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With Illustrations by the Author View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]HeadlineAmerican edition of Abbott's FlatlandPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1933 Lot #2 Qutub; also called The Point View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorChumbley, Andrew D.HeadlineQutub, 1/72 bound in goatskinPublisherXoanon PublishingDate Published2008 Lot #3 Qutub; also called The Point View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorChumbley, Andrew D.HeadlineQutub; or The Point 1/700PublisherXoanon PublishingDate Published2008 Lot #4 The Satyr's Sermon: by the Hand and Eye of Algos View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorChumbley, Andrew D.HeadlineSatyr's Sermon from Xoanon 1/111PublisherXoanon PublishingDate Published2009 Lot #5 A Compendium of Alchemical Processes. Extracted from the Writings of Glauber, Basil Valentine, and Other Adepts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)HeadlineScarce compendium of alchemyPublisherJames Elliott and Co.Date Published1894 Lot #6 Memoir on the Antiquity of the Zodiacs of Esneh and Dendera View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)Author[Drummond, William]HeadlineMemoir on the Antiquity of the Zodiacs of Esneh and Dendera, 1821PublisherPrinted by A.J. ValpyDate Published1821 Lot #7 Welsh Witches and Wizards View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorHoward, MichaelHeadlineHoward's Welsh Witches and Wizards 1/300PublisherThree Hands PressDate Published2009 Lot #8 Triumph Zaal, van Astrologische Voorzeggige; of de Nieuwe Spiegel der Waereld...[with] Sleutel van Meester Franciscus, Op het Astrologisch werk, van Docter Ludeman, getyeld Triumph Zaal View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorKersteman, Franciscus L. and Johan Christoph LudemanHeadlineEighteenth century astrologist and healer in the NetherlandsPublisherMoeleman, et. al.Date Published1787-88 Lot #9 Confucian Cosmogony: A Translation of Section Forty-Nine of the "Complete Works" of the Philosopher Choo-Foo-Tze, with Explanatory Notes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorM'Clatchie, ThomasHeadlineConfucian Cosmogony printed in Shanghai, 1874PublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1874 Lot #10 Bibliographia Kabbalistica: Verzeichnis der gedruckten die jüdische Mystik (Gnosos, Kabbala, Sabbatianismus, Frankismus, Chassidismus) behandelnden Bücher und Aufsätze von Reuchlin bis zur Gegenwart View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorScholem, GerhardHeadlineBibliography of Kabbala & Jewish mysticismPublisherVerlag von W. DrugulinDate Published1927 Lot #11 Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland dating from before the XVI Century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorSinger, Dorothea WaleyHeadlineSinger catalogue of alchemy manuscriptsPublisherMaurice Lamartin, PublisherDate Published1928-1931 Lot #12 Ueber die Alten und Neuen Mysterien View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorStarck, Johann AugustHeadlineUeber die Alten und Neuen Mysterien, 1780PublisherFriedrich MaurerDate Published1780 Lot #13 The Works of Thomas Vaughan: Eugenius Philalethes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorWaite, Arthur Edward, editorHeadlineWorks of alchemist Thomas VaughanPublisherTheosophical Publishing HouseDate Published1919 Lot #14 Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers Based on Materials Collected in 1815 and Supplemented by Recent Researches... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorWaite, Arthur EdwardHeadlineLives of "Alchemystical" Philosophers, 1888PublisherGeorge RedwayDate Published1888 Lot #21 A New Plan for Speedily Increasing the Number of Bee-Hives in Scotland; and Which May be Extended, with Equal Success to England, Ireland, America... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Beekeeping)AuthorBonner, JamesHeadlineScottish beekeeping treatise, 1795PublisherPrinted by J. MoirDate Published1795 Lot #22 A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management, of Bees View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Beekeeping)AuthorHuish, RobertHeadlineInscribed by the authorPublisherBaldwin, Cradock, and JoyDate Published1817 Lot #23 Le Antiche Lucerne Sepolcrali Figurate Raccolte dalle Caue sotterranee, e Grotte di Roma... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBellori, Giovanni PietroHeadlineStudy of the ancient Roman sepulchral lampsPublisherNella Stamparia di Gio: Francesco BuagniDate Published1691 Lot #33 The History of the Flagellants, or The Advantages of Discipline; being a paraphrase and commentary on the Historia Flagellantium of the Abbe Boileau, Doctor of the Sorbonne, Canon of the Holy Chapel &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBoileau, Jacques and J.L. DelomeHeadlineHistory of the Flagellants 1777PublisherFielding and WalkerDate Published1977 Lot #35 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order...First American from the Fifth London Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineFirst American Edition of Boswell's The Life of Samuel JohnsonPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 Lot #36 The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh)HeadlineBigamy in Georgian EnglandPublisherCharles BathurstDate Published1776 Lot #39 Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France / The Rights of Man View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorBurke, Edmund & Thomas PaineHeadlineBurke & Paine on the French RevolutionPublisherPrinted for J. Parsons & H.D. SymondsDate Published1793 Lot #40 The Latin translation of the Arabic Version of Euclid's Elements, commonly ascribed to Gerard of Cremona View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBusard, Hubertus L. L.HeadlineLatin translation of Euclid's ElementsPublisherE. J. BrillDate Published1984 Lot #41 The Act of Tonnage and Poundage and Rates of Merchandize... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCarkesse, CharlesHeadline1728 British Act of Tonnage and PoundagePublisherPrinted by John Baskett and sold by William CrossleyDate Published1728 Lot #54 Two works by Albert Einstein, on light, radiation and heat View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein papers on light, radiation & heatPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1906 & 1911 Lot #57 The Origin of Pagan Idolatry Ascertained from Historical Testimony and Circumstantial Evidence View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorFaber, George StanleyHeadlineThe Origin of Pagan Idolatry 3 vols. 1816PublisherF. and C. RivingtonsDate Published1816 Lot #58 Original Letters, Written during the Reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III by various Persons of Rank or Consequence... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFenn, JohnHeadlinePaston Letters reveal political intrigue in Medieval EnglandPublisherG. G. J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1787 Lot #59 Méthode Pour Etudier L'Histoire, avec un catalogue des principaux historiens, & des remarques sur la bonté de leurs ouvrages, & sur le choix des meilleures Editions View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorFresnoy, Nicolas Lenglet duHeadline18th c. Ancient and Modern History of NationsPublisherPierre GandouinDate Published1729-1741 Lot #60 Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries, From the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorFroissart, JohnHeadlineChronicles of England, France, Spain 2 vols 1855PublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1855 Lot #61 The Historie of the Holy Warre View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorFuller, ThomasHeadlineFuller's 1642 history of the CrusadesPublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel to be sold by John WilliamsDate Published1642 Lot #66 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's great work on the Roman EmpirePublisherPrinted for W. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1777; 1781; 1788 Lot #76 Currents and Counter-currents in Medical Science with Other Addresses and Essays. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineOliver Wendell Holmes on science & medicinePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published[1861] Lot #78 [Fabulae] Hygini Quae hodie extant adcurante Joanne Scheffer...Qui simul adjecit Notas, hic admodum necessarias, cum Indice verborum locutionumque rariorum, & Dissertatione, de vero hujus operis auctore View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHyginus, Caius JuliusHeadlineFirst Scheffer edition of Hyginus' classical Greek myths and astronomyPublisherJohannes Janssonius van Waesberge for Gotfried SchultzeDate Published1674 Lot #85 Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJunius [pseudonym attributed to of Sir Philip Francis]HeadlineJunius. Stat Nominis Umbra 1799PublisherT. BensleyDate Published[1799] Lot #91 Five works by Justus Lipsius bound together View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLipsius, JustusHeadlineFive early works by Justus LipsiusPublisherEx officina Plantiniana, Apud Balthasarem & Ioannem MoretosDate Published1617-1621 Lot #94 Naturalis historiae opus novum: in quo tractatur de natura et viribus, fruticum, herbarum, animantiumq[ue]... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorLonicer, AdamHeadlineNaturalis historiae opus novum, 1551PublisherApud Chr. EgenolphumDate Published[1551] Lot #99 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorPemberton, HenryHeadlinePemberton on Sir Isaac Newton's PhilosophyPublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 Lot #103 Scottish History & Life View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPaton, James, editorHeadlineScottish History & Life 1/20 copies on vellumPublisherJames MacLehose & SonsDate Published1902 Lot #104 "On a criterion which may serve to test various theories of inheritance." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume LXXIII View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPearson, KarlHeadlinePearson proposes variability criterion between theories of inheritancePublisherHarrison and SonsDate Published1904 Lot #105 Thermodynamische Begründung des photochemischen Äquivalentgesetzes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Physics)AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's photochemical equivalence lawPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1912 Lot #106 Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge - in Annalen der Physik View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Physics)AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlinePrecursor to Planck's quantum theory, 1901PublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1901 Lot #111 Discorsi di Monsignore Don Vincenzio Borghini. Al Serenissimo Francesco Medici Gran Duca di Toscana... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorRoghini, VincenzioHeadlineHistory of Florence written at the request of Cosimo de'MediciPublisherFilippo & Jacopo GiuntiDate Published1584-1585 Lot #112 The Scientific Outlook View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorRussell, BertrandHeadlineSigned by Bertrand RussellPublisherW.W. Norton & CompanyDate Published1931 Lot #113 Ivlii Caesaris Scaligeri Exotericarum exercitationvm liber XV. De subtilitae, ad Hieronymvm Cardanvm sententias nobiliores: alter opulentissimus, pené omnia complectens View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorScaligero, Giulio CesareHeadlineScaligero refutes the natural philosophies of CardanoPublisherApud haeredes Andr. WechelusDate Published1582 Lot #114 Grammatica Aegyptiaca Utriusque Dialecti Quam Breviavit, Illustravit, Edidit Carolus Godofredus Woide View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorScholtz, ChristianHeadlineGrammatica Aegyptiaca 1778PublisherE typographeo ClarendonianoDate Published1778 Lot #115 23 issues from 3 years of Scientific American magazine View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Scientific American, 1920-21, 1936)HeadlineScientific American, 23 issues, 1920-21, 1936PublisherScientific AmericanDate Published1920-1936 Lot #116 Bodyscope View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSegal, Ralph H.HeadlineRalph H. Segal's BodyscopePublisherBodyscope PublicationsDate Published[1948] Lot #125 The Devil's Picture-Books: A History of Playing-Cards View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorVan Rensselaer, Mrs. John King VanHeadlineThe Devil's Picture-Books 1st ed 1890PublisherDodd, Mead, and CompanyDate Published1890 Lot #127 Trattato delle Lodi et della Coltivatione de gl'Ulivi, di Nuovo Ristampato View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorVettori, PieroHeadlineVettori's Treatise on Olives, 2nd Ed, 1574PublisherGuintiDate Published1574 Lot #129 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volumes 13-14 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Zeitschrift für Physik - Bohr, Niels)HeadlineBohr's application of quantum theory to atomic structurePublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1923 Lot #130 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volumes 23-24 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zeitschrift für Physik - Bohr, Niels)HeadlineThe BKS Theory of Quantum PhysicsPublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1924 Lot #131 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volume 49 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading[Zeitschrift für Physik - Heisenberg, Werner]Headline1st appearance of Heisenberg's theory of ferromagnetismPublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1928 Lot #132 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volumes 151-152 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Zeitschrift für Physik - Mossbauer, Rudolph Ludwig)HeadlineFirst appearance of the Mossbauer effectPublisherSpringer VerlagDate Published1958 Lot #133 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volume 46 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading[Zeitschrift für Physik - Weyl, Hermann)HeadlineHermann Weyl applies group theory to quantum mechanicsPublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1927 Lot #139 Egypt View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHerodotusHeadlineAllen Press, Herodotus Egypt, 1 of 121 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1989] Lot #288 The Writings of John Burroughs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Burroughs, autograph editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1904-1922 Lot #293 Days of the Dandies View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Days of the Dandies)HeadlineDays of the Dandies Finely Bound SetPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #298 The Story of Nell Gwyn: And the Sayings of Charles the Second View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings - Cosway Style)AuthorCunningham, PeterHeadlineGorgeous Cosway Style Fine BindingPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1862 Lot #310 A History of the Four Georges [and of William IV] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMcCarthy, Justin [& Justin Huntly McCarthy]HeadlineA History of the Four Georges Finely BoundPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1884-1901 Lot #313 Israel: The Establishment of a State View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSacher, HarryHeadlineFounding of Israel in fine bindingPublisherGeorge Weidenfeld & NicolsonDate Published[1952] Lot #318 Memoirs of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorFouché, JosephHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Fouché, finely bound 1825PublisherCharles KnightDate Published1825 Lot #322 The World's Famous Prisons View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGriffiths, ArthurHeadlineThe World's Famous Prisons, finely boundPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #323 Seven Letters Concerning the Politics of Switzerland, Pending the Outbreak of the Civil War in 1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's letters on the Swiss Civil WarPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1876 Lot #324 The Complete Writings View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineComplete set of Nathaniel Hawthorne's WorksPublisherHoughton Mifflin by the Riverside PressDate Published[1900] Lot #338 Journal d'une Femme de Cinquante Ans 1778-1815. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorMarquise de La Tour-du-Pin Gouvernet, Henriette-Lucie DillonHeadlineJournal d'une Femme de Cinquante An 1913PublisherLibrairie ChapelotDate Published1913 Lot #340 Elements of General History Ancient and Modern View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMillot, Claude-François-XavierHeadlineMillot's Elements of General History RevisedPublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1823 Lot #341 Hugh Wynne: Free Quaker, Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff of his Excellency General Washington View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorMitchell, S. WeirHeadlineWeir's Hugh Wynne, nicely boundPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published[1922] Lot #345 Papeles de Nueva Espana. Segunda Serie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorPaso y Troncoso, Francisco delHeadlinePapeles de Nueva Espana. Segunda Serie 1905PublisherEstablecimiento tipografiaDate Published1905-06 Lot #349 A Review of the Characters of the Principal Nations in Europe View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(A Review of the Characters of the Principal Nations of Europe)HeadlineEuropean characters, reviewedPublisherT. CadellDate Published1770 Lot #352 Traite des Crimes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSoulatges, Jean AntoineHeadlineFrench treatise on crime, 1762, finely boundPublisherChez Antoine BirosseDate Published1762 Lot #355 The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineNicely bound biography of MichelangeloPublisherMacmillan & Co. / Charles Scribner's SonsDate Published1901 Lot #359 Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWalpole, HoraceHeadlineMemoirs of George III's Reign, nicely boundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1845 Lot #360 9 Works by Edwin Percy Whipple View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorWhipple, Edwin PercyHeadlineThe works of American essayist Edwin WhipplePublisherVarious publishersDate Published1886-1888 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next