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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Réflexions Morales de L'Empereur Marc Antonin Heading(Antoninus, Marcus)Author**HeadlineMarcus Antoninus reflections 1800 engravingsPublisherDidotDate Published1800 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #6 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a NightPublisherH.S. Nichols, Ltd.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #8 The History of Astronomy, With Its Application to Geography, History, and Chronology; Occasionally Exemplified by the Globes Heading(Astronomy)AuthorCostard, GeorgeHeadlinehistory of astronomy by George Costard 1767PublisherJames ListerDate Published1767 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #13 An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth AuthorBacon, Nathaniel & John SeldenHeadlineDiscourse of the Laws and Government of EnglandPublisherDaniel Browne and Andrew MillarDate Published1739 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #16 Les Temples Immergés de la Nubie: The Temple of Derr AuthorBlackman, Aylward M.HeadlineTempel of Derr 1913 Lower Nubia by BlackmanPublisherL'Institut Français D'Archéologie OrientaleDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #25 Reglamento para el ejercicio y maniobras de la Caballería Heading(Cavalry)Author**HeadlineSpanish cavalry exercises 1825PublisherImprenta RealDate Published1825 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #26 The Second World War AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston S. Churchill The Second World WarPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1948-1954] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #30 Series Chronologica Iconum Rom. Pontificum AuthorCoppa, StephanoHeadlinePopes' portraits, engr. 1783 Stephano CoppaPublisherCoppaDate Published1783 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #32 The Pilgrim's Progress Heading(Cresset Press)AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineCresset Press Edition Pilgrim's ProgressPublisherCresset PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #33 Almanach Royal, Annee Bissextile M.DCC.LXIV Author[D'Houry, Laurent, editor]HeadlineAlmanach Royal, Annee Bissextile M.DCC.LXIVPublisherLe BretonDate Published1764 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #34 An Historical and Political View of the Constitution and Revolutions of Geneva, in the Eighteenth Century AuthorD'Ivernois, FrancisHeadlineConstitution and Revolutions of GenevaPublisherT. CadellDate Published1784 View details Estimate$300 - $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 #41 A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin's Bibliographical Tour Large Paper EditionPublisherPrinted for the Author by C. RichardsDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #43 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Oliver Twist First Edition Finely BoundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #44 [Works] AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works Finely BoundPublisherAmerican News CompanyDate PublishedNo date [c. 1880] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #55 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of George Eliot Finely BoundPublisherLippincottDate Published1901 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #56 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineThe Works of Henry Fielding Finely BoundPublisherBickers and Son, H. Sotheran and Co.Date Published1871-72 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #57 A History of Greece Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's History of Greece 12 volumesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1884 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #58 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Works of Edgar Allan Poe Finely BoundPublisherCroscup & CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #59 Literary Association of the English Lakes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawnsley, H.D.HeadlineLiterary Association of the English LakesPublisherMacmillanDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 #61 The Royal Shakespeare Theatre Edition of The Sonnets of William Shakespeare Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSonnets of William Shakespeare Finely BoundPublisherShepheard-WalwynDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #62 The Works of Shakespeare Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of ShakespearePublisherW. Kent & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #63 A Student's Synchronological Chart of the Religions of the World AuthorForlong, [James]HeadlineSynchronological Chart Religions for Forlongs bkPublisherScott & FergusonDate Published[c.1883] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #65 Fox's Book of Martyrs. A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom from the Birth of our Blessed Saviour to the Latest Periods of Persecution AuthorFox, JohnHeadlineFox's Book of Martyrs, 1831PublisherJohn L. Kay/ Key & MielkeDate Published1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #67 The Flowers of Shakespeare Author[Giraud, Jane Elizabeth]HeadlineFlowers Shakespeare chromolithos signed by GiraudPublisherDay & HagheDate Published[1845] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold 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 #73 Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting AuthorHawker, P[eter], Lt. Col.HeadlineHawker's Instructions to Young SportsmenPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1824 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #75 Writing Practice 1922-1926 Author[Hindson, Alice Maud Charlotte]HeadlineWriting Practice 1922-1926 by Alice M.C. HindsonDate Published1922-1926 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #78 Queen Victoria AuthorHolmes, Richard R.HeadlineRichard Holmes Queen VictoriaPublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold 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 #89 Fables de La Fontaine AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]HeadlineFables de La Fontaine Grandville IllustrationsPublisherH. Fournier AineDate Published1838 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #90 The Fables of La Fontaine AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]HeadlineThe Fables of La Fontaine Dore IllustrationsPublisherCassell & CompanyDate PublishedNo date [1880s?] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #91 Tales and Novels in Verse AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineLa Fontaine Tales and Novels in VersePublisherThe Society of English BibliophilistsDate Published1896 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Comic History of Rome Heading(Leech, John)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineThe Comic History of RomePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions AuthorLodge, EdmundHeadlineLodge's Portraits 12 VolumesPublisherHarding, Mavor and LepardDate Published1823-1835 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Poetical Works of...Illustrated AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadline2 vol Poetical Works Henry W Longfellow 1881-82PublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1881-82 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #96 A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences; and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers AuthorLoudon, JohnHeadlineScarce Architectural Treatise by John LoudonPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1806 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #100 Hommage de la Romanie A Ferdinand le Grand [&] Ode a la Roumanie par S.M. La Reine Mare de Roumanie AuthorMarie, Queen of RomaniaHeadlineFabulous velvet & metal bindingDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #101 The Ballad of Reading Gaol Heading(Masereel, Frans)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineBallad of Reading Gaol - Masereel IllustrationsPublisherMethuenDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #128 The Animals of Aesop. Aesop's Fables Adapted and Pictured by Joseph J. Mora Heading(Mora, Jo)AuthorAesopHeadlineJo Mora's Animals of Aesop 1st EditionPublisherDana Estes and Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #129 The Sphere of Gentry: Deduced from the Principles of Nature... AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlinesphere of gentry by Sylvanus Morgan 1661PublisherWilliam LeybournDate Published1661 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #130 Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society... of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone Author[Morton, Henry, Charles Reuben Hale & S. Huntington Jones]HeadlinePhilomathean Society Rosetta Stone 1st ed 1/400Publisher[Philomathean Society]Date Published[1858] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #132 Private Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, During the Periods of the Directory, the Consulate, and the Empire. Heading(Napoleon)AuthorBourrienne, [Louis Antione Fauvelet de].HeadlinePrivate Memoirs of Napoleon BonapartePublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #134 History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the Year 1812 Heading(Napoleon)AuthorSegur, Philip deHeadlineNapoleon's Expedition to RussiaPublisherTreuttel and Wurtz, et alDate Published1825 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #135 Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum. Observationibus ac Notis variorum Uberioribus illustratae, Accurante Roberto Keuchenio... AuthorNepos, CorneliusHeadlineCornelius Nepos Vitae Excellentium ImperatorumPublisherHackianaDate Published1667 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold 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 #139 Die Olympischen Spiele 1936 Heading(Olympics)Author**Headline1936 Olympics Cigarette Card BookPublisherCigaretten-BilderdienstDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold 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 #145 Joseph and Benjamin, a Conversation. Translated from a French Manuscript Author[Playfair, William]HeadlineJoseph & Benjamin transl from French MSS 1787PublisherLogographic PressDate Published1787 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #149 The Pyramids of Gizeh, From Actual Survey and Admeasurement... Illustrated by notes and references to the several plans with sketches taken on the spot, by E.J. Andrews Heading(Pyramids)AuthorPerring, James ErnestHeadlinePerring's Pyramids of Gizeh large folio 1839-42PublisherJames FraserDate Published1839-1842 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #150 Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into Upper Egypt, and an appendix Heading(Pyramids)AuthorVyse, [Richard William] HowardHeadlineHoward-Vyse explores Egyptian pyramidsPublisherJames FraserDate Published1840-1842 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #156 The Tragedie of Macbeth. With Illustrations and Notes by J. Moyr Smith AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tragedie of Macbeth Illus by J. Moyr SmithPublisherWhite and AllenDate Published[1899] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #157 [Works] AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMiniature edition of Shakespeare in orig boxPublisherKnickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co.Date Published[c. 1910] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #161 The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Author[Smollett, Tobias]HeadlineThe Expedition of Humphry Clinker 1st EditionPublisherPrinted for W. Johnson and B. CollinsDate Published1771 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #163 The Seasons, by James Thomson, with His Life, and a Complete Index and Glossary. Embellished with Fourteen Fine Engravings, by the First Artists AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons 1795 with fine platesPublisherprinted by and for T. Chapman,Date Published1795 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 #167 La Bonne Chanson AuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadlinePaul Verlaine La Bonne Chanson Unique CopyPublisherAlbert MesseinDate Published1914 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #168 The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great AuthorWaite, Arthur Edward, ed.Headlinealchemical writings of Aureolus... 1894 2 volsPublisherJames Elliot and Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #170 L'Anniversaire de l'Infante AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineL'Anniversaire de l'Infante Illus. by AlastairPublisherBlack Sun PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #171 La Cyropedie, ou Historie de Cyrus AuthorXenophonHeadlineXenophon La Cyropedie, ou Historie de CyrusPublisherDebureDate Published1777 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next