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With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #2 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]PublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1939 Lot #6 Pride and Prejudice View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorAusten, JanePublisherPrinted for T. EgertonDate Published1813 Lot #8 La Comédie Humaine by Honoré de Balzac View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBalzac, HonorĂ© dePublisherGeorge Barrie & SonDate Published[1897-1900] Lot #16 Novum Testamentum D[omi]ni N[ost]ri Jesu Christi. Syriacè, Ebraicè, Græcè, Latinè, Germanicè, Bohemicè, Italicè, Hispanicè, Gallicè, Anglicè, Danicè, Polonicè. Studio & Labore Eliæ Hutter View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Author**Publisher[No publisher stated]Date Published1599 Lot #17 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised; with Complete Concordance…Apocrypha and Psalms View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bible)Author**PublisherA.J. Holman & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #20 Novum Testamentum iam Quintum Accuratissima cura recognitum à Des. Erasmo Roter. cum Annatotionibus eiusdem ita locupletatis, ut propémodum opus novum videri possit View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(Bible - New Testament in Latin & Greek)Author[Erasmus, Desiderius]PublisherFrobenDate Published1535 Lot #23 The Decisive Moment View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorBresson, Henri CartierPublisherSimon and Schuster in collaboration with Ăˆditions VerveDate Published[1952] Lot #25 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$312.50StatusSold AuthorBurke, EdmundPublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1790 Lot #27 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.Publisher[H.S. Nichols]Date Published[1897] Lot #29 Mazeppa, A Poem View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1819 Lot #32 Letters Written by the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Dresden: Together With Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals in Her Possession View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer StanhopeHeadlineChesterfields Letters 1774PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1774 Lot #33 Three volumes by Holmes, illustrated by H.B. Brock, finely bound by Cedric Chivers View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Chivers, Cedric, binder)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1902 Lot #34 The Great War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherGeorge Newnes Ltd.Date Published[1933] Lot #35 The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, to which is added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland. A New Edition, Exhibiting a Faithful Collation of the Original Ms., with all the Suppressed Passages; also the Unpublished Notes of Bishop Warburton View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorClarendon, Edward Earl ofPublisherat the Clarendon PressDate Published1826 Lot #36 The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Author[Cook, Captain James]PublisherLongman, Rees, Orme & BrownDate Published1821 Lot #40 La Divina Commedia di Dante Allighieri View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriPublisherBodoniDate Published1796 Lot #41 Personal Narrative of the Campaigns in Affghanistan, Sinde, Beloochistan, Etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDennie, Colonel William H.PublisherWiliam Curry, Jun., and CompanyDate Published1843 Lot #44 [Works, uniform edition] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & HallDate PublishedNo date [circa 1900] Lot #49 Life in London; or, the Dan and Night Scences of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegand Friend Cornthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, kin their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorEgan, PiercePublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1821 Lot #52 Set of 4 first editions by Fielding, in 13 volumes, uniformly bound View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlinebookPublisherA. MillarDate Published1742-1755 Lot #53 A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the Historie of the old and new Testament acted thereon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorFuller, ThomasPublisherPrinted by J.F. for John WilliamsDate Published1650 Lot #54 Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry into Its Laws and Consequences View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGalton, FrancisPublisherMacmillan & CoDate Published1892 Lot #55 The German Classics: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(German literature)Author**PublisherGerman Publication SocietyDate Published[1913] Lot #56 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, et alDate Published1813 Lot #63 Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGrose, FrancisPublisherPrinted for T. Egerton & G. KearsleyDate Published1801 Lot #70 Historia del Sacco di Roma. et della Assedio di Napoli di Lautra, di Leonardo Santori da Caserta (&) Lettera di Mercurio Gattinara, Commissario della Esercito Imperiale alla Imperatore Carlo V. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Italian Renaissance manuscriptAuthorSantori da Caserta, LeonardoDate PublishedNo date (circa 1650) Lot #71 The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, Concerning lawfull Sports to be used View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Author[James I, King of England]Headlinesports law englandPublisherPrinted by Bonham Norton & John BillDate Published1618 Lot #72 The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, Concerning lawfull Sports to be used View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold HeadingzzgAuthor[James I, King of England]HeadlineThe Kings Maiesties Declaration 1633PublisherRobert Barker and the Assignes of John BillDate Published1633 Lot #75 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. Longman, et al.Date Published1794 Lot #80 Letters of Marque View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKipling, RudyardPublisherA.H. Wheeler & Co.Date Published1891 Lot #81 Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae: In Decem Libros Digesta. Quibus Admirandae Lucis et Umbrae in mundo, atque adeo universa natura, vires effectusque uti nova, ita varia novorum reconditioriumquae speciminum exhibitione, ad varios mortalium usus, panduntur. View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusPublisherHermann ScheusDate Published1645 (but 1646) Lot #86 Collection of 5 leather bound volumes of literature View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Literature - Leather Bindings)Author**Date Published1762-1817 Lot #87 the Writings of James Russell Lowell: In Prose and Poetry View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorLowell, J.ames RussellPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1899 Lot #88 The Heptameron or Tales and Novels of Marguerite Queen of Navarre now First Completely done into English Prose and Verse from the Original French by Arthur Machen View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMachen, Arthur, translatorPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1886 Lot #89 Military Service and Adventures in the Far East: including Sketches of the Campaigns against the Afghans in 1839, and the Sikhs in 1845-6. By a Cavalry Officer View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold Author[Mackinnon, Daniel Henry]PublisherCharles OllierDate Published1847 Lot #90 Moreh Nebukim [The Guide of the Perplexed] View details Estimate$70,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorMaimonides [Moses Ben Maimon]Publisher[Obadiah?]Date PublishedNo date [circa 1473-75] Lot #91 The Most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur King of Britaine View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Author[Malory, Sir Thomas]PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Jacob BloomeDate Published1634 Lot #92 Man Ray: Photographs 1920-1934 Paris. With a Portrait by Picasso, Texts by André Breton, Paul Eluard, Rrose Sélavy, Tristan Tzara, Preface by Man Ray View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorMan RayPublisherJames Thrall SobyDate PublishedNo date [1934] Lot #93 Two circa 9th-century manuscript leaves on vellum View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Heading(Medieval Manuscript)Author**Date Published[circa 9th century] Lot #94 Manuscript devotional book in Latin, possibly a book of daily readings or a divine office View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Medieval manuscript)Author**Date Published[circa 15th century] Lot #99 Lot of 4 volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnDate Published1750; 1839 Lot #100 The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton: Containing Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain'd, Sampson Agonistes, and his Poems on several Occasions. Together with Explanatory Notes on each Book of the Paradise Lost, and a Table never before Printed View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1695 Lot #102 [Shakespeare's works, miniature edition in 40 volumes] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature books)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherDavid Bryce & SonDate PublishedNo date [circa 1920] Lot #104 The Works of Hannah More: A New Edition, with Additions and Corrections View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorMore, HannahPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1830 Lot #106 An Account of the Book entitled Commercium Epistolicum Collinii & aliorum (in "Philosophical Transactions, No. 342) View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Author[Newton, Isaac]Publisher1715-15 Lot #107 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyĂ¡mPublisherBernard QuartichDate Published1868 & 1872 Lot #130 The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides, and Timæus of Plato. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorPlatoPublisherPrinted for Benjamin and John WhiteDate Published1793 Lot #131 The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principle Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton (together with) The Iliad of Homer (&) The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderPublisherPrinted for J. Johnson, et alDate Published1806 Lot #136 The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson...To which are prefixed, a Biographical Account of that Author, and Observations on His Writings, by Anna Laetitia Barbauld View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorRichardson, SamuelPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1804 Lot #137 The Works of William Robertson, D.D., to which is Prefixed an account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Dugald Stewart View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorRobertson, WilliamPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, et alDate Published1827 Lot #138 [Theodore Roosevelt's Works] Prairie Edition View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, TheodorePublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1903 Lot #139 The Dance of Life: A Poem by the Author of "Doctor Syntax;" Illustrated with the Coloured Engravings of Thomas Rowlandson View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, Richard]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1817 Lot #140 Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution, Embellished with Seventeen Coloured Engravings, from designs by T. Rowlandson, Esq. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1821 Lot #144 De Conceptu & Generatione Hominis...Libri Sex, congesti opera Jacobi Rueff, Chirurgi Tigurini View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorRueff, JakobHeadlineEarly obstetrics book 1554PublisherChristopher FroschauerDate Published1554 Lot #145 De Conceptu et Generatione Hominis: De Matrice et Eius Partibus, Nec Non De conditione infantis in vtero...libri sex, opera...Jacobi Rueff, Chirurgi Tigurini quondam congesti View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorRueff, JakobHeadlineDe Conceptu et Generatione Hominis 1960PublisherPrinted by Druckerei HolzerDate Published[c. 1960] Lot #146 [Works] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnPublisherJohn WileyDate Published1879-80 Lot #147 [Edward IV Year Books] De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo - Anno XXII View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Author[STC]Publisher[Richard Tottell]Date Published1556-58 Lot #149 Waverley Novels View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherRobert Cadell, A. & C. Black, et al.Date Published1829-32 Lot #150 Waverly Novels View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1829-33 Lot #152 The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamDate Published[1623] Lot #153 The Tragedie of Macbeth View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamDate Published[1632] Lot #154 Pizarro; a Tragedy, in Five Acts; as performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane: Taken from the German Drama of Kotzebue; and Adapted to the English Stage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyPublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1799 Lot #155 The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorSkinner, B. F.PublisherD. Appleton-Century Co.Date Published1938 Lot #161 In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorStanley, Henry M[orton]PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1890 Lot #163 Cosmographicae aliquot descriptionis Ioannis Stofleri Iustingen Mathematici insignis: De Sphaera . . . De Duplici View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorStoeffler, JohannPublisherEucharius CervicornusDate Published1537 Lot #167 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeacePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1869 Lot #169 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: With bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published[1893] Lot #170 The Collectors' Edition of the Writings of Anthony Trollope. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyPublisherGebbie & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #171 Parliament Edition of the Works of Anthony Trollope View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyPublisherE.R. Du MontDate PublishedNo date [circa 1900] Lot #174 P. Virgili Maronis Codex Antiquissimus. A Rufeo Turcio Aproniano V.C. Distinctus et Emendatus qui nunc Florentiae in Bibliotheca Mediceo-Laurentiana adservatur Bono Publico View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorVirgilPublisherTypis MannianisDate Published1741 Lot #176 Manuscript diary and sketch-book kept during the Peninsular Campaign, 1813-14 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Author[Wheatley, Edmund]Date Published[1813-14] Lot #178 Sakoontalá, or, The Lost Ring; an Indian drama. Translated into English prose and verse, from the Sanskrit of Kalidasa by Monier Williams View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, Monier, translatorPublisherDodd Mead and Co.Date Published1885 Lot #179 Woman in All Ages and in All Countries View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Women)Author[Various authors]PublisherGeorge Barrie & SonsDate Published[1907-08] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next