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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Six Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous inscribed by Bill WilsonPublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1942 Lot #4 Autographed Manuscript Letter View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorAlphonse II d'Este, Duke of FerraroHeadlineSigned Letter from Alphonse II d'Este from 1590Date Published1590 Lot #8 Biblioglyphé sive Icones Biblicae, Arte Chalcographica & Poetica praecipues S. Scripturae Historias perquam eleganter representanter. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)AuthorAmmon, Johan, editorHeadlineStriking Biblical engravings, 1643PublisherTypis Caspari Rötelii, impensis Johannis AmmoniiDate Published1643 Lot #9 Novum Testamentum D[omi]ni N[ost]ri Jesu Christi. Syriacè, Ebraicè, Græcè, Latinè, Germanicè, Bohemicè, Italicè, Hispanicè, Gallicè, Anglicè, Danicè, Polonicè. Studio & Labore Eliæ Hutter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Author**HeadlineHutter's Polygot Bible Nuremberg 1599Publisher[No publisher stated]Date Published1599 Lot #14 Collection of 39 Signatures from the Salon of 1888 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Author[Bouguereau, William-Adolphe]HeadlineCollection of 39 Signatures from Salon of 1888Date Published[1888] Lot #19 The Works of the learned Sr Thomas Brown, Kt. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineBrowne's Works, First Collected EditionPublisherPrinted for Thomas Basset et al.Date Published1686 Lot #27 Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineIxtlan inscribed by Carlos CastanedaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1972] Lot #44 The English Bible: Containing the Old Testament & the New Translated Out of the Original Tongues... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)Author**HeadlinePublisher's Dummy for Doves Press Bible 1903PublisherDoves PressDate Published1903 Lot #45 Autographed Manuscript and Letter View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorDumas, Alexandre (père)HeadlineAlexandre Dumas Autograph Manuscripts SignedDate Published19th century Lot #48 Collection of 30 Signatures of French Musicians, Composers, etc. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Ecole Royale de Musique et de Declamation)Author**Headline30 Signatures from Paris Conservatoire in 1825Date Published1825 Lot #54 Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchilpp, Paul Arthur, EditorHeadlineAlbert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist SIGNEDPublisherThe Library of Living Philosophers, Inc.Date Published1949 Lot #63 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 Lot #65 Uffizio Della B.V. Maria per Tutti i Tempi Dell'anno,... View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMazzinelli, Alessandro, editorHeadline1783 B.V.M in beautiful armorial bindingPublisherLuigi Perego SalvioniDate Published1783 Lot #77 Single Leaf on vellum, from a Calendar (May), illuminated in colors and liquid gold View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated 15th century vellum leafDate Publishedmid-15th century Lot #78 Single leaf on vellum with gold initials, from a French Book of Hours View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineVellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initialsDate Publishedc.1500 Lot #79 Framed Leaf Printed by Henricus Ariminensis View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Incunabula Leaf)Author**HeadlineFramed Leaf Printed by Henricus AriminensisPublisherHenricus AriminensisDate Publishedc. 1473 Lot #81 Framed Leaf from Latin Bible, Printed by Caspar Hochfeder View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Incunabula Leaf)Author**HeadlineLeaf from Latin Bible, Printed Nuremberg c. 1494PublisherCaspar HochfederDate Publishedc. 1494 Lot #82 Framed Leaf, Printed by Nicolaus Jenson View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Incunabula Leaf)Author**HeadlineFramed Leaf Printed by Nicolaus Jenson in 1477PublisherNicolaus JensonDate Published1477 Lot #83 Framed Leaf by Octavianus Scotus, Venice 1482 View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Incunabula Leaf)Author**HeadlineFramed Leaf by Octavianus Scotus, Venice 1482PublisherOctavianus ScotusDate Published1482 Lot #86 Sepher Yetsirah View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Kabbalah)Author**HeadlineEditio Princeps of Kabbalah in Hebrew 1562PublisherYa'akov ben Naphtali GazoloDate Published1562 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 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Keats, John - his signed copy)AuthorAikin, JohnHeadlineJohn Keats' Signed CopyPublisherR.H. EvansDate Published1810 Lot #91 Rerum In Gallia Ob Religionem Gestarum, Libris Tres View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[La Place, Pierre de]HeadlineRerum In Gallia Ob Religionem GestarumDate Published1570 Lot #96 Father Malebranche his Treatise Concerning the Search After Truth...To Which is Added the Author’s Treatise of Nature and Grace...Together With his Answer to the Animadversions Upon the First Volume: his Defence Against the Accusations of Monsieur De la Ville, &c...With the Addition, of a Short Discourse Upon Light and Colours... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMalebranche, [Nicolas]HeadlineMalebranche's Treatise on Truth 1700PublisherPrinted by W. Bowyer, for Thomas Bennet, et alDate Published1700 Lot #98 Theatrum Conversionis Gentium Totius Orbis View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMermannius, Arnoldus.HeadlineScarce History of Foreign Missionary Work 1572PublisherChristophe PlantinDate Published1572 Lot #99 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illus. edition of Milton's Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard BentlyDate Published1688 Lot #100 Autographed Indenture of Receipt View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMorrison (Moryson), Sir RichardHeadlineSir Richard Morison Signed Indenture Receipt 1550Date Published1550 Lot #101 Apologia Pro Vita Sua: Being a Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled "What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?" [With the 2 preceding pamphlets] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorNewman, John Henry, Cardinal and Charles KingsleyHeadlineJohn Henry Newman Apologia Pro Vita SuaPublisherLongman, Green, et alDate Published1864 Lot #104 Autograph Letter, signed from Florence Nightingale View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorNightingale, FlorenceHeadlineAutograph Letter signed from Florence NightingaleDate PublishedJan. 22, [18]93 Lot #106 Qvae hoc in libro continentur. Orignis in Genesim...in Exodum ... in Leviticum ... in Numeros ... Iesum Nave .. in Librum Iudicum Homiliae. Diuo Hieronymo interprete. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorOrigenHeadlineRare edition of Origen's Homilies 1503PublisherAldus [for Andrea Torresanus],Date PublishedFebruary, 1503 Lot #108 Manuscript Letter, Signed View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorAdrian VI. [Adrian Floriszoon] (1459-1523).HeadlineLetter signed Pope Adrian VI, 1521Date Published8 October, 1521 Lot #109 Manuscript Document, unsigned, from his reign as Pope View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorBenedict XII [Piero Fraricesco Orsini] (1649-1730)HeadlinePope Benedict XII document 1727Date Published16 March 1727 Lot #110 Manuscript Letter Signed View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorClement VII [Giulio de Medici] (1478-1534)HeadlineLetter signed by Pope Clement VII 1518Date Published1518 Lot #111 Manuscript Letter Signed View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorClement XI [Giovanni Francesco Albani] (1649-1721)HeadlineLetter signed by Poep Clement XI 1700Date Published3 April 1700 Lot #112 Manuscript Letter Signed View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorClement XIII. [Carlo della Torre Rezzonico] (1693-1769).HeadlineLetter signed by Pope Clement XIII 1741Date Published23 December 1741 Lot #113 Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorGregory XVI [Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari] (1765-1846)HeadlineLetter signed by Pope Gregory XVI 1815Date Published4 February 1815 Lot #114 Manuscript Document Signed View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorInnocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi] (1611-1689)HeadlineDocument Signed by Pope Innocent XIDate Published10 October 1651 Lot #115 Manuscript Letter Signed “Cervini” View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorMarcellus II [Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi] (1501-1555)HeadlineLetter Signed by Pope Marcellus II 1530Date Published13 January, 1530 Lot #116 Manuscript Letter Signed View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorPaul III [Alessandro Farnese] (1464-1549)HeadlineLetter signed by Pope Paul III 1530Date Published13 January, 1530 Lot #117 Manuscript Document Signed as Pope View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorPius VI [Giovanni Angelo Braschi] (1717-1799)HeadlinePope Pius VI Manuscript Document Signed 1795Date Published1795 Lot #118 Manuscript Note Signed as Pope, Exquisitely Framed View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorPius X [Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto] (1835-1914)HeadlinePope Pius X Blessing in Exquisite FrameDate Publishedc. 1910 Lot #119 Autographed Document View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorParker, WilliamHeadlineSigned Document of William Parker, ca. 1600Date Published[ca. 1600] Lot #122 A Salve for a Sicke Man, or, A Treatise Containing the Nature, Differences, and Kindes of Death, as Also the Right Manner of Dying Well: And it May Serve for Spirituall Instruction to 1. Mariners When They Goe to Sea. 2. Souldiers When They Goe to Battell. 3. Women When They Trauell of Childe. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Perkins, William]HeadlineA Salve for a Sicke Man 1597PublisherJohn LegatDate Published1597 Lot #125 An Interpretation of the Number 666 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorPotter, FrancisHeadlineInterpretation of the Number 666 by Potter 1642PublisherLeonard LichfieldDate Published1642 Lot #128 18th century manuscript receipt and remedy book View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Receipt and Remedy Book)Author**Headline18th century manuscript receipt and remedy bookDate PublishedNo date, but after 1721 Lot #131 Ivanhoe; A Romance View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzkAuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott Ivanhoe 1st EdnPublisherFor Archibald Constable; and Hurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 Lot #139 A Sermon Preached at St. George's Church, Hanover-Square; on Sunday, the fourth of April, being the first Sunday of Opening the Church after Consecration View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorTrebeck, A.HeadlineSermon Bound in Armorial Binding of George IIPublisherW. and J. InnysDate Published1725 Lot #140 [Works] - Inscribed by Mark Twain to his wife View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorMeredith, GeorgeHeadlineGift from Mark Twain to his wife OliviaPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1901 Lot #144 The Religion of Nature Delineated View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWollaston, WilliamHeadlineThe Religion of Nature DelineatedPublisherPrinted by S. PalmerDate Published1725 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next