Heritage Auctions: Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature Auction, 6295, Dallas

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Auction Date
June 27, 2024 - June 27, 2024
Page Size: 226 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45101 Samuel Johnson.

A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.

London: 1765 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 16,250.00
45102 Samuel Johnson.

Autograph letter signed ("Sam: Johnson"), to [Henry Thrale] ("Dear Sir").

Lichfield, 23 June 1779. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 27,500.00
45103 Ben Jonson.

The Workes.

London 1616 vol. I; 1640-1641 vol. II. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,250.00
45104 John Keats.

Poems.

London 1817 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 42,500.00
45105 John Keats.

Autograph letter signed ("John Keats"), to Mrs. Jeffrey.

Honiton 4 or 5 May 1818. USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 42,500.00
45106 John Keats.

Endymion: A Poetic Romance.

London 1818 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,375.00
45107 John Keats.

Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems.

London 1820 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 27,500.00
45108 Charles Lamb.

Autograph letter signed ("C. Lamb"), to George Dyer.

[Enfield Chase?], 2 February 1831. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,500.00
45109 Harper Lee.

To Kill a Mockingbird.

Philadelphia & New York 1960 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,500.00
45110 C. S. Lewis.

Christian Behaviour: A further series of Broadcast Talks.

London 1943 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,626.25
45111 C. S. Lewis.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A Story for Children.

London 1950 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 42,500.00
45112 C. S. Lewis.

Autograph letter signed ("C. S. Lewis") to "Mr. Scudamore."

The Kilns, Headington Quarry, Oxford 1957 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
45113 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 1804-5-6.

Philadelphia 1814 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 62,500.00
45114 Abraham Lincoln.

Autograph note signed ("A. Lincoln") to Joseph K. Barnes, acting Surgeon-General.

[Washington, D.C.], December 31 1863 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,500.00
45115 Richard Llewelyn.

How Green was My Valley.

London 1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,250.00
45116 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems.

Boston 1858 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
45117 H. P. Lovecraft.

Small archive of nine lengthy autograph letters signed variously ("H.P.L.", "E'ch-Pi-El", and "H.P. Lovecraft") over a period of six years to J. Vernon Shea.

Various places 1931-1937. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 52,500.00
45118 Richard Lovelace.

Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, &c. To Which is Added Aramantha, A Pastorall.

London 1649 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 6,250.00
45119 Richard Lovelace.

Lucasta. Posthume Poems.

London 1659 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 16,250.00
45120 Robert Lowell.

Land of Unlikeness. Introduction by Allen Tate.

[Cummington, Massachusetts] 1944 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 2,750.00
45121 Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Autograph manuscript of his extended review of "Thackeray's History of the Earl of Chatham."

1834 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 5,000.00
45122 George MacDonald.

Within and Without: A Dramatic Poem.

London 1855 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,500.00
45123 Bernard Malamud.

The Natural.

New York 1952 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,250.00
45124 Christopher Marlowe.

The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta.

London 1633 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 112,500.00
45125 Andrew Marvell.

Miscellaneous Poems.

London 1681 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 13,750.00
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: 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.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: 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.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
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