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Previous|12|Next Lot #186 Tales [&] The Raven and Other Poems AuthorPoe, Edgar A[llan]PublisherWiley and PutnamDate Published1845 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #189 Poems on Several Occasions AuthorWITHDRAWN [Prior, Matthew]PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1718 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #190 Signed card AuthorPuccini, GiacomoDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #196 Supplement to "Six Months in a Convent," Confirming the Narrative of Rebecca Theresa Reed, by the Testimony of More that One Hundred Witnesses... Containing a Minute Account of the Elopement of Miss Harrisson... and an Exposition of the System of Cloister Education... AuthorReed, Rebecca TheresaPublisherRussell, Odiorne, & Co.Date Published1835 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #200 Various works, mostly poetry, bound together AuthorRowe, Nicholas; Matthew Prior; Thomas Parnell, Daniel Defoe, Dr. ArmstrongDate Publishedc.1800 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #201 Rowlandson the Caricaturist. A Selection of his Works with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and A Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGrego, JosephPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #204 Kenilworth; A Romance Author[Scott, Sir Walter]PublisherArchibald Constable, et al.Date Published1821 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #205 Lady of the Lake AuthorScott, Sir WalterPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published1863 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #206 The Monastery AuthorScott, Sir WalterPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and BrownDate Published1820 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #207 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorArnold, MathewPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #208 Cambridge Editions of the Poets Heading(Sets)AuthorBrowning & KeatsPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1899-1900] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #209 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasPublisherChapman & HallDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #210 The Memoirs Heading(Sets)AuthorCasanova, JacquesPublisherPrivately printed for Subscribers OnlyDate PublishedNo date [after 1925] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #211 The Complete Works Heading(Sets)AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #212 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & HallDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #213 [Works] Heading(Sets)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1903-04] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #215 The Complete Works Heading(Sets)AuthorFielding, HenryPublisherCroscup & SterlingDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #216 The Works...with The Life of the Author Heading(Sets)AuthorFielding, HenryPublisherStrahan, Rivington, Hawes, et alDate Published1771 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #217 [Works] Heading(Sets)AuthorFiske, JohnPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[c.1891-1902] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #218 [Oeuvres] Heading(Sets)AuthorFrance, AnatolePublisherCalmann-LevyDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #219 The Collected Works Heading(Sets)AuthorIbsen, HenrikPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1908-9 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #220 The Life and Works Heading(Sets)AuthorKingsley, CharlesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #221 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorParkman, FrancisPublisherLittle, Brown & Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #222 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorParkman, FrancisPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1906-09 View details Estimate$700 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #223 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorPope, AlexanderPublisherJ. Buckland and T. LongmanDate Published1777 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #224 Poetical Works Heading(Sets)AuthorScott, Sir WalterPublisherRobert CadellDate Published1833-34 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #225 Shakespeare's England Heading(Sets)Author**PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #226 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1909 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #227 [Selection of Works] Heading(Sets)AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]PublisherSmith, ElderDate Published1863-66 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #228 Novels and Stories Heading(Sets)AuthorTurgenieff, IvanPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #229 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1892] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #230 Collected Works in Verse and Prose Heading(Sets)AuthorYeats, William ButlerPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #231 John Apostate: An Idyl of the Quays Heading(Seven Acres Press)AuthorHaberly, LoydPublisherSeven AcresDate Published1927 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #233 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations AuthorSmith, AdamPublisherW. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1778 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #234 The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman AuthorSterne, LaurencePublisherR. & J. Dodsley/ T. Becket & P.A. DehontDate Published1760-1767 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #235 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman AuthorSterne, LaurencePublisherJ.C. Nimmo and BainDate Published1883 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #236 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisPublisherLongmans, Green, and CoDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #237 Picinini: The Story of his Adventures Among De White Folks AuthorSwearingen, Estelle MargaretPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #238 Ink & Blood AuthorSzyk, ArthurPublisherThe Heritage PressDate Published1946 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #239 The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. Author[Thackeray, William Makepeace]PublisherSmith, Elder, & CoDate Published1852 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #240 The History of Pendennis AuthorThackeray, William MakepeacePublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1849-50 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #242 Aphrodite Heading(Tice, Clara)AuthorLouys, PierrePublisherPrivately printedDate Published1926 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #244 L'Évolution créatice Heading(Toynbee, Arnold)AuthorBergson, HenriPublisherFélix AlcanDate Published1921 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #247 L'Eneide di Virgilio AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusPublisherPresso la Vedova QuillauDate Published1760 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #250 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis AuthorVirgilPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1698 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #254 A Briefe and Accurate Treatise of Tobacco. In which, the immoderate, irregular, & unseasonable use thereof is reprehended, and the true nature and best manner of using it, perspicuously demonstrated. Heading(Windsor Press)AuthorVenner, To[bias]PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1931 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #255 Farm on the Hill Heading(Wood, Grant)AuthorHorn, Madeline DarroughPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1937 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #258 The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 Heading(Baird, Spencer Fullerton)AuthorGoode, George BrownPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #260 Life Histories of North American Birds, With Special Reference to Their Breeding Habits and Eggs AuthorBendire, CharlesPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1892 & 1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #261 Life Histories of American Birds AuthorBent, Arthur ClevelandPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1919-1946 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #265 Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian AuthorBritton, Nathaniel and Addison BrownPublisherScribnersDate Published1896-1898 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #267 [American Ornithological Bibliography] AuthorCoues, ElliottPublisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published[c.1879-1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #269 The Rattlesnakes, Genera Sistrurus and Crotalus. A Study in Zoogeography and Evolution AuthorGloyd, Howard KayPublisherUniversity of MichiganDate Published1936 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #270 The Rattlesnakes, Genera Sistrurus and Crotalus. A Study in Zoogeography and Evolution AuthorGloyd, Howard K.PublisherThe Chicago Academy of SciencesDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #271 Publications by H.K. Gloyd, 1941-1958 (spine title) AuthorGloyd, Howard KayPublisherAcademy of SciencesDate Published1941-1958 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #274 Nereis Boreali-Americana: Or, Contributions to a History of the Marine Algae of North America AuthorHarvey, William HenryPublisherSmithsonian InstitutionDate Published1852-53-[57] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #281 American Medicinal Plants; an Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to The American Plants used as Homoeopathic Remedies: Their History, Preparation, Chemistry, and Psychological Effects AuthorMillspaugh, Charles F[rederick]PublisherBoericke & TafelDate PublishedNo date [c.1884] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #282 Cope: Master Naturalist. The Life and Letters of Edward Drinker Cope, with a Bibliography of his Writings Classified by Subject AuthorOsborn, Henry FairfieldPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #284 Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous AuthorPalmer, Julius A[uboinea], Jr., editorPublisherL. PrangDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #285 Bound volume of portions of the Pacific Railroad Reports relating to reptiles,with plates Heading(Reptiles)Author**Date Published[c.1855] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #296 The American Coast Pilot: Containing the Courses and Distances between the Principal Harbours, Capes, and Headlands, on the Coast of North and South America... AuthorBlunt, Edmund MPublisherEdmund and George W. BluntDate Published1827 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #298 The New American Practical Navigator... AuthorBowditch, NathanielPublisherE. & G.W. BluntDate Published1848 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #299 The Sphinx and White Ghost Shelter and other Spitzkopje Sites AuthorBreuil, HenriPublisherThe Trianon PressDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #301 Bound volume with five documents relating to the Treaty of Washington, 1842 Heading(Canada-America Border)Author**PublisherPrinted by T.R. HarrisonDate Published[1843] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #303 An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Cartaret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. AuthorCook, JamesPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1773 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Lot #306 The Seaman's Friend: Containing a Treatise on Practical Seamanship, With Plates; A Dictionary of Sea Terms... AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Jr.PublisherThomas GroomDate Published1865 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #312 The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys AuthorFitzGerald, E[dward] A[rthur]PublisherMethuenDate Published1899 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #314 The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 AuthorGilliss, J[ames] M[elville]PublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Public PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #316 Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804 AuthorHumboldt, Alexander vonPublisherGeorge Bell & SonsDate Published1884 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #320 Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gespleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX... Heading[Law, John]Author**Date Published1720 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #321 Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A triumph Author[Lawrence, Thomas Edward]Publisher[Privately printed for the author by Manning Pike and H.J. Hodgson]Date Published1926 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #323 Report and Charts of the Cruise of the U.S. Brig Dolphin, Made nder the Direction of the Navy Department AuthorLee, S[amuel] P[hillips]PublisherBeverley Tucker, Printer to the SenateDate Published1854 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #336 Across America and Asia: Notes of a Five Years' Journey Around the World and of Residence in Arizona, Japan and China AuthorPumpelly, RaphaelPublisherLeyboldt & HoltDate Published1870 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #344 Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham, under the Command of Captain George Vancouver AuthorVancouver, GeorgePublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1801 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #345 Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World: Its Aims and Achievements AuthorWagner, Henry R.PublisherJohn HowellDate Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #346 Wanderings in South America, The North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. The Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, &c. for Cabinets of Natural History AuthorWaterton, CharlesPublisherJ. MawmanDate Published1825 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next