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