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

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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
45126 Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows.

London 1908 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,375.00
45127 Thomas Gray.

Odes.

Strawberry Hill 1757 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 937.50
45128 [Thomas Gray].

Ode Performed at the Senate-House at Cambridge, July 1, 1769, at the Installation of His Grace Augustus-Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, Chancellor of the University.

Cambridge 1769 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 312.50
45129 Kate Greenaway.

Autograph letter signed ("Katie"), to John Ruskin, 18 February 1888.

1888 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 1,250.00
45130 Graham Greene.

The Heart of the Matter.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,000.00
45131 Graham Greene.

The Complaisant Lover.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,187.50
45132 Graham Greene.

A Burnt-Out Case.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.50
45133 Graham Greene.

In Search of a Character.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,250.00
45134 Graham Greene.

A Sense of Reality.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,875.00
45135 Graham Greene.

The Comedians.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
45136 Graham Greene.

Small archive of correspondence to editor Marshall Best regarding Greene's break with Viking Press.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,750.00
45137 Zane Grey.

Riders of the Purple Sage.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,250.00
45138 [Sarah Josepha Hale].

Mary's Lamb [in:] The Juvenile Miscellany. New Series. Vol. V.

Boston 1830 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 400.00
45139 Thomas Hardy.

The Works of Thomas Hardy.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,375.00
45140 Bret Harte.

Autograph Manuscript of his critique on Nathaniel Hawthorne, entitled, "Passages from the English Note / Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne / Boston Fields Osgood & Co."

[San Francisco, ca. August 1870]. USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,062.50
45141 Bret Harte.

The Queen of Pirate Isle.

London 1886 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45142 Bret Harte.

A group of three First Editions, including two presentation copies.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 312.50
45143 Bret Harte.

Two First Editions, in three volumes, both presentation copies, and both from the Alain de Suzannet library.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
45144 Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Twice-Told Tales.

Boston 1837 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,937.50
45145 Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Autograph letter to David Roberts ("Dear Chancellor"). Addressed and signed in holograph ("N. Hawthorne / Jan: 10 / 1842") on verso of integral leaf.

Boston, 10 January 1842. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,062.50
45146 Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The House of Seven Gables, a Romance.

Boston, 1851 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,500.00
45147 Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Autograph letter signed ("Nathl Hawthorne"), to W. C. Blunett.

Liverpool, 8 December 1853. USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,125.00
45148 Ernest Hemingway.

For Whom the Bell Tolls.

USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 10,625.00
45149 O. Henry [William Sydney Porter].

Cabbages and Kings.

New York 1904 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,000.00
45150 O. Henry [William Sydney Porter].

The Four Million.

New York 1906 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
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