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
45051 Edmund Burke.

Autograph letter signed ("Edm Burke") to Secretary of State John King ("My dear King").

N.p. 29 October 1793. USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 5,250.00
45052 [Robert Burns, contributor].

James Johnson, editor. The Scots Musical Museum, Humbly Dedicated to the Catch Club. Instituted at Edinr. June 1771.

Edinburgh 1787 and 1790]. USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 12,500.00
45053 John Burroughs.

Manuscript draft signed twice of the essay "Analogy True and False."

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
45054 John Burroughs.

Original manuscript of an essay entitled "The Singing Birds." July 1917.

1917 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
45055 Erskine Caldwell.

Tobacco Road.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
45056 Agatha Christie.

Passenger to Frankfurt.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,750.00
45057 [Winston S. Churchill]. Randolph S. Churchill, compiler.

Arms and the Covenant: Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, C.H. M.P.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 7,500.00
45058 Winston S. Churchill.

The Second World War.

USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 8,750.00
45059 Humphrey Cobb.

Paths of Glory.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45060 Jeremy Collier.

A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage, together With the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument.

London 1698 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 400.00
45061 William Collins.

Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects.

London 1747 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 1,687.50
45062 [William Congreve].

Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations, &c.

London 1698 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45063 Joseph Conrad.

Lord Jim.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,750.00
45064 Frances Cornford.

A fine collection of early poetical manuscripts

various dates (1902-09 and undated) USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 3,000.00
45065 Abraham Cowley.

Poems: Viz. I. Miscellanies. II. The Mistress, or, Love Verses. III, Pindarique Odes, and IV. Davideis, or, a Sacred Poem of the Troubles of David.

London 1656 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
45066 [William Cowper; and Rev. John Newton].

Olney Hymns, in Three Books.

London 1779 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,750.00
45067 William Cowper.

Autograph manuscript (unsigned) of his Olney Hymn entitled "Jehovah jireh" [The Lord will provide].

N.d. [c.1780s]. USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 2,750.00
45068 William Cowper.

Poems. [With:] The Task, A Poem, in Six Books.

London 1782; 1785. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45069 Stephen Crane.

The Third Violet.

New York 1897 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 5,750.00
45070 Richard Crashaw.

Steps to the Temple, Sacred Poems. With The Delights of the Muses.

London 1648 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
45071 [William Crowe].

Lewesdon Hill, A Poem.

Oxford 1788 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
45072 Elizabeth B.

Custer. Boots and Saddles Or Life in Dakota with General Custer.

New York 1885 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
45073 Roald Dahl.

Matilda. Illustrations by Quentin Blake.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,250.00
45074 Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

To Cuba and Back. A Vacation Voyage.

Boston 1859 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 5,000.00
45075 [Daniel Defoe].

A Journal of the Plaque Year: Being Observations or Memorials, of the most Remarkable Occurrences, as well Publick as Private, which happened in London during the last Great Visitation In 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all the while in London.

London 1722 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 18,750.00
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
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    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
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