Sale 495: Fine Literature - Illustrated & Children's Books - Books in All Fields (#495) 12/13/2012 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/13/2012 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-60 of 60. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Shapes of Clay AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineAmbrose Bierce Shapes of ClayPublisherW.E. WoodDate Published1903 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #6 Two Girls AuthorBlanchard, Amy E.HeadlineAmy Blanchard Two Girls with 1899 Dust JacketPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #14 Fugitive Pieces and Reminiscences of Lord Byron. Heading(Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord)AuthorNathan, I.HeadlineWith ms. note in French by Lord ByronPublisherWhittaker, Treacher & Co.Date Published1829 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #16 A Night in Acadie AuthorChopin, KateHeadlineKate Chopin Night in Acadie first editionPublisherWay & WilliamsDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 Autograph Letter Signed from the author of Two Years Before the Mast AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Jr.HeadlineALs from Richard Henry Dana 1868Date PublishedJune 14, 1868 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #20 Three works by or about Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThree works by or about Charles DickensDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #21 The History of the British Empire in India Heading(Dickens, Charles, his copy)AuthorGleig, G[eorge] R[obert]HeadlineCharles Dickens' copy of Gleig's British IndiaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1830-35 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #22 The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Classified and Annotated List of Materials Relating to their Lives and Adventures Heading(Doyle, Arthur Conan)AuthorDe Waal, Ronald BurtHeadlineBibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. WatsonPublisherNew York Graphic SocietyDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #23 The Financier AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Dreiser The Financier in rare DJPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #24 Les Trois Mousquetaires AuthorDumas, Alexandre, pereHeadlinePirated Three Musketeers 1844PublisherSociété Belge de Libraire - Hauman et Cie.Date Published1844 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Scarlet Letter AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineNathaniel Hawthorne Scarlet Letter 1893 DJPublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #44 Men Without Women AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Men Without WomenPublisherScribner'sDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #58 Six titles from the Indian Railway Library AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadline6 Kipling titles from the Indian Railway LibraryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #60 Sons and Lovers AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Sons and LoversPublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #63 The Log of the Snark - two copies, one of them inscribed AuthorLondon, CharmianHeadlineLog of the Snark 2 copies 1 inscribedPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1915 & 1925 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #64 Autograph Letter from Jack London, to his future wife Charmian Kittredge AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to future wifeDate PublishedAug. 11/03 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #65 Autograph Letter from Jack London, to his future wife Charmian Kittredge AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to future wifeDate PublishedOct. 22nd & 23rd [1903] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #66 Autograph Letter from Jack London, to his future wife Charmian Kittredge AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to future wifeDate PublishedChristmas Morning, /03 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #67 Autograph Letter from Jack London, to his future wife Charmian Kittredge AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to future wifeDate PublishedNov. 16 & 18, 1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #68 Autograph Letter from Jack London, to his future wife Charmian Kittredge AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to future wifeDate PublishedJan. 31, [1905] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #69 Typed Letter Signed by Jack London, to Margaret Smith Cobb AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to Margaret Smith CobbDate PublishedApril 15, 1913 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #70 WITHDRAWN Check signed by Jack London AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineCheck signed by Jack LondonDate PublishedApril 28, 1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 Adventure AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineAdventure inscribed by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1911 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #79 The Call of the Wild AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Call of the Wild 1st edition Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #91 The Iron Heel AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Iron Heel inscribed by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #98 Martin Eden AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineMartin Eden inscribed by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #105 The People of the Abyss AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe People of the Abyss by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1903 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #107 The Road AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Road inscribed by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #111 The Sea-Wolf AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSea-Wolf inscribed by Edward G. Robinson & othersPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #119 The Turtles of Tasman AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineInscribed by Jack London to his motherPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1916 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #123 When God Laughs and Other Stories AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineWhen God Laughs and Other Stories 1stPublisherMacmillanDate Published1911 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #127 Seven volumes by Jack London AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSeven volumes by Jack LondonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #128 Jack London First Editions: Illustrated, a Chronological Reference Guide Heading(London, Jack)AuthorSisson, James E. and Robert W. MartensHeadlineJack London BibliographyPublisherStar Rover HouseDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #129 The Broken Dollar - Two typescript copies AuthorMcCulley, JohnstonHeadlineThe Broken Dollar - Two typescript copiesDate Publishedc.1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #130 Works AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineWorks of Herman MelvillePublisherConstable and Company Ltd.Date Published1922-23 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #136 Songs of Italy - Inscribed by Miller AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineJoaquin Miller Songs of Italy Inscribed by MillerPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #155 The Hardnox Companion to Trashy Literature: A Street-Sheet Guide to the Cheap Popular Print of the Nineteenth Century, Praising Fireside-Favorite Authors of the Golden Pre-Typewriter Era AuthorSingleton, Fred T.HeadlineThe Hardnox Companion to Trashy LiteraturePublisherFred T. SingletonDate Published1946-47 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #165 Three volumes by George Sterling, each inscribed and signed AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineThree volumes inscribed by George SterlingPublisherA.M. RobinsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #166 White Cockades: An Incident of the "Forty-five" AuthorStevenson, Edward IrenaeusHeadlineWhite Cockades: An Incident of the "Forty-five"PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1887 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #171 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn First EditionPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #172 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American Claimant 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #173 Three novels by Mark Twain - Early printings AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree novels by Mark Twain - Early printingsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #175 The Works of H.G. Wells - Atlantic Edition AuthorWells, H[erbert] G[eorge]HeadlineThe Works of H.G. Wells - Atlantic EditionPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1924 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #176 Leaves of Grass Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineLeaves of Grass 3rd edition 3rd printingPublisherThayer and EldridgeDate Published1860-61 [but c.1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #177 The Ballad of Reading Gaol AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineThe Ballad of Reading Gaol printed by Jos. IshillPublisherJos. IshillDate Published1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #179 Two novels by P.G. Wodehouse AuthorWodehouse, P.G.HeadlineTwo novels by P.G. WodehouseDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #180 Plays in Prose and Verse. Written for an Irish Theatre, and Generally with the Help of a Friend AuthorYeats, W[illiam] B[utler]HeadlineW.B. Yeats Plays in Prose and Verse Signed LtdPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1924 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #191 The Secret Garden HeadingzzcAuthorBurnett, Francis HodgsonHeadlineBurnett Secret Garden first editionPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #196 La Chanson de Roland Headingzzc(Darde, Paul)AuthorMortier, Raoul, translatorHeadlineLa Chanson de Roland 1931PublisherUnion Latine D'EditionsDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #204 L'Ile Enchantee. Conte d'Apres Shakespeare Headingzzc(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorRhune, MichaelHeadlineL'Ile Enchantee. Conte d'Apres ShakespearePublisherH. Piazza & Cie.Date Published[1908] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #210 Three works by or about Eric Gill Headingzzc(Gill, Eric)Author**HeadlineThree works by or about Eric GillDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #219 L'Iliade [and] L'Odysee - in four volumes, illustrated by Benito HeadingzzcAuthorHomerHeadlineL'Iliade [and] L'Odysee 4 vols illus by BenitoPublisherLe Vasseur & CieDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #227 Americana Esoterica Heading(Kent, Rockwell)HeadlineAmericana Esoterica illustrated by Rockwell KentPublisherMacy-MasiusDate Published1927 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #255 A Folio of 21 Original Etchings Based on Ivan Turgenev's Torrents of Spring AuthorPopov, Valentin, artistHeadline21 etchings by Valentin Popov 1/42 copiesPublisherGordiann PressDate Published[1994] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #257 Two works illustrated by Howard Pyle Headingzzc(Pyle, Howard)Author**HeadlineTwo works illustrated by Howard PylePublisherHarper & BrothersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #258 Alice's Adventure in Wonderland Headingzzc(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventure in Wonderland Rackham IllustratPublisherDoubleday, Page and CompanyDate Published[1907] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #315 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates HeadingzzfAuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by William WhitwoodDate Published1687 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #326 La Bataille AuthorFarrere, ClaudeHeadlineLa Bataille inscribed by author Claude FarrerePublisherFlammarionDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #328 The Writings of John Burroughs - Riverby Edition Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs - Riverby EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #361 Ballads and Narrative Poems Headingzzf(Kelmscott Press)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineKelmscott Press - Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1893Publisher[Ellis and Elvey]Date Published[1893] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next