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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Wuthering Heights Author[Bronte, Emily]HeadlineFirst American edition of Wuthering HeightsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1848 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #39 "Waiting" - manuscript poem signed by John Burroughs AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlinemanuscript poem by John BurroughsDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #61 Autograph Letter Signed by George W. Childs, relating to Charles Dickens' final appearance in America Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorChilds, George W.HeadlineCharles Dickens' final appearance in AmericaDate PublishedMay 4th, 1868 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #63 The Lost World: Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Professor George E. Challenger... AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineLost World by AC Doyle first trade editionPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #77 The Temptation of Friar Gonsol. A Story of the Devil, Two Saints and a Booke AuthorField, EugeneHeadlineEugene Field The Temptation of Friar GonsolPublisherWoodward & LothropDate Published1900 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #78 Typed Letter, signed from the former mistress of F. Scott Fitzgerald Heading(Fitzgerald, F. Scott)AuthorGraham, SheilahHeadlineLetter from F. Scott Fitzgerald's mistressDate PublishedApril 27, 1942 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #87 White Shroud: Poems, 1980-1985 - Inscribed to Carl Solomon AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlineGinsberg's Poems Inscribed to Carl SolomonPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #94 Skogarnas Son AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZan Grey Skogarnas Son Signed by GreyPublisherVart Hems ForlagDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #105 Autograph Letter, signed on pictorial stationery of Edwards' Zoo, regarding animals for movies, including at a later date Tarzan of the Apes Heading(Hollywood)AuthorEdwards, J.S.HeadlineLetter regarding animals for movies 1904Date PublishedSept. 8, 1904 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #106 Typed Letter, signed, from the blacklisted screenwriter of High Noon Heading(Hollywood)AuthorForeman, CarlHeadlineLetter from blacklisted screenwriter Carl ForemanDate PublishedMarch 8, [1953] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #107 The Professor at the Breakfast-Table - With an Autograph Letter, signed AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWith a letter from Oliver Wendell HolmesPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #108 Simple Stakes a Claim AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineSigned by Langston HughesPublisherRinehart & CompanyDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #112 Autograph Letter Signed by Douglas Jerrold to playwright [Joseph] Lunn, London, asking his attendance at the Garrick Club to form a Dramatic Authors Society AuthorJerrold, DouglasHeadlineForming a Dramatic Authors Society 1833Date PublishedUndated [July 13, 1833] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #113 Chamber Music AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineChamber Music unauthorized American ed 1918PublisherThe Cornhill CompanyDate Published[1918] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #132 Lord John Signatures AuthorKing, Stephen, intro.HeadlineLord John Signatures 1 of 400 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #133 Captains Courageous AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Captains Courageous 1st AmericanPublisherCenturyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #134 Poems: 1886-1929 AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Poems Signed Limited EditionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #146 The Biglow Papers - 1st & 2nd Series Author[Lowell, James Russell]HeadlineJames Russell Lowell Biglow PapersPublisherGeorge Nichols [&] Ticknor & FieldsDate Published1848 & 1867 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #149 Of Human Bondage AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineOf Human Bondage signed by MaughamPublisherDoubleday, Doran & Company Inc.Date Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #153 Autograph Letter Signed, from Robert H. McCurdy to his son, who knew Herman Melville and has been portrayed as his lover Heading(Melville, Herman)AuthorMcCurdy, R[obert] H.HeadlineLetter to purported gay lover of Herman MelvilleDate PublishedDecember 21, 1850 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #155 Plexus AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineHenry Miller's Plexus with A.L.s.PublisherGrove PressDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #159 Eight volumes of fiction and non-fiction relating to money, success and social mobility Heading(Monetary Miscellany)Author**Headline8 volumes relating to moneyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #168 A Child-World AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJ.W. Riley A Child-World Inscribed by the authorPublisherThe Bowen-Merrill CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #169 The Flying Islands of the Night AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Flying Islands of the NightPublisherThe Bowen-Merrill CompanyDate Published1892 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #170 An Old Sweetheart of Mine AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineAn Old Sweetheart of Mine signed by RileyPublisherBobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #171 Rubáiyát of Doc Sifers - A unique copy AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineRubáiyát of Doc Sifers - A unique copyPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #172 The Raggedy Man AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Raggedy Man James Whitcomb RileyPublisherBobbs Merrill CompanyDate Published[1907] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #173 When She Was About Sixteen AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineWhen She Was About SixteenPublisherBobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #174 While the Heart Beats Young AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineWhile the Heart Beats Young Inscribed by RileyPublisherBobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #175 Two works by James Whitcomb Riley AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineTwo works by James Whitcomb RileyPublisherBobbs-Merrill CompanyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #179 Two Original Leaves from the Second Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline2 original leaves from Shakespeare Second FolioPublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes...Date Published1632 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #180 The Works of Shakspere - Imperial Edition Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorKnight, Charles, editorHeadlineThe Works of Shakspere - Imperial EditionPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c. 1875] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #181 The Handy Volume Shakespeare - With the original box AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineHandy Volume Shakespeare - With the original boxPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #182 The National Shakespeare: A Facsimile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623 AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe National Shakespeare 1st Folio FacsimilePublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #183 The Works of Shakspere - Imperial Edition AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of Shakspere - Imperial EditionPublisherVirtue & CompanyDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #184 The Professor on "How to Train Our Wives and Children" AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadline"How to Train Our Wives and Children"Publisher[Authors Club]Date Published[1893] View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #197 Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlinefirst printing of Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852PublisherJohn P. JewettDate Published1852 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #198 The Gentleman from Indiana AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineBooth Tarkington The Gentleman from IndianaPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #199 The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. Author[Thackeray, William Makepeace]HeadlineThe History of Henry Esmond, Esq. 1st EditionPublisherSmith, Elder, & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #201 WITHDRAWNThe Hobbit; or, There and Back Again AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineHobbit signed by J.R.R. TolkienPublisherHoughton MifflinDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #204 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1st Edition 1885PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #205 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer Limited EditionPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #206 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #207 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Life on the Mississippi Limited EditioPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #208 Mark Twain on Simplified Spelling [A speech at the annual dinner of the Associated Press held in New York, September 19, 1906, Revised Expressly for the Simplified Spelling Board] AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain on Simplified SpellingPublisherSimplified Spelling BoardDate PublishedNov. 10, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #209 Mark Twain's Speeches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Speeches w/letter from publisherPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #210 [Works], i.e., The Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Works Definitive Ed. 37 vols signdPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922-24 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #213 The Adventures of a Chinaman in China AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineThe Adventures of a Chinaman in China by VernePublisherLee and Shepard / Charles T. DillinghamDate Published1889 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #221 The First Men in the Moon AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon in rare jacketPublisherBowen-MerrillDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #223 The American Yachtsman's Master-Piece; or, The Slide-in-Keel: [History of Sail-Vessels' Centre-Board] Heading(Whitman, Walt)AuthorCurtz, HenryHeadlineRare booklet on boating by Walt Whitman's printerPublisherPrinted and published by the AuthorDate Published1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #227 Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into English. With Morals and Instructive Application; and a Print before each Fable. To which is prefixed, The Life of Aesop, More enlarged than in any former edition of this size HeadingzzfAuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables 1781 edition in original wrappersPublisherJames Chalmers and Co.Date Published1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #229 Autograph Letter, signed, regarding L'Institut Egyptien Headingzzf(Archaeology)AuthorWhitehouse, Frederick CopeHeadlineALs regarding L'Institut EgyptienDate PublishedJanuary 9, 1887 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #241 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 8 gouache paintings Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 8 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #251 Autograph Letter Signed by Caleb Lyons, who would later be a prominent figure in the California Gold Rush, relating to his lectures on woman's rights Heading(California)AuthorLyons, CalebHeadlineLetter from Cal. pioneer on women's rights 1842Date PublishedDecember 6, 1842 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #261 WITHDRAWN The History of Don Quixote Headingzzf(Doré, Gustave)AuthorCervantes [Saavedra, Miguel de]HeadlineThe History of Don Quixote Dore IllustrationsPublisherCassell, Petter, and GalpinDate Published[c. 1880's] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #262 The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales from the Old French Headingzzf(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorQuiller-Couch, A.T.HeadlineSleeping Beauty Edmund Dulac IllustrationsPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #268 Finden's Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by W. Brockenden... AuthorFinden, William & Edward Francis FindenHeadlineFinden's Illustrations to the Life of Lord ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1833-34 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #269 Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together With Some Few of Later Date Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorPercy, ThomasHeadlinePercy's Reliques of Ancient English PoetryPublisherBickers and SonDate Published1876-77 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #282 Felix Frankfurter: A Tribute Headingzzf(Frankfurter, Felix)AuthorMendelson, Wallace, editorHeadlineFelix Frankfurter: A Tribute signedPublisherReynal & CompanyDate Published1964 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #283 The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Headingzzf(Franklin Library)Author**HeadlineThe 100 Greatest Books of All TimePublisherThe Franklin LibraryDate Published[1970s-80s] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #284 Othello Headingzzf(Gehenna Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Gehenna Shakespeare OthelloPublisher[The Gehenna Press]Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #285 Titus Andronicus Headingzzf(Gehenna Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Gehenna Shakespeare Titus AndronicusPublisher[The Gehenna Press]Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #292 These Pages Recount Little Journeys Made to the Homes of Ruskin and Turner Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineRuskin and Turner illum by Bertha Hubbard 1/26PublisherRoycroft Printing ShopDate Published1896 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #316 Three documents relating to French medicine Heading(Medical - French)Author**Headline3 19th cent documents relating to French medicineDate Publishedc.1828-1895 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #319 Autograph Letter Signed (in French), as Prussian Ambassador to Ottoman Turkey, relating to medical treatment and nursing in the Crimean War, with veiled reference to the accomplishments of Florence Nightingale Heading(Medical - Nursing)AuthorWildenbruch, Ludwig vonHeadlineLetter about hospital care in Crimean War 1855Date PublishedMarch 29, 1855 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #322 Autograph Letter, signed, from the doctor on New York City's first "Quarantine Island" for immigrants Heading(Medical - Quarantine Island, New York)AuthorDeWitt, BenjaminHeadlineAutograph Letter, signed, from Quarantine IslandDate PublishedMay 17, 1817 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #325 Essayes Written in French by Michael Lord of Montaigne ... done into English, according to the last French edition, by John Florio HeadingzzfAuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays 1613 Translated by FlorioPublisherPrinted by Melch. Bradwood for Edward Blount and William BarretDate Published1613 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #328 The Heathen Chinee: Plain Language from Truthful James Headingzzf(Nash, John Henry)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineBret Harte The Heathen Chinee signed by NashPublisherJohn Henry Nash for the Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #402 The Tale of Lohengrin Headingzzf(Pogany, Willy)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineThe Tale of Lohengrin Pogany IllustrationsPublisherT.Y. CrowellDate Published[c.1912] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #407 Aesop's Fables Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables with illustrations by RackhamPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1912 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #408 The Chimes Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens The Chimes Arthur Rackham IllustrationsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #410 Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures HeadingzzfAuthorRackham, ArthurHeadlineArthur Rackham's Book of PicturesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #411 The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineThe Springtide of Life illustrations by RackhamPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1918] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #412 The Rhingold and the Valkyrie Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineThe Rhingold and the Valkyrie Rackham IllustratioPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1910 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #413 Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineSiegfried & The Twilight of the Gods Rackham IlluPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1911 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #415 Some British Ballads Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)Author**HeadlineSome British Ballads Arthur Rackham IllustrationsPublisherConstableDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #429 Rubaíyát of Omar Khayyám, The Astronomer Poet of Persia Headingzzf(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubaíyát of Omar Khayyám Bruce Rogers DesignPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1900 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #431 The Songs of Sappho: Including the Recent Egyptian Discoveries Headingzzf(Sappho)Author**HeadlineSongs of Sappho trans. by Miller & RobinsonPublisherFrank-MauriceDate Published1925 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #432 Autograph Letter, signed, to John L. LeConte on Entomological subjects Heading(Science)AuthorGuex, JohnHeadlineLetter from the 'Father' of Entomology in AmericaDate PublishedDecember 15, 1853 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #434 New Readings of Old Authors HeadingzzfAuthorSeymour, Robert, illustratorHeadlineNew Readings of Old AuthorsPublisherCharles TiltDate Published[c.1830-35] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #440 Typed Letter, signed, on Department of the Army letterhead, expressing concern over the anti-war "discontent" Headingzzf(Vietnam War)AuthorPalmer, General BruceHeadlineLetter from Army General on Vietnam discontentDate PublishedJune 23, 1967 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #444 The Double Helix HeadingzzfAuthorWatson, James D.HeadlineSigned by James Watson and Francis CrickPublisherWeidenfeld and NicolsonDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next