Heritage Auctions: Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 5,655,438.75 |
| Auction Date | June 27, 2024 - June 27, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 5,104,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #6295 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 7,465,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 226 | ||
| Sold Lots | 226 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 5,104,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 7,465,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 75.76% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45161 | Mary Shelley. | Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. |
1818 | USD 600,000.00 - 800,000.00 | USD 843,750.00 |
| 45062 | F. Scott Fitzgerald. | The Great Gatsby. |
1925 | USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | USD 425,000.00 |
| 45186 | J. R. R. Tolkien. | The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again. |
1937 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 300,000.00 |
| 45185 | Henry David Thoreau. | Walden; or Life in the Woods. |
1854 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 275,000.00 |
| 45009 | Jane Austen. | Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," &c. &c. |
1816 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 112,500.00 |
| 45124 | Christopher Marlowe. | The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta. |
1633 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 112,500.00 |
| 45135 | John Milton. | Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton For the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, To the Parliament of England. |
1644 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 93,750.00 |
| 45198 | Isaac Watts. | Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. |
1715 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 |
| 45056 | [Ralph Waldo Emerson]. | Nature. |
1836 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 78,125.00 |
| 45015 | James Boswell. | The Life of Samuel Johnson. |
1791 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 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. |
1954-1955. | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 45136 | John Milton. | Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, Compos'd at several times. |
1645 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 45137 | John Milton. | Paradise lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books. |
1667 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 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. |
1814 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 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. |
1653 | USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 45054 | George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]. | Adam Bede. |
1859 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 |
| 45023 | Robert Burns. | Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. |
1786 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 |
| 45087 | Ernest Hemingway. | Three Stories & Ten Poems. |
1923 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 |
| 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. |
1931-1937. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 52,500.00 |
| 45048 | Emily Dickinson. | Poems... Edited by two of her friends, Mabel Loomis Todd and T. W. Higginson. |
1890 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 45081 | Nathaniel Hawthorne. | Autograph manuscript signed of the story "The Lily's Quest. An Apologue." Signed at head ("Nathaniel Hawthorne"). |
1839 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 45127 | Herman Melville. | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War. |
1866 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 45191 | Henry Vaughan. | Silex Scintillans: or Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. |
1650 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 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). |
1638 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 47,500.00 |
| 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 |
![<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.")
