Sale 189, Session Three

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951 Hammer Price was $75.00 THE NOVELS OF L. MUEHLBACH , published New York, 1897, 8vo, ¾ leather, 7 volumes. Opening bid: $10.
952 Hammer Price was $100.00 "OPUS SADICUM, A PHILOSOPHICAL ROMANCE" , for the first time translated from original French (Holland, 1791), published Paris, 1889, Limited Edition, 181/250 copies, being the story of "Justine or the Misfortunes of Virtue", by Marquix de Sade, ¾ leather, 8 vo, binding slightly rubbed. Opening bid: $10.
953 Hammer Price was $85.00 "DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA" or "Passages from the History of the Sixteenth Century, 1547-1578", illustrated with wood engravings by Sir William Sterling, Maxweel Bart, published London, 1883, ¾ leather, 2 volumes. Opening bid: $40.
954 Hammer Price was $290.00 "THE ENGLISH ROGUE DESCRIBED in the life of Meriton Latroon, a witty extravagant, being a complete history of "The Most Prominent Cheats of Both Sexes", printed in London in 4 parts: 1665, 1671, 1674 and 1680, ¾ leather, 12mo, four volumes, bindings rubbed, text fine, with numerous wood cut illustrations. Opening bid: $20.
955 Hammer Price was $80.00 FIVE CHILDRENS STORIES by Howard R. Garis, published New York by the Platt & Munk Co., all 8vo, d.j., consisting of: a) "Uncle Wiggly's Fortune", 1942, b) "Uncle Wiggly's Travels,1929, c) "Uncle Wiggly's Automobile, 1939, d) "Uncle Wiggly's Adventures, 1940, e) "Uncle Wiggly and the Little Tails", 1942. Opening bid: $10.
956 Hammer Price was $431.00 "THE COMPLETE WRITING OF ELBERT HUBBARD" pub by the Roycrofters, E. Aurora NY, 1908, limited edition, vol 1 is #530, hand signed by Elbert Hubbard, 16 of 20 volume set, ¾ leather. Condition: missing are volumes 3, 4 , 7 & 17. Opening bid: $100
957 Hammer Price was $30.00 "A POPULAR HISTORY OF FRANCE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES" by M. Guizot, with 300 illustrations by A. De Neuville, published Boston, n.d. ¾ leather, 8vo, 5 volumes, some bindings rubbed, volume 1 and volume 2 board separated at spine. Opening bid: $10.
958 ELBER HUBBARDS SCRAP BOOK" pub by the Roycrofters in E. Aurora NY, 8vo, linen covered boards, d.j., 8vo, 1923. Opening bid: $5
959 Hammer Price was $10.00 TWO VOLUMES of "Our Country, a Household History of the United States for all Readers from the Discovery of America to the Present Times" by Benson J. Lossing LL.D. with 500 illustrations by Felix O.C. Darley, published New York, 1888, full tooled leather, gold stamped large 8vo. Condition: the covers are separated from the spines but the text is intact. Opening bid: $5.
960 Hammer Price was $20.00 "THE BEST SONGS OF THE 20'S AND 30'S (Complete words & music), introduction by Richard Rogers, pub NY 1973, blue cloth d.j., large 8vo. Opening bid: $ 5
961 Hammer Price was $10.00 "BRASS ANTHOLOGY" a compendium of brass articles from the "Instrumentalist," pub 1984, Evanston Ill, large 8vo, red cloth, gold stamped. Opening bid: $10
962 Hammer Price was $65.00 "JOHNSON'S NATURAL HISTORY" , comprehensive, scientific and popular , illustrating and describing the animal kingdom with it's wonders and curiosities, et al, illustrated with 1500 life-like engravings, published New York, 1868, ¾ leather, two volumes. Opening bid: $40.
963 BUNDLE OF FIVE MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES pertaining to the automobile. Opening bid: $5.
964 Hammer Price was $10.00 "THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT" , illustrated, published Boston by Roberts Brothers, 1886, large 8vo, gold cloth, stamped. Opening bid: $10.
965 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS , hard cover, and paperback in a basket. Opening bid: $5
966 Hammer Price was $55.00 TAN MAHOGANY FINISHED FIVE TIERED OPEN BOOKCASE , 72"x30"x14". Opening bid: $20.
967 MEYER, NEWELL , American 20th C. (attributed to), "Self Portrait", bronze sculpted bust, 10"x7"x5 ¼", unsigned. Opening bid: $100.
968 MEYER, NEWELL , American 20th C. "Portrait of Ann Meyer", bronze sculpted bust, 9 ½"x7 ¾"x6", signed: "Newell Meyer". Opening bid: $100.
969 Hammer Price was $205.00 VICTORIAN OAK CASED REED ORGAN , with superstructure having bevel plate glass mirror inset, 86"x52"x23 ½", maker: "Windsor Organ Co.", Chicago, late 19th C. Opening bid: $100.
970 Hammer Price was $20.00 PINE PLANK TOP BENCH , 17 ½"x60"x15". Opening bid: $20.
971 Hammer Price was $35.00 TALL CLOISONNE VASE , floral against an ivory ground, blue banded shoulder, 13" tall, China, c. early 20th C. Condition: very slight indentation noted near the shoulder. Opening bid: $35
972 TALL CLOISONNÉ VASE , floral motifs, royal blue ground, 15 3/8" tall, China, c. early 20th C. Condition: excellent. Opening bid $75
973 Hammer Price was $300.00 LOWRY MX2 ELECTRIC ORGAN with bench, sold by Pickle Piano Co., Bloomingdale IL, having 2 Listen and Play Series music disks, each capable of 6 all-time favorites, made in La Grange, IL. Opening bid: $300
974 Hammer Price was $235.00 ITALIAN SCHOOL 19th/20th C., Untitled (Venus disrobing), mottled grayish marble sculpture, 17" tall. Opening bid: $75
975 Hammer Price was $185.00 MAHOGANY VICTORIAN PLANT STAND , on three turned columns with splayed feet, 38"x9" diameter (at top), American circa late 19th C. Opening bid: $20.
976 Hammer Price was $30.00 PARIAN MARBLE EWER with sculpted floral motifs in high relief around the body, 8" tall, American or English, c. mid/late 19th C. Opening bid: $30
977 PORCELAIN ANGEL FIGURE with dove, 13" tall. Condition: one wing of dove has been repaired. Opening bid: $10
978 Hammer Price was $185.00 WALNUT VICTORIAN REED ORGAN , with superstructure inset with bevel plate glass mirror, made by Ann Arbor (Michigan) Organ Co., in playing condition, 79 ½"x49"x23". Opening bid: $100.
979 Hammer Price was $40.00 OAK RECTANGULAR PIANO BENCH , with hinged lid disclosing area for sheet music, on four turned legs with "H" stretcher, circa 1920's. Opening bid: $10.
980 Hammer Price was $285.00 A "ONE OF A KIND" HORSE-SHOE SHAPED ARMCHAIR , hand carved mahogany framed, the back is formed with seven hand carved in relief panels of floral and scroll motifs, on three elaborately carved legs, each surmounted by a carved putti head, incurvate legs and acanthus scroll carved feet, supported by three floral and scroll carved incurvate stretchers, upholstered in burgundy red velvet. Condition: Excellent. Opening bid: $100.

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