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
45101 [Ralph Waldo Emerson].

Borrowings. Compiled by Ladies of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland, California.

San Francisco 1889 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 312.50
45102 William Faulkner.

Idyll in the Desert.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
45103 William Faulkner.

Requiem for a Nun.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
45104 William Faulkner.

A Fable.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,562.50
45105 William Faulkner.

The Reivers: A Reminiscence.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,437.50
45106 James Fordyce.

Poems.

London 1786 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,187.50
45107 E. M. Forster.

A Passage to India.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 2,750.00
45108 E. M. Forster.

Two Cheers for Democracy.

London 1951 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,500.00
45109 Stephen C. Foster.

My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night. Foster's plantation melodies No. 20 as Sung by Christy's Minstrels... Written & Composed by Stephen C. Foster.

New York USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45110 Robert Frost.

North of Boston.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
45111 Robert Frost.

North of Boston.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 10,625.00
45112 Robert Frost.

A Boy's Will.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,500.00
45113 Robert Frost.

Mountain Interval.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 4,250.00
45114 Robert Frost.

Collected Poems of Robert Frost.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,750.00
45115 Robert Frost.

A Further Range.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,000.00
45116 Robert Frost.

Steeple Bush.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 3,750.00
45117 Robert Frost.

Complete set of the 8 variations of imprints of his Christmas keepsake "Closed for Good."

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
45118 Robert Frost.

Complete set of 21 variations of imprints of his Christmas keepsake "Kitty Hawk."

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,187.50
45119 Robert Frost.

Original fair copy manuscript signed of his poem "The Need of Being Versed in Country Things."

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 20,000.00
45120 John Gay.

Rural Sports. A Poem Inscribed To Mr. Pope.

London 1713 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45121 John Gay.

Trivia: or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London.

London 1716 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.50
45122 John Gay.

Polly: An Opera, being the second part of the Beggar's Opera.

London 1729 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45123 W. S. Gilbert.

Pygmalion and Galatea. An entirely original Mythological Comedy. In Three Acts.

London 1872 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 13,750.00
45124 Oliver Goldsmith.

Retaliation: A Poem... Including Epitaphs on the most Distinguished Wits of this Metropolis.

London 1774 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45125 Kenneth Grahame.

The Golden Age.

London 1896 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 450.00
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