Heritage Auctions: Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part III, Rare Books Signature® Auction, 6321, Dallas

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Auction Date
September 10, 2025 - September 11, 2025
Page Size: 384 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45227 G. K. Chesterton.

Autograph letter signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 5,250.00
45228 Tom Clancy.

A group of 3 signed First Editions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,187.50
45229 Walter Van Tilburg Clark.

The Ox-Bow Incident.

New York 1940 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 275.00
45230 Arthur C. Clarke.

2010: Odyssey Two.

Huntington Woods 1982 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
45231 Joseph Conrad.

The Secret Agent. A Drama in Three Acts.

London 1923 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 350.00
45232 Joseph Conrad.

The Works.

London 1925 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 512.50
45233 James Gould Cozzens.

S. S. San Pedro.

New York 1931 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 159.00
45234 Stephen Crane.

George's Mother.

New York 1896 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 625.00
45235 A. J. Cronin.

The Citadel.

London 1937 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 149.00
45236 Walter de la Mare.

A group of 5 First Editions in 6 volumes, including 2 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 425.00
45237 Norman Douglas.

A group of 4 First Editions in 5 volumes, including 3 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 119.00
45238 T. J. Cobden-Sanderson.

Wordsworth's Cosmic Poetry.

Hammersmith 1914 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 59.00
45239 Michael Drayton.

Poems.

London 1619 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 843.75
45240 Daphne du Maurier.

Don't Look Now.

Garden City 1971 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,250.00
45241 T. S. Eliot.

Typed letter signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 350.00
45242 T. S. Eliot.

What is a Classic?

London 1945 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 129.00
45243 Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Autograph draft (unsigned) of "Fate" from The Conduct of Life.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,875.00
45244 [Paul Engle, contributor]. Roland Kampmeier, editor.

Contemporaries! Current Forms of Composition. From Lawrence C. Woodman's Coe College Freshman English Classes 1927-1928.

Vinton, Iowa 1928 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
45245 Paul Engle.

A group of 2 First Editions, each signed or inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 79.00
45246 [English Fiction -- Early 20th Century].

A group of 11 volumes, mostly First Editions, including 6 signed or inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 184.00
45247 [English Fiction -- 20th Century].

A group of 15 works, including 11 First Editions and 4 limited editions, 11 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
45248 [English Fiction -- 20th Century].

A group of 15 works, including 8 First Editions and 7 limited editions, 14 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 144.00
45249 [English Fiction].

A group of 11 First Editions, including 4 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 199.00
45250 [English Literature].

A group of 8 works in 11 volumes, including 4 First Editions and 3 limited editions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 129.00
45251 [English Literature -- Mid-20th Century].

A group of 24 volumes, mostly First Editions, including 12 signed or inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 475.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.