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Previous|1|Next Lot #9 Beständiger und Gründtlicher Bericht uber das vermeinte Christliche Bedencken, welches unter dem Namen des Duchleuchtigen Hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herrn Ernst Friedrichen, Marggrauen zu Baden und Hochberg ..., wider die Christliche Formulam Concordiæ, und deroselben einuerleibte Augspurgische Confession, auch grossen Catechismum Lutheri View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Binding)AuthorErnst Friedrich, Margrave de BadeHeadlineIn pigskin with ports. of Luther & MelancthonPublisherGeorg Gruppenbach,Date Published1601 Lot #12 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entitled: 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 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights Entertainments Library EditionPublisherKamashastra Society for private subscribersDate Published1885-1887 [but c.1894] Lot #17 The Works of William Congreve View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCongreve, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of William Congreve 1753PublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1753 Lot #18 Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorConybeare, John JosiasHeadlineConybeare's Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon PoetryPublisherHarding and LepardDate Published1826 Lot #19 The Muses Library or a Series of English Poetry from the Saxons to the Reign of King Charles II View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Cooper (Mrs. Elizabeth) and Wm. Oldys]HeadlineThe Muses Library 1737PublisherJ. Wilcox, T. Green, et alDate Published1737 Lot #29 Specimens of the Early English Poets, to Which is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorEllis, GeorgeHeadlineSpecimens of the Early English Poets 1801PublisherG. and W. NicolDate Published1801 Lot #30 Group of English prose and poetry View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzc(English Literature)Author**HeadlineGroup of English prose and poetryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #32 Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFairbairn, [James]HeadlineFairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great BritaPublisherThomas C. JackDate PublishedNo date Lot #33 The Shipwreck, a Poem . . . the Text Illustrated by Additional Notes, and Corrected from the First and Second Editions, with a Life of the Author, by James Stanier Clarke. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorFalconer, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Falconer The ShipwreckPublisherPrinted for William Miller by T. BensleyDate Published1804 Lot #34 The Works of Alphonse Daudet - Edition De Luxe View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDaudet, AlphonseHeadlineThe Works of Alphonse Daudet - Edition De LuxePublisherLittle, Brown and Crosscup & SterlingDate Published1899 Lot #35 The Complete Writings View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineComplete Writings of N. Hawthorne Finely BoundPublisherHoughton Mifflin by the Riverside PressDate Published[1900] Lot #36 Edward Fitzgerald's Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorKhayyam, OmarHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Finely BoundPublisherC.C. ParkerDate Published1899 Lot #37 The Adventures of Gil Blas View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorLe Sage, [Alain Rene]HeadlineThe Adventures of Gil Blas Finely BoundPublisherGibbings & CompanyDate Published1896 Lot #38 Two titles by Ik Marvel - Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMarvel, Ik [Donald G. Mitchell]Headline2 titles by Ik Marvel Finely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1892 Lot #39 The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night [with] Tales from the Arabic [and] Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPayne, John, translatorHeadlineBook of 1001 nights, finely bound 13 volumesPublisherRichard WorthingtonDate Published1884 Lot #40 Two works by Mark Twain, Finely Bound View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwo works by Mark Twain, Finely BoundDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #41 The Works of Daniel Webster View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWebster, DanielHeadlineThe Works of Daniel WebsterPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1853 Lot #42 The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Artist's Edition, finely bound View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineThe Works of John Greenleaf Whittier finely boundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1892] Lot #43 Idylls of the King View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordHeadlineTennyson Idylls of the King w/ Fore-edge paintingPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1864 Lot #46 The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray [&] The Poetical Works of William Collins View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGray, Thomas & Collins, WilliamHeadlinePoetical Works of Gray & Collins 1787PublisherAndrew FoulisDate Published1787 Lot #65 The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse...Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJuvenalis, Decimus JuniusHeadlineDryden translation of Juvenal and Flaccus 1693PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1693 Lot #91 Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd 1753PublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, et alDate Published1753 Lot #93 The Lincoln Crest & Monogram Album View details Estimate$350 - $450StatusUnsold Heading(Monograms)HeadlineAlbum of Crests & Monograms c.1900PublisherWilliam S. LincolnDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #101 Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorO'Curry, EugeneHeadlineManuscript Materials of Ancient Irish HistoryPublisherJames DuffyDate Published1861 Lot #107 The Fables of Phædrus, Translated into English Prose View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorPhædrusHeadlineThe Fables of Phædrus London 1745PublisherJoseph DavidsonDate Published1745 Lot #113 The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope [&] The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume II View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineWorks of Alexander PopePublisherBernard Lintot [&] Lawton GilliverDate Published1717 & 1735 Lot #141 Short Sayings of Great Men with Historical and Explanatory Notes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Twain, Mark, his copy)AuthorBent, Samuel ArtherHeadlineMark Twain's own copy signed by himPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 Lot #161 The Splendid Idle Forties View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadlineAllen Press, Splendid Idle Forties, 1/150 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1960 Lot #163 The Life of Dante View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$225StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineAllen Press Boccaccio's Life of DantePublisherAllen PressDate Published1992 Lot #168 The Dialogue of the Dogs View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineAllen Press, Cervantes Dialogue of the Dogs 1/140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1969 Lot #171 The Bacchae: Dionysus, the God View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorEuripidesHeadline(Allen Press) Euripides, The Bacchae, 1 of 130PublisherAllen PressDate Published[1972] Lot #184 Romeo and Juliet View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineRomeo and Juliet Allen Press 1/115PublisherAllen PressDate Published1988 Lot #187 The Brothers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorTerenceHeadline(Allen Press) Terence, The Brothers, 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1968 Lot #192 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Book Club of California - Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineBook Called Holinshed's Chronicles w/leafPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 Lot #193 The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer: An Account of the Publication of Geoffrey Chaucer's Works from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$250StatusSold Headingzzc(Book Club of California - Leaf Book)AuthorMuscatine, CharlesHeadlineChaucer Leaf Book, Book Club of CA 1963PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1963 Lot #198 Concerning Cats. Two Tales View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Colt Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain, Concerning Cats 1/450 Grabhorn/ColtPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 Lot #203 Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Headingzzc(Fine Binding)AuthorShaw, [George] BernardHeadlineG.B. Shaw Saint Joan Finely Bound 1/750PublisherConstable & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1924] Lot #204 Two works by Sir Thomas Malory - Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Fine Bindings)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineBound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherThe Astolat PressDate Published1903 & 1904 Lot #210 Five titles published by the Golden Cockerel Press View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Headingzzc(Golden Cockerel Press)Author**Headline5 titles published by the Golden Cockerel PressPublisherThe Golden Cockerel PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #222 Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Limited Editions Club)AuthorHudson, William HenryHeadlineFar Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early LifePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1943 Lot #225 Eleven volumes of miniature books View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$225StatusSold Headingzzc(Miniature Books)Author**HeadlineEleven volumes of miniature booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #226 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzc(Mosher Press)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1/50 Mosher PressPublisherMosher PressDate Published1923 Lot #230 Montaigne's Essays - John Florio's Translation View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Headingzzc(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMontaigne, [Michel Eyquem de ]HeadlineNonesuch MontaignePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #233 The Comedy of As You Like It - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAs You Like It - Roycroft Vellum EditionPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1903 Lot #234 The Tragedy of King Lear - One of 100 copies on Japan Vellum View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTragedy of King Lear 1/100 copies on Japan VellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1904 Lot #244 Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorBrewer, Rev. E. CobhamHeadlineCharacter Sketches of Romance, Fiction 4 volsPublisherSelmar HessDate Published1892-96 Lot #247 The Year's at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Headingzzf(Clarke, Harry)AuthorWalters, L. D'o.HeadlineYears at the Spring 1/250 signed by Harry ClarkePublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published1920 Lot #249 The Bee and the Wasp. A Fable in Verse View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold AuthorCruikshank, G[eorge]HeadlineGeorge Cruikshank The Bee and the WaspPublisherCharles TiltDate Published1832 Lot #251 The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Cruikshank, George)Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineRobinson Crusoe with Cruikshank IllustrationsPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1831 Lot #252 The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineTristam Shandy Illustrated by George CruikshankPublisherJames CochraneDate Published1832 Lot #264 South Wind View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorDouglas, NormanHeadlineNorman Douglas South Wind Finely BoundPublisherArgus BooksDate Published1929 Lot #265 Mademoiselle de Maupin - Finely bound by M. Ritter, extra-illustrated View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorGautier, TheophileHeadlineMademoiselle de Maupin finely bound by M. RitterPublisherVizetelly & Co.Date Published1887 Lot #273 Female Characters of Goethe from the Original Drawings of William Kaulbach View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Headingzzf(Kaulbach, William)AuthorLewes, G.H.HeadlineFemale Characters of Goethe from KaulbachPublisherStoeffer & KirchnerDate Published[1867] Lot #275 Moby Dick View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick 1st Rockwell Kent trade editionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #276 The Red Book of Animal Stories View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorLang, Andrew, editorHeadlineThe Red Book of Animal StoriesPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1899 Lot #278 Le Musée Royal...ou, Recueil de Gravures d'apres les Plus Beaux Tableaux, Statues, et Bas-Reliefs de la Collection Royale View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorLaurent, HenriHeadlineLe Musee Royal 161 engraved platesPublisherF. DidotDate Published1816-18 Lot #322 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Headingzzf(Pogany, Willy)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1/525 signedPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1910] Lot #327 Cinderella View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineCinderella w/Rackham illus. signed in vellumPublisherWilliam Heinemann / J.B. LippincottDate Published[1919] Lot #329 The Ingoldsby Legends View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham].HeadlineThe Ingoldsby Legends Rackham IllustrationsPublisherJ.M. Dent / E.P. DuttonDate Published1907 Lot #331 Tales from Shakespeare View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorLamb, Charles and MaryHeadlineTales from Shakespeare Rackham Limited EditionPublisherJ.M. Dent / E.P. DuttonDate Published1909 Lot #333 The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$225StatusSold Headingzzf(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineThe Rhinegold & The Valkyrie Rackham IllustrationPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1910 Lot #336 The Sensitive Plant View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold Headingzzf(Robinson, Charles)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineThe Sensitive Plant illus by Chas Robinson c1911PublisherHeinemannDate Published[1911] Lot #350 Prayers Written at Vailima View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Prayers at Vailima Sangorski IllustraPublisher[Chatto and Windus]Date Published[1910] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next