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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Watership Down AuthorAdams, RichardHeadlineRichard Adams Watership Down 1 of 250 signedPublisherParadineDate Published1976 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #15 English Farming and Why I Turned It Up AuthorBramah, ErnestHeadlineFirst Edition of Bramah's First BookPublisherThe Leadenhall PressDate Published1894 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #25 Original dust jacket for Tarzan the Magnificent AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineOriginal dust jacket for Tarzan the MagnificentPublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.Date Published[1939] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #26 Tarzan Triumphant AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineE.R. Burroughs Tarzan Triumphant 1st EditionPublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.Date Published[1932] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #29 Hebrew Melodies AuthorByron, LordHeadlineLord Byron's Hebrew Melodies 1st Edition 1815PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1815 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #30 The Eagle's Shadow AuthorCabell, James BranchHeadlineJames Branch Cabell Eagle's Shadow 1st EditionPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #42 Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineWinston Churchill Savrola 1900 1st American EdnPublisherLongmans, Green, ad Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 Seven titles by Connolly, all with inscriptions AuthorConnolly, James B.HeadlineSeven titles by James B. Connolly InscribedPublisherScribnersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #53 The Little Regiment and Other Episodes of the American Civil War AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineStephen Crane The Little Regiment first editionPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #58 Dickinson: Lyric and Legend AuthorCunningham, J. V.HeadlineEmily Dickinson: Lyric and LegendPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #66 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Book Edition of Dickens' Bleak HousePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #67 The Chimes [&] The Battle of Life AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineTwo Finely Bound Dickens First EditionsPublisherChapman & Hall / Bradbury & EvansDate Published1845, 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #68 A Christmas Carol AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Christmas Carol 4th EditionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #69 Dombey and Son AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDombey and Son Charles Dickens 1st Ed. 1848PublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #70 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Book Edition Dickens' Martin ChuzzlewitPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #71 Three titles by Dickens in 5 finely bound volumes AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThree titles by Dickens in 5 finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #74 The Strand Magazine Heading(Doyle, Arthur Conan)Author**HeadlineDoyle's Sherlock Holmes in The Strand MagazinePublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1891-1893 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #75 Lot of five volumes by or about A.C. Doyle or Sherlock Holmes Heading(Doyle, Arthur Conan)Author**Headline5 vols. by or about A.C. Doyle or Sherlock HolmesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #77 The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories AuthorDunbar, Paul LaurenceHeadlineFirst of Dunbar's Strength of GideonPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #78 The Chronicles of Rodriguez AuthorDunsany, LordHeadlineLord Dunsany Chronicles of Rodriguez Ltd EdnPublisherG. P. Putnam'sDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #79 The Gods of Pegana AuthorDunsany, LordHeadlineLord Dunsay The Gods of Pegana w/letterPublisherElkin MathewsDate Published1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #80 Autograph letter signed, Typed letter signed, and endorsed check AuthorEastman, MaxHeadlineLetters and Check Signed by Max EastmanDate Published1916 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #81 A Fearless Investigator AuthorEaton, Frances U.HeadlineEaton's Fearless InvestigatorPublisherA.C. McClurgDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Great Gatsby AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, 1st Ed., 1st IssuePublisherScribner'sDate Published1925 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #115 Dr. Therne AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineH. Rider Haggard Dr. Therne Inscribed CopyPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #116 The House of the Seven Gables AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's House of Seven Gables 1st EditionPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #117 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Scarlet Letter, first issue, 1850PublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #143 Hedda Gabler. Skuespil i fire Akter AuthorIbsen, HenrikHeadlineHenrik Ibsen Hedda Gable 1st Edition 1890PublisherGyldendalske BoghandelsDate Published1890 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #153 Autograph Letter, signed, from Joyce Kilmer AuthorKilmer, JoyceHeadlineAutograph Letter, signed, from Joyce KilmerDate Published[c. 1915] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #154 The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineCharles Kingsley The Water Babies Finely BoundPublisherMacmillan & CoDate Published1863 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #155 A Book of Words AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineFirst Edition in Jacket, Kipling's Book of WordsPublisherMacmillanDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #156 Captains Courageous AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Captains Courageous SignedPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #157 Captains Courageous AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Captains Courageous 1st AmericanPublisherCenturyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #158 Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Departmental Ditties 1st EditionPublisherUnited States Book CompanyDate Published[1890] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #159 The Five Nations AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling The Five Nations Limited EditionPublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #160 From Sea to Sea AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineFirst Edition Kipling's From Sea to SeaPublisherDoubleday & McClureDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #161 A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling A Fleet in Being 1st EditionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #162 In Black and White AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling In Black and White 1st EditionPublisherA.H. Wheeler & Co.Date Published[1889] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #163 Kim AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Kim First American EditionPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #164 The Naulahka: A Story of the West and East AuthorKipling, Rudyard and Wolcott BalestierHeadlineRudyard Kipling The Naulahka 1892PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #165 Poems: 1886-1929 AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Poems Signed Limited EditionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1929 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #166 Recessional AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Recessional 1st EditionPublisher[M.F. Mansfield]Date Published[1897] (colophon dated 1898) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #167 Sea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling's Verse AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Sea & Sussex Signed Limited EdnPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #168 Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories. AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Wee Willie Winkie 1st EditionPublisherA.H. WheelerDate Published[1888] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #177 Before Adam AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Before Adam First Edition 1907PublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #179 The Cruise of the Snark AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Cruise of the Snark in DJPublisherMacmillanDate Published1911 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #180 The Little Lady of the Big House AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Little Lady of The Big House 1st EdPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #181 The Sea-Wolf AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Sea-Wolf First Edition 1904PublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #182 White Fang AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London White Fang 1st Ed. HC 1906PublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #184 Six titles by Jack London AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSix titles by Jack LondonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #185 The Song of Hiawatha AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Song of Hiawatha First EditionPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #188 The Great God Pan and the Inmost Light AuthorMachen, ArthurHeadlineArthur Machen The Great God Pan 1894 1st EdnPublisherRoberts Bros.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #200 Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas, with Notices of the French Occupation of Tahiti and the Provisional Cession of the Sandwich Islands to Lord Paulet AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineHerman Melville Typee Finely BoundPublisherWiley and PutnamDate Published1846 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #216 James and Nora: Portrait of Joyce's Marriage AuthorO'Brien, EdnaHeadlineEdna O'Brien James & Nora Signed Ltd. Edn.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #227 Journey to Venus: The Primeval World, Its Wonderful Creations and Gigantic Monsters AuthorPope, Gustavus W.HeadlineGustavus Pope Journey to Venus 1895PublisherArena Publishing CompanyDate Published1895 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #251 Ivanhoe AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's IvanhoePublisherFor Archibald Constable; and Hurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #252 Kenilworth, A Romance AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott Kenilworth First Edition 1821PublisherArchibald Constable, et al.Date Published1821 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #257 The Jungle AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineAdvance Copy of Sinclair's The JunglePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #258 The Hundred and One Harlequins AuthorSitwell, SacheverellHeadlineSitwell's 101 Harlequins Signed to Aldous & MariaPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #283 Into the Light AuthorTaylor, Edward RobesonHeadlineEdward Robeson Taylor Into The LightPublisherD.P. Elder and Morgan ShepardDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #284 Miscellanies: Prose and Verse AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]HeadlineThackeray Miscellanies First Edition 4 Vols 1855PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1855-57 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #288 War and Peace: A Historical Novel AuthorTolstoi, Count LeonHeadlineWar and Peace 1st Ed. 1886 Leon Tolstoi 6 VolsPublisherWilliam S. GottsbergerDate Published1886 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #293 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFine first edition of Twain's Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #294 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain, The American Claimant, 1st Ed. 1892PublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #295 Christian Science - 3 editions AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree Editions of Mark Twain's Christian SciencePublisherHarpersDate Published1907 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #296 King Leopold's Soliloquy AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain King Leopold's Soliloquy 1905PublisherP.R. Warren Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #297 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) AutobiographyPublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #298 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Sketches New and Old Orig. LeatherPublisherThe American Publishing Co.Date Published1875 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #299 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Sketches 1875 1st Edn, 2nd StatePublisherThe American Publishing Co.Date Published1875 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #300 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe £1,000,000 Bank-Note 1st Edition 1893PublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #301 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe £1,000,000 Bank-Note 1st Edition 1893PublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #302 The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Prince and the Pauper 1st EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #303 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Punch, Brothers, Punch! 1st EdnPublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #304 Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn. Edited by Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTom Sawer Abroad 1st Edition 1894PublisherCharles WebsterDate Published1894 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #305 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Pudd'nhead Wilson First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #307 Le Tour Du Monde en Quatre-Vignts Jours AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJules Verne Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vignts JoursPublisherJ. Hetzel et Ce.Date Published[1873] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #317 The Time Machine: An Invention AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The Time Machine 1895PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #319 De Profundis AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde De Profundis 1905PublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published[1905] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #320 The Importance of Being Earnest AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineFirst of Wilde's The Importance of Being EarnestPublisherLeonard SmithersDate Published1899 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #321 4 Titles by Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineBeardsley Salome and 3 Limited Editions by WildeDate Published1906-1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next