Willow Auction House's Fall Great Estates Curated Auction features nearly 200 lots of first edition books, furniture, artwork and ethnographic items.
The sale features a large selection of books from a private New York City collector, including first editions and publications in their original serialized parts by George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte, H.G. Wells, William Makepeace Thackeray and Charles Dickens.
Also up for auction is a variety of mid-century modern, oak and English furniture, including pieces by Tommi Parzinger, Paul Evans, Eames and Harvey Probber.
The sale also includes a large selection of artwork, including paintings by William Merritt Chase, Hermann Herzog, David Burliuk and Alfred Kowalski, as well as an Andy Warhol Cow Screenprint on wallpaper, and a large Franz Bergman cold painted bronze.
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LOT 142:
5 Books on Thomas Hardy
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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sales tax: 6.625%
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5 Books on Thomas Hardy
5 books on Thomas Hardy.
A.P. Webb. A Bibliography of the Works of Thomas Hardy 1865-1915. First edition, 1916. Frank Hollings, London. Stanley J. Keyes bookplate, ex-libris. Corners bumped, some fraying to spine.
Lionel Johnson. The Art of Thomas Hardy. First edition, 1894. Elkin Matthews and John Lane, London; Dodd, Mead and Company, New York. Boards worn and discolored, fraying and wear to spine, corners bumped and worn, pages warped along top edge, notations in pencil title page and rear pastedown.
Samuel C. Chew. Thomas Hardy Poet & Novelist. 1928. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. With paper dust jacket. Corners bumped, some wear to corners, tears and losses to dust jacket (some pieces present).
F. Outwin Saxelby. A Thomas Hardy Dictionary. The Characters and Scenes of the Novels and Poems. Alphabetically Arranged and Described. 1911. George Routledge and Sons, Limited, London; E.P. Dutton and Co., New York; The Musson Book Company, Ltd., Toronto. Corners bumped, fraying and wear to spine, some wear to edges, binding loose.
A. Edward Newton. Thomas Hardy, Novelist or Poet? First edition, 1929. Privately printed by Edward Stern & Co., Inc., Philadelphia. From a limited edition of 950 copies. In blue cloth case. Tears, losses and wear to case (some pieces present).
Webb, Johnson, Chew, Outwin, Newton all Sotheby Parke Bernet, sale 3605, lot 609, 2/28 - 2/29, 1974; all private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition: Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Photos are considered part of the condition report. Complete condition information is available by request, no later than 24 hours prior to the auction. All lots are offered and sold "as is", and Willow Auctions will not provide refunds based on condition. Timepiece movements, lighting and electrics have not been tested, and art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated.
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