Section I: Roycroft Press Collection of Clifford J. Awald, Lots 1-71
Section II: Books Bound by John F. Grabau, Lots 72-109
Section III: Finely Bound Books and Sets, Lots 110-159
Section IV: Illustrated & Children’s Books, Lots 160-341
Section V: Fine Books in All Fields, Lots 342-498
Section VI: Books, Art, & Shelf Lots sold without reserve - following Lot 498
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Over 500 lots of beautiful and rare books and other items, including a fine collection of books from Elbert Hubbard’s Roycroft Press, the property of the late Clifford J. Awald of Buffalo, NY, many finely bound and in striking full morocco bindings with hand illuminations. There is also a fine selection of additional, non-Roycroft books finely bound by master binder John F. Grabau, who managed the Roycroft bindery. Also included in the auction are other finely bound books and sets; a host of illustrated books by Aubrey Beardsley, Edmund Dulac, Rockwell Kent, Arthur Rackham and others; children’s books by Ludwig Bemelmans, L. Frank Baum, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, Florence K. Upton, and their peers. Plus fine press books, early printed books, literary oddities, and much more.
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