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The next Waverly catalog sale will be held on December 8, 2011 at 6:30 PM. No shelf lots will be included in the sale.

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1WAV249, lot 373A. Rare Shirley Temple Regimental Albumen Photograph, 1939. 2WAV249, lot 373A. Rare Shirley Temple Regimental Albumen Photograph, 1939. 3WAV249, lot 431. Andy Warhol. Pen and ink drawing of a Campbells Soup can. 4WAV249, lot 338. Del Museo Capitolino. 4 Vols. Rome: 1741-1782. 5WAV249, lot 395. Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Partis Virginiae Tabula multis in locis emendata per Nicolaum Visscher. [4th state, Ca. 1864-1696] 6WAV249, lot 396. 6 Original Pencil Sketches of astronauts. 5 are signed by the astronaut, 4 inscribed to the artist, Ruth Johnston. 7WAV249, lot 406. Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel). Original red and black drawing of the Cat in the Hat, signed and inscribed. 8WAV249, lot 111. 2 leaves of musical score (1 handwritten on vellum, 1 printed on paper). 9WAV249, lot 426. Record album signed by twice by Elvis Presley. 10WAV249, lot 426. Record album signed by twice by Elvis Presley. (Detail) 11WAV249, lot 192 (detail): 10-volume work related to Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi, a.k.a. Wen Gong). Original watercolor in upper portion of most leaves. 12WAV249, lot 41. James Fenimore Cooper. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. 3 Vols. Lon: John Miller, 1826. 1st British edition. 13WAV249, lot 41. James Fenimore Cooper. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. 3 Vols. Lon: John Miller, 1826. 1st British edition. 14WAV249, lot 74. DR NO. Lon: Jonathan Cape, (1958). 1st edition, 2nd state. Signed by Ian Fleming. 15WAV249, lot 74. DR NO. Lon: Jonathan Cape, (1958). 1st edition, 2nd state. Signed by Ian Fleming. 16WAV249, lot 153. John Marshall, THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. 5 Vols. Phila: C. P. Wayne, 1804-1807. 1st edition. 17WAV249, lot 153. John Marshall, THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. 5 Vols. Phila: C. P. Wayne, 1804-1807. 1st edition. 18192_1 19WAV249, lot 393. Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France... Amst: Covens and Mortier, [1730]. 20WAV249, lot 240. Encyclopaedia; Or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature... 23 Vols. Phila: Thomas Dobson, 1798, 1803. 21WAV249, lot 240. Encyclopaedia; Or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature... 23 Vols. Phila: Thomas Dobson, 1798, 1803. (Detail) 22WAV249, lot 270. [Torah Nevi'im V'Ketiuvim]. Biblia Hebraica Sine Punctis, Oxford: 1750. First Tanakh printed in Hebrew in England. 23WAV249, lot 270. [Torah Nevi'im V'Ketiuvim]. Biblia Hebraica Sine Punctis, Oxford: 1750. First Tanakh printed in Hebrew in England. 24WAV249, lot 296. William H. Emory, REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY SURVEY, zoological portions, Wash: 1859. 25WAV249, lot 296. William H. Emory, REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY SURVEY, zoological portions, Wash: 1859. (Detail) 26338_4 27WAV249, lot 392. Robert Dudley. Carta particolare della parte Orientale del' Isola di lezo...

Preview will be held:

  • Saturday, December 3rd, 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.
  • Sunday, December 4th, Noon – 4:00 P.M.
  • Monday, December 5th, 10:00 A. M. – 7:00 P.M.
  • Tuesday, December 6th, 10:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M.
  • Wednesday, December 7th, 10:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M.
    • Estate Jewelry icluding Precious Metals & Gems will be auctioned at 6:30P.M. in the area adjoining Waverly preview.
  • Thursday, December 8th, 10:00 A.M. – 6:30 P.M.

 

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