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Previous|1|Next 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 #40 Manumission Expediente for a 24-year-old black woman claiming her freedom View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBlack female slave in Cuba seeks here freedom, 1881Date Published1881 Lot #41 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a 12-year-old female slave, Marcelina, claiming her freedom View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for 12-year-old female Cuban slave 1884Date Published1884 Lot #43 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a Cuban slave who claims he should not even be a slave View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slave claims he should not even be one, 1884Date Published1884 Lot #44 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for two slaves, seeking their freedom View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineTwo Cuban slaves seek their freedom, 1883Date Published1883 Lot #45 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio regarding a free black mother who children returned to her View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban mother wants her children returned, 1884Date Published1884 Lot #46 Manuscript documentation of a slave auction in Cuba, with a list of slaves and their owners View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. record of Cuban slave auction 1865Date Published1865 Lot #47 Manuscript listing of slaves for sale in Cuba View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. listing of slaves for sale in Cuba 1866Date Published1866 Lot #48 Manuscript manumission document setting free a male criollo slave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineNew Orleans widow frees her Cuban slave, 1866Date Published1866 Lot #49 Manuscript regulations for holding a slave auction View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. regulations for Cuban slave auction 1860Date Published1860 Lot #50 Manuscript regulations/license for holding a slave auction, valid for two years View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRegulations for Cuba slave auction 1864Date Published1864 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 #63 The Silver Map of the World: A Contemporary Medallion Commemorative of Drake's Great Voyage View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Drake, Sir Francis)AuthorMiller ChristyHeadlineGeographical essay on Drake's voyagePublisherHenry Stevens, Son, & StilesDate Published1900 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 #98 The Literary Remains of Benjamin Franklin...Forming a Supplement to his Memoirs and Correspondence View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineThe Literary Remains of Benjamin FranklinPublisherPublished for H. Colburn by R. BentleyDate Published1834 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 #104 Apples of Sodom: A Story of Mormon Life View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGilchrist, Rosetta LuceHeadlineApples of Sodom: A Story of Mormon Life inscribedPublisherWilliam W. WilliamsDate Published1883 Lot #109 Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania within the Last Sixty Years View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Graydon, Alexander]HeadlineValuable source of American culture, literature and society prior to 1776PublisherWilliam Blackwood & T. CadellDate Published1822 Lot #117 Women of New York View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHankins, Marie LouiseHeadlineSketches of 19th century women drawn from real lifePublisherPictorial Family NewspaperDate Published1861 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 #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 #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 #168 Noticias del Puerto de Monterey View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Monterey, California)Headline50 years of Monterey, California history and art journalPublisherThe Monterey History and Art AssociationDate Published1957-2006 Lot #176 The Old Franklin Almanac 1860-68 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Old Franklin Almanac )HeadlineThe Old Franklin Almanac 1860-68PublisherHaslett & WinchDate Published1860-68 Lot #178 Isthmus of Panama. History of the Panama Railroad; and of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorOtis, Fessenden NottHeadlineHistory of Panama Railroad with historic associationPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1967 Lot #186 A New and Complete System of Arithmetic, Composed for the Use of the Citizens of the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPike, NicolasHeadlineNicolas Pike A New System of Arithmetic 1788PublisherJohn MycallDate Published1788 Lot #228 The American Harmony; Or, Royal Melody Complete View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorTans'ur, WilliamHeadlineThe American Harmony: or, Royal Melody CompletePublisherDaniel BayleyDate Published1771 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 #235 The Life, Times and Treacherous Death of Jesse James. The Only Correct and Authorized Edition... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorTriplett, FrankHeadlineThe Life, Times and Treacherous Death of Jesse James 2nd issuePublisherJ.H. Chambers & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #238 Journals of Congress, and of the United States in Congress Assembled, for the Year 1781. Volume VII View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(United States Congress)HeadlineJournals of Congress, 1781 Volume VIIPublisherPrinted by John Patterson by order of CongressDate Published1787 Lot #239 An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States for the Year 1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(United States Treasury)HeadlineOfficial account of US spending in 1831PublisherFrancis Preston Blair, printerDate Published1832 Lot #245 Catalogue of The Engraved Portraits of Washington View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Washington, George)AuthorHart, Charles HenryHeadlineCatalogue of the Engraved Portraits of WashingtonPublisherThe Grolier ClubDate Published1904 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 #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 #256 The Friend of Peace by Phil Pacificus (pseud), Volume I, numbers 1-12 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWorcester, NoahHeadlineEarly 19th century American PacifismPublisherJoseph T. BuckinghamDate Publishedca.1816-1818 Lot #271 Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorDrayton, DanielHeadlineMemoir of Daniel Drayton, guilty of aiding slaves escapePublisherBela MarshDate Published1855 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 #276 Familiar Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Franklin View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineLetters and papers of Benjamin FranklinPublisherJackson and WalfordDate Published1844 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next