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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Thirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets series - Finely Bound View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Aldine British Poets)Author**HeadlineThirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets seriPublisherPickeringDate Published1830-39 Lot #16 The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineCollected Works of Ambrose Bierce Finely BoundPublisherThe Neale Publishing CompanyDate Published1909-11 Lot #22 The Arctic Regions, Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland by William Bradford. With a descriptive narrative by the artist View details StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorBradford, WilliamHeadlineBradford’s Arctic Regions with 141 albumen photosPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1873 Lot #24 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entituled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineBurton's translation of the Arabian Nights Ltd EdPublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers OnlyDate PublishedNo date [c.1900] Lot #25 Philobiblon, a Treatise on the Love of Books: Written in MCCCXLIV, and translated from the first edition, MCCCCLXXIII. With some collations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBury, Richard deHeadline1st Ed. in English of De Bury's Philobiblon 1832PublisherPrinted for Thomas RoddDate Published1832 Lot #29 [Don Quixote in English, Parts I & II bound together in period calf] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English, Parts I & II, 1620PublisherEdward BlountDate Published1620 Lot #30 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadline1652 English edition of Don QuixotePublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew CrookeDate Published1652 Lot #31 [Don Quixote in Spanish, facsimile of first edition, i.e:], El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in Spanish, facsimile first editionPublisherDon Francisco Lopez FabraDate Published1871-1873 Lot #33 The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. [&] Memoir of William Ellery Channing View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorChanning, William E.HeadlineWorks & Memoir of William Ellery ChanningPublisherJames Munroe [&] Wm. Crosby and H.P. NicholsDate Published1847, 1848 Lot #53 The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward Fitzgerald View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, EdwardHeadlineWorks of Edward FitzgeraldPublisherDoubleday, Page and CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #54 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns - With a fore edge portrait of the author View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Burns with a fore edge paintingPublisherDavid BryceDate Published[c.1890] Lot #55 Illustrations of Sterne - With a fore edge painting of Sterne's residence, Shandy Hall View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorFerriar, JohnHeadlineFore Edge Painting of Shandy HallPublisherCadell and DaviesDate Published1798 Lot #56 The Works of Anatole France - Autograph Edition View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFrance, AnatoleHeadlineThe Works of Anatole France - Autograph EditionPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1924 Lot #58 North of Boston View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineNorth of Boston 1st edition London 1914 by FrostPublisherDavid NuttDate Published[1914] Lot #59 Oliver Cromwell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGardiner, Samuel RawsonHeadlineGardiner's biograpy of Oliver CromwellPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1899 Lot #60 The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq., with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself.... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineThe Miscellaneous Works of Edward GibbonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1814 Lot #63 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - In a beautiful hand-painted full vellum binding View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Hand-Painted Binding)Author**HeadlineNew testament in a painted vellum bindingPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1881 Lot #68 The Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. WyethPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1929 Lot #72 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D....With and Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.DPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1823 Lot #86 Twenty-five volumes of classical literature - Finely Bound View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLong, George, editorHeadlineTwenty-five volumes of classical literaturePublisherWhittaker & Co.Date Published1854-1884 Lot #88 Der Tod in Venedig View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineDeath in Venice, 1912, 1/100 publisher's copyPublisherHyperionverlag Hans von WeberDate Published1912 Lot #104 Recueil de Poesies Fugitves et Contes Nouveaux View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPiis, Pierre-Antoine-Augustin (17 September 1755, Paris – 22 May 1832, Paris), chevalier de Piis wasHeadlineRecueil de Poesies Fugitves et Contes NouveauxDate Published1781 Lot #108 Complete Works of Plutarch View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineComplete Works of PlutarchPublisherThomas Y. Crowell & Co.Date Published[c.1900] Lot #114 The Compleat Angler View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWalton, IzaakHeadlineIzaak Walton's Complete Angler Rackham IllusPublisherGeorge C. HarrapDate Published[1931] Lot #120 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies View details Estimate$200,000 - $300,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Works 1632PublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes, for William Aspley... at the signe of the Parrat in Pauls Church-yardDate Published1632 Lot #121 The Works of William Shakespeare - Cambridge Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare - Cambridge EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1891 Lot #123 The Novels, Stories, and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadlineThe Novels of F. Hopkinson Smith Finely BoundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1904-1915 Lot #126 The Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne - Bonchurch Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineComplete Works of Algernon Charles SwinburnePublisherWilliam Heinemann and Gabriel WellsDate Published1925-27 Lot #127 The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate - Edition De Luxe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordHeadlineThe Works of Alfred, Lord TennysonPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1895] Lot #128 Autograph manuscript leaf, in ink with pencil corrections, discussing Transcendentalist philosophy View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau manuscript leaf c.1840Date Publishedc.1840 Lot #130 Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark Twain to his English publisherDate PublishedJune 3, [1878] Lot #131 Roughing It View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Roughing It First Edition, First IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next