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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Jack Sheppard: A Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineCruikshank illustrates Ainsworth talePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #8 Five letters and documents relating to Roberts Brothers, famed Boston publishers from the Civil War to the end of the 19th century Heading(American literary publishers, 1885-1897)HeadlineFive items about famous Boston literary publishers, 1885-1897Date Published1885-1897 View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #9 Pride and Prejudice AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten: Pride and Prejudice. Peacock Edition.PublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1894 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #12 1895 Autograph Letter Signed as editor, Cosmopolitan Magazine, rejecting a story offered by Sherlockian humorist John Kendrick Bangs Heading(American detective fiction – Sherlockiana, 1895)AuthorArthur Sherburne HardyHeadline1893 Cosmopolitan letter to Sherlockian humorist John Kendrick Bangs View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #21 Madeline and the Bad Hat AuthorBemelmans, LudwigHeadlineMadeline and the Bad HatPublisherViking PressDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #22 Madeline and the Gypsies AuthorBemelmans, LudwigHeadlineLudwig Bemelmans Madeline and the GypsiesPublisherVikingDate Published[1959] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #27 Black Beetles in Amber AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineAmbrose Bierce Black Beetles in AmberPublisherWestern Authors PublishingDate Published1892 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #28 Shapes of Clay AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineBierce Shapes of Clay presentation copyPublisherW.E. WoodDate Published1903 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #34 Four first editions by Guy Boothby AuthorBoothby, GuyHeadlineFour by Guy BoothbyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 Overheard in Arcady AuthorBridges, RobertHeadlineRobert Bridges Overheard in Arcady signedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1894 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #43 WITHDRAWN - Three works by Heywood Broun AuthorBroun, HeywoodHeadlineThree works by Heywood BrounDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #58 Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron Heading(Byron, Lord)AuthorFinden, EdwardHeadlineFinden's Illustrations for ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1833-34 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #64 The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineLewis Carroll The Hunting of the SnarkPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #67 Los Seis Libros de Galatea. AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineLos Seis Libros de Galatea by CervantesPublisherDon Antonio de SanchaDate Published1784 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #81 Romance AuthorConrad, Joseph & Ford Madox FordHeadlineConrad & Ford's Romance 1904PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #82 Maggie. A Child of the Streets AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineStephen Crane Maggie First English EditionPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #93 Zephir's Holidays AuthorDe Brunhoff, JeanHeadlineZephir's Holiday a Babar storyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #94 Songs of Childhood Author[De la Mare, Walter] Ramal, Walter, pseud.HeadlineDe la Mare Songs of Childhood 1902 inscribedPublisherLongmans, Green & Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #99 Dickens and His Illustrators Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorKitton, Frederic G.HeadlineDickens and His IllustratorsPublisherGeorge RedwayDate Published1899 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #100 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House First EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #102 Our Mutual Friend AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Our Mutual Friend First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #103 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineEarly issue of Dickens Pickwick PapersPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #104 The Works of Charles Dickens - Edition De Luxe AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens 113 volumesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1881-2 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #107 The Return of Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineReturn of Sherlock Holmes 1st ed. 1905PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1905 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #111 Le Dame Aux Camelias AuthorDumas Fils, AlexandreHeadlineLa Dame Aux Camelias first illustrated editionPublisherLibrairie ModerneDate Published1858 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #139 John Thorndyke's Cases AuthorFreeman, R. AustinHeadlineFreeman John Thorndyke's Cases 1909PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #144 1893 Autograph Letter Signed to Hamlin Garland's publisher about illustrations for his first books Heading(Garland, Hamlin)AuthorCarpenter, Horace ThompsonHeadline1893 Autograph Letter Signed about the illustrations of Hamlin Garland's first booksDate PublishedOctober 16, 1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #145 Parables from Nature AuthorGatty, Mrs. AlfredHeadlineParables from Nature, Mrs. Alfred GattyPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #146 La Diable a Paris: Paris et les Parisiens, a la Plume et au Crayon AuthorGavarni, [Paul] [pseud. of Chevallier Guillaume Sulpice]HeadlineGavarni Diable au ParisPublisherJ. HetzelDate Published1868-69 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #188 Rip Van Winkle AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineRip Van Winkle Rackham illustrationsPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #191 The Italian Novelists Heading(Italian Novelists)HeadlineThe Italian Novelists One of 26 setsPublisherSociety of BibliophilesDate Published1901 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #199 The Dramatic Works of Ben Johnson, and Beaumont and Fletcher AuthorJonson, Ben, John Fletcher & Francis BeaumontHeadlineThe Dramatic Works of Ben Johnson, and Beaumont and FletcherPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1811 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #212 The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling: The Jungle Book. 1st. Ed.PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894, 1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #223 Hearts of Three AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Hearts of Three First EditionPublisherMills & Boon, Ltd.Date Published[n.d., but 1918] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #224 Jack London on Arnold Genthe photography, 1901 letter AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Letter to Arnold Genthe on photographyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #228 The Caerleon Edition of the Works of Arthur Machen AuthorMachen, ArthurHeadlineWorks of Arthur Machen with ALsPublisherMartin SeckerDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #233 The Devil's Diamond AuthorMarsh, RichardHeadlinePossessive Diamond brings bad luckPublisherHenry & Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #235 Three titles by Richard Marsh AuthorMarsh, RichardHeadlineThree by Richard MarshPublisherF.V. White & Co.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #236 Tom Ossington's Ghost AuthorMarsh, RichardHeadlineRichard Marsh Tom Ossington's GhostPublisherJames Bowden / M.E. MansfieldDate Published[1898] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #237 Twelve volumes by Richard Marsh AuthorMarsh, RichardHeadlineTwelve by Richard MarshDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #239 Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind the Throne AuthorMcCutcheon, George BarrHeadlineGeorge Barr McCutcheon Graustark 1st EditionPublisherHerbert S. StoneDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #248 The Poetical Works AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton 1809PublisherJ. Johnson, et alDate Published1809 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #249 The Poetical Works of John Milton AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineThe Poetical Works of John MiltonPublisherJ. Johnson, et alDate Published1809 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold 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 Author[Montagu, Elizabeth]HeadlineLady Montagu on Voltaire on ShakespearePublisherJ. Potts, et alDate Published1778 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #255 Anne of Green Gables AuthorMontgomery, L[ucy] M[aud]HeadlineAnne of Green Gables First EditionPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1908 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #256 Mordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, And Manners, in Various Countries Author[Moore, John]HeadlineMordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, And Manners, in Various Countries, John MoorePublisherG. G. and J. RobinsonDate Published1800 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #257 Blood-Money AuthorMorrow, William C.PublisherF.J. Walker & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #258 Oeuvres Complètes AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineOeuvres Complètes de Alfred de MussetPublisherG. Charpentier Et Cie.Date Published1890-91 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #264 The Complete Greek Drama AuthorOates, Whitney J. and Eugene O'Neill, Jr., editorsHeadlineComplete Greek Drama 2 vol. set from Random Hosue, 1938PublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #273 Jewel Mysteries I have Known: From a Dealer's Note Book AuthorPemberton, MaxHeadlineJewel Mysteries I have Known 1st ed PembertonPublisherWard, LockDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #274 Peterson's Magazine. January-December, 1867 Heading(Peterson's Magazine)HeadlinePeterson's Magazine for 1867 color fashion platesDate Published1867 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #276 Lips of Music AuthorPorter, CharlotteHeadlineCharlotte Porter Lips of Music inscribedPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #294 The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Carefully Revised and Occasionally Corrected from the Arabic. To Which is Added, a Selection of New Tales AuthorScott, JonathanHeadlineJonathan Scott's translation of the Arabian NightsPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1811 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #295 Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions. The "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the Horse. AuthorSewell, AnnaHeadlineAnna Sewell Black Beauty First American EditionPublisherAmerican Humane Education SocietyDate Published[1890] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #296 A Midsummer-Night's Dream AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMidsummer Night's Dream Rackham IllustrationsPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published[c.1920] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #297 The Tempest AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Tempest Illustrated by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #298 The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press Shakespeare full leather bindingsPublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #301 Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus [bound with] Edgar Huntly; or, The Sleep Walker by Charles Brockden Brown Author[Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft]HeadlineFirst illustrated edition of Frankenstein 1831PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #303 100: Roman Eines Patrioten AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineGeorge Grosz illustrates Upton SinclairPublisherDer Malik-VerlagDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #308 The Fairie Queene AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineThe Fairie Queene, volume 2, Edmund SpenserPublisherJ. Brindley and S. WrightDate Published1751 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #334 Dracula AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineStoker, Bram: Dracula. 1st. Ed., later issuePublisherArchibald ConstableDate Published1897 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #341 The Gentleman from Indiana AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineBooth Tarkington The Gentleman from IndianaPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #343 Idylls of the King AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineTennyson's Idylls of the King early issuePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1859 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #344 Maud, and Other Poems AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Maud and Other PoemsPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1855 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #352 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn First American Edition Earliest IssuePublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #353 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTom Sawyer 1st priting finely boundPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #355 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American ClaimantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #361 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWith vignette of Mark Twain in flamesPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #362 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Life on the Mississippi 1st EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #363 The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain Prince and Pauper 1st ed.PublisherJames R. Osgood & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #364 Roughing It AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain, Roughing ItPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1872 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #365 Two volumes of letters written by Mark Twain from Hawaii AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain in HawaiiDate Published1937 & 1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #374 Voiceprints AuthorWalker, DavidHeadlineFine press Voiceprints with etchingsPublisherRomulus EditionsDate Published1989 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #375 The South American, A Metrical Tale, in Four Cantos; with Historical Notes, and Other Poems AuthorWalker, James ScottHeadlineJames Scott Walker The South Americans 1st EditionPublisherConstableDate Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #381 The Happy Prince and Other Stories AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde the Happy PrincePublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1909 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #382 Ravenna AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's first published book RavennaPublisherThos. Shrimpton and SonDate Published1878 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #397 Fecondite AuthorZola, EmileHeadlineEmile Zola Fecondite 1/250 copiesPublisherCharpentier et FasquelleDate Published1899 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #549 Questions They Never Asked Me - Two Publisher's Copies AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlineWalker Percy, Questions They Never Asked Me, Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #557 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: A Classic Tale of Terror Reborn on Film - Limited edition, signed by Kenneth Branagh AuthorShelley, MaryHeadlineMary Shelley's Frankenstein signed by Kenneth BranaghPublisherNewmarket PressDate Published[1994] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #566 Rap Master Ronnie AuthorTrudeau, GarryHeadlineRap Master Ronnie Copy #1 signed by Garry TrudeauPublisherLord John PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #598 The Faraway Lurs AuthorBehn, HarryHeadlineHarry Behn The Faraway Lurs Signed 1st EdnPublisherWorld Publishing CompanyDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #606 The Travelling Bears in New York AuthorEaton, SeymourHeadlineTravelling Bears in New YorkPublisherBarse & HopkinsDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #609 The Literary Souvenir; Or Cabinet of Poetry and Romance. - 2 annual issues Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWatts, Alaric A.HeadlineThe Literary Souvenir of 1826 & 1827PublisherHurst, Robinson, and Co. / Longman, Rees, et alDate Published1826 & 1827 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #611 Les Contes de Pierre Parley Sur L'Amerique Author[Goodrich, Samuel G.]HeadlinePeter Parley Tales About America in FrenchPublisherCarter and HendeeDate Published1832 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #612 The Tales of Peter Parley about Africa Author[Goodrich, Samuel G.]HeadlineThe Tales of Peter Parley about Africa 1830PublisherGray & Bowen, and Carter & HendeeDate Published1830 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #613 Peter Parley's Story of the Storm Author[Goodrich, Samuel Griswold, imitation]HeadlinePeter Parley's Story of the StormPublisherCarter & HendeeDate Published1830 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #628 Three volumes of Pre-World War I Literature, including works by Joel Chandler Harris Heading(Literature)HeadlinePre-World War I Literature, 3 vols.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #631 The Helpers AuthorLynde, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Lynde The Helpers inscribedPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1899 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #635 The Poetical Works of John Milton. A New Edition, With Notes, and A Life of the Author AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton Boston 1834PublisherHilliard, Gray and CompanyDate Published1834 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #637 The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlinePoetical works of Thomas MoorePublisherA. and W. GalignaniDate Published1827 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #638 A Song of Life AuthorMorley, Margaret WarnerHeadlineM.W. Morley A Song of Life 1897 With Dust JacketPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #645 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - two editions Heading(Rubaiyat)Headline2 editions of The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #648 Les Plus Belles Chansons pour les Enfants Heading(Song Book)HeadlineFrench Children's Song book, illustrated c.1890PublisherImagerie PellerinDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #651 The Holy Grail and Other Poems - with bookplate of illustrator Louis J. Rhead AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Holy Grail First EditionPublisherStrahan and Co.Date Published1870 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next