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Previous|1|Next Lot #24 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFrances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #34 Gnaoua Number One AuthorCohen, Ira, editorHeadlineGnaoua Number One, Tangiers 1964PublisherIra CohenDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #59 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith a signed letter by Dickens, limited ed. 1/15PublisherR.G. Newbegin Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$4,543StatusSold Lot #62 The Wanderings of a Spiritualist AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle's The Wanderings of a SpiritualistPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #69 The Writings of George Eliot: Together with the Life by J.W. Cross AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineFinely bound large paper editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$997.50StatusSold Lot #76 Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBartlett, JohnHeadlineBartlett's Quotations finely boundPublisherLittle Brown & CompanyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #77 The Oriental Series: Japan & China Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineThe Oriental Series: Japan & China 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #78 The Oriental Series: Japan & China - 4 volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineBrinkley's Japan & China Oriental Series 4 vols. 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #79 The Red Badge Of Courage Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineThe Red Badge Of Courage Folio Society finely boundPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #80 The Story of Rosina: And Other Verses Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineThe Story of Rosina finely boundPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, TrubnerDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #81 The Essays of Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Emerson finely bound by MorrellPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #82 The Forsyte Saga Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGalsworthy, JohnHeadlineGalsworthy's Forsyte Saga finely boundPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1956] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #83 Le Morte Darthur. The History Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights Of The Round Table Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte Darthur illustrated by W. Russell Flint finely boundPublisherPhilip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici SocietyDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #84 The Passing of the Empires 850 B.C. to 330 B.C. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMaspero, G.HeadlineFinely Bound The Passing of the Empires by MasperoPublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #85 La Confession D'un Enfant du Siècle Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineLa Confession D'un Enfant du Siècle finely boundPublisherÉditions NilssonDate Published[c.1930] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #86 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat in Grabau morocco bindingPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #87 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. with Notes and Life of the Author with Illustrations on Steel by Eminent Artists - with fore-edge painting Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinePoetical Works of Sir Walter Scott finely bound w/fore-edge painting.PublisherCharles DalyDate Published[c.1840] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #88 The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere 8 vols.PublisherCharles KnightDate Published[c.1840's] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #89 Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSloane, William MilliganHeadlineLife of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 volumesPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #90 The Facetious Nights Of Straparola Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStraparola, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineThe Facetious Nights Of Straparola 1/26PublisherThe Society Of BibliophilesDate Published1898 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #91 Thin Paper Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary - finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineWebster's New Collegiate Dictionary finely boundPublisherG. & C. Merriam Co.Date Published1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #92 The Aeneid of Vigil Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVirgilHeadlineThe Aeneid of Virgil finely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #93 The Story-Life of Washington: A Life-History of Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhipple, WayneHeadlineThe Story-Life of Washington finely boundPublisherJohn C. Winston CompanyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #99 The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion AuthorFrazer, J.G.HeadlineThe Golden Bough finely bound in 12 volumesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1922-27 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #101 The Shepherd's Week in Six Pastorals AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's The Shepherd's Week in Six PastoralsPublisherR. BurleighDate Published1714 (but 1716) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$213.60StatusSold Lot #105 Planet News 1961-1967 AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlinePlanet News 1/500 copies signedPublisherCity Lights BooksDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$201.90StatusSold Lot #111 A Time to Kill AuthorGrisham, JohnHeadlineJohn Grisham A Time to Kill inscribedPublisherWynwood PressDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #115 Rider Haggard's Good Deeds Heading(Haggard, Rider)AuthorWhatmore, Denys, editorHeadlineRider Haggard's Good Deeds 4 vols.PublisherD.E.W.Date Published1995-1999 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #121 Screenplays: Aguirre, The Wrath of God; Every Man for Himself and God Against All; Land of Silence and Darkness AuthorHerzog, WernerHeadlineSigned by Werner HerzogPublisherTanam PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #128 [The Works of Victor Hugo] AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWorks of Victor Hugo 1/25PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #132 Point Counter Point AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineHuxley's Masterpiece, Point Counter PointPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #133 Lions and Shadows AuthorIsherwood, ChristopherHeadlineIsherwood's evolution from precocious schoolboy to bohemian dropoutPublisherLeonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth PressDate Published1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #146 The Works of Rudyard Kipling - The Seven Seas Edition AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Works 1/1050 signed setsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1914-1926 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #148 Fire and Other Poems AuthorLawrence, D. H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Fire and Other Poems signed by Robinson Jeffers and the GrabhornsPublisherPrinted at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #152 The Call of the Wild AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, Call of the Wild, 1st Ed. 1st issuePublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,290StatusSold Lot #156 The Frog Prince: A Play AuthorMamet, DavidHeadlineDavid Mamet's The Frog Prince, a play for childrenPublisherVincent FitzGerald & CompanyDate Published1984 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #158 Le Livre des Milles Nuits et une Nuit AuthorMardrus, J.C.Headline8 finely bound volumes of 1,001 Nights in FrenchDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$160StatusSold Lot #167 Oeuvres Complètes de Molière AuthorMolièreHeadlineOeuvres Complètes de Molière, 1878PublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1878 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #171 Knock on any Door AuthorMotley, WillardHeadlineKnock on Any Door Signed by Humphrey BogartPublisherD. Appleton-CenturyDate Published1947 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #175 The Plays of Eugene O'Neill AuthorO'Neill, EugeneHeadlineEugene O'Neill Plays Wilderness Edition SignedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1934-35] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #209 Original ink sketch AuthorSaroyan, WilliamHeadlineSaroyan bibliography and two original sketchesDate PublishedFebruary 15, 1964 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #210 Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr - signed AuthorSartre, Jean-Paul.HeadlineJean-Paul Sartre Saint Genet signedPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published1963 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #221 Geography and Plays AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineSigned by Gertrude Stein w/ prospectus laid inPublisherFour Seas Co.Date Published[1922] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #222 Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's Cup of Gold, 1st U.K. Ed. in scarce jacketPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1937] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #223 The Castaways of Soledad: A Manuscript By Robert Louis Stevenson, Hitherto Unpublished, with an Introductory Essay By George S. Hellman AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineR.L. Stevenson The Castaways of Soledad 1/75PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #229 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineFinely Bound 5 volume set of The Poetical Works of Alfred TennysonPublisherHenry S. King & Co.Date Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$170StatusSold Lot #231 The Hobbit AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineAmerican edition of Tolkien's HobbitPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1938 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,524StatusSold Lot #232 The Lord of the Rings trilogy AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineTolkien's Lord of the Rings, 2nd impressionsPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published1954-1955 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #240 Happy Birthday, Wanda June: A Two-Act Tragedy AuthorVonnegut, Kurt, Jr.HeadlineSigned script for Vonnegut playPublisherLester M. Goldsmith Productions, Inc.Date Published7/17/70 [July 17, 1970] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #246 Basil Seal Rides Again, Or The Rake's Regress AuthorWaugh, EvelynHeadlineEvelyn Waugh Basil Seal Rides Again Signed Limited EdnPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$213.60StatusSold Lot #247 A True History of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and of the Conspiracy of 1865 AuthorWeichmann, Louis J.HeadlineAssassination of Abraham Lincoln 1/50 w/manuscript pagePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1975 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #248 The Anatomy of Frustration AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The Anatomy of FrustrationPublisherMacmillanDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #253 The Writings of Oscar Wilde - the Astral Edition AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineAstral Edition of Oscar Wilde finely boundPublisherKeller-Farmer Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #255 Orlando: A Biography AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Orlando Signed Limited EditionPublisherCrosby GaigeDate Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #274 Essays Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBirrell, AugustineHeadlineAugustine Birrell bound by BayntonPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1912 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12StatusSold Lot #275 Of Aucassin and Nicolette Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHousman, Laurence, translatorHeadlineOf Aucassin and Nicolette bound by RivierePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1930 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$72StatusSold Lot #281 Medea AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers' adaption of Euripides' MedeaPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1946 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$60StatusSold Lot #299 Hard Candy: A Book of Stories AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineTennessee Williams' Hard CandyPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published1954 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$60StatusSold Lot #302 Thirteen works of literature signed by the author Heading(Literature)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineThirteen books signed by the authorDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$120StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next