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Previous|12|Next Lot #101 [In Hebrew]: Sefer torat sabat: se-liqet ... min ha-Sulhan `aruk u-gedole ha-aharonim View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Hebrew Book)AuthorWeill, JacobHeadlineLaws of the Sabath in Hebrew 1839PublisherMalsch & VogelDate Published1839 Lot #102 The structure and functions of the brain and spinal cord: being the Fullerian Lectures for 1891 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHorsley, VictorHeadlineHorsley on the brain and spinal cord 1892PublisherP. Blakiston, Son & CoDate Published1892 Lot #103 Catalogue of specimens and travel narrative by the naturalist Ludwig Kumlien while on the Howgate Expedition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Howgate Polar Expedition)AuthorKumlien, LudwigHeadlineLudwig Kumlien's 1877-78 Howgate Exp. journalDate Published[1877-1878] Lot #104 The Natural History of Barbados. In Ten Books View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorHughes, GriffithHeadlineHughes' Natural History of Barbados 1750PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1750 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 #106 Single leaf from the 1462 Bible printed by Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Incunabula - Bible Leaf)Author**HeadlineSingle leaf from 1462 BiblePublisherJohann Fust & Peter SchoefferDate Published1462 Lot #107 Printed Leaf from The Lives of the Fathers, 1495 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Incunabula Leaf - Wynkyn de Worde)AuthorSt. JeromeHeadlineIncunabula leaf printed by Wynkyn de WordePublisherWynkyn de WordeDate Published[before 21 Aug, 1495] 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 #110 The Works of Flavius Josephus: Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineLarge Paper Copy of L'Estrange's Josephus 1702PublisherPrinted for Richard SareDate Published1702 Lot #111 Dubliners View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce, Dubliners 1914 1st Edition, 1 of 746PublisherGrant Richards Ltd.Date Published[1914] Lot #112 Ulysses View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJoyce's Ulysses in orig wrappers 5th printingPublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1924 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 #114 China Monumentis qua Sacris quà Profanis, Nec non variis Naturæ & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque rerum memorabilium Argumentis Illustrata.... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher's China Monumentis 1667 maps & platesPublisherApud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge & Elizeum WeyerstraetDate Published1667 Lot #115 The Hunter. A Discourse of Horsemanship: Directing the right way to breed, keep, and train a Horse, for ordinary Hunting and Plates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Author[Langbaine, Gerard]HeadlineGerarf Langbaine The Hunter 1685PublisherL. LichfieldDate Published1685 Lot #116 Memoirs and observations topographical, physical, mathematical, mechanical, natural, civil, and ecclesiastical. Made in a late journey through the empire of China, and published in several letters... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorLe Comte, LouisHeadlineLe Comte's Memoirs of China 1699PublisherPrinted for Benjamin TookeDate Published1699 Lot #117 "We" View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineCharles Lindbergh "We" 1 of 1000 signed copiesPublisherPutnamDate Published1927 Lot #118 The Romane Historie written by T. Livius of Padua. Also the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineFirst in English of Livy's Roman History 1600PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1600 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 #120 The Magic Magic Book: An Inquiry into the Venerable History and Operations of the Oldest Trick Conjuring Volumes, Designated "Blow Books" View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Magic)AuthorJay, RickyHeadlineMagic Magic Book 1/300 copiesPublisherWhitney Museum of American ArtDate Published1994 Lot #121 Won in the Ninth: First in a Series of Stories for Boys on Sports to be Known as the Matty Books View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorMathewson, ChristyHeadlineChristy Mathewson Won in the NinthPublisherR.J. BodmerDate Published1910 Lot #122 Ahyouwaighs Chief or the Six Nations View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. & James HallHeadlineMcKenney & Hall lithograph of Indian ChiefPublisherF.W. GreenhoughDate Published1838 Lot #123 Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux Chief View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. & James HallHeadlineMcKenney & Hall lithograph of Indian ChiefPublisherF.W. GreenhoughDate Published1838 Lot #124 The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Author[McLean, Thom.]HeadlineMilitary Costume of Turkey 30 color platesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published[c. 1833] Lot #125 A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II, with a glossary of military terms of the Middle Ages View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMeyrick, Samuel RushHeadlineMeyrick's Ancient Armour editor's copyPublisherRobert JenningsDate Published1824 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 #127 The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria. Displayed in Fifty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions, and an Introduction View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMoleville, Bertrand deHeadlineCostume of Austria 50 hand colored platesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1804 [but c. 1819] Lot #128 Atlas Chinensis: Being a Second Part of a Relation of Remarkable Passages in Two Embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Vice-Roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East Tartary… View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorMontanus, ArnoldusHeadlineMontanus' Atlas Chinensis w/ maps & plates 1671PublisherPrinted by Tho. Johnson for the AuthorDate Published1671 Lot #129 The Common-Wealth of Utopia: Containing a Learned and pleasant Discourse of the best state of a Publike Weale, as it is found in the Government of the new Ile called Utopia View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineThomas More's Utopia 1639PublisherPrinted by B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, and are to be sold by Wil. ShearesDate Published1639 Lot #130 Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals: being analogically handled according to the nature of things, and fitted with apt motto’s to the heroical science of herauldry in the symbolical world. Whereby is discovered what is signified b every honourable partition, ordinary, or charge, usually born in coat-armour, and mythologized to the heroical theam [sic] of Homer on the shield of Achilles. A work of this nature never yet extant. By Sylvanus Morgan arms-painter View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlineMorgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666PublisherPrinted by T. Hewer for Nathaniel BrookDate Published1666 Lot #131 Apologia Pro Vita Sua: Being a Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled "What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorNewman, John HenryHeadlineCardinal John Henry Newman Apologia Pro Vita SuaPublisherLongman, Green, et alDate Published1864 Lot #132 The mathematical principles of natural philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, The laws of the moon’s motion, according to gravity. By John Machin... View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English, Vol. I, 1729PublisherPrinted for Benjamin MotteDate Published1729 Lot #133 The history of the conquest of China by the Tartars· Together with an account of several remarkable things, concerning the religion, manners, and customes of both nations, but especially of the latter. First writ in Spanish, by Señór Palafox Bishop of Osma, and Vice-Roy of Mexico. And now rendred English View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorPalafox y Mendoza, Juan deHeadlinePalafox Conquest of China by Tartars 1671PublisherPrinted by W. Godbid, and sold by M. PittDate Published1671 Lot #134 Traitez de l'Equilibre des Liqueurs, et de la Pesanteur de la Masse de l'Air View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorPascal, [Blaise]HeadlineFirst Edition of Pascal's Law 1663PublisherGuillaume DeprezDate Published1663 Lot #135 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II. Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669...And a Selection From His Private Correspondence View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Pepys Memoirs 1st edition 1825PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1825 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 #137 Ioannis Revchlin Phorcensis LL. Doc. De Arte Cabalistica libri tres Leoni X. dicati. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorReuchlin, JohannesHeadlineReuchlin on Cabalistic Arts 1517PublisherApud Thomam AnshelmumDate Published1517 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 #139 The Seven Lamps of Architecture - With annotations in Ruskin's hand View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineRuskin's Seven Lamps Annotated by HimPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.Date Published1855 Lot #140 Classified phone book for the Kremlin, with names of purged officials crossed out View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Russia - Soviet Era)Author**HeadlineClassified phone book for the KremlinDate Published1955 Lot #141 Lot of 5 original photographs of Soviet leaders and dignitaries View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Russia - Soviet Era)Headline5 original photographs of Soviet leadersDate Publishedc.1919-1960's Lot #142 Lot of 8 photographs of St. Petersburg from the Soviet Archive of Movies and Photo Document View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Russia - Soviet Era)Author**HeadlineLot of 8 photographs of St. PetersburgDate Publishedc.1905-1920, printed later Lot #143 WITHDRAWN Three volume work on Samurai armor, swords, etc. with woodcut illustrations View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Samurai)Author**HeadlineThree volume work on Samurai armor, swords, etcDate Published18th Century(?) Lot #144 Palais Chateaux Hotels et Maisons de France du XVe au XVIIIe Siecle View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSauvageot, ClaudeHeadlineMassive work on the Architecture of FrancePublisherA. MorelDate Published1867 Lot #145 The history of that great and renowned monarchy of China. VVherein all the particular provinces are accurately described: as also the dispositions, manners, learning, lawes, militia, government, and religion of the people. Together with the traffick and commodities of that countrey View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorSemedo, AlvaroHeadlineSemedo's History of China 1655 with mapPublisherPrinted by E. Tyler for Iohn CrookDate Published1655 Lot #146 Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies View details Estimate$200,000 - $300,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Works 1632PublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot... at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yardDate Published1632 Lot #147 The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, William (attrib.)HeadlineShakespeare's John Oldcastle 1734PublisherJ. TonsonDate Published1734 Lot #148 Business card for Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Company bookshop View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare and Company)Author**HeadlineShakesepeare & Co. business card c. 1925Date Published[c.1925] Lot #149 Bond and Free: Five Sketches Illustrative of Slavery. Photographed by Thomas Annan, Glasgow View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Slavery)AuthorPaton, J. NoelHeadlineAnnan photos of Paton sketches of Slavery 1863PublisherMaclure & MacdonaldDate Published1863 Lot #150 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineAdam Smith's Wealth of Nations Basil 1791PublisherPrinted for J.J. Tourneisen and J.L. Legrand,Date Published1791 Lot #151 The Costume of Hindostan Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engraving; With Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorSolvyns, [Frans] Balt[asar]HeadlineThe Costume of Hindostan 60 color platesPublisherEdward OrmeDate Published1807 [but circa 1821] Lot #152 Voyage aux Indes Orientales et la Chine. Fait par ordre du Roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. Dans lequel on traite des moeurs de la religion, des sciences & des arts des Indiens, des Chinois, des Pégouins & des Madégasses; suivi d'observations sur le cap de Bonne-Espérance, les isles de France & de Bourbon, les Maldives, Ceylan, Malacca, les Philippines & les Moluques, & de recherches sur l'histoire naturelle de ces pays View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorSonnerat, [Pierre]HeadlineSonnerat's Voyage to India & China w/2 maps 1782PublisherChez l'Auteur, Froule, Nyon, BarroisDate Published1782 Lot #153 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China [+ 2 others] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorStaunton, George LeonardHeadlineStaunton's Embassy to ChinaPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for G. NicolDate Published1797 Lot #154 Narrative of a five years expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772, to 1777: elucidating the History of that Country, and describing its Productions, Viz. Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, & Roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorStedman, J[ohn] G[abriel]HeadlineStedman's Revolted Negroes of Surinam 1796PublisherJ. Johnson & J. EdwardsDate Published1796 Lot #155 [Brobdingnag and New Albion] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineMap of Brobdingnag and New Albion 1731Date Published[1731?] Lot #156 Comedie di Terentio nuovamente di Latino in volgare tradotte View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Terence, Publius Terentius Afer]HeadlineRare 1544 Edition of the Comedies of TerencePublisher[Giovan' Padoano]Date Published1544 Lot #157 The hystory, writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan, of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucyides Pelopenessian War 1550Publisher[William Tylle]Date Published1550 Lot #158 Regni Chinensis descriptio. Ex Variis Authoribus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorTrigault, NicolasHeadlineTrigault's China from Elzivir Press 1639PublisherOfficina ElzevirianaDate Published1639 & 1631 Lot #159 Catalogue des Substances Végétales qui Peuvent Servir à la Nourriture de l'Homme., & qui se Trouvent dans les Departemens de l'Isere, la Drome & les Hautes-Alpes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorVillar[s], [Dominique]HeadlineCatalogue des Substances Végétales 1793PublisherAlexander GiroudDate Published[1793] 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 #161 Andy Warhol's Exposures View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorWarhol, Andy with Bob ColacelloHeadlineAndy Warhol's Exposures Signed by WarholPublisherAndy Warhol Books/Grosset & DunlapDate Published[1979] Lot #162 The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W. B. Yeats View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorYeats, W[illiam] B[utler]HeadlineVariorum Edition of the Poems of Yeats signedPublisherMacmillanDate Published1957 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|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next