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Previous|12|Next 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 #18 The Government of the Tongue View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Author[Allestree, Richard]Date Published1694 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 #29 Notes, Theological, Political, and Miscellaneous View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Binding)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1853 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 #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 #44 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1972 Lot #45 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1972 Lot #46 Della Geneologia de gli Dei....libri quindeci. Ne' quali si tratta dell'Origine, & discendenza di tutti gli Dei de' Gentili... Tradotta gia per M. Gioseppe Betussi View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBoccacio, GiovanniPublisherLa Comnagnia de gli V. nitiDate Published1585 Lot #47 A History of European Banking View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$93.75StatusSold AuthorBogaert, R., G. Kugran-Van Hentenryk and H. Van der WeePublisherFonds Mercator ParibasDate Published[1994] Lot #49 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending An Account of his Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesPublisherCharles DillyDate Published1793 Lot #50 Pointes Sèches View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBoutet, HenriPublisherAteliers de reproduction Fortier-MarotteDate Published[1898] 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 #56 Hudibras View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorButler, SamuelPublisherThomas M'LeanDate Published1819 Lot #57 The Poetical Mirror; or, the Living Bards of Britain. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorByron, Lord, et al.PublisherM. CareyDate Published1817 Lot #58 Class-Book of English Poetry and Prose View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Carlyle, Thomas)AuthorAhn, F.H.PublisherDumont-SchaubergDate Published1869 Lot #61 Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl ofPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1774 Lot #62 Miscellaneous Works View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl ofPublisherEdward and Charles DillyDate Published1777 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 #71 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorPublisherChilmark PressDate Published1964 Lot #74 The History of Pompey the Little: or the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Author[Coventry, Francis]PublisherPrinted for M. CooperDate Published1751 Lot #75 Maggie. A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York) View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Author[Crane, Stephen] Smith, Johnston, pseud.Publisher[Printed for the Author]Date Published[1893] Lot #78 Death's Doings View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDagley, R[ichard]PublisherJ. AndrewsDate Published1827 Lot #79 Dalziels' Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$468.75StatusSold Author(Dalziel Brothers)PublisherWard & LockDate Published[1864-65] Lot #80 The Poets of the Nineteenth Century View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Dalziel Brothers)AuthorWillmott, Robert Aris, editorPublisherGeorge Routledge & Co.Date Published1857 Lot #81 The Life, and Strange Suprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived eight and twenty Years all alone in an un-inhabitted Island on the Coast of America near the Mouth of the Great River Oroonoque... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorDefoe, DanielPublisherPrinted for W. TaylorDate Published1722 Lot #83 Observations of a Tour through almost the Whole of England and a Considerable Part of Scotland, In a Series of Letters... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDibdin, C[harles]PublisherG. Goulding; John Walker; Author's WarehouseDate Published[1801-02] 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 #86 Infancy. A Poem View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorDownman, HughPublisherG. KearsleyDate Published1774-76 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 #90 Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S.... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEvelyn, JohnPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1818 Lot #100 Gavarni in London: Sketches of Life and Character, with Illustrative Essays by Popular Writers View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Gavarni)AuthorSmith, Albert, edPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1849 Lot #101 The Citizen of the World. Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverPublisherT. Vernor, W. Otridge, et alDate Published1792 Lot #102 The Vicar of Wakefield View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverPublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1926 Lot #104 The Chinese Spy; or, Emissary from the Court of Pekin View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$687.50StatusSold Author[Goudar, Ange]PublisherS. BladonDate Published1765 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 #120 Anecdotes of William Hogarth, written by Himself: With Essays on his Life and Genius, and Criticisms on his Works... View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorHogarth, WilliamPublisherJ.B. Nichols and SonDate Published1833 Lot #121 The Iliad View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHomerPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1864 Lot #124 Conspectus reipublicae litterariae in Hungaria View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Hungary)AuthorWallaszky, PaulloPublisherUniversitatis HungaricaeDate Published1808 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 #132 Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. to which are added some Poems Never Before Printed. Published from the Original MSs in her Possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Johnson, Samuel)AuthorPiozzi, Hester LynchPublisherA. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1788 Lot #133 Chrysal: or the Adventures of a Guinea. Wherein are exhibited Views of several striking Scenes with curious and interesting Anecdotes, of the most noted Persons in every Rank of Life, whose Hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Johnstone, Charles]PublisherJohn HillDate Published1767 Lot #134 Cynthias Revels, Or The Foumtayne of selfe-Loue. A Comicall Satyre View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold Author[Jonson, Ben]PublisherPrinted by W. StansbyDate Published1616 Lot #135 Gloseffo Flavio Historico Delle Antichita, e Guerre Giudaiche View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Author[Josephus], FlaviusPublisherAngelo BosioDate Published1702 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 #144 Original pencil drawing, signed in initials View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLeech, JohnDate PublishedNo date Lot #145 Original watercolor sketch, signed View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLeech, JohnDate PublishedNo date 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 #152 Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMackay, CharlesPublisherOffice of the National Illustrated LibraryDate Published1852 Lot #153 Principles of Political Economy considered with a View to their Practical Application View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorMalthus, T[homas] R[obert]PublisherC. Roworth for John MurrayDate Published1820 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 #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 #165 The King's Breakfast View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMilne, A[lan] A[lexander], lyricsPublisherMetheun & Co; Ascherberg, Hopwood & CrewDate Published[1925] Lot #166 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherJ.&R. Tonson, S. Draper, et alDate Published1751 Lot #167 Life of Dante View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1922 Lot #170 The Newtonian System of Philosophy; Explained by Familiar Objects, in an Entertaining Manner for the Use of Young Ladies and Gentlemen View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Newton, Isaac)Author"Telescope, Tom" and "William Magnet"PublisherOgilvy and Son, Vernor and Hood, et alDate Published1798 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next