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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Crowning of Nature (Coronatio Naturae) - illustrated manuscript View details Estimate$100,000 - $150,000StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy)HeadlineAlchemy manuscript with 67 color illustrationsDate PublishedEarly-to-mid 17th century Lot #6 Recherches sur differens points importans du systeme du monde View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorAlembert, Jean le Rond d'HeadlineAlembert's work on lunar motion 1754-56PublisherChez David l'ainéDate Published1754-1756 Lot #7 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Allix, Susan)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineSusan Allix illustrates Omar KhayyamPublisher[Quadrat Press]Date Published1973 Lot #8 Manuscript book of horoscopes with charts of over 200 European personages of note View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astrology)HeadlineRare manuscript book of horoscopes, 17th centuryDate Published17th century Lot #9 Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa. In Which are Described the Character and the Condition of the Dutch Colonist of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the Several Tribes of Natives Beyond its Limits.. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorBarrow, JohnHeadlineBarrow's Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1806 Lot #10 De a Mesure du Temps, ou Supplement au Traite des Horloges Marines, et a l'Essai sur l'Horologie [bound with] Eclaircissemens sur l'Invention, la Theorie, la Construction, et les Epreubes des Nouvelles Machines Proposees en France, pour la Determination des Longitudes en Mer par la Mesure du Temps. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBerthoud, FerdinandHeadlineTwo rare works on watchmakingPublisherJ.G. Merigot, & Didot Fils / J.B.G. MusierDate Published1787 / 1773 Lot #17 Fifteen volumes from the Religious Tract Society in custom painted bindings, together creating a mosaic of Blake's "Good and Evil Angels" View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William, after)HeadlineHand-painted bindings after William BlakeDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #20 An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead, in the Cases of Two Officers of His Majesty's Army: To Which are Prefixed, Historical and Physiological Remarks on the Nasal Operation, Including Descriptions of the Indian and Italian Methods, View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineFirst modern work on Rhinoplasty by CarpuePublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1816 Lot #21 A History of the High Operation for the Stone, by Incision Above the Pubis; With Observations on the Advantages Attending it and an Account of the Various Methods of Lithotomy, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineJoseph Carpue on the High Operation for the StonePublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1819 Lot #22 An Introduction to Electricity and Galvanism with Cases, shewing their Effects in the Cure of Diseases. To Which is Added, a Description of Mr. Cuthbertson's Plate Electrical Machine View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineJoseph Carpue on the use of Electricity in MedicinePublisherA. PhillipsDate Published1803 Lot #29 L'Histoire Naturelle éclaircie dans deux de ses Parties Principales. La Lithologie et la Conchyliologie View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorDezallier d'Argenville, Antoine JosephHeadlineEarly work on classifying corals and shells w/32 platesPublisherChez de Bure l'AineDate Published1742 Lot #30 La Theorie, et La Pratique du Jardinage View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine Joseph] L.S.A.J.D.A.Headlinepopular work on gardening w/42 plates 1739PublisherJean Martin HussonDate Published1739 Lot #31 Kali. Poems & Etchings View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDine, JimHeadlineKali. Poems and Etchings by Jim DinePublisherEnitharmon Press for Whitman CollegeDate Published1999 Lot #32 “Possible Relation between DNA and Protein Structure” - rare author offprint View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(DNA)AuthorGamow, GeorgeHeadlineRare author offprint on DNA by GamowPublisherPrinted by Fisher, Knight & Co.Date Published1954 Lot #37 Original ink portrait of Albert Einstein by Josef Scharl, signed by Einstein in ink View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorScharl, JosefHeadlineSigned portrait of Albert EinsteinDate PublishedFebr. 9, 1950 Lot #39 Des Maladies Mentales considérées sous les Rapports Médical, Hygiénique et Médico-légal View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorEsquirol, Jean Etienne DominiqueHeadlineOne of the first modern texts on psychiatryPublisherJ.B. BailliereDate Published1838 Lot #41 The Birth and Triumph of Love. A Poem View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurges, James BlandHeadlineHand-colored plates of Cupid in fine bindingPublisherPrinted by C. Roworth for T. Egerton, et al.Date Published1796 Lot #43 Sports of Love, in Six Poems and Six Etchings... Dedicated to the Women of the British Empire View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCraig, W.M.HeadlinePoems of Love, colored plates, finely bound, 1818PublisherPrinted by B.R. Howlett for Thomas M'LeanDate Published1818 Lot #53 Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGregory, DavidHeadlineGregory's Astronomy with Newton's Lunar Theory, 1702PublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1702 Lot #60 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's trans. of Homer's Iliad with 50 platesPublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1660 Lot #65 Der Blaue Reiter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorKandinsky, Wassily & Franz MarcHeadlineKandinsky's Blaue Reiter, hand-colored platesPublisherR. Piper & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #68 Méchanique Analitique; par M. de La Grange, de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorLagrange, Joseph LouisHeadlineLagrange's foundation work on analytical mechanics, 1788PublisherChez la veuve Desaint, libraireDate Published1788 Lot #69 Oeuvres de Laplace - Traité de Mécanique Céleste View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineComplete Mecanique Celestial in Laplace's OeuvrePublisherImprimerie RoyaleDate Published1843-4 Lot #70 Traité de Mécanique Céleste View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineLaplace's Celestial Mecaniques, first editionPublisherJ.B.M. Duprat / CourcierDate Published1798-1805 Lot #71 The Story of Ferdinand View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorLeaf, MunroHeadlineFerdinand the Bull signed 1st edition in jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1936 Lot #77 Institutiones ad vsum & examen eorum, quiluxatoriam exercentartem. In Quibus Explicantur Variae Differentaecum Articulationum tum Moderum, quibus solent articuli deprauari...In quibus Denique Agitur De Ossium fractura & curatione. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMercado, Luis de.HeadlineDirections for the official examination of the bone-setters 1625PublisherTypis Hartm. PaltheniiDate Published1625 Lot #82 Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy... Book the first. Translated into English, and illustrated with a commentary, by Robert Thorp View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English 1802PublisherPrinted by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, Jun. & W. DaviesDate Published1802 Lot #84 Abhandlung über die leichteste und bequemste Methode die Bahn eines Cometen aus einigen Beobachtungen zu berechnen View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorOlbers, WilhelmHeadlineOlbers on calculating a comet's orbit, 1797PublisherIm Verlage des Industrie-ComptoirsDate Published1797 Lot #85 Ueber eine Verbesserung der Wien'schen Spectralgleichung [“On an Improvement of Wien’s Radiation Law"] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineMax Planck provides the origin of quantum theory, 1900PublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1900 Lot #86 Piter Pan dans les Jardins de Kensington View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineRackham's Piter Pan one of 20 copies on Japan VellumPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1907 Lot #87 Piter Pan. Douze Réproductions en Couleur des Originaux de A. Rackham qui ont Servi a l'Illustration de l'Ouvrage de J.M. Barrie. View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineFrench edition of Arthur Rackham's Peter Pan PortfolioPublisherHachetteDate Published1911 Lot #88 Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineGulliver's Travels finely bound w/Rackham illustrationsPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1909 Lot #93 Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Sendak, Maurice)AuthorBond, Gladys BakerHeadlineSendak illustrates seven stories for the B'nai B'rithPublisherAnti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rithDate Published[1955] Lot #98 Specimens of tile pavements, drawn from existing authorities View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineColor plates of ancient British pavement tilesPublisherBasil M. PickeringDate Published1858 Lot #104 La Venetia Edificata: Poema Eroico con Gli Argomenti del Sig. Francesco Cortesi. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorStrozzi, GiulioHeadlineEarly history of Venice with engraved plates 1624PublisherAppresso Antonio PinelliDate Published1624 Lot #107 Penrod View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineFirst Edition of Penrod, inscribed and in dust jacketPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1914 Lot #118 There is No Natural Religion View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's No Natural Religion, 1/50 copiesPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1972 Lot #122 The Official Handbook for Boys View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Boy Scouts of America)AuthorBSA Editorial Board and Various ExpertsHeadline1911 US Boy Scout HandbookPublisherBoy Scouts of America/Doubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #124 The Ten Little Mulligan Guards View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBraham, David and Edward HarriganHeadlineMcLoughlin Brothers The Ten Little Mulligan GuardsPublisherMcLoughlin BrothersDate Published[1874] Lot #146 Hyperion: A Romance View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Frith, Francis)AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineIllustrated with Original Photographs by Francis FrithPublisherAlfred William BennettDate Published1865 Lot #147 25 Hand-colored Plates from Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGerin, F.-E.Headline25 Hand-colored Plates form Gerin's DictionnaireDate Published1834 Lot #158 The Principles of Psychology View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorJames, WilliamHeadlineJames' The Principles of Psychology, 1890PublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1890] Lot #166 Physical Geography of the Sea View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorMaury, Matthew FontaineHeadlineFirst major textbook in modern oceanographyDate Published1857 Lot #177 New-England Primer Improved for the more easy attaining the true Reading of English. To which is added, The Assembly of Divines' Catechism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(New-England Primer...)HeadlineEarly 19th c. of popular American children's primerPublisherHudson & GoodwinDate Published1803 Lot #178 The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorOsler, WilliamHeadlineOsler's Principles & Practice of Medicine, 1894PublisherD. Appleton & CoDate Published1894 Lot #179 Rerum memorabilium sive deperditarum View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorPanciroli, GuidoHeadlinePanciroli's 1660 encyclopaedic history of arts & technologyPublisherHeirs of G. SchoenwetterDate Published1660 Lot #184 La callipédie, traduite du poème latin View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorQuillet, ClaudeHeadline1st French edition of Quillet's poem on producing beautiful childrenPublisherchez Durand & PissotDate Published1749 Lot #185 Geological Papers, 1887 to 1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorRaisin, Catherine A.HeadlinePioneering Female Geologist, Catherine Raisin's PapersDate Publishedc. 1905 Lot #191 Two Suppressed Printed Christmas Card Sketches View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadline2 Rare Sendak Christmas Card SketchesPublisherFarrar Straus & GirouxDate Published1973 Lot #205 Preliminary Report on Marau Bay Manganese Deposits View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWhitney, L. E., and E. A. PetersonHeadline1959 Preliminary Report on Marau Bay Manganese DepositsPublisherMohave Mining & Milling CompanyDate Published1959 Lot #207 Redrawn by Request: The Great Cartoons of J.R. Williams View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWilliams, J.R.HeadlineThe Great Cartoons of J. R. WilliamsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1955 Lot #208 Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Wyeth, N.C., illustrator)AuthorFox, John Jr.HeadlineLimited edition signed by N. C. WyethPublisherCharles Scribner’s SonsDate Published1931 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next