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View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineBaskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1761 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 #6 Les Oeuvres Diverses De Monsieur De Cyrano Bergerac View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBergerac, CyranoHeadlineLes Oeuvres Diverses de Cyrano BergeracPublisherDaniel PainDate Published1699 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 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, First EditionPublisherPrinted by Henry BaldwinDate Published1791 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 #16 Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Bronte, Charlotte]HeadlineFirst edition of Bronte's Jane EyrePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1847 Lot #17 Villette View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Bronte, Charlotte] Bell, CurrerHeadlineCharlotte Bronte Villette First Edition 1853PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1853 Lot #18 Poems View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold 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] Lot #20 Scholar Gipsies View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBuchan, JohnHeadlineBuchan's Scholar Gipsies, Art Nouveau BindingPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1896 Lot #26 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCasanova, JacquesHeadlineThe Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Privately PrintedDate PublishedNo date 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 #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] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorChaucer, GeofferyHeadline1550 edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's WorksDate Publishedc.1550 Lot #33 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Countries of England and in Scotland View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin's Northern Tour inscribed original boardsPublisherPrinted for the Author by C. RichardsDate Published1838 Lot #34 Bleak House View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House in the Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1853 Lot #35 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Nicholas Nickleby Extra-IllustratedPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 Lot #36 Little Dorritt View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little Dorrit in Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1855-1857 Lot #37 Little Dorrit View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Little Dorrit First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1857 Lot #38 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzkAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Master Humphrey's Clock First Paris Edn.PublisherA. and W. GalignaniDate Published1841 Lot #39 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Oliver Twist First Edition Finely BoundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #40 The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold HeadingzzkAuthorDickens, Charles, ed.HeadlineDickens Pic Nic Papers First EditionPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1841 Lot #43 Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdroeckh. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineDoves Press Thomas Carlyle Sartor ResartusPublisherDoves PressDate Published1907 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 #49 Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEdgeworth, Richard Lovell and Maria EdgeworthHeadlineRichard Lovell Edgeworth's MemoirsPublisherPrinted for R. HunterDate Published1820 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 #60 The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Large Paper Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzk(Fine Bindings)AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadlineWritings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Finely BoundPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1897 Lot #62 Novels of George Eliot View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineNovels of George Eliot Finely BoundPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Publishedno date 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 #64 The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Artist's Edition View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Headingzzk(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWorks of Oliver Wendell Holmes Finely BoundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1892-96] Lot #66 Elaine View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Elaine Illus. by Gustave DorePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1867 Lot #70 Gore Ot Uma View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorGriboedov, Aleksandr SergeevichHeadlineGriboedov's masterpiece Gore Ot UmaPublisherNicolay TiblenDate Published1862 Lot #74 Les Misérables View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables First Edition Brussels 1862PublisherA. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & CeDate Published1862 Lot #75 Les Misérables View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Les Misérables First American EditionPublisherCarletonDate Published1862 Lot #76 Toilers of the Sea View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Toilers of the Sea 1st English EdnPublisherSampson, Low, Son, & MarstonDate Published1866 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 #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 #89 Les Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLa Bruyère, Jean deHeadlineLa Bruyère's Les Caracteres de TheophrastePublisherJean LeonardDate Published1693 Lot #90 Tales and Novels in Verse View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineTales of La Fontaine Extra IllustratedPublisherJ. Lemonnyer & E.F. BonaventureDate Published1883 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 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineFirst in English of Livy's Roman History 1600PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1600 Lot #95 The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMachiavel, NicholasHeadlineFirst Edition Farneworth's Works of MachiavelliPublisherPrinted for Thomas DaviesDate Published1762 Lot #97 L'Espion dans le Cours des Princes chrétiens View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMarana, Giovanni-PaoloHeadlineL'Espion dans le Cours des Princes chrétiensPublisherErasmus KinkiusDate Publishedvarious dates 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 #105 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Iliad & Odyssey of HomerPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 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 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadline1567 edition of Ovid's MetamorphosisPublisherWillyam SeresDate Published1567 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 #120 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys...Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669...And a Selection From His Private Correspondence View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineMemoirs of Samuel Pepys 1825PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1825 Lot #124 Oeuvres de Plutarque View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzkAuthorPlutarchHeadlineWorks of Plutarch in French 25 volumesPublisherImprimerie de CussacDate Published1801-1805 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 #133 The Tragedie of Julius Caesar View details Estimate$50,000 - $70,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Julius Caesar from 1st folio 1623Date Published1623 Lot #134 All's Well, that Ends Well View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAll's Well, that Ends Well from 2nd Folio EdnPublisher[Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, et al]Date Published[1632] Lot #135 Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorShelley, Mary W[ollstonecraft]HeadlineThird Edition of Frankenstein 1831PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #136 The Works of that Famous English Poet Mr. Edmond Spenser View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmondHeadlineFirst Folio Edition of Spenser's WorksPublisherHenry Hills for Jonathan EdwinDate Published1679 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 #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 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorVirgilHeadlineEarly English edition of Virgil's Aeneid 1584PublisherWilliam How for Abraham VealeDate Published1584 Lot #145 Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorZimmermann, [Johann Georg]HeadlineZimmerman's Solitude, Second EditionPublisherPrinted for R. DillyDate Published1792 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next