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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 #11 Dark Carnival View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, inscribed to Herb YellinPublisherArkham HouseDate Published1947 Lot #12 The Dogs that Eat Sweet Grass View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherMorgan PressDate Published[1965] 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 #22 Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light [with] original holograph manuscript poem from the book View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorCrowley, AleisterHeadlineSigned by Aleister Crowley with manuscript poemPublisherWalter Scott Publishing Co.Date Published1907 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 #52 Coffeehouse Days View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Pete, printer)AuthorKadare, IsmailHeadlineSigned by Ismail Kadare and Peter KochPublisherRainmaker EditionsDate Published2004 Lot #53 2137 Tanger Socco View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorBowles, Paul and Ira YeagerHeadline2137 Tanger Socco, edition variée of 30PublisherDel Milion EditionsDate Published2011 Lot #54 Hormone Derange: The First Sixteen Broadsides 1991-2000 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)HeadlineHormone Derange, broadsides by Peter KochPublisherHormone Derange EditionsDate Published[2001] 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 #56 Collection of letters signed by Charles Boyer, Margaret Hill, and various luminaries in show business and the preforming arts, relating to fundraising for American Aid to France, Inc. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Letters signed by Celebrities)HeadlineAutographs of 1940's show business luminariesDate Publishedc.1948 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 #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 #78 George Washington autograph matted and framed with Presidential Engraving of Washington View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph of George Washington with the Presidential EngravingPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published[c. 1796] Lot #79 Naval commission for Lieutenant Henry B. Rumsey signed by President Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineSigned by President Abraham LincolnDate Published1864 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 #93 The Forgotten Village View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck and his sister EstherPublisherVikingDate Published1941 Lot #95 The Red Pony View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLimited edition signed by John Steinbeck, 1/699PublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1937 Lot #96 The Red Pony - inscribed to Burgess Meredith View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Steinbeck, inscribed to Burgess MeredithPublisherVikingDate Published1945 Lot #97 Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck with inscriptionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1962 Lot #99 Autograph Letter Signed by Sun Yat-sen, to a Mr. Volkhosky, regarding Sun Yat-sen's kidnapping in 1896 by the Chinese legation in Great Britain View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold AuthorSun Yat-senHeadlineSun Yat-sen letter about his kidnapping in London, 1897Date PublishedJune 21st, 1897 Lot #100 Letter signed by Rafael Gonzales as Governor of Texas and Nuevo Leon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorGonzalez, RafaelHeadlineLetter from Governor of Texas, 1825Date Published28 February 1825 Lot #102 [Tibetan Buddhist Sutra for recitation in rituals of the white parasol Goddess] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Tibetan Buddhism)HeadlineTibetan sutra in praise of the white parasol GoddessDate Published[ca. 1450?] 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