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Previous|12|Next Lot #211 The Savage Club Papers [and] The Savage Club Papers for 1868 Heading(Savage Club)AuthorHalliday, Andrew, editorHeadlineThe Savage Club Papers 1867-68PublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1867-68 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #216 Poem Read at the Sixtieth Reunion of the Class of Eighty-Two AuthorSedgwick, Henry DwightHeadlineHenry Dwight Sedgwick, finely bound Harvard poemDate Published[1942] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #217 Maximums and Specimens of Williams Muggins, Natural Philosopher of the World . . . With Illustrations by Onwhyn. AuthorSelby, CharlesHeadlineFinely bound work by Charles Selby, 1846PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published1846 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #218 Shakspere and his forerunners. Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its Development from Early English Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorLanier, SidneyHeadlineShakspere and his forerunners large paper editionPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #219 Shakespeare's Works AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare in the original boxPublisherMershon CompanyDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #220 Five works by George Bernard Shaw AuthorShaw, George BernardHeadlineFive works by George Bernard ShawDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #221 The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought Together with Many Pieces Not Before Published. AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose 8 vols. 1880PublisherReeves and TurnerDate Published1880 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #222 The Life of the Chevalier Bayard; "The Good Knight," "Sans Peur et Sans Reproche" AuthorSimms, W. GilmoreHeadlineThe Life of the Chevalier BayardPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1847 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #223 Modern Accomplishments, or The March of Intellect AuthorSinclair, Miss CatherineHeadlineCatherine Sinclair, Modern Accomplishments 1836PublisherWaugh and Innes; James NisbetDate Published1836 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #228 Three volumes of poetry by Menella Bute Smedley AuthorSmedley, Menella ButeHeadlineMenella Bute Smedley, 3 volumes of poemsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #230 Palmerin of England Heading(Southey, Robert, editor)Authorde Moraes, FranciscoHeadlinePalmerin of England edited by Robert SoutheyPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and OrmeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #231 Amadis of Gaul Heading(Southey, Robert, translator)AuthorLobeira, VascoHeadlineRobert Southey's translation of Amadis of Gaul 1804PublisherPrinted for T.N. Longman and ReesDate Published1804 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #232 The Amber Gods and Other Stories Heading(Spofford, Harriet Prescott)AuthorPrescott, Harriet ElizabethHeadlineHarriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods 1st edPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #240 The House of Orchids and Other Poems - inscribed AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Sterling, House of Orchids inscribedPublisherA. M. RobertsonDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #241 Six works by George Sterling AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineSix works by George Sterling - one inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #242 Three signed and limited works by George Sterling AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadline3 signed and limited works by George SterlingPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #243 A Christmas Sermon AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineA Christmas Sermon by RLS printed by JHNPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #244 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Jekyll & Hyde in wrappersPublisherGeorge MunroDate Published1886 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #246 Five works by Algernon Charles Swinburne AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineFive works by SwinburneDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #247 Four works by or about John Addington Symonds Heading(Symonds, John Addington)HeadlineFour works by or about John Addington SymondsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #248 Heads of the People: Or, Portraits of the English Drawn by Kenny Meadows. With Original Essays by Distinguished Writers AuthorThackeray, William Makepeace, Jerrold, Douglas, et alHeadlineHeads of the People, 2 vol. finely boundPublisherRobert TyasDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #249 Letters to Various Persons AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Cape Cod 1st EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1865 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #250 Genoveva. A Poem. [bound with] Elegiac Poems AuthorTrench, Richard ChevenixHeadlineRichard Chevenix Trench, two finely bound 1st editionsPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1842-43 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #251 The Last Chronicle of Barset AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineAnthony Trollope's Last Chronicle of Barset 1st ed.PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #253 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn in original morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #254 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe £1,000,000 Bank-Note by Mark TwainPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #255 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Following the Equator 1st EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #256 Four works by Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFour by Mark TwainPublisherHarper & BrothersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #257 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Life on the Mississippi 1st EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #258 Roughing It AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Roughing It First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #259 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain 1st IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #266 Sagesse AuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadlinePaul Verlaine Sagesse First Edition 1881PublisherSociete Generale de Librairie CatholiqueDate Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #278 Five works by Diane Wakoski AuthorWakoski, DianeHeadlineFive Dianne Wakoski first editionsPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #279 “Eris; A Spirit Record” [and] "Dumb Kate-An Early Death" [in] The Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol. 1 [nos. 1-6]. AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineTwo early Walt Whitman appearances 1844PublisherIsrael PostDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #280 The Gathering of the Forces. Editorials, Essays, Literary and Dramatic Reviews and other Material Written by Walt Whitman as Editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1846 and 1847 AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman's Gathering of the Forces 2 vols 1920PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #281 Leaves of Grass AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman Leaves of Grass Author's Edition SignedDate Published1882 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #285 Tales for the Marines Heading(Wise, Harry August)AuthorGringo, Harry [pseud].HeadlineTales for the Marines 1st ed. 1855PublisherPhillips, Sampson and CompanyDate Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #286 The Little Nugget AuthorWodehouse, P.G.HeadlineU.S. edition of Wodehouse's Little NuggetPublisherW.J. Watts & CompanyDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #291 Uncle Tom's Children: Four Novellas AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineInscribed copy of Richard Wright's first bookPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #292 Le Robinson Suisse, ou Journal d'un Pere de Famille Naufrage avec ses Enfans AuthorWyss, Johann DavidHeadlineFirst French Edition of Swiss Family RobinsonPublisherA. BertrandDate Published1814 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #295 Life of Thomas Stothard, R. A. With Personal Reminiscences by Mrs. Bray AuthorBray, Anna ElizaHeadlineLife of Thomas Stothard, extra-illustratedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #296 Hudibras, in three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface by Zachary Grey Author[Butler, Samuel]HeadlineButler's Hudibras with Hogarth's illustrationsPublisherPrinted by J. BenthamDate Published1744 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #299 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, James.HeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, finely bound 1900PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #300 Letters and Memorials Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarlyle, Jane WelshHeadlineLetters & Memorials of Jane Welsh CarlylePublisherLongman's, Green, and Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #308 Rokeby: A Poem Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineLarge paper copy of Sir Walter Scott's RokebyPublisherJohn BallantyneDate Published1813 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #311 A Selection of Curious Articles From the Gentleman's Magazine Heading(Gentleman's Magazine)AuthorWalker, John, editorHeadlineCurious Articles From the Gentleman's Magazine 4 vols.PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & BrownDate Published1811 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #323 Works of Balzac AuthorBalzac, Honore deHeadlineWorks of Balzac 18 volumesPublisherDana Estes & Co.Date Published[1901] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #324 Black Beetles in Amber AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineAmbrose Bierce Black Beetles in AmberPublisherWestern Authors PublishingDate Published1892 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #325 The Life of our Lord AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Life of Our Lord 1st American appearancePublisherUnited Feature SyndicateDate Published1934 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #327 Mexican Standoff AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Everson Mexican StandoffPublisherLapis Press StudioDate Published1989 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #329 A Little Book of Western Verse AuthorField, EugeneHeadlineEugene Field Little Book of Western Verse 1 of 250 copiesPublisher[for subscribers]Date Published1889 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #330 Nicholas Vergette 1923-1974 AuthorGardner, JohnHeadlineJohn Gardner broadside and photographPublisherLord John PressDate Published1978 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #331 The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineGore Vidal's copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's worksPublisherBigelow, Brown & Co., IncDate Published1923 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #332 Collected Works of O. Henry AuthorHenry, OHeadlineCollected Works of O. HenryPublisherDoubleday for Review of ReviewsDate Published[1904-1917] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #334 The Works of Henrik Ibsen AuthorIbsen, HenrikHeadlineWorks of Henrik IbsenPublisherWilley Book Co.Date Published1911-12 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #336 Five inscribed volumes by Michael McClure AuthorMcClure, MichaelHeadlineFive inscribed volumes by Michael McClureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #337 Three volumes of "Fleas" by Michael McClure AuthorMcClure, MichaelHeadlineMichael McClure's "Fleas" - 3 volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #338 Conversation at Midnight [&] Huntsman, What Quarry AuthorMillay, Edna St. VincentHeadlineTwo Edna St. Vincent Millay limited editionsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1937 & 1938 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #342 The Waverley Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Waverley Novels 25 volumesPublisherUniversity Library AssociationDate Published[1893-94] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #343 Broadside announcement for a reading by Gary Snyder AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadlineGary Snyder signed BroadsidePublisherCalifornia Institute of the ArtsDate Published1985 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #344 Works of William Makepeace Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineWorks of William Makepeace Thackeray 19 volumes 1869PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1869 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #346 Mark Twain: His Life and Work. A Biographical Sketch Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorClemens, Will M.HeadlineMark Twain His Life and Work 1894PublisherF. Tennyson NeelyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #347 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American ClaimantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #348 Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent. Selections from his letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866 AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain: San Francisco CorrespondentPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #349 Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWritings of Mark Twain 25 volumesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[Early 20th Century] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #352 Six works by S.R. Crockett AuthorCrockett, Samuel RutherfordHeadlineSix works by S.R. CrockettDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #353 Eighteen volumes of literature Heading(Literature)HeadlineEighteen volumes of literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #355 Fourteen volumes of literature Heading(Literature)HeadlineFourteen volumes of literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #358 Nineteen volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineNineteen volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #359 Twenty volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineTwenty volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #360 Eight volumes by Lord Alfred Tennyson AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineEight volumes by Lord Alfred TennysonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next