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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Poems Heading(Adams, Ansel)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Poems Signed by Ansel AdamsPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #2 Three books of occult philosophy, written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, of Nettesheim, counseller to Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany: and judge of the Prerogative Court. Translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, by J.F. AuthorAgrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich CorneliusHeadlineAgrippa's Occult Philosophy 1651PublisherPrinted by R.W. for Gregory MouleDate Published1651 [i.e. 1650] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #5 Opera AuthorArchimedesHeadlineArchimedes, Apollonius & Theodosius 1675PublisherGuil. Goodbid & Rob. ScottDate Published1675 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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$312.50StatusSold Lot #16 Dissertations Moral and Critical. On Memory and Imagination. On Dreaming. The Theory of Language. On Fable and Romance. On the Attachments of Kindred. Illustrations on Sublimity. AuthorBeattie, JamesHeadlineBeatties Dissertations Moral & Critical 1783PublisherW. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. CreechDate Published1783 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Grave, A Poem Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineThe Grave 1808 William Blake Engravings folio ed.PublisherT. BensleyDate Published1808 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 Il Decameron HeadingzzfAuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineThe Decameron of Boccaccio 1816 Folio EditionPublisherCo' Caratteri di F. DidotDate Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 Rime di Francesco Petrarca Heading(Bodoni)AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlineBodoni printing of Petrarca's Rimes 1799PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1799 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #26 A Theory of Natural Philosophy AuthorBoscovich, Ruggiero GiuseppeHeadlineBoscovich's Theory of Natural Philosophy 1922PublisherOpen CourtDate Published1922 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #27 The Martian Chronicles AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Martian Chronicles, 1st ed with djPublisherDoubledayDate Published1950 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #30 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange Heading(Calder, Alexander, illus.)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #33 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineSeparate Reality inscribed by Carlos CastanedaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #35 [Don Quixote in English, i.e. The history of Don-Quichote. The first parte] AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineEarly English edition of Don Quixote 1620Publisher[Ed. Blounte]Date Published[1620?] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #36 The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Errant, Don Quixote, of the Mancha [with] The Second Part of the History... Author[Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de]HeadlineEarly English Edition of Don QuixotePublisherR. Scot, et al [&] Richard HodgkinsonDate Published1675 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #45 James and the Giant Peach AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineRoald Dahl James and the Giant Peach 1st EditionPublisherKnopfDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #46 WITHDRAWN The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, Charles WITHDRAWNHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man Presentation copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #48 Six metaphysical meditations; wherein it is proved that there is a God. And that mans mind is really distinct from his body. Written originally in Latin by Renatus Des-Cartes. Hereunto are added the objections made against these meditations. By Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. With the authors answers. All faithfully translated into English, with a short account of Des-Cartes’s life. By William Molyneux AuthorDescartes, RenéHeadlineDescartes Six Meditations 1st in English 1680PublisherPrinted by B.G. for Benj. TookeDate Published1680 View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 A Christmas Carol AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineEarly Printing of Dickens Christmas Carol 1844PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts Mechaniquies, avec Leur Explication HeadingzzfAuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertHeadlinePlate volume to Diderot's Encyclopedie 1769PublisherBriasson & Le BretonDate Published1769 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EdnPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #54 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Complete Poems and Plays - Inscribed and with a TLS AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot Signed Book and LetterPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #59 Epitome Adagiorvm post novissimam D. Erasmi Rot. exquisitam recognitionem, per Eberhardum Tappium ad numerum adagiorum magni operis nunc primum aucta AuthorErasmus Roterodamus, DesideriusHeadlineErasmus Adagiorum 1542PublisherGymnicusDate Published1542 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #62 Lettera Apologetica del Galileo [i.e. La Difesa di Galileo] Heading(Galileo Galilei)AuthorAverani, BenedettoHeadline17th century manuscript defense of GalileoDate Published[late 17th century] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold 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 Heading(Gems)AuthorReusch, Erhard [&] Baier, Johann JakobHeadline2 Works on the Gen collection of J.M. EbermayerDate Published1721 & 1720 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #70 Histoire Anatomique des Parties Genitales de L'Homme et de la Femme, qui Servent a la Generation AuthorGraaf, [Regnier de]HeadlineFrench Edition of Graafs works 1699PublisherEmanuel Jean George KonigDate Published1699 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #73 Lexicon Technicum: Or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences: Explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves AuthorHarris, JohnHeadlineHarris' Lexicon Technicum 2 vols Large Paper CopyPublisherDan. Brown, et al.Date Published1704-1710 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 The Torrents of Spring AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway's Torrents of Spring 1st in jacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1926 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 Homer His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, Esq. AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby edition of Homer's Odyssey, 1669PublisherPrinted by James Flesher, for the AuthourDate Published1669 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #78 Les Misérables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Les Misérables First Edition 1862PublisherA. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & CeDate Published1862 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #87 Maud, a Monodrama Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of Tennyson's MaudPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #88 Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry AuthorKildall, GaryHeadlineGary Kildall's Computer Connections 1/50Date Published1993 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #89 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archeaology, and in Science. AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineIvory and the Elephant Hobby Club EditionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #90 Le Livre de la Fumeé AuthorLaloy, LouisHeadlineLaloy Livre de la Fumee inscribedPublisherDorbon-AinéDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #92 The Plays in 37 volumes Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club Shakespeare 37 volumesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-1940 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #94 The Seasons Heading(Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineInscribed by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1842 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #96 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1680 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherJohn Starkey, Charles Harper, and John AmeryDate Published1680 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #98 Les Georgiques Heading(Maillol, Aristide, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineVirgil's Georgiques Illustrated by MaillolPublisherPhilippe GoninDate Published1937-43 [i.e. 1950] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #99 [Le Morte d'Arthur, i.e.]: The most ancient and famous history of the renowned prince Arthur King of Britaine, vvherein is declared his life and death, with all his glorious battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and pagans, which (for the honour of his country) he most worthily atchieued. As also all the noble acts, and heroicke deeds of his valiant knights of the Round Table. Newly refined, and published for the delight, and profit of the reader AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineEarly English edition of Le Morte d'ArthurPublisherPrinted by William Stansby, for Iacob BloomeDate Published1634 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #100 A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism AuthorMaxwell, James ClerkHeadlineMaxwell's Treatise on Electricity and MagnetismPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1873 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #101 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost folio 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently...and Jacob TonsonDate Published1688 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #102 Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena (1615) Heading(Miniature Book)AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadlineGalileo in MiniaturePublisherTipogr. SalminDate Published1896 (colophon dated 1897) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #104 One Hundred Years of Solitude AuthorMárquez, Gabriel GarcíaHeadlineMárquez One Hundred Years of Solitude 1st EdnPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #105 The mathematical principles of natural philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, The laws of the moon’s motion, according to gravity. By John Machin... AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English, Vol. I, 1729PublisherPrinted for Benjamin MotteDate Published1729 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 The method of fluxions and infinite series; with its application to the geometry of curve-lines. By the Inventor Sir Isaac Newton, Kt. Late President of the Royal Society. Translated from the author’s Latin original not yet made publick. To which is subjoin’d, a perpetual comment upon the whole work, Consisting of Annotations, Illustrations, and Supplements, In order to make this Treatise A compleat Institution for the use of Learners. By John Colson, M.A. and F.R.S. Master of Sir Joseph Williamson’s free Mathematical-School at Rochester AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Methods of Fluxions large paper 1736PublisherPrinted by Henry Woodfall; and sold by John NourseDate Published1736 View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #115 The Historie of the World; Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke Author[Pliny the Elder] Plinius Secundus, GaiusHeadlinePliny's History of the World 1601PublisherImpensis G.B. [Printed by Adam Islip]Date Published1601 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #116 Goblin Market Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorRossetti, Christina GeorginaHeadlineRossetti's Goblin Market Signed by Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #118 Delle Rime Del S. Berardino Rota [bound with] Delle Egloghe Pescatorie del S. Berardino Rota AuthorRota, BerardinoHeadlineRhymes of Berardino Rota 1572PublisherGiuseppe Cacchii dell AquilaDate Published1572 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #120 The Little Prince AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineThe Little Prince Signed Limited EditionPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #124 Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies - First Folio Facsimile AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline1807 Facsimile of Shakespeare's First FolioPublisher[printed by E. and J. Wright]Date Published[1807-8] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #125 The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Richard III, 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #126 The Winters Tale AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Winters Tale 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #127 The life and death of King John AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's King John 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #128 Twelfe Night, Or what you will AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Twelfe Night 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #135 Opera Posthuma: Quorum series post Praefationem exhibetur AuthorSpinoza, Baruch deHeadlineSpinoza's posthumas works, 1677Publisher[J. Rieuwertsz]Date Published1677 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #136 A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick Author[Sterne, Laurence]HeadlineSterne's Sentimental Journey 1768PublisherT. Becket and P.A. De HondtDate Published1768 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #141 A Confederacy of Dunces AuthorToole, John KennedyHeadlineJ.K. Toole A Confederacy of Dunces 1st EditionPublisherLouisiana State University PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #142 Door Locks, Knobs, Padlocks, Etc., Illustrated and Described Heading(Trade Catalog)AuthorMallory, Wheeler & Co.HeadlineScarce Catalog of Door Knobs, Locks, etcPublisherMallory, Wheeler & Co.Date Published1871 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #144 The .xiii. bookes of Æneidos. The first twelue beeinge the woorke of the diuine poet Virgil Maro, and the thirtenth the supplement of Maphæus Vegius. Translated into English verse to the fyrst thirdpart of the tenth booke, by Thomas Phaër Esquire: and the residue finished, and now the second time newly setforth for the delite of such as are studious in poetrie: by Thomas Twyne, Doctor in Physicke AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineVirgil's Aeneid in English 1584PublisherWilliam How for Abraham VealeDate Published1584 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #149 Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.)... Portraits from Life... Autograph AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman's Complete Poems & Prose signedDate Published[1888 or 1889] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #151 Fables Heading(Wiley, William T., illustrator)AuthorHannon, MichaelHeadlineFabels by Michael Hannon Signed Limited EditionPublisherTurkey PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #153 A Streetcar Named Desire AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineTennessee Williams Streetcar Named DesirePublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next