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WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900. Two leaves, pp 31-34, from the first appearance of The Picture of Dorian Gray in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine for July, 1890, with Wilde's autograph revisions toward the book-version published in April 1891,. Sold for US$185,000 inc. premium

SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES. 1752-1806. A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers, from the End of the Year 1777, to the Conclusion of the Late American War. Exeter: Printed for the Author, [1787].. Sold for US$161,000 inc. premium

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1 — ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. 1832-1888. Autograph Manuscript, the printer's copy of her short story Jerseys, or The Girls' Ghost,

2 — BABEL, ISAAK EMMANUILOVICH. 1894-1940. Autograph Letter Signed ("I. Babel"),

3 — BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. 1806-1861. Autograph Manuscript Initialed ("E.B.B."), being the working notebook for the poems contained in The Seraphim and Other Poems,

4 — BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. 1806-1861. Autograph Manuscript, being transcripts from early English poets Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spencer, John Fletcher and popular balladry as appropriate subjects for watercolors,

5 — BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. 1806-1861. Autograph Manuscript, being a draft of her revised translation of the Aeschelus play Prometheus Bound, for publication in her 1850 work Poems,

6 — BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. 1806-1861. Autograph Manuscript, being a working draft of Poems Before Congress,

7 — COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. 1789-1851. Autograph Manuscript, being Chapter XXVII of Afloat and Ashore,

8 — HARTE, BRET. 1836-1902. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Bret Harte"), being his short story "The Mermaid of Lighthouse Point",

9 — HARTE, BRET. 1836-1902. Autograph Manuscript, being a draft of a critical essay, "Art in the Netherlands by H[ippolyte] Taine. Translated by H. [sic] Durand...,"

10 — HOPE, ANTHONY. 1863-1933. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Anthony Hope"), being the manuscript for the short story "A Stage on the Road," 14 pp, 4to, n.p., [1893],

11 — IRVING, WASHINGTON. 1783-1859. Autograph Manuscript, being Chapter 20 from Volume IV of The Life of George Washington,

12 — LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. 1807-1882. Autograph Manuscript, being the complete poem "Saga of The Skeleton in Armor,"

13 — MILNE, ALAN ALEXANDER. 1882-1956. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("A.A. Milne"), being the manuscript of his comic mystery play The Fourth Wall,

14 — PASTERNAK, BORIS LEONIDOVICH. 1890-1960. Typed Manuscript Signed ("Pasternak" in Cyrillic ) and Inscribed, carbon copy, entitled "Stikhi iz romana v proze" [Poems from a Novel in Prose], being 10 of the 25 "Lara" poems included in Doctor Zhivago,

15 — PASTERNAK, BORIS LEONIDOVICH. 1890-1960. Typed Manuscript, carbon copy, "Doktor Zhivago"

17 — SALINGER, JEROME DAVID. 1919-2010. 4 Autograph Letters, 2 of which are signed ("Jerry"), and 6 Typed Letters, 2 of which are initialed ("J"), 25 pp, 4to and 8vo, various places including Cornish, New Hampshire, Windsor, Vermont, and Vienna, Austria, July 1978-February 1982,

18 — SCOTT, WALTER. 1771-1832. Autograph Manuscript, being two leaves of the original manuscript of Kenilworth including the end of Chapter III and beginning of Chapter IV (pp 14-15 of the manuscript),

19 — TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD. 1809-1892. A group of letters and manuscripts relating to Tennyson, including:

20 — TURGENEV, IVAN. 1818-1883. Photograph Signed ("Iw. Turgenev") and Inscribed, albumen print carte-de-visite,

21 — TOLSTOY, LEO. 1828-1910. Typed Letter Signed ("Leo Tolstoy"), 2 pp, 4to, Yasnaya Polyana, August 27, 1909,

22 — VERNE, JULES. 1828-1905. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Jules Verne"), being the complete short story "Une fantaisie de docteur Ox,"

23 — VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET. 1694-1778. Autograph Manuscript, being a portion of the original manuscript of Therese,

24 — VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET. 1694-1778. Autograph Manuscript Signed, 1 p, 8vo, [Ferney, France], January 5, 1761,

25 — WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE. 1866-1946. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("H.G. Wells"), being an early working draft of "The First Horseman," forming part III of the novella "A Story of the Stone Age" from Tales of Space and Time,

26 — WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900. Two leaves, pp 31-34, from the first appearance of The Picture of Dorian Gray in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine for July, 1890, with Wilde's autograph revisions toward the book-version published in April 1891,

27 — ZOLA, EMILE. 1840-1902. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Emile Zola"), being the manuscript of the short story "Le Capitaine Burle,"

100 — ALCHEMY. [The Crowning of Nature, or Coronatio Naturae.] Original alchemical manuscript on paper, ruled in red, with watermark of the arms of Schieland [see Heawood 481], folio (320 x 200 mm), 87 pp comprised of three sections:

101 — BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues.... London: Robert Barker, 1613.

102 — HONTER, JOHANNES. 1498-1549. Enchiridion cosmographiae: continens præcipuarum orbis regionum delineationes, elegantissimis tabulis expressas, solidisq[ue] declarationibus illustratas, carmine heroico, libris tribus. Zurich: Johannes Wolf, 1602.

103 — HOOGHE, ROMEYN DE, and NICOLAES PETTER. L'Académie de l'admirable art de la lutte. Leide: Isaac Severinus, [1712].

104 — KIRCHNER, PAUL CHRISTIAN, and JOHANN GEORGE PUSCHNER, ILLUSTRATOR. Jüdisches Ceremoniel, oder, Beschreibung dererjenigen Gebräuche [Jewish Ceremonies]. Nürnberg: Verlegts Peter Conrad Monath, 1734.

105 — SAINT GERMAN, CHRISTOPHER. c.1460-1540. The Dialogue in English, Between a Doctor of Divinitie, and a Student in the Lawes of England.... London: Richard Tottill, 1593.

106 — BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-Operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

107 — DE JODE, CORNELUS. 1568 - 1600. Quivirae Regnu, Cum Alija Versus Borea. [Antwerp: Arnoldum Coninx, 1593].

108 — [GEEL, PIERRE CORNEILLE VAN. 1796-1838.] Flore de l'amateur. Choix des plantes les plus remarquables pour leur élégance et leur utilité. Paris: Leroi, 1847.

109 — GREAT WHITE SHARK ATTACK. RICCIARDI, FRANCESCO. Distinta relazione del mostruoso pesce preso da' pescatori Napolitani nella spiaggi detta il Ponte della Maddalena il di 6 Giugno 1721. Naples: by the author, 1721.

110 — HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON. 1817-1911. Illustrations of Himalayan Plants Chiefly Selected from Drawings made for the late J.F. Cathcart, Esq. of the Bengal Civil Service. London: Lovell Reeve, 1855.

112 — KNOX, ROBERT. 1641-1720. An historical relation of the island of Ceylon in the East-Indies. London: Richard Chiswell, 1681.

113 — KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON. 1787–1846. A Voyage of Discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage ... in ... 1815-1818. London: Longman, et al, 1821.

114 — LEGGE, WILLIAM. 1841–1918. History of the Birds of Ceylon. London: Published by the author, 1880.

114A — NICHOLAS II of RUSSIA. 1868-1918. PRINCE ESPER ESPEROVICH UKHTOMSKY. Travels in the East of Nicholas II Emperor of Russia When Cesarewitch 1890-1891. Westminster: Archibald, Constable and Company, 1896-1900.

115 — SULLIVAN, DENNIS. A Picturesque Tour Through Ireland London: by Thomas McLean, 1824.

116 — VANCOUVER, GEORGE. 1757-1798. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World ... A New Edition, with Corrections. London: John Stockdale, 1801.

117 — WILLIAMS, SAMUEL WELLS. 1812-1884. Easy lessons in Chinese: or progressive exercises to facilitate the study of that language, especially adapted to the Canton dialect. Macao: Printed at the Office of the Chinese Repository, 1842.

118 — ARNAULT, ANTOINE-VINCENT. 1766-1834. Vie politique et militaire de Napoleon. Paris: Librairie Historique, 1826.

119W — BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. 1898-1962. Black and white gouache on paper affixed to masonite, being murals for Hapsburg House,

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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. 1832-1888.
Autograph Manuscript, the printer's copy of her short story Jerseys, or The Girls' Ghost,

2 —
BABEL, ISAAK EMMANUILOVICH. 1894-1940.
Autograph Letter Signed ("I. Babel"),

3 —
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. 1806-1861.
Autograph Manuscript Initialed ("E.B.B."), being the working notebook for the poems contained in The Seraphim and Other Poems,

4 —
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. 1806-1861.
Autograph Manuscript, being transcripts from early English poets Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spencer, John Fletcher and popular balladry as appropriate subjects for watercolors,

5 —
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. 1806-1861.
Autograph Manuscript, being a draft of her revised translation of the Aeschelus play Prometheus Bound, for publication in her 1850 work Poems,

6 —
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. 1806-1861.
Autograph Manuscript, being a working draft of Poems Before Congress,

7 —
COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. 1789-1851.
Autograph Manuscript, being Chapter XXVII of Afloat and Ashore,

8 —
HARTE, BRET. 1836-1902.
Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Bret Harte"), being his short story "The Mermaid of Lighthouse Point",

9 —
HARTE, BRET. 1836-1902.
Autograph Manuscript, being a draft of a critical essay, "Art in the Netherlands by H[ippolyte] Taine. Translated by H. [sic] Durand...,"

10 —
HOPE, ANTHONY. 1863-1933.
Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Anthony Hope"), being the manuscript for the short story "A Stage on the Road," 14 pp, 4to, n.p., [1893],

11 —
IRVING, WASHINGTON. 1783-1859.
Autograph Manuscript, being Chapter 20 from Volume IV of The Life of George Washington,

12 —
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. 1807-1882.
Autograph Manuscript, being the complete poem "Saga of The Skeleton in Armor,"

13 —
MILNE, ALAN ALEXANDER. 1882-1956.
Autograph Manuscript Signed ("A.A. Milne"), being the manuscript of his comic mystery play The Fourth Wall,

14 —
PASTERNAK, BORIS LEONIDOVICH. 1890-1960.
Typed Manuscript Signed ("Pasternak" in Cyrillic ) and Inscribed, carbon copy, entitled "Stikhi iz romana v proze" [Poems from a Novel in Prose], being 10 of the 25 "Lara" poems included in Doctor Zhivago,

15 —
PASTERNAK, BORIS LEONIDOVICH. 1890-1960.
Typed Manuscript, carbon copy, "Doktor Zhivago"

17 —
SALINGER, JEROME DAVID. 1919-2010.
4 Autograph Letters, 2 of which are signed ("Jerry"), and 6 Typed Letters, 2 of which are initialed ("J"), 25 pp, 4to and 8vo, various places including Cornish, New Hampshire, Windsor, Vermont, and Vienna, Austria, July 1978-February 1982,

18 —
SCOTT, WALTER. 1771-1832.
Autograph Manuscript, being two leaves of the original manuscript of Kenilworth including the end of Chapter III and beginning of Chapter IV (pp 14-15 of the manuscript),

19 —
TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD. 1809-1892.
A group of letters and manuscripts relating to Tennyson, including:

20 —
TURGENEV, IVAN. 1818-1883.
Photograph Signed ("Iw. Turgenev") and Inscribed, albumen print carte-de-visite,

21 —
TOLSTOY, LEO. 1828-1910.
Typed Letter Signed ("Leo Tolstoy"), 2 pp, 4to, Yasnaya Polyana, August 27, 1909,

22 —
VERNE, JULES. 1828-1905.
Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Jules Verne"), being the complete short story "Une fantaisie de docteur Ox,"

23 —
VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET. 1694-1778.
Autograph Manuscript, being a portion of the original manuscript of Therese,

24 —
VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET. 1694-1778.
Autograph Manuscript Signed, 1 p, 8vo, [Ferney, France], January 5, 1761,

25 —
WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE. 1866-1946.
Autograph Manuscript Signed ("H.G. Wells"), being an early working draft of "The First Horseman," forming part III of the novella "A Story of the Stone Age" from Tales of Space and Time,

26 —
WILDE, OSCAR. 1854-1900.
Two leaves, pp 31-34, from the first appearance of The Picture of Dorian Gray in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine for July, 1890, with Wilde's autograph revisions toward the book-version published in April 1891,

27 —
ZOLA, EMILE. 1840-1902.
Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Emile Zola"), being the manuscript of the short story "Le Capitaine Burle,"

100 —
ALCHEMY.
[The Crowning of Nature, or Coronatio Naturae.] Original alchemical manuscript on paper, ruled in red, with watermark of the arms of Schieland [see Heawood 481], folio (320 x 200 mm), 87 pp comprised of three sections:

101 —
BIBLE IN ENGLISH.
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues.... London: Robert Barker, 1613.

102 —
HONTER, JOHANNES. 1498-1549.
Enchiridion cosmographiae: continens præcipuarum orbis regionum delineationes, elegantissimis tabulis expressas, solidisq[ue] declarationibus illustratas, carmine heroico, libris tribus. Zurich: Johannes Wolf, 1602.

103 —
HOOGHE, ROMEYN DE, and NICOLAES PETTER.
L'Académie de l'admirable art de la lutte. Leide: Isaac Severinus, [1712].

104 —
KIRCHNER, PAUL CHRISTIAN, and JOHANN GEORGE PUSCHNER, ILLUSTRATOR.
Jüdisches Ceremoniel, oder, Beschreibung dererjenigen Gebräuche [Jewish Ceremonies]. Nürnberg: Verlegts Peter Conrad Monath, 1734.

105 —
SAINT GERMAN, CHRISTOPHER. c.1460-1540.
The Dialogue in English, Between a Doctor of Divinitie, and a Student in the Lawes of England.... London: Richard Tottill, 1593.

106 —
BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. 1796-1856.
Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-Operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

107 —
DE JODE, CORNELUS. 1568 - 1600.
Quivirae Regnu, Cum Alija Versus Borea. [Antwerp: Arnoldum Coninx, 1593].

108 —
[GEEL, PIERRE CORNEILLE VAN. 1796-1838.]
Flore de l'amateur. Choix des plantes les plus remarquables pour leur élégance et leur utilité. Paris: Leroi, 1847.

109 —
GREAT WHITE SHARK ATTACK.
RICCIARDI, FRANCESCO.
Distinta relazione del mostruoso pesce preso da' pescatori Napolitani nella spiaggi detta il Ponte della Maddalena il di 6 Giugno 1721. Naples: by the author, 1721.

110 —
HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON. 1817-1911.
Illustrations of Himalayan Plants Chiefly Selected from Drawings made for the late J.F. Cathcart, Esq. of the Bengal Civil Service. London: Lovell Reeve, 1855.

112 —
KNOX, ROBERT. 1641-1720.
An historical relation of the island of Ceylon in the East-Indies. London: Richard Chiswell, 1681.

113 —
KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON. 1787–1846.
A Voyage of Discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage ... in ... 1815-1818. London: Longman, et al, 1821.

114 —
LEGGE, WILLIAM. 1841–1918.
History of the Birds of Ceylon. London: Published by the author, 1880.

114A —
NICHOLAS II of RUSSIA. 1868-1918.
PRINCE ESPER ESPEROVICH UKHTOMSKY.
Travels in the East of Nicholas II Emperor of Russia When Cesarewitch 1890-1891. Westminster: Archibald, Constable and Company, 1896-1900.

115 —
SULLIVAN, DENNIS.
A Picturesque Tour Through Ireland London: by Thomas McLean, 1824.

116 —
VANCOUVER, GEORGE. 1757-1798.
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World ... A New Edition, with Corrections. London: John Stockdale, 1801.

117 —
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL WELLS. 1812-1884.
Easy lessons in Chinese: or progressive exercises to facilitate the study of that language, especially adapted to the Canton dialect. Macao: Printed at the Office of the Chinese Repository, 1842.

118 —
ARNAULT, ANTOINE-VINCENT. 1766-1834.
Vie politique et militaire de Napoleon. Paris: Librairie Historique, 1826.

119^W —
BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. 1898-1962.
Black and white gouache on paper affixed to masonite, being murals for Hapsburg House,