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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Printing with the Handpress: Herewith a Definitive Manual...to Encourage Fine Printing through Hand-craftsmanship Heading(Allen Press)AuthorAllen, Lewis M.HeadlineAllen Press, Printing with the Handpress 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1969 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #18 Barclay's Complete and universal English dictionary: Including not only, 1. An explanation of difficult words and technical terms, in all faculties and professions...But also, 2. A pronouncing dictionary...3. The origin of each word; with its different meanings...4. The differences pointed out between words esteemed synonymous. 5. An epitome of the history of England;...6. A description of the various states, provinces, and chief towns, of the known world. 7. A statement of the sects and divisions in the Christian Church; together with a brief history of the prophets and apostles. 8. An account of the counties, cities, and market-towns, in Great Britain...: To which are prefixed, A free inquiry into the origin and antiquity of letters, An essay on the origin and antiquity of the English tongue: and to the whole is added a chronological series of remarkable events, from the Creation to the present period: together with a list of the Grecian, Roman, and English classics Author[Barclay, James]HeadlineRare Edition of Barclay's English Dictionary 1807PublisherNuttall, Fisher, and DixonDate Published1807 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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Life of Ali Pacha 1823PublisherLupton RelfeDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #26 WITHDRAWN Series Chronologica et Imagines Regum Hispaniae ab Ataulpho ad Carolum II AuthorBlondeau, Jacobus, engraverHeadlineSpanish Monarchs from Ataulphus to Charles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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #104 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyHeadlineBibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold 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 #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 #181 The Printers' International Specimen Exchange. Vol. IX Heading(Printing)Author**HeadlinePrinters' International Specimen Exchange. Vol IXPublisherOffice of "The British Printer"Date Published1888 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #188 Institutione Oratoria AuthorQuintilianus, Marcus FabiusHeadlineQuintilianus Institutione Oratoria 1693PublisherHenry CruttendenDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #203 Two volumes on the study of rare books Heading(Rare Books)Author**HeadlineTwo volumes on the study of rare booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #205 L’Arte Del Libro E Della Rivista Nei Paesi D’Europe E D’America. (The Art of the Book and of the Review in Europe and America) AuthorRatta, CesareHeadlineArt of the book in Europe and AmericaPublisherCesare RattaDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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