Lots 71 - 80

Lot #71: (FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED) ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. "THE TORRENT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE."
Gardiner, Maine, privately printed, 1896. First edition, octavo. Bound in blue printed wraps, housed in a cloth clamshell box. Minor wear on the spine, else a fine copy. Inscribed on the title page "J.L. Barlow from E.A. Robinson. 8 December, 1896." Robinson has also added a line to the poem on page 7 and crossed out a word on page 39.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $375

Lot #72: (PROVENANCE) ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON, SEVEN TITLES INSCRIBED TO THE AUTHOR JOHN DRINKWATER. EACH HAS DRINKWATER'S BOOKPLATE OR HIS INITIALS IN RED
(1) "Nicodemus, a Book of Poems." New York, 1932. (2) "Amaranth." New York, 1934. (3) "The Porcupine." New York, 1915. (4) "Avon's Harvest." New York, 1921. (5) "Tristam." New York, 1927. (6) "Talifer." New York, 1933. 1 of 273. (7) "Dionysus." New York, 1925.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $500

Lot #73: ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS AND ANNOTATED PROOFS
(1) 8 autograph letters signed to William Griffith with 6 addressed envelopes. All of a friendly nature. (2) Manuscript poem signed. "The Spirit Speaking," December 1929. (3) "Amaranth," corrected proof signed. (4) "Avon's Harvest," advance sheets. (5) "Cavender's House." Galley proof with Robinson's corrections and first edition of the book in a dust jacket. (6) Matthais at the Door," corrected proof. (7) "Nicodemus," corrected proof. All housed in protective cases.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $2500

Lot #74: ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON, GROUP OF HIS EARLIER BOOKS,SOME INSCRIBED
(1) "Children of the Night." Boston, 1897. His second book. Some foxing to prelims. (2) "Captain Craig." Boston, 1902. Inscribed a month before publication and with 2 ALS's. (3) "Captain Craig." Boston, 1902. 1 of 125 copies. (4) "Captain Craig." Boston, 1902. (5) (DJ) "The Town Down the River." New York, 1910. Fine copy in dust jacket. (6) "Modred, A Fragment." New York (Brickrow) 1929. 1 of 250 copies signed. Manuscript poem on dedication page and ALS. (7) "Lancelot." New York, 1920. With 3 ALS's. (8) "Torrent and the Night Before." New York (Brickrow). 1 of 110 signed copies. A reprint of his first book. (9) "Children of the Night." New York, 1905. Reprint of his second book. (10) "Slumber Song." 1 of 100 copies and a trade edition.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $650

Lot #75: (FIRST BOOK) SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. "CASHEL BYRON'S PROFESSION."
New York, Harper, 1886. First American edition, pirated, duodecimo. Original printed wraps included. Wraps chipped, housed in a chemise and a 1/2 green morocco slipcase. Harper's Handy Series #109. An unathorized printing. A card inscribed in pencil: "To Lester, from a nonagenerian, these first fruits of his ? - to half a centurion. Aff. GBS" is laid in.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00

Lot #76: TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. "CHRONICLES OF BARSETSHIRE."
London, Chapman & Hall, 1878-93. Collector's edition, octavo, 8 volumes. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $650

Lot #77: WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM AND COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR. "LYRICAL BALLADS, WITH OTHER POEMS."
London, Biggs and Co. (Bristol) for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. 2nd edition of volume 1 and 1st edition of volume 2. Duodecimo, 2 volumes. Bound in full brown calf, volume 2 board is detached, spine is gone. Volume 1 has the first appearance of Wordsworth's Preface, perhaps the most influential work of literary theory in the English language. Points of issue: (in volume 1) leaf (A)3 line 1 reads "The First Volume," page 137 line 9 reads "been" and line 13 reads "to," page 196 line 14 reads "agency" for "agony." (In volume 2) page 64 line 1 reads "oft I had" and line 6 reads "wild moor," page 83 line 6 has a comma after "last days," page 92 line 2 reads "He," page 129 line 11 reads "when they please" properly spaced. Errata, 3 corrections only (instead of 27).
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $1500

Lot #78: WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. "POEMS."
London, Longman, 1807. First edition, duodecimo, 2 volumes. Bound in full brown calf, boards detached, spine missing. Includes 1/2 titles in both volumes and terminal erratum leaf in volume 1.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $550

Lot #79: GROUP OF FINE LITERATURE
(1) Kipling. "Barrack Room Ballads." London, 1892. (2) Whitman. "Leaves of Grass." London, 1881. (3) London, Jack. "Martin Eden." New York, 1909. (4) London, Jack. "The Seawolf." New York, 1904. (5) Tennyson. "The Princess." London, 1847. The spine is chipped. (6) Swinburne. "Border Ballads." Boston, 1912. 1 of 477. (7) Wilde. "Picture of Dorian Gray." New York, 1904. 1 of 800. (8) Morris, William. "The Doom of King Acrisius." New York, 1902. (9) Connelly, Marc. "Green Pastures." New York, 1930.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00

Lot #80: ABBOT, JOHN AND SMITH, JAMES. "THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RARE LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS OF GEORGIA."
London, Bensley, 1797. First edition, folio, 2 volumes. 104 handcolored engraved plates. Bound in contemporary straight grain red morocco. Volume 1 needs recasing.  Plates are watermarked 1820, rare treatise on American insects with the plates in fine condition. The text is in English and French.
Estimate: $ 10,000.00 - $ 15,000.00 Sold at $23,000