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Previous|12|Next Lot #282 [Works, i.e.]: The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineSet of James Russell Lowell's Works 16 volumesPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #283 How the Wimp Won the War - 10 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMailer, NormanHeadlineMailler, How The Wimp...10 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 Lot #287 Peter Simple. By the Author of "Newton Foster," "The King's Own," &c. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMarryat, FrederickHeadlinePeter Simple by Frederick Marryat 1834PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1834 Lot #311 Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Newton, A. Edward - his copy)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineA. Edward Newton's copy of Stevenson's Virginibus PuerisquePublisherC. Kegan Paul & Co.Date Published1881 Lot #312 Frank Norris: A Biography - inscribed to G. Ezra Dane with three letters to him from the author View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Norris, Frank)AuthorWalker, FranklinHeadlineNorris biography inscribed by Walker to DanePublisherDoubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.Date Published1932 Lot #313 Complete Works of Frank Norris View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineComplete Works of Frank Norris 1903PublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #314 A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West - two issues View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineNorris Deal in Wheat variant bindingsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #315 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineChoice copy of Norris's McTeaguePublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 Lot #316 The Octopus & The Pit, 5 copies in all, variant issues and printings View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadline5 volumes in Norris's Epic of Wheat trilogyPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1901 & 1903 Lot #317 Two titles by Frank Norris View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineTwo titles by Frank NorrisPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1898 & 1899 Lot #318 [Works. i.e.]: The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris' Works View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineFrank Norris' Works Manuscript Edition 10 vols.PublisherDoubleday, Doran and Co.Date Published1928 Lot #322 Large collection of titles from Paul Elder & Company View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Paul Elder & Company)HeadlineLarge collection of titles from Paul Elder & Co.PublisherPaul Elder & CompanyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #323 Questions They Never Asked Me - presentation copy View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlineSigned by Walker PercyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #324 The State of the Novel: Dying Art or New Science? - two Limited Copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlinePercy, State of the Novel, 2 signed copiesPublisherFaust PublishingDate Published1987 Lot #327 Manon Lescaut View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorPrevost d'Exiles, Antoine FrancoisHeadlineManon Lescaut, 1928 illustraitions by AlastairPublisherJohn Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #328 House Snake - 25 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorPrice, ReynoldsHeadlinePrice, House Snake- 25 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Lot #329 Proud Flesh: Four Short Plays - ten signed and numbered copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPurdy, JamesHeadlineJames Purdy Proud Flesh, 10 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 Lot #332 Death from Nowhere View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Rawson, Clayton] Towne, Stuart, pseud.HeadlineStuart Towne Death from NowherePublisherWiegers Publishing CompanyDate Published[1940] Lot #335 The German Novelists View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRoscoe, Thomas, editorHeadlineThe German Novelists 1826PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1826 Lot #336 Picasso. Painter and Engraver View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorRosenthal, ErwinHeadlinePicasso. Painter & Engraver 1 of 75 copies Adrian WilsonPublisher[Adrian Wilson]Date Published1952 Lot #338 Book for Sensei - inscribed by Philip Whalen View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRothenberg, Michael, Michael McClure, Philp Whalen, et alHeadlineBook for Sensei Big Bridge Press 1990PublisherBig Bridge PressDate Published1990 Lot #344 Exquisite Corpse View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Center for the Book)AuthorMunson, Howard, et alHeadlineExquisite Corpse San Francisco Center for the BookPublisherCenter for the BookDate Published2000 Lot #348 Waverly Novels View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSet of the Waverly NovelsPublisherSamuel H. ParkerDate Published1845 Lot #349 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works Connoisseur EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 Lot #350 [Works, i.e.]: "Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineBell's Shakespeare 1788PublisherJohn BellDate Published1788 Lot #351 Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorShelley, Mary WollstonecraftHeadlineFrankenstein with Lynd Ward IllustrationsPublisherHarrison Smith and Robert HaasDate Published1934 Lot #354 Summer Sketches - four different editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineDan Simmons, 4 signed limited editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 Lot #361 Myths & Texts View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadlineGary Snyder Myths & Texts Signed First EditionPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1978] Lot #369 Letters to Elizabeth: A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Letters to Elizabeth Ltd. Edn.PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1978 Lot #375 Yosemite, An Ode View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Sterling YosemitePublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1916 Lot #376 The Body-Snatcher View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson The Body-Snatcher 1st EditionPublisherMerriam CompanyDate Published[1895] Lot #377 Dracula View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineDracula the Definitive Edition Edward Gorey IllustrationsPublisherBarnes & NobleDate Published[1996] Lot #379 A Swinburne Library: A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Algernon Charles Swinburne Collected by Thomas James Wise View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Swinburne, Algernon Charles)AuthorWise, Thomas JamesHeadlineSwinburne bibliography by T.J. WisePublisherPrinted for Private Circulation OnlyDate Published1925 Lot #380 The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)AuthorPendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.HeadlineW.M Thackeray The Newcomes finely boundPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1854-55 Lot #381 The Virginians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineW.M. Thackeray The Virginians 1st EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1858 Lot #383 Quartet View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorThomas, LewisHeadlineLewis Thomas and Joseph Goldyne QuartetPublisherPacific Editions and the Arif PressDate Published[1986] Lot #384 Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. - twenty-five signed and limited copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorThomas, RossHeadlineThomas, Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. - 25 limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1989 Lot #386 The Music of the Spheres View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTournier, MichelHeadlineMichel Tournier Music of the Spheres 1/98 copiesPublisherOkeanos PressDate Published1992 Lot #388 Bas-relief portrait of Mark Twain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorJusko, JunoHeadlineMark Twain Bas-relief portraitPublisherM.P.M. Co.Date Publishedc.1913 Lot #389 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #390 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn - First Edition, early issuePublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #391 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Tom Sawyer 1st edition half-calf bindingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #393 The Innocents Abroad View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Innocents Abroad 1st Edition 3rd IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 Lot #394 A Tramp Abroad View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain, a Tramp Abroad 1st EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #395 [Works], i.e., The Writings of Mark Twain View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Works Definitive Ed. 35 vols signedPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922-23 Lot #402 Humor in Fiction - two limited editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, Humor in Fiction, 2 signed copies.PublisherLord John PressDate Published2000 Lot #404 Three limited editions of works by John Updike from the Lord John Press View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, 3 signed editions.PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #406 Two titles from Lord John Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineJohn Updike, 3 signed editions.PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #407 Two works by Leon Uris View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorUris, LeonHeadlineTwo first editions of works by Leon UrisDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #410 La Ligue ou Henry le Grand. Poëme epique View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorVoltaire, M. deHeadlineVoltaire, La Ligue ou Henry le Grand 1723PublisherJean MokpapDate Published1723 Lot #413 Working with the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up From Slavery" Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskogee View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineBooker T. Washington Working with the HandsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #417 Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History and Wisdom View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Whitman, Walt)AuthorSwinton, WilliamHeadlineSwinton, Rambles Among Words, 1859PublisherCharles ScribnerDate Published1859 Lot #418 A Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde - One of 25 Large Paper copies View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Wilde, Oscar)AuthorMason, StuartHeadlineA Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde 1 of 25 copiesPublisherE. Grant RichardsDate Published1907 Lot #419 Wilde v. Whistler. Being an Acrimonious Correspondence on Art between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Wilde, Oscar)HeadlineOscar Wilde vs James McNeill WhistlerPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1906 Lot #420 Bound volume of early periodical appearances by Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlinePeriodical appearances by Oscar WildeDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #421 De Profundis View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde De Profundis 1st English & American editionsPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1905] Lot #422 Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Poems First American Edition 2nd PrintingPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1882 Lot #433 Charles Erskine Scott Wood & Sara Bard Field Family Photo Archive View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWood, Charles Erskine Scott & Sara Bard FieldHeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood & Sara Bard Field Photo ArchiveDate PublishedEarly 20th century Lot #434 Small collection of works by Sara Bard Field and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, most family copies with inscriptions, plus others View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorWood, Charles Erskine Scott & Sara Bard FieldHeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood & Sara Bard FieldDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #435 Maia. A Sonnet Sequence View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWood, Charles Erskine ScottHeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood to his daughterPublisher[F.W. Baltes]Date Published[1918] Lot #438 The Man Who Died View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence The Man Who Died One of 35 copiesPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1992] Lot #440 Obras Completas. Tomo 1: Parte Dramatica View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorZorrilla, JoseHeadlineZorrilla, Obras Completas. Tomo 1: Parte Dramatica 1851PublisherBoix Y CompaniaDate Published1851 Lot #446 Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A Genuine Reprint of the Rare Edition of 1749 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorCleland, JohnHeadlineFanny Hill from Kamashastra Society 1907PublisherThe Kamashastra SocietyDate Published1907 Lot #452 King Solomon's Mines View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineH. Rider Haggard King Solomon's MinesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published1886 Lot #500 Shelf of 19th century literature View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Literature - 19th century)HeadlineShelf of 19th century literatureDate Published19th century Lot #501 Shelf of Pepys' Diary and Taylors Works View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPepys, Samuel & Taylor, BayardHeadlineWorks of Pepys & Taylor Lot #503 The Works of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSet of Shakespeare's WorksPublisherInternational Shakespearan SocietyDate Published[1901] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next