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Wilton Library Association 2017 Annual Book Sale

SILENT AUCTION – Saturday & Sunday, April 22 & 23

Wilton Library l 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT 06897 l www.wiltonlibrary.org l 203.762.3950 Page 1 of 6

ART 1920s: Age of Metropolis. Jean Clair, editor. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. 1991.

Africa Illustrated. W.R. Smith. 1889. Oversized, gold tipped leaves.

Bambi, The Story and the Film. Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas. 1990. Signed by both authors. Very Fine.

Caricatures by Enrico Caruso. La Follia di New York, 1922. Extremely scarce first edition. Large size (10x15 inches). Includes famous figures in the opera world plus contemporary celebrities – US presidents Wilson, Harding, Taft, and TR, and world leaders.

Dawn of Art: The Chauvet Cave. Jean-Marie Chauvet. 1996, Harry Abrams.

Decoys – 100 Greatest in North America. Loy S. Harrell, 2000. Signed. Pristine.

Drawn and Quartered. Charles Addams. 1942.

A Dream of Fair Women. Illus. by Harrison Fisher. NY, 1907.

Dresses from the Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales. Christies June 1997 auction catalog, two months before her death. Printed signature and inscription from the Reagans on pg. 186.

The Fantastic Art of Boris Vallejo. 1978, first edition, signed.

From the Land of the Totem Poles – NW Coast Indian Art at Amer. Museum of Nat. History. Aldona Jonaitis. 1988.

Godey’s Lady’s Book, Jan-June 1884. All color prints intact. Good.

Harold von Schmidt Draws and Paints the Old West. Walt Reed. 1972.

Jewels of the Tsars. Prince Michael of Greece.

Leon Bakst and the Ballets Russes. Charles Spencer. London, 1995.

Mikio Watanabe. 1981-1998 catalog.

Private Breger’s War. Dave Breger. 1944. WWII cartoons.

Realizations: Narrative Pictorial & Theatrical Arts in 19th Cent. England. Meisel Martin, 1983.

Robert Mapplethorpe. Paperback, 78 selected photo reproductions, no text. 1987, very good.

Sex. Madonna. Silver ring binding in foil wrap and original box, with unopened CD.

A Tale of Three Cities – Canton, Shanghai, Hong Kong. David S. Howard. Sotheby catalog.

Theatre Magazine, Oct 1927. Clara Bow on cover.

Virgin Islands portfolio. Fritz Henle, photographer. 24 beautiful prints, many in color, suitable for framing. Perfect condition.

Wonders of Italy. Medici Art Series, 1925. 1500 illustrations. Decorated heavy wooden binding with broken metal closure clips. It’s the binding, not the contents.

You’re Sitting on My Eyelashes, Whitney Darrow (Wilton author), 1943. Near-fine condition.

CHILDREN’S Abraham Lincoln. Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire (local authors). 1939 first printing, with wrong date for Emancipation Proclamation (1861) on fourth page from end. Book unpaginated. VG.

The Adventures of Nip and Tuck. Muriel M. Mitchell. 1927. Somewhat worn.

Andersen’s Best Fairy Tales. Illus by Wm. P. Henderson. 1911. 200pp.

Anna Ross: Story for Children. New York, 1827.

The Big Rain. Francoise.

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Billy Whiskers at the Fair. F.G. Wheeler, 1937. Pages yellowed, cover intact.

The Blacksmith. Rev. J.D. Strong. Children’s book c. 1850. 3x4½ in.

The Blue-Eyed Pussy. Egon Mathiesen. 1951.

Boys Own Annual. Two volumes: 1889-90, 1890-91.

Chansons de France pour Les Petits Francais. Art by M B de Monvel, pioneer of full-page color art in children’s books. 1884. Wonderful decorated red cover, 47 pages of charming art. Missing front endpaper and page 23-24.

Chatterbox Annual 1889. Bound 52 weekly editions.

The Cruise of Mr. Christopher Columbus. Sadyebeth and Lowitz. 1932.

Dog Friends. 12 pg picture book on linen. Platt & Munk, 1937.

George Washington. D’Aulaires. Doubleday, 1936.

George Washington. D’Aulaires. Doubleday, 1936.

Horatio Alger novels. 42 different Alger books, different publishers, different dates.

Jeanne D’Arc. M. Boutet deMonvel.. Paris, 1896. A well-used copy of a rare children’s book, in French. DeMonvel was the first to tell his story with full page color illustrations on every page.

Jeanne-Marie in Gay Paris. Francoise.

Kwik and Kwak. Oscar Fabres. Preface by Hendrik van Loon. London 1945.

The Milkmaid. Caldecott. Reprint.

Nights With Uncle Remus. Joel Chandler Harris. Houghton Mifflin, copyrights 1881-1911.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Robert Browning, illus. by Kate Greenaway. Reprint c. 1924.

The Pirate Twins. William Nicholson.

The Puss, The Octo-pus. Robert W. Wood. 1908.

Raggedy Ann in the Deep Deep Woods. Johnny Gruelle. Reprint of 1930 book.

Raggedy Ann in the Magic Book. Gruelle. Johnny Gruelle Company, 1939. First edition.

St. Nicholas. Nov. 1873 – Nov. 1874, bound. Marbled endpapers. Vol 1, No.1.

Sara Crewe. Frances H. Burnett. 1891. Brown cover, gold decoration. 1891, VG.

Sinbad the Sailor and his Remarkable Travels. NY, 1889.

The Story of a Mouse. For the Amusement of Little People. London, 1864.

The Tide of the Faithful Dove. Beatrix Potter.

Thelwell’s Horse Box. Four horse stories by Nathan Thelwell.

Thumbelina. Susan Jeffers. Signed. 2005.

HISTORY

Album of Pictures of New England 1938 Hurricane. 60 pages, 9x12 in. filled with photos, mostly Connecticut scenes. Leslie H. Tyler, City Printing, New Haven.

Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth. Stephen F Knott. 2002.

Apocalypse, 1945, the Destruction of Dresden. David Irving. 2007, signed. Pristine.

Beaux and Belles of England. Grolier Society. Ltd. edit. #709 of 1000. 12 of 14 volumes.

The Black Loyalist Directory. Graham R Hodges, editor. A first-time compilation of over 3,000 black Americans who joined the British army to gain freedom and later migrated to Nova Scotia and beyond, with origins of most. 1996.





Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples. Lucianne Lavin. Yale Press, 2013. Like new, dust jacket.

Desideri, an Account of Tibet. DeFilippi. Very good.

Expulsion 1492, Chronicles Re Expulsion of Jews from Spain & Portugal. David Raphael 1992.

Field, Dungeon, and Escape. Albert Richardson. Hartford, 1865. Story of the Secret Service.

Gravestones of Early New England. Harriette Forbes. 1967 reprint of 1927 book.

Great Men and Famous Women. Complete 4 volume set. Edited by Chas. F. Home. 1904.

Heroes: US Marine Corps 1861-1955: Armed Forces Awards, Flags, Reference. Jane Blakeney, 1957. 621pg. VF.

The Impeachment of Governor Sulzer. Matthew Lifflander, 2012. Signed and inscribed to Thomas Adams, with an explanatory note written by Mr. Adams after Lifflander’s death.

Lands of the Tamed Turk. Blair Jaekel. Signed.

Lives of the Queens of England. Agnes Strickland, 1841. A beautiful set with gold-tipped top edges but incomplete - 9 of 12 vols. VF.

Mission for My Country. Shah Reza Pahlavi. 1961. Signed and inscribed by the Shah.

Narratives of Exploration and Adventure. John C. Fremont. Edited by Allan Nevins, 1956.

The New York Nobody Knows. William B. Helmreich. 2013. Pristine.

Nuremberg. David Irving. 1996. Signed. Pristine.

Pioneers of Old Hopewell (NJ). Ralph Ege. 1908, first edition.

Political History of the State of New York. D.S. Alexander. Henry Holt & Co.1906, First edition. 3 vol.

Proclamation of London. Francis P. Yockey. 2012 reprint of 1949 paper. A strange neo-fascist argument opposing the post-war order and the Nuremberg Trials.

The Rebellion Record. Frank Moore, editor. Vol. 1-6, 1861-1864. Fragile.

The Rommel Papers. Edited by B.H. Liddell Hart. 1953.

Slavery (Channing’s Works Vol II). William E. Channing, 1843, reprinted 1849. “Conflict over slavery will dissolve the Union. Annexation of Texas would be madness.”

Ulysses S. Grant. Albert D. Richardson. 1868. A campaign biography.

Under Their Vine & Fig Tree: Travels Through America in 1797-99. Julian Niemcewicz. 1965.

LITERATURE All About Amos ‘n Andy. Correll & Gosden. Rand McNally, 1930. With dust jacket.

American Dictionary. Noah Webster. 1846 revised edition, before the 1848 Merriam-Webster first edition.

Beyond Racism. Whitney M. Young, Jr. Signed and inscribed. Includes program from his funeral.

Christy. Catherine Marshall, 1967 first edition, signed. With Dust Jacket.

Chrome. George Nader. 1978. Signed, inscribed to Geo. Christy.

Crashmaker, a Federal Affair. Two-volume novel by Victor Sperandreo & Alvera Almida. 2000.





Croquet Today. Maurice Reckitt. London, 1954. A nondescript book with a famous signature – Hemingway – in pencil. Probably not Ernest but may be his wife Mary.

Curtain. Michael Korda. 1991. Signed and inscribed to Geo. Christy, with Christy book notes.

Decline and Fall … Gibbon. Everymans Library, Knopf. 6 vols, boxed. Looks good on the shelf.

Del Amor Y Otros Demonios. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. First edition, Columbia, 1994.

Dryden’s Virgil. English translation revised by John Carey. London, 1806. 3 vols. Gold trimmed leaves. VF.

The Explorer. Somerset Maugham. 1909, first. Baker & Taylor. VG.

The Great Small Cat and Others. May Southworth. 1914. Tipped-in photos of cats. Like new condition.

The Intellectual Observer. Collected articles on mostly scientific subjects. 10 of 12 volumes, 1867. Green bindings, good condition.

Longfellow, 6 volumes. 1870s and 80s. Black leather binding. A bit worn but handsome set.

The Making of an Immortal. George Moore, 1927, signed, limited edition, copy #837. Small brown volume, 59pp.

Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi. Muslim mysticism poetry. 3 vol, 2001. Shrink wrapped.

Memoirs of Fanny Hill. La Femme Pauvre on spine. 1907 reprint of the rare edition of 1749. Kamashastra Society. Ltd. Edition, #134 of 250. Some damage to black Biblical binding.

The Morning Star: Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine. Nick Bantock, 2003. Gorgeous art.

A New Library of Poetry and Song. Two volumes. 1883. A handsome set.

Peacock Pie. Walter de la Mare. 1929. Illus. by Heath Robinson.

Poets and Poetry of Europe. Intro by Longfellow. 1845. Large thick volume.

Rip Van Winkle. Washington Irving, illus by Arthur Rackham. “Cheaper issue” 1916.

Robert McCloskey. Biog. by Gary D. Schmidt. Signature and drawing by McCloskey.

Ten Girls From Dickens. Kate D. Sweetser. New York, 1902.

The Warwolf. Hermann Lons. A recent translation of a historical novel of Germany’s 30-year war.

Whittier’s Poetical Works. Library edition, 1904. Blue binding, gold trim, gold top edge.

Works of Thomas Carlyle. Edition deluxe. Ltd. to 315 copies. Boston, 1884. Dana Estes & Charles Lauriat. 20 vol. complete. Spine damage on one vol. Otherwise VF.

REALLY OLD LITERATURE & HISTORY An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by order of His Majesty for Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. John Hawkesworth. Vol. IV only. 1789. Leather.

American Antiquities. Josiah Priest. Albany, 1833. Leather.

Biblia Sacra, Vulgate Edition. Latin. Cologne, 1743.

Biblia Sacra. German Bible, after the Roman Sistine edition, with improvements in translation by Caspar Blenberg. Collen (Cologne), 1684. Boxed. Fragile.

Biblical Concordance in German. M. Georgii Michaelis. Jena. 1730.

Briefe an Eine Freundin (Letters to a Girlfriend). Wilh.v.Humboldt. German. Berlin, 1886. Beautiful, decorated book, gold tipped leaves.





Catechism. Rev. Elijah Waterman. Hartford, 1815. Leather. VF.

Counsels of the Aged to the Young. A. Alexander, New York, 1837. Tiny 4 x 2 1/2 in. VG.

General History of the World. Guthrie and Gray. London, 1764. Vol. 5 of 12 vol. set. Leather, lacking front cover.

The Happy Children, a Tale of Home for Young Children. 1849. With 4 hand-colored plates.

Harpers Monthly. First issues Vol 1-5, 1850-1852.

History of England. Dr. Goldsmith. Boston, 1824. VG.

Letters and Journals of Lord Byron. Thomas Moore. 2 vol. 1829. Richly bound. VF.

Mackenzie’s 5,000 Receipts in all Useful and Domestic Arts. Food, wine, medicine, cement, silk worms, etc. 1854. Lacking covers.

A Manual for Young Church Members. Leonard Bacon. New Haven, 1833.

Meditations & Contemplations. James Hervey. 2 vol. in one. Edinburgh, 1768. Good.

Napoleon Anecdotes. W.H. Ireland. NY, 1902. Green velvet binding, boxed. VF.

The Nation. Weekly journal, January – June 1883. Published by NY Evening Post.

Naturgeschichte und Technogie. (Natural History) Erster Band. Brunswick, Braunschweig, 1805.

New England Farmer. July 1826 – July 1827. Thomas Fessenden, Boston.

The New England Primer Improved …..and Mr. Cotton’s Catechism. Ira Webster 1850 reprint and facsimile of the oldest New England primer, 1777. Small, quarter leather. Fine condition for its age.

New York Mirror and Ladies Literary Gazette. Vols. 5, 6. 1828 and 1829 complete.

Quaint Allegories. John Warner Barber, 1888. Decorated gray cloth binding.

Roman Antiquities. Alexander Adam. NY, 1833. Leather.

Sacred Biography. Henry Hunter. Philadelphia, 1839. Leather.

Sequel to the English Reader. Lindley Murray. NY, 1810. Leather.

State of Innocence and The Fall of Man. Milton’s Paradise Lost rendered into prose and interpreted. By a gentleman of oxford. Trenton, 1813. Leather.

The Works of Lord Byron. 1835. Half leather, marbled edges and end papers. 627pp. VG.

STARS & PERSONALITIES Arlene Francis. 1978. Signed and inscribed to George Christy.

Between You and Me. Pearl Bailey. 1989. Signed, inscribed, with GC book review notes.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Paul Alexander. Bio of James Dean. 1994. Signed and inscribed.

Brando. Peter Manso, 1984. Signed & inscr. to Geo. Christy with notes and book promo material.

Edie. Jean Stein. Edited with George Plimpton. 1982. Signed and inscribed to Geo. Christy.

The Fairbanks Album. 1975. Signed by Douglas Fairbanks & inscribed to Geo. Christy.

Forget Not. Margaret Argyll, 1975. Signed, inscribed to George Christy.

Google. How Google Works. Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg. 2014. Signed by Schmidt.





Is Salami & Eggs Better than Sex. Alan King. 1985. Signed & inscribed to GC. With Christy book review notes.

Josephine. Jean-Claude Baker & Chris Chase. 1993, signed.

Julie Andrews. Robert Windeler, 1970. Signed by both.

Knock Wood. Candice Bergen. 1984. Signed and inscribed to George Christy, Hollywood reporter.

Laughing Matters. Larry Gelbart, 1998. Signed, inscr. to G. Christy. Also incl Christy’s notes.

Making Movies. Sidney Lumet. 1995. Signed & Inscribed to George Christy. With Christy notes.

Marilyn Monroe. M. Zolotow. 1966.

Phyllis Diller’s Marriage Manual. 1967. Signed by Phyllis.

Rickles Book. 2007. Signed by Rickles.

The Tarnished Crown. (Princess Diana). Anthony Holder. 1993. Signed, inscribed to Geo. Christy.

Yul. Rock Brynner. 1989. Signed & Inscr to Geo. C. With Christy notes and Brynner photos.

MISCELLANEOUS Classic Rock collection in case. Abt. 50 CDs incl. Elton John, Billy Joel, Prince, James Brown, Rolling Stones, Sinatra, Animal House sound track, etc.

Confederate Stamps, Old Letters, History. Raynor Hubbell. Signed by author, 1950.

First Day Covers of Flags of 50 States. 1976. In a presentation case.

5 Disney Black Diamond VHS tapes: Alice in Wonderland, The Great Mouse Detective, Aladdin, 101 Dalmatians, Robin Hood. Some are highly collectible. Caveat Emptor.

Is There a Santa Claus? Original clipping from Sept. 21, 1897 NY Sun. Fragile.

Leather Photograph album. Contains abt. 90 unidentified 2x3¼ in. photos, some tintypes. Incl. some by Edward T. Whitney, a Wilton resident with studio in Norwalk after the Civil War.

Live 2000 CD. Paul Anka, signed and inscribed.

Map - Geographic, Statistical, and Historical Map of Connecticut in color. c1818. 18x21 in.

Map of Dumbartonshire. Foldout map by John Wood for Atlas of Scotland. Before 1847. 21x27½ in. Fragile.

Map of United States showing Military Stations, Ports &c for The Rebellion Record, 1862. By famed mapmaker J.H. Colton. In color. Very detailed. 15x17 in. Great condition. Should be framed.

Map of Wilton in color, Clark 1856. Matted, ready for a frame.

Mark Twain poster collection. Originals from an exhibit some time ago. 13 posters.

Musical Messages. A musician’s birthday book. Rebekah Crawford, undated, c1899. Unusual.

Postcard Album. Over 250 cards, scenes of England and greetings from the 1920s.

A Short Wave Journey of Discovery. Hendrik W. Van Loon, 1937. Paperback.


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