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Previous|1|Next Lot #9 Les Danseuses de l'Opéra: Costumes des Principaux Ballets dessinés par Alophe (wrapper title) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Ballet)AuthorAlophe, ManutHeadlineColored lithographs of Parisian BallerinasPublisherAu Bureau du Journal les Modes ParisiennesDate Publishedc.1865 Lot #18 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineProfusely illustrated New Testament, 1883PublisherLongman's, Green, and Co.Date Published1883 Lot #24 Blake's Pencil Drawings. Second Series View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorKeynes, Geoffrey, editorHeadlineNonesuch catalog of Blake's Pencil DrawingsPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1956 Lot #26 A New Library of Poetry and Song View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBryant, William Cullen, editorHeadlineBryant's New Library of Poetry and Song 1877PublisherFords, Howard, & HulbertDate Published[1877] Lot #27 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Bull, Rene, illustrator)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat with illustrations by Rene BullPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[c.1913] Lot #28 The Bible of the Anaesthetist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBullard, F.W.HeadlineTongue-in-cheek essay by Anaesthetist, 1903Date Published[ca. 1903] Lot #35 La Femme Adultère View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorCamus, Albert and Pierre-Eugène ClairinHeadlineAlbert Camus La Femme Adultère 1/300 signedPublisher[R. Jacquet]Date Published[1954] Lot #37 Les Cartons de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres: Époques Louis XVI et Empire View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ceramics)AuthorSandier, Alex, editorHeadlineColor plates of 18th century French PorcelainPublisherLibrairie Générale De l’ Architecture et Des Arts DécoratifsDate Published[ca. 1900] Lot #38 Early English Furniture & Woodwork View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCescinsky, Herbert and Ernest R. GribbleHeadlineEarly English Furniture & Woodwork 2 vols 1922PublisherWaverly Book CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #49 Helados & Bebidas Mexicanas - Mexican manuscript cookbook from 1909 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cookery - Mexican)HeadlineMexican manuscript cookbook from 1909Date Published1909 Lot #50 Herencia de Sabores [with] Delicias y Sabores - two manuscript cookbooks from the Rivero family of Puebla, Mexico View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Cookery - Mexican)HeadlineTwo 19th century manuscript cookbooks from Puebla, MexicoDate Published1888-89 Lot #57 Cocina 10 y 20 Anos, 1919 [cover title] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery - Mexican)AuthorValdes, R.HeadlineManuscript Mexican cookbook 1919Date Published1919 Lot #60 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Dali, Salvador, artist)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineDali's Alice in Wonderland, signedPublisherMaecenas Press / Random HouseDate Published1969 Lot #61 Alfred Sisley, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre Peint View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorDaulte, FrançoisHeadlineAlfred Sisley's Catalogue RaisonnéPublisherÉditions Durand-RuelDate Published[1959] Lot #64 Paradise Lost View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost illustrated by Gustave DoréPublisherCassell, Petter & GalpinDate Published[ca. 1890] Lot #77 Author's offprint from Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity, from the Philosophical Transactions, inscribed by Michael Faraday View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorFaraday, MichaelHeadlinePresentation copy of Michael Faraday offprint 1833PublisherPrinted by Richard TaylorDate Published1833 Lot #82 The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineW.R. Flint illustrates Marcus AureliusPublisherPhilip Lee Warner/Medici SocietyDate Published1909 Lot #83 A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorForrest, Lieutenant-Colonel [Charles Ramus]HeadlinePicturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges 1824PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1824 Lot #84 Check signed by Greta Garbo, made out to the New York Telephone Company for $34.30 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Garbo, GretaHeadlineCheck signed by Greta GarboDate PublishedMarch 26, 1963 Lot #86 Fables...With a Life of the Author View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's Fables 1793PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 Lot #91 The Light of Asia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Hamzeh Carr - Illustrator)AuthorArnold, Sir EdwinHeadlineBeautifully illustrated copy of Light of AsiaPublisherJohn Lane The Bodley Head LtdDate Published1926 Lot #96 Hogarth Moralized. Being a complete edition of Hogarth’s works. Containing near fourscore copper-plates, most elegantly engraved. With an explanation, pointing out the many beauties that may have hitherto escaped notice; and a comment on their moral tendency... Now First Published, With the Approbation of Jane Hogarth, Widow of the late Mr. Hogarth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Hogarth, William)Author[Trusler, John]HeadlineHogarth Moralized, 1st edition, 1768PublisherSold by S. Hooper... and, Mrs. HogarthDate Published1768 Lot #97 The Works of William Hogarth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Hogarth, William)AuthorTrusler, JohnHeadlineWorks of William Hogarth 1833PublisherJones and Co.Date Published1833 Lot #98 Our Living World; An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J. G. Wood's Natural History of Animate Creation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHolder, Joseph Bassett and John George WoodsHeadlineChromolithographs by the firm of Louis PrangPublisherSelmar HessDate Published1885 Lot #99 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's trans. of Homer's Iliad with 50 platesPublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1660 Lot #104 Public Bath at Simoda - Suppressed plate from the report of Perry's Expedition to Japan View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Japan - Perry Expedition)AuthorHeine, WilhelmHeadlineSuppressed plate from Perry's reportPublisherP.S. Duval and Co.Date Published1854 Lot #114 Autograph signed letter from Helen Keller to Mrs. Bridges View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Keller, Helen)HeadlineHelen Keller ALS soliciting funds for U.S. blind-deafDate Published1948 Lot #116 N by E View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineRockwell Kent N by E Signed Limited EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #119 "The Head of Christ" - Calligraphic manuscript on vellum with a color miniature of the painting by Leonardo Da Vinci View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Leonardo da Vinci)HeadlineLeonardo's Head of Christ with calligraphic descriptionDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #121 Three Volumes Published by Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineAesop & Boswell by the Limited Editions ClubPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1933, 1974 Lot #124 Oxonia illustrata, sive Omnium celeberrimæ istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecæ Bodleianæ, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani; nec non urbis totius scenographia. Delineavit & sculpsit Dav: Loggan Univ. Oxon. Chalcographus View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorLoggan, DavidHeadlineThe finest 17th century engraved views of OxfordPublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1675 Lot #126 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLongusHeadlineLes Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe 1718Publisher[Cramoisy]Date Published1718 Lot #127 Les Affiches Illustrées 1886-1895 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMaindron, ErnestHeadlineLes Affiches Illustrées 1886-1895 w/64 lithographsPublisherLibrairie Artistique, G. BoudetDate Published1896 Lot #128 Rubricated leaf from the 15th century View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript Leaf)HeadlineRubricated vellum leafDate Published[c. 1440?] Lot #137 When We Were Very Young View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineA.A. Milne When We Were Very Young inscribedPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published[1924] Lot #138 Zadig View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mossa, Gustave-Adolphe, illustrator)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineFinely bound Zadig illustrated by MossaPublisherLibrairie des AmateursDate Published[1924] Lot #139 Letter from Major General Berthier to General Caffarelli, then in Spain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorBerthier, Louis-AlexandreHeadlineLetter from Napoleon's Chief of StaffDate Published18 Fevrier 1811 Lot #140 Certificate of Discharge for a soldier in the Regiment d'Artillerie a Cheval, during the First Restoration View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineSoldier discharged from Napoleon's army 1814Date Published21 Septembre 1814 Lot #141 Document signed by Daure as chief commissary of the French expeditionary forces in Egypt View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorDaure, Jean-Pierre-Paulin-HectorHeadlineDocument from the French expedition to Egypt, 1799Date Published1799 Lot #142 Document signed by Alexandre Berthier as Ministre de la Guerre, and secretarially signed "Bonaparte" as premier Consul de la République, promoting a lieutenant in the army View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Napoleon BonaparteDate Publishedc.1803 Lot #143 Manuscript document signed by Brigadier General François Dutertre View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorDutertre, FrançoisHeadlineDocument signed by notorious Napoleonic generalDate PublishedUndated Lot #145 Letter from Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, to Le Comte Dupont View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineLetter from general under Napoleon, 1814Date Published26 Juillet 1814 Lot #146 Document signed by Jacques MacDonald as chancellor of the Legion of Honour, appointing Leopold Ferdinand de Zychlinsky as Capitaine d'Infantrie Legere Saxonne View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorMacDonald, Étienne Jacques Joseph AlexandreHeadlineDocument signed by Napoleonic General MacDonaldDate Published26 Mai 1816 Lot #148 Letter from August de Marmont, Duc de Raguse, a recommendation for an officer View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorMarmont, Auguste deHeadlineNapoleonic general recommends an officer in 1822Date Published1822 Lot #149 Letter from Lieutenant-General Moncey to Brigadier-General Charpentier, nominating him a major-general View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorMoncey, Bon-Adrien Jeannot deHeadlineAppointment of major-general in Napoleon's Italy ArmyDate Published31 May 1801 Lot #151 Letter from Marshal Ney to Marshal Berthier recommending a promotion View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorNey, MichelHeadlineLetter from Marshal Ney elegantly presentedDate Published3 March 1811 Lot #152 Original French Revolution document appointing a lieutenant in the "citizens army" View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineDocument from the French RevolutionDate Published1795 Lot #153 Letter from General Sir Thomas Picton, written to his agent in London following his arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, describing conditions there View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorPicton, ThomasHeadlineLetter from British General in Peninsular War, 1810Date Published9th Feby. 1810 Lot #154 Letter from Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult to the president of the French Chamber of Deputies, about the establishment of the French Foreign Legion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorSoult, Jean-de-DieuHeadlineBeginnings of the French Foreign LegionDate Publishedc.1830-34 Lot #156 Document signed by General Dominique-Joseph René Vandamme View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorVandamme, DominiqueHeadlinePassport signed by Napoleon's General VandammeDate Published1807 Lot #171 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineRime of the Ancient Mariner with Pogany illustrationsPublisherHarrapDate Published[1910] Lot #172 Art in California: A survey of American art with special reference to Californian painting, sculpture and architecture past and present particularly as those arts were represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPorter, Bruce, et. al.HeadlineEarly history of California artPublisherR. I. BernierDate Published1916 Lot #180 Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPyle, HowardHeadlinePyle's Book of Pirates finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1921 Lot #181 Sleeping Beauty View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSleeping Beauty with Rackham illustrations in dust jacketPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] Lot #182 Undine View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorFouqué, De La MotteHeadlineArthur Rackham signed limited Undine finely boundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 Lot #183 The Tempest View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tempest Arthur Rackham Signed with jacketPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1926] Lot #184 The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineThe Springtide of Life, Rackham, Signed 1/765PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1918] Lot #185 The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood - with holograph letter View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSigned by Rackham w/original letter by SwinburnePublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1918] Lot #195 Description De Vingt-quatre Vues Prises Le Long De La Seine Depuis Paris Jusqu'à La Mer, Accompagnée D'une Carte, Extraite De L'ouvrage Anglais, Intitulé: Voyage Pittoresque Sur Les Rives De La Seine, &c., &c., &c. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorSauvan, Jean Baptiste BalthazardHeadlinePicturesque Tour of the Seine French Edition 1821PublisherChez R. AckermannDate Published1821 Lot #198 The Cat in the Hat View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineCat in the Hat Seuss 1st ed in custom slipcasePublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] Lot #202 Italian Gardens of the Renaissance View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorShepherd, J.C. & G.A. JellicoHeadlineIllustrated work on Renaissance gardensPublisherErnest Benn LimitedDate Published1925 Lot #203 Patti Smith - Galerie Veith Turske View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Smith, Patti)HeadlinePatti Smith, Galerie Veith Turske, 1977PublisherGalerie Veith TurskeDate Published[1977] Lot #204 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineStoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are DeadPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published1967 Lot #208 The Arabian Nights Entertainments containing Sixty-five Stories told by Shahrazade.... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Szyk, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights in 4 vols Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 Lot #211 Contempo. This American Tempo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorVassos, John & RuthHeadlineArt Deco illustrations by John Vassos, 1929PublisherE.P. Dutton & CompanyDate Published1929 Lot #213 The Adventures of Mickey Mouse View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Walt Disney Studios]HeadlineAdventures of Mickey Mouse 1st UK ed 1931PublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1931] Lot #214 The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorWarhol, AndyHeadlineThe Philosophy of Andy Warhol initialed by WarholPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1975] Lot #216 Clair de Lune and other Troubadour Romances View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWest, MichaelHeadlineMichael West Clair De LunePublisherBrentano'sDate Published[c.1913] Lot #218 Paris Dansant View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Willette, Adolphe, illustrator)AuthorMontorgeuil, GeorgesHeadlineParis Dansant w/A. Willette illustrations 1898PublisherT. BelinDate Published1898 Lot #220 N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Wyeth, N.C.)AuthorAllen, Douglas & Douglas, Jr.HeadlineAllen & Allen N.C. Wyeth Bibliography Ltd Edn 1/249PublisherCrownDate Published[1972] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next