Waverly Catalog Auction Thursday Dec. 1, 2016 2016-12-01 Auction - 433 Price Results - Quinn's Auction Galleries in VA - Page 3
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Piranesi: 1 vol (3 works) incl: LAPIDES CAPITOLINIHondius 1628 map of Virginia and the CarolinasArchive & photos TUSKEGEE AIRMEN Chas. Francis
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Falls Church, VA, United States
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Waverly Catalog Auction Thursday Dec. 1, 2016

Fine and rare books, maps, autographs and Americana with political documents and memorabilia from the estate of Rex Scouten, Chief Usher and Curator for the White House. Notable autographs by Congressman John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jaqueline B. Kennedy, Presidents Truman through Clinton, Cabinet members from Theodore Roosevelt to Carter administrations, First Ladies and Supreme Court Justices. Archive of Tuskegee airmen documents and historic photographs by Charles F. Francis, the author of "The Tuskegee Airmen," the first history of the first Negro military aviators. Signed material from NASA astronauts, signed baseball and hockey memorabilia, 2 guest books from Wash. DC landmark restaurant Paul Young's, scrapbooks, diaries and account books. Rare maps include Herman Moll CAROLINA map of Southeast US and 1628 Hondius map, "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae" showing early representation of the area from Virginia to Florida. Exceedingly rare complete 3 books by PIRANESI with LAPIDES CAPITOLINI, ANTICHITA DI CORA and LE ROVINE DEL CASTELLO bound in one vol. and 3 vols. of hand-drawn illustrations of mushrooms by mid-19thC. amateur English mycologist Miss M. F. Lewis. Flash Gordon for Union Carbide comic artwork by Al Williamson and original Tarzan illustrations by Dave Hoover, Neil Adams with science fiction books and memorabilia from the Phil Petras Collection.
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6 Firsts: H. L. Mencken, 1 w/ TLS.: Mencken, H. L. 6 Firsts.++ PREJUDICES: SECOND SERIES. Alfred A. Knopf, (1920). 1st edition. Adler & Wilhelm, p10. Tipped to ffep is a TLS by Mencken and its original envelope. TLS is to Hunter Stagg
0061: 6 Firsts: H. L. Mencken, 1 w/ TLS.Est. $160-$300
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8 books signed by Toni Morrison.: Morrison, Toni. 8 Signed Books (4 children’s, 4 for adults). 12mo-4to. Hardcover, 7 in dj. Mostly near fine.++ JAZZ. Knopf, 1992. Signed on title. ++ MERCY. Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Signed on title.
0064: 8 books signed by Toni Morrison.Est. $200-$400
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PICTURES BY MAURICE SENDAK. #190 of 500.: [Children's] PICTURES BY MAURICE SENDAK. Harper & Row, (nd), (Preface dated “1971”). #190 of 500 signed by Maurice Sendak in margin of 1st plate. Signed plate’s image is a “...reproduction
0067: PICTURES BY MAURICE SENDAK. #190 of 500.Est. $500-$800
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2 books signed by John Updike, one of 350.: Updike, John. 2 Titles, signed and limited. ++ TRUST ME: SHORT STORIES. Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. #11 of 350 signed by Updike. ++ SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. Knopf, 1989. #283 of 350 signed by Updike. ++ 8vo.
0072: 2 books signed by John Updike, one of 350.Est. $100-$150
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