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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Mont Saint Michel and Chartres Author[Adams, Henry]Publisher[Privately printed for the author]Date Published1904 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #2 Watership Down AuthorAdams, RichardPublisherParadineDate Published1976 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #7 The Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings for the Year 1837 AuthorBaxter, G[eorge], illus.PublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1837] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #10 La Barbe bleue et La belle au bois dormant Heading(Beaumont, Edouard de, illus.)Author[Perrault, Charles]PublisherBoussod Valadon & CieDate Published1887 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #12 The Life of John Wilkes AuthorBleakley, HoracePublisherJohn Lane, the Bodley HeadDate Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #13 The Decameron AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #17 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova AuthorCasanova [de Seingalt, Giacomo Girolamo]PublisherThe Venetian SocietyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 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 AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1940 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #21 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 AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1941 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #22 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Heading(Clarke, Harry, illus.)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanPublisherTudor Publishing Co.Date Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #24 The Bravo. A Venetian Story Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #25 The Deerslayer: or, the First War-Path. A Tale Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1841 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #26 The Headsman; or, the Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #27 The Heidenmauer; or the Benedictines Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1832 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #28 The History of the Navy of the United States of America AuthorCooper, J[ames] FenimorePublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #29 Home as Found Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1838 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #30 The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherJohn MillerDate Published1826 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #31 Mercedes of Castile. A Romance of the Days of Columbus AuthorCooper, J[ames] FenimorePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #32 Mercedes of Castile: or, the Voyage to Cathay Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1840 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #33 The Pathfinder: or, the Inland Sea Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1840 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #34 The Pilot; A Tale of the Sea Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherJohn MillerDate Published1824 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #35 The Pilot; a Tale of the Sea Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherCharles WileyDate Published1824 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #36 The Red Rover, a Tale Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1827 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #37 The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherG. and W.B. WhittakerDate Published1822 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #38 Lot of 3 items AuthorCooper, James FenimoreDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #42 Bibliomania; or Book-Madness AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Chimes. * The Cricket on the Hearth. * The Haunted Man AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & Hall / Bradbury & EvansDate Published1845-48 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #44 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #45 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #46 Our Mutual Friend AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #48 Works AuthorDryden, JohnPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1808 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #49 Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest Heading(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #50 Adam Bede. * Middlemarch: A Study of Provinvial Life. * Daniel Deronda AuthorEliot, GeorgePublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1859 / 1871-2 / 1876 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Autograph poetic quote, signed AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoDate PublishedSeptember 1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #57 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1957 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #60 The Works of William Hogarth Heading(Hogarth)AuthorTrusler, JohnPublisherE.T. BrainDate Publishedc.1850 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #61 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 Heading(Incunable Leaf)AuthorCaxton, William, printerPublisher[Book Club of California]Date Published1938 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #62 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #64 Galleria Omerica; o, Raccolta di monumenti antichi esibita dal Cav. Francesco Inghirami, per servire allo studio dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea AuthorInghirami, FrancescoPublisherPoligraphia Fiesolana dai torchi dell'autoreDate Published1831-36 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #65 The Naval History of Great Britain... AuthorJames, WilliamPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #69 The Golden Legend Heading(Kelmscott Press)Author[Voragine, Jacobus de]PublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #70 Ines de las Sierras Heading(Kieffer Binding)AuthorNodier, CharlesPublisherA. FerroudDate Published1897 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #71 The Seven Seas [and] Barrack-Room Ballads AuthorKipling, RudyardPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published1896 & 1892 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #74 T.E. Lawrence: Letters to E.T. Leeds with a commentary by E.T. Leeds Heading(Lawrence, T.E.)AuthorWilson, J.M., ed.PublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #75 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen PPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #80 Ulysses Heading(Matisse, Henri)AuthorJoyce, JamesPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1935 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #88 Paradise Lost AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherCassell, Petter, and GalpinDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #91 The Holy Bible Heading(Moser, Barry)Author**PublisherPennyroyal Caxton PressDate Published1999 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #94 Souvenirs du voyage a Sainte-Hélène Heading(Napoleon)AuthorCoquereau, F.PublisherH.L. DelloyeDate Published1841 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Napolean et son fils Heading(Napoleon)AuthorMasson, FredericPublisherGoupil & CieDate Published1904 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #96 [Works and Memoirs of Napoleon] Heading(Napoleon)Authorde Bourrienne, Fauvelet, William Hazlitt, and Madame Junot (Duchesse D'AbrantèsPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate PublishedNo date [c. 1900] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #112 La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorAligheri, DantePublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #121 The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorMalory, ThomasPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #132 Laurel Crowned Letters Series Heading(Sets)Author**PublisherA. McClurgDate Published1892 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #133 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Heading(Sets)AuthorPepys, SamuelPublisherGeorge Bell & SonsDate Published1904-05 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #134 Works Heading(Sets)AuthorSmith, F[rancis] HopkinsPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902-15 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #135 The History of the French Revolution Heading(Sets)AuthorThiers, [Louis] A[dolphe]PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #136 The Complete Works of Shakepeare, Revised from the Original Editions. With Historical and Analytical Introductions to each Play, Also Notes Explanatory and Critical, and a Life of the Poet AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherThe London Printing and Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1870's] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #137 Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus AuthorShelley, MaryPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1833 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #139 The Ocean of Story AuthorSomadeva, [Katha Sarit Sengra]PublisherPrivately printed for subscribers only by Chas. J. SawyerDate Published1924-28 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #141 Slaktarebenck dat ar En sanferdigh wiss berattelse om de ynckelige Fangzlende Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorCarl, HertighPublisherBroderna LagerstromDate Published1917 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #142 The Psalms of David Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorFranklin, John, illus.PublisherSampson, LowDate Published1862 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #143 Leaves of Grass with Sands at Seventy & a Backward Glance o'er Travelled Roads AuthorWhitman, WaltDate Published[1889] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #145 The Deerslayer or The First War-Path Heading(Wyeth, N.C., illus.)AuthorCooper, James FenimorePublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #149 The First Fleet: The Record of the Foundation of Australia from its Conception to the Settlement at Sydney Cove. Compiled from the Original Documents in the Public Record Office, with Extracts from the Log-Books of H.M.S. Sirius Heading(Australia)AuthorRutter, Owen, intro.PublisherThe Golden Cockerel PressDate Published1937 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #156 The Life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton, K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S. AuthorBurton, IsabelPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #158 The Land of Midian AuthorBurton, Richard FPublisherC. Kegan Paul & Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #159 The Nile Basin AuthorBurton, Richard FPublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #166 The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific AuthorCook, JamesPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1957 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #176 Voyages and Discoveries AuthorDampier, WilliamPublisherArgonaut PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #186 Lot of four inscribed titles AuthorHiginbotham, John U.PublisherReilly & BrittonDate Published[1908-13] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #203 Japan: A Record in Colour AuthorMenpes, MortimerPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published[1905] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #207 Voyage of the Sonora in the Second Bucareli Expedition... AuthorMourelle, Francisco AntonioPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #215 Lot of three titles, all presentation copies for Samuel Bligh AuthorOliphant, LaurenceDate Published1852-56 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #246 The Exploration of the World: The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherScribner'sDate Published1880 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next