Heritage Auctions: Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part II, Rare Books Signature Auction , 6300, Dallas

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Auction Date
December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024
Page Size: 400 items in 16 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45351 Mark Van Doren.

Autograph manuscript signed, being a fair copy of his poem, "He Loves Me."

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 312.50
45352 Robert Penn Warren.

Blackberry Winter.

[Cummington, MA:] July 1946. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
45353 Isaac Watts.

Autograph letter signed ("I. Watts"), to his niece Mrs. Richier. 21 March 1731/2.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,500.00
45354 Evelyn Waugh.

Labels: A Mediterranean Journal.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
45355 Evelyn Waugh.

Officers and Gentlemen.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,750.00
45356 Evelyn Waugh.

The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald Knox, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford and Protonotary Apostolic to His Holiness Pope Pius XII.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 812.50
45357 Evelyn Waugh.

Unconditional Surrender.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.50
45358 Mary Webb.

The Golden Arrow.

London 1916 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 312.50
45359 Noah Webster.

A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,250.00
45360 H. G. Wells.

The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance.

London 1897 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
45361 Eudora Welty.

The Robber Bridegroom.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 781.25
45362 Charles Wesley.

Hymns for the use of Families, and on Various Occasions.

Bristol 1767 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,750.00
45363 E. B. White.

The Fox of Peapack and Other Poems.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,187.50
45364 E. B. White.

Stuart Little.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,750.00
45365 E. B. White.

Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
45366 E. B. White.

The Trumpet of the Swan.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,093.75
45367 E. B. White.

A group of 3 first editions, including 2 signed or inscribed and a typed letter signed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
45368 [Gilbert White].

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.

London 1789 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
45369 Owen P. White.

Them Was the Days.

New York 1925 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 425.00
45370 T. H. White.

The Sword in the Stone.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,750.00
45371 John Greenleaf Whittier.

Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl.

Boston 1866 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
45372 John Greenleaf Whittier.

Among the Hills, and Other Poems.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
45373 Kate Douglas Wiggin.

The Birds' Christmas Carol.

San Francisco 1887 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
45374 Oscar Wilde.

The Picture of Dorian Gray. In: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, No. 271, pp. 1-100.

Philadelphia 1890 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 5,500.00
45375 Tennessee Williams.

A group of 4 first editions, including 3 signed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,375.00
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