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View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineFables of Aesop - Georges Malbeste EngravingsPublisherHenri RemoissenetDate Published[c.1790] Lot #3 British Public Characters of 1798 [&] Public Characters of 1799-1805 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Author[Anonymous]HeadlinePublic Characters of 1798-1805 - 7 VolumesPublisherR. PhillipsDate PublishedNo Date [c.1799-1806] Lot #4 Baron Blixen: The Man Whom Women Loved. The Life of Bror Blixen View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAschan, UlfHeadlineBaron Blixen: The Man Whom Women LovedPublisherFor the AuthorDate Published1986] Lot #7 Kupfersammlung in J.B. Basedow's Elementarwerke fur die Jugend und ihre Freunde View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBasedow, J[ohann] B[ernhard]HeadlineAtlas volume for Basedow's Elementarwerke 1774Date Published1774 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBerkley, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of Sir John BerkleyPublisherJ. DarbyDate Published1702 Lot #11 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 6 gouache paintings and leather traveling case View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 6 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] Lot #17 The Hieroglyphic Bible; or, Select Passages in the Old and New Testaments Represented with Emblematical Figures... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bible)Author**HeadlineThe Hieroglyphic Bible 1846PublisherAlling, Seymour & Co.Date Published1846 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 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Biblical)AuthorPrado, Jeronimo de & Juan Bautists VillalpandoHeadlineGreatest work on Jerusalem Temple, 1696-1705PublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1605 Lot #27 A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Biblical)AuthorStackhouse, ThomasHeadlineBiblical History with many plates 1762PublisherJohn HintonDate Published1762 Lot #29 Gravures du Decameron de Boccace View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Boccaccio, Giovanni)AuthorGravelot, H[ubert] (illustrator)HeadlineGravelot's Engravings for the Decameron 1757Date Published[c. 1757] Lot #31 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 1st American EditionPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 Lot #32 The History of the Life & Reign of Queen Anne View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBoyer, A[bel]HeadlineHistory of the Life & Reign of Queen Anne 1722PublisherJ. RobertsDate Published1722 Lot #34 Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., editorHeadlineBrinkley's Japan - Emperor's Edition - 1 of 75PublisherJ.B. Millet Co.Date Published[1897] Lot #36 Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineBurke's Reflections on the Revolution in FrancePublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1790 Lot #37 The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineWorks of Edmund Burke 1852 - Full leatherPublisherFrancis & John RivingtonDate Published1852 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 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorCæsar, JuliusHeadlineFinest printing of Caesar, 1712PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1712 Lot #41 The Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome; or, The History of Popery View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzgAuthor[Care, Henry]HeadlineThe Weekly Pacquet of Advice from RomePublisherLangley CurtisDate Published1678-83 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. View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Caricature)Author**HeadlineSatyrical History of 1756-1759PublisherMorrisDate Published[c.1760] Lot #46 Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield.... View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzgAuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of.HeadlineLord Chesterfield's Micellaneous Works 1779PublisherEdward & Charles DillyDate Published1779 Lot #48 WITHDRAWN. Ancient Classics for English Readers View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCollins, Lucas, editorHeadlineAncient Classics in Beautiful Vellum BindingsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1870-79 Lot #49 The Tours of Doctor Syntax (Containing the First, Second and Third Tour) View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCombe, William and Thomas Rowlandson (Illus.)Headline3 Tours of Dr. Syntax - 80 Color Plates 1855PublisherNattali and BondDate Published1855 Lot #50 Arnoldi Corvini á Blederen I.C. Iurisprudentiae Romanae summarium, seu, Codicis Iustianianei methodica enarratio... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCorvinus, ArnoldusHeadline17th century summary of Roman lawPublisherApud Ludovicum & Danielem ElzeviriosDate Published1655-1660 Lot #52 The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Heading(Cranach Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Cranach Press HamletPublisherCranach PressDate Published1930 Lot #55 The History of Sandford and Merton. A Work Intended for the Use of Children View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Day, Thomas]HeadlineHistory of Sandford and Merton 1798 7th EditionPublisherWilliam YoungDate Published1798 Lot #56 Confessions of an English Opium Eater View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Author[De Quincey, Thomas]HeadlineConfessions of an English Opium Eater 1st EditionPublisherTaylor and HesseyDate Published1822 Lot #57 Bleak House View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House in Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1853 Lot #58 Little Dorrit View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little Dorrit in Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1855-1857 Lot #59 The Mystery of Edwin Drood View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Mystery of Edwin Drood - Bound from partsPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1870 Lot #62 Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Oliver Twist - 1846 revised editionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1846 Lot #65 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' A Tale of Two Cities 1st EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 Lot #67 Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the MS. in the British Museum View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Dickens' copy of Humphrey's Froissart)AuthorHumphrey, H.N.HeadlineDickens' copy of Humphrey's FroissartPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1844 Lot #68 Recueil de Planches de L'Encyclopedie, par Ordre de Matieres View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Encyclopédie Méthodique. Arts et métiers mécaniques.)Author**HeadlineOver 1250 copperplate engravingsPublisherPanckoucke & PlomteuxDate Published1783-86 Lot #70 Album of 10 Chinese Erotic Paintings on Silk View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Erotica)Author**HeadlineAlbum of 10 Chinese Erotic Paintings on SilkDate Published[19th century] Lot #72 Rogers and his Contemporaries View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Extra-Illustrated)Author[Clayden, Peter William]HeadlineRogers and his Contemporaries Extra-IllustratedPublisherSmith, ElderDate Publishedc.1889] Lot #73 Yesterdays with Authors View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Extra-Illustrated)AuthorFields, James T.HeadlineYesterdays with Authors 1872 - Extra-IllustratedPublisherSampson Low, et alDate Published1872 Lot #76 Findens' Tableaux of National Character, Beauty, and Costume View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorFinden, [W. & H.]HeadlineFindens' Tableaux - 61 hand colored platesPublisherJ. HogarthDate Published[c.1850] Lot #83 Tragœdiæ Septem ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Emendatæ cum Versione et Notis ex Editione Rich. Franc. Phil. Brunck. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorSophoclesHeadline4 fore-edge paintings of Greek LandmarksPublisherJoannis Georgii TreuttelDate Published1786-89 Lot #86 George the Third, His Court, and Family. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Galt, John]HeadlineGeorge III, His Court and Family 1820PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1820 Lot #87 Fables. [Volumes 1 & 2] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGay, [John]HeadlineFables by John Gay 1729 & 1738PublisherJ. Tonson and J. Watts [&] J. and P. KnaptonDate Published1729 & 1738 Lot #88 The Tunning of Elynour Runnynge: The Famous Ale-Wife of England View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorSkelton, JohnHeadlineThe Rare Third Book From The Gehenna PressPublisherGehenna PressDate Published1953 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. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGomberville, Marin Le Roy seigneur deHeadlinede Gomberville - La Doctrine des Moeurs 1646PublisherPierre DaretDate Published1646 Lot #91 Genealogical Memoranda Relating to the Family of Gresham View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGower, Granville Leveson, compilerHeadlineGenealogical Memoranda - Family of GreshamPublisherMitchell & HughesDate Published1874-1883 Lot #97 Japanese Fairy Tales View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorHearn, LafcadioHeadlineLafcadio Hearn Japanese Fairy TalesPublisherT. HasegawaDate Published[c.1905-1925] 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. View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Hogarth, William)AuthorTrusler, JohnHeadlineWorks of William Hogarth 1821PublisherJ. Sharpe, et alDate Published1821 Lot #102 Queen Victoria View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Richard R.HeadlineRichard Holmes - Queen Victoria - 1897PublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1897 Lot #103 Hore beate marie virginis scom. usum ec clesie romane totaliter ad longum cum multis suffragiis et orationibus. View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Heading(Horae B.M.V.)Author**HeadlineGilles Hardouyn - Book of Hours c.1520PublisherGilles HardouynDate Publishedc.1520] Lot #107 Scriptores de Rebus Italicis (spine title) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Italy)Author[Graevius, Johannes Georgius]HeadlineFolio works on Italian AntiquitiesPublisherPetri Vander AaDate Published[c.1723] Lot #108 Alle de werken van Flavius Josephus, Behelzende Twintig Boeken van de Jodsche Oudheden... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineDutch edition of Josephus with engravings, 1732PublisherMarten SchagenDate Published1732 Lot #109 Vervolg op Flavius Josephus, of Algemene historie der Joodsche Naatsie, behelzende ene uitvoerige beschryving... View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Josephus, Flavius)AuthorBasnage, Jacques, Sieur de BeauvalHeadlineContinuation of Josephus' history of the JewsPublisherGerard Onder de Linden/ Reinier BoitetDate Published1726-1727 Lot #111 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Together with a Version in Modern English Verse View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorVan Wyck, William, trans.HeadlineCanterbury Tales illustrated by Rockwell KentPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published1930 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. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorKer, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of John Ker 1726Publisher[By the Author]Date Published1726 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... View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Law)Author**HeadlineStatutes Relating to High Treason 1709PublisherCharles BillDate Published1709 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...] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineFirst in English of Livy's Roman History 1600Publisher[Adam Islip]Date Published[1600] Lot #142 Group of biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte in fine leather bindings View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)Author**HeadlineNapoleon Biographies in Fine Leather BindingsDate PublishedVarious Dates Lot #143 Three pamphlets on the Napoleonic conflict View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)Author**HeadlineThree pamphlets on the Napoleonic conflict 1807-8Date Published1807-08 Lot #147 La Metamorphose d'Ovide Figuree View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,750StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid - La Metamorphose - 1564 - Salomon Illus.PublisherDe TournesDate Published1564 Lot #148 Operum Tomus II. Quo Continentur Metamorphoseon Libri XV View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Metamorphoses 1596Publisher[Michael Lantzenberger]Date Published1596 Lot #151 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Author[Pemberton, Henry]HeadlineA View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy 1728PublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 Lot #152 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePennyroyal Huckleberry Finn 1/250 copiesPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 Lot #160 The Tale of Peter Rabbit View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineRare privately printed first of Peter RabbitPublisher[Privately printed]Date PublishedN.d. [before Christmas 1901] 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 ... View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorPtolemaeus, ClaudiusHeadlinePtolemy's Geography with hand-colored plates 1596PublisherApud Haeredes Simonis Galignani de KareraDate Published1596 Lot #164 Meteorologia Philosophico-Politica, in Duodecim Dissertationes per Quaestiones Meteorologicas et Conclusiones Politicas Divisa, Appositisque Symbolis Illustrata. View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorReinzer, FranciscoHeadlineReinzer Meteorologia Philosophico-Politica 1709PublisherJeremiah WolfDate Published1709 Lot #165 WITHDRAWN. Lives of the English Saints View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Religion)Author**HeadlineLives of the English Saints - 5 vols Vellum BoundPublisherJames TooveyDate Published1844-5 Lot #168 Business Cards View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Ruscha, Edward)AuthorBengston, Billy Al and Edward RuschaHeadlineEd Ruscha & Billy Al Bengston Business CardsPublisher[Heavy Industry Publications]Date Published1968 Lot #173 Works of William Shakespere View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKnight's Works of Shakespeare in Original PartsPublisherVirtue and YorstonDate Published[c.1875] Lot #174 Bound volume of 20 Year Books containing Acts in the reign of King Edward IV of England View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Short Title Catalogue - English Imprints)AuthorEdward IVHeadlineActs of King Edward the IV, printed 1556-57PublisherRichard TottelDate Published1556-[1566?] Lot #176 La Vraye Histoire Comique de Francion View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Author[Sorel, Charles]HeadlineLa Vraye Histoire Comique de Francion. 1668PublisherChez les HackesDate Published1668 Lot #182 La Bonne Chanson View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadlinePaul Verlaine La Bonne Chanson Unique CopyPublisherAlbert MesseinDate Published1914 Lot #195 The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary, and General Expositor of the English Language View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorWright, ThomasHeadlineThe Universal Pronouncing Dictionary 79 mapsPublisherLondon Printing and Publishing CompanyDate Published[c.1855] Lot #196 The Military Opinions of General Sir John Fox Burgoyne [with] Life and Correspondence of Field Marshal Sir John Burgoyne View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWrottesley, GeorgeHeadlineLife, Correspondence & Opinions of John BurgoynePublisherBentleyDate Published1859 & 1873 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next