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
45352 Robert Louis Stevenson.

A group of 7 works, including 3 First Editions and 4 limited editions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 525.00
45353 Frank R. Stockton.

A group of 4 First Editions, including one inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 104.00
45354 James Sargent Storer.

Views of Edinburgh and its Vicinity.

Edinburgh 1820 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 154.00
45355 Jesse Stuart.

A group of 2 First Editions, including one inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 54.00
45356 William Styron.

A group of 3 signed First Editions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
45357 Jonathan Swift.

The Works... Arranged by Thomas Sheridan with Notes, Historical and Critical. A new edition, in nineteen volumes; corrected and revised by John Nichols.

London 1808 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 525.00
45358 Thomas Noon Talfourd.

2 volumes, including a First Edition, each inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 124.00
45359 Booth Tarkington.

The Gentleman from Indiana.

New York 1901 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 154.00
45360 Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Idylls of the King.

London 1859 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
45361 Paul Theroux.

A group of 3 signed First Editions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 149.00
45362 Henry David Thoreau.

9 works in 10 volumes, including 7 First Editions and 2 limited editions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 450.00
45363 J. R. R. Tolkien.

The Silmarillion.

London 1977 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 462.50
45364 H. M. Tomlinson.

A group of 4 signed works, including 3 First Editions and one limited edition.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 50.00
45365 Thomas Traherne.

The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, B.D.

London 1903 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 525.00
45366 Thomas Tryon.

Harvest Home.

New York 1973 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 189.00
45367 Anne Tyler.

A group of 6 First Editions, including 4 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
45368 Mark Van Doren.

A group of 8 First Editions, including 7 signed or inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 89.00
45369 Izaak Walton.

The Compleat Angler.

London & New York 1897 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 109.00
45370 [Evelyn Waugh, editor]. Ronald Arbuthnott Knox.

A selection from the occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox; sometime Scholar of Balliol College and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; Domestic Prelate to His Holiness the Pope.

London 1949 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 74.00
45371 Edith Wharton.

Glimpses of the Moon.

New York 1922 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 104.00
45372 Gilbert White.

A Naturalist's Calendar, with observations in various branches of Natural History... never before published.

London 1795 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 179.00
45373 Angus Wilson.

A group of 3 First Editions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 50.00
45374 [The Woburn Books].

A group of 3 volumes from the Woburn Books series, each signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 134.00
45375 William Wordsworth.

The Miscellaneous Poems.

London 1820 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
45376 William Wordsworth.

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. In Five Volumes.

London 1827 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 209.00
  • 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.