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