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Previous|1|Next Lot #14 The Book of Jade View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Author[Barnitz, David]HeadlineRare decadent and nihilistic verse!PublisherDoxey's at the Sign of the LarkDate Published[1901] Lot #19 Elegia Inglese di Tommaso Gray sopra Un Cimitero Campestre View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bodoni, Giambattista)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineBodoni's edition of Gray's ElegyPublisherCo'Tipi BodonianiDate Published1793 Lot #21 The Warlock of Love View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBolan, MarcHeadlineSigned by glam rock legend Marc BolanPublisherLupus MusicDate Published1969 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 #29 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer, 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 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 #64 Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineJohn Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern, 1700PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1700 Lot #66 The Lyric Year: One Hundred Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEarle, Ferdinand ed.HeadlineThe Lyric Year, 1912PublisherMitchell KennerlyDate Published1912 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 #96 Twenty Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Forman Forgery)AuthorMeredith, GeorgeHeadlineTwenty poems by George Meredith, 1/25Publisher[Forman, Maurice Buxton]Date Published1909 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 #100 A Witness Tree View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost 1/735 copiesPublisherHenry Holt & CompanyDate Published1942 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 #110 Oeuvres Choisies de Grecourt View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGrecourt, Jean Baptiste-Joseph Willart deHeadlinePoetry of Jean Baptiste Grecourt 1777Date Published1777 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 #129 The Complete Poetical Works of T. E. Hulme with a Prefatory Note by Ezra Pound View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHulme, T.E.HeadlineThe Complete Poetical Works of T. E. Hulme 1/28PublisherBits PressDate Published[1983] Lot #137 Californians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineJeffers' first book published commerciallyPublisherMacmillanDate Published1916 Lot #138 Descent to the Dead: Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers' dark poems written in the United KingdomPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 Lot #141 Poets' Follies of '55 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Kees, Weldon)HeadlineFlier for Weldon Kees' Poets' Follies of '55PublisherTheatre Arts ColonyDate Published1955 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 #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 #181 The Triumphs of Petrarch View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPetrarch, FranciscoHeadlineWindsor Press edition of The Triumphs of PetrarchPublisherWindsor PressDate Published1928 Lot #188 Lyonnesse View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPlath, SylviaHeadlineSylvia Plath's Lyonnesse 1/300PublisherRainbow PressDate Published1971 Lot #190 The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineThe Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 1717PublisherPrinted by W. Bowyer, for Bernard LintotDate Published1717 Lot #215 Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineOde to a great actor by a great friendPublisherT. Evans, J. Wilkie, E. and C. Dilly, A. Portal, and J. AlmonDate Published1779 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 #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 #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 #258 Miscellany Poems: As Satyrs, Epistles, Love-Verses, Songs, Sonnets, &c View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWycherley, WilliamHeadline18th c. Miscellany Poems by William WycherleyPublisherPrinted for C. Brome, J. Taylor and B. TookeDate Published1704 Lot #265 The Farewell. A Poem View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, CharlesHeadlineCharles Churchill's Farewell to England's corruptionPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1764 Lot #272 Medieval Scenes View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlinePoetry about medieval timesPublisherCentaur PressDate Published1950 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 #284 Lyrics of Light and Life View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorLee, Frederick George, editorHeadlineWith a 1st appearance of Christina RossettiPublisherBasil Montagu PickeringDate Published1875 Lot #287 The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineCourtship of Miles StandishPublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1858 Lot #296 A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Manuscript and from Living Authors View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Poetry - Romanticism)AuthorBaillie, Joanna, editorHeadlineTwo first appearances of WordsworthPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next