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