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WILLIAM LESTER STEVENS (American, 1888-1969)VERY FINE CHINESE INLAID IRON TRIPOD CENSERFRANCIS BACON (British, 1909-1992)
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Bedford, NY, United States
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Important Estates | November 22

FEATURING: - Nearly 200 lots from the 12-acre homestead of a late Greenwich nonagenarian - A collection of unique contemporary art & furnishings from the late Joseph S. Blank, Jr., former board member of The Neuberger Museum of Art - Paintings, silver, and jewelry from a Greenwich, CT socialite - Important Chinese art and Antiques from a nonagenarian lifelong appraiser - Fine Antiques from a North Salem, NY collector - Antique jewelry and an important rug from a NYC estate - Artwork from a Katonah, NY collector - Over 2,000 troy ounces of silver bullion from a Fairfield, CT collection - Over four pounds of international and American gold coins from a Pleasantville, NY collection - And much more!
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(4pc) ELEAZAR ALBIN (1690-1742), ENGRAVINGS: colored bird engravings, including "The Cock & Hen Reed Sparrow," "The green Wren," "The Nuthach," and the "Pied Chaffinch; with "A Natural History of Birds" labels on verso h. 10-1/2 w. 8 in.,
0195: (4pc) ELEAZAR ALBIN (1690-1742), ENGRAVINGSEst. US$400-US$600
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(5pc) MARIE LAURENCIN (French, 1883-1956): colored etching h. 6-3/4 w. 3-3/4 in., sight overall: 10-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. colored etchings, each pencil signed, of low edition; including "La Ronde" and others Provenance: The estate of a
0196: (5pc) MARIE LAURENCIN (French, 1883-1956)Est. US$1,000-US$1,500
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(4pc) J.M. CROWLEY (American, 19th C.), DRAWINGS: the Hobbs family pencil on paper early 19th century folk art family group, including 2 drawings of children with prominent 'puffy sleeves,' framed as one, facing each other, signed lower right
0199: (4pc) J.M. CROWLEY (American, 19th C.), DRAWINGSEst. US$1,000-US$2,000
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JAMES S. KING (American, 1852-1925), ETCHING: George Washington etching pencil signed lower right, tissue paper; with "Crosby & Company Art Galleries... NY" label on verso Provenance: Property of a nonagenarian Westport, CT gentleman
0200: JAMES S. KING (American, 1852-1925), ETCHINGEst. US$300-US$500
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(2vol) DEFOE, DANIEL (1660-1731): "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner... London, John Stockdale, 1790." 8vo. illustrated with 17 plates drawn by Stothard and engraved by Medland; bound
0201: (2vol) DEFOE, DANIEL (1660-1731)Est. US$300-US$500
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(2vol) ROBINSON CRUSOE, THIRD EDITION: Defoe, Daniel (1660–1731), "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner... The Third Edition, London: W. Taylor, 1719." 8vo, in two volumes, vol. 1 with
0202: (2vol) ROBINSON CRUSOE, THIRD EDITIONEst. US$1,200-US$1,800
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ARTHUR RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED GULLIVER: Gulliver's Travels... by Jonathan Swift, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London and New York: J. M. Dent & Co. and E. P. Dutton & Co., 1909, 8vo, FIRST TRADE EDITION, bound in full green leather
0203: ARTHUR RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED GULLIVEREst. US$300-US$500
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TROLLOPE, FRANCES: THE MOTHER: [Trollope, Frances] The Mother's Manual or Illustrations of Matrimonial Economy, An Essay in Verse, with Twenty Plates, London: Treutel, Wurtz and Richter, 1833, with 20 color plates. First
0204: TROLLOPE, FRANCES: THE MOTHEREst. US$500-US$1,000
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE FIRST ISSUE, SCARLET LETTER: "The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850," 8vo., original blind-stamped brown cloth, first edition, first issue, title page printed in black
0206: NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE FIRST ISSUE, SCARLET LETTEREst. US$500-US$1,000
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FIRST EDITION of THOREAU'S WALDEN WITH AUTOGRAPH: "Walden; or, Life in the Woods. By Henry D. Thoreau, ...Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854," first edition, lithographic map facing page 307, 8 pages of publisher's ads inserted between end papers
0207: FIRST EDITION of THOREAU'S WALDEN WITH AUTOGRAPHEst. US$2,000-US$4,000
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(3vol) THOREAU FIRSTS SIGNED BY WHITTIER: three first editions by Henry David Thoreau, each with tipped-in autograph of poet John Greenleaf Whittier (American, 1807-1892), all published Boston: Thicknor and Fields, including: Excursions,
0208: (3vol) THOREAU FIRSTS SIGNED BY WHITTIEREst. US$500-US$1,000
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FIRST EDITION TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: De la Démocratie en Amérique by Alexis de Tocqueville, Paris: Bourgogne and Martinet for Charles Gosselin, 1835, 8vo, with hand colored folding map, in two volumes, first edition (of the first
0209: FIRST EDITION TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICAEst. US$3,000-US$5,000
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WALT WHITMAN FIRST EDITION, DRUM TAPS: "Drum Taps., New York, 1865," 12mo, publisher's brown stamped cloth with gilt, first edition, second issue, bound with the separately printed "Sequel to Drum Taps. (Since the Preceding Came From
0210: WALT WHITMAN FIRST EDITION, DRUM TAPSEst. US$1,000-US$1,500
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WALT WHITMAN FIRST EDITION, SIGNED: 'After All, Not To Create Only. Recited by Walt Whitman on Invitation of Managers American Institute, on Opening their 40th Annual Exhibition, New York, noon, September 7, 1871., Boston:
0211: WALT WHITMAN FIRST EDITION, SIGNEDEst. US$300-US$500
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FIRST EDITION of POE'S 'THE RAVEN' with 'TALES': first editions of both 'The Raven' and 'Tales' bound together, including "The Raven and Other Poems. By Edgar A. Poe. New York: Wiley And Putnam, 1845," 8vo. [i-viii] [1]-91 [92, blank] [i-iv].
0212: FIRST EDITION of POE'S 'THE RAVEN' with 'TALES'Est. US$5,000-US$10,000
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[McKEE COPY] EDGAR ALLEN POE FIRST EDITION: "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Of Nantucket... New York: Harper & Brothers, 1838," 12mo, with 14-page catalogue and 2-page advertisement in the back, front wrapper with book plate of famed
0213: [McKEE COPY] EDGAR ALLEN POE FIRST EDITIONEst. US$1,000-US$1,500
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(4vol) MARK TWAIN FIRST EDITIONS: including: THE CELEEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, "and Other Sketches, edited by John Paul, New York: C. H. Webb... 1867," lacking publisher's ads, in original cloth with gilt stamped
0214: (4vol) MARK TWAIN FIRST EDITIONSEst. US$300-US$500
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JOHN MUIR BOOK, ONE OF 30 DELUXE COPIES: John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra, [Covelo, CA]: The Yolla Bolly Press, [1988], Foreword and a Note on the Text by Frederick Turner; illustrated with 12 wood engravings by Michael McCurdy,
0215: JOHN MUIR BOOK, ONE OF 30 DELUXE COPIESEst. US$500-US$1,000
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(12vol) HAWTHORNE'S WORKS: "Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne... Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company" (about 1890s), 8vo, bound; including "Our Old Home. - Septimius Felton. - Fanshawe. - The Dolliver Romance, and other
0216: (12vol) HAWTHORNE'S WORKSEst. US$100-US$200
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1665 EDITION SENECA'S TRAGEDIES: c. 1665, the title page reads, "L. ANNAEI SENECAE CORDVBENSIS, Tragoediae. / VENETIIS, CI)I)CLXV [MDCLXV] / Typis Brigoncrjs", 16mo, [1-348], bound in period vellum over boards; bookplate of
0217: 1665 EDITION SENECA'S TRAGEDIESEst. US$100-US$300
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CRUIKSHANK'S MAGAZINE, 1854: the complete two-issue run of George Cruikshank's Magazine, edited by Frank E. Smedley [Fairlegh], London: D. Bogue, 1854, with four fold-out plates, in original wrappers, with custom
0218: CRUIKSHANK'S MAGAZINE, 1854Est. US$150-US$300
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