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  • [Americana - Brazil - Illustrated] With 112 Color Pochoir Plates of Uniforms - Celebrating Brazilian Independence
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 99

    [Americana - Brazil - Illustrated] With 112 Color Pocho...

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    $200 - $400
  • [Aviation] Goodyear Zeppelin Corp. - 1929 Lmtd. Edition in Honor of U.S.S. Akron
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    $1,200 - $1,500
    Lot 100

    [Aviation] Goodyear Zeppelin Corp. - 1929 Lmtd. Edition...

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    $1,200 - $1,500
  • [Literature - American West] 1st Edition of Fire on the Mountain by Edward Abbey, Fine Condition in Near Fine Dust Jacket
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    $300 - $450
    Lot 101

    [Literature - American West] 1st Edition of Fire on the...

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    $300 - $450
  • [Photography - Americana] First Edition of Agee/Evans Classic - Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, 1941
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    $250 - $350
    Lot 102

    [Photography - Americana] First Edition of Agee/Evans C...

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    $250 - $350
  • [Literature - Historical] Historical Romances, Fictional and Non-fictional
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    $150 - $300
    Lot 103

    [Literature - Historical] Historical Romances, Fictiona...

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    $150 - $300
  • [Literature] Alcott's Little Women, 1st Edition, 2nd State - 1869
    Estimate
    $100 - $150
    Lot 104

    [Literature] Alcott's Little Women, 1st Edition, 2nd St...

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    $100 - $150
  • [Literature - Fine Binding] Bede, Adventures of Verdant Green -- Undergraduate Oxford Life in 3 Parts in Fine Binding
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 105

    [Literature - Fine Binding] Bede, Adventures of Verdant...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Literature - Fine Binding] 5 Volumes George Borrow Works in 1/2 Brown Morocco & Gilt Tooling
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 106

    [Literature - Fine Binding] 5 Volumes George Borrow Wor...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Literature - Classics - Latin] 3 Volume Cicero's Orations - Printed in Lyon, 1614 by Morillon
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 107

    [Literature - Classics - Latin] 3 Volume Cicero's Orati...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Literature - Conan Doyle) 15 Books by A. Conan Doyle Published 1895-1914 and Uniformly Bound in 3/4 Morocco and Marbled Boar
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 108

    [Literature - Conan Doyle) 15 Books by A. Conan Doyle P...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Literature - Works of Defoe] 16 Volumes Works of Daniel Defoe in 3/4 Green Morocco Fine Binding - #634 of 1,000
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 109

    [Literature - Works of Defoe] 16 Volumes Works of Danie...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Literature - Fine Binding] Charles Paul De Kock, 20 Novels of Parisian Life, in Arts and Crafts Decorated Leather Bindings
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 110

    [Literature - Fine Binding] Charles Paul De Kock, 20 No...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Literature - Works of Eugene Field - Fine Binding] Writings in Prose and Verse of Eugene Field, 10 Volumes in Fine Binding -
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 111

    [Literature - Works of Eugene Field - Fine Binding] Wri...

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    $100 - $200
  • [Literature - English] English Authors -- Cecil Beaton; Robert Graves - First Editions in DJ
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 112

    [Literature - English] English Authors -- Cecil Beaton;...

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    $50 - $100
  • (Literature - Bret Harte] 16 (of 19) Volumes of Houghton Mifflin Standard Library Edition of Bret Harte
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 113

    (Literature - Bret Harte] 16 (of 19) Volumes of Houghto...

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    $200 - $300
  • [Illustrated - Dulac] Housman, Princess Badoura, Arabian Nights with Color Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, 1913 First Edition
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    $150 - $250
    Lot 114

    [Illustrated - Dulac] Housman, Princess Badoura, Arabia...

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    $150 - $250
  • [Literature - Henry James - New York Edition] 24 Volumes Henry James in 1/2 Morocco - Alvin Langdon Coburn Frontis Illustrati
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    $3,000 - $5,000
    Lot 115

    [Literature - Henry James - New York Edition] 24 Volume...

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    $3,000 - $5,000
  • [Illustrated - Classical History - Poetry] Folio Lucan's Pharsalia Printed by Tonson, 1718 With Engraved Head and Tail Pieces
    Estimate
    $500 - $750
    Lot 116

    [Illustrated - Classical History - Poetry] Folio Lucan'...

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    $500 - $750
  • [Literature - Modern Firsts] Rare 1st Printing, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Obelisk Press Paris - 1934 in Restored Pictor
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Lot 117

    [Literature - Modern Firsts] Rare 1st Printing, Henry M...

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    $2,000 - $3,000
  • [Literature - Kipling] Four Volumes with Kipling Associations
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 118

    [Literature - Kipling] Four Volumes with Kipling Associ...

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    $50 - $100
  • [Literature - American Southwest] Group of 4 Fine First Editions by John Nichols - Including 3 Signed with Inscriptions
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    $500 - $750
    Lot 119

    [Literature - American Southwest] Group of 4 Fine First...

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    $500 - $750
  • [Americana - Parkman Works - Fine Binding] Classic Works of American History by One of the Masters - Complete Set, 9 Volumes
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    $150 - $300
    Lot 120

    [Americana - Parkman Works - Fine Binding] Classic Work...

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    $150 - $300
  • [Literature - Shakespeare - Fine Binding] 6 Volume Shakespeare Presented to Virginia Congressman Involved in the "Trent Affai
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    $1,200 - $1,500
    Lot 121

    [Literature - Shakespeare - Fine Binding] 6 Volume Shak...

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    $1,200 - $1,500
  • [Literature - Poetry - Typescripts] The Fuhrer Bunker by W.D. Snodgrass with Original Typescript Poems and Photos laid-in
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 122

    [Literature - Poetry - Typescripts] The Fuhrer Bunker b...

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    $200 - $300
  • [Literature - First Edition - Signed] Stephen Spender, Letters to Christopher (Isherwood), Signed/Limited Edition, Black Spar
    Estimate
    $150 - $250
    Lot 123

    [Literature - First Edition - Signed] Stephen Spender, ...

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    $150 - $250
  • [Literature] Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1st American Edition
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 124

    [Literature] Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1st American Edition

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    $200 - $300
  • [Literature - Signed - Ohio Authors] Jim Tully 1st Edition, Emmett Lawler, 1922 - Signed/Inscribed by Tully, Harry Hansen, an
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    $500 - $750
    Lot 125

    [Literature - Signed - Ohio Authors] Jim Tully 1st Edit...

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    $500 - $750
  • [Literature - Science Fiction and Fantasy] Jules Verne Classic, Tour of the World in Eighty Days, First Edition in English
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 126

    [Literature - Science Fiction and Fantasy] Jules Verne ...

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    $200 - $300
  • [Literature] Two Works About Literature in 3 Volumes - Quotations and Essays
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 127

    [Literature] Two Works About Literature in 3 Volumes - ...

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    $100 - $200
  • [Literature - Medicine - Psychology] Samuel Warren, Diary of a Late Physician, Leipzig 1844 in 3/4 Morocco Binding
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 128

    [Literature - Medicine - Psychology] Samuel Warren, Dia...

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    $50 - $100
  • [Art - American] The American Art Review, 1880, in Publisher's Leather Binding - Engraved Illustrations
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 129

    [Art - American] The American Art Review, 1880, in Publ...

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    $400 - $600
  • [Americana - Mexico] The Aztecs by Lucien Biart, 1887 in Fine Binding
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 130

    [Americana - Mexico] The Aztecs by Lucien Biart, 1887 i...

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    $50 - $100
  • [Illustrated - Costumes - Middle Ages] Bonnard on Costumes of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Centuries - 200 Hand Colored Engraved
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    $500 - $750
    Lot 131

    [Illustrated - Costumes - Middle Ages] Bonnard on Costu...

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    $500 - $750
  • [Americana - Southwestern Art] New Mexican Carved Wooden Santos -- Book Designed by Merle Armitage, 1946
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 132

    [Americana - Southwestern Art] New Mexican Carved Woode...

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    $100 - $200
  • [Photography-Literature] French Surrealism by Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, 1930 Limited Edition in Lovely Condition - Frenc
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    $3,000 - $5,000
    Lot 133

    [Photography-Literature] French Surrealism by Claude Ca...

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    $3,000 - $5,000
  • [Illustrated] Letter of Columbus - Logan Elm Press with Monoprints by Anthony Rice, #77 of 130
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    $750 - $1,000
    Lot 134

    [Illustrated] Letter of Columbus - Logan Elm Press with...

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    $750 - $1,000
  • [Illustrated - Harrison Fisher] A Girl's Life, by Harrison Fisher, 1913 First Edition Folio in Original Box
    Estimate
    $500 - $700
    Lot 135

    [Illustrated - Harrison Fisher] A Girl's Life, by Harri...

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    $500 - $700
  • [Illustrated] Edward Gorey's Amphigorey Also - Limited Signed Edition, 1983
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    $250 - $350
    Lot 136

    [Illustrated] Edward Gorey's Amphigorey Also - Limited ...

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    $250 - $350
  • [Artist Book - Art Binding and Design] Designed by Jan and Jeuila Sobota, Christopher Columbus Letter, 1 of 92, Produced for
    Estimate
    $500 - $750
    Lot 137

    [Artist Book - Art Binding and Design] Designed by Jan ...

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    $500 - $750
  • [Architecture - Illustrated] Hills' Builder's Guide, with 50 Lithograph Plates, 1846 Hartford
    Estimate
    $300 - $500
    Lot 138

    [Architecture - Illustrated] Hills' Builder's Guide, wi...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Illustrated - Color] Homburg No Humbug, Victorian Humor with 9 Color Illustrations by G.H., 1867
    Estimate
    $200 - $300
    Lot 139

    [Illustrated - Color] Homburg No Humbug, Victorian Humo...

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    $200 - $300
  • [Japan - Art and Culture] Jack Levine and James Michener - Facing East - Signed/Limited Ed. with Original Lithographs and Woo
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 140

    [Japan - Art and Culture] Jack Levine and James Michene...

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    $200 - $300
  • [Illustration - Japanese Culture] Okamoto, Textiles and Japanese Zodiac, with 12 Color Etchings, Limited to 5
    Estimate
    $750 - $1,000
    Lot 141

    [Illustration - Japanese Culture] Okamoto, Textiles and...

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    $750 - $1,000
  • [Architecture - Religion - Bible Study] Paine's Treatise on the Temple in Jerusalem, 1861 First Edition with 21 Lithographs,
    Estimate
    $300 - $500
    Lot 142

    [Architecture - Religion - Bible Study] Paine's Treatis...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Art - Design - Glass] Louis C. Tiffany Ecclesiastical Catalogue - Favrille Glass, Windows, Mosaics - 1922, Fine in Original
    Estimate
    $300 - $500
    Lot 143

    [Art - Design - Glass] Louis C. Tiffany Ecclesiastical ...

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    $300 - $500
  • [Illustrated - Russian Ballet - Art Deco] George Barbier,  With 8 (of 12) Color  Pochoir Illustrations Dedicated to Tamara Ka
    Estimate
    $300 - $500
    Lot 144

    [Illustrated - Russian Ballet - Art Deco] George Barbie...

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    $300 - $500
  • [ Art - Illustrated] Horace Walpole's, Anecdotes of Painting in England, 5 Volumes Plus Supplement, 1762 - 1808, in Full Moro
    Estimate
    $1,200 - $1,500
    Lot 145

    [ Art - Illustrated] Horace Walpole's, Anecdotes of Pai...

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    $1,200 - $1,500
  • [Americana - Illustrations] John Webber Engravings, Lot of Four - Alaska, Pacific Northwest
    Estimate
    $300 - $500
    Lot 146

    [Americana - Illustrations] John Webber Engravings, Lot...

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    $300 - $500

Auction Description

Fine Books, Including the Alan Culpin WWI Art Collection: Live Online Auction by Cowan's Auctions

Cowan’s December 18 Fine Books & World War I Art Auction, including the Alan Culpin Collection of World War I Art, is comprised of a wide range of books dating from the 16th to the 20th century, and dozens of paintings documenting The Great War, as well as war-related photographs, albums, and more. 

Highlights of the Fine Books section of the sale include such varied offerings as African Game Trails, by Theodore Roosevelt, a unique association copy twice-signed by Roosevelt, extra-illustrated with photographs by John Andrew Loring, and with tipped-in ephemera (Lot 281); Aveux Non Avenus, a rare volume of photomontages by the French surrealists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore (Lot 133); The Novels and Tales of Henry James, a 24-volume set in fine bindings, with frontis illustrations by Alvin Langdon Coburn (Lot 115); William Beebe's classic four-volume work The Pheasants, limited to 600 sets, signed and inscribed in 1919 (Lot 181); and Histoire de Belle-Isle-En-Mer, a unique and beautifully-written unpublished 1754 manuscript of 650 quarto pages with watercolor illustrations, bound by Bauzonnet-Trautz (Lot 194). A portion of the sale comes from the collection of the late Ivan Gilbert of Columbus, Ohio, and another section is from the library of a noted collector of Western Americana.

The World War I Art offerings com exclusively from the collection of Alan Culpin, a longtime dealer and collector from Denver, Colorado. The majority of the collection is comprised of watercolors, oil paintings, sketches, and prints made during the Great War, supplemented by several lots of photographs, including photograph albums made for official use and kept by officers on both sides of the conflict.

There is no in-person bidding for this auction. Live bidding will occur online or over the phone. You can register to phone bid on Cowan’s website or by calling 513-871-1670. Absentee bids will be accepted on Cowan’s website or Bidsquare.com.

There is no preview for this auction. If you would like to look at an item in person at Cowan's Cincinnati location, please contact the Fine Books and Manuscripts department to set up an appointment by emailing matt@cowans.com with the lot number of the piece(s) you would like to examine. Appointment times are limited and will be granted on a first come, first serve basis.

Auction
December 18, 2017 10:00 am ET

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16) SHIPPING CHARGES. Buyers are required to pay for all packing, shipping and insurance charges. Overseas duty charges are the responsibility of the successful bidder. Be aware that for larger and/or valuable items, shipping charges can be substantial.

17) REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF PROPERTY. If purchased property has not been removed, or Cowan's has not received shipping instructions within 21 days after the auction date, a $10 per item per day storage fee may be charged to the buyer.

18) CANCELLATION OF SALE. If purchased property remains in the custody of Cowan's for a period of 60 days following the auction, Cowan's may, at its option, cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages any payments made by the buyer, or resell the property at auction or by any other commercially reasonable means, for the account and at the risk of the buyer, and in such event, buyer shall be liable for the payment of all deficiencies plus all of Cowan's costs, including but not limited to storage and costs of both sales. This right of cancellation is in addition to any and all other remedies available to Cowan's.

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