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AuthorAesopHeadlineFables of Aesop - Georges Malbeste EngravingsPublisherHenri RemoissenetDate Published[c.1790] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #3 British Public Characters of 1798 [&] Public Characters of 1799-1805 Author[Anonymous]HeadlinePublic Characters of 1798-1805 - 7 VolumesPublisherR. PhillipsDate PublishedNo Date [c.1799-1806] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #10 Memoirs of Sir John Berkley, Containing An Account of His Negotiation with Lieut. General Cromwel, Commissary General Ireton, ... and Other Officers of the Army, for Restoring King Charles the First to the Exercise of the Government of England AuthorBerkley, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of Sir John BerkleyPublisherJ. DarbyDate Published1702 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #24 Hieronymi Pradi et Ioannis Baptistae Villalpandi e Societate Iesu In Ezechielem explanationes et Apparatus vrbis ac Templi Hierosolymitani commentarijs et imaginibus illustratus : opus tribus tomis distinctum. Quid vero singulis contineatur, quarta pagina indicabit Heading(Biblical)AuthorPrado, Jeronimo de & Juan Bautists VillalpandoHeadlineGreatest work on Jerusalem Temple, 1696-1705PublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1605 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold 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 #31 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 1st American EditionPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #36 Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineBurke's Reflections on the Revolution in FrancePublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1790 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #37 The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineWorks of Edmund Burke 1852 - Full leatherPublisherFrancis & John RivingtonDate Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #41 The Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome; or, The History of Popery HeadingzzgAuthor[Care, Henry]HeadlineThe Weekly Pacquet of Advice from RomePublisherLangley CurtisDate Published1678-83 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #46 Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield.... HeadingzzgAuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of.HeadlineLord Chesterfield's Micellaneous Works 1779PublisherEdward & Charles DillyDate Published1779 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #48 WITHDRAWN. Ancient Classics for English Readers AuthorCollins, Lucas, editorHeadlineAncient Classics in Beautiful Vellum BindingsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1870-79 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #50 Arnoldi Corvini á Blederen I.C. Iurisprudentiae Romanae summarium, seu, Codicis Iustianianei methodica enarratio... AuthorCorvinus, ArnoldusHeadline17th century summary of Roman lawPublisherApud Ludovicum & Danielem ElzeviriosDate Published1655-1660 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #56 Confessions of an English Opium Eater Author[De Quincey, Thomas]HeadlineConfessions of an English Opium Eater 1st EditionPublisherTaylor and HesseyDate Published1822 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold 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 #76 Findens' Tableaux of National Character, Beauty, and Costume AuthorFinden, [W. & H.]HeadlineFindens' Tableaux - 61 hand colored platesPublisherJ. HogarthDate Published[c.1850] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #83 Tragœdiæ Septem ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Emendatæ cum Versione et Notis ex Editione Rich. Franc. Phil. Brunck. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorSophoclesHeadline4 fore-edge paintings of Greek LandmarksPublisherJoannis Georgii TreuttelDate Published1786-89 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #86 George the Third, His Court, and Family. Author[Galt, John]HeadlineGeorge III, His Court and Family 1820PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #91 Genealogical Memoranda Relating to the Family of Gresham AuthorGower, Granville Leveson, compilerHeadlineGenealogical Memoranda - Family of GreshamPublisherMitchell & HughesDate Published1874-1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #102 Queen Victoria AuthorHolmes, Richard R.HeadlineRichard Holmes - Queen Victoria - 1897PublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #107 Scriptores de Rebus Italicis (spine title) Heading(Italy)Author[Graevius, Johannes Georgius]HeadlineFolio works on Italian AntiquitiesPublisherPetri Vander AaDate Published[c.1723] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #108 Alle de werken van Flavius Josephus, Behelzende Twintig Boeken van de Jodsche Oudheden... AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineDutch edition of Josephus with engravings, 1732PublisherMarten SchagenDate Published1732 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #109 Vervolg op Flavius Josephus, of Algemene historie der Joodsche Naatsie, behelzende ene uitvoerige beschryving... Heading(Josephus, Flavius)AuthorBasnage, Jacques, Sieur de BeauvalHeadlineContinuation of Josephus' history of the JewsPublisherGerard Onder de Linden/ Reinier BoitetDate Published1726-1727 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #112 The Memoirs of John Ker, of Kersland in North Britain Esq.; Containing His Secret Transaction and Negotiations in Scotland, England, the Courts of Vienna, Hanover, and Other Foreign Parts. AuthorKer, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of John Ker 1726Publisher[By the Author]Date Published1726 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #114 A Collection of the Several Statutes, and Parts of Statutes, Now in Force, Relating to High Treason and Misprision of High Treason. [bound with] A Form and Method of Trial of Commoners, in Cases of High Treason, and Misprision of High Treason... Heading(Law)Author**HeadlineStatutes Relating to High Treason 1709PublisherCharles BillDate Published1709 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #119 [The Romane Historie... 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...] AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineFirst in English of Livy's Roman History 1600Publisher[Adam Islip]Date Published[1600] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #142 Group of biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte in fine leather bindings Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)Author**HeadlineNapoleon Biographies in Fine Leather BindingsDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #143 Three pamphlets on the Napoleonic conflict Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)Author**HeadlineThree pamphlets on the Napoleonic conflict 1807-8Date Published1807-08 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #151 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Author[Pemberton, Henry]HeadlineA View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy 1728PublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #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 #162 Geographiæ Vniversæ Tvm Veteris Tvm Novæ Absolvtissimvm Opvs Dvobvs Volvminibvs Distinctvm, Jn quorum priore habentur Cl. Ptolemæi ... Geographicæ enarrationis Libri octo: Quorum primus, qui præcepta ipsius facultatis omnia complectitur, commentarijs vberrimis illustratus est á Io. Antonio Magino ... AuthorPtolemaeus, ClaudiusHeadlinePtolemy's Geography with hand-colored plates 1596PublisherApud Haeredes Simonis Galignani de KareraDate Published1596 View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold 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 #165 WITHDRAWN. Lives of the English Saints Heading(Religion)Author**HeadlineLives of the English Saints - 5 vols Vellum BoundPublisherJames TooveyDate Published1844-5 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #174 Bound volume of 20 Year Books containing Acts in the reign of King Edward IV of England Heading(Short Title Catalogue - English Imprints)AuthorEdward IVHeadlineActs of King Edward the IV, printed 1556-57PublisherRichard TottelDate Published1556-[1566?] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold 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 Lot #196 The Military Opinions of General Sir John Fox Burgoyne [with] Life and Correspondence of Field Marshal Sir John Burgoyne AuthorWrottesley, GeorgeHeadlineLife, Correspondence & Opinions of John BurgoynePublisherBentleyDate Published1859 & 1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next