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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. - With a Manuscript Document, Signed by Addison View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineWorks of Joseph Addison in 4 volumes 1721PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1721 Lot #6 Little Men [&] Silver Pitchers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAlcott, Louisa MayHeadlineLouisa May Alcott Little Men 1st Edition + 1 otherPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1871 & 1876 Lot #18 Moby-Dick; or, The Whale View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineArion Press Moby Dick finely boundPublisherArion PressDate Published1979 Lot #28 The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Bacon in Five volumes 1778PublisherJ. Rivington and Sons, et alDate Published1778 Lot #51 Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle, in the Collection of Lt. Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlinePrivate Papers of James Boswell, Isham EditionPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1928-1934] Lot #59 Don Juan [Cantos I-XVI] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordHeadlineFirst Complete edition of Byron's Don JuanPublisherThomas Davison / John HuntDate Published1819-1824 Lot #73 The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Divine Comedy 1st in English 1802PublisherPrinted by A. Strahan for T. Cadell jun. and W. DaviesDate Published1802 Lot #75 The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Written By Himself View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineIllustrated Robinson Crusoe 1804PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1804 Lot #101 Origines Ecclesiasticæ; Or, the Antiquities of the Christian Church, and other works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBingham, JosephHeadlineWorks of Joseph Bingham 9 finely bound volumesPublisherWilliam StrakerDate Published1840 Lot #102 Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBlackmore, R.D.HeadlineBlackmore's Lorna Doone finely boundPublisherBurrows BrothersDate Published[1889] Lot #103 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineChaucer's Poetical Works finely boundPublisherGeorge Bell & SonsDate Published1902 Lot #104 [Works] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineThe Works of Cicero in 13 volumesPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1741-1807 Lot #105 The Works View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineComplete works of John Dryden 1808PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1808 Lot #106 The Life and Works of George Eliot View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works in 10 leatherbound volumesPublisherCharles E. Lauriat CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #107 Emerson's Complete Works - Riverside Edition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineLarge Paper edition of Emerson's Complete WorksPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1883-93 Lot #108 Emerson's Complete Works - Riverside Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineWorks of Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1884 Lot #109 Four sporting works, finely bound View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFour sporting works finely boundDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #110 Fourteen volumes of poetical works, finely bound View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Headline14 finely bound volume of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #111 History of England, From the Fall of Wolsey... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFroude, James AnthonyHeadlineFroude's History of England finely boundPublisherJohn W. ParkerDate Published1858-1870 Lot #112 The History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineGoldsmith's History of England 1825 Finely BoundPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1825 Lot #113 History of the English People View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGreen, John RichardHeadlineGreen's History of the English People finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 Lot #114 The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. In Eight Volumes, Illustrated with Plates. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineThe History of England, Hume, 1802PublisherT. Cadell jun. and W. DaviesDate Published1802 Lot #115 London and Its Environs Described. Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineLondon and its Environs Described 1761PublisherR. and J. DodsleyDate Published1761 Lot #116 Aphrodite: A Novel of Ancient Manners View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLouys, PierreHeadlinePierre Louys Aphrodite finely bound by the Rowfant BinderyPublisherLibrarie L. BorelDate Published1900 Lot #118 Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the Original Greek; With Notes Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives Finely BoundPublisherJ. Mawman, et alDate Published1819 Lot #119 The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineWorks of Edgar Allan PoePublisherThe Werner Co.Date Published[1908] Lot #120 The Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Robertson finely boundPublisherT. Cadell, et alDate Published1821 Lot #121 Seventeen volumes from the Temple Shakespeare, finely bound by Bumpus, Ltd. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline17 volumes from the Temple Shakespeare finely boundPublisherJ.M. Dent & SonsDate Published1910-1916 Lot #122 The Complete Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlinePoetical Works of ShelleyPublisherJohn SlarkDate Published1885 Lot #123 Six miscellaneous works, finely bound View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Headline6 finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #124 New Directions in Bookbinding [&] The Book: Art & Object - finely bound by Philip Smith View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmith, PhilipHeadlineA stunning custom binding by Philip SmithPublisherStudio Vista & MersthamDate Published[1974] & 1982 Lot #125 History of the Peninsular War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSouthey, RobertHeadlineSouthey's History of the Peninsular WarPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1828 Lot #126 The Spectator Volumes One to Eight - The British Classics Volumes Five to Twelve View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineSpectator in British Classics, 1803Publisher[John Sharpee]Date Published1803 Lot #127 Renaissance in Italy: The Catholic Reaction View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineSymonds' Renaissance in ItalyPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1886 Lot #128 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTristram, W. OutramHeadlineCoaching Days and Ways finely bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1888 Lot #129 Two finely bound works by or about Robert Browning View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTwo finely bound works Robert BrowningDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #130 The Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVoltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineWorks of Voltaire in English 1760sPublisherJ. Newbery, et alDate Published1761-69 Lot #131 The Queens of Society [&] The Wits and Beaux of Society View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWharton, Grace and PhilipHeadline2 finely bound works by Grace & Philip WhartonPublisherJames Hogg & SonsDate Published[1860s] Lot #132 Wonders of Art and Archæology View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineWonders of Art and Archaeology finely boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1885-86 Lot #152 Midgetina and The Scapegoat: Written, Illustrated, Printed and Bound by Lloyd Haberly View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHaberly, LoydHeadlineWritten, printed & bound by Loyd HaberlyPublisher[Washington University]Date Published[1943] Lot #154 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Scarlet Letter, Second EditionPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 Lot #158 De Onderaardshe Reis Van Klaas Klim View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorHolberg, LouisHeadlineDe Onderaardshe Reis Van Klaas Klim, 1778PublisherWed Van EsteveldtDate Published1778 Lot #159 Journey to the World Under Ground: Being the Adventurous Travels of Niels Klim View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorHolberg, LouisHeadlineJourney to the World Under Ground, 1828PublisherThomas NorthDate Published1828 Lot #160 Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorHolberg, LouisHeadlineNiels Klim's Journey Under the Ground, 1845PublisherSaxton, Peirce & CoDate Published1845 Lot #174 Life of Napoleon View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorJomini, Antoine Henri de, Baron deHeadlineLife of Napoleon, 5 Volumes, 1864PublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1864 Lot #175 The Workes of Beniamin Jonson View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorJonson, BenjaminHeadlineWorks of Benjamin Jonson 1616 1st Collected EditionPublisherPrinted by W. Stansby and are to be Sould by Rich: MeignenDate Published1616 Lot #222 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineThe Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States, Meehan, 4 VolumesPublisherL. Prang & othersDate Published1879-80 Lot #246 Goblin Market - Deluxe Signed Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorRossetti, ChristinaHeadlineGoblin Market, 1933 - Deluxe Signed EditionPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933] Lot #247 The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRamsay, AllanHeadlineDavid Ramsay The Gentle Shepherd 1st Illustrated EditionPublisherPrinted by A. Foulis and sold by D. Allan, et alDate Published1788 Lot #248 The Poetical Works of Allan Ramsay, with Selections from the Scottish Poets Before Burns View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRamsay, AllanHeadlineAllan Ramsay and earlier Scottish poetsPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c.1870] Lot #262 The Merchant of Venice. Printed from the Folio of 1623 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Head Press Merchant of VenicePublisher[Shakespeare Head Press]Date Published1923 Lot #264 Carved mulberry wood goblet with a bust of Shakespeare and Shakespeare’s coat of arms on the bowl View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorMarshall, JohnHeadlineRare carved Shakespeare commemorative goblet 1864Date Published1864 Lot #270 A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Author[Sterne, Laurence]HeadlineSterne's Sentimental Journey First EditionPublisherT. Becket and P.A, DeHondtDate Published1768 Lot #275 The Haggadah - in a superb mother-of-pearl mosaic binding View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSzyk, ArthurHeadlineArthur Szyk's Haggadah in a mosiac bindingPublisher"Massadah" and "Alumoth"Date Published1967 Lot #287 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorVirgilHeadlineDryden's translation of the Works of VirgilPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1730 Lot #288 A Philosophical Dictionary View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorVoltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineVoltaire's Philosophical Dictionary 1824PublisherJ. and H.L. HuntDate Published1824 Lot #290 Ten Thousand A-Year View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Warren, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Warren Ten Thousand A-YearPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1841 Lot #300 Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth Memorials of a Tour of Europe 1822PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1822 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next