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Previous|12|Next Lot #282 [Works, i.e.]: The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineSet of James Russell Lowell's Works 16 volumesPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #283 How the Wimp Won the War - 10 signed and limited copies AuthorMailer, NormanHeadlineMailler, How The Wimp...10 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #287 Peter Simple. By the Author of "Newton Foster," "The King's Own," &c. AuthorMarryat, FrederickHeadlinePeter Simple by Frederick Marryat 1834PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1834 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #311 Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers Heading(Newton, A. Edward - his copy)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineA. Edward Newton's copy of Stevenson's Virginibus PuerisquePublisherC. Kegan Paul & Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #312 Frank Norris: A Biography - inscribed to G. Ezra Dane with three letters to him from the author Heading(Norris, Frank)AuthorWalker, FranklinHeadlineNorris biography inscribed by Walker to DanePublisherDoubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.Date Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #313 Complete Works of Frank Norris AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineComplete Works of Frank Norris 1903PublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #314 A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West - two issues AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineNorris Deal in Wheat variant bindingsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #315 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineChoice copy of Norris's McTeaguePublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #316 The Octopus & The Pit, 5 copies in all, variant issues and printings AuthorNorris, FrankHeadline5 volumes in Norris's Epic of Wheat trilogyPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1901 & 1903 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #317 Two titles by Frank Norris AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineTwo titles by Frank NorrisPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1898 & 1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #318 [Works. i.e.]: The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris' Works AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineFrank Norris' Works Manuscript Edition 10 vols.PublisherDoubleday, Doran and Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #322 Large collection of titles from Paul Elder & Company Heading(Paul Elder & Company)HeadlineLarge collection of titles from Paul Elder & Co.PublisherPaul Elder & CompanyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #323 Questions They Never Asked Me - presentation copy AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlineSigned by Walker PercyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #324 The State of the Novel: Dying Art or New Science? - two Limited Copies AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlinePercy, State of the Novel, 2 signed copiesPublisherFaust PublishingDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #327 Manon Lescaut AuthorPrevost d'Exiles, Antoine FrancoisHeadlineManon Lescaut, 1928 illustraitions by AlastairPublisherJohn Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #328 House Snake - 25 signed and limited copies AuthorPrice, ReynoldsHeadlinePrice, House Snake- 25 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #329 Proud Flesh: Four Short Plays - ten signed and numbered copies AuthorPurdy, JamesHeadlineJames Purdy Proud Flesh, 10 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #332 Death from Nowhere Author[Rawson, Clayton] Towne, Stuart, pseud.HeadlineStuart Towne Death from NowherePublisherWiegers Publishing CompanyDate Published[1940] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #335 The German Novelists AuthorRoscoe, Thomas, editorHeadlineThe German Novelists 1826PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1826 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #336 Picasso. Painter and Engraver AuthorRosenthal, ErwinHeadlinePicasso. Painter & Engraver 1 of 75 copies Adrian WilsonPublisher[Adrian Wilson]Date Published1952 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #338 Book for Sensei - inscribed by Philip Whalen AuthorRothenberg, Michael, Michael McClure, Philp Whalen, et alHeadlineBook for Sensei Big Bridge Press 1990PublisherBig Bridge PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #344 Exquisite Corpse Heading(San Francisco Center for the Book)AuthorMunson, Howard, et alHeadlineExquisite Corpse San Francisco Center for the BookPublisherCenter for the BookDate Published2000 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #348 Waverly Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSet of the Waverly NovelsPublisherSamuel H. ParkerDate Published1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #349 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works Connoisseur EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #350 [Works, i.e.]: "Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere" AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineBell's Shakespeare 1788PublisherJohn BellDate Published1788 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #351 Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus AuthorShelley, Mary WollstonecraftHeadlineFrankenstein with Lynd Ward IllustrationsPublisherHarrison Smith and Robert HaasDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #354 Summer Sketches - four different editions AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineDan Simmons, 4 signed limited editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #361 Myths & Texts AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadlineGary Snyder Myths & Texts Signed First EditionPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1978] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #369 Letters to Elizabeth: A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Letters to Elizabeth Ltd. Edn.PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1978 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #375 Yosemite, An Ode AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Sterling YosemitePublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1916 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #376 The Body-Snatcher AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson The Body-Snatcher 1st EditionPublisherMerriam CompanyDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #377 Dracula AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineDracula the Definitive Edition Edward Gorey IllustrationsPublisherBarnes & NobleDate Published[1996] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #379 A Swinburne Library: A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Algernon Charles Swinburne Collected by Thomas James Wise Heading(Swinburne, Algernon Charles)AuthorWise, Thomas JamesHeadlineSwinburne bibliography by T.J. WisePublisherPrinted for Private Circulation OnlyDate Published1925 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #380 The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)AuthorPendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.HeadlineW.M Thackeray The Newcomes finely boundPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1854-55 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #381 The Virginians AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineW.M. Thackeray The Virginians 1st EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #383 Quartet AuthorThomas, LewisHeadlineLewis Thomas and Joseph Goldyne QuartetPublisherPacific Editions and the Arif PressDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #384 Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. - twenty-five signed and limited copies AuthorThomas, RossHeadlineThomas, Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. - 25 limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #386 The Music of the Spheres AuthorTournier, MichelHeadlineMichel Tournier Music of the Spheres 1/98 copiesPublisherOkeanos PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #388 Bas-relief portrait of Mark Twain Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorJusko, JunoHeadlineMark Twain Bas-relief portraitPublisherM.P.M. Co.Date Publishedc.1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #389 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #390 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn - First Edition, early issuePublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #391 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Tom Sawyer 1st edition half-calf bindingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #393 The Innocents Abroad AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Innocents Abroad 1st Edition 3rd IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #394 A Tramp Abroad AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain, a Tramp Abroad 1st EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #395 [Works], i.e., The Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Works Definitive Ed. 35 vols signedPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922-23 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #402 Humor in Fiction - two limited editions AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, Humor in Fiction, 2 signed copies.PublisherLord John PressDate Published2000 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #404 Three limited editions of works by John Updike from the Lord John Press AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, 3 signed editions.PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #406 Two titles from Lord John Press AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineJohn Updike, 3 signed editions.PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #407 Two works by Leon Uris AuthorUris, LeonHeadlineTwo first editions of works by Leon UrisDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #410 La Ligue ou Henry le Grand. Poëme epique AuthorVoltaire, M. deHeadlineVoltaire, La Ligue ou Henry le Grand 1723PublisherJean MokpapDate Published1723 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #413 Working with the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up From Slavery" Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskogee AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineBooker T. Washington Working with the HandsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #417 Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History and Wisdom Heading(Whitman, Walt)AuthorSwinton, WilliamHeadlineSwinton, Rambles Among Words, 1859PublisherCharles ScribnerDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #418 A Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde - One of 25 Large Paper copies Heading(Wilde, Oscar)AuthorMason, StuartHeadlineA Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde 1 of 25 copiesPublisherE. Grant RichardsDate Published1907 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #419 Wilde v. Whistler. Being an Acrimonious Correspondence on Art between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Heading(Wilde, Oscar)HeadlineOscar Wilde vs James McNeill WhistlerPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #420 Bound volume of early periodical appearances by Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlinePeriodical appearances by Oscar WildeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #421 De Profundis AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde De Profundis 1st English & American editionsPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1905] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #422 Poems AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Poems First American Edition 2nd PrintingPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #433 Charles Erskine Scott Wood & Sara Bard Field Family Photo Archive AuthorWood, Charles Erskine Scott & Sara Bard FieldHeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood & Sara Bard Field Photo ArchiveDate PublishedEarly 20th century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #434 Small collection of works by Sara Bard Field and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, most family copies with inscriptions, plus others AuthorWood, Charles Erskine Scott & Sara Bard FieldHeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood & Sara Bard FieldDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #435 Maia. A Sonnet Sequence AuthorWood, Charles Erskine ScottHeadlineCharles Erskine Scott Wood to his daughterPublisher[F.W. Baltes]Date Published[1918] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #438 The Man Who Died Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence The Man Who Died One of 35 copiesPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1992] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #440 Obras Completas. Tomo 1: Parte Dramatica AuthorZorrilla, JoseHeadlineZorrilla, Obras Completas. Tomo 1: Parte Dramatica 1851PublisherBoix Y CompaniaDate Published1851 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #446 Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A Genuine Reprint of the Rare Edition of 1749 AuthorCleland, JohnHeadlineFanny Hill from Kamashastra Society 1907PublisherThe Kamashastra SocietyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #452 King Solomon's Mines AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineH. Rider Haggard King Solomon's MinesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published1886 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #500 Shelf of 19th century literature Heading(Literature - 19th century)HeadlineShelf of 19th century literatureDate Published19th century View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #501 Shelf of Pepys' Diary and Taylors Works AuthorPepys, Samuel & Taylor, BayardHeadlineWorks of Pepys & Taylor View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #503 The Works of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSet of Shakespeare's WorksPublisherInternational Shakespearan SocietyDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$312.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next