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Q1159-Book Department Shelf Lot Sale

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    • Q1159-Book Department Shelf Lot Sale

    Quinn's Auction Galleries is pleased to present our latest Book Auction on Thursday April 6th at 2:05 PM ET. We will be hosting in person preview BY APPOINTMENT ONLY beginning Wednesday, March 29th and ending April 5th. If you do not have an appointment you will not be allowed to enter the gallery to preview. If you would like to make an appointment, request a condition report/additional photos, or have questions please contact Andrew@QuinnsAuction.com. NO IN HOUSE SHIPPING FOR BOOK AUCTIONS Contact shipping@quinnsauction.com for our shipping partner list. Please note 27% buyers premium for our book auction. Pick up will be BY APPOINTMENT ONLY starting on April 10th to April 12th from 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM. No weekend pick up available. If you do not have an appointment you will not be allowed to pick up your items. Please bring your own packing materials to pack your items yourself. To schedule an appointment, after you have received your invoice, please contact Andrew@QuinnsAuction.com.
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    [Lot 2] 32 Vols. Franklin Library.
    32 volumes. 2 shelves. 13 volumes bound in leather. - Lot 2
  • $460.00
    • [Lot 2] 32 Vols. Franklin Library.
    Lot 2 - 32 volumes. 2 shelves. 13 volumes bound in leather.
  • $460.00
    • [Lot 1] 4 Vols. Franklin Library. Shakespeare.
    4 volumes. Works of William Shakespeare: Tragedies, Comedies, Poems, and Histories. The Franklin Library. 1975 - 1981. Bound in red leather with gilt and embellishment. Very good condition. Tragedies with some staining to pages. - Lot 1
  • $78.00
    • [Lot 1] 4 Vols. Franklin Library. Shakespeare.
    Lot 1 - 4 volumes. Works of William Shakespeare: Tragedies, Comedies, Poems, and Histories. The Franklin Library. 1975 - 1981. Bound in red leather with gilt and embellishment. Very good condition. Tragedies with some staining to pages.
  • $78.00
    • [Lot 3] 29 Vols. Franklin Library. Leather.
    29 volumes. 2 shelves. All bound in leather. - Lot 3
  • $460.00
    • [Lot 3] 29 Vols. Franklin Library. Leather.
    Lot 3 - 29 volumes. 2 shelves. All bound in leather.
  • $460.00
    • [Lot 4] 2 Vols. Franklin Library. Signed.
    2 volumes.(1) Dury, Allen. Decision. Franklin Library, 1983. Signed in blue pen on front flyleaf. (2) Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Penitent. Franklin Library, 1983. Signed in blue pen on front flyleaf. - Lot 4
  • $20.00
    • [Lot 4] 2 Vols. Franklin Library. Signed.
    Lot 4 - 2 volumes.(1) Dury, Allen. Decision. Franklin Library, 1983. Signed in blue pen on front flyleaf. (2) Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Penitent. Franklin Library, 1983. Signed in blue pen on front flyleaf.
  • $20.00
    • [Lot 5] 35 Vols. Franklin Library.
    35 volumes. 3 shelves. The Franklin Library. Plays, Politics, and Classics. All bound in leather. - Lot 5
  • $415.00
    • [Lot 5] 35 Vols. Franklin Library.
    Lot 5 - 35 volumes. 3 shelves. The Franklin Library. Plays, Politics, and Classics. All bound in leather.
  • $415.00
    • [Lot 8] 32 Vols. Franklin Library. Literature.
    32 volumes. 2 shleves. The Franklin Library. Literature. - Lot 8
  • $415.00
    • [Lot 8] 32 Vols. Franklin Library. Literature.
    Lot 8 - 32 volumes. 2 shleves. The Franklin Library. Literature.
  • $415.00
    • [Lot 6] 17 Vols. Franklin Library. Literature.
    17 volumes. The Franklin Library. Literature bound in red leather. - Lot 6
  • $246.09
    • [Lot 6] 17 Vols. Franklin Library. Literature.
    Lot 6 - 17 volumes. The Franklin Library. Literature bound in red leather.
  • $246.09
    • [Lot 7] 19 Vols. Franklin Library. Literature.
    19 volumes. The Franklin Library. Literature bound in brown leather. - Lot 7
  • $258.45
    • [Lot 7] 19 Vols. Franklin Library. Literature.
    Lot 7 - 19 volumes. The Franklin Library. Literature bound in brown leather.
  • $258.45
    • [Lot 10] 6 Vols. Easton Press.
    6 volumes. Easton Press. Each bound in full leather, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt. Titles: (1) 2 volumes. Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. (2) Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. (3) 2 volumes. Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. (4) Verne, Jules. A Journey to the Center of the Earth. - Lot 10
  • $160.00
    • [Lot 10] 6 Vols. Easton Press.
    Lot 10 - 6 volumes. Easton Press. Each bound in full leather, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt. Titles: (1) 2 volumes. Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. (2) Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. (3) 2 volumes. Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. (4) Verne, Jules. A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
  • $160.00
    • [Lot 9] Jung, Carl. The Red Book.
    Jung, Carl. The Red Book. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Folio. Red cloth and dust jacket. Minor wear. - Lot 9
  • $153.50
    • [Lot 9] Jung, Carl. The Red Book.
    Lot 9 - Jung, Carl. The Red Book. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Folio. Red cloth and dust jacket. Minor wear.
  • $153.50
    • [Lot 12] 4 Vols. Folio Society. Religious.
    4 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted.++ The Book of Common Prayer. Ornamented with Woodcuts from designs of Albert Durer, Hans Holbein, and Others. In Imitation of Queen Elizabeth's book of Christian Prayers. Eighth printing 2013. Three quarter bound inn breen leather and marbled boards. Green slipcase. ++ The Four Gospels. Engravings by Eric Gill. 2018. ++ KarenArmstrong. A History of God. 2014. ++ Eusebius. The History of the Church. 2011. - Lot 12
  • $107.50
    • [Lot 12] 4 Vols. Folio Society. Religious.
    Lot 12 - 4 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted.++ The Book of Common Prayer. Ornamented with Woodcuts from designs of Albert Durer, Hans Holbein, and Others. In Imitation of Queen Elizabeth's book of Christian Prayers. Eighth printing 2013. Three quarter bound inn breen leather and marbled boards. Green slipcase. ++ The Four Gospels. Engravings by Eric Gill. 2018. ++ KarenArmstrong. A History of God. 2014. ++ Eusebius. The History of the Church. 2011.
  • $107.50
    • [Lot 13] 5 Vols. Folio Society. Classic Fiction.
    5 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Mary Shelley. The Last Man. Second printing, 2013. ++ Robert Louis Stevenson. The Isle of Voices andOther Stories. 2007. ++ H.G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. Second printing with revised binding, 2017. Slipcase stained. ++ Isak Dinesen. Seven Gothic Tales. 2013. ++ Bram Stoker. Dracula. Fourth Printing, 2013. - Lot 13
  • $185.00
    • [Lot 13] 5 Vols. Folio Society. Classic Fiction.
    Lot 13 - 5 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Mary Shelley. The Last Man. Second printing, 2013. ++ Robert Louis Stevenson. The Isle of Voices andOther Stories. 2007. ++ H.G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. Second printing with revised binding, 2017. Slipcase stained. ++ Isak Dinesen. Seven Gothic Tales. 2013. ++ Bram Stoker. Dracula. Fourth Printing, 2013.
  • $185.00
    • [Lot 14] 5 Vols. Folio Society. Mystery and Anthology.
    5 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++A.A. Milne. The Red House Mystery. 2016. Slipcase damage. ++ Dorothy L. Sayers. Hangman's Holiday. 2018. ++Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None. 2017. ++ The Vampyre and Other Macabre Tales. 2012. ++ Chesterton. Father Brown Stories. Second Impression, 2015. - Lot 14
  • $130.00
    • [Lot 14] 5 Vols. Folio Society. Mystery and Anthology.
    Lot 14 - 5 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++A.A. Milne. The Red House Mystery. 2016. Slipcase damage. ++ Dorothy L. Sayers. Hangman's Holiday. 2018. ++Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None. 2017. ++ The Vampyre and Other Macabre Tales. 2012. ++ Chesterton. Father Brown Stories. Second Impression, 2015.
  • $130.00
    • [Lot 11] Marvel the Golden Age. 2019. Folio Society.
    Marvel the Golden Age 1939-1949. Selected and introduced by Roy Thomas with a facsimile of Marvel Comics #1. Published by the Folio Society London, 2019. First Printing. Bound in blue cloth, facsimile comic wrapped in red paper and sealedwith golden sticker. In publishers slip case. Near fine condition. - Lot 11
  • $116.00
    • [Lot 11] Marvel the Golden Age. 2019. Folio Society.
    Lot 11 - Marvel the Golden Age 1939-1949. Selected and introduced by Roy Thomas with a facsimile of Marvel Comics #1. Published by the Folio Society London, 2019. First Printing. Bound in blue cloth, facsimile comic wrapped in red paper and sealedwith golden sticker. In publishers slip case. Near fine condition.
  • $116.00
    • [Lot 16] 4 Vols. Folio Society. Ray Bradbury.
    4 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Fahrenheit 451. Third printing 2018. ++ The Illustrated Man. 2017. ++ The Martian Chronicles. Second printing2016. ++ Something Wicked This Way Comes. 2019. - Lot 16
  • $265.00
    • [Lot 16] 4 Vols. Folio Society. Ray Bradbury.
    Lot 16 - 4 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Fahrenheit 451. Third printing 2018. ++ The Illustrated Man. 2017. ++ The Martian Chronicles. Second printing2016. ++ Something Wicked This Way Comes. 2019.
  • $265.00
    • [Lot 15] 9 Vols. Folio Society. History.
    9 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Famous Trials. 2017. ++ Leo Marks. Between Silk and Cyanide. 2013. ++ Richard Holmes. 2015. ++ HywelWilliams. Fifty Days That Changed the World. Third Printing, 2009. ++ Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs, and Steel. 2017. ++ H.W. Brands. The Age of Gold. 2015. ++ Ronald Blythe. The Age of Illusions. 2015. ++ Ronald Searle. Slightly Foxed - But Still Desireable,. Wrapped in shrinkwrap, no slipcase. ++ Summer: A Folio Anthology. 2018. No Slipcase. - Lot 15
  • $107.50
    • [Lot 15] 9 Vols. Folio Society. History.
    Lot 15 - 9 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Famous Trials. 2017. ++ Leo Marks. Between Silk and Cyanide. 2013. ++ Richard Holmes. 2015. ++ HywelWilliams. Fifty Days That Changed the World. Third Printing, 2009. ++ Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs, and Steel. 2017. ++ H.W. Brands. The Age of Gold. 2015. ++ Ronald Blythe. The Age of Illusions. 2015. ++ Ronald Searle. Slightly Foxed - But Still Desireable,. Wrapped in shrinkwrap, no slipcase. ++ Summer: A Folio Anthology. 2018. No Slipcase.
  • $107.50
    • [Lot 18] 10 Vols. Folio Society. Antiquity.
    10 Volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ A. H. Layard. Nineveh and Babylon. 2011. ++ Hourani. History of the Arab Peoples. Second printing 2010. ++ Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Sixth printing, 2014. ++ William of Malmesbury. The Deeds of English Kings. Second printing 2014. ++ Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars. Eighteenth printing 2018. ++ Arrian. The Campaigns of Alexander. 2012. ++ TimMackintosh-Smith. The Travels of Ibn Battutah. 2012. ++ Tom Holland. Persian Fire. 2018. ++ Stacy Schiff. Cleopatra. 2016. ++ Serge Lancel. Carthage - A History. 2012. - Lot 18
  • $122.50
    • [Lot 18] 10 Vols. Folio Society. Antiquity.
    Lot 18 - 10 Volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ A. H. Layard. Nineveh and Babylon. 2011. ++ Hourani. History of the Arab Peoples. Second printing 2010. ++ Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Sixth printing, 2014. ++ William of Malmesbury. The Deeds of English Kings. Second printing 2014. ++ Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars. Eighteenth printing 2018. ++ Arrian. The Campaigns of Alexander. 2012. ++ TimMackintosh-Smith. The Travels of Ibn Battutah. 2012. ++ Tom Holland. Persian Fire. 2018. ++ Stacy Schiff. Cleopatra. 2016. ++ Serge Lancel. Carthage - A History. 2012.
  • $122.50
    • [Lot 17] 6 Vols. Folio Society. Biography/History.
    6 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Into the Unknown - Tales From the Great Explorers. 2015. ++ Dava Sobel. Longitude. Second Printing 2015. ++Duff Cooper. Talleyrand. 2010. ++ Peter Ackroyd. Blake. 2008. ++ 2 copies of Abraham Lincoln. A New Birth of Freedom. 2015. - Lot 17
  • $52.50
    • [Lot 17] 6 Vols. Folio Society. Biography/History.
    Lot 17 - 6 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Into the Unknown - Tales From the Great Explorers. 2015. ++ Dava Sobel. Longitude. Second Printing 2015. ++Duff Cooper. Talleyrand. 2010. ++ Peter Ackroyd. Blake. 2008. ++ 2 copies of Abraham Lincoln. A New Birth of Freedom. 2015.
  • $52.50
    • [Lot 20] 4 Vols. Folio Society. Philosophy.
    4 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Bertrand Russell. The History of Western Philosophy. 2004. Leather bound, no slipcase. ++ Pascal. Pensees.2011. ++ Colin Renfrew. Prehistory - The Making of the Human Mind. 2013. ++ Jacob Bronowski. The Ascent of Man. 2012. - Lot 20
  • $67.00
    • [Lot 20] 4 Vols. Folio Society. Philosophy.
    Lot 20 - 4 volumes. The Folio Society. All bound in fine cloth, some embellished, with individual slipcases, unless otherwise noted. ++ Bertrand Russell. The History of Western Philosophy. 2004. Leather bound, no slipcase. ++ Pascal. Pensees.2011. ++ Colin Renfrew. Prehistory - The Making of the Human Mind. 2013. ++ Jacob Bronowski. The Ascent of Man. 2012.
  • $67.00
    • [Lot 22] Dalai Lama. The Way to Freedom. Signed.
    The Way to Freedom by His Holiness, the Dalai lama of Tibet. 1994. Signed by the Dalai Lama on first flyleaf. With dust jacket. Includes ephemera from the Dalai Lama trip to the United states in 1997 which book was signed. - Lot 22
  • $166.50
    • [Lot 22] Dalai Lama. The Way to Freedom. Signed.
    Lot 22 - The Way to Freedom by His Holiness, the Dalai lama of Tibet. 1994. Signed by the Dalai Lama on first flyleaf. With dust jacket. Includes ephemera from the Dalai Lama trip to the United states in 1997 which book was signed.
  • $166.50
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