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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Eleven almanacks from 1781 bound together View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Almanack)Author**HeadlineEleven almanacks from 1781 bound togetherPublisherJohn WilkieDate Published1781 Lot #6 A Hebrew Grammar, Without Points: Designed to facilitate the Study of the Scriptures of the Old Testament, In the Original; and Particularly Adapted to the Use of Those Who May Not Have Instructions View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(American Judaica)AuthorSmith, JohnHeadlineFirst American Hebrew Grammar BookPublisherJohn WestDate Published1803 Lot #12 Un Mazzetto Scelto di Certi Fioretti del Glorioso Poverllo di Cristo San Francesco di Assisi Insieme col Cantico al sole del Medesimo View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorSt. FrancisHeadlineRare Ashendene printing of Saint FrancisPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1904 Lot #23 Fabliaux or Tales, of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas and John)AuthorLe Grand d'Aussy and Pierre Jean BaptisteHeadlineFabliaux or Tales, of the 12th & 13th CenturiesPublisherPrinted for J. RodwellDate Published1815 Lot #30 The Voyage of the Racoon: A "Secret" Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorHussey, John A., edHeadlineVoyage of the Racoon BCC 1958PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 Lot #32 The Story Without An End: From the German of Carové. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Boyle, Eleanor Vere)AuthorCarové, [Friedriech Wilhelm]HeadlineStory Without An End E.V. Boyle color engravingsPublisherSampson, Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1868 Lot #37 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq. View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineThe Works of Lord Byron 1832-33PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-1833 Lot #45 The World Crisis View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill The World Crisis Finely BoundPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1923-31] Lot #71 In Principio Erat Verbum et Verbum Erat Apud Deum et Deus Erat Verbum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)Author**HeadlineDoves Press In Pricipio One of 200 copies 1911PublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1911 Lot #80 The Comedy of Human Life View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honore deHeadlineThe Comedy of Human Life 40 vols 1/200PublisherE. Holdoway & Co.Date Published[1896] 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights Entertainments Library EditionPublisherKamashastra Society for private subscribersDate Published1885-1887 [but c.1894] Lot #82 Carmina Votiva and Other Occasional Verses View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineCarmina Votiva and Other Occasional VersesPublisherPrinted for private circulationDate Published1901 Lot #83 The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Foe, DanielHeadlineNovels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De FoePublisherThomas TeggDate Published1840-41 Lot #84 The Novels of Henry Fielding - Large Paper Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineThe Novels of Henry Fielding - Large Paper EditioPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1926] Lot #85 The Complete Writings View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineComplete Writings of N. Hawthorne Finely BoundPublisherHoughton Mifflin by the Riverside PressDate Published[1900] Lot #86 The Merrie Days of England, Sketches of the Olden Time View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMcDermott, EdwardHeadlineThe Merrie Days of England finely boundPublisherWilliam Kent & Co.Date Published1859 Lot #87 [Works] View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Parkman Finely BoundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1898 Lot #88 [Works] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineWorks of Walter Pater finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co., Ltd.Date Published1914-1917 Lot #89 The History of Herodotus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineThe History of Herodotus Finely BoundPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1859-60 Lot #90 Waverley Novels View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels 48 volumesPublisherCadell & CompanyDate Published1829 Lot #91 A History of Europe View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold AuthorFisher, H.A.L.HeadlineA History of Europe 3 finely bound volumesPublisherEyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1938 Lot #93 Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper – seven bound volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Leslie, Frank)Author**HeadlineFrank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper – 7 volsPublisherFrank LeslieDate Published1861-1864 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. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGeraldini, AlexandriHeadlineRare work on the discovery of the West IndiesPublisherGuilelmi FacciottiDate Published1631 Lot #109 A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar; and present state of the several kingdoms of the world... To which are added, 1. A geographical index, with the names of places alphabetically arranged. 2. A chronological table of remarkable events from the creation to the present time. 3. A list of men of learning and science... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorGuthrie, WilliamHeadlinewith Ord's natural history from Lewis & ClarkPublisherJohnson & WarnerDate Published1815 Lot #123 Four titles by Helen Keller and one about her - All Inscribed by her View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorKeller, HelenHeadlineFive titles inscribed by Helen KellerPublisherDoubledayDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #134 Elaborate hand-painted & lettered letter of introduction for a Doctor of Divinity to sites in Europe and then the New World View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)Author**HeadlineManuscript Passport - 17th CenturyDate Publishedc.1650 Lot #143 The Love of the Angels, a Poem View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMoore, Thomas, the PoetHeadlineMoore's Love of Angels 1823PublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1823 Lot #151 The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press Shakespeare 7 vols. full leatherPublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 Lot #164 U.S. Camera - seventeen issues from 1937 to 1955 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorMaloney, T.J., editorHeadlineU.S. Camera - 17 volumes from 1937 to 1955Date Published1937-1955 Lot #169 Large collection of 19th century American photographs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)Author**HeadlineLarge collection of 19th century photographsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #172 Fourteen photographs of the San Francisco, Bay Area from the Estate of Wyland Stanley View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Photography)Author**Headline14 photos of SF Bay Area from Wyland StanleyDate PublishedPrints published c.1955 Lot #211 The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Complete Works of James Whitcomb RileyPublisherC.B. RandallDate Published[1913] Lot #227 The Comedy of As You Like It - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAs You Like It - Roycroft Vellum EditionPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1903 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Scott, Sir Walter)Author**HeadlineThe Waverley Gallery 36 steel engravingsPublisherTilt and BogueDate Published1841 Lot #238 The Stratford Gallery; or the Shakspeare Sisterhood View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Shakespeare, William)Author**HeadlineThe Stratford Gallery or Shakspeare SisterhoodPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1867 Lot #240 The Gallery of Portraits and Memoirs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge)Author**HeadlineThe Gallery of Portraits and MemoirsPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1833-37 Lot #248 The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sydney, Knt. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSydney, PhilipHeadlineLarge Paper edition of Philip Sydney's WorksPublisherD.A. TalboysDate Published1829 Lot #259 The Literary Souvenir; Or Cabinet of Poetry and Romance. - 2 annual issues View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWatts, Alaric A.HeadlineThe Literary Souvenir of 1826 & 1827PublisherHurst, Robinson, and Co. / Longman, Rees, et alDate Published1826 & 1827 Lot #260 Observations on the Conduct of Great Britain, With regard to the Negotiations and Other Transactions Abroad View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(West Indies)HeadlineBritish and Spanish dealings over the West IndiesPublisherJ. RobertsDate Published1729 Lot #261 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Wine)Author**HeadlineEarly work on wine production in AmericaPublisherWilliam and Thomas BradfordDate Published1771 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next