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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorLane, Edward William, translatorHeadlineThousand and One Arabian Nights leather bound setPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1839-41 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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. Heading(Arabian Nights)Author**HeadlineLarge Paper Copy with Hand-Colored PlatesPublisherPrinted for William Daniell...by Thomas DavisonDate Published1814 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #13 Sonnets Heading(Binding - Mary Horstschulze)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBremer Press printing in designer bindingPublisher[Bremer Presse]Date Published[1931] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold 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 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's LIfe of Samuel Johnson, first editionPublisherPrinted by Henry BaldwinDate Published1791 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #16 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Johnson with extra-illustrationsPublisherTalboys and WheelerDate Published1826 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #17 Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell Author[Bronte, Charlotte]HeadlineFirst edition of Bronte's Jane EyrePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1847 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #19 Three items that once belonged to Jean Armour, wife of Robert Burns Headingzzg(Burns, Mrs. Robert)Author**HeadlineThree items belonging to Mrs. Robert BurnsDate Published18th-19th centuries View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineEarly Edition of Cicero's De Officiis, 1596PublisherThomas EsteDate Published1596 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #25 Cast iron copy press from 1865 Heading(Copy Press)Author**HeadlineCast iron copy pressPublisherRussell Erwin Manufacturing Co.Date Published1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,125StatusSold 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 Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorCollier, John PayneHeadlinePuch and Judy with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherPrinted for S. ProwettDate Published1828 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #27 The Comic Almanack...an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest... [for 1835 to 1847] AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineCruikshank, George The Comic Almanack leather setPublisherCharles Tilt, et alDate Published1835-47 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineNash priting of Dante's Divine ComedyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #30 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Author[De Quincey, Thomas]HeadlineAmerican edition of De Quncey's Opium-EaterPublisherE. LittellDate Published1823 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDaniel Defoe's The Storm, 1704PublisherPrinted for G. Sawbridge...and Sold by J. NuttDate Published1704 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #32 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Bleak House bound from original partsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published[1852]-1853 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #33 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Issue of Dickens' Christmas CarolPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #34 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Posthumous Papers of Pickwick Club bookPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1837 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #35 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People. The Second Series. Complete in One Volume AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Sketches by Boz Second Series first ed.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1837 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #36 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Tale of Two Cities, first editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #37 The Village Coquettes. A Comedy with Songs. In Two Acts AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Coquettes with signed envelopePublisherPrinted for Hermann HartungDate Published1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #38 Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the MS. in the Bibliothèque Royale, Paris, and from Other Sources Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorHumphreys, H. NoelHeadlineCharles Dickens' copy of Humphreys' FroissartPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1845 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #40 Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition of Dryden PoemPublisherPrinted for J.T. and are to be Sold by W. DavisDate Published1681 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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 AuthorEpicurusHeadlineFirst editjon in English of Epicurus' MoralsPublisherPrinted by W. Wilson, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1656 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #46 Printed Pages from English Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Printed Books... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important English LiteraturePublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #47 Printed Pages from European Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Books and Manuscripts... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important European printingsPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #50 Female Piety: Or the Young Woman's Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality Headingzzg(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorJames, John AngellHeadlineWith Fore-edge Painting of ButterfliesPublisherHamilton, Adams & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #51 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward (trans)HeadlineForster's Translation of The Arabian Nights 1802PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1802 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 The Wind in the Willows AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineGrahame The Wind in the Willows first editionPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1908] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #56 The Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz AuthorHafizHeadlinePersian Poetry from the Villon SocietyPublisherVillon SocietyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #58 The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman AuthorHomerHeadlineFirst edition in English of HomerPublisherPrinted for Nathaniell ButterDate Published[1611-1615?] View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer leather setPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #61 Quinti Horatii Flacii Opera: Cum Novo Commentario ad Modum Joannis Bond AuthorHoraceHeadlinephotographsPublisherFermin DidotDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #62 The Romances of Victor Hugo AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Works leather bound 14 volume setPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1892-94 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #63 Lot of two works in three volumes, all bound by John Grabau AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineJohn Grabau bindings on George Wharton JamesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #66 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johson on Scottish IslandsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1775 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #67 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English PoetsPublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #69 Collection of Works by Jonson, most published 1631 to 1641 AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineBen Jonson Collected Works, 1631-1641Date Published1631-1641 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #72 Utopia Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, Sir ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of UtopiaPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold 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 Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott printing of Shakespeare's PoemsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #77 The Book of the Pearl: The History, Art, Science, and Industry of the Queen of Gems AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on the PearlPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1908 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #78 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archæology, and in Science AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on IvoryPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #79 Lot of three books by Kunz AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on precious stones and ringsPublisherLippincottDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #80 Women in Love AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineLawrence Women in Love limited first editionPublisherPrivately Printed for Subscribers OnlyDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #85 Heads of the People: or, Portraits of the English AuthorMeadows, KennyHeadlineMeadows Heads of the People Portraits DrawingsPublisherRobert TyasDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #86 Moby-Dick; or, the Whale AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFirst Edition of Melville's Moby-DickPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #93 [Works, i.e.] The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press ShakespearePublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #94 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in figures AuthorOvidHeadline1632 edition or Ovid's MetamorphosesPublisher[John Lichfield]Date Published1632 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Edition in English of Plato's RepublicPublisherPrinted by Robert and Andrew FoulisDate Published1763 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #100 The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe leather setPublisherThe Werner Co.Date Published[1908] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #101 The Raven AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's Raven first separate editionPublisherW. Jennings DemorestDate Published[1870?] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 Autograph Letter Signed by Ruskin, framed with a carte-de-visite portrait of him AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed by John RuskinDate Publishedc.1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #107 Waverly Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1829-33 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #108 The Merchant of Venice AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineComplete Shakespeare Play from First FolioDate Published1623 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #109 The Plays of William Shakspeare, with Notes of Various Commentators... AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Plays of William Shakspeare leather books setPublisherGeorge KearsleyDate Published1806 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #116 The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineTristram Shandy signed by Laurence SternePublisherR. & J. Dodsley/ T. Becket & P.A. DehontDate Published1760-1767 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #118 The History of Pendennis AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Pendennis in original partsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848-1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #119 Lot of four volumes by Samuel Clemens, and one by Will M. Clemens, all bound by John Grabau AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain finely bound by Roycrofter John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #120 Opera AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineEarly English printing of Virgil's WorksPublisherExcudebat H. Midletonus, impensis I. H[arrison I]Date Published1583 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #121 Virgils Eclogves Translated into English: By W.L., Gent. AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineRare English edition of Virgil's Eclogues, 1628PublisherPrinted by William IonesDate Published1628 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #122 Dick Sands. The Boy Captain AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne, Jules Dick Sands. The Boy Captain bookPublisherScribner'sDate Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #127 [Works, i.e.] The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner AuthorWarner, Charles DudleyHeadlinebindings sets literature autographsPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next