The Library of Robert Easton, Part I 2015-07-25 Auction - 264 Price Results - Addison & Sarova Auctioneers in GA - Page 6
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Shelf-Lot [Proverbs, Maxims, & Aphorisms] 49 itemsLanguage, Proverbs, History [Group of 4]Proverbs, Maxims, Lore [Group of 3]
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Macon, GA, United States
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The Library of Robert Easton, Part I

We are proud to be offering this huge collection of books from the Robert Easton Library. This lot will feature small groups of rare books as well as larger shelf-lots. The final lot of the sale features approximately 100,000 books (see catalogue for details) in what may be the largest single shelf-lot in history.
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Shelf-Lot [Folklore & Anthropology] 14 items: 1: Swynnerton. Indian Nights' Entertainment; or, Folk-Tales from the Upper Indus. London, 1892. Publisher's decorative green cloth. Illustrated throughout, spine and corners lightly scuffed,
0121: Shelf-Lot [Folklore & Anthropology] 14 itemsEst. US$300-US$500
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Shelf-Lot [Anthropology, Culture] 15 items: 1: Oriental and Occidental Northern and Southern Portrait Types of the Midway Plaisance. St. Louis, 1894. A profusion of large photographic plates. Spine lacking, boards detached, contents clean.
0122: Shelf-Lot [Anthropology, Culture] 15 itemsEst. US$100-US$200
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Shelf-Lot [Anthropology, Culture] 16 items: 1: Burton, Isabel. The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land. London, 1876. 2 vols. Publisher's cloth. Photo frontis. Tears to cloth along hinges and spine, contents clean. ****
0123: Shelf-Lot [Anthropology, Culture] 16 itemsEst. US$200-US$300
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Card File Cabinet [Wit & Humor]: One of the most unique items from the Robert Easton collection. This antique card-file is filled with thousands of note-cards of jokes, both typed and some jokes clipped and laid onto cards. Each
0124: Card File Cabinet [Wit & Humor]Est. US$1,000-US$1,500
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Humor, Adages [Group of 3]: 1: The Festival of Wit: or, The Small Talker. London: Holland, 1782. xii, 210 pp. Rare. Later 1/2 red morocco, cup ring to front board, else VG. **** 2: Vivis. De recta ingenuorum
0125: Humor, Adages [Group of 3]Est. US$300-US$500
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Wit & Humor [Group of 3]: 1: The Humours of the Times, Being a Collection of Several Curious Pieces… London, 1771. [3], vi-viii, 176, [1], ix-xii, 177-406 pp. 19th c. cloth over cloth, label in gilt rubbed, some
0126: Wit & Humor [Group of 3]Est. US$200-US$300
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Wit & Humor [Group of 3, in 4 vol.]: 1: Le Roux. Dictionaire Comique, Satyrique, Critique, Burlesque…& Proverbial. Amsterdam, 1718. [4], 540 pp. 1/2 morocco, boards held by cloth at head and tail, ink-stamp to title, contents
0127: Wit & Humor [Group of 3, in 4 vol.]Est. US$200-US$300
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Wit & Humor, Folklore [Group of 3]: 1: The Masque: A new and Select Collection of the best English, Scotch, and Irish Songs, Catches€To which is added a complete Collection of various Toast, Sentiments, and Hob Nobs€. London:
0128: Wit & Humor, Folklore [Group of 3]Est. US$300-US$500Lot Passed
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Wit & Humor [Group of 3, in 4 vol]: 1: Vida y Heches de Estebanillo Gonzalez, Hombre de buen Humor…. Madrid: Ruiz, 1795. 2 vols. [6], 344; [8], 287, [1] pp. Period vellum somewhat soiled, contents clean overall with old
0129: Wit & Humor [Group of 3, in 4 vol]Est. US$100-US$200
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Wit & Humor [Group of 3, in 6 v.]: 1: An Essay on the Art of ingeniously Tormenting with Proper Rules for the Exercise of that Pleasant Art. London: Millar, 1757. Engraved frontis, [2], 111, [1], 232, 233-234 pp. (Note that page
0130: Wit & Humor [Group of 3, in 6 v.]Est. US$100-US$200
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Wit & Humor [Group of 3 v.]: 1: The Fashionable Tell-Tale. London: Gardner, 1787. 2 vols bound in one. Viii, 211, [1]; [2], 210 pp. Full marbled calf, block split down spine though intact, contents quite clean, one leaf
0131: Wit & Humor [Group of 3 v.]Est. US$200-US$300
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 30 items: 1: Clark. Kit Bam's Adventures. Boston, 1856. Illus. by George Cruikshank. Blue gilt-stamped cloth. VG. **** 2: Scrapiana; Or, Elegant Extracts of Wit. London, 1824. Frontis. Publisher's
0132: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 30 itemsEst. US$100-US$200
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 27 items: 1: The Facetiae, Or Jocose Tales of Poggio, Now first translated into English with the Latin text. Paris, 1879. 2 volumes, printed parchment wraps, wraps toned, previous owner's sig. to titles,
0133: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 27 itemsEst. US$150-US$250
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 31 items: 1: Salmagundi; or, The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. NY, 1820. 2 volumes bound in 1. Frontispieces. Original cloth, section of cloth cut from spine, some mild foxing
0134: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 31 itemsEst. US$100-US$200
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 60 items: 1: 14 issues of Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang. All from 1920s in decorative paper wraps. VG. **** 2: A Son of Rest. Chicago, 1903. Paper wraps. Good. **** 3: The Percy Anecdotes…to Which
0135: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 60 itemsEst. US$100-US$200
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 27 items: 1: Blackmantle. The Punster's Ocket-Book. London, 1826. Illus. by Robert Cruikshank. Period 1/2 calf, front hinge cracked, VG. **** 2: The Encyclopaedia of Anecdote and Wit. London, 1825. 2
0136: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 27 itemsEst. US$100-US$200
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 50 items: 1: Halliwell. Tarlton's Jests, and News Out of Purgatory. London, 1844. Publ. cloth, chipping to head and tail of spine, contents clean. **** 2: Merrie Conceited Iests, of George Peele…
0137: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 50 itemsEst. US$100-US$200
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 29 items: 1: Mansfield. Blown Away, A Nonsensical Narrative. Boston, 1897. Publisher's pictorial yellow cloth stamped in blue and red. Cloth with some soiling, contents clean. **** 2: Jeaffreson.
0138: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 29 itemsEst. US$100-US$150
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 33 items: 1: Seward. The Spirit of Anecdote and Wit. London, 1823. Four volumes in uniform navy straight-grained morocco in gilt, all edges gilt, minor scuffing to spine ends, else VG with contents clean
0139: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 33 itemsEst. US$100-US$200
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 31 items: 1: Kirkland. The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes of the Rebellion, or the Funny and Pathetic Side of the War. St. Louis, 1889. Red pictorial cloth, spine stained and with chip, remnants of
0140: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 31 itemsEst. US$100-US$150
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 31 items: 1: The Library of Wit and Humor. Philadelphia, 1884-6. 5 vols. Gilt-stamped blue cloth, and excellent set. **** 2: The Book of 1000 Comical Stories; and Endless Repast of Fun. NY, 1859.
0141: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 31 itemsEst. US$80-US$120
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 29 items: 1: Mathews. Friends for the Fireside. London, 1860. 2 vols, green cloth, spines faded and repair to lower spine of vol one, titles with some foxing, overall VG. **** 2: Byron. Mirth. A
0142: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 29 itemsEst. US$100-US$150
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 17 items: 1: Figaro in London. London, [6 volumes from the 1830s]. 1/2 morocco bindings in various states of condition, most with rubs and scuffs, contents clean. **** 2: The London Minstrel…for the
0143: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 17 itemsEst. US$100-US$200
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Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 23 items: 1: Museo Comico, O Tesoro de los Chistes. Madrid, 1863-4. 2 vols bound in 1. Period full calf, spine gilt, rubbing to spine, VG. **** 2: The Life and Adventures…of Private Miles O'Reilly.
0144: Shelf-Lot [Wit & Humor] 23 itemsEst. US$100-US$150
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