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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasHeadlineLe Morte d'Arthur Beardsley IllustrationsPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1927 Lot #13 The Holy Bible. The Old Testament (&) The New Testament, Embellished with Engravings from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineMassive Macklin Bible in 7 VolumesPublisherPrinted for Thomas Macklin by Thomas BensleyDate Published1800 Lot #16 For Children. The Gates of Paradise View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineMuir facsimile of Blakes Gates of ParadisePublisher[William Muir]Date Published[1888] Lot #17 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries 1753 folio editionPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 Lot #21 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John NewtonDate Published1687 Lot #28 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's English-Speaking Peoples Finely BoundPublisherCassellDate Published[1956-58] Lot #31 London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineLondon to Ladysmith, via Pretoria First EditionPublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1900 Lot #33 Lord Randolph Churchill View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineLord Randolph Churchill First American EditionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 Lot #34 Marlborough: His Life and Times View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill's Marlborough 1 of 155 signedPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1933-38] Lot #35 Marlborough: His Life and Times View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineMarlborough: His Life and Times Finely BoundPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co.Date Published[1933-38] Lot #39 My Early Life: A Roving Commission View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill My Early Life SignedPublisherMacmillanDate Published1941 Lot #43 The Second World War - Presentation Binding View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineThe Second World War - Presentation BindingPublisherCassellDate Published[1948-54] Lot #44 The Second World War View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill Second World War Finely BoundPublisherCassellDate Published[1948-54] Lot #47 Thoughts and Adventures [bound with] Painting as a Pastime View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.Headline2 titles by Winston Churchill Finely BoundDate Published[1932 & 1948] Lot #48 The War Speeches of the Rt Hon Winston S. Churchill View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's War Speeches Finely BoundPublisherCassellDate Published1962, 1952 Lot #49 The World Crisis View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill The World Crisis Finely BoundPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1923-31] Lot #51 Seven volumes of Churchill's War & Post-War Speeches View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.Headline7 volumes of Churchill's War & Post-War SpeechesPublisherCassellDate Published[1942-50] Lot #57 A Survey View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineMax Beerbohm A SurveyPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1921 Lot #62 Hindoo excavations in the mountain of Ellora, near Aurungabad, in the Decan, in twenty-four views, from the drawings of James Wales, under the direction of Thomas Daniell View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorDaniell, Thomas & James WalesHeadlineDaniell's Hindoo Excavations wth 24 plates 1816PublisherWilliam Daniell, & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1816 Lot #65 La Légende du Juif Errant. Compositions et Dessins par Gustave Doré, gravés sur bois par Rouget, Jahyer et Gauchard View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDoré, GustaveHeadlineDoré's Wandering Jew 1862PublisherLibrairie du Magasin PittoresqueDate Published1862 Lot #70 Queen Elizabeth View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Binding - Cosway Style)AuthorCreighton, MandellHeadlineCosway Style Binding with Portrait of ElizabethPublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1896 Lot #71 Nell Gwynne, 1650-1687 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Headingzzh(Fine Binding - Cosway Style)AuthorDasent, Arthur IrwinHeadlineNell Gwynne in a Cosway-Style BindingPublisherMacmillanDate Published1924 Lot #72 Reynard the Fox, A Poem in Twelve Cantos View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolloway, E.W., translatorHeadlineReynard the Fox Finely Bound by Kelly & SonsPublisherA.H. Payne / W. FrenchDate Published[1852] Lot #73 Stat Nominis Umbra [Letters of Junius] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJunius [pseud.]HeadlineLetters of Junius Finely BoundPublisherT. BensleyDate Published1796 Lot #74 Everybody's Pepys: The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660-1669 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlinePepys' Diary Rivier Inlaid BindingPublisherG. Bell and SonsDate Published1927 Lot #75 The Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works 13 Finely Bound VolumesPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1905-11 Lot #76 The Seasons View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons Finely BoundPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1927 Lot #77 Poetry. Seventh Series View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorAbdy, Mrs. [Maria Smith]HeadlineFore Edge Painting of Wimborne Minster, DorsetPublisherJ. RobinsDate Published1858 Lot #78 Poems and Songs View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineRobert Burns Poems & Songs Fore Edge PaintingPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1858 Lot #79 The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorClarendon, Edward [Earl of]HeadlineFore Edge Painting of London LandmarksPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1839 Lot #80 The Christian Philosopher View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorDick, ThomasHeadlineFore Edge Painting of Dundee ScotlandPublisherWilliam CollinsDate Published[1846] Lot #81 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorHowitt, Mary, Eliza Cook and L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon]HeadlineFore Edge Painting View of BostonPublisherPhillips, Sampson, & Co.Date Published1850 Lot #82 Ballads and Lays Illustrative of Events in the Early English History View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorMant, F.W.HeadlineWith a fore edge painting of the Tower of LondonPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1857 Lot #83 The Pilgrim of Beauty; The Cottager's Sabbath; and Other Poems, Now First Collected View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorMullen, SamuelHeadlineMullen's Poems - Fore Edge PaintingPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1845 Lot #84 Le Rime di Messer F. Petrarca View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorPetrarch, FrancescoHeadlineFore Edge Painting View of TivoliPublisherBaudryDate Published1836 Lot #85 The Lady of the Lake View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineLady of the Lake with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherJohn Ballantyne, et alDate Published1810 Lot #86 Poems View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's Poems with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherWilliam P. NimmoDate Published[1860s?] Lot #87 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineScott's Poetical Works with fore edge paintingPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1876 Lot #88 Rokeby View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineScott's Rokeby with a Fore Edge PaintingPublisherJohn Ballantyne, et alDate Published1813 Lot #89 The Complete Works View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherOxford University PressDate Published1919 Lot #90 Sabrinae Corolla in Hortulis Regiae Scholae Salopiensis Contexuerunt Tres Viri Floribus Legendis View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)Author[Shrewsbury Royal School]HeadlineFore Edge Painting of a Franciscan ConventPublisherBell & DaldyDate Published1859 Lot #91 Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorStanley, Arthur PenrhynHeadlineWith a Fore Edge of Westminster Abbey 1896PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1896 Lot #92 Xenopontis Memorabilium Socratis Dictorum Libri IV View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorXenophonHeadlineFore Edge Painting of Oxford UniversityPublisherE Theatro SheldonianoDate Published1749 Lot #93 The Book of Common Prayer View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)Author**HeadlineFore Edge Painting of CambridgePublisherR. Watts for the UniversityDate PublishedNo date Lot #105 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] Lot #108 Tarpomania & Buck Fever View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Eldridge ReevesHeadlineTarpomania & Buck FeverPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1928 Lot #109 The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineWorks of Josephus Baltimore 1795PublisherPechin and Co.Date Published1795 Lot #113 Moby Dick or the Whale View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick with Illustrations by Rockwell KentPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 Lot #119 The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Illustrated with Plates, From Drawings by Mr. W. Nicholson, Reduced from a Series of Portraits from Life, Executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. W. Shiels View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorLow, DavidHeadlineLow's Domestic Animals of the British IslandsPublisherLongman, Orme, Brown, Green and LongmanDate Published1842 Lot #126 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost folio 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently...and Jacob TonsonDate Published1688 Lot #136 Plato, and the Other Companions of Sokrates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Plato)AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's Plato, 3 volumes finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1867 Lot #138 Her Majesty's Army: A Descriptive Account of the Various Regiments Now Comprising the Queen's Forces From Their First Establishment to the Present Time [and] ...Indian and Colonial Forces... View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRichards, WalterHeadlineWalter Richards Her Majesty's ArmyPublisherJ.S. VirtueDate Published[1890s] Lot #160 Andy Warhol's Index (Book) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorWarhol, AndyHeadlineAndy Warhol's Index (Book)PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1967 Lot #163 Street Haunting - Bound by Eleanore Ramsey View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineStreet Haunting bound by Eleanore RamseyPublisherWestgate PressDate Published1930 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next