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Previous|1|Next Lot #9 A Book of Fifty Drawings [and] A Second Book of Fifty Drawings - from the library of Martin Secker AuthorBeardsley, AubreyHeadlineBeardsley's Books of Fifty Drawings - Martin Secker's copyPublisherLeonard SmithersDate Published1897, 1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #38 Goodnight Moon AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseHeadlineGoodnight Moon First EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1947 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #45 Little Lord Fauntleroy AuthorBurnett, Frances HodgsonHeadlineLittle Lord Fauntleroy 1886 - 2 copiesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #67 Antonina; or The Fall of Rome. A Romance of the Fifth Century AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineWilkie Collins' First NovelPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #68 One Day More AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineOne Day More by Joseph Conrad, signedPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #70 Olde Tayles Newly Relayted AuthorCrawhall, JosephHeadlineCrawhall, Olde Tayles Newly Relayted 1883PublisherThe Leadenhall PressDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #71 Paul and Virginia - with signed manuscript page AuthorDe Saint-Pierre, BernardinHeadlineSaint-Pierre's Paul and Virginia w/manuscript page 1888PublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1888 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #73 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Bleak House First EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #74 The Extra Christmas Numbers of All The Year Round, conducted by Charles Dickens 1859-1867 AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Extra Christmas Numbers of All The Year Round, 1st Ed.Publisher[Office of All The Year Round / Chapman & Hall]Date Published[1859-1867] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #80 Six volumes from The Strand Magazine - some with first appearances of [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes] Heading(Doyle, Arthur Conan)AuthorNewnes, George, editorHeadlineSix from The Strand many featuring Sherlock HolmesPublisher[The Strand Magazine]Date Published1891-1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #82 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineHound of the Baskervilles 1st Canadian EditionPublisherGeorge N. MorangDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #83 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EdnPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #84 The Return of Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineThe Return of Sherlock Holmes 1st ed.PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #85 A Study in Scarlet AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineConan Doyle A Study in Scarlet 1st American ed.PublisherLippincottDate Published1890 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #90 Henri III et sa Cour AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineFirst edition in book form of Dumas's first playPublisherVezard et Cie.Date Published1829 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #91 The Lady of the Camellias AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineThe Lady of the Camellias, with two states of etchingsPublisherPrinted only for subscribers of George Barrie & SonDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Adventures of a Bear and a Great Bear Too AuthorElwes, AlfredHeadlineThe Adventures of a Bear, 1853PublisherAddey and Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #102 At La Puerta Escondida AuthorFerlinghetti, Lawrence with Bertrand BracavalHeadlineFerlinghetti & Bracaval, At La Puerta Escondida 1/35PublisherPré NianDate Published[2005] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #120 Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, The Magical Car AuthorFleming, IanHeadlineIan Fleming's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, 1st. UK Ed.PublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1964-65 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #128 The Tyranny of the Dark AuthorGarland, HamlinHeadlineFirst Edition signed by Hamlin GarlandPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #134 The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray [&] The Poetical Works of William Collins AuthorGray, Thomas & Collins, WilliamHeadlinePoetical Works of Gray & Collins 1787PublisherAndrew FoulisDate Published1786-87 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #135 Poems by Mr. Gray Author(Gray, Thomas)HeadlineFirst authorized printed appearance of "Elegy in a Country Churchyard"PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #136 Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineDesigns by Mr. R. Bentley for Poems by Gray 1753PublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1753 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #141 Twice-Told Tales AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1st EditionPublisherAmerican Stationers Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #145 Washington Irving, Esq.: Ambassador at Large from the New World to the Old AuthorHellman, George S.HeadlineWashington Irving, Esq. biography galley proofsPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published[1925] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #155 Scanlan's Monthly, Five issues AuthorHinkle, Warren and Sidney Zion, editorsHeadlineScanlan's Monthly, 5 issuesPublisherScanlan's Literary HouseDate Published1970 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #166 The Drama AuthorIrving, HenryHeadlineHenry Irving, The Drama, 1 of 300 signedPublisherTait, Sons & CompanyDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #167 The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq. Author[Irving, Washington]HeadlineThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Washington IrvingPublisherJohn MillerDate Published1838 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #168 The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Author[Irving, Washington]HeadlineThe Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon inscribed by Ugo FoscoloPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #172 Cowboy in the Making AuthorJames, WillHeadlineCowboy in the Making, 1st Ed. in dust jacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #177 Moby Dick; Or, The Whale Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineRockwell Kent Moby Dick with dust jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #181 A Wrinkle In Time AuthorL'Engle, MadeleineHeadlineL'Engle A Wrinkle in Time 1st ed in djPublisherAriel Books / Farrar, Straus and CudahyDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #190 Two works, in three volumes, by or about Jack London Heading(London, Jack)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBurning Daylight and The Book of Jack LondonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #191 The Call of the Wild AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Call of the Wild, 1st Ed.PublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #192 The Faith of Men AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, The Faith of MenPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Scarlet Plague AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineScarlet Plague First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #195 White Fang AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's White FangPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #196 The Song of Hiawatha AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThe Song of Hiawatha first American issuePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published[1855] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #197 De imitatione Iesu patientis; sive, De morte et vita in Christo Iesu patiente abscondita, in carne vero nostra mortali ad similitudinem eius exprimenda libri VII AuthorLyere, Adriaan vanHeadlineLyere on the suffering of Christ, 1655PublisherIacobum MeursiumDate Published1655 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #218 Six signed works by Michael Moorcock AuthorMoorcock, MichaelHeadlineSix signed works by Michael MoorcockDate Publishedvarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #230 One Special Summer Heading(Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy)AuthorBouvier, Jacqueline and LeeHeadlineOne Special Summer, signed by Jacqueline and Lee BouvierPublisherDelacourte PressDate Published1974 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #233 Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine Vols. XVIII and XIX Heading(Poe, Edgar Allen)HeadlineScarce Poe magazine appearancesPublisherGeorge R. GrahamDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #234 The Ladies' Companion; A Monthly Magazine Embracing Every Department of Literature. Volumes XVII - XVIII. Heading(Poe, Edgar Allen)HeadlineScarce first appearance of Poe short storyPublisherWilliam W. SnowdenDate Published1842-3 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #235 The Literary Emporium; A Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Philosophical Knowledge vol. I & II Heading(Poe, Edgar Allen)HeadlineEarly appearance of Poe's "The Raven"PublisherJ.K. WellmanDate Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #255 Rossetti and His Circle Heading(Rossetti, Dante Gabriel)AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineMax Beerbohm, Rossetti and His CirclePublisherWilliam HeinemanDate Published1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #258 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - First American Edition AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1st American EdnPublisherArthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic PressDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #287 Nine first and early editions of works of George Sterling, six of them inscribed and/or signed by Sterling, one with typed poem tipped in, and two in dust jackets AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineNine by George Sterling, most inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #291 Seventeen AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineBooth Tarkington Seventeen, 1st Ed. in dust jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1916] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #293 The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Virginians in Original PartsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857-59 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #297 Barchester Towers AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineTrollope Barchester Towers First EditionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & RobertsDate Published1857 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #298 The Gilded Age AuthorTwain, Mark and Charles Dudley WarnerHeadlineMark Twain The Gilded Age 1874PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #299 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, 1893 First EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #300 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and other Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe Celebrated Jumping Frog, later editionPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #301 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineConnecticut Yankee 1st statePublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #302 Roughing It AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineRoughing It, Mark Twain 1st AmericanPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #316 The Complete Angler... AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineThe Complete AnglerPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #323 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm AuthorWiggin, Kate DouglasHeadlineRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, second state bindingPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #324 Cabinet card studio photograph of Oscar Wilde Heading(Wilde, Oscar)HeadlineCabinet photograph of Oscar WildePublisherAlfred Ellis & WaleryDate Published1890s View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #339 The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert a Beckett, the Brothers Mayhew AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineWith many hundreds of illustrations by Cruikshank and othersPublisherChatto & WIndusDate Published1889 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #342 The Chase of the Golden Plate AuthorFutrelle, JaquesHeadlineJacques Futrelle's The Chase of the Golden Plate 1st EdPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #345 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.HeadlineFirst Edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' first novelPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #348 Before Adam AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Before Adam 1st EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #349 The Call of the Wild - with variant binding AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Call of the Wild 1903 - with variant bindingPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #350 The Game AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Game First EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #351 Voices of the Night AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's first published book of poetryPublisherJohn OwenDate Published1840 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #353 The Boat Club; Or, The Bunkers of Rippleton AuthorOptic, Oliver [pseud. William Taylor Adams]HeadlineOliver Optic The Boat Club 1855 scarcePublisherBrown, Bazin, and CompanyDate Published1855 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #355 Queen Mab AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlinePirated edition of Shelley's Queen MabPublisherJohn BrooksDate Published1829 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #356 Merry Tales AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Merry Tales 1stPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #357 Seven literary volumes Heading(Literature)HeadlineSeven literary volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #358 Twelve miscellaneous volumes Heading(Miscellaneous)HeadlineTwelve miscellaneous volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #361 Fifteen volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFifteen volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #362 Nineteen miscellaneous volumes, mostly poetry Heading(Poetry)Headline19 miscellaneous volumes, mostly poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next