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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Adams, Ansel)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Poems Signed by Ansel AdamsPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 Lot #6 Invisible Cities View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCalvino, ItaloHeadlineArion Press Invisible CitiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1999 Lot #7 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineThe Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a VisitPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 Lot #8 The Apocalypse. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine. The last book of the New Testament View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDine, Jim, illustratorHeadlineArion Press The Apocalypse, Illus. by Jim DinePublisherArion PressDate Published1982 Lot #9 A Coney Island of the Mind View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti Coney Island of the Mind Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 Lot #19 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English with Cole engravings)Author**HeadlineBible with J. Cole's historical engravings 1723PublisherPrinted by John Baskett, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1723 Lot #21 The Grave, A Poem View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineThe Grave 1808 William Blake Engravings folio ed.PublisherT. BensleyDate Published1808 Lot #22 Il Decameron View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineThe Decameron of Boccaccio 1816 Folio EditionPublisherCo' Caratteri di F. DidotDate Published1816 Lot #23 Rime di Francesco Petrarca View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Bodoni)AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlineBodoni printing of Petrarca's Rimes 1799PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1799 Lot #24 In Funere Caroli III Hispaniar. Regis Catholici Oratio View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bodoni)AuthorRidolfi, BernardinoHeadlineScarce Officina Bodoni Work By RidolfiPublisherEx Regio TypographeoDate Published1789 Lot #30 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Calder, Alexander, illus.)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 Lot #31 Le Imagini De i Dei de Gli Antichi View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCartari, VincenzoHeadlineScarce work on classical Iconography 1587PublisherFrancesco ZilettiDate Published1587 Lot #37 Cezanne View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Cezanne, Paul)Author[Mirbeau, Octave, et al]HeadlineCezanne with original lithographs and etchingPublisherBernheim-JeuneDate Published1914 Lot #38 Paul Cezanne View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cezanne, Paul)AuthorVollard, AmbroiseHeadlinePaul Cezzane by Vollard with original etchingPublisherA. VollardDate Published1914 Lot #45 James and the Giant Peach View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineRoald Dahl James and the Giant Peach 1st EditionPublisherKnopfDate Published[1961] Lot #47 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 #49 A Christmas Carol View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineEarly Printing of Dickens Christmas Carol 1844PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1844 Lot #50 Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts Mechaniquies, avec Leur Explication View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertHeadlinePlate volume to Diderot's Encyclopedie 1769PublisherBriasson & Le BretonDate Published1769 Lot #51 Swiat/The World View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Dine, Jim, artist)AuthorMilosz, CzeslawHeadlineSwiat/The World, One of 250 signed copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 Lot #53 The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Egypt)AuthorGardiner, Alan Henderson, editorHeadlineTemple of King Sethos in EgyptPublisherEgypt Exploration Society/Univ. of Chicago PressDate Published1933 & 1935 Lot #56 Le Bestiaire View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorEluard, PaulHeadlinePaul Eluard Le Bestiare Illus by Andre ChastelPublisherMaeghtDate Published[1948] Lot #57 Collection of approximately 330 engraved title-pages, dedication leaves, etc. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Engravings)Author**HeadlineLarge collection of title pages 16th-18th CenturyDate Published16th-18th centuries Lot #58 Neue Lichtbild-Studien View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorEnke, AlfredHeadlineAlfred Enke Neue Lichtbild-Studien 1902PublisherFerdinand EnkeDate Published1902 Lot #63 A Primer of Birds View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorHughes, TedHeadlineGehenna Press Primer of Birds Printer's CopyPublisherThe Gehenna PressDate Published1981 Lot #64 Capita Deorum et Illustrium Hominum Pacis Bellique Artibus Clarissimorum nec non Hieroglyphica, Abraxea et Amuleta Quaedam in Gemmis Antiqua Partim, Partim Recenti Manu Affabre Incisa, Quae Magno Studio Collegit Jo. Martinus Ab Ebermayer [Bound with] Gemmarum Affabre Sculptarum Thesaurus Quem Suis Sumptibus haud Exigvis Nec Parvo Studio Collegit Jo. Mart. Ab Ebermayer View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Gems)AuthorReusch, Erhard [&] Baier, Johann JakobHeadline2 Works on the Gen collection of J.M. EbermayerDate Published1721 & 1720 Lot #65 A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems; Most of Them in the Possession of the Nobility and Gentry of This Kingdom; Etched After the Manner of Rembrandt View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorWorlidge, T[homas]HeadlineT. Worlidge on Antique Engraved GemsPublisherPrinted by Dryden Leach [for the author]Date Published1768 [but after 1780] Lot #66 George Gershwin: Painter. 1898-1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Gershwin, George)AuthorMarie Harriman GalleryHeadlineExhibit catalogue of Gershwin Paintings 1937Date Published1937 Lot #67 Les Nourritures Terrestres View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorGide, AndreHeadlineAndre Gide Les Nourritures TerrestresPublisherEditions du Grenier a SelDate Published1948 Lot #68 The Canterbury Tales View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineGolden Cockerel Canterbury Tales of ChaucerPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1929-31 Lot #75 The Original Works of William Hogarth View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorHogarth, WilliamHeadlineBoydell's Hogarth Third Folio EditionPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published1790 [but c. 1805] Lot #76 Homer His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, Esq. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby edition of Homer's Odyssey, 1669PublisherPrinted by James Flesher, for the AuthourDate Published1669 Lot #79 Single Leaf on vellum, from a Calendar (May), illuminated in colors and liquid gold View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated 15th century vellum leafDate Publishedmid-15th century Lot #84 Two Japanese Shunga or Pillow Books, one a miniature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese Shunga pillow Books)Author**HeadlineJapanese Shunga or Pillow Books c.1800Date PublishedEdo Period [c.1800] Lot #85 The Naturalist's Library View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorJardine, WilliamHeadline29 Volumes from Jardine's Naturalist's LibraryPublisherLizars, et alDate Published[mid 19th century] Lot #86 Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorJones, Inigo and Wm. KentHeadlineSome Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. KentPublisherJohn VardyDate Published1744 Lot #87 Maud, a Monodrama View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of Tennyson's MaudPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1893] Lot #89 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archeaology, and in Science. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineIvory and the Elephant Hobby Club EditionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 Lot #91 Ulysses View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce's Ulysses 1/1500 Signed by MatissePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1935 Lot #92 The Plays in 37 volumes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club Shakespeare 37 volumesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-1940 Lot #98 Les Georgiques View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Maillol, Aristide, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineVirgil's Georgiques Illustrated by MaillolPublisherPhilippe GoninDate Published1937-43 [i.e. 1950] Lot #101 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost folio 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently...and Jacob TonsonDate Published1688 Lot #102 Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena (1615) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Miniature Book)AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadlineGalileo in MiniaturePublisherTipogr. SalminDate Published1896 (colophon dated 1897) Lot #103 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 Lot #107 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Iliad & Odyssey of HomerPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #108 Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, of Personal Valour, Bravery, and Particular Incidents Which Occurred to the Armies of Great Britain and her Allies, in the Long-Contested War, Terminating with the Battle of Waterloo. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorOrme, Edward, publisherHeadlineMilitary Color-Plate Book 1819PublisherEdward OrmeDate Published1819 [plates watermarked 1825] Lot #109 Collection of 34 manuscript leaves with paintings from Persia or Mughal India View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Persian/Mughal Manuscript Leaves)Author**Headline34 Persian/Mughal Manuscript LeavesDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #113 Le Temple des Muses View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Picart, Bernard)Author**HeadlinePicart's Temple of Muses with engravingsPublisherZacharie ChatelainDate Published1733 Lot #116 Goblin Market View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorRossetti, Christina GeorginaHeadlineRossetti's Goblin Market Signed by Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933] Lot #117 Iconologia Overo View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorRipa, CesareHeadlineSecond Edition of Ripa's IconologiaPublisherLepido FaeijDate Published1603 Lot #120 The Little Prince View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineThe Little Prince Signed Limited EditionPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] Lot #121 "If" and "Recessional" View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Heading(Sangorski, Alberto)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineIlluminated Manuscript by Alberto SangorskiDate Published[c. 1928] Lot #129 Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineShaw's Middle Ages Large Paper Copy w/platesPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1843 Lot #130 The Seat of War in the East. First and Second Series View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorSimpson, WilliamHeadlineSimpson's Seat of War in the East 1855-56PublisherPaul & Dominic ColnaghiDate Published1855-56 Lot #132 Antiquities of London and it's Environs View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, John ThomasHeadlineSmith's Antiquities of London 1791-[1800]PublisherSewell, Faulder, et alDate Published1791-[1800] Lot #134 The Way We Live Now View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSontag, SusanHeadlineThe Way We Live Now, 1/200 Signed, Ltd.PublisherKarsten SchubertDate Published[1991] Lot #142 Door Locks, Knobs, Padlocks, Etc., Illustrated and Described View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Trade Catalog)AuthorMallory, Wheeler & Co.HeadlineScarce Catalog of Door Knobs, Locks, etcPublisherMallory, Wheeler & Co.Date Published1871 Lot #145 Le Grand Testament View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorVillon, FrancoisHeadlineVillon Le Grand Testament Limited EditionPublisherRene JeanneDate Published1963 Lot #146 Les Bucoliques de Virgile View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Villon, Jacques, artist)AuthorValery, PaulHeadlineLes Bucoliques, One of 245 CopiesPublisherScripta & PietaDate Published1953 Lot #147 Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'Epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorViollet-le-Duc, [Eugene Emmanuel]HeadlineDictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier FrancaisPublisherA. Morel & Cie.Date Published1872-75 Lot #150 A Suite of Daze. Etchings by William Wiley View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorWiley, William T.HeadlineA Suite of Daze. Signed by William WileyPublisherLandfall PressDate Published1977 Lot #151 Fables View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Wiley, William T., illustrator)AuthorHannon, MichaelHeadlineFabels by Michael Hannon Signed Limited EditionPublisherTurkey PressDate Published1988 Lot #152 Second Thoughts View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Wiley, William T., illustrator)AuthorHannon, MichaelHeadlineMichael Hannon Second Thoughts Sgnd Ltd EdnPublisherThe John and Maxine Belger Family FoundationDate Published2001 Lot #154 The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWilson, AdrianHeadlineMaking of the Nuremberg Chronicle Finely BoundPublisherNico IsraelDate Published[1976] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next