A Little Union Scout by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1904 by McClure, Phillips. Green cloth boards with a floral design and gilt titling. 8vo. 181pp. Ex-library book with stamps and pockets. On The Wing of Occasions by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1900 by Doubleday, Page. Red cloth boards with illustration. 8vo. 310pp.
Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Published by George Routledge and Sons, London. Peach cloth boards with a turtle decoration and black titling. 8vo. 312pp. Free Joe by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1901 by International Association of Newspapers. Bound in tan boards with a green floral design and black titling. 8vo. 236pp. Balaam and His Master by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1891 by Houghton Mifflin. Tan boards with gilt titling. 12mo. 293pp. Gabriel Tolliver by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1902 by McClure, Phillips. Red boards with blind stamping and gilt titling. 8vo. 448pp. Evening Tales by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1893 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Red cloth boards with black and silver titling and decoration. 8vo. 280pp. Previous owner's bookplate as well as small newspaper articles pasted down on front and back boards. Told By Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris Published 1905 by McClure, Phillips. Red cloth boards with illustrated rabbit and gilt titling. 8vo. 295pp. Songs of the South: Selections From Southern Poets by Jennie Thornley Clarke with an Introduction by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1896 by Lippincott. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling. 8vo. Plantation Pageants by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1899 by Houghton, Mifflin. Light blue boards with gilt titling and decoration. 8vo. 247pp. Book has lost covering on spine. Daddy Jake The Runaway and Other Stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1889 by Century Company. Bound with a pictorial cover and a brown leather spine with gilt titling. 4to. 145pp.
- 12VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS WITH FIRST
12VOL J.CHANDLER HARRIS BOOKS WITH FIRST EDITIONS A lot of twelve books by Joel Chandler Harris, some first editions. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1899 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Later printing. Peach colored boards with pictorial cover. 8vo. 236pp. Nights with Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, Published 1884 by George Routledge and Sons. Blue pictorial cover with gilt titling and decoration. 8vo. 300pp. The Bishop and The Boogerman by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1909 by Doubleday, Page. Green cloth boards with gilt titling. 8vo. 184pp. Uncle Remus Returns by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1918 by Houghton Mifflin. Tan cloth boards with pictorial design. 8vo. 175pp. The Making of a Statesman by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1902 by McClure, Phillips. Tan cloth boards with brown titling. 8vo. 247pp. Sister Jane by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1896 by Houghton Mifflin. Green cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. 8vo. 363pp. Daddy Jake The Runaway and Other Stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1889 by The Century Company. Pictorial boards. 4to. 145pp. On The Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1892 by D. Appleton. Tan pictorial boards with an image of a rabbit. 8vo. 233pp. On The Wing of Occasions by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1900 by Doubleday, Page. Green cloth boards with gilt titling. 8vo. 310pp. The Story of Aaron by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1896 by Osgood. First British edition. Bound in brown boards with repairs. 8vo. 198pp. Little Mr. Thimblefinger by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1894 by Doubleday, Page. Pictorial cloth clover with rabbit and fox. 8vo. 230pp. Joel Chandler Harris: Editor and Essayist, Miscellaneous Literary, Political, and Social Writings. Edited by Julia Collier Harris. Published 1931 by The University of North Carolina Press. Green cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine. 8vo. 429pp.
- J. CHANDLER HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS, HIS
J. CHANDLER HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS, HIS SONGS 1ST ED. Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris with illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Published 1881 by D. Appleton and Company. First edition. First state, including "presumptive" at the last line of page 9. Bound in brown boards with a gilt rabbit on the front and gilt titling on the spine. Butterfly patterned end papers. 8vo. 231pp. with ads at the back. No mention of Uncle Remus in ads. BAL 7100. BAL notes four cloth variants and three endpaper variants, no priority.
- J.CHANDLER HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS, HIS
J.CHANDLER HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS, HIS SONGS, 1ST ED. Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris with illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Published 1881 by D. Appleton and Company. First edition. First state, including "presumptive" at the last line of page 9. Bound in blue boards with a gilt rabbit on the front and gilt titling on the spine. Butterfly patterned end papers. 8vo. 231pp. with ads at the back. No mention of Uncle Remus in ads. BAL 7100. BAL notes four cloth variants and three end paper variants, no priority.
- JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS, SIGNED
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS, SIGNED Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris. Published 1902 by D. Appleton and Company. Signed by author Joel Chandler Harris on the front free end paper and dated December 20, 1903. Bound in the original red cloth with gilt titling and some decoration on the cover. 8vo. 265pp.
- J. CHANDLER HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS, HIS
J. CHANDLER HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS, HIS SONGS 1ST ED. Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris with illustrations by Frederick Church and James Moser. Published 1881 by D. Appleton and Company. First edition. First state, including "presumptive" at the last line of page 9. Bound in green boards with a gilt rabbit on the front and gilt titling on the spine. Butterfly patterned end papers. 8vo. 231pp. with ads at the back. No mention of Uncle Remus in ads. BAL 7100. BAL notes four cloth variants and three end paper variants, no priority.
- 3PCS JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS PORTRAIT AND
3PCS JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS PORTRAIT AND NEWSPAPERS Pen and ink drawing of Joel Chandler Harris and framed newspaper with the printed drawing on the front page. The large framed drawing was made by R. Gregg and was the main picture used when announcing Mr. Harris's death on July, 4th 1908, in the Atlanta Journal. Included is a complete original framed front page copy of that same newspaper and date. In addition, the October 14, 1877 edition of The Daily Constitution of Atlanta, Georgia with an article about Uncle Remus and Joel Chandler Harris is part of this collection.
- 15PCS MARK TWAIN, RELATED WORKS AND
15PCS MARK TWAIN, RELATED WORKS AND PHOTOS A group of 15 pieces relating to Mark Twain. First is the Mark Twain calendar for 1910 Author?s National Edition and the 1911 calendar by Harpers with all order coupons intact. Followed by the first edition, in peach wrappers, of "A Champagne Cocktail and Catastrophe" by Mark Twain. Then the book "Mark Twain and Dwight D Eisenhower", by Cyril Clemens, with an autographed dedication inside at the bottom of page one by Twain?s son, Cyril. 26pp. Next is "English As She Is Taught" first edition in bound paperback, 28pp. Next is "Three aces, Jim Todd?s episode in social euchre, a poem and a denial", 8pp. Stiff rust-colored stapled wraps printed in black; [8] pages including covers, the rear cover blank with only 50 copies printed as a Christmas greeting for this poem by Mark Twain, "now for the first time published in book form." BAL 3549 states that this was actually published in New York in 1930. Next is two copies of Mark Twain's "Letter to the California Pioneers", 8pp, being two different states having one with and without the copyright with one without being signed and numbered by the publisher. Then "Mark Twain to Uncle Remus 1881-1885? 23pp. Followed by the "North American Review? with dates of July and August 1894 highlighting "In Defense of Harriet Shelly.? Next is Harpers New Monthly Magazine, May 1896, a story by Mark Twichell, "Mark Twain" and then "How I Edited an Agricultural Paper" 32pp. 1982, first edition being number 160 of 250 thus signed and numbered by the author Duane Scott and printed by Scott Free Press. Finally, two pictures of Twain: one a print of an original of him late in his years, in his office, sitting down leaning forward and the other a steel type engraved impression with his facsimile signature signed in print.
- GRAND TOUR "CAPITOLINE WOLF" BRONZE
GRAND TOUR "CAPITOLINE WOLF" BRONZE SCULPTURE Neoclassical Grand Tour bronze sculpture depicting the Capitoline she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. 5.5" H x 8.5" W x 3.5" D.
- ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)Autumn
ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)Autumn Woodcock Shooting, 1895
signed "A.B. Frost" lower right
watercolor and gouache, 13 1/2 by 21 1/2 in.
titled on The Old Print Shop, New York label on back
Charles Porter Schutt, known to friends and family as Porter, was an avid sportsman with a keen appreciation for sporting art. Born in 1911 in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1935, he married Phyllis Moxham du Pont, daughter of Eugene E. du Pont. Under her father’s champion tutelage, she became an accomplished shot at an early age. Together, Porter and Phyllis shared a profound love of the outdoors, respect for nature, and enjoyment of the sport of shooting. They spent countless days hunting quail, woodcock, dove, duck, and wild turkey at her parents’ two expansive sporting properties, Kinloch Plantation, on the Santee River outside Charleston, South Carolina, and Napley Green, on the Chester River near Rock Hall, Maryland. In addition to attending and hosting organized shooting parties on the East Coast, the couple regularly traveled to Scotland and Spain to enjoy “walked up” days flushing out partridge, pheasant, and woodcock with other experienced guns.
In the late 1960s, the Schutts purchased a large tract of land in Alabama where they envisioned a shooting plantation of their own. “Gallio,” the result, is a pristine forested property, shaped over forty years into a shooting paradise, and designed to provide and protect a perfect natural habitat for game birds.
Though the walls at Gallio and at Dogwood, in Wilmington, were covered with Audubons and Frosts, “Autumn Woodcock” had a place of pride in Porter’s library above his desk as his favorite and most prized work of art. It was the perfect painting to appreciate while sitting, nursing a scotch, and planning the next shooting party or yearly trip to Scotland. To Porter and Phyllis, Frost’s incredible eye for detail and ability to capture the spirit of the moment trumped all others. Porter Schutt died in 1999, and “Autumn Woodcock” descended in the family until being offered today.
A. B. Frost was born in Philadelphia in 1851, but spent his most prolific years in New Jersey. Considered one of the great illustrators of the “Golden Age of American Illustration,” he illustrated more than ninety books and produced thousands of illustrations for “Harper’s Weekly,” “Scribner’s,” and “Life” magazines. Frost’s illustrative work chronicles the mood and details of the daily life of farmers, hunters, and fishermen, as well as barnyards and pastoral motifs.
By 1876, he was on Harper’s staff working on many books including “Tom Sawyer,” “Uncle Remus,” and “Mr. Dooley.” He also illustrated Theodore Roosevelt’s sporting book, "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman."
Frost was an ardent sportsman who spent his summers and autumns fishing, rowing, and hunting ducks and snipe. He is best known for his hunting and shooting prints which capture the drama of sport in realistic, detailed settings. Frost lived much of his life at his estate, Moneysunk, in Convent Station, New Jersey.
This work, “Autumn Woodcock,” is the original watercolor reproduced by Charles Scribner’s Sons in Frost’s "Shooting Pictures," a portfolio of twelve chromolithograph prints. It is considered one of the artist's most iconic and recognized works.
Of the thousands of works that Frost is known to have produced, "Autumn Woodcock," with its excellent composition and superb condition, ranks right at the top. The work reveals Frost as one of the greatest illustrators of his generation. The hunter is perfectly positioned as the setters come across the woodcock by a brook, a Frost masterwork in every sense.
As Henry M. Reed notes, “Every scene portrayed is one that each of us who has hunted with dog and gun has experienced - the setter staunchly on point, the gun ready, thumb on the safety, and heart pounding as we await the explosive fluttering of wings as the bird flushes...all of these are situations which the artist handles with such realism and familiarity that the viewer is placed squarely in the center of the adventure...The pointing dogs are magnificent - sneaky, noses moist and low, and their weightless balance, with forefoot raised, is perfection. The landscape backgrounds for the shooting pictures signify autumn, with grey morning mist behind the birches, the fallen leaves wet with morning dew...”
Provenance: Charles Porter Schutt Collection, acquired from The Old Print Shop, New York
Sarah S. Harrison Collection, by descent
Renee du Pont Harrison Collection, by descent
Literature: Henry M. Reed, "The A. B. Frost Book," Charleston, SC, 1993, p. 87, illustrated.
Henry M. Reed, "The A. B. Frost Book," Rutland, VT, 1967, illustrated.
Henry W. Lanier, "A. B. Frost The American Sportsman's Artist," New York, 1933, illustrated.
- ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)"With
ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)"With One Final Puff He Rolled Into the Trench," 1917
estate stamp "A B Frost" lower right
ink wash, 17 1/2 by 12 1/2 in.
Arthur B. Frost was born in Philadelphia in 1851, but spent his most prolific years in New Jersey. Considered one of the great illustrators of the Golden Age of American Illustration, he illustrated more than ninety books and produced thousands of illustrations for “Harper’s Weekly,” “Scribner’s,” and “Life” magazines. Frost’s illustrative work chronicles the mood and details of the daily life of farmers, hunters, and fishermen, as well as barnyards and pastoral motifs. By 1876, he was on Harper’s staff working on many books, including “Tom Sawyer,” “Uncle Remus,” and “Mr. Dooley.” He also illustrated Theodore Roosevelt’s sporting book, "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman." Frost was an ardent sportsman who spent his summers and autumns fishing, rowing, and hunting ducks and snipe. He completed hundreds of watercolors and oils of the New Jersey seaside. Frost is best known for his hunting and shooting prints which capture the drama of sport in realistic, detailed settings. Frost lived at his estate, Moneysunk, in Convent Station, New Jersey.
A.B. Frost created this drawing as an illustration for the story "Wamble: His Day Out," which appeared in "Collier's Weekly" in 1917.
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 3834, item 405, January 29, 1976
The Estate of Ann Dickinson Dale
Literature: Samuel Hopkins Adams, "Wamble: His Day Out," Collier's Weekly, January 13, 1917, pp. 16-18, illustrated.
- SHELLS OYSTERS CLAMS MUREXBisection
SHELLS OYSTERS CLAMS MUREXBisection of nautilus. 20 Phasianella australis. Tonna tetracotula. 12 Tapestry Turban (Turbo petholatus) Philippines. Cassis pyrum Tasmania. Cassis thompsoni. Murex triremus. Delphinula Tyria.
From the Estate of Frank Hall owner of Dover Scientific and collector of rocks, crystals, minerals and fossils.
- MUSICALLY INCLINED 01005810 - LLADRO
MUSICALLY INCLINED 01005810 - LLADRO PORCELAIN FIGUREMusician with his radio. Glossy porcelain; soft blue and pink colorway. W. box.
Lladro backstamp.
Artist: Rafael Lozano
Issued: 1991-1993
Dimensions: 8.75"H
Manufacturer: Lladro
Country of Origin: Spain
- [Fine Press Illustrations] Seven titles
[Fine Press Illustrations] Seven titles relating to Africa and African-Americans including: four titles from the Limited Editions Club each signed by illustrator with slipcase: Mark Twain; \'\'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer \'\' illus. by Thomas Hart Benton (Cambridge: 1939) #800/1500 8vo denim slipcase; Joseph Conrad; \'\'The Nigger of the Narcissus \'\' illus. by Millard Sheets (NY: 1965) #1350/1500 4to quarter leather pictorial cloth; Harriet Beecher Stowe; \'\'Uncle Tom\'s Cabin \'\' illus. by Miguel Covarrubias (NY: 1938) #1446/1500 half leather marbled boards; Joseph Conrad; \'\'Heart of Darkness \'\' illus. by Robert Shore (NY: 1969) #200/1500 quarter vellum printed boards; H.H. Swift; \'\'North Star Shining \'\' illus. by Lynn Ward (NY: Morrow 1947) 4to cloth d.j.; Joel Chandler Harris; \'\'Uncle Remus \'\' illus. by Fritz Eichenberg (Mt. Vernon NY: Peter Pauper 1937) ed. of 1 100 copies 4to cloth printed paper boards; W.H. Hudson; \'\'Green Mansions \'\' illus. by J. Day Martelly (Mt. Vernon NY: Peter Pauper Press n.d.) cloth printed paper boards slipcase Estimate $ 150-250 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - slipcase broken.
- (2 PC) ITALIAN FRAMED INTAGLIOSDESCRIPTION:
(2 PC) ITALIAN FRAMED INTAGLIOSDESCRIPTION: Pair of framed, plaster intaglios. The first depicts Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf under a fig tree next to Faustulus; it is labelled "151". The second depicts a man's profile with an inscription to the left of the profile; it is labelled "164". CIRCA: 19th Century or earlier ORIGIN: Italian DIMENSIONS: L: 17" W: 1.5" H: 20.75" each Have a similar item to sell? Contact: Info@Akibaantiques.com. CONDITION: Great condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS(305)-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
- SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF BLACKSTONE WITH
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF BLACKSTONE WITH TWO ASSISTANTS.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Signed Photograph of Blackstone with Two Assistants. Chicago: Bloom, 1940. Glossy silver print depicting the magician with two assistants gazing at the appearance of a rabbit from a hat. Inscribed and signed to “Dr. Collins” by Harry Blackstone, Billie Blackstone, and Sue and Bud Doremus. 10 x 8”. Tape marks at corners from old mounting.
- DON BALKE (B. 1933) "TIMBER WOLF"Don
DON BALKE (B. 1933) "TIMBER WOLF"Don Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Timber Wolf" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood commemorative cover for Balke's Baby Wildlife of the 50 States, postmarked May 11, 1984. In snug burrows dug deep into the sides of hills, the tiny pups of the Timber Wolf are born in the early spring. Born blind with sooty brown fur, the litter of five to fourteen helpless pups must totally depend upon their mother's milk for about a week after birth. Five to nine days later, their eyes open. Soon after, the babies are eating solid food and growing steadily. The fuzzy Wolf pups spend their days playing and romping through spring meadows . . . however they never wander far from the pack. At eighteen months the young Timber Wolves are well-grown and can now travel with their parents on hunting trips, staying within a close-knit family group for some time. Timber Wolves are devoted parents and providers who will adopt orphaned pups and raise them as their own. In fact, legends have told of lost children raised lovingly from infancy by wolves as in the tale of Romulus -- legendary founder of Rome and his twin brother Remus. When fully grown, the Timber Wolf may measure four to six feet and weigh up to 175 pounds. Once maintaining a range which was probably greater than any other land mammal, the Timber Wolf has been largely restricted by the advance of human civilization. Today, this wild dog has been brought to the edge of extinction, with only a few scattered packs prowling the wilds of Minnesota, Michigan, and Mexico.
Image Size: 10.75 x 12.75 in.
Overall Size: 20 x 22.25 in.
Unframed. (B08677)
Condition:
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- ROMAN COIN & GLASS PENDANT W/ AQUAMARINE
ROMAN COIN & GLASS PENDANT W/ AQUAMARINE STONESRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. This is a unique pendant comprised of Roman glass, a bronze coin, and aquamarine stones, set in a modern sterling silver bezel. The lower portion of the bezel lip encloses a tear-drop shaped piece of ancient Roman glass of a sea green hue with areas of rainbow iridescence; this glass likely comes from a discarded vessel. Set above are 2 faceted aquamarine stones that add great visual interest to the pendant. The bronze coin has a rich, green patina that slightly obscures the faces, however the standing she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus is visible on the front side of the pendant (the reverse of the coin), and the open bezel shows the coin's obverse of a helmeted bust facing left. The pendant is strung on a modern cord with a lobster clasp as a truly unique piece of wearable history! Size (pendant): 2.125" L x 0.75" W (5.4 cm x 1.9 cm); (cord): 21" L (53.3 cm); silver quality: 92%; total weight: 8.7 grams
Provenance: ex-Sedona, Arizona, USA collection
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#167708
Condition:
Coin is rubbed and mostly illegible, with green patina, but she-wolf is partially visible. The glass has nice iridescence and coloration. The aquamarine stones are modern, and all is set in a modern bezel on a modern cord as a wearable piece.
- UNCLE REMUS, HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS,
UNCLE REMUS, HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS, FIRST EDITIONby Joel Chandler Harris, New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1881, first edition, first issue, containing seven black and white illustrated plates and text illustrations, Appleton New Books ads at rear, bound in original mustard cloth stamped in gold and black, BAL 7100
Condition:
hinges tender, front board starting, some tears, fraying, and chips at spine tops, wear to extremities, light toning to page edges
- 1ST EDITION UNCLE REMUS BOOK ''HIS SONGS
1ST EDITION UNCLE REMUS BOOK ''HIS SONGS & HIS SAYINGS: 1st edition, 1881, Uncle Remus ''His Songs & His Sayings'' book in a gold & black embossed cover having a Hare reclining amongst foliage. By Joel Chandler Harris. Approx. 7.75'' h x 5.5'' l x 1'' w.
CONDITION: Minimal wear to pages & binding, consistent with age and use.
- WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS
WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) FOR MORRIS & CO.
ORIGINAL 'BRER RABBIT' PANEL, CIRCA 1882 printed cotton, framed55cm x 51cm (frame 63cm x 59.5cm)Literature:Parry, Linda William Morris Textiles, V&A 2013, p.229, pl.45Note:This pattern was named after a character in 'Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings', published in 1882 by J. C. Harris, which was being read to Morris's daughters Jenny and May at the time.
- Album. 4to., fine orig. vellum gilt,
Album. 4to., fine orig. vellum gilt, with red morocco onlays gilt, initials MJW on upper cover, with gilt stamp of Romulus and Remus on lower, label of Ennio Andersen Roma. Containing mounted cut signatures of George IV when Prince Regent, William IV, & Queen Victoria; envelope fronts in the hands of Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and others; and autograph letters of Hubert Parry, Lord Roberts and others; loose sheet with autograph poem signed by Walter Crane, dated Feb. 3 1896, "Beneath great Lon
- A Staffordshire pearlware figure group
A Staffordshire pearlware figure group of Romulus and Remus on a titled mound base with acanthus scrolls, circa 1800, 19cm long/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson
- UNCLE REMUS MECHANICAL BANK 136Reproduction,
UNCLE REMUS MECHANICAL BANK 136Reproduction, cast iron mechanical Uncle Remus Bank 136. Approx. 4 1/4" tall x 5 1/2".
- PAIR, CAPODIMONTE TABLE LAMPS, MYTHOLOGICAL
PAIR, CAPODIMONTE TABLE LAMPS, MYTHOLOGICAL MOTIF Capodimonte (Italian, founded 1743). Pair of porcelain vasiform lamps depicting classical scenes of Romulus and Remus suckling the wolf on one side and the birth of Hercules on the opposite, capped by a band depicting variousimplements of war. Marked with appropriately inside foot of porcelain base. On brass and wood base. Approx. h. 20" (to top of socket). Provenance: From the Estate of Jack Warner / The Warner Foundation, Tuscaloosa, AL.
- AFTER JULIAN HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS SCULPTURES
AFTER JULIAN HARRIS, UNCLE REMUS SCULPTURES After Julian Hoke Harris (American/Georgia, 1906-1987). "Br'er Bear" and "Br'er Fox", composite. Both Inscribed "JHH". Approx. h. 15.5" (tallest)
- SELECTION OF SEVEN ASSORTED MAINLY SOUTHERN
SELECTION OF SEVEN ASSORTED MAINLY SOUTHERN BOOKS Selection of seven assorted books including American Southern, comprising: Thomas Nelson Page, "Two Little Confederates", Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1902, with inscription to Robert Winship Woodruff from Eva Hurt, 1902; Howard Weeden, "Songs Of The Old South", Doubleday, Page & Company, 1900, with ink gift inscriptions 1900 and 1928; Joel Chandler Harris, "Uncle Remus", D. Appleton and Company, 1903, with ink signature of Robert Winship Woodruff; edited by Mary Day Lanier, "The Poems Of Sidney Lanier", Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910, Nash Buckingham, "De Shootinest Gent'Man", The Derrydale Press, New York, 1934, number 910 of 950 copies; Walter Lippmann, "A Preface To Morals", The McMillan Company, New York, 1929, ink Hodgson family gift inscription, 1929; and Rudyard Kipling, "Mine Own People", W.B. Conkey Company, 1891, ink signature and inscription by Robert Winship Woodruff, age 16. Approx. 9.5" x 6.25" ("De Shootinest Gent'Man").
- MAP, ABRAHAM ORTELIUS, ROMAN IMPERIL
MAP, ABRAHAM ORTELIUS, ROMAN IMPERIL IMAGO, 1598Copper engraving, map of the Roman Empire Centered on the Mediterranean, depicting most of Europe, Northern Africa, with the Near and Middle East, published, Antwerp, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Containing several decorative cartouches and insets, two with portraits in profile of Roman emperors, a genealogical tree of Roman rulers, beneath an image of Romulus and Remus suckling beneath a she-wolf, additional insets with accounts of Roman History. Hand colored later.
- FOUR HAND-COLORED BOTANICAL PRINTS LATE
FOUR HAND-COLORED BOTANICAL PRINTS LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY EACH FRAMED 24.5” X 17.25”.FOUR HAND-COLORED BOTANICAL PRINTS, Late 18th/19th Century, 1) "Bremus Hirsutus", Franciscus Sansom, engraver. 17.5" x 7.25" sight. 2) "Melina Nutans", S. Edwards, engraver, after Franciscus Sansom. 17.5" x 7.25" sight. 3) "Panicum Viride", engraver unknown. 17.5" x 7.25" sight. 4) "Iberia Nudicautis", engraver unknown. 7.25" x 4.75" sight. Dimensions: Each framed 24.5" x 17.25".