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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Dogs of Character View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorAldin, CecilHeadlineLimited edition with original sketch by AldinPublisherEyre & Spottiswoode and Scribner'sDate Published1927 Lot #3 The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorLane, Edward William, translatorHeadlineThousand and One Arabian Nights leather bound setPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1839-41 Lot #4 The Adventures of Hunch-Back, and the Stories Connected with it (from the Arabian Nights Entertainments.) With illustrative Prints, engraved by William Daniell, from pictures painted by Robert Smirke, R.A. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Arabian Nights)Author**HeadlineLarge Paper Copy with Hand-Colored PlatesPublisherPrinted for William Daniell...by Thomas DavisonDate Published1814 Lot #5 Manuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic Script View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Arabic Manuscript Leaf - 10th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic ScriptDate Publishedc.10th century Lot #6 Manuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic Script View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Arabic Manuscript Leaf - 14th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic ScriptDate Publishedc.14th century Lot #8 A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorBerners, Dame JulianaHeadlineFine printing of first Angling Book in EnglishPublisher[Ashendene Press]Date Published[1903] Lot #11 Biblioglyphé sive Icones Biblicae, Arte Chalcographica & Poetica praecipues S. Scripturae Historias perquam eleganter representanter. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)AuthorAmmon, Johan, editorHeadlineStriking Biblical engravings, 1643PublisherTypis Caspari Rötelii, impensis Johannis AmmoniiDate Published1643 Lot #12 The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties special commandment View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineBlack Letter Quarto of King James Bible, 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 Lot #13 Sonnets View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Binding - Mary Horstschulze)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBremer Press printing in designer bindingPublisher[Bremer Presse]Date Published[1931] Lot #15 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$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's LIfe of Samuel Johnson, first editionPublisherPrinted by Henry BaldwinDate Published1791 Lot #16 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Johnson with extra-illustrationsPublisherTalboys and WheelerDate Published1826 Lot #17 Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Bronte, Charlotte]HeadlineFirst edition of Bronte's Jane EyrePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1847 Lot #19 Three items that once belonged to Jean Armour, wife of Robert Burns View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzg(Burns, Mrs. Robert)Author**HeadlineThree items belonging to Mrs. Robert BurnsDate Published18th-19th centuries Lot #24 Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of duties to Marcus his sonne, tourned out of Latine into English, by Nicolas Grimald. Wherevnto the Latine is adioyned View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineEarly Edition of Cicero's De Officiis, 1596PublisherThomas EsteDate Published1596 Lot #26 Punch and Judy, with Illustrations Drawn and Engraved by George Cruikshank. Accompanied by the Dialogue of the Puppet-Show, an Account of its Origin, and of Puppet-Plays in England View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorCollier, John PayneHeadlinePuch and Judy with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherPrinted for S. ProwettDate Published1828 Lot #27 The Comic Almanack...an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest... [for 1835 to 1847] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineCruikshank, George The Comic Almanack leather setPublisherCharles Tilt, et alDate Published1835-47 Lot #28 David View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorD'Ambrosio, Joe & Michelangelo BuonarrotiHeadlineStriking creation by Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published[1993] Lot #29 [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineNash priting of Dante's Divine ComedyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 Lot #30 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Author[De Quincey, Thomas]HeadlineAmerican edition of De Quncey's Opium-EaterPublisherE. LittellDate Published1823 Lot #31 The Storm: or, a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters which happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDaniel Defoe's The Storm, 1704PublisherPrinted for G. Sawbridge...and Sold by J. NuttDate Published1704 Lot #32 Bleak House View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Bleak House bound from original partsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published[1852]-1853 Lot #33 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Issue of Dickens' Christmas CarolPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 Lot #34 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Posthumous Papers of Pickwick Club bookPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1837 Lot #35 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People. The Second Series. Complete in One Volume View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Sketches by Boz Second Series first ed.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1837 Lot #36 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Tale of Two Cities, first editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 Lot #37 The Village Coquettes. A Comedy with Songs. In Two Acts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Coquettes with signed envelopePublisherPrinted for Hermann HartungDate Published1845 Lot #38 Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the MS. in the Bibliothèque Royale, Paris, and from Other Sources View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorHumphreys, H. NoelHeadlineCharles Dickens' copy of Humphreys' FroissartPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1845 Lot #40 Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition of Dryden PoemPublisherPrinted for J.T. and are to be Sold by W. DavisDate Published1681 Lot #41 Epicurus's morals, collected partly out of his owne Greek text, in Diogenes Laertius, and partly out of the Rhapsodies of Marcus Antoninus, Plutarch, Cicero, & Seneca. And faithfully Englished View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorEpicurusHeadlineFirst editjon in English of Epicurus' MoralsPublisherPrinted by W. Wilson, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1656 Lot #42 Shakespeare's Works View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Ernst Ludwig Presse)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare fine printing by Ludwig PressePublisherErnst Ludwig PresseDate Published[1925-1931] Lot #44 Granite & Cypress View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Everson, William, printer)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineEverson's Granite & Cypress in wood slipcasePublisherUnivsity of Califorina at Santa CruzDate Published1975 Lot #46 Printed Pages from English Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Printed Books... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important English LiteraturePublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 Lot #47 Printed Pages from European Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Books and Manuscripts... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important European printingsPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 Lot #50 Female Piety: Or the Young Woman's Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzg(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorJames, John AngellHeadlineWith Fore-edge Painting of ButterfliesPublisherHamilton, Adams & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #51 The Arabian Nights View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorForster, Edward (trans)HeadlineForster's Translation of The Arabian Nights 1802PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1802 Lot #53 The Wind in the Willows View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineGrahame The Wind in the Willows first editionPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1908] Lot #54 The Lamentations of Jeremiah View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Gregynog Press)Author*HeadlineGregynog Press printing of JeremiahPublisherThe Gregynog PressDate Published1933 Lot #56 The Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHafizHeadlinePersian Poetry from the Villon SocietyPublisherVillon SocietyDate Published1901 Lot #57 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineManly P. Hall on Masonic ritualsPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #58 The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineFirst edition in English of HomerPublisherPrinted for Nathaniell ButterDate Published[1611-1615?] Lot #59 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer leather setPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 Lot #60 De Re Metallica View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Hoover, Herbert Clark)AuthorAgricola, GeorgiusHeadlineAgricola - De Re Metallica Ltd Edn 1912PublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 Lot #61 Quinti Horatii Flacii Opera: Cum Novo Commentario ad Modum Joannis Bond View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHoraceHeadlinephotographsPublisherFermin DidotDate Published1855 Lot #62 The Romances of Victor Hugo View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Works leather bound 14 volume setPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1892-94 Lot #63 Lot of two works in three volumes, all bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineJohn Grabau bindings on George Wharton JamesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #66 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johson on Scottish IslandsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1775 Lot #67 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English PoetsPublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 Lot #69 Collection of Works by Jonson, most published 1631 to 1641 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineBen Jonson Collected Works, 1631-1641Date Published1631-1641 Lot #72 Utopia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, Sir ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of UtopiaPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] Lot #73 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott printing of Shakespeare's PoemsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #76 The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated from the Arabique into French; by the Sieur Du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and Resident for the King of France, at Alexandria. And newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Koran in English)Author**HeadlineEarly English version of the Koran, 1649Date Published1649 Lot #80 Women in Love View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineLawrence Women in Love limited first editionPublisherPrivately Printed for Subscribers OnlyDate Published1920 Lot #82 Moreh Nebukim [The Guide of the Perplexed] View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorMaimonides [Moses Ben Maimon]HeadlineRare Hebrew IncunabulaPublisher[Obadiah?]Date PublishedNo date [circa 1473-75] Lot #84 Magiciens et Logiciens View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMaurois, AndreHeadlineAndre Maurois Magiciens et Logiciens 1/16PublisherEditions Bernard GrassetDate Published[1935] Lot #85 Heads of the People: or, Portraits of the English View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMeadows, KennyHeadlineMeadows Heads of the People Portraits DrawingsPublisherRobert TyasDate Published1840-41 Lot #86 Moby-Dick; or, the Whale View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFirst Edition of Melville's Moby-DickPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Lot #88 The Essays of Michael Lord of Montaigne. Written by him in French and done into English by John Florio View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem de.HeadlineBruce Rogers Printing of MontaignePublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1902-1904 Lot #91 Autograph manuscript by Newton, referring to the Nazarenes View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton Manuscript regarding TheologyDate Publishedc.1700 Lot #93 [Works, i.e.] The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press ShakespearePublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 Lot #94 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in figures View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadline1632 edition or Ovid's MetamorphosesPublisher[John Lichfield]Date Published1632 Lot #95 Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles euangelistar[um] figuras View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorPetrus de RosenheimHeadline16th century emblem bookPublisher[Thomas Badensis]Date Published[1504] Lot #98 The Republic of Plato. In Ten Books. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, D.D. With a Preliminary Discourse Concerning the Philosophy of the Ancients by the Translator View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Edition in English of Plato's RepublicPublisherPrinted by Robert and Andrew FoulisDate Published1763 Lot #100 The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe leather setPublisherThe Werner Co.Date Published[1908] Lot #101 The Raven View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's Raven first separate editionPublisherW. Jennings DemorestDate Published[1870?] Lot #106 Autograph Letter Signed by Ruskin, framed with a carte-de-visite portrait of him View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed by John RuskinDate Publishedc.1870 Lot #107 Waverly Novels View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1829-33 Lot #108 The Merchant of Venice View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineComplete Shakespeare Play from First FolioDate Published1623 Lot #109 The Plays of William Shakspeare, with Notes of Various Commentators... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Plays of William Shakspeare leather books setPublisherGeorge KearsleyDate Published1806 Lot #110 The parable of the ten virgins opened & applied: being the substance of divers sermons on Matth. 25. 1, ---13... By Thomas Shepard, late Worthy and Faithfull Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New-England... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorShepard, ThomasHeadline1660 printing of Shepard's Ten VirginsPublisherPrinted by J.H. for John Rothwell, and Samuel ThomsonDate Published1660 Lot #115 The World of Wonders; or an Introduction to a Treatise touching the Conformitie of ancient and moderne wonders; or a Preparative Treatise to the Apologie for Herodotus. The Argument whereof is taken from the Apologie for Herodotus written in Latine by Henrie Stephen, and continued here by the Author himself. Translated out of the best corrected French copie View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorStephen, Henrie [Henri Estienne]HeadlinereligionPublisherJohn NortonDate Published1607 Lot #116 The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineTristram Shandy signed by Laurence SternePublisherR. & J. Dodsley/ T. Becket & P.A. DehontDate Published1760-1767 Lot #117 Traite de l'Apparition des Esprits. A scavoir des ames separees, fantosmes, prodiges & accidens merveilleux, qui precedent quelquefois la mort des grands personnages, ou signifient changemens de la chose publique View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorTaillepied, NoëlHeadlineRare 17th century work on ghosts and apparitionsPublisherChez Iean OsmontDate Published1606 Lot #118 The History of Pendennis View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Pendennis in original partsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848-1850 Lot #119 Lot of four volumes by Samuel Clemens, and one by Will M. Clemens, all bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain finely bound by Roycrofter John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #120 Opera View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineEarly English printing of Virgil's WorksPublisherExcudebat H. Midletonus, impensis I. H[arrison I]Date Published1583 Lot #121 Virgils Eclogves Translated into English: By W.L., Gent. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineRare English edition of Virgil's Eclogues, 1628PublisherPrinted by William IonesDate Published1628 Lot #122 Dick Sands. The Boy Captain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne, Jules Dick Sands. The Boy Captain bookPublisherScribner'sDate Published1879 Lot #127 [Works, i.e.] The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorWarner, Charles DudleyHeadlinebindings sets literature autographsPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1904 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next