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Previous|1|Next Lot #24 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFrances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1843 Lot #34 Gnaoua Number One View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCohen, Ira, editorHeadlineGnaoua Number One, Tangiers 1964PublisherIra CohenDate Published[1964] Lot #59 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith a signed letter by Dickens, limited ed. 1/15PublisherR.G. Newbegin Co.Date Published1902 Lot #62 The Wanderings of a Spiritualist View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle's The Wanderings of a SpiritualistPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1921] Lot #69 The Writings of George Eliot: Together with the Life by J.W. Cross View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineFinely bound large paper editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #76 Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - finely bound View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBartlett, JohnHeadlineBartlett's Quotations finely boundPublisherLittle Brown & CompanyDate Published1937 Lot #77 The Oriental Series: Japan & China View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineThe Oriental Series: Japan & China 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] Lot #78 The Oriental Series: Japan & China - 4 volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineBrinkley's Japan & China Oriental Series 4 vols. 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] Lot #79 The Red Badge Of Courage View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineThe Red Badge Of Courage Folio Society finely boundPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published[1951] Lot #80 The Story of Rosina: And Other Verses View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineThe Story of Rosina finely boundPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, TrubnerDate Published[1895] Lot #81 The Essays of Emerson View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Emerson finely bound by MorrellPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 Lot #82 The Forsyte Saga View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGalsworthy, JohnHeadlineGalsworthy's Forsyte Saga finely boundPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1956] Lot #83 Le Morte Darthur. The History Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights Of The Round Table View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte Darthur illustrated by W. Russell Flint finely boundPublisherPhilip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici SocietyDate Published1920 Lot #84 The Passing of the Empires 850 B.C. to 330 B.C. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMaspero, G.HeadlineFinely Bound The Passing of the Empires by MasperoPublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published1900 Lot #85 La Confession D'un Enfant du Siècle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineLa Confession D'un Enfant du Siècle finely boundPublisherÉditions NilssonDate Published[c.1930] Lot #86 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat in Grabau morocco bindingPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1925 Lot #87 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. with Notes and Life of the Author with Illustrations on Steel by Eminent Artists - with fore-edge painting View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinePoetical Works of Sir Walter Scott finely bound w/fore-edge painting.PublisherCharles DalyDate Published[c.1840] Lot #88 The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere 8 vols.PublisherCharles KnightDate Published[c.1840's] Lot #89 Life of Napoleon Bonaparte View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSloane, William MilliganHeadlineLife of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 volumesPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1906 Lot #90 The Facetious Nights Of Straparola View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStraparola, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineThe Facetious Nights Of Straparola 1/26PublisherThe Society Of BibliophilesDate Published1898 Lot #91 Thin Paper Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary - finely bound View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineWebster's New Collegiate Dictionary finely boundPublisherG. & C. Merriam Co.Date Published1961 Lot #92 The Aeneid of Vigil View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVirgilHeadlineThe Aeneid of Virgil finely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #93 The Story-Life of Washington: A Life-History of Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhipple, WayneHeadlineThe Story-Life of Washington finely boundPublisherJohn C. Winston CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #99 The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorFrazer, J.G.HeadlineThe Golden Bough finely bound in 12 volumesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1922-27 Lot #101 The Shepherd's Week in Six Pastorals View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's The Shepherd's Week in Six PastoralsPublisherR. BurleighDate Published1714 (but 1716) Lot #105 Planet News 1961-1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlinePlanet News 1/500 copies signedPublisherCity Lights BooksDate Published[1968] Lot #111 A Time to Kill View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorGrisham, JohnHeadlineJohn Grisham A Time to Kill inscribedPublisherWynwood PressDate Published[1989] Lot #115 Rider Haggard's Good Deeds View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Haggard, Rider)AuthorWhatmore, Denys, editorHeadlineRider Haggard's Good Deeds 4 vols.PublisherD.E.W.Date Published1995-1999 Lot #121 Screenplays: Aguirre, The Wrath of God; Every Man for Himself and God Against All; Land of Silence and Darkness View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorHerzog, WernerHeadlineSigned by Werner HerzogPublisherTanam PressDate Published1980 Lot #128 [The Works of Victor Hugo] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWorks of Victor Hugo 1/25PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1900] Lot #132 Point Counter Point View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineHuxley's Masterpiece, Point Counter PointPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1928 Lot #133 Lions and Shadows View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorIsherwood, ChristopherHeadlineIsherwood's evolution from precocious schoolboy to bohemian dropoutPublisherLeonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth PressDate Published1938 Lot #146 The Works of Rudyard Kipling - The Seven Seas Edition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Works 1/1050 signed setsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1914-1926 Lot #148 Fire and Other Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorLawrence, D. H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Fire and Other Poems signed by Robinson Jeffers and the GrabhornsPublisherPrinted at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1930 Lot #152 The Call of the Wild View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, Call of the Wild, 1st Ed. 1st issuePublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #156 The Frog Prince: A Play View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMamet, DavidHeadlineDavid Mamet's The Frog Prince, a play for childrenPublisherVincent FitzGerald & CompanyDate Published1984 Lot #158 Le Livre des Milles Nuits et une Nuit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$160StatusSold AuthorMardrus, J.C.Headline8 finely bound volumes of 1,001 Nights in FrenchDate Published[c.1900] Lot #167 Oeuvres Complètes de Molière View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMolièreHeadlineOeuvres Complètes de Molière, 1878PublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1878 Lot #171 Knock on any Door View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMotley, WillardHeadlineKnock on Any Door Signed by Humphrey BogartPublisherD. Appleton-CenturyDate Published1947 Lot #175 The Plays of Eugene O'Neill View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorO'Neill, EugeneHeadlineEugene O'Neill Plays Wilderness Edition SignedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1934-35] Lot #209 Original ink sketch View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSaroyan, WilliamHeadlineSaroyan bibliography and two original sketchesDate PublishedFebruary 15, 1964 Lot #210 Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr - signed View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSartre, Jean-Paul.HeadlineJean-Paul Sartre Saint Genet signedPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published1963 Lot #221 Geography and Plays View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineSigned by Gertrude Stein w/ prospectus laid inPublisherFour Seas Co.Date Published[1922] Lot #222 Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's Cup of Gold, 1st U.K. Ed. in scarce jacketPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1937] Lot #223 The Castaways of Soledad: A Manuscript By Robert Louis Stevenson, Hitherto Unpublished, with an Introductory Essay By George S. Hellman View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineR.L. Stevenson The Castaways of Soledad 1/75PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1928 Lot #229 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$170StatusSold AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineFinely Bound 5 volume set of The Poetical Works of Alfred TennysonPublisherHenry S. King & Co.Date Published1875 Lot #231 The Hobbit View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineAmerican edition of Tolkien's HobbitPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1938 Lot #232 The Lord of the Rings trilogy View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineTolkien's Lord of the Rings, 2nd impressionsPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published1954-1955 Lot #240 Happy Birthday, Wanda June: A Two-Act Tragedy View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorVonnegut, Kurt, Jr.HeadlineSigned script for Vonnegut playPublisherLester M. Goldsmith Productions, Inc.Date Published7/17/70 [July 17, 1970] Lot #246 Basil Seal Rides Again, Or The Rake's Regress View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorWaugh, EvelynHeadlineEvelyn Waugh Basil Seal Rides Again Signed Limited EdnPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[1963] Lot #247 A True History of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and of the Conspiracy of 1865 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorWeichmann, Louis J.HeadlineAssassination of Abraham Lincoln 1/50 w/manuscript pagePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1975 Lot #248 The Anatomy of Frustration View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The Anatomy of FrustrationPublisherMacmillanDate Published1936 Lot #253 The Writings of Oscar Wilde - the Astral Edition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineAstral Edition of Oscar Wilde finely boundPublisherKeller-Farmer Co.Date Published1907 Lot #255 Orlando: A Biography View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Orlando Signed Limited EditionPublisherCrosby GaigeDate Published1928 Lot #274 Essays View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBirrell, AugustineHeadlineAugustine Birrell bound by BayntonPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1912 Lot #275 Of Aucassin and Nicolette View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHousman, Laurence, translatorHeadlineOf Aucassin and Nicolette bound by RivierePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1930 Lot #281 Medea View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers' adaption of Euripides' MedeaPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1946 Lot #299 Hard Candy: A Book of Stories View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineTennessee Williams' Hard CandyPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published1954 Lot #302 Thirteen works of literature signed by the author View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Literature)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineThirteen books signed by the authorDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next