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AckermannDate Published1820 Lot #4 Ye Primer: A rhyme book on ye letters of ye alphabet, containing also certain short truths View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Alphabet Book)HeadlineRare alphabet advertiser for tiresPublisherB.F. Goodrich CoDate Published1902 Lot #9 Rare letter by the Brittany innkeeper who hosted Gauguin's "Pont-Aven School" of post-impressionist painters View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Art – Gauguin, Pont Aven)AuthorMadame [Marie-Jeanne] GloanecHeadlineRare 1886 letter by the Brittany innkeeper who hosted Gauguin's "Pont-Aven School"Date PublishedApril 22, 1886 Lot #12 The Astronauts Library - all volumes signed View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Astronauts Library)AuthorGlenn, John, Buzz Aldrin, et al.HeadlineEaston Press Astronauts Library - signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1997 Lot #20 Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader 1995 : The Grim Years View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBeard, MarkHeadlineMard Beard, Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader 1/25PublisherFeard PressDate Published2002 Lot #21 Pleasure Pain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBeard, MarkHeadlineMark Beard, Pleasure Pain 1/20Publisher[Vincent Fitzgerald & Co.]Date Published[1987] Lot #26 Taferelen der Voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament, en Andere Boeken, bij de Heilige Schrift Gevoegt, door de vermaarde kunstenaars Hoet, Houbraken, en Picart getekent... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Dutch)AuthorPicart, Bernard, et al., illustratorsHeadlinePicart Bible with hand-colored platesPublisherPieter de HondtDate Published1728 Lot #31 The Followers of William Blake: Edward Calvert, Samuel Palmer, George Richmond & Their Circle View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBinyon, LaurenceHeadlineFollowers of Willam Blake by Laurence BinyonPublisherHalton & Truscott Smith, Ltd.Date Published1925 Lot #32 Commentaries on the Laws of England View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBlackstone, WilliamHeadlineBlackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England 1783PublisherW. Strahan, T. Cadell, and D. PrinceDate Published1783 Lot #34 The Pastorals of Virgil, With a Course of English Reading, Adapted for Schools: In Which All the Proper Facilities are Given, Enabling Youth to Acquire the Latin Language, in the Shortest Period of Time View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Blake, William, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlinePastorals of Virgil with illustrations by William BlakePublisherF.C. & J. Rivington, et alDate Published1821 Lot #35 All Religions Are One View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's All Religions are One from the Trianon PressPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1970 Lot #36 Le Decameron de Jean Boccace View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineFrench Boccaccio with 20 added erotic platesPublisher[chez Pierre Prault]Date Published1757-1761 Lot #40 Nine original photographs by Anne Brigman of the artist Blanding Sloan, signed in pencil by the photographer, plus related items View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorBrigman, Anne & Blanding SloanHeadlinePhotos of Blanding Sloan by Anne BridgmanDate Published1924-1930's Lot #42 Lives of the Fathers, martyrs and other principal saints compiled from original monuments and authentic records View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorButler, AlbanHeadlineButler's Lives of the Saints, 1859PublisherJ. DuffyDate Published1859 Lot #44 Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$400StatusSold AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Calder Mobiles Stabiles Constellations signedPublisherGalerie Louis CarréDate Published1946 Lot #48 Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes - with extra suite of plates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorBrowne, Sir ThomasHeadlinePseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes - with extra suite of platesPublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1984 Lot #49 The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorKinney, A.F. and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineThe Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare 1/5PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1990 Lot #50 Tortoises: Six Poems View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorLawrence, D.H. and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineD.H. Lawrence and Alan James Robinson, Tortoises 1/5PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1983 Lot #51 Leda or In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorLouys, Pierre and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Leda 1/15PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1985 Lot #52 Roadkills: A Collection of Prose and Poetry by John McPhee, Gillian Conoley, Gary Snyder, Madeline DeFrees, William Stafford, and Richard Eberhart. Etching and Wood Engraving by James Alan Robinson View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan James, et al.HeadlineAlan James Robinson, Roadkills 1/50PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1981 Lot #53 Cheloniidae: Sea Turtles View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Sea Turtles 1/15PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1987 Lot #54 Frogs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineFrogs: 19 unique watercolors by Alan James RobinsonPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1985] Lot #55 An Odd Bestiary, Or a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled From Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Etc., By Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, An Odd Bestiary 1/50PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1982 Lot #56 An Odd Bestiary: Drawings View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, An Odd Bestiary: 26 DrawingsPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1982] Lot #57 Songbirds View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Songbirds 1/50Publisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1983] Lot #59 Sample of chromolithograph decals for German transferware View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineSuperb album of German transferware patternsDate PublishedLate 19th or early 20th century Lot #62 A Letter of Columbus View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCitino, DavidHeadlineCitino, A Letter of Columbus, 1/130PublisherThe Logan Elm PressDate Published1990 Lot #69 Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorD'Avennes, Prisse and James Augustus St JohnHeadlinePrisse D'Avennes Oriental Album 20 plates 1851PublisherJames MaddenDate Published1851 Lot #70 Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery; designed and engraved by William Daniell, A.R.A View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDaniell, WilliamHeadlineInteresting selections from animated nature 120 plates 1807PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published[c. 1807] Lot #71 La Materia Della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri/ Dichiarata in VI Tavole da Michelangelo Caetani View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Dante Alighieri)AuthorCaetani, MichelangeloHeadlineLa Materia Della Divina Commedia 1855Date Published1855 Lot #78 Types et Uniformes: L'armée Française View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorDetaille, Édouard and Jules RichardHeadlineTypes et Uniformes: L'armée Française, 1885-89PublisherBoussod, Valadon & CieDate Published1885-89 Lot #82 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 Lot #84 Der Ornamentenschatz: Ein Musterbuch Stilvoller Ornamente aus Allen Kunstepochen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDolmetsch, HeinrichHeadlineA high-point of 19th century chromolithographyPublisherJulius HoffmannDate Published1897 Lot #96 The Arabian Nights Entertainments View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineArabian Nights Entertainments finely boundPublisherJ.C. Nimmo and BainDate Published1883 Lot #97 Imitation de Jésus-Christ View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)Authorà Kempis, ThomasHeadlineImitation de Jésus-Christ, 1860PublisherMameDate Published1860 Lot #98 The Novels of Honoré de Balzac View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineNovels of Honore de BalzacPublisherLeonard SmithersDate Published[1895] Lot #99 Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineShrewsbury Edition of Samuel Butler's WorksPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1923-26 Lot #100 The Works of John Dryden View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineJohn Dryden's Works Finely BoundPublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published1882-93 Lot #101 The Novels of Henry Fielding - Large Paper Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineShakespeare Head Press Henry FieldingPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1926 Lot #102 The Works of Oliver Goldsmith - The Primrose Hundred, Turk's Head Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineWorks of Oliver Goldsmith Primrose 100 Turk's Head EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1908] Lot #103 The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Large-paper Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWorks of Oliver Wendell Holmes finely bound & with letterPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1891-1896 Lot #104 The Works of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson 1825PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1825 Lot #105 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Finely BoundPublisherRobt. Riviere & Son Ltd.Date Published1928 Lot #106 The Sonnets of Shakespeare View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Sonnets finely bound by Bayntun RivierePublisherRobt. Riviere & Son Ltd.Date Published1928 Lot #107 Selected Works of Herbert Spencer - Westminster Edition View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSpencer, HerbertHeadlineWorks of Herbert Spencer Westminster EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #116 The Book of Fairy Poetry View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineBook of Fairy Poetry Early J.R.R. Tolkien PoemPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1920 Lot #118 Goldsmith's Gems of Penmanship, Containing Various Examples of the Caligraphic Art, Embracing the Author's System of Mercantile Penmanship View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, Oliver B.HeadlineGoldsmith's Gems of Penmanship 1846PublisherPublished by the authorDate Published1846 Lot #119 Quartet View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Goldyne, Joseph)AuthorThomas, LewisHeadlineQuartet with 5 etchings by Goldyne 1/165PublisherPacific Editions and the Arif PressDate Published[1986] Lot #120 Decken und Wande fur das Moderne Haus View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorGradl, M.J.HeadlinePortfolio of Art Nouveu designs for walls and ceilingsPublisherJulius HoffmannDate Published[c.1900] Lot #121 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGraham[e], KennethHeadlineSupressed Chapter from Wind in the WillowsPublisherThe Notary BindersDate Published[1930] Lot #131 Fumble University - album of original art View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHemstreet, BobHeadlineAlbum of original cartoon art - Fumble UniversityDate Published1976-78 Lot #145 The designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of plans and elevations for public and private buildings, published by William Kent with some additional designs View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorJones, InigoHeadlineThe designs of Inigo Jones, 1770PublisherPrinted for Benjamin WhiteDate Published1770 Lot #150 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean] deHeadlineLa Fontaine Contes et Nouvelles en Vers 1762Publisher[Barboul]Date Published1762 Lot #187 Tableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMongez, [Antoine]HeadlineTableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence 1819PublisherJ. P. AillaudDate Published1819 Lot #188 Thistles and Thorns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorSmyth, PaulHeadlineSmyth and Moser, Thistles and Thorns 1/5PublisherAbattoir EditionsDate Published[1977] Lot #195 The Rime of The Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Pearson, Henry C.)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlinePearson, Rime of The Ancient Mariner 59 lithographs 1/45Publisher[Tamarind Workshop]Date Published[1964] Lot #205 The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham].HeadlineArthur Rackham Ingoldsby Legends Finely BoundPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 Lot #209 A Dictionary, English, Persian and Arabic. Volume II View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorRichardson, John.HeadlineA Dictionary, English, Persian and Arabic. 1780PublisherPrinted at the Clarendon Press, sold by J. Murray and D. PriceDate Published1780 Lot #210 The History of the Papacy, to the Period of the Reformation View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorRiddle, Rev. J. E.HeadlineThe History of the Papacy with fine binding 1854PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1854 Lot #211 Ancient Needs View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Robinson, Alan James, illustrator)AuthorCarol, Mark PhilipHeadlineMark Carol, Alan James Robinson, Ancient Needs 1/25PublisherAbcedary PressDate Published1989 Lot #219 Shaksperiana. Catalogue of all the Books, Pamphlets, &c. Relating to Shakspeare. To which are subjoined, an account of the early quarto editions of the Great Dramatist's Plays and Poems. The Prices at which many copies have sold for in public sales... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorWilson, JohnHeadlineShaksperiana Catalog 1827PublisherPrinted for John WilsonDate Published1827 Lot #225 The Haggadah View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineThe Haggadah executed by Arthur Szyk 1962Publisher"Massadah" & "Alumoth"Date Published1962 Lot #235 Celebrities Sketched From Life - an album of 20 original sketches by Bernhardt Wall View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorWall, BernhardtHeadlineCelebrities sketched from life by Bernhardt WallDate Published1900s-1920s Lot #237 Giacomo Joyce View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Weil, Susan, illustrator)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineGiacomo Joyce, Susan Weil, 1/50PublisherVincent Fitzgerald & Co.Date Published1989 Lot #239 Elementary Brush-Work Studies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorYeats, Elizabeth CorbetHeadlineElizabeth Yeats, Elementary Brush-Work Studies1900PublisherGeorge Philip & SonDate Published1900 Lot #240 A Study of the Modern Evolution of Plastic Expression View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorZayas, Marius de & Paul B. HavilandHeadlineRare early essay on Modern Art "Plastic Expression"Publisher"291"Date Published1913 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next