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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAmbler, EricHeadlineletter from Eric Ambler to Julian SymonsDate Published1986 Lot #6 Modern Dance View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Armitage, Merle)AuthorStewart, Virginia, editorHeadlineModern Dance w/ original lithograph and autographs 1/500Publisher[E. Weyhe]Date Published[1935] Lot #18 Archive of letters from Lawrence Blochman to Eleanor Sullivan, Managing Editor of the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBlochman, Lawrence G.HeadlineLawrence Blochman CorrespondenceDate Published1972-1974 Lot #22 A Little Journey - original typescript View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury early original typescriptDate Published[1951] Lot #25 Archive of correspondence from Arthur Brisbane to Walter Winchell View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBrisbane, Arthur and Walter WinchellHeadlineWalter Winchell and Arthur Brisbane archiveDate Published1930s Lot #27 The Life of Robert Burns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Burns, Robert)AuthorLockhart, John GibsonHeadlineThe Life of Robert Burns 1/520 1914PublisherHenry Young & SonsDate Published1914 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorChurchill, C.HeadlinePoems of C. Churchill, 1763-5Date Published1763 & 1765 Lot #41 Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)Author"Boz," editorHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Dickens 2nd issuePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #42 Complete set of Charles Dickens's Christmas Books, First Editions in the original cloth View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Editions of Dickens' Christmas BooksPublisherChapman & Hall [or] Bradbury & EvansDate Published1844-1848 Lot #43 The Nonesuch Dickens View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Nonesuch Dickens with a woodcut plate by Marcus StonePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1937-1938 Lot #44 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineHandsomely bound Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 Lot #45 An Index to “In Memoriam” View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDodgson, Charles Lutwidge, contributorHeadlineEarly work by Lewis CarrollPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1862 Lot #46 Typed signed letter from Theodore Dreiser to San Francisco bookseller John Newbegin View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineTyped signed letter from Theodore DreiserDate Published1921 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's All for Love 1st ed. 1678PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 Lot #48 Le Comte de Monte-Christo View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineLe Comte de Monte-Christo 1845-46PublisherSociete Belge de LibrairieDate Published1845-46 Lot #49 The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineThree Musketeers 1st ed. in English 1846PublisherBruce and WyldDate Published1846 Lot #52 A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture - inscribed by the author and signed by Thomas Edison View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Edison, Thomas A.)AuthorRamsaye, TerryHeadlineHistory of the Motion Picture signed by Thomas EdisonPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1926 Lot #55 Signed typed letter from Ralph Ellison View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEllison, RalphHeadlineSigned typed letter from Ralph EllisonDate Published1961 Lot #57 Manuscript letter from William Everson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineMS letter from William Everson 1949Date Published1949 Lot #58 Amelia View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineHenry Fielding's last novelPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1752 Lot #60 The Golden Ass View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorApuleius, LuciusHeadlineThe Golden Ass finely bound 1/900PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1930 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineBalzac's Ten Droll Tales finely boundPublisherJohn Lane The Bodley Head LimitedDate Published1926 Lot #62 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning With Portraits View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineBrowning's works, finely bound by Zaehnsdorf.PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1897 Lot #66 The Essays of Emerson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Ralph Waldo Emerson finely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 Lot #67 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Fitzgerald, Edward, translator]HeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám finely boundPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[c.1910] Lot #69 The Poetical Works of John Milton. Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and An Essay on Milton's English View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton finely boundPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1874 Lot #73 Ballads and Sonnets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineRossetti's sonnets and ballads finely boundPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1882 Lot #74 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam w/Riviere bindingPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1929 Lot #83 Macbeth: Eaux-fortes de Gromaire View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Gromaire, Marcel)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMarcel Gromaire, 20 etched plates for Macbeth 1/200PublisherTériadeDate Published1958 Lot #84 My Recollections of Lord Byron; and Those of Eye-Witnesses of His Life View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorGuiccioli, CountessHeadlineCountess Guiccioli's Recollections of Lord Byron w/letterPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1869 Lot #86 The Woodlanders View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy's The WoodlandersPublisherMacmillanDate Published1887 Lot #87 The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-lore of a Strange People View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorKalakaua (His Hawaiian Majesty)HeadlineLegends & Myths of Hawaii 1st edPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1888 Lot #89 The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadline4th printing of The House of the Seven GablesPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 Lot #90 True Stories from History and Biography View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlinePreviously owned by C. G. Thompson, Hawthorne's portraitistPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 Lot #94 Songes and Sonettes. Written By the Right Honorable Lord Henry Haward, late Earle of Surrey View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHoward, Henry, Earl of SurreyHeadlineEarl of Surrey's Sonnets, 1717PublisherRe-printed by E. CurllDate Published1717 Lot #95 Les Misérables View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Misérables 1st ed. 1862PublisherLacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce.Date Published1862 Lot #96 Notre-Dame de Paris View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris 1831PublisherLouis HaumanDate Published1831 Lot #98 The Life and Adventures of Lazarillo de Tormes View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHurtado de Mendoza, DiegoHeadlineFictional biography by Diego Hurtado de MendozaPublisherPrinted by J. BellDate Published1789 Lot #103 Manuscript in German on circumcision View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica)AuthorBaum, Moritz, RabbiHeadlineCircumcision manuscript by German Rabbi 1883Date Published1883 Lot #110 "The Head of Christ" - Calligraphic manuscript on vellum with a color miniature of the painting by Leonardo Da Vinci View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Leonardo da Vinci)HeadlineLeonardo's Head of Christ with calligraphic descriptionDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #115 Voices of the Night View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's first published book of poetry bound by Peter LowPublisherJohn OwenDate Published1840 Lot #118 Manuscript letter from Ross Macdonald to Thomas Berger View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMacdonald, RossHeadlineMS letter from Rodd MacdonaldDate Published1975 Lot #119 Three typed signed letters from Norman Mailer to Alice Denham View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMailer, NormanHeadline3 typed signed letters from Norman MailerDate Published1966 Lot #120 Long Walk to Freedom - signed View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorMandela, NelsonHeadlineNelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom SignedPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[1994] 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMayhew, Augustus and HenryHeadlineClassic Victorian satirical novel published in parts, 1st editionPublisherH. HurstDate Published1848 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorMcKean, Thomas, et al.HeadlineVellum land deed signed by Thomas McKean 1794Date Published1794 Lot #139 Battle of Niagara with Other Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNeal, JohnHeadlineEnlarged edition of Neal's second bookPublisherN. G. MaxwellDate Published1819 Lot #140 The Iliad View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Homer's IliadPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #141 Memoirs [of a Mystery Man] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorOppenheim, E. PhilipsHeadlineE. Phillips Oppenheim typed memoirDate Publishedc.1936 Lot #155 The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineFirst Australian Edition of Poe's poetical worksPublisherGeorge RobertsonDate Published1868 Lot #159 The Wood-Rangers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorReid, Captain Thomas Mayne, translatorHeadlineFerry novel translated by fellow American West adventurer, ReidPublisherHurst and BlackettDate Published1960 Lot #163 "The Old Swimmin-Hole," and 'Leven More Poems By Benj. F. Johnson of Boone View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJames Whitcomb Riley's first bookPublisherGeorge C. HittDate Published1883 Lot #172 Typed signed letter from Irwin Shaw to William Saroyan View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorShaw, IrwinHeadlineLetter from Irwin Shaw to William SaroyanDate Published[c.1941] Lot #177 Twenty-five first and early editions of works of George Sterling, 15 of them inscribed and signed by Sterling View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadline25 books by George Sterling, 15 signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #179 Summer Cruising in the South Seas - signed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStoddard, Charles WarrenHeadlineStoddard's Cruising in the South Seas - signed 1881PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1881 Lot #180 Uncle Tom's Cabin View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineThe most influential novel of the 19th centuryPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #181 Typed signed letter from Carl Haverlin to Igor Stravinsky, with Stravinsky's holograph notes and signature View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Stravinsky, Igor)AuthorHaverlin, CarlHeadlineTyped letter with holograph notes and signature of Igor StravinskyDate Published1962 Lot #183 Thunder and Roses - original typescript, signed View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorSturgeon, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Sturgeon original signed typescriptDate Published[c.1946] Lot #184 Bothwell: A Tragedy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineInscribed by SwinburnePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1874 Lot #185 Poems and Ballads View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineInscribed by Swinburne and signed by Barry CornwallPublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published1866 Lot #186 Queen Mary: A Drama View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineInteresting association copy of Tennyson's Queen MaryPublisherHenry S. KingDate Published1875 Lot #187 The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Virginians in Original PartsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857-59 Lot #188 The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineLarge paper copy of Thomson's most famous workPublisherReeves and TurnerDate Published1880 Lot #190 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn in original morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #191 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, 1893 First EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 Lot #192 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Sketches finely bound.PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1875 Lot #195 Final Command - original typescript, inscribed View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorVan Vogt, A.E.HeadlineA.E. Van Vogt original typescript, inscribedDate Published1949 Lot #198 M. Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis poetae, & Albae Episcopi, Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorVida, Marco GirolamoHeadlineVida's poetical works, 1537PublisherPer Balthasarem Lasivm & Thomam PlatterumDate Published1537 Lot #201 Walt Whitman's signature on his 65th birthday View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman's signature on his 65th birthdayDate Published1884 Lot #202 Legends of New-England View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorWhittier, John G.HeadlineJohn Greenleaf Whittier's first bookPublisherHanmer and PhelpsDate Published1831 Lot #203 Signed, handwritten letter by P.G. Wodehouse View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorWodehouse, P.G.HeadlineHandwritten letter by P.G. WodehouseDate Published[n.d.] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next