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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45126 | Larry McMurtry. | Leaving Cheyenne. |
New York | 1963 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 45127 | Herman Melville. | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War. |
New York | 1866 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 45128 | Herman Melville. | Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land. |
New York | 1876 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 45129 | Herman Melville. | Autograph letter signed ("H. Melville"), to the editor Rossiter Johnson. |
104 E. 26th St. [New York], | 6 January 1888. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 45130 | Herman Melville. | Autograph letter signed ("Herman Melville"), to [William Clark Russell]. |
New York, | 9 February 1890. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 45131 | Edna St. Vincent Millay. | Renascence and Other Poems. |
New York | 1917 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 45132 | Arthur Miller. | Death of a Salesman. |
New York | 1949 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 45133 | John Milton. | ["Lycidas" in:] Justa Edouardo King naufrago, ab Amicis moerentibus (second title on F1r: Obsequies to the memorie of Mr Edward King, Anno Dom. 1638). |
Cambridge | 1638 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 47,500.00 |
| 45134 | [John Milton]. | Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib. |
[London | 1644 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 45135 | John Milton. | Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton For the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, To the Parliament of England. |
London | 1644 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 93,750.00 |
| 45136 | John Milton. | Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, Compos'd at several times. |
London | 1645 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 45137 | John Milton. | Paradise lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books. |
London | 1667 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 45138 | John Milton. | Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. |
London | 1671 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 45139 | Frank Norris. | McTeague. A Story of San Francisco. |
New York | 1899 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 45140 | Flannery O'Connor. | Wise Blood. |
New York | 1952 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 45141 | John O'Hara. | Appointment in Samarra. |
New York | 1934 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 45142 | George Orwell. | Burmese Days. |
New York | 1934 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 45143 | George Orwell. | Animal Farm: A Fairy Story. |
London | 1945 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 45144 | George Orwell. | 1984: A Novel. |
London | 1949 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 28,750.00 |
| 45145 | George Orwell. | Nineteen Eighty-Four. |
London | 1949 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 45146 | Samuel Pepys. | Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S... Comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev. John Smith... Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. |
London | 1825 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 45147 | Katherine Philips. | Poems. By the Incomparable, Mrs. K.P. |
London | 1664 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 45148 | Katherine Anne Porter. | Ship of Fools. |
Boston | 1962 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 |
| 45149 | Beatrix Potter. | The Tailor of Gloucester. |
[London | December 1902. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 45150 | Beatrix Potter. | The Fairy Caravan. |
Philadelphia | 1929 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
![<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.")
