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
45176 Samuel Johnson.

A Diary of a Journey into North Wales, in the Year 1744.

London 1816 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
45177 Ken Kesey.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 5,500.00
45178 [Henry King].

The Psalmes of David, From The New Translation of the Bible Turned into Meter: To be Sung after the Old Tunes used in the Churches.

London 1651 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,125.00
45179 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 11,250.00
45180 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength to Love.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 10,000.00
45181 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 10,625.00
45182 Stephen King.

Pet Sematary.

Garden City, New York 1983 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 15,000.00
45183 Stephen King.

Christine.

West Kingston, R.I. 1983 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
45184 Charles Kingsley.

The Water-Babies.

London & Cambridge 1863 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45185 Rudyard Kipling.

Works.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
45186 Charles Lamb.

John Woodvil. A Tragedy.

London 1802 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 5,500.00
45187 Andrew Lang.

Autograph manuscript signed ("A Lang") of his memorial to Dr. John Brown, entitled "Rab's Friend."

London, [c.1882]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45188 Sidney Lanier.

Poems.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 2,750.00
45189 Ring Lardner.

What of It?

New York 1925 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45190 William Law.

A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. Adapted to the State and Condition of All Orders of Christians.

London 1729 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
45191 Harper Lee.

To Kill a Mockingbird.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 8,437.50
45192 Alan Jay Lerner.

My Fair Lady. A Musical Play in Two Acts. Based on Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw. Music by Frederick Loewe.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 3,000.00
45193 C. S. Lewis.

Rehabilitations and Other Essays.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 6,000.00
45194 C. S. Lewis.

A Preface to Paradise Lost.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 6,875.00
45195 C. S. Lewis.

Hamlet. The Prince or the Poem? Annual Shakespeare Lecture of the British Academy, 1942, from the Proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XXVIII.

London 1942 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,750.00
45196 C. S. Lewis.

The Abolition of Man [in:] University of Durham Riddell Memorial Lectures, Fifteenth Series.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 11,875.00
45197 C. S. Lewis.

Autograph letter signed ("C. S. Lewis"), to M. Rutyearts, offering his opinions on Ray Bradbury's writing. Magdalene College, Cambridge, 28 April 1951.

1951 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 6,000.00
45198 [Lewis & Clark Expedition].

Reuben Gold Thwaites, editor. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 - 1806.

1804 - 1806. USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 17,500.00
45199 Sinclair Lewis.

Elmer Gantry.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
45200 Charles A. Lindbergh.

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York 1953 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,500.00
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