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38 FINELY BOUND EASTON PRESS
38 FINELY BOUND EASTON PRESS EDITIONS OF CLASSICS THROUGH THE AGES (Norwalk, Connecticut, 1970s-1980s), 8vo and 4to (9-1/2 to12 in.), all volumes with full leather binding, silk endpapers, gilt page edges, raised bands on the spine, and integral silk bookmarks; genres present include poetry, science, theater, history, mythology, and literature.
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COLLECTION OF 26 UNOPENED EASTON
COLLECTION OF 26 UNOPENED EASTON PRESS BOOKS IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP (Norwalk: The Easton Press, 21st century), variously classics and contemporary works, twelve (12) being signed editions, mostly 4to, fine leather bindings with gilt on boards and page edges, all with integral silk bookmark.
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SIXTY-SEVEN (67) FINELY BOUND
SIXTY-SEVEN (67) FINELY BOUND EASTON PRESS BOOKS (Norwalk: The Easton Press, late 1970s - early 1980s), volumes bound in full calf with raised bands, silk paste downs and endpapers, gilt embellishments, integral silk bookmarks, the tallest being a large quarto (12-1/2 in.), all works are familiar classics and include short story anthologies, fiction, and some non-fiction.
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GEORGE W. BUSH. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES
GEORGE W. BUSH. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO GENERAL POWELLGEORGE W. BUSH. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO GENERAL POWELL, signed on flyleaf with calligraphic inscription "With gratitude for your friendship and your dedicated service to America./ Presented to/ Colin Powell" and signed by George W. Bush in black felt. Leather bound with gilt, in cloth slipcase, pale yellow silk endpapers, red silk bookmark, all edges gilt, with embossed note card 'With the Compliments of The President.' Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2003 Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
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(4) POLITICAL & PATRIOTIC
(4) POLITICAL & PATRIOTIC COMMEMORATIVES Including: "I Like IKE" Cigarette Pack (opened and flattened); PLUS Stevenograph type silk bookmark "La France a L'Amerique. La Liberte, Eclairant le Monde Souvenir de L'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1878" with Statue of Liberty; PLUS Battle of Manila Bay Heroes, embossed silver top leather coin purse. Card inside reads "Like thieves in the dark, with electric spark, done in the night by Spain, but in God's bright light, in an open fight, the boys have made them remember the Maine." WK Bader, 630 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. 2" tall; PLUS Chain Mail coin purse with fighting snakes snap closure, 2 1/2".
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DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME
DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY[FANNY BURNEY]. 1854. BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF 7 X 4 1/2 IN. (17.78 X 11.43 CM.)DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY[FANNY BURNEY]. 1854. BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF, [Bindings] D'Arblay, Madame. Diary And Letters of Madame D'Arblay. London: Henry Colburn for Hurst and Blackett. 1854. 8vo. Complete set in seven volumes, three-quarter tan leather with gilt tooled spines, with black and gilt labels and five raised bands, each dated 1854. Marbled boards and endpapers; bound by Zaehnsdorf for A.C. McClurg; edges gilt with silk bookmark. Bookplate of Caroline and Hudson Poole on front pastedown of each volume (7) Dimensions: 7 x 4 1/2 in. (17.78 x 11.43 cm.) Provenance: Estate of Nina Rodale Houghton, wife of the late Arthur A. Houghton, President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Carmichael Farm, Queenstown, Maryland
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1893 SILK BOOKMARK FROM THE
1893 SILK BOOKMARK FROM THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITIONIN CHICAGO FOR THE PHOENIX SILK MANUFACTURING CO. IT DEPICTS ABRAHAM LINCOLN BELOW ON AMERICAN FLAG AND EAGLE WITH A QUOTATION FROM HIS EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. GREAT COLOR AND CONDITION. SIGHT SIZE 20 1/2" X 3 1/2". WITH FRAME 23 1/2" X 6 1/2".
