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Written by the most Reverend Father in God, George Abbot, late Archbishop of Canterbury View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorAbbot, GeorgeHeadlineDescription of the World by George Abbot 1656PublisherPrinted for W. ShearesDate Published1656 Lot #2 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Ackermann)Author**HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812 Lot #3 Aischinou ho kata Ktesiphontos kai Demosthenous ho peri Stephanou logos [in Greek]: Interpretationem latinam, et vocum difficiliorum explicationem Adjecerunt [The Orations of Aeschines and Demosthenes] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorAeschines & DemosthenesHeadlineThe Orations of Aeschines and Demosthenes 1715PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1715 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 #5 Tipus Orbis Universalis iuxta Ptolemei Cosmographi Traditionem et Americi Vespucii Aliorque Lustrationes a Petro Apiano Leysnico Elucbrat An. Do. MDXX View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold AuthorApianus, PeterHeadline1st obtainable map to name America 1520Date Published1520 Lot #6 The origin of building: or, the plagiarism of the heathens detected. In five books View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Architecture)AuthorWood, John, the elderHeadlineArchitecture linked to Solomon's TemplePublisherPrinted by S. and F. Farley, and sold by J. Leake, et al.Date Published1741 Lot #7 The Foundation Trilogy - Foundation, Foundation and Empire, & Second Foundation View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorAsimov, IsaacHeadlineAsimov's Foundation Trilogy 1st EditionPublisherGnome PressDate Published[1951-53] Lot #8 The historie of the raigne of King Henry the Seuenth. Written by the Right Honourable, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Bacon's King Henry the Seventh 1622PublisherPrinted by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William BarretDate Published1622 Lot #9 The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Bacon 10 volumesPublisherJ. Johnson, W.J. and J. Richardson, et alDate Published1803 Lot #10 Diversarum nationum habitus nunc primum editi a Pe. Bertellio, quib. addita sunt ordo Romani Imperii ab Othone II institutus pompa regis Turcarum & personatorum vestitus uarii quorum est in Italia frequens usus View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorBertelli, PietroHeadlineRare costume book by Petro Bertelli 1594PublisherApud Alciatum Alcia: et Petrum BertelliumDate Published1594 Lot #11 Die 92 Holzschnitte der Lübecker Bibel aus dem Jahre 1494 von einem unbekannten Meister View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Bible)AuthorWahl, Hanz, editorHeadlineFacsimile color woodcuts of Lubeck BiblePublisherGustav KiepenheuerDate Published1917 Lot #12 [The Holy Byble, conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe. Set foorth by aucthoritie] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThird folio edition of Bishops' Bible 1574Publisher[Richarde Iugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #13 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] Lot #14 Single manuscript leaf from a Bible View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin - manuscript leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from a Bible 13th centuryDate Publishedca. 13th century Lot #15 Single Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Bible in Massachuset)Author**HeadlineSingle Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible 1663PublisherSamuel Green and Marmaduke JohnsonDate Published1661-63 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 #17 WITHDRAWN Series Chronologica et Imagines Regum Hispaniae ab Ataulpho ad Carolum II View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlondeau, Jacobus, engraverHeadlineSpanish Monarchs from Ataulphus to Charles IIPublisherPetrus de la TourDate Published1698 Lot #18 The Game of Politics or, The Race for the Presidency View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Board Game - American Politics)AuthorClarke, Jeanie P.Headline1888 Presidential Election Board GamePublisherHorace, Partridge & Co.Date Published1888 Lot #19 Mysterium Magnum; or an Exposition of the First Book of Moses, called Genesis... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorBoehme, JacobHeadlineMystical interpretation of Genesis by BoehmePublisherPrinted by M. Simmons for H. BlundenDate Published1654 Lot #20 Dieta salutis Sancti Bonauenture doctoris eminentissimi: aureus libellus: qui dieta salutis communiter nuncupatur:... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBonaventure, SaintHeadlineSaint Bonaventure on Salvation 1518Publisher[Per Cesarem Arriuabenum Venetum]Date Published[24 Dec. 1518] Lot #21 Woodcut Book-plates View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Bookplates)AuthorBarnett, P. NevilleHeadlineP. Neville Barnett Woodcut Bookplates 1934PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1934 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 #23 Tarzan of the Apes in "The All-Story" magazine View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineTarzan of the Apes in "The All-Story" magazinePublisherThe All-StoryDate PublishedOctober, 1912 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 #26 Local Color View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineLocal Color signed by Truman Capote 1st in djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1950] Lot #27 Opera View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCatullus, Tibullus et PropertiusHeadlineCatullus, Tibullus et Propertius, 1680PublisherSumptibus Rudolphi a ZyllDate Published1680 Lot #28 Opera View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCatullus - Tibullus - PropertiusHeadlineCatullus - Tibullus - Propertius Opera 1772PublisherBaskervilleDate Published1772 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 #32 The Jerusalem Windows View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] 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 #34 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Together with a Version in Modern English Verse View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineCanterbury Tales Illustrations by Rockwell KentPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1930 Lot #35 Broadcast Addresses to the People of Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Russia, and the United States, by the Prime Minister of the British Empire, Winston Churchill, MCMXL-MCMXLI View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill Broadcast Addresses GrabhornPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1941 Lot #36 The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War - with autograph letter from Churchill View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston L. SpencerHeadlineMalakand Field Force with letter from ChurchillPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1898 Lot #37 Two Arabic Folk Tales View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Corvinus Press)AuthorLawrence, T.E., translatorHeadlineT.E. Lawrence Arabic Folk Tales Corvinus PressPublisher[Corvinus Press]Date Published[1937] Lot #38 An Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings by Jurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, of Late Times by Some Chalenged, and Also Diversly by Them Impugned. By Which Apologie (in Their Severall Due Places) All the Reasons and Allegations Set Downe as Well in a Treatise, as in Certaine Notes (That Goe From Hand to Hand) Both Against Proceeding Ex Officio, and Against Oaths Ministred to Parties in Causes Criminall... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Author[Cosin, Richard]HeadlineAn Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings 1593PublisherThe Deputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1593 Lot #39 L'Art de Décorer les Tissus, d'après les Collections du Musée Historique de la Chambre de Commerce de Lyon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorCox, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Cox L'Art de Décorer les TissusPublisherP. Mouillot & A ReyDate Published1900 Lot #40 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man 1871 1st Edn, 2nd PtgPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #41 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineCharles Darwin On the Origin of Species 2nd Amer.PublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1860 Lot #42 A History of British Birds View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$56,250StatusSold Heading(Darwin, Charles, his copy)AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlineCharles Darwin's copy of Bewick's British BirdsPublisherT. BewickDate Published1826 Lot #43 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and England View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin Tour France & England extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. NicolDate Published1821 Lot #44 The Compleat Ambassador, or, Two treaties of the intended marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of glorious memory; comprised in letters of negotiation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her resident in France. Together with the answers of the Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester, Sir Tho. Smith, and others. Wherein, as in a clear mirror, may be seen the faces of the two courts of England and France, as they then stood, with many remarkable passages of state... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorDigges, Dudley, SirHeadlineIntended marriage of Queen Elizabeth I 1655PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb for Gabriel Bedell and Thomas CollinsDate Published1655 Lot #45 Opera - manuscript in Latin on vellum View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorDionysius Areopagite (pseud.)Headline14th century ms. of Dionysius AreopagiteDate Publishedc.1300 Lot #46 Horatius Christianus View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDuFour, JeanHeadlineJean DuFour Horatius Christianus 1629PublisherJ. Poinsot & C. BricetDate Published1629 Lot #47 L'art, la Décoration et l'Ornement des Étoffes et des Tissus: Chez les Anciens et Chez les Modernes...Recueil Historique, Pratique et Technique de Décorations Polychromes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDupont-Auberville, [Auguste]HeadlineRare work on decorated fabrics -ChromolithographsPublisherLibrairie Ancienne et Moderne de la Noblesse et des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c.1877] Lot #48 Macao et Cosmage ou L'Experience de Bonheur View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEdy-Legrand, [Edouard Leon Louis]HeadlineEdy-Legrand Macao et Cosmage 1919 1st EditionPublisherAux Editions de la Nouvelle Revue FrancaiseDate Published[1919] Lot #49 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 Lot #50 Three major papers by Einstein, on Relativity, Quantum, and Atomic Physics, in Annalen der Physik Series 4, Volume 17 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineThree major papers by Albert Einstein 1905PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 Lot #51 Euclid's Elements of Geometry. In XV. books: with a supplement of divers propositions and corollaries. To which is added, a treatise of regular solids, by Campane and Flussas. Likewise Euclid's data: and Marinus his preface thereunto annexed. Also a treatise of the divisions of superficies, ascribed to Machomet Bagdedine, but published by Commandine, at the request of John Dee of London; whose preface to the said treatise declares it to be the worke of Euclide, the author of these Elements. Published by the care and industry of John Leeke and George Serle, students in the mathematicks View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineEuclid's Elements 1651PublisherPrinted, by R. & W. Leybourn, for Richard TomlinsDate Published1661 Lot #52 The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Federalist)Author[Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay]HeadlineFirst Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. IIPublisherPrinted and Sold by J. and A. M'LeanDate Published1788 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 #57 The "Haddon" MS., in the Possession of Mr. James S. Haddon, of Wellington View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Freemasonry)AuthorHaddon, James S., of WellingtonHeadlineRare printing of Freemason Haddon MS. 1895PublisherM.C. PeckDate Published1895 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 #61 An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineAn Enquiry Concerning Political Justice by GodwinPublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1793 Lot #62 More Exclusive Magical Secrets View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGoldston, WillHeadlineWill Goldston's More Exclusive Magical SecretsPublisherWill Goldston Ltd.Date Published[c.1921] 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 #64 The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey. De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The first English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHarvey, WilliamHeadlineHarvey on Blood, inscribed by Geoffrey KeynesPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published[1928] Lot #65 The firste[-Laste] volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. Conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest. The description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first originall of the Scottes nation, till the yeare of our Lorde. 1571. The description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the firste originall of that nation, vntill the yeare. 1547. Faithfully gathered and set forth, by Raphaell Holinshed View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorHolinshed, RaphaelHeadlineHolinshed's Chronicle 1577PublisherLucas HarrisonDate Published1577 Lot #66 The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineFirst edition in English of HomerPublisherPrinted for Nathaniell ButterDate Published[1611-1615?] Lot #67 Leaf from the editio princeps of the Odyssey View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineLeaf from the editio princeps of the OdysseyPublisher[Bartolommeo du Libri, for Bernardus & Nerius Nerilius]Date Published[1488] 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 #69 Collection of Love Letters from Howard Hughes to Billie Dove View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000StatusUnsold AuthorHughes, HowardHeadlineLove Letters form Howard Hughes to Billie DoveDate Published[1930s] Lot #70 Collection of telegrams sent from Howard Hughes to Katherine Hepburn View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorHughes, HowardHeadlineTelegrams from Howard Hughes to Katherine HepburnDate Published1937-1939 Lot #71 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] 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 #73 Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, &c. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and Other Picturesque Scenery accompanied with Historical Descriptions of the Mansions... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJones & Co.HeadlineJones' Views of the Seats of BritainPublisherJones & Co.Date Published1829 Lot #74 The Grammar of Ornament View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJones, OwenHeadlineOwen Jones The Grammar of OrnamentPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1910 Lot #75 Ulysses View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Ulysses First Edition 1 of 750PublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #76 Ulysses View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses 1/1000 John lane the bodley head 1936PublisherJohn Lane The Bodley HeadDate Published1936 Lot #77 [The Poems of John Keats] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineProof copy of Kelmscott KeatsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] Lot #78 Autograph manuscript of a lecture by Kesey with a section devoted to psychedelic drugs View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorKesey, KenHeadlineKen Kesey lecture on psychedelic drugsDate PublishedAugust 1965 Lot #79 [Nummi Familiarum et Imperatorum] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[King, John Glen]HeadlineJohn Glen King Nummi Familiarum et ImperatorumDate Published[c.1787] Lot #80 Etching. An Outline of Its Technical Processes and Its History, With Some Remarks on Collections and Collecting View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorKoehler, S.R.HeadlineS.R. Koehler on Etching 30 etched platesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[1885] Lot #81 Revolt in the Desert View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorLawrence, T.E.HeadlineRevolt in the Desert 1/250 large paper copiesPublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published1927 Lot #82 Joannis Clerici Physica, sive de rebus corporeis libri quinque... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLe Clerc, JeanHeadlineTheological physics from Jean Le Clerc 1705PublisherTypis academicis, sumtibus [sic] Timothei Child & Roberti KnaplockDate Published1705 Lot #83 Archive of Correspondence from Timothy Leary to his childhood friend William Scanlon View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorLeary, TimothyHeadlineTimothy Leary ArchiveDate Published1930s-40s Lot #84 Epistolarum Seu Sermonum Libri Sex View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorL'Hopital, Michel deHeadlineMichel de Hopital Epistolarum seu SermonumPublisherMamert Patisson, in officina Roberti StephaniDate Published1585 Lot #85 The Romane Historie written by T. Livius of Padua. Also the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineFirst in English of Livy's Roman History 1600PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1600 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 #87 WITHDRAWN - Archive of material on George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch property, including blueprints, designs, photographs etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Lucas, George)Author**HeadlineGeorge Lucas' Skywalker Ranch propertyDate Published1980s 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 #89 Elaborate hand-painted & lettered letter of introduction for a Doctor of Divinity to sites in Europe and then the New World View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)Author**HeadlineManuscript Passport - 17th CenturyDate Publishedc.1650 Lot #90 Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a missal View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Missal)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum from a missal c.1450Date Publishedc.1450 Lot #91 Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Cistercian Missal View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Missal)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from 12 cent. Cistercian MissalDate Publishedc.1160-11190 Lot #92 Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals: being analogically handled according to the nature of things, and fitted with apt motto’s to the heroical science of herauldry in the symbolical world. Whereby is discovered what is signified by every honourable partition, ordinary, or charge, usually born in coat-armour, and mythologized to the heroical theam [sic] of Homer on the shield of Achilles. A work of this nature never yet extant. By Sylvanus Morgan arms-painter View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlineMorgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666PublisherPrinted by T. Hewer for Nathaniel BrookDate Published1666 Lot #93 Pictorial Photography – portfolio with 14 signed original photographs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMortensen, WilliamHeadlineMortensen's Pictorial Photography - 14 sgd photosDate Published[c.1935] Lot #94 The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies From 1799 to 1815 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Wars)Author**HeadlineAquatints of Napoleonic WarsPublisherJames JenkinsDate Published[1815] Lot #95 The History of New-England Containing an Impartial Account of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Country View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorNeal, DanielHeadlineHistory of New-England by Neal Zaehnsdorf w/mapPublisherPrinted for J. Clark, et al.Date Published1720 Lot #96 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. 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Hall, printer to the university, for Thomas RobinsonDate Published1656 Lot #100 The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture: Wherein, After a Short Treatise of the Five Orders, Those Observations That are Most Necessary in Building Private-Houses, Streets, Bridges, Piazzas, Xisti, and Temples are Treated of View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorPalladio, AndreaHeadlinePalladio's Four Books of Architecture 1738PublisherIsaac WareDate Published1738 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next