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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Eleven almanacks from 1781 bound together Heading(Almanack)Author**HeadlineEleven almanacks from 1781 bound togetherPublisherJohn WilkieDate Published1781 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #12 Un Mazzetto Scelto di Certi Fioretti del Glorioso Poverllo di Cristo San Francesco di Assisi Insieme col Cantico al sole del Medesimo Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorSt. FrancisHeadlineRare Ashendene printing of Saint FrancisPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #19 Histoire de la conqueste d'Angleterre par Guillaume II, duc de Normandie AuthorBaudot de Juilly, NicolasHeadlineEngland conquered by William of Normandy 1701PublisherDamien BuegnieDate Published1751 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #22 The Life of Ali Pacha, of Jannina, Late Vizier of Epirus, Surnamed Aslan, or the Lion. Including a Compendious History of Modern Greece. Headingzzg(Ottoman Empire)Author[Beauchamp, Alphonse De]HeadlineThe Life of Ali Pacha 1823PublisherLupton RelfeDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #23 Fabliaux or Tales, of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries Heading(Bewick, Thomas and John)AuthorLe Grand d'Aussy and Pierre Jean BaptisteHeadlineFabliaux or Tales, of the 12th & 13th CenturiesPublisherPrinted for J. RodwellDate Published1815 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #26 WITHDRAWN Series Chronologica et Imagines Regum Hispaniae ab Ataulpho ad Carolum II AuthorBlondeau, Jacobus, engraverHeadlineSpanish Monarchs from Ataulphus to Charles IIPublisherPetrus de la TourDate Published1698 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #32 The Story Without An End: From the German of Carové. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B. Heading(Boyle, Eleanor Vere)AuthorCarové, [Friedriech Wilhelm]HeadlineStory Without An End E.V. Boyle color engravingsPublisherSampson, Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #37 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq. AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineThe Works of Lord Byron 1832-33PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-1833 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #43 Illustrated Charts on Chinese History Heading(Chinese History)AuthorTso-pin, Tung and Yen I-pingHeadlineIllustrated Charts on Chinese History c.1959PublisherYee Wen Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1959] View details Estimate$200 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #45 The World Crisis AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill The World Crisis Finely BoundPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1923-31] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #46 A Bibliography of the Works of Winston Churchill - Long Galley Proofs Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorWoods, FrederickHeadlineProof sheets of Woods' Churchill BibliographyPublisherNicholas VaneDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Compleat Ambassador, or, Two treaties of the intended marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of glorious memory; comprised in letters of negotiation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her resident in France. Together with the answers of the Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester, Sir Tho. Smith, and others. Wherein, as in a clear mirror, may be seen the faces of the two courts of England and France, as they then stood, with many remarkable passages of state... AuthorDigges, Dudley, SirHeadlineIntended marriage of Queen Elizabeth I 1655PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb for Gabriel Bedell and Thomas CollinsDate Published1655 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #64 The History of Diodorus Siculus. Containing All That is Most Memorable and of Greatest Antiquity in the First Ages of the World Until the War of Troy AuthorDiodurus SiculusHeadlineThe History of Diodorus Siculus 1653PublisherPrinted by John Macock, for Giles CalvertDate Published1653 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #71 In Principio Erat Verbum et Verbum Erat Apud Deum et Deus Erat Verbum Heading(Doves Press)Author**HeadlineDoves Press In Pricipio One of 200 copies 1911PublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #80 The Comedy of Human Life Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honore deHeadlineThe Comedy of Human Life 40 vols 1/200PublisherE. Holdoway & Co.Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #81 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entitled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights Entertainments Library EditionPublisherKamashastra Society for private subscribersDate Published1885-1887 [but c.1894] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #82 Carmina Votiva and Other Occasional Verses Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineCarmina Votiva and Other Occasional VersesPublisherPrinted for private circulationDate Published1901 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #83 The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Foe, DanielHeadlineNovels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De FoePublisherThomas TeggDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #84 The Novels of Henry Fielding - Large Paper Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineThe Novels of Henry Fielding - Large Paper EditioPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #85 The Complete Writings Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineComplete Writings of N. Hawthorne Finely BoundPublisherHoughton Mifflin by the Riverside PressDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #86 The Merrie Days of England, Sketches of the Olden Time Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMcDermott, EdwardHeadlineThe Merrie Days of England finely boundPublisherWilliam Kent & Co.Date Published1859 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #87 [Works] AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Parkman Finely BoundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #88 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineWorks of Walter Pater finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co., Ltd.Date Published1914-1917 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #89 The History of Herodotus Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineThe History of Herodotus Finely BoundPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1859-60 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #90 Waverley Novels Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels 48 volumesPublisherCadell & CompanyDate Published1829 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #91 A History of Europe AuthorFisher, H.A.L.HeadlineA History of Europe 3 finely bound volumesPublisherEyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1938 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #101 An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineAn Enquiry Concerning Political Justice by GodwinPublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1793 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #113 Historia D'Herodiano dello Imperio dopo Marco tradotta in lingua toscana & con diligentia stampata AuthorHerodianHeadlineHerodian's Roman History 1522PublisherGuintaDate Published1522 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #122 The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus the Jewish Historian...Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, with the Appendix, or Life of Josephus, written by himself: Seven Books of the Jewish War: and Two Books against Apion... AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus 1737PublisherWilliam WhistonDate Published1737 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #125 A Narrative of the Recovery of H.M.S. Gorgon...Stranded in the Bay of Monte Video, May 10th, 1844 AuthorKey, Astley CooperHeadlineA Narrative of the Recovery of H.M.S. GorgonPublisherSmith, ElderDate Published1847 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #135 Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung HeadingzzfAuthorMao Tse-TungHeadlineSelected Works of Mao Tse-TungPublisherForeign Languages PressDate Published1961-[1977] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #136 The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: Containing an Impartial Account of the most Remarkable Affairs of State During the last Age, not mention'd by other Historians: More particularly Relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland Under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James...Now published from the Original Manuscript by George Scott Heading(Melville, James)AuthorScott, GeorgeHeadlineMomoirs of Melville 1683PublisherRobert BoulterDate Published1683 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #142 A View of the Causes and Progress of the French Revolution HeadingzzfAuthorMoore, JohnHeadlineCauses and Progress of the French RevolutionPublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1795 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #143 The Love of the Angels, a Poem Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMoore, Thomas, the PoetHeadlineMoore's Love of Angels 1823PublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1823 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #151 The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press Shakespeare 7 vols. full leatherPublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #152 The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81 including Five Months' Residence Among the Tekkes of Merv AuthorO'Donovan, EdmondHeadlineEdmond O'Donovan The Merv Oasis 1882PublisherSmith, ElderDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #154 A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan Author[Orme, Robert]HeadlineThe British Nation in Indostan 1780PublisherJohn NourseDate Published1780 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #188 Institutione Oratoria AuthorQuintilianus, Marcus FabiusHeadlineQuintilianus Institutione Oratoria 1693PublisherHenry CruttendenDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #211 The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Complete Works of James Whitcomb RileyPublisherC.B. RandallDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #227 The Comedy of As You Like It - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum Heading(Roycroft)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAs You Like It - Roycroft Vellum EditionPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #236 The Waverley Gallery of the Principal Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott's Romances. From Original Paintings by Eminent Artists Engraved Under the Superintendence of Charles Heath Heading(Scott, Sir Walter)Author**HeadlineThe Waverley Gallery 36 steel engravingsPublisherTilt and BogueDate Published1841 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #237 The History of the Church of Englande Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorBede, VenerableHeadlineThe History of the Church of EnglandePublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #238 The Stratford Gallery; or the Shakspeare Sisterhood Headingzzc(Shakespeare, William)Author**HeadlineThe Stratford Gallery or Shakspeare SisterhoodPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #240 The Gallery of Portraits and Memoirs Heading(Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge)Author**HeadlineThe Gallery of Portraits and MemoirsPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1833-37 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #242 De L'Allemagne AuthorStael-Holstein, Mme la Baronne deHeadlineMadame de Stael De L'Allemagne 1814PublisherJ.J. PaschoudDate Published1814 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #244 Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various Occurrences in the Church of England, During Queen Elizabeth's Happy Reign AuthorStrype, JohnHeadlineJohn Strype's Annals of the ReformationPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1824 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #248 The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sydney, Knt. AuthorSydney, PhilipHeadlineLarge Paper edition of Philip Sydney's WorksPublisherD.A. TalboysDate Published1829 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #257 Diccionario Geografico Universal, que Comprehende la Description de las Quatro Partes del Mundo AuthorVegas, AntonioHeadlineDiccionario Geografico Universal 1806PublisherJosef DobladoDate Published1806 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #259 The Literary Souvenir; Or Cabinet of Poetry and Romance. - 2 annual issues Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWatts, Alaric A.HeadlineThe Literary Souvenir of 1826 & 1827PublisherHurst, Robinson, and Co. / Longman, Rees, et alDate Published1826 & 1827 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #260 Observations on the Conduct of Great Britain, With regard to the Negotiations and Other Transactions Abroad Heading(West Indies)HeadlineBritish and Spanish dealings over the West IndiesPublisherJ. RobertsDate Published1729 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #264 Omega Cuts. Woodcuts and linotypes by artists associated with the Omega Workshops and the Hogarth Press Headingzzf(Wood Lea Press)AuthorGreenwood, JeremyHeadlineWood Lea Press Omega Cuts Limited EditionPublisherWood Lea PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next