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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Black Cat Club: Negro Humor & Folk-Lore View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(African American Literature)AuthorCorrothers, James D.HeadlineBlack Cat Club: Negro Humor & Folk-Lore 1902PublisherFunk & WagnallsDate Published1902 Lot #2 Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence: The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the Days of Slavery to the Present Time View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(African American Literature)AuthorDunbar, Alice Moore, editorHeadlineMasterpieces of Negro Eloquence by Alice DunbarPublisherBookery Publishing CompanyDate Published[1914] Lot #3 Darkey Ditties - inscribed by the author View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1915 Inscribed Black author’s "Darkey Ditties")AuthorHenderson, Elliott B.HeadlineDarkey Ditties - inscribed by the author 1915Date Published1915 Lot #5 The Splendid Idle Forties View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadlineThe Splendid Idle Forties Stokes edition, w/djPublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published[Copyright 1902] Lot #7 Journalism For Women: A Practical Guide View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBennett, E. A[rnold]HeadlineJournalism For Women: A Practical Guide 1898PublisherJohn Lane the Bodley HeadDate Published1898 Lot #8 Tales of Soldiers and Civilians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineTales of Soldiers and Civilians 1891PublisherE.L.G. SteeleDate Published1891 Lot #16 Two first editions by Lord Byron View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorByron, Lord [George Gordon]HeadlineTwo first editions by Lord ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1815 & 1816 Lot #22 Godfrey Helstone: A Novel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCraik, Georgiana M.HeadlineGodfrey Helstone: A Novel 1884 1st edPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1884 Lot #25 Archive of 45 Autograph Letters, most written to Charles Manby from London View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles - British Theater)Author[Manby, Charles]HeadlineArchive of letters to Chas Manby 1860s-70sDate Published1841-87 (mostly in the 1860s-70s) Lot #26 1868 ticket to hear Charles Dickens in New York View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles)Author**Headline1868 ticket to hear Charles Dickens in New YorkDate PublishedMonday, March 23, 1868 Lot #27 Bleak House View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens' Bleak House First Edition 1853PublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 Lot #28 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son, 1st editionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 Lot #29 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Martin ChuzzlewitPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #30 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyPublisherChapman and HallDate PublishedNo date Lot #31 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 Lot #32 Four signed volumes by Charles Caldwell Dobie View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDobie, Charles CaldwellHeadlineFour signed volumes by Charles Caldwell DobiePublisherD. Appleton-CenturyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #34 The Mill on the Floss View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineThe Mill on the Floss 1860 in 3 volsPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Published1860 Lot #38 The Mississippi Literary Review. Volume I, Number 1 - first and only issue View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Faulkner, William)AuthorAttneave, Fred, Patrick Hogan, et. al., editorsHeadlineMississippi Literary Review Vol 1, No 1PublisherMississippi Literary Review Co.Date PublishedNovember, 1941 Lot #39 Verse and Prose View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorField, EugeneHeadlineVerse & Prose by Eugene Field signed by editorPublisherBibliophile SocietyDate Published1917 Lot #40 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 4th ed GrossetPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1899] Lot #57 Fac-simile of the Original Manuscript of The Heathen Chinee as Written for the Overland Monthly View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorHarte, BretHeadlinefacsimile of mss of Heathen Chinee by Bret HartePublisherJohn H. CarmanyDate Published1871 Lot #58 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Scarlet Letter: A Romance 1st ed, 1st issuePublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 Lot #59 The Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Writings of Nathaniel HawthornePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1900] Lot #64 Ulysses View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses by Jesse James 1st US Ed w.djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1934 Lot #66 The Novels and Poems of Charles Kingsley View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineThe Novels and Poems of Charles KingsleyPublisherJ.F. Taylor and CompanyDate Published1899 Lot #67 Lady Chatterley's Lover View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorLawrence, D. H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's LoverPublisherPrivately Printed [by Lawton Kennedy of San Francisco]Date Published1928 Lot #71 Before Adam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineBefore Adam by Jack London 1stPublisherMacmillanDate Published1907 Lot #72 The Call of the Wild View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Call of the Wild 1st edition Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1903 Lot #73 Children of the Frost View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineChildren of the Frost Jack London 1st clean copyPublisherMacmillanDate Published1902 Lot #74 A Daughter of the Snows View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineA Daughter of the Snows by Jack LondonPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1902 Lot #75 The Game View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Game second issue by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1905 Lot #76 The God of His Fathers & Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe God of His Fathers & Other Stories jack londoPublisherMcClure, PhillipsDate Published1901 Lot #77 The Human Drift View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Human Drift 1st Edn Variant BindingPublisherMacmillan Co.Date Published1917 Lot #78 The Iron Heel View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Iron Heel 1908PublisherAppeal to ReasonDate Published1908 Lot #79 John Barleycorn View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn 1st ed by Jack LondonPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 Lot #80 John Barleycorn View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn 2nd printing Jack LondonPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 Lot #81 The Little Lady of the Big House View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Little Lady of the Big House by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1916 Lot #82 Love of Life View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLove of Life by Jack London 1st edPublisherMacmillanDate Published1907 Lot #83 Moon-Face and Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineMoon-Face and Other Stories 1st editionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 Lot #84 The Night-Born and Also the Madness of John Harned... View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Night-Born 1st ed by Jack LondonPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 Lot #85 The People of the Abyss View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe People of the Abyss by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1903 Lot #86 Smoke Bellew View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSmoke Bellew by Jack London, 1st edPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1912 Lot #87 The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far NorthPublisherHoughton Mifflin & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #88 The Strength of the Strong View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineStrength of the Strong Jack London 1stPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 Lot #89 The Turtles of Tasman View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Turtles of Tasman by Jack London 1916PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1916 Lot #90 War of the Classes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineWar of the Classes by Jack London 1905PublisherMacmillanDate Published1905 Lot #91 Seven volumes by Jack London View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSeven volumes by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #93 Nuremberg - Edition de Luxe and trade edition View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineTwo editions of Longfellow's NurembergPublisherGebbie & Co.Date Published1888 & 1889 Lot #96 The Man with the Hoe View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMarkham, EdwinHeadlineThe Man with the Hoe signed 2nd ed 1899PublisherDoubleday & McClureDate Published1899 Lot #97 The Dream View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorMasefield, JohnHeadlineJohn Masefield The Dream 1/750 signed copiesPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #102 Songs of Italy - Inscribed by Miller View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineJoaquin Miller Songs of Italy Inscribed by MillerPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1878 Lot #103 A Song of Life View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorMorley, Margaret WarnerHeadlineM.W. Morley A Song of Life 1897 With Dust JacketPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #105 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineMcTeague: A Story of San Francisco 1st edPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 Lot #106 Two editions of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám and a history of the Omar Khayyám of America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar KhayyámDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #108 Works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineWorks of Edgar Allan PoePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[c.1900] Lot #111 The Collected Works of Bernard Shaw View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorShaw, George BernardHeadlineCollected Works of Bernard Shaw 30 vols 1930PublisherWm. H. WiseDate Published1930-1932 Lot #119 The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Novels and Tales of Robert Louis StevensonPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1907-09 Lot #120 The Silverado Squatters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Silverado Squatters 1883PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1883 Lot #121 Uncle Tom's Cabin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin Cruikshank illustrations 1852PublisherJohn CassellDate Published1852 Lot #122 WITHDRAWNVanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray Vanity Fair First Edition in Book FormPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 Lot #124 [Works] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorTolstoy, Lev N.HeadlineWorks of Tolstoy 14 volumesPublisherWilley Book Co.Date Published[1904] Lot #125 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #126 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #127 The American Claimant View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American Claimant 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 Lot #128 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Life on the Mississippi 1st IssuePublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #129 Mark Twain's Autobiography View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Autobiography 1st EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1924 Lot #130 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography 1871PublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] Lot #132 Mark Twain's Speeches View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Speeches First EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1910 Lot #133 Three novels by Mark Twain - Early printings View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree novels by Mark Twain - Early printingsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #134 Mark Twain, A Biography View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorPaine, Albert BigelowHeadlineMark Twain, A BiographyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 Lot #137 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Facsimile Edition of the 1855 Text View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineMosher facsimile of Whitman's Leaves of GrassPublisherThomas Bird Mosher & William Francis GableDate Published1919 Lot #138 Salome: A Tragedy in One Act Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde Salome 1906 edition in Dust JacketPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1906 Lot #141 Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems: In Two Volumes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorWordsworth, W[illiam]HeadlineLyrical Ballads, with Other Poems 1802PublisherPrinted by James Humphreys for Joseph GroffDate Published1802 Lot #143 The Green Helmet and Other Poems View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineThe Green Helmet and Other Poems W.B. YeatsPublisherCuala PressDate Published1910 Lot #145 The Speckled Birds View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineW.B. Yeats The Speckled BirdsPublisherCuala PressDate Published1973 Lot #146 Three volumes by or about William Butler Yeats View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading[Yeats, William Butler]Author**HeadlineThree volumes by or about William Butler YeatsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #181 Tartuffe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Headingzzf(Arion Press)AuthorMoliere (Jean Baptieste Poquelin)HeadlineMoliere's Tartuffe Arion Press Limited EditionPublisherThe Arion Press Lot #190 The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare - Baron Curzon's copy View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorBohn, Henry G.HeadlineThe Biography and Bibliography of ShakespearePublisher[Whittingham and Wilkins]Date Published[1863] Lot #234 Uncle Tom's Cabin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Headingzzf(Cruikshank, George)AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin Cruikshank illustrations 1852PublisherJohn CassellDate Published1852 Lot #243 Atala View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$225StatusSold Headingzzf(Doré, Gustave)AuthorChateaubriandHeadlineAtala Illustrated by Gustave DorePublisherBelford, Clarke & Co.Date Published1887 Lot #246 The Writings of John Burroughs - Riverby Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs - Riverby EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1913] Lot #247 The Canterbury Tales - Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineCanterbury Tales bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJonathan Cape and The Medici Society Ltd.Date Published[1928] Lot #248 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám - Finely Bound View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám - Finely BoundPublisherDavid McKayDate Published[1942] Lot #249 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Complete Works of William ShakespearePublisherSwan Sonnenschein & Co.Date Published[1890s] Lot #253 Other Worlds: Journey to the Moon View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Headingzzf(Foolscap Press)Authorde Bergerac, CyranoHeadlineFoolscap Press Other Worlds by de BergeracPublisherFoolscap PressDate Published2004 Lot #259 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Jr.HeadlineTwo Years Before the Mast Grabhorn Press EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1936 Lot #264 The Vengeance of a Jew View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorGuenot, C.HeadlineThe Vengeance of a Jew by Guenot 1867PublisherEugene CummiskeyDate Published1867 Lot #274 Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Headingzzf(Labyrinth Editions)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineOut of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking 1/65PublisherLabyrinth EditionsDate Published1976-78 Lot #292 The Silverado Squatters View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Nash, John Henry)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Silverado Squatters - John Henry NashPublisherScribnersDate Published1923 Lot #298 Baum's Own Book for Children: Stories and Verses from the Famous "Oz Books," "Father Goose: His Book," Etc. Etc. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzf(Oz)AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineBaum's Own Book for Children 1912PublisherReilly & BrittonDate Published[1912] Lot #334 Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineSiegfried & the Twilight of the Gods Rackham IlluPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday PageDate Published1924 Lot #336 The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineThe Rhinegold & The ValkyriePublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1910 Lot #344 A Book of Homage to Shakespeare View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Shakespeare, William)AuthorGollancz, IsraelHeadlineA Book of Homage to ShakespearePublisherHumphrey MilfordDate Published1916 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next