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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadline8 vols Works of Thos Bailey Aldrich, autographed ed of 250PublisherThe Riverside PressDate Published1897 Lot #3 The Novels of Jane Austen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineThe Novels of Jane AustenPublisherJohn GrantDate Published1905 Lot #5 Original photograph, inscribed on the reverse View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineInscribed photograph of Ambrose BierceDate Published1913 Lot #6 The Shadow on the Dial and other Essays View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineShadow on the Dial 1st edition by BiercePublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1909 Lot #13 The British Poets - 113 volumes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(British Poets)Headline113 volumes of British Poet SeriesPublisherLittle, Brown and Co.Date Published1853-1863 Lot #14 The Novels of the Sisters Bronte View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBronte, Charlotte, Emily & AnneHeadlineThe novels of the sisters BrontePublisherDowney & Co.Date Published1898-99 Lot #87 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entitled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineFirst Benares Edition of Burton's Arabian NightsPublisherKamashastra Society for private subscribersDate Published1885-88 Lot #88 The Works View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorByron, LordHeadlineWorks of Lord Byron Tauchnitz EditionPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1842 Lot #93 The White Rabbit - sculpture of the character from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Carroll, Lewis)AuthorMassey, RalphHeadlineWhite Rabbit bronze sculpture by Ralph Massey 3½" Lot #95 Histoire De L’Admirable Don Quichotte De la Manche View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCervantes de [Saavedra], Michel [Miguel]Headline6 volumes in 3 of Don Quixote Frencvh translation w/illusPublisherFrancois SeguinDate Published1786 Lot #97 A Night in Acadie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorChopin, KateHeadlineKate Chopin Night in Acadie first editionPublisherWay & WilliamsDate Published1897 Lot #99 The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorColeridge, Samuel Taylor, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John KeatsHeadlineColeridge, Keats and Shelley Collected Poems First EditionPublisherA. and W. GalignaniDate Published1829 Lot #100 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1857PublisherSampson Low, Son & Co.Date Published1857 Lot #102 Romance View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, Joseph & Ford Madox FordHeadlineConrad & Ford's Romance 1904PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1904 Lot #104 An Outcast of the Islands View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineAn Outcast of the Islands Joseph ConradPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1896 Lot #109 The Red Badge of Courage View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineEarly edition of Red Badge of Courage Appleton, 1896PublisherD. AppletonDate Published1896 Lot #112 The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. Who Lived Eight & Twenty Years All Alone in an Uninhabited Island of the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oronoque View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineEarly edition of Robinson Crusoe finely boundPublisherPrinted for John StockdaleDate Published1790 Lot #113 Women As World Builders; Studies in Modern Feminism, View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorDell, FloydHeadlineEarly study of FeminismPublisherForbes And CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #114 Bleak House View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Ed in book form Bleak House by DickensPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 Lot #115 The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time View details Estimate$100 - $200Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Haunted Man First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #116 Little Dorrit View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineLittle Dorrit 1st edition in book form by DickensPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857 Lot #117 Our Mutual Friend View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend 1st ed, bound by BumpusPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 Lot #118 Two early issues of Charles Dickens works View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadline2 early issues of Chas. Dickens' worksDate Published1837-1848 Lot #119 [Works] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles DickensPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1870s] Lot #124 Poems. Second Series View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorDickinson, EmilyHeadlinePoems by Dickinson Second Series 1st edPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1891 Lot #125 Poems. Third Series View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDickinson, EmilyHeadlineEmily Dickinson Poems third series 1st editionPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1896 Lot #126 Rondah, or, Thirty-Three Years in a Star View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDieudonné, Florence Lucinda CarpenterHeadlineEarly Science Fiction RarityPublisherT.B. PetersonDate Published1887 Lot #128 [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes] in The Strand Magazine Vol. I - Vol. VIII View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Doyle, Arthur Conan)AuthorNewnes, George, editorHeadlineFirst Appearance of the Adventures of Sherlock HolmesPublisherStrand MagazineDate Published1891-1894 Lot #129 Works View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle limited to 25 setsPublisherAppletonDate Published[1902] Lot #130 The Hound of the Baskervilles View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorDoyle, A[rthur] ConanHeadlineThe Hound of the BaskervillePublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 Lot #135 Felix Holt the Radical View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Felix Holt First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1866 Lot #136 Romola View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Romola First EditionPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1863 Lot #137 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe View details Estimate$100 - $200Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Silas Marner First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1861 Lot #138 The Engendering Flood. Book One of Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food (Cantos I-IV) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineEverson's Engendering Flood 1 of 50 copies w/broadsidePublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1990 Lot #157 The Poems of Robert Frost - signed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineModern Library Poems of Robert Frost, signed by FrostPublisherModern LibraryDate Published[1946] Lot #158 West-Running Brook View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineWest-Running Brook signed by Robert Frost 1/1000PublisherHenry HoltDate Published[1928] Lot #160 Mrs. Gaskell's Works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGaskell, Mrs. [Elizabeth]HeadlineMrs. Gaskell's Works with the original boxPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1890 Lot #171 Riders of the Purple Sage View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Riders of the Purple SagePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 Lot #186 Three titles by Joel Chandler Harris View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadline3 works by Joel Chandler HarrisDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #197 The Prisoner of Zenda View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorHope, AnthonyHeadlineAnthony Hope, Prisoner of ZendaPublisherJ.W. ArrowsmithDate Published[1894] Lot #202 The Ambassadors View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineHenry James The AmbassadorsPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published1903 Lot #222 The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Jungle Book and Second Jungle BookPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894 & 1895 Lot #241 Reveille: Devoted to the Disabled Sailor & Soldier - three issues, all published, including the first printed appearance of C.S. Lewis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Lewis, C.S.)AuthorGalsworthy, John, editorHeadlineReveille - 3 issues including first appearance of CS Lewis 1919PublisherHis Majesty's Stationery OfficeDate Published1918-1919 Lot #250 Martin Eden View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineMartin Eden inscribed by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1909 Lot #256 The Helpers View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorLynde, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Lynde The Helpers inscribedPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1899 Lot #258 Spoon River Anthology View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMasters, Edga LeeHeadlineSpoon River Anthology in the scarce djPublisherMacmillanDate Published1915 Lot #274 The Poetical Works of John Milton. A New Edition, With Notes, and A Life of the Author View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton Boston 1834PublisherHilliard, Gray and CompanyDate Published1834 Lot #276 Peronnik the Fool - plus three others by Moore View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMoore, GeorgeHeadline4 volumes by George Moore, signedPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published1933 Lot #279 Seen & Unseen. Or, Monologues of a Homeless Snail View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorNoguchi, YoneHeadlineYnoe Noguchi Seen & Unseen 1897PublisherGellett Burgess & Porter GarnettDate Published1897 Lot #287 Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Complete with an Original Memoir View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoems by Edgar Allan Poe 1863PublisherW.J. WiddletonDate Published1863 Lot #288 Robinson Jeffers: The Man & His Work - inscribed by Powell View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorPowell, Lawrence ClarkHeadlineRobinson Jeffers book by Powell, inscribed from Powell to EpsteinPublisherPrimavera PressDate Published1934 Lot #300 Sky Sea Birds Trees Earth House Beasts Flowers View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRexroth, KennethHeadlineRexroth Sky Sea Birds 1 of 26 lettered copies signedPublisher[Unicorn Press]Date Published[1971] Lot #304 Five volumes by James Whitcomb Riley View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineFive volumes by James Whitcomb RileyPublisherBobbs-Merrill or Bowen-MerrillDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #309 The Waverley Novels View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineScott's Waverley Novels in 25 volumesPublisherFrederick WarneDate Published[c.1900] Lot #310 Ivanhoe: A Romance View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Scott, Sir Walter]Headline3 vol first edition of IvanhoePublisherPrinted for Archibald Constable and Co.Date Published1820 Lot #312 Shakespeare's Complete Works View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMinature edition of Shakespeare's Works 40 vols with boxPublisherDavid Bryce & SonDate Published1904 Lot #313 The Works of William Shakespeare - Cambridge Edition View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Cambridge Shakespeare in 40 volumesPublisherMacmillanDate Published1893-95 Lot #314 This is the Preachment On Going to Church View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorShaw, George BernardHeadlineGeorge Bernard Shaw On Going to Church Roycroft VellumPublisherRoycroft Printing ShopDate Published1896 Lot #315 Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorShelley, Mary W.HeadlinePhotoplay edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in DJPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1931] Lot #327 Objects of Pity; Or, Self and Company. By A Gentleman of Quality View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Stevenson, Robert Louis)Author[Haggard, Bazzett M.]HeadlineRare response to R.L.Stevenson PamphletDate Published[1892] Lot #328 Treasure Island View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Treasure Island Illustrated EditionPublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1886 Lot #332 Tara: A Mahratta Tale View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, MeadowsHeadlinePhilip Meadows Taylor TaraPublisherBlackwoodDate Published1863 Lot #333 Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Vanity Fair First EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 Lot #334 The Virginians View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]HeadlineThackeray's Virginians First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1858-59 Lot #335 Sculptural bust of the author Samuel Clemens View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorMassey, RalphHeadlineRalph Massey sculpture of Mark Twain Lot #336 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frog with signaturePublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1867 Lot #338 A Dog's Tale View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineDog's Tale by Mark Twain 1st US ed with rare dust jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1904 Lot #340 The Sandwich Islands View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain on the Sandwich IslandsDate Published1920 Lot #350 The Collected Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWelty, EudoraHeadlineSigned limited collected stories of Eudora WeltyPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1980] Lot #351 The Book of the Homeless (Le Livre de Sans-Foyer) View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold AuthorWharton, Edith, editorHeadlineBook of the Homeless, 1916 works in French/EnglishPublisher[Scribner's]Date Published[1916] Lot #352 The Westerners View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWhite, Stewart EdwardHeadlinePresentation copy of The Westerners signed by the authorPublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1901 Lot #353 Four volumes by Walt Whitman View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineFour volumes by Walt WhitmanDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #354 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineLeaves of Grass 3rd edition 3rd printingPublisherThayer and EldridgeDate Published1860-61 [but c.1880] Lot #355 Maud Muller View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorWhittier, John G.HeadlineJ.G. Whittier Maud MullerPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1867 Lot #356 The Picture of Dorian Gray - Two early editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlinetwo pirated editions of The Picture of Dorian GrayDate Published1890 Lot #357 The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Author[Wilde, Oscar]HeadlineOscar Wilde The Importance of Being EarnestPublisherLeonard Smithers and Co.Date Published1899 Lot #363 The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWister, OwenHeadlineOwen Wister The Virginian First EditionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1902 Lot #368 Yarrow Revisited and Other Poems View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth Yarrow Revisited First EditionPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, et alDate Published1835 Lot #409 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice in Wonderland & Through the Looking GlassPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1872 Lot #458 Americana Esoterica View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)HeadlineAmericana Esoterica illustrated by Rockwell KentPublisherMacy-MasiusDate Published1927 Lot #477 Three editions of the Rubaihat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineThree editions of the RubaiyatDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next