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 1-82 of 82. 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 #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 #11 An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa. AuthorAnstey, ChristopherHeadlineChristopher Anstey's An Election Ball 1776PublisherPrinted for the Author, by S. Hazard,Date Published1776 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #12 The Art of Preserving Health: A Poem AuthorArmstrong, JohnHeadlinePopular 18th c. Poem on Preserving HealthPublisherA. MillarDate Published1744 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #13 Miscellanies AuthorArmstrong, JohnHeadlineCollected works of John Armstrong, physician and poetPublisherT. CadellDate Published1770 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #14 Cromwell: A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 28, 1843 AuthorArnold, MatthewHeadline1st edition of Matthew Arnold's poem CromwellPublisherJ. VincentDate Published1843 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #34 Articulos de Costumbres y Poesias AuthorBetancourt, Luis VictorianoHeadlineA book of 19th century Spanish versePublisherImprenta la Revista de AlmacenesDate Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #50 New Numbers: Lascelles Abercrombie, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Vol. 1, no. 1 - 4 Heading(Brooke, Rupert)HeadlineNew Numbers, short-lived periodical devoted to new poems 1914Publisher(New Numbers)Date PublishedFebruary - December 1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #63 Manfred, A Dramatic Poem. AuthorByron [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineRare continental edition of Byron's "Manfred"PublisherPrinted at the British PressDate Published[1817] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #65 Don Juan. Cantos IX.-X.-and XI AuthorByron, George Gordon, LordHeadlineLarge paper issue of Byron's Don Juan, Cantos IX, X, XIPublisherJohn HuntDate Published1823 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #66 Hours of Idleness, A Series of Poems, Original and Translated AuthorByron, George Gordon, LordHeadlineLord Byron's 3rd book - Hours of IdlenessPublisherS. and J. RidgeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #77 The Ghost Author[Churchill, Charles]HeadlineCharles Churchill's the Ghost 1762PublisherPrinted for the Author, and Sold by William FlexneyDate Published1762 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #81 Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadline1st appearance of Coleridge's Kubla KhanPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1816 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #101 The Battle of Craignilder, a Very Ancient Gallovidian Ballad; Arranged for Publication, with an Introduction and Notes - inscribed AuthorDenniston, Capt. JamesHeadlineThe Battle of Craignilder 1832PublisherPublished by R. Cadell; & R. Griffin and Co.Date Published1832 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #111 A Poem Upon the Death of His Late Highness, Oliver, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, & Ireland AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's famous poem on Oliver CromwellPublisherWilliam WilsonDate Publishedc. 1691-3 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #142 A Compleat Key to the Dispensary Author[Garth, Samuel]HeadlineFirst edition to include "A Continuation of the Key"PublisherPrinted for T. Wotton, J. Lacy, J. Shuckburgh and C. MotteDate Published1726 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #147 Leonidas. A Poem. AuthorGlover, RichardHeadlineLeonidas. A Poem. 1769PublisherPrinted by Robert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1769 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #152 Winged by Their Own Need: Poems by the Winners and the Jurors of the Robert Graves Prize for Best Hungarian Poem of the Year 1970-1986 Heading(Graves, Robert)AuthorVajda, Miklós (editor)HeadlineWinners of Robert Graves Prize for Best Hungarian PoemPublisherNew Seizin PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #161 Makarony Fables; With the New Fable of the Bees. In Two Cantos. Addressed to the Society. By Cosmo, Mythogelastick Professor, and F.M.S Author[Hall-Stevenson, John]HeadlineMakarony FablesPublisherPrinted for J. AlmonDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #174 Poems AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineOliver Wendell Holmes' first bookPublisherOtis, Broaders, and Co.Date Published1836 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #176 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera cum Novo Commentario ad Modum Joannis Bond AuthorHoraceHeadlineHorace, with photographic plates 1855PublisherEx typographia Firminorum DidotDate Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #177 Quintus Horatius Flaccus AuthorHoraceHeadlineLarge paper issue of 2nd Pickering Diamond edition of HoracePublisherGulielmus PickeringDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 #194 Ritu Sanhara, or, Assemblage of Seasons, Ascribed to Kalidasa, Memorable for Being the First Work Ever Printed in Sanscrit. Translated from the Sanscrit into English for the First Time, by Satyam Jayati [pseud] AuthorKalidasaHeadlineFirst edition in English of first work ever printed in SanscritPublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #223 Renascence: A Poem AuthorMillay, Edna St. VincentHeadlineMillay poem printed by Goudy on Morris' handpressPublisherAnderson GalleriesDate Published1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #224 Second April AuthorMillay, Edna St. VincentHeadlineFirst edition of Millay's Second AprilPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #225 Il Paradiso Perduto Poema Inglese del Signor Milton Tradotto in Nostra Lingua al Quale si Permettono Osservazioni Sopra il Libro del Signor Voltaire... AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineProhibited 1st Italian edition of Paradise LostPublisherAlberto TumermaniDate Published1730 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #229 The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris The Defence of Guenevere 1stPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #241 An Epic of Women and Other Poems AuthorO'Shaughnessy, Arthur W. E.HeadlineO'Shaughnessy's 1st book An Epic of Women & Other PoemsPublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #248 Fastorum Libri VI; De Tristibus Libri V; De Ponto Libri IIII AuthorOvidHeadlineFirst Aldine ed. of the third volume of Ovid's WorksPublisherAldus ManutiusDate Published1502-03 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #250 The Harbinger; A May Gift Author[Park, Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and John O. Sargent]HeadlinePoetry by Benjamin, Holmes, Sargent to benefit the blindPublisherCarter, Hende and Co.Date Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #252 Poésies Érotiques, Par M. le Chevalier de Parny AuthorParny, Variste-Deisre De ForgesHeadlineScarce 1st book of poetry by Evarist of ParnyDate Published1778 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #260 La callipédie, traduite du poème latin AuthorQuillet, ClaudeHeadline1st French edition of Quillet's poem on producing beautiful childrenPublisherchez Durand & PissotDate Published1749 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #291 The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineBuxton Forman's Shelley in four volumesPublisherReeves and TurnerDate Published1876-77 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #292 Queen Mab AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineShelley's Queen Mab 1821PublisherPrinted and Published by W. ClarkDate Published1821 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold 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 #311 Juvenal's Sixteen Satyrs or A Survey of the Manners and Actions of Mankind. With Arguments, Marginall Notes and Annotations clearing the obscure places out of the History, Lawes and Ceremonies of the Romans AuthorStapleton, Robert, translator and editorHeadlineFirst complete edition in English of Juvenal's satiresPublisherPrinted for Henry MoseleyDate Published1647 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #318 The Seasons, A Hymn, A Poem to the Memory of Isaac Newton, and Britannia, A Poem. AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineJames Thomson's The Seasons 1730PublisherPrinted for J. Millan and A. MillarDate Published1730 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold 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 #331 Le Sottisier de Voltaire, Publié pour la Premère Fois...Avex une Préface par L. Leouxon le Duc AuthorVoltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet deHeadlineUnpublished writings of Voltaire found in his library after his deathPublisherLibrairie de BibliophilesDate Published1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 #340 Poems. A New Edition AuthorWarton, Thomas the YoungerHeadlineFirst collection of poetry by Thomas WartonPublisherT. BecketDate Published1777 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #345 Poems on Several Occasions AuthorWesley, SamuelHeadlineCollected verse of Samuel Wesley the YoungerPublisherPrinted for the Author by E. Say and Sold by S. BirtDate Published1736 View details Estimate$300 - $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 #347 “Eris; A Spirit Record” [and] "Dumb Kate-An Early Death" [in] The Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol. 1 [nos. 1-6]. AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineTwo early Walt Whitman appearances 1844PublisherIsrael PostDate Published1844 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #356 Five volumes by or about William Blake Heading(Blake, William)HeadlineFive volumes by or about William BlakeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #365 Five works by Madison Cawein - one inscribed AuthorCawein, MadisonHeadlineInfluence for T.S. Eliot's Waste LandDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #369 Dulce Cor: Being the Poems of Ford Berêton Author[Crockett, Samual Rutherford]HeadlineSamual Rutherford Crockett's first bookPublisherKegan Paul, TrenchDate Published1886 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold 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 #388 The address of Mr. Everett and the poem of Dr. O. W. Holmes, at the dinner given to H. I. H. Monseigneur the Prince Napoleon, September 25th, 1861 AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineOliver Wendell Holes, Vive la France!PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #405 A Year’s Life AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineJames Russell Lowell's first bookPublisherC. C. Little and J. BrownDate Published1841 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold 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 #418 Poets of America [and] Victorian Poets Heading(Poetry)AuthorStedman, Edmund ClarenceHeadlineVictorian and American poets, 4 volumesPublisherPrinted at the Riverside PressDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #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 #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 #430 Three volumes of poetry by Menella Bute Smedley AuthorSmedley, Menella ButeHeadlineMenella Bute Smedley, 3 volumes of poemsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold 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 #440 Nine volumes by Matthew Arnold AuthorArnold, MatthewHeadlineNine volumes by Matthew ArnoldDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$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 #456 Twenty volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineTwenty volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #457 Twenty-one volumes of 19th century poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineTwenty-one volumes of 19th century poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #458 Twenty-one volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineTwenty-one volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold 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