Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

Additional information at www.nealauction.com 69 329. Jo Ellonga (American, 20th/21st c.) , “Mauritia Flexuosa, Brazil”, “Astrocaryum Standleyamun, Columbia”, “Astrocaryum Gynacanthum, Columbia” and “Bactris Setulosa, Columbia”, 4 watercolor and graphite, each pencil‑initialed lower center, titled in center, pencil‑signed, titled and dated en verso, each 30 in. x 22 in., matted and framed alike. $600/900 330. Two Antique Engravings of Extinct Birds , “The Pigeon of Passage”, from Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina..., 1731‑1743; and “Ivory‑Billed Woodpecker”, c. 1829, probably second edition, from American Ornithology, 10 in. x 13 3/4 in. and 13 1/2 in. x 10 in., each framed. $600/900 331. Robert Frank (American, b.1924) , The Americans , introduction by Jack Kerouac, New York, Grove Press, 1959, first American edition, oblong 8vo, gilt‑lettered black cloth, photo‑pictorial dust jacket. $800/1200 332. Fine Bindings , Gabriel, Ralph Henry, ed. The Pageant of America , New Haven, Yale University Press, 1925‑1929, 15 volumes, quarto, full morocco gilt‑tooled leather, doublures with Liberty Bell motif, silk endpapers, #74 of 1500 Liberty Bell editions signed by Yale University Press president George Day. $700/1000 333. General Montgomery Signed Book , Montgomery, General Sir Bernard/ Introduction. Poems from the Desert, Verses by Members of the Eighth Army , London, George G. Harrap, 1944, navy morocco spine, leather onlay of the insignia of the Eighth Army, frontispiece signed by artist Stephen Gooden, limitation page (23 of 110) signed by Montgomery. $500/700 Provenance: Philip Duschnes Rare Books, NY. 335. Antique Classical Tôle Peinte Stand , c. 1820, probably French, faux marbre decoration, single door, shelf interior, h. 28 1/2 in., w. 15 in., d. 12 in. $700/1000 Provenance: Hastings House Antiques, Essex, CT (Theta Charity Antiques Show, 1976); Estates of William and Sarah McGehee, Dr. Dubs House, Natchez, MS. 336. Antique Continental Embroidered Tapestry , probably 18th c., possibly Flemish, with ladies in a garden, hung from a decorative iron rod, h. 81 in., w. 61 in. Note: Wear and losses. $800/1200 334. George I Red Japanned and Gilt Child’s Desk , c. 1725, fall- front writing surface with fitted interior, pulls, wrought iron locks, two short over two long drawers, bracket feet, h. 28 1/4 in., w. 23 1/4 in., d. 14 3/4 in. $2000/3000 Ill.: Schiffer & Schiffer. Miniature Antique Furniture, Doll House and Children’s Furniture from the United States and Europe , Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing, front cover and p. 199.