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Previous|1|Next Lot #43 Cross and Crucible: Johann Valentin Andreae (1586-1654) Phoenix of the Theologians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorMontgomery, John WarwickHeadlineIllustrated biography of Rosicrucian founderPublisherMartinus NijhoffDate Published1973 Lot #48 Two Works on Astrology in the Ancient World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Astrology)HeadlineEgyptian & Greek astrology, Ptolemy & KarmaPublisherDavis and Dickson; Philip Allan & Co.Date Published1822, 1924 Lot #53 Echoes from the Gnosis View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMead, G.R.S.Headline4 vols. on Gnosticism from G.R.S. MeadPublisherThe Theosophical Publishing SocietyDate Published1907-1908 Lot #61 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher)HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1812 Lot #62 Westminster View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBesant, WalterHeadlineWalter Besant's Westminster finely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1902 Lot #63 Lives of the Fathers, martyrs and other principal saints compiled from original monuments and authentic records View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorButler, AlbanHeadlineButler's Lives of the Saints, 1859PublisherJ. DuffyDate Published1859 Lot #65 Essays View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineDoves Press edition Emerson's Essays, 1/300PublisherDoves PressDate Published1906 Lot #66 Crusade in Europe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower's Crusade in Europe finely boundPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1948 Lot #67 Novels and Letters of Jane Austen - The Chawton Edition View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen - The Chawton EditionPublisherFrank S. HolbyDate Published1906 Lot #68 Israel: The Establishment of a State View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSacher, HarryHeadlineFounding of Israel in fine bindingPublisherGeorge Weidenfeld & NicolsonDate Published[1952] Lot #69 The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineAdventures of Baron Munchausen finely bound by BayntunPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published[c.1895] Lot #70 Seven Letters Concerning the Politics of Switzerland, Pending the Outbreak of the Civil War in 1847 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's letters on the Swiss Civil WarPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1876 Lot #71 The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJerrold, BlanchardHeadlineIllustrated Life of George CruikshankPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1882 Lot #72 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, editorsHeadlineBattles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 volsPublisherCentury Co.Date Published[1887-1888] Lot #73 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorLivingstone, DavidHeadlineLivingstone's Missionary Travels in Africa 1857PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1857 Lot #74 Journal d'une Femme de Cinquante Ans 1778-1815. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorMarquise de La Tour-du-Pin Gouvernet, Henriette-Lucie DillonHeadlineJournal d'une Femme de Cinquante An 1913PublisherLibrairie ChapelotDate Published1913 Lot #75 Elements of General History Ancient and Modern View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMillot, Claude-François-XavierHeadlineMillot's Elements of General History RevisedPublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1823 Lot #76 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Poetry)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadline6 Volumes of Robert Browning's PoetryPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #77 The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the Text of the Original Copies, Including the Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches Found in His Dramas View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePoetry of Shakespeare bound by Bayntun, 1/450Publisher[Essex House Press]Date Published1899 Lot #78 The Works of Shakspeare View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe works of Shakespeare w/steel engraved platesPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c.1870] Lot #79 Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: With the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the Murder of Henry the Great,... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc deHeadlineMemoirs of the Duke of Sully finely boundPublisherStirling and Slade, et alDate Published1819 Lot #80 The Imitation of Jesus Christ, Translated from the Latin Original Ascribed to Thomas à Kempis View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Thomas à Kempis)AuthorDibdin, Thomas Frognall, translatorHeadlineDibdin's translation of Thomas à KempisPublisherWilliam Pickering and John MajorDate Published1828 Lot #81 A History of British Birds View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 Lot #110 Nagasaki nenreki ryōmenkan - 長崎年暦両面觀 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorUchihashi, ChikuunHeadlineHistory of Nagasaki to 1828Date Published1828 Lot #132 The Life of Sir Isaac Newton View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineBrewster's classic biography of Isaac NewtonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1831] Lot #133 The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh)HeadlineBigamy in Georgian EnglandPublisherCharles BathurstDate Published1776 Lot #136 The History of the Reformation of the Church of England in two parts; The First part. Of the progress made in it during the reign of K. Henry the VIII. The Second part. Of the progress made in it till the Settlement of it the beginning of Q. Elizabeths reign. The Third part. Being a supplement. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorBurnet, GilbertHeadlineBurnet's The History of the Reformation 1679-1715PublisherPrinted by T. H. for Richard Chiswell [&] J. ChurchillDate Published1679, 1681, 1715 Lot #147 The Historie of the Councel of Trent View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Council of Trent)AuthorPolano, Pietro SoaueHeadlineThe Historie of the Councel of Trent 1640PublisherRichard WhittakerDate Published1640 Lot #152 The Compleat Ambassador, or, Two treaties of the intended marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of glorious memory...[bound with] Cabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra Mysteries of State and Government in Letters... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorDigges, Dudley, editorHeadlineDudly Digges Compleat Ambassador & CabalaPublisherGabriel Bedell and Thomas CollinsDate Published1655; 1663 Lot #158 The Rosetta Stone View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorBudge, E. A. WallisHeadlineThe Rosetta Stone 1913PublisherHarrison and Sons. Sold at the British MuseumDate Published1913 Lot #159 4 Works concerning Ancient Egypt View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorVariousHeadline4 works on Egypt and its cultural legacyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #160 Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchilpp, Paul Arthur, editorHeadlineThe science & philosophy of Albert EinsteinPublisherThe Library of Living Philosophers, Inc.Date Published1949 Lot #168 The Historie of the Holy Warre [bound with] The Holy State View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorFuller, ThomasHeadlineFuller's Holy Warre and Holy State 1647-40PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel to be sold by John WilliamsDate Published1647-48 Lot #177 The Legends and Theories of the Buddhists, Compared with History and Science: With Introductory Notices of the Life and System of Gotama Buddha. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHardy, R. SpenceHeadlineHardy's Legends & Theories of Buddhism, 1866PublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1866 Lot #183 Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes secretary to ye late Earle of Devonshire View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Hobbes, Thomas)AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucydides Peloponnesian Warre 1634PublisherImprinted [at Eliot’s Court Press] for Richard MynneDate Published1634 Lot #187 Two Works on Indian art & culture View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Indian Art)AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda K.HeadlineCoomaraswamy on India, 1st editions, 1 signedPublisherVariousDate Published1917-1918 Lot #190 The Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineMaynard's Josephus with Blake engravingsPublisherJ. CookeDate Published[c. 1785-86] Lot #202 An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John: To Which Are Added, the Great Charter in Latin and English; the Charter in Latin and English . . . View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Magna Carta)AuthorThomson, RichardHeadlineWith hand-colored coats of armsPublisherPrinted for John Major and Robert JenningsDate Published1829 Lot #204 Long Walk to Freedom - inscribed to Wayne Dyer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMandela, NelsonHeadlineInscribed by Nelson Mandela to Wayne DyerPublisherAbacusDate Published[1995] Lot #214 The Life of General Monk View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Monck, George)AuthorSkinner, ThomasHeadlineLife of General Monk, 1723PublisherW. BowyerDate Published1723 Lot #217 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$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Palaeography)AuthorWall, Charles WilliamHeadlineOrthography of the Hebrew BiblePublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1835-1857 Lot #226 Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineDawes' Ambassador to Great Britain, inscribedPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1939 Lot #232 The Historie of the World, in Five Books... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorRaleigh, Walter, SirHeadlineThe Historie of the World by Sir Walter RaleighPublisherPrinted for Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, Benj. Tooke, et al.Date Published1687 Lot #233 The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; Or, the History, Geography, & Antiquities of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, & Persia View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineRawlinson's Five Great Monarchies in original clothPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862-67 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next