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AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineBaskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1761 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #6 Les Oeuvres Diverses De Monsieur De Cyrano Bergerac AuthorBergerac, CyranoHeadlineLes Oeuvres Diverses de Cyrano BergeracPublisherDaniel PainDate Published1699 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #13 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, during Which He Flourished AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, First EditionPublisherPrinted by Henry BaldwinDate Published1791 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #16 Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell Author[Bronte, Charlotte]HeadlineFirst edition of Bronte's Jane EyrePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1847 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #17 Villette Author[Bronte, Charlotte] Bell, CurrerHeadlineCharlotte Bronte Villette First Edition 1853PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #18 Poems Heading(Bronte, Charlotte, Emily and Anne)AuthorBell, Currer, Ellis, and ActonHeadlinePoems by the Bronte Sisters 1st Edition 2nd IssuePublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1846 [but 1848] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #20 Scholar Gipsies AuthorBuchan, JohnHeadlineBuchan's Scholar Gipsies, Art Nouveau BindingPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1896 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #26 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova AuthorCasanova, JacquesHeadlineThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Privately PrintedDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #29 [The workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed, with dyuers workes whiche were neuer in print before: as in the table more playnly dothe appere. Cum priuilegio] AuthorChaucer, GeofferyHeadline1550 edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's WorksDate Publishedc.1550 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Countries of England and in Scotland AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin's Northern Tour inscribed original boardsPublisherPrinted for the Author by C. RichardsDate Published1838 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #34 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House in the Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #35 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Nicholas Nickleby Extra-IllustratedPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #36 Little Dorritt AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little Dorrit in Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1855-1857 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #37 Little Dorrit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Little Dorrit First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #38 Master Humphrey's Clock HeadingzzkAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Master Humphrey's Clock First Paris Edn.PublisherA. and W. GalignaniDate Published1841 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #39 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Oliver Twist First Edition Finely BoundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #40 The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands HeadingzzkAuthorDickens, Charles, ed.HeadlineDickens Pic Nic Papers First EditionPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1841 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #43 Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdroeckh. Heading(Doves Press)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineDoves Press Thomas Carlyle Sartor ResartusPublisherDoves PressDate Published1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #44 The English Bible: Containing the Old Testament & the New Translated Out of the Original Tongues... Heading(Doves Press)Author**HeadlinePublisher's Dummy for Doves Press Bible 1903PublisherDoves PressDate Published1903 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #45 Autographed Manuscript and Letter AuthorDumas, Alexandre (père)HeadlineAlexandre Dumas Autograph Manuscripts SignedDate Published19th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #49 Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth AuthorEdgeworth, Richard Lovell and Maria EdgeworthHeadlineRichard Lovell Edgeworth's MemoirsPublisherPrinted for R. HunterDate Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #60 The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Large Paper Edition Headingzzk(Fine Bindings)AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadlineWritings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Finely BoundPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #62 Novels of George Eliot Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineNovels of George Eliot Finely BoundPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Publishedno date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #64 The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Artist's Edition Headingzzk(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWorks of Oliver Wendell Holmes Finely BoundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1892-96] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #66 Elaine Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Elaine Illus. by Gustave DorePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1867 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #70 Gore Ot Uma AuthorGriboedov, Aleksandr SergeevichHeadlineGriboedov's masterpiece Gore Ot UmaPublisherNicolay TiblenDate Published1862 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #74 Les Misérables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables First Edition Brussels 1862PublisherA. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & CeDate Published1862 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #75 Les Misérables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Les Misérables First American EditionPublisherCarletonDate Published1862 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #76 Toilers of the Sea AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Toilers of the Sea 1st English EdnPublisherSampson, Low, Son, & MarstonDate Published1866 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #80 A Genuine Caxton Leaf from Higden's 'Policronicon', Westminster 1482 Heading(Incunabula Leaf)AuthorHigden (Ranulph)HeadlineGenuine Caxton Leaf Policronicon 1482PublisherDawson's BookshopDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #87 Essays on Song-Writing; with Collection of such English Songs as are most Eminent for Poetical Merit. A New Edition, with additions and corrections, and a supplement, by R.H. Evans Heading(Keats, John - his signed copy)AuthorAikin, JohnHeadlineJohn Keats' Signed CopyPublisherR.H. EvansDate Published1810 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #89 Les Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec AuthorLa Bruyère, Jean deHeadlineLa Bruyère's Les Caracteres de TheophrastePublisherJean LeonardDate Published1693 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #90 Tales and Novels in Verse AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineTales of La Fontaine Extra IllustratedPublisherJ. Lemonnyer & E.F. BonaventureDate Published1883 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #92 Crusader Castles AuthorLawrence, T.E.HeadlineLawrence's Crusader Castles from Golden CockerelPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #93 The Romane Historie written by T. Livius of Padua. Also the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineFirst in English of Livy's Roman History 1600PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1600 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence. AuthorMachiavel, NicholasHeadlineFirst Edition Farneworth's Works of MachiavelliPublisherPrinted for Thomas DaviesDate Published1762 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #97 L'Espion dans le Cours des Princes chrétiens AuthorMarana, Giovanni-PaoloHeadlineL'Espion dans le Cours des Princes chrétiensPublisherErasmus KinkiusDate Publishedvarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #99 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illus. edition of Milton's Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard BentlyDate Published1688 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #101 Apologia Pro Vita Sua: Being a Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled "What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?" [With the 2 preceding pamphlets] AuthorNewman, John Henry, Cardinal and Charles KingsleyHeadlineJohn Henry Newman Apologia Pro Vita SuaPublisherLongman, Green, et alDate Published1864 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #105 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Iliad & Odyssey of HomerPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #107 [Metamorphoses in English, i.e.]: The .xv. bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, translated oute of Latin into English meeter, by Arthur Golding Gentleman, a worke very pleasaunt and delectable AuthorOvidHeadline1567 edition of Ovid's MetamorphosisPublisherWillyam SeresDate Published1567 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #120 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys...Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669...And a Selection From His Private Correspondence AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineMemoirs of Samuel Pepys 1825PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1825 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #124 Oeuvres de Plutarque HeadingzzkAuthorPlutarchHeadlineWorks of Plutarch in French 25 volumesPublisherImprimerie de CussacDate Published1801-1805 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #131 Ivanhoe; A Romance HeadingzzkAuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott Ivanhoe 1st EdnPublisherFor Archibald Constable; and Hurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #132 Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times AuthorShaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd EarlHeadlineBaskerville Press Shaftesbury's CharacteristicksPublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1727 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #133 The Tragedie of Julius Caesar AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Julius Caesar from 1st folio 1623Date Published1623 View details Estimate$50,000 - $70,000StatusUnsold Lot #134 All's Well, that Ends Well AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAll's Well, that Ends Well from 2nd Folio EdnPublisher[Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, et al]Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #135 Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus AuthorShelley, Mary W[ollstonecraft]HeadlineThird Edition of Frankenstein 1831PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #136 The Works of that Famous English Poet Mr. Edmond Spenser AuthorSpenser, EdmondHeadlineFirst Folio Edition of Spenser's WorksPublisherHenry Hills for Jonathan EdwinDate Published1679 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #140 [Works] - Inscribed by Mark Twain to his wife Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorMeredith, GeorgeHeadlineGift from Mark Twain to his wife OliviaPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #142 [Aeneid in English, i.e.]: 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 third part 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 AuthorVirgilHeadlineEarly English edition of Virgil's Aeneid 1584PublisherWilliam How for Abraham VealeDate Published1584 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #145 Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart AuthorZimmermann, [Johann Georg]HeadlineZimmerman's Solitude, Second EditionPublisherPrinted for R. DillyDate Published1792 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next