• Auction 20530

    The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part Three

    19 May 2022 - 2 June 2022, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 496,188 (USD)
149 Lots for Sale 20530
Lot 375
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Homme et femme
black ink on paper
10 1⁄2 x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm.)
estimate
$18,000 - $25,000

price realized
$20,160
Lot 376
EUGÈNE ATGET (1857–1927)
Untitled [bookstalls], c. 1910
signed 'Berenice Abbott' in pencil (verso)
image: 7 x 9 1⁄4 in. (17.8 x 23.4 cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,638
Lot 377
AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: KRISHNA TRIUMPHING KALIYA
INDIA, PAHARI HILLS, MANKOT, 18TH CENTURY
9 1⁄2 X 5 7⁄8 in. (24.1 x 14.9 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$9,450
Lot 378
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A MARKENDEYA PURANA SERIES
NEPAL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Image 3 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 in. (8.9 x 19.1 cm.)
Folio 4 x 7 3⁄4 in. (10.2 x 19.7 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$630
Lot 379
EDOUARD VUILLARD (1860-1940)
Intèrieur aux tentures roses II, from Paysages et Intèrieurs
Image: 13 3⁄8 x 10 3⁄4 in. (340 x 273 mm.)
Sheet: 15 1⁄4 x 12 1⁄8 in. (387 x 308 mm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$2,772
Lot 380
Twelve miniature drawings
French, 19th century
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,528
Lot 381
Yale College & State House
Hand-colored lithograph, circa 1825
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,386
Lot 382
New Haven Green
Original watercolor, circa 1835
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 383
Eastern View of the Public Square in New Haven
Hand-colored lithograph, 1840.
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

Lot 384
Tontine Hotel, New Haven
Handcolored wood engraving, circa 1849
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

Lot 385
Eastern View of the Public Square in New Haven
John W. Barber, 1851
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 386
Catalogue of the Library of Yale-College
Thomas Clap, 1743
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$3,780
Lot 387
The Annals or History of Yale-College in New Haven
Thomas Clap, 1766
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$6,930
Lot 388
Connecticut history
Ezra Stiles, et al., 1761-1794
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$504
Lot 389
Yale Cartoons
W.H. Davenport, 1859
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,638
Lot 390
The Riot at New Haven between the Students and Town Boys
New Haven, 1854
estimate
$200 - $300

price realized
$630
Lot 391
Pictures in the Jarves Collection
Osvald Siren, 1916
estimate
$200 - $300

price realized
$126
Lot 392
Gustavia, St. Barts
Two original drawings and an English-language newspaper, 1827-1835
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$2,016
Lot 393
A True and Faithful Relation of the Proceedings of the Forces of Their...
Thomas Spencer, 1691.
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,260
Lot 394
Piracy and privateering around St. Barts
1741-1752
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 395
Ceding St. Barts to Sweden
Paris, 1784
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$630
Lot 396
Manuscript map of St. Barts
Circa 1785
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$6,300
Lot 397
Two early works on St. Barts
Euphrasén and Dahlman, 1795 and 1786
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,890
Lot 398
Beskrifning Oefver Svenska Vestindiska oen St Barthelemi
Bengt Euphrasen, 1795
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

Lot 399
Map of St. Barts
Samuel Fahlberg, 1802
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,024
Lot 400
St. Barts
Thirty items, 1786-1872
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$3,024
Lot 401
An appeal against a privateer
London, 1806
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$504
Lot 402
Lithografiska Skizzer fran Fregatten Norrkopings Expedition till Amerika och...
Johan Govenius, 1863
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$756
Lot 403
Harmonium
Wallace Stevens, 1923
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$4,788
Lot 404
Ideas of Order
Wallace Stevens, 1935
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$5,292
Lot 405
Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction
Wallace Stevens, 1942
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$3,528
Lot 406
Two Wallace Stevens limited editions
Cummington Press, 1945 & 1947
estimate
$1,800 - $2,500

Lot 407
The Auroras of Autumn
Wallace Stevens, 1950
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$3,024
Lot 408
The Necessary Angel
Wallace Stevens, 1951
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$2,772
Lot 409
Collection of 14 books
Wallace Stevens, mostly 1930s-1950s
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$2,016
Lot 410
Fifteen Autograph Letters, Signed, September 10, 1902 to February 2, 1909
Saki, 1902-1909
estimate
$6,000 - $9,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 411
Autograph letter signed on suffrage
Saki, 31 December 1913
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$1,134
Lot 412
Beasts and Super-Beasts
Saki, 1914
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 413
Five booklets with stories by Saki
H.H. Munro, 1916-1949
estimate
$600 - $900

price realized
$126
Lot 414
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien, 1939
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 415
At Swim-Two-Birds, with correspondence
Flann O'Brien, 1939
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 416
An Béal Bocht
Flann O'Brien, 1941
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,024
Lot 417
Faustus Kelly, and others
Flann O'Brien, 1943
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,386
Lot 418
Five titles
Flann O'Brien, 1941-1961
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$2,142
Lot 419
The Dalkey Archive
Flann O'Brien, 1964
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$1,134
Lot 420
The Dalkey Archive
Flann O'Brien, 1964
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 421
The Dalkey Archive
Flann O'Brien, 1965
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,260
Lot 422
The Poor Mouth
Flann O'Brien, 1973
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$2,772
Lot 423
Eight Pen and Ink Drawings by James Thurber on Various Themes
James Thurber, 1934-1943.
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$17,640
Lot 424
Original Drawings for The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze
James Thurber, 1935.
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$16,380
Lot 425
James Thurber & E.B. White
Presentation copies with original drawings
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$6,930
Lot 426
Decline and Fall
Evelyn Waugh, 1928
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,276
Lot 427
Labels: a Mediterranean Journal
Evelyn Waugh, 1930
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,260
Lot 428
Vile Bodies
Evelyn Waugh, 1930
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$2,520
Lot 429
Vile Bodies
Evelyn Waugh, 1930
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 430
Black Mischief
Evelyn Waugh, 1932
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,772
Lot 431
A Handful of Dust
Evelyn Waugh, 1934.
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$9,450
Lot 432
Edmund Campion, to John Betjeman
Evelyn Waugh, 1935
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,260
Lot 433
Edmund Campion
Evelyn Waugh, 1935
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,890
Lot 434
Brideshead Revisited, John Betjeman's copy
Evelyn Waugh, 1945
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$23,940
Lot 435
The Loved One, an Anglo-American Tragedy
Evelyn Waugh, 1948
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,142
Lot 436
The Holy Places, inscribed and with a letter
Evelyn Waugh, 1952
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$2,268
Lot 437
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, a Conversation Piece
Evelyn Waugh, 1957
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

Lot 438
A Little Learning, inscribed to the Betjemans
Evelyn Waugh, 1964
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,890
Lot 439
Presentation copies for Christopher Sykes
Evelyn Waugh
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 440
Modern Literature
Six books, 1918-1960
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$9,450
Lot 441
Beckford's Folly
circa 1810
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 442
Audubon and the rats
Japanese woodblock, c. 1873
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$5,292
Lot 443
The Life and Errors of John Dunton
John Dunton, 1705
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,512
Lot 444
Poetical Meditations
Roger Wolcott, 1725
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

Lot 445
The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation
William Combe, 1822
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$630
Lot 446
Three books by William Cobbett
1822, 1825 & 1930
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$126
Lot 447
Sophocles's Tragedies
Matthew Arnold's copy, 1858
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$1,890
Lot 448
The Library of Samuel L.M. Barlow
Presentation copy, 1885
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$2,520
Lot 449
The Book-Lover's Almanac
Henri Maigrot, illustrator, 1893
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$504
Lot 450
New Amsterdam, New Orange, New York
William Loring Andrews, 1897
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$4,410
Lot 451
The Journey of the Iconophiles
William Loring Andrews, 1897
estimate
$700 - $1,000

price realized
$1,386
Lot 452
Oriental Ceramic Art
Stephen W. Bushell, 1897.
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$630
Lot 453
Widener Catalogue
A. Edward Newton's copy
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$2,268
Lot 454
Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgos Sepolcro
Stanley Morison, 1933
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,386
Lot 455
The American Drawings of John White 1577-1590
Paul Hulton and D.B. Quinn, 1964.
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$378
Lot 456
Flower Alphabet
Joseph Reed original
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,134
Lot 457
Jan Huygen Van Linschoten and the Moral Map of Asia
Roxburghe Club, 1999
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$882
Lot 458
AMERICANA BOOK TRADE
Three titles, 1953-1981
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$630
Lot 459
The Plains and the Rockies
Wagner-Camp, Thomas W. Streeter's copy
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 460
Three Essays on Picturesque Beauty, with An Essay on Prints
William Gilpin, 1792.
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$756
Lot 461
Drawing Book
Robert Scot, 1798
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,260
Lot 462
Drawing manuals
Group of four titles, 1810-c.1820
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,260
Lot 463
A Compendium of Picturesque Anatomy
John Rubens Smith, 1827
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 464
A New Drawing Book of American Scenery
Benjamin H. Coe, 1849
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,386
Lot 465
Studies for Drawing the Human Figure
Philadelphia, c.1850
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$2,016
Lot 466
Two books on penmanship
Henry Dean and Charles Bazeley, 1808-1836
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$504
Lot 467
Gems of Penmanship
Oliver B. Goldsmith, 1846
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$882
Lot 468
Specimens of Penmanship
John Gundry, 1873
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$17,640
Lot 469
The Town and Country Builder’s Assistant
John Norman, 1786
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 470
Articles of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, 1786
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 471
The Practical Builder, or Workman's General Assistant
William Pain, 1792
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 472
The Builder’s Pocket-Treasure
William Pain, 1794
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,772
Lot 473
The Builder's Pocket-Treasure, and two others
William Pain, 1794-1797
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 474
The Young Mill-Wright & Miller’s Guide
Oliver Evans, 1795
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,890
Lot 475
The Practical House Carpenter
William Pain, 1796
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 476
The Country Builder’s Assistant
Asher Benjamin, 1797
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$15,120
Lot 477
The Country Builder’s Assistant
Asher Benjamin, 1798
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,772
Lot 478
The Rules of Work, of the Carpenters, in the Town of Boston
Contemporary sheep, 1800
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$2,142
Lot 479
The Builder’s Assistant
Asher Benjamin, 1800
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$6,300
Lot 480
The Builder’s Jewel
Batty and Thomas Langley, 1800
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

Lot 481
The Rules of Work, of the Carpenters, in the Town of Boston
Marbled wrappers, 1800
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

Lot 482
The Country Builder’s Assistant
Asher Benjamin, 1805
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,788
Lot 483
The Young Carpenter’s Assistant
Owen Biddle, 1805
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$5,670
Lot 484
Rural Economy: containing a Treatise on Pisé Building
S.W. Johnson, 1806
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$882
Lot 485
Twenty books by Asher Benjamin
Boston, 1806-1851
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 486
The Young Mill-Wright's & Miller’s Guide
Oliver Evans, 1807
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

Lot 487
The Young Carpenter’s Assistant
Owen Biddle, 1810
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,520
Lot 488
The Constitution of the Incorporated Practical House Carpenters' Society
Philadelphia, 1812
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$882
Lot 489
Book of Prices, of the Philadelphia Master Plasterers' Company
Philadelphia, 1812
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$3,780
Lot 490
The Builder's Assistant
John Haviland, 1818-1821
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

Lot 491
Carpenters' Guides
7 volumes, 1805-1837
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 492
A Description of Tremont House with Architectural Illustrations
William Harvard Eliot, 1830
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,386
Lot 493
Architecture in America
Four works, 1834-1846
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 494
Three Builder’s Price Books
James Gallier, 1833-1836
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$756
Lot 495
Domestic management
Three titles, 1808-1867
estimate
$700 - $900

Lot 496
Rural Residences ... Designs, Original and Selected, for Cottages, Farm Houses,...
Alexander Jackson Davis, 1837
estimate
$5,000 - $8,000

price realized
$10,710
Lot 497
The Origin of Building: or, the Plagiarism of the Heathens Detected
John Wood, 1741
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 498
The American Architect
John W. Ritch
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$630
Lot 499
Stair Building
Three books, 1840-1857
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,008
Lot 500
Architectural Instructor and The Modern Builders' Guide
Minard Lafeyer, 1833 & 1856
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,386
Lot 501
A Chronological History of New-England
Thomas Prince, 1736
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,134
Lot 502
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity
Robert Barclay, 1736
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$630
Lot 503
Joseph Brant, Mohawk Chief
London, 1776
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$630
Lot 504
Plates from his Encyclopedia
Thomas Dobson
estimate
$600 - $900

price realized
$756
Lot 505
The Golden Cabinet: Being the Laboratory, or Handmaid to the Arts
Philadelphia, 1793
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$756
Lot 506
Description of the Susquehanna
Philadelphia, 1796
estimate
$700 - $1,000

price realized
$504
Lot 507
Nathan Fiske's The Moral Monitor
Isaiah Thomas's copy, 1801
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$630
Lot 508
Antiquarian books
Including two Brinley copies
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,890
Lot 509
A memorial to Alexander Hamilton
William Coleman, 1804
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$3,276
Lot 510
The Laws of the Territory of Louisiana
John Fletcher Darby's copy, 1808 [but 1809]
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,016
Lot 511
The Life of George Washingon
John Corry, 1809
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$2,016
Lot 512
An Academy for Grown Horsemen, printed by Jane Aitken
Henry William Bunbury, 1813
estimate
$600 - $900

price realized
$504
Lot 513
McCulloch v. Maryland
John Marshall, 1819
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$13,860
Lot 514
A Flora of North America, uncolored
William Barton, 1821-1823
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 515
[Views of Niagara]
Thomas Hanford Wentworth, 1821
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,260
Lot 516
Steele's Niagara Falls Port-folio
Oliver Steele, 1843
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$882
Lot 517
Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus
Washington Irving, 1831
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$1,008
Lot 518
Two Plates From Harvey’s Scenes of the Primitive Forest of America
George Harvey, 1841.
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$5,292
Lot 519
Conspectus generum avium
Charles Bonaparte, 1850
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$5,670
Lot 520
Map of History
Enormous panorama, 1876
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$1,890
Lot 521
Birds of North America
Jacob Studer, 1895
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$882
Lot 522
Inscribed to and by Lenny Bruce
Robert Reisner, 1962
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$3,276
Lot 523
Candelabra
Meriden Britannia, late 19th century
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$504
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