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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Fables of Aesop, with a Life of the Author View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineThe Fables of Aesop, with a Life of the AuthorPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 Lot #18 The Book of Ahania View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake The Book of Ahania 1/750PublisherTrianon PressDate Published1973 Lot #24 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFrances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1843 Lot #39 Alfred Crowquill's Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCrowquill, AlfredHeadlineComic History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1850PublisherRead & Co.Date Published[1850] Lot #51 Essays of Michel de Montaigne View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Dali, Salvador)AuthorMontaigne, Michel deHeadlineMontaigne's essays illustrated and signed by Salvador DaliPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1947 Lot #55 Marguerite Kirmse's Dogs View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorKirmse, MargueriteHeadlineMarguerite Kirmse's DogsPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1930 Lot #59 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith a signed letter by Dickens, limited ed. 1/15PublisherR.G. Newbegin Co.Date Published1902 Lot #69 The Writings of George Eliot: Together with the Life by J.W. Cross View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineFinely bound large paper editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #76 Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - finely bound View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBartlett, JohnHeadlineBartlett's Quotations finely boundPublisherLittle Brown & CompanyDate Published1937 Lot #77 The Oriental Series: Japan & China View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineThe Oriental Series: Japan & China 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] Lot #78 The Oriental Series: Japan & China - 4 volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineBrinkley's Japan & China Oriental Series 4 vols. 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] Lot #79 The Red Badge Of Courage View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineThe Red Badge Of Courage Folio Society finely boundPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published[1951] Lot #80 The Story of Rosina: And Other Verses View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineThe Story of Rosina finely boundPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, TrubnerDate Published[1895] Lot #81 The Essays of Emerson View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Emerson finely bound by MorrellPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 Lot #82 The Forsyte Saga View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGalsworthy, JohnHeadlineGalsworthy's Forsyte Saga finely boundPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1956] Lot #83 Le Morte Darthur. The History Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights Of The Round Table View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte Darthur illustrated by W. Russell Flint finely boundPublisherPhilip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici SocietyDate Published1920 Lot #84 The Passing of the Empires 850 B.C. to 330 B.C. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMaspero, G.HeadlineFinely Bound The Passing of the Empires by MasperoPublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published1900 Lot #85 La Confession D'un Enfant du Siècle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineLa Confession D'un Enfant du Siècle finely boundPublisherÉditions NilssonDate Published[c.1930] Lot #86 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat in Grabau morocco bindingPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1925 Lot #87 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. with Notes and Life of the Author with Illustrations on Steel by Eminent Artists - with fore-edge painting View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinePoetical Works of Sir Walter Scott finely bound w/fore-edge painting.PublisherCharles DalyDate Published[c.1840] Lot #88 The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere 8 vols.PublisherCharles KnightDate Published[c.1840's] Lot #89 Life of Napoleon Bonaparte View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSloane, William MilliganHeadlineLife of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 volumesPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1906 Lot #90 The Facetious Nights Of Straparola View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStraparola, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineThe Facetious Nights Of Straparola 1/26PublisherThe Society Of BibliophilesDate Published1898 Lot #91 Thin Paper Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary - finely bound View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineWebster's New Collegiate Dictionary finely boundPublisherG. & C. Merriam Co.Date Published1961 Lot #92 The Aeneid of Vigil View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVirgilHeadlineThe Aeneid of Virgil finely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #93 The Story-Life of Washington: A Life-History of Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhipple, WayneHeadlineThe Story-Life of Washington finely boundPublisherJohn C. Winston CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #99 The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorFrazer, J.G.HeadlineThe Golden Bough finely bound in 12 volumesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1922-27 Lot #101 The Shepherd's Week in Six Pastorals View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's The Shepherd's Week in Six PastoralsPublisherR. BurleighDate Published1714 (but 1716) Lot #124 The Stolen Boy. A Story. Founded on Facts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHofland, Mrs. [Barbara Hoole]HeadlineThe Stolen Boy w/engraved title and frontispiece, 1830PublisherPrinted for A. K. Newman and Co by John DarlingDate Published[1830] Lot #125 British Fresh-Water Fishes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHoughton, WilliamHeadlineHoughton's British Fresh-Water Fishes, c. 1879PublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1879] Lot #128 [The Works of Victor Hugo] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWorks of Victor Hugo 1/25PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1900] Lot #140 The Red Book: Liber Novus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorJung, C.G.HeadlineThe Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. JungPublisherW.W. Norton & CompanyDate Published[2009] Lot #146 The Works of Rudyard Kipling - The Seven Seas Edition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Works 1/1050 signed setsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1914-1926 Lot #149 Monumens de la Grece, ou Collection des Chefs-d'Oeuvre d'Architecture, de Sculpture et de Peinture Antiques... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLegrand, Jacques GuillaumeHeadlineEngravings of art of ancient GreecePublisherChez Treuttel et WurtzDate Published1808 Lot #158 Le Livre des Milles Nuits et une Nuit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$160StatusSold AuthorMardrus, J.C.Headline8 finely bound volumes of 1,001 Nights in FrenchDate Published[c.1900] Lot #167 Oeuvres Complètes de Molière View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMolièreHeadlineOeuvres Complètes de Molière, 1878PublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1878 Lot #179 Italian Villas and Their Gardens View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineWharton's Italian Villas w/Maxfield Parrish 1904 1st EditionPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1904 Lot #185 Tafereel, of Beschryving van den Prachtigen Tempel der Zang-Godinnen View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Picart, Bernard, illustrator)Author[La Barre de Beaumarchais, Antoine]HeadlineBernard Picart's engravings from OvidPublisherZacharias ChatelainDate Published1733 Lot #194 The Pied Piper of Hamelin View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham 1/410PublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1934] Lot #195 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham 1/375PublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1928] Lot #196 The Ring of the Niblung: A Trilogy with a Prelude. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie [and] Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Rackham. Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineThe Ring of the Niblung illustrated by Rackham, signedPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1910-11 Lot #201 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1st EditionPublisherLevine Books / Scholastic PressDate Published[1998] Lot #207 Sketches of the Battle off Chemulpo / Zhin-sen kai-sen sha-shin jo View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Russo-Japanese War)HeadlineSketches of the Battle off Chemulpo, c.1904PublisherKinkodo Shoseki Kabushiki KaishaDate Published1904 or 1905 Lot #208 Tibetan Medical Paintings: Illustrations to the Blue Beryl Treatise of Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705 : Plates and Text) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorSangye GyamtsoHeadlineTibetan Medical PaintingsPublisherHarry N. AbramsDate Published[1992] Lot #212 Plate volume to "Istoria de'fenomeni del tremoto avvenuto nelle Calabrie e nel Valdemone nell'anno 1783" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorSchiantarelli, PompeoHeadlineEtchings of Italian earthquake 1784PublisherPresso Giuseppe CampoDate Published1784 Lot #227 The Haggadah View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Szyk, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineThe Haggadah with Arthur Szyk illustrationsPublisher"Massadah" & "Alumoth"Date Published[1962] Lot #229 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$170StatusSold AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineFinely Bound 5 volume set of The Poetical Works of Alfred TennysonPublisherHenry S. King & Co.Date Published1875 Lot #233 The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents ... collected out of the writings of Conradus Gesner and other authors ... whereunto is now added The Theater of Insects ... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorTopsell, EdwardHeadlineTopsell's Bestiary with woodcuts, 1658PublisherG. SawbridgeDate Published1658 Lot #234 Visiting Card Dealers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Trade Catalog)AuthorL. Jones & Co.HeadlineTrade catalog of Victorian calling cardsPublisherL. Jones & Co.Date Publishedc.1900 Lot #243 R. Morgan Wall Paper Co. Chicago, Ill. Book No. 1 (cover title) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Wallpaper)HeadlineWallpaper sample bookDate Publishedc.1920 Lot #247 A True History of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and of the Conspiracy of 1865 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorWeichmann, Louis J.HeadlineAssassination of Abraham Lincoln 1/50 w/manuscript pagePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1975 Lot #252 The Picture of Dorian Gray View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlinePicture of Dorian Gray illustrated by Keen w/jacketPublisherDodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1925 Lot #253 The Writings of Oscar Wilde - the Astral Edition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineAstral Edition of Oscar Wilde finely boundPublisherKeller-Farmer Co.Date Published1907 Lot #267 Romans Populaire Illustrés - illustrated works of James Fenimore Cooper View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineIllustrated Oeuvres of Fenimore Cooper in FrenchPublisherGustave BarbaDate Published[c. 1849-51] Lot #273 The Adventures of a Bear and a Great Bear Too View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorElwes, AlfredHeadlineThe Adventures of a Bear, 1853PublisherAddey and Co.Date Published1853 Lot #274 Essays View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBirrell, AugustineHeadlineAugustine Birrell bound by BayntonPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1912 Lot #275 Of Aucassin and Nicolette View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHousman, Laurence, translatorHeadlineOf Aucassin and Nicolette bound by RivierePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1930 Lot #285 Charley Chalk; or, the Career of an Artist View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Literature - British)Author[Anonymous]HeadlineIllustrations by "Jacob Parallel"PublisherG. BergerDate Published[c. 1840] Lot #293 Carapelli Ottanta anni di Un'azienda e di una grande famiglia View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Olives)Author[Linea S.P.N., editor]HeadlineCarapelli, "The Myth of the Olive", 1973PublisherEdizioni Carapelli FirenzeDate Published[1973] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next