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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorLongusHeadlineAshendene Daphnis and Chloe, 1933PublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1933 Lot #21 Scriptores Latini Principes [with] Poetarum Græcorum Sylloge View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Classical Literature)AuthorAmar, Jon. Aug.; Boissonade, Jo. Fr., editorsHeadlineThe Latin and Greek Classics printed by DidotDate Published[1823-1831] Lot #24 Confessions of a Crap Artist View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlineSigned by Philip K. DickPublisherEntwhistle BooksDate Published1975 Lot #25 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlineSharp copy of PKD masterpiece, Do Androids Dream of Electric SheepPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1968 Lot #26 A Handful of Darkness View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlinePKD's scarce second book, A Handful of Darkness, 1st ed. in jacketPublisherRich & CowanDate Published[1955] Lot #27 A Maze of Death View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlinePKD's A Maze of Death with author's compliments cardPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1970 Lot #28 Typed letter signed by Philip K. Dick addressed to his ex-wife Tessa View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlinePKD ALS on the golden ratio and chaos in family lifeDate PublishedApril 2, 1979 Lot #29 World of Chance View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlineSweet copy (in jacket) of PKD's first published novel, World of ChancePublisherRich and CowanDate Published[1956] Lot #30 The Life of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorForster, JohnHeadlineLife of Dickens, extra-illustrated + album of 100 letters from ForsterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1872-1874 Lot #31 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Dickens finely bound by Macdonald in 30 volumesPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1906] Lot #32 The Raven View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Raven Gustave Dore IllustrationsPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1884 Lot #33 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineAdventures of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, 1892PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1892 Lot #40 The Man and the Monster! Or, the Fate of Frankenstein; A Peculiar Romantic Melo-Dramatic Pantomimic Spectacle, in Two Acts... View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Frankenstein)AuthorMilner, Henry M.HeadlineWith first depiction of Frankenstein's monster in printPublisherJohn DuncombeDate Published[1826] Lot #44 Virtual Light View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorGibson, WilliamHeadlineOne of 26 deluxe copies signed by GibsonPublisherBantam BooksDate Published1993 Lot #52 Brave New World: A Novel View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineBrave New World, limited first edition signed by Aldous HuxleyPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1932 Lot #86 The Works of Shakespeare View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorWright, William Aldis, editorHeadlineExtra illustrated and finely bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1893-1895 Lot #91 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A New Bibliophile Edition Printed on Sheets of Pure Cork With the Spanish Version and With Illustrations in colour By Anthony Saló View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineHamlet printed on cork, 1930. 1/100 copiesPublisherReinhold WetzigDate Published[1930] Lot #93 Cryptonomicon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorStephenson, NealHeadlineCryptonomicon, one of 250 in the Signed Limited First EditionPublisherAvon BooksDate Published1999 Lot #94 Snow Crash View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorStephenson, NealHeadlineFirst Edition, Signed by Neal StephensonPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1992] Lot #97 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn in original sheep binding, 1st editionPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #114 The Epistles of Phalaris. Translated from the Greek. To which are added, Some Select Epistles of the most eminent Greek Writers. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPhalarisHeadlineEpistles of Phalaris, 1749PublisherPrinted for R. FrancklinDate Published1749 Lot #115 Odes of Pindar. With several other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is added a Dissertation on the Olympick Games View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPindarHeadlineWest's Pindar, 2nd ed. in 2 vols.PublisherPrinted for R. DodsleyDate Published1753 Lot #116 The Comedies of Plautus. Translated into Familiar Blank Verse View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlautusHeadlinePlautus's Comedies, Warner & ThorntonPublisherPrinted for J. Lister, T Becket, P.A. de Hondt, R. Baldwin, T. Davis & R. DavisDate Published1767-1774 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next