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The Alfred Cheney Johnston Collection

301 items

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Lot 100
Old French Fairy Tales: Comtesse De Segur


Illus. Virginia Francis Sterrett. The Penn Publishing Co.: Phila...

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Lot 101
Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest, Illus. Dulac


Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton: London. 1908, Blue cloth with...

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Lot 102
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates


Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the...

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Lot 103
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales


Retold by A.T. Quiller-Couch. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Hodder...

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Lot 104
Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book


Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Hodder...

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Lot 105
Stories From Hans Anderson. Illus. by Dulac


Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton Limited: London. No...

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Lot 106
The Pageant of Venice. Hutton & Brangwyn


By Edward Hutton. Illus. by Frank Brangwyn. John Lane The Bodley...

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Lot 107
Sinbad The Sailor and Other Stories...


Sinbad The Sailor and Other Stories from the Arabian Nights. Illus...

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Lot 108
Stories From The Arabian Nights. Housman & Dulac


Retold by Laurence Housman with Drawings by Edmund Dulac. Hodder...

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Lot 109
Our Country. A Household History...Lossing. 3 Vols


Our Country. A Household History For All Readers, From The...

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Lot 110
Franklin Booth: 60 Repros. From Original Drawings


Franklin Booth: Sixty Reproductions From Original Drawings With An...

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Lot 111
English Fairy Tales. Steel & Rackham


Retold by Flora Annie Steel. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. The...

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112
Lot 112
Fairy Tales By Hans Anderson Illus. by Kay Nielsen


Hodder and Stoughton Limited: London. No date, c. 1910-1920. light...

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Lot 113
Japanese Colour Prints by Basil Stewart


Japanese Colour Prints and the Subjects They Illustrate by Basil...

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Lot 114
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illus. Doris Palmer


Leopold B. Hill: 2 Langham Place WI. Printed in Great Britain by...

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Lot 115
Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory


Le Morte Darthur: The History of King Arthur and His Noble Knights...

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Lot 116
Old Chinatown by Arnold Genthe


With Text by Will Irwin. Mitchell Kennerley: New York. Printed at...

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Lot 117
The Nightingale and Other Stories...Illus. Dulac


The Nightingale and Other Stories From Hans Andersen with...

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Lot 118
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illus. Dulac


Rendered Into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald With...

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Lot 119
Life and Work of Edwin Austin Abbey, R.A. by Lucas


Edwin Austin Abbey Royal Academician: The Record of His Life and...

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Lot 120
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates


Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the...

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Lot 121
Die Gottliche Komodie / La Divina Commedia. Bayros


Dante Alighieri. Illus. Franz von Bayros. Amalthea Verlag: Vienna...

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Lot 122
Norman Rockwell Illustrator. Signed by Rockwell


Arthur L. Guptill. Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc.: New York...

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Lot 123
Spanish Gardens and Patios. Mildred & Arthur Byne


Spanish Gardens and Patios: Illustrated with 175 examples...

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Lot 124
Pancirola Notitia. 1608. War Manual of Late Empire


In Latin, full title: Notitia Utraque Dignitatum Cum Orientis, Tum...

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125
Lot 125
Daguerreotypist and Photographer's Companion.1860


From the Practical Series. Henry Carey Baird: Philadelphia...

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Lot 126
Group of 5 Charles Dana Gibson Books


Includes 3: "Americans Drawn by C.D. Gibson" (R.H. Russell: New...

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Lot 127
Enchanting Beauty by Alfred Cheney Johnston.


Swan Publications: New York. 1937. Spiral bound soft over in...

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Lot 128
Group of 7 House, Architecture and Garden Books


Includes: Williamsburg Restoration Reproductions (1956), The...

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Lot 129
2 Folios. Illustrations of Franz von Bayros


Includes: Franz von Bayros Exlibris, having 39 tipped in...

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Lot 130
Group of 8 Artist Related Books


Includes: The Sculpture of Max Kalish, Charcoals of Old New York...

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Lot 131
Group of 6 Penrose's Pictorial Annuals.


1909-12, 1920, 1931-32. Various conditions.

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Lot 132
Group of 10 Advertising Arts & Crafts.


Eastern and National Editions. 1924-26. Various conditions.

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Lot 133
Group of 3 Books. Italy, France, Constantinople


Includes: Constantinople by Alexander van Millingen (1906), Italy...

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Lot 134
2 Books Illustrated by Kay Neilsen


Includes: East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales From the...

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Lot 135
6 Books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham


Includes: Rip Van Winkle (1910), Hawthorne's Wonder Book (no...

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Lot 136
Group of 6 German Subject Books


Includes: Zur Geschichte Der Costume (full of hand-colored...

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Lot 137
Group of 6 Author Signed Books


Includes: Broadway Heartbeat by Bernard Sobel (1953), Etiquette by...

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Lot 138
Group of 15 Art Related Books


Includes: Action in Art, Paolo Veronese, 5 Modern Sculpture Series...

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Lot 139
Group of 8 Illustrated Books


Includes: Rogues in Porcelain compiled and decorated by John...

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Lot 140
Set of 10 "Picturesque Series" of Misc. Countries


Includes: Palestine, Scandinavia, North Africa, Spain, Great...

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Lot 141
Group of 15 Photography and Trade Related Books


Includes: Das Deutsche Lichtbild, Photograms of the Year 1920, US...

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Lot 142
Group of 17 Misc. Novels and Literature


All cloth bound. Early to mid 20th century. Various conditions.

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Lot 143
Group of 12 Misc. Books


4 Leather bound, all other cloth. Various dates, titles and...

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Lot 149
Art Deco Upholstered Bench


Featured in many photos, reupholstered circa 1980, 48" x 20" x...

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Lot 150
Beguelin Houriet 18K gold Pocket Watch


In Tiffany Box (Not original), not running, Patent Lever Mvt. Late...

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Lot 151
Art Deco Upholstered Stool


Featured in Many Photos Diameter 27" Height: 18"

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Lot 152
Renaissance revival Savonarola chair C 1870


featured in many ACJ photos, 40" T x 21" D x 24" W

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Lot 153
Art deco French upholstered chair


featured in many ACJ Photos, As-is, needs restoration, was stored...

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Lot 154
Personal Effects of Robert Johnston


Father of ACJ, Includes Ivory & Gold Presentation Swagger stick...

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