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