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9

Tales from Blackwood, First and New Series

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(Blackwood's Magazine)
Headline
11 volumes from the Tales of Blackwood
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Date Published
no date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

13

The Heiress. A Comedy in Five Acts

Author
Burgoyne, John
Headline
Burgoyne's The Heiress, A comedy in 5 acts
Publisher
Printed for J. Debrett
Date Published
1786

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

17

A Very Long Tail

Author
Carle, Eric
Headline
Eric Carle's A Very Long Tail, A Folding Book
Publisher
Thomas Y Crowell Company
Date Published
[1972]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

26

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
[1840s?]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

29

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Heading
(Dwiggins, W.A.)
Author
Rabelais, Francois
Headline
Gargantua & Pantagruel signed by W.A. Dwiggins
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1936

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

30

Tales from Maria Edgeworth

Author
Edgeworth, Maria
Headline
Edgeworth Tales for Children illustrated 1903
Publisher
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Date Published
1903

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

31

The Works of George Eliot

Author
Eliot, George
Headline
The Works of George Eliot
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Date Published
[1878-1879]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

32

La Mode: Revue Politque et Littéraire

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(Fashion)
Author
Voillet de Saint-Philibert
Headline
Paris: La Mode, 9 fashion plates, 1850 Jan-Mar
Publisher
Imprimé par E. Brière
Date Published
1850

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

33

As I Lay Dying

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
As I Lay Dying 2nd printing fine binding
Publisher
Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith
Date Published
[1930]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$312.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(19 bids)

35

The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Author
Fielding, Henry
Headline
Fielding's Tom Jones, nicely bound
Publisher
Printed for J. Hunt, C. Reynell, and C. Chapple by C. Reynell
Date Published
1807

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

36

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

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(Fine Bindings)
Author
Goldsmith, Oliver
Headline
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith 1806
Publisher
J. Johnson, et al.
Date Published
1806

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

37

The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert

Author
Flaubert, Gustave
Headline
Salammbo edition of Gustave Flaubert's Works
Publisher
M. Walter Dunne
Date Published
[1904]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

40

Ah So! The Misadventures of a Foreigner in Japan

Author
Gluck, Jay
Headline
Ah So! Misadventures Foreigner in Japan '53
Publisher
Phoenix Books
Date Published
1954

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

42

Jack Hall, or The School Days of an American Boy

Author
Grant, Robert
Headline
Jack Hall by Robert Grant First Edition
Provenance
Donald E. Stralem; Walter S. Ely
Publisher
Jordan, Marsh and Company
Date Published
1888

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

46

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Headline
Hawthorne's Wonder-Book
Publisher
Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
Date Published
1852

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

53

Works by Henrik Ibsen

Author
Ibsen, Henrik
Headline
4 works by Ibsen in 2 volumes
Date Published
1890-1900

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

57

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus

Author
[Kaler], James Otis
Headline
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1881

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

67

The People of the Abyss

Author
London, Jack
Headline
London, People of the Abyss 1904
Publisher
Macmillan
Date Published
1904

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

68

The Spanish Student: A Play, in Three Acts

Author
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Headline
Longfellow's Play, The Spanish Student
Publisher
Published by John Owens
Date Published
1843

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

80

The Boat Club; Or, The Bunkers of Rippleton

Author
Optic, Oliver [pseud. William Taylor Adams]
Headline
Oliver Optic The Boat Club 1855
Publisher
Brown, Bazin, and Company
Date Published
1855

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

87

A Christmas Story

Author
Porter, Katherine Anne
Headline
Katherine A. Porter Christmas Story inscribed
Publisher
Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte
Date Published
1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

92

The Butter Battle Book

Author
Seuss, Dr.
Headline
First Printing of The Butter Battle Book
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1984]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

93

The Cat in the Hat

Author
Seuss, Dr.
Headline
The Cat in the Hat, First Edition
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1957]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

94

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

Author
Seuss, Dr.
Headline
Cat in the Hat Comes Back, 1st British Edition
Publisher
Collins and Harvill
Date Published
[1961]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

95

The Cat in the Hat Song Book

Author
Seuss, Dr.
Headline
Rare Cat in the Hat Song Book, 1st printing
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

96

The Cat in the Hat [with] The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

Author
Seuss, Dr.
Headline
Cat in the Hat and its sequel
Publisher
Beginner Books / Random House
Date Published
1957-1958

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

102

A Child's Garden of Verses

Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Headline
Stevenson, Garden of Children's Verses
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1895

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

103

Rudder Grange

Author
Stockton, Frank R.
Headline
Rudder Grange 1st ed., Estelle Doheny copy
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1879

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

106

Hillingdon Hall: Or, The Cockney Squire, A Tale of Country Life

Author
Surtees, Robert Smith
Headline
With 12 hand-colored plates bound by Bayntun
Publisher
John C. Nimmo
Date Published
1888

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

107

Penrod [with] Penrod and Sam

Author
Tarkington, Booth
Headline
2 Penrod titles, 1 signed by Tarkington
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company
Date Published
1914-1916

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

108

Enid

Author
Tennyson, Alfred
Headline
Tennyson's Enid, illustrated by Gustave Doré
Publisher
George Routledge and Sons
Date Published
1869

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

110

The Hobbit or There and Back Again

Author
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Headline
Hobbit 50th Anniversary Edition
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published
[1966]

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$75

StatusSold

111

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
Huckleberry Finn illustrated by Moser
Publisher
American Heritage Press
Date Published
1985

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$100

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

112

The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, first edition
Publisher
Charles L. Webster
Date Published
1893

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

119

Italian Backgrounds

Author
Wharton, Edith
Headline
Edith Wharton's Italian Backgrounds, 1905
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1905

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$225

StatusSold

Bidding history(18 bids)

121

The Court of Boyville

Author
White, William Allen
Headline
William Allen White The Court of Boyville
Publisher
Doubleday & McClure Co.
Date Published
1899

Sold for$37.50

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122

In Our Town

Author
White, William Allen
Headline
Presentation copy of White's In Our Town
Provenance
Bessie White
Publisher
McClure, Phillips & Co.
Date Published
1906

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

125

The Virginian [with] autograph letter signed by Owen Wister

Author
Wister, Owen
Headline
Owen Wister The Virginian with ALS on play
Publisher
Macmillan
Date Published
1904

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

158

The Pacific Coast First Reader

Heading
(California)
Headline
Reading primer for California school children
Provenance
Ron Lerch Collection
Publisher
A.L. Bancroft & Company
Date Published
1874

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

166

The American in Europe: Being "Guesses" and "Calculations" on Men and Manners; Made during a Tour through the Most Important Portions of Europe

Author
Crockett, Henry Clay
Headline
Crockett, American in Europe - dozens of plates
Publisher
The London Printing and Publishing Company
Date Published
c.1850

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

184

"All's not Gold that Glitters;" or The Young Californian. By Cousin Alice

Author
Haven, Alice Bradley
Headline
The Fourth of Alice Haven's "Home Books"
Provenance
Ron Lerch Collection
Publisher
D. Appleton & Company
Date Published
1856

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

189

Ancient Tales & Folk-Lore of Japan

Heading
(Japan)
Author
Smith, R. Gordon
Headline
Japanese Folk-Lore, illust. w/ 60 color plates
Publisher
A. & C. Black
Date Published
[1908]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

298

Erewhon

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(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Butler, Samuel
Headline
Butler's Erewhon illustrated by Rockwell Kent
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1934

Sold for$100

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

301

The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe

Heading
(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Longus
Headline
Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe
Publisher
The Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1934

Sold for$25

StatusSold

305

The Travels of Baron Munchausen

Heading
(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Raspe, Rudolph Erich
Headline
The Travels of Baron Munchausen
Publisher
The Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1929

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

317

Little Black Sambo and Other Stories

Author
Bannerman, Helen
Headline
Little Black Sambo w/rare box
Publisher
Platt & Munk
Date Published
[1926]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

318

The Story of Little Black Sambo

Author
[Bannerman, Helen]
Headline
Little Black Sambo with Baum intro.
Publisher
Reilly & Britton Co.
Date Published
1905

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

321

Fabulous Histories; Or, the History of the Robbins

Heading
(Bewick, Thomas)
Author
Trimmer, Sarah
Headline
Fabulous Histories, illustrated by Thomas Bewick
Publisher
Printed for N. Hailes
Date Published
1821

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

329

The Gallery of Byron Beauties: Ideal Pictures of the Female Characters in Lord Byron's Poems

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(Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron)
Headline
Illustrations of women in Byron's poems
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Date Published
1860

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

330

The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron

Author
Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron
Headline
Byron's Works
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1829

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

331

George Cruikshank's Fairy Library: Cinderella and The Glass Slipper

Heading
(Cruikshank, George)
Headline
Cruikshank's Fairy Library Cinderella
Publisher
George Routledge and Sons

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

336

Tales

Heading
(Dwiggins, W. A.)
Author
Poe, Edgar Allan
Headline
Dwiggins illustrated Poe's Tales
Provenance
Stuart B Schimmel
Publisher
The Lakeside Press
Date Published
1930

Sold for$250

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

337

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Heading
(Dwiggins, W. A.)
Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Headline
Jekyll and Hyde illustrated by Dwiggins
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1929

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

338

Poésies

Heading
(Fine Bindings)
Author
Chenier, André
Headline
Beautifully bound Chenier's Poésies
Publisher
Flammarion
Date Published
1953

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

343

Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray

Author
Gray, Thomas
Headline
Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Poems by Gray 1753
Publisher
R. Dodsley
Date Published
1753

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$437.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(23 bids)

345

The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florist's Magazine

Author
Harrison, Joseph
Headline
Floricultural Cabinet & Florist's Magazine 1833-34
Publisher
Whittaker
Date Published
1833-1834

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

346

Autographed letter with portrait

Author
Harte, Bret
Headline
Portrait with letter autographed by Bret Harte
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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352

Edmond Dantes, Black Sheep, Nancy, Lothair

Heading
(Literature)
Headline
Edmond Dante, Black Sheep, Nancy, Lothair
Date Published
1849-1874

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

353

Four finely bound volumes

Heading
(Literature)
Headline
4 finely bound volumes
Date Published
1896-1915

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

355

Two notes signed by Pierre Loti

Author
Loti, Pierre
Headline
Two notes autographed by Pierre Loti
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

362

Two books illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Heading
(Rackham, Arthur)
Headline
2 Arthur Rackham illustrated books
Date Published
1926-1927

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

365

The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

Author
Scott, Sir Walter
Headline
Sir Walter Scotts Life of Napoleon 1827-3 vols
Publisher
J. & J. Harper
Date Published
1827

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

367

Canzoni [with] Madrigali

Heading
(Sloan, John, illustrator)
Author
Daly, T.A,
Headline
Two T.A. Daly works illus. by Sloan
Publisher
Catholic Standard and Times Pub. Co.; David McKay
Date Published
1906; 1912

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

368

In the Closed Room

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(Smith, Jessie Willcox, illustrator)
Author
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Headline
In the Closed Room, 1st edition in dust jacket
Publisher
McClure, Phillips & Co.
Date Published
[1904]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

370

Model of a Locomotive

Author
Volkert, Christoph
Headline
Paper die-cut locomotive from 1898
Publisher
George Philip & Son; Philip, Son & Nephew
Date Published
[1898]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

371

The Compleat Angler

Author
Walton, Izaak & Charles Cotton
Headline
Compleat Angler, illustrated by Edmund H. New
Publisher
John Lane, The Bodley Head
Date Published
1897

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

374

Becoming [with] Bounty Hunt

Author
Armstrong, Kelley
Headline
Signed by Armstrong, Daumarie and Angilram
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Date Published
2011-2014

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold