Lot 18 · Fine Books & Rare Manuscripts | Bonhams Skinner
A Primitive Like and Orb: A poem by Wallace Stevens with drawings by Kurt Seligmann, New York: Printed at the Banyan Press for The Gotham Book Mart, 1948.
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- Estimate
- $200–$300 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Fine Books & Rare Manuscripts | Bonhams Skinner, Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts · 23 January 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-451856
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Wallace Stevens, A Primitive Like and Orb: A poem by Wallace Stevens with drawings by Kurt Seligmann, New York: Printed at the Banyan Press for The Gotham Book Mart, 1948. Bonhams, 23 Jan 2023, lot 18. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-451856.
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Wallace Stevens, A Primitive Like and Orb: A poem by Wallace Stevens with drawings by Kurt Seligmann, New York: Printed at the Banyan Press for The Gotham Book Mart, 1948. Bonhams, 23 Jan 2023, lot 18. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-451856.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The Joyce Book, London: The Sylvan Press and Humphrey Milford, Oxford… | Joyce, James. 1882-1941. | $400–$600 | |
| City Block, first edition, Darien, Conn.: Waldo Frank, 1922. | Waldo Frank | $200–$300 | |
| A Walker in the City, first edition | Alfred Kazin | $200–$300 | |
| Selected Poems, London: The Fortune Press, [1952]. | Wallace Stevens | $500–$700 | |
| Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923), Autograph Letter Signed | — | $800–$1,200 | |
| Walton, George (1749-1804), Autograph Document Signed | — | $1,000–$1,500 |
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| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | The Cricket on the Hearth. Bradbury and Evans, London, 1846. | Bonhams, Jun 2012 | ||
| Faulkner, William. 1897-1962. | Notes on a Horse Thief. Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 195 | Bonhams, Aug 2022 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | DICKENS | Dombey and Son, 1848, first book edition | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Steinbeck, John. 1902-1968. | Die Früchte des Zornes. Zürich: Humanitas Verlag, [1940]. | Bonhams, Feb 2013 | ||
| Steinbeck, John. 1902-1968. | Collection of works by Steinbeck, | Bonhams, Oct 2021 | ||
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