Books and readers - Book collectors - United States

Lot Comprises:

Luther Farnham, A Glance at Private Libraries reprinted from the Boston edition of 1855 with an introduction and annotated index by Roger E. Stoddard, Weston, MA, M & S Press, 1991, 4to., publisher's orange cloth

James Lenox, 1800-1880

Henry Stevens, Recollections of James Lenox and the Formation of His Library. Revised and elucidated by Victor Hugo Paltsits, New York, New York Public Library, 1951, 4to., publisher's blue cloth

Samuel Putnam Avery, 1822-1904

Henri Pène du Bois, Four Private Libraries of New York [those of Samuel Putnam Avery, Charles Jolly‐Bavoillot, Valentin A. Blacque, George Beach De Forest], New York, Duprat & Co. 1892, 4to., publisher's patterned silk over boards, unopened

Samuel Putnam Avery, 1822-1904

Anderson Galleries, Rare and valuable books and bindings collected by the late Samuel P. Avery of New York : to be sold by order of his executor Samuel P. Avery, Jr., New York, 10‐12 November 1919

Donald Frizell Hyde, 1909-1966, and Mary Hyde (later Viscountess Eccles), 1912-2003

Gabriel Austin, Four Oaks Farm & The Four Oaks Library, Somerville, NJ, 1967, 4to., 2 vols., brown boards backed by black cloth, marbled slipcase

Albert Edgar Lownes, 1899-1978

David R. Godine & Owen Gingerich, Renaissance Books of Science from the Collection of Albert E. Lownes, Hanover, Dartmouth College, 1970, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers

Cortlandt Field Bishop, 1870-1935

American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, The Cortlandt F. Bishop library. Part one: A-H, New York, 5-8 April 1938 - - Part two: I-Q, New York, 25-27 April 1938 - - Part three: R-Z, 14-15 November 1938 - - Part four, New York, 23-26 January 1939, 4 vols.

Lessing Julius Rosenwald, 1891-1979

Peter Van Wingen, ed., Vision of a Collector: The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Library of Congress, Washington, Library of Congress, 1991, small fol., publisher's half green morocco, green striated boards

Josiah Kirby Lilly, 1893-1966

Joel Silver, Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly: Book Collecting in a Golden Age, New Castle, DE, Oak Knoll Press, 2011, large 8vo., publisher's black cloth, dust jacket

Mortimer Leo Schiff, 1877-1931

Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of a selected portion of the famous library principally of fine bindings, rare engravings, illustrated books and French literature formed by the late Mortimer L. Schiff, Esq., and now sold by order of John Mortimer Schiff, Esq. of New York City, London, 23-25 March 1938 - - Second portion, London, 5-7 July 1938 - - Third and final portion, London, 9 December 1938, 3 vols.

Adolph Lewisohn, 1849-1938

Catalogue of the Private Library of Mr. Adolph Lewisohn, New York, [privately printed], 1923, 4to., publisher's boards gilt, no. 209 of 500 copies, signed

Vincent J. Buonanno

Heather Hyde Minor, Katherine Rinne, et al., The Waters of Rome: A Gathering of Works from the 16th‐18th Century from the Collection of Vincent J. Buonanno, Chicago, University of Illinois, 2010, 8vo., publisher's printed wrappers

Neale M. Albert, b. 1937

The Neale M. Albert collection of miniature designer bindings : a catalog of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club September 13 - November 4, 2006, New York, The Grolier Club / Piccolo Press, 2006, oblong fol., publisher's grey cloth in a grey cloth box

Lucius Wilmerding, 1880-1949

Parke-Bernet Galleries, The notable library of the late Lucius Wilmerding, [Part I:] Rare English literature of the XVI-XIX century, mainly first editions, New York, 27-28 November 1950 - - Part II: Rare XV-XIX century continental literature, New York, 5-6 March 1951 - - Part III: Rare XV-XIX century continental literature 29-31 October 1951

Robin Raybould

Robin Raybould, Emblemata: Symbolic Literature of the Renaissance, From the Collection of Robin Raybould (exh, cat., The Grolier Club, September 10‐November 6, 2009), New York, The Grolier Club, 2009, small 4to., publisher's white paper wrappers

Haskell Norman, 1915-1996

Haskell Norman, One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine (based on the exhibition at The Grolier Club, September 20‐November 23, 1994), New York, 1995, fol., grey cloth gilt, slipcase

Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis, 1895-1979

W.S. Lewis, One Man's Education: The Autobiography of a Distinguished American Scholar, Author, Editor, and Collector, New York, Alfred A. Knopf 1967, 4to., publisher's black cloth dust jacket

Harrison David Horblit, 1912- 1988

Harrison D. Horblit, One Hundred Books Famous in Science Based on an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club, New York, Grolier Club, 1964, fol., publisher's blue cloth over grey cloth, slip case

Eugene Flamm

Printing and the Brain of Man: The Sixteenth Century Brain, Selections from the Collection of Eugene S. Flamm, New York, Grolier Club, 2011, small fol., publisher's grey wrappers

Sold as a group, not subject to return.