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AuthorAesopHeadlineFables of Aesop - Georges Malbeste EngravingsPublisherHenri RemoissenetDate Published[c.1790] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #44 An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year 1482: The Life and Works of William Caxton, with an historical reminder of fifteenth century England by Benjamin P. Kurtz together with a Note on the Polycronicon by Oscar Lewis & an Appreciation...by Edwin Grabhorn Heading(Caxton, William)Author**HeadlineWith leaf printed by William Caxton in 1482PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1938 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold 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 #53 La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Divine Comedy - Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 #93 An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of All Ages AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineManly P. Hall Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic...PublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #116 The Nuremberg Chronicle Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorBullen, Henry LewisHeadlineLeaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle and othersPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1930 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #138 Mildred Palmer Cain's Copy of Parnassus on Wheels AuthorMorley, ChristopherHeadlineMildred Palmer Cain's Copy of Parnassus on WheelsPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1925 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #139 Grandma Moses: My Life's History AuthorMoses, GrandmaHeadlineGrandma Moses: My Life's History SIGNEDPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 #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