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 Report
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
45051 John Fowles and Harold Pinter.

A group of 3 First editions, each signed or inscribed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 656.25
45052 Robert Frost.

Group of 7 volumes, including 6 signed or inscribed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,000.00
45053 Robert Frost.

A group of 38 pamphlets, comprising Christmas keepsakes (some duplicates with various imprints), pamphlets and other contributions, including 3 signed or inscribed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 906.25
45054 Hamlin Garland.

A group of 3 First Editions, including 2 signed or inscribed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
45055 William Golding.

Group of 9 First or Limited Editions (including a duplicate), including 6 signed or inscribed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45056 Mikhail Gorbachev.

Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World.

New York 1987 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 812.50
45057 Philip Henry Gosse.

The Canadian Naturalist.

London 1840 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
45058 [Thomas Gray, contributor].

Stanza's Written in a Country Church-Yard. In: The Magazine of Magazines, compiled from Original Pieces, with Extracts from the most celebrated Books and Periodical Compositions Published in Europe, for the Year MDCCLI. Vol. II.

London 1751 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 375.00
45059 Graham Greene. Edited by John Hackney.

The Bear Fell Free.

London 1935 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45060 Graham Greene.

The Honorary Consul.

London 1973 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,312.50
45061 Graham Greene.

Group of 8 first editions, including 3 limited signed issues.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 656.25
45062 Zane Grey.

2 First Editions, each signed or inscribed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
45063 Joseph Hall.

Salomons Divine Arts, Of 1. Ethickes, 2. Politickes, 3. Oeconomicks...

London USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 375.00
45064 Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Mosses from an Old Manse.

New York 1846 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
45065 Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Group of 4 First editions in 5 volumes, and a journal contribution.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
45066 Seamus Heaney.

The Spirit Level.

New York 1996 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,625.00
45067 Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury.

The Life and Raigne of King Henry the Eighth.

London 1649 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,750.00
45068 Frank Herbert.

God Emperor of Dune.

New York 1980 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
45069 Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Over the Teacups.

Boston and New York 1891 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
45070 A. E. Housman.

Last Poems.

London 1922 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,500.00
45071 Julia Ward Howe.

Later Lyrics.

Boston 1866 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 968.75
45072 William Dean Howells.

The Minister's Charge: or the Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker.

Boston 1887 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
45073 William Henry Hudson.

A group of 8 First Editions, including 3 signed or inscribed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 375.00
45074 Richard Hughes.

A group of 6 volumes, including 4 First Editions (one inscribed, one limited signed) and an advance proof.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
45075 John Hunt.

The Ascent of Everest.

London 1953 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 6,000.00
  • 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.