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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Lot of two volumes from the Aldine press View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Aldine Press)Author**Date Published1550 & 1564 Lot #11 The Story of Little Black Sambo View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorBannerman, HelenPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1899 Lot #14 A General History of Quadrupeds View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBewick, T[homas]PublisherPrinted by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. BewickDate Published1790 Lot #15 Fabliaux or Tales, of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas and John)AuthorLe Grand d'Aussy and Pierre Jean BaptistePublisherPrinted for J. RodwellDate Published1815 Lot #22 Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., editorPublisherJ.B. Millet Co.Date Published[1897] Lot #25 The Commentaries...of his Wars in Gallia and the Civil Wars betwixt him and Pompey View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorCaesar, C[aius] JuliusPublisherThomas Newcomb for Jonathan EdwinDate Published1677 Lot #27 Don Quixote de la Mancha. The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra : Motteux' Translation Revised Anew (1743) & Corrected Rectified and Filled Up in Numberless Places by J. Ozell Who Likewise Added the Explanatory Notes from the Best Editions in English & Spanish... View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel dePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1930] Lot #29 Dessins pour la Bible View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcPublisherVerveDate Published[1960] Lot #30 A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language; arranged according to the Wu-Fang Yuen Yin with the Pronunciation of the Characters as heard in Peking, Canton, Amoy, and Shanghai View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Dictionary)AuthorWilliams, S. WellsPublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1874 Lot #36 Phrenological Illustrations, Or, An Artist's View of the Craniological System of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCruikshank, GeorgePublisherGeorge CruikshankDate Published1826 Lot #39 "Three Papers on the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection". In: The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDarwin, Charles and Alfred R. WallacePublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1858 Lot #40 Dombey and Son View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #44 Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des métiers… [and] Supplemente a l’Encyclopedie View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertDate Published1758-1777 Lot #51 Proceedings of the French National Convention on the Trial of Louis XVI. Late King of France and Navarre... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(French Revolution)AuthorTrapp, Joseph, editorPublisherPrinted for the Author and Sold by Murray, Kearsley, et alDate Published1793 Lot #54 The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, Thingoe Hundred View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGage, JohnPublisherJohn DeckDate Published1838 Lot #58 The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorGreen, ThomasPublisherPrinted at the Caxton Press by Henry FisherDate Published[1816-1820] Lot #60 His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorGrotius, HugoPublisherThomas Basset and Ralph SmithDate Published1682 Lot #65 Herodoti halicarnassei historiarum libri IX novem Musarum nominibus inscripti. Ejusdem narratio de vita Homeri. Excerpta e ctesiae libris de rebus Persicis & Indicis. GraeceÌ & Latineì. Et H. Stephani Apologia pro Herodoto. Accesserunt huic editioni chronologia Historiae, & tabula geographiae Herodoteae; necnon variantes lectiones, & notae ex pluribus Mss. codd. & antiquis scriptoribus collectae; una cum indice Graeco & Latino View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHerodotusPublisherE. Horton & J. GroverDate Published1679 Lot #66 The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Herodotus)AuthorLawrence, A. W.PublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1935 Lot #70 The Book of Job View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Hubbard, Elbert)AuthorElzas, Rabbi Abraham, translatorPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1897 Lot #71 Two 1-page autograph letters signed by Alexander von Humboldt, plus a special commemorative postage envelope of Humboldt View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)Date Published[c. 1815-22] & [c. 1836] Lot #72 A Book About Lawyers View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorJeafferson, John CordyPublisherHurst & BlackettDate Published1867 Lot #73 Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language in Miniature. To Which are Added, an Alphabetical Account of the Heathen Deities, and a Copious Chronological Table of Remarkable Events, Discoveries and Inventions in Europe...Also, a New and Complete American Chronology... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, [Samuel]PublisherG. LongDate Published1822 Lot #75 Historiae naturalis [de quadrupedibus; de avibus; de piscibus et cetis; de xanguibus aquaticus; de insectis; de serpentibus et draconibus] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorJonston, JohnPublisherJ.J. Fil. SchipperDate Published1657 Lot #76 The History of Japan View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorKaempfer, EngelbertPublisherPrinted for the Translator [J.G. Scheuchzer]Date Published1727-1728 Lot #79 Archive of approximately 20 books with one or more illustrations by Paul Landacre, plus programs, brochures, catalogues, announcements and related ephemera with Landacre woodcuts and illustrations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Landacre, Paul)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #81 Anno Regnie Gulielmi et Mariae, regis & reginae Angliae Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Primo View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Laws)Author**PublisherPrinted by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the King and QueenDate Published1689 Lot #82 Anno Tricesimo Nono. Georgii III. Regis.: Cap[ter] LXXX. An Act for better regulating the Manner of carrying Slaves, in British Vessels, from the Coast of Africa View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Laws)Author**Publisher[Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers for King George III]Date Published1799 Lot #83 The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorLoudon, [Jane Webb]PublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1842 Lot #84 The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorLoudon, [Jane Webb]PublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1843-44 Lot #86 Document signed by Francois I, King of France View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Manuscript)AuthorFrancois IDate Published[1540?] Lot #91 Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1855 Lot #92 Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1847 Lot #95 Orchids. The Royal Family of Plants View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorMiner, Harriet StewartPublisherLee and ShepardDate Published1885 Lot #99 Letter signed by Horatio Lord Nelson View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorNelson, Vice-admiral Horatio Lord (1758-1805)Date PublishedMay 8, 1801 Lot #103 Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution by Thomas Paine [and] Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France by the Right Hon. Edmund Burke [and] A Reply to Mr. Burke's Invective Against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons...by Thomas Cooper View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPaine, Thomas, Edmund Burke and Thomas CooperPublisherP. Byrne, et al.Date Published1791-92; 1796 Lot #105 Le Temple des Muses...ou sont representes les Evenemens les plus remarquables de l'Antiquite Fabuleuse View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Picart, Bernard)Author**PublisherZacharie ChatelainDate Published1733 Lot #107 Historia naturalis View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPliny the ElderPublisherCoustelierDate Published1773 Lot #112 The Gazetteer of Sikhim View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorRisley, H[erbert] H[ope], intro.PublisherPrinted at the Bengal Secretariat PressDate Published1894 Lot #115 Opus poeticum de admirabilia fallacia et astutia vulpeculae Reinikes... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchopper, HartmannPublisher[Petrum Fabritium, impensis Sigismundi Feirabent, & Simonis Huteri]Date Published1567 Lot #116 Album du jeune naturaliste, ou l'oeuvre de la creation... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Author[Senefelder, Alois]PublisherEymery, FrugerDate Published1830 Lot #118 Original Letters, illustrative of English History... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Sets)AuthorEllis, Henry, editorPublisherHarding, Triphook, and LepardDate Published1825-1827 Lot #119 Set of 20 decoratively bound illustrated classics in literature View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Sets - Literature)Author**PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905-06 Lot #120 The Works of Molière View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Sets)AuthorMolière, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin de] (1622-1673)PublisherChez Barrie FrèresDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #121 The Works of Theodore Roosevelt View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Sets)AuthorRoosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)PublisherScribner'sDate Published1906-1913 Lot #124 Letters from the Marchioness de Sevigne, To Her Daughter the Gondess de Grignan View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Sets)AuthorSevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise dePublisherSpurr & SwiftDate Published1927 Lot #127 The Tragedie of Cymbeline View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisher[Ernest Benn Ltd.]Date Published1923 Lot #130 The Second Punick War between Hannibal and the Romanes.... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorSilius Italicus, CaiusPublisherPrinted by Thomas Roycroft for J. Martin, J. Allestry, and T. DicasDate Published1661 Lot #133 Star-Chamber Cases. Shewing what Causes properly belong to the Cognizance of that Court View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Star-Chamber)AuthorCrompton, [Richard]PublisherJohn GroveDate Published1641 Lot #135 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan] (1667-1745)PublisherPrinted for Benj. MotteDate Published1726 Lot #136 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Swift, Jonathan]PublisherThe Golden Cockerel PressDate Published1925 Lot #137 Annalium... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorTacitus, Publius CorneliusPublisherJ. Froben, 1533 & J. Hervagius. 1532 Lot #139 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeacePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #144 "A Voyage in a Balloon". In: Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art. Vol. X View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherJohn SartainDate Published1852 Lot #145 The Adventures of a Chinaman in China View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherLee and Shepard / Charles T. DillinghamDate Published1889 Lot #146 Around the World in Eighty Days View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low & SearleDate Published1874 Lot #147 Dick Sands. The Boy Captain View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1879 Lot #148 From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherScribner, Armstrong & Co.Date Published1874 Lot #149 The Giant Raft (Part I). Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1881 Lot #150 Hector Servadac View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherScribner, Armstrong & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #151 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas; or, the Marvellous and Exciting Adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil His Servant, and Ned Land, a Canadian Harpooner View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherGeo. M. SmithDate Published1873 Lot #152 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas; or, the Marvellous and Exciting Adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil His Servant, and Ned Land, a Canadian Harpooner View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1875 Lot #153 Lot of three titles View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesDate Published1870's Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next