BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski’s next estate auction will take place on Sunday, June 5, and features many lots of antique and vintage books from the personal collection of a Belmont, Massachusetts, book collector.
Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com
The book collection includes numerous large lots of hardbound books with leather covers or leather accents to bindings including a six-volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser (1810), a five-volume set of The Works of Peter Pindar Esq. (1794); a three-volume set of Oeuvres Complettes de M. Gesner; Memoir of Payson; A Grammar of Botany (1818); Henriade by Voltaire (1820); Imitation of Christ (1802); and Paul et Virginie (1829) to name a few.
Other lots include many books on the local history of the New England sailing industry, specific titles to include: Mr. Whistler’s Ten O’clock (1916). Fine art volumes include Art Rodin; Moving the Obelisks by Bern Dibner; a 10-volume set of the Dictionaire des Peintres, Sculpteures, Dessinateurs et Graveurs; Narrative of Operations … in Egypt by Belzoni (1821) and others. First edition entries include: Mother Hunt and other Rex Stout first editions by David R. Anderson; as well as a nine volume set of Parley’s Magazine and others.
In addition to the books there is a selection of ephemera to include English indentures dated 1869; as well as British Railways travel posters.
Other June 5 auction highlights include a Louis Vuitton cube steamer trunk, a Federal eagle crest mirror and important paintings by Hugo Scheiber, Charles Levier and Giuseppe Alberto Cocco. There is also a wide array of Asian art and antiques, fine art, furnishings and ephemera.
The sale will be conducted at the Kaminski Auctions gallery, 117 Elliott St. (Mass. Route 62) in Beverly beginning at 8 a.m.