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