Sale 483: Fine Literature with Books in All Fields (#483) 07/05/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/05/2012 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 1-88 of 88. Previous|1|Next Lot #21 "Sonnet - a thought" [i.e. "An Apprehension"] - original manuscript, with fragment on verso AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineMs. Sonnet by E.B. BrowningDate Publishedc.1840 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #22 Tarzan of the Apes AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineTarzan of the Apes First EditionPublisherA.C. McClurg & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #26 The Beasts of Tarzan AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The Beast of TarzanPublisherMcClurgDate Published1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #27 The Son of Tarzan AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The Son of TarzanPublisherMcClurgDate Published1917 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #29 Jungle Tales of Tarzan AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Jungle Tales of TarzanPublisherMcClurgDate Published1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #30 Tarzan the Untamed AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan the UntamedPublisherA.C. McClurg & Co.Date Published1920 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #31 Tarzan the Terrible AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan the TerriblePublisherMcClurgDate Published1921 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #32 Tarzan and the Golden Lion AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and the Golden LionPublisherMcClurgDate Published1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #33 Tarzan and the Ant Men AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and the Ant MenPublisherMcClurgDate Published1924 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #34 Tarzan Lord of the Jungle AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan Lord of the JunglePublisherMcClurgDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #43 Tarzan and the Forbidden City AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineTarzan and the Forbidden City Inscribed by ERBPublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.Date Published[1938] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #48 The Gods of Mars AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The Gods of MarsPublisherMcClurgDate Published1918 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #49 The Warlord of Mars AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The Warlord of MarsPublisherMcClurgDate Published1919 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #68 The Mucker AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The MuckerPublisherMcClurgDate Published1921 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #98 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens' Bleak House First Edition 1853PublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #99 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son 1st Edn Finely BoundPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #100 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Martin ChuzzlewitPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #101 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #102 Our Mutual Friend - Finely bound from the original parts AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Our Mutual Friend Finely bound from partsPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1864]-1865 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #103 The Personal History of David Copperfield - finely bound and with a letter from the author AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens David Copperfield with original letterPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #104 The Personal History of David Copperfield AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens David Copperfield 1st EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #105 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineSignificant copy of Dickens' Pickwick PapersPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #106 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - Extra-illustrated AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 1887PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1887 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #107 Three volumes on Charles Dickens and his works Headingzzc(Dickens, Charles)Author**HeadlineThree volumes on Charles Dickens and his worksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #114 The Complete Masters of Darkness AuthorEtchison, Dennis, editorHeadlineThe Complete Masters of Darkness signedPublisherUnderwood-MillerDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #133 Archive of correspondence from various California writers to Edward DuBois Flint, regarding his book, The Garden Patch, 1913 AuthorFlint, Edward DuBoisHeadlineArchive of correspondence to Edward D. FlintDate Published1913-1921 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #146 Conquistador: American Fantasia AuthorGuedalla, PhilipHeadlineConquistador: American Fantasia signed w/djPublisherErnest BennDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #151 The House of the Seven Gables AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's House of Seven Gables 1st EditionPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #160 The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table Author[Holmes, Oliver Wendell]HeadlineThe Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table 1st EditionPublisherPhillips, Sampson and CompanyDate Published1858 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #161 The Rise of Silas Lapham AuthorHowells, William D.HeadlineRise of Silas Lapham by Wm HowellsPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #162 Actes et Paroles: Avant L'Exil, 1841-1851 AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineActes et Paroles Avant L'Exil sgnd by Victor HugoPublisherMichel LevyDate Published1875 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #176 Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineLamb Tales from Shakespear 1816PublisherM.J. GodwinDate Published1816 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #184 Revolution and Other Essays AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineRevolution& other essays, Jack London 1st maroonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1910 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #186 Jack London and His Daughters - copy of original typescript AuthorLondon, JoanHeadlineJack London and His Daughters -copy of typescriptDate Publishedc. 1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #187 The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineBelfry of Bruges by Longfellow 1846 custom casePublisherJohn OwenDate Published1846 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #188 Three titles by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThree titles by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #195 The Face in the Abyss AuthorMerritt, A[braham]HeadlineA. Merritt The Face in the Abyss with dust jacketPublisherHorace Liveright, Inc.Date Published1931 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #207 Four titles by A.A. Milne AuthorMilne, A[lan] A[lexander]HeadlineFour titles by A.A. MilneDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #219 Nothing to Wear and two sequels Heading("Nothing" series)AuthorButler, William Allen, et al.HeadlineNothing to Wear and two sequelsDate Published1857 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #230 Four works by Marcel Proust AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineFour works by Marcel ProustDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 The Mysteries of Udolpho. A Romance. Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry AuthorRadcliffe, AnnHeadlineAnn Radcliffe The Mysteries of UdolphoPublisherJ. and B. WilliamsDate Published1834 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #247 Shakespeare's Works in miniature AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works in miniature KnickerbockerPublisherKnickerboker Leather & Novelty Co.Date Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #266 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1stPublisherLongmans, Green & Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #272 The Two Vanrevels AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineTwo Vanrevels 1st trade ed Booth Tarkington 1902PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #273 The History of Pendennis AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]HeadlineThackeray's History of Pendennis in Orig. PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate PublishedNovember, 1848-December, 1850 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #274 The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Author[Thackeray, William Makepeace] Pendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.HeadlineWilliam Makepeace Thackeray The NewcomesPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1854-55 View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #275 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero HeadingzzcAuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray Vanity Fair First Edition in Book FormPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #276 The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Virginians in Original PartsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857-59 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #277 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American Claimant 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #278 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFollowing the Equator with Mark TwainPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #279 The Gilded Age. A Tale of Today AuthorTwain, Mark and Charles Dudley WarnerHeadlineMark Twain The Gilded Age 1874 PrintingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1874 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #280 The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims' Progress AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Innocents Abroad Sheep BindingPublisherH.H. Bancroft & American Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #281 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography 1871PublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #282 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) AutobiographyPublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #283 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New StoriesPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #284 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Punch, Brothers, Punch! 1st EdnPublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #285 Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn. Edited by Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTom Sawer Abroad 1st Edition 1894PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #286 Three titles by Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree titles by Mark TwainPublisherHarper & BrothersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #292 La Guerre des Mondes AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFrench ed. of Wells' War of the Worlds 1/500PublisherL. Vandamme & Co.Date Published1906 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #297 Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineJohn Greenleaf Whittier Snow-Bound 1st EdnPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1866 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #298 The Nightingale and the Rose AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde The Nightingale and the RosePublisherR.F. FennoDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #312 Letters from a father to his son, on various topics, relative to literature and the conduct of life. Written in the years 1792 and 1793 HeadingzzfAuthorAikin, J[ohn]Headline1st Am. Ed. of Aikins letters to his son 1794PublisherPrinted by Samuel Harrison SmithDate Published1794 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #313 Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent. Selections from his letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866 Headingzzf(Allen Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain: San Francisco CorrespondentPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #314 Eleven almanacks from 1781 bound together Heading(Almanack)Author**HeadlineEleven almanacks from 1781 bound togetherPublisherJohn WilkieDate Published1781 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #319 The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineArion Press Rainer Maria Rilke 1 of 315 copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1983 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #322 Twenty-four volumes designed by Merle Armitage, or with contributions Headingzzf(Armitage, Merle)Author**Headline24 volumes designed by Merle ArmitageDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #324 The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All Headingzzf(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasHeadlineLe Morte d'Arthur Beardsley IllustrationsPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #325 The Holy Bible with A Devotional and Practical Commentary Headingzzf(Bible in English)AuthorJamieson, Rev. R. and Rev. E.H. BickerstetchHeadlineExplanatory Commentary on The Bible decorativePublisherJames S. VirtueDate Published[c.1850] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #328 A Romany Legend - signed by members of the Bohemian Club Headingzzf(Bohemian Club)AuthorAllen, HarrisHeadlineRomany Legend signed by Bohemian club membersPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1953 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #329 Lif Kronan: A Grove Play Headingzzf(Bohemian Club)AuthorHook, Kenneth G.HeadlineLif Kronan: A Grove Play signedPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1937 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #336 Hymni, Epigrammata et Fragmenta - finely bound, with the arms of Louis XIV HeadingzzcAuthorCallimachusHeadlineCallimachus in a Louis XIV full morocco bindingPublisherSebastianus Mabre-CramoisyDate Published1675 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #338 Three Chinese woodblock books Headingzzf(China)Author**HeadlineThree Chinese woodblock booksDate Published[c.early 20th century] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #344 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner HeadingzzfAuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineRobinson Crusoe E. McKnight Kauffer IllustrationsPublisherFrederick Etchells & Hugh MacdonaldDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #347 Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd Headingzzf(Doves Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Milton One of 300 copiesPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 & 1905 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #349 Seventy-seven volumes published by the Easton Press Headingzzf(Easton Press)Author**Headline77 volumes published by the Easton PressPublisherEaston PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #353 History of Lace Headingzzf(Fine Binding)AuthorPalliser, Mrs. BuryHeadlineHistory of Lace in Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherSampson Low, Son, & MarstonDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #354 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 1824 editionPublisherThomas Tegg, et alDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #355 The Greville Memoirs - Finely bound and extra-illustrated Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorGreville, Charles C.F.HeadlineGreville Memoirs - Finely bound and extra-illusPublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1874-1887 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #356 Little Masterpieces of English Poetry by British and American Authors AuthorVan Dyke, Henry, editor (his copy)HeadlineLittle Masterpieces of English Poetry Fine bindinPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1905 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #357 Two volumes of verse by Robert Bloomfield - each with a fore-edge painting Headingzzf(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorBloomfield, RobertHeadlinePoems of Robert Bloomfield with Fore Edge PaintinPublisherVernor, Hood, et alDate Published1809-1811 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #358 Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on Several Parts of North Wales; Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, in Two Tours, The Former Made in the Year 1769. The Latter in the Year 1773 - with fore edge painting Headingzzc(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGilpin, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Gilpin's North Tour with fore-edge paintiPublisherT. CadellDate Published1809 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #359 The Letters of Junius - with fore-edge painting Headingzzf(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorJuniusHeadlineThe Letters of Junius - With fore-edge paintingPublisherJ. Bumpus, et alDate Published1820 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #360 The Course of Time - with fore-edge painting Headingzzf(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorPollock, RobertHeadlineThe Course of Time - with fore-edge paintingPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Published1828 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #361 Travelling Sketches on the Rhine, and in Belgium and Holland - with fore-edge painting Headingzzf(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorRitchie, LeitchHeadlineHeath's Picturesque Annual with fore edge paintinPublisherLongman, Rees, et al.Date Published1833 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #384 The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana [and] The Gulistan or Rose Garden of Sa'Di Headingzzf(Kama Shastra Society)Author**HeadlineKama Sutra of Vatsyayana 1883 2 vol edPublisherFor the Kama Shastra Society of London and BenaresDate Published1883 [and] 1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #396 Essayes Written in French by Michael Lord of Montaigne ... done into English, according to the last French edition, by John Florio HeadingzzfAuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays 1613 Translated by FlorioPublisherPrinted by Melch. Bradwood for Edward Blount and William BarretDate Published1613 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #407 The Vicar of Wakefield - illustrated with Woodburytype photographs AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineVicar of Wakefiled Woodburytype photosPublisherBickers & SonDate Published1880 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #419 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Astronomer Poet of Persia Headingzzf(Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam pub by Arthur FifieldPublisherArthur Fifield / The Simple Life PressDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next