Heritage Auctions: Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature Auction, 6295, Dallas
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 27, 2024 - June 27, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45001 | [Henry Adams]. | Mont Saint Michel and Chartres. |
Washington | 1904 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,562.50 |
| 45002 | Henry Adams. | The Education of Henry Adams. |
Washington | 1907 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 45003 | John Quincy Adams. | Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette. Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of the United States, Before Them, in the House of Representatives at Washington, On the 31st December, 1834. |
Washington | 1835 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 45004 | Richard Adams. | Watership Down. |
London | 1972 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,875.00 |
| 45005 | [Joseph Addison; and Sir Richard Steele]. | The Spectator. |
London | 1 March 1711-6 December 1712. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 45006 | James Agee. | Autograph manuscript draft for the screenplay "The Blue Hotel," in pencil, corrected and annotated by Agee. |
c.1948-49. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 | |
| 45007 | James Agee. | Autograph manuscript draft written in the form of letter to his father ("My dear father"), which would become A Death in the Family. |
c.1948. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 | |
| 45008 | James Agee. | Autograph manuscript draft, in pencil, comprising a portion of an episode from his great novel, A Death in the Family. |
c.1950-56. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 | |
| 45009 | Jane Austen. | Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," &c. &c. |
London | 1816 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 112,500.00 |
| 45010 | Francis Bacon. | The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane. |
London | 1605 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 45011 | Francis Bacon. | The Essaies. |
London | 1612 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 45012 | Francis Bacon. | The Essayes or Counsels, civill and morall... Newly enlarged. |
London | 1625 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 45013 | Helen Bannerman. | The Story of Little Black Sambo. No. 4 in 'The Dumpy Books for Children' series. |
London | 1899 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 45014 | Richard D. Blackmore. | Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. |
London | 1869 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 45015 | James Boswell. | The Life of Samuel Johnson. |
London | 1791 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 45016 | Rupert Brooke. | Poems. |
London | 1911 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 45017 | Rupert Brooke. | Autograph manuscript signed ("Rupert Brooke"), a fair copy of his poem "The Young Man in April." |
c.1913. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 | |
| 45018 | Robert Browning. | Pauline; a Fragment of a Confession. |
London | 1833 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 45019 | William Cullen Bryant. | Poems. |
Cambridge, MA | 1821 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 45020 | William Cullen Bryant. | The White-Footed Deer and other Poems. |
New York | 1844 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 45021 | William Cullen Bryant. | Autograph manuscript signed ("William Cullen Bryant"), being a fair copy of his major poem "To A Waterfowl." |
New York, | 24 December 1850. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 45022 | John Bunyan. | A Discourse of the Building, Nature, Excellency, and Government of the House of God. With Counsels and Directions to the Inhabitants thereof. |
London | 1688 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 45023 | Robert Burns. | Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. |
Kilmarnock | 1786 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 |
| 45024 | Robert Burns. | Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. |
Edinburgh | 1787 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 45025 | Robert Burns. | Autograph letter signed ("Sylvander"), to "Clarinda" [Mrs. Agnes M'Lehose]. |
[Mossgiel, | 23 February 1788. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e0a5c41f-2fd1-4645-8816-32d89dc4e5fb.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/58851f55-ad3a-4d3a-8a53-a311900b6f84.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/18c42c85-f730-43c0-bc2e-c8d799ae4308.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ac8ca527-c37b-44d5-b1d8-d369d712b17d.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.")
![<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/05e185d5-1ef2-48ba-943f-e6541c123bfe.png "<b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.")
