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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Autograph Letter signed by Martin Madan, to a bookseller, complaining about the valuation of some books he wants to sell HeadingAAA(Bookselling)AuthorMadan, M.(?)HeadlineLetter to bookseller about values, 1808Date PublishedMay 31, 1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #4 Autograph Letter signed by John William Colenso, first Bishop of Natal HeadingAAAAuthorColenso, John WilliamHeadlineLetter from first Bishop of NatalDate PublishedDec. 4, 1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #8 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold HeadingAAA(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineSingle vellum leaf from a French missalDate Publishedc.1500 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #25 The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A Fragment. AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage 9th Bridgewater TreatisePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1838 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #29 Good Words - complete set Author[Barrie, James M.]Headline12 vols of Little Minister in Good Words byBarriePublisherIsbister and CompanyDate Published1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #31 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and wiht the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)Author**Headline3rd Folio Edition of King James Bible 1617PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1617 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 The Works of our Ancient, Learned & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer AuthorChaucer, (Geoffrey)HeadlineFinal Black Letter Edition of Chaucer 1687Date Published1687 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #47 La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Divine Comedy - Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #59 Collection of 21 finely bound books Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineCollection of 21 finely bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 The Poems of Mr. Gray. To Which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life and Writings by W. Mason, M.A. AuthorGray, [Thomas]HeadlinePoems of Thomas Gray 1775PublisherPrinted by A. Ward; Sold by J. Dodsley and J. ToddDate Published1775 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #82 A Bibliography of the Works of Ernest Hemingway Heading(Hemingway, Ernest)AuthorCohn, Louis HenryHeadlineInscribed to Uncle Gus by HemingwayPublisherRandhom HouseDate Published1931 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus the Jewish Historian...Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, with the Appendix, or Life of Josephus, written by himself: Seven Books of the Jewish War: and Two Books against Apion... AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineWorks of Flavius Josephus the Jewish HistorianPublisherWilliam WhistonDate Published1737 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #84 Bifolium from Kelmscott Press Chaucer Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineBifolium from Kelmscott Press ChaucerPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1896 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #89 On the Makaloa Mat AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon On the Makaloa Mat 1st in d/jPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1919 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #90 The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's Son of the Wolf, 1st Edn InscribedPublisherHoughton Mifflin & Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #96 The Whale AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMelville's The Whale First Edition 1851PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1851 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000Sold for$56,250StatusSold Lot #97 Moby-Dick; or, the Whale AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFirst American Edition of Moby DickPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold Lot #109 The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation AuthorRay, JohnHeadlineJohn Ray The Wisdom of God 1704PublisherPrinted by J.B. for Sam SmithDate Published1704 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #113 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Henry VIII from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #114 Much Ado About Nothing [&] Loves Labour's Lost AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo plays from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #115 Clavis Linguae Sanctae Novi Testamenti Aditum Aperiens... AuthorStock, ChristianHeadlineChristian Stock Clavis Linguae Sanctae Novi TestaPublisherBielckDate Published1730 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #117 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships Author[Swift, Jonathan] (1667-1745)HeadlineGulliver's Travels 1st Edition 1726 Finely BoundPublisherPrinted for Benj. MotteDate Published1726 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #119 Commentaria sancti thome super libros physicor[um] AuthorThomas AquinasHeadlineRare incunabula of Thomas Aquinas on AristotlePublisherJoanem & Gregoriuu[n] de Gregoriis fratresDate Published1492 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #122 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #123 The Principles of Christian Religion...To which is now added Twenty Sermons, Preached at Oxfor, before his Majesty, and elswhere. AuthorUsher, JamesHeadlineUsher's Principles of Christian Religion 1678PublisherNathaniel RanewDate Published1678 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next