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[bound with] Æsopics: or a Second Collection of Fables... AuthorÆsopHeadlineOgilby's Aesop, parts 1 & 2, 1668PublisherPrinted by Thomas RoycroftDate Published1668 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #11 Etching of a bearded man in Spanish-style hat - artist's proof AuthorBaskin, LeonardHeadlineLeonard Baskin artist's proof etchingDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$180StatusSold Lot #19 Der Antichrist und die fünfzehn Zeichen Faksimile-Ausgabe des einzigen erhaltenen chiroxylographishen Blockbuches [The Antichrist and the Fifteen Signs. 2 volumes: Facsimile and Commentary] Heading(Block books)HeadlineDer Antichrist, block book facsimile 1/650PublisherPrestel-VerlagDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #20 Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena Heading(Bonaparte, Napoleon)AuthorLas Cases, The Count deHeadlinePrivate Life of Napoleon at St. Helena 1823PublisherHenry CoburnDate Published1823 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$350StatusSold Lot #27 The Life of Robert Burns Heading(Burns, Robert)AuthorLockhart, John GibsonHeadlineThe Life of Robert Burns 1/520 1914PublisherHenry Young & SonsDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #28 The Laureate's Country: A Description of Places Connected with the Life of Alfred Lord Tennyson AuthorChurch, Alfred JohnHeadlineThe Laureate's Country w/watercolor on vellumPublisherSeeley and Co.Date Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #32 The Ladies’ Equestrian Guide; Or, The Habit & the Horse: A Treatise on Female Equitation. Author[Clarke, Mrs. Sterling]HeadlineLadies’ Equestrian Guide 1857PublisherDay & SonDate Published[1857] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #54 The Great Chalice of Antioch: On Which Are Depicted in Sculpture the Earliest Known Portraits of Christ, Apostles and Evangelists AuthorEisen, Gustavus A.HeadlineGreat Chalice of Antioch w/60 platesPublisherKouchakji FréresDate Published1923 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #59 Eikon Basilike or The King's Book Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAlmack, Edward, editorHeadline"The King's Book" finely boundPublisherDe La More PressDate Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #60 The Golden Ass Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorApuleius, LuciusHeadlineThe Golden Ass finely bound 1/900PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Ten Droll Tales Being The Story Of The Fair Imperia, The Venial Sin, The Merrie Diversions Of His Most Christian Majesty King Louis The Eleventh, Together With Certain Other Quaint And Piquant Histories Making Up The First Decade Of Droll Tales Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineBalzac's Ten Droll Tales finely boundPublisherJohn Lane The Bodley Head LimitedDate Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #62 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning With Portraits Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineBrowning's works, finely bound by Zaehnsdorf.PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #63 The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Written by Himself Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCellini, BenvenutoHeadlineLife of Cellini finely boundPublisherBrentano'sDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #64 British Butterflies - finely bound by Zaehnsdorf Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorColeman, W.SHeadlineBritish Butterflies bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherRoutledge Warne and RoutledgeDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$400StatusSold Lot #65 The Comic Almanack, an Ephermeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineComic Almanack in 2 vols Cruikshank 1835-1853PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published[c.1881] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #66 The Essays of Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Ralph Waldo Emerson finely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #67 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Fitzgerald, Edward, translator]HeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám finely boundPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[c.1910] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #68 WITHDRAWN - The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels - finely bound by The Guild of Women-Binders Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham].HeadlineIngoldsby Legends bound by Guild of Women-BindersPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #69 The Poetical Works of John Milton. Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and An Essay on Milton's English Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton finely boundPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #70 Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836. Including A Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe of Indians, in the Remote Prairies of the Missouri, and A Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMurray, Charles AugustusHeadlineMurray's Travels in North America finely boundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #71 The Dialogues of Plato Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPlatoHeadlinePlato's Dialogues finely boundPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #72 Art Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRodin, AugusteHeadlineArt by Rodin finely bound 1912PublisherSmall, Maynard & CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$130StatusSold Lot #73 Ballads and Sonnets Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineRossetti's sonnets and ballads finely boundPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #74 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam w/Riviere bindingPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #75 Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStanley, Arthur PenrhynHeadlineHistory of the Jewish Church finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #76 Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Stieler, Karl]HeadlineItaly from the Alps to Mt. Etna finely boundPublisherJ.S. VirtueDate Published[c.1888] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #77 Gentlemen Up Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStreett, William B.HeadlineIllustrated horse racing, finely boundPublisherThe Derrydale PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #78 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTristram, W. OutramHeadlineCoaching Days and Coaching Ways finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #79 Story-Life of Washington: A Life-History in Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together in Order Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhipple, WayneHeadlineStory-Life of Washington finely boundPublisherThe John C. Winston CompanyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Macbeth: Eaux-fortes de Gromaire Heading(Gromaire, Marcel)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMarcel Gromaire, 20 etched plates for Macbeth 1/200PublisherTériadeDate Published1958 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #91 Memoirs of the Opera in Italy, France, Germany and England - from the library of Freiherr Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild AuthorHogarth, GeorgeHeadlineMemoirs of the Opera finely bound 1851PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #93 Botanical Miscellany, Volume 1 AuthorHooker, William Jackson, editorHeadlineBotanical Miscellany w/75 plates 1830PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #99 Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic Heading(Jones, Owen, designer)AuthorLockhart, J. G., translatorHeadlineAncient Spanish Ballad 1859 finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #108 Sam & Sap. Aventures surprenantes d'un petit nègre et de son singe AuthorLe Cordier, GeorgesHeadlineSam et Sap with racial stereotype illustrations 1909PublisherLibrairie Ch. DelagraveDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #116 Aphrodite AuthorLouys, PierreHeadlineAphrodite illustrated by Donald DentonPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #122 My Book of Hours: 167 Designs Engraved on Wood By Frans Masereel AuthorMasereel, FransHeadlineMy Book of Hours: 167 woodcuts by Frans Masereel 1/600PublisherSe trouve chez l'AuteurDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #126 The Sistine Chapel Heading(Michelangelo)AuthorHartt, Frederick, and Okamura, TakashiHeadlineSistine Chapel 1/2500PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1991 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #128 Now We Are Six AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineA.A. Milne Now We Are Six 1st edPublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #129 Missae Solemniorum Festorum E Missali Romano Excerptae Ad Usum Episcoporum Ac Praelatorum Solemniter Celebrantium Heading(Missals)AuthorRoman Catholic ChurchHeadlineFinely bound missal 1890PublisherSoc. S. Joannis EvangDate Published1890 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #142 A collection of hand-colored plates of Paris fashion from the late nineteenth century Heading(Paris fashion)HeadlineHand-colored Paris fashion plates 1800'sDate Published[Late 1800's] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #144 Na Motu: or, Reef-Rovings in the South Seas. A Narrative of Adventures at the Hawaiian, Georgian and Society Islands; with Maps, Twelve Original Illustrations, and An Appendix Relating to the Resources, Social and Political Conditions of Polynesia, and Subject of Interest in the Pacific Ocean AuthorPerkins, Edward T.HeadlineRoving about the Pacific, 1854PublisherPudney & RussellDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #153 2 Statements. Also a Comment by Merle Armitage - unique copy AuthorPicasso, PabloHeadlineUniquely bound w/signed lithograph of PicassoPublisherMerle ArmitageDate Published1936 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #154 Kiowa Indian Art: Watercolor Paintings in Color by the Indians of Oklahoma Heading(Pochoir)AuthorJacobson, Oscar Brousse, introductionHeadlinePochoir plates of Kiowa Indian ArtPublisherC. SzedzickiDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #156 Pompeian Frescoes and Mosaics. A collection of 37 original photographs mounted on commercial cabinet cards Heading(Pompei)Headline37 original photographs of Pompeian Frescoes and MosaicsPublisherGrillet & Co.Date Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #157 Freedom, a Fable. A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times Heading(Pop-Up)AuthorWalker, Kara ElizabethHeadlineRare pop-up by Kara WalkerPublisherThe Peter Norton FamilyDate Published[1997] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #158 The Procession of Pope Clement VII and the Emperor Charles V: After the Coronation in Bologna on the 24th February 1530 Heading(Pope Clement VII)AuthorHogenberg, Jan Nicolas and William Stirling MaxwellHeadlineCoronation in Bologna 1530 scarce facsimilePublisherEdmonston & DouglasDate Published1875 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #164 The Stones of Venice AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineRuskin's Stones of Venice finely boundPublisherGeorge Allen, Sunnyside, OrpingtonDate Published1893 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #170 The Merchant of Venice. Printed from the Folio of 1623 Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMerchant of Venice Shakespeare Head Press 1/100Publisher[Shakespeare Head Press]Date Published1923 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #173 Oxonia Antiqua Resturata, containing upwards of one hundred and seventy engravings, among which are numerous representations of buildings in Oxford, now either altered or demolished... The whole forming an Illustration of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings in this University AuthorSkelton, JosephHeadlineSkelton's engravings of Oxford, large paper copyPublisherPrinted by S. and J. Collingwood . and published by J. SkeltonDate Published1823 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #178 International Sport: The Anglo-American Equestrian World AuthorStock, Alphons. editorHeadlineAnglo-American Equestrian World 1956 1/250PublisherAstor Publishing Company LtdDate Published1956 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #187 The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Virginians in Original PartsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857-59 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #192 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Sketches finely bound.PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #197 Veiled Prophet [Ball] October 8th 1889 Heading(Veiled Prophet Ball)HeadlineVeiled Prophet Ball 1889Date Published[1889] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next