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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadlineThe Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich with signaturePublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1890] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #8 Three volumes by Gertrude Atherton - one signed AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadline3 books (2 duplicates) by Gertrude Atherton 1sgndDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #9 Archive of approx. 125 autograph letters and notes signed by various British authors Heading(Autograph Letters)Author**Headline125 Autograph notes of British AuthorsDate Published18th-19th centuries View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #10 Archive of approx. 44 Autograph Letters & Notes signed by various American & Canadian authors Heading(Autographs - American Authors)Author**HeadlineA.L.s. of American authorsDate Published19th century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #12 The Sexagenarian; or, The Recollections of a Literary Life Author[Beloe, William]HeadlineSexagenarian reflections literary life 1818-2volsPublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1818 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #14 Auguries of Innocence AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineValenti Angelo sgnd, Blake's Auguries of InnocencPublisherValenti AngeloDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #15 Collection of bibliographies and literature references Heading(Books On Books)Author**HeadlineBibliographies or reference booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #19 Moncrif's Cats. Les Chats de Francois Augustin Paradis de Moncrif AuthorBretnor, Reginald, trans.HeadlineMoncrif's Cats trans, Golden Cockerel Press 1/400PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1961 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #21 Robert Browning: Chief Poet of the Age Heading(Browning, Robert)AuthorKingsland, William G.HeadlineChief Poet of the Age, Robert Browning 1887PublisherJ.W. Jarvis & SonDate Published1887 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #22 Poems AuthorBryant, William CullenHeadlinePoems by William Cullen Bryant 1st ed 1821PublisherHilliard and MetcalfDate Published1821 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #25 Tarzan of the Apes AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineTarzan of the Apes G&D 1940 editionPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1914, but c.1940] View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #26 Indoor Studies AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineIndoor Studies by J. Burroughs, signed 1889PublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1889 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #27 Tiger AuthorBynner, WitterHeadlineTiger, signed by author Witter Bynner 1913PublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #34 Social Life and Literature Fifty Years Ago Author[Cleveland, Horace William Shaler]HeadlineSocial Life and Literature Fifty Years Ago 1888PublisherCupples and HurdDate Published1888 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #37 Three works by Joseph Conrad AuthorConrad, JosephHeadline3 books by Joseph ConradDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #38 The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]Headline3vols, 1st edition Cooper's Pathfinder 1840PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #39 Tales of the Hall AuthorCrabbe, GeorgeHeadline2 vol. Tales of the Hall by Rev. George CrabbePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1819 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #40 New Essays by Oliver Goldsmith: Now First Collected and Edited with an Introduction and notes by... AuthorCrane, Ronald S.HeadlineNew Essays by Oliver Goldsmith, delux lmtd edPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #41 Illustrations of Smollett, Fielding, and Goldsmith, In a Series of Forty-One Plates AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineCruikshank literary illustrations 1832-41 platesPublisherCharles TiltDate Published1832 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #47 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EdnPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #48 The Return of Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, A. ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle The Return of Sherlock HolmesPublisherGeorge Newnes, Ltd.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #51 The Collected Poems of John Drinkwater AuthorDrinkwater, JohnHeadlineCollected poems of John Drinkwater 2vols 1923PublisherSidgwick and JacksonDate Published1923 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #63 Sunday or, A Working Girls Lament AuthorFellowes, DaisyHeadlineSunday or, A Working Girls Lament lmtd ed signedPublisherA. CheneDate Published1930 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #64 Two works by Eugene Field AuthorField, EugeneHeadline2 books containing works by Eugene FieldDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #66 The Great Gatsby AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, 1st Ed., 1st IssuePublisherScribner'sDate Published1925 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #77 Leonidas, A Poem Author[Glover, Richard]HeadlineLeonidas, A Poem by Richard Glover 1737PublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1737 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #78 The Deserted Village, A Poem AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineThe Deserted Village John Henry Nash PrintingPublisherWilliam Andrews Clark, Jr.Date Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #82 Collection of Little Blue Books AuthorHaldeman-Julius, E., editorHeadlineapprox. 75 Little Blue Books Haldeman-JuliusPublisherHaldeman-Julius Co.Date Publishedc.1920s-1930s View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #83 The Peterkin Papers AuthorHale, Lucretia P[eabody].HeadlinePeterkin Papers by Lucretia Hale 1st ed 1880PublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1880 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #85 The Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineWonder-Book for Girls and Boys London 1852 edPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1852 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #86 [Works] AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadline8 vols from Thomas Crowell's Works of HawthornePublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published[c. 1906] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #87 Gleanings in Old Garden Literature AuthorHazlitt, W. CarewHeadlineGleanings in Old Garden Literature 1887PublisherElliot StockDate Published1887 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #91 Hawthorn and Lavender With Other Verses AuthorHenley, William ErnestHeadlineHawthorn and Lavender by Wm Ernest Henley 1901PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1901 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #97 The Anatomy of Bibliomania AuthorJackson, HolbrookHeadline2vols-Anatomy of Bibliomania first ed, 1/1000PublisherSoncino PressDate Published1930-31 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #101 Seven signed limited editions Heading(Limited Editions)Author**Headlinecollection of signed, limited editions on lit.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #102 Small collection of limited edition literary works Heading(Limited Editions)Author**Headlinelimited editions publication in literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #105 Adventure AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Adventure first editionPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #106 A Daughter of the Snows AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London A Daughter of the Snows 1st ed.PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #107 John Barleycorn AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London John Barleycorn 1st editionPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #108 Love of Life AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLove of Life 1st edition by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #109 The Sea-Wolf AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Sea-Wolf 1st edition, 2nd issue Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1904 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #110 Smoke Bellew AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSmoke Bellew by Jack London, 1st editionPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #111 The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSone of the Wolf 1st ed of 1st Jack London bookPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #112 Two first editions by Jack London AuthorLondon, JackHeadline2 first editions by Jack LondonDate Published1913-1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #114 The Song of Hiawatha AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThe Song of Hiawatha first Am. Ed, 1st ptgPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #115 Three volumes by Longfellow AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadline3 books by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #117 Lot of two Autograph Letters signed by fantasy author George MacDonald, plus 1 with signature clipped off AuthorMacDonald, GeorgeHeadlineLetters signed by fantasy author George MacDonaldDate Published1872, 1879 & 1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #119 Archive of Autograph Letters and Poems by Eric Mackay AuthorMackay, EricHeadlineAutograph Letters and Poems by Eric MackayDate Published1880's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #120 Four autograph letters signed by James Mackintosh AuthorMackintosh, JamesHeadlineFour autograph letters signed by James MackintoshDate Publishedc.1800-1815 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #121 Twelve Songs AuthorMaeterlinck, MauriceHeadline12 Songs by Maurice Maeterlinck illustrated 1/400PublisherRalph Fletcher SeymourDate Published1902 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #126 Five Autograph Letters signed by T.J. Mathias AuthorMathias, Thomas JamesHeadlineFive Autograph Letters signed by T.J. MathiasDate Publishedc.1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #127 Les Danaïdes. Contes AuthorMauclair, CamilleHeadlineLes Danaides by Camille Mauclair 1/250 copiesPublisherSociété d'Édition d'ArtDate Published[1903] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #128 11 Autograph Letters & Notes signed by Justin McCarthy AuthorMcCarthy, JustinHeadlineLetters from Irish Nationalist Justin McCarthyDate Publishedc.1881-1904 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #129 Sons AuthorMcGuane, ThomasHeadlineSons, by Thomas McGuane, Lord John Press sgndPublisherLord John PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #131 Two limited editions of works by Herman Melville AuthorMelville, HermanHeadline2 Princeton Univ lmtd edition Herman Melville bksPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1922 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #147 True and False Society AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineTrue and False Society William Morris socialismPublisherSocialist League OfficeDate Published1888 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #150 The Octopus AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineFrank Norris The Octopus 1st EditionPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1901 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #155 Advice to a Friend AuthorPatrick, SimonHeadlineAdvice to a Friend by Bishop of Ely Simon PatrickPublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published1839 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #157 Collection of nine volumes of 19th Century poetry Heading(Poetry - 19th Century)Author**Headline9 books of 19th cent. poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #158 Five volumes of 20th Century poetry Heading(Poetry - 20th Century)Author**Headline20th century poetry - 5 booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #159 Two limited editions by O. Henry Author[Porter, William Sidney]Headlinetwo O. Henry Books in limited editions DoubledayPublisherDoubledayDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #161 Poems on Several Occasion Author[Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)]Headlinebook of poetry by Matthew Prior published 1721PublisherPrinted for J. Tonson in the Strand, and J. Barber upon Lambeth-HillDate Published[1721] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #166 The Giant Judge: or the Story of Samson, the Hebrew Hercules AuthorScott, W.A.HeadlineGiant Judge by W.A. Scott illustrated 1858PublisherWhitton, Towne & Co.Date Published1858 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #168 Three volumes by Bernard Shaw AuthorShaw, BernardHeadline3 books by Bernard ShawDate Published1891-1930 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #169 The Centre Table Heading(Shelley, Mary)Author**Headline50 engravings, Mary Shelley's Parvenue 1st appearPublisherLeavitt & AllenDate Published1860 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #170 Three first editions by Upton Sinclair AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadline3 books by Upton SinclairDate Published1907-1936 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #174 Oberon, A Poem. From the German of Wieland AuthorSotheby, William, trans.HeadlineOberon, second English edition trans by SothebyPublisherW. BulmerDate Published1805 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #175 Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men. Collected From the Conversation of Mr. Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of His Time AuthorSpence, JosephHeadlineAnecdotes, Observations from Mr. Pope 1820PublisherW.H. CarpenterDate Published1820 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #181 The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineTestimony of the Suns George Sterling 1/650PublisherW.E. WoodDate Published1903 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #184 Catalogue of an Exhibition Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)Author**HeadlineGrolier Club Catalogue of Thackeray 1912-1/260PublisherGrolier ClubDate Published1912 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #185 Lovel the Widower AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]HeadlineLovel the Widower by WM Thackeray 1st editionPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1861 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #186 The Tragedy of Mr. Punch: A Fantastic Play in Prologue and One Act AuthorThorndike, Russell and Reginald ArkellHeadlineTragedy of Mr. Punch Duckworth 1923PublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published[1923] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #187 Three volumes by Leo Tolstoi AuthorTolstoi, Count LeoHeadline3 books by Count Leo TolstoiDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #188 Collection of volumes on or by Mark Twain Heading(Twain, Mark)Author**HeadlineCollection of volumes on or by Mark TwainDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #190 Sundry Ballades AuthorVillon, FrançoisHeadlineSundry Ballades pub. by Grabhorn Press lmtd edPublisher[Grabhorn]Date Published[1922] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #195 A Train of Powder AuthorWest, RebeccaHeadlineTrain of Powder by Rebecca West, signd 1955PublisherMacmillanDate Published1955 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #197 The Valley of Decision: A Novel AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineValley of Decision by Edith Wharton 2vols 1902PublisherScribner'sDate Published1902 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #198 The Gathering of the Forces. Editorials, Essays, Literary and Dramatic Reviews and other Material Written by Walt Whitman as Editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1846 and 1847 AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitmans Gathering of the Forces 2vols 1920PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1920 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #199 Walt Whitman's Blue Book AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman's Blue Book 2 vols in slipcase 1968PublisherThe New York Public LibraryDate Published1968 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #200 Five volumes of poetry AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadline5 bks of poetry by John Greenleaf WhittierDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #201 A Woman of No Importance AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineWoman of No Importance-Oscar Wilde 1/250 copiesDate Published1903 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #202 Tennessee Williams' Letters to Donald Windham 1940-65 Heading(Williams, Tennessee)AuthorWindham, Donald, EditorHeadlineTennessee Williams' Letters to Donald WindhamDate Published1976 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #203 Intimations of Immortality. An Ode by William Wordsworth AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineIntimations of Immortality by Wm Wordsworth 1903PublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1903 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next