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Previous|12|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 #2 Contemporary manuscript copy of two dispatches by Sir Robert Cecil giving account of his embassy to King Henry IV of France, 1597-1598 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold HeadingAAAAuthorCecil, Robert, first Earl of Salisbury and first Viscount Cranborne.HeadlineMS account of Lord Cecil's Mission to France 1597Date Published17th century [after 1603] Lot #3 Autograph Letter signed by T.M.G. Brown, a disabled veteran, to President Andrew Johnson, requesting a government job View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)AuthorBrown, Thomas Moore GiffordHeadlineALs to A. Johnson from disabled Civil War veteranDate PublishedAug. 17, 1865 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 #5 Autograph Letter signed by John Thacher, to Lt. Governor William Stoughton of Massachusetts View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold HeadingAAA(Colonial Indian Wars)AuthorThacher, JohnHeadlineColonial Indian War Letter 1694Date PublishedDec. 22, 1694 Lot #6 Autograph Letter signed by George Stevenson, describing the passage to Madeira View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Colonial Shipping)AuthorStevenson, GeorgeHeadlineLetter describing the passage to Madeira 1768Date PublishedJan. 28, 1768 Lot #7 Archive of letters, documents and photos relating to his work with Dailey Paskman View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFriml, RudolfHeadlineRudolf Friml ArchiveDate Published1940s-1970s 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 #9 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] Lot #10 Five Autograph Letters signed by William Mitford View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingAAAAuthorMitford, WilliamHeadlineFive Autograph Letters signed by William MitfordDate Published1790-1805 Lot #11 Land grant document, signed by James Monroe as President View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineLand grant document, signed by James MonroeDate PublishedNov. 27, 1820 Lot #12 Manuscript petition by Lewis Cook to the Great Council of the State of New York, at the Albany Council-Fire View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingAAA(Native American)AuthorCook, LewisHeadlineMS. plea for redress by African-MohawkDate PublishedMarch 24, 1806 Lot #13 Manuscript document pleading the case of James Gamonell, a merchant who fled America during the Revolution, and makes claim for monies owed him View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold HeadingAAA(Revolutionary War Claims)Author**HeadlinePlea for monetary damages from Am. RevolutionDate Published1798 Lot #14 Autograph Letter, signed by John Moffat, to the mercantile firm of Reynells & Coates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold HeadingAAA(Revolutionary War)AuthorMoffatt, JohnHeadlineLetter on shipments during RevolutionDate PublishedAug. 31, 1775 Lot #15 Manuscript Document signed by William Nelson granting power of attorney to Robert Joutt and Joseph Crocket, signed as witnesses by Charles Scott and James Wood View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Charles; James Wood; William NelsonHeadlineDoc. signed by Charles Scott & James WoodDate PublishedOct. 22, 1790 Lot #16 Copybook containing letters written by Marcus C.M. Hammond over a period of 6½ years View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold HeadingAAA(South Carolina)AuthorHammond, Marcus C.M.HeadlineSouth Carolina letterbook 1842-48Date Published1842-1848 Lot #17 Autograph Letter signed by Egbert Benson, + 13-page manuscript article + 4 manuscript maps, all relating to the St. Croix Boundary Dispute View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold HeadingAAA(St. Croix Boundary Dispute)AuthorBenson, Egbert, etc.HeadlineMS. letters and maps on St. Croix dispute c.1802Date Publishedc.1802 Lot #18 Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Stewart, to Thomas L. Smith at the Treasury Department View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStewart, CharlesHeadlineLetter from "Old Ironsides" CaptainDate PublishedJune 17, 1829 Lot #19 Autograph Letter signed by John Trumbull, to J[edediah] Huntington View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold HeadingAAAAuthorTrumbull, JohnHeadlineLetter from Painter of Revolution John TrumbullDate PublishedSept. 24th, 1799 Lot #20 Autograph Letter signed by Wellesley, to an unnamed recipient View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingAAAAuthorWellesley, Arthur, first Duke of WellingtonHeadlineAutograph Letter signed by Duke of WellingtonDate PublishedMay 4, 1841 Lot #21 Autograph Letter, signed by William MacRea, regarding the the appointment of Joseph Garden Smith to West Point View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold HeadingAAA(West Point)AuthorMacRea, WilliamHeadlineLetter about 1st West Point graduate, 1801Date Published24 March 1801 Lot #22 [Organon] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorAristotleHeadlineAristotle's Organon 1483 in Grand FormatPublisherAndreas Torresanus et Bartholomaeus de BlauisDate Published1483 Lot #23 Proof Sheet from the Ashendene Press Divine Comedy View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineProof Sheet from Ashendene Press Divine ComedyPublisherAshendene PressDate Published[1904] Lot #24 Atomic Energy for Military Purposes View details Estimate$10,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorSmyth, Henry D.HeadlineAtomic Energy Signed by ScientistsPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1945 Lot #25 The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A Fragment. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage 9th Bridgewater TreatisePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1838 Lot #26 The essays, or Counsels, civil, & moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, viscount St-Alban: wherunto is added by himself A table of the colours of good and evil. Enlarged in many places, since the first edition, by the honourable authour himself... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Bacon's Essays 1663PublisherPrinted by J. Redmayne for Thomas PalmerDate Published1663 Lot #27 The Miscellaneous Writings of Francis Bacon...Including Philosophy, Morality, Religion, &c. Now First Collected Into One Volume View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineMiscellaneous Writings of Francis Bacon 1802PublisherPrinted for J. Cundee for M. JonesDate Published1802 Lot #28 Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Natural History in Ten Centuries. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Author[Bacon], Francis, Lord VerulamHeadlineBacon's Sylva Sylvarum 9th Edition 1670PublisherPrinted by J.R. for William LeeDate Published1670 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 #30 Cinquième sinfonie en ut mineur: C moll, de Louis van Beethoven. oeuvre 67. Partition View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorBeethoven, Ludwig vanHeadlineBeethoven's 5th Symphony in original wrappersPublisherBreitkopf & HärtelDate Published[1826] 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 #32 Art Forms in Nature: Examples from the Plant World Photographed Direct from Nature View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBlossfeldt, KarlHeadlineKarl Blossfeldt Art Forms in Nature 1929PublisherE. WeyheDate Published1929 Lot #33 Ueber die mechanischen Analogien des zweiten Hauptsatzes der Thermodynamik View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBoltzmann, LudwigHeadlineRare Boltzmann offprint on EntropyPublisher[Georg Reimer]Date Published[1885] Lot #34 Complete set of the Bridgewater Treatises View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Bridgewater Treatises)Author**HeadlineComplete set of the Bridgewater TreatisesPublisherPickeringDate Published1834-40 Lot #35 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineThe Works of the Right Honourable Edmund BurkePublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1826-27 Lot #36 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries 1753 folio editionPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 Lot #37 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton,Date Published1687 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 #39 Jurisprudentia Heroica Sive De Jure Belgarum Circa Nobilitate, et Insignia View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Christyn, Jean-Baptiste ]HeadlineJurisprudentia Heroica Sive De Jure BelgarumPublisherBalthazar VivienDate Published1668 Lot #40 Set of Cook’s Three Voyages, first editions, with Atlas & Life of Cook View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineCook’s Three Voyages, first editions, with AtlasPublisherW. Strahan & T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1773, 1777, 1784, 1787 Lot #41 The City of London's Plea to the Quo Warranto, (An Information) Brought Against Their Charter in Michaelmas Term, 1681. Wherein, it Will Appear...Published in Both English and Latin View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Corporation of London]HeadlineEarly London work on charters, grants, libertiesPublisherRandal TaylorDate Published1682 Lot #42 The Story of Nell Gwynn View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Cosway-Style Binding)AuthorCunningham, PeterHeadlineCosway Style Binding - Nell GwynnPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852 Lot #43 Untitled oil on canvas View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCucaro, [Pascal] (1915-2004)HeadlinePacal Cucaro Oil PaintingDate PublishedNo date Lot #44 The Madrid Codices View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineDa Vinci's Madrid CodicesPublisherMcGraw-HillDate Published1974 Lot #45 A Treatise on Painting View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineDa Vinci's Treatise on PaintingPublisherJ. TaylorDate Published1802 Lot #46 The Collection of the History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDaniel, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Daniel rev Coll. of History of England1634PublisherTho. Cotes, for Simon WatersonDate Published1634 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 #48 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineCharles Darwin Descent of Man First Edition 1871PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #49 A Tour Through the Island of Great Britain. Divided into Circuits or Journies. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDefoe, Daniel, Mr. [Samuel] Richardson, et alHeadlineA Tour Through the Island of Great Britain 1778PublisherW. Strahan, et alDate Published1778 Lot #50 A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin's Bibliographical Tour Large Paper EditionPublisherPrinted for the Author by C. RichardsDate Published1838 Lot #51 Recueil et Parallèle des Bâtiments Classiques... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorDurand, J[ean] N[icholas] L[ouis]HeadlineBâtiments Classiques 3vols 1857 by JNL DurandPublisherJoseph AntonelliDate Published1857 Lot #52 Grundlagen der Alegemeinen Relativitatstheorie View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 Lot #53 Encomium Moriae Des. Eras. Roterod. sive Declamatio, In Lauden Stulticiae View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzhAuthorErasmus, Desiderius [Erasmus of Rotterdam]HeadlineErasmus of Rotterdam Encomium Moriae 1618PublisherJacobi MarciDate Published1618 Lot #54 Message From the Interior - inscribed copy View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorEvans, WalkerHeadlineMessage From the Interior inscribed copyPublisherEakins PressDate Published[1966] Lot #55 Imprisonment for Debt: Unconstitutional and Oppressive, Proved from the Fundamental Principles of the British Constitution, and the Rights of Nature View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFarley, EdwardHeadlineFarley on Debt/imprisonment-British ConstitutionPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1788 Lot #56 Collection of approximately 100 negatives of photographs by Anatol Rutenberg, of meeting of Fascists and Communists in England, and other sights and scenes View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Fascists in England)AuthorRutenberg, AnatolHeadlinephotographs by Anatol RutenbergDate Publishedlate 1930's Lot #57 Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzze(Paris Fashions)Author**HeadlineTownsend's Parisian Costumes 79 platesPublisherJ. Townsend, et alDate Published[1820s] Lot #58 Salmagundi by William Faulkner and a Poem by Ernest Hemingway View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner SalmagundiPublisherCasanova PressDate Published1932 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 #60 The Beautiful and Damned View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineThe Beautiful and Damned Finely BoundPublisherScribnersDate Published1922 Lot #61 Seasonable Reflections and Discourses In Order to the Conviction , & Cure of the Scoffing, & Infidelity of a Denerate Age View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGlanvill, Jos.HeadlineJos. Glanvill Seasonable Reflections 1676PublisherPrinted by R.W. for H. MortlockDate Published1676 Lot #62 Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGosse, Philip HenryHeadlinePhilip Henry Gosse Omphalos First EditionPublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1857 Lot #63 California as an Island View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)AuthorLeighly, JohnHeadlineLeighly's California as an Island, One of 450PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1972 Lot #64 A Monograph on the Italian Choir Book...with an original illuminated initial from an Italian Gradual of the Sixteenth Century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Grabhorn Press - Leaf Book)AuthorSchulz, H.C.HeadlineA Monograph on the Italian Choir Book Leaf BookPublisherDavid MageeDate Published1941 Lot #65 The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile Kt. which Treateth of the Way to Jerusalem and of Marvayles of Inde, with other Ilands and Countryes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMandeville, Sir JohnHeadlineVoiage & Travaile of Sir John Maundevile GrabhornPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1928 Lot #66 Obras de Lorenzo Gracian View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGracian, Lorenzo [pseud. Baltasar Gracian y Morales]HeadlineObras de Lorenzo GracianPublisherJuan Jolis (Vol. I) / Jayme Suria (Vol. II)Date Published1700 Lot #67 Dizionario Portatile Delle Lingue Italiana ed Inglese View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorGraglia, C.HeadlineItalian - English Dictionary 1819PublisherJohn MarenighDate Published1819 Lot #68 Orders Appointed by his Maiestie to be Straightly Obserued, for the Preuenting and Remedying of the Dearth of Graine and Other Victuall View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grain Harvesting)Author**HeadlineEnglish Law 17th Cent. pertaining to grainPublisherBonham Norton and Iohn BillDate Published1622 Lot #69 Grapes and Grape Vines of California: A Facsimile of the Original Edition of 1877 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Grapes)Author**HeadlineGrape Vines of California facs. ed 1980PublisherJohn Windle Publishing Co.Date Published1980 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 #71 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 #72 Manuscript account of Zane Grey's first visit to Santa Cruz Island View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1910s-1920s] Lot #73 Why I Live in California - Original Typescript View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Typescript Why I Live in CaliforniaDate PublishedNo date Lot #74 Nassau, Cuba, Yucatan, Mexico: A Personal Note of Appreciation of These Nearby Foreign Lands View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Nassau Cuba Yucatan 1909 travel bookletPublisherNew York and Cuba Mail S.S. Co.Date Published1909 Lot #75 Tales of Tahitian Waters View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Tales of Tahitian Waters 1st EdnPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1931 Lot #76 De Jure Belli Ac Pacis Libri Tres View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineHugo Grotius De Jure Belli Ac PacisPublisherLaurentiDate Published1647 Lot #77 The Rights of War and Peace, In Three Books. Wherein are explained, The Law of Nature and Nations, and The Principal Points relating to Government View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineRights of War and Peace 1738 by GrotiusPublisherPrinted for W. Innys and R. Manby, et. al.Date Published1738 Lot #78 Inscribed set of galley proofs for the glossary and appendices in Death in the Afternoon View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway Inscribed Galley ProofsPublisher[Scribners]Date Published[1932] Lot #79 Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Fiesta In Dust JacketPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1929] Lot #80 In Our Time View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineIn Our Time by Hemingway, 1st UK edition in djPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1926] Lot #81 Today is Friday View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Today is Friday First EditionPublisherAs Stable PublicationsDate Published1926 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 #85 A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together With a Short Description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell & An Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineThe Last Kelmscott Press BookPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1898] Lot #86 The Perspective of Architecture. In Two Parts. A Work Entirely New; Deduced from the Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorKirby, JoshuaHeadlineJoshua Kirby's Perspective of Architecture 1761PublisherThe AuthorDate Published1761 Lot #87 The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs: Or the Art of Drawing and Working The Ornamental Parts of Architecture View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorL[angley], B[atty]HeadlineCity Country Builder's Architecture by B.L. 1770PublisherJohn and Francis Rivington, et. al.Date Published1770 Lot #88 Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, the False Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and his Followers, are Detected and Overthrown. The Latter is an Essay Concerning the True Original, Extent, and End of Civil-Government View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Author[Locke, John]HeadlineLocke's Two Treatises 3rd edition 1698PublisherAwnsham and John ChurchillDate Published1698 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 #91 Principles of Geology View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineCharles Lyell Principles of Geology First EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1830, 32, 33 Lot #92 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1675 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherprinted for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-BarDate Published1675 Lot #93 The Magic Magic Book: An Inquiry into the Venerable History and Operations of the Oldest Trick Conjuring Volumes, Designated "Blow Books" View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Magic)AuthorJay, RickyHeadlineMagic Magic Book 1/300 copiesPublisherWhitney Museum of American ArtDate Published1994 Lot #94 Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorMaimonides, MosesHeadlineMaimonides on Regimen of Health 1489PublisherFranciscus de Benedictis for Benedictus HectorismDate Published1489 Lot #95 Cheape and Good Husbandry for the Well-Ordering of all Beasts, and Fowles, and for the Generall Cure of Their Disease View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Markham, Gervase]HeadlineMarkham's Cheape and Good Husbandry 1631PublisherPrinted by Nicholas Okes for John HarisonDate Published1631 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 #98 Mudge's Farm View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMichalov, Anne (1904-1992)HeadlineAnne Michalov lithograph Mudge's FarmDate Published1934 Lot #99 Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorMorse, Edward S.HeadlineThe Morse Collection of Japanese PotteryPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1901 Lot #100 The Mother Goose Collection of Six Limited Edition Prints View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mother Goose)Author**HeadlineThe Mother Goose Collection One of 300 copiesPublisherSerigrafia, LimitedDate Published[1990] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next