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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 #20 Lysistrata View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator)AuthorAristophanesHeadlineAubrey Beardsley's vision of the LysistrataPublisherBeardsley PressDate Published1927 Lot #30 The Grave, a Poem View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineWilliam Blake engravings for Blair's Grave 1808PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley... for the Proprietor, R.H. CromekDate Published1808 Lot #32 William Blake: A Critical Essay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineEssay on Blake by Swinburne, with colored platesPublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published1868 Lot #53 Two titles by John Dryden View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden, The Rival-Ladies and An Evening's LovePublisherH. HerringmanDate Published1691-1693 Lot #64 The Fables of Mr. John Gay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineFables, 1811PublisherThomas Wilson and Son, PrintersDate Published1811 Lot #70 The Origin of the English Drama, Illustrated in its Various Species, viz. Mystery, Morality, Tragedy, and Comedy, by Specimens from our Earliest Writers: With Explanatory Notes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHawkins, ThomasHeadlineOrigin of the English Drama, 1773PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1773 Lot #74 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineAutocrat of the Breakfast Table in jacketsPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1895 Lot #75 Autograph letter signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineALS by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1888Date Published1888 Lot #77 Mounted autograph of Oliver Wendell Holmes - framed with portrait View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineFramed autograph of Oliver Wendell HolmesDate Published1869 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 #84 A Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Dictionary of the English Language 1786PublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1786 Lot #95 Lucan's Pharsalia translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLucanus, Marcus AnneausHeadlineNicholas Rowe's translation of Lucan's PharsaliaPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1718 Lot #120 Original Leaf from the First Folio edition of The Life of Henry the Fift View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineOriginal leaf from Shakespeare First FolioPublisherIsaac Jaggard & Ed. BlountDate Published1623 Lot #123 War and Peace View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlineTolstoy's War and Peace, 1st Ed. in EnglishPublisherWilliam S. GottsbergerDate Published1886-1886 Lot #138 Rappaccini's Daughter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineAllen Press, Hawthorne, Rappaccini's DaughterPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1991] Lot #141 Antigone View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorSophoclesHeadlineAllen Press, Sophocles, Antigone, 1/130PublisherAllen PressDate Published1978 Lot #142 The Brothers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorTerenceHeadline(Allen Press) Terence, The Brothers, 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1968 Lot #149 Eureka, a Prose Poem: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineEdgar Allan Poe Eureka Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1991 Lot #155 The Grove Plays of the Bohemian Club View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorGarnett, Porter, editorHeadlineThe Grove plays of the Bohemian Club 1/31PublisherFor the Bohemian ClubDate Published1918 Lot #165 The Green Ship View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press - Eric Gill)AuthorMiller, PatrickHeadlineEric Gill illustrated, Golden Cockerel, 1/200PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1936] Lot #169 A Lovers Progress: Seventeenth Century Lyrics View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineGolden Cockerel, A Lovers ProgressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1938 Lot #170 Gilgamesh: King of Erech View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorLucas, F.L.HeadlineGolden Cockerel's GilgameshPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1948 Lot #171 Pervigilium Veneris, the Vigil of Venus View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineVigil of Venus 1/100 Golden Cockerel PressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1939] Lot #174 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Prose Translation View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineSir Gawain and the Green Knight Golden CockerelPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1952 Lot #181 The Red Badge of Courage View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineGrabhorn Press printing for Random HousePublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1931] Lot #185 The Tragedie of Macbeth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's MacbethPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1952] Lot #203 Don Quixote de la Mancha. The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra : Motteux' Translation Revised Anew (1743) & Corrected Rectified and Filled Up in Numberless Places by J. Ozell Who Likewise Added the Explanatory Notes from the Best Editions in English & Spanish... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote from the Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1930] Lot #214 Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Book of Job, 1 of 250 copies from the Trianon PressPublisherWilliam Blake TrustDate Published1987 [printed c.1974] Lot #289 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F.HeadlineFirst Benares Edition of Burton's Arabian NightsPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only Lot #290 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F.HeadlineFirst Benares Edition of Burton's Arabian NightsPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885-88 Lot #291 Gertrude of Wyoming; A Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineCampbell's Gertrude of WyomingPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees & OrmeDate Published1809 Lot #292 Alice and Wonderland [and] Through the Looking Glass View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineTwo by Lewis Carroll, finely boundPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1870-1872 Lot #294 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' 1st novel handsomely boundPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1967] Lot #297 Tom Jones: The History of a Foundling. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineTom Jones LEC finely boundPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1952 Lot #299 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings - Cosway Style)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineComplete works of Shakespeare in Cosway-style bindingPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1947] Lot #301 The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeaumont, Francis & John FletcherHeadlineWorks of Beaumont & Fletcher finely bound 1711PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1711 Lot #302 Boswell's Life of Johnson, including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell Life of Johnson 6 vols. finely boundPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1887 Lot #304 Cooper's Novels View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineNovels of J. Fenimore Cooper 32 VolumesPublisherW.A. TownsendDate Published1859-61 Lot #309 The Poetical Works of Owen Meredith (Robert, Lord Lytton) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of]HeadlineThe Poetical Works of Owen Meredith (Robert, Lord Lytton)PublisherThomas Y. CromwellDate PublishedNo date Lot #315 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThe Works of William Makepeace Thackeray 52 vols.PublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1876-1888 Lot #316 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWallace, LewHeadlineBen-Hur illustrated edition finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1901 Lot #320 Novellettes, Selected for the use of Young Ladies and Gentlemen; Written by Dr. Goldsmith, Mrs. Griffith, &c. and illustrated by elegant engravings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, Oliver, et al.HeadlineNovellettes with two Goldsmith stories, 1780PublisherPrinted for Fielding and WalkerDate Published1780 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 #325 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineHolmes' Complete Breakfast Table books, 1/250PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1902 Lot #328 [The Works of Victor Hugo] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWorks of Victor Hugo 1/25PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1900] Lot #329 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineThe Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, finely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1895 Lot #333 The Red Fairy Book View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorLang, Andrew (editor)HeadlineLang's 2nd Fairy Book, nicely boundPublisherLongman's, Green & Co.Date Published1890 Lot #335 The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineJames Russell Lowell's WorksPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #337 The Heptameron or Tales and Novels of Marguerite Queen of Navarre now First Completely done into English Prose and Verse from the Original French by Arthur Machen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMachen, Arthur, translatorHeadlineThe Heptameron 1890 finely boundPublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[c.1890] 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 #348 The Club, or a Dialogue between Father and Son View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorPuckle, JamesHeadlineOne of 18 copies on Chinese paper, bound by RivierePublisherPrinted for the Proprietor by John JohnsonDate Published1817 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