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