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Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Mont Saint Michel and Chartres View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Author[Adams, Henry]Publisher[Privately printed for the author]Date Published1904 Lot #2 Watership Down View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorAdams, RichardPublisherParadineDate Published1976 Lot #3 The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorAubudon, John JamesPublisherGeo. R. Lockwood and SonDate Published[1870] Lot #4 Self-Propelled Vehicles. A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Operation, Care and Management of all forms of Automobiles View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Automobiles)AuthorHomans, James E.PublisherTheo. Audel & Co.Date Published1905 Lot #5 Lecons sur les moteurs d'automobiles... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Automobiles)AuthorMarchis, L[ucien Rene Andre Redmond]PublisherCh. DunodDate Publishedc.1903 Lot #6 Dissertatio de corde... View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBack, Jacobus dePublisherArnoldi LeersDate Published1648 Lot #7 The Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings for the Year 1837 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBaxter, G[eorge], illus.PublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1837] Lot #8 A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$118.75StatusSold Heading(Baxter, George, illus.)AuthorWilliams, JohnPublisherPublished for the Author, by J. Snow...Date Published1837 Lot #9 Lot of six titles View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBaxter, George, illus.Date Published1836-53 Lot #10 La Barbe bleue et La belle au bois dormant View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Beaumont, Edouard de, illus.)Author[Perrault, Charles]PublisherBoussod Valadon & CieDate Published1887 Lot #11 History of British Birds. * Figures of British Land Birds. * A General History of Quadrupeds View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorBewick, T[homas]Date Publishedc.1800 Lot #12 The Life of John Wilkes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBleakley, HoracePublisherJohn Lane, the Bodley HeadDate Published1917 Lot #13 The Decameron View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1893 Lot #14 The Hundredth Book: A Bibliography of the Publications of the Book Club of California & A History of the Club View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorMagee, DavidPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 Lot #15 Birds and Trees of North America View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorBrasher, RexDate Published1929-1932 Lot #16 Calder View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Calder, Alexander)AuthorMulos, Ugo and H. Harvard ArnasonPublisherViking PressDate Published[1971] Lot #17 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCasanova [de Seingalt, Giacomo Girolamo]PublisherThe Venetian SocietyDate Published1928 Lot #18 Facts and Speculations of the Origin and History of Playing Cards View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorChatto, William AndrewPublisherJohn Russell SmithDate Published[1848] Lot #19 Photograph, signed View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorChurchill, WinstonDate Published[early 1950's] 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1940 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 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$106.25StatusSold AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1941 Lot #22 Tales of Mystery and Imagination View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Clarke, Harry, illus.)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanPublisherTudor Publishing Co.Date Published1933 Lot #23 Naval Sermons preached on board His Majesty's Ship the Impetueux... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorClarke, James StanierPublisherT. Payne and B. WhiteDate Published1798 Lot #24 The Bravo. A Venetian Story View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #25 The Deerslayer: or, the First War-Path. A Tale View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,000StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1841 Lot #26 The Headsman; or, the Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1833 Lot #27 The Heidenmauer; or the Benedictines View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1832 Lot #28 The History of the Navy of the United States of America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCooper, J[ames] FenimorePublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1839 Lot #29 Home as Found View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1838 Lot #30 The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherJohn MillerDate Published1826 Lot #31 Mercedes of Castile. A Romance of the Days of Columbus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCooper, J[ames] FenimorePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1841 Lot #32 Mercedes of Castile: or, the Voyage to Cathay View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1840 Lot #33 The Pathfinder: or, the Inland Sea View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1840 Lot #34 The Pilot; A Tale of the Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherJohn MillerDate Published1824 Lot #35 The Pilot; a Tale of the Sea View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherCharles WileyDate Published1824 Lot #36 The Red Rover, a Tale View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1827 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 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherG. and W.B. WhittakerDate Published1822 Lot #38 Lot of 3 items View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorCooper, James FenimoreDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #39 Wanderings and Pencillings amongst Ruins of the Olden Time View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCuitt, GeorgePublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published1848 Lot #40 The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$93.75StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1873 Lot #41 A Compendious System of Midwifery, Chiefly Designed to Facilitate the Inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of Study... View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorDewees, William P[otts]PublisherH.C. Carey & L. LeaDate Published1824 Lot #42 Bibliomania; or Book-Madness View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 Lot #43 The Chimes. * The Cricket on the Hearth. * The Haunted Man View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & Hall / Bradbury & EvansDate Published1845-48 Lot #44 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #45 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 Lot #46 Our Mutual Friend View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 Lot #47 Kuwait and Her Neighbours View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickson, H.R.P.PublisherGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd.Date Published[1956] Lot #48 Works View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1808 Lot #49 Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1908] Lot #50 Adam Bede. * Middlemarch: A Study of Provinvial Life. * Daniel Deronda View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgePublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1859 / 1871-2 / 1876 Lot #51 A Monograph of the Phasianidae, or Family of the Pheasants View details Estimate$120,000 - $180,000StatusUnsold AuthorElliot, Daniel GiraudPublisherBy the authorDate Published[1870]-1872 Lot #52 Autograph poetic quote, signed View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoDate PublishedSeptember 1861 Lot #53 An Act for widening, cleansing, and lighting the several Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Ways and other publick Passages, within the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford... View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(England - Laws)Author**PublisherPrinted by Charles Eyre and William StrahanDate Published1777 Lot #54 Ethiopian Illuminated Leaf View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ethiopian)Author** Lot #55 Grundriss des Eigenthümlichen Wissenschaftslehre in Rükficht auf das theoretische Vermögen View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFichte, Johann GottliebPublisherChristian Ernst GablerDate Published1795 Lot #56 Lot of six volumes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorGould, JohnDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #57 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1957 Lot #58 Oeuvres View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGérard, FrançoisPublisherVignère & RapillyDate Published1856-57 Lot #59 Polycronycon View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold AuthorHigden, RanulfusPublisherPeter Treveris at ye expences of John ReynesDate Published16 May 1527 Lot #60 The Works of William Hogarth View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Hogarth)AuthorTrusler, JohnPublisherE.T. BrainDate Publishedc.1850 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Incunable Leaf)AuthorCaxton, William, printerPublisher[Book Club of California]Date Published1938 Lot #62 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] Lot #63 Single leaf from a Bible in Latin View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author**Publisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] Lot #64 Galleria Omerica; o, Raccolta di monumenti antichi esibita dal Cav. Francesco Inghirami, per servire allo studio dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorInghirami, FrancescoPublisherPoligraphia Fiesolana dai torchi dell'autoreDate Published1831-36 Lot #65 The Naval History of Great Britain... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorJames, WilliamPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 Lot #66 Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Second Series comprising the Western Counties View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJones & Co.PublisherJones & Co.Date Published1829 Lot #67 Historiae Philippicae cum integris Commentariis View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorJustininus, [Marcus Junianus]PublisherTh. HaakDate Published1719 Lot #68 Two typed letters signed plus one typed letter signed by Solange Karsh, all addressed to Bush Barnum View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKarsh, YousufDate Published1948-1958 Lot #69 The Golden Legend View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)Author[Voragine, Jacobus de]PublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1892 Lot #70 Ines de las Sierras View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Kieffer Binding)AuthorNodier, CharlesPublisherA. FerroudDate Published1897 Lot #71 The Seven Seas [and] Barrack-Room Ballads View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published1896 & 1892 Lot #72 Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartitum... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusPublisherPrinted by Ludovici Grignani for Hermann ScheusDate Published1641 Lot #73 An Account of the Worship of Priapus, lately existing at Isernia, in the Kingdom of Naples... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorKnight, R[ichard] P[ayne]PublisherPrinted by T. SpilsburyDate Published1786 Lot #74 T.E. Lawrence: Letters to E.T. Leeds with a commentary by E.T. Leeds View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Lawrence, T.E.)AuthorWilson, J.M., ed.PublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published[1988] Lot #75 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen PPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 Lot #76 Lot of two engraved architectual views of Oxford View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorLoggan, D[avid]Date Publishedc.late 17th century Lot #77 Intrigues du serail, histoire turque View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorMalebranche, [Nicolas]Date Published1739 Lot #78 Manuscript legal document signed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript)AuthorMingay, JohnDate Published20 March 1663 Lot #79 The Life and Military History of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire and Generalissimo of the British Forces, in the late Reign of her Majesty Queen Anne View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Marlborough, Duke of)Author**PublisherM. Cooper, W. Reeve, and C. SympsonDate Published1753 Lot #80 Ulysses View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Matisse, Henri)AuthorJoyce, JamesPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1935 Lot #81 History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. [& James Hall]PublisherD. Rice & Co.Date Published1872 Lot #82 Lot of four titles View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Medical Botany)Author**Date Published1820's-60's Lot #83 Original Manuscript Court Documents relating to theft of a Mulatto Slave, 1576 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico – 16th Century Manuscript Court Documents)Author**Date Published1576 Lot #84 Mapa que comprehende la exttencion y districto termino del curato antiguo de San Andres y el nuevo de Santa Clara, rotulados sus pueblos, hazziendas, ranchas, caminos, barrancas, y el termino que los divide para su mas facil comprehension View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript Map)Author**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century Lot #85 Manuscript map of an unidentified region of Mexico, showing the rivers, towns etc., including the Rio de Tlalhistaquilla View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript MapAuthor**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century Lot #86 Manuscript map of an unidentified region of Mexico, showing the rivers, towns etc., including the Rio del Oro View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript MapAuthor**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century Lot #87 The North American Sylva; Or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia... View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorMichaux, F[rancois] Andre & Thomas NuttallPublisherD. Rice & A.N. HartDate Published1857 Lot #88 Paradise Lost View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherCassell, Petter, and GalpinDate PublishedNo date Lot #89 The Palm Tree View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMoody, SPublisherT. Nelson & SonsDate Published1864 Lot #90 Signed contract View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorMoore, HenryDate Published4 March 1980 Lot #91 The Holy Bible View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry)Author**PublisherPennyroyal Caxton PressDate Published1999 Lot #92 Reise nach Italien...[auf Anlass des Besuches Adolf Hitlers in Italien] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mussolini, Benito & Adolf Hitler)AuthorPizzi & PizioPublisher[Pizzi & Pizio Mailand]Date Published[1938] Lot #93 Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon, Dictated by the Emperor at Saint Helena to the Generals Who Shared His Captivity; and Published from the Original Manuscripts Corrected by Himself... View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorNapoleon IPublisherHenry Colburn, et al.,Date Published1823 Lot #94 Souvenirs du voyage a Sainte-Hélène View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleon)AuthorCoquereau, F.PublisherH.L. DelloyeDate Published1841 Lot #95 Napolean et son fils View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleon)AuthorMasson, FredericPublisherGoupil & CieDate Published1904 Lot #96 [Works and Memoirs of Napoleon] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleon)Authorde Bourrienne, Fauvelet, William Hazlitt, and Madame Junot (Duchesse D'AbrantèsPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate PublishedNo date [c. 1900] Lot #97 Atlas der Schlachten, Treffen und Belagerungen aus der Geschichte der Kriege von 1792 bis 1815 von Professor Dr. J. E. Woerl. Einhundert und vierzig Blätter, verbessert und mit kurzen Erläuterungen begleitet View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Wars - Atlas)AuthorDürrich, Ferdinand vonPublisherBerder’fche BerlagshanblungDate Published1857 Lot #98 Atlas des Campagnes de la Révolution Française...Dressé par Th. Duvotenay. Gravé par Ch. Dyonnet View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Wars - Atlas)AuthorThiers, A.PublisherJouvetDate Published[c.1860's] Lot #99 History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815; Comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France, During that Period View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Wars)AuthorBaines, EdwardPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, and James HarperDate Published1817 Lot #100 Relation de la Bataille de Marengo, Gagnée le 25 Prairial An 8, par Napoléon Bonaparte View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Wars)AuthorBerthier, Alexandre, Prince de WagramPublisherDe l'Imprimerie ImpérialeDate Published1806 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next