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Previous|1|Next 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 #30 Series Chronologica Iconum Rom. Pontificum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCoppa, StephanoHeadlinePopes' portraits, engr. 1783 Stephano CoppaPublisherCoppaDate Published1783 Lot #31 The Essayes or Counsels Civil and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cresset Press)Author[Bacon, Francis]HeadlineBacon's Essays Cresset Press EditionPublisherCresset PressDate Published1928 Lot #32 The Pilgrim's Progress View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cresset Press)AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineCresset Press Edition Pilgrim's ProgressPublisherCresset PressDate Published1928 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 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 #172 The Winged Life: The Poetic Voice of Henry David Thoreau View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineYolla Bolly Press, Winged Life: Thoreau, 1 of 85PublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published1986 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next