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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Jack Sheppard: A Romance View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineCruikshank illustrates Ainsworth talePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 Lot #8 Five letters and documents relating to Roberts Brothers, famed Boston publishers from the Civil War to the end of the 19th century View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American literary publishers, 1885-1897)HeadlineFive items about famous Boston literary publishers, 1885-1897Date Published1885-1897 Lot #9 Pride and Prejudice View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten: Pride and Prejudice. Peacock Edition.PublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1894 Lot #12 1895 Autograph Letter Signed as editor, Cosmopolitan Magazine, rejecting a story offered by Sherlockian humorist John Kendrick Bangs View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(American detective fiction – Sherlockiana, 1895)AuthorArthur Sherburne HardyHeadline1893 Cosmopolitan letter to Sherlockian humorist John Kendrick Bangs Lot #27 Black Beetles in Amber View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineAmbrose Bierce Black Beetles in AmberPublisherWestern Authors PublishingDate Published1892 Lot #28 Shapes of Clay View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineBierce Shapes of Clay presentation copyPublisherW.E. WoodDate Published1903 Lot #34 Four first editions by Guy Boothby View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBoothby, GuyHeadlineFour by Guy BoothbyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #41 Overheard in Arcady View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorBridges, RobertHeadlineRobert Bridges Overheard in Arcady signedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1894 Lot #64 The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineLewis Carroll The Hunting of the SnarkPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1876 Lot #67 Los Seis Libros de Galatea. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineLos Seis Libros de Galatea by CervantesPublisherDon Antonio de SanchaDate Published1784 Lot #81 Romance View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, Joseph & Ford Madox FordHeadlineConrad & Ford's Romance 1904PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1904 Lot #82 Maggie. A Child of the Streets View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineStephen Crane Maggie First English EditionPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1896 Lot #94 Songs of Childhood View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Author[De la Mare, Walter] Ramal, Walter, pseud.HeadlineDe la Mare Songs of Childhood 1902 inscribedPublisherLongmans, Green & Co.Date Published1902 Lot #99 Dickens and His Illustrators View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorKitton, Frederic G.HeadlineDickens and His IllustratorsPublisherGeorge RedwayDate Published1899 Lot #100 Bleak House View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House First EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 Lot #102 Our Mutual Friend View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Our Mutual Friend First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 Lot #103 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineEarly issue of Dickens Pickwick PapersPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 Lot #104 The Works of Charles Dickens - Edition De Luxe View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens 113 volumesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1881-2 Lot #107 The Return of Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineReturn of Sherlock Holmes 1st ed. 1905PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1905 Lot #111 Le Dame Aux Camelias View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorDumas Fils, AlexandreHeadlineLa Dame Aux Camelias first illustrated editionPublisherLibrairie ModerneDate Published1858 Lot #139 John Thorndyke's Cases View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorFreeman, R. AustinHeadlineFreeman John Thorndyke's Cases 1909PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 Lot #144 1893 Autograph Letter Signed to Hamlin Garland's publisher about illustrations for his first books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Garland, Hamlin)AuthorCarpenter, Horace ThompsonHeadline1893 Autograph Letter Signed about the illustrations of Hamlin Garland's first booksDate PublishedOctober 16, 1893 Lot #145 Parables from Nature View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorGatty, Mrs. AlfredHeadlineParables from Nature, Mrs. Alfred GattyPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1867 Lot #191 The Italian Novelists View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Italian Novelists)HeadlineThe Italian Novelists One of 26 setsPublisherSociety of BibliophilesDate Published1901 Lot #199 The Dramatic Works of Ben Johnson, and Beaumont and Fletcher View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorJonson, Ben, John Fletcher & Francis BeaumontHeadlineThe Dramatic Works of Ben Johnson, and Beaumont and FletcherPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1811 Lot #212 The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling: The Jungle Book. 1st. Ed.PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894, 1895 Lot #223 Hearts of Three View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Hearts of Three First EditionPublisherMills & Boon, Ltd.Date Published[n.d., but 1918] Lot #224 Jack London on Arnold Genthe photography, 1901 letter View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Letter to Arnold Genthe on photographyDate Published1901 Lot #228 The Caerleon Edition of the Works of Arthur Machen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMachen, ArthurHeadlineWorks of Arthur Machen with ALsPublisherMartin SeckerDate Published[1923] Lot #233 The Devil's Diamond View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMarsh, RichardHeadlinePossessive Diamond brings bad luckPublisherHenry & Co.Date Published1893 Lot #235 Three titles by Richard Marsh View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMarsh, RichardHeadlineThree by Richard MarshPublisherF.V. White & Co.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #236 Tom Ossington's Ghost View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMarsh, RichardHeadlineRichard Marsh Tom Ossington's GhostPublisherJames Bowden / M.E. MansfieldDate Published[1898] Lot #237 Twelve volumes by Richard Marsh View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMarsh, RichardHeadlineTwelve by Richard MarshDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #239 Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind the Throne View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMcCutcheon, George BarrHeadlineGeorge Barr McCutcheon Graustark 1st EditionPublisherHerbert S. StoneDate Published1901 Lot #248 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton 1809PublisherJ. Johnson, et alDate Published1809 Lot #249 The Poetical Works of John Milton View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineThe Poetical Works of John MiltonPublisherJ. Johnson, et alDate Published1809 Lot #254 An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets, with Some Remarks upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Author[Montagu, Elizabeth]HeadlineLady Montagu on Voltaire on ShakespearePublisherJ. Potts, et alDate Published1778 Lot #255 Anne of Green Gables View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorMontgomery, L[ucy] M[aud]HeadlineAnne of Green Gables First EditionPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #256 Mordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, And Manners, in Various Countries View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Author[Moore, John]HeadlineMordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, And Manners, in Various Countries, John MoorePublisherG. G. and J. RobinsonDate Published1800 Lot #257 Blood-Money View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMorrow, William C.PublisherF.J. Walker & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #258 Oeuvres Complètes View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineOeuvres Complètes de Alfred de MussetPublisherG. Charpentier Et Cie.Date Published1890-91 Lot #264 The Complete Greek Drama View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorOates, Whitney J. and Eugene O'Neill, Jr., editorsHeadlineComplete Greek Drama 2 vol. set from Random Hosue, 1938PublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1938] Lot #273 Jewel Mysteries I have Known: From a Dealer's Note Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPemberton, MaxHeadlineJewel Mysteries I have Known 1st ed PembertonPublisherWard, LockDate Published1894 Lot #276 Lips of Music View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPorter, CharlotteHeadlineCharlotte Porter Lips of Music inscribedPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published[1910] Lot #294 The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Carefully Revised and Occasionally Corrected from the Arabic. To Which is Added, a Selection of New Tales View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorScott, JonathanHeadlineJonathan Scott's translation of the Arabian NightsPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1811 Lot #295 Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions. The "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the Horse. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorSewell, AnnaHeadlineAnna Sewell Black Beauty First American EditionPublisherAmerican Humane Education SocietyDate Published[1890] Lot #298 The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press Shakespeare full leather bindingsPublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 Lot #301 Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus [bound with] Edgar Huntly; or, The Sleep Walker by Charles Brockden Brown View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Author[Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft]HeadlineFirst illustrated edition of Frankenstein 1831PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #308 The Fairie Queene View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineThe Fairie Queene, volume 2, Edmund SpenserPublisherJ. Brindley and S. WrightDate Published1751 Lot #334 Dracula View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineStoker, Bram: Dracula. 1st. Ed., later issuePublisherArchibald ConstableDate Published1897 Lot #341 The Gentleman from Indiana View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineBooth Tarkington The Gentleman from IndianaPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 Lot #343 Idylls of the King View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineTennyson's Idylls of the King early issuePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1859 Lot #344 Maud, and Other Poems View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Maud and Other PoemsPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1855 Lot #352 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn First American Edition Earliest IssuePublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #353 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTom Sawyer 1st priting finely boundPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #355 The American Claimant View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American ClaimantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 Lot #361 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWith vignette of Mark Twain in flamesPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #362 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Life on the Mississippi 1st EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #363 The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain Prince and Pauper 1st ed.PublisherJames R. Osgood & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #364 Roughing It View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain, Roughing ItPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1872 Lot #365 Two volumes of letters written by Mark Twain from Hawaii View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain in HawaiiDate Published1937 & 1939 Lot #375 The South American, A Metrical Tale, in Four Cantos; with Historical Notes, and Other Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWalker, James ScottHeadlineJames Scott Walker The South Americans 1st EditionPublisherConstableDate Published1816 Lot #381 The Happy Prince and Other Stories View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde the Happy PrincePublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1909 Lot #382 Ravenna View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's first published book RavennaPublisherThos. Shrimpton and SonDate Published1878 Lot #397 Fecondite View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorZola, EmileHeadlineEmile Zola Fecondite 1/250 copiesPublisherCharpentier et FasquelleDate Published1899 Lot #549 Questions They Never Asked Me - Two Publisher's Copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlineWalker Percy, Questions They Never Asked Me, Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #557 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: A Classic Tale of Terror Reborn on Film - Limited edition, signed by Kenneth Branagh View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorShelley, MaryHeadlineMary Shelley's Frankenstein signed by Kenneth BranaghPublisherNewmarket PressDate Published[1994] Lot #609 The Literary Souvenir; Or Cabinet of Poetry and Romance. - 2 annual issues View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWatts, Alaric A.HeadlineThe Literary Souvenir of 1826 & 1827PublisherHurst, Robinson, and Co. / Longman, Rees, et alDate Published1826 & 1827 Lot #628 Three volumes of Pre-World War I Literature, including works by Joel Chandler Harris View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Literature)HeadlinePre-World War I Literature, 3 vols.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #631 The Helpers View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorLynde, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Lynde The Helpers inscribedPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1899 Lot #635 The Poetical Works of John Milton. A New Edition, With Notes, and A Life of the Author View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton Boston 1834PublisherHilliard, Gray and CompanyDate Published1834 Lot #637 The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlinePoetical works of Thomas MoorePublisherA. and W. GalignaniDate Published1827 Lot #638 A Song of Life View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMorley, Margaret WarnerHeadlineM.W. Morley A Song of Life 1897 With Dust JacketPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #645 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - two editions View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Rubaiyat)Headline2 editions of The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #647 I, Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty. A True Story of the Future View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineUpton Sinclair ends povertyPublisherUpton SinclairDate Published[1934] Lot #651 The Holy Grail and Other Poems - with bookplate of illustrator Louis J. Rhead View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Holy Grail First EditionPublisherStrahan and Co.Date Published1870 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next