Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Spring Sale Preview: Antiquarian, Signed, Early, and Limited Editions

Aesop’s Fables, 2 Volumes ― $175
Stothard’s Plates
John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1793
Here is the first selection of rare books we are previewing. They are on display in the left glass case in the George Mason Regional Library lobby. These items will go on sale starting at 3 pm on April 19.

London Types ― $75
Quatorzains by W.E. Henley; Lithographs by William Nicholson
R.H. Russell, 1898. 
The History of Ireland from the Earliest Period to the Present Time ― $75.
Martin Haverty. Thomas Farrell & Son, 1867 
Very nice ornate leather and gilt binding on front and back covers and spine.

Explication des Termes d’Architecture ― $35
A.C. Daviler. Chez Jean Mariette, 1710


Sheridan ― $75
One of 365 copies, signed by author Joseph Hergesheimer.
Moughton Mifflin Company. First Edition

The Life of a P.O.W. Under the Japanese ― $75
Sketched by Col. Malcolm Vaughn Fortier
C.W. Hill Printing Co., 1946
Signed by “Bob” M.V. Fortier

I Am Not Spock ― $100
Celestial Arts, 1975. Signed by author Leonard Nimoy

Three volume autobiography by H. L. Mencken,
inscribed first editions.  Plus inscribed
second edition of Mencken's scathing commentary
on religion, Treatise on the Gods

H.L. Mencken


Happy Days ― $30
Knopf, 1940. First edition, inscribed by author

Heathen Days ― $30
Knopf, 1943. First edition, inscribed by author

Newspaper Days ― $30
Knopf, 1941. First edition, inscribed by author

Treatise on the Gods ― $25
Knopf, 1946. Second edition, inscribed author.

ADDITIONAL NOTEWORTHY TITLES


Christmas Days, A Cape Cod Story ― $35
Joseph C. Lincoln
Coward-McCann, 1938. Limited edition, signed by author.

Murder with Peacocks ― $25Donna Andrews
St. Martin’s Press, 1999. First Edition, signed by author

My Home is Far Away ― $35
Dawn Powell
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1944. First edition.

New Castle, Delaware 1651-1939 ― $25
Signed by Bayard Wootten & Anthony Higgins
Houghton Mifflin, 1939. Number 338 of 765

On Becoming a Painter ― $30
Robert A. Johnson
Sunflower Publishing, 2001
First edition, inscribed by author

Pan Paderewski’s Easter ― $50
Lucy Embury
New Canaan, privately printed, 1944
Inscribed by author

Watch on the Rhine ― $30
Lillian Hellman,
Privately published, New York, 1942. Copy #128 of 349
Signed by author

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