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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45176 | Robert Louis Stevenson. | Autograph letter signed ("Robert Louis Stevenson"), to Maurice Wilson. |
N.p. | n.d. Saranac Lake, c. 30 March 1888, from postmark. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 45177 | Robert Louis Stevenson. | Autograph manuscript of the short story "The Waif Woman: A cue--from a Saga." |
[Samoa, | c. 1892. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 45178 | Wallace Stevens. | Autograph letter signed ("W. Stevens") to Columbia University Professor Rene Taupin. |
[Hartford, Connecticut, c. April 23 | 1928 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 45179 | Wallace Stevens. | Owl's Clover. |
New York | 1936 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 45180 | Wallace Stevens. | Parts of a World. |
New York | 1942 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 45181 | Wallace Stevens. | Transport to Summer. |
New York | 1947 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
| 45182 | Dylan Thomas. | 18 Poems. |
London | 1934 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,625.00 |
| 45183 | Henry David Thoreau. | Autograph manuscript from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. |
[Walden | 1847?. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 45184 | Henry David Thoreau. | A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. |
Boston and Cambridge | 1849 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 |
| 45185 | Henry David Thoreau. | Walden; or Life in the Woods. |
Boston | 1854 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 275,000.00 |
| 45186 | J. R. R. Tolkien. | The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again. |
London | 1937 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 300,000.00 |
| 45187 | J.R.R. Tolkien. | Farmer Giles of Ham. |
George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. | 1949 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 42,500.00 |
| 45188 | J. R. R. Tolkien. | The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. |
London | 1954-1955. | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 45189 | Mark Twain. | Autograph manuscript of Chapter 15 ("Down the River") from A Tramp Abroad, with numerous revisions and deletions by the author. |
c.1879-80. | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 45,000.00 | |
| 45190 | Mark Twain. | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). |
London | 1884 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 45191 | Henry Vaughan. | Silex Scintillans: or Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. |
London | 1650 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 45192 | Henry Vaughan. | Olor iscanus. A Collection of some select Poems, and Translations. |
London | 1651 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
| 45193 | Lew. Wallace. | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. |
New York | 1880 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 45194 | [Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford]. | The Castle of Otranto ... translated by William Marshall ... from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto. |
London | 1765 i.e.1764. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 45195 | Izaak Walton. | The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a discourse of fish and fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. |
London | 1653 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 45196 | Izaak Walton. | The Life of Dr. Sanderson, Late Bishop of Lincoln. |
London | 1678 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 45197 | Robert Penn Warren. | All the King's Men. |
New York | 1946 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 45198 | Isaac Watts. | Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. |
London | 1715 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 |
| 45199 | Isaac Watts. | Prayers Composed for the Use and Imitation of Children, suited to their different Ages and their various Occasions. |
London | 1728 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 45200 | Evelyn Waugh. | Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Charles Ryder. |
London | 1945 1944. | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 45,000.00 |
![<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.")
