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Previous|1|Next Lot #9 Captivity Narrative of Hannah Duston, related by Cotton Mather, John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau, four versions of events in 1697 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDuston, HannahHeadlineArion Press Narrative of Hannah Duston 1/425PublisherArion PressDate Published1987 Lot #11 Moby-Dick; or, The Whale View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineArion Press Moby Dick 1 of 265 copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1979 Lot #12 Selected Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineHerman Melville Selected Poems Arion Press 1995PublisherArion PressDate Published1995 Lot #32 The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorBlackwood, Algernon and Wilfred WilsonHeadlineWolves of God and Other Fey Stories 1st ed 1921PublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published[1921] Lot #35 Il Decamerone de M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nvovamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio Decameron 1729 reprint of 1527 editionPublisher[Pasinello]Date Published[1729] Lot #39 The Story Without An End: From the German of Carové. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Boyle, Eleanor Vere)AuthorCarové, [Friedriech Wilhelm]HeadlineStory Without An End E.V. Boyle color engravingsPublisherSampson, Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1868 Lot #40 Songs of a Pagan View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBrigman, AnneHeadlineSongs of a Pagan, with author-signed stickerPublisherCaxton PrintersDate Published1949 Lot #43 Georgii Buchanani Scoti, Poetarum sui seculi facile Principis, Opera Omnia, ad optimorum Codicum fidem summo studio recognita & castigata... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBuchanan, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of Scot Poet George Buchanan 1715 2 vols.PublisherRobert FreebairnDate Published1715 Lot #47 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures in Wonderland Peter NewellPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1901 Lot #49 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1756 London 2volsPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1756 Lot #53 An Aerial Runaway: The Balloon Adventures of Rod & Tod in North & South America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorChipman, W[illiam] P. & C[harles] P.HeadlineAn Aerial Runaway signed by both authors ChipmanPublisherLothropDate Published[1901] Lot #58 The Pilot View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCooper, J[ames] F[enimore]HeadlineJames Fenimore Cooper The PilotPublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #59 Silver Circus: Tales By... View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorCoppard, A.E.HeadlineSilver Circus: Tales By AE Coppard signed, djPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1928] Lot #62 Poems View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlinePoems by William Cowper 1808PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1808 Lot #64 Voyage du Monde de Descartes [bound with] Suite du Voyage de Descartes,,, View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorDaniel, GabrielHeadlineVoyage du Monde de Descartes 1706PublisherPierre MortierDate Published1706 Lot #65 The New Life (La Vita Nuova) - two different bindings View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadline2 bindings of Dante's The New Life-La Vita NuovaDate PublishedNo date [c.1915] Lot #67 The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner [with] The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being the second and last part of his life... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDefoe's Robinson Crusoe 2 vols. 1719PublisherPrinted for W. TaylorDate Published1719 Lot #75 Some Greek Love-Poems Gathered and Translated with a Brief Account of Greek Love-Poetry View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorEdmonds, J.M.HeadlineSome Greek Love Poems 1939 1/450PublisherPeter DaviesDate Published1939 Lot #85 Finden's Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by W. Brockenden... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFinden, William & Edward Francis FindenHeadlineFinden's Illustrations to the Life of Lord ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1833-34 Lot #86 Prince Otto View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Binding - Cosway Style)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlinePrince Otto in an American Cosway Style BindingPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1885 Lot #89 The Marble Faun, or the Romance of Monte Beni View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Marble Faun finely boundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1890 Lot #91 The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlinePoetical Works of Percy Bysshe ShelleyPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1857 Lot #97 Three books on wine and food View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(Food & Drink)Author**Headline3 books about wine and foodDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #102 Descriptiones poeticae ex Probatioribus Poetis excerptae quas in tertia editione uberius loclupetatas publice utilitati exponit P. Jo. Baptista Gandutius... View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGanducci, Giovanni BattistaHeadlineGanducci's Descriptiones poeticae 1676PublisherNicolaum PezzanaDate Published1676 Lot #105 Werke View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadlineGoethe's Works 55 volumes 1828-1835PublisherJ. G. Cotta'schen BuchhandlungDate Published1828-1835 Lot #122 The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlinePrince of Abissinia inscribed by Samuel JohnsonPublisherPrinted for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and W. Johnston, in Ludgate-StreetDate Published1759 Lot #124 The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life - 2 copies View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Jung, Carl Gustav)AuthorWilhelm, Richard, translatorHeadlineInscribed and signed by Carl JungPublisherKegan Paul, et al.Date Published1935 Lot #126 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly printed. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press Chaucer Facsimile)AuthorChaucer GeoffreyHeadlineKelmscott Press Chaucer Facsimile Folio SocietyPublisherFolio SocietyDate Published2002 Lot #130 Eight volumes illustrated by Rockwell Kent View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)Author**Headline8 books illustrated by Rockwell KentDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #143 The Chimes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens The Chimes Arthur Rackham IllustrationsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1931 Lot #145 Five titles illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author(Eichenberg, Fritz)Headline5 LEC titles in 8 vols illus by Fritz EichenbergPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #146 The Wind in the Willows View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineWind in the Willows illus Arthur Rackham 1/2020PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1940 Lot #147 Three works by Victor Hugo View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorHugo, VictorHeadline3 books in 8 vols by Victor Hugo pub by LECDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #149 The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare - 20 volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline22 vols from the Plays of William Shakespeare LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-1941 Lot #150 The Grapes of Wrath View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineThe Grapes of Wrath pub by LEC in 2 vols 1/1146PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1940 Lot #151 Crime and Punishment - Volumes 1-4 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlineVol 1-4 of Crime & Punishment from the LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1938 Lot #152 Five titles illustrated by Lynd Ward View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author(Ward, Lynd)Headline5 LEC titles in 8 vols. illustrated by Lynd WardPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #153 Seven titles illustrated by Edward A. Wilson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author(Wilson, Edward A.)Headline7 LEC titles in 9 vols illus by Edward A WilsonPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #155 Three titles published by the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline3 books published by the LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #157 Five travel and exploration titles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline5 travel narratives published by LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #158 Seven titles by American authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline7 books from the LEC written by Amer authorsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #159 Seven titles by American authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline7 books from LEC by American authorsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #160 Seven titles by English authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline7 books from LEC by English authorsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #161 Seven titles by English authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline7 books from the LEC by English authorsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #162 Seven titles from European authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline7 books by European authors pub by the LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #163 Seven volumes from American authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline7 books from LEC written by Amer authorsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #164 Eight titles by English authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline6 books written by English authors, from the LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #165 Eight titles by English authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline8 titles from the LEC by English authorsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #166 Eight titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline8 books pub by the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #167 Eight volumes from European authors View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline8 books by European authors pub by the LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #168 Nine titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline9 books pub by Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #169 Nine titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline9 books from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #170 Ten titles from French authors View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline10 books by French authors published by the LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #171 Theocritos: The Complete Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLindsay, Jack, translatorHeadlineTheocritos: Poems illust by Lionel Ellis 1/500PublisherFanfrolico PressDate Published[1929] Lot #174 Moral Tales View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMarmontel, [Jean Francois]HeadlineMarmontel's Moral TalesPublisherC. CookeDate PublishedNo date [late 18th or early 19th century] Lot #175 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - with leaf that is signed by 18 famous socialists View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorMarx, KarlHeadlineCapital-Karl Marx, leaf signed by 18 activistsPublisherCharles H. KerrDate Published1915 Lot #179 Opera et Fragmenta Veterum Poetarum Latinorum Profanorum & Ecclesiasticorum View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Mattaire, Michel]HeadlineOpera et Fragmenta Michel Mattaire 2 vol 1713PublisherJ. Nicholson, B. Tooke, & J. TonsonDate Published1713 Lot #181 L’an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s’il en fût jamais View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Author[Mercier, Louis-Sébastien]Headline2440 A.D viewed from 1772 FranceDate Published1772 Lot #186 The Love of the Angels, a Poem View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMoore, Thomas, the PoetHeadlineMoore's Love of Angels 1823PublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1823 Lot #190 Chapter Nine: The Vulgate Bible & Other Unfinished Projects of John Henry Nash View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Nash, John Henry)AuthorHarlan, Robert D.HeadlineChapter Nine by Robert Harland, signed in djPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1982 Lot #237 The Seven Lamps of Architecture View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineSeven Lamps of Architecture R.W. Weir copyPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.Date Published1849 Lot #243 Rokeby; A Poem View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott Rokeby Fourth EditionPublisherJohn BallantyneDate Published1813 Lot #244 Three works by Sir Walter Scott View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineThree works by Sir Walter ScottPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #247 Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Simmonds, W.G.)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Hamlet Illus. by W.G. SimmondsPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[c. 1910] Lot #258 Virginibus Puerisque and other Papers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson Virginibus Peurisque 1/250 1910PublisherChatto & Windus for the Florence PressDate Published1910 Lot #259 Uncle Tom's Cabin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin Cruikshank illustrations 1852PublisherJohn CassellDate Published1852 Lot #261 A Tale of A Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineSwift's Tale of a Tub 2nd edition 1704PublisherPrinted for John NuttDate Published1704 Lot #262 A Tale of a tub. Written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, An account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James’s Library View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineSwift's Tale of a Tub 1711Date PublishedAnno M.DCC.XI [1711] Lot #266 The Seasons View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons 1793 EditionPublisherJ. MurrayDate Published1793 Lot #267 The Works of James Thomson View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThe Works of James Thomson 1773PublisherW. Boyer, et alDate Published1773 Lot #276 Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWaugh, EvelynHeadlinesigned limited Basil Seal Rides Again by WaughPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published[1963] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next