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Heritage - A sale for Bibliophiles - By Bruce McKinney Lot 36007. The Whole Art of Book-Binding, 1824 Heritage Rare Book Auctions in Beverly Hills and Dallas is offering a broad selection of collectible works on paper on February 8th. The emphasis is on collectible. The sales will be conducted in two parts. The first portion, lots 36001 to 36168, will be sold at 10:00 am PST at their Beverly Hills showroom and the second part, lots 36169 to 36685 sold beginning at 4:00 pm CST at their Dallas headquarters. A careful reading of the online catalogue is worth the while. The firm provides both a starting bid and an estimate. Among the highlights of this sale are: [Americana Folk Illustration]. [Rev. William Cook]. 36006 The Eucleia, Works by... [Salem: William Cook, 1861]. First bound edition of ten pamphlets bound into one volume. Twelvemo. Illustrated with woodcuts by the author. Period binding of cloth over boards with adhered patterned fabric laid over, with printed titles and decoration. Covers and extremities well-worn with abraded edges and moderate loss. Boards are warped, possibly due to dampstaining. Some soiling, light staining, and writing present. Starting bid $1,200. Estimate $1,800 up [Peter Cottom]. 36007 The Whole Art of Book-Binding, Containing Valuable Receipts for Sprinkling, Marbling, Colouring, &c. Richmond: Published by Peter Cottom, 1824. The first American edition, from the third London edition with considerable additions. Twelvemo. iv, [5]-60 pages. Large folding plate bound at back giving the list of prices of the New York Friendly Association Master Bookbinders. Lower portion of the plate missing but a copy of the same sheet from the Huntington Library has been photocopied. Starting bid $1,250. Estimate $2,500 up
Heritage - A sale for Bibliophiles - By Bruce McKinney Washington's Farewell Address Samuel Augustus Mitchell. 36014 Description of Oregon and California, Embracing an Account of the Gold Regions... With a Large and Accurate Map of Oregon and California, Compiled from the Latest Authorities. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1849. Starting bid $3,750. Estimate $7,500 up Richard Avedon. 36050 An Autobiography. [New York: Random House, 1993]. First edition, one of 250 numbered copies (this being number 73) signed boldly by Avedon on the front free endpaper. Folio. [8], [389 unnumbered pages of black and white photographs], [31] pages. Starting bid $2,500. Estimate $3,000 up [Walt Disney Studios]. 36072 Mickey Mouse in King Arthur's Court. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933]. First edition. Quarto. 48 pages with four amazing pop-up scenes, all in excellent condition, Starting bid: $1,200. Estimate $1,800 up Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. 36085 The Cat in the Hat. [New York]: Random House, [1957]. First edition, first issue, with "200/200" on front flap of dust jacket, flat rather than glazed boards, and no mention of the Beginner's Books series on back cover. Starting bid: $1,250. Estimate $2,500 up Truman Capote. 36095 Breakfast at Tiffany's. A Short Novel and Three Stories. New York: Random House, [1958]. First edition. Octavo. [viii], 179, [5, blank] pages. Starting bid: $750. Estimate $1,500 up
Heritage - A sale for Bibliophiles - By Bruce McKinney Richard Avedon, a signed autobiography Ernest Hemingway. 36116 Three Stories & Ten Poems. [Paris]: Contact Publishing Co., 1923. First (and only) edition of Hemingway's first book, one of only 300 copies printed, this copy with a warm inscription from the author to the editors of The Little Review, the "little magazine" in Paris that had published his first mature prose work the same year: "For j.h. and Margaret Anderson with love from Hemingway" ("j.h." being Jane Heap). Starting bid: $55,000. Estimate $75,000 up Edgar Allan Poe. 36137 Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. First edition, one of 750 printed, with the following points: Starting bid: $15,000. Estimate $17,500 up Michael Shaara. 36374 The Killer Angels. New York: David McKay, [1974]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 374 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. General rubbing and light wear with fold lines and tiny tears to jacket. Overall very good. Starting bid: $300. Estimate $600 up E. B. White. 36420 Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1952]. First edition, with "I-B" on the copyright page. Starting bid: $300. Estimate $600 up [Joseph Priestly's copy]. 36561 Sammelband of Eighteenth Century Religious Texts. London: 1793. Twelvemo. Contemporary half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and abrading to extremities with splitting joints. Inscriptions. Good. Starting bid: $300. Estimate $600 up. [Brooklyn and Elizabeth, N. J.: C.P.R. News Service and Kolb Brothers, 1911] 36685 Two Hand-Colored Photo Albums, including: Scenes through the Canadian Rockies. [and:] The Grand Canyon of Arizona. [Brooklyn and Elizabeth, N. J.: C. P. R. News Service and Kolb Brothers, 1911]. Oblong folio albums with hand-colored mounted photographic reproductions: Canadian Rockies has twelve (and three loose additional photos), and Grand Canyon has eighteen. Both complete. Publishers' string-tied wraps. Some wear. Very good. Starting bid: $300. Estimate $600 up. Here are links to the entire as shown both on Heritage and AE.

Heritage - A sale for Bibliophiles

- By Bruce McKinney

Lot 36007. The Whole Art of Book-Binding, 1824

Heritage Rare Book Auctions in Beverly Hills and Dallas is offering a broad selection of collectible works on paper on February 8th. The emphasis is on collectible. The sales will be conducted in two parts. The first portion, lots 36001 to 36168, will be sold at 10:00 am PST at their Beverly Hills showroom and the second part, lots 36169 to 36685 sold beginning at 4:00 pm CST at their Dallas headquarters.

A careful reading of the online catalogue is worth the while.

The firm provides both a starting bid and an estimate.

Among the highlights of this sale are:

[Americana Folk Illustration]. [Rev. William Cook]. 36006

The Eucleia, Works by... [Salem: William Cook, 1861]. First bound edition of ten pamphlets bound into one volume. Twelvemo. Illustrated with woodcuts by the author. Period binding of cloth over boards with adhered patterned fabric laid over, with printed titles and decoration. Covers and extremities well-worn with abraded edges and moderate loss. Boards are warped, possibly due to dampstaining. Some soiling, light staining, and writing present.

Starting bid $1,200. Estimate $1,800 up

[Peter Cottom]. 36007

The Whole Art of Book-Binding, Containing Valuable Receipts for Sprinkling, Marbling, Colouring, &c. Richmond: Published by Peter Cottom, 1824. The first American edition, from the third London edition with considerable additions. Twelvemo. iv, [5]-60 pages. Large folding plate bound at back giving the list of prices of the New York Friendly Association Master Bookbinders. Lower portion of the plate missing but a copy of the same sheet from the Huntington Library has been photocopied.

Starting bid $1,250. Estimate $2,500 up

Heritage - A sale for Bibliophiles

- By Bruce McKinney

Washington's Farewell Address

Samuel Augustus Mitchell. 36014

Description of Oregon and California, Embracing an Account of the Gold Regions... With a Large and Accurate Map of Oregon and California, Compiled from the Latest Authorities. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1849.

Starting bid $3,750. Estimate $7,500 up

Richard Avedon. 36050

An Autobiography. [New York: Random House, 1993]. First edition, one of 250 numbered copies (this being number 73) signed boldly by Avedon on the front free endpaper. Folio. [8], [389 unnumbered pages of black and white photographs], [31] pages.

Starting bid $2,500. Estimate $3,000 up

[Walt Disney Studios]. 36072

Mickey Mouse in King Arthur's Court. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933]. First edition. Quarto. 48 pages with four amazing pop-up scenes, all in excellent condition,

Starting bid: $1,200. Estimate $1,800 up

Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel]. 36085

The Cat in the Hat. [New York]: Random House, [1957]. First edition, first issue, with "200/200" on front flap of dust jacket, flat rather than glazed boards, and no mention of the Beginner's Books series on back cover.

Starting bid: $1,250. Estimate $2,500 up

Truman Capote. 36095

Breakfast at Tiffany's. A Short Novel and Three Stories. New York: Random House, [1958]. First edition. Octavo. [viii], 179, [5, blank] pages.

Starting bid: $750. Estimate $1,500 up

Heritage - A sale for Bibliophiles

- By Bruce McKinney

Richard Avedon, a signed autobiography

Ernest Hemingway. 36116

Three Stories & Ten Poems. [Paris]: Contact Publishing Co., 1923. First (and only) edition of Hemingway's first book, one of only 300 copies printed, this copy with a warm inscription from the author to the editors of The Little Review, the "little magazine" in Paris that had published his first mature prose work the same year: "For j.h. and Margaret Anderson with love from Hemingway" ("j.h." being Jane Heap).

Starting bid: $55,000. Estimate $75,000 up

Edgar Allan Poe. 36137

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. First edition, one of 750 printed, with the following points:

Starting bid: $15,000. Estimate $17,500 up

Michael Shaara. 36374

The Killer Angels. New York: David McKay, [1974]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 374 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. General rubbing and light wear with fold lines and tiny tears to jacket. Overall very good.

Starting bid: $300. Estimate $600 up

E. B. White. 36420

Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1952]. First edition, with "I-B" on the copyright page.

Starting bid: $300. Estimate $600 up

[Joseph Priestly's copy]. 36561

Sammelband of Eighteenth Century Religious Texts. London: 1793. Twelvemo. Contemporary half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and abrading to extremities with splitting joints. Inscriptions. Good.

Starting bid: $300. Estimate $600 up.

[Brooklyn and Elizabeth, N. J.: C.P.R. News Service and Kolb Brothers, 1911] 36685

Two Hand-Colored Photo Albums, including: Scenes through the Canadian Rockies. [and:] The Grand Canyon of Arizona. [Brooklyn and Elizabeth, N. J.: C. P. R. News Service and Kolb Brothers, 1911]. Oblong folio albums with hand-colored mounted photographic reproductions: Canadian Rockies has twelve (and three loose additional photos), and Grand Canyon has eighteen. Both complete. Publishers' string-tied wraps. Some wear. Very good.

Starting bid: $300. Estimate $600 up.

Here are links to the entire as shown both on Heritage and AE.