Sale 615: Fine Literature & Fine Books (#615) 05/18/2017 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/18/2017 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 1-82 of 82. Previous|1|Next Lot #23 Select Fables: With Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others, Previous to the Year 1784: Together with a Memoir; and a descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlineBewick's Select Fables and a Life of Thomas BewickPublisherPrinted by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, et al.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #64 Lara, a Tale / Jacqueline, a Tale Author[Byron, George Gordon, Lord; & Samuel Rogers]HeadlineByron's Lara with Rogers' Jacqueline 1814PublisherPrinted for J. MurrayDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #67 Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity, and his Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton; with the Whimsical Adventures of the Halibut Family; Including Sketches of a Variety of Other Eccentric Characters in the French Metropolis AuthorCarey, DavidHeadlineCarey's Life in Paris Cruikshank plates First EditionPublisherJohn FairbornDate Published1822 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #70 The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science Heading(Cather, Willa, editor)AuthorMilmine, GeorgineHeadlineCather edits Mary Baker Eddy's LifePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #71 A Dialogue Between Scipio and Bergansa, Two Dogs Belonging to the City of Toledo AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineCervantes A Dialog between Scipio & BergansaPublisherS. BlandonDate Published1767 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #72 Peter Schlemihl Heading(Chamisso, Adelbert von.)AuthorLa Motte Fouque, Friedrich H. C. de, translatorHeadlinePeter Sclemihl illustrated by George CruikshankPublisherE. and W.B. WhittakerDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineLiterary Remains of Samuel Taylor ColeridgePublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836-39 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #78 The Water Witch; Or, The Skimmer of the Seas Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineJames Fenimore Cooper The Water Witch 1830PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #83 The Compleat Mendicant: Or, Unhappy Beggar. Being the Life of an Unfortunate Gentleman... Heading(Defoe, Daniel?)HeadlineThe Compleat Mendicant once attributed to Daniel DefoePublisherE HarrisDate Published1699 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #84 Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Heading(Dickens, Charles)Author"Boz," editorHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by DickensPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #85 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House First EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #86 Great Expectations AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Great Expectations Peterson 1861PublisherT.B. Peterson & BrothersDate Published[1861] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #87 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit 1st editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #88 Little Dorrit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little DorritPublisherBradbury and EvanDate Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #89 Master Humphrey's Clock AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock by Charles DickensPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #90 The Personal History of David Copperfield AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens David CopperfieldPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #92 Two volumes by A.E. from Dun Emer Press AuthorE., A. [Russell, George]HeadlineTwo volumes by A.E. from Dun Emer PressPublisherDun Emer PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #107 The Night-Walker, or the Little Thief. A Comedy, as it was presented by her Majesties Servants, at the Private House in Drury-Lane AuthorFletcher, JohnHeadlineJohn Fletcher The Night Walker 1661PublisherAndrew CrookDate Published1661 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #113 Faust: A Tragedy AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadlineGoethe's Faust with Lynd Ward illustrationsPublisherJonathan Cape & Harrison SmithDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #115 Cetywayo and his White Neighbours; Or, Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineH. Rider Haggard's First Book signed by his fatherPublisherTrubner & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #116 The Blithedale Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineNathaniel Hawthorne Blithedale RomancePublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #118 The Epping Hunt AuthorHood, ThomasHeadlineCruikshank illustrates Hood's Epping HuntPublisherCharles TiltDate Published1830 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #119 Tom Brown at Oxford: A Sequel to School Days at Rugby AuthorHughes, ThomasHeadlineTom Brown at OxfordPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #126 Poems AuthorKinney, Elizabeth C.HeadlineElizabeth C. Kinney Poems 1st EditionPublisherHurd and HoughtonDate Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #129 Lady Chatterley's Lover AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlinePirate edition of Lady Chatterley's LoverPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #133 Five novels by Charles Lever, with illustrations by "Phiz" AuthorLever, CharlesHeadlineFive works by Charles LeverDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #138 One of Our Conquerors AuthorMeredith, George.HeadlineGeorge Meredith One of Our Conquerors 1891PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #141 The Flyers of the Hunt AuthorMills, JohnHeadlineFlyers of the Hunt John Leech illustrationsPublisher"The Field" Office and Ward and LockDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #142 Our Village AuthorMitford, Mary RussellHeadlineOur Village with Thomson illus. in jacket 1893PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #146 The Misfortunes of Elphin. Author[Peacock, Thomas Love] The Author of Headlong HallHeadlineA. Edward Newton's copy of Peacock's Misfortunes of ElphinPublisherThomas HookhamDate Published1829 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #147 Tales of Mystery, Imagination, & Humour, and, Poems - First & Second Series AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoes Tales 1852PublisherHenry VizetellyDate Published1852 & no date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #160 The Cosmic Bicycle AuthorSättyHeadlineSatty The Cosmic BicyclePublisherStraight Arrow BooksDate Published1971 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #161 Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, Esq. [Bound with] Twelve Sketches Illustrative of... Scott's Demonology and Witchcraft by George Cruikshank AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineScott on Demonology with Cruikshank's illustrationsPublisherJohn Murray / For the ArtistDate Published1830 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #164 Three novels by Frank Smedley, illustrations by "Phiz" or George Cruikshank AuthorSmedley, FrankHeadlineThree novels by Frank SmedleyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #169 WITHDRAWN = A Stevenson Library. Catalogue of a Collection of Writings by and about Robert Louis Stevenson, Formed by Edwin J. Beinecke. Volumes 2 through 6 Heading(Stevenson, Robert Louis)AuthorMcKay, George L.Headline5 volumes of the Beinecke Stevenson Collection catalogPublisherYale University LibraryDate Published1952-1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #170 Dracula AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineDracula 1st Grosset & Dunlap edition in dust jacketPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[c.1927] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #171 Six sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees AuthorSurtees, Robert SmithHeadlineSix sporting novels by Robert Smith SurteesPublisherBradbury, Agnew, & Co.Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #172 Three sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees AuthorSurtees, Robert SmithHeadlineThree first edition of Surtees's sporting novelsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #173 Two of Thackeray's Christmas books, written as Mr. M.A. Titmarsh Author[Thackeray, William Makepeace]HeadlineTwo of W.M. Thackeray's Christmas Books 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #175 Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups AuthorThompson, KayHeadlineFirst printing of Thompson's EloisePublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1955 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #178 Briefe an seinen Bruder. Zusammengestellt von seiner Schwägerin J. van Gogh-Bonger. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Leo Klein-Diepold AuthorVan Gogh, VincentHeadlineRare deluxe issue of Van Gogh's Letters 1914PublisherVerlegt bei Paul CassirerDate Published1914 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #182 Mr. Whistler's "Ten O'Clock" AuthorWhistler, James McNeillHeadlineMr. Whistler's "Ten O'Clock" First EditionPublisher[Chatto & Windus]Date Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #183 "Ambition" and "Boz and Democracy" In: Brother Jonathan: A Weekly Compend... AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWith contributions by Walt WhitmanPublisherWilson & Co.Date Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #192 Poems 1899-1905 AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineYeats, Poems 1899-1905 1st edPublisherA.H. BullenDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #193 Reveries Over Childhood and Youth AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineYeats Reveries Over Childhood and Youth 1 of 425PublisherCuala PressDate Published1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #194 Two volumes by William Butler Yeats AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineTwo volumes by William Butler YeatsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #202 George Cruikshank's Omnibus Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)AuthorBlanchard, Laman, ed.HeadlinePresentation copy from George CruikshankPublisherTilt and BogueDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #203 Twenty works with illustrations by George Cruikshank Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)HeadlineTwenty works with illustrations by George CruikshankDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #204 Two works with illustrations by George Cruikshank, from the library of Cruikshank bibliographer Albert M. Cohn Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)HeadlineFrom the library of Albert M. CohnDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #205 The Bachelor's Own Book; Being the Progress of Mr. Lambkin, (Gent.) in the Persuit [sic] of Pleasure and Amusememt [sic], and also in Search of Health and Happiness AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineThe Bachelor's Own Book by George CruikshankPublisherGeorge CruikshankDate Published1844 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #206 Illustrations of Popular Works,... Part I (all published) AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineLarge paper india proofs by George CruikshankPublisherFor the artist by Longman, Rees, et alDate Published[1830] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #207 Phrenological Illustrations, Or, An Artist's View of the Craniological System of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineCruikshank's Phrenological IllustrationsPublisherGeorge CruikshankDate Published1826 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #215 Ganymed: Jahrbuch für die Kunst. Two volumes Heading(Ganymed)AuthorMeier-Graefe, Julius, editorHeadlineGanymed 3 & 4 Max Beckmann etc.PublisherR. Piper & Co.Date Published1921-22 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #220 Jl Pantegan Heading(Gramatte, Walter)AuthorHadwiger, VictorHeadlineIllustrations by Walter GramattePublisherAxel JunckerDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #223 Doctor Billig am Ende Heading(Grosz, George, illustrator)AuthorHuelsenbeck, RichardHeadlineWith 8 illustrations by George GroszPublisherKurt WolffDate Published1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #224 The Heraldic Album for Arms, Crests & Monograms Heading(Heraldry)AuthorBartholomew, C.E.HeadlineHeraldic Album for Arms, Crests & MonogramsPublisherJohnson & RoweDate Published[c.1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #233 Neben der Heerstrasse Heading(Kirchner, Ernst L., illustrator)AuthorBosshart, JakobHeadlineIllustrations by Ernst KirchnerPublisherGrethlein & Co.Date Published[1923] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #234 Germania Heading(Kubin, Alfred)AuthorElias, PaterHeadlineFour original lithographs by Alfred KubinPublisher[Lothar Hempe]Date Published1932 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #237 Five works with illustrations by John Leech Heading(Leech, John, illustrator)HeadlineFive works with illustrations by John LeechDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #245 Color illustration by Mucha from Documents Decoratifs AuthorMucha, AlphonseHeadlineColor plate by Alphonse MuchaPublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux ArtsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #246 Two illustrations by Mucha from Documents Decoratifs AuthorMucha, AlphonseHeadlineTwo plates by Alphonse Mucha from Documents DecoratifsPublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux ArtsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #247 Two illustrations by Mucha from Documents Decoratifs AuthorMucha, AlphonseHeadlineTwo plates by Alphonse Mucha from Documents DecoratifsPublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux ArtsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #256 Chesterfield Burlesqued; Or School for Modern Manners Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield Burlesqued illustrated by RowlandsonPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1811 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #257 The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of a Wife Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThird Tour of Dr. Syntax plates by RowlandsonPublisherR. AckermannDate Published[1820] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #258 The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. [With:] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation. [With:] The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of A Wife. Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThree Tours of Doctor Syntax Rowlandson IllustrationsPublisherAckermannDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #259 The Comic Offering; Or Ladies' Melange of Literary Mirth for MDCCCXXXII [& MDCCCXXXIII] AuthorSheridan, Louisa HenriettaHeadlineComic Offering for 1832 & 1833PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1832 & 1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #263 Pride and Prejudice Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineLarge paper Jane Austen with Thomson illus. 1/275PublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1894 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #264 The Ballad of Beau Brocade and other Poems of the XVIII Century Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineThomson's Beau Brocade with colored platesPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #269 Vlaminck Heading(Vlaminck, Maurice de)AuthorOrlan, Pierre MacHeadlineVlaminck with 5 original lithographsPublisherUniverse BooksDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #272 Zeit-Echo: Ein Kriegs-Tagebuch der Künstler, Volumes 1 & 2 Heading(Zeit-Echo)AuthorHaas-Heye, Otte, publisherHeadlineZeit-Echo 1914-1916PublisherGraphik VerlagDate Published1914-1916 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #290 The Ring and the Book AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineRobert Browning The Ring and the BookPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #294 Critical and Miscellaneous Essays AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's Essays Volumes 1 & 2PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #301 Elizabeth: Or, The Exiles of Siberia AuthorCottin, Madame SophieHeadlineExiles of Siberia 1809PublisherA. Loudon for Matthew CareyDate Published1809 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #351 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$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #354 Two signed and limited editions by John Masefield AuthorMasefield, JohnHeadlineMasefield's Philip the King signed & limitedPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1927 & [1928] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #364 The Works of Hannah More AuthorMore, HannahHeadlineThe Works of Hannah More 1835PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1853 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #367 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$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #376 Pages from a Diary in Greece AuthorRicketts, CharlesHeadlineRicketts: Pages From a Diary in GreecePublisherThe Tragara PressDate Published1978 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #389 20 miniature volumes in leather AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline20 miniature volumes in leatherPublisherKnickerboker Leather and Novelty Co. View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #394 The Turn of the Years: The Seasons' Course and As Old as the Century Heading(Stone, Reynolds)AuthorPritchett, V.S.HeadlineThe Turn of the Years: The Seasons' Course and As Old as the Century Reynolds StonePublisherMichael RussellDate Published1982 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #398 Jorrocks's Jounts and Jollities. AuthorSurtees, Robert SmithHeadlineJorrocks's Jounts and JollitiesPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, LimitedDate Published[1903] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #428 Approx. 19 little volumes of Literature AuthorVariousHeadlineApprox. 19 little volumes of LiteraturePublisherRobert K. Haas, Inc., (Formerly Little Leather Library Corporation)Date Publishedvarious View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next