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Q1178 Book Department Shelf Lot Sale

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    • Q1178 Book Department Shelf Lot Sale

    Quinn's Auction Galleries is pleased to present our latest Book Auction on Thursday June 1st at 2:05 PM EST. In person preview BY APPOINTMENT ONLY beginning Wednesday, May 24th and ending May 31st. 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 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 June 5th to June 7th 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. You will be able to schedule an appointment upon receipt of your invoice.
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    Fine Bindings [Easton Press and Franklin], DC Comic Omnibuses, Signed Poetry, Gay Erotica, and More
    23 vols. Signed Poetry.
    [Poetry] [Lot 1] 23 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author. - Lot 1
  • $192.50
    • 23 vols. Signed Poetry.
    Lot 1 - [Poetry] [Lot 1] 23 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author.
  • $192.50
    • 21 vols. Signed Poetry.
    [Poetry] [Lot 2] 21 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author. - Lot 2
  • $26.00
    • 21 vols. Signed Poetry.
    Lot 2 - [Poetry] [Lot 2] 21 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author.
  • $26.00
    • 32 vols. Signed Poetry.
    [Poetry] [Lot 4] 32 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author. - Lot 4
  • $22.00
    • 32 vols. Signed Poetry.
    Lot 4 - [Poetry] [Lot 4] 32 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author.
  • $22.00
    • 33 vols. Signed Poetry.
    [Poetry] [Lot 3] 33 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author. - Lot 3
  • $22.00
    • 33 vols. Signed Poetry.
    Lot 3 - [Poetry] [Lot 3] 33 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author.
  • $22.00
    • 22 vols. Signed Poetry.
    [Poetry] [Lot 5] 22 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author. Poets are: John Hollander, Robert Hass, David St. John, Thomas Kinsella, and Joseph Brodsky. - Lot 5
  • $103.00
    • 22 vols. Signed Poetry.
    Lot 5 - [Poetry] [Lot 5] 22 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author. Poets are: John Hollander, Robert Hass, David St. John, Thomas Kinsella, and Joseph Brodsky.
  • $103.00
    • Updike. Witches of Eastwick. Signed, 1/350.
    [Signed] [Lot 8]Updike, John. The Witches of Eastwick. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984, First Edition. 8vo. Quarter maroon cloth and decorative boards, gilt spine, publisher's slipcase. No. 324 of 350 signed and numbered copies. Signed by the author at the limitation, as issued. - Lot 8
  • $50.50
    • Updike. Witches of Eastwick. Signed, 1/350.
    Lot 8 - [Signed] [Lot 8]Updike, John. The Witches of Eastwick. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984, First Edition. 8vo. Quarter maroon cloth and decorative boards, gilt spine, publisher's slipcase. No. 324 of 350 signed and numbered copies. Signed by the author at the limitation, as issued.
  • $50.50
    • 22 vols. Signed Poetry.
    [Poetry] [Lot 6] 22 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author. - Lot 6
  • $43.50
    • 22 vols. Signed Poetry.
    Lot 6 - [Poetry] [Lot 6] 22 volumes. All signed/inscribed by the author.
  • $43.50
    • Shakespeare. The Sonnets. Swallow Press.
    [Fine Binding] [Lot 7] Shakespeare, William. The Sonnets. The Swallow Press, London, 1975. No. 141 of 300 copies signed by Robert Graves, the designer, Edward Burrett and the artist, Clarke Hutton. Bound in full tan Niger Morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Housed in original purple and gold paper covered slipcase. Top edge gilt. Minor rubbing to slipcase. - Lot 7
  • $235.00
    • Shakespeare. The Sonnets. Swallow Press.
    Lot 7 - [Fine Binding] [Lot 7] Shakespeare, William. The Sonnets. The Swallow Press, London, 1975. No. 141 of 300 copies signed by Robert Graves, the designer, Edward Burrett and the artist, Clarke Hutton. Bound in full tan Niger Morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Housed in original purple and gold paper covered slipcase. Top edge gilt. Minor rubbing to slipcase.
  • $235.00
    • Stein. How to Write. 1931.
    [Literature] [Lot 12] Stein, Gertrude. How to Write. Plain Edition, Paris. 1931. 12mo. 395 pp. Bound in two-tone gray and light gray paper over boards, paper spine label. One of 1000 copies. First Edition. Wilson A17.a. - Lot 12
  • $102.50
    • Stein. How to Write. 1931.
    Lot 12 - [Literature] [Lot 12] Stein, Gertrude. How to Write. Plain Edition, Paris. 1931. 12mo. 395 pp. Bound in two-tone gray and light gray paper over boards, paper spine label. One of 1000 copies. First Edition. Wilson A17.a.
  • $102.50
    • Burroughs. Cities of the Red Night. Sgd. Deluxe.
    [Signed] [Lot 9] Burroughs, William S. Cities of the Red Night. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1981. First Limited Edtion. No. 135 of 500 copies, signed by Burroghs on limitation page. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Housed in original cloth slipcase. - Lot 9
  • $100.00
    • Burroughs. Cities of the Red Night. Sgd. Deluxe.
    Lot 9 - [Signed] [Lot 9] Burroughs, William S. Cities of the Red Night. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1981. First Limited Edtion. No. 135 of 500 copies, signed by Burroghs on limitation page. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Housed in original cloth slipcase.
  • $100.00
    • Twain. Life on the Mississippi. 1st American Ed.
    [Literature] [Lot 11] Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883. First American Edition. 624 pp. With more than 300 illustrations. Original brown cloth decorated in black with gilt pictorial vignettes, lettered in gilt on spine. Later state with corrected caption on p. 443 and lacking the illustration of Twain in flames on page 441. It was removed at the request of the author's wife, who found it too morbid. BAL 3411. Light rubbing. Owner stamp to front endpapers. - Lot 11
  • $85.00
    • Twain. Life on the Mississippi. 1st American Ed.
    Lot 11 - [Literature] [Lot 11] Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. James R. Osgood, Boston, 1883. First American Edition. 624 pp. With more than 300 illustrations. Original brown cloth decorated in black with gilt pictorial vignettes, lettered in gilt on spine. Later state with corrected caption on p. 443 and lacking the illustration of Twain in flames on page 441. It was removed at the request of the author's wife, who found it too morbid. BAL 3411. Light rubbing. Owner stamp to front endpapers.
  • $85.00
    • Remington. Pony Tracks. 1895.
    [Lot 13] Remington, Frederic. Pony Tracks. Harpers & Brothers, New York, 1895. First Edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 269 + [1] ad pp. Illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. Pictorial brown-orange cloth lettered in gilt. Remington's first book. Howes R201; BAL 16489; Adams Herd 1878; Graff 3458. Near fine. Slight rubbing, owners stamp to front pastedown. With a copy of Riders of Many Lands, by Colonel Dodge. New York: Harper & Brothers 1894. Illustrated by Remington. - Lot 13
  • $178.00
    • Remington. Pony Tracks. 1895.
    Lot 13 - [Lot 13] Remington, Frederic. Pony Tracks. Harpers & Brothers, New York, 1895. First Edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 269 + [1] ad pp. Illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. Pictorial brown-orange cloth lettered in gilt. Remington's first book. Howes R201; BAL 16489; Adams Herd 1878; Graff 3458. Near fine. Slight rubbing, owners stamp to front pastedown. With a copy of Riders of Many Lands, by Colonel Dodge. New York: Harper & Brothers 1894. Illustrated by Remington.
  • $178.00
    • 4 vols. Childrens Books.
    [Childrens] [Lot 10] 4 volumes. (1) Lang, Andrew. The Grey Fairy Book. Longmans, Greem & Co., New York, 1919. 8vo,. Gray cloth, gilt. (2) Lang, Andrew. The Yellow Fairy Book. A.L. Burt, New York, c.1905. 8vo. Pictorial yellow cloth. (3) The Cruikshank Fairy Book. G.P. Putnam, New York, c.1900. 8vo. Pictorial oatmeal cloth. (4) Moore, N. Hudson. Flower Fables and Fancies. Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1904. 8vo. Pictorial and gilt pink cloth. - Lot 10
  • $133.50
    • 4 vols. Childrens Books.
    Lot 10 - [Childrens] [Lot 10] 4 volumes. (1) Lang, Andrew. The Grey Fairy Book. Longmans, Greem & Co., New York, 1919. 8vo,. Gray cloth, gilt. (2) Lang, Andrew. The Yellow Fairy Book. A.L. Burt, New York, c.1905. 8vo. Pictorial yellow cloth. (3) The Cruikshank Fairy Book. G.P. Putnam, New York, c.1900. 8vo. Pictorial oatmeal cloth. (4) Moore, N. Hudson. Flower Fables and Fancies. Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1904. 8vo. Pictorial and gilt pink cloth.
  • $133.50
    • Cooper. The Works. 1872.
    [Literature] [Lot 14] Cooper, James Fenimore. The Works. D. Appleton, New York, 1872. 11 volumes, bound in publishers vari-colored cloth, gilt vignette to front board. The titles in this series are The Prairie, The Pioneers, The Spy, The Deerslayer, The Pilot, The Wing-and-Wing, The Last of the Mohicans, The Water-Witch, and The Two Admirals, Red Rover, The Pioneers. Minor rubbing, two volumes lacking spines. - Lot 14
  • $41.00
    • Cooper. The Works. 1872.
    Lot 14 - [Literature] [Lot 14] Cooper, James Fenimore. The Works. D. Appleton, New York, 1872. 11 volumes, bound in publishers vari-colored cloth, gilt vignette to front board. The titles in this series are The Prairie, The Pioneers, The Spy, The Deerslayer, The Pilot, The Wing-and-Wing, The Last of the Mohicans, The Water-Witch, and The Two Admirals, Red Rover, The Pioneers. Minor rubbing, two volumes lacking spines.
  • $41.00
    • Craig. Irving & Terry. Book of Portraits. 1899.
    [Illustrated] [Lot 15] E. Gordon Craig. Henry Irving, Ellen Terry: A Book of Portraits. Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. 1899. 4to. 19 tipped on illustrations. Original boards. Minor soiling, spine lacking. - Lot 15
  • $22.00
    • Craig. Irving & Terry. Book of Portraits. 1899.
    Lot 15 - [Illustrated] [Lot 15] E. Gordon Craig. Henry Irving, Ellen Terry: A Book of Portraits. Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. 1899. 4to. 19 tipped on illustrations. Original boards. Minor soiling, spine lacking.
  • $22.00
    • deCamp. Heroes and Hobgoblins. Signed.
    [Signed] [Lot 18] deCamp, L. Sprague. Heroes and Hobgoblins. Donald M. Grant, Kingston, RI, 1983. Limited first edition. One of 1250 copies signed by both deCamp and illustrator, Tim Kirk. 8vo. Hardcover and dust jacket. Near fine. Price clipped. - Lot 18
  • $24.00
    • deCamp. Heroes and Hobgoblins. Signed.
    Lot 18 - [Signed] [Lot 18] deCamp, L. Sprague. Heroes and Hobgoblins. Donald M. Grant, Kingston, RI, 1983. Limited first edition. One of 1250 copies signed by both deCamp and illustrator, Tim Kirk. 8vo. Hardcover and dust jacket. Near fine. Price clipped.
  • $24.00
    • 2 vols. Walter Damrosch & Family. 1 Signed.
    [Biography] [Lot 17] 2 volumes. (1) Damrosch, Walter. My Musical Life. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1923. Golden Jubilee Edition. No. 150 of 450 copies. Signed by Damrosch on limitation page. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Minor wear. (2) Martin, George. The Damrosch Dynasty. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1983. 8vo. Hardcover and dust jacket. Minor wear. - Lot 17
  • $0.00
    • 2 vols. Walter Damrosch & Family. 1 Signed.
    Lot 17 - [Biography] [Lot 17] 2 volumes. (1) Damrosch, Walter. My Musical Life. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1923. Golden Jubilee Edition. No. 150 of 450 copies. Signed by Damrosch on limitation page. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Minor wear. (2) Martin, George. The Damrosch Dynasty. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1983. 8vo. Hardcover and dust jacket. Minor wear.
  • $0.00
    • 2 vols. 11th and 16th Maine Regimental Histories.
    [Civil War] 2 volumes. (1) Brady Robert; A Committee of the Regimental Association The Story of One Regiment: The Eleventh Maine Infantry Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion. New York, J.J. Little, 1896. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt spine. Minor wear, title page detached, front hinge weak. Probably one of the best of the Maine regimental histories; highly detailed and highly personal; revealing for the Atlanta and Petersburg campaigns.- Nevins I, p. 127. (2) Small, A.R. The Sixteenth Maine Regiment in the War of the Rebellion. B. Thurston & Co., Portland, ME, 1896. 8vo. Publishers red cloth, gilt. Moderate wear and staining to boards, some spotting, old stain to first few pages. More an autobiography than a regimental study; Small followed this work with his more valuable Road to Richmond.-Nevins I, p. 159. Dornbusch I, ME-101. - Lot 19
  • $137.50
    • 2 vols. 11th and 16th Maine Regimental Histories.
    Lot 19 - [Civil War] 2 volumes. (1) Brady Robert; A Committee of the Regimental Association The Story of One Regiment: The Eleventh Maine Infantry Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion. New York, J.J. Little, 1896. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt spine. Minor wear, title page detached, front hinge weak. Probably one of the best of the Maine regimental histories; highly detailed and highly personal; revealing for the Atlanta and Petersburg campaigns.- Nevins I, p. 127. (2) Small, A.R. The Sixteenth Maine Regiment in the War of the Rebellion. B. Thurston & Co., Portland, ME, 1896. 8vo. Publishers red cloth, gilt. Moderate wear and staining to boards, some spotting, old stain to first few pages. More an autobiography than a regimental study; Small followed this work with his more valuable Road to Richmond.-Nevins I, p. 159. Dornbusch I, ME-101.
  • $137.50
    • Gerrish. Army Life: A Privates Reminiscenes...
    [Civil War] [Lot 20] Gerrish, Theodore. Army Life: A Private's Reminiscences of the Civil War. Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, Portland, 1882. First edition. 8vo. Original blindstamp blue cloth, gilt lettering. Minor wear. Minor toning to pages, some spotting. Contemporary library bookplate of Harvey Blaisdell, his signature to final text page. As a member of the 20th Maine, Gerrish and the rest of the Army of the Potomac were part of some of the most iconic battles of the Civil War including Antietam, Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania, and of course the Battle of Gettysburg. Also the book that laid the foundations for the Chamberlain Myth at Gettysburg. Gerrish account of the events on Little Round Top are secondhand as he was in an army hospital in Philadelphia during the battle of Gettysburg. Nevins, I 93. - Lot 20
  • $45.50
    • Gerrish. Army Life: A Privates Reminiscenes...
    Lot 20 - [Civil War] [Lot 20] Gerrish, Theodore. Army Life: A Private's Reminiscences of the Civil War. Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, Portland, 1882. First edition. 8vo. Original blindstamp blue cloth, gilt lettering. Minor wear. Minor toning to pages, some spotting. Contemporary library bookplate of Harvey Blaisdell, his signature to final text page. As a member of the 20th Maine, Gerrish and the rest of the Army of the Potomac were part of some of the most iconic battles of the Civil War including Antietam, Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania, and of course the Battle of Gettysburg. Also the book that laid the foundations for the Chamberlain Myth at Gettysburg. Gerrish account of the events on Little Round Top are secondhand as he was in an army hospital in Philadelphia during the battle of Gettysburg. Nevins, I 93.
  • $45.50
    • Dore. Dantes Inferno.
    [Illustrated] [Lot 16] Alighieri, Dante. Illustrated by Gustave Dore.. Dante's Inferno. Cassell & Company. New York, c.1899. 4to. xxiv, 183 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 75 full page illustrations by Gustave Dore. Publishers mustard cloth, decorations in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Minor wear, some chipping to spine cloth. Gutter cracked to p74/5. - Lot 16
  • $192.50
    • Dore. Dantes Inferno.
    Lot 16 - [Illustrated] [Lot 16] Alighieri, Dante. Illustrated by Gustave Dore.. Dante's Inferno. Cassell & Company. New York, c.1899. 4to. xxiv, 183 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 75 full page illustrations by Gustave Dore. Publishers mustard cloth, decorations in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Minor wear, some chipping to spine cloth. Gutter cracked to p74/5.
  • $192.50
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