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AudenDate PublishedJan. 19th, 1971 Lot #12 "A Ditty" - Autograph poem, signed View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBayly, Thomas HaynesHeadline"A Ditty" - Autograph poem, signed Thos BaylyDate PublishedJune 22nd, 1835 Lot #21 "Sonnet - a thought" [i.e. "An Apprehension"] - original manuscript, with fragment on verso View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineMs. Sonnet by E.B. BrowningDate Publishedc.1840 Lot #22 Tarzan of the Apes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineTarzan of the Apes First EditionPublisherA.C. McClurg & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #26 The Beasts of Tarzan View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The Beast of TarzanPublisherMcClurgDate Published1916 Lot #27 The Son of Tarzan View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The Son of TarzanPublisherMcClurgDate Published1917 Lot #29 Jungle Tales of Tarzan View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Jungle Tales of TarzanPublisherMcClurgDate Published1919 Lot #30 Tarzan the Untamed View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan the UntamedPublisherA.C. McClurg & Co.Date Published1920 Lot #31 Tarzan the Terrible View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan the TerriblePublisherMcClurgDate Published1921 Lot #32 Tarzan and the Golden Lion View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and the Golden LionPublisherMcClurgDate Published1923 Lot #33 Tarzan and the Ant Men View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and the Ant MenPublisherMcClurgDate Published1924 Lot #34 Tarzan Lord of the Jungle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan Lord of the JunglePublisherMcClurgDate Published1928 Lot #43 Tarzan and the Forbidden City View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineTarzan and the Forbidden City Inscribed by ERBPublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.Date Published[1938] Lot #48 The Gods of Mars View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The Gods of MarsPublisherMcClurgDate Published1918 Lot #49 The Warlord of Mars View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The Warlord of MarsPublisherMcClurgDate Published1919 Lot #68 The Mucker View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The MuckerPublisherMcClurgDate Published1921 Lot #98 Bleak House View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens' Bleak House First Edition 1853PublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 Lot #99 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son 1st Edn Finely BoundPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 Lot #100 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Martin ChuzzlewitPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #101 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 Lot #102 Our Mutual Friend - Finely bound from the original parts View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Our Mutual Friend Finely bound from partsPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1864]-1865 Lot #103 The Personal History of David Copperfield - finely bound and with a letter from the author View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens David Copperfield with original letterPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 Lot #104 The Personal History of David Copperfield View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens David Copperfield 1st EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 Lot #105 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineSignificant copy of Dickens' Pickwick PapersPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 Lot #106 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - Extra-illustrated View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 1887PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1887 Lot #107 Three volumes on Charles Dickens and his works View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Dickens, Charles)Author**HeadlineThree volumes on Charles Dickens and his worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #133 Archive of correspondence from various California writers to Edward DuBois Flint, regarding his book, The Garden Patch, 1913 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorFlint, Edward DuBoisHeadlineArchive of correspondence to Edward D. FlintDate Published1913-1921 Lot #140 Collected Poems, 1947-1980 - Inscribed to Carl Solomon View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlineGinsberg's Poems Inscribed to Carl SolomonPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1984] Lot #146 Conquistador: American Fantasia View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorGuedalla, PhilipHeadlineConquistador: American Fantasia signed w/djPublisherErnest BennDate Published[1927] Lot #151 The House of the Seven Gables View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's House of Seven Gables 1st EditionPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 Lot #160 The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Holmes, Oliver Wendell]HeadlineThe Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table 1st EditionPublisherPhillips, Sampson and CompanyDate Published1858 Lot #161 The Rise of Silas Lapham View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorHowells, William D.HeadlineRise of Silas Lapham by Wm HowellsPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #162 Actes et Paroles: Avant L'Exil, 1841-1851 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineActes et Paroles Avant L'Exil sgnd by Victor HugoPublisherMichel LevyDate Published1875 Lot #175 Cockpit View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorKosinski, JerzyHeadlineCockpit by Jerzy Kosinski signedPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1975 Lot #176 Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineLamb Tales from Shakespear 1816PublisherM.J. GodwinDate Published1816 Lot #184 Revolution and Other Essays View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineRevolution& other essays, Jack London 1st maroonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1910 Lot #186 Jack London and His Daughters - copy of original typescript View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JoanHeadlineJack London and His Daughters -copy of typescriptDate Publishedc. 1990 Lot #187 The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineBelfry of Bruges by Longfellow 1846 custom casePublisherJohn OwenDate Published1846 Lot #188 Three titles by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThree titles by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #190 Joseph in Egypt View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineThomas Mann Joseph in Egypt signedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1938 Lot #195 The Face in the Abyss View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMerritt, A[braham]HeadlineA. Merritt The Face in the Abyss with dust jacketPublisherHorace Liveright, Inc.Date Published1931 Lot #207 Four titles by A.A. Milne View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorMilne, A[lan] A[lexander]HeadlineFour titles by A.A. MilneDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #219 Nothing to Wear and two sequels View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading("Nothing" series)AuthorButler, William Allen, et al.HeadlineNothing to Wear and two sequelsDate Published1857 Lot #230 Four works by Marcel Proust View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineFour works by Marcel ProustDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #231 The Mysteries of Udolpho. A Romance. Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRadcliffe, AnnHeadlineAnn Radcliffe The Mysteries of UdolphoPublisherJ. and B. WilliamsDate Published1834 Lot #232 The Fountainhead View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorRand, AynHeadlineFountainhead signed by Ayn RandPublisherBobbs-Merrill Co.Date Published[Sept. 1944] Lot #247 Shakespeare's Works in miniature View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works in miniature KnickerbockerPublisherKnickerboker Leather & Novelty Co.Date Publishedc.1900 Lot #251 Cannery Row View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineCannery Row signed by John SteinbeckPublisherVikingDate Published1945 Lot #266 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1stPublisherLongmans, Green & Co.Date Published1886 Lot #272 The Two Vanrevels View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineTwo Vanrevels 1st trade ed Booth Tarkington 1902PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1902 Lot #273 The History of Pendennis View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]HeadlineThackeray's History of Pendennis in Orig. PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate PublishedNovember, 1848-December, 1850 Lot #274 The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Author[Thackeray, William Makepeace] Pendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.HeadlineWilliam Makepeace Thackeray The NewcomesPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1854-55 Lot #275 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray Vanity Fair First Edition in Book FormPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 Lot #276 The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Virginians in Original PartsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857-59 Lot #277 The American Claimant View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American Claimant 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 Lot #278 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFollowing the Equator with Mark TwainPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #279 The Gilded Age. A Tale of Today View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorTwain, Mark and Charles Dudley WarnerHeadlineMark Twain The Gilded Age 1874 PrintingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1874 Lot #280 The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims' Progress View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Innocents Abroad Sheep BindingPublisherH.H. Bancroft & American Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 Lot #281 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography 1871PublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] Lot #282 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) AutobiographyPublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] Lot #283 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New StoriesPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 Lot #284 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Punch, Brothers, Punch! 1st EdnPublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] Lot #285 Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn. Edited by Mark Twain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTom Sawer Abroad 1st Edition 1894PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #286 Three titles by Mark Twain View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree titles by Mark TwainPublisherHarper & BrothersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #288 Player Piano View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorVonnegut, Kurt, Jr.HeadlineKurt Vonnegut Player Piano 1st Edn. SignedPublisherScribner'sDate Published1952 Lot #292 La Guerre des Mondes View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFrench ed. of Wells' War of the Worlds 1/500PublisherL. Vandamme & Co.Date Published1906 Lot #295 Ten titles by Hungarian poet Sándor Weöres, each inscribed and signed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWeöres, SándorHeadlineTen titles by Hungarian poet Sándor WeöresDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #297 Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineJohn Greenleaf Whittier Snow-Bound 1st EdnPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1866 Lot #298 The Nightingale and the Rose View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde The Nightingale and the RosePublisherR.F. FennoDate Published[c.1900] Lot #312 Letters from a father to his son, on various topics, relative to literature and the conduct of life. Written in the years 1792 and 1793 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorAikin, J[ohn]Headline1st Am. Ed. of Aikins letters to his son 1794PublisherPrinted by Samuel Harrison SmithDate Published1794 Lot #313 Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent. Selections from his letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Allen Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain: San Francisco CorrespondentPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 Lot #319 The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineArion Press Rainer Maria Rilke 1 of 315 copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1983 Lot #324 The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasHeadlineLe Morte d'Arthur Beardsley IllustrationsPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1927 Lot #328 A Romany Legend - signed by members of the Bohemian Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Bohemian Club)AuthorAllen, HarrisHeadlineRomany Legend signed by Bohemian club membersPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1953 Lot #329 Lif Kronan: A Grove Play View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Bohemian Club)AuthorHook, Kenneth G.HeadlineLif Kronan: A Grove Play signedPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1937 Lot #344 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineRobinson Crusoe E. McKnight Kauffer IllustrationsPublisherFrederick Etchells & Hugh MacdonaldDate Published1929 Lot #347 Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Doves Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Milton One of 300 copiesPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 & 1905 Lot #349 Seventy-seven volumes published by the Easton Press View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Easton Press)Author**Headline77 volumes published by the Easton PressPublisherEaston PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #356 Little Masterpieces of English Poetry by British and American Authors View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorVan Dyke, Henry, editor (his copy)HeadlineLittle Masterpieces of English Poetry Fine bindinPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #396 Essayes Written in French by Michael Lord of Montaigne ... done into English, according to the last French edition, by John Florio View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays 1613 Translated by FlorioPublisherPrinted by Melch. Bradwood for Edward Blount and William BarretDate Published1613 Lot #407 The Vicar of Wakefield - illustrated with Woodburytype photographs View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineVicar of Wakefiled Woodburytype photosPublisherBickers & SonDate Published1880 Lot #408 André Kertész: Sixty Years of Photography, 1912-1972 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Photography - Kertész, André)Author**HeadlineKertész: Sixty Years of Photography signedPublisherThames and HudsonDate Published1972 Lot #419 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Astronomer Poet of Persia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Headingzzf(Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam pub by Arthur FifieldPublisherArthur Fifield / The Simple Life PressDate Published1904 Lot #423 Living by Zen View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorSuzuki, Daisetz TeitaroHeadlineSuzuki's Living by Zen inscribed copyPublisherSanseidoDate Published[1949] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next