BOOKS WE FINISHED IX - The Caxton Club

BOOKS WE FINISHED IX
The Ninth Annual Caxton Club Book Auction
March 19, 2008
This is a catalog-in-progress: items may change and errors may be corrected before the Fateful
Night.
Two donors had (quite unnecessary) fears about having their names attached to books on the
Website, so donors' names have been omitted. They will be included in the catalog issued at the
Auction.
ART
1. ART DIRECTORS INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHERS NO. 9
two volumes in slipcase
2. Walter Crane
THE CLAIMS OF DECORATIVE ART
Lawrence and Butler, 1892
One of the great Victorian illustrators makes a claim for his art
3. Graham Everitt
ENGLISH CARICATURISTS AND GRAPHIC HUMORISTS OF THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY
Swan Sonnenschein, 1893
An elegant collection of often inelegant humor
4. A FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979
Facsimile of a 1904 volume of, well, a flight of butterflies done in woodblocks
5. Sylvia Shaw Judson
A QUIET EYE
Henry Regnery, 1954
It seems unfair that Judson, sculptor and power in Chicago art for many years, was not
eligible to be a member of the Caxton Club, while her publisher, Regnery, was a member.
Anyway, here is a collection of art she chose for quiet, contemplative moments.
6. MEMORABLE LIFE PHOTOGRAPHS
Museum of Modern Art, 1951
7. ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Union League Club, 1987
Here is another book representing one of the possible venues for future Caxton meetings
8. FIVE BOOKS ON POSTERS
Ebria Feinblatt and Bruce Davis, Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporsaries, Harry N.
Abrams, 1985

Franzosiche Meisterplakate um 1900, Volkwangschule fur Gestaltung, 1968
Piero Pacini, Moulin Rouge & Caf' Conc', Cantini, 1989
Jacques Pessis and Jacques Crepineau, The Moulin Rouge, St. Martins, 1990
Anthony Slide, Movie Posters: The Paintings of Batiste Madalena, Harry N. Abrams,
1986
9. Nicholas Robert
DIVERSES FLEURS DESINEES ET GRAVES D’APRES LE NATUREL
Scolar press, 1975
Facsimile of the 1660 original printing of hand-colored floral prints
10. THOMAS STRUTH, 1977-2002
Yale University Press, 2002
Catalog of a traveling exhibit on the career of this contemporary photographer (the show
did appear in Chicago, at the Museum of Contemporary Art)
11. THE TRAIN’S BEEN DONE AND GONE
Godine, 1987
A photo-history of Annapolis, 1863-1910
AUDIO-VISUAL
12. Kenneth C. Davis
DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY
With
THE GREAT COURSES: CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
All on CDs
13. Jhumpa Lahiri
INTERPRETER OF MALADIES
On CDs
14. Cormac McCarthy
THE ROAD
On CDs
15. Barack Obama
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Read by the author on CDs
BOOKS BEAUTIFULLY MADE
16. ALAEDDIN AND THE ENCHANTED LAMP, 1899
#133 of 500 copies

17. E.M.Catich
THE ORIGIN OF THE SERIF
Catfish Press, 1968
1 of 1400
One of the all-time classics, written, by the way, by a Caxtonian
18. Dan Crawford
SUGAR AND GOLD
Miscellaneous Graphics, 2008
Binding, sewing, design, illustrations and gold supplied by publisher Muriel Underwood
19. Irene Briggs DaBoll and Raymond F. DaBoll
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LYCEUM & CHAUATAUQUA
Bond Wheelwright Co., 1969
The famous DaBoll production with the entire text offset from DaBoll’s calligraphic
manuscript: amazing reading in more ways than one
20. GENESIS
Arion Press, 1996
#60 of 200 copies
The Book of Genesis is here translated by Robert Alter, with an etching by Michael
Mazur. The translation faces the Hebrew text, so read this right to left. Mazur and Alter
have signed the book. There is some sun damage and much rain damage to the slip case,
with some rain stain on the chemise as well. Noah’s fault, perhaps
21. Golden Cockerel Press
CHANTICLEER: A Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1936
Golden Cockerel press, 1936
And
COCKALORUM: A Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1943-1948
Golden Cockerel Press, 1948
Both volumes include illustrations and decorations from the books described
22. Frederic W. Goudy
THE CAPITALS FROM THE TRAJAN COLUMN AT ROME
Oxford, 1936
23. C.O. Hanzlicek and Olda Prochazka
MAHLER: Poems and Etchings
Brighton Press, 1994
1 of 55 copies of this collection of poems by hanzlicek and etchings by Prochazka on
Gustav Mahler
24. HERMANN ZAPF AND HIS DESIGN PHIOLOSOPHY
STA, 1987
An R. Hunter Middleton-inspired, Hermann Zapf-designed book of articles on
calligraphy and type design

25. Virginia Kondziolka
INTIMATE VIEW: TIME
2001
#34 of 50 signed and numbered copies of this volume of poems written, illustrated, and
bound by Kondziolka
26. J.M. Scott
THE MAN WHO MADE WINE
Yolla Bolly Press, 1996
#37 of 200
Signed by the illustrator, Deanna Glad, and by Rod Smith, who wrote a commentary on
this fictional tale of a winemaker’s life
27. George Escol Sellers
EARLY ENGINEERING REMINISCENCES (1815-1840)
Smithsonian, 1965
Besides notes on his youth and railroads and perpetual motion machines, Sellers includes
a lengthy section on papermaking in the US and England
28. A SPECIMEN OF FELL TYPE
Hawthorn House, 1940
#63 of 210 copies
29. TAMARIT: Some Notes Concerning This Historical and Legendary Catalonian Town
Privately printed, 1923
Beautiful book, entirely in Spanish, including the dedication to Caxtonian Charles
Deering
30. Henry David Thoreau
THE WINGED LIFE
Yolla Bolly Press, 1986
VII of XV specially bound copies of the specially bound edition of the poems of Thoreau,
with commentary by Robert Bly and illustrations by Michael McCurdy, both of whom
signed the colophon. Laid in is a letter from the designers of the book, explaining that
storms in February and some changes in the plan for binding have delayed its delivery.
Mild water stains on slipcase
31. Barbara Tuchman
THE BOOK
Library of Congress, 1980
32. TWENTY YEARS OF THE FREDERIC W. GOUDY AWARD
Press of the Good Mountain, 1988
1 of 5,000
33. VIXEN PRESS COLLECTION
Caryl Seidenberg, Operation Rescue, 1980, casebound, #10 of 35
Martha Friedberg, Finally, 1981, 1 of 200 copies in wraps
Certainly the poem which makes up the text of Operation Rescue should be in a
Caxtonian's library

34. Hermann Zapf
ABOUT ALPHABETS
Typophiles, 1960
Typophile Chap Book #37, #17 of 700, signed by Zapf
CAXTONIANA
35. CAXTON CLUB DIRECTORY
The Caxton Club, 1958
Issued when Rudy Ruggles was president; the Caxton Club is dining tonight in Ruggles
Hall
36. CAXTON CLUB DIRECTORIES
The Caxton Club, 2008
What a difference fifty years can make! Five directories--one of each cover variant for
2008--are collected here in a specially designed slipcase
37. Franklin H. Head
SHAKESPEARE’S INSOMNIA
Caxton Club, 1926
One of the greatest Caxton titles; 1 of 275 copies
38. KEEPSAKE FOR THE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE BIBLIOPHILIE
The Caxton Club, 2007
This specially printed folder includes two Caxton exhibition catalogs, an issue of the
Caxtonian, a listing of members as of October, and a history of the Club written
especially for the occasion. Distribution was limited to those members of the Association
who visited Chicago; only about 150 were printed
39. Morris Phillipson
PARADOXES
Caxton Club, 1968
40. Alfred W. Pollard
AN ESSAY ON COLOPHONS
Caxton Club, 1905, 1 of 252 copies
A classic bibliographic work, with an introduction by Richard Garnett, patriarch of the
literary Garnett family. In return for the introduction, Garnett was made an honorary
member of the Caxton Club, but lived only six months after receiving the rare honor.
41. Henry Hastings Sibley (Walker-In-the Pines)
IRON FACE
Caxton Club, 1950
42. THREE BEWICK PRINTS FROM CHERRYBURN
Caxton Club, 1968

43. Gordon R. Williams
FANTASY IN A WOOD BLOCK
Caxton Club, 1972
A brief fantasy based on Thomas Bewick and his work
44. Harold R Willoughby
THE COVERDALE PSALTER
Caxton Club, 1935
1 of 225 copies, published on the 400 th anniversary of the printing of the Psalter, a
facsimile of which forms part of the text of this volume
CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS
45. Edmund M. Burke and Thomas J. O'Gorman
END OF WATCH
Chicago's Books Press, 2007
An account of every Chicago policeman killed in the line of duty through 2006. The
donor wishes to note that there is a German/Irish controversy over Policeman #1, in
which the authors appear to have taken the Irish side. Signed (in green ink) by Thomas J.
O'Gorman.
46. D.B. Covington
THE ARGUS BOOK SHOP: A MEMOIR
Tarrydiddle Press, 1977
47. William Edward Hayes
IRON ROAD TO EMPIRE: The History of the Rock Island Lines
Simmons-Boardman, 1953
48. Celia Hilliard
THE WOMAN’S ATHLETIC CLUB OF CHICAGO
WAC, 1998
Always a good buy, this year it represents one of the venues for our meetings
49. Clifford Raymond and John T. McCutcheon
CLIFFORD AND JOHN’S ALMANCK
Reilly & Lee, 1921
Not only was McCutcheon a Caxtonian, but so were Reilly and Lee
50. REMINISCENCES OF CHICAGO DURING THE CIVIL WAR
Lakeside Press, 1914
Yes, a member of the Caxton Club did contribute to this volume
51. REMINSCENCES OF CHICAGO DURING THE GREAT FIRE
Lakeside Press, 1915
And this one

52. Walter Dill Scott
JOHN EVANS: AN APPRECIATION
privately printed, 1919
Copy of #2407 of this life of the namesake of Evanston
53. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE DOFOBS
1909
Waterstain; the DOFOBS were (and, since the society has been revived, are) a group
referring to themselves as Damned Old Fools Over Books: this contains photos of the
officers, a manuscript in facsimile, and articles on American literature
54. Vaughn Shoemaker
1938 A.D.
Chicago Daily News, 1939
Signed, limited edition (#25 of 1500) of this collection of historical illustrations by the
noted Chicago editorial cartoonist
CHILDREN
55. Walter P. Eaton
BOY SCOUTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
W.A. Wilde, 1914
56. Eva March Tappan
WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD
Houghton Mifflin, 1911
In days of old we learned history this way.
DRAMA
57. Samuel Eberly Gross
THE MERCHANT PRINCE OF CORNVILLE
Rand McNally, 1896
Gross, real estate developer supreme (responsible for Brookfield and several other
Chicago suburbs), wrote this play, which was published in this limited edition and was
performed once, in London. He later sued Edmond Rostand for stealing key parts of this
play to write Cyrano de Bergerac. A Chicago judge did, in fact, award him damages.
Gross later came to think ALL Rostand’s plays had borrowed from the Merchant Prince
of Cornville
58. Edmond Rostand
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Holt, 1899
and
CHANTECLER
Duffield, 1910
It seemed only fair to present both sides

59. Dore Schary
SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO
Random House, 1958
lst printing stated
The immortal drama about the personal and political lives of Franklin Roosevelt
HISTORY
60. Christopher Columbus
LETTER OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ON THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
Basemint Press, 1986
#89 of 150 copies
61. A Friend of Canterbury Cathedral
THE ROMANCE OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
Raphael Tuck, 1932
62. Ted Gronert
SUGAR CREEK SAGA
Wabash College, 1958
With the bookplate of the Lakeside Press Library
63. Fanny Kelly
NARRATIVE OF MY CAPTIVITY AMONG THE SIOUX INDIANS
Lakeside Press, 1990
64. Brian Lamb
WHO'S BURIED IN GRANT'S TOMB: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites
National Cable Satellite Corporation, 2000
A combination travel guide and collection of presidential information
65. Jacob A. Riis
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE CITIZEN
Outlook, 1904
A collection of anecdotes and reflections
66. Robert A. Rutland
WELL-ACQUAINTED WITH BOOKS
Library of Congress, 1987
How the founding fathers saw the Library of Congress, and James Madison’s
contribution, introduction by John Y. Cole
67. SCHLIEMANN IN INDIANAPOLIS
Indiana Historical Society, 1951
The archaeologist led a life of romance and variety and made several trips to the United
States, once making a fortune during the California Gold Rush, and once becoming a
resident of Indianapolis long enough to claim American citizenship to aid negotiations
with Greek and Turkish authorities.

68. THOMAS JEFFERS0N AMONG THE ANTIQUITIES OF SOUTHERN FRANCE IN
1787
Princeton, 1954
A tribute to Howard Hugo, 1 of 400 copies
LITERATURE
69. Louis Begley
THE MAN WHO WAS LATE
Knopf, 1993
First edition, signed
70. Henry Howard Brownell
LINES OF BATTLE & OTHER POEMS
Houghton Mifflin, 1912
1 of 330 copies
71. Sara Lindsay Coleman (and O. Henry)
WIND OF DESTINY
Doubleday, 1916
# 22 of 125 copies, vellum spine
Fictional tale incorporating genuine texts of letters written by William Sydney Porter (O.
Henry) to a young woman (Sara Lindsay Coleman) who later became his wife. Inscribed
by Harry Dayton Sickles, the Chicago bookdealer who conspired with Eugene Field II in
autograph forgery
72. James Crumley
BORDERSNAKES
Mysterious Press, 1996
First edition, signed
73. Dante
THE DIVINE COMEDY
Grossman, 1969
Galleys for the Leonard Baskin edition
74. A. Conan Doyle
MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES
Little, Brown, 1924
75. Richard Ford
THE LAY OF THE LAND
Knopf, 2006
First edition, signed by the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Independence Day
76. Bret Harte
HER LETTER, HIS ANSWER & HER LAST LETTER
Houghton Mifflin 1905
A romance of the old west in verse, with voluminous illustration by Arthur I. Keller

77. James Joyce
PORTAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
Huebsch, 1922, 5 th ptg.
78. Harry Stephen Keeler
THE VOICE OF THE SEVEN SPARROWS
Dutton, 1928, 3 rd ptg.
Opinion is divided on whether Chicagoan Keeler was the worst modern mystery writer or
merely the weirdest
79. D.H. Lawrence
COLLECTED POEMS, VOL. 2: UNRHYMED POEMS
Jonathon Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929
80. Richard Le Gallienne
PROSE FANCIES, SECOND SERIES
Herbert S. Stone, 1896
81. W. Roberston Nicoll
A BOOKMAN'S LETTERS
Hodder & Stoughton, 1913
A miscellany of bookish topics: "The Pleasures and Advantages of Rereading", "A Plea
for Cheerful Books", "Algernon Charles Swinburne", and, by the way, an article on an
Honorary Caxtonian
82. John Pomfret
POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
“Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country, 1736
With one of those glorious subtitles which go on for nearly the whole title page. The first
edition was 1702. Eighteenth century owner’s inscription
83. W. Clark Russell
JOHN HOLDSWORTH, CHIEF MATE
Thomas Crowell, nd
84. Dorothy Ritter Russo
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOTH TARKINGTON
Indiana Historical Society, 1949
Inscribed by Russo to Caxtonian C. Prentiss Smith
85. Starrett, Vincent
THE BLUE DOOR
Doubleday Crime Club, 1930
One of this Caxtonian’s mystery novels
86. Stevenson, Robert Louis, and Lloyd Osborne
THE WRONG BOX
Scribner, 1889
A first edition of one of Stevenson’s spookier adventures

87. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
Literary Guild, 1932
Illustrated by Eric Gill
88. Verne, Jules
800 LEAGUES ON THE AMAZON, A.L. Burt, ca. 1900
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, A.L. Burt, ca. 1900
THE GREEN RAY, Sampson Low, 1885
THE LOTTERY TICKET, Sampson Low, 1887
THE VANISHED DIAMOND, Sampson low, 1885
Three first editions and two early reprints
89.William T. Vollman
BUTTERFLY STORIES
Grove Press, 1993
REFERENCE
90. GASKELL’S COMPENDIUM OF FORMS
Chicago, 1881
91. Robert Keith Leavitt
NOAH'S ARK, NEW ENGLAND YANKEES, AND THE ENDLESS QUEST
G.C. Merriam, 1947
#546 of 2000 copies of the casebound, slipcased, numbered edition of this history of
Webster's Dictionary, published on the centennial of the first edition. This is a review
copy, with the slip laid in
SETS
92. Rudyard Kipling
WORKS
Doubleday and McClure, 1899
This is a run-of-the-mill set of Kipling you’ve seen at dozens of sales, EXCEPT that this
set was presented to Sterling Morton in May, 1901 for Essay Writing at the
Lawrenceville School. It also bears the bookplate of Joy Morton’s Thorn Hill Farm (now
the Morton Arboretum)
93. Lytton, Lord
WORKS
Routledge, 1870
Bound for John J. Snyder, later the property of J. Sterling Morton, with his bookplate
94. Stevenson, Robert Louis
WORKS
Biographical Edition, 1909
27 vols.

95. Thackeray, William Makepeace
WORKS
Edition de Luxe, Estes & Lauriat, 1891
30 vols.
MISCELLANEOUS
96. BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE CHINESE TRAY
Red wax seal indicates that the Chinese Government verified its antiquity
97. BOOK BOX A: Indian Summer
Created at the Harcourt Bindery
98. BOOK BOX B: Beloved
Created at the Harcourt Bindery
99. BOOK BOX C: Opera, 1776
Created at the Harcourt Bindery
100. BOOK PURSE
If it looks like a purse and opens like a purse, it must be a…book cover. Beautiful
carrying case for the book of your choice.
101. Dan Crawford
WORKS
102. THE GENTLE ART OF WALKING
Arno Press, 1971
A compilation of material from the New York Times on the history, technique, and lore
of going for a walk
103. W. Hamilton Gibson
CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS
Harper, 1881
Classic guide to outdoor life; this copy has a damaged back cover, probably from being
taken into the woods
104. Amy Jacobs
FUNCTIONAL SOFT ART
One of the 2007-08 Fellowship students will create a work which will serve as a
container for a book or a laptop computer
105. MANUSCRIPT LEAF
Italy, 13 th Century
A page from the Book of Jeremiah, with 3 decorative initials, and text written 15 lines to
the inch

106. Drew Mattot
BOOK
One of the 2007-08 Fellowship students will provide one of his award-winning book
creations; 1 of 10 copies utilizing paper made from Iraq War combat uniforms, with art
and writing by the veterans about their experience
MYSTERY BOXES
These are collections of miscellaneous books not necessarily ready for prime time, but
still well worth reading. Boxes are expected to remain sealed until you get them home: that’s the
mystery. Most of the books this year come from the shelves of the late, lamented Mid-Day Club.
107. MYSTERY BOX A: Biography
Lives of the greats, the near-greats, and the ingrates
108. MYSTERY BOX B: Fiction
These books were almost certainly in your grandmother's bookcase. If not, they were in
your great-grandmother's.
109. MYSTERY BOX C: History
A healthy chunk of this is Chicago history. Are the books any good Did you think
they'd be in a mystery box if they were Or am I planning to bid on the box myself and
just don't want you to think they're good
110. MYSTERY BOX D: Mystery
Some of the big names of non-Sherlock Holmes mystery and adventure are here: Anna
Katherine Green, Arthur Morrison, Fergus Hume…as well as some little names
111. MYSTERY BOX E: Poetry
Dante is here, and Macaulay, and a whole lot of poets who, um, have not received their
due critical acclaim just yet.
112. MYSTERY BOX F: Travel
From the Mid-day Club Library, a collection of travel books: both of the outdated
guidebook type and the outdated travel narrative type. If you' enjoy reading tales of trips
to Europe or Asia between the World Wars, there's probably something here for you
113. MYSTERY BOX G: Miscellaneous
There must be something in here you need. There must be something here
SOMEBODY needs.
114. READER'S DIGEST CONDENSED BOOKS, VOL. 3, 1981
WHAT, I hear you demand, is this doing in a Caxton Club Auction This is the only
book from the Mid-Day Club Library which has the whole name and address of the Club
rubber stamped inside. A true relic.

Services
115. Hayward Blake
BOOKPLATE DESIGN
Get a Blake original for your books
116. HOMES OF THE DEAD
Chicago’s very own Cemetery Lady (a Caxtonian) will give you an overview of the
material in her own collection, and give you a tour of any area cemetery you’d care to
see, utilizing the material she’s unearthed (sorry) during her years of research on the
political, religious, and ethnic forces in the making of Chicago’s deceased community
117. Amy Jacobs
DROP-SPINE BOX
A custom-designed case for a book of your choice
118. A PEN
A high-quality writing utensil donated by the donor of our shopping bags tonight
119. SEASON TICKETS, NEWBERRY CONSORT
Attend the concerts of the 2008-09 season of the Newberry Library’s award-winning
music ensemble (three locations)
120. TOUR AND BOOKS: THE PRITZKER MILITARY LIBRARY
The winner of these three books will also win a tour of the Pritzker (contact information
will be supplied to the winner). The books are:
Reina Pennington, Wings, Women and War
Scott Ruggero, The First Men In
Scott Turow, Ordinary Heroes
All three books have been signed by their authors; a Pritzker Library coin rounds off the
package
121. TOUR FOR FOUR OF NEWBERRY LIBRARY
What is it in the unique collection of the Newberry Library that you’ve always wanted to
see Be conducted on a behind-the-scenes tour with Bob Karrow and look at Ben
Hecht’s Oscar, Richard Byrd’s mukluks, or the letter from Al Capone. You could even
look at a book
122. TOUR FOR SIX OF NEWBERRY LIBRARY
The same as the previous item except you can squeeze more people in, and it is given by
Jill Gage and JoEllen Dickie, who feel they might be cuter than Bob Karrow. We can
turn this into a referendum, I suppose: a sort of caucus of cute.
123. BOOKS, BREWING, AND BEER
Are you interested in brewing How about books on brewing And how about beer Ed
Bronson will combine his interests in collecting books on brewing and his knowledge as
a beer judge to show some fascinating brewing-related books from the Newberry Library

collection followed by a visit to the Clark Street Ale House to discuss and sample a
variety of beer styles. Ed will host four guests on this “tour.”