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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 #23 The Kasîdah View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinethe Kasidah by Richard F. Burton 1/10 copies1905PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1905 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #141 Collection of photographs of La Torre Bianca - home in Palm Beach Florida View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Photographs - Architecture)Author**Headlinephotos of la torre bianca palm beach home 1925Date Published[c.1926] 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 #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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next