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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Black Cat Club: Negro Humor & Folk-Lore Heading(African American Literature)AuthorCorrothers, James D.HeadlineBlack Cat Club: Negro Humor & Folk-Lore 1902PublisherFunk & WagnallsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #2 Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence: The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the Days of Slavery to the Present Time Heading(African American Literature)AuthorDunbar, Alice Moore, editorHeadlineMasterpieces of Negro Eloquence by Alice DunbarPublisherBookery Publishing CompanyDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #3 Darkey Ditties - inscribed by the author Heading(1915 Inscribed Black author’s "Darkey Ditties")AuthorHenderson, Elliott B.HeadlineDarkey Ditties - inscribed by the author 1915Date Published1915 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #5 The Splendid Idle Forties AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadlineThe Splendid Idle Forties Stokes edition, w/djPublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published[Copyright 1902] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #7 Journalism For Women: A Practical Guide AuthorBennett, E. A[rnold]HeadlineJournalism For Women: A Practical Guide 1898PublisherJohn Lane the Bodley HeadDate Published1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #8 Tales of Soldiers and Civilians AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineTales of Soldiers and Civilians 1891PublisherE.L.G. SteeleDate Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #16 Two first editions by Lord Byron AuthorByron, Lord [George Gordon]HeadlineTwo first editions by Lord ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1815 & 1816 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #22 Godfrey Helstone: A Novel AuthorCraik, Georgiana M.HeadlineGodfrey Helstone: A Novel 1884 1st edPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #25 Archive of 45 Autograph Letters, most written to Charles Manby from London Heading(Dickens, Charles - British Theater)Author[Manby, Charles]HeadlineArchive of letters to Chas Manby 1860s-70sDate Published1841-87 (mostly in the 1860s-70s) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #26 1868 ticket to hear Charles Dickens in New York Heading(Dickens, Charles)Author**Headline1868 ticket to hear Charles Dickens in New YorkDate PublishedMonday, March 23, 1868 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #27 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens' Bleak House First Edition 1853PublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #28 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son, 1st editionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #29 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Martin ChuzzlewitPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #30 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyPublisherChapman and HallDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #31 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #32 Four signed volumes by Charles Caldwell Dobie AuthorDobie, Charles CaldwellHeadlineFour signed volumes by Charles Caldwell DobiePublisherD. Appleton-CenturyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #34 The Mill on the Floss AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineThe Mill on the Floss 1860 in 3 volsPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #38 The Mississippi Literary Review. Volume I, Number 1 - first and only issue Heading(Faulkner, William)AuthorAttneave, Fred, Patrick Hogan, et. al., editorsHeadlineMississippi Literary Review Vol 1, No 1PublisherMississippi Literary Review Co.Date PublishedNovember, 1941 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #39 Verse and Prose AuthorField, EugeneHeadlineVerse & Prose by Eugene Field signed by editorPublisherBibliophile SocietyDate Published1917 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #40 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 4th ed GrossetPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1899] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #57 Fac-simile of the Original Manuscript of The Heathen Chinee as Written for the Overland Monthly AuthorHarte, BretHeadlinefacsimile of mss of Heathen Chinee by Bret HartePublisherJohn H. CarmanyDate Published1871 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #58 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Scarlet Letter: A Romance 1st ed, 1st issuePublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 The Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Writings of Nathaniel HawthornePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #64 Ulysses AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses by Jesse James 1st US Ed w.djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1934 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #66 The Novels and Poems of Charles Kingsley AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineThe Novels and Poems of Charles KingsleyPublisherJ.F. Taylor and CompanyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #67 Lady Chatterley's Lover AuthorLawrence, D. H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's LoverPublisherPrivately Printed [by Lawton Kennedy of San Francisco]Date Published1928 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #71 Before Adam AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineBefore Adam by Jack London 1stPublisherMacmillanDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #72 The Call of the Wild AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Call of the Wild 1st edition Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #73 Children of the Frost AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineChildren of the Frost Jack London 1st clean copyPublisherMacmillanDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #74 A Daughter of the Snows AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineA Daughter of the Snows by Jack LondonPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 The Game AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Game second issue by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #76 The God of His Fathers & Other Stories AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe God of His Fathers & Other Stories jack londoPublisherMcClure, PhillipsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #77 The Human Drift AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Human Drift 1st Edn Variant BindingPublisherMacmillan Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #78 The Iron Heel AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Iron Heel 1908PublisherAppeal to ReasonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #79 John Barleycorn AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn 1st ed by Jack LondonPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #80 John Barleycorn AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn 2nd printing Jack LondonPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #81 The Little Lady of the Big House AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Little Lady of the Big House by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1916 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #82 Love of Life AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLove of Life by Jack London 1st edPublisherMacmillanDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #83 Moon-Face and Other Stories AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineMoon-Face and Other Stories 1st editionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #84 The Night-Born and Also the Madness of John Harned... AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Night-Born 1st ed by Jack LondonPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #85 The People of the Abyss AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe People of the Abyss by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #86 Smoke Bellew AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSmoke Bellew by Jack London, 1st edPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #87 The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far NorthPublisherHoughton Mifflin & Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #88 The Strength of the Strong AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineStrength of the Strong Jack London 1stPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #89 The Turtles of Tasman AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Turtles of Tasman by Jack London 1916PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #90 War of the Classes AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineWar of the Classes by Jack London 1905PublisherMacmillanDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #91 Seven volumes by Jack London AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSeven volumes by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #93 Nuremberg - Edition de Luxe and trade edition AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineTwo editions of Longfellow's NurembergPublisherGebbie & Co.Date Published1888 & 1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #96 The Man with the Hoe AuthorMarkham, EdwinHeadlineThe Man with the Hoe signed 2nd ed 1899PublisherDoubleday & McClureDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #97 The Dream AuthorMasefield, JohnHeadlineJohn Masefield The Dream 1/750 signed copiesPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #102 Songs of Italy - Inscribed by Miller AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineJoaquin Miller Songs of Italy Inscribed by MillerPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #103 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 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #105 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineMcTeague: A Story of San Francisco 1st edPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #106 Two editions of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám and a history of the Omar Khayyám of America AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar KhayyámDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #108 Works AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineWorks of Edgar Allan PoePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #111 The Collected Works of Bernard Shaw AuthorShaw, George BernardHeadlineCollected Works of Bernard Shaw 30 vols 1930PublisherWm. H. WiseDate Published1930-1932 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #119 The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Novels and Tales of Robert Louis StevensonPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1907-09 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #120 The Silverado Squatters AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Silverado Squatters 1883PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #121 Uncle Tom's Cabin AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin Cruikshank illustrations 1852PublisherJohn CassellDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #122 WITHDRAWNVanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray Vanity Fair First Edition in Book FormPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #124 [Works] AuthorTolstoy, Lev N.HeadlineWorks of Tolstoy 14 volumesPublisherWilley Book Co.Date Published[1904] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #125 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #126 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #127 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American Claimant 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #128 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Life on the Mississippi 1st IssuePublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #129 Mark Twain's Autobiography AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Autobiography 1st EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1924 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #130 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography 1871PublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #132 Mark Twain's Speeches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Speeches First EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1910 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #133 Three novels by Mark Twain - Early printings AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree novels by Mark Twain - Early printingsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #134 Mark Twain, A Biography Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorPaine, Albert BigelowHeadlineMark Twain, A BiographyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #137 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Facsimile Edition of the 1855 Text AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineMosher facsimile of Whitman's Leaves of GrassPublisherThomas Bird Mosher & William Francis GableDate Published1919 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #138 Salome: A Tragedy in One Act Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde Salome 1906 edition in Dust JacketPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #141 Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems: In Two Volumes AuthorWordsworth, W[illiam]HeadlineLyrical Ballads, with Other Poems 1802PublisherPrinted by James Humphreys for Joseph GroffDate Published1802 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #143 The Green Helmet and Other Poems AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineThe Green Helmet and Other Poems W.B. YeatsPublisherCuala PressDate Published1910 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #145 The Speckled Birds AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineW.B. Yeats The Speckled BirdsPublisherCuala PressDate Published1973 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #146 Three volumes by or about William Butler Yeats Heading[Yeats, William Butler]Author**HeadlineThree volumes by or about William Butler YeatsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #181 Tartuffe Headingzzf(Arion Press)AuthorMoliere (Jean Baptieste Poquelin)HeadlineMoliere's Tartuffe Arion Press Limited EditionPublisherThe Arion Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #190 The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare - Baron Curzon's copy HeadingzzfAuthorBohn, Henry G.HeadlineThe Biography and Bibliography of ShakespearePublisher[Whittingham and Wilkins]Date Published[1863] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #234 Uncle Tom's Cabin Headingzzf(Cruikshank, George)AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin Cruikshank illustrations 1852PublisherJohn CassellDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #243 Atala Headingzzf(Doré, Gustave)AuthorChateaubriandHeadlineAtala Illustrated by Gustave DorePublisherBelford, Clarke & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #246 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 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #247 The Canterbury Tales - Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineCanterbury Tales bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJonathan Cape and The Medici Society Ltd.Date Published[1928] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #248 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám - Finely Bound Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám - Finely BoundPublisherDavid McKayDate Published[1942] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #249 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Complete Works of William ShakespearePublisherSwan Sonnenschein & Co.Date Published[1890s] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #253 Other Worlds: Journey to the Moon Headingzzf(Foolscap Press)Authorde Bergerac, CyranoHeadlineFoolscap Press Other Worlds by de BergeracPublisherFoolscap PressDate Published2004 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #259 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea Headingzzf(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Jr.HeadlineTwo Years Before the Mast Grabhorn Press EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #264 The Vengeance of a Jew HeadingzzfAuthorGuenot, C.HeadlineThe Vengeance of a Jew by Guenot 1867PublisherEugene CummiskeyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #274 Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking Headingzzf(Labyrinth Editions)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineOut of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking 1/65PublisherLabyrinth EditionsDate Published1976-78 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #292 The Silverado Squatters Headingzzf(Nash, John Henry)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Silverado Squatters - John Henry NashPublisherScribnersDate Published1923 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #298 Baum's Own Book for Children: Stories and Verses from the Famous "Oz Books," "Father Goose: His Book," Etc. Etc. Headingzzf(Oz)AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineBaum's Own Book for Children 1912PublisherReilly & BrittonDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #334 Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineSiegfried & the Twilight of the Gods Rackham IlluPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday PageDate Published1924 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #336 The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineThe Rhinegold & The ValkyriePublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #344 A Book of Homage to Shakespeare Headingzzf(Shakespeare, William)AuthorGollancz, IsraelHeadlineA Book of Homage to ShakespearePublisherHumphrey MilfordDate Published1916 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next