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View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 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 #14 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineBurton's Arabian Nights finely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885-1888 Lot #16 Carey's American Pocket Atlas View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Carey's American Pocket Atlas)HeadlineCarey's American Pocket Atlas, 1814PublisherMathew CareyDate Published1814 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 #18 Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters and Notes, Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's Indians in chromolithography 1876PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1876 Lot #23 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineFirst issue of Two Years Before the Mast finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #25 La Divina Commedia View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineOne of the most coveted miniature books ever producedPublisherSalminDate Published1878 Lot #27 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations, Perils, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by "Boz." View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst American Edition, preceding British book editionPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836-37 Lot #35 Essays View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineRalph Waldo Emerson Essays First Edition 1841PublisherJames MunroeDate Published1841 Lot #36 Essays View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original clothPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 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 #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 #43 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisHeadlineHeap's Central Route to Pacific with rare map 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo and Co. / Trübner and Co.Date Published1854 Lot #44 Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill. For Four Years, One Month, and One Day, or Camp Life; Day-by-Day, of the W. P. Lane Rangers. From April 19th, 1861, to May 20th, 1865 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorHeartsill, William W.HeadlineHeartsill's Confederate Journal with 61 original photographs, 1876PublisherPrivately printed by the authorDate Published[1876] Lot #48 Oklahoma! Politically and Topographically Described. History and Guide to the Indian Territory. Biographical Sketches of Capt. David L. Payne, W. L. Couch, Wm. H. Osborn, and others. A Complete Guide to the Indian Territory, Illustrated with Map, Hunting and Fishing Grounds View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorJackson, A.P., & E.C. ColeHeadlineRare promotional guide to Oklahoma 1885PublisherPrinting House of Ramsey, Millett & HudsonDate Published[1885] Lot #49 Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDLXXXXII: Ad Patres Et Fratres eiusdem Societatis [bound with] Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDXCIII... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Jesuit letters)HeadlineLetters from Jesuit missionaries in late 1500'sPublisherApud Philippum IunctamDate Published1600 & 1601 Lot #50 The Jungle Book / The Second Jungle Book View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's First and Second Jungle BooksPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894, 1895 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 #60 The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring... View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold AuthorMather, CottonHeadlineCotton Mather on the Salem Witch Trials, 1693PublisherPrinted first, at Bostun [sic] in New-England; and reprinted at London, for John Dunton, at the Raven in the PoultryDate Published1693 Lot #61 Memoria presentada al Soberano Congreso Mexicano por el secretario de estado y del despacho de relaciones interiores y exteriores View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorHerrera, José Manuel deHeadlineCaliforina & Texas in 1822 Mexican documentPublisherEn la oficina de D. Alejandro Valdes, impresor de Cámara del ImperioDate Published1822 Lot #62 Esposicion hecha al Soberano Congreso Constituyente Mexicano. Sobre las provincias, de Sonora y Sinaloa View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorMier y Teran, Manuel deHeadlineMilitary security in northern Mexican provinces, 1823PublisherImprenta Nacional en PalacioDate Published1823 Lot #77 California Gold Regions, with a full account of their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various Routes. With Sketches of California; an Account of the Life, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Its History, Climate, Soil, Productions, &c. View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorPratt, F. M., compilerHeadlineRare 1849 Gold Rush GuidePublisherF.M. PrattDate Published[1849] 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 #89 Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, Being a reproduction in facsimile of the First Folio Edition 1623 from the Chatsworth copy in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFacsimile of Shakespeare 1623 First FolioPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1902 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 #101 The Tibetan Book of the Dead; or the After-Death Experience on the Bardo Plane, according to Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Tibet)AuthorEvans-Wentz, W.Y., editorHeadlineEvan-Wentz edition of Tibetan Book of DeadPublisherOxford University Press/Humphrey MilfordDate Published1927 Lot #105 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn, near fine first editionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #106 Mark Twain's Autobiography View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePublisher's wrappers copy as mentioned in BALPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1924 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 #111 Poems in Two Volumes View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth Poems in Two Volumes, first editionPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees and OrmeDate Published1807 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next