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Took, et alDate Published1699 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 #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 #9 The sphere of Marcus Manilius made an English poem: with annotations and an astronomical appendix. By Edward Sherburne, Esquire View details Estimate$18,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorManilius, MarcusHeadlineManilius Sphere inscribed by trans. Ed. SherburnePublisherPrinted for Nathanael Brooke, at the sign of the Angel in Cornhill, near the Royal ExchangeDate Published1675 Lot #11 Del Decamerone View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorBaccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineDecameron by Boccaccio in Italian 1761 2volsDate Published1761 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 #27 A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr Pope, Inquiring into the Motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's Name View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCibber, ColleyHeadlineLetter from Mr. Cibber to Mr Pope 1742PublisherPrinted, and Sold by W. LewisDate Published1742 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 #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 #39 The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon. Translated from the Lunar Language View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]Headlinememoirs of sundry trans World-Moon Defoe 1705PublisherBenj. BraggDate Published1705 Lot #42 Clipped signature of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineClipped signature of Charles DickensDate Publishedc.1869 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 #46 Poems on Various Occasions; and Translations from Several Authors View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlinePoems on Various Occasions 1701PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1701 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #85 The Rape of the Smock. An Heroi-comical Poem. By Mr. Jacob. The third edition. With other miscellanies View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJacob, [Giles]HeadlineJacob's The Rape of the Smock, 1736PublisherE. CurllDate Published1736 Lot #87 The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Complete in One Volume View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe poetical works of Samuel Johnson 1785PublisherPrinted for W. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and J. Mozley, GainsbroughDate Published1785 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 #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 #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 #102 The Dramatic Works of Philip Massinger, Compleat. In four volumes. Revised, corrected, and all the various editions collated, by Thomas Coxeter. With notes critical and explanatory, of various authors. To which are prefixed, Critical reflections on the old English dramatic writers. Addressed to David Garrick, Esq View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMassinger, PhilipHeadlineThe dramatic works of Philip Massinger 1761Publisherprinted for T. DaviesDate Published1761 Lot #126 Paradise Lost, A Poem. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost Glasgow, 1770PublisherRobert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the UniversityDate Published1770 Lot #127 Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineJohn Milton Paradise Lost 1821PublisherJohn SharpeDate Published1821 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 #143 Odes of Pindar, With Several Other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Olympick Games View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPindarHeadlineOdes of Pindar 1749 LondonPublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1749 Lot #146 Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle to the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. By Mr. Pope View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Pope Of the Use of Riches 1732PublisherPrinted by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver at Homer’s Head against St. Dunstan’s Church in FleetstreetDate Published1732 Lot #147 The Works of Alexander Pope View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadline6 vols Works of Alexander Pope 1736-37Date Published1736-37 Lot #153 Poems on Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John, late Earl of Rochester View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRochester, John Wilmot, Earl ofHeadlineRochester's Poems 1705PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1705 Lot #154 The works of Nicholas Rowe, Esq; in two volumes. Consisting of his plays and poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorRowe, NicholasHeadlineThe works of Nicholas Rowe 1756Publisherprinted for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper and H. Lintot,Date Published1756 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 #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 #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