Sotheby Parke Bernet: Autographs, Travel and Americana, Literature, Fine Books and Hebrew Books., 3677,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 15, 1974 - October 15, 1974

Page Size: 382 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	FAULKNER, WILLIAM	A Fable. New York, 1954. One of 1000 copies signed by the author. Mirrors of Chartres Street. Minneapolis, 1953. One of 1000. *The Wishing Tree. New York, 1964. One of 500.			USD 150.00 - 250.00	150.00
102	FAULKNER, WILLIAM	Idyll in the Desert. New York, 1931. First Edition. One of 400 copies signed by the author. 8vo., original boards, unopened. This Earth. New York, 1932 First Edition. 4to., original boards, unopened			USD 250.00 - 350.00	350.00
103	FAULKNER, WILLIAM	The Mansion. New York, 1959. The Reivers. New York, 1962.			USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
104	FAULKNER, WILLIAM	The Town. New York, 1957. The Mansion. New York, 1959. * The Reivers. New York, 1962.			USD 300.00 - 400.00	300.00
105	FAULKNER, WILLIAM	Soldier's Pay, 1926. Sartoris, 1929. As I Lay Dying, 1930. These 13, 1931. Light in August, 1932. Dr. Martino and Other Stories, 1934. Pylon, 1935. Absalom, Absalom, 1936. The Wild Palms, 1939. The Hamlet, 1940. Go Down, Moses, 1942. Intruder			USD 600.00 - 800.00	750.00
106	FIELDING, HENRY	The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling.	London	1749	USD 150.00 - 250.00	110.00
107	FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT	A complete collection of all the books published by Fitzgerald during his lifetime			USD 600.00 - 800.00	550.00
108	FROST, ROBERT	Group of Four Issues			USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,300.00
109	FROST, ROBERT	The Cow's in the Corn.	Gaylordsville	1929	USD 350.00 - 500.00	225.00
110	FROST, ROBERT	North of Boston.	London	1914	USD 500.00 - 700.00	500.00
111	FROST, ROBERT	North of Boston.	London	1914	USD 400.00 - 600.00	450.00
112	FROST, ROBERT	Mountain Interval, [1928]. One of 1000 signed by the author. The Lone Striker, [1933]. Wrappers. A Masque of Mercy, 1947. One of 751 copies signed by the author. Steeple Bush, 1947. One of 751 copies signed by the author. *In the Clearing, 1962. One o			USD 250.00 - 350.00	275.00
112a	FROST, ROBERT	West-Running Brook, (1928). One of 1000, signed. Ibid. First unlimited edition. A Masque of Reason, (1945). In the Clearing, (1962). *With Millay, Edna St. Vincent. Collected Sonets, 1941.			USD 100.00 - 125.00	100.00
113	GAY, JOHN	Fables.	London	1727--1738	USD 175.00 - 250.00	225.00
114	GILBERT, W. S.	The Bob Ballads: much sound and little sense. With illustrations by the author.	London	1869	USD 125.00 - 175.00	80.00
115	HARTE, BRET	*The Luck of Roaring Camp.	Boston	1870.	USD 125.00 - 150.00	150.00
116	HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL	A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys.	Boston	1852	USD 125.00 - 150.00	250.00
117	HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL	A group of first editions in the original cloth, except as noted.			USD 400.00 - 600.00	300.00
118	HEMINGWAY, ERNEST	A Farewell to Arms.	New York	1929	USD 400.00 - 600.00	375.00
119	HEMINGWAY, ERNEST	God Rest You Merry Gentlemen.	New York	1933	USD 200.00 - 300.00	200.00
120	HEMINGWAY, ERNEST	The Torrents of Spring, 1926. A Farewell to Arms, 1929. First Issue. Death in the Afternoon, 1932. To Have and Have Not, 1937. First Editions, various sizes. Fine copies in dust jackets. In Our Time, 1925. The Sun Also Rises, 1926. *Men Without Wome			USD 350.00 - 500.00	325.00
121	HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM	The Brothers.	New York	1835	USD 150.00 - 200.00	100.00
122	HOWELLS, W. D.	A group of first editions			USD 125.00 - 150.00	70.00
123	[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]	A group of American illustrated books			USD 125.00 - 150.00	110.00
124	INGRAHAM, JOSEPH HOLT	The South-West. By a Yankee.	New York	1835	USD 150.00 - 200.00	175.00
125	IRVING, WASHINGTON	Group of 5 Pieces			USD 200.00 - 250.00	90.00
126	JEFFERS, ROBINSON	Californians, 1916. The Roan Stallion, Tamar, and Other Poems, 1925. The Women at Point Sur, 1927. Cawdor and Other Poems, 1928. Dear Judas and Other Poems, 1929. One of 375 copies signed by the author (unopened, vellum spine spotted). With 5 later			USD 150.00 - 200.00	190.00
127	JOYCE, JAMES	Ulyses.	Paris	1922	USD 600.00 - 800.00	500.00
128	JOYCE, JAMES	Finnegan's Wake. London, 1939. First Edition, 4to., one of 425 copies numbered and signed. Original buckram, t.e.g., in publisher's yellow cloth box. Fine copy. Ulysses. New York, 1934. First Authorised American Edition. 8vo., original cloth in frayed a			USD 600.00 - 800.00	750.00
129	KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON	A group of first editions			USD 125.00 - 150.00	100.00
130	KIPLING, RUDYARD	Wee Willie Winkie, and Other Child Stories.	Allahabad	[1888]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	210.00
131	KIPLING, RUDYARD	The Jungle Book, London 1894. The Second Jungle Book. London, 1895			USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
132	LAWRENCE, D. H.	Lady Chatterley's Lover.	Florence	1928	USD 250.00 - 350.00	400.00
133	LAWRENCE, D. H.	Lady Chatterley's Lover.	[Florence]	1928	USD 150.00 - 250.00	125.00
134	LEWIS, SINCLAIR	Hike and the Aeroplane. By Tom Graham.	New York	[1912]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	350.00
135	LEWIS, SINCLAIR	Group of First Editions			USD 150.00 - 250.00	90.00
136	[LIMITED EDITIONS]	A group of modern limited editions, all signed by the authors,			USD 150.00 - 200.00	275.00
137	[LIMITED EDITIONS]	Agee, James. Four Early Stories, 1964. One of 285. Ibid. The Last Letter of James Agee to Father Flye, 1969. One of 500. Benet, Stephen Vincent. The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1937. One of 700 signed by author and illustrator. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Dea			USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
138	LONDON, JACK	Adventure.	New York	1911	USD 150.00 - 200.00	185.00
139	LONDON, JACK	The Son of the Wolf, 1900. Second binding state. The God of His Fathers, 1901. The Call of the Wild, 1903. In a worn dust-jacket with a few Burning Daylight, 1910. Frayed dust-jacket. The Strength of the Strong, 1911. Wrappers. Socialist Dialogues a			USD 400.00 - 600.00	625.00
140	MELVILLE, HERMAN	A group of first editions			USD 450.00 - 650.00	750.00
141	MILLER, HENRY	Hamlet, I, 1939. Hamlet, II, 1941. (Wrappers soiled, short tear). The Wisdom of the Heart, 1941. Tropic of Cancer, 1961. First Editions. 8vo., original bindings. Black Spring, (1938). Max and the White Phagocytes, (1938). 2nd Editions, 8vo., origina			USD 125.00 - 150.00	90.00
142	MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER	A group of 17 first editions.			USD 100.00 - 125.00	Not Sold
143	NEAL, JOHN	Rachel Dyer; A North American Story.	Portland	1828	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
144	NORRIS, FRANK	A group of 14 first editions			USD 150.00 - 250.00	425.00
145	O'NEILL, EUGENE	Thirst and Other One-Act Plays. Boston, 1914. First Edition of the Author's First Book. One of 1000. 12mo., original cloth-backed boards (corners slightly stubbed, labels soiled, 3 tiny tears in spine label). Mourning Becomes Electra. New York, 1931. Fi			USD 150.00 - 250.00	175.00
146	PARKMAN, FRANCIS	The California and Oregon Trail.	New York	1849.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	250.00
147	PAULDING, JAMES KIRKE	A group of first editions			USD 125.00 - 150.00	200.00
148	POE, EDGAR ALLEN	Eureka: A Prose Poem. New York 1848. First Edition, with 16pp. of advts. 8vo., original black cloth, faded, head and tail of spine chipped, some marginal browning and fading of text. The Works of Edgar A. Poe. New York, 1850. First Edition. 3 vols., 8vo			USD 200.00 - 300.00	90.00
149	POUND, EZRA	Provenca. Boston (1910). First Edition. 12mo., original boards. Very fine copy in a near perfect dust-jacket, unopened. A Lume Spento. First Edition. 8vo., original cloth-backed boards in an acetate dust-jacket. New York, 1965			USD 125.00 - 150.00	160.00
150	[SIGNED COPIES]	A group of first editions signed on bookplates (most with inscriptions to James Gallagher), except as noted		1938	USD 150.00 - 200.00	120.00
151	STEINBECK, JOHN	A group of first editions			USD 400.00 - 600.00	550.00
151a	STEPHENS, JAMES	A group of five inscribed or signed first editions			USD 300.00 - 400.00	175.00
152	STRACHEY, LYTTON	Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning; Florence Nightingale; Dr. Arnold; General Gordon.	London	1918	USD 250.00 - 350.00	15.00
153	[SWIFT, JONATHAN]	Travels into several remote nations of the World.	London	1726	USD 400.00 - 600.00	500.00
154	THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE	First editions in original parts			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	850.00
155	WHITMAN, WALT	A group of works			USD 600.00 - 800.00	650.00
156	WILDER, THORNTON	The Cabala, 1926. The Angel that Troubled the Waters, 1928. One of 775 copies signed by the author. The Long Christmas Dinner, 1931. One of 525 copies signed by the author. The Ides of March, 1948. One of 750 copies signed by the author. *The Eighth D			USD 150.00 - 200.00	170.00
157	WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE	Battle of Angels.	Murray, Utah	1945	USD 150.00 - 200.00	10.00
158	WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE	Group of First Editions			USD 125.00 - 150.00	300.00
159	[WISEIANA]	Nicoll & Wise. Literary Anecdotes, 1895--96 (somewhat worn). Carter & Pollard. An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain XIXth Century Pamphlets, 1934. Partington, Wilfred. Forging Ahead, 1939. Letters of T. J. Wise to J. H. Wrenn, 1944. *Between the Line			USD 125.00 - 150.00	90.00
160	WOLFE, THOMAS	A group of first editions			USD 200.00 - 300.00	200.00
161		YELLOW BOOK, THE.	London	1894--1897	USD 150.00 - 250.00	375.00
162	THE HERPETOLOGICAL LIBRARY OF M. B. MITTLEMAN	A collection of about 300 titles in 400 volumes, and 5 periodicals.		1848--1854	USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	14,500.00
163	AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS	De re metallica, translated by H. C. & L. H. Hoover.	London	1912	USD 150.00 - 250.00	250.00
164		ALBUM of British theatre programs and photographs of actors and actresses			USD 125.00 - 225.00	110.00
165	ALKEN, HENRY	Illustrations to popular songs.	London	1823	USD 125.00 - 175.00	200.00
166	ALKEN, HENRY	Moments of Fancy: A Phaeton and A Fear.	London	1822	USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
167	ALKEN, HENRY	Symptoms of being amused: volume I [all published].	London	1822	USD 125.00 - 175.00	225.00
168	[ALKEN]. [Apperley, Charles James]	The Life of a Sportsman, by Nimrod.	London	1842	USD 500.00 - 700.00	700.00
169	[ARCHITECTURE & SCULPTURE]	A group of 3 works:			USD 200.00 - 300.00	130.00
170	[ART]. Friedlander, Max J.	Die Altniederlandische, Malerei.	Leyden	1934--1937	USD 300.00 - 400.00	250.00
171	AUDUBON, JOHN JACOB, and JOHN BACHMAN	The Quadrupeds of North America.	New York	[1849]	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	3,000.00
171a	BACON, Sir FRANCIS	Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences IX Bookes.	London	1640	USD 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
172	[BAKST]. Levinson, Andre	The Story of Leon Bakst's Life.	New York	(1923)	USD 250.00 - 350.00	275.00
173	[BASKERVILLE PRESS]. MILTON, JOHN	Paradise Lost. Paradise Regained.	Birmingham	1760	USD 125.00 - 175.00	140.00
173a	BENEZIT, E.	Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Librarie Grund.		1966 [reprint]	USD 125.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
174	BERENGER, RICHARD	The History and art of horsemanship.	London	1771	USD 150.00 - 200.00	170.00
175	BINDING. Uffizio della B.	Vergine Maria.	Rome	1733	USD 150.00 - 250.00	225.00
176	BINDING	L'office de la Semaine Sainte.	Paris	1659	USD 150.00 - 250.00	200.00
177	BINDING. WEBB, JOHN	A Vindication of Stoneheng Restored.	London	1665	USD 200.00 - 300.00	300.00
178	BINDING. Sydenham. C.	The Greatness of the Mystery of Godliness.	London	1672	USD 150.00 - 250.00	110.00
179	BINDING	Uffizio della Settimana Santa.	Rome	1768	USD 150.00 - 250.00	100.00
180	BINDING	L'office de la Semaine Sainte.	Paris	1772	USD 150.00 - 250.00	80.00
181	BINDING	La Maillardiere, Vicomte de, Histoire Politique de l'Allemagne.		1777	USD 150.00 - 200.00	90.00
182	BINDING. Klimo, Franciscus	Exercitatio metaphysica.	Rome	1777	USD 125.00 - 175.00	110.00
183	BINDING. [Payne, Roger], Longius	De Sublimitate.	Oxford	1718	USD 600.00 - 800.00	425.00
184	BINDING	Caesar. Commentariorum [etc.]. Venice, Aldus. 1564. 12mo. With early owners' names on title, maps and views. 19th Century English binding in red morocco with an Aldine anchor stamped on both covers, spine gilt, edges gilt. Bookplate of Sir John Hayford-Th			USD 150.00 - 250.00	110.00
185	BINDING	[Grolier Club] Depositio Cornuti Typographici.	New York	1911	USD 150.00 - 250.00	130.00
185a	[BRAQUE]. Einstein, Carl	Georges Braque.	Paris	1934	USD 150.00 - 250.00	750.00
186	BULLET, [PIERRE]	Architecture pratique . . . avec une explication.	Paris	1768	USD 125.00 - 225.00	70.00
187	CARLEVARIIS, LUCA	Le fabriche e vedute di Venetia designate, poste in prospettiva et intagliate.	[Venice]	[1703]	USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	3,200.00
188	CHAGALL, MARC	Illustrations for the Bible.	Paris	1956	USD 600.00 - 800.00	600.00
189	CHAGALL, MARC	Illustrations for the Bible.	New York	1956	USD 600.00 - 800.00	700.00
190	[CHAGALL, MARC]. Erben, Walter	Marc Chagall.	New York	1966	USD 125.00 - 225.00	125.00
191	[CHAGALL, MARC]. Lassaigne, Jacques	Le plafond de l'Opera de Paris par Marc Chagall.	Monte Carlo	1965	USD 300.00 - 400.00	275.00
191a	[CHAGALL]. Mourlot, Fernand	The Lithographs of Chagall [Vols. I--III].	New York and Boston	1960--1963	USD 400.00 - 600.00	550.00
192	[CHAGALL, MARC]	The lithographs [vols. 1 & 2].	Monte Carlo	1960--1963	USD 400.00 - 600.00	450.00
193	[CHAGALL]. Mourlot, Fernand	The Lithographs of Chagall (vol. I).	New York	1960	USD 300.00 - 400.00	350.00
194	CHAMBERS, Sir WILLIAM	Designs of Chinese buildings.	London	1757	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

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December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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