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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Handwritten manuscript on works relating to St. Thomas Aquinas View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Aquinas, St. Thomas)HeadlineHandwritten manuscript on works relating to St. Thomas Aquinas 1708Date Published1708 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #76 Manuscript copy of John Denham's 1642 poem "Cooper's Hill," in the hand of Peter Cunningham, editor of the 1854 edition of Samuel Johnson's Lives of the most eminent English Poets View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDenham, JohnHeadlineMs. copy of John Denham;s "Cooper Hill"Date Publishedc .1850 Lot #85 Wordsworth: An Anthology View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy of WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 Lot #94 WITHDRAWN - Madame de Staël View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Extra-Illustrated)AuthorSorel, AlbertHeadlineExtra-illustrated with French authors & politiciansPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1892 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 #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 #132 Manuscript Bhagavad Gita in Farsi (Persian), written in Arabic script View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineBhagavad Gita ms. in Persian with gouache paintingsDate Publishedc.18th century Lot #133 Manuscript Hindu epic, likely a portion of the Mahabharata or the Ramayana, with six full page illuminations View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineIlluminated Sanskrit ManuscriptDate Published19th century? Lot #152 Statutes of Venice - manuscript on vellum View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Law Manuscript - Venice, Italy, 1580)HeadlineRare manuscript statutes of Venice 1580Date Published1580 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 #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