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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 The Improvisatore, or Life in Italy AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineAndersen's Life in Italy with original photosPublisherWard, Lock, and TylerDate Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #18 The Dead Secret - Bound with Dickens' The Cricket on the Hearth and other period works AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineWilkie CollinsPublisherMiller & CurtisDate Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #21 [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes] complete in The Strand Magazine Vol. II - Vol. VI Author[Doyle, Arthur Conan] Newnes, George, ed.HeadlineThe Strand Magazine Sherlock HolmesPublisher[The Strand Magazine]Date Published1891-1899 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #22 His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle His Last Bow in dust jacketPublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #29 New Hampshire AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineNew Hampshire signed by Robert Frost 1923PublisherHenry HoltDate Published1923 [but, 1924] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #35 The Descendant Author[Glasgow, Ellen]HeadlineThe Descendant signed by Ellen GlasgowPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 Maiwa's Revenge; Or, The War of the Little Hand AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineH. Rider Haggard Maiwa's RevengePublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #40 Mr. Meeson's Will AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineH. Rider Haggard Mr. Meeson's Will Signed 1st EdnPublisherSpencer BlackettDate Published1888 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #41 Jude the Obscure AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineJude the Obscure 1st Editon in dust jacketPublisher[Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #42 Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy Moments of VisionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #52 5 volumes by Ralph Hodgson AuthorHodgson, RalphHeadline5 volumes by Ralph HodgsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #53 The Reminiscences of a Pullman Conductor; Or, Character Sketches of Life in a Pullman Car HeadingzzfAuthorHolderness, Herbert O.HeadlineThe Reminiscences of a Pullman ConductorDate Published1901 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #60 Ulysses AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses by Joyce, Shakespeare & Co 11th prtgPublisherShakespeare & Co.Date Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #75 Sonnets and Verse - With a manuscript verse in Rudyard Kipling's hand Heading(Kipling, Rudyard)AuthorBelloc, H[ilaire]HeadlineWith a manuscript verse in Rudyard Kipling's handPublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published[1923] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #80 Hearts of Three AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineHearts of Three by Jack London 1st edPublisherMills & BoonDate Published[1918] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Bigelow Papers AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineJ.R. Lowell The Bigelow Papers 1st English EditioPublisherTrubner & Co.Date Published1859 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #85 Eight volumes by William McFee - Most signed HeadingzzfAuthorMcFee, WilliamHeadlineEight volumes by William McFee - Most signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #93 Paradise Lost, a Poem AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost, a Poem by Milton 1770PublisherRobert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the UniversityDate Published1770 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #96 Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems AuthorNoyes, AlfredHeadlineForty Singing Seamen and Other PoemsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #106 Autograph Letter Signed by James Whitcomb Riley, to a Dr. Murray AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineShort letter from James Whitcomb RileyDate PublishedSept. 11, 1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #107 An Introduction to the Study of Dante - with an inscription from James Whitcomb Riley Heading(Riley, James Whitcomb)AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlinebook w/inscrip. & signature James Whitcomb RileyPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #109 Pair of bronze bookends with a portrait of James Whitcomb Riley Heading(Riley, James Whitcomb)Author**Headlinebronze bookends w/image of James W RileyPublisherRobbins Co.Date Publishedc.1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #110 Afterwhiles AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineAfterwhiles signed by James Whitcomb RileyPublisherBowen-Merrill Co.Date Published1888 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #111 All the Year Round AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineAll the Year Round Rotary ed in rare dj 1916PublisherBobbs MerrillDate Published[1912, but 1916] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Book of Joyous Children AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Book of Joyous Children inscr. by RileyPublisherScribner'sDate Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #113 The Flying Islands of the Night AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineFlying Islands of the Night w/ALs James W. RileyPublisherBowen-Merrill Co.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #116 The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineComplete Works of James Whitcomb Riley 1/150PublisherC.B. RandallDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #120 Germain's Marriage - With an Autograph Note, signed HeadingzzfAuthorSand, GeorgeHeadlineGermain's Marriage - With an Autograph Note, signPublisherRichmond, Croscup & Co.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #126 Original Leaf from the First Folio edition of The Life of Henry the Fift AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineOriginal leaf from Shakespeare First FolioPublisherIsaac Jaggard & Ed. BlountDate Published1623 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #127 Two Original Leaves from the Second Folio edition of The Merchant of Venice AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline2 original leaves from Shakespeare Second FolioPublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes...Date Published1632 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #132 Celestina AuthorSmith, CharlotteHeadlineCelestina by Charlotte Smith 1791PublisherT. CadellDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #135 Matisse, Picasso and Gertrude Stein with two shorter stories AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineMatisse, Picasso and Gertrude SteinPublisherPlain EditionDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #143 Phases I-IV - in Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, Volume V, No. II, Nov. 1914 AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineWallace Stevens' first professional appearanceDate Published1914 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #149 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray Vanity Fair Classic Literature FictionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #152 Three volumes by Francis Thompson AuthorThompson, FrancisHeadlineThree volumes by Francis ThompsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #154 The Noble Jilt, A Comedy AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineThe Noble Jilt, A Comedy 1/500PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #156 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn with curved fly platePublisherCharles L. Webster & CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #157 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1st Edition 1885PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #158 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American Claimant 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #159 The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches HeadingzzfAuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The Curious Republic of GondourPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1919 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #160 A Horse's Tale HeadingzzfAuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain A Horse's Tale 1907PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1907 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #161 The Innocents Abroad - Signed and with an Original Manuscript Page from The Gilded Age AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Innocents Abroad w/ Manuscript leavesPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1899 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #162 The Mysterious Stranger AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The Mysterious StrangerPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1916, but 1919] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #163 The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages HeadingzzfAuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Prince and the Pauper 1st EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #164 The Stolen White Elephant, Etc. HeadingzzfAuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The Stolen White Elephant 1st EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #165 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Pudd'nhead Wilson First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #166 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe £1,000,000 Bank-Note 1st Edition 1893PublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #186 Leaves of Grass HeadingzzfAuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman Leaves of Grass First EditionPublisher[printed by Rome Brothers]Date Published1855 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #202 The Splendid Idle Forties Headingzzf(Allen Press)AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadlineAllen Press, Splendid Idle Forties, 1/150 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1960 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #203 The Wreck Of The Golden Mary: A Saga of the California Gold Rush Headingzzf(Allen Press)AuthorDickens, Charles and Wilkie CollinsHeadlineThe Wreck Of The Golden Mary Allen PressPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1956 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #205 Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent. Selections from his letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866 Headingzzf(Allen Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain: San Francisco CorrespondentPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #227 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly. Headingzzf(Beardsley, Aubrey, et al)Author**HeadlineThe Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly.PublisherJohn LaneDate Published1894-1897 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #237 Dear Master: Letters of George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce, 1900-1912 Headingzzf(Book Club of California)AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineLetters of George Sterling to Ambrose BiercePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2002 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #240 Ten volumes published by the Book Club of California Headingzzf(Book Club of California)Author**Headline10 Vols Published by the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #255 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Headingzzf(Clarke, Harry)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineTales of Mystery and Imagination Harry ClarkePublisherBrentano'sDate Published[c. 1923] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #256 McTeague Headingzzf(Colt Press)AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineColt Press McTeague by Frank NorrisPublisherColt PressDate Published1941 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #261 King Lear Headingzzf(Curwen Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKing Lear 1/240 David Magee, Curwen PressPublisherDavid MageeDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #272 Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis HeadingzzfAuthorEgan, PierceHeadlinePierce Egan Life in London 1821 1st EditionPublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1821 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #275 A History of New-York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)Author[Irving, Washington] pseud. Diedrich KnickerbockerHeadlineKnickerbocker's History of New-YorkPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #283 The Golden Hind: A Quarterly Magazine of Art and Letters. Volume 2, Number 5 through Volume 2, Number 8 Headingzzf(Golden Hind)AuthorBax, Clifford & Austin O. SpareHeadlineFour issues of Golden Hind MagazinePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1923-24 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #286 The Taming of the Shrew Headingzzf(Grabhorn-Hoyem)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn-Hoyem Taming of the Shrew, 1/375PublisherLewis OsborneDate Published1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #288 The Red Badge of Courage Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineRed Badge of Courage - Grabhorn PressPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #290 Mliss, a Story by Bret Harte is from "The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches" First Published in 1870... Headingzzf(Grabhorn Press)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineBret Harte's Mliss Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1948 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #291 Fire and Other Poems Headingzzf(Grabhorn Press)AuthorLawrence, D. H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Fire and Other Poems GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #293 Silverado Journal Headingzzf(Grabhorn Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineSilverado Journal by R.L. Stevenson, GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #295 Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 Headingzzf(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineGrabhorn Press Leaves of GrassPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #301 Harper's New Monthly Magazine - large collection Headingzzf(Harper's Magazine)Author**HeadlineHarper's New Monthly Magazine many issuesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1850-1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #303 Japanese Fairy Tales HeadingzzfAuthorHearn, LafcadioHeadlineLafcadio Hearn Japanese Fairy TalesPublisherT. HasegawaDate Published[c.1905-1925] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #307 To The Night & The Cloud - Calligraphed and Illuminated by Jessie Bayes Headingzzf(Illuminated Manuscript)AuthorShelley, Percy BysheHeadlineGorgeous Illuminated Manuscript by Jessie BayesDate Published1914 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #318 Moby Dick; Or, The Whale Headingzzf(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick with Kent Illustrations Finely BoundPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #320 Making Chicken Soup HeadingzzfAuthorKrims, LesHeadlineLes Krims Making Chicken SoupPublisher[Humpy Press / Light Impressions]Date Published[1972] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #340 The Right Joyous and Pleasant History of the Feats, Gests, and Prowesses of the Chevalier Bayard, The Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach HeadingzzfAuthor[Mailles, Jacques de] The Loyal ServantHeadlineHistory of Chevalier Bayard 1825PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1825 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #349 The Silverado Squatters Headingzzf(Nash, John Henry)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Silverado Squatters - John Henry NashPublisherScribnersDate Published1923 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #384 Eighty-eight volumes from the School District Library Headingzzf(School District Library)Author**Headline88 volumes from the School District LibraryPublisherHarper & BrothersDate PublishedMostly 1830s-1840s View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #387 The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur Notwythstondng It Treateth of the Byrth Lyf and Actes of the Sayd Kynge Arthur: of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table... Headingzzf(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte Darthur Shakespeare Head Press EditionPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1933 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #399 Sonnets from the Portuguese Headingzzf(Wood, Charles Erskine Scott)AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood to Sara Bard FieldPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #401 Poems Selected from the Hesperides of Robert Herrick Headingzzf(Wood, Charles Erskine Scott)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood to Sara Bard FieldPublisherElston PressDate Published1903 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #403 Snow-Bound, A Winter Idyl - Bound by Caro Weir Ely Headingzzf(Wood, Charles Erskine Scott)AuthorWhittier, John G.HeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood to Sara Bard FieldPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1911 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #406 Controversial James: An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James Headingzzf(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorLarson, Roger KeithHeadlineControversial James Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1991 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next