Willow Auction House's Fall Great Estates Curated Auction features nearly 200 lots of first edition books, furniture, artwork and ethnographic items.
The sale features a large selection of books from a private New York City collector, including first editions and publications in their original serialized parts by George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte, H.G. Wells, William Makepeace Thackeray and Charles Dickens.
Also up for auction is a variety of mid-century modern, oak and English furniture, including pieces by Tommi Parzinger, Paul Evans, Eames and Harvey Probber.
The sale also includes a large selection of artwork, including paintings by William Merritt Chase, Hermann Herzog, David Burliuk and Alfred Kowalski, as well as an Andy Warhol Cow Screenprint on wallpaper, and a large Franz Bergman cold painted bronze.
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LOT 99:
W.M. Thackeray The Newcomes First Edition Books
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$80 - $100
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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W.M. Thackeray The Newcomes First Edition Books
William Makepeace Thackeray (England, 1811-1863). The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, in 2 volumes. First edition, 1854-1855. "Edited by A. Pendennis, Esq.". With illustrations by Richard Doyle. Publisher Bradbury and Evans, London; printed by Bradbury and Evans. Bookplate Ryder front pastedown volume I and rear pastedown volume II. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4".
Front board volume I detached and rear board and spine detached, rear board and spine detached and leather from spine missing volume II, corners bumped, wear to marbled boards and leather, wear to edges and corners, foxing throughout, notations in pencil front endpaper volume I.
Provenance: Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, 11/1970; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition: Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Photos are considered part of the condition report. Complete condition information is available by request, no later than 24 hours prior to the auction. All lots are offered and sold "as is", and Willow Auctions will not provide refunds based on condition. Timepiece movements, lighting and electrics have not been tested, and art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated.
