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View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBellori, Giovanni PietroHeadlineStudy of the ancient Roman sepulchral lampsPublisherNella Stamparia di Gio: Francesco BuagniDate Published1691 Lot #25 The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh)HeadlineBigamy in Georgian EnglandPublisherCharles BathurstDate Published1776 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 #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 #29 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$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineBurton's Arabian Nights finely boundPublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers OnlyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #30 Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted During a Residence with His Lordship at Pisa, In the Years 1821 and 1822 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Byron, George Gordon, Lord)AuthorMedwin, ThomasHeadline1st edition of Medwin's famous account of ByronPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1824 Lot #34 Resident and Business Tri-city Directory of Glendale, Tropico and Casa Verdugo View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorWilkinson, F.HeadlineScarce Glendale tri-city Directory 1916PublisherValley Publicity BureauDate Published1916 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 #39 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and Others. Being a reproduction in facsimile of the first collected edition of 1532 from a copy in the British Museum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFacsimile of 1532 folio ChaucerPublisherAlexander Moring / Henry FrowdeDate Published1905 Lot #42 The Life of Hon. William F. Cody. Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCody, William F.HeadlineRare 1st ed autobiography of Buffalo BillPublisherFrank E. BlissDate Published[1879] Lot #43 The Peerage Of England; Containing A Genealogical And Historical Account Of all the Peers of England, Now Existing, Either by Tenure, Summions, or Creations: Their Descents and Collateral Lines: Their Births, Marriages, and Issues: Famous Actions Both in War and Peace. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCollins, ArthurHeadlineCollins' Peerage Of England 1756PublisherPrinted for W. Innys, et al.Date Published1756 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 #63 The Theatre of the Greeks, a Series of Papers Relating to the History and Criticism of the Greek Drama. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDonaldson, John WilliamHeadlineHistory and Criticism of the Greek Drama 1836PublisherFor J. & J.J. Deighton; T. Stevenson; et al.Date Published1836 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 #65 The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 24 vols. signedPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1930 Lot #71 Leaves from the first and second editions of Holinshed's Chronicles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Early Printing)AuthorHolinshed, RaphaelHeadlineLeaves from Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577 & 1587Date Published1577 & 1587 Lot #78 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 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorFenn, JohnHeadlinePolitical intrigue in Medieval EnglandPublisherG. G. J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1787 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 #87 Le Vicaire de Wakefield - The Vicar of Wakefield View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineLe Vicaire de Wakefield bilingual edition 1858PublisherBourgueleretDate Published1858 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 #103 A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Life of Christopher Columbus 1828PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1828 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 #108 The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineGenuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus 1792PublisherC. CookeDate Published[1792] Lot #109 The Works of Flavius Josephus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Works of Flavius Josephus 1777PublisherFielding and WalkerDate Published1777-8 Lot #110 The Works of Flavius Josephus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Works of Flavius Josephus 1777PublisherFielding and WalkerDate Published1777-8 Lot #111 Fama, y obras posthumas del fenix de Mexico, dezima musa, poetisa Americana, sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, religiosa professa en el Convento de San Geronimo de la imperial ciudad de Mexico View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorJuana Inés de la Cruz, SisterHeadlinePoems by Mexican philosopher-nun, 1714PublisherImprenta de Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes, a costa de Francisco LasoDate Published1714 Lot #115 Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospect of the Republic of Texas. In Two Volumes. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorKennedy, WilliamHeadlineRise/Prospects of the Republic of Texas, 1841PublisherR. HastingsDate Published1841 Lot #117 Ivan Nikitenko, Le Conteur Russe. Fables, Historiettes et Légendes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorKrylov, Ivan Andreyevich; Sumarokov, Alexander; Kheraskov, Mikhail, et al.HeadlineRussian fables and folktales in verse 1842 scarcePublisherLibrairie D'AmyotDate Published1842 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 #123 Five works by Justus Lipsius bound together View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLipsius, JustusHeadlineFive early works by Justus LipsiusPublisherEx officina Plantiniana, Apud Balthasarem & Ioannem MoretosDate Published1617-1621 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 #134 The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, Called the Magnificent View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Medici, Lorenzo de)AuthorRoscoe, WilliamHeadlineThe Life of Lorenzo de' Medici 1796PublisherPrinted for A. Strahan, etc.Date Published1796 Lot #135 The Life of Josiah Wedgwood; from His Private Correspondence and Family Papers... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMeteyard, Eliza, editorHeadlineNicely bound biography of Josiah WedgwoodPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 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 #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 #144 Letter signed by Jean Denis Le Doyen and François-Étienne-Christophe Kellermann View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorKellermann, François-Étienne-ChristopheHeadlineSigned by prominent military leaders of the Armée des AlpesDate Published1797 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 #147 Autograph Letter Signed by MacDonald View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorMacDonald, Étienne Jacques Joseph AlexandreHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed by Napoleonic War leader MacdonaldDate Published1820 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 #150 Letter by Murat as King of Naples signed Joachim Napoleon View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorNapoleon, JoachimHeadlineLetter signed by Joachim Napoleon Murat, King of NaplesDate PublishedMarch 21,1809 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 #155 Official document thanking Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc for his service as Vice-Consul in America View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorTalleyrand, Charles-Maurice deHeadlineSigned by Talleyrand in 1797Date Published1797 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 #159 Facts of Interest about the Port of New Orleans Second Port U.S.A. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(New Orleans)AuthorCass, Frank T. (compiler)HeadlinePort of New Orleans before Industrial CanalPublisherBoard of Commissioners Port of New OrleansDate Published1922 Lot #160 John Perona's El Morocco Family Album View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(New York)HeadlineCelebrity nightlife during Prohibition-era NYPublisherPrinted Privately, Federal Printing ServiceDate Published1937 Lot #162 The One Primeval Language traced experimentally through ancient inscriptions in alphabetic characters of lost powers from the four continents... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Palaeography)AuthorForster, CharlesHeadlineIn search of the Primeval LanguagePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1852-1854 Lot #163 An Introduction to Green and Latin Palaeography View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Palaeography)AuthorThompson, Edward MaundeHeadlineClassic of Green & Latin PalaeographyPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1912 Lot #164 An examination of the ancient orthography of the Jews and of the original state of the text of the Hebrew Bible... [with] Proofs of the Interpolation of the Vowel-Letters in the Text of the Hebrew Bible... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Palaeography)AuthorWall, Charles WilliamHeadlineOrthography of the Hebrew BiblePublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1835-1857 Lot #170 The Lives of the Nobel Grecians & Romans View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe Lives of the Nobel Grecians & RomansPublisherJohn Hayes for George SawbridgeDate Published1676 Lot #174 Lincoln: An Account of His Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorStephenson, Nathaniel WrightHeadlineAccount of President Lincoln's personal lifePublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill Company PublishersDate Published1922 Lot #175 A History of the American People View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1913)AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlinePresident Woodrow Wilson's history of AmericaPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published[1903] Lot #176 Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineDawes' Ambassador to Great Britain, inscribedPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1939 Lot #177 An American Epic View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHoover's American Epic complete, inscribedPublisherHenry Regnery CompanyDate Published1959-1964 Lot #178 Three Volumes of Addresses Upon the American Road View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover's speeches 3 vols, 2 inscribedPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1938 Lot #179 The Hoover Policies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorWilbur, Ray Lyman & Arthur Mastick HydeHeadlineHoover administration's explanations of policyPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1937 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 #186 The History of England. [With] The Continuation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRapin de Thoyras, [Paul] & N[icholas] TindalHeadlineRapin's History of England 1732 & 1751PublisherKnaptonDate Published1732 & 1751 Lot #187 Life of A.P. Dostie; or, The Conflict in New Orleans View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorReed, Emily HazenHeadlineBiography of Civil Rights advocate from 1860sPublisherWM. P. TomlinsonDate Published1868 Lot #188 Kriegsbriefe Gefallener Deutscher Juden View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten)HeadlineLetters from Jewish soldiers who died in World War IPublisherVortrupp VerlagDate Published1935 Lot #194 The Adventures and a Portion of the Story of the Praiseworthy, Valiant, and High-Renowned Hero and Knight, Lord Tewrdannckh. A Reproduction of the Edition Printed at Augsburg in 1519. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRylands, W. Harry, editorHeadlineLord Tewrdannckh 1884 facsimilePublisherThe Holbein Society/Wyman & SonsDate Published1884 Lot #197 Grammatica Aegyptiaca Utriusque Dialecti Quam Breviavit, Illustravit, Edidit Carolus Godofredus Woide View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorScholtz, ChristianHeadlineGrammatica Aegyptiaca 1778PublisherE typographeo ClarendonianoDate Published1778 Lot #200 The Tragedy of Cymbeline - title leaf from the third folio edition of Shakespeare's Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTitle leaf to Shakespeare 3rd folio play, 1663Date Published1663 Lot #201 The Complete Plays & Prefaces of Bernard Shaw View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorShaw, [George] BernardHeadlinePlays & Prefaces of Shaw bounds by BayntunPublisherConstable and Company LimitedDate Published1931,1934 Lot #207 The Works of Jonathan Swift View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineWorks of Jonathan Swift, 19 volumesPublisherBickers & SonDate Published1883 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next