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The September 20th, 2012 sale of Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts includes several good private collections. Of note is a collection of American manuscript material, including signers of the Declaration of Independence and 18th-20th century Presidents. Scarce signers such as George Taylor, John Witherspoon and Thomas Lynch Jr. are featured. Other manuscript highlights are a laboratory notebook by Thomas Edison which contains notes of his experiments to find a substitute source of rubber and a 3pp Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manuscript written for Strand Magazine. Making up a nearly a 1/4 of the sale is an estate collection collected over decades. The collection includes a wide range of categories, with a stength in 19th century English printings with extra illustrations and letters and deluxe bindings, including works by John Leech and George Cruikshank to sought after books from Australia's most prominent artist Norman Lindsay. Other illustrators included from this collection are Cecil Aldin, Phiz, Arthur Rackham and an original Gibson illustration. 19th century literature in the collection includes first editions by Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A stand out from this collection is Thomas Wright's "An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe." 1750, a rare and important work on early astronomy. There are nearly 80 lots of maps in the sale, including signifcant American 18th century examples such as Thomas Jeffery's 1775 map of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, other revolutionary war maps and an 18th century Carey atlas. David Bloom dbloom@freemansauction.com 267.414.1246 Kerry-Lee Jeffery kjeffery@freemansauction.com 267.414.1247 |
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Lot 1 4 vols. (1 wrapper.) Books on Private, Small Press, & Illustrated Books: Sold for $80 |
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Lot 2 7 vols. (4 wrappers). Fine, Graphic, Decorative & Performing Arts Catalogues & C: Catalogue du Salon de la Rose Croix. Paris: Galle... Sold for $180 |
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Lot 3 8 vols. Montfaucon, [Bernard de.] Antiquity Explained, and Represented in Sculptures. London: J. Tonson, 1721-22. With ... Sold for $900 |
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Lot 4 3 vols. (Grecian Pottery Reference.): Richter, Gisela. Red-Figured Athenian Vases. New Haven: Yale University Press,... Sold for $400 |
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Lot 5 1 vol. Blondel, J[acques] F[rancois] Planches Pour le Cinquieme Volume Du Cours DArchitecture. Paris: Veuve Desaint, 17... Sold for $110 |
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Lot 6 3 vols. Alberti, Leon Battista. Della Architettura...Della Pittura...Della Statua. London: Tommaso Edlin, 1726. 1st ed.... Sold for $1,100 |
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Lot 7 5 vols. Gailhabaud, Jules. LArchitecture du Vme Au XVII Siecle et les Arts Qui En Dependent. Paris: Gide, 1858. 4 vols.... Sold for $350 |
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Lot 8 Lot. Overbeke, Bonaventura ab. Les Restes de lAncienne Rome, Recherchez avec Soin. The Hague: Pierre Grosse Junior & Da... Sold for $350 |
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Lot 9 1 vol. Hoffstadt, Friedrich. Principii Dello Stile Gotico. Venice: Giuseppe Grimaldo, 1858. Folio, 3/4 vellum & marbled... Sold for $225 |
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Lot 10 2 vols. Le Corbusier. Les Corbusier - The Marseilles Block. London; Harvill, 1953. Translated by George Sainsbury, 4t... Sold for $100 |
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Lot 11 1 vol. Venturi, Robert; Brown, Denise Scott; Izenour, Steven. Learning from Las Vegas. Sold for $1,700 |
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Lot 12 1 vol. Venturi, Robert. Complexity and Contradiction. Sold for $120 |
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Lot 13 1 vol.(wrappers.) Ruscha, Edward: Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations. 1962. Sold for $4,000 |
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Lot 14 1 vol.(wrappers.) Ruscha, Edward: The Sunset Strip. [Los Angeles]: Self-published, 1966. 1st ed., 1st issue (with panor... Sold for $1,000 |
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Lot 15 14 vols. Belle Epoque Book Illustration. Paris & Brussels Imprints in orig. pictorial wrappers: (Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri... Sold for $275 |
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Lot 16 2 vols. Le Rire: Journal Humanistique... Paris, Nov. 10, 1894-Nov. 2, 1895, Jan.-June 1902. Vol. 1, nos 1-52, vol. 8 nos. 3... Sold for $160 |
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Lot 17 1 vol. LImage, Revue Litteraire et Artistique Ornee de Figures su Bois. Paris, Dec., 1896-Dec., 1897., nos 1-12. Lg. 4to,... Sold for $130 |
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Lot 17A 1 vol. (Periodical Literature) Sold for $50 |
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Lot 17B 1 vol. (Periodical Literature) LImage Revue Litteraire et Artistique. Paris, Sep 1896-Dec 1897. Nov 1-12. 4to, 20th cent... Sold for $140 |
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Lot 17C Lot. (Periodical Literature) Illustrated French Periodicals- Primarily of the Bell Epoque. Gil Blas. Paris, 1893-1895... Sold for $550 |
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Lot 18 Lot. Jugend: Munchner Illustrierte... Munich & Leipzig, 1896-1901, 1904 & 1909. Sold for $1,200 |
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Lot 19 4 vols.(wrappers.) Art Nouveau Illustrated Periodicals: Bierbaum, Otto Julius; Meier-Graefe, Julius, editors.Pan. Sold for $500 |
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Lot 20 14 vols. (Arts & Crafts) Stickley, Gustave, editor. The Craftsman: Illustrated Monthly Magazine. New York: United Crafts, Sold for $250 |
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Lot 21 Lot. (wrappers.) Art Deco Periodicals: Fortune Magazine. New York, 1931 - Jan, Apr., May, July, Sept & Nov. 1932- Feb.,... Sold for $350 |
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Lot 22 21 vols. (1 wrapper.) [Arts and Crafts Periodical]: Holmes, Charles, editor. The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine an... Sold for $850 |
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