Friends Book Sale Auction Items

Friends of the Memorial & Library Association of Westerly Book Fair

Book Auctions 2012

This year the Friends of the Library are happy to announce that they will be hosting a live auction.  You can view a list of auction items below.

• The auction will be held on Saturday, June 16th at Noon.

 

The Friend of the Library will also be accepting online bids for auction items. 

• Beginning Wednesday, May 16th you can email your maximum bid for an item to WesterlyLibraryAuction@gmail.com
• The deadline for submitting an online bid is Noon, Friday, June 15th. 

 

June 2012 (general selection & minimum bids)

1. American Food and Game Fishes, A Popular Account of all the Species Found in America North of the Equator, with Keys for ready Identification, Life Histories and Methods of Capture, David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann, illustrated with color plates & photographs, Doubleday, Page & Co., NY, 1905, rebound, ex-lib, one page loose, otherwise good. $12

2. The Frog Book, North American Toads and Frogs with a Study of the Habits and Life Histories of those of the Northeastern States, Mary C. Dickerson, 300+ photographs, Doubleday, Page & Co., NY, 1908, rebound, ex-lib, some tears, otherwise, good. $10

3. The Reptile Book, A Comprehensive, Popularized Work on the Structure and Habits of the Turtles, Tortoises, Crocodilians, Lizards and Snakes Which Inhabit the United States ad Northern Mexico, Raymond Lee Ditmars, 8 color plates & 400+ photographs, Doubleday, Page & Co., NY, 1908, rebound, ex-lib, good. $9

4. The Tree Book, A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America and to Their Uses and Cultivation, Julia Ellen Rogers, 16 color plates & 160 b&w photos, Doubleday, Page & Co., NY, 1908, rebound, ex-lib, good. $9

5. Providence, A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources, Wm McKenzie Woodward & Edward F. Sanderson, Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986, 1st, dj. $15

6. Arets Saga, Elsa Beskow, Ahlen & Akerlunds, Stockholm, 1927, original edition, mended; beautiful plates, in Swedish. $20

7. Coffee and Waffles, Alice Foote MacDougall, Doubleday, Page & Co., NY, 1926, worn. $6

8. London Blue Guide, 9th ed., Stuart Rossiter, ed., Ernest Benn Lt., 1965, 3 maps & 30 plans, loose binding. $5

9. Yugoslavia, Nagel Travel Guide Series, 2nd ed.,1968, Nagel Publishers, Paris, 1 road map, 2 folding maps in color, good condition. $8

10. North-Western France, Blue Guides, L. Russell Muirhead, ed., 3rd ed., Ernest Benn Ltd., 1958, with complete atlas and 37 other maps & plans, fine condition. $10

11. Italy, Karl Baedeker, Routes Through Switzerland and Austria, 11th ed., London, 1899, with 25 maps & 35 plans, maps intact; some tears on pages. $18

12. Advanced Bridge, J.B.Elwell, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904, some clipped pgs., faded binding. $8

13. Maude Baxter, C.C.Hotchkiss, Will Grefe, illustrator, 1st ed., Watt & Co., NY 1911, rebound, ex-lib. $5

14. Susan’s Escort, Edward Everett Haler, Harper & Bros., NY, 1897, ex-lib, rebound. $5

15. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls’ Vacation Adventures, Carolyn Judson Burnett, Burt Co., NY, 1916. $6

16. The Campfire Girls At Camp Kewaydin, Hildegard G.Frey, A.L.Burt & Co., NY, 1920. $4

17. Joan of Arc, Her Image in France & America, Nora M. Heimann & Laura Coyle, Corcoran, Washington, DC, no date, fine condition. $5

18. In The Village, Anthony Bailey, Alfred A.Knopf & Co., 1971, signed by author, dj chipped. $8

19.Portraits of Nature, James Lockhart, Crown Publishers, NY, 1967, large folio 15x23”, fine. $20

20. The Imminent Rains, A Visit among the Last Pioneers of Africa, John Heminway, Little Brown, Boston, 1968. $9

21. The Misquamicut Club, 100 Years, KSDesigns, West Warwick, 1995. $6

22. Sand in their Shoes, Franklin M.Reck, John Langston, illustrator, 1952. $5

23. Friends, Edgar A.Guest, Reilly & Lee Co., 1925. $12

24. Stuart Little, E.B.White, Harper & Row, 1945. $7

25. The Cuckoo Clock, Mrs. Molesworth, Dutton, NY, 1954. $5

26. Atlantic City, Amusements, Where to Go and What to See, week Sept.17th,1949, good condition paperback. $6

27. The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten, Steven Kellogg, Pied Piper, 1974, signed by the author. $5

28. More Borrrowings, compiled by Susan Yule & Mary Keene, Dodge, NY, 1893. $8

29. Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems, Wm.Henry Drummond, Putnam’s, YY, 1907. $3

30. The World Beautiful In Books, Lilian Whiting, Little Brown, Boston, 1901. $12

31. Wars I Have Seen, Gertrude Stein, Batsford, London, 1954, cover faded, no d.j. $15

32. Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling, Century Co., NY, 1897, broken spine. $5

33. From Wilderness to Empire; A History of California 1542-1900, Robert Glass Cleland, Knopf, 1947, 2nd printing. $8

34. Autumn Leaves, Mary Bassett Clarke, Charles Wells Moulton, Buffalo, 1895, e-lib. $7

35. Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, Louisa M. Alcott, Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1880, rebound. $12

36.The Brontes in Ireland, Dr. Wm. Wright, Appleton & Co., NY, 1893. $8

37. The Imp and the Angel, Josephine Daskam, illust. Bernard J.Rosenmeyer, Chas. Scribner’s, NY, 1901. $9

38. Cycladic Art, Ancient Sculpture & Pottery, Christos Doumas, British Museum, London, 1986. $4

39. Gigi; The Story of a Merry-Go-Round Horse, Elizabeth Foster, illustrated by Ilse Bischoff, Maryland, 1990. $4

40. Famous Paintings; An Intro. To Art for Young People, Alice Elizabeth Chase, Platt & Munk, NY, 1964, signed by author. $4

41. The Christ Child as Told By Matthew and Luke, Maud & Miska Petewrsham, Doubleday, Doran & Co., NY, 1931. $10

42. Skipper John’s Cook, Marcia Brown, Chas.Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1951, ex-lib, mended. $4

43. The Pied Piper of Hamlin, Robt.Browning, Kate Greenaway, illust., Frederick Warne & Co., 1901. $7

44. The Lost Merry-Go-Round, Dorothy P. Lathrop, Macmillan Co., NY, 1934. A rare find. $50

45. Black Bob, The Dandy Wonder Dog, no author given, D.C. Thomson & Co.,Ltd., London, 1957. $12

46. A History of The Printed Book, Lawrence C. Wroth, editor, The Limited Editions Club, NY, 1938, ex-lib. $18

47. English Rural Life in the 18th Century, W. Gaunt, Connoisseur, London, 1935, ex-lib. $10

48. Hieronymus Bosch, Ludwig Von Baldass, Abrams, NY, 1960, spine pulled away. $8

49. Favorite Songs for Girls & Boys, Mary Nancy Graham, Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1935. ` $4

50. Much Bigger Than Martin, Steven Kellogg (signed by author with illustration, Dial Press, NY,1979, ex-lib. $7

51. Outside Over There, Maurice Sendak (signed by the author) Harper & Row, NY, 1985, ex-lib. $10

52. Chauncy Judd, or The Stolen Boy, Isreal P.Warren, The Perry Press, Naugatuck, CT, 1874, 1st edition, ex-lib. $15

53. An Anglo-American Interpreter: A Vocabulary and Phrase Book, H.W.Howill, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1939. $5

54. In Old New England; The Romance of a Colonial Fireside, Hezekiah Butterworth, D.Appleton & Co, NY, 1895, 1st edition, ex-library. $6

55. Sally’s ABC, Dugald Sterwart Walker, interpreter, Harcourt, Brace & Co, NY 1929, rebound, ex-library. $20

56. Playtime, Bunty Crombie, Sylvan Press, London, 1955, ex-lib., rebound. $9

57. Adolphus, or The Adopted Dolphin & the Pirate’s Daughter, Marjorie Flack & Wm. Rose Benet, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1941, ex-lib., rebound. $7

58. Thumbelina, Hans Christian Andersen, Hyperion Press, NY, 1943, ex-lib., mended. $9

59. From the Heart of the Earth: Four Years, 1949-1953, Bernard Peyton, Jr., privately printed, 1953, ex-lib. $3

60. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harcourt Brice, NY, 1947. $5

61. La Cuisine est un Jeu d’enfants or Cookinhg is Child’s Play, Michel Oliver, 2nd edition, Harper, 1966, tears on d.j. $12

62. Die Minnesinger, Zweite Folge (in German), no date, Leipzig, Germany. $5

63. Loyal To The Land: The History of a Greenwich, CT Family, Deborah Wing Rey & Gloria P. Stewart, Phoenix Publishing, 1990. $12

64. Reflections of A Long & Busy Life, 1819-1890, Benjamin Wood Pearce, Newport, RI, 1890. $20

65. If, Yes, and Perhaps, Edward Everett Hale, Field Osgood, Boston, 1869, ex-library, rebound. $7

66. The Hand of a Hundred…Life of Humphry Huntoon,…Officer Colony of Virginia, Maud Wilder Goodwin, editor, Little Brown, Boston 1897, ex-lib., mended. $6

67. Old Bohemian Customs Throughout the Year, illustrations by Frant. Fisher; edited & published by Faf.D.Szalantnay, NY, in Czech & English, ex-library, mended. $10

68. Perez and Martina, A Purto Rican Folk Tale, Pura Belpre, illust. Carlos M.Sanchez, Frederick Warne & Co., NY, 1932, ex-lib. $7

69. Mrs. Merriam’s Scholars, Edward E. Hale, Roberts Bros., Boston, 1878, ex-lib. $6

70. The Crack-Up and other uncollected pieces…, F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Edmund Wilson, New Directions, NY, 1945. $8

71. France, Paris and the Provinces, Dore Ogrizek and Rober Roumagnac, Mcgraw Hill, NY, 1948. $5

72. Larmes de Crocodile (Tears of the Crocodile), text and drawings by Andre Francois, in French, slip-cased, ex-lib., no other markings, unique. $8

73. Just Among Friends, Cecil Aldin, Chas.Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1934, ex-lib., rebound. $50

74. Gusta: A Story of the Virgin Islands, Sally & Luman Kelsey, Islands Press, NY, 1944, ex-lib. $25

75. Caroline Aux Sports d’Hiver, images de Pierre Probst, in French, Hachette, Paris, 1962. $4

76. L’automobile de Caroline, images de Pierre Probst, in French, Hachettew, Paris, 1962. $4

77. The Seven Lady Godivas, The True Facts Concerning History’s Barest Family, Dr. Seuss, Random House, NY, 1987, dj. Fine copy. $20

78. The Pigeon, Wendall Mitchell Levi, Levi Publishing, Sumter, SC., 1981. $10

79. Wheel On the Chimney, Margaret Wise Brown, Tibor Gergely, illust., Lippincott Co., Phil., 1954. $12

80. Buildings On Paper, RI Architectural Drawings 1825-1945, Wm H.Jordy and Chriostopher P.Monkhouse, RI Historical Society, Providence, 1982. $7

81. Old Paris, Its Social, Historical & Literary Associations, Henry Shelley, Page & Co., Boston, 1912, ex-lib. $8

82. The Seventh Day Baptist Memorial: A Quarterly Magazine, (VI refers to early local history, i.e. Hiscox, Maxson, Crandall), 1852, broken spine. $23

83. This Is Edinburgh, M.Susek, MacMillian, NY, 1961. $10

84. Bruegel, R.H.Marijnissen & M.Seidel, Harrison House, NY, 1984. $12

85. English Poems, illustrated with etchings by M.M.Taylor, Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1891. $23

86. Wedgwood ABC, But Not the Middle E, Harry M.Buten, signed, limited edition #478, Merion, PA, 1964. $18

87. By Canoe & Dog Train Among the Cree and Salteaux Indians, Rev.Egerton R.Young, Eaton & Mains, NY, about 1900. $8

88. The Jumblies & Other Nonsense Verses, Edward Lear, Frederick Warne, London, not dated. $4

89. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Willy Pogny, E.P.Dutton, NY, 1929. $10

90. An Old Sweetheart of Mine, James Whitcomb Riley, illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy, Brown Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902. $6

91. What Social Classes Owe To Each Other, Wm.Graham Sumner, Harper & Bros, 1883. $10

92. Kenny’s Window, Maurice Sendak, signed by the author, Harper Collins, NY, 1956, ex-lib. $18

93. Ilona, A Fantasy of Florence, Mary Newing, Cecchi, Florence, 1909. $8

94. For A Flower Album, Colette, David McKay, NY, 1959. $6

95. American Furniture in the Pendleton House, Christopher Monkhouse & Thomas S.Michie, RISD, Providence, 1986. $15