Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1859. Octavo in quarter maroon leather and three quarters maroon cloth over boards, with leather corners and gilt text and design. The spine has five raised bands, and the text block edges are in full gilt. The endpapers are red marbled paper, and there is a navy ribbon sewn into the head of the binding. Condition: Very Good. The front joint is worn and has been repaired. The volume shows minimal shelf wear, and the binding is square and tight. There is some age-toning to text block, and a previous owner's name has been penciled neatly onto the front free endpaper. 244 pp. Dimensions 5.5 x 7.125 x 0.875 inches. More

A colored map of Basse Alsace (Lower Alsace), a historical region on the borders of modern France and Germany. The map shows the locations of numerous towns and churches, as well as topographical features. Condition: Very Good. Some limited age toning and age spotting, and a few light creases are visible. Tastefully matted and framed; not examined out of frame. Dimensions w 19 3/8 in x h 16 5/8 in. More

A map of the route from London to the coastal town of Rye. The work of Thomas Gardner, this map was originally part of the volume A Pocket Guide to the English Traveller, published by Gardner in 1719. Condition: Very Good. Light age toning and a central crease which shows no wear. Framed and matted; not examined out of frame. Dimensions w 17 in x h 12.75 in. More

Washington, D.C. Abdon Daoud Ackad, 1958. One mounted photograph, on which Potter Stewart has inscribed his best wishes to the photographer, Abdon Ackad, dated 'November 1958'; JK consignment. More

Lancaster: John R. Mathews, 1807. A volume of regulations pertaining to the operation of Pennsylvania's militia, published in Lancaster by John R. Mathews in 1807. Condition: Good only. The front cover and spine are absent, though the pages are still firmly attached. The pages are significantly age toned, with evidence of water damage throughout, and some handwritten text on the title page. Corners and spine are significantly bumped. Dimensions w 4.25 in x h 7 in. More

France. An original lithograph from Les Maîtres de l’Affiche. The work of French artist Jules Chéret, Les Maîtres de l’Affiche was a subscription service that operated between 1896 and 1900, through which subscribers received a monthly curated selection of four of the finest examples of late 19th-century poster art. The posters were reproduced as lithographs at reduced scale, making them easily collected art for the masses at a time when posters were a particularly celebrated artistic medium. This poster was designed by Ethel Reed to advertise the publication of Albert Morris Bagby’s novel Miss Träumerei. Framed. Condition: Very Good. Moderate age-toning to poster; light denting and scratching to frame. Dimensions 12 x 16.375 inches. More

R. and J. Ottens, c. 1730. A regional map of the Netherlands showing Utrecht and Amsterdam created by the Dutch publishers R. and J. Ottens, c. 1730. Condition: Good. Some age toning, minor chips and closed tears to margins (as well as slightly longer tears at the edge of the central crease), and minor water damage to margins. Dimensions w 26.5 in x h 22.25 in. More

London: Richard Bishop, 1640. Second Edition. Title page only from 'The Alchemist,' part of the second folio of Ben Johnson, measuring 11.25" x 7.25"; JG consignment; shelved case 0. More

London / New York: Boussod, Valadon & Co / Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1888 - 1889. This lot includes the January, March, April, May, August, September, and December issues from 1888 and the May and November issues from 1889, for a total of nine issues. First editions thus. Original paper covers with each volume in its own protective cardboard case. All volumes are generously illustrated, both with illustrations embedded in the text and with plates (some of which have tissue guards). Condition: Good to Very Good. All issues show general wear consistent with age, including age-toning, chipping or small closed tears to covers and edges of pages, and small stains which only impact individual pages. Specific volumes also show more notable damage, including splits to spines (in two cases, resulting the volume being completely separated into two sections), covers detached but present, individual pages detached but present, and water-staining affecting multiple consecutive pages. Text is still legible throughout, and there is generally minimal to no damage to plates and illustrations. More

A blueprint and production design for the mail robot from the television show The Americans, given to former FBI and CIA counter-intelligence analyst Christopher Lynch by the show's creators, Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg. Lynch's book, The C.I. Desk, was the inspiration for incorporating the mail robot into the show. This lot also includes a copy of Lynch's book. Condition: Very Good to Excellent with only slight rippling. Dimensions 35 x 24 inches. More

A Tibetan thangka with mandala imagery. Very good condition, with a few small instances of minor rubbing or cracking to paint. More

London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1759 - 1760. First Edition, first printing. Both first editions. Both volumes bound in full leather binding with raised bands, gilt ornamentation and lettering on spines, and gilt ornamentation on edges of boards. A book plate belonging to David Henshaw Ward appears on the pastedown of the 1758 volume. Both texts blocks are clean. Condition: Good to Very Good. Some scuffing and shelf-wear to edges and spines. Both volumes rubbed, bumped, and frayed at corners; some light fraying at spine edges. Missing spot of leather (removed sticker?) to 1758 volume; repaired spine and new end papers to 1759 volume. Some light spotting to both. 1758 volume does not include title page, table of contents, or preface; 1759 volume does not include title page or preface. Both volumes are missing title pages and tables of contents. Dimensions 5.375 x 8.25 x 3 inches. More

London: E. and R. Brooke, 1792. London: E. and R. Brooke, 1792. xii, 620 pp., [8] index. First Edition. Octavo, bound in full 19th century tree calf with gilt ornamentation. The volume has been rebacked with a new spine of brown calf with black label and gilt lettering and ornamentation. Marbled endpapers; the bookplate of Phythian-Adams on front pastedown. Condition: Good to Very Good. Significant repairs to spine. Butterfly damp stain in upper spine area of first several pages. Dimensions 5.75 x 8.75 x 1.875 inches. More

A hand-drawn and hand-colored illustration accompanied by a hand-written poem in an early nineteeth-century hand. The poem, by actor and poet John Collins (d. 1808), describes the first visit of the “bumpkin” John Bull (a literary and satirical character commonly used as an embodiment of English character or Englishness) to a church. There, he witnesses several sights he finds bewildering, but he ultimately undone by a christening, which sends him running from the church, swearing never to return. The illustration captures Bull in the moment of turning to flee the scene of the christening in horror. Collins published this poem in his book, Scripscrapologia; Or, Collins's Doggerel Dish of All Sorts (Birmingham: by the author, 1804). The poem also appeared in newspapers in the United States: prose versions were printed in the Boston Weekly Magazine of Saturday Evening, February 9, 1805, and also in The Bureau, or Repository of Literature, Politics, and Intelligence by S.C. Carpenter on Saturday, June 27, 1812. The exact origin of this copy of the text is not entirely clear. None of the publications mentioned above, including the author’s own book, Scripscrapologia, print anything like the illustration that accompanies this version, or indeed any illustration at all. The text is also distinct from the versions mentioned above in a variety of ways, some of which are as subtle as change of stanza structure or slight alterations of word choice. It is also worth noting that the handwritten version includes various “corrections” to bring standard English spelling into line with the west country vernacular that Collins used in some versions of the text, but notably not in his book. Condition: Good to Very Good. Some breakage of the paper around the edges obscures a line of text at the very top of the page (written in a different hand, and not of a piece with the text below it) and partially obscures the last line of the poem, which is nevertheless still legible. A closed tear that extends up an old crease in the center of the page cuts through the last two stanzas of the poem, but does not significantly impact legibility. Dimensions 11.375 x 17.75 inches (manuscript); 17.125 x 21.125 inches (frame). More

Limited edition color lithograph by Raphael Soyer. Signature and date in pencil in lower right corner. Edition number 2/150, also in pencil, in the lower left corner. Black and white with muted colors on face, hands, and sweater. Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) was born in Russia and arrived in the United States at the age of 10. He studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous art museums, including the Whitney and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Condition: Excellent with no apparent issues. Not examined out of frame. Dimensions: 32 x 27 inches. More

A map of South America produced by the English cartographer Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784). This map highlights the waterways of South America, and also includes the European names for many coastal towns. Condition: Good to very good. Minor age toning somewhat darker around the edges and several creases. Matted and framed; not examined out of frame. Dimensions w 23.75in x h 22.25 in. More

A map of Spain by French cartographer Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667), in a later Italian edition dated 1710. Condition: Excellent, with even age toning. Double matted and framed; not examined out of frame. Dimensions w 31.5 in x h 26 5/8 in. More

Washington, D.C. Abdon Daoud Ackad. One mounted photograph, on which Alben Barkley has inscribed his best wishes to the photographer, Abdon Ackad; There is some damage to the rear from tape, acid did not bleed through; JK consignment. Shelved in Dupont, near front. More

A map of the historical region of Lavoro, in modern-day Campania and Lazio, by Joan Blaeu (1596-1673). Condition: Very Good. Age toning, a few age spots, and a central crease. Dimensions w 24 in x h 20 in. More

Paris: H. Agasse, 1805. Quarto. Full tree calf binding with gilt lettering and ornamentation on paneled spine; hand-printed blue and white end papers. The text block is clean, and the leaves are printed on one side only. The volume presents a number of plates from an earlier dictionary of fine arts, which depict tools, techniques, and studio scenes for various categories of fine art. Condition: Good only. The binding shows minor fraying, scratches, and shelf wear consistent with age. Several plates are detached but present or damaged: “Composition et Expression” has been tipped in and then cut out with no damage to the plate. Plate 13 under Dessin [Drawing], “Jambes et Pieds,” has been cut out and then tucked back into the book in its original place. Plate 1 under Sculpture en Bois [Sculpture in Wood], “Vignette, atelier du sculpteur en boise, et outils,” has been removed and cut into three sections. As it originally depicted three separate images on a single page, only one of the three images was damaged in this process, but the printed title that accompanied the image has been lost. In addition, the final page of the table of contents has been removed and cut down slightly, but the page is tucked into the volume and there is no damage to the text. Two plates are absent from the book. Plate 8 under Gravure en taille-douce [Intaglio], “Gravure en manière de crayon,” has been removed. Plate 38 under Dessin [Drawing], “Proportions de la Vénus de Médicis,” is likewise absent. Dimensions 9.25 x 12 x 1.375 inches. More

A map of Sweden published by Venetian intellectual leader Giovanbattista Albrizzi (1698-1777). Condition: Very Good. Age toning; faint center crease with some light discoloration around it. Matted but not framed. Dimensions w 17 7/8 in x h 16 1/8 in. More

Print by Boris W. Vallejo, signed and dated (7/27/79) in pen in the lower right corner. This print is of the cover art created by fantasy artist Boris W. Vallejo for the novel Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman. Vallejo, born in Peru in 1941, attended Peru’s National School of Fine Arts, and later immigrated to the United States. He has worked with numerous publishers in the fantasy genre, and has also created artwork for movie posters and more. Condition: Good. Somewhat faded. Some rippling from the way the print has been matted. Some damage to the backing, but this does not impact the print. Dimensions 23.5 x 25.375 inches. More

Print by Elisabeth Claire Tournay (1731-1773) after a painting by Pierre-Louis Dumesnil the Younger (1698-1781). Tournay was a female engraver who spent her career in Paris, where Dumesnil also worked for most of his life. A copy of this print is currently in the collection of the Musee Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris in Paris, France. Matted and framed. Condition: Very Good. The black and gilt frame shows some minor wear. Not examined out of frame. Dimensions 23 x 21 inches. More

1797. An engraving by French artist Jacques Philippe Levilly (active 1780-1800). Condition: good. Light age toning and some age spots; several small closed tears and holes in margins. Several small creases around the edges and one faint central crease. Some faint water staining to right edge, particularly in margin. Matted but not framed. Dimensions mat w 19 5/8 in x h 17 5/8 in print w 15.25 in x h 13.25 in. More

1963. A pen and ink sketch by Manuel Ayaso (b. 1934), a Spanish-born American artist. Condition: very good. A small light grey stain is evident in the center of the bottom margin. Matted and framed; not examined out of frame. Dimensions frame w 13.5 in x h 16 in image w 7 7/8 in x h 9 7/8 in. More