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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Comic History of England [and] The Comic History of Rome Heading(Leech, John)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineComic History of England & Rome 1st EditionsDate Published1847-48, [1852] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #4 Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V Heading(Aesop's Fables)AuthorPhaedrus, Aug[ustus]Headline1701 Edition of Aesop FablesPublisherFrancis HalmaDate Published1701 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #5 The Great Polyglot Bibles, Including a Leaf from the Complutensian of Acala, 1514-17 Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineThe Great Polyglot Bibles - Allen PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1966 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #8 The Waste Land Heading(Arion Press)AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineArion Press Edition of Eliot's The Waste LandPublisherArion PressDate Published2007 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #9 A Coney Island of the Mind Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti Coney Island of the Mind Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #10 A Day in the Bleachers Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHano, ArnoldHeadlineArion Press A Day in the BleachersPublisherArion PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #11 Journey Round My Room Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMaistre, Xavier deHeadlineArion Press Journey Round My RoomPublisherArion PressDate Published2007 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #12 Godot, An Imaginary Staging...of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWiley, William T.HeadlineGodot, An Imaginary Staging Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #13 Orlando, A Biography Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineArion Press Edition of Virginia Woolf's OrlandoPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #22 Architecture Françoise - Volume 4 only AuthorBlondel, Jacques-FrançoisHeadlineBlondel's Architecture Françoise - Volume 4 onlyPublisherCharles Antoine JombertDate Published1756 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #27 The Iliad and The Odyssey [In Greek] Heading(Bremer Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineBremer Press Homer One of 615 copiesPublisher[Bremer Press]Date Published[1923-24] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #28 Mele Heading(Bremer Press)AuthorSapphoHeadlineBremer Press Sappho 1/486 copiesPublisher[Bremer Press]Date Published[1922] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #29 The Fine Arts of the English School; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, From Paintings, Sculpture, and Architecture of Eminent Artists: With Ample Biographical, Critical and Descriptive Essays by Various Authors AuthorBritton, John, editorHeadlineFine Arts of the English School 1812PublisherChiswick PressDate Published1812 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Europeans AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The Europeans 1955PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis TranslationPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #39 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English with 16 plates 1788PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1788 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #40 [Don Quixote in Spanish, i.e.] Vida, y hechos del ingenioso cavallero Don Qvixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadline1750 Spanish edition of Don QuixotePublisherA costa de Don Pedro Alonso y PadillaDate Published1750 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #53 The Flute of the Gods Heading(Curtis, Edward S.)AuthorRyan, Marah EllisHeadlineThe Flute of the Gods Photos by Edward CurtisPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #56 The life and most surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner; who lived eight-and-twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque. With an account of his deliverance thence, and his after Surprizing Adventures. Complete in one volume AuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineDefoe's Robinson Crusoe printed in Chester 1785PublisherPrinted by J. Fletcher, for T. Craig, in NantwichDate Published1785 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #58 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Heading(Denis, Maurice, illustrator)Author[A Kempis, Thomas]HeadlineL'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Maurice Denis IllustrPublisherAmbroise VollardDate Published1903 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #59 Nine issues of Derriere le Miroir Heading(Derriere Le Miroir)Author**HeadlineNine issues of Derriere le MiroirPublisherMaeghtDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #63 The Return of Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, A. ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle The Return of Sherlock HolmesPublisherGeorge Newnes, Ltd.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #64 History of the World From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Collected and Arranged by the Best Authorities AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A.HeadlineHistory of the World 4 vols by Duyckinck 1871-73PublisherJohnson, Fry and CompanyDate Published[1871-1873] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #66 Two novels - winners of the Pulitzer Prizes for fiction AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadline2 Pulitzer prize winning novels by FaulknerPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1954; 1962 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #68 Finden's Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by W. Brockenden... AuthorFinden, William & Edward Francis FindenHeadlineFinden's Illustrations to the Life of Lord ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1833-34 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #69 Chefs-D'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineChefs-D'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain Finely BoundPublisherGeorge Barrie & SonsDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #74 Rhein-Album AuthorFoltz, F.HeadlineRhein-Album 22 engraved plates by F. FoltzPublisherKarl NeulandDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #80 A Primer of Birds Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorHughes, TedHeadlineGehenna Press Primer of Birds Printer's CopyPublisherThe Gehenna PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ According to the Authorized Version of King James I Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)Author**HeadlineGolden Cockerel Press Four GospelsPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Wind in the Willows AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineGrahame The Wind in the Willows first editionPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1908] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #88 Das französische Sittenbild des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts im Kupferstich AuthorGurlitt, CorneliusHeadlineC. Gurlitt, The French Genre Picture of 18th CentPublisherJulius BardDate Published1913 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #92 A Farewell to Arms AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlinesigned Hemingway Farewell to ArmsPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #93 For Whom the Bell Tolls HeadingzzcAuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFor Whom the Bell Tolls in first issue dj, 1st edPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1940 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #97 The Dance of Death AuthorHolbein, H[ans]HeadlineDance of Death by Hans Holbein, engr by W HollarPublisher[for James Edwards?]Date Published[c.1794] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #98 The Dances of Death, Through the Various Stages of Human Life: Wherein the Capriciousness of That Tyrant is Exhibited in Forty-Six Copper Plates; Done from the Original Designes, Which Were Cut in Wood, and Afterwards Painted HeadingzzfAuthorHolbein, HansHeadlineHolbein Dances of Death 1803 - 46 copper platesPublisherPrinted by w. Smith and Co. for John ScottDate Published1803 View details Estimate$300 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #100 Icones historicae veteris et novi testamenti, carminibus Latinis & Gallicis illustrata, in quibus exponitur Historia in singulis exhibita figuris. Figures historiques du vieux et du nouveau testament, accompagnées de quadrains en Latin & en Francois, qui exposent l'histoire representée en chaque figure Heading(Icones historicae...)Author[Chappuzeau, Samuel]HeadlineWoodcuts of Biblical scenes 1680PublisherSamuel de TournesDate Published1680 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #102 Ulysses AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJoyce's Ulysses first edition 1 of 150PublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold Lot #103 Moby Dick or the Whale Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineLakeside Press Edition of Moby Dick Rockwell KentPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #108 Sous La Lumiere Froide AuthorMac Orlan, PierreHeadlineWith an original watercolor by FontanarosaPublisherAndre SauretDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #111 Le Lièvre de la Lune AuthorMandiargues, André Pieyre deHeadlineLe Lièvre de la Lune Illustrations by Enrico BajPublisherM'Arte EdizioniDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #112 Tales of the South Pacific AuthorMichener, JamesHeadlineTales of the South Pacific 1st edition in djPublisherMacmillanDate Published1947 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #114 The Love of the Angels, a Poem Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMoore, Thomas, the PoetHeadlineMoore's Love of Angels 1823PublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1823 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #115 [Utopia] A Most Pleasant, Fruitful, and Witty Work of the Best State of a Public Weal, and of the new Isle called Utopia... AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineMore's Utopia Large Paper Copy 1st Dibdin EditionPublisherPrinted by William Bulmer, for William MillerDate Published1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #119 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Heading(Newton, Isaac)Author[Pemberton, Henry]HeadlineA View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy 1728PublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #120 A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences...In Four Parts Heading(Occult)AuthorSibly, E[benezer]HeadlineIllustration of the Occult Sciences 1793-96PublisherPrinted for the author, and sold by Champante and WhitrowDate Published[1792-1796] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #121 Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia, and the Abyssines, with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea... Collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations; illustrated with notes, and adorn’d with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures... AuthorOgilby, JohnHeadlineOgilby's Africa 1670PublisherPrinted by Tho. Johnson for the authorDate Published1670 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #129 Thoughts from the Letters of Petrarch Heading(Petrarch Press)AuthorPetrarchHeadlineThoughts from the Letters of Petrarch 1 of 20PublisherPetrarch PressDate Published2004 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #139 "If" and "Recessional" Heading(Sangorski, Alberto)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineIlluminated Manuscript by Alberto SangorskiDate Published[c. 1928] View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #141 Das Siebte Kreuz, Roman aus Hitlerdeutschland AuthorSeghers, AnnaHeadlineAnna Seghers Das Siebte KreuzPublisherEditorial "El Libro Libre"Date Published1942 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #142 The Killer Angels AuthorShaara, MichaelHeadlineMichael Shaara The Killer Angels First EditionPublisherDavid McKayDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #147 The Faerie Queene AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene Fairfax-Muckley IllusPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1897 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #148 An History of the Holy Bible, From the Beginning of the World, to the Establishment of Christianity AuthorStackhouse, ThomasHeadlineStackhouse's Bible History 1787PublisherEdward BeethamDate Published1787-88 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #149 Angle of Repose AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineAngle of Repose pulitzer prize signed by StegnerPublisherDoubledayDate Published1971 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #156 Two Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novels AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadline2 novels by Tarkington, winners of pulitzer's 1stPublisherDoubledayDate Published1918; 1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #157 A Confederacy of Dunces AuthorToole, John KennedyHeadlineConfederacy of Dunces 1st in a jacketPublisherLouisiana State University PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #169 The Holiday - corrected typescript and autograph manuscript, each signed by H.E. Bates HeadingzzcAuthorBates, Herbert ErnestHeadlineAutograph manuscript, signed by H.E. BatesDate Published1927 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #170 Four Autograph Letters signed by Arnold Bennett HeadingzzcAuthorBennett, ArnoldHeadlineFour Autograph Letters signed by Arnold BennettDate Published1901-1902 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #209 Lot of three autograph manuscripts signed by W.R.H. Trowbridge HeadingzzcAuthorTrowbridge, W[illiam] R[utherford] H[ayes]HeadlineManuscripts signed by W.R.H. TrowbridgeDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next