Estate of John R. Gregg, Jr-York, Maine_Day 1 2021-02-05 Auction - 404 Price Results - John McInnis Auctioneers,LLC in MAINE - Page 7
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JOHN URRY "WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER" 1721JOHN J. AUDUBON (1785-1851)NAVAJO WOOL RUG
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York, ME, United States
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Estate of John R. Gregg, Jr-York, Maine_Day 1

-Sale to include Native American Rugs, Blankets and Jewelry as well as Inuit-carved soapstone and artwork, Ephemera including: Rare Autographs, Signed photographs, Ancient Chinese Currency, Extensive collection of Early American Pattern Glass as well as Art Glass Jewelry, Asian Porcelain, sterling silver flatware and hollowware, Artwork: (2) Leon Dabo, Ben Foster, Franklin de Haven, (2) John J. Audubon, Lawrence Mazzanovich, etc, Musical Instruments: 1912 Steinway Grand Piano, Mosrite of California Double Neck Guitar, Fender "Telecaster" An extensive private library of books which he both collected veraciously as well as inherited from a number of allied families who lived in both Chicago and Manhatten. Subjects include but are not limited to: Canadian and Arctic exploration, Native Americans and their decorative arts, Canoeing, Inuits, American Revolutionary War; Novels and poetry by William Shakespeare, Keats and Shelley, Marlowe, Bierce, Douglas, as well as plays etc.

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Born April 25, 1935 in Manhattan, N.Y. to John Robert Gregg, inventor of Gregg shorthand, and Janet Kinley Gregg, daughter of economist David Kinley, he worked briefly as an editor for the Sierra Club in San Francisco before moving to York, Maine in 1967, where he lived the rest of his life winter, spring and fall. Summers he spent at his beloved cottage on the French River, Ontario.

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WILLIAM COWPER "THE TASK A POEM" 1855: Illustrated by Birket Foster. London, Nisbet and Co. 1855. Folthore hardcover leather bound. 8 1/4 x 6 inches.
1143: WILLIAM COWPER "THE TASK A POEM" 1855Est. $200-$400
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CHARLES ST. JOHN "THE HIGHLANDS" 1846: Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History London. John Murray. hardcover 3/4 leather bound. 7 x 4 3/4 inches.
1148: CHARLES ST. JOHN "THE HIGHLANDS" 1846Est. $25-$50
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LETTERS OF JUNIUS 1807: Second American Edition. Philadelphia. M. Carey. 1807. hardcover paper bound. 8 x 5 inches
1149: LETTERS OF JUNIUS 1807Est. $25-$50
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THOMAS GRAY POEMS AND LETTERS 1867: London, Chiswick Press 1867. Illustrated with albumen photographic prints. hardcover leather bound. 11 x 9 inches.
1150: THOMAS GRAY POEMS AND LETTERS 1867Est. $100-$200
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JOHN URRY "WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER" 1721: London. Printed for Bernard Lintot 15 1/2 x 10 inches. hardcover leather bound.
1154: JOHN URRY "WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER" 1721Est. $500-$1,000
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JOHN STEINBECK "NOTHING SO MONTROUS" 1936: Privately printed for Elmer Adler, 1936. Presentation copy from Elmer Adler to Alfred C. Howell, December 1936. hardcover paper bound 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. First separate printing in an edition of
1156: JOHN STEINBECK "NOTHING SO MONTROUS" 1936Est. $100-$300
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1767 MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN: In Four Volumes. London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson. 7 x 4 inches
1158: 1767 MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDENEst. $100-$300
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MARK TWAIN & BRET HARTE "AH SIN" 1961: Edited by Frederick Anderson, Book Club of America, San Francisco 1961. hardcover cloth bound Presented in a 1/2 leather slip case 10 x 6 1/4 inches.
1159: MARK TWAIN & BRET HARTE "AH SIN" 1961Est. $25-$50
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