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Q897 - Book Auction, Falls Church VA 22046

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Q897 - Book Auction, Falls Church VA 22046

Quinn's Auction Galleries is pleased to present our latest Book Auction on Thursday, May 27th at 2:05 PM ET. We will be hosting in person preview BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. 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 Catherine.Payling@QuinnsAuction.com. Pick up will be BY APPOINTMENT ONLY starting on May 28th. 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 and pack your items yourself. To schedule an appointment, after you have received your invoice, please contact Catherine.Payling@QuinnsAuction.com. Shipping is available and we ship FedEx based on weight and destination, there is a handling fee. We do not ship Media Mail. Inquiries to shipping@quinnsauction.com

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Darwin. The Origin Of Species. 1888. 6th Ed.

[Science] Charles Darwin. The Origin Of Species. John Murray, London. 1888. 6th Edition. 8vo. Green Cloth. Ads Dated July, 1887. Minor Wear To Edges. Minor Toning. - Lot 1

$107.50

Darwin. The Origin Of Species. 1888. 6th Ed.

Lot 1 - [Science] Charles Darwin. The Origin Of Species. John Murray, London. 1888. 6th Edition. 8vo. Green Cloth. Ads Dated July, 1887. Minor Wear To Edges. Minor Toning.

$107.50

4 Vols. First Editions.

[Literature] 4 Volumes. 1. Mullowney. A Revelation Of The Chinese Revolution. Revell Co., New York, 1914. 8vo. Orange Cloth. ++ 2-3. 2 Vols. Lew Wallace. The Prince Of India. Harpers & Brothers, New York, 1893. 8vo. Blue Cloth. ++ 4. Richard Wright. Native Son. Harpers, New York, 1940. 8vo. Gray Cloth. Second Printing, B-P Code. Very Good. - Lot 2

$26.00

4 Vols. First Editions.

Lot 2 - [Literature] 4 Volumes. 1. Mullowney. A Revelation Of The Chinese Revolution. Revell Co., New York, 1914. 8vo. Orange Cloth. ++ 2-3. 2 Vols. Lew Wallace. The Prince Of India. Harpers & Brothers, New York, 1893. 8vo. Blue Cloth. ++ 4. Richard Wright. Native Son. Harpers, New York, 1940. 8vo. Gray Cloth. Second Printing, B-P Code. Very Good.

$26.00

Algernon. Discourses Concerning Govt. 1750.

[Political Science] 2 Volumes. Sidney Algernon. Discourses Concerning Government. G. Hamilton, Edinburgh, 1950. 8vo. Contemporary Leather, Red Leather Spine Labels. Good. Boards Detached. Spine Leather Dry And Chipping. Minor Toning, Scattered Red Pencil Notation. - Lot 4

$32.50

Algernon. Discourses Concerning Govt. 1750.

Lot 4 - [Political Science] 2 Volumes. Sidney Algernon. Discourses Concerning Government. G. Hamilton, Edinburgh, 1950. 8vo. Contemporary Leather, Red Leather Spine Labels. Good. Boards Detached. Spine Leather Dry And Chipping. Minor Toning, Scattered Red Pencil Notation.

$32.50

2 Vols. Milton's Works. 1776.

[Poetry] 4 Volumes In 2. The Poetical Works Of John Milton. Apollo Press, Edinburg, 1776. 12 Mo. Contemporary Quarter Leather Over Marbled Boards. Very Good. Minor Rubbing To Leather. Toning. - Lot 6

$83.00

2 Vols. Milton's Works. 1776.

Lot 6 - [Poetry] 4 Volumes In 2. The Poetical Works Of John Milton. Apollo Press, Edinburg, 1776. 12 Mo. Contemporary Quarter Leather Over Marbled Boards. Very Good. Minor Rubbing To Leather. Toning.

$83.00

Troops In Campaign. 1892

[Military] Troops In Campaign. Regulations For The Army Of The United States. Washington, Gpo, 1892. 16 Mo. Two Folding Plans. Very Good. Minor Wear. - Lot 5

$28.00

Troops In Campaign. 1892

Lot 5 - [Military] Troops In Campaign. Regulations For The Army Of The United States. Washington, Gpo, 1892. 16 Mo. Two Folding Plans. Very Good. Minor Wear.

$28.00

Latour. Historical Memoir Of The War...Louisiana.

[Americana] Arsene Lacarriere Latour. Historical Memoir Of The War In West Florida And Louisiana In 1814-1815. John Conrad, Philadelphia, 1816. 8vo. Later Quarter Leather Over Marbled Boards. Lacking Atlas. Very Good. Toning, Scattered Pencil Marginalia. - Lot 3

$162.00

Latour. Historical Memoir Of The War...Louisiana.

Lot 3 - [Americana] Arsene Lacarriere Latour. Historical Memoir Of The War In West Florida And Louisiana In 1814-1815. John Conrad, Philadelphia, 1816. 8vo. Later Quarter Leather Over Marbled Boards. Lacking Atlas. Very Good. Toning, Scattered Pencil Marginalia.

$162.00

Precedents Of Conveyancing. Vol. 3. 1819.

[Miscellaneous] W. J. Barshaw, Transcriber. Precedents Of Conveyancing. Vol. 3. 1819. 4to. Contemporary Quarter Leather Over Marbled Baords. Rubbing And Minor Wear To Boards. Scattered Spotting. - Lot 7

$22.00

Precedents Of Conveyancing. Vol. 3. 1819.

Lot 7 - [Miscellaneous] W. J. Barshaw, Transcriber. Precedents Of Conveyancing. Vol. 3. 1819. 4to. Contemporary Quarter Leather Over Marbled Baords. Rubbing And Minor Wear To Boards. Scattered Spotting.

$22.00

Singer. Reaches Of Heaven. 1980. Sgd.

[Signed Books] Issac Bashevis Singer. Reaches Of Heaven. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1980. Illustrated By Ira Moskowitz. Signed In Pen By Singer And Moskowitz On Half Title. 4to. Hardcover And Dust Jacket. Near Fine. Later Inscription In Pencil. - Lot 9

$40.00

Singer. Reaches Of Heaven. 1980. Sgd.

Lot 9 - [Signed Books] Issac Bashevis Singer. Reaches Of Heaven. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1980. Illustrated By Ira Moskowitz. Signed In Pen By Singer And Moskowitz On Half Title. 4to. Hardcover And Dust Jacket. Near Fine. Later Inscription In Pencil.

$40.00

4 Vols. 18th/19th C French Works On Politics.

[Foreign Language] 4 Volumes. 1. Les Institues De L'empereur Justinien. A Toulouse, Chez Henault, 1740. 4to. Contemporary Leather. Good +. Wear And Splitting To Joints. Toning. ++ 2 Vols. Discussions Du Code Civil Dans Le Counseil D'etat. Paris, Demonville, An Xiii [1805] 4to. Later Leather Over Boards. Good. Chipping And Wear To Leather And Boards. Toning ++ Tocqueville. Le Ancien Regime Et La Revolution. Paris, Calmann Levy, 1877. 8vo. Green Leather Backed Green Cloth. Rubbing And Toning. - Lot 8

$31.00

4 Vols. 18th/19th C French Works On Politics.

Lot 8 - [Foreign Language] 4 Volumes. 1. Les Institues De L'empereur Justinien. A Toulouse, Chez Henault, 1740. 4to. Contemporary Leather. Good +. Wear And Splitting To Joints. Toning. ++ 2 Vols. Discussions Du Code Civil Dans Le Counseil D'etat. Paris, Demonville, An Xiii [1805] 4to. Later Leather Over Boards. Good. Chipping And Wear To Leather And Boards. Toning ++ Tocqueville. Le Ancien Regime Et La Revolution. Paris, Calmann Levy, 1877. 8vo. Green Leather Backed Green Cloth. Rubbing And Toning.

$31.00

4 Vols. Signed Books.

[Signed Books] 4 Volumes. Leontyne Price. Aida. Harcourt, New York, 1990. Inscribed By Author On Title Page. 4to. Hardcover And Dust Jacket. Near Fine. ++ Arthur Acheson. Shakepeare's Lost Years In London 1586-1592. Brentano's, New York, 1920. 8vo. Original Cloth, Paper Spine Label. Inscribed On Front Flyleaf. One Of 550 Copies. ++ Maya Angelou. Gather Together In My Name. Random House, New York, 1974. 2nd Printing. Inscribed On Front Flyeaf Dated 1974. 8vo. Hardcover And Dust Jacket. Very Good. Fading To Jacket Spine. ++ John Updike. Problems. Knopf, New York, 1979. No. 26 Of 350. Signed On Limitation Page. 8vo. Hardcover, Dust Jacket In Slipcase. Near Fine. - Lot 10

$160.00

4 Vols. Signed Books.

Lot 10 - [Signed Books] 4 Volumes. Leontyne Price. Aida. Harcourt, New York, 1990. Inscribed By Author On Title Page. 4to. Hardcover And Dust Jacket. Near Fine. ++ Arthur Acheson. Shakepeare's Lost Years In London 1586-1592. Brentano's, New York, 1920. 8vo. Original Cloth, Paper Spine Label. Inscribed On Front Flyleaf. One Of 550 Copies. ++ Maya Angelou. Gather Together In My Name. Random House, New York, 1974. 2nd Printing. Inscribed On Front Flyeaf Dated 1974. 8vo. Hardcover And Dust Jacket. Very Good. Fading To Jacket Spine. ++ John Updike. Problems. Knopf, New York, 1979. No. 26 Of 350. Signed On Limitation Page. 8vo. Hardcover, Dust Jacket In Slipcase. Near Fine.

$160.00

Hearn. La Cuisine Creole. 3rd Edition.

[Culinary] Lafcadio Hearn. La Cuisine Creole. Hammon Press, W. B. Conkey Co., Chicago, [1920] 3rd Edition. Original Red Cloth. 8vo. Very Good+. Occasional Spotting. - Lot 11

$147.50

Hearn. La Cuisine Creole. 3rd Edition.

Lot 11 - [Culinary] Lafcadio Hearn. La Cuisine Creole. Hammon Press, W. B. Conkey Co., Chicago, [1920] 3rd Edition. Original Red Cloth. 8vo. Very Good+. Occasional Spotting.

$147.50

2 Vols. Homer And Dryden.

[Poetry] 2 Volumes. The Iliad Of Homer. University Of Chicago Press, 1962. Illustrated By Leonard Baskin. 4to. Red Cloth. ++ John Dryden. The Poetical Works. London, Edward Moxon, 1851. 4to. Contemporary Full Leather, Gilt Spine, Marbled Page Ends. Minor Rubbing. - Lot 12

$20.00

2 Vols. Homer And Dryden.

Lot 12 - [Poetry] 2 Volumes. The Iliad Of Homer. University Of Chicago Press, 1962. Illustrated By Leonard Baskin. 4to. Red Cloth. ++ John Dryden. The Poetical Works. London, Edward Moxon, 1851. 4to. Contemporary Full Leather, Gilt Spine, Marbled Page Ends. Minor Rubbing.

$20.00

6 Vols. Voyage Du Jeune Anacharsis. 1825.

[Literature] 6 Volumes. L'abbe Bathelemy. Voyage Du Jeune Anacharsis En Grece. 1825. Etienne Ledoux, Paris, 1825. Volume Ii-Vii. 4to. Later Red Cloth, Leather Spine Labels. Very Good. Minor Soiling To Boards. Scattered Foxing. - Lot 13

$0.00

6 Vols. Voyage Du Jeune Anacharsis. 1825.

Lot 13 - [Literature] 6 Volumes. L'abbe Bathelemy. Voyage Du Jeune Anacharsis En Grece. 1825. Etienne Ledoux, Paris, 1825. Volume Ii-Vii. 4to. Later Red Cloth, Leather Spine Labels. Very Good. Minor Soiling To Boards. Scattered Foxing.

$0.00

Lee. Sayings And Doings Of Animals. 1853.

[Children's] Sarah Bowdich Lee. Twelve Stories Of The Sayings And Doings Of Animals. Danworth, Hawley & Co., Buffalo, 1853. 8vo. Green Cloth. Good+. Fraying And Fading To Spine. Toning And Scattered Spotting. - Lot 14

$0.00

Lee. Sayings And Doings Of Animals. 1853.

Lot 14 - [Children's] Sarah Bowdich Lee. Twelve Stories Of The Sayings And Doings Of Animals. Danworth, Hawley & Co., Buffalo, 1853. 8vo. Green Cloth. Good+. Fraying And Fading To Spine. Toning And Scattered Spotting.

$0.00

2 Vols. Signed Books.

[Signed Books] 2 Volumes. S.j. Woolf. Drawn From Life. New York, Whittlesey House, 1932. Inscribed By Woolf On 2nd Front Endpaper. 4to. Brown Cloth. Very Good. Minor Rubbing. ++ Kenneth Robert. Lydia Bailey. New York, Doubleday, 1947. No. 1000 Of 1050. Signed On Limitation Page. 4to. Oatmeal Cloth In Slipcase. Very Good. Wear To Slipcase. - Lot 15

$36.00

2 Vols. Signed Books.

Lot 15 - [Signed Books] 2 Volumes. S.j. Woolf. Drawn From Life. New York, Whittlesey House, 1932. Inscribed By Woolf On 2nd Front Endpaper. 4to. Brown Cloth. Very Good. Minor Rubbing. ++ Kenneth Robert. Lydia Bailey. New York, Doubleday, 1947. No. 1000 Of 1050. Signed On Limitation Page. 4to. Oatmeal Cloth In Slipcase. Very Good. Wear To Slipcase.

$36.00

Hodgman. Boyhood Days Of Washington.

[Children's] Carolyn S. Hodgman. Boyhood Days Of Washington. Stecher Lith. Co, Rochester. [1900] Good. Minor Rubbing, Loss To Bottom Corner Of Wraps. - Lot 16

$0.00

Hodgman. Boyhood Days Of Washington.

Lot 16 - [Children's] Carolyn S. Hodgman. Boyhood Days Of Washington. Stecher Lith. Co, Rochester. [1900] Good. Minor Rubbing, Loss To Bottom Corner Of Wraps.

$0.00

4 Vols. 19th Nautical And Civil War Memoirs.

[Civil War] 4 Volumes. J.t. Headley. Farragut And Our Naval Commanders. New York, E.b. Treat, 1867. 8vo. Maroon Cloth. Good+ Fading To Cloth, Scattered Spotting. ++ Fitch W. Taylor. A Voyage Around The World...The United States Frigate Columbia. New Haven, H Mansfield, 1847. 5th Edition. Later Leather Back Brown Cloth. Good. Moderate Wear. Foxing And Toning. ++ Loyall Farragut. The Life Of David Glasgow Farragut. New York, Appleton, 1862. 8vo. Brown Cloth. Very Good. ++ Urban, John W. Battlefield And Prison Pen. Edgefield Pub. Co. 1882. 8vo. Brown Cloth. Very Good. - Lot 17

$67.50

4 Vols. 19th Nautical And Civil War Memoirs.

Lot 17 - [Civil War] 4 Volumes. J.t. Headley. Farragut And Our Naval Commanders. New York, E.b. Treat, 1867. 8vo. Maroon Cloth. Good+ Fading To Cloth, Scattered Spotting. ++ Fitch W. Taylor. A Voyage Around The World...The United States Frigate Columbia. New Haven, H Mansfield, 1847. 5th Edition. Later Leather Back Brown Cloth. Good. Moderate Wear. Foxing And Toning. ++ Loyall Farragut. The Life Of David Glasgow Farragut. New York, Appleton, 1862. 8vo. Brown Cloth. Very Good. ++ Urban, John W. Battlefield And Prison Pen. Edgefield Pub. Co. 1882. 8vo. Brown Cloth. Very Good.

$67.50

2 Vols. Books On Greece.

[Greece] 2 Volumes. John Gillies. History Of Ancient Greece. London, Jones & Co., 1829. 8vo. Half Leather Over Marbled Boards. Very Good. Rubbing To Boards. Toning. ++ Christopher Wordsworth. Greece Pictorial, Descriptive, & Historical. London, John Murray,1882. 4to. Full Blue Moroccan, Gilt. All Edges Gilt. Very Good. Rubbing, Some Fraying To Spine. - Lot 18

$35.00

2 Vols. Books On Greece.

Lot 18 - [Greece] 2 Volumes. John Gillies. History Of Ancient Greece. London, Jones & Co., 1829. 8vo. Half Leather Over Marbled Boards. Very Good. Rubbing To Boards. Toning. ++ Christopher Wordsworth. Greece Pictorial, Descriptive, & Historical. London, John Murray,1882. 4to. Full Blue Moroccan, Gilt. All Edges Gilt. Very Good. Rubbing, Some Fraying To Spine.

$35.00

Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms. 1929.

[Literature] Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms. Charles Scribner's, New York, 1929. First Edition With Scribner Seal On Copyright Page. First Issue Without Disclaimer On [X]. 8vo. Black Cloth, Paper Labels. Good +. Rubbing, Wear And Loss To Spine Label. - Lot 19

$71.00

Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms. 1929.

Lot 19 - [Literature] Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms. Charles Scribner's, New York, 1929. First Edition With Scribner Seal On Copyright Page. First Issue Without Disclaimer On [X]. 8vo. Black Cloth, Paper Labels. Good +. Rubbing, Wear And Loss To Spine Label.

$71.00

Caussin. The Holy Court. 1678.

[Religion] Nicolas Caussin. The Holy Court. John Williams, London, 1678. Later Calf Leather, Leather Spine Label. Good. Leather Rubbed And Dry. Lacking Title Pages. Toning. - Lot 20

$33.00

Caussin. The Holy Court. 1678.

Lot 20 - [Religion] Nicolas Caussin. The Holy Court. John Williams, London, 1678. Later Calf Leather, Leather Spine Label. Good. Leather Rubbed And Dry. Lacking Title Pages. Toning.

$33.00