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• FORSYTHES ANTIQUES AUCTION •

FORSYTHES AUCTIONS LLC PRESENTS


 • THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE BETTY & AARON TUMEN •
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2018 - 1:00 PM
EASTGATE (CINCINNATI), OHIO


Located at the Holiday Inn, 4501 Eastgate Blvd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45245.  Exit 63A off I-275 to 32 to Eastgate Blvd.


This auction includes the personal collection of the late Betty & Aaron Tumen, well-respected dealers and collectors & former owners of Brass Eagle Antiques.

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 Lot # 301 - 315
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 TITLE DESCRIPTION LOW
EST		 HIGH EST CONDITION
             
301 Two Sets of Fine Leather Bound Books Two Sets of Fine Leather Bound Books Including a three volume set entitled Essays of Montaigne, translated by Charles Cotton, Reeves & Turner, London, 1877, 8vo (6 x 8 1/2") in brown calf with gilt titles on spines, marbled boards, fore edges, free end papers & paste downs, 435, 610 & 476pp; and five volume set entitled The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq..., London, 1812, 4to 6 x 9") in brown half calf with gilt titles on spines and gilt top fore edges, marbled boards, free end paper & paste down. 50 100 Minor scuffing to bindings, with chips on title blocks, else Fine.
302 Sets of Leather Bound Books Sets of Leather Bound Books Eight volumes, including Shakespeare's Works, Vols. V-VII, Hooper, Clarke & Co., N.Y. & Chicago, circa 1890's, 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/2") in half brown calf with gilt titles on spines and gilt top fore edges, marbled boards, free end papers & paste downs; plus The Complete Works Shakespeare from the Original Text, Martin, Johnson & Co., N.Y.C., n.d., circa 1880's in full green moroccan with gilt title on spine, gilt scroll on boards & gilt fore edges, marbled free end papers & paste downs, 1723pp; and three volume set (I-II), entitled The Plays of Shakespeare, edited by Howard Staunton with illustrations by John Gilbert, Geo. Routledge & Co., 1858, 4to (7 x 10 1/4") in brown full calf with gilt title on spines, gilt fore edges and marbled free end papers and paste downs. 100 150 All with minor scuffing, else Fine.
303 Desk Top Bookcase & Leather Bound Set Desk Top Bookcase & Leather Bound Set A circa 1910, square our sided desk top bookcase with thumb molded top and slats in old cleaned varnish finish, 10 1/2" square x 11 1/4" high; and a 12 volume set of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y.C., 1906, in half red calf with marbled boards, end papers and paste downs. 100 200 Bookcase is Fine, minor chips on spines of bindings.
304 Two Sets of Fine Leather Bound Books Two Sets of Fine Leather Bound Books Including three volume set entitled Our Country a Household History for All Readers…, by Benson J. Lossing with over 500 illustrations on American history, Henry Jackson, N.Y.C., 1877, 4to (7 1/2 x 10") in full brown moroccan with ilt titles on spines, marbled free end papers and paste downs; and Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America, by E.A. Duyckinck, Johnson, Fry & Co., N.Y.C., 1872, small folio (9 x 11 1/4") in half brown calf with gilt titles on spines, gilt fore edges red cloth boards with gilt titles on front, marbled free end papers and paste downs. 50 100 1st set slight scuffing, else Fine; 2nd vol. 1 front board loose and chips on spines.
305 Three Sets of Fine Leather Bound Books Three Sets of Fine Leather Bound Books Including The Stones of Venice, by John Ruskin, John Wiley, N.Y.C., 1860, 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 3/4"), in half brown Clf with gilt titles on spines, marbled free end papers & paste downs, 462, 437 & 375pp; plus The Rise of the Dutch Republic…, by John L. Motley in three volumes, Geo. Routledge & sons, London & N.Y.C., n.d., 16mo (5 1/4 x 7 1/4") in half green moroccan with gilt titles on spines, gilt top fore edge, marbled boards, free end papers & paste downs, 485, 427 & 518pp; and Tales and Sketches by the Ettrick Shepherd... by D.O. Hill, Blackie & Son, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, n.d., circa 1890's 16mo (4 1/4 x 6 1/2") in half purple calf with printed cloth boards, marbled fore edges, free front end papers & paste downs, Vols. V-VII only. 100 200 1st & 2nd sets Fine; 3rd with sun faded spines.
306 17th Century Book 17th Century Book Entitled: Politeuphuia. Wits Common Wealth. Newly Corrected and amended, by John Bodenham, printed by James Flecher, London, 1655, 321pp, in early 19th century binding, half brown calf with gilt title block on spine, marbled boards, 32mo (3 1/2 x 5 1/2"). 100 200 As above and last page with tear below text, trimmed and title page repaired and laid on paper, missing lower corner with slight text loss, minor even toning and inked manuscript inscriptions on title page, still Very Good.
307 Nine Early Leather Bound Books Nine Early Leather Bound Books Including Night Thoughts, by Edward  Young, Philadelphia, J. Pounder, 1816, 287pp, in full brown calf, 32mo (3 x 5 1/2"); plus Histoire Ancienne, by De Ch. Rollin, Paris, 1818, full brown calf, 18mo (4 1/4 x 6 3/4"), false book with hidden compartment inside; plus Xenophontis Memorabilia, by Xenophontis Operum, printed in Lipsiae, 1839, 32mo (3 3/4 x 5 1/4") in half brown calf with paper boards, 155pp; plus two 48mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8") full brown moroccan with gilt title on spine including Prayer Lessons & Common Prayer, London G.E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode, n.d., circa 1850's with gilt fore edges; plus Aucassin  and Nicolete, by Andrew Lang, Geo. Routledge & Sons, London, n.d., circa 1880's, 32mo (3 1/2 x 5 1/4") in fill green calf with gilt title on spine, gilt fore edges with all illustrations; and three other half calf bound books with marbled boards. 100 150 1st & 2nd minor wear and toning, Very Good; 3rd spine chipped, else Very Good; 4th-6th Fine; 7th-9th Very Good.
308 Three Fine Art Books Three Fine Art Books Including two volume set entitled The New Gallery of British Art, Containing One Hundred and Twenty-one Engravings on Steel…, D. Appleton & Co., N.Y.C., n.d., circa 1880's, small folio (11x 14") in full embossed brown moroccan with gilt title on spine and front, gilt fore edges and glazed and floral free end papers & paste downs; and British Sporting Artists From Barlow to Herring, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, London, John Lane & Bodley Head LTD & N.Y.C., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922, 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4"), in green buckram with gilt title and illustrations on spine and front. 50 100 Both with very minor scuffing, Fine.
309 Four Fine Bound Books Four Fine Bound Books Including The Gallery of English and American Poets… with essay by Henry Coppee, richly illustrated, Philadelphia, J.M. Stoddart & Co., 1874, 8vo (9 x 12"), in full black moroccan with gilt title on spine, gilt fore edges, marbled free end papers & paste downs, 488pp; plus The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, edited by Thomas Hutchinson, London, n.d., circa 1870's 12mo (5 x 7 1/2") rebound in full green moroccan with gilt title on spine and embossed & gilt decoration on boards, gilt fore edges, marbled free end papers & paste downs, 986pp; plus Plays & Poems of W.S. Gilbert, preface by Deems Taylor, N.Y.C., Ranon House, 1935, 1218pp, 12mo (5 x 7 1/2") rebound in full blue moroccan with gilt title on spine and gilt lyre on front board; and The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Collins Clear Type Press, London & Glasgow, n.d., circa 1920, 18mo (4 1/4 x 6 1/8") in blue buckram with matching slip case. 50 100 All Fine to Very Good.
310 1830 Laws of Indiana, Civil War Report Plus 1830 Laws of Indiana, Civil War Report Plus Lot of three including Laws o he State of Indiana Passed and Published at the Fourteenth Session of he General Assembly, Held at Indianapolis, on the First Monday in December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Nine. By Authority, Indianapolis, Smith & Bolton, 1830, 8vo (5 1/2 x 9"), 205pp in half brown calf with blue paper boards; plus Letter of the Secretary of War Transmitting Rerort on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac and of Its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan from July 26, 1861 to November 7, 1862. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864, 8vo (6 x 9") in grey buckram boards; and Fourty-Eighth Congress Second Session Congressional Directory... By Ben Perley Poore, Washington, GPO, 1884, 8vo (6 x 9") in green printed paper wraps, 200pp with two page folding map of D.C. in back. 50 100 All Very Good.
311 Five Early Books Five Early Books Including Oscar R. Gleason's Practical Treatise on the Breaking & Training of Wild & Vicious Horses, 2nfd edition, 1890 n.p., one of 25,000, with numerous illustrations, 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/2") in half red calf with green buckram boards, marbiled free end papers and paste downs, 299pp; plus Leaflets of Memory an Illustrated Annual, N.Y.C., Leavitt & Allen, 1855, 308pp, 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/2") in embossed full brown moroccan with gilt decoration on spine and boards, gilt fore edges; and three buckram bound books, all 4to size. 50 100 1st-2nd Fine o Very Good; 3rd-5th Very Good to Good.
312 Three Early Books Three Early Books Including The Library of Wit & Humor…, Vol.2, edited by A.R. Spofford, Philadelphia, Gebbie & Co., 1884, 4to in embossed and gilt blue buckram boards; plus Shades of My Forefathers, by Hannah R. London, Springfield, Mass., The Pond-Ekberg Co., 1941, book on early American silhouette, 4to in blue paper boards, 197pp, fully illustrated, signed and numbered in ink by author, number 25; and Town and Country Papers, by Robert Smith Surtees, Charles Scribner's Son's, N.Y.C., n.d., circa 1920's, 301pp with all tipped in plates, 4to in faded red buckram. 50 100 All Very Good.
313 Cincinnati Past & Present Cincinnati Past & Present By M. Joblin & Co., photographically illustrated by James Landy, noted Cincinnati photographer, Elm St. Printing Co., Cincinnati, 1872, with 142 cabinet card sized albumen photographs tipped into volume, all signed Landy Cincinnati, O., large 4to in full brown moroccan. 100 200 Binding in tatters, photos are all Fine.
314 Two Cincinnati Related Books Two Cincinnati Related Books Including A Trip Around the World, by Geo. Moerlen, of Brewing Co. fame, published by M. & R. Burgheim, Cincinnati, 1888, 205pp, given as Christmas gifts by the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., 4to (8 1/2 x 1") in red buckram boards, fully illustrated with chromolithographs from around he world and advertising chromos of brewing company on paste downs; and booklet entitled Real Estate Values 1922 City of Cincinnati Ward 13, by E.S. Beaman, audior of Hamilton Co., 8vo in printed paper wraps, 128pp. 50 100 1st Very Good; 2nd loose wraps and toned.
315 Four E.T. Hurley Books of Etchings Four E.T. Hurley Books of Etchings Titles include two copies of For Old Acquaintance, 1917 printed by The A.B. Closson Jr. Co., Cincinnati & U.P. James Bookseller, Cincinnati, both 12mo (5 1/4 x 7 3/4") in illustrated paper boards; plus Bridges and Byways of Cincinnati, 1919, The St. James Press, Cincinnati, 12mo (5 1/4 x 7 3/4") in illustrated paper boards; plus The Town of he Beautiful River, 5th edition 1921, 12mo (5 x 7"), i printed paper boards; and book entitled Foot-Path to peace, by Henry van Dyke, N.Y.C., Dodge Publishing Co., n.d., circa 1900, 12mo in brown swaid leather wraps. 50 100 All Very Good to Good, some boards loose.
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