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AckermannDate Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #2 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz"HeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #3 Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy... With Descriptive Letter-Press by Emma Reeve AuthorAllom, ThomasHeadlineCostume of Turkey & Italy by Thomas AllomPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c.1840] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #4 Ye Primer: A rhyme book on ye letters of ye alphabet, containing also certain short truths Heading(Alphabet Book)HeadlineRare alphabet advertiser for tiresPublisherB.F. Goodrich CoDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #12 The Astronauts Library - all volumes signed Heading(Astronauts Library)AuthorGlenn, John, Buzz Aldrin, et al.HeadlineEaston Press Astronauts Library - signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1997 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #15 Capitularia Regum Francorum AuthorBaluzius, Stephanus and Etienne BaluzeHeadlineCapitularia Regum Francorum, 1677PublisherF. MuguetDate Published1677 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #16 Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century, Before the Christian æra AuthorBarthelemy, Jean-JacquesHeadlineTravels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, 1804PublisherJacob Johnson and Co.Date Published1804 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader 1995 : The Grim Years AuthorBeard, MarkHeadlineMard Beard, Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader 1/25PublisherFeard PressDate Published2002 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #21 Pleasure Pain AuthorBeard, MarkHeadlineMark Beard, Pleasure Pain 1/20Publisher[Vincent Fitzgerald & Co.]Date Published[1987] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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... Heading(Bible in Dutch)AuthorPicart, Bernard, et al., illustratorsHeadlinePicart Bible with hand-colored platesPublisherPieter de HondtDate Published1728 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold 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 Heading(Blake, William, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlinePastorals of Virgil with illustrations by William BlakePublisherF.C. & J. Rivington, et alDate Published1821 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #35 All Religions Are One AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's All Religions are One from the Trianon PressPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #36 Le Decameron de Jean Boccace AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineFrench Boccaccio with 20 added erotic platesPublisher[chez Pierre Prault]Date Published1757-1761 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 Letters from the Cardinal Borgia, and the Cardinal of York. MDCCXCIX-MDCCC AuthorBorgia, StefanoHeadlineLetters from the Cardinal Borgia 1800Publisher[W. Bulmer]Date Published[1800] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #39 Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from Earliest Records to the Year 1825 AuthorBorrow, George HHeadlineCelebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases 1825PublisherKnight and LaceyDate Published1825 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #48 Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes - with extra suite of plates Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorBrowne, Sir ThomasHeadlinePseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes - with extra suite of platesPublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #49 The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorKinney, A.F. and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineThe Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare 1/5PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #50 Tortoises: Six Poems Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorLawrence, D.H. and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineD.H. Lawrence and Alan James Robinson, Tortoises 1/5PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1983 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #51 Leda or In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorLouys, Pierre and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Leda 1/15PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan James, et al.HeadlineAlan James Robinson, Roadkills 1/50PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #53 Cheloniidae: Sea Turtles Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Sea Turtles 1/15PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #54 Frogs Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineFrogs: 19 unique watercolors by Alan James RobinsonPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1985] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold 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. Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, An Odd Bestiary 1/50PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #56 An Odd Bestiary: Drawings Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, An Odd Bestiary: 26 DrawingsPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1982] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #57 Songbirds Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Songbirds 1/50Publisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1983] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #58 Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of 'the Model Settlement' Heading(China)HeadlineShanghai of Today 1927PublisherKelly and WalshDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #62 A Letter of Columbus AuthorCitino, DavidHeadlineCitino, A Letter of Columbus, 1/130PublisherThe Logan Elm PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #64 An Account of the Court of Portugal, under the Reign of the present King Dom Pedro II. Author[Colbatch, John]HeadlineAn Account of the Court of Portugal, 1700PublisherPrinted for Thomas BennetDate Published1700 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #66 Architecture Arabe ou Monuments du Kaire, Mesurés et Dessinés, de 1818 a 1826 AuthorCoste, PascalHeadlineStunning lithograph views of Cairo in the 1820sPublisherFirmin Didot Freres and Co.Date Published1839 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #69 Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile AuthorD'Avennes, Prisse and James Augustus St JohnHeadlinePrisse D'Avennes Oriental Album 20 plates 1851PublisherJames MaddenDate Published1851 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #70 Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery; designed and engraved by William Daniell, A.R.A AuthorDaniell, WilliamHeadlineInteresting selections from animated nature 120 plates 1807PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published[c. 1807] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #71 La Materia Della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri/ Dichiarata in VI Tavole da Michelangelo Caetani Heading(Dante Alighieri)AuthorCaetani, MichelangeloHeadlineLa Materia Della Divina Commedia 1855Date Published1855 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #74 Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, Oregon AuthorDe Smet, P. J.HeadlineVoyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, OregonPublisherMathieu Closson et Cie.Date Published1874 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #78 Types et Uniformes: L'armée Française AuthorDetaille, Édouard and Jules RichardHeadlineTypes et Uniformes: L'armée Française, 1885-89PublisherBoussod, Valadon & CieDate Published1885-89 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #82 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #84 Der Ornamentenschatz: Ein Musterbuch Stilvoller Ornamente aus Allen Kunstepochen AuthorDolmetsch, HeinrichHeadlineA high-point of 19th century chromolithographyPublisherJulius HoffmannDate Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #89 Pure Economics Heading(Economics)AuthorPantaleoni, MaffeoHeadlinePantaleoni Pure Economics 1898PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #90 Principles of Political Economy: From the 13th (1877) German ed. With additional chapters...for this 1st English and American ed., on paper money, international trade, and the protective system; and a preliminary essay on the historical method in political economy (from the French). Heading(Economics)AuthorRoscher, W.HeadlineRoscher, Principles of Political Economy 1878PublisherCallaghan and Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #92 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hiueroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)HeadlineEgyptian Book of the Dead in German 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #114 Acta Sanctorum Belgii Selecta AuthorGhesquière, Joseph HippolyteHeadlineActa Sanctorum Belgii Selecta 1783-1794PublisherTypis Matthæi Lemaire [and] AbbatiæDate Published1783-1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #116 The Book of Fairy Poetry Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineBook of Fairy Poetry Early J.R.R. Tolkien PoemPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1920 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #119 Quartet Heading(Goldyne, Joseph)AuthorThomas, LewisHeadlineQuartet with 5 etchings by Goldyne 1/165PublisherPacific Editions and the Arif PressDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #121 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn AuthorGraham[e], KennethHeadlineSupressed Chapter from Wind in the WillowsPublisherThe Notary BindersDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #140 Memoirs of George the Fourth, Descriptive of the Most Interesting Scenes of His Private and Public Life, and the Important Events of His Memorable Reign; with Characteristic Sketches of all the Celebrated Men Who Were His Friends and Companions as a Prince, and His Ministers and Counsellors as a Monarch - with signature of George IV AuthorHuish, RobertHeadlineMemoirs of George the Fourth, with his signature 1830PublisherT. KellyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #142 Minutes of the proceedings and evidence, of the Commission of Inquiry, ordered by the Irish government, into charges of proselytism and cruelty preferred against the officers of the Richmond General Penitentiary. Heading(Ireland)AuthorIreland Commission of InquiryHeadlineRichmond General Penitentiary Proceedings 1827PublisherJ.C. ScullyDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #143 Ivstini Ex Trogi Pompei Historiis Externis Libri XLIIII: Cvi Adiecimvs Monarchiarvm omnium tabulam ex fidelissimis historijs collectam: et epitomen S. Avrelii Victoriis de vita et moribus omnium Imperatorum: Omnia Cvm Scholiis, Argumentis, et indice rerum et verborum locupletissimo, multò quàm antè castigatiora AuthorIustinus, Marcus IunianusHeadlineIvstini Ex Trogi Pompei Historiis Externis Libri XLIIII 1576PublisherBirckmannDate Published1576 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold 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 AuthorJones, InigoHeadlineThe designs of Inigo Jones, 1770PublisherPrinted for Benjamin WhiteDate Published1770 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #150 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean] deHeadlineLa Fontaine Contes et Nouvelles en Vers 1762Publisher[Barboul]Date Published1762 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #156 The Crown Circuit Companion; containing the practice of the Assises on the Crown side, and of the Courts of General and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace...the second edition corrected; to which is added, The Clerk of Assises Circuit Companion. Heading(Law)AuthorStubbs, W. and G. TalmashHeadlineThe Crown Circuit Companion0 1749Publisherprinted by Henry Lintot. for J. WorrallDate Published1749 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #158 Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 sino al 1820 Author[Lecomte, Hippolyte]HeadlineCostumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 sino al 1820PublisherLitografia Cuciniello e BianchiDate Published[c.1825?] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #184 The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot Author[McLean, Thom.]HeadlineMilitary Costume of Turkey 30 color plates 1818PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1818 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #187 Tableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti AuthorMongez, [Antoine]HeadlineTableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence 1819PublisherJ. P. AillaudDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #188 Thistles and Thorns Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorSmyth, PaulHeadlineSmyth and Moser, Thistles and Thorns 1/5PublisherAbattoir EditionsDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #190 The New Newgate Calendar; being interesting memoirs of Notorious Characters, who have been convicted of outrages on the Laws of England... Heading(Newgate Calendar)AuthorKnapp, Andrew and William BaldwinHeadlineThe New Newgate CalendarPublisherNuttall, Fisher, and Dixon et al.Date Published1809-10 [?] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #192 Politicall Reflections Upon the Government of the Turks. Nicolas Machiavel: The King of Sweden's Descent Into Germany: The Conspiracy of Piso and Vindex against Nero: The Greatnesse and Corruption of the Court of Rome: The Election of Pope Leo the XI: The Defection from the Church of Rome: Martin Luther. AuthorOsborne, FrancisHeadlinePoliticall Reflections Upon the Government of the Turks 1656PublisherPrinted by J.G. for Thomas RobinsonDate Published1656 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #195 The Rime of The Ancient Mariner Heading(Pearson, Henry C.)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlinePearson, Rime of The Ancient Mariner 59 lithographs 1/45Publisher[Tamarind Workshop]Date Published[1964] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #197 19th century photograph album Heading(Photograph Album)Headline19th century photo albumDate Published[c.1870's] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #206 Peintures Antiques Inedites Precedees de Recherches sur L'Emploi de la Peinture Dans la Decoration des Edifices Sacres et Pubic, Chez les Grecs et Chez les Romains; Paisant Suite aux Monuments Inedits AuthorRaoul-Rochette, M.HeadlinePainting in Ancient Greece and RomePublisherImprimerie RoyaleDate Published1836 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #211 Ancient Needs Heading(Robinson, Alan James, illustrator)AuthorCarol, Mark PhilipHeadlineMark Carol, Alan James Robinson, Ancient Needs 1/25PublisherAbcedary PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #221 Loca Patriciana: An identification of localities, chiefly in Leinster, visited by Saint Patrick and his assistant missionaries and of some contemporary kings and chieftains. AuthorShearman, Rev. John F.HeadlineShearman, Loca Patriciana 1879PublisherM.H. GillDate Published1879 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #222 The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captaine John Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: Beginning About the Yeere 1593, and Continued to this Present 1629 [and] .The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles... AuthorSmith, JohnHeadlineThe True Travels, Adventures and Observations of John Smith 1819PublisherFranklin PressDate Published1819 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #223 An Account of Switzerland, Written in the Year 1714 Author[Stanyan, Abraham]HeadlineAn Account of Switzerland, Written in the Year 1714PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1714 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #225 The Haggadah AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineThe Haggadah executed by Arthur Szyk 1962Publisher"Massadah" & "Alumoth"Date Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #229 Japanese Screens (spine title) Heading(Trade Catalog)HeadlineCatalog of Japanese folding screensDate PublishedEarly 20th century? View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #235 Celebrities Sketched From Life - an album of 20 original sketches by Bernhardt Wall AuthorWall, BernhardtHeadlineCelebrities sketched from life by Bernhardt WallDate Published1900s-1920s View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #237 Giacomo Joyce Heading(Weil, Susan, illustrator)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineGiacomo Joyce, Susan Weil, 1/50PublisherVincent Fitzgerald & Co.Date Published1989 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next