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Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #25 Cast iron copy press from 1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Copy Press)Author**HeadlineCast iron copy pressPublisherRussell Erwin Manufacturing Co.Date Published1865 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #77 The Book of the Pearl: The History, Art, Science, and Industry of the Queen of Gems View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on the PearlPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1908 Lot #78 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archæology, and in Science View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on IvoryPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 Lot #79 Lot of three books by Kunz View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on precious stones and ringsPublisherLippincottDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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