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