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Previous|1|Next Lot #8 In the Heat of the Night View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBall, JohnHeadlineIn the Heat of the Night 1st ed.PublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1965] Lot #9 A Book of Fifty Drawings [and] A Second Book of Fifty Drawings - from the library of Martin Secker View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorBeardsley, AubreyHeadlineBeardsley's Books of Fifty Drawings - Martin Secker's copyPublisherLeonard SmithersDate Published1897, 1899 Lot #37 The Da Vinci Code View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorBrown, DanHeadlineDa Vinci Code by Dan Brown 1st in dustjacketPublisherDoubledayDate Published[2003] Lot #45 Little Lord Fauntleroy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBurnett, Frances HodgsonHeadlineLittle Lord Fauntleroy 1886 - 2 copiesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1886 Lot #62 Destination Unknown - signed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorChristie, AgathaHeadlineAgatha Christie's Destination Unknown signedPublisherThe Crime ClubDate Published[1954] Lot #67 Antonina; or The Fall of Rome. A Romance of the Fifth Century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineWilkie Collins' First NovelPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1850 Lot #68 One Day More View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineOne Day More by Joseph Conrad, signedPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920 Lot #70 Olde Tayles Newly Relayted View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCrawhall, JosephHeadlineCrawhall, Olde Tayles Newly Relayted 1883PublisherThe Leadenhall PressDate Published1883 Lot #71 Paul and Virginia - with signed manuscript page View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDe Saint-Pierre, BernardinHeadlineSaint-Pierre's Paul and Virginia w/manuscript page 1888PublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1888 Lot #72 The Solar Pons Omnibus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDerleth, AugustHeadlineThe Solar Pons Omnibus Arkham HousePublisherArkham HouseDate Published1982 Lot #73 Bleak House View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Bleak House First EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 Lot #74 The Extra Christmas Numbers of All The Year Round, conducted by Charles Dickens 1859-1867 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Extra Christmas Numbers of All The Year Round, 1st Ed.Publisher[Office of All The Year Round / Chapman & Hall]Date Published[1859-1867] Lot #79 The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDoyle, A. ConanHeadlineCase Book of Sherlock Holmes 1st USPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1927] Lot #80 Six volumes from The Strand Magazine - some with first appearances of [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Doyle, Arthur Conan)AuthorNewnes, George, editorHeadlineSix from The Strand many featuring Sherlock HolmesPublisher[The Strand Magazine]Date Published1891-1902 Lot #81 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineCase-Book of Sherlock Holmes 1st edPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1927] Lot #82 The Hound of the Baskervilles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineHound of the Baskervilles 1st Canadian EditionPublisherGeorge N. MorangDate Published1902 Lot #83 The Hound of the Baskervilles View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EdnPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 Lot #84 The Return of Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineThe Return of Sherlock Holmes 1st ed.PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1905 Lot #85 A Study in Scarlet View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineConan Doyle A Study in Scarlet 1st American ed.PublisherLippincottDate Published1890 Lot #86 The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Sir Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle, Valley of Fear: Sherlock Holmes 1st Ed.PublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published[1914] Lot #90 Henri III et sa Cour View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineFirst edition in book form of Dumas's first playPublisherVezard et Cie.Date Published1829 Lot #91 The Lady of the Camellias View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineThe Lady of the Camellias, with two states of etchingsPublisherPrinted only for subscribers of George Barrie & SonDate Published[c.1900] Lot #94 Halo in Brass: A Paul Pine Mystery View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorEvans, JohnHeadlineJohn Evans Halo in Brass signedPublisherBobbs MerrillDate Published[1949] Lot #122 Payment Deferred View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlinePayment Deferred, US 1st Ed. in dust jacketPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1942 Lot #124 The Collector View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineJohn Fowles The CollectorPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[1963] Lot #126 The Singing Bone View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorFreeman, R. AustinHeadlineR. Austin Freeman The Singing BonePublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[No date, c.1912] Lot #128 The Tyranny of the Dark View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGarland, HamlinHeadlineFirst Edition signed by Hamlin GarlandPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1905 Lot #134 The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray [&] The Poetical Works of William Collins View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGray, Thomas & Collins, WilliamHeadlinePoetical Works of Gray & Collins 1787PublisherAndrew FoulisDate Published1786-87 Lot #135 Poems by Mr. Gray View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author(Gray, Thomas)HeadlineFirst authorized printed appearance of "Elegy in a Country Churchyard"PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1768 Lot #136 Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineDesigns by Mr. R. Bentley for Poems by Gray 1753PublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1753 Lot #141 Twice-Told Tales View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1st EditionPublisherAmerican Stationers Co.Date Published1837 Lot #145 Washington Irving, Esq.: Ambassador at Large from the New World to the Old View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHellman, George S.HeadlineWashington Irving, Esq. biography galley proofsPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published[1925] Lot #159 Six Silver Handles - inscribed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHomes, GeoffreyHeadlineGeoffrey Homes Six Silver Handles inscribedPublisherWilliam Morrow & CompanyDate Published1944 Lot #162 The Delicate Ape View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHughes, Dorothy B.HeadlineDorothy Hughes The Delicate Ape w/signaturePublisherDuell, Sloan and PearceDate Published1944 Lot #166 The Drama View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorIrving, HenryHeadlineHenry Irving, The Drama, 1 of 300 signedPublisherTait, Sons & CompanyDate Published1893 Lot #167 The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Irving, Washington]HeadlineThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Washington IrvingPublisherJohn MillerDate Published1838 Lot #168 The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Irving, Washington]HeadlineThe Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon inscribed by Ugo FoscoloPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1821 Lot #170 A Mind to Murder View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorJames, P. DHeadlineP.D. James' second book signedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1963] Lot #171 Cover Her Face View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJames, P.D.Headlinesigned by P.D. James 1st Am. Ed. 1st BookPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1962] Lot #177 Moby Dick; Or, The Whale View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineRockwell Kent Moby Dick with dust jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #183 The Millennium Trilogy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLarsson, StiegHeadlineStieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy 1st American EditionsPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2008-2010 Lot #190 Two works, in three volumes, by or about Jack London View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(London, Jack)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBurning Daylight and The Book of Jack LondonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #191 The Call of the Wild View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Call of the Wild, 1st Ed.PublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #192 The Faith of Men View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, The Faith of MenPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #194 The Scarlet Plague View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineScarlet Plague First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1915 Lot #195 White Fang View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's White FangPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 Lot #196 The Song of Hiawatha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThe Song of Hiawatha first American issuePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published[1855] Lot #201 711 - Officer Needs Help View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMasterson, WhitHeadline711 - Officer Needs Help, signedPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1965 Lot #216 Two novels of suspense View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Modern Literature)HeadlineTwo novels of suspense - one signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #233 Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine Vols. XVIII and XIX View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Poe, Edgar Allen)HeadlineScarce Poe magazine appearancesPublisherGeorge R. GrahamDate Published1841 Lot #234 The Ladies' Companion; A Monthly Magazine Embracing Every Department of Literature. Volumes XVII - XVIII. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Poe, Edgar Allen)HeadlineScarce first appearance of Poe short storyPublisherWilliam W. SnowdenDate Published1842-3 Lot #235 The Literary Emporium; A Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Philosophical Knowledge vol. I & II View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Poe, Edgar Allen)HeadlineEarly appearance of Poe's "The Raven"PublisherJ.K. WellmanDate Published1845 Lot #287 Nine first and early editions of works of George Sterling, six of them inscribed and/or signed by Sterling, one with typed poem tipped in, and two in dust jackets View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineNine by George Sterling, most inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #290 Fer-de-Lance: A Nero Wolfe Mystery View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorStout, RexHeadlineFirst Nero Wolfe Mystery w/jacketPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1934 but 1936] Lot #291 Seventeen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineBooth Tarkington Seventeen, 1st Ed. in dust jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1916] Lot #293 The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Virginians in Original PartsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857-59 Lot #297 Barchester Towers View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineTrollope Barchester Towers First EditionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & RobertsDate Published1857 Lot #298 The Gilded Age View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTwain, Mark and Charles Dudley WarnerHeadlineMark Twain The Gilded Age 1874PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1874 Lot #299 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, 1893 First EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 Lot #300 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and other Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe Celebrated Jumping Frog, later editionPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1869 Lot #301 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineConnecticut Yankee 1st statePublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1889 Lot #302 Roughing It View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineRoughing It, Mark Twain 1st AmericanPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Lot #316 The Complete Angler... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineThe Complete AnglerPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1824 Lot #323 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWiggin, Kate DouglasHeadlineRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, second state bindingPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1903 Lot #324 Cabinet card studio photograph of Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Wilde, Oscar)HeadlineCabinet photograph of Oscar WildePublisherAlfred Ellis & WaleryDate Published1890s Lot #342 The Chase of the Golden Plate View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorFutrelle, JaquesHeadlineJacques Futrelle's The Chase of the Golden Plate 1st EdPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #344 Border Lines of Knowledge in Some Provinces of Medical Science. An Introductory Lecture View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.HeadlineHarvard Medical lecture by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1862 Lot #345 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.HeadlineFirst Edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' first novelPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1861 Lot #348 Before Adam View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Before Adam 1st EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1907 Lot #349 The Call of the Wild - with variant binding View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Call of the Wild 1903 - with variant bindingPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #350 The Game View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Game First EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1905 Lot #351 Voices of the Night View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's first published book of poetryPublisherJohn OwenDate Published1840 Lot #353 The Boat Club; Or, The Bunkers of Rippleton View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorOptic, Oliver [pseud. William Taylor Adams]HeadlineOliver Optic The Boat Club 1855 scarcePublisherBrown, Bazin, and CompanyDate Published1855 Lot #355 Queen Mab View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlinePirated edition of Shelley's Queen MabPublisherJohn BrooksDate Published1829 Lot #356 Merry Tales View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Merry Tales 1stPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 Lot #357 Seven literary volumes View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Literature)HeadlineSeven literary volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #358 Twelve miscellaneous volumes View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Miscellaneous)HeadlineTwelve miscellaneous volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #361 Fifteen volumes of poetry View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFifteen volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #362 Nineteen miscellaneous volumes, mostly poetry View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Poetry)Headline19 miscellaneous volumes, mostly poetryDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next