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Previous|1|Next Lot #20 Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$350StatusSold Heading(Bonaparte, Napoleon)AuthorLas Cases, The Count deHeadlinePrivate Life of Napoleon at St. Helena 1823PublisherHenry CoburnDate Published1823 Lot #27 The Life of Robert Burns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Burns, Robert)AuthorLockhart, John GibsonHeadlineThe Life of Robert Burns 1/520 1914PublisherHenry Young & SonsDate Published1914 Lot #28 The Laureate's Country: A Description of Places Connected with the Life of Alfred Lord Tennyson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorChurch, Alfred JohnHeadlineThe Laureate's Country w/watercolor on vellumPublisherSeeley and Co.Date Published1891 Lot #29 Poems. Containing The Rosciad. The Apology. Night. The Prophecy of Famine. An Epistle to William Hogarth. And, The Ghost, in Four Books. [Bound With] Poems. Containing The Conference. The Author. The Duelist. Gotham, In Three Books. The Candidate. The Farewell. The Times. Independence. And, Fragment of Journey View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorChurchill, C.HeadlinePoems of C. Churchill, 1763-5Date Published1763 & 1765 Lot #41 Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)Author"Boz," editorHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Dickens 2nd issuePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #42 Complete set of Charles Dickens's Christmas Books, First Editions in the original cloth View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Editions of Dickens' Christmas BooksPublisherChapman & Hall [or] Bradbury & EvansDate Published1844-1848 Lot #43 The Nonesuch Dickens View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Nonesuch Dickens with a woodcut plate by Marcus StonePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1937-1938 Lot #44 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineHandsomely bound Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 Lot #45 An Index to “In Memoriam” View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDodgson, Charles Lutwidge, contributorHeadlineEarly work by Lewis CarrollPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1862 Lot #47 All For Love: or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal; and Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile 1st Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's All for Love 1st ed. 1678PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 Lot #48 Le Comte de Monte-Christo View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineLe Comte de Monte-Christo 1845-46PublisherSociete Belge de LibrairieDate Published1845-46 Lot #49 The Three Musketeers; or, the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineThree Musketeers 1st ed. in English 1846PublisherBruce and WyldDate Published1846 Lot #58 Amelia View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineHenry Fielding's last novelPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1752 Lot #59 Eikon Basilike or The King's Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAlmack, Edward, editorHeadline"The King's Book" finely boundPublisherDe La More PressDate Published1903 Lot #60 The Golden Ass View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorApuleius, LuciusHeadlineThe Golden Ass finely bound 1/900PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1930 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineBalzac's Ten Droll Tales finely boundPublisherJohn Lane The Bodley Head LimitedDate Published1926 Lot #62 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning With Portraits View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineBrowning's works, finely bound by Zaehnsdorf.PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1897 Lot #63 The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Written by Himself View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCellini, BenvenutoHeadlineLife of Cellini finely boundPublisherBrentano'sDate Published[1906] Lot #64 British Butterflies - finely bound by Zaehnsdorf View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$400StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorColeman, W.SHeadlineBritish Butterflies bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherRoutledge Warne and RoutledgeDate Published1860 Lot #65 The Comic Almanack, an Ephermeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineComic Almanack in 2 vols Cruikshank 1835-1853PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published[c.1881] Lot #66 The Essays of Emerson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Ralph Waldo Emerson finely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 Lot #67 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Fitzgerald, Edward, translator]HeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám finely boundPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[c.1910] Lot #68 WITHDRAWN - The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels - finely bound by The Guild of Women-Binders View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham].HeadlineIngoldsby Legends bound by Guild of Women-BindersPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1911 Lot #69 The Poetical Works of John Milton. Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and An Essay on Milton's English View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of John Milton finely boundPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1874 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMurray, Charles AugustusHeadlineMurray's Travels in North America finely boundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 Lot #71 The Dialogues of Plato View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPlatoHeadlinePlato's Dialogues finely boundPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1892 Lot #72 Art View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$130StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRodin, AugusteHeadlineArt by Rodin finely bound 1912PublisherSmall, Maynard & CompanyDate Published1912 Lot #73 Ballads and Sonnets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineRossetti's sonnets and ballads finely boundPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1882 Lot #74 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam w/Riviere bindingPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1929 Lot #75 Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStanley, Arthur PenrhynHeadlineHistory of the Jewish Church finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1865 Lot #76 Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Stieler, Karl]HeadlineItaly from the Alps to Mt. Etna finely boundPublisherJ.S. VirtueDate Published[c.1888] Lot #77 Gentlemen Up View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStreett, William B.HeadlineIllustrated horse racing, finely boundPublisherThe Derrydale PressDate Published1930 Lot #78 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTristram, W. OutramHeadlineCoaching Days and Coaching Ways finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894 Lot #79 Story-Life of Washington: A Life-History in Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together in Order View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhipple, WayneHeadlineStory-Life of Washington finely boundPublisherThe John C. Winston CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #83 Macbeth: Eaux-fortes de Gromaire View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Gromaire, Marcel)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMarcel Gromaire, 20 etched plates for Macbeth 1/200PublisherTériadeDate Published1958 Lot #84 My Recollections of Lord Byron; and Those of Eye-Witnesses of His Life View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorGuiccioli, CountessHeadlineCountess Guiccioli's Recollections of Lord Byron w/letterPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1869 Lot #86 The Woodlanders View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy's The WoodlandersPublisherMacmillanDate Published1887 Lot #89 The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadline4th printing of The House of the Seven GablesPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 Lot #90 True Stories from History and Biography View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlinePreviously owned by C. G. Thompson, Hawthorne's portraitistPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 Lot #91 Memoirs of the Opera in Italy, France, Germany and England - from the library of Freiherr Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHogarth, GeorgeHeadlineMemoirs of the Opera finely bound 1851PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1851 Lot #94 Songes and Sonettes. Written By the Right Honorable Lord Henry Haward, late Earle of Surrey View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHoward, Henry, Earl of SurreyHeadlineEarl of Surrey's Sonnets, 1717PublisherRe-printed by E. CurllDate Published1717 Lot #95 Les Misérables View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Misérables 1st ed. 1862PublisherLacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce.Date Published1862 Lot #96 Notre-Dame de Paris View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris 1831PublisherLouis HaumanDate Published1831 Lot #98 The Life and Adventures of Lazarillo de Tormes View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHurtado de Mendoza, DiegoHeadlineFictional biography by Diego Hurtado de MendozaPublisherPrinted by J. BellDate Published1789 Lot #99 Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Jones, Owen, designer)AuthorLockhart, J. G., translatorHeadlineAncient Spanish Ballad 1859 finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1859 Lot #115 Voices of the Night View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's first published book of poetry bound by Peter LowPublisherJohn OwenDate Published1840 Lot #124 The Image of His Father; or, One Boy is More Trouble than a Dozen Girls, Being the Story of a “Young Monkey.” By the Brothers Mayhew View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMayhew, Augustus and HenryHeadlineClassic Victorian satirical novel published in parts, 1st editionPublisherH. HurstDate Published1848 Lot #139 Battle of Niagara with Other Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNeal, JohnHeadlineEnlarged edition of Neal's second bookPublisherN. G. MaxwellDate Published1819 Lot #140 The Iliad View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Homer's IliadPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1931 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPerkins, Edward T.HeadlineRoving about the Pacific, 1854PublisherPudney & RussellDate Published1854 Lot #153 2 Statements. Also a Comment by Merle Armitage - unique copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorPicasso, PabloHeadlineUniquely bound w/signed lithograph of PicassoPublisherMerle ArmitageDate Published1936 Lot #155 The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineFirst Australian Edition of Poe's poetical worksPublisherGeorge RobertsonDate Published1868 Lot #159 The Wood-Rangers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorReid, Captain Thomas Mayne, translatorHeadlineFerry novel translated by fellow American West adventurer, ReidPublisherHurst and BlackettDate Published1960 Lot #163 "The Old Swimmin-Hole," and 'Leven More Poems By Benj. F. Johnson of Boone View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJames Whitcomb Riley's first bookPublisherGeorge C. HittDate Published1883 Lot #164 The Stones of Venice View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineRuskin's Stones of Venice finely boundPublisherGeorge Allen, Sunnyside, OrpingtonDate Published1893 Lot #170 The Merchant of Venice. Printed from the Folio of 1623 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMerchant of Venice Shakespeare Head Press 1/100Publisher[Shakespeare Head Press]Date Published1923 Lot #177 Twenty-five first and early editions of works of George Sterling, 15 of them inscribed and signed by Sterling View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadline25 books by George Sterling, 15 signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #178 International Sport: The Anglo-American Equestrian World View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorStock, Alphons. editorHeadlineAnglo-American Equestrian World 1956 1/250PublisherAstor Publishing Company LtdDate Published1956 Lot #179 Summer Cruising in the South Seas - signed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStoddard, Charles WarrenHeadlineStoddard's Cruising in the South Seas - signed 1881PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1881 Lot #180 Uncle Tom's Cabin View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineThe most influential novel of the 19th centuryPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #184 Bothwell: A Tragedy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineInscribed by SwinburnePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1874 Lot #185 Poems and Ballads View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineInscribed by Swinburne and signed by Barry CornwallPublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published1866 Lot #186 Queen Mary: A Drama View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineInteresting association copy of Tennyson's Queen MaryPublisherHenry S. KingDate Published1875 Lot #187 The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Virginians in Original PartsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1857-59 Lot #188 The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineLarge paper copy of Thomson's most famous workPublisherReeves and TurnerDate Published1880 Lot #190 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn in original morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #191 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, 1893 First EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 Lot #192 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Sketches finely bound.PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1875 Lot #198 M. Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis poetae, & Albae Episcopi, Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorVida, Marco GirolamoHeadlineVida's poetical works, 1537PublisherPer Balthasarem Lasivm & Thomam PlatterumDate Published1537 Lot #201 Walt Whitman's signature on his 65th birthday View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman's signature on his 65th birthdayDate Published1884 Lot #202 Legends of New-England View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorWhittier, John G.HeadlineJohn Greenleaf Whittier's first bookPublisherHanmer and PhelpsDate Published1831 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next