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AuthorAesopHeadlineFables of Aesop - Georges Malbeste EngravingsPublisherHenri RemoissenetDate Published[c.1790] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #4 Baron Blixen: The Man Whom Women Loved. The Life of Bror Blixen AuthorAschan, UlfHeadlineBaron Blixen: The Man Whom Women LovedPublisherFor the AuthorDate Published1986] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #7 Kupfersammlung in J.B. Basedow's Elementarwerke fur die Jugend und ihre Freunde AuthorBasedow, J[ohann] B[ernhard]HeadlineAtlas volume for Basedow's Elementarwerke 1774Date Published1774 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #11 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 6 gouache paintings and leather traveling case Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 6 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #17 The Hieroglyphic Bible; or, Select Passages in the Old and New Testaments Represented with Emblematical Figures... Heading(Bible)Author**HeadlineThe Hieroglyphic Bible 1846PublisherAlling, Seymour & Co.Date Published1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #27 A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity Heading(Biblical)AuthorStackhouse, ThomasHeadlineBiblical History with many plates 1762PublisherJohn HintonDate Published1762 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #29 Gravures du Decameron de Boccace Heading(Boccaccio, Giovanni)AuthorGravelot, H[ubert] (illustrator)HeadlineGravelot's Engravings for the Decameron 1757Date Published[c. 1757] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #32 The History of the Life & Reign of Queen Anne AuthorBoyer, A[bel]HeadlineHistory of the Life & Reign of Queen Anne 1722PublisherJ. RobertsDate Published1722 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #34 Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., editorHeadlineBrinkley's Japan - Emperor's Edition - 1 of 75PublisherJ.B. Millet Co.Date Published[1897] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #39 C. Julii Csaris quæ extant. Accuratissime cum Libris Editis & MSS. optimis Collata, Recognita & Correcta. Accesserunt Annotationes Samuelis Clarke, S.T.P. Item Indices Locorum, Rerumque & Verborum Utilissimæ AuthorCæsar, JuliusHeadlineFinest printing of Caesar, 1712PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1712 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #42 A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1756, 1757, 1758 and 1759. In a Series of One hundred Humorous and Entertaining Prints. Heading(Caricature)Author**HeadlineSatyrical History of 1756-1759PublisherMorrisDate Published[c.1760] View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #49 The Tours of Doctor Syntax (Containing the First, Second and Third Tour) AuthorCombe, William and Thomas Rowlandson (Illus.)Headline3 Tours of Dr. Syntax - 80 Color Plates 1855PublisherNattali and BondDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke Heading(Cranach Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Cranach Press HamletPublisherCranach PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #55 The History of Sandford and Merton. A Work Intended for the Use of Children Author[Day, Thomas]HeadlineHistory of Sandford and Merton 1798 7th EditionPublisherWilliam YoungDate Published1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #57 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House in Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #58 Little Dorrit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little Dorrit in Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1855-1857 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #59 The Mystery of Edwin Drood HeadingzzfAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Mystery of Edwin Drood - Bound from partsPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1870 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #62 Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Oliver Twist - 1846 revised editionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1846 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #65 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' A Tale of Two Cities 1st EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #67 Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the MS. in the British Museum Heading(Dickens' copy of Humphrey's Froissart)AuthorHumphrey, H.N.HeadlineDickens' copy of Humphrey's FroissartPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1844 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #68 Recueil de Planches de L'Encyclopedie, par Ordre de Matieres Heading(Encyclopédie Méthodique. Arts et métiers mécaniques.)Author**HeadlineOver 1250 copperplate engravingsPublisherPanckoucke & PlomteuxDate Published1783-86 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #70 Album of 10 Chinese Erotic Paintings on Silk Heading(Erotica)Author**HeadlineAlbum of 10 Chinese Erotic Paintings on SilkDate Published[19th century] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #72 Rogers and his Contemporaries Heading(Extra-Illustrated)Author[Clayden, Peter William]HeadlineRogers and his Contemporaries Extra-IllustratedPublisherSmith, ElderDate Publishedc.1889] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #73 Yesterdays with Authors Heading(Extra-Illustrated)AuthorFields, James T.HeadlineYesterdays with Authors 1872 - Extra-IllustratedPublisherSampson Low, et alDate Published1872 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #87 Fables. [Volumes 1 & 2] AuthorGay, [John]HeadlineFables by John Gay 1729 & 1738PublisherJ. Tonson and J. Watts [&] J. and P. KnaptonDate Published1729 & 1738 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #88 The Tunning of Elynour Runnynge: The Famous Ale-Wife of England Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorSkelton, JohnHeadlineThe Rare Third Book From The Gehenna PressPublisherGehenna PressDate Published1953 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #90 La Doctrine des Moeurs. Tirée de la Philosophie des Stoïques, Représentée en Cent Tableaux, et Expliquée en Cent Discours Pour l'Instruction de la Jeunesse. AuthorGomberville, Marin Le Roy seigneur deHeadlinede Gomberville - La Doctrine des Moeurs 1646PublisherPierre DaretDate Published1646 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #92 The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres: divided into three severall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed... AuthorHakluyt, RichardHeadlineHakluyt's Voyages, 1599-1600PublisherGeorge Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert BarkerDate Published1599-1600 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #97 Japanese Fairy Tales AuthorHearn, LafcadioHeadlineLafcadio Hearn Japanese Fairy TalesPublisherT. HasegawaDate Published[c.1905-1925] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #101 The Works of William Hogarth; Containing One Hundred and Fifty-Nine Engravings, by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport, with Descriptions, in which are pointed out Many Beauties that have hitherto Escaped Notice, with a Comment on their Moral Tendency, by the Rev. John Trusler. Heading(Hogarth, William)AuthorTrusler, JohnHeadlineWorks of William Hogarth 1821PublisherJ. Sharpe, et alDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #103 Hore beate marie virginis scom. usum ec clesie romane totaliter ad longum cum multis suffragiis et orationibus. Heading(Horae B.M.V.)Author**HeadlineGilles Hardouyn - Book of Hours c.1520PublisherGilles HardouynDate Publishedc.1520] View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #111 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Together with a Version in Modern English Verse Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorVan Wyck, William, trans.HeadlineCanterbury Tales illustrated by Rockwell KentPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #131 Narrative of a Four Months' Residence among the Natives of a Valley of The Marquesas Islands; Or, A Peep at Polynesian Life AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFirst Edition of Melville's First Book 1846PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1846 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #134 Two books and one periodical contribution by Melville AuthorMelville, HermanHeadline2 books and 1 periodical contribution by MelvilleDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #147 La Metamorphose d'Ovide Figuree AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid - La Metamorphose - 1564 - Salomon Illus.PublisherDe TournesDate Published1564 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,750StatusSold Lot #148 Operum Tomus II. Quo Continentur Metamorphoseon Libri XV AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Metamorphoses 1596Publisher[Michael Lantzenberger]Date Published1596 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #152 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePennyroyal Huckleberry Finn 1/250 copiesPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #153 Sinai and Palestine Heading(Photographs)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlinePhotographs of Holy Land by Francis FrithPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1862 or later] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,250StatusSold Lot #154 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments... Heading(Photographs)Author(Frith, Francis)HeadlineBible with Photographs by Francis FrithPublisherGeorge E. Eyre & William SpottiswoodeDate Published[c.1865] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,000StatusSold Lot #155 Photographs from Sketches Taken in the Year A.D. M.D.CCC.LVII. in the Holy Land and Syria Heading(Photographs)AuthorShipley, ConwayHeadlinePhotographs of Shipley's Holy Land sketchesPublisherJoseph MastersDate Published1861 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #157 Men of Mark Heading(Photography)AuthorCoburn, Alvin LangdonHeadlinePresentation Copy of Coburn's Men of MarkPublisherDuckworth & Co./ Mitchell KennerleyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #158 Esperienze Sull'azion Chimica Dello Spettro Solare, e loro Conseguenze Relativamente alla Dagherrotipia; Memoria letta alla Reale Accademia delle Scienze nella Tornata del 4 Febbrajo 1840 dal Socio Corrispondente Macedonio Melloni Heading(Photography)AuthorMelloni, MacedonioHeadlineRare early work on Photogaphy, 1840PublisherDalla Tipografia di PorcelliDate Published1840 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #160 The Tale of Peter Rabbit AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineRare privately printed first of Peter RabbitPublisher[Privately printed]Date PublishedN.d. [before Christmas 1901] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #164 Meteorologia Philosophico-Politica, in Duodecim Dissertationes per Quaestiones Meteorologicas et Conclusiones Politicas Divisa, Appositisque Symbolis Illustrata. AuthorReinzer, FranciscoHeadlineReinzer Meteorologia Philosophico-Politica 1709PublisherJeremiah WolfDate Published1709 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #168 Business Cards Heading(Ruscha, Edward)AuthorBengston, Billy Al and Edward RuschaHeadlineEd Ruscha & Billy Al Bengston Business CardsPublisher[Heavy Industry Publications]Date Published1968 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #173 Works of William Shakespere AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKnight's Works of Shakespeare in Original PartsPublisherVirtue and YorstonDate Published[c.1875] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #176 La Vraye Histoire Comique de Francion Author[Sorel, Charles]HeadlineLa Vraye Histoire Comique de Francion. 1668PublisherChez les HackesDate Published1668 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #182 La Bonne Chanson AuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadlinePaul Verlaine La Bonne Chanson Unique CopyPublisherAlbert MesseinDate Published1914 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #195 The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary, and General Expositor of the English Language AuthorWright, ThomasHeadlineThe Universal Pronouncing Dictionary 79 mapsPublisherLondon Printing and Publishing CompanyDate Published[c.1855] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next