The Butterfly Queen
Hague, Michael Watercolor on board. Size: 5 by 7 inches. Published as the frontispiece to The Cabbage Moth and the Shamrock: New York et al: The Green Tiger Press division of Simon and Schuster, (1991), BY Ethel Marbach. An elaborate work, with a very ethereal presence. Signed lower right.- $1,500
- $1,500
Young America Abroad – Second Series
Optic, Oliver (William T. Adams) 1871 – 1877. Together, six volumes, the complete set. Titles include: Up The Baltic, Northern Lands, Cross and Crescent, Sunny Shores, Vine and Olive, and Isles of the Sea. Each is 12mo decorated cloth. Each volume with a pictorial, engraved extra title and an engraved frontispiece. Up the Baltic with some wear to the spine; others bright and fresh. Some cracked hinges, but all bindings sound. A nice set, scarce complete.- $200
- $200
The Story of Wagner’s Lohengrin
Tilney, Frederick Colin No date (ca 1900). From the Photogravure Series. Thin octavo red pictorial cloth stamped in green and gilt. Illustrated with 6 fine full-page color plates by Tilney. This copy INSCRIBED BY TILNEY TO DOROTHY ROSE TOYNBEE in 1918. Very light rubbing at the extremities, else fine.- $150
- $150
The Novels of Tobias Smollett
Smollett, Tobias Complete in 11 volumes. One of 500 sets of the Large Paper Edition, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. Illustrated throughout with b/w plates, each with a descriptive tissue guard. Small 4to ¾ dark green morocco over green cloth-covered boards. Spines with raised bands and gilt in compartments. Some minimal rubbing at a few joints, else a fine set, beautifully preserved.- $950
- $950
In the Gardens of the Palace
Hague, Michael Original watercolor on artist?s paper. Size: 6 by 3.5 inches. Published as the chapter heading to the story ?The Birthday of the Infanta? in The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1993. A fine, delicate piece, signed lower left.- $1,200
- $1,200
The Hash Knife Outfit
Grey, Zane Stated first edition. Harper code letters G-H. Octavo black cloth lettered in orange. Very good, with some light wear at the spine tips, in a very good dust jacket which has light rubbing at the edges and a small chip at the upper spine tip. This copy SIGNED BY GREY on the front free endpaper.- $475
- $475
He Was Lifted Up and Set Astride the King’s Shoulders
Watercolor on board. Size: 9 ½ by 7 ½ inches. Published in A Mouse Called Junction: (New York): Pantheon Books, 1980. By Julia Cunningham. It appears on page 25, which is consistent with the note at the bottom margin of the work. A striking nighttime image. Signed lower left.