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Falls Church, VA, United States
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Fall Rare Book, Manuscript & Ephemera Auction
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Quinn's Auction Galleries proudly presents our Fall Rare Book, Manuscript and Ephemera Auction. The sale features a collection of brand new Easton Press books, fine bindings from Bayntun Binding, naturalist prints, maps and signed editions. Further highlights of this sale include an artist copy of Eloge de la Table, a signed first edition copy of Carl Sagan?s Contact, as well as a signed and limited copy of A Fable By William Faulkner. The auction also features a significant selection of ephemera, such as a signed sketch of DNA by James D. Watson and newspapers from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a scrapbook featuring signatures of presidents and other notable political figures. We are also proud to present an extensive collection of NASA images and naturalist prints and maps.
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![[Signed] Contact](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307483_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![[Signed] A Fable](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307453_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![26 vols. Franklin Library: [Franklin Library] 26 illustrated limited edition works from the Franklin Library. 8vo. All finely bound in leather with gilt stamping. Gilt on all text block edges. Silk moire end papers. Silk](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307372_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762877435)
![28 vols. Franklin Library: [Franklin Library] 28 illustrated limited edition works from the Franklin Library. 8vo. All finely bound in leather with gilt stamping. Gilt on all text block edges. Silk moire end papers. Silk](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307373_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762877567)
![4 Vols. On Art.: [Art] 4 volumes on art. ++"The Vatican. All The Paintings." In slipcase and shrink wrapped. ++"The Louvre, All The Paintings." In slipcase and shrink wrapped. ++ "The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci."](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307374_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![2 Vols. Religion. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 2 volumes on religion. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. ++"The Buddhism of Tibet." L.A. Waddell. 8vo. 598 pp. Missing cloth](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307375_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![3 Vols. The War For The Union. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 3 volumes. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. Each volume is shrink wrapped. "The War For The Union" Evert A. Duyckinck.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307376_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![7 Vols. Travel. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 7 volumes. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. ++ "The Pilgrimage To Al-Madinah And Meccah." Sir R.F. Burton. In cloth slipcase.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307377_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![Atlas Major of 1665. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] Atlas Major of 1665. Joan Blaue. Leather cover, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. 594 maps, folio. 512pp. Shrink wrapped. Condition: As New/VF.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307378_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![6 Vols. Miscellaneous Folio Society: [Folio Society] 6 volumes miscellaneous Folio Society. Cloth covers and slipcases. ++ Shackleton's Antarctica. Ernest Shackleton. 3 volumes including South. Includes map-case. ++ "The Fables of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307379_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![5 Vols. Literature. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 5 volumes on literature. Leather cover, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. ++"The Grapes of Wrath." John Steinbeck, illustrated by Owen Smith.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307380_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![The Fountainhead. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] "The Fountainhead." Ayn Rand. Octavo. 760pp. Edition of 1,943. Leather cover with cloth slipcase, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges. Smyth-sewn text block. Condition:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307381_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![4 Vols. A Tale of Two Cities. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 2 sets a total of 4 volumes." A Tale of Two Cities." The two volume set includes 16 illustrations with 9 watercolor portraits .8vo. Each set is out of a limitation of 800. One of the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307382_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![2 Vols. From Wagner's Ring Cycle. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 2 volumes from Wagner's Ring Cycle. Volume I: The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie & Seigfried. Volume II: The Twilight of the Gods. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 64 color illustrations.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307383_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![2 Vols. Jack London. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 2 volumes of Jules Verne. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges. Smyth-sewn text block. ++ "The Call of the Wild." In green cloth clam shell case. Octavo.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307384_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![2 Vols. Anderson's Complete Voyages...Easton Press: [Easton Press] 2 volumes. Folio. "Anderson's Complete Voyages Round the World" by Captain James Cook. All volumes shrink wrapped. Leather cover, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307385_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![3 Vols. of Mark Twain. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 3 volumes of Mark Twain. Cloth clam shell cases with leather covers and slipcases, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. ++ The Adventures of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307386_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![3 Vols. Charles Dickens. Easton Press: [Easton Press] 3 volumes, all editioned. ++Charles Dickens. ++ The Adventures of Oliver Twist. In slipcase. Leather spine, quarter leather with marbled boards. ++ "David Copperfield." Shrink wrapped](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307387_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762878741)
![3 Vols Roberts' Holy Land, Egypt Etc;.Easton Press: [Easton Press] 3 volumes, Roberts' Holy Land, Egypt Etc;. Limitation 382 of 800. 4to. Includes 2 engraved maps, full and half page tinted lithographs. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307388_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![3 Vols. Easton Press. Civil War.: [Easton Press] 3 volumes. Folio. "Soldier In Our Civil War" ++"The Complete Kurz & Allison Civil War Art Print Portfolio." Reproduction of the 1884 original. All volumes shrink wrapped. Leather](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307389_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![4 Vols. Fairy Tales. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 4 volumes of fairy tales. ++Grimm's Fairy Tales." Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Number 359 of 800 edition. Includes 40 full color illustrations. 4to. 344pp. ++ "Alice's Adventures In](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307390_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![6 Vols. Fairy Tales. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 6 volumes of Fairy Tales. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. ++ "The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales." ++ " Edmund Dulac's](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307391_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![3 Vols. Arthurian Legends. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 3 volumes Arthurian legends. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. Silk moire end papers. ++ "Le Morte D'Arthur." Sir Thomas](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307392_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![2 Vols. on Arabian Nights. Easton Press: [Easton Press] 2 volumes Arthurian legends. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges, Smyth-sewn text block. Silk moire end papers. ++ "Princess Badoura: A Tale from the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307393_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![4 Vols. History. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 4 volumes of history. ++ 2 volumes. "Froissart's Chronicles." Limitation 111 of 500. Total of 170 illustrations including 116 woodcuts and 70 color illustrations. 8vo. Red cloth](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307394_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
![5 Vols. The Count of Monte-Cristo. Easton Press.: [Easton Press] 5 volumes The Count of Monte-Cristo. Alexander Dumas. 8vo. One of a limitation of 800. Includes illustrations. Leather covers, 22kt gold spine detail and gilded text block edges.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/179/395733/219307395_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1762543189)
