Sale 401: Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries (#401) 04/16/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/16/2009 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 401 135 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-181 of 181. Previous|12|Next Lot #213 Hiawatha, A Poem View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Hiawatha John R. Neill IllustrationsPublisherReilly and BrittonDate Published[1909] Lot #214 Hyperion, A Romance View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineRare edition of Longfellow's Hyperion 1844PublisherH.G. ClarkeDate Published1844 Lot #215 The Seaside and the Fireside View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow Seaside & Fireside Gilt-Extra bindingPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 Lot #216 The Song of Hiawatha View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's The Song of Hiawatha 1st EdnPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1855 Lot #217 The Song of Hiawatha View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Song of Hiawatha 1st English EditionPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1855 Lot #218 The Song of Hiawatha View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's The Song of Hiawatha 1st EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1855 Lot #219 Tales of a Wayside Inn View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn 1st EditionPublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1863 Lot #220 The Waif: A Collection of Poems View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Author[Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, editor]HeadlineH.W. Longfellow edits The Waif 1845PublisherJohn OwenDate Published1845 Lot #221 Tales of a Wayside Inn View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineTales of a Wayside Inn Publisher's Full MoroccoPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1866 Lot #222 Five volumes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineFive volumes by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #224 Fifteen titles from the Lord John Press View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)Author**Headline15 volumes published at Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #226 [Works] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorLytton, Edward BulwerHeadlineWorks of Edward Bulwer Lytton Finely BoundPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published1892 Lot #227 Lot of six Autograph Letters or Notes signed by fantasy author George MacDonald View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorMacDonald, GeorgeHeadlineLetters from fantasy author George MacDonaldDate Publishedc.1873-1885 Lot #231 The Plays of Philip Massinger View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorMassinger, PhilipHeadlinePlays of Philip Massinger Full Leather BindingPublisherG. and W. Nicol, et alDate Published1813 Lot #237 Lot of 22 A.L.s. and 10 T.L.s. from Irish historian, novelist and politician Justin McCarthy View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, JustinHeadlineLetters from Irish novelist Justin McCarthyDate Publishedc.1857-1907 Lot #238 Moby Dick View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick - Rockwell Kent IllustrationsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #239 Tales of the South Pacific View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorMichener, James A.HeadlineTales of the South Pacific signed 1st in djPublisherMacmillanDate Published1947 Lot #240 Ventures in Editing View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMichener, James A.HeadlineVentures in Editing signed limited ed J. MichenerPublisherJames Cahill PublishingDate Published1995 Lot #242 Scenario (A Film With Sound) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineScenario by Henry Miller signed edition of 200PublisherObelisk PressDate Published1937 Lot #243 4 T.L.s. from George Moore to Julian Hawthorne, and 1 carbon T.L.s. from Julian Hawthorne to George Moore View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMoore, George and Julian HawthorneHeadlineLetters from George Moore to Julian HawthorneDate Published1925-1932 Lot #255 If I Die in a Combat Zone Box Me Up and Ship Me Home View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorO'Brien, TimHeadlineVietnam Fiction Americana Literature AutographsPublisherDelacorte Press / Seymour LawrenceDate Published[1973] Lot #258 Two by Walker Percy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadline2 books by Walker Percy fine press pubsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #259 Saint-John Perse, A Study of His Poetry. With 3 page TLs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Perse, Saint-John [pseudonym of Alexis Leger])AuthorKnodel, ArthurHeadlineLetter from Saint-John Perse to S.E. MorisonPublisherUniversity PressDate Published[1966] Lot #260 Tales of Mystery and Imagination View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination Fine BindiPublisherTudor Publishing Co.Date Published1933 Lot #262 Exultations of Ezra Pound View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPound, EzraHeadlineExultations of Ezra Pound first 1909PublisherElkins MathewsDate Published1909 Lot #263 Heart Songs View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorProulx, E. AnnieHeadlineHeart Songs uncorrected proof signed by ProulxPublisher4th EstateDate Published1995 Lot #269 In the Gateway of Nations - Autograph Manuscript View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorRiis, Jacob A.HeadlineJacob Riis Gateway of Nations manuscriptDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #270 Heroes in the Fire Department - Autograph Manuscript View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorRiis, JacobHeadlineJacob Riis MS. Heroes in the Fire DepartmentDate Publishedc.1897 Lot #275 Three first editions, one signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRushdie, SalmanHeadline3 first eds in djs by Salman Rushdie, one signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #277 Good Morning, America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSandburg, CarlHeadlineCarl Sandburg Good Morning, America SignedPublisherCrosby GaigeDate Published1928 Lot #279 Queen Mab View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineShelley's Queen Mab 1829 EditionPublisherJohn BrooksDate Published1829 Lot #280 Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineRosalind and Helen with other poems 1819PublisherC. and J. OllierDate Published1819 Lot #281 The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineVale Press Edition of Shelley's PoemsPublisherVale PressDate Published1901-02 Lot #282 The Revolt of Islam; A Poem, In Twelve Cantos View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineRevolt of Islam 1818 second issuePublisherC. and J. OllierDate Published1818 Lot #283 Shelley View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorShelley, [Percy Bysshe]HeadlineDoves Press Shelley One of 200 copiesPublisherDoves PressDate Published1914 Lot #285 Typed Letter, signed, to Erskine Caldwell View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineWallace Stegner letter to Erskine CaldwellDate PublishedJanuary 28, 1947 Lot #289 The Forgotten Village View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck The Forgotten Village Signed 1st EditioPublisherVikingDate Published1941 Lot #290 The Grapes of Wrath View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineGrapes of Wrath, first ed in djPublisherVikingDate Published[1939] Lot #299 Travels With Charley In Search of America View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck Travels with Charley InscribedPublisherVikingDate Published[1964] Lot #303 The Caged Eagle and Other Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineCaged Eagle and Other Poems presentation copyPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1916 Lot #304 The Testimony of the Suns...Including Comments, Suggestions, and Annotations by Ambrose Bierce. A Facsimile of the Original Typewritten Manuscript with the Marginal Notes by George Sterling... View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineBCC Testimony of the Suns by Geo Sterling 1927PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1927 Lot #305 Truth View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineTruth inscribed by George Sterling 1923PublisherThe BookfellowsDate Published1923 Lot #307 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde 1st English Ed.PublisherLongmans, Green & Co.Date Published1886 Lot #313 Nocturne View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSwinnerton, FrankHeadlineSigned edition of Nocturne w/ephemeraPublisherMartin SeckerDate Published[1917] Lot #314 Six titles from the Sylvester & Orphanos Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Sylvester & Orphanos Press)Author**Headline6 volumes from Sylvester & Orphanuse fine pressPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #315 Walden; Or, Life in the Woods View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorThoreau, Henry D[avid]HeadlineFirst Edition of Thoreau's Walden 1854PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1854 Lot #316 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Writings Manuscript EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1906 Lot #319 War and Peace View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorTolstoi, Lyof N.HeadlineEarly English Edition of War and PeacePublisherVizetelly & Co.Date Published[c. 1889] Lot #320 The Innocents Abroad View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Innocents Abroad 1st Edition 3rd IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 Lot #321 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Life on the Mississippi 1st IssuePublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #322 Merry Tales View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Merry Tales First Edition Issue BPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 Lot #323 The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Prince and the Pauper 1st EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 Lot #324 Roughing It View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Roughing It First Edition, First IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Lot #325 The Stolen White Elephant, Etc. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The Stolen White Elephant 1st EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 Lot #326 Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn. Edited by Mark Twain View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTom Sawer Abroad 1st Edition 1894PublisherCharles WebsterDate Published1894 Lot #327 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Pudd'nhead Wilson First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #328 A Tramp Abroad View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, 1st EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1880 Lot #329 A Yankee in King Arthur's Court View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineA Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1889 Lot #330 Three titles by Mark Twain View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree titles by Mark TwainDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #331 Baby's First Step View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineBaby's First Step byUpdike 1993 signed limited edPublisherJames Cahill PublishingDate Published[1993] Lot #332 Rabbit at Rest View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineRabbit at Rest, signed advance copy in slipcasePublisherKnopfDate Published1990 Lot #333 Rabbit Redux and Rabbit at Rest, signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadline2 Rabbit novels by John Updike signed firsts w/djPublisherKnopfDate Published1971; 1990 Lot #335 Two signed volumes View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorUpfield, ArthurHeadline2 sgnd Napoleon Bonaparte 'Bony' detective novelPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1956] and [1960] Lot #339 Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJule Verne Five Weeks in a BalloonPublisherJames R. Osgood & Co.Date Published1873 Lot #340 From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineFrom the Earth to the Moon Jules Vern first illusPublisherScribner, Armstrong & Co.Date Published1874 Lot #341 Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJules Verne Godfrey Morgan: A Californian MysteryPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1883] Lot #342 A Journey to the Centre of the Earth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJourney Centre of Earth 1874 American edPublisherScribner, Armstrong & Co.Date Published[1874] Lot #343 In Search of the Castaways View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJules Verne In Search of the CastawaysPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published1874 Lot #347 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorWallace, LewHeadlineBen-Hur with Lew Wallace autographPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1880] but after 1884 Lot #349 In the Days of the Comet View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells In the Days of the CometPublisherCenturyDate Published1906 Lot #350 The Dream View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The Dream 1st Edition With Dust JacketPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1924] Lot #351 The First Men in the Moon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The First Men in the Moon 1st Eng. EdnPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1901 Lot #352 The Time Machine: An Invention View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The Time Machine 1st American EditionPublisherHenry HoltDate Published1895 Lot #353 The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While it Lasted View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The War in the Air First EditionPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1908 Lot #354 The War of the Worlds View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells War of the Worlds 1st EditionPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1898 Lot #355 Four works by H.G. Wells View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFour works by H.G. Wells 2 in JacketsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #357 The Picture of Dorian Gray, printed in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, July, 1890 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Wilde, Oscar)Author**HeadlineWilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, Lippincott's 1890PublisherWard, Lock & Co.Date Published1890 Lot #359 The Virginian View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWister, OwenHeadlineOwen Wister The Virginian First EditionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1902 Lot #360 Monday or Tuesday View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Modern Literature Fiction IllustPublisherThe Hogarth PressDate Published1921 Lot #361 Series of 5 Autograph Letters signed by Woolsey, & 1 authograph quote signed by her View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorWoolsey, Sarah Chauncey ["Susan Coolidge"]HeadlineLetters from Sarah Woolsey/Susan CoolidgeDate Publishedc.1878-1893 Lot #362 The White Doe of Rylstone; or, The Fate of the Nortons. A Poem View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWhite doe of Rylstone by Wordsworth 1st ed 1815PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1815 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next