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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 #3 On Climate in Connection with Husbandry...[with] Review of the Agricultural Statistics of France...[with] On the Construction of a Collar Roof, with Arched Trusses of Bent Timber, at East Horsley Park [together with] two other publications View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Agriculture and Civil Engineering)AuthorLovelace, Earl of, et. al.Headline5 London pubs from 1848-49 bound togetherDate Published1848-49 Lot #16 Les Temples Immergés de la Nubie: The Temple of Derr View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBlackman, Aylward M.HeadlineTempel of Derr 1913 Lower Nubia by BlackmanPublisherL'Institut Français D'Archéologie OrientaleDate Published1913 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 #23 The Kasîdah View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinethe Kasidah by Richard F. Burton 1/10 copies1905PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1905 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 #34 An Historical and Political View of the Constitution and Revolutions of Geneva, in the Eighteenth Century View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorD'Ivernois, FrancisHeadlineConstitution and Revolutions of GenevaPublisherT. CadellDate Published1784 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 #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 #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 #77 The Log of the "Laura" in Polar Seas; a Hunting Cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the Polar Ice Off East Greenland and the Island of Jan Mayen in the Summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHolmes, Bettie FleischmannHeadlineLog of "Laura" in Polar Seas by B.F. Holmes 1907PublisherThe University PressDate Published1907 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 #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 #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 #96 A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences; and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLoudon, JohnHeadlineScarce Architectural Treatise by John LoudonPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1806 Lot #106 Memoir on the salubrity of the Isle of Pines. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorHernández, José de la LuzHeadlineSalubrity of the Isle of Pines, Havana 1857Date Published1857 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 #150 Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into Upper Egypt, and an appendix View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Pyramids)AuthorVyse, [Richard William] HowardHeadlineHoward-Vyse explores Egyptian pyramidsPublisherJames FraserDate Published1840-1842 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 #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