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Previous|1|Next Lot #14 The Book of Jade Author[Barnitz, David]HeadlineRare decadent and nihilistic verse!PublisherDoxey's at the Sign of the LarkDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #19 Elegia Inglese di Tommaso Gray sopra Un Cimitero Campestre Heading(Bodoni, Giambattista)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineBodoni's edition of Gray's ElegyPublisherCo'Tipi BodonianiDate Published1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #21 The Warlock of Love AuthorBolan, MarcHeadlineSigned by glam rock legend Marc BolanPublisherLupus MusicDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #29 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer, 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #32 Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo and the Future of Combat - inscribed to Secretary of Defense William Perry AuthorClark, Wesley KHeadlineInscribed to Secretary of Defense William PerryPublisherPublic Affairs PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #40 Manumission Expediente for a 24-year-old black woman claiming her freedom Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBlack female slave in Cuba seeks here freedom, 1881Date Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #41 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a 12-year-old female slave, Marcelina, claiming her freedom Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for 12-year-old female Cuban slave 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #43 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a Cuban slave who claims he should not even be a slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slave claims he should not even be one, 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #44 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for two slaves, seeking their freedom Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineTwo Cuban slaves seek their freedom, 1883Date Published1883 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #45 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio regarding a free black mother who children returned to her Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban mother wants her children returned, 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #46 Manuscript documentation of a slave auction in Cuba, with a list of slaves and their owners Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. record of Cuban slave auction 1865Date Published1865 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #47 Manuscript listing of slaves for sale in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. listing of slaves for sale in Cuba 1866Date Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #48 Manuscript manumission document setting free a male criollo slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineNew Orleans widow frees her Cuban slave, 1866Date Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #49 Manuscript regulations for holding a slave auction Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. regulations for Cuban slave auction 1860Date Published1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #50 Manuscript regulations/license for holding a slave auction, valid for two years Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRegulations for Cuba slave auction 1864Date Published1864 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #52 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineSigned by Richard Henry Dana, w/ alsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #64 Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineJohn Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern, 1700PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1700 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #66 The Lyric Year: One Hundred Poems AuthorEarle, Ferdinand ed.HeadlineThe Lyric Year, 1912PublisherMitchell KennerlyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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$406.25StatusSold Lot #96 Twenty Poems Heading(Forman Forgery)AuthorMeredith, GeorgeHeadlineTwenty poems by George Meredith, 1/25Publisher[Forman, Maurice Buxton]Date Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #100 A Witness Tree AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost 1/735 copiesPublisherHenry Holt & CompanyDate Published1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #105 Planet News 1961-1967 AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlinePlanet News 1/500 copies signedPublisherCity Lights BooksDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #110 Oeuvres Choisies de Grecourt AuthorGrecourt, Jean Baptiste-Joseph Willart deHeadlinePoetry of Jean Baptiste Grecourt 1777Date Published1777 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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$2,812.50StatusSold 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$150StatusSold Lot #129 The Complete Poetical Works of T. E. Hulme with a Prefatory Note by Ezra Pound AuthorHulme, T.E.HeadlineThe Complete Poetical Works of T. E. Hulme 1/28PublisherBits PressDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #134 Notebook kept by an assistant duty officer of an aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy during World War II Heading(Japan - World War II)HeadlineNotebook of Japanese officer on aircraft carrier during WWIIDate Published1943-1944 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #137 Californians AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineJeffers' first book published commerciallyPublisherMacmillanDate Published1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #138 Descent to the Dead: Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers' dark poems written in the United KingdomPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #141 Poets' Follies of '55 Heading(Kees, Weldon)HeadlineFlier for Weldon Kees' Poets' Follies of '55PublisherTheatre Arts ColonyDate Published1955 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #143 Around the Cragged Hill AuthorKennan, George F.HeadlineGeorge F. Kennan Around the Cragged Hill inscribedPublisherW.W. Norton & CoDate Published1993 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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$437.50StatusSold Lot #150 "We" The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, Together with His Views of the Future of Aviation AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineSigned by Charles Lindbergh 1/1000PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #153 Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity AuthorLynch, DavidHeadlineSigned by David LynchPublisherJeremy P. Tarcher/PenguinDate Published2006 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #161 Hand-drawn Map by inventor of the Civil War Maynard Carbine AuthorMaynard, EdwardHeadlineHand-drawn NY map by gun inventor MaynardDate Publishedca. 1831-1833 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #162 The New Pioneers: The First Picture of the American People East - West - North - South Under The New Deal AuthorMcCarthy, James RemingtonHeadlineJames Remington McCarthy The New Pioneers inscribedPublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold 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$500StatusSold Lot #181 The Triumphs of Petrarch AuthorPetrarch, FranciscoHeadlineWindsor Press edition of The Triumphs of PetrarchPublisherWindsor PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #188 Lyonnesse AuthorPlath, SylviaHeadlineSylvia Plath's Lyonnesse 1/300PublisherRainbow PressDate Published1971 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #190 The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineThe Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 1717PublisherPrinted by W. Bowyer, for Bernard LintotDate Published1717 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #192 Brave Men AuthorPyle, ErnieHeadlineErnie Pyle's Brave Men signedPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1944] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #195 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham 1/375PublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #206 The Stones of Venice AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineThe Stones of Venice Signed by John RuskinPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1867-74 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #215 Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineOde to a great actor by a great friendPublisherT. Evans, J. Wilkie, E. and C. Dilly, A. Portal, and J. AlmonDate Published1779 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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$375StatusSold Lot #228 The American Harmony; Or, Royal Melody Complete AuthorTans'ur, WilliamHeadlineThe American Harmony: or, Royal Melody CompletePublisherDaniel BayleyDate Published1771 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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$937.50StatusSold Lot #255 Orlando: A Biography AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Orlando Signed Limited EditionPublisherCrosby GaigeDate Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #258 Miscellany Poems: As Satyrs, Epistles, Love-Verses, Songs, Sonnets, &c AuthorWycherley, WilliamHeadline18th c. Miscellany Poems by William WycherleyPublisherPrinted for C. Brome, J. Taylor and B. TookeDate Published1704 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #265 The Farewell. A Poem AuthorChurchill, CharlesHeadlineCharles Churchill's Farewell to England's corruptionPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1764 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #272 Medieval Scenes AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlinePoetry about medieval timesPublisherCentaur PressDate Published1950 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #284 Lyrics of Light and Life AuthorLee, Frederick George, editorHeadlineWith a 1st appearance of Christina RossettiPublisherBasil Montagu PickeringDate Published1875 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #287 The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineCourtship of Miles StandishPublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #292 Mozart und Haydn in London Heading(Music)AuthorPohl, C. F.HeadlineMozart and Haydn in LondonDate Published1867 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #296 A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Manuscript and from Living Authors Heading(Poetry - Romanticism)AuthorBaillie, Joanna, editorHeadlineTwo first appearances of WordsworthPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next