One of 300 sets of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman, with an extraordinary 1890 hand-written postcard from Whitman

1886 first-edition set of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, in fine condition and housed in two protective boxes (est. $2,000)

The Complete Writings of Lord Macaulay, 1899-1900, Large Paper Edition, limited to 500 numbered sets (of which this is No. 212), with original two-page autograph letter, signed by Macaulay and dated March 29, 1857

The first collected U.S. edition of Emile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart, 12 volumes, limited to 1,000 sets

Works of Washington Irving, 1895-1987, Author's Autograph Edition, 40 volumes, limited to 500 sets (of which this is No. 23) with original, one-page holographic manuscript (est. $1,200).

The Complete Works of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning in 18 volumes and limited to 275 sets (of which this is number 10) signed by the publisher and the editors (est. $1,200).

a 1900, 22-volume example of the Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne, signed by Hawthorne on a tipped-in Liverpool customs certificate (est. $1,500) and limited to 500 sets.

The international superstar's rare book collection includes a 1902, leather-bound, 10-volume set Sir Walter Scott's The Waverly Novels includes a one-page autographed letter, signed by Scott .