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View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineGeneva Breeches Bible 1580 C. BarkerPublisherChristopher BarkerDate Published1580 Lot #39 The New Testament in Russian View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Bible in Russian)Author**HeadlineNew Testament Bible in Russian c.1890Date Published[c. 1890] Lot #47 Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBrewer, E[benezer] CobhamHeadlineCharacter Sketches of Romance, Fiction & DramaPublisherSelmar HessDate Published1892 Lot #66 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Church of England)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer 1726PublisherJohn BaskettDate Published1726 [Psalter Imprint 1727] Lot #67 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Church of England)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer England 1693PublisherPrinted by the University-PrintersDate Published1693 Lot #70 A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion. In Two Parts... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Author[Collins, Anthony]HeadlineDiscourse of Christian Religion 1724Date Published1724 Lot #71 The Scheme of Literal Prophecy Considered; In a View of the Controversy Occasioned by a late Book, intitled, A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Collins, Anthony]HeadlineScheme of Literal Prophecy 1727 Anthony CollinsDate Published1727 Lot #73 The English Dance of Death [&] The Dance of Life View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThe English Dance of Death & The Dance of LifePublisherAckermannDate Published1815-1817 Lot #105 Twelve titles in trade cloth bindings View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Decorative Cloth Bindings)Author**HeadlineTwelve titles in trade cloth bindingsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #127 Oeuvres Completes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineOeuvres Completes by Balzac in fine bindingsPublisherAlexandre HoussiauxDate Published1855 Lot #128 Oeuvres poetiques completes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBaudelaire, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Baudelaire finely boundPublisherVialetyDate Published1960 Lot #129 Songs of Innocence View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineSongs of Innocence by Wm. Blake finely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1911 Lot #130 Book of Common Prayer - In Mother-of-Pearl Binding View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer In Mother-of-Pearl BindingPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1854 Lot #131 The Complete Works of... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, Robert and Mrs. E.B.HeadlineComplete works of Robert & Mrs. E.B. Browning 18vPublisherSociety of English and French LiteratureDate Published[1898] Lot #132 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - bound by Eleanore Ramsey View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice in Wonderland bound by Eleanore RamseyPublisherBook League of AmericaDate Published1941 Lot #133 Domestic Gothic of the Tudor Period View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCastle, Sydney E.HeadlineDomestic Gothic of the Tudor PeriodPublisherInternational Casement CompanyDate Published[1927] Lot #134 Oeuvres Complètes View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorChateaubriand, [Francois-René de]HeadlineOeuvres Completes by Chateaubrian 36 volsPublisherPourrat FrèresDate Published1836-1839 Lot #135 Marlborough: His Life and Times View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Life of Marlborough Finely BoundPublisherHarrapDate Published[1933-38] Lot #136 The Rose Garden of Persia View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCostello, Louisa StuartHeadlineRose Garden of Persia Fine Binding by ZaehnsdorfPublisherGeorge BellDate Published1887 Lot #137 The Works of George Eliot View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of George Eliot deluxe edition in 8 volsPublisherNottingham SocietyDate Published[c. 1860] Lot #138 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 Lot #139 Works - Standard Library Edition View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineWorks of Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1883-93 Lot #140 The Lives of Cleopatra & Octavia View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, SarahHeadlineLives of Cleopatra & Octavia 1/10 signed copiesPublisherScholartis PressDate Published1928 Lot #141 The Works [Hand-Made Edition] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGautier, ThéophileHeadlineThéophile Gautier Works Finely Bound SetPublisherSproulDate Published1900 Lot #142 The History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineGoldsmith's History of England 1825 Finely BoundPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1825 Lot #143 Sir Thomas Lawrence...With a Catalogue of the Artist's Exhibited and Engraved Works Compiled by Algernon Graves View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGower, Ronald SutherlandHeadlineWorks of Sir Thomas Lawrence Extra-IllustratedPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #144 Oeuvres Completes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWorks of Victor Hugo Finely BoundPublisherSociete d'Editions Litteraires et ArtistiquesDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #145 The Rambler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Rambler by Samuel Johnson Finely boundPublisherGeorge CowieDate Published1825 Lot #146 The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineWater-Babies by Chas Kingsley finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1863 Lot #147 Six volumes in deluxe publisher's binding View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLacroix, PaulHeadline6 vols in deluxe binding by Paul LacroixPublisherLibrairie de Firmin-DidotDate Published1877-1885 Lot #149 The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLane, Edward William, trans.HeadlineArabian Nights' Entertainments Lane TranslationPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1859 Lot #150 Histoire del Gil Blas View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLeSage, Rene BizetHeadlineHistoire del Gil Blas Finely BoundPublisherA la Cité des LivresDate Published1929 Lot #151 Histoire de la Vie de Jesus Christ View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLigny, Le P. DeHeadlineHistory of Christ bound by Marius MichelPublisherde CrapeletDate Published1804 Lot #152 Ce Cochon de Morin View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorMaupassant, Guy deHeadlineCe Cochon de Morin Finely Bound by RivierePublisherL. CarteretDate Published1909 Lot #153 Japan: A Record in Colour View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMenpes, MortimerHeadlineJapan Record in Colour by Menpes in fine bindingPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published[1905] Lot #154 The Dramatic Works of Molière View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMolière, [Jean Baptiste de]HeadlineThe Dramatic Works of Molière finely boundPublisherWilliam PattersonDate Published1875 Lot #155 Napoleon st Son Temps View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPeyre, RogerHeadlineNapoleon st Son Temps Fabulous Bindings!PublisherFirmin DidotDate Published1896 Lot #156 The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPindar, Peter [pseud. John Wolcot]HeadlineThe Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. Finely BoundPublisherJ. Walker, et alDate Published1812 Lot #157 Les Oeuvres de Rabelais View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRabelais, FrancoiseHeadlineWorks of Rabelais Finely BoundPublisherAlphonse LemmereDate Published1869 Lot #158 Oeuvres Complete Illustrees de Edmond Rostand View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRostand, EdmondHeadlineRostand's WorksPublisherP. LafitteDate Published[1910] Lot #160 Romeo and Juliet - with designs by Oliver Messel View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinefinely bound Romeo & Juliet, art by Oliver MesselPublisherB.T. BatsfordDate Published[1936] Lot #161 Eighty Sketches in Water Colour from Nature View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStephenson, RussellHeadline80 nature sketches in watercolor by StephensonPublisherSaint Catherine PressDate Published1926 Lot #162 The Works of Laurence Sterne View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineThe Works of Laurence Sterne period fine bindingsPublisherJ. Rivington and Sons, et alDate Published1788 Lot #164 [Works] - 32 volumes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadline[Works] - 32 volumes by Wm Makepeace ThackerayPublisherScribner'sDate Published1904 Lot #165 Oeuvres Complètes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVoltaire, François Marie Arouet deHeadlineOeuvres Completes of Voltaire in 66 volumesPublisherChez Antoine-Augustin RenouardDate Published1819-1825 Lot #166 The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Oxford View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalpole, HoraceHeadlineLetters of Horace Walpole Finely BoundPublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1891 Lot #167 Four two-volume sets of finely bound works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineFour two-volume sets of finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #168 Seven finely bound volumes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSeven finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #169 Seven finely bound works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSeven finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #170 Seven works in twelve finely bound volumes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSeven works in twelve finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #171 Six finely bound volumes, including one inscribed by the author View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**Headline6 finely bound books, including 1 signed by authorDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #172 Six works in fifteen finely bound volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSix works in fifteen finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #173 Ten finely bound volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineTen finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #181 The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler - With two fore edge paintings View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's works with Fore Edge PaintingsPublisherPickeringDate Published1835 Lot #182 The Paradise Lost of Milton View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost, Martin mezzotints fore-edge paintsPublisherSeptimus ProwettDate Published1827 Lot #183 [Book of Martyrs, i.e.:] The first volume of the ecclesiasticall history contaynyng the actes and monumentes of thynges passed in euery kynges tyme in this realme, especially in the Church of England principally to be noted. With a full discourse of such persecutions, horrible troubles, the sufferyng of martyrs, and other thinges incident, touchyng aswel the sayd Church of England as also Scotland, and all other foreine nations, from the primitiue tyme till the reigne of K. Henry viij. Newly recognised and inlarged by the author Iohn Foxe. [Here followeth the second volume...] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold AuthorFoxe, JohnHeadlineFoxe's Book of Martyrs, 2nd ed., 1570PublisherJohn DayeDate Published1570 Lot #188 The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa translated into English Prose View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorGanugli, Kisari Mohan, translatorHeadlineThe Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaPublisherBharata PressDate Published1883-1896 Lot #204 The Flowers Personofied: Being a Tranlation of Grandville's "Les Fleurs Animées" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Grandville, J.J.)AuthorCleaveland, N., translatorHeadlineFlowers Personified 1847 w/52 color engravingsPublisherR. MartinDate Published1847 Lot #206 A Biographical History of England from Egbert the Great to the Revolution [With] A Supplement, Consisting of Corrections and Large Additions, To A Biographical History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorGranger, J[ames]HeadlineGranger's Biographical History of EnglandPublisherT. DaviesDate Published1769-1774 Lot #207 Histoire des Quatre Fils Aymon View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading[Grasset, Eugene]Author**HeadlineHistoire des Quatre Fils Aymon illus by GrassetPublisher[H. Launette]Date Published[1883] Lot #211 An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of All Ages View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineEncyclopedic Outline of Masonic, etc 1/550 signedPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #231 The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe History of Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaPublisherJohn SharpeDate Published1817 Lot #232 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To Which is Prefixed An Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.PublisherT. Longman, et alDate Published1796 Lot #234 Buddhist Ordination Ceremony View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Kammavaca)Author**HeadlineBuddhist Ordination Ceremony c. 1830Date Publishedc. 1830 Lot #237 De L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ [and] Appendice a L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorKempis, Thomas a'HeadlineFabulous Lithograph L'Imitation of ChristPublisherL. CurmerDate Published1856 Lot #257 The Comic History of England [and] The Comic History of Rome View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Leech, John)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineComic History of England & Rome Leech platesPublisherBradbury, AgnewDate Published[c.1875] Lot #282 Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Missale Romanum)Author**HeadlineMissale Romanum 1720PublisherPauli BalleoniiDate Published1720 Lot #308 Volatiles from the history of Adam and Eve: containing, many unquestioned truths, and allowable notions of several natures View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorPettus, JohnHeadlineVolatiles from the history of Adam and Eve 1674PublisherPrinted for T. Bassett at the George in Fleet-street,Date Published1674 Lot #320 Vie de Jésus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorRenan, ErnestHeadlineErnest Renan Vie de JésusPublisherMichel Levy FreresDate Published1863 Lot #323 Passio domini nostri Jhesu Christi ex euangelistarum textu q[ue] accuratissime deprompta additis sa[n]ctissimis exquisitissimisq[ue] figuris. Hevs eme lector. Nam & lachrymas (nisi lapideus fueris) ista tibi excutient: & sanctiorem vitam protinus inspirabunt View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorRingmann, MatthiasHeadlineKnobloch's Passion of Our Lord 1507PublisherIoannes KnoblauchusDate Published1507 Lot #339 Victor Cousin View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSimon, JulesHeadlineVictor Cousin by Jules Simon w/tipped in ALsPublisherHachetteDate Published1891 Lot #346 Lettres de Madame de Sévigné View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSévigné, Madame deHeadlineLettres de Madame de Sévigné nicely boundPublisherChez DalibonDate Published1823 Lot #353 Historical Collections, Out of Several Grave Protestant Historians, Concerning the Changes of Religion, and the Strange Confusions Following: In the Reigns of King Henry the Eight. Edward the Sixth. Queen Mary and Elizabeth... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Author[Touchet, George]HeadlineCollections from Protestant Historians 1686PublisherPrinted by Henry HillsDate Published1686 Lot #379 Zen Notes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zen Buddhism)AuthorFarkas, Mary, editorHeadlineZen Notes from Sokei-an 114 issues 1954-64PublisherFirst Zen Institute of AmericanDate Published1954-1964 Lot #380 A Popular History of Germany, From the Earliest Period to the Present Day View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorZimmermann, WilliamHeadlineA Popular History of Germany by ZimmermannPublisherHenry J. JohnsonDate Published[1878] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next