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Previous|1|Next Lot #15 The Confessions of Saint Augustine View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorAugustine of HippoHeadlineSigned by Edy LegrandPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 Lot #42 The Worship of the Serpent [with] Serpent and Siva Worship and Mythology in Central America, Africa, and Asia and The Origin of Serpent Worship View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorDeane, John Bathurst; Hyde Clark and C. Staniland WakeHeadlineOne inscribed by the author to author G.S. FaberPublisherJ. Hatchard and Son; J.W. BoutonDate Published1830; 1877 Lot #45 Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians [with] The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries: A Dissertation View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorTaylor, ThomasHeadlineTwo works on the Mysteries by Thomas TaylorPublisherBertram Dobell; J.W. BoutonDate Published1845; 1891 Lot #51 Sepher ha-Zohar (Le livre de la splendeur): Doctrine ésotérique des Israélites View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Kabbalah)HeadlineFirst translation of the complete ZoharPublisherErnest LerouxDate Published1906-1911 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 #105 Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Mycology)AuthorWasson, R. GordonHeadlineSoma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality, 1st trade editionPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1968] Lot #125 Bhagavad-Gita, id est Thespesion Melos Sive almi Krishnae et Arjunae Colloquium de Rebus Divinis, Bharateae episodium. Textum recensuit, annotations criticas ed interpretationem Latinam View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Bhagavad-Gita)AuthorSchlegel, August Wilhelm von, translatorHeadline1st Latin translation of the Bhagavad GitaPublisherPrinted by E. WeberDate Published1823 Lot #130 The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of Church, According to the Use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Book of Common Prayer)HeadlineThe Book of Common Prayer, 1710PublisherPrinted by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'dDate Published1710 Lot #135 The Works of that Eminent Servant of Christ, Mr. John Bunyan View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineNapoleon as harbinger of the New JerusalemPublisherW. JohnstonDate Published1767-68 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 #153 The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDoddridge, PhilipHeadlineReligion in the Soul, New Hampshire printingPublisherHenry RanletDate Published1794 Lot #157 Origine de tous les Cultes ou Religion Universelle View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDupuis, Charles FrançoisHeadlineDupuis on Universal Religion, 1795PublisherChez H. AgasseDate PublishedL'an III [1795] Lot #167 The New and Complete Book of Martyrs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorFox, [John] and Paul WrightHeadlineFox's Book of Martyrs 80 Copperplate engravingsPublisherAlex. HoggDate Published1784 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 #175 Pontificiarum Constitutionum in Bullariis Magno, et Romano Contentarum, et Aliunde Desumptarum Epitome, et Secundum Materias Dispositio cum Indigibus Logupletissimis View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGuerra, AloysiusHeadlineGuerra's edition of the Luxemburg BullariumPublisherHeredis Nicolai PezzanaDate Published1772 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 #186 The Book of Jasher: with Testimonies and Notes, Critical and Historical Explanatory of the Text. To which is Prefixed, Various Readings, and a Preliminary Dissertation, Proving the Authenticity of the Work. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Ilives, Jacob]HeadlineBiblical hoax 'Book of Jasher', 1829 editionPublisherPrinted for the Editor, by Philip RoseDate Published1829 Lot #209 The Gold Under the Grass View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, Basil W.HeadlineGold Under the Grass in original dust jacketPublisherCokesbury PressDate Published1930 Lot #213 Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Missale Romanum)HeadlineRoman Missal, 1710 printed in VenicePublisherSumptibus Pauli BalleoniiDate Published1707 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 #245 The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides, and Timæus of Plato. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTaylor, Thomas, translatorHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Plato, 1793PublisherPrinted for Benjamin and John WhiteDate Published1793 Lot #247 Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, or, Seven books of wisdom of the great path, according to the late Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Tibet)AuthorEvans-Wentz, W.Y., editorHeadlineEvans-Wentz, Tibetan Yoga in rare jacketPublisherOxford University PressDate Published1935 Lot #254 Avesta: The Religious Book of the Parsees; from Professor Spiegel's German Translation of the Original Manuscripts. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Zoroaster)AuthorBleeck, Arthur Henry, translatorHeadlineThe Avesta of Zarathustra, 1st ed. in EnglishPublisherStephen AustinDate Published1864 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next