Sale 639: Fine & Rare Books (#639) 04/05/2018 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/05/2018 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-58 of 58. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry AuthorAiken, JohnHeadlineLetters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry 1807PublisherPrinted for J. Johnson, by Richard TaylorDate Published1807 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #4 The Spendthrift: A Tale - with original letter laid in AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineW.H. Ainsworth, The Spendthrift w/original letterPublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published1857 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #5 Poems Fit for a Bishop; Which Two Bishops will Read. An American Prayer. Address to Religion. Saul at Endor, an Ode. Inscription in Memory of the Earl of Chatham. Heading(American Revolution)HeadlinePoem on the American Revolution, 1780PublisherPrinted for J. AlmonDate Published1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Green Knight: A Vision Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorGarnett, PorterHeadlineRare Bohemian Club Grove PlayPublisher[Bohemian Club]Date Published1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #46 The Croakers Heading(Bradford Club)AuthorDrake, Joseph Rodman and Fitz Greene HalleckHeadlineThe Croakers published by the Bradford Club 1/150PublisherJohn B. Moreau for the Bradford ClubDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #48 Hugh O'Nell's [sic] War with Queen Elizabeth, Irish National Efusions and Miscellaneous Poems. AuthorBreen, P.C.T.HeadlineHeroic poem about Tyrone's Rebellion, 1882PublisherClark & EdwardsDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Genial Showman. Being Reminiscences of the Life of Artemus Ward and Pictures of the Showman's Career in the Western World. Heading(Browne, Charles Farrar)AuthorHingston, Ernest P.HeadlineReminiscences of the Life of Artemus Ward, 1872PublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published[1872] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #67 Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries; With Recollections of the Author’s Life, and of His Visit to Italy Heading(Byron, Lord)AuthorHunt, LeighHeadlineLord Byron and His Contemporaries extra illustratedPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #93 An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray...Edited with a Prefatory Note on Thackeray as an Artist and Art-Critic by W. E. Church [bound with] A Reminiscence of George Cruikshank [bound with] Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late John B. Gough of Worcester, Mass. To Be Sold at Auction March 22, 1892 Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorThackeray, William Makepeace et al.HeadlineThree Cruikshankiana titles in oneDate Published1884-1892 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #115 96 Titles from the Easton Press "125 Greatest Books Ever Written" Series Heading(Easton Press)Headline96 Easton Press booksPublisherEaston PressDate Published[Various dates] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #116 Ten volume set of the Myths of the World published by the Easton Press Heading(Easton Press)Headline10 volume set of Myths by the Easton PressPublisherEaston PressDate Published[1997] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #131 Love in Several Masques. A Comedy, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineFielding's 2nd book bound by RivierePublisherJohn WattsDate Published1728 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #136 Seven volumes published by the Franklin Library, all signed Heading(Franklin Library)HeadlineSeven Franklin Press signed editionsPublisherFranklin LibraryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #146 The Revolutionary Plutarch: Exhibiting the Most Distinguished Characters, Literary, Military, and Political, In the Recent Annals of the French Republic Author[Goldsmith, Lewis]HeadlineThe Revolutionary Plutarch, 1805PublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1805 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #147 Leonidas. A Poem. AuthorGlover, RichardHeadlineLeonidas. A Poem. 1769PublisherPrinted by Robert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1769 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #173 Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae. Heading(Hollis, Thomas, bookbinder)AuthorWallis, JohnHeadlineWallis' English Grammar with Thomas Hollis bindingPublisherG. Bowyer and A. MillarDate Published1765 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #178 The Return of the Weed AuthorHorgan, PaulHeadlineLimited edition, signed by Horgan and HurdPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #179 Years of My Youth AuthorHowells, William DeanHeadlineWilliam Dean Howell's Years of my YouthPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #184 Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists Heading(Irving, Washington)AuthorCrayon, GeoffreyHeadlineWashington Irving Bracebridge Hall 1st UK EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1822 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #190 Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., During the Last Twenty Years of His Life. Heading(Johnson, Samuel)AuthorPiozzi. Hester LynchHeadlineAnecdotes of Samuel Johnson 1786PublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1786 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #202 Guy's Porridge Pot; With the Dun Cow Roasted Whole: An Epic Poem, in Twenty-Five Books Author[Landor, Robert Eyres]HeadlineGuy's Porridge Pot 1809PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1809 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #230 The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris' Life and Death of Jason 1/25PublisherEllis and WhiteDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #261 The Tea-Table Miscellany: A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English. In Four Volumes AuthorRamsay, AllanHeadlineScottish and English songs, 1793PublisherPrinted by William PhorsonDate Published1793 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #264 The Cloister and the Hearth. A Tale of the Middle Ages. AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineThe Cloister and the Hearth 1st ed 1861PublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1861 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #270 Annals of the Poor: Containing The Dairyman's Daughter, the Negro Servant, and Young Cottager, &c. &c. AuthorRichmond, Rev. LeghHeadlineCollected short works of fiction by Legh RichmondPublisherJ. Hatchard and SonDate Published1828 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #280 A sammelband of six pamphlets by and about John Ruskin AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineSammelband of six pamphlets by and about John RuskinDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #293 The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought Together with Many Pieces Not Before Published. AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose 8 vols. 1880PublisherReeves and TurnerDate Published1880 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #324 The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy AuthorTrollope, FrancesHeadlineFrances Trollope's Michael Armstrong 1stPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #330 Index Vocabulorum Omnium quæ in Ecologis, Georgicis, et Æneide Virgilii... Heading(Virgil)AuthorDe La Rue, CharlesHeadlineIndex to Virgil's principle works 1714PublisherJoannem BarbouDate Published1714 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #338 The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner AuthorWarner, Charles DudleyHeadlineA finely-bound limited edition of Warner's worksPublisherThe American Publishing Co.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #346 The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth... With an Account of the Emperor's Life after his Abdication Heading(Wharton, Edith)AuthorRobertson, William and William HicklingHeadlineFrom the library of Edith WhartonPublisherPhillips, Sampson, and Co.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #367 The Ivory Gate AuthorCollins, MortimerHeadlineMortimer Collins, The Ivory Gate finely boundPublisherHurst and BlackettDate Published1869 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #384 WITHDRAWN - The Duke's Reappearance: A Tradition AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy, Duke's Reappearance 1/89PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #389 Colin Clink AuthorHooton, CharlesHeadlineCharles Hooton, Colin Clink finely bound 1844PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1844 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #392 Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists Heading(Irving, Washington)AuthorCrayon, GeoffreyHeadlineWashington Irving Bracebridge Hall 1824PublisherA. and W. GalignianiDate Published1824 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #399 Two Years Ago AuthorKingsley, Rev. Charles.HeadlineCharles Kingsley, Two Years Ago 1857PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #401 Two finely bound works by Charles Lever AuthorLever, CharlesHeadlineTwo finely bound works by Charles LeverDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #409 The King's Henchman: Lyric Drama in Three Acts AuthorMillay, Edna St. Vincent and Deems TaylorHeadlineEdna St Vincent Millay, The King's HenchmanPublisherJ. Fischer & Bro.Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #411 A Cloak of Light: Writing my Life. AuthorMorris, Wright.HeadlineMorris Wright , A Cloak of Light signed 1stPublisherThe Franklin Library for The Signed First Edition SocietyDate Published1985 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #420 Armageddon...The Southern Prize Poem and the Honors of 1923 AuthorRansom, John CroweHeadlineJohn Crowe Ransom's ArmageddonPublisherPoetry Society of South CarolinaDate Published1923 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #421 White Lies: A Story. AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineCharles Reade's White Lies 1st editionPublisherTrubner & Co.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #424 Appleton's Scientific Library Heading(Science)HeadlineAppleton's Scientific LibraryPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #425 Poem Read at the Sixtieth Reunion of the Class of Eighty-Two AuthorSedgwick, Henry DwightHeadlineHenry Dwight Sedgwick, finely bound Harvard poemDate Published[1942] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #426 Maximums and Specimens of Williams Muggins, Natural Philosopher of the World . . . With Illustrations by Onwhyn. AuthorSelby, CharlesHeadlineFinely bound work by Charles Selby, 1846PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published1846 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #429 Two signed works by Osbert Sitwell AuthorSitwell, OsbertHeadlineTwo signed first editions by Osbert SitwellDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #433 Genoveva. A Poem. [bound with] Elegiac Poems AuthorTrench, Richard ChevenixHeadlineRichard Chevenix Trench, two finely bound 1st editionsPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1842-43 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #435 Two signed works by John Updike AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineJohn Updike, 2 signed first editionsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #438 The Gathering of the Forces. Editorials, Essays, Literary and Dramatic Reviews and other Material Written by Walt Whitman as Editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1846 and 1847 AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman's Gathering of the Forces 2 vols 1920PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1920 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #441 Eleven volumes from the Easton Press Heading(Easton Press)HeadlineEleven volumes from the Easton PressPublisherEaston PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #443 Fourteen literature related volumes Heading(Literature)Headline14 literature related volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #444 Fourteen volumes of literature Heading(Literature)HeadlineFourteen volumes of literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #445 Nineteen volumes of literature Heading(Literature)HeadlineNineteen volumes of literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #446 Seventeen volumes of literature Heading(Literature)HeadlineSeventeen volumes of literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #447 Seventeen volumes of literature Heading(Literature)HeadlineSeventeen volumes of literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #452 Thirteen volumes of literature Heading(Literature)HeadlineThirteen volumes of literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #453 Thirteen volumes, mostly literature Heading(Literature)HeadlineThirteen volumes, mostly literatureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #454 Twenty-six volumes of literature and poetry Heading(Literature)HeadlineTwenty-six volumes of literature and poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #459 Eight volumes by Hugh Walpole AuthorWalpole, HughHeadlineEight volumes by Hugh WalpoleDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next