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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 #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 #32 Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo and the Future of Combat - inscribed to Secretary of Defense William Perry View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorClark, Wesley KHeadlineInscribed to Secretary of Defense William PerryPublisherPublic Affairs PressDate Published2001 Lot #40 Manumission Expediente for a 24-year-old black woman claiming her freedom View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBlack female slave in Cuba seeks here freedom, 1881Date Published1881 Lot #41 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a 12-year-old female slave, Marcelina, claiming her freedom View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for 12-year-old female Cuban slave 1884Date Published1884 Lot #43 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a Cuban slave who claims he should not even be a slave View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slave claims he should not even be one, 1884Date Published1884 Lot #44 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for two slaves, seeking their freedom View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineTwo Cuban slaves seek their freedom, 1883Date Published1883 Lot #45 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio regarding a free black mother who children returned to her View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban mother wants her children returned, 1884Date Published1884 Lot #46 Manuscript documentation of a slave auction in Cuba, with a list of slaves and their owners View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. record of Cuban slave auction 1865Date Published1865 Lot #47 Manuscript listing of slaves for sale in Cuba View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. listing of slaves for sale in Cuba 1866Date Published1866 Lot #48 Manuscript manumission document setting free a male criollo slave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineNew Orleans widow frees her Cuban slave, 1866Date Published1866 Lot #49 Manuscript regulations for holding a slave auction View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. regulations for Cuban slave auction 1860Date Published1860 Lot #50 Manuscript regulations/license for holding a slave auction, valid for two years View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRegulations for Cuba slave auction 1864Date Published1864 Lot #52 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineSigned by Richard Henry Dana, w/ alsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 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 #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 #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 #100 A Witness Tree View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost 1/735 copiesPublisherHenry Holt & CompanyDate Published1942 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 #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 #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 #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 #134 Notebook kept by an assistant duty officer of an aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy during World War II View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Japan - World War II)HeadlineNotebook of Japanese officer on aircraft carrier during WWIIDate Published1943-1944 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 #143 Around the Cragged Hill View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorKennan, George F.HeadlineGeorge F. Kennan Around the Cragged Hill inscribedPublisherW.W. Norton & CoDate Published1993 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 #150 "We" The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, Together with His Views of the Future of Aviation View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineSigned by Charles Lindbergh 1/1000PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1927 Lot #153 Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorLynch, DavidHeadlineSigned by David LynchPublisherJeremy P. Tarcher/PenguinDate Published2006 Lot #161 Hand-drawn Map by inventor of the Civil War Maynard Carbine View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorMaynard, EdwardHeadlineHand-drawn NY map by gun inventor MaynardDate Publishedca. 1831-1833 Lot #162 The New Pioneers: The First Picture of the American People East - West - North - South Under The New Deal View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, James RemingtonHeadlineJames Remington McCarthy The New Pioneers inscribedPublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published1934 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 #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 #192 Brave Men View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorPyle, ErnieHeadlineErnie Pyle's Brave Men signedPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1944] Lot #195 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham 1/375PublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1928] Lot #206 The Stones of Venice View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineThe Stones of Venice Signed by John RuskinPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1867-74 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 #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 #228 The American Harmony; Or, Royal Melody Complete View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorTans'ur, WilliamHeadlineThe American Harmony: or, Royal Melody CompletePublisherDaniel BayleyDate Published1771 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 #255 Orlando: A Biography View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Orlando Signed Limited EditionPublisherCrosby GaigeDate Published1928 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 #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 #292 Mozart und Haydn in London View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Music)AuthorPohl, C. F.HeadlineMozart and Haydn in LondonDate Published1867 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