Merritt Island Estate Sale: Great Treasures and Antiquarian Book Collection of NY 19th Century Elite

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Dates
Fri
Dec 9
8am to 2pm
2016
Sat
Dec 10
8am to 2pm
2016
Sun
Dec 11
8am to 2pm
2016

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We always accept cash for payment along with credit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discovery, American Express with a minimum purchase of $25.00. No Checks Please!!
All purchases are subject to 6.5% Florida Sales Tax (inclusive of 0.5% Brevard County surtax) unless the purchaser possesses and leaves a copy of a current 2016 Florida Sales ID.

Please bring help to load large items, along with packing materials for fragile items.
All sales are final and purchased items must be removed by 2:00 PM on the last day of the sale.
Please be respectful of the neighbors driveways. Not Responsible for any accidents inside or outside of the home.

Lifelong collection of family treasures includes many unique and scarce items such as a vast collection of nearly 2,500 Antiquarian books. The books date primarily from the 1860's to the 1930's. Our client obtained the collection from the estates of American financier, banker, and railroad magnate Henry B. Hollins (1854 - 1938) and one of his sons, Henry B. Hollins, Jr. upon purchasing the home of HBH, Jr. in East Islip, New York on Long Island. It is a fabulous collection and it is too large to take pictures of all titles. 

The book collection includes many scarce copies including very low-numbered Limited Editions and Private Printings that are nearly one-of-a-kind. Please see photographs for more detail of this magnificent library. Notable titles include:

  • Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelain, 1904. 1 of 250 impressions commissioned by J. Pierpont Morgan. 
  • To Galapagos on the Ara. Documenting a pleasure cruise and scientific expedition by William K. Vanderbilt Jr.  in 1926. Private printing of 900 impressions. This copy is 1 of 500 that is leather bound. Fabulous color plates and B&W photographs. Inscribed to H.B. Hollins, Jr. and signed by the author. 
  • A Trip Through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, and Southern France by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Privately Printed in 1918. A motor trip by auto. Fantastic!
  • British Essayists with Prefaces, Historical and Bibliographical and a General Index in Forty Five Volumes, 1803. A complete set. 
  • Two Volume Bound Collection of Country Life Illustrated weekly magazine for the year 1899. Chronicaling fox hunting, falconry, pheasant hunting, etc. in the English Countryside by nobility and the elite.
  • Roundabout Dining Club (NYC) 1877 - 1913. Privately Printed of 50 copies.
  • Large collection of Children's Books from the late 1800's and early 1900's. 
  • Leather Bound edition of New York Times photo graveurs from the Great War in 1917. 
  • So many First Editions. Travel, Art, History, Architecture, and so much more. 

In addition, the sale includes a lifelong collection of family treasures of all kinds.

  • Antique Louis Vuitton Travel Trunk of H. B. Hollins. 24" W x 20 1/2" H x 16 1/2" D. Two other vintage steamer trunks. 
  • Sterling Silver and Silverplate including an antique Tiffany Sterling Silver Vanity Set in original leather travel case.  
  • Antique furniture. Lamps, coffee tables, end tables, etc. Many Chandeliers. 
  • Bedroom sets. Living Room and Dining Room Furniture. 
  • Antique Durkopp sewing machine. Vintage Sewing machines. 
  • Circa 1930's Mac Gregor Boxing Gloves and Leather Football Helmet. 
  • Two World War I era Navy Uniforms. 
  • Varied Collection  of PAN AM Airlines logoed items including flags, Silverware, Trays, and more.
  • Camel Saddle from United Arab Republic. Assembly required!
  • Antique furniture that would be great for a restoration project. Armoir, Sleigh bed, cabinets, etc. 

Please check back regularly as new photographs and descriptions will be added right up until the day of the sale. 

Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, JP Morgan. 1904. Privately Printed, 250 copies.To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926: The events of a pleasure-trip to the Galapagos Islands and a classification of a few rare aquatic findings, including two specimens of a new species of shark never caught before and here described for the first time, 1927. By William K Vanderbilt, inscribed to HB Hollins and signed by Vanderbilt. Privately Printed. 900 copies, the first 500 of which were bound in levant black and handmade paper sides, of which this is no. 334Photographs by WK Vanderbilt (To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926. William K Vanderbilt, author-signed. Privately Printed. 900 copies.)Two volume bound set of Country Life Illustrated, Jan-Dec 1899. Very Scarce. Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh, 1932, First Edition, with rare dust jacket. Roundabout Dining Club 1877-1913. New York City. Limited Edition. No. 15 of 50. Roundabout Dining Club 1913. (Roundabout Dining Club 1877-1913. New York City. Limited Edition)Tiffany Ink Blotter BoardsAntique Tiffany Sterling Silver Vanity Set in Leather Travel Case. Large carved wooden pitcher. Circa 1930s Vintage Leather Football Helmet. Circa 1930's Mac Gregor Boxing gloves. Durkopp 114 Antique Sewing Machine. Antique Louis Vuitton Steamer Trunk. 24" W x 20 1/2" H x 16 1/2" D. Louis Vuitton trunk open. Sale PictureSale PictureCatalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, JP Morgan. 1904. Privately Printed, 250 copies.Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, JP Morgan. 1904. Privately Printed, 250 copies.Color Plates. (Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, JP Morgan. 1904. Privately Printed, 250 copies.)Color Plates. (Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, JP Morgan. 1904. Privately Printed, 250 copies.)Color Plates. (Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, JP Morgan. 1904. Privately Printed, 250 copies.)Color Plates. (Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, JP Morgan. 1904. Privately Printed, 250 copies.)To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926. William K Vanderbilt, author-signed. Privately Printed. 900 copies, the first 500 of which were bound in levant black and handmade paper sides, of which this is no. 334 Approx 65 B&W photos.Introduction page. (To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926. William K Vanderbilt, author-signed. Privately Printed. 900 copies.)Introduction second page. (To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926. William K Vanderbilt, author-signed. Privately Printed. 900 copies.)Plate XVII White-Striped Angel Fish. Reproduced from watercolor by William Belanske, original presented to American Museum of Natural History. To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926. William K Vanderbilt, author-signed. Privately Printed. 900 copies.)Star Names and Their Meanings, Richard Hinckley Allen. GE Stechert, 1899.A Book Hunter's Holiday by ASW Rosenbach, Houghton Mifflin Company 1936. Limited Edition. Numer 40 of 760. Signed by author.Author's signature and Edition number. (A Book Hunter's Holiday, ASW Rosenbach. Houghton Mifflin Company 1936. Signed Limited Edition.)Do It Yourself, A Book of the Big Outdoors, Woodcraft Series by Dan Beard, National Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of America, JB Lippincott Company, 1925. Do it Yourself. Table of Contents. "Chapter VII - How to stalk, photograph, or even to capture wild animals with your naked hands".Portfolio of the European War in Rotogravure Etchings selected from The Mid-Week Pictorial of The New York Times. Professionally rebound with repairs to some pages. Circa 1918.Battlefield photography of WWI, c. 1915/1916. (Portfolio of the European War in Rotogravure Etchings selected from The Mid-Week Pictorial of The New York Times)Battlefield photography of WWI, c. 1915/1916. (Portfolio of the European War in Rotogravure Etchings selected from The Mid-Week Pictorial of The New York Times)Collection of Wilkie Collins Novels. Harper's Illustrated Library Edition, 1873. Fourteen volume set. South!, The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917, by Sir Ernest Shackleton, with 88 illustrations and fold out map, 1929. First Edition. No Dust Jacket. South! by Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1920. First Edition. 88 illustrations and color frontpiece. Fold out map.Thirty Years of Billiards by Willie Hoppe, 1925. In English Homes, Vol II, 1908.Vintage Children's Book CollectionMemoirs of a Spy, Adventures Along the Eastern Front, 1933. Signed by Author. Author's signature. (Memoirs of a Spy, Adventures Along the Eastern Front, 1933)Contemporary photographs of the turn of the century well-to-do. (Two volume bound set of Country Life Illustrated, Jan-Dec 1899)Article on Irish falconry, with photographs. (Two volume bound set of Country Life Illustrated, Jan-Dec 1899)More falconry, a very acceptable hobby for the gentry (Two volume bound set of Country Life Illustrated, Jan-Dec 1899)Articles and photographs. (Two volume bound set of Country Life Illustrated, Jan-Dec 1899)Title page, with portrait of a lady. (Two volume bound set of Country Life Illustrated, Jan-Dec 1899)Two volume bound set of Country Life Illustrated, Jan-Dec 1899Large collection of antique travel nonfiction from the dawn of the 20th Century. Fantastic snapshot of the world before the second world war.Vintage scifi and genre fiction -- including The Colors of Space, by the author of Mists of Avalon.Campfire and Battlefield: An Illustrated History of the Great Civil War. Rossiter Johnson, 1894.Campfire and Battlefield: An Illustrated History of the Great Civil War. Rossiter Johnson, 1894.Islip Town's World War II Effort (Long Island). The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol I and II, 1899. Persia Past and Present, by A.V. Williams Jackson, MacMillan Company, 1906. Egypt and Its Monuments by Robert Hichens, 1908.Egypt and Its Monuments by Robert Hichens, 1908.1001 Afternoons in Chicago by Ben Hecht,1922. Illustrated by Herman Rosse. Both men went on to win Oscars for screenwriting and art direction, respectively.Up From Slavery, An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington, 1901. Limited Edition of 50 copies. No. 15 pf 50. (Roundabout Dining Club 1877-1913. New York City. Limited Edition)The Arabian Nights, Maxfield Parrish Illustrated Edition, 1912 Printing. 12 illustrations. Maxfield Parrish illustration: The Fisherman and the Genie. (The Arabian Nights, Maxfield Parrish Illustrated Edition, 1912)Maxfield Parrish illustration: Prince Agib. (The Arabian Nights, Maxfield Parrish Illustrated Edition, 1912)Parrish illustration: The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. (The Arabian Nights, Maxfield Parrish Illustrated Edition, 1912)Parrish illustration: The History of Codadad and His Brothers. (The Arabian Nights, Maxfield Parrish Illustrated Edition, 1912)Parrish Illustration: The Third Voyage of Sinbad. (The Arabian Nights, Maxfield Parrish Illustrated Edition, 1912)With Lawrence in Arabia, Lowell Thomas, 1924. TE Lawrence photographed in his local dress. "In his white robes Lawrence looked like a prophet" and "The dreamer whose dreams came true" (With Lawrence in Arabia, Lowell Thomas, 1924.)Court Life From Within, HRH The Infanta Eulalia of Spain, 1915.Title page and frontis of HRH The Infanta Eulalia. (Court Life From Within, HRH The Infanta Eulalia of Spain, 1915.)In English Homes, Vol II only, 2nd Edition, Charles Latham, 1908. In English Homes, Vol II only, 2nd Edition, Charles Latham, 1908. In English Homes, Vol II only, 2nd Edition, Charles Latham, 1908. In English Homes, Vol II only, 2nd Edition, Charles Latham, 1908. In English Homes, Vol II only, 2nd Edition, Charles Latham, 1908. Hamilton Fish, Allan Nevins, 1936. Second Printing. Quite scarce. Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas by Zane Grey, 1928.Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas by Zane Grey, 1928.A Trip Through Italy Sicily Tunisia Algeria and Southern France by Motor, WK Vanderbilt, Jr. Privately Printed. 1918. With map and photographs.Title page and map of motor route. (A Trip Through Italy Sicily Tunisia Algeria and Southern France by Motor, WK Vanderbilt, Jr. Privately Printed. 1918.)Photograph of car which undertook the journey. (A Trip Through Italy Sicily Tunisia Algeria and Southern France by Motor, WK Vanderbilt, Jr. Privately Printed. 1918.)The Man Who Was Thursday. Gilbert K Chesterton, 1909.Sometime-Never. Clare Leighton, 1939.Mother Goose for Grown Folks: A Christmas Reading. 1860.Mother Goose for Grown Folks: A Christmas Reading. 1860.America: The Land we Love. Francis Miller, 1916.Turkistan, Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja, Eugene Schuyler, in Two Volumes, 1876.Turkistan, Notes of a Journey, 1876. Volume II. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville in the Rocky Mountains and Far West, Washington Irving, Pawnee Edition, 1898.The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, Pawnee Edition, 1898. Social New York Under the Georges 1714 - 1776 by Esther Singleton, 1902. Battles with Giant Fish, F.A. Mitchell Hedges, Turkistan, Notes of a Journey..., 1876. Volume I. Chinese Pottery & Porcelain Volumes I and II, R.L. Hobson, 1915. This Edition is limited to 1,500 copies of which this is No. 1043.Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Volume I, 1915, Limited Edition of 1,500. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Volume II, 1915. Limited Edition of 1,500 copies. Sale PictureEpochs of Chinese and Japanese Art, Ernest F. Fenollosa, c. 1907, in Two Volumes. Attached to the front endpaper is a poem written by the author. Also, includes a 5 page letter to the owner signed by the author 1907. Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art, Volume II. Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art, Volume I. Eloise in Moscow, Kay Thompson, Drawings by Hilary Knight, 1959. First Printing. Eloise in Moscow, 1959. First Printing. Eloise in Moscow. Fold out drawing. The Sailor King, William the Fourth, 1903. Walt Disney's Cinderella. 1950.Snagged and Sunk or The Adventures of a Canvas Canoe by Harry Castlemon, 1888. Miscellaneous Silverplate and Sterling. Miscellaneous Silverplate and Sterling. Miscellaneous Silverplate and Sterling. Miscellaneous Silverplate and Sterling. Sale PicturePan Am airlines silverware. Pan Am silverware mark. Sale PictureAntique leather Tiffany Travel Vanity Case. Tiffany & Co. Makers New York mark on Travel Case. Pan Am airlines silverware. Tiffany Sterling Silver Vanity Set with leather travel case. Antique Tiffany Sterling Silver.Sterling Vanity set. Battles with Giant Fish, F.A. Mitchell Hedges, Holland And Its People, Edmondo de Amicis, Zuyder Zee Edition, 1884. Edition limited to 600 copies. Holland And Its People, Edmondo de Amicis, Zuyder Edition, 1885. This edition limited to 600 copies. Limited Edition of 600 copies. W. Bayard Cutting, Jr. Privately Printed. Illustrated History of Furniture, Frederick Litchfield, 1893. 3rd Edition. Illustrated History of Furniture. 1893. 3rd Edition. Pharaohs Resurrected by John M. Gardner, Sorg Publishing Co., 1923. Pharaohs Resurrected. Nurses On Horseback, Ernest Poole, 1932. First Edition. Nurses On Horseback. Young Visitor to Mars, Richard M. Elam, Jr., The Most Illustrious Ladies of the Italian Renaissance, Christopher Hare, 1904. Poppy, The Story of a South African Girl, Cynthia Stockley, 1910.Old Dutch and Flemish Masters, Van Dyke, 1895. Old Dutch and Flemish Masters, 1895. Springtime in Paris, Elliot Paul, Inscriptions of the Nile Monuments, Garrett Chatfield Pier, 1908. Edition limited to 300 copies. Inscriptions of the Nile Monuments. Dream Days and The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame, 1904. Private Clubs of New York around the turn of the Century. The Critical Period of American History by John Fiske, Sun and Shadow in Spain, Maud Howe, 1908. Sale PictureDry Martini: A Gentleman Turns to Love, John Thomas, First Edition, 1926. Shelburne Farms Stud of English Hackneys, Harness and Saddle Horses, Ponies and Trotters, 1895. Sale PictureBrass sail boat. Copper tea pots. Copper tea pot. Sale PictureCopper Tea Cup. Intercontinental Hotel, Istanbul. Copper cup, Intercontinental Hotel. Istanbul. Sale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureBeautiful fish candlestick. Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Prayer Book. Vintage ash trays. Collectibles. Large brass keys. Fieldbook of Insects, Frank E. Lutz, Field Book of Insects. Color plates. Field Book of Insects. Color Plates. Science From An Easy Chair, Sir Ray Lankester, Sale PictureSale PictureSale PictureCollectible plates. Collctible plate Vermont. Sale PictureSale PictureSale PictureEngland Today in Pictures, 1947. England Today in Pictures, 1947. Fabulous photographs. Only Yesterday, An Informal History of the Nineteen-Twenties, 1931. The Enchanted Past. Sale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PicturePeter takes a trip through South America coloring book. Vintage. 1958. To Lhasa in Disguise by William McGovern. The Twighlight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, . Forward by T.E. Lawrence. The Great Game of Politics, Frank R. Kent. The Bluebird is at Home, Brooke Astor, Early American Portait Painters, The Fourteen Principal Earliest Native Born Painters, Cuthbert Lee, Yale University Press, 1929. George Washington by Stuart. Right side LV markings. LV markings. Bottom. Left side. Back. Vintage Travel Steamer Trunk. HBH Jr. Trunk. Sale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureDecorative Screen. Antique Pyrene Fire Extinguisher. Ship art piece. Sale PictureMonkey Pod Wood and other decorative wooden bowls. Nesting bowls. Wooden bread box. Mid Century Modern Cheese Board and Ice Bucket. Vintage Jeanette Wedgewood Green Grecian Glassware. Miscellaneous Cookware. Miscellaneous antique and vintage porcelain. Vintage Crochet Thread from Paris. Vintage Crochet thread from Paris. World War War I Navy Uniform. Two sets. World War I Navy Uniform. Wool 13 Button Pants. Wool 13 button pants. 13 button pants. Second pair with zippered pocket. WW I Navy Uniform. WW I Navy Uniform spats!WW I uniform label. Camel Saddle - assembly required! Camel Saddle Made in United Arab Republic (Country no longer exists). Camel Saddle. Camel Saddle. Pan Am airlines memorabilia. Pan Am airlines memorabilia. Pan Am airlines memorabilia. Pan Am airlines memorabilia. Pan Am airlines memorabilia. Pan Am airlines memorabilia. Sale PicturePan Am airlines memorabilia. Pan Am airlines memorabilia. Pan Am airlines memorabilia. Notes on Cellar- Book by George Saintsbury, Edition de luxe, 1921. Edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author. Sale PictureSigned limited edition. Sale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale PictureSale Picture

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