Sale 645: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#645) 06/14/2018 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/14/2018 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-71 of 71. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Manuscript letter from Eric Ambler to Julian Symons AuthorAmbler, EricHeadlineletter from Eric Ambler to Julian SymonsDate Published1986 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #6 Modern Dance Heading(Armitage, Merle)AuthorStewart, Virginia, editorHeadlineModern Dance w/ original lithograph and autographs 1/500Publisher[E. Weyhe]Date Published[1935] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #18 Archive of letters from Lawrence Blochman to Eleanor Sullivan, Managing Editor of the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine AuthorBlochman, Lawrence G.HeadlineLawrence Blochman CorrespondenceDate Published1972-1974 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #22 A Little Journey - original typescript AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury early original typescriptDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #25 Archive of correspondence from Arthur Brisbane to Walter Winchell AuthorBrisbane, Arthur and Walter WinchellHeadlineWalter Winchell and Arthur Brisbane archiveDate Published1930s View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #27 The Life of Robert Burns Heading(Burns, Robert)AuthorLockhart, John GibsonHeadlineThe Life of Robert Burns 1/520 1914PublisherHenry Young & SonsDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #29 Poems. Containing The Rosciad. The Apology. Night. The Prophecy of Famine. An Epistle to William Hogarth. And, The Ghost, in Four Books. [Bound With] Poems. Containing The Conference. The Author. The Duelist. Gotham, In Three Books. The Candidate. The Farewell. The Times. Independence. And, Fragment of Journey AuthorChurchill, C.HeadlinePoems of C. Churchill, 1763-5Date Published1763 & 1765 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #41 Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Heading(Dickens, Charles)Author"Boz," editorHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Dickens 2nd issuePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #42 Complete set of Charles Dickens's Christmas Books, First Editions in the original cloth AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Editions of Dickens' Christmas BooksPublisherChapman & Hall [or] Bradbury & EvansDate Published1844-1848 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #43 The Nonesuch Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Nonesuch Dickens with a woodcut plate by Marcus StonePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1937-1938 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #44 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineHandsomely bound Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #45 An Index to “In Memoriam” AuthorDodgson, Charles Lutwidge, contributorHeadlineEarly work by Lewis CarrollPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #46 Typed signed letter from Theodore Dreiser to San Francisco bookseller John Newbegin AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineTyped signed letter from Theodore DreiserDate Published1921 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #47 All For Love: or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal; and Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile 1st Edition AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's All for Love 1st ed. 1678PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #48 Le Comte de Monte-Christo AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineLe Comte de Monte-Christo 1845-46PublisherSociete Belge de LibrairieDate Published1845-46 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #49 The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineThree Musketeers 1st ed. in English 1846PublisherBruce and WyldDate Published1846 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #52 A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture - inscribed by the author and signed by Thomas Edison Heading(Edison, Thomas A.)AuthorRamsaye, TerryHeadlineHistory of the Motion Picture signed by Thomas EdisonPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1926 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #55 Signed typed letter from Ralph Ellison AuthorEllison, RalphHeadlineSigned typed letter from Ralph EllisonDate Published1961 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #57 Manuscript letter from William Everson AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineMS letter from William Everson 1949Date Published1949 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #58 Amelia AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineHenry Fielding's last novelPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1752 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #60 The Golden Ass Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorApuleius, LuciusHeadlineThe Golden Ass finely bound 1/900PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Ten Droll Tales Being The Story Of The Fair Imperia, The Venial Sin, The Merrie Diversions Of His Most Christian Majesty King Louis The Eleventh, Together With Certain Other Quaint And Piquant Histories Making Up The First Decade Of Droll Tales Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineBalzac's Ten Droll Tales finely boundPublisherJohn Lane The Bodley Head LimitedDate Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #62 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning With Portraits Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineBrowning's works, finely bound by Zaehnsdorf.PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #66 The Essays of Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Ralph Waldo Emerson finely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #67 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Fitzgerald, Edward, translator]HeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám finely boundPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[c.1910] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #69 The Poetical Works of John Milton. Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and An Essay on Milton's English Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton finely boundPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #73 Ballads and Sonnets Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineRossetti's sonnets and ballads finely boundPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #74 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam w/Riviere bindingPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #83 Macbeth: Eaux-fortes de Gromaire Heading(Gromaire, Marcel)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMarcel Gromaire, 20 etched plates for Macbeth 1/200PublisherTériadeDate Published1958 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #84 My Recollections of Lord Byron; and Those of Eye-Witnesses of His Life AuthorGuiccioli, CountessHeadlineCountess Guiccioli's Recollections of Lord Byron w/letterPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #86 The Woodlanders AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy's The WoodlandersPublisherMacmillanDate Published1887 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #87 The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-lore of a Strange People Heading(Hawaii)AuthorKalakaua (His Hawaiian Majesty)HeadlineLegends & Myths of Hawaii 1st edPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #89 The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadline4th printing of The House of the Seven GablesPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #90 True Stories from History and Biography AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlinePreviously owned by C. G. Thompson, Hawthorne's portraitistPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #94 Songes and Sonettes. Written By the Right Honorable Lord Henry Haward, late Earle of Surrey AuthorHoward, Henry, Earl of SurreyHeadlineEarl of Surrey's Sonnets, 1717PublisherRe-printed by E. CurllDate Published1717 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #95 Les Misérables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Misérables 1st ed. 1862PublisherLacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #96 Notre-Dame de Paris AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris 1831PublisherLouis HaumanDate Published1831 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #98 The Life and Adventures of Lazarillo de Tormes AuthorHurtado de Mendoza, DiegoHeadlineFictional biography by Diego Hurtado de MendozaPublisherPrinted by J. BellDate Published1789 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #103 Manuscript in German on circumcision Heading(Judaica)AuthorBaum, Moritz, RabbiHeadlineCircumcision manuscript by German Rabbi 1883Date Published1883 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #110 "The Head of Christ" - Calligraphic manuscript on vellum with a color miniature of the painting by Leonardo Da Vinci Heading(Leonardo da Vinci)HeadlineLeonardo's Head of Christ with calligraphic descriptionDate Publishedc.1910 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #115 Voices of the Night AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's first published book of poetry bound by Peter LowPublisherJohn OwenDate Published1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #118 Manuscript letter from Ross Macdonald to Thomas Berger AuthorMacdonald, RossHeadlineMS letter from Rodd MacdonaldDate Published1975 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #119 Three typed signed letters from Norman Mailer to Alice Denham AuthorMailer, NormanHeadline3 typed signed letters from Norman MailerDate Published1966 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #120 Long Walk to Freedom - signed AuthorMandela, NelsonHeadlineNelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom SignedPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[1994] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #124 The Image of His Father; or, One Boy is More Trouble than a Dozen Girls, Being the Story of a “Young Monkey.” By the Brothers Mayhew AuthorMayhew, Augustus and HenryHeadlineClassic Victorian satirical novel published in parts, 1st editionPublisherH. HurstDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #125 Manuscript indenture on vellum, transferring land from Thomas Carson & William Moore to Robert Morris, signed by Thomas McKean as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania AuthorMcKean, Thomas, et al.HeadlineVellum land deed signed by Thomas McKean 1794Date Published1794 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #139 Battle of Niagara with Other Poems AuthorNeal, JohnHeadlineEnlarged edition of Neal's second bookPublisherN. G. MaxwellDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #140 The Iliad Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Homer's IliadPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #141 Memoirs [of a Mystery Man] AuthorOppenheim, E. PhilipsHeadlineE. Phillips Oppenheim typed memoirDate Publishedc.1936 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #155 The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineFirst Australian Edition of Poe's poetical worksPublisherGeorge RobertsonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #159 The Wood-Rangers AuthorReid, Captain Thomas Mayne, translatorHeadlineFerry novel translated by fellow American West adventurer, ReidPublisherHurst and BlackettDate Published1960 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #163 "The Old Swimmin-Hole," and 'Leven More Poems By Benj. F. Johnson of Boone AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJames Whitcomb Riley's first bookPublisherGeorge C. HittDate Published1883 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #172 Typed signed letter from Irwin Shaw to William Saroyan AuthorShaw, IrwinHeadlineLetter from Irwin Shaw to William SaroyanDate Published[c.1941] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #177 Twenty-five first and early editions of works of George Sterling, 15 of them inscribed and signed by Sterling AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadline25 books by George Sterling, 15 signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #179 Summer Cruising in the South Seas - signed AuthorStoddard, Charles WarrenHeadlineStoddard's Cruising in the South Seas - signed 1881PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #180 Uncle Tom's Cabin AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineThe most influential novel of the 19th centuryPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #181 Typed signed letter from Carl Haverlin to Igor Stravinsky, with Stravinsky's holograph notes and signature Heading(Stravinsky, Igor)AuthorHaverlin, CarlHeadlineTyped letter with holograph notes and signature of Igor StravinskyDate Published1962 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #183 Thunder and Roses - original typescript, signed AuthorSturgeon, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Sturgeon original signed typescriptDate Published[c.1946] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #184 Bothwell: A Tragedy AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineInscribed by SwinburnePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1874 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #185 Poems and Ballads AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineInscribed by Swinburne and signed by Barry CornwallPublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #186 Queen Mary: A Drama AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineInteresting association copy of Tennyson's Queen MaryPublisherHenry S. KingDate Published1875 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #187 The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Virginians in Original PartsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857-59 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #188 The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineLarge paper copy of Thomson's most famous workPublisherReeves and TurnerDate Published1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #190 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$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #191 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, 1893 First EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #192 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Sketches finely bound.PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #195 Final Command - original typescript, inscribed AuthorVan Vogt, A.E.HeadlineA.E. Van Vogt original typescript, inscribedDate Published1949 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #198 M. Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis poetae, & Albae Episcopi, Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia... AuthorVida, Marco GirolamoHeadlineVida's poetical works, 1537PublisherPer Balthasarem Lasivm & Thomam PlatterumDate Published1537 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #201 Walt Whitman's signature on his 65th birthday AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman's signature on his 65th birthdayDate Published1884 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #202 Legends of New-England AuthorWhittier, John G.HeadlineJohn Greenleaf Whittier's first bookPublisherHanmer and PhelpsDate Published1831 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #203 Signed, handwritten letter by P.G. Wodehouse AuthorWodehouse, P.G.HeadlineHandwritten letter by P.G. WodehouseDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next