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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Sketch Book with 39 original pen-&-ink drawings and 12 watercolors of scenes and people in South Africa during the Second Boer War Heading(Africa - Boer War)Author**HeadlineOriginal drawings & watercolors of Boer WarDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #7 The Arabian Nights Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineThe Arabian Nights Forster Translation 1810PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #10 Dictionnaire des Athees Anciens et Moderns Heading(Atheism)AuthorMarechal, Pierre-SylvainHeadlineMarechal's Dictionnaire des AtheesPublisherChez l'EditeurDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #18 The True and Eccentric Life of Betty Bolaine, (Late of Canterbury) A Well Known Character for Avarice, Meanness, and Vice; Who Died June 6, 1805, aged Eighty Two, Whilst Eating a Brown Crust; Although Worth Twenty Thousand Pounds! Heading(Bolaine, Betty)Author**HeadlineLife of Betty BolainePublisherJ. Scales, et alDate Published[c. 1805] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #19 Manuscript Breviary in red ink on vellum, with initials in red and blue Heading(Breviarium - Latin Manuscript)Author**Headline15th century manuscript Latin BreviaryDate Publishedcirca 15th century View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #21 The Book of the Dead: Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher, and Netchemet with Supplementary Text From the Papyrus of Nu AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineThe Book of the DeadPublisherBritish Museum, et alDate Published1899 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #28 Wordsworth: An Anthology Heading(Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy or WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #36 Sister Anne (Volume 1 only) from the Bibliomaniac Edition of the Works of Charles Paul De Kock AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadline1 volume from Charles Paul De Kock's worksPublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #37 Three volumes from the Romainville Edition of the Works of Charles Paul De Kock AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadline3 vols from Charles Paul De Kock's worksPublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published[1903] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 Dean's Recently Improved Analytical Guide to the Art of Penmanship... AuthorDean, HenryHeadlineDean's Guide to the Art of Penmanship... 1808PublisherFor the Author, et alDate Published[1808] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 Clipped signature of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineClipped signature of Charles DickensDate Publishedc.1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #48 Typed Letter signed by Albert Einstein, to Frantisek Navara, in German AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineTyped Letter signed by Albert Einstein, 1938Date Published28 August 1938 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 Signed portrait of Albert Einstein AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineSigned portrait of Albert EinsteinDate Publishedc.1938 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #51 Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchilpp, Paul Arthur, editorHeadlineAlbert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist SIGNEDPublisherThe Library of Living Philosophers, Inc.Date Published1949 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Heading(Erotica & Curiosa)AuthorLaclos, Choderlos deHeadlineLes Liaisons Dangereuses 1908 Ltd EdnPublisherFerroudDate Published1908 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #60 The Waverly Novels - Collectors' Autograph Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Waverly Novels Collectors' Autograph EditionPublisherGeorge D. SproulDate Published1900 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 Autograph manuscript draft of The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross AuthorGrey, RomerHeadlineautograph mss draft of Romer Grey's SouthernCrossDate Published[c.1925] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #71 Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time AuthorGrose, FrancisHeadlineGrose's Military AntiquitiesPublisherPrinted for T. Egerton & G. KearsleyDate Published1801 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #72 Ten Nudes AuthorHagedorn, EdwardHeadlineTen Nudes by Edward Hagedorn Peregrine Press1952PublisherPeregrine PressDate Published1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #74 Archive of approx. 120 letters to African American tenor Roland Hayes Heading(Hayes, Roland)Author**HeadlineLetters to African American tenor Roland HayesDate Published1932-1933 and later View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #76 A Series of Mercantile Letters, Intended to Give a General Knowledge of Business to Those Young Persons Whose Views are Directed to Commerce, and for the Use of Schools AuthorHodgkins, E.HeadlineMercantile letters by E.Hodgkins 1808PublisherT. BooseyDate Published1808 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #78 Queen Victoria AuthorHolmes, Richard R.HeadlineRichard Holmes Queen VictoriaPublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #79 De Re Metallica - Inscribed by Herbert Hoover Heading(Hoover, Herbert Clark)AuthorGeorgius AgricolaHeadlineDe Re Metallica - Inscribed by Herbert HooverPublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #80 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist [Quadrille; Piquet; Back-Gammon] AuthorHoyle, EdmondHeadlineEarly Edition of Hoyle's GamesPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1750 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #81 These Pages Recount Little Journeys Made to the Homes of Ruskin and Turner AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineRuskin and Turner illum by Bertha Hubbard 1/473PublisherRoycroft Printing ShopDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Old Sword-Play: The Systems of Fence in Vogue During the XVIth, XVIIth. and XVIIIth Centuries with Lessons Arranged from the Works of Various Ancient Masters AuthorHutton, AlfredHeadlineAlfred Hutton Old Sword-PlayPublisherGrevel & Co.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #84 Illuminated manuscript leaf from an Antiphonal, on vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Headlineillum manuscript Antophonal on vellum 16th centDate Publishedc.16th century View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #98 Jung Wien. Ergebnisse aus der Wiener-Kunstgewerbe-Schule Author[Lux, Joseph August]HeadlineVienna Arts & Crafts Monograph 1907PublisherVerlags-Anstalt Alexander KochDate Published[1907] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #131 Pictures of Horses and English Life AuthorMunnings, Alfred J.HeadlineMunnings Pictures of Horses and English LifePublisherEyre & SpottiswodeDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #133 The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte Heading(Napoleon)AuthorHazlitt, WilliamHeadlineHazlitt's Life of Napoleon BuonapartePublisherOffice of the Illustrated London LibraryDate Published1852 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #137 An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorMaclaurin, ColinHeadlineSir Isaac Newton's Philosophical DiscoveriesPublisherA. MillarDate Published1750 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #138 Collection of manuscript copies of early occult texts Heading(Occult)Author**HeadlineManuscript copies of early occult textsDate Published[Late 19th - early 20th centuries] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #142 Picasso: Venti Pochoirs Originali Heading(Picasso, Pablo)AuthorRussoli, FrancoHeadlinePicasso: Venti Pochoirs OriginaliPublisher"Silvana" Editoriale D'ArteDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #160 Paintings of India and Africa AuthorShepherd, DavidHeadlineDavid Shepherd Paintings of India and AfricaPublisher[Tryon Gallery]Date Published[1978] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #164 Horse-Hoeing Husbandry: Or, An Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage AuthorTull, JethroHeadlineJethro Tull of Vegetation and Tillage 1762PublisherA. MillarDate Published1762 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #166 The Flying Islands of the Night Heading(Vawter, Will)AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineFlying Islands of the Night With original watercoPublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #169 Autograph passage in Whitman's hand, matted with photograph AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineAutograph passage in Walt Whitman's handDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next