Timed Estates Book Auction - Antiquarian, Reference Books, 1st Editions & More

27 Oct 2026  |  USA, Indianapolis, IN
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Collection of Heritage Press books, illustrated editions in slipcases, 8pc: including Walt Whitman, Rockwell Kent, Pablo Picasso, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Wilson, Thornton Wilder, Beowulf, Jean Charlot, Lynd Ward

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, first edition, 3 volume hardcover set, Edward Gibbon, illustrated from the etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranes, Heritage Press, NY, 1946 9 1/2"H x 6 1/2"W x 1 3/4"D (One)

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Three Willa Cather novels, including first editions: A Biographical Sketch, The Old Beauty and Others, Deaths Comes for The Archbishop, Alfred A. Knopf, NY 9 1/4"H x 7 1/4"W x 1 1/2"D (Largest)

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Four Robert Frost poetry books, including first edition and signed: In The Clearing, A Further Range, A Boy's Will, Mountain Interval 10"H x 6 1/2"W x 3/4'D (Largest)

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Four John Steinbeck novels including first edition: America and Americans, The Red Pony, The Grapes of Wrath, Positano 11'H x 9"W x 1"D (Largest)

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Vintage children's books, 7pc: including Pinocchio, The Children of Dickens, Mother Goose, Peter Rabbit, Andersen's Fairy Tales, Grimms' Fairy Tales

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Four Clare Leighton first edition hardcover books: Country Matters, Four Hedges, Southern Harvest, The Musical Box 11"H x 8 1/2"W x 1"D (Largest)

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Three Jack Kerouac novels: On The Road, Book of Dreams, Heaven and Other Poems 8 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W x 1"D (Largest)

8: Three Jack Kerouac novels: On... Estimate: Login

Six Italian Glass Auction Catalogs: including Masters of Contemporary Glass 1997, Corning Glass Center 1958, Tapio Wirkkala-Venini 1989 12"H x 9"W x 3/4"D (Largest)

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Collection of antique art history and travel books, 13pc: Raphael, Vatican, Louve, Venice, Florence, London, France, Italy 10 1/4” x 7” x 1 1/4”

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Five classic hardcover novels: Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth, first printing; Sophie’s Choice, first trade edition, William Styron; Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Carl Sandburg; A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingw

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Two Tales of Shem and Shaun, first edition, James Joyce, Faber and Faber, London, 1932 and, Marina, first edition, T. S. Eliot, Faber & Faber, London, 1930 7 1/2"H x 4 7/8"W x 3/8"D (Joyce)

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Art reference books and exhibition catalogs, 12pc: including Whistler, Bellini, Rembrandt, Goya, Picasso, Winslow Homer, S.W. Hayter, George Jo and Evelynne Mess, Rudy Pozzatti, Grant Wood, John Taylor Arms, Frasconi, Ne

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Five art reference books/catalogs: Henry Moore, first edition, John Hedgecoe and Henry Moore, 1968; Henry Moore, James Johnson Sweeney, Museum of Modern Art, Simon, 1946; Christo: Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, Abrams

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Five illustrated hardcover books: Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, SIGNED first edition, Arianna Huffington, 1988; Don Quixote de la Mancha, Miguel de Cervantes, illustrated by Salvador Dalí; Treasure Island, Robert Louis

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Collection of antique/vintage books, 13pc: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller; Brilliants From Shakespeare; The H

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Four art reference books: Just Looking, first edition, John Updike; Visual Arts in the Twentieth Century, Edward Lucie-Smith; Eloquent Objects: Georgia O'Keeffe and Still-life Art in New Mexico, Charles Eldredge; America

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Five hardcover books: Freckles, Gene Stratton-Porter, first edition,1904; Penrod, Booth Tarkington, 1914; The Trail to Boyland and Other Poems, Wilbur D. Nesbit, illustrated by Will Vawter, 1904; Out to Old Aunt Mary's

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Indiana / Brown County art reference books, 7pc: including Steele and Shulz, The House of the Singing Winds, The Hoosier Group, 12” x 10 1/2” x 1” (largest)

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Vintage children’s books, 6pc: Fun with Dick and Jane, Work and Play on Belle River Farm, The Evil Garden, Raggedy Andy Stories, Select Fables, Where the Wild Things Are, 10” x 9” (Wild Things)

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Collection of art reference books / exhibition catalogs / museum guides: Newfields, Oldfields, Gauguin, Giovanni Bellini, Theodore Clemente Steele

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Antique / vintage hardcover books, 10pc: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1910; Sketch Book, 1930; The House of a Hundred Lights, 1900; The Light That Failed, 1910; and other classics 8” x 6” x 1” (largest)

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Four books on The White House: Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years, first edition;, A Nation's Pride: Art in the White House, William Kloss; A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Perry Wolff; The Whi

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Four antique illustrated books: The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan, first edition, illustrated by George Cruikshank, 1903; The Courtship of Miles Standish, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first edition thus, illustrated by

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Antique / vintage gardening books, 5pc: Italian Villas and Their Gardens, Edith Wharton, first edition, first printing, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish; Garden Colour, first edition, Margaret Waterfield; Glass Flowers in

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Five books on Italy: The Road to San Giovanni, Italo Calvino; Henry James on Italy: Selections from Italian Hours; Twilight in Italy, D.H. Lawrence; ROME: Early Twentieth Century as Pictured by Alfredo De Giorgio; In Ita

26: Five books on Italy: The Road... Estimate: Login

Arts & Crafts / traditional crafts books, 5pc: Concerning Slang and Other Droll Stories, Elbert Hubbard, Roycrofters; International Arts and Crafts, Karen Livingstone and Linda Parry; American Arts & Crafts: Virtue in De

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The Iceman Cometh, Eugene O'Neill, first edition, Random House, NY, 1946. 1"H x 8 1/4"Dx 5 3/4"W

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James Whitcomb Riley / Clara Vawter Children's poetry books, 7pc: illustrations by Will Vawter 5/8"h x 8"D x 5 1/2"W (Rabbit's Ransom)

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Three Limited Editions Club (LEC) books: The Sea Around Us, Rachel L. Carson, with photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt, SIGNED; The Prairie, James Fenimore Cooper, illustrated by John Steuart Curry, SIGNED; 2 "H x 11 3/8"D

30: Three Limited Editions Club... Estimate: Login

Four books illustrated by Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985): Lord Jim: A Tale by Joseph Conrad, color lithographs by Lynd Ward, SIGNED; Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts, Lynd Ward; Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd

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Collection of vintage Beatrix Potter books: including The Beatrix Potter Collection Part II boxed set, volumes 13-23, Frederick Warne & Co, 1986;, 4 5/8"H x 4/58"D x 6"W (box)

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Six vintage printmaking books: woodcuts, engraving, etching, John Taylor Arms 1 3/4"H x 9 1/2"D x 6 5/8"W (largest)

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Five photography books: Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs & Writings, first edition, third printing;, Private Collection, Ken Haak; Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard; A Vision of Paris: The Photographs

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Three Rockwell Kent illustrated books: A Birthday Book, Rockwell Kent, SIGNED; Voltaire's Candide; The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer. 1 7/8" 9 3/4" x 6 1/4" (Canterbury Tales)

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A Child-World, James Whitcomb Riley, SIGNED first edition, first state, Indianapolis, 1896 and The Name of Old Glory: Poems of Patriotism, James Whitcomb Riley, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1917 1 1/4"H x 7 3

36: A Child-World, James Whitcomb... Estimate: Login

Tannhauser: A Dramatic Poem, Richard Wagner, first edition, Crowell & Co, NY, 1911. 1 1/4" x 11 1/4" x 8"

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Strange Interlude, Eugene O'Neill, SIGNED limited first edition, Boni & Liveright, NY, 1928. 1 5/8" x 10 1/2" x 8"

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His Pa's Romance, James Whitcomb Riley, SIGNED first edition, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1903. 7/8" x 7 1/4" x 5"

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Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers, Arthur Wesley Dow, Doubleday, Page & Co, NY, 1916. 3/4" x 11 1/2" x 9 1/4"

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Caji Suetonii Tranquilli Opera, Tomus II (Volume 2), Suetonius Tranquillus, published by Franciscus Halma. 1 3/8" x 9 1/4" 6" largest

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XLI Poems, E. E. Cummings, first edition, The Dial Press, NY, 1925. 3/8" x 8 1/2" x 5 5/8"

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What Are Masterpieces, Gertrude Stein, first edition, The Conference Press, CA, 1940 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 6 1/6"

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3 large coffee table Art books: art exhibition catalog titled Turner and Venice, edited by Ian Warrell and published by Tate Publishing in 2003, hardcover Turner in Indianapolis by Martin F. Krause, published in 1997 ...

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2 esteemed Hardcover volumes: ROCKWELLKENTIANA: Few Words and Many Pictures by R. K. and, by Carl Zigrosser, first edition 1933 and Erewhon by Samuel Butler, 1934 special publication for members of the Limited Edition...

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Music-Land; E.L. Shedlock; Blackie & Son, London, 1876, The Music Lover; Henry Van Dyke; Moffat, Yard & Co., New York, 1907. First Edition.

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Chevron and Nuevo Cadiz Beads-Volume VII-Beads from the West African Trade; John & Ruth Picard; Picard African Imports, CA, 1993.

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Zanesville & Muskingum County Ohio; Thomas W. Lewis; Volume I & III; S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1927.

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The Flying Islands of the Night; James Whitcomb Riley; Bobby’s Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1913. Features 16 tipped in plates illustrated by Franklin Booth

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The Main Stem; Bodenhammer, Hulse & Monroe; Abbey Press, IN. 1992

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Abraham Lincoln: The War Years; Four Volume Set; Carl Sandburg; Harcourt, Brace & Co. New York,1939

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Battles & Leaders of the Civil War; Four Volume Set; The Century Co. New York; 1884, 1888.

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Balloon Ascents; F. Marion; Scribner, Armstrong, & Co. New York, 1874., Harper’s Aircraft Book; A. Hyatt Verrill; Harper & Brothers, New York, 1913.

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Mackey’s History of Freemasonry; Robert Ingham Clegg; Seven Volumes; The Masonic History Co. Chicago, 1921.

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The Waverly Novels by Sir Walter Scott; 22 Volume set; The Kelmscott Society, New York, undated (circa 1900).

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The Shenandoah Pottery; A. H. Rice & John Baer Stoudt; Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc. Strasburg, VA. 1929.

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Salt Glaze Stoneware; Lead Glazed Pottery; Artificial Soft Paste Porcelain; Three volumes by Edwin Atlee Barber; Doubleday, Page, & Co. New York, 1907.

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Tasha Tudor’s Garden; Tovah Martin; Houghton Mifflin Co.; Boston; 1994. Tasha Tudor’s Heirloom Crafts; Tovah Martin; Houghton Mifflin Co.; Boston, 1995. Forever Christmas; illustrated by Tasha Tudor; Harry Davis; Litt...

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The Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales; Platt & Munk, July, 1989. Tasha Tudor’s Sketchbook; (Spiral bound), Platt & Munk, New York, 1961. Drawn from New England; Bethany Tudor; Philomel Books, New York, 1981 ( second...

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De Profundis; Oscar Wilde; G.P.Putnam’s Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1909 (second edition)., Novels & Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde; Cosmopolitan Book Corp.;New York, 1915., Oscar’s Wilde: His Life and Wit; H...

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The Williamsburg Art of Cookery; (Leather bound) Dietz Press, Richmond, VA., 1938.

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The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame; James.A. Peterson (autographed); Hinckley & Schmitt, 1959

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Courtiers:The Secret History of Kensington Palace; autographed by Lucy Worsley; Faber & Faber; London, 2010.

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The Thanksgiving Visitor; Truman Capote; Random House, New York, 1967. First Edition in slipcase.

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J.R.R. Tolkien; The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 1997., Four paperback books in slipcase.

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Early Life & Letters of General “Stonewall” Jackson; Thomas Arnold; Fleming H. Revell Vo. London, 1916., Carina Howell-Wife of Jefferson Davis, Volume II. Eron Rowland; Macmillan Co., 1931.

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Quarto Club Papers 1928:1929; New York. USA, 1930.

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N by E by Rockwell Kent; Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT. 1930; edition of 1978.

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The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs; G. Griffin Lewis; Philadelphia, J.P. Lippincott Co., 1920; sixth edition.

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Oriental Rugs: A Complete Guide; Charles W. Jacobsen; Charles E. Tuttle Co.; Japan; 1964, Third Printing., Oriental Rugs and the Stories They Tell; Arthur T. Gregorian; Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York; 1967, 1977

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A Tolkien Bestiary; David Day; Ballantine Books, New York; 1979.

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Boehm’s Birds: The Porcelain Art of Edward Marshall Boehm; Frank J. Cosentino; New York; Frederick Fell, Inc., 1960. First Printing.

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