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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 #9 Opuscula AuthorAquinas, ThomasHeadlineThomas Aquinas OpusculaPublisherBeninus and Johannes Antonius de HonateDate Published1488 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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 #16 The Essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineBacon's Essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral 1696PublisherPrinted for A. Swalle and T. ChildeDate Published1696 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #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 #24 Seven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613 Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineSeven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #25 Commentaries on the Laws of England AuthorBlackstone, WilliamHeadlineBlackstone's Commentaries 4th Edition 1790PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1770 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #26 WITHDRAWN Series Chronologica et Imagines Regum Hispaniae ab Ataulpho ad Carolum II AuthorBlondeau, Jacobus, engraverHeadlineSpanish Monarchs from Ataulphus to Charles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 #27 The Works of Jacob Behmen, the Teutonic Theosopher AuthorBoehme, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Behmen 1763PublisherJoseph RichardsonDate Published1763 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #29 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare Heading(Book Club of California - Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineBook Called Holinshed's Chronicles w/leafPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold 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 #38 Sermones de laudibus sanctorum AuthorCaracciolus, RobertusHeadlineSermones de laudibus sanctorum Basel 1490PublisherNicolaus KeslerDate Published26 Feb. 1490 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #39 A Genuine Caxton Leaf from Higden's 'Policronicon', Westminster 1482 Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorHigden (Ranulph)HeadlineGenuine Caxton Leaf Policronicon 1482PublisherDawson's BookshopDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #40 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by William WhitwoodDate Published1687 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold 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 #50 An Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings by Jurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, of Late Times by Some Chalenged, and Also Diversly by Them Impugned. By Which Apologie (in Their Severall Due Places) All the Reasons and Allegations Set Downe as Well in a Treatise, as in Certaine Notes (That Goe From Hand to Hand) Both Against Proceeding Ex Officio, and Against Oaths Ministred to Parties in Causes Criminall... Author[Cosin, Richard]HeadlineAn Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings 1593PublisherThe Deputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1593 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #52 Enchiridion ivris vtrivsqve terminorvm, Benedicto Curtio Symphoriano, equite Ecclesiae Lugdunensis, auctore AuthorCourt, Benoit deHeadlineScarce 16th century legal worksPublisherapud Ioannem & Franciscum Frellonios, fratresDate Published1543 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #69 Walt Disney: The Art of Animation. The Story of the Disney Studio Contribution to a New Art. - Inscribed by Walt Disney Heading(Disney, Walt)AuthorThomas, BobHeadlineWalt Disney: The Art of Animation SIGNED!!Publisher[Simon and Schuster]Date Published[1958] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold 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 #79 The Adventures of Telemachus, The Son of Ulysses AuthorFenolon, Francis de Salignac de la MotteHeadlineThe Adventures of Telemachus, The Son of UlyssesPublisherHovius the sonDate PublishedVIIIth Year [i.e. 1799] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold 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 #92 Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese: A Dictionary, Italian and English, First Compiled by John Florio...Whereunto is Added, A Dictionary, English and Italian...By Gio. Torriano,...Now Reprinted, Revised and Corrected by J.D. AuthorFlorio, John & Gio[vanni] Torriano & J[ohn] D[avis]Headline1688 Italian English DictionaryPublisherPrinted by R. Holt and W. Horton for R. Chiswell, T. Sawbridge, et alDate Published1688 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #94 Corpus Juris Canonici Academicum, Emendatum et Notis P. Lancellotti Illustratum, in Suos Tomos Distributum, Usuique Moderno. AuthorFreiesleben, Christoph. Henr.HeadlineCorpus Juris Canonici AcademicumPublisherE. & J.R. Thurnisiorum [Thurneysen]Date Published1735 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #98 Itinerarium ad Regiones sub Aequinoctiali Plaga Constitutas...Opus Antiquitates, Ritus, Mores & Religiones Populor u Aethiopie, Africae, Atlantici Oceani, Indicarumque Regionum Complectens, Nunc Primo Edidit Onuphrius Geraldinus de Catenacciis. AuthorGeraldini, AlexandriHeadlineRare work on the discovery of the West IndiesPublisherGuilelmi FacciottiDate Published1631 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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 #116 Historia Naturalis Dentium Humanorum / Natuurlyke Historie der Tanden van den Mensch AuthorHunter, JohnHeadlineJohn Hunter on Human Teeth in Latin/DutchPublisherA. Blusse en ZoonDate Published1773 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold 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 #129 The Law of Actions: Being an Exact, Brief and Methodical Collection of All Adjudg'd Cases Out of All the Reports of the Law to This Day Heading(Law)Author**HeadlineThe Law of Actions 1710PublisherPrinted by John Nutt for John HartleyDate Published1710 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #133 Philosophi et Rhetoris AuthorLonginus, DionysiusHeadlineLonginus Philosophi et Rhetoris 1663PublisherJoannem LeneriumDate Published1663 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #137 L’an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s’il en fût jamais Author[Mercier, Louis-Sébastien]Headline2440 A.D viewed from 1772 FranceDate Published1772 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold 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 #150 Vulgo Aemilii Probi de Vita AuthorNepos, CorneliusHeadlineCorn. Nepos Vulgo Aemilii Probi de VitaPublisherClaud Marnium & Jo. AubriiDate Published1608 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold 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 #155 WITHDRAWN Della Natura del Caldo e del Freddo Lettera AuthorPapa, Giuseppe delHeadlineDella Natura del Caldo e del Freddo LetteraPublisherPiero MatiniDate Published1690 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #157 Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles. Der Irr-garte zu Versailles. 't Dool-hof tot Versailles Author[Perrault, Charles]HeadlineThe Labyrinth of Versailles c.1690PublisherNicolaus VisscherDate Published[c.1690] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #176 Phedon: or, A Dialogue of the Immortality of the Soul AuthorPlatoHeadlinePhedon by Plato c.1755? with "Crito"PublisherPrinted for M. CooperDate Published[c.1755?] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #177 Histoire du ciel, où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie, et les méprises de la philosophie, sur la formation des corps célestes, & de toute la nature AuthorPluche, Noël AntoineHeadlinePluche Histoire du Ciel 1742PublisherChez la veuve EstienneDate Published1742 View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #179 The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope [&] The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume II AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineWorks of Alexander PopePublisherBernard Lintot [&] Lawton GilliverDate Published1717 & 1735 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #187 An Essay at the Mechanism of the Macrocosm: or the Dependance(sic) of Effects Upon Their Causes Author[Purshall, Conyers]HeadlineAn Essay at the Mechanism of the MacrocosmPublisherPrinted by F. Collins for Jeffery WaleDate Published1705 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #188 Institutione Oratoria AuthorQuintilianus, Marcus FabiusHeadlineQuintilianus Institutione Oratoria 1693PublisherHenry CruttendenDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #204 The Book of Bertram the Priest, Concerning the Body and Blood of Christ in the Sacrament. Written in Lating by the Command of the Emperour Charles the Bald, Between Eight and Nine Hundred Years Ago. First translated into English in 1549. And Now Refined and Corrected from the Errors of the Old Translation. AuthorRatramnus, Monk of CorbieHeadlineThe Book of Bertram the Priest 1686PublisherPrinted for William TaylorDate Published1686 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #224 Fasciculus Temporum AuthorRolewinck, WernerHeadlineWerner Rolewinck Fasciculus Temporum 1480PublisherErhard RatdoltDate Published24 Nov. 1480 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #226 Les Confessions de J.J. Rousseau, Suivies a des Reveries du Promeneur Solitaire AuthorRousseau, J[ean] J[acques]HeadlineLes Confessions de J.J. Rousseau 1782-1789Date Published1782-89 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold 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 #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 #241 Opus Insigne de Peste AuthorSoldus, JacobusHeadlineJacobus Soldus Opus Insigne de Peste 1478PublisherJohannes Schriber, de Annunciata, for Thomas de BononiaDate Published1478 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #246 A Tale of A Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineSwift's Tale of a Tub 2nd edition 1704PublisherPrinted for John NuttDate Published1704 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #247 A Tale of a tub. Written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, An account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James’s Library Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineSwift's Tale of a Tub 1711Date PublishedAnno M.DCC.XI [1711] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #258 The Mariner's Compass Rectified: Containing Tables, Shewing the true Hour of the Day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass; the Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars... AuthorWakely, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Wakely The Mariner's Compass RectifiedPublisherPrinted for Rich. MountDate Published1709 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #261 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge Heading(Wine)Author**HeadlineEarly work on wine production in AmericaPublisherWilliam and Thomas BradfordDate Published1771 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next