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