- SELECTION OF LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB IMPRINTS
SELECTION OF LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB IMPRINTS Comprising 12 titles, some with multiple volumes, issues limited to 1500 copies, signed by respective illustrators, including A. Conan Doyle, LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES with repros. of the original illustrations (1952) unsigned; and Rabelais, GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL, illus. by W. A. Dwiggins (1936); most with original slipcases. Together with a couple of Heritage Press titles.
- LOT OF 3 EASTON PRESS LITERARY CLASSICSLot
LOT OF 3 EASTON PRESS LITERARY CLASSICSLot of 3 Easton Press Literary Classics. Fully bound in genuine leather . 22K gold deeply inlaid on the 'hubbed' spine. Printed on acid-neutral paper. Sewn pages. Gilded Page Ends. Satin Ribbon Page Marker. Lot includes:, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Conan A. Doyle, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.
- LOT OF 3 EASTON PRESS LITERARY CLASSICSLot
LOT OF 3 EASTON PRESS LITERARY CLASSICSLot of 3 Easton Press Literary Classics. Fully bound in genuine leather . 22k gold deeply inlaid on the 'hubbed' spine. Printed on acid-neutral paper. Sewn pages. Gilded Page Ends. Satin Ribbon Page Marker. Lot includes: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Conan A. Doyle, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
- 79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80
79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80 leather bound books - 79 Easton Press and 1 Harvard Classics. 77 Easton Press The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Louisa May Alcott Little Women, Victor Hugo Les Miserables, Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ralph Waldo Emerson The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, D.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover, Leo Tolstoy War & Peace, Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo, Jack London The Sea-Wolf, Henry James The Portrait of a Lady, Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac, Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin, Charles Dickens David Copperfield, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faust, George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion and Candida, John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men, Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Confucius The Analects of Confucius, Herman Melville Billy Budd and Benito Cereno, Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe, William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels, Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary, Bram Stoker Dracula, Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy, Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote, Henry David Thoreau Walden, Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Guy de Maupassant The Tales of Guy de Maupassant, George Eliot Silas Marner, Herman Melville Moby Dick, Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, George Orwell Animal Farm, Aesop Aesop's Fables, Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer, Robert Browning The Poems of Robert Browning, Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, H.G. Wells The Time Machine, Homer The Iliad, St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine, Henry Fielding Tom Jones, John Milton Paradise Lost, Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights, James Fenimore Copper The Last of the Mohicans, Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Aldous Huxley Brave New World, Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage, Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms, Richard F. Burton The Arabian Knights, Thomas Paine Rights of Man, Sir Walter Scott The Talisman, Machiavelli The Prince, Sophocles Oedipus the King, Joseph Conrad Lord Jim, Livy History of Early Rome, John Boccaccio The Decameron, Charles Dickens Great Expectations, Emily Dickinson Poems of Emily Dickinson, Virgil Aeneid, Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories, Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island, Walter Scott Ivanhoe, Homer The Odyssey, Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Samuel Butler The Way of All Flesh, Nathaniel Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter, Grimm's Fairytales, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers; 1 Easton Press Greatest Books Ever Written: Herman Melville Moby Dick; 1 Easton Press Millenium Edition Harvard Classics Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays and English Traits; 1 Harvard Classics The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus and The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
- 2 ROYAL DOULTON BOOKENDS, SHERLOCK HOLMES
2 ROYAL DOULTON BOOKENDS, SHERLOCK HOLMES & DR WATSOND7038/D7039. Royal Doulton backstmap.
Book Titles in gold gilt. Sherlock Holmes - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Hound of the Baskervilles and Dr. Watson - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Last Problem.
Artist: Martyn Alcock
Issued: 1996-1997
Dimensions: 7.5"H
Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
- A GROUP OF THIRTEEN EASTON PRESS CLASSIC
A GROUP OF THIRTEEN EASTON PRESS CLASSIC LIBRARY TITLES...A GROUP OF THIRTEEN EASTON PRESS CLASSIC LIBRARY TITLES, LATE 20TH CENTURY gilt embossed genuine leather bound works including "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," by A. Conan Doyle; "A life in Law," by John Marshall; "Ernest Hemingway," Vols. I & II, by Carlos Baker; "Doyle's Rules of Games," Vol. I & II; and four works by James Boswell. Height: 9 1/2" Width: 6 1/2"
Condition:
In very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.
- LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB SHERLOCK HOLMES,
LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB SHERLOCK HOLMES, (8) VOLS. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, includes: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (3) vols, 1950; The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (3) vols., 1952; and, The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (2) vols., 1952; each set #686/1500 copies, 9.25"h x 6.25"w
- 64 EASTON PRESS FICTION LEATHER BOUND
64 EASTON PRESS FICTION LEATHER BOUND BOOKS Large assortment of The Easton Press Classics and fiction hardcover leather bound gilt edged books including Arthur Conan Doyle (English 1859-1930), "Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes", Charles Darwin (English 1809-1882), "The Origin Of The Species", and, Harriet Beecher Stowe (American 1811-1896), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Approximate dimensions: "The Effayes" h, 11", w. 7.25", d. 1".
- NINE FOLIO SOCIETY DOYLE & SAYERS MYSTERY
NINE FOLIO SOCIETY DOYLE & SAYERS MYSTERY BOOKS Two boxed sets of The Folio Society hardcover mystery books comprising, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (British 1859-1930) The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stores, 2004, "The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes", "The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes", "The Return Of Sherlock Holmes", "The Last Bow", and "The Casebook Of Sherlock Homes"; Dorothy L. Sayers (English 1893-1957), The Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries Collection, 2011, "Bushman's Honeymoon", "Five Red Herrings", Unnatural Death", and "Whose Body?". Provenance: From the Private Collection of Joel A. Katz, Atlanta, Georgia. Approx. "The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes" h. 8.75", w. 5.75", d. 1.25".
- 9 vols. (Doyle, Arthur Conan - Sherlock
9 vols. (Doyle, Arthur Conan - Sherlock Holmes.) The Strand Magazine. London, G. Newnes, 1891-1893, 1901-1903. Vols. 1-6, 22, 23, 26. Lg. 8vo, modern 3/4 brown morocco & cloth, gilt; minor wear. Illus. Internally generally clean. Contains: "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," 1891-93, vols. 2-6, complete; "The Hound of The Baskervilles," 1901-02, vols. 22 & 23, complete; "The Return of Sherlock Holmes," nos. 1-3 only, 1903, vol.
- 1 vol. (Doyle, Arthur Conan - Sherlock
1 vol. (Doyle, Arthur Conan - Sherlock Holmes.) The Strand Magazine. London: G. Newnes, May, 1893. Vol. 5, no. 2. 4to, orig. pictorial wrappers; light wear. Illus. Includes "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, XVIII, The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual." Clean & intact.
- Books: Sherlock Holmes signed by Arthur
Books: Sherlock Holmes signed by Arthur Conan Doyle Doyle A. Conan. ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. New York: Harper & Brothers 1892. With inscription and signature on title page: Yours Very Truly-A. Conan Doyle Dec. 5th '94. Front cover with adhered canceled check made out to A. Conan Doyle from W.J. Ballard with Doyle's signature on verso.; and MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. New York: Harper & Brothers 1894. With inscription and signature on title page: Yours Very Truly-A. Conan Doyle Dec. 5th '94. (2pcs) Provenance: Private collection Charleston South Carolina. Other Notes: This collection of books once belonged to W. J. Ballard who was an English teacher in Jamaica New York. At the time these books were published the majority of books were sold by mail order. Authors typically promoted their books by doing lectures and readings all over the country. Several of the books in this collection contain correspondence with W.J. Ballard and the authors or their assistants arranging dates and times for these promotional lectures. These books descended through an old Charleston South Carolina family. See also lots 802 and 894. Covers with wear especially at edges; spines sunned; pages with toning; bindings becoming loose one illustrated page loose.