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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Mansfield Park AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineHugh Thomson's Mansfield ParkPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #6 Pride and Prejudice AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineHugh Thomson's Peacock EditionPublisherMacmillan & Co.; George AllenDate Published1894 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #7 Nine literary autographs Heading(Autographs)Headline9 literary autographs - Huxley, Hardy, etc.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #16 The Lark. Book I & Book II, Numbers 1-24, plus the Epi-Lark Author[Burgess, Gelett, et al.]HeadlineThe Lark complete, fin-de-siècle magazinePublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1896-97 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #26 The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineThe Secret Agent, signed by Joseph ConradPublisherT. Werner Laurie Ltd.Date Published1923 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #29 American Notes for General Circulation AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst issue of the first editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #30 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities 1st issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #36 The Count of Monte-Cristo [with] Edmond Dantes... A Sequel to the Count of Monte Cristo AuthorDumas, Alexander and Edmund FlaggHeadlineCount of Monte-Cristo w/ spurious sequelPublisherT.B. Peterson and BrothersDate Published1869-1878 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #37 The Strength of Gideon [with] The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar AuthorDunbar, Paul LaurenceHeadlineTwo works by Paul Laurence DunbarPublisherDodd, Mead & Co.; J.L. Nichols & Co.Date Published[1900]; [1907] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #39 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Silas Marner, bound by MorrellPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published[1861] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #41 Four early eighteenth-century English comedies Heading(England - Comedies)Headline4 early 18th c. English comediesDate Published1703-1713 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #53 Josephine: Napoleon's Empress AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester biography of Empress JosephinePublisherMethuen & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1925] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #62 The Distress'd Wife. A Comedy AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineThomas Gay, Distress'd Wife 1st editionPublisherPrinted for Thomas AstleyDate Published1743 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #65 Instant Lives Heading(Gorey, Edward, illustrator)AuthorMoss, HowardHeadlineInstant Lives signed by Gorey plus ephemeraPublisherSaturday Review Press / E.P. DuttonDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #66 The Tempest Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineIllustrated by Mary GrabhornPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #70 The Blithedale Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineNathaniel Hawthorne, Blithedale RomancePublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #71 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne Marble Faun 1st Ed.PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #84 The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.HeadlineWritings of Oliver W. Holmes Large Paper Ed.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Dr. Elmer BeltPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1891 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #91 Moby Dick Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick illus by Rockwell Kent 1930PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #92 Salamina AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineFirst Edition, signed by Rockwell KentPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1935 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #96 Elmer Gantry AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry 1st Ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #97 It Can't Happen Here AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSinclair Lewis on fascism in the USAPublisherDoubleday, Doran & CompanyDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #99 John Barleycorn AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn in scarce jacketPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #101 The Anatomy of Tobacco; or Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered After a New Fashion by Leolinus Siluriensis AuthorMachen, ArthurHeadlineAnatomy of Tobacco - Vince Starrett's copyPublisherGeorge RedwayDate Published1884 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #124 Jean Santeil AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineProust's unfinished novel, 1st ed.PublisherGallimardDate Published1952 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #126 The One Hoss Shay Heading(Pyle, Howard, illustrator)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineOne Hoss Shay, ill. Pyle 1892PublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #128 Die Sonette an Orpheus AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineRilke's Orpheus Sonnets 1st w/jacketPublisherIm Insel VerlagDate Published1923 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #130 Three titles by Edwin Arlington Robinson AuthorRobinson, Edwin ArlingtonHeadline3 by Edwin Arlington RobinsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #132 Four works by Ernest Thompson Seton or Ernest Seton-Thompson (he had a hard time with names) AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineFour works by Ernest Thompson SetonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #133 Three works by Ernest Thompson Seton or Grace Gallatin Seton AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineThree by Ernest Thompson Seton and his wifeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #134 Three works by or illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineThree works by Ernest Seton ThompsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #135 Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant AuthorShaw, BernardHeadlinePlays Pleasant and UnpleasantPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #136 The Jungle AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineUpton Sinclair's The JunglePublisherThe Jungle Publishing Co.Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #151 A Child's Garden of Verses AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson, Garden of Children's VersesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #152 Nibbles and Me AuthorTaylor, ElizabethHeadlineSigned by Elizabeth TaylorPublisherDuell, Sloan and PearceDate Published[1946] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #154 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Vanity Fair finely boundPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #155 18 Poems AuthorThomas, DylanHeadlineDylan Thomas 1st book inscribed by E.J. PrattPublisherSunday Referee and the Parton PressDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #156 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Week on the Concord, revised ed.PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #157 The Eustace Diamonds AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineEustace Diamonds, nicely bound by BayntunPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #158 The Last Chronicle of Barset AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineIn original partsPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published[1866]-1867 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #160 The Gilded Age. A Tale of Today AuthorTwain, Mark and Charles Dudley WarnerHeadlineThe novel which gave its era a namePublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #161 The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day AuthorTwain, Mark and Charles Dudley WarnerHeadlineTwain Gilded Age 1873 first editionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1873 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #162 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn, 1st U.S. ed. early statePublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #163 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineIn publisher's original sheepskin bindingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #164 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's comedy of mistaken identityPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #166 The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineInnocents Abroad with several 1st issue pointsPublisherAmerican Publishing Company & H.H. BancroftDate Published1869 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #167 Is Shakespeare Dead?: From My Autobiography AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain on Bacon & ShakespearePublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #168 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst state of the first editionPublisherThe American Publishing Co.Date Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #169 The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's Prince and the Pauper First EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #170 Roughing It AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineRoughing It, Mark Twain 1st AmericanPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #171 Six works by Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineSix works by Mark TwainDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #172 Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn. Edited by Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Tom Sawyer Abroad 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #173 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain 1st IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #174 A Tramp Abroad AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineA Tramp Abroad 1st statePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #182 Leaves of Grass Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineLeaves of Grass 3rd edition 3rd printingPublisherThayer and EldridgeDate Published1860-61 [but c.1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #216 Four books by Thomas M. Disch AuthorDisch, Thomas M.Headline4 by Thomas M. Disch, two signedDate Published1986-2005 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #240 Cycle of the Werewolf AuthorKing, StephenHeadlineKing's Cycle of the WerewolfPublisherThe Land of Enchantment / Christopher ZavisaDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #263 The Old Man in the Corner AuthorOrczy, [Emmuska], BaronessHeadlineOld Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy 1stPublisherGreening & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #268 Voyage de Fiancailles au XX Siècle AuthorRobida, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Robida finely bound early sci-fi 1/100PublisherLibrairie L ConquetDate Published1892 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #269 WITHDRAWN - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix AuthorRowling, J. K.HeadlineWITDRAWN - Order Phoenix 1st Signed by J.K. RowlingPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2003] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #277 The Child of the Soul and Other Stories [with] A Secret Kept Heading(Tibet, David)AuthorStenbrock, Stanislaus EricHeadlineA Secret Kept is signed by David TibetPublisherDurtroDate Published1999; 2002 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #279 The Dying Earth AuthorVance, JackHeadlineJack Vance Dying Earth signedPublisherSubterranean PressDate Published2013 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #283 The Outline of History AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The Outline of History in 24 partsPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published[1919-20] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #286 Zwölf mit der Post Ein Neujahrsmärchen. AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineIllustrated calendar for the youngPublisherKunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co.Date Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #287 Wiehnacht AuthorCizek, FranzHeadlineWein Academy of Applied Arts Christmas BookPublisherRichter & ZollnerDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #288 ABC Book: Designed and Cut on Wood by C.B. Falls AuthorFalls, Charles BucklesHeadlineABC Book signed & inscr. by CB FallsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #289 Mother Goose: Pictures by C.B. Falls AuthorFalls, Charles BucklesHeadlineC.B. Falls illustrates Mother GoosePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #290 Now We Are Six AuthorMilne, A. A.HeadlineA.A. Milne Now We Are Six First trade ed.PublisherMethuen & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #291 Alice, Ruth, Sallie, and Daisy Deane paper dolls Author(Paper Doll Books)Headline4 paper dolls by Peter Thomson c.1880PublisherPeter G. ThomsonDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #292 Cinderella; Or the Little Glass Slipper; Versified and Beautifully Illustrated with Figures Heading(Paper Doll Books)HeadlineCinderella Paper Dolls, London 1814PublisherPrinted for S. and J. FullerDate Published1814 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #293 Dolly's Dreses Heading(Paper Doll Books)Headlinec.1890 paper dollsDate Publishedc.1890 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #294 The History of Little Fanny [with] The History and Adventures of Little Henry Heading(Paper Doll Books)HeadlineTwo Fuller paper doll books 1810PublisherPrinted for S. and J. FullerDate Published1810 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #295 Mother Goose Land with Judy and Jim Heading(Paper Doll Books)HeadlineMother Goose Land paper doll book 1949PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #296 Six paper doll books published by McLoughlin Bros. Heading(Paper Doll Books)Headline6 sets McLoughlin Paper dolls c.1860s-70sPublisherMcLoughlin Bros.Date Publishedc.1868-1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #297 Twelve paper doll books Heading(Paper Doll Books)Headline12 paper doll cutout books 1940sDate Published1940s View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #298 The Tailor of Gloucester AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineBeatrix Potter, Tailor of Gloucester 2 U.S. eds.PublisherFrederick Warne & Co.Date Published[1903] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #299 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineBeatrix Potter Tale Benjamin Bunny 1st ed.PublisherFrederick Warne and Co.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #300 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineBeatrix Potter, Jemima Puddle-Duck 1st ed.PublisherFrederick Warne and Co.Date Published1908 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #301 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineB. Potter Tale Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle 1st ed.PublisherFrederick Warne and Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #302 The Cunning Little Vixen Heading(Sendak, Maurice, illustrator)AuthorTesnohlidek, RudolfHeadlineSigned by Maurice SendakPublisher[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]Date Published[1985] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #303 In the Closed Room Heading(Smith, Jessie Willcox, illustrator)AuthorBurnett, Frances HodgsonHeadlineIn the Closed Room, 1st edition in dust jacketPublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #304 Hi-Po the Hippo AuthorThomas, DorothyHeadlineHi-Po the Hippo, ill. Ruth Gannett, 1st ed.PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #393 Bar Nicanor : Avec Portrait De Crotte De Bique Et De Couillandouille Par Eux-mêmes AuthorPansaers, ClémentHeadlineClément Pansaers' Bar Nicanor 1/300PublisherEditions AIODate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #399 The Barnyard Epithet and Other Obscenities: Notes on the Chicago Conspiracy Trial Heading(Siegel, Irene, artist)AuthorLukas, J. AnthonyHeadlineFirst Edition, Signed by artist Irene SiegelPublisherHarper & Row, PublishersDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next