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Connecticut River Book Auction Friday, January 26 2018

949 Main Street, South Glastonbury CT

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Painting by Sol Wilson “Landscape with Horse 6”x8” framed and matted.

2

Gelatin Print 4 ¼ “ x 6 1/2 “ of American naturalist Burroughs and Signed by him, matted and framed.

3

Wood framed sepia cartoon print 12 ½“ x 10 ¼ “ by Charles Addams and Signed by him.

4

Clipped signature and print matted and framed of Nathaniel Hawthorn approx. 13”x16.”

5

Matted and framed print entitled “Woo’d by the Wind,” by Jennie Harbour. This print is Signed by Harbour and the title is written in her hand. Approx. 12”x14.”

6

Matted note with artistic card by

by Loie Fuller and Signed by her approx. 11”x14”.

7

Matted and framed crayon doodle titled “The Cure” by the Actor Tony Randall and Signed by him approx. 11”x14”

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Matted and framed movie ad for “Bell, Book and Candle” Signed by Actress Kim Novak approx.. 14”x16.”



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Matted and framed photo and card of Fawlty Towers Signed by Monty Python Actor Cleese who starred in this BBC series Approx 13”x18.”

10

Matted and framed map of the “Plan of the Position which the Army under Lt. Genl. Burrgone took at Saratoga on the 10th of September 1777 and in which it remained till the Convention was signed.” Engraved for Stedman’s.

11

Patricia F. Kery (1982) “Great Magazine Covers of the World,” 1st edition with 10 other volumes about posters and their designers.

12

A Collection of readings Signed by Maxine H. Kingston, Pat Barker, Paul Auster, Robert Olen Butler, A. S. Byatt and others.

13

Jewel (1998) “A Knight Without Armor,” 1st edition with Signed plate and 9 other volumes by Stern, Jong, Levine, Pinsky, and Kunitz with some Signed.

14

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1969)

“The Estate,” Signed, 1st edition with “Lost in America,” also a

Signed, 1st edition.

15

Lt. Gen. Hans Baur (1986) “Hitler at My Side,” Signed, 1st edition. Author was the chief pilot to Hitler.



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16

Barbara Rose (1970) “Helen Frankenthaller,” 1st edition.

17

Barry Lopez (1986) “Artic Dreams,” Signed, 1st edition for which he won the American Book Award for nonfiction with 7 other volumes by this Author of which 6 are Signed.

18

Henry Kissinger (2003) “Crisis: The Anatomy of Two Major Foreign Policy Crises,” Signed, 1st edition.

19

Charlton Heston (1995) “In the Arena,” Signed. 1st edition with Mia Farrow (1997) “What Falls Away,” Signed, 1st edition.

20

Buzz Aldrin (2004) “Men from Earth,” Signed, 1st edition still in shrink wrap.

21

Six Novels each a 1st edition Signed by Kirk Douglas, Judy Collins, Janet Leigh, Scott Carpenter or Peter Ustinov.

22

Abba Eban (1977) “Abba Eban: An Autobiography,” Signed, 1st

edition with 3 other Signed volumes by Jehan Sadat, Helmut

Schmidt, and Gerry Adams.

23

Peter Matthiessen 10 volumes 6 of which are Signed with the Signed Matthiessen bibliography and a Signed book tour publicity poster.



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24

Dunning (2005) “The Sign of the Book,” Signed 1st edition with 3 other mystery volumes by this Author 2 of which are Signed and 6 other mysteries by Derleth and others.

25

Kinky Friedman 6 Signed, 1st edition novels with a Signed book tour publicity poster.

26

Stephen Jones (1991) “Clive Barker’s Shadows in Eden,” 1st edition, Signed by Clive Barker with 9 other Barker horror novels also Signed by him.

27

R. G. Wilson, D. H. Pilgrim, & D. Tashjian (1986) “The Machine Age in America 1918 – 1941,” 1st edition, Signed by the 2nd Author with 7 other mostly Signed volumes on business.

28

Rick Bass (1995) “The Lost Grizzlies,” 1st edition, Signed with nine other Signed works by this Author.

29

Brian Froud (2004) “Goblins!” Signed, 1st edition with 4 other Froud volumes one of which is Signed.

30

LeRoy Neiman (2002) “Casey at

the Bat,” Signed, 1st edition with Femlin also a Signed 1st edition.

31

Elinor Goodman (2000) “A Celebration of the World of Imagination: A Tribute to George Lucas,” 1st edition, Signed by George Lucas.



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32

Nancy Willard (1984) “19 Masks for the Naked Poet,” 1st edition, Signed with 5 other works 4 of which are Signed by Willard or other poets.

33

Irving (1999) “My Movie Business,” 3 Signed 1st edition copies with two other Irving novels.

34

William Styron (1967) “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” Signed, 1st edition with 5 other novels by Thomas Keneally, Thomas Harris, Thomas Pynchon and others.

35

Updike (1999) “Rabbit Run,” Easton Press, Signed with “Americana,” also Signed and 2 other Updike volumes.

36

P. D. James (1982) “The Skull Beneath the Skin,” Signed, 1st edition with Raymond Carver (1988) “Where I’m Calling From,” Signed, 1st edition and 4 other mysteries by Christie and others.

37

Cheever (1943) “The Ways Some People Live,” 1st edition with “The Enormous Radio,” 1st edition. Cheever’s first two books with 2 other Cheever volumes.

38

Neil Simon (1999) “The Play Goes On,” Signed, 1st edition with 8

plays by Simon, Hope, Lerner and others. Some are Signed.

39

Richard Le Gallienne (1897) “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam a Paraphrase,” Limited edition Signed by Le Gallienne with 2 other later edition copies and the Will Bradley 1897 designed issue.



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40

Richard E. Leakey (1977) “Origins,” Signed, 1st edition with Matthiessen’s “Shadows of Africa,” Signed, 1st edition and “Treasures of the Atocha,” also Signed.

41

Michael Palin (1983) “The Missionary,” 2 Signed, 1st edition copies with 7 other books of humor.

42

Horace Spencer Fiske (1908) “Chicago in Picture and Poetry,” 1st edition with 9 other volumes of poetry by Paul Klee, Robert Pinsky, Galway Kinnell and others. Some are Signed.

43

Superman, Batman, and other comic books from the 1960s approx. 50.

44

Toni & Slade Morrison “The Big Box,” with Alice Walker’s “Finding the Green Stone,” and Giovanni’s “Spin a Soft Black Stone,” and “The Genie in the Jar,” and Angelou’s “Koffi and His Magic,” all SIGNED, 1st editions.

45

Robert Stone (1967) “A Hall of Mirrors,” Signed, 2nd printing with 9 other novels by Jimmy Breslin, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip Roth and Tennessee Williams. Some are Signed.

46

Twelve books about books. Some are Signed.

47

Red Grooms (2001) “Red Grooms the Graphic Work,” Signed 1st edition with 8 other art and design books. Some are Signed.



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Buzz Aldrin (2009) “Look to the Stars,” Signed, 1st edition with 5 other children’s books one of which is Signed.

49

Hillary Rodham Clinton (2003) “Living History,” Signed 1st edition, with Jimmy Carter (1993) “Talking Peace,” Signed, 2nd printing.

50

David Hilliard and Lewis Cole (1993) “This Side of Glory,” Signed, 1st edition with 7 other volumes on the African American experience in the 60’s and 70’s. Some are Signed.

51

Fiction – 10 volumes by Robert Penn Warren, Philip Roth, William Styron, Tennessee Williams and others. Six are Signed.

52

Mario Vargas LLosa (1994) “A Fish in the Water,” Signed 1st edition with 4 other works by the Author of which 2 are Signed.

53

Ernest J. Gaines (1984) “A Gathering of Old Men,” Signed, 1st edition with 8 other novels by African American Authors some of which are Signed.

54

Red Auerbach (1966) “Winning the Hard Way,” Signed, 1st edition

with Kareem Abdul-Jabbard (2007) “On the Shoulders of

Giants,” Signed, 1st edition.

55

Greg Norman (1995) “Advanced Golf,” Signed, 1st edition with 6 other sports books Signed by Paul Hornung, Ken Stabler, Bo Jackson and others.



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56

Political Stories – 10 Signed volumes by Al Franken, Monica Lewinsky, Robert Bork, Chuck Schumer and others.

57

Mickey Spillane (1961) “The Deep,” Signed laid in card, 1st edition with 9 other detective stories most of which are Signed.

58

Ten Autographed volumes by Holllywood Stars like Rosie O’Donnell, Marsha Mason, George Burns, Anne Baxter, Sheila MacRae, Ruth Gordon and more.

59

Van Wyck Brooks (1958) “The Dream of Arcadia,” Signed, 1st edition with 6 other travel accounts one of which is Signed.

60

Clarence Jones (1930) “South America,” Signed, 1st edition with Algot Lange (1914) “The Lower Amazon,” 1st edition.

61

Richard E. Byrd (1939) “Little America,” Signed, 1st edition with Everett Allen (1962) “Artic Odyssey,” 1st edition, Signed by Allen and Rear Admiral Donald MacMillan.

62

Ten Autographed volumes by film stars like Sophia Loren, Sid Caesar, Alec Guinness, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier and more.

63

Mario Vargas Llosa (1978) “Captain Pantoja and the Special Service,” Signed, 1st edition and “In Praise of the Stepmother,” Signed, 1st edition with 3 other volumes by Rios and Borges.



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10 volumes of fiction by the likes of Thomas Berger, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, T. C. Boyle and others. Several volumes are Signed.

65

Comics and Illustrators -- Red Grooms “In the Studio,” Signed with Fritz Leiber (1978) “Bazzar of the Bizarre,” Signed, 1st edition with “The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb,” and 4 examples of his work.

66

Comics – The Vault of Horror (1953) Vol. I, #30 and The Haunt of Fear (1952) Vol I., #15 with Tales from the Crypt (1954) Vol. I, #41.

67

Comics – Tales from the Crypt (1953) Vol I., #34 and Tales from the Crypt (1953) Vol I., #36 with Tales from the Crypt Vol I., #37.

68

Michael Palin (1999) “Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure,” Signed, 1st edition, 2 copies with 6 other volumes by or about Hemingway.

69

Art Books – 8 art books

70

Gregg Allman (2012) “My Cross

to Bear,” Signed “Specially Bound,” 1st edition.



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71

Tommy Lee (2004) “Tommy Land,” Signed, 1st edition with 3 other Signed volumes with the signatures of Mary Ramone, Joe Perry and Gene Simmons.

72

Hollywood Film and Television Stars – 13 Signed Volumes by Julie Andrews, Alan Alda, Christopher Plummer, Diane Keaton and others.

73

Life on the Sea – 5 Signed volumes by Robert Ballard, Peter Nichols and David Hays.

74

Hollywood Film and Television Stars – 12 Signed Volumes by Goldie Hawn, Rosie O’Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres, Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers and more.

75

Jane Goodall (1999) “Reason for Hope,” Signed, 1st edition with 4 other Signed volumes by Euell Gibbons, Lowell Thomas, Robert Jastrow and Bill Bryson.

76

Stephen E. Ambrose (1990) “Eisenhower Soldier and President.” Signed, 2nd issue with David Eisenhower (1986) “Eisenhower at War, Signed, 1st edition.

77

Politicians and Historians – 7 Signed Volumes, most are 1st editions by Madeleine Albright, Studs Terkel, Carl Bernstein, and others.



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Sport Figures – 7 Signed Volumes

by gymnast Gabrielle Douglas and Shawn Johnson, with

Bicyclist Floyd Land and Lance Armstrong and others.

79

1914 AT&T telephone directory for Central New York.

80

1860 New England Business Directory with an 1873 Plymouth and Barnstable Business Directory and an 1863 Boston Business Directory.

81

1777 Histoire De L’Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres avec Les Memoires de Litterature with four folded plates.

82

1915 Net Price List of Materials Manufactured by the Elgin National Watch Co. with 5 other volumes on time pieces.

83

Sir Walter Scott (1828) “The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte,” 3 Vols. Leather.

84

5 Volumes travel and exploration in China and Nepal.

85

William Avery Baker (1973) “A Maritime History of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River Region with 3 other Maine history books.



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1841 Report on the Invertebrata

of Massachusetts with 3 other volumes of Natural Hisory.

87

W. C. Bryant (1873) “Little People of the Snow,” 1st edition with 3 other children’s books.

88

Shakespeare “The Works of William Shakespeare,” in 20 Vols. Edition De Luxe #86 of 500 copies.

89

Isak Dinesen (1938) “Out of Africa,” 1st edition with “Seven Gothic Tales,” 1st UK edition.

90

Thomas Hardy (4), Aldous Huxley (5) and Ford Madox Ford (4) 13 novels by these English writers of note. Several are 1st editions.

91

G. K. Chesterton – 13 works by or about this novelist and philosopher. Several are 1st editions.

92

Philosophy – Bertrand Russell (5), Dora Russell (1), and George Santayana (11), 16 Volumes, several are 1st editions

93

William Faulkner (1954) “A Fable,” with twelve 1st editions by Steinbeck (1), Bellow (3), Malamud (2), Styron (1), Kafka (3), and Golding (2).



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94

Graham Greene (13) and Robert

Graves (9) twenty-two works by these two respected English

writers. Most are 1st editions.

95

D. H. Lawrence (9), Vladimir Nabokov (4) and Henry Miller (4) seventeen works by these noted authors. Several are 1st editions.

96 Kurt Vonnegut (8) and E. M. Forster (6) fourteen works by these authors. Several are 1st editions.

97

Erich Maria Remarque (1929) “All Quiet on the Western Front,” 1st edition with 6 other novels sharing the darker side of the war experience.

98

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1889) Works of Emerson,” ¾ leather, __ volumes.

99

Framed and matted forest scene made from the fiber of plants - Artist Terri Scarborough

100

Daniel Leab (2014) “Encyclopedia of American Recessions and Depressions,” 2 Vols., 1st edition with 2 other Leab books and 2 framed union posters.

100A Leather Bindings – 9 very nicely custom bound books.



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101

Mountaineering – 24 volumes devoted to this subject.

102

Charles Dickens (1881) “The Complete Works.” University Edition, 15 Volumes, ¾ leather with marbilized paper boards.

103

Elizabeth Gaskell (1904) “Cranford,” Fine binding ¾ leather by Bayntun of Bath, England with a 2nd copy with a Fine binding by Morrell of London.

104

Richard B. Sheridan (1902) “The School for Scandal and The Rivals,” Fine binding ¾ leather by Bayntun of Bath, England.

105

James Boswell “Life of Johnson,” with a Fine unsigned binding with 2 other volumes bound by Riviere & Son.

106

Oliver Goldsmith (1904) “The

Vicar of Wakefield,” Fine binding full leather by Lauriat of Boston, with 4 other novels by Twain and Galworthy in leather.

107

Walter Pater (1898) “Marius the Epicurean,” Fine binding full leather by Root & Son, London. 2 Vols.

108

Thomas Hardy (1949) “Far from the Madding Crowd,” Fine unsigned binding full leather.



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109

Bunyan (1831) “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” Full leather by Bayntun, Bath England with 20 plates, 2 are colored.

110

Leo Tolstoy (1942) “War and Peace,” in a very good unsigned Leather binding. 2 Vols.

111

Ephemera – 40 items mostly child related.

112

E. E. Cummings (1933) “EIMI,” 1st edition with dj and Rockwell Kent (1930) “N by E,” 1st edition. Two accounts of travel to Russia and Greenland.

113

Hans Anderson (1953) “Fairy Tales & Legends,” Full Leather fine binding by Bayntun and

“Plays of Gilbert & Sullivan,” ¾ leather binding by Lauriat Boston.

114

Masefield (1948) “Poems,” full

leather fine bindings by Bayntun of Bath, England and T. S. Eliot

“Complete Poems 1909-1935,” ¾ leather.

115

James Joyce (1918) “Chamber Music,” 2nd issue with 4 other works. Some are 1st editions.

116

Fine Bindings – Four leather volumes, two are bound by Lauriat of Boston.



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117

Truman Capote (1949) “A Tree of Night,” and “In Cold Blood” Both 1st editions with 4 other works by this author.

118

T. S. Eliot – 15 volumes by this Poet and Playwright. Several are 1st editions.

119

Gertrude Stein (1945) “Wars I Have Seen,” 1st edition with 11 other volumes about Stein. Most are 1st editions. Some are Signed.

120

Charles Dickens – 14 Volumes by or about this great English novelist.

121

Thomas Johnes (1810) Memoirs of the Life of Sir Froissart... at Breslau and A Complete Index. 1st

edition

122

Books About Books – 12 Volumes with a Salesman’s sample. A must have from anyone suffering from Bibliomania.

123

Spanish American War – 13 Volumes on the conflict that made America an Imperial Power.

124

A box of approx.. 30 small books.



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126

Smith et al. (1889) “CT Men in the War of Revolution, War 1812 and Mexican War,” with (1899) “Civil War.” 2 Vols. 1st edition.

127

Military Aviation – 15 Volumes, most are 1st editions.

128

Fiction – 15 Volumes by Ferber, Morley, Dinesen and others. Most are 1st editions.

129

Sir Walter Raleigh (1736) “History of the World.” 2 Vols.

130

Military Aviation – 15 Volumes, most are 1st editions.

131

Scenes in Fairfield County (1893) in 12 parts.

132

Michaud (ND) “History of the Crusades.” 2 Volumes illustrated by Dore.

133

American History -- 10 Volumes most are 1st editions.



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134

Fiction – 10 old novels, most are first editions and some are signed.

135

Children’s Books – 10 volumes

136

Omar Khayyam – 10 editions of this classic or variations there of at least one is signed.

137

Play / Poetry – 10 volumes most are 1st editions and some are signed.

138

Art / Design – 10 volumes most are 1st editions and some are signed.

139

Fiction – 10 novels, most are first editions and some are signed.

140

American History -- History of Ulster County, NY; History of New Haven County, CT; and other history volumes.

141

Military Aviation – 15 volumes on WWI and/or WWII with some signed.



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142

Art / Design – 10 volumes.

143

Fiction – 16 novels by Steinbeck, Dos Passos, Huxley and others. Some are signed.

144

Poetry / Plays – 16 volumes by Picasso and others. Some are signed.

145

Military History – 15 volumes on WWI and/or WWII with a signed General Westmoreland photograph.

146

Military Aviation – 15 volumes on WWI and/or WWII.

147

History – 14 Vols American history published mostly during the 1800’s.

148

Archeology – A box of paper and books, mostly of the America’s. Some are signed.

149

Statesmen – Two sets one devoted to Woodrow Wilson and the other to Churchill.



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150

Art Books – 6 large art books, one of which is signed.

151

Small Press – 15 limited or signed volumes.

152

Frank McCarthy (1981) “The Old West,” Limited deluxe edition in clamshell box and in its original shipping box.

153

Paper – Catalogs and paper.

154

Paper – World’s fair and paper

155

Old mostly leather bound books – 20 in number.

156

William Gordon (1789) “The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America,” 3 Vols. Full leather.

157

Henry Fielding (1750) “The History of Tom Jones A Foundling,” 4 Vols, A. Millar, London.



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158

Jeremy Taylor (1667) “The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life according to the Christian Institution: Described in the History of the Life and Death of the Ever Blessed Jesus Christ,” Full leather, 3rd edition.

159

Stefan Themerson (1958) “Kurt Schwitters in England,” 1st edition.

160

Art – Two books on Tibetan Art.

161

The Holy Bible with gift inscription dated 1869, full leather.

162

Art – Seven books on Asian Art.

163

Dryden (1803) “The Works of Virgil Translated into English Verse,” 3 Vols. Full leather.

164

Henley (1724) “Pliny’s Epistles and Panegyrick,” 2 Vols., full leather.



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165

Philosophy – “The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers…before it Flourished in Greece. Printed for Nicholson in 1702.

166

Davila (1678) “The History of the Civil Wars of France,” 2nd impression, full leather.

167

Dryden (1679) “The History of Appian of Alexandria in Two Parts,” ¾ Leather.

168

Jasper Mayne (1664) “Part of Lucian Made in English from the Original 1638,” Full leather.

169

Hampton (1756) “ The General History of Polybius in five books. 2 Vols., full leather.

170

Aesop (1762) “Select Fables of ESOP and Other Fabulists,” Full

leather.

171

Roger L’Estrange (1746) “Seneca’s Morals by Way of Abstract,” Full leather.

172

William Smith (1740) “Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime,” 1st edition, Full leather.



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173

Rowe (1739) “Caius Crispus Sallustius the Historian translated into English,” 4th edition, full leather.

174

Parker (1727) “Tully’s Two Essays of Old Age and of Friendship with his Stoical Paradoxes and Scipio’s Dream,” 3rd edition, full leather.

175

Ogilby (1684) “The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro,” full leather.

176

Terence (1777) “Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae Sex Ex Editione Westerhovii,” Full leather.

177

Archbishop of Cambray (1735) “The Adventures of Telemachus the Son of Ulysses, with “Les Aventures de Telemaque Fils D’Ulysse,” (1735), both full leather.

178

Philip Francis (1750) “A Poetical

Translation of the Works of Horace with the Complete

Original Notes,” 4 Vols. Full leather.

179

Ovid (1748) “Ovid’s Epistles: With his Amours translated into English Verse,” full leather.



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180

Ovid (1791) “Ovid’s Art of Love in Three Books together with his Remedy of Love,” full leather.

181

Mezeray (1683) “A General Chronological History of France, Beginning before the Reign of King Pharamond,” full leather.

182

Milton (1738) “A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of Milton correctly printed from the Original Editions,” 2 Vols. Full leather.

183

Swift (1774) “The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift,” 13 Vol. Set, full leather.

184

Cowley (1772) “Select Works of Mr. Cowley in Two Volumes,” with Dryden (1774) “Fables Ancient and modern translated into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer.

185

Burnet (1724) “Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time.” 2 Vols., full leather.

186

Thomas Parnell (1760) “Poems on Several Occasions,” with

James Thomson (1762) “The Seasons,” both full leather.

187

Swift et al. (1742) “Miscellanies the 4th Volume,” with Pomfret (1736) “Poems Upon Several Occasions,” both Vols. Full leather.



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188

Mahon (1853) “History of England,” Tauchnitz edition, 7 Vols., ½ leather with Stanhope (1870) “History of England,” Tauchnitz edition, 2 Vols., ½ leather.

189

Fox (1808) “A History of the Early Part of James the Second,” 1st edition, full leather.

190

Peter Bayle (1734) “The Dictionary Historical and Critical,” Five vols., 2nd edition, covers are in tough shape.

191

Dryden (1693) “The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis,” 1st edition, full leather.

192

Religion – “The Book of Kells,” 1st Knopf edition in slipcase.

193

Art – 10 volumes Tibetan Art

194

Art – 10 volumes Asian Art

195

Reid (1822) “Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind,” 3 Vols., ¾ leather.



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196

Clarendon (1827) “The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon,” 3 Vols., full leather.

197

Art – Twelve volumes modern artists.

198

Dictionaries – 2 Vol. 1840 Johnson dictionary with 3 Vol. Oxford English dictionary.

199

History – 15 volumes, mostly American with at least one signed.

200

Art – 3 Volumes Asian Art.

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