Neal Auction Winter Estates January 2015

20 72. Mercer, Asa Shinn , The Banditti of the Plains or the Cattleman’s Invasion of Wyoming in 1892 (The Crowning Infamy of the Ages) , Denver, 1894, (8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.), first edition, black pebbled cloth, advertising leaf and five blank at front, illustrations in text. $1000/1500 Note: The book is a highly controversial and partisan account of the Johnson County Cattle War of 1892, which pitted small homesteaders against larger ranchers for grazing rights. Most of the copies and the printing plates were destroyed by irate cattlemen, who thought they were unfairly depicted in the book. 73. London, Jack , Before Adam , New York, The Macmillan Company, 1907, (7 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in.), illustrated by Charles Livingston, tan buckram stamped in red and white, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by London on the first free endpaper “Dear Dr. Beadnell...Glen Ellen, California, Aug. 24/09”, and with a small photograph of London on the first pastedown. $800/1200 Provenance: Philip C. Duschnes Rare Books, New York, NY. Note: In the inscription London acknowledges how Beadnell’s writings on dreams and evolution helped him write the present book. A few short articles by Beadnell are attached at the end of the book. 74. Faulkner, William , The Town , New York, Random House, 1957, (8 in. x 5 1/4 in.), first edition, No. 322 of 450 specially bound copies signed by Faulkner, second volume of the Snopes trilogy, unprinted mylar wrapper, as issued. $700/1000 75. Poe, Edgar Allan , The Bells and Other Poems , New York, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912], octavo, color illustrations by Edmund Dulac, all edges gilt, full leather art binding by Bennett, NY, with bells on spine and cover. $600/900 76. Toole, John Kennedy , A Confederacy of Dunces , Baton Rouge and London, Louisiana State University Press, 1980, first edition, third printing, signed by Walker Percy, beige cloth, with dust jacket. $500/750 69. Hemingway, Ernest , Three Stories & Ten Poems , Paris, Contact Publishing, 1923, 12 mo., first and only edition of Hemingway’s first book, original blue-grey wrappers, custom chemise and 1/4 gilt-lettered blue morocco slipcase. $12000/18000 Provenance: Philip C. Duschnes Rare Books, New York, NY. 70. Austen, Jane , Pride and Prejudice , London, George Allen and Ruskin House, 1894, octavo, first Hugh Thompson illustrated, large-paper edition, one of 275 copies, printed on unbleached Arnold paper, all edges gilt, fine Bayntun-Riviere binding, the front cover with inlaid panel depicting the novel’s central character, Elizabeth Bennet. $1000/1500 Provenance: Harry F. Marks Galleries, New York, NY. 71. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan , The Complete Sherlock Holmes , New York, Doubleday, 1953, 2 volumes, (8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.), original blue half morocco, limited edition, No. 41 of 147 numbered copies with Doyle’s autograph. $1000/1500 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76