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VICTOR HUGO

• EASTON PRESS 100 GREATEST BOOKS
  EASTON PRESS 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN, 32 VOL. Various Sizes 32 vol., Leather bound with gilt trim, including: Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal), "The Red and the Black" (2 copies); Charlotte Bronte, "Jane Eyre"; Sir Richard F. Burton, translator, "The Arabian Nights"; James Fenimore Cooper, "The Last of the Mohicans" (2 copies); Stephen Crane, "The Red Badge of Courage"; Daniel Defoe, "Robinson Crusoe" (2 copies); Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities"; Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" (2 copies); Alexandre Dumas, "The Count of Monte Cristo"; George Elliot, "The Mill on the Floss"; Benjamin Franklin, "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin"; Lionel Giles, translator, "The Analects of Confucius" (2 copies); Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, "The Federalist"; Thomas Hardy, "The Return of the Native"; Victor Hugo, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"; Rudyard Kipling, "The Jungle Books"; Michel de Montaigne, "Essays"; William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"; John Steinbeck, "Of Mice and Men"; Robert Louis Stevenson, "Treasure Island"; Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; Jonathan Swift, "Gulliver's Travels"; Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"Leo Tolstoy, "War and Peace"; Ivan Turgenev, "Fathers & Sons"; Mark Twain, "Huckleberry Finn"; Jules Verne, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea";
• [ADRIEN MOREAU] VICTOR HUGO, 1889
  [ADRIEN MOREAU] VICTOR HUGO, 1889 LTD. ED. Ruy Blas. Librairie L. Conquet, inscribed and signed by the publisher to "Van Lunn", from an edition of 500, fine leather binding by Bickers & Son, with 15 engravings by Champollion after Moreau, 11"h x 7.5"w
• (31) FRENCH LIBARAY SHELF BOOKS,
  (31) FRENCH LIBARAY SHELF BOOKS, VICTOR HUGO(lot of 31) French library shelf books, 20th c., having gilt embossed spines, including various works of Victor Hugo, volumes one thru four of Les Miserables, largest: 9"h, 6"w" 2"d, 22.85lbs total
• JEWELRY. (2) GOLD RELIGIOUS OBJECTS
  JEWELRY. (2) GOLD RELIGIOUS OBJECTS INC. VERNON. Includes a signed F. Vernon French 18kt yellow gold circular medallion of a carved bone? Madonna with turquoise beading to ground and a seed pearl surround - stamped with the French domestic gold hallmark of an eagle's head representing .750 or 18kt gold, alongside an unidentified partial maker's mark?, one turquoise bead missing; and an Italian 18kt yellow gold diminutive easel back frame displaying a beautiful depiction of the Madonna - stamped verso, "750" with an Italian national mark of, "438MI" signifying a city origin of Milan, accompanied by a hinged Robert Halphen box - inscribed to interior of lid, "Robert Helphen Joaillier 12. Rue de La Paix Paris". Accompanied by a pair of red rhinestone inlaid die - in a fitted Heinkele case inscribed, "Heinkele 19 Avenue Victor Hugo Paris". Total approx. weight of 18kt gold frame is 7.9 dwt (gross); total approx. weight of 18kt gold pendant is 4.0 dwt (gross). From a Rye, NY estate. Dimensions: frame measures approx. 1.30" w x 1.55" h; pendant measures approx. 1.05" in diameter excluding bail. Condition: Good, with light surface scratches and minor dings/dents. One turquoise bead missing. Scratches/wear from use and some glue residue present to die.
• FRENCH SCHOOL (EARLY 20TH CENTURY).
  FRENCH SCHOOL (EARLY 20TH CENTURY). Interior Scene with Portrait of Victor Hugo. Signed at lower left. From a Westchester County, NY collection. Dimensions: 22" h x 18" w. Condition: Loose lined. Some craquelure. Very light surface soil. Overall good.
• EMILE GALLE (ATTRIB.), TALL 'LES
  EMILE GALLE (ATTRIB.), TALL 'LES ARBRES' VASE 20th c., acid-etched, and fire-polished internally decorated glass, cameo signed , "Les arbres se parlent tout bas / Victor Hugo" and "Galle" molded at base, 18"h x 7.25"dia
• EMILE GALLE (ATTRIB), TALL 'LES
  EMILE GALLE (ATTRIB), TALL 'LES ARBRES' VASE 20th c., acid-etched, and fire-polished internally decorated glass, cameo signed , "Les arbres se parlent tout bas / Victor Hugo" and "Galle" molded at base 18"h x 7.25"dia
• GROUP OF FINE PRESS EDITIONS OF
  GROUP OF FINE PRESS EDITIONS OF LITERATURE Primarily French authors in English translation, comprising 24 titles, including Victor Hugo, NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS, illus. by Bernard Lamotte (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1955) #984/1500, signed by artist, 4to, pictorial cloth, slipcase; Hugo, THE TOILERS OF THE SEA, illus. by T. Marangoni (Verona: for the LEC, 1960) #317/1500, signed by artist and printer, thick 4to, cloth, d.j., slipcase, the hinges broken; Anatole France, AT THE SIGN OF THE QUEEN PEDAUQUE, illus. by Sylvain Sauvage (Chicago, for the LEC, 1933) #1474/1500, signed by artist, folio, cloth; and Voltaire, CANDIDE, OR, OPTIMISM, illus. by Sylvain Sauvage (London: Nonesuch Press, 1939) 8vo, cloth, boards, slipcase.
• A complete 7-volume set of the
  A complete 7-volume set of the works of Victor Hugo (New York, 1908) in the original shipping box.
• 79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND
  79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80 leather bound books - 79 Easton Press and 1 Harvard Classics. 77 Easton Press The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Louisa May Alcott Little Women, Victor Hugo Les Miserables, Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ralph Waldo Emerson The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, D.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover, Leo Tolstoy War & Peace, Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo, Jack London The Sea-Wolf, Henry James The Portrait of a Lady, Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac, Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin, Charles Dickens David Copperfield, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faust, George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion and Candida, John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men, Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Confucius The Analects of Confucius, Herman Melville Billy Budd and Benito Cereno, Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe, William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels, Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary, Bram Stoker Dracula, Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy, Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote, Henry David Thoreau Walden, Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Guy de Maupassant The Tales of Guy de Maupassant, George Eliot Silas Marner, Herman Melville Moby Dick, Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, George Orwell Animal Farm, Aesop Aesop's Fables, Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer, Robert Browning The Poems of Robert Browning, Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, H.G. Wells The Time Machine, Homer The Iliad, St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine, Henry Fielding Tom Jones, John Milton Paradise Lost, Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights, James Fenimore Copper The Last of the Mohicans, Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Aldous Huxley Brave New World, Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage, Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms, Richard F. Burton The Arabian Knights, Thomas Paine Rights of Man, Sir Walter Scott The Talisman, Machiavelli The Prince, Sophocles Oedipus the King, Joseph Conrad Lord Jim, Livy History of Early Rome, John Boccaccio The Decameron, Charles Dickens Great Expectations, Emily Dickinson Poems of Emily Dickinson, Virgil Aeneid, Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories, Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island, Walter Scott Ivanhoe, Homer The Odyssey, Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Samuel Butler The Way of All Flesh, Nathaniel Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter, Grimm's Fairytales, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers; 1 Easton Press Greatest Books Ever Written: Herman Melville Moby Dick; 1 Easton Press Millenium Edition Harvard Classics Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays and English Traits; 1 Harvard Classics The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus and The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
• TWO SHELVES OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKS,
  TWO SHELVES OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, INCLUDING 13 V 'OEUVRES COMPLETES OF VICTOR HUGO', PARIS 1869, WITH RED BINDINGS WITH MARBLEIZED... Two shelves of leather bound books, including 13 v 'Oeuvres Completes of Victor Hugo', Paris 1869, with red bindings with marbleized boards; two volumes Oeuvres Completes Illustres de Anatole France, Paris 1925 v1 and v9; 5v 'The Works of Mary Wortley Montagu', London, 1803, brown leather bindings, pair 'faux book' bookends; 5v set Mary Vaux Walcott's North American Wild Flowers, published by The Smithsonian 1925, grey cloth bindings
• 17 VOLUMES FROM HUGO, DUMAS, AND
  17 VOLUMES FROM HUGO, DUMAS, AND POE COLLECTIONSHard cover, including Count of Monte Cristo and Laughing man. 6 Vol. of Edgar Allan Poe, 5 vol. Alexandre Dumas, 6 vol. Victor Hugo. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 7"L, largest Condition: Age related wear
• LARGE ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER
  LARGE ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JUG, QUASIMODO D7108Characters from Literature series. Ltd. Ed. 1003 of 2500. Royal Doulton backstamp. Quasimodo was the hunchback featured in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel Notre Dame de Paris. Artist: David B. Biggs Issued: 1998 Dimensions: 7"H Edition Number: 1003 Edition Size: 2500 Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Overall good
• QUASIMODO D7108 - LARGE - ROYAL
  QUASIMODO D7108 - LARGE - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JUGQuasimodo D7108 (green, orange, and tan coloration). Designed by David B. Biggs. Series: Characters from Literature, issued 1998 in limited edition of 2,5000. Size: 7"H (Large)Quasimodo was the hunchback featured in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel "Notre Dame de Paris." The handle represents the belfry of the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the bell it was his job to ring, even as his heart yearned in vain for the beautiful gypsy girl. This jug was issued by Lawleys By Post in a limited edition of 2,500 pieces. Edition Number: 1107 Edition Size: 2500 Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England
• QUASIMODO D7108 - LARGE - ROYAL
  QUASIMODO D7108 - LARGE - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JUGGreen, orange, and tan coloration. Quasimodo was the hunchback featured in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel "Notre Dame de Paris." The handle represents the belfry of the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the bell it was his job to ring, even as his heart yearned in vain for the beautiful gypsy girl. This jug was issued by Lawleys By Post in a limited edition of 2,500 pieces. Series: Characters from Literature. Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: David B. Biggs Issued: 1998 Dimensions: 7"H Edition Number: 1038 of 2500 Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Good
• QUASIMODO D7108 - LARGE - ROYAL
  QUASIMODO D7108 - LARGE - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JUGGreen, orange, and tan coloration. Quasimodo was the hunchback featured in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel " Notre Dame de Paris." The handle represents the belfry of the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the bell it was his job to ring, even as his heart yearned in vain for the beautiful gypsy girl. This jug was issued by Lawleys By Post in a limited edition of 2,500 pieces.Series: Characters from Literature. Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: David B. Biggs Issued: 1998 Dimensions: 7"H Edition Number: 319 Edition Size: 2500 Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Age related wear.
• LEWIS AND CLARK 1902 & LES
  LEWIS AND CLARK 1902 & LES MISERABLES, 1887Two groups of five collectible books. 1st group: Three Complete as Issued Volumes of "History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To the Source of the Missouri, across the Rocky Mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1804-6", by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, published by New Amsterdam Book Company Publishers, New York, 1902 (reprint of 1814 edition), one frontispiece of Meriwether Lewis in Vol. I, large folding map in back pocket of Vol. III. 2nd group: Two Complete as Issued Volumes of "Les Miserables", by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood, published by Thomas Y. Cromwell & Co., New York, 1887, illustrated edition with two frontispieces. Condition: 1st group: Light wear to spines, gilt on top of pages, and covers around edges; early pages of Vol. I & III separating from gutter. 2nd group: Good condition overall, light wear to spines and covers around edges. Personal inscription in black ink on front page of both volumes.
• OIL STILL LIFE PAINTING AND 2
  OIL STILL LIFE PAINTING AND 2 PRINTS, INCL. BALARCH, VA...1st item: Ernst Balarch (Germany, 1870-1938) woodcut on paper titled "Des Retter (Of The Savior)" depicting a crouching male hunchback figure holding a prone female figure, possibly Quasimodo and Esmeralda from Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Monogrammed "EB" in the plate, lower left. Artist's name with title and possible publication information reading "Holzschnitt." in pencil, lower left of mat. Matted and housed under glass in a black wooden frame. Sight: 8 3/4" H x 6 3/4" W. Frame: 20 3/4" H x 16" W. 2nd item: Charles A. Vanderhoof (American, 1835-1918) etching on paper depicting a figure in horseback pausing at a small body of water before a small house sheltered by trees. Signed "C.A. Vanderhoof. imp." in pencil, lower right below image. Matted and housed under glass in a wooden frame. Plate: 4" H x 5" W. Sight: 4 3/4" H x 5 5/8" W. Frame: 11 3/4" H x 14 3/8" W. 3rd item: European School oil on canvas still life depicting an assorted group of vegetables in a basket and table top against a dark background. Signed "A.P." lower left. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 11 3/4" H x 16 7/8" W. Framed: 18" H x 23 1/4" W. 19th century. The estate of Dr. Thomas Bechtel, Memphis, Tennessee. Condition: All items in overall good condition; not examined outside of frames. 1st item: Light toning; debris trapped under glass. Frame with minor abrasions. 2nd item: Scattered minute foxing spots, toning to sheet. 3rd item: Some flaking and flea bite losses, largest 1". Small areas of inpainting visible under UV light inspection.
• "THE WORKS OF VICTOR HUGO" IN 19
  "THE WORKS OF VICTOR HUGO" IN 19 VOLUMES"The Works of Victor Hugo" , in 19 Volumes, limited to an edition of 500 of which this is number 299, printed for members only of he Jenson Society. Appears to be missing Vol. VII; Black and white photogravure frontispieces with titled tissue guards, single color plates, top edges gilt, marble paper endpapers, 8vo, half leather with marble paper-covered boards, gilt lettering and decoration on hardbound spines. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• VICTOR HUGO NUNEZVictor Hugo
  VICTOR HUGO NUNEZVictor Hugo Nunez Bronze " The Flight" 29 inches 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. Condition: Reports are available by request and answered in the order they are received starting the week of the sale. Our online buyers premium is 28%.
• TWO “ EN TOUS CAS” UMBRELLASCa.
  TWO “ EN TOUS CAS” UMBRELLASCa. 1900-A French “Bétaille” delicate one for “Her” with a charming pinecone shaped and fire gilt knob on a snake wood pole-shaft with brass end tip, U-shaped steel ribs and stretchers and a brass sliding runner is marked “BETAILLE, 20 PALAIS ROYAL”. The canopy of the umbrella is made up of 8 royal blue silk panel sections with matching tie wrap and black horn popper and turned horn rib tips. H. 1 ½” x ¾”, O.L. 38 ½” An English “Brigg” slightly larger one for “Him” with a flat and round green shagreen and bone knob on a malacca and shaved bamboo pole-shaft with bone end tip, U-shaped “PARAGON, S. Fox & Co. LIMITED” steel ribs and stretchers and a brass sliding runner marked “BRIGG & SONS LONDON”. The canopy of the umbrella is made up of 8 black silk panel sections with matching tie wrap and mother of pearl popper and turned bone rib tips. It was a British invention with a French name and dates back to the 1880, when H. 2 ¾” x 1”, O.L. 38 ¼” “En Tous Cas” is the marketing name for a slender, hybrid style type of umbrella which is, as its name says, “suitable for all occasions”. Being neither too heavy nor too frivolous, it could be used either as an umbrella or a parasol by the lady and either an umbrella or a cane by the gentleman. It was undeniably a British, invention with a French name and dates back to the 1880’s. Brigg were not the only makers of these, but they were one of their big sellers, especially with women. Both En Tous Cas survived in superb initial condition. The first Bétaille one was used and shows some wear to the blue silk, the second Brigg one was never opened, still retains the initial factory-tying band on the bone tips and a natural color linen cover to the canopy. Bétaille was a luxury umbrella manufacturer in Paris. The boutique was located at rue Royale 5 from 1880 to 1939. The goodwill and stock of the firm were bought out by Thomas Brigg & Sons in 1919. Their products included wedding baskets, presents, walking sticks and riding whips. The main focus lay however in the production and sale of umbrellas for the upper end. Paris at that time was one of the centers of the production of umbrellas. Customers included royal courts of Europe and the international upper classes. Umbrellas by Bétaille are included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Brigg Umbrella Co. was established in London in 1836, later changing its name to Brigg & Son and becoming the leading cane maker of his generation, possibly the greatest cane manufacturer and retailer of all times. The firm’s main branches were in London 23, St. James's street and Paris 33, Avenue de l'Opéra. According to their catalog at the turn of the 20th century, they also had agencies in Nice, Madrid, Naples and Rome. For those in the know, Brigg became synonymous with gentleman luxury items and canes in particular. Its unique position in cane history and European culture owed much to the historical luminaries who wore Brigg canes, including, among others, Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, Churchill as well as the famous writers who mentioned Brigg in their works, like Pushkin, Balzac and Victor Hugo. It is said that Brigg holds a special place in our cultural heritage because its founder set the standards by which all fine cane making has since been judged.
• HARDSTONE FIGURAL BLACK BOY BRIGG
  HARDSTONE FIGURAL BLACK BOY BRIGG CANE-1900 -Wheel cut of a rare black Nephrite jade to depict a lovely Black Boy head with a fez, the knob shows naturalistic details in exceptional finesse and takes advantage of a smooth and waxy surface in part glossy polished to accent its enigmatic fascination. -The Black Boy head comes with an 18 karat yellow gold collar marked “BRIGG” and a full set of London hallmarks with a square shaped “e” with cut corners for 1900 besides a “C.C” maker’s mark for Charles Cooke’s, (registered Jan 1888 and 1898, 1912) Fifth Street London until 1899; other London addresses subsequently, stick mount as specialty, Supplied stick mounts, etc. to Thomas Brigg & Sons. High grade flamed rosewood shaft of natural red-brown hues and a metal ferrule. -So-far, never seen in such high quality, this cane is charm pure. The signature Brigg, one of the ever-best cane retailers, adds to its desirability. It could either be a decorative item inspired by the numerous Black Boy brands advertisements of its period or a subtle refer to the man in the fez as a symbol of worldliness and solidarity in the post-Civil War South and Black Shriners of a Medina lodge. Black families who wanted to buy a home or open a business in the early 1900s could rarely rely on Jim Crow-era bank loans. -They could instead turn to mutual aid societies, groups like New Orleans’ famous “Krewes.” -H. 1 ¾” x 1 ¼”, O.L. 37 ¾” -$2,500-$3,000 -The term Fez is Moroccan in origin from the town of Fes. The hat itself is either of Moroccan or Turkish origin. It was popular especially during the later period of the Ottoman Empire and its use spread throughout the empire. The Fez also called Tarboosh is a felt headdress in the shape of a short cylindrical peakless hat, usually red, and sometimes with a black tassel attached to the top. -Brigg Umbrella Co. was established in London in 1836, later changing its name to Brigg & Son and becoming the leading cane retailer of his generation, possibly the greatest of all times. -The firm’s main branches were in London 23, St. James’s street and Paris 33, Avenue de l’Opéra. According to their catalog at the turn of the 20th century, they also had agencies in Nice, Madrid, Naples and Rome. -For those in the know, Brigg became synonymous with gentleman luxury items and canes in particular. -Its unique position in cane history and European culture owed much to the historical luminaries who wore Brigg canes, including, among Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, Churchill as well as the famous writers who mentioned Brigg in their works, like Pushkin, Balzac and Victor Hugo. It is said that Brigg holds a special place in our cultural heritage because its founder set the standards by which all fine cane making has since been judged.
• SILVER AND LAPIS LAZULI BRIGG DRESS
  SILVER AND LAPIS LAZULI BRIGG DRESS CANE-1888 -Large Lapis Lazuli knob fashioned of a select single stone of a throughout uniform blue color richly speckled with golden pyrite dust in a substantial, slightly tapering and paneled vertical configuration extending on one side with a domed and matching facetted top and, on the other, with plain and narrowing neck. -Pleasing to the eye and with an addictive, sensuous feel to the hand, the knob extends in a longer and plain collar with a classy presentation engraving on one side “A.G. \ from \ H. & D.G. \ 1888” and a full set of English silver hallmarks 1887 on the other. To the right of the hallmarks there is a “BRIGG” stamp and a “WM”, most likely for Walter Morissey. The collar extends seamless in a high-end rosewood shaft distinguished by a superb veined structure underscored by striking, reddish brown hues and a dark horn ferrule. -This cane has style and substance and demonstrates sophisticated cane art at its best. With a unique blend of English heritage and timeless European style, it is guaranteed to leave a lasting impression. -This cane is a reminder of how European trading and imperial expansion provided supplies of new materials, which were made up into fashionable commodities in European workshops. Each component of the cane, the Lapis Lazuli, the silver, the rosewood and horn probably came from a different part of the world, from territories colonized by different European powers. -It survived in superb condition and with its entire initial sparkle. -H. with collar 3 ½” x 1 ¼”, O.L. 36 ¾” -$600-$800 -Brigg Umbrella Co. was established in London in 1836, later changing its name to Brigg & Son and becoming the leading cane maker of his generation, possibly the greatest cane manufacturer and retailer of all times. The firm’s main branches were in London 23, St. James’s street and Paris 33, Avenue de l’Opéra. According to their catalog at the turn of the 20th century, they also had agencies in Nice, Madrid, Naples and Rome. For those in the know, Brigg became synonymous with gentleman luxury items and canes in particular. Its unique position in cane history and European culture owed much to the historical luminaries who wore Brigg canes, including, among others, Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, Churchill as well as the famous writers who mentioned Brigg in their works, like Pushkin, Balzac and Victor Hugo. It is said that Brigg holds a special place in our cultural heritage because its founder set the standards by which all fine cane making has since been judged. -The term “walking stick” is based upon function, but the origin of “cane” is less clear. The leading theory attributes the term to the 1500s, when walking sticks were first made of imported bamboo or malacca, members of the cane family. Still further conjecture is that “cane” dates to ancient Rome and the Latin canes, for dog, when pedestrians often carried walking sticks to defend themselves from roaming packs of canines.
• 12 VOLUMES, TWO LEATHERBOUND
  12 VOLUMES, TWO LEATHERBOUND LITERATURE SETS12 volumes total, comprising: The Works of Oliver Goldsmith , New York/London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908, The Turk's Head edition, numbered 317 of 1000, ten volumes (complete), bound in three quarter blue leather over cloth backed boards, gilt ruling and lettering to spines, five raised bands, teg; Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Philadelphia: The International Press, n.d., bound in three quarter blue leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and floral decoration to spines, marbled endpapers, teg Condition: light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and small losses to leather, some surface dirt; Hugo with sunning to spines
• 3 EUROPEAN BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE
  3 EUROPEAN BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS3 European bronze commemorative medals. Circular medal Deutsche Kampfspiele 1926, Koln (The German Combat Games, Cologne), 2 1/4"-diameter; rectangular medal La jeunesse Bruxelloise au Prince Albert a son retour d'Afrique Aout 1909 (Brussels youth to Prince Albert on his return from Africa in August 1909), signed Paul Wisseart, 2 3/4" x 2"; rectangular medal Liberte Egalite Fraternite, dated 1914-1915 with Victor Hugo quote Qu'est cela? Cest la nuit... (What is that? It's night...) on one side and L'aurore... et que sera la fin (Dawn... and what will be the end) on the reverse, signed L. (Leon-Joseph) Chavalliaud, 3" x 2 3/4". Wear to all
• (7) VOLS., LITERATURE INCL.
  (7) VOLS., LITERATURE INCL. STEINBECK Includes: 1) T. S. Stribling, The Store, 1932 signed 1st ed., Doubleday, Doran, inscribed "This is the second volume of my trilogy you need the third T S Stribling"; 2) Victor Hugo. Les Miserables: Fantine. Carleton, 1862, 1st American, 1st ed. in English; 3) John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Viking, 1952, 1st ed., 1st issue with "bite" 3rd line p. 281; 4) H. de Balzac. Droll Stories, Col. I only, printed fro subscribers only, London, 1899; 5) Italo Calvino. Italian Fables. Orion, 1956, in dust jacket; 6) Thomas Merton. The Behavior of Giants. New Directions, 1961, in dust jacket; 7) Domenico Cardinal Tardini. Memories of Pius XII. The Newman Press, 1961, softcover; largest: 9"h x 7.75"w
• (23) BOOKS: HISTORICAL, VARIOUS
  (23) BOOKS: HISTORICAL, VARIOUS REFERENCE & POETRY(lot of 23) Historical, reference, and poetry books, including: (1) "The Shropshire Lad," A.E. Housman, 1932, 110 pages, loss and wear to book sleeve, (1) "Mayhew's London," Henry Mayhew, edited by Peter Quennell, Spring Books, London, 592 pages, (1) "The London Underworld in the Victorian Period," Henry Mayhew and Others, 2005, 404 pages, (1) "Corruption and the Decline of Rome," Ramsay MacMullen, 1988, 320 pages, (1) "Speeches That Changed the World," edited by Simon Sebag Montefiore, revised edition, 2005, 224 pages, (1) "The Last Days of Pompeii," Lord Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1957, 513 pages, (1) "Notre Dame de Paris," Victor Hugo, 1955, 332 pages, (1) "The Trial and Death of Socrates," Plato, 1963, 275 pages, (1) "Poetry Speaks Expanded," edited by Elise Paschen and Rebekah Presson Mosby, 2007, 384 pages, (1) "Speak Truth to Power," Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, signed by author on title page, 2000, 256 pages, minor water damage to pages; (1) "Currier and Ives' America - A Panorama of the Mid-Ninteenth Centruy Scene," edited by Colin Simkin, Crown Publishers, New York, 1952, eighty print illustrations, with loss and wear to cover, (1) "Inside the Victorian Home," Judith Flanders, 2003, 500 pages, (1) "Dorling Kindersley Handbooks - Gemstones," Cally Hall, 1994, 160 pages, (1) "The Story of Art," E.H. Gombrich, 2003, 688 pages, (1) "The Oxford History of Western Art," edited by Martin Kemp, 2000, 564 pages, (1) "Rights of Man," Thomas Paine, 1961, 270 pages, (1) "The Ocean World," Jacques Cousteau, 1993, 446 pages, (1) "How To Repair & Restore Furniture," William Cook, W.J. Cook & Sons, 2003, 256 pages, (1) "Nature Watch - Elephants," Barbara Taylor, 2008, 64 pages, (1) "Wild Amazon - A Photographer's Incredible Journey," Nick Gordon, 2004, 168 pages, (1) "Cyclodpedia Anatomicae," Gyorgy Feher, illustrated by Andras Szunyoghy, 1996, 603 pages, (1) "Oriental Carpets at the Philadelphia Museum of Art," Charles Grant Ellis, 1988, 304 pages, (1) "Van Gogh - In Provence and Auvers," Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, 319 pages; largest: 12.25"h, 16"w, 72lbs total **Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate**
• FELIX BENNETEAU BRONZE BUST OF
  FELIX BENNETEAU BRONZE BUST OF VICTOR HUGO F?lix Benneteau-Desgrois (French, 1879-1963). Portrait bust of a man, likely writer Victor Hugo, bronze. Signed; LeBlanc Barbedienne and Fils, Paris foundry mark. Provenance: From a Private Collection, Highlands, North Carolina.
• (5) BOOKS: VICTOR HUGO
  (5) BOOKS: VICTOR HUGO ILLUSTRATED NOVELS(lot of 5) Books: Victor Hugo illustrated novels, P.F. Collier, Publisher, New York, late 19th c., each with gilt embossed cover, pressed foliate design to back, having wood engraved illustrations, titles include: (2 volumes) "Les Miserables - Part One and Two," "By Order of the King: A Romance of English History," (1 volume) "Notre-Dame," "The History of a Crime: The Testimony of an Eye Witness," (1 volume) "Toilers of the Sea," "Ninety-Three," (1 volume) 'Dramatic Works of Victor Hugo: "Hernani," "The King's Diversion," "Ruy Blas;"' no copyright date present, minor loss and wear to covers, approx 10.5"h, 7.25"w, 11lbs total
• 19 LEATHERBOUND VOLUMES OF 19TH
  19 LEATHERBOUND VOLUMES OF 19TH CENTURY LITERATURE All octavo (8-1/2 in.) with gilt spine, to include: Lord Lytton's Novels (London, n.d.), six volumes, three-quarter red calf over marbled boards (one volume with detached top board); plus Works of Victor Hugo (Boston & New York, n.d.), three-quarter red calf over marbled boards, three volumes (chips and wear to boards); Novels & Tales by Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1819), ten volumes, full red calf with gilt (one volume with disbound top board, foxing).
• BINDINGS: Victor Hugo.
  BINDINGS: Victor Hugo. Philadelphia: George Barrie, 32 volumes. Circa 189 red morocco gilt with a floral motif to spines, top edges gilt.
• TEN LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES OF VICTOR
  TEN LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES OF VICTOR HUGO'S WORKS (Boston: Dana Estes & Company, n.d.), circa 1900, small 8vo (8-1/4 in.), three-quarter leather over green linen boards, gilt to spines; the set opens with Les Miserables.
• HONORE DAUMIER, FRENCH (1808-1879),
  HONORE DAUMIER, FRENCH (1808-1879), OH! IT IS AS IF WE WERE THERE, PLATE 27, BOOK PLATE PRINT, 8 /4"H X 9 1/4"W (SIGHT), 13 3/4"H X 14 1/4"W (FRAME)Honore Daumier, French, (1808-1879) Oh! It is as if we were there, plate 27, book plate print Initialed in the plate lower left. Biography from the Archives of askART: Honore Daumier was born in Marseilles, France on February 26, 1808. He was the son of a Marseille glazier who wrote a little poetry on the side and who thought so much of his own talent that in 1816 he decided to move himself and his family to Paris. Over the next dozen years, the family lived in eight different apartments in Paris. There was never enough money, and the experience of hard times would mark Daumier for life. At the age of twelve, Honore became a messenger boy for a process server's office and then a clerk for a bookstore - jobs that opened up to him every corner of Paris. He sketched everything he saw and finally started studying art with an academician whose idea of instruction was to have his pupils copy plaster casts hour after hour. "This is not life," said Daumier, and he struck out on his own. A year later, the boy enrolled in the Academy Suisse, an informal school where students could draw from the model in the mornings and still hold down jobs. Though Daumier was never a flamboyant bohemian, he was soon part of a group of young artists from the school, some of whom became lifelong friends. If the teenager didn't have the money for oils or canvas (presumably why so little of his student work survives), in studios and cafes he drew the way other people talked. Daumier was on his way to becoming one of the greatest draftsman who ever lived. The lithograph was a comparatively new art in those days, but it quickly became Daumier's bread and butter. He began turning out political cartoons for an ardently antiroyalist magazine called La Caricature. One cartoon portrayed King Louis Philippe as Gargantua gobbling up every last sou in France. For such indiscretions Daumier spent six months in prison. He was the first French artist to get to the hall of fame because the people liked his little drawings, instead of the aristocracy liking his big salon paintings. No sooner was he out again than he started producing more cartoons for another magazine. In 1846, at the age of thirty-eight, he married a young seamstress called Didine and settled down in an apartment on the Quai d'Anjou. There, in a bare attic studio, using crayons until they were so worn he could no longer hold them, and whistling the latest music-hall tunes, Daumier turned out lithographs of arrogant aristocrats, greedy landlords, sour-faced men and nagging wives, sinister lawyers and pompous judges. Sometimes his humor was gentle; occasionally it was savage; it was always perceptive. Daumier made lithographs, 3958 in all, until he went blind at sixty-five. But all along he was painting, though no more than a handful of his canvases were shown in public before the last year of his life. Compared with the more spectacular romantics, he seemed rough and unfinished. Nor did he understand the work of the new impressionists. He was a superlative draftsman whose brush drew spare and strong, and whose preoccupation was people. No matter how ordinary their acts, Daumier gave drama and dignity to their lives. He was ruthless in his candor, but his candor was born of concern. The painter Daumier was a rotund gentle person who cared far more for others than for himself. There were never any extras for Daumier. A year before he died at seventy, a group of friends, led by Victor Hugo, arranged a show of his paintings. It closed dismally with a deficit of 4000 francs. Daumier's most celebrated work was a series of 'Robert Macaire' published in the 'Charivari'. His graphic works are unsurpassed for clarity, expressiveness, truth to type and nervously rhythmic life. He did not draw directly from nature, but from human nature, and this he did as fully as any artist who ever lived. But he was thought for years unworthy to occupy a single foot of space at the official Salon's shows. One Saturday night at Theodore Rousseau's barn in the village of Barbizon, a gathering that included Corot, Millet,Daubigny, Diaz and Bayre, along with Daumier himself, voted to form their own anti-Salon Independent Artists' Society. No one ever represented with greater truth the varied type of Parisian character. He became blind in 1877, then died suddenly in 1879 of a stroke at Valmondois (Seine-et-Oise) in a house given him by Corot, the landscape painter. Compiled and submitted August 2004 by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California Sources: Time Magazine, July 7, 1961 and October 1, 1979 Peter Plagens in Newsweek, March 8, 1993 Pete Hamill in Art & Antiques Magazine, February 1993. book plate print Dimensions: 8 /4"H x 9 1/4"W (sight), 13 3/4"H x 14 1/4"W (frame)
• D. BRYT: "LA PLACE DES VOSGES 6
  D. BRYT: "LA PLACE DES VOSGES 6 VICTOR HUGO"signed lower right 20 x 20 inches Condition:
• COLLECTION OF LEATHER-BOUND
  COLLECTION OF LEATHER-BOUND BOOKSassorted titles and authors, including three volumes of "The Works of Victor Hugo" [19 pieces] Provenance: A Michael Smith installation the largest: 10 1/4 x 8 inches; the smallest: 7 1/4 x 5 inches Condition:
• 41 VOLUMES: VICTOR HUGOWorks of
  41 VOLUMES: VICTOR HUGOWorks of Victor Hugo Edition des Amies des Arts Numbered 2 of an edition of ten Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1894 illustrated [41 volumes] Condition: with wear to bindings throughout, one book with heavy wear Condition: