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Previous|1|Next Lot #10 Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq., of Halson, Shropshire, formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop & Merioneth, and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry; with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric, and Extravagant Exploits View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Apperley, Charles J., Nimrod.]HeadlineMemoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq.PublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1851 Lot #18 Novels and Letters of Jane Austen - The Chawton Edition View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineThe Novels and Letters of Jane AustenPublisherFrank S. HolbyDate Published1906 Lot #38 Poems on Several Occasions View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlacklock, ThomasHeadlineThomas Blacklock Poems on Several Occasions 1754PublisherHamilton, Balfour and NeillDate Published1754 Lot #47 Camilla: Or, A Picture of Youth View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Author[Burney, Fanny]HeadlineFanny Burney's Camilla with Jane Austen in Subscriber listPublisherT. Payne, T. Cadell Jun., and W. DaviesDate Published1796 Lot #48 The Gulistan, or Rose Garden of Sa'di. Faithfully translated in English View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Author[Burton, Richard F., atttributed translator]HeadlineBurton translates the GulistanPublisherKama Shastra SocietyDate Published1888 Lot #49 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entituled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., trans.HeadlineBurton's Arabian Nights Entertainments Mecca EditionPublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers OnlyDate PublishedNo date [c.1900] Lot #54 Rhyme? And Reason? View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineLewis Carroll Rhyme? And Reason? FIrst EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1883 Lot #56 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineThrough the Looking-Glass by Carroll First EditionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1872 Lot #64 An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorChurch, W. E., ed.HeadlineAn Essay on the Genius of George CruikshankPublisherGeorge RedwayDate Published1884 Lot #96 Le prime quattro edizioni della Divina commedia letteralmente ristampate per cura di G.G. Warren, Lord Vernon View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineReprint of incunabular Divine ComediesPublisherPresso Tommaso E Guglielmo BooneDate Published1858 Lot #105 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Martin ChuzzlewitPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #106 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Oliver Twist First Edition First IssuePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #107 Set of the five Christmas books in first edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Christmas Books in the First EditionDate Published1843-1848 Lot #108 The Works of Charles Dickens in sixty volumes. The Posthumous Papers: The Pickwick Club View details Estimate$2,000 - $4,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Works of Charles Dickens in sixty volumes. The Posthumous Papers: The Pickwick ClubPublisherKelly Farmer CompanyDate Publishedc. 1900 Lot #109 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Second Series. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Dickens, Charles] "Boz"HeadlineDickens Sketches by Boz Second Series Second Edition.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1837 Lot #112 The chronicle of the kings of England. Written in the manner of the ancient Jewish historians. By Nathan Ben Saddi, a Priest of the Jews View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Dodsley, Robert]HeadlineDodsley Chronicle Kings of England 1741PublisherPrinted for T. CooperDate Published1741 Lot #113 Arte de escribir por reglas y con muestras, segun la doctrina de los mejores autores antiguos y modernos, extrangeros y nacionales [...] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDon Torqauto Torio de la Riva y HerreroHeadlineArte de escribir por reglas y con muestras, segun la doctrina de los mejores autores antiguos y modernos, extrangeros y nacionalesPublisherJoaquin IbarraDate Published1798 Lot #117 Fifty-one volumes of "The Tudor Facsimile Texts, Old English Plays Printed & MS. Rarities, Exact Collotype Reproductions..." View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(English Literature - Tudor Facsimile Texts)AuthorFarmer, John S., editorHeadline51 volumes of "The Tudor Facsimile Texts..."PublisherTudor Facsimile TextsDate Publishedc.1910-1913 Lot #119 Colloquia Familiaria View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineErasmus Desiderius, Colloquia FamiliariaPublisherGisbert a ZyllDate Published1662 Lot #126 Two limited editions of works by Eugene Field View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorField, EugeneHeadlineTwo finely bound works by Eugene FieldDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #138 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineThe Poetical Works of William CowperPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1843 Lot #139 The Pilgrims of the Rhine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge paintings)Author[Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Baron]HeadlineThe Pilgrims of the RhinePublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1834 Lot #151 The Complete Works of Shakspere, Revised from the Original Editions. With Historical and Analytical Introductions to each Play, Also Notes Explanatory and Critical, and a Life of the Poet View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorHalliwell, J. O., ed.HeadlineThe Complete Works of ShaksperePublisherThe London Printing and Publishing CompanyDate Published[c.1870's] Lot #152 The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Writing and Prose View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThe Writings of Thomas Hardy in Writing and ProsePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1920] Lot #154 Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings 1st EdnPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 Lot #175 The Diary of Samuel Pepys View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLatham, Robert & William Matthews, eds.HeadlineThe Diary of Samuel PepysPublisherG. Bell and Sons LtdDate Published[1973-83] Lot #184 The Fortunes of Glencore View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLever, CharlesHeadlineThe Fortunes of Glencore Finely boundPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1857 Lot #194 The Most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur King of Britaine, vvherein is declared his life and death, with all his glorious battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and pagans, which (for the honour of his country) he most worthily atchieued. As also all the noble acts, and heroicke deeds of his valiant knights of the Round Table. Newly refined, and published for the delight, and profit of the reader View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Author[Malory, Sir Thomas]HeadlineEarly edition of King Arthur 1634PublisherPrinted by William Stansby, for Iacob BloomeDate Published1634 Lot #208 The Genuine Works of William Hogarth; Illustrated with Biographical Anecdotes, A Chronological Catalogue, and Commentary View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorNichols, John & George Stevens, Eds.HeadlineThe Genuine Works of William HogarthPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, and OrmeDate Published1808, 1810 Lot #220 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan PoePublisherCroscup and HolbyDate Published1905 Lot #234 Nine volumes by Riley, each inscribed by the author View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadline9 works by James Whitcomb Riley each inscribed by himPublisherBowen-MerrillDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #247 Shakespeares Venus and Adonis... Lucrece... The Passionate Pilgrim... Sonnets... Pericles... - Facsimiles of the original printings View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFacsimiles of early ShakespearePublisherClarendon PressDate Published1905 Lot #254 The Dynamiter. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert Louis and Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson.HeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson The DynamiterPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1884 Lot #255 Three works on Robert Louis Stevenson published by the Bibliophile Society View details Estimate$50 - $80StatusUnsold Heading(Bibliophile Society)HeadlineBibliophile Society Robert Louis StevensonPublisherBibliophile SocietyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #256 The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson The Black Arrow First EditionPublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1888 Lot #257 A Child’s Garden of Verses. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Child's Garden of VersesPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1896 Lot #258 A Child’s Garden of Verses. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Child's Garden of Verses J.W. Smith IllustrationsPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1905 Lot #259 A Child’s Garland of Songs, Gathered from A Child’s Garden of Verses…and Set to Music by C. Villiers Stanford. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineA Child's Garland of SongsPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1892 Lot #260 Edinburgh. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson EdinburghPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1904 Lot #261 Eight works by, about, or with contributions by Robert Louis Stevenson, all finely bound. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineEight finely bound works by Robert Louis StevensonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #262 Familiar Studies of Men and Books. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson Men and BooksPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1888 Lot #263 Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson Father DamienPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1890 Lot #264 Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped First EditionPublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1886 Lot #265 The Master of Ballantrae. A Winter’s Tale. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson Master of BallantraePublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #266 New Arabian Nights. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson New Arabian NightsPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1883 Lot #267 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr HydePublisherScribner'sDate Published1886 Lot #268 Ten volumes by Robert Louis Stevenson, finely bound View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineTen finely bound works by Robert Louis StevensonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #269 Treasure Island View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Treasure Island 1st American Finely boundPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1884 Lot #270 Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson Virginibus PuerisquePublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1887 Lot #279 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray Vanity Fair with Autograph NotePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #282 The Niagara Book: A Complete Souvenir of Niagara Falls View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorHowells, W.D., Mark Twain, et alHeadlineThe Niagara Book Mark Twain and othersPublisherUnderhill and NicholsDate Published1893 Lot #283 Open Letter to Commodore Vanderbilt [&] Personal Habits of the Siamese Twins [in] Packard's Monthly View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Twain, Mark)HeadlineMark Twain in Packard's Monthly Magazine 1869-70PublisherS.S. PackardDate Published1869-1870 Lot #284 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Huckleberry Finn First Edition, Finely BoundPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #285 The American Claimant View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American Claimant first editionPublisherCharles L. Webster & Co.Date Published1892 Lot #286 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, 1893 First EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 Lot #287 A Double Barrelled Detective Story View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Double Barrelled Detective finely boundPublisherHarpersDate Published1902 Lot #288 Extracts From Adam's Diary [with] Eve's Diary View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Diaries of Adam and Eve finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1904 & 1906 Lot #289 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Following the Equator finely boundPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #290 Is Shakespeare Dead?: From My Autobiography View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Is Shakespeare Dead?PublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1909 Lot #291 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Life on the Mississippi 1st IssuePublisherJames R. Osgood and CompanyDate Published1883 Lot #292 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography 1871PublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] Lot #293 Mark Twain's Sketches. Number One. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Sketches Number One 1874PublisherAmerican News CompanyDate Published[1874] Lot #294 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Punch, Brothers, Punch! Finely BoundPublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] Lot #295 Queen Victoria's Jubilee View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain on Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1/195 copiesDate Published[1910] Lot #296 Roughing It View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Roughing It First Edition finely boundPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Lot #297 Ten works by, about, or with contributions by, Mark Twain View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline10 finely bound works by or about Mark TwainDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #298 Ten works by, or with contributions by, Mark Twain View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline10 finely bound works by or about Mark TwainDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #299 Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn. Edited by Mark Twain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTom Sawyer Abroad 1st Edition finely boundPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #300 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Pudd'nhead Wilson First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #301 What is Man? View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain What is Man? First English Edition.PublisherWatts & Co.Date Published1910 Lot #302 A Yankee in the Court of King Arthur View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineYankee in the Court of King Arthur finely boundPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1889 Lot #305 Oscariana - one of 20 copies on Japan vellum and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde Oscariana 1 of 20 bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1910 Lot #314 The Works of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineWorks of Thomas Gray 1816PublisherJ. MawmanDate Published1816 Lot #317 The Daltons, Or Three Roads in Life View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorLever, CharlesHeadlineCharles Lever The Daltons First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1852 Lot #318 Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men and Women and Other Things in General. [First], Second, & Third Series View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Author[Lever, Charles]HeadlineCharles Lever Cornelius O'Dowd 3 volumesPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1864, 65, 65 Lot #325 Le Notti Romane View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorVerri, AlessandroHeadlineAlessandro Verri Notti Romae 1825PublisherLeonardo CiardettiDate Published1825 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next