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Fine Books and Manuscripts
22 November - 8 December 2023 • New York
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![[Austen, Jane] — Isaac D'Israeli | Jane Austen's copy of Curiosities of Literature](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/56b60b4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1285x2000+0+0/resize/150x233!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F6d%2Fab%2Fcd49596c4cbeba1051e4aae8d6c5%2Fn11244-crtv5-t1-02.jpg)
1001. [Austen, Jane] — Isaac D'Israeli | Jane Austen's copy of Curiosities of Literature
![[Austen, Jane] | A handsome first edition in boards of the author's debut novel](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4e4142e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Ff2%2Fec%2Fde88d0634fc2a1ac0f9efe2b5bfa%2Fn11244-crtxm-t1-04.jpg)
1002. [Austen, Jane] | A handsome first edition in boards of the author's debut novel
![[Austen, Jane] | "It is a truth universally acknowledged..."](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ad17cc5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F65%2F82%2F57dd41db46aa994ae568ded09a26%2Fn11244-crtxl-t1-04.jpg)
1003. [Austen, Jane] | "It is a truth universally acknowledged..."
![[Austen, Jane] | Mansfield Park, the first edition in original boards — a rare survival](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/68efeb6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1979+0+0/resize/150x148!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F07%2Ff8%2Febe3eb8646e29e8067fe3f3b0abb%2Fn11244-crtxn-t1-04.jpg)
1004. [Austen, Jane] | Mansfield Park, the first edition in original boards — a rare survival
![[Austen, Jane] | Emma—Lady Guilford's copy of this "perfect" novel in the original boards](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/353a236/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fc1%2Fb8%2F727f2bd44f3c907a423b4266b11a%2Fn11244-crtxp-t1-04.jpg)
1005. [Austen, Jane] | Emma—Lady Guilford's copy of this "perfect" novel in the original boards

1006. Austen, Jane | The author's posthumous final novels

1007. Blackmore, R.D. | Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, the first edition
![[Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell | An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8b2a4e5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1289x2000+0+0/resize/150x233!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F7d%2Fff%2F164063664e1a9ea489205b1041c6%2Fn11244-crtxs-t1-02.jpg)
1008. [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell | An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels

1009. Brontë, Anne | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the author's second and final novel

1010. Brontë, Charlotte | "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me..."

1011. Brontë, Charlotte | The author's third novel, the last published in her lifetime

1012. Brontë, Charlotte | The Professor, the author's first novel, published posthumously

1013. Collins, Wilkie | The trailblazer of British detective fiction

1014. Dickens, Charles | "Please, sir, I want some more."

1015. Dickens, Charles | The Christmas Books in their original cloth

1016. Dickens, Charles | David Copperfield, first edition in book form

1017. Dickens, Charles | Little Dorrit, first edition in book form

1018. Dickens, Charles | "I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip."

1019. Doyle, Arthur Conan | A truly exceptional pair of the Memoirs and Adventures

1020. Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Hound of Baskervilles; perhaps the best-loved crime story

1021. Doyle, Arthur Conan | Sherlock Holmes returns, the first edition

1022. Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Valley of Fear, a fine, bright copy

1023. Doyle, Arthur Conan | His Last Bow, the penultimate collection of Holmes stories

1024. Eliot, George | The author's debut novel

1025. Eliot, George | The first work published with Eliot's identity revealed

1026. Eliot, George | Silas Marner, the author's third novel

1027. Eliot, George | Felix Holt. The Radical, a fine copy

1028. Eliot, George | The author's magnum opus

1029. Falkner, J. Meade | The Lost Stradivarius, first edition of the popular ghost tale

1030. Gaskell, Elizabeth | The Moorland Cottage, her second published work

1031. Hardy, Thomas | The first work to bear Hardy's name

1032. Hardy, Thomas | “Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?”

1033. Hardy, Thomas | A Group of Noble Dames, signed by the author

1034. Hardy, Thomas | Tess of the d'Urbervilles, an exceptionally fine copy

1035. James, Henry | The Portrait of a Lady, the author's enduring and best-loved tale

1036. Reade, Charles | The Cloister and the Hearth, the first edition of this historical novel

1037. Reid, Thomas Mayne | The first edition of No Quarter!

1038. Thackeray, William Makepeace | Vanity Fair, Thackeray's satirical masterwork

1039. Trollope, Anthony | The novel that popularised the Chronicles of Barsetshire series

1040. Trollope, Anthony | The Claverings, a fine copy

1041. Trollope, Anthony | Castle Richmond, the first edition

1042. Trollope, Anthony | Framley Parsonage, the fourth in the Barsetshire series

1043. Trollope, Anthony | Orley Farm, the author's favourite of his novels

1044. Trollope, Anthony | A remarkable association copy inscribed by Effie C. Millais (née Gray)

1045. Trollope, Anthony | Miss Mackenzie, the first edition

1046. Trollope, Anthony | The final book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, Trollope's "best novel"

1047. Trollope, Anthony | Ralph the Heir, Sadleir's copy

1048. Trollope, Anthony | The Way We Live Now, the first edition