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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Thirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets series - Finely Bound View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Aldine British Poets)Author**HeadlineThirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets seriPublisherPickeringDate Published1830-39 Lot #16 The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineCollected Works of Ambrose Bierce Finely BoundPublisherThe Neale Publishing CompanyDate Published1909-11 Lot #23 Tarzan of the Apes in "The All-Story" magazine View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineTarzan of the Apes in "The All-Story" magazinePublisherThe All-StoryDate PublishedOctober, 1912 Lot #24 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entituled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineBurton's translation of the Arabian Nights Ltd EdPublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers OnlyDate PublishedNo date [c.1900] Lot #25 Philobiblon, a Treatise on the Love of Books: Written in MCCCXLIV, and translated from the first edition, MCCCCLXXIII. With some collations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBury, Richard deHeadline1st Ed. in English of De Bury's Philobiblon 1832PublisherPrinted for Thomas RoddDate Published1832 Lot #26 Local Color View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineLocal Color signed by Truman Capote 1st in djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1950] Lot #29 [Don Quixote in English, Parts I & II bound together in period calf] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English, Parts I & II, 1620PublisherEdward BlountDate Published1620 Lot #30 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadline1652 English edition of Don QuixotePublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew CrookeDate Published1652 Lot #31 [Don Quixote in Spanish, facsimile of first edition, i.e:], El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in Spanish, facsimile first editionPublisherDon Francisco Lopez FabraDate Published1871-1873 Lot #35 Broadcast Addresses to the People of Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Russia, and the United States, by the Prime Minister of the British Empire, Winston Churchill, MCMXL-MCMXLI View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill Broadcast Addresses GrabhornPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1941 Lot #37 Two Arabic Folk Tales View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Corvinus Press)AuthorLawrence, T.E., translatorHeadlineT.E. Lawrence Arabic Folk Tales Corvinus PressPublisher[Corvinus Press]Date Published[1937] Lot #53 The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward Fitzgerald View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, EdwardHeadlineWorks of Edward FitzgeraldPublisherDoubleday, Page and CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #56 The Works of Anatole France - Autograph Edition View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFrance, AnatoleHeadlineThe Works of Anatole France - Autograph EditionPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1924 Lot #58 North of Boston View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineNorth of Boston 1st edition London 1914 by FrostPublisherDavid NuttDate Published[1914] Lot #64 The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey. De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The first English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHarvey, WilliamHeadlineHarvey on Blood, inscribed by Geoffrey KeynesPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published[1928] Lot #68 The Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. WyethPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1929 Lot #75 Ulysses View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Ulysses First Edition 1 of 750PublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #76 Ulysses View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses 1/1000 John lane the bodley head 1936PublisherJohn Lane The Bodley HeadDate Published1936 Lot #77 [The Poems of John Keats] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineProof copy of Kelmscott KeatsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] Lot #78 Autograph manuscript of a lecture by Kesey with a section devoted to psychedelic drugs View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorKesey, KenHeadlineKen Kesey lecture on psychedelic drugsDate PublishedAugust 1965 Lot #81 Revolt in the Desert View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorLawrence, T.E.HeadlineRevolt in the Desert 1/250 large paper copiesPublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published1927 Lot #88 Der Tod in Venedig View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineDeath in Venice, 1912, 1/100 publisher's copyPublisherHyperionverlag Hans von WeberDate Published1912 Lot #104 Recueil de Poesies Fugitves et Contes Nouveaux View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPiis, Pierre-Antoine-Augustin (17 September 1755, Paris – 22 May 1832, Paris), chevalier de Piis wasHeadlineRecueil de Poesies Fugitves et Contes NouveauxDate Published1781 Lot #115 For the New Intellectual View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorRand, AynHeadlineFor the New Intellectual signed by Ayn Rands 1stPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1961] Lot #120 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies View details Estimate$200,000 - $300,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Works 1632PublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes, for William Aspley... at the signe of the Parrat in Pauls Church-yardDate Published1632 Lot #121 The Works of William Shakespeare - Cambridge Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare - Cambridge EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1891 Lot #123 The Novels, Stories, and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadlineThe Novels of F. Hopkinson Smith Finely BoundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1904-1915 Lot #126 The Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne - Bonchurch Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineComplete Works of Algernon Charles SwinburnePublisherWilliam Heinemann and Gabriel WellsDate Published1925-27 Lot #127 The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate - Edition De Luxe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordHeadlineThe Works of Alfred, Lord TennysonPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1895] Lot #128 Autograph manuscript leaf, in ink with pencil corrections, discussing Transcendentalist philosophy View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau manuscript leaf c.1840Date Publishedc.1840 Lot #130 Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark Twain to his English publisherDate PublishedJune 3, [1878] Lot #131 Roughing It View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Roughing It First Edition, First IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Lot #133 Lettre sur Mallarmé Adressée a Jean Royère View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorValéry, PaulHeadlinePresentation copy inscribed by Paul VeleryPublisherLibrairie GallimardDate Published1928 Lot #134 WITHDRAWN Autograph Manuscript for his novel The Smithsonian Institution View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorVidal, GoreHeadlineGore Vidal Manuscript Smithsonian InstitutionDate Publishedc.1998 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next