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