Sale 712: Fine Literature - Science Fiction

Author
Krylov, Ivan Andreyevich; Sumarokov, Alexander; Kheraskov, Mikhail, et al.
Headline
Russian fables and folktales in verse 1842 scarce
Publisher
Librairie D'Amyot
Date Published
1842

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138

The Poetical Works & Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Illustrated

Author
Longfellow, Henry W.
Headline
Works of Henry Longfellow, illustrated
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Date Published
1881-[1883]

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143

The Venture: An Annual of Art and Literature

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(Maugham, W. Somerset)
Author
Housman, Laurence & W. Somerset Maugham, editors
Headline
Maugham & Housman The Venture 1903
Publisher
John Baillies
Date Published
1903

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149

Moby-Dick; or, the Whale

Author
Melville, Herman
Headline
First U.S. edition of Moby Dick
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1851

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160

English Notes: A Rare and Unknown Work Being a Reply to Charles Dickens's "American Notes"

Author
[Poe, Edgar Allan, attributed]
Headline
English Notes - Attributed to Edgar Allan Poe finely bound
Publisher
Lewis M. Thompson
Date Published
1920

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161

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Author
Pope, Alexander
Headline
Pope's Poetical Works, in English 4 vols finely bound
Publisher
Robert and Andrew Foulis
Date Published
1763

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170

Wild Animals I Have Known

Author
Seton, Ernest Thompson,
Headline
Signed with sketch by E.S. Thompson
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1900

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183

The Grapes of Wrath

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath Ltd Editions Club
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1940

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187

The Suicide Club

Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Headline
The Suicide Club, finely bound
Publisher
Pierre Beres
Date Published
[1941]

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198

The Philosophical Dictionary of M. de Voltaire with The Original Life of the Author

Author
Voltaire, [François Marie Arouté de]
Headline
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, 1819
Publisher
Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
Date Published
1819

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202

Basil Seal Rides Again, Or The Rake's Regress

Author
Waugh, Evelyn
Headline
Evelyn Waugh Basil Seal Rides Again Signed Limited Edn
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
[1963]

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205

Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play about a Good Woman

Author
Wilde, Oscar
Headline
Oscar Wilde's first light comedy, 1893
Publisher
Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head
Date Published
1893

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212

A Journey in Other Worlds

Author
Astor, John Jacob
Headline
Astor's vision of the year 2000, from 1894
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Date Published
1894

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284

Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth

Author
Verne, Jules
Headline
Verne's Land of the Behemoth 1874
Publisher
Henry L. Shepard & Co.
Date Published
1874

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285

Cæsar Cascabel

Author
Verne, Jules
Headline
Verne's Caesar Cascabel 1890 1st Am. edition
Publisher
Cassell Publishing Company
Date Published
[1890]

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286

Dick Sand; or, A Captain at Fifteen

Author
Verne, Jules
Headline
Pirated true first of Verne's Dick Sand, 1878
Publisher
George Munro
Date Published
1878

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287

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Author
Verne, Jules
Headline
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 1874
Publisher
Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
Date Published
[1874]

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288

The Mysterious Island: Wrecked in the Air

Author
Verne, Jules
Headline
U.S. of 1st part of Verne's Mysterious Island
Publisher
Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
Date Published
1875

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289

Ticket No. "9672."

Author
Verne, Jules
Headline
Jules Verne's Ticket No. 9672
Publisher
M.A. Donohue & Co.
Date Published
N.d. [c.1900]

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295

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

Author
Wells, H.G.
Headline
H.G. Wells strange vision of class struggle
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1904

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297

Tales of Space and Time

Author
Wells, H.G.
Headline
Early sci-fi stories from H.G. Wells
Publisher
Doubleday & McClure Co.
Date Published
1899

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298

When the Sleeper Wakes

Author
Wells, H.G.
Headline
H.G. Wells' dystopian vision of the future
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1899

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299

The Works of H.G. Wells - Atlantic Edition

Author
Wells, H.G.
Headline
Works of H.G. Wells Atlantic Edition Finely bound
Publisher
Scribners
Date Published
1924-27

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304

Ye Primer: A rhyme book on ye letters of ye alphabet, containing also certain short truths

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(Alphabet Book)
Headline
Rare alphabet advertiser for tires
Publisher
B.F. Goodrich Co
Date Published
1902

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305

The Great Sea Horse

Author
Anderson, Isabel
Headline
Anderson, The Great Sea Horse, 1909
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
1909

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306

Cinderella and the Two Gifts: Thirty-Three Drawings by Edouard De Beaumont

Author
Beaumont, Edouard De
Headline
Cinderella, 33 Drawings by Beaumont
Publisher
Boussod, Valadon & Co.
Date Published
1887

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309

Out and About: A Boy's Adventures Written for Adventurous Boys

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(Cruikshank, George)
Author
Friswell, Hain
Headline
Out and About, finely bound
Publisher
Groombridge and Sons
Date Published
1860

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310

George Cruikshank's Omnibus

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(Cruikshank, George)
Author
Blanchard, Laman, ed.
Headline
George Cruikshank's Omnibus
Publisher
Tilt and Bogue
Date Published
1842

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311

Illustrated poetry sammelband

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(Cruikshank, George)
Headline
Collection of poems with illustrations by Cruikshank
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
1829-1830

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312

Peter Schlemihl

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(Cruikshank, George)
Author
La Motte Fouque, Friedrich H. C. de, translator
Headline
Peter Sclemihl illustrated by George Cruikshank
Publisher
G. and W.B. Whittaker
Date Published
1824

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313

Sammelband of comic literature comprising: Old Booty! A Serio-Comic Sailor's Tale; The Devil's Visit: A Poem; The Devil's Progress: A Poem; The Show Folks

Heading
(Cruikshank, Robert)
Author
Moncrieff, W.T; Robert Cruikshank, et al.
Headline
Sammelband of illustrated comic literature
Publisher
William Kidd;
Date Published
1830-1831

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314

Metamorphosis

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(Cuevas, Jose Luis, illustrator)
Author
Kafka, Franz
Headline
Franz Kafka Metamorphosis Limited Editions Club
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
[1984]

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316

La Princesse Badourah. Conte des mille et une nuits

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(Dulac, Edmond, illustrator)
Headline
La Princesse Badourah signed by Dulac 1/500
Publisher
L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza
Date Published
[1914]]

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317

My Days With the Fairies

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(Dulac, Edmund)
Author
Stawell, Mrs. Rodolph
Headline
My Days With the Fairies, finely bound
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published
[c. 1917]

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318

Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights

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(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)
Author
Housman, Laurence
Headline
Princess Badoura illustrated by Edmund Dulac
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published
[1913]

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319

Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book

Author
Dulac, Edmund
Headline
Dulac's Fairy-Book finely bound
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published
[1916]

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320

The World of Edward Gorey

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(Gorey, Edward)
Author
Ross, Clifford and Karen Wilkin
Headline
Signed by Gorey on bookplate he designed
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Date Published
[1996]

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321

The World of Edward Gorey

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(Gorey, Edward)
Author
Ross, Clifford and Karen Wilkin
Headline
The World of Edward Gorey signed 1/300
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Date Published
[1996]

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322

Three titles signed by Edward Gorey

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(Gorey, Edward, artist)
Headline
Three titles signed by Edward Gorey
Date Published
Various dates.

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323

Dracula: The Definitive Edition

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(Gorey, Edward, illustrator)
Author
Stoker, Bram
Headline
Signed by Edward Gorey, 1/750
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Date Published
[1996]

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324

Edward Gorey's Dracula Poster Puzzle [with] Edward Gorey's Dracula: A Toy Theatre

Author
Gorey, Edward
Headline
Two Edward Gorey Dracula items
Publisher
International Polygonics; Pomegranate
Date Published
1978; 2007

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325

The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas

Author
Gorey, Edward
Headline
Haunted Tea-Cosy 1/500 copies signed by Gorey
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Date Published
[1997]

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326

Raggedy Andy Stories

Author
Gruelle, Johnny
Headline
Introducing Raggedy Andy
Publisher
P. F .Volland
Date Published
1920

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328

Smoky: The Cow Horse

Author
James, Will
Headline
Signed by Will James
Publisher
[Charles Scribner's Sons]
Date Published
[1929]

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329

The Red Book: Liber Novus

Author
Jung, C.G.
Headline
The Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. Jung
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Date Published
[2009]

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333

Asmodeus, the Devil on Two Sticks

Author
Le Sage, Alain Rene
Headline
Le Sage, Asmodeus, illustrated
Publisher
Willoughby and Co.
Date Published
1842

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335

Batouala

Author
Maran, Rene
Headline
Batouala illustrated by Covarrubias
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1932

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336

Winning your way in the Army!

Author
[Milne, A.A.]
Headline
WWII ad by A.A. Milne illus. by George Morrow
Publisher
[Moss Bros & Co. Ltd.]
Date Published
[ca 1943]

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337

The Red Badge of Courage [with] The Scarlet Letter

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(Moser, Barry)
Author
Crane, Stephen; Nathaniel Hawthorne
Headline
Two from Barry Moser's Pennyroyal Press
Publisher
Pennyroyal Editions
Date Published
1984

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339

The Songs of Bilitis

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(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)
Author
Louys, Pierre
Headline
Willy Pogany illustrates the Songs of Bilitis
Publisher
Macy-Masius
Date Published
[1926]

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340

Puck of Pook's Hill

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(Rackham, Arthur)
Author
Kipling, Rudyard
Headline
Puck of Pook's Hill with Rackham Illustrations
Publisher
Doubleday, Page
Date Published
1906

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341

Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm

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(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)
Author
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm
Headline
Arthur Rackham's Grimm vision
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Co.
Date Published
[1917]

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342

The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie

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(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)
Author
Wagner, Richard
Headline
First American edition with Rackham illustrations
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company
Date Published
1910

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343

The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick, Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel

Heading
(Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator)
Author
Rabelais, François
Headline
Works of Rabelais, illus by W Heath Robinson
Publisher
Grant Richards
Date Published
1904

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344

A Bibliography of the Published Works of Charles M. Russell

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(Russell, Charles M.)
Author
Yost, Karl and Frederic G. Renner
Headline
Bibliography of cowboy artist, signed
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Date Published
[1971]

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345

Chelovek i Priroda / Popuyarni Estestvenno Nauchni Zhurnal[Man and Nature / Popular Natural Science Journal]

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(Russian childrens artist,1925+ Armenia)
Author
[Mitrokhin, Dmitri]
Headline
Russian artist Mitrokhin in 1925 Natural Science magazine
Date Published
October 1925

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346

The works of Shakspeare

Author
Shakespeare, William
Headline
The works of Shakespeare w/steel engraved plates
Publisher
Virtue & Yorson
Date Published
[c.1870]

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347

The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

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(Stratton, Helen, illustrator)
Author
Andersen, Hans
Headline
The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, finely bound
Publisher
George Newnes
Date Published
1899

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349

Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast

Author
Thayer, Emma Homan
Headline
Thayer's Wildflowers of the Pacific Coast
Publisher
Cassell & Company
Date Published
[1887]

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350

A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath

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(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)
Author
Allen, James Lane
Headline
A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath Limited Ed finely bound
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Date Published
1901

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351

My Life and Hard Times

Author
Thurber, James
Headline
MGM Studios' copy of Thurber's Life and Hard Times
Publisher
Harper & Bros.
Date Published
[1933]

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352

Contempo [with] Humanities

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(Vassos, John)
Headline
Two works illustrated by John Vassos, one signed
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Date Published
1929; 1935

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353

Four illustrated works by John Vassos

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(Vassos, John)
Author
Various authors
Headline
Four works illustrated by John Vassos
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Date Published
1927-33

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354

Phobia

Author
Vassos, John
Headline
Presentation copy signed by John Vassos
Publisher
Covici-Friede
Date Published
1931

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355

God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts - 2 copies

Author
Ward, Lynd
Headline
God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts - 2 copies
Publisher
Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith
Date Published
[1929]

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356

Paris Dansant

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(Willette, Adolphe, illustrator)
Author
Montorgeuil, Georges
Headline
Paris Dansant w/A. Willette illustrations 1898
Publisher
T. Belin
Date Published
1898

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