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Previous|12|Next Lot #4 The Tactiks of Aelian; Or, art of embattailing an army after ye Grecian manner View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAelianus TacticusPublisherLawrence LisleDate Published[1616]-1631 Lot #5 The Oresteian Trilogy View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorAeschylusPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1982-83 Lot #6 A Venetian Story View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorByron, Lord George GordonPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published[1963] Lot #7 The Dialogue of the Dogs View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel dePublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1969 Lot #8 All For Love. Antony - Cleopatra View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorDryden, JohnPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1976 Lot #9 The Bacchae. Doinysus, the God View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorEuripidesPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1972 Lot #10 The Temptation of Saint Anthony View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorFlaubert, GustavePublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1974 Lot #11 Four Fictions. A Concise Presentation of Literature, Book Arts and Crafts of England, France, United States, and Italy. Joseph Conrad: The Lagoon. Gustave Flaubert: The Legend of Saint Julian. Henry James: The Jolly Corner. Luigi Pirandello: The Annuity View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)Author**PublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1973 Lot #12 A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$81.25StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHarte, BretPublisherL-D Allen PressDate Published1960 Lot #13 Christopher Columbus View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorKazantzakis, NikosPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1972 Lot #14 Antigone View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorSophoclesPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1978 Lot #15 La Porte de Malétroit View details Estimate$70 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1952 Lot #16 What Men Live By View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$68.75StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorTolstoy, LeoPublisherThe L-D Allen PressDate Published1951 Lot #17 Quartet: Four Stories View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorWharton, EdithPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1975 Lot #19 Argonautica, e scriptis octo veteribus libris, quorum plerique nondum collati fuerant View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorApollonius RhodiusPublisherBauer et TreuttelDate Published1780 Lot #21 Le Desert De Retz: A Late Eighteenth-Century French Folly Garden. Le Jardin Pittoresque de Monsieur de Monville View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKetcham, DianaPublisherArion PressDate Published1990 Lot #22 Swiat / The World: A sequence of twenty poems... View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMilosz, CzeslawPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 Lot #23 The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaPublisherArion PressDate Published1983 Lot #25 Black Jacks and Leather Bottells View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorBaker, OliverPublisherPrivately printed for W.J. Fieldhouse & Ed. J. Burrow & Co.Date Published[1921] Lot #27 The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator.)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineKing Arthur by Thomas Mallory, Beardsley Illus.PublisherDent & CoDate Published1893-94 Lot #28 Koenigsmark View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Binding)AuthorBenoit, PierrePublisherAlbin MichelDate Published[1936] Lot #29 Notes, Theological, Political, and Miscellaneous View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Binding)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1853 Lot #30 Der Elste Teil der Buecher des Ehrwirdigen herrn D. Martini Lutheri... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Binding)Author**Date Published1572 Lot #31 The Rubaiyat View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Binding)AuthorOmar KhayyamPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate PublishedNo date Lot #32 Aucassin & Nicolette View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Binding)AuthorLang, Andrew, trans.PublisherDavid NuttDate Published1887 Lot #33 The Greatness of the Mystery of Godliness View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Binding)AuthorSydenham, CuthbertPublisherRobert BoulterDate Published1672 Lot #36 All Religions Are One View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1970 Lot #37 Illustrations of the Book of Job View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisher[Trianon Press]Date Published[1976] Lot #38 A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake: Poet, Printer, Prophet View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorKeynes, Geoffrey, SirPublisherTrianon PressDate Published[1964] Lot #39 Milton, a Poem View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1967 Lot #40 Songs of Innocence View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published[1954] Lot #41 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1960 Lot #42 There is No Natural Religion View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1971 Lot #43 Visions of the Daughters of Albion View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1959 Lot #51 An Impartial Historical Narrative of Those Momentous Events Which Have Taken Place in This Country During the Period from the Year 1816 to 1823 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorBowyer, RobertPublisherPrinted by Thomas Bensley for Roert BowyerDate Published1823 Lot #53 A Book of Bridges View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBrangwyn, Frank and Walter SparrowPublisherJohn Lane - The Bodley HeadDate Published1916 Lot #55 Reflections on the Revolution in France... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurke, EdmundPublisherPrinted by D. Humphreys for Young, Dobson, Carey, and RiceDate Published1792 Lot #60 Historia del Emperador Carlo magno, y delos doze pares de Francia. Y de la Bata Ila que vuo Oliueros con Frerabras rey de Alexandria, hijo del Almirante Balan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Charlemagne)Author**PublisherSebastian MartinezDate Published1570 Lot #64 King George VI View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1952 Lot #65 Marlborough: His Life and Times View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co.Date Published[1933-1938] Lot #66 Shall We Commit Suicide? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.Publisher[Eilert Printing Company]Date Published[1924] Lot #67 The Great War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherGeorge Newnes Ltd.Date Published[1933-34] Lot #68 Speech Broadcast by The Prime Minister: Mr. Winston Churchill. April 27, 1941 View details Estimate$150 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherThe British Library of InformationDate Published[1941] Lot #69 Speech by The Prime Minister Mr. Winston Churchill to The Pilgrim Society March 18, 1941 View details Estimate$150 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherThe British Library of InformationDate Published[1941] Lot #71 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorPublisherChilmark PressDate Published1964 Lot #73 A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Cotton, Robert)Author**Date Published1802 Lot #76 De Honesta Disciplina, Lib. XXV. Poetis Latinis, Lib. V. et Poematon, Lib. II. Cum Indicibus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCrinitus, PetrusPublisherIacobum ChouëtDate Published1598 Lot #85 Seven Poems and Two Translations View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 Lot #87 Underweysung der Messung mit dem zirckel und richt scheyt in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen Corporen View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorDürer, AlbrechtPublisherCollegium GraphicumDate Published[1972] Lot #88 Choice Presidents upon all Acts of Parliament, Relating to the Office and Duty of a Justice of Peace View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(English Law)AuthorKilburn, RichardPublisherRichard TonsonDate Published1690 Lot #94 Emblematical Devices with Appropriate Motto's Collected by Samuel Fletcher, Seal Engraver View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorFletcher, SamuelPublisherSamuel FletcherDate Published1810 Lot #95 Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorRogers, SamuelPublisherT. Cadell & E. MoxonDate Published1834 Lot #97 A king and his minister instructed in divers important points of present concern both to themselves and the publick; translated from the Spanish original and dedicated to Philip IV View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Author[Francisco de Santa Maria]PublisherPrinted by J. Crook; and Sold at the Pamphlet-Shops in London, Westminster, and St. James'sDate Published1741 Lot #98 Group of pamphlets from the years leading up to and during the French Revolution View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$93.75StatusSold Heading(French Revolution)Author**Date Published1780-90's Lot #102 The Vicar of Wakefield View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverPublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1926 Lot #106 Broadcast Addresses to the People of Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Russia, and the United States, by the Prime Minister of the British Empire, Winston Churchill, MCMXL-MCMXLI View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherRansohoffsDate Published1941 Lot #107 Addresses Delivered in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty to the People of Great Britain, of France, and to the Members of the English House of Commons, by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherRansohoffsDate Published1940 Lot #108 The Comedy of Dante Alighieri translated into English Unrhymed Hendecasyllabic Verse View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$93.75StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDante AlighieriPublisherThe Grabhorn PressDate Published1958 Lot #109 A Christmas Carol. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$56.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1950 Lot #110 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1957 Lot #111 A Midsommer Nights Dreame View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$106.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1955 Lot #112 The Fisherman and His Soul View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$81.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWilde, OscarPublisher[Ransohoffs]Date Published[1939] Lot #113 Farewell Speech of King Edward The Eighth Broadcast from Windsor Castle the Tenth Day of December, MCMXXXVI, with the Instrument of Abdication & a Note by William Saroyan View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author[Windsor, Edward, Duke of]PublisherRansohoffsDate Published1938 Lot #114 Hand-illuminated book in tribute to Allah, hand-written in Arabic by an unknown Iranian citizen View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Hand-Illuminated Book)AuthorThe Holy Qur'anDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #118 La Science du Blason accompagnee d'un Armorial General des Familles Nobles de l'Europe View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Heraldry)AuthorMagny, Le Vicomte dePublisherL'Institut HeraldiqueDate Publishedc.1868 Lot #119 Das Christus-Erlebnis im Dramatisch-Musikalischen von Richard Wagners ,Parsifal' View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Hitler, Adolf)AuthorBeckh, HermannPublisherVerlag der ChristengemeinschaftDate Published[1930] Lot #121 The Iliad View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHomerPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1864 Lot #125 Treatise on light, in which are explained the causes of that which occurs reflexion and in refraction, and particularly in the strange refraction of Iceland crystal. View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$68.75StatusSold AuthorHuygens, ChristiaanPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1912 Lot #127 Regum pariumque Magnae Britanniae historia genealogica View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorImhoff, Jacob WilhelmPublisherJohannis Andreae EndteriDate Published1690 Lot #131 A Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northen Parts of Britain, or Scotland... View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold AuthorInnes, ThomasPublisherWilliam InnysDate Published1729 Lot #135 Gloseffo Flavio Historico Delle Antichita, e Guerre Giudaiche View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Author[Josephus], FlaviusPublisherAngelo BosioDate Published1702 Lot #138 A Treatise on Artillery... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorLallemand, H.PublisherPrinted by C.S. van WinkleDate Published1820 Lot #139 An Original Issue of "The Spectator" together with the Story of the Famous Engligh Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books)AuthorPartridge, EricPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1939 Lot #140 An Original Issue of "The Spectator" together with the Story of the Famous Engligh Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books)AuthorPartridge, EricPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1939 Lot #141 An Original Leaf from the First Edition of Alexander Barclay's English Translation of Sebastian Grant's "Ship of Fools," printed by Richard Pynson in 1509. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books)AuthorBrant, Sebastian.PublisherDavid MageeDate Published1938 Lot #142 An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year 1482: The Life and Works of William Caxton, with an historical reminder of fifteenth century England by Benjamin P. Kurtz together with a Note on the Polycronicon by Oscar Lewis & an Appreciation...by Edwin Grabhorn View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books)Author(Caxton, William)Publisher[Book Club of California]Date Published1938 Lot #143 The Estiennes: A Biographical Essay...illustrated with Original Leaves from Books printed by the Three Greatest Members of that Distinguished Family View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books)AuthorPattison, MarkPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1949 Lot #146 Englands Appeal from the Private Cabal at White-Hall to The Great Council of the Nation, The Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled. By a true Lover of his Countrey View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Author[Lisola, Francois Paul de]Date Published1673 Lot #147 Evangeline. A Tale of Acadie View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$81.25StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthPublisherPrinted at the Riverside PressDate Published1893 Lot #150 Rienzi. The Last of the Tribunes View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Author[Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer]PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1835 Lot #151 Two Essays on the Earl of Chatham View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorMacaulay, [Thomas Babington, 1st Baron Macaulay]PublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1901 Lot #154 The Gothic Script of the Middle Ages View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Manuscript Leaf Book)AuthorSchulz, H.C.PublisherDavid MageeDate Published1939 Lot #162 Bismarck: Dentmal für das Deutsche Volk View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorMennell, Arthur and Bruno GarleppPublisherWerner VerlagDate Published[c. 1896] Lot #163 [Treatise on Military Affairs] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Military)Author**Date Published[c.1791] Lot #164 Jean Francois Millet. His Life and Letters View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$106.25StatusSold Heading(Millet, Jean Francois)AuthorCartwright, JuliaPublisherSwan SonnenscheinDate Published1896 Lot #167 Life of Dante View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1922 Lot #168 Organisationsbuch der NSDAP View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nazi Germany)AuthorReichsorganisationsleiter der NSDAPPublisherZentralverlag der NSDAPDate Published1940 Lot #172 Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorO'Connell, DanielPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1888 Lot #173 The Book of the New Moral World, Containing the Rational System of Society, Founded on Demonstrable Facts, Developing the Constitution and Laws of Human Nature and Society View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorOwen, RobertPublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1836 Lot #174 Samuel Palmer. A Vision Recaptured: The Complete Etchings and the Paintings for Milton and for Virgil View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorPalmer, SamuelPublisherTrianon Press Facsimiles for the William Blake TrustDate Published1978 Lot #175 Lot of five pamphlets in French, all published in 1649 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Pamphlets)Author**Date Published1649 Lot #178 Specimens: A Stevens-Nelson Paper Catalogue View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Paper Specimens)Author(Stevens-Nelson Paper Company)Date Published[1953] Lot #182 Rime di Francesco Petrarca View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoPublisherTipografia della SocietaÌ LetterariaDate Published1805 Lot #185 Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham; and of the Principal Events of His Time: with his Speeches in Parliament from the Year 1736 to the Year 1778 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorPitt, William, Earl of ChathamPublisherL.B. SeeleyDate Published1796 Lot #199 Archæologiæ Ataicæ Libri Septem. Seven Books of the Attick Antiquities View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRous, FrancisPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1685; 1689; 1685 Lot #200 Various works, mostly poetry, bound together View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorRowe, Nicholas; Matthew Prior; Thomas Parnell, Daniel Defoe, Dr. ArmstrongDate Publishedc.1800 Lot #203 The Clans of Scotland. Their Tartans, Badges, and War-Cries View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Scots)Author**PublisherRomanes & PatersonDate Publishedc.1892 Lot #207 Works View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Sets)AuthorArnold, MathewPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1904 Lot #208 Cambridge Editions of the Poets View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$106.25StatusSold Heading(Sets)AuthorBrowning & KeatsPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1899-1900] Lot #209 Works View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Sets)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasPublisherChapman & HallDate PublishedNo dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next