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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator)AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasHeadlineLe Morte d'Arthur with Aubrey Beardsley illustrationsPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1909 Lot #7 Album of Thomas Bewick vignettes or 'tale-pieces', presented to Richard Arkwright View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineThomas Bewick vignettes inscribed by the artistDate Published[1824] Lot #10 Histoire Naturelle, Agricole et Économique du Mäis View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBonafous, MatthieuHeadlineFolio monograph on maize with color plates 1836PublisherHazard / BoccaDate Published1836 Lot #17 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice in Wonderland, first edition, second issuePublisherD. AppletonDate Published1866 [1865] Lot #26 "Three Papers on the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection". In: The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorDarwin, Charles and Alfred R. WallaceHeadlineSeminal papers by Charles Darwin & Alfred WallacePublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1858 Lot #37 Le Morte DArthur: The Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte DArthur, full vellumPublisherPhilip Lee Warner / Medici Society Ltd.Date Published1910-11 Lot #38 The History of Little Goody Twoshoes; otherwise called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Goody Two-shoes)HeadlineFirst Worcester Edition of Little Goody Twoshoes 1787PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1787 Lot #39 Les Fleurs Animées [bound with] Botanique des Dames [and] Culture des Fleurs: Horticulture des Dames View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Grandville, J.J.)AuthorDelord, TaxileHeadlineGrandville's Les Fleurs Animées 1847PublisherGabriel de GonetDate Published1847 Lot #40 Scenes de la vie Privee et Publique des Animaux View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorGrandville, [J.J.]HeadlineAn anthropomorphic classic by Grandville, 1842PublisherJ. HetzelDate Published1842 Lot #42 Amor und Psyche. Eine Dichtung in Sechs Gesängen View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorHamerling, RobertHeadlineIn a lovely German publisher's binding, 1882PublisherAdolf TitzeDate Published[1882] Lot #46 The British Herbal: An history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineHill's British Herbal with 75 plates 1756PublisherPrinted for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, et al.Date Published1756 Lot #55 Set of twenty-four first editions by Andrew Lang, including all of his Fairy Books View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorLang, AndrewHeadline24 Andrew Lang First Editions Finely BoundPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1889-1912 Lot #63 The House at Pooh Corner [with] autograph letter signed by illustrator Ernest H. Shepard and addressed to an American admirer View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineSigned by A.A. Milne, with Ernest H. Shepard ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1929] Lot #65 Mushrooms, Russia and History View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Mycology)AuthorWasson, Valentina Pavlovna & R. Gordon WassonHeadlineWassons' Mushrooms, Russia and History, 1957PublisherPantheon BooksDate Published[1957] Lot #68 Fairy Tales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Kay Nielsen, 1/500PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1924] Lot #69 East of the Sun and West of the Moon View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] Lot #70 Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorOrta, Garcia de, et al.HeadlineBotany of East & West Indies, 1593PublisherEx officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, & Ioannem MoretumDate Published1593 Lot #80 Aesop's Fables [with] original ink drawing by Arthur Rackham View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineSigned by Rackham with an original ink drawing laid inPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 Lot #81 The Sleeping Beauty View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/625PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] Lot #82 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/750PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1909 Lot #83 The Ingoldsby Legends View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud. of Richard Barham]HeadlineSigned by Rackham, large paper edition, 1/560PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 Lot #84 A Midsummer-Night's Dream View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMidsummer-Night's Dream with Rackham illustrationsPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday, PageDate Published1908 Lot #109 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States - complete set View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorWilson, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Wilson's American Ornithology, complete setPublisherBradford and Inskeep; Laval & BradfordDate Published1808-25 Lot #110 Elements of Bacchus: or, Toasts and Sentiments, given by Distinguished Characters. Illustrated with forty portraits in aqua tinta, of the most celebrated bon vivants in Great Britain. With a variety of anecdotes and remarkable traits, prefixed to each portrait. Written and designed by George Murgatroyd [sic] Woodward View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorWoodward, George MoutardHeadlineColored aquatint plates of inebriated Britons, 1792PublisherPublished by William HollandDate Published1792 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next