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

Auction Details

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
45176 William Wordsworth.

Group of 3 rare Wordsworth pamphlet printings.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,875.00
45177 William Wordsworth.

A group of 5 First Editions, including one by Christopher Wordsworth inscribed to William (and with William's signature).

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
45178 William Wordsworth.

Group of 6 volumes, including 5 First Editions.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45179 [William Wordsworth, contributor].

A group of 7 works in 8 volumes, including contributions by Wordsworth or works related to him.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 937.50
45180 [William Wordsworth, contributor]. Joseph Wilkinson.

Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire.

London 1810 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,250.00
45181 [Bibliography and Reference].

A group of 43 works in 57 volumes, including literature reference, author bibliographies, exhibition and dealer catalogues, journals, etc.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
45182 [Books about Books].

48 volumes on book collecting and book lore, including 44 First Editions, 10 signed or inscribed.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,187.50
45183 James Agee.

A group of 3 First Editions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 94.00
45184 Edward Albee.

The Zoo Story.

New York 1960 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 179.00
45185 Nelson Algren.

Chicago: City on the Make.

Garden City 1951 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
45186 Hervey Allen.

Action at Aquila.

New York 1938 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 139.00
45187 [American Fiction].

A group of 7 First Editions, including 4 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 275.00
45188 [American Fiction].

A group of 17 First Editions, including 14 signed or inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 400.00
45189 [American Fiction].

A group of 25 First Editions, including 17 signed or inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 79.00
45190 [American Fiction].

A group of 10 works, including 8 First Editions and one limited edition, 9 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 425.00
45192 [American Poetry].

A group of 9 First Editions, including 6 signed or inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 114.00
45193 [American Poetry].

A group of 11 volumes, mostly First Editions, including 8 signed or inscribed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 275.00
45194 Martin Amis.

A Group of 4 volumes, including 3 First Editions (one signed) and an uncorrected proof in trial dust jacket.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 129.00
45195 Maxwell Anderson.

A group of 4 First Editions, including 2 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 79.00
45196 Isaac Asimov.

Three by Asimov.

New York 1981 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 512.50
45197 Isaac Asimov.

Pebble in the Sky.

New York 1990 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 387.50
45198 Mary Austin.

The Land of Little Rain.

Boston 1903 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 119.00
45199 J. M. Barrie.

A group of 2 First Editions, including one signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 550.00
45200 Saul Bellow.

A group of 7 First Editions, including 4 signed.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 362.50
45201 Ludwig Bemelmans.

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.

New York 1943 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 325.00
  • 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.