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J.K. Rowling Complete set of Harry Potter novels. London: Bloomsbury, 2000-2007 EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE-PAGE, AND WITH OFFICIAL HOLOGRAPHIC STICKER to upper right-hand corner of title, all 8vo, later editions of Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire, first editions of Half Blood Prince, Order of the Phoenix, and Deathly Hallows, original pictorial boards, dust-jackets PROVENANCE: Presented by J.K. Rowling for charity auction at "The Mac Ball", held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, on 6 October 2007, in aid of Breast Cancer Care Scotland: copy of typed letter of 20 September 2007 from Fiddy Henderson, P.A. to J.K. Rowling, to Dr Claire McGonagle, organiser of the Mac Ball (enclosing "a copy of "Deathly Hallows [in addition to] your set of six Harry Potter books which J K Rowling has also signed for your fundraising"), plus letter from Mac Ball organisers to winning bidder at charity auction and ephemera relating to the same fundraising event (invitation card, RSVP card, and A4 sheet including printed list of lots for "Main Auction", featuring "J.K. Rowling | Complete series of 7 Harry Potter books | signed by J.K. Rowling", lot 1)

View 1 of Lot 236: J.K. Rowling | Complete set of Harry Potter novels, 7 vols, 2000-2007, signed, with holographic stickers and accompanying letters of provenance

j.k. rowling | complete set of harry potter novels, 7 vols, 2000-2007, signed, with holographic stickers and accompanying letters of provenance

8vo, first edition, original blood-orange cloth covers decorated in blind with arc on upper cover, lettered in red on the spine, dust-jacket, edge-wear to jacket with small repairs at the head of the spine

gravity's rainbow. new york: the viking press, 1973

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books & Illustrations

J.K. Rowling.Seven volumes, all trade editions, Bloomsbury, 1997-2007, comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, thirteenth impression, signature laid-down to half-title, 'By Owl Post' letter (facsimile signature) loosely inserted enclosing autographs; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1998, fourteenth impression, signature laid-down to half-title; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999, sixth impression, signature laid-down to half-title; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, first edition, signature laid-down to half-title; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003, first edition, 'By Owl Post' letter tipped-in apologising that the author 'is unable to sign individual autographs'; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005, first edition, 'By Owl Post' letter loosely inserted apologising that the author 'is unable to sign individual autographs'; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007, first edition Six volumes, all deluxe editions, Bloomsbury, 1999-2007, comprising: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999, first edition; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999, second impression; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, first edition; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003, first edition; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005, first edition; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007, first edition The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Amazon, 2008, deluxe edition, in publisher's box together with envelope of ten prints Pullman, Philip. Northern Lights. Scholastic, 2005, number 328 of 1000 copies; The Subtle Knife. Scholastic, 2005, number 135 of 1000 copies; The Amber Spyglass. Scholastic, 2005, number 560 of 1000 copies; Lyra's Oxford. Fickling, 2003, first edition; Once Upon a Time in the North. Fickling, 2008, first edition; all pullman titles signed by the author--8vo, original bindings and dust-jackets when called for (19)

a collection of 19 volumes, comprising:

Style: European Silver, Ceramics, and Objects of Vertu

each cylindrical, the first of bloodstone, the gold mounts pierced with rococo scrolls and flowers, white enamel collar with motto: 'AIMEZ POUR ÊTRE AIMÉ'; the second banded grey agate, similar mounts, the white enamel collar motto: 'L’amitié vous l’offre’; the third of pink quartz, the gold mounts pierced and embossed with formal rococo borders and cherubs tending fountains, motto in white enamel on gold: 'PLVS FAIT DOVCEVR QVE VIOLENCE'

three gold and hardstone bodkin cases, in english 18th century taste, probably french, late 19th century | three gold and hardstone bodkin cases, in english 18th century taste, probably french, late 19th century

the first of bloodstone with leaf-scrolled mount, the matrix engraved with a sportsman jumping a gate, 7.5cm; 3in;  the second of green hardstone with waisted faceted handle, gadrooned gold mount, the bloodstone matrix with a coat of arms, both English, late 19th century, 6.8cm, 2 5/8in; the third, circa 1860, with amethyst glass handle, leaf collar with egg and dart cushion, the circular carnelian matrix later engraved with the arms of a Continental Count, 4.7cm, 1 7/8 in

three gold-mounted desk seals

the first circa 1850, bloodstone handle and matrix engraved with a motto, the openwork mount, collar and cushion chased with flowers; the second late 19th century, with coral-coloured faceted agate stem, the cap formed as a crown, the base with blank circular matrix; the third 20th century, struck: 18K, with smoky quartz handle and blank matrix, petal mounts

three gold-mounted hardstone desk seals

Princely Sale

the first with bloodstone crop handle, the collar applied in rose diamonds: 17.1.1831-1901, rattan handle, 28.5cm, 11 1/4 in; another, tapering stained blue hardstone with crystal frills and tortoiseshell shaft, 35.5cm, 14in; another, with tapering cased gold handle applied with a jewelled insect, tortoiseshell shaft, 25.5cm, 10in; and four other examples in gold-topped horn, rocaille silvered metal, German porcelain and cased onyx and cased tortoiseshell topped with an onyx and faceted crystal ball, 3.5 - 26cm, 1 3/8 - 10 1/4 in

a group of seven cane and umbrella handles

European Collectors

the first, a bloodstone and gold etui, English, circa 1760, fluted quiver form, with its implements including an ivory tablet, suspension loop, 9.5cm., 3 3/4 in. high ; the second, a gold and hardstone snuff box, German or English, circa 1760, rectangular with rounded corners, waisted sides, the lid later applied with a hardstone and gold Chinese figure below a parasol, reeded gold mounts and raised thumbpiece, 6.2cm., 2 1/2 in. wide ; the third, an aventurine, tortoiseshell and gold snuff box, circa 1800, oval, the mounts engraved with date and initials 'Y.M. 27.1.47', 8.5cm., 3 3/4 in. wide

three objects of vertu, late 18th century/early 19th century

francis, dick. a collection of first editions:, flying finish, 1966; blood...

English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Bloomsbury, 1997, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“To Sarah - | With thanks, especially, for the kind word | to Arthur | Jo | (J.K. Rowling)” on dedication page, original pictorial boards, some slight browning;

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Bloomsbury, 1997, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“To Sarah - | With thanks, especially, for the kind word | to Arthur | Jo | (J.K. Rowling)” on dedication page, original pictorial boards, some slight browning; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Bloomsbury, 1998, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“To Sarah, | with thanks for | everything | Jo x”) on dedication page, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, very slight browning, very minor fading to dust-jacket spine; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Bloomsbury, 1999, first edition, second state (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page with corrected text on page 7), PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“to Sarah | a.k.a. The Big | Boss | with lots of love | from “It” | a.k.a. Jo | aka | JKRowling”) on dedication page, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, very minor fading to dust-jacket spine; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Bloomsbury, 2000, first edition (“First Edition” on imprint page), PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“to Sarah, | with loads of love – Jo | JKRowling”) on title-page, ONE OF TWO COPIES BOUND ON 5 JUNE 2000 with signed compliments slip from Clays noting this, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket; Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them. Bloomsbury, 2001, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), original pictorial wrappers; Quidditch Through the Ages. Bloomsbury, 2001, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), original pictorial wrapper; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Bloomsbury, 2003, first edition (“First edition” on imprint page), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on ‘Bloomsbury Children’s Books’ label laid-down to dedication page, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Bloomsbury, 2005, first edition (“First Edition” on imprint page), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ label laid-down to dedication page, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bloomsbury, 2007, first edition (“First Edition” on imprint page), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with hologram sticker dated 21/07/07 on title-page, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket; The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Bloomsbury, 2008, first edition (“1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” on imprint page), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on label laid-down to half-title with hologram sticker (“J.K. Rowling”), original pictorial boards; The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Amazon, 2008, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), velvet bag, envelope of 10 prints, large folding box and “This Side Up” cardboard slipcase, some wear to slipcase Together with seventeen pieces of ephemera comprising: i) memo pad (with illustration of Hogwarts crest); ii) bookmark advertising Philosopher’s Stone and future publication of Chamber of Secrets, [c. July 1998], pin hole; iii-vi) four orange balloons (“The Hogwarts Express Book Tour July 2000”), rubber perished; vii) publicity card (“Harry’s Back!” for 9th July [2000]); viii) programme for gala luncheon (“A novel afternoon featuring J.K. Rowling…”), 22 October 2000; ix-x) two tickets for world premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone at Odeon Leicester Square, 4 November 2001 (Row U, seats 31 and 34); xi) paper bag with blue cord advertising Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [c. June 2003]; xii) security Pass (“Access All Areas” for “JK Rowling at the Royal Albert Hall Thursday 26th June 2003”); xiii) ticket for launch of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 15 July 2005, folded; xiv) paper bag with red ribbon advertising Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [c. July 2007]; xv) set of 13 postcards issued by the Royal Mail in July 2007; xvi) presentation Pack of stamps issued by the Royal Mail in July 2007; xvii) invitation for publication launch of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, 4 December 2008

complete set of harry potter books, each a presentation copy or signed by the author, together with other volumes and ephemera, comprising:

A Park Avenue Treasury: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection Part II

both rectangular, the first, early 19th century, the bloodstone body with waisted sides, the lid applied with a micromosaic plaque of the ruins of the bridge of Augustus over the river Nera at Narni, after Jakob Philipp Hackert, polished rose gold frame and lining, apparently unmarked

both rectangular, the first, early 19th century, the bloodstone body with waisted sides, the lid applied with a micromosaic plaque of the ruins of the bridge of Augustus over the river Nera at Narni, after Jakob Philipp Hackert, polished rose gold frame and lining, apparently unmarked Length 3 7/8 in. 9.8 cm.; the second, a large green granite example, Rome, circa 1820, the lid set with a micromosaic plaque representing the Colosseum, within stamped silver-gilt frame, silver-gilt lining, indistinct maker's mark, town mark Length 4 1/8 in., 10.5 cm

View 1 of Lot 476: Two Micromosaic and Hardstone Snuff Boxes with gold and silver-gilt mounts, Rome, early 19th century and later 

two micromosaic and hardstone snuff boxes with gold and silver-gilt mounts, rome, early 19th century and later

Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbes of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian

the first with agate handle and bloodstone matrix engraved with the arms of Sir John Stuart-Forbes, 7.5cm., 3in.;  three gold or gold-cased fob seals on a ring: carnelian matrix engraved with Belsches crest, amethyst with Belshes crest and another, agate with Belshes arms, 2.4-2.8cm., 1-1 1/8 in; a large example, the carnelian matrix engraved with the arms of Alexander Hepburn Murray Belsches of Invermay, 4.5cm., 1 3/4 in.; two fishskin-cased fob seals, one with handsome lobed cushion and carnelian matrix, the other of simple lyre form, the agate matrix with arms of Forbes of Pitsligo after 1781 for Sir William, 6th baronet, 4 and 2.8cm., 1 5/8 and 1 1/8 in.; and a sealing wax impression of an intaglio engraved with the profile of Sir Walter Scott, in original turned wood case with printed label for: Butters / Seal Engraver / 8. South Bridge / Edinburgh, 4.5cm., 1 3/4 in. diameter

a gold and hardstone desk seal and six fob seals, late 18th to mid 19th century

The Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt: Important Americana & Decorative Arts

the first comprising two gold mounted bloodstone bottles with enameled dalmatian and peacock finials, a chased gold folding mirror, and a gold spoon, all in a fitted leather case; the second with two gold-mounted cut-glass and gilt bottles enameled with chinoiserie, all in a fitted shagreen case.

two english gold-mounted perfume sets, circa 1750-60 and circa 1770

Browne, Howard. The Taste of Ashes, Simon and Schuster, 1957, first edition, dust-jacket, signed by the author--Crispin, Edmund. Beware of the Trains, 1972 Reissue; Fen Country, Gollancz, 1979, first edition, dust-jacket; Hare, Cyril. Suicide Excepted, Macmillan, 1954, first American edition, dust-jacket; Tragedy at Law, reprint; With a Bare Bodkin, Faber, 1946, first edition, dust-jacket, 5mm. loss to top and bottom of spine of dust-jacket; When the Wind Blows, Faber, 1949, first edition, dust-jacket, tiny chips to top and bottom of spine of dust-jacket; An English Murder, Faber, 1951, first edition, dust-jacket, tiny chips to top and bottom of spine of dust-jacket; He Should have Died Hereafter, Faber, 1958, first edition, dust-jacket, thin 20mm. chip to base of dust-jacket, taking out the “F” in Faber, jacket repaired with tape internally; Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare, Faber, 1959, first edition, dust-jacket; Innes, Michael. Death at the President’s Lodgings, 1937 reprint; Hamlet, Revenge!, Gollancz, 1937, first edition, wear to spine, boards marked; Lament for a Maker, Gollancz, 1938, first edition, spotting to page edges, wear to spine ends; Lament for a Maker, Dodd, Mead, 1938, first American edition,  dust-jacket, slight wear to spine ends of jacket, generally in excellent condition; Stop Press, reprint 1939; Operation Pax, Gollancz, 1951, first edition; Appleby Talking, Gollancz, 1954, first edition; Hare Sitting Up, Gollancz, 1959, first edition; The New Sonia Wayward, Gollancz,1960, first edition, dust-jacket; The Bloody Wood, Gollancz,1966, first edition, dust-jacket; another copy, reprint; Appleby at Allington, Gollancz,1968, first edition, dust-jacket; Appleby’s Other Story, reprint; Lorac, E.C.R. Death on the Oxford Road, reprint; The Case of Colonel Marchand, reprint; Fire in the Thatch, Collins Crime Club, first edition, no front endpaper, sticker removed from front pastedown; Rawson, Clayton. Death from a Top Hat, Putnam, 1938, first edition, dust-jacket, thin 20mm. small chip to base of dust-jacket spine, jacket repaired lightly with tape internally, book itself near mint; Sayers, Dorothy L. In the Teeth of the Evidence, Gollancz, 1939, first edition; Symons, Julian. The Killing of Francie Lake, Collins Crime Club, 1962, first edition, dust-jacket, Slight damp spotting, dust-jacket lightly creased on back panel, signed presentation copy from the author; Vickers, Roy. The Department of Dead Ends, Faber, 1949, first edition, dust-jacket, tiny chip to base of dust-jacket spine; Murder Will Out, Faber, 1950, first edition, dust-jacket, small chips to top of dust-jacket spine

Browne, Howard. The Taste of Ashes, Simon and Schuster, 1957, first edition, dust-jacket, signed by the author--Crispin, Edmund. Beware of the Trains, 1972 Reissue; Fen Country, Gollancz, 1979, first edition, dust-jacket; Hare, Cyril. Suicide Excepted, Macmillan, 1954, first American edition, dust-jacket; Tragedy at Law, reprint; With a Bare Bodkin, Faber, 1946, first edition, dust-jacket, 5mm. loss to top and bottom of spine of dust-jacket; When the Wind Blows, Faber, 1949, first edition, dust-jacket, tiny chips to top and bottom of spine of dust-jacket; An English Murder, Faber, 1951, first edition, dust-jacket, tiny chips to top and bottom of spine of dust-jacket; He Should have Died Hereafter, Faber, 1958, first edition, dust-jacket, thin 20mm. chip to base of dust-jacket, taking out the “F” in Faber, jacket repaired with tape internally; Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare, Faber, 1959, first edition, dust-jacket; Innes, Michael. Death at the President’s Lodgings, 1937 reprint; Hamlet, Revenge!, Gollancz, 1937, first edition, wear to spine, boards marked; Lament for a Maker, Gollancz, 1938, first edition, spotting to page edges, wear to spine ends; Lament for a Maker, Dodd, Mead, 1938, first American edition,  dust-jacket, slight wear to spine ends of jacket, generally in excellent condition; Stop Press, reprint 1939; Operation Pax, Gollancz, 1951, first edition; Appleby Talking, Gollancz, 1954, first edition; Hare Sitting Up, Gollancz, 1959, first edition; The New Sonia Wayward, Gollancz,1960, first edition, dust-jacket; The Bloody Wood, Gollancz,1966, first edition, dust-jacket; another copy, reprint; Appleby at Allington, Gollancz,1968, first edition, dust-jacket; Appleby’s Other Story, reprint; Lorac, E.C.R. Death on the Oxford Road, reprint; The Case of Colonel Marchand, reprint; Fire in the Thatch, Collins Crime Club, first edition, no front endpaper, sticker removed from front pastedown; Rawson, Clayton. Death from a Top Hat, Putnam, 1938, first edition, dust-jacket, thin 20mm. small chip to base of dust-jacket spine, jacket repaired lightly with tape internally, book itself near mint; Sayers, Dorothy L. In the Teeth of the Evidence, Gollancz, 1939, first edition; Symons, Julian. The Killing of Francie Lake, Collins Crime Club, 1962, first edition, dust-jacket, Slight damp spotting, dust-jacket lightly creased on back panel, signed presentation copy from the author; Vickers, Roy. The Department of Dead Ends, Faber, 1949, first edition, dust-jacket, tiny chip to base of dust-jacket spine; Murder Will Out, Faber, 1950, first edition, dust-jacket, small chips to top of dust-jacket spine (31)

31 works:

A group of 4 anatomies in 5 volumes, various formats and conditions, comprising:

A group of 4 anatomies in 5 volumes, various formats and conditions, comprising: Thomas Bartholin. Anatomia ex Caspari Bartholini parentis institutionibus, omniumque recentiorum & propriis observationibus tertium ad sanguinis circulationem reformata. The Hague, 1666. 8vo. Engraved title-page, engraved portrait, 9 folding plates, 68 text engravings (some full-page). Contemporary calf; spine somewhat worn. — Johann Heinrich Oesterreicher. Anatomischer Atlas oder bildiche Darstellung des menschlichen Körpers. Munich, 1845. Large folio. 180 lithographed plates (32 partially colored) after Blumenbach, Cloquet, Oesterreicher, Soemmerring, and others; some scattered foxing. Publisher's brown cloth, morocco spine; spine worn. —  Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring. Icones embryonum humanorum. Frankfurt, 1799. Large folio. Engraved vignette on title-page by F. L. Neubauer, engraved tailpiece, 20 engraved figures on 2 plates by Klauber and Hullman; some light marginal staining to title-page. Contemporary pastepaper boards, red lettering piece on upper cover; some wear to extremities. — Friedrich Tiedemann. Tabulae arteriarum corporis humani. Carlsruhe, 1822. 2 volumes, 4to and folio atlas. 38 hand-colored lithographed plates, each with outline plate after Jakob Wilhelm Christian Roux; occasional marginal foxing.  Atlas in brown cloth, black morocco label on upper board; very worn, hinges weak. Text in full green morocco gilt; joints rubbed.  First edition of this atlas of blood vessels.

(anatomies)

Elliott Arnold. Blood Brother. New York, [1950]. First illustrated edition. INSCRIBED to the illustrator of the book: “For Dale Nichols and Ruth with my thanks for making this into a beautiful book, Elliott, Tucson, Dec 30, 1950.” With a TLS (1 page, 23 July 1950) laid in from Arnold to Nichols praising his illustrations. The basis for the 1950 movie Broken Arrow. – W. R. Burnett. Saint Johnson. New York, 1930. INSCRIBED to a British journalist: “For Jon Bradshaw, WR Burnett.” A novel, filmed in 1932 and 1953 as Law and Order, based on the Earp-Clanton feud with Saint Johnson modeled on Wyatt Earp. Burnett’s third book; his first was the gangster novel Little Caesar (1929). – Roy Chanslor. The Ballad of Cat Ballou. Boston, [1956]. INSCRIBED: “To my old friend Islin Auster, affectionately, Roy.” Lee Marvin won an Oscar for his starring role in the 1965 film. – Walter D. Edmonds. Drums Along the Mohawk. Boston, 1936. A former owner-idiot pasted his large bookplate on the front free endpaper map. Publisher’s pictorial box. SIGNED by the author. The basis for the 1939 John Ford movie. – Oakley Hall. Warlock. New York, 1958. INSCRIBED: “For Rosemary Durand with best regards, Oakley, Squaw Valley, 1958.” – Louis L’Amour. Hondo. New York, [1983]. “30th Anniversary Edition.” SIGNED by the author. – Alan Le May. The Searchers. New York, [1954]. One of 800 copies SIGNED by the author. John Wayne at his best; one of the great Westerns. Smiley, Books into Film, pp. 184-87. – Kenneth Roberts. Northwest Passage. Garden City, 1937. INSCRIBED on title-page: “With all the good wishes of Kenneth Roberts.” – William Colt MacDonald. The Three Mesquiteers. Garden City, 1944. Jacket badly chipped. INSCRIBED to his son: “For Wallace, With a lot of affection from the old sour-puss, Allan (William Colt MacDonald) April 1944.” MacDonald created the characters the Three Mesquiteers and Republic did a series of movies in the 1930s and early 1940s; he continued to write Westerns novels with the characters, as here. – Luke Short. High Vermilion. Boston, 1948. INSCRIBED: “For Mac and Thelma, Luke (You know who) Short, April 8, 1948.” Made into the movie Silver City (1951). – Luke Short .Vengeance Valley. Boston, 1950. Stain on front pastedown. INSCRIBED: “To Perry with kindest regards from Luke (You know who) Short, May 30, 1951.” – Glendon Swarthout. They Came to Cordura. New York, [1958]. INSCRIBED: “for Gareth L. Pawlowski, with my very best wishes, Glendon Swarthout, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1970.” – Owen Wister. The Virginian. A Horseman of the Plains. New York, 1911. Boards, t.e.g.; worn, spine darkened. Illus. by Russell and Remington. New edition, with a preface, one of 100 copies (this no. 89) SIGNED by Wister. Filmed in 1929 and again in 1946, followed by a hit TV series in the 1960s.

western fiction: movie source books

Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume V : L’Écrin

A gold-mounted jasper, bloodstone and onyx desk seal, French, first half 19th century

A gold-mounted jasper, bloodstone and onyx desk seal, French, first half 19th century of octagonal baluster form with vertical panels of alternating jasper and onyx within gold borders, a bloodstone terminal and matrix inscribed with an interlaced monogram, struck to the edge of the base weight: 51 g height 2 3⁄4 in.; 7 cm. ____________________________________________ ﻿ Sceau en jaspe, jaspe sanguin et onyx monté et or, France, première moitié du XIXe siècle la matrice en jaspe sanguin gravée d'un monogramme entrelacé, poinçon au bord de la base ﻿weight: 51 g height 2 3⁄4 in.; 7 cm.

View 1 of Lot 1145: A gold-mounted jasper, bloodstone and onyx desk seal, French, first half 19th century

a gold-mounted jasper, bloodstone and onyx desk seal, french, first half 19th century

The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | Master Paintings & Sculpture 

Attributed to the Master of the Holy Blood

Attributed to the Master of the Holy Blood Active in Bruges during the first quarter of the 16th century Head of a Woman, Possibly Saint Barbara oil on panel, a fragment panel: 13 ½ by 10 ½ in.; 34.3 by 26.7 cm framed: 20 ¼ by 17 ⅛ in.; 51.4 by 26.7 cm

View 1 of Lot 1011: Head of a Woman, Possibly Saint Barbara

head of a woman, possibly saint barbara

English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations

i) Ricketts, C. 12 volumes, comprising: Warren, J.L. Poems Dramatic and Lyrical. 1893, one of 100 copies, original vellum gilt--Ricketts, C. Pages on Art. 1913, original cloth, dust-jacket--Shakespeare, W. Macbeth. 1923, number 83 of 100 copies, signed by Granville-Barker, Ricketts and Rutherston, original morocco gilt--Raymond, J.P. and C. Ricketts. Oscar Wilde. 1932, number 722 of 800 copies, original cloth gilt--Ricketts, C. Unrecorded Histories. 1933, one of 950 copies, original buckram with design in red, dust-jacket; Ricketts, C. Unrecorded Histories. 1933, one of 950 copies, original buckram with design in gilt--together with 6 others; all 8vo or 4to, original bindings

i) Ricketts, C. 12 volumes, comprising: Warren, J.L. Poems Dramatic and Lyrical. 1893, one of 100 copies, original vellum gilt--Ricketts, C. Pages on Art. 1913, original cloth, dust-jacket--Shakespeare, W. Macbeth. 1923, number 83 of 100 copies, signed by Granville-Barker, Ricketts and Rutherston, original morocco gilt--Raymond, J.P. and C. Ricketts. Oscar Wilde. 1932, number 722 of 800 copies, original cloth gilt--Ricketts, C. Unrecorded Histories. 1933, one of 950 copies, original buckram with design in red, dust-jacket; Ricketts, C. Unrecorded Histories. 1933, one of 950 copies, original buckram with design in gilt--together with 6 others; all 8vo or 4to, original bindings ii) Wilde, O. Ravenna Recited in The Theatre, Oxford, June 26, 1878. Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton and Son, 1878, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, original printed grey-green wrappers bound in, rebound for Hatchards in three-quarter green morocco gilt with new blank leaves after the text, green cloth covers, matching endpapers, [Mason 301] c) Whistler, J. 6 works, chiefly relating to the famous libel suit the artist took out against John Ruskin: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. New York: Frederick Stokes, 1890, pirated edition, original wrappers; The Gentle Art of Making Enemies...William Heinemann, 1899, first edition, original ochre boards gilt with butterfly decoration on upper cover; Mr. Whistler's Ten O'clock. 1888 [bound with:] Whistler v Ruskin...sixth edition. d.; Wilde versus Whistler. 1906, privately printed, one of 500 copies; these 3 in original wrappers bound together in later brown boards; Eden versus Whistler. The Baronet & the Butterfly...Paris: Louis-Henry May, [1899], first American edition, ONE OF 250 COPIES, original cloth-backed boards gilt, in case with In Memoriam pamphlet; Eden versus Whistler. The Baronet & the Butterfly... New York, 1899, first American edition, original boards gilt d) Dropmore Press. 7 volumes, 1946-1951, comprising: Shanks, E. The Universal War... 1946, number 76 of 550 copies, presentation copy inscribed by the author, dust-jacket--Bryant, A. Historian's Holiday. 1946, number 427 of 550 copies--Sandeman, C. Thyme and Bergamot. 1947, number 159 of 550 copies, dust-jacket--De Quincey, T. Revolt of the Tartars. 1948, number 45 of 450 copies of which this is one of 50 specially bound--Landor, W.S. The Sculptured Garland. 1948, number 43 of 300 copies, dust-jacket--Cooper, D. Translations and Verses. 1949, number 503 of 600 copies--Snagg, T. Recollections of Occurrences. 1951, number 41 of 300 copies--all 8vo or small 4to, original bindings, some occasional wear, occasional spotting e) Ishiguro, K. 11 volumes, comprising: A Pale View of Hills. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1982, first US edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page, original blue cloth backed white boards, dust-jacket, unobtrusive “P” stamp in black on lower edge, small tear to lower left corner of upper panel of dust-jacket; The Remains of the Day. 1989, first edition, original black cloth boards, dust-jacket, together with an advance proof copy and a signed copy of the first US edition; iii) Never Let Me Go. Faber and Faber, 2005, NUMBER 438 of 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original green boards, dust-jacket, publisher’s slipcase; together with 6 others, all 8vo f) Literature. 10 volumes, comprising: Maugham, W.S. Cakes and Ale, [1954], number 272 of 1000 copies signed by the author and artist--Priestley, J.B. The Town Major of Miraucourt, 1930, number 421 of 525 copies signed by the author--together with 8 others by W.H. Auden, A.E. Coppard, Ian Cox, T.W.H. Crosland, Carlton Lake, Walt Mason and Wilson MacDonald; mostly 8vo, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning g) Pynchon, T. Gravity's Rainbow. New York: The Viking Press, 1973, 8vo, FIRST EDITION (stating "First published in 1973" on colophon), original blood orange boards decorated in blind with arc, top edge blood orange, DUST-JACKET (with code "0273" on upper flap and SBN number in white on lower panel), [Mead, Pynchon, A3a], bookplate and neat ownership inscription on front and rear paste down endpapers respectively, dust-jacket price clipped h) Ondaatje, M. In the Skin of a Lion. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original black cloth, dust-jacket; together with a signed copy of the McKelland and Stewart first Canadian edition i) Thompson, H.S. Hell's Angels. New York: Random House, [1967], 8vo, first edition, fourth printing (as stated on the colophon), SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, original black cloth with silver vignette, spine lettered in red and silver, top edge black, dust-jacket, dust-jacket price clipped and worn at extremities with some loss; together with a copy of the Book Club edition and the Allen Lane first British edition (qty)

a large collection, comprising:

The Library of an English Bibliophile Part VII

8vo (214 x 141mm.), FIRST EDITION (stating "First published in 1973" on colophon), original blood orange boards decorated in blind with arc, top edge blood orange, DUST-JACKET (with code "0273" on upper flap and SBN number in white on lower panel), preserved in red cloth chemise and matching quarter red morocco slipcase, very slight creasing to jacket

8vo, FIRST EDITION (stating "First published in 1973" on colophon), original blood orange boards decorated in blind with arc, top edge blood orange, DUST-JACKET (with code "0273" on upper flap and SBN number in white on lower panel), collector's matching blood orange folding box, bookplate and neat ownership inscription on front and rear paste down endpapers respectively, dust-jacket price clipped

English Literature, History, Science, Childrens Books and Illustrations

The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 1

Albertus Magnus Natvralia Alberti Magni darinn durch sechsz kürze Büchlin viel Haimligkaiten de Natur beschrieben. Von Weibern und gebürten de Kinder Auch lebendiger abcontrafactur ettlicher Kreuter … Alles von newem gebessert durch Q. Apollinarem [that is, Walther Hermann Ryff]. (Strasbourg: Jacob Cammerlander, 1548) 4to (193 x 144 mm). Gothic types. Large woodcut title vignette of the author at his desk, captioned “Ja. Camerlander,” woodcut printer's device on final page, 6 large or full-page woodcut illustrations (including a blood-letting man), 97 text woodcuts (including 71 botanical subjects, 17 obstetrical subjects, and 7 zodiacal figures), some text cuts printed sideways or with strip-borders, 7 woodcut head- and tailpieces; some light marginal dampstaining, occasional minor spotting, paper flaw in upper fore-edge corner of M1. Contemporary pigskin over beveled beech boards, pigskin decorated in blind with evangelists-roll, front board diapered in blind, lower (of two) brass catches retained on front board, plain endpapers and edges; clasps and rear free endpaper lost, front inner hinge split, some minor scuffing. Half blue morocco folding-case. A very attractive copy of the second edition of Ryff’s wildly popular vernacular compilation of the works of Albertus Magnus, covering mineralogy, botany, zoology, and obstetrics. The majority of Ryff's texts are translations of parts of De secretis mulierum and Liber aggregationis; the fifth and sixth books comprise anonymous treatises on medicinal waters and proper diet during plague time. The woodcuts derive from a variety of sources: Egenolff's reduced copies of Hans Weiditz's cuts for Brunfels inspired the botanical cuts; Rösslin's Der Schwangeren Frawen und Hebammen Rosegarten was the basis for the obstetrical illustrations; and Strassburg editions of Brunschwig's Chirurgia and Destillierbuch supplied some of the large genre scenes. First published in 1545, Naturalia was in wide demand by readers for two centuries: Benzing's bibliography of Ryff records thirty-three editions published by 1734. All editions are now scarce, and apart from the present and a defective copy included in a lot in 1990, Rare Book Hub records no other copies of the 1548 second edition. REFERENCES Benzing 28; Chrisman, Strasbourg Imprints S1.7.23; Nissen BBI 12a; Ritter 31. This edition not in Adams, Durling, Wellcome, or Waller PROVENANCE Early inscription at foot of title giving imprint details and referring to colophon — faded nineteenth-century inkstamp on π2r — Kenneth K. Mackenzie (October 1934 bequest bookplate, to) — The Horticultural Society of New York (blindstamp on H4, pencilled call number at foot of title-page verso) — Robert de Belder (en bloc purchase of HSNY rare books) — Ladislaus von Hoffman (Christie's East, New York, 5 June 1997, “An Important Botanical Library, The Property of a Gentleman,” lot 166) — Joseph A. Freilich (booklabel; Sotheby's New York, 10 January 2001, lot 20) — Christie’s London, 20 November 2002, lot 58 (undesignated consignor)

View 1 of Lot 4: Albertus Magnus | A very rare popular vernacular compilation of the works, Strasbourg, 1548

albertus magnus | a very rare popular vernacular compilation of the works, strasbourg, 1548

Hooke, Robert Micrographia; or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies. London: Printed by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1665 Folio (286 x 184 mm). Title-page printed in red and black (reinforced along gutter), imprimatur leaf (outer margin extended, possibly supplied), 38 engraved plates (32 folding) after Hooke, with the possible assistance of Sir Christopher Wren, woodcut headpiece and initials; plates with several repaired tears, guards renewed. Contemporary vellum; rebacked. “Some think that Hooke was perhaps the greatest mechanical genius science has ever had” (PMM). First edition, first issue (title date 1665) of Hooke's seminal work, which contains fifty-seven microscopic and three telescopic observations, including the first description and illustrations of the cellular structure of living tissue. The work was commissioned by the Royal Society in 1665 and represented many of Hooke's original scientific observations and experiments for the Society. Employing a compound microscope of his own invention, Hooke accurately described for the first time fossils, feathers, flies, fleas, sponges, molds, and other objects. His description of the feeding habits of the louse was based on a careful examination of how a specimen sucked blood from his own arm. REFERENCES Dibner, Heralds 87; Garrison-Morton 262; Grolier/Horblit 50; Heirs of Hippocrates 599; Keynes Hooke 6; Printnig and the Mind of Man 147; Waller 10845; Wellcome 3:296; Wing H-2620 PROVENANCE Francis Hutcheson, the younger (fl. 1745-73; bookplate), Glasgow physician who composed prize-winning songs and published a number of philosophical manuscripts left by his father. The occasional marginal annotations may be his. — Progel (bookplate)

View 1 of Lot 15: Hooke, Robert | Micrographia; or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies

hooke, robert | micrographia; or, some physiological descriptions of minute bodies

The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2

[Werner, Abraham Gottlob] — Thomas Weaver, trans.

[Werner, Abraham Gottlob] — Thomas Weaver, trans. A Treatise on the External Characters of Fossils, translated from the German … by Thomas Weaver. Dublin: Printed for M.N. Mahon, 1805 8vo (235 x 146 mm, uncut). Half-title, two folding engraved plates; light marginal dampstaining to a few leaves, faint and scattered spotting, plates offset. Original paper-backed blue boards, printed paper label on spine, deckled edges; staining and soiling, wear to spine with chipping at foot, vertical splits to spine, rubbing to extremities. First edition in English of the author’s first book. The first English translation of Werner’s Von den äusserlichen Kennzeichen der Fossilien, originally published in 1774. Translator Thomas Weaver attended Freiberg and studied mineralogy and geology under Werner himself from 1790 to 1794. Ownership inscription of Mary Lucy Talbot (née Fox-Strangways, later Cole), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Ilchester. Mary was the aunt of William Henry Fox Talbot, the pioneer of photography responsible for the salted paper and calotype processes. Mary was apparently a strong supporter of her nephew’s scientific pursuits: in 1839, just a few weeks after Talbot invented the “photogenic drawing,” Mary wrote him a letter praising his discovery. “I am glad you shewed me the little drawings when I was at Lacock because I comprehend all the descriptions much better than I otherwise should have done,” she wrote. “I am glad M Daguer roused you to life—you have too much Strangways blood in you to determine anything till the last moment—I see it in other branches of the family to say nothing of personal observation on myself & daily lament the consequent loss of time & opportunity—every one seems struck with the marvellous of your discovery” (The Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot). REFERENCES Hoover 880; The Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot, 9 February 1839 PROVENANCE Mary Lucy Talbot (signature to half-title; bill of sale for silks tipped in, dated 2 September 1815)

View 1 of Lot 215: [Werner, Abraham Gottlob] — Thomas Weaver, trans. | First edition in English of the author's first book

[werner, abraham gottlob] — thomas weaver, trans. | first edition in english of the author's first book

Original Film Posters

Captain Blood / Capitan Blood (1935) Poster, Italian, Re-release 1948

Captain Blood / Capitan Blood (1935) Poster, Italian, Re-release 1948 Artist: Luigi Martinati (1893-1984) Unframed: 28 x 13 in. (71 x 33 cm) Framed: 33 1/4 x 19 in. (84.5 x 48.3 cm) Luigi Martinati, one of the most celebrated Italian film poster artists, had a prolific career in film poster art. Martinati’s personal style is characterised by one or more large portraits, vividly painted, that dominate the poster. His best known and most admired posters are for Casablanca, Captain Blood, To Have and to Have Not and The Big Sleep. By the time Captain Blood was re-released in Italy in 1948, Errol Flynn was one of the most famous film stars in the world. Luigi Martinati was also at the height of his creativity, and produced this most stunning poster, which is superior to the 1935 poster. Exceptionally rare Italian poster, that rarely surfaces. Captain Blood was directed by Michael Curtiz, and stars Errol Flynn in his first swashbuckler role, alongside Oliver de Havilland and Basil Rathbone. Flynn and de Havilland were relatively unknown before this film. The studio took a gamble in casting them both in such major roles. The film was a huge success and launched the pair to Hollywood stardom. They went on to make seven more films together.

captain blood / capitan blood (1935) poster, italian, re-release 1948

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

Harold R.P. Dickson The Arab of the Desert. A glimpse into Badawin life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949 FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (see provenance), 8vo (232 x 152mm.), half-title, photographic portrait frontispiece of the ruler of Kuwait, numerous photographic and other plates, some coloured, illustrations in text, 6 folding genealogies and 9 folding maps and plans on 7 sheets loose as issued in pocket at end, errata slip, publisher's orange cloth, flat spine lettered in gilt, one plan frayed at edges, some spotting, binding rubbed Colonel Dickson (1881-1959) was born in Beirut and moved as a baby with his family to Damascus where his father was British Consul. As an infant he was foster-mothered by a Badawin (Bedouin) woman of the desert, and thus became a blood-brother of her tribe, the important and aristocratic 'Anizah. Dickson himself became a British administrator in the Middle East from the 1920s until the 1940s. "Colonel Dickson joins the very remarkable group of English men and women who have interpreted the magic of far Arabia - Burton, Doughty, Lawrence, Bertram Thomas, St. John Philby, Gertrude Bell, Freya Stark" (publisher's blurb). St John Philby in his review of this book stated "There are few Europeans, if indeed any, who know the Arab as well as Dickson... [an] immense and valuable labour of love, which is admirably illustrated by some excellent photographs and many first-class drawings and coloured plates. These, with the plans, sketches and maps in the cover pocket, will repay careful study. Colonel Dickson is to be congratulated on an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of The Arab of the Desert." LITERATURE: Reviewed by H.St.J.B. Philby, 'An Encyclopaedia of the Desert Arab', The Geographical Journal, Vol. 115, No. 4/6 (Apr.-Jun., 1950), pp. 231-233 PROVENANCE: D.M. Lawrence, ownership inscription, and inscription by the author "to Miss D.M. Lawrence with every good wish from H.R.P. Dickson, Kuwait, 2 April 1951".

View 1 of Lot 91: Harold R.P. Dickson | The Arab of the Desert. London, 1949, First Edition, inscribed by the Author, original cloth

harold r.p. dickson | the arab of the desert. london, 1949, first edition, inscribed by the author, original cloth

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883 In 8s (222 x 142 mm). Wood-engraved vignette of a steamboat on title-page, 14 wood-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved text illustrations; small marginal stain to preliminary leaves. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in black and with pictorial gilt vignettes on front cover and spine, gray endpapers, plain edges; slightest rubbing to extremities. Brown cloth slipcase; broken. First edition, first state, with points: p.441, tailpiece with urn and head of Mark Twain; p.443, caption reads "The St. Louis Hotel." A four-page leaflet "The Suppressed Chapter of 'Life on the Mississippi,'" no. 209 of 250 numbered copies, is loosely inserted (BAL 3519). "Life on the Mississippi is really two books combined. The first twenty-one chapters are his early impressions of the great river. 'Old Times on the Mississippi,' written in 1875 is here reprinted with the balance of the book, chapter twenty-two to the end, being his story of his trip down the river as an honored guest” (Johnson, p. 43). Colin Wilson's Written in Blood credits Clemens's use of fingerprints to solve a crime in an anecdote related in Chapter XXXI as "a remarkable anticipation of a scientific discovery that was then known to less than half a dozen men." PROVENANCE Mrs. James Insley Blair (Blairhame morocco label; Christie's New York, 14 December 2016, lot 199) REFERENCE BAL 3411; Johnson pp. 41–43

clemens, samuel langhorne | an unusually fresh copy of the first edition of life on the mississippi, together with the later issued "suppressed chapter"

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana

McCarthy, Cormac Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West. New York: Random House, 1985 8vo (214 x 141 mm). Half-title, pictorial title page. Publisher's red cloth over red boards, spine gilt lettered, in original pictorial dustjacket; no remainder mark, 1 or 2 almost imperceptible closed tears to head of dustjacket. A near pristine copy. In a grey slipcase with folding chemise. First edition of McCarthy's magnum opus. A fine copy of one of the most significant American novels of the late twentieth century.

View 1 of Lot 102: McCarthy, Cormac | A first edition of the author's magnum opus

mccarthy, cormac | a first edition of the author's magnum opus

The Cottesloe Military Library

FELTON, EDMOND Engins invented to save much blood and moneyes (in these times of warre) and to doe extraordinary good service, with the approbation of the Honourable Major Generall Skippon, and five of the committee for the fortifications of the city of London. London: Thomas Underhill, 1644 FIRST EDITION, small 4to (185 x 130mm.), 8pp., modern red half calf Felton had invented "an engine for warre, which will keep the horse from the foot, and secure the musketeers from all shot but for ordnance, and much secure them from small shot out of ordnance..." (p.6), which he presented to Parliament, though without success. No copy is recorded at auction in over 40 years. Felton's brother, a veteran of the siege of La Rochelle, killed the Duke of Buckingham in 1628, for which he was hanged at Tyburn. LITERATURE: ESTC R23498 (5 copies); T. Raylor, "Providence and technology in the English Civil War: Edmond Felton and his engine", Renaissance Studies 7 (1993), 398-413

felton, engins invented to save much blood and moneyes (in these times of warre), london, 1644

History in Manuscript: Letters and Documents from a Distinguished Collection

Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, British Political Agent in Kandahar,

Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, British Political Agent in Kandahar, Letter to Sir John McNeill, British envoy at the Persian Court sent care of the British Consul General in Constantinople, warning of the deep hatred for the British occupying forces in Afghanistan, particular in Helmand and Herat, the growing insurgency, and the increasing difficulty in maintaining a British presence in the country, sent via the Overland Mail, disinfected with slits, struck with oval 'India' in red, endorsed 'via Egypt', with typed transcript, 4 pages, folio, Kandahar, August 12 1841, light spotting Rawlinson here outlines three options for the British: withdrawal from the country; an offensive, to "carry fire and sword through some of the insurgent districts"; or settle down to a long occupation and accept the price will be "an immense sacrifice of blood and treasure". For Rawlinson see also lot 47. PROVENANCE: Auktionshaus Schlegel, 17-19 March 2011, lot 8012

View 1 of Lot 48: First Anglo-Afghan War--Sir Henry Rawlinson | Letter on the situation in Afghanistan, to Sir John MacNeill, 1841

first anglo-afghan war--sir henry rawlinson | letter on the situation in afghanistan, to sir john macneill, 1841

Fine Books and Manuscripts

Whitman, Walt Two autograph manuscripts, including of "Roaming in Thought (after reading Hegel)" [with] Whitman's copy of a book review Autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's "Roaming in Thought (after reading Hegel)". Two pages on one leaf (132 x 216 mm), written verso and recto. The poem on verso, in black ink, followed by a note, a letter written on recto, in purple ink; stray spots, three marginal pinholes, tape to recto, old folds. [With]: Autograph manuscript note. One page (61 x 117 mm), a note in pencil in Whitman's hand with a hand-drawn printer's fist; chip to left margin, stray spots, old folds, tape to right corner, piece of stamp to recto. [With]: Whitman's copy of an unsigned review of Matthew Arnold's The Strayed Reveller, which appeared in the September, 1849 issue of Blackwood's Magazine. Eight pages (227 x 134 mm) on four leaves, "Strayed Reveller" in pencil in Whitman's hand on first page, two paragraphs of a previous article crossed out, a letter to the New York Daily Times from December 1855 pasted to first page; some staining, tear at bottom corners, wear at edges. A group of writings in Walt Whitman's script "Roaming in Thought (after reading Hegel)" is followed by a note to the recipient, "read proof very carefully | by copy | follow punctuation & each capitalization"; the recto features a letter sent to Whitman requesting his autograph. The second autograph manuscript, likely written around the time the author composed Leaves of Grass, states, "I want something to offset the overlarge element of muscle in my poems—it must be counterpoised by something to show I can make perfect poems of the graceful, the sweet, the gentle, the tender, the perfect—I must show perfect blood, the great heroic gentleman" with the words "the perfect" crossed out. The poet W.E. Aytoun authored the unsigned review of The Strayed Reveller. That Whitman kept a review of The Strayed Reveller may be notable due to the book's surface-level similarity with Whitman's own Leaves of Grass. Arnold's book was published semi-anonymously, under the name "A.", and the title poem is an unrhymed lyric written in irregular meter. A wonderful collection of writings showcasing Whitman's ambition, attention, and reading life REFERENCE Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts: Volume I: Family Notes and Autobiography, 386; Blackwood's Magazine, September 1849; Hickman, "A New Direction for 'The Strayed Reveller'," Victorian Poetry, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Summer, 1983); Academy of American Poets; Villa, Doveglion: Collected Poems, ed. John Edwin Cowen PROVENANCE Poet, writer, and artist José García Villa. Villa was born in Manila in 1908, before moving to New Mexico to pursue his studies, and ultimately to Greenwich Village in New York City. There, he joined a community of modernist poets, including e.e. cummings, Marianne Moore, W.H. Auden, among others, and was affectionately known as "The Pope of Greenwich Village." He wrote his poems under the pseudonym Doveglion (a composite of dove, eagle, and lion) and was admired, according to Marianne Moore, for "the reverence, the raptness, the depth of concentration in [his] bravely deep poems." His 1933 story collection, Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others, was "the first work of fiction by a Filipino writer published by a major United States-based press." He received “numerous honors and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Philippines Heritage Award, a Poetry Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, and a Shelley Memorial Award. In 1973 he was named a National Artist of the Philippines, and he also served as a cultural advisor to the Philippine government. He died in New York City on February 7, 1997.”

View 1 of Lot 169: Whitman, Walt | "I must show perfect blood, the great heroic gentleman"

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