Holiday 2020 Catalogue

H o l i d a y G i f t s 86 “We Feast And Have A Jolly Good Time” 118. KENT, Rockwell. A Northern Christmas. Being the Story of a Peaceful Christmas in the Remote and Peaceful Wilderness of an Alaskan Island. New York, 1941. Small octavo, original patterned cream boards, dust jacket. $800. First edition of this engaging Christmas story, with 16 in-text woodcut illustrations, signed by Rockwell Kent. Book fine, dust jacket about-fine. One Of Only 250 Copies Signed By Acclaimed African American Artist Jacob Lawrence 120. LAWRENCE, Jacob. The Complete Jacob Lawrence. Over the Line. The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence. WITH: Jacob Lawrence. Paintings, Drawings, and Murals (1935-1999). A Catalogue Raisonne. Seattle, 2000. Two volumes. Folio (9-1/2 by 12 inches), original blue and red cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. $1800. Signed limited first edition of the complete Jacob Lawrence, including a richly illustrated biography and catalogue raisonne, one of only 250 copies signed on a tipped-in limitation page by Jacob Lawrence. Fine. Quite scarce. “Jesus Came Into The World To Make People Love One Another” 119. KUBASTA, Vojtech. A Christmas Story. London, 1960. Folio (9 by 13 inches), staple-bound as issued, original half blue cloth, original pictorial paper wrappers; pp. 8 and double-page pop-up. $1100. First edition of this didactic but atmospheric tale about a young boy who is moved by the spirit of Christmas and admits to wrongdoing, with delightful, double-page pop-up of the nativity by acclaimed artist and paper engineer Kubasta. Very nearly fine. “For The Strength Of The Pack Is The Wolf, And The Strength Of The Wolf Is The Pack” 121. KIPLING, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. WITH: The Second Jungle Book. London and New York, 1894-95. Two volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century full blue morocco gilt, custom slipcase. $6250. First editions of Kipling’s classic Jungle Books, “replete with adventure and excitement,” handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt by Bayntun, with original cloth covers and spines bound in. From the library of Eugene Field. Near-fine.