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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions 1st EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1953] Lot #6 The Novels of Jane Austen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen's Novels 1st Dent Edition finely boundPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1892 Lot #13 Archive of correspondence from Arthur Brisbane to Walter Winchell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBrisbane, Arthur and Walter WinchellHeadlineWalter Winchell and Arthur Brisbane archiveDate Published1930s Lot #16 The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineThe Pilgrim's Progress finely bound, Japanese vellum 1/25PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1901 Lot #34 The Second World War View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Easton Press)AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill's Second World War Easton PressPublisherEaston PressDate Published[1989] Lot #35 Forty-one titles from the Great Lives series View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Easton Press)Headline46 Volumes from the Easton Press Great Lives SeriesPublisherEaston PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #37 Seventeen titles from the Library of American History series View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Easton Press)Headline17 Easton Press books Library of American HistoryPublisherEaston PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #38 Thirty-six Volumes from the Library of the Presidents - including two signed by Presidents View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Easton Press)Headline36 Easton Press Library of the Presidents titlesPublisherEaston PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #44 The Golden Ass View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorApuleius, LuciusHeadlineThe Golden Ass finely bound 1/900PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1930 Lot #45 The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBall, CharlesHeadlineBall's Indian Mutiny Finely bound and illustratedPublisherThe London Printing & Publishing CompanyDate Publishedc.1870 Lot #46 The Old Merchants of New York City View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBarrett, WalterHeadlineBarrett's Old Merchants of New YorkPublisherWorthington Co.Date Published[1889] Lot #47 The Little Minister View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineBarrie's Little Minister bound by Bayntun RivierePublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1891 Lot #48 Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeveridge, Albert J.HeadlineBeveridge's Life of Lincoln with manuscript leafPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #49 A History of Steeple-Chasing View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBlew, William C.A.HeadlineBlew's History of Steeple-Chasing bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1901 Lot #50 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 3 volumes leatherboundPublisherCharles E. LauriatDate Published1925 Lot #51 The Oriental Series: Japan & China View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineBrinkley's Japan & China Oriental Series 1 of 50 setsPublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] Lot #52 The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Browning View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Browning exquisitely boundPublisherMacMillanDate Published1910 Lot #53 The Pilgrim's Progress View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineThe Pilgrim's Progress finely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1906 Lot #54 Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurbank, LutherHeadlineWorks of Luther Burbank leather bound setPublisherLuther Burbank PressDate Published1914 Lot #55 Hudibras... With Dr. Grey's Annotations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's Hudibras 3 finely bound volumesPublisherCharles & Henry BaldwynDate Published1819 Lot #56 Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEssays by Emerson finely boundPublisherThomas Nelson and SonsDate Published[c.1904?] Lot #57 Finely bound books and small sets View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineShelf of leather-bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #58 Five finely bound works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFive finely bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #59 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePublisherG. Cowie and Co, et alDate Published1825 Lot #60 Le Cheval dans l'Art View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGuillot, LucienHeadlineThe Horse in Art custom boundPublisherLe GoupyDate Published1927 Lot #61 The Choice Of Books and Other Literary Pieces View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHarrison, FredericHeadlineFinely bound by W. Root & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1925 Lot #62 Pan and the Young Shepherd; A Pastoral in Two Acts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHewlett, MaruiceHeadlinePan and the Young Shepherd finely boundPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1898 Lot #63 Earthwork out of Tuscany: Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHewlett, MauriceHeadlineEarthwork out of Tuscany finely bound 1901PublisherMacMillanDate Published1901 Lot #64 The Works View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWorks of Oliver Wendell Holmes finely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1896] Lot #65 The Holy Bible View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineThe Merrymount Bible 14 finely bound volumesPublisherR.H. HinkleyDate Published[c.1930] Lot #66 The Illuminated Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Headline1846 Illuminated Bible full morocco bindingPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1846 Lot #67 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham].HeadlineIngoldsby Legends finely boundPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1911 Lot #68 The Lovers' Shakspere View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJones, Chloe Blakeman, compilerHeadlineThe Lovers' Shakspere finely boundPublisherA.C. McClurg and CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #69 The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi: Translated and Annotated by His Friend and Pupil, F. B. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineKasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi finely boundPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1900 Lot #70 The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLane, Edward William, translatorHeadlineLane's Translation of 1001 Knights finely boundPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1840-1841 Lot #71 The Literature of Italy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineLiterature of Italy 16 vellum-bound volumesPublisherNational AlumniDate Published[c.1910] Lot #72 [Works] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineWorks of Lord Macaulay bound by Root & SonsPublisherLongman, et al [mostly]Date Published1849-1876 Lot #73 Three Hundred English Sonnets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMain, D.M., editorHeadlineThree Hundred English Sonnets finely boundPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1886 Lot #74 History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMaspero, Gaston, et al.HeadlineHistory of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia &cPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1905] Lot #75 The Poetical Works of George Meredith View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMeredith, GeorgeHeadlinePoetical Works of George Meredith finely boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1928 Lot #76 [Works] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMolloy, J. FitzgeraldHeadlineWorks of J. Fitzgerald Molloy - red leather bindingsPublisherHurst and BlackettDate Published1882-85 Lot #77 Bees in Amber View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorOxenham, JohnHeadlineOxenham's Bees in Amber inscribed and finely boundPublisherMethuen & Co. Ltd.Date Published1913 Lot #78 [Works] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineWorks of Walter Pater in 10 volumesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1910-14 Lot #79 Sir Joshua Reynolds View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPhillips, ClaudeHeadlineSuperbly bound by Bayntun Extra-IllustratedPublisherSeeley and Co.Date Published1894 Lot #80 Plutarch's Lives and Writings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives and Writings finely boundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1909 Lot #81 The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; Or, the History, Geography, & Antiquities of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, & Persia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineRawlinson's Five Great Eastern MonarchiesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862-67 Lot #82 The Stones of Venice [with] Modern Painters [and] The Seven Lamps of Architecture View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineWorks of John Ruskin finely boundPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #83 Waverley Novels View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels 50 volumesPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1857 Lot #84 The Works... including The Waverley Novels and The Poems View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineScott's Waverley Novels in 50 volumesPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1912 Lot #85 The Complete Works View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William ShakespearePublisherJohnson, Fry and CompanyDate Publishedc.1860 Lot #86 English Quotations: a Collection of the More Memorable Passages and Poems of English Literature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmith, RobinsonHeadlineEnglish Quotations finely boundPublisherRoutledgeDate Published[c.1920's?] Lot #87 Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Stieler, Karl]HeadlineItaly from the Alps to Mt. Etna finely boundPublisherJ.S. VirtueDate Published[c.1888] Lot #88 Gentlemen Up View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStreett, William B.HeadlineIllustrated horse racing, finely boundPublisherThe Derrydale PressDate Published1930 Lot #89 Shakspere's England; or, Sketches of our Social History in the Reign of Elizabeth View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThornbury, G.WHeadlineShakspere's England finely bound 1856PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1856 Lot #90 Two finely bound works View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTwo finely bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #91 An Anthology of World Poetry View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVan Doren, Carl, EditorHeadlineAnthology of World Poetry finely boundPublisherAlbert & Charles BoniDate Published1928 Lot #92 An Anthology of World Prose View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVan Doren, Carl, EditorHeadlineAn Anthology of World ProsePublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published1935 Lot #93 The Aeneid of Vigil View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVirgilHeadlineThe Aeneid of Virgil finely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #94 Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting Embracing the General Management of Hounds View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVyner, Robert T.HeadlineFoxing Hunting classic finely boundPublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published1910 Lot #95 The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. With Lives of the Authors & notes by John Hawkins View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineComplete Angler First Bagster Edition 1808PublisherSamuel BagsterDate Published1808 Lot #96 The Science of Life View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWells, H.G.; Julian S. Huxley; & G.P. WellsHeadlineH.G. Wells The Science of Life signed limitedPublisherDoubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.Date Published1931 Lot #97 Story-Life of Washington: A Life-History in Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together in Order View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhipple, WayneHeadlineStory-Life of Washington finely boundPublisherThe John C. Winston CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #98 The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham... With an Account of His Life by Robert Southey View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhite, Henry KirkeHeadlineRemains of Henry Kirke White finely boundPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1821-22 Lot #99 Madame de Pompadour View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWilliams, H. NoelHeadlineMadame de Pompadour finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1902 Lot #102 Seven Franklin Library Editions - several signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Franklin Library)HeadlineSeven Franklin Press signed editionsPublisherFranklin LibraryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #116 Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, With Critical Observations on Their Works. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the Poets finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1854 Lot #133 On Liberty View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineJohn Stuart Mill on Liberty 1st ed.PublisherJohn W. ParkerDate Published1859 Lot #148 A History of Everyday Things in England View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorQuennell, Marjorie & C.H.BHeadlineA History of Everyday Things in England 1918-1934PublisherB.T. BatsfordDate Published1918- 1934 Lot #149 The Works of Francis Rabelais View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineWorks of Francis Rabelais 4 vols. 1784PublisherT. EvansDate Published1784 Lot #158 The Merchant of Venice. Printed from the Folio of 1623 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMerchant of Venice Shakespeare Head Press 1/100Publisher[Shakespeare Head Press]Date Published1923 Lot #163 The Works of Laurence Sterne - Large Paper Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineWorks of Laurence Sterne - Large Paper EditionPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1926 Lot #164 International Sport: The Anglo-American Equestrian World View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStock, Alphons. editorHeadlineAnglo-American Equestrian World 1956 1/250PublisherAstor Publishing Company LtdDate Published1956 Lot #174 Ocean Station Duty: A Pictorial Representation of the Work and Play and Life and Laughter on Board the United States Coast Guard Cutter Minnetonka on a Typical Ocean Station Patrol. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(U.S. Coast Guard)AuthorBob Everitt, photographerHeadlinePhotos from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Minnetonka 1950'sDate Published[1951-52] Lot #175 Walla Walla U.S. Marine Newsweekly, 1934-1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(U.S. Marines)HeadlineWalla Walla U.S. Marine Newsweekly, 1934-1936Date Published1934-1936 Lot #181 A King's Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorWindsor, [Edward] Duke ofHeadlineA King's Story The Memoirs of the Duke of WindsorPublisherPutnam'sDate Published[1951] Lot #261 Old Virginia and Her Neighbours View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorFiske, JohnHeadlineFiske's Old Virginia and her NeighboursPublisherHoughton, Mifflin at the Riverside PressDate Published1897 Lot #331 By Land and Sea View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorNesbit, E.HeadlineBy Land and Sea, Selected by E. NesbitPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1888 Lot #333 Tribute of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York to the Memory of William Walter Phelps, October 4, 1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(New York)HeadlineTribute to the Memory of William Walter Phelps, October 4, 1894PublisherPress of the Chamber of CommerceDate Published1894 Lot #354 Government and Co. Limited View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSeymour, HoratioHeadlineGovernment and Co. Limited by Horatio SeymourPublisherA. C. McClurgDate Published1895 Lot #377 Selections From the Speeches of the Hon. Joseph Wheeler of Alabama in the House of Representatives, 51st and 52nd Congresses, March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWheeler, JosephHeadlineSelected Speeches of Representative Joseph WheelerPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1894 Lot #406 An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray...Edited with a Prefatory Note on Thackeray as an Artist and Art-Critic by W. E. Church [bound with] A Reminiscence of George Cruikshank [bound with] Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late John B. Gough of Worcester, Mass. To Be Sold at Auction March 22, 1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorThackeray, William Makepeace et al.HeadlineThree Cruikshankiana titles in oneDate Published1884-1892 Lot #434 2 Statements. Also a Comment by Merle Armitage - unique copy View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorPicasso, PabloHeadlineUniquely bound w/signed lithograph of PicassoPublisherMerle ArmitageDate Published1936 Lot #561 Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStanley, Arthur PenrhynHeadlineHistory of the Jewish Church finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1865 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next