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DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 Lot #10 Judith. Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)HeadlineJudith illus. by William Russell Flint 1/100PublisherThe Haymarket PressDate Published1928 Lot #13 One Hundred and Eleven Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineGather ye Golden Cockerel editions while ye mayPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1955 Lot #17 Two bifolia of pages from Keats and Shelley View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineBifolia from Kelmscott Press, Keats and ShelleyPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894-1895] Lot #18 In Medias Res. Canto One of an Autobiographical Epic: Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food [with] signed contract for publication View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Killion, Tom, illustrator)AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineEverson's In Media Res with Tom Killion WoodcutsPublisherAdrian Wilson [and John Carpenter]Date Published[1984] Lot #22 Green Grow the Lilacs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRiggs, LynnHeadlineSigned by Thomas Hart BentonPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 Lot #23 The Book of Ruth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineSigned by Arthur Szyk, 1947PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1947 Lot #27 La Rosa del Herbolario: Poemas de Pablo Neruda, Estampas Originales de Luisa Palacios View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineSigned by Pablo NerudaPublisherDiseño Grafico de John LangeDate Published[1969] Lot #29 Mémoires View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Pochoir)AuthorCasanova, de Seingalt, Giacomo GirolamoHeadlineMémoires of Casanova illustratedPublisherGilbert JeuneDate Published[1950] Lot #31 One-Handed Basket Weaving: Twenty Poems on the Theme of Work View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorRumi, JelaluddinHeadlineOne-Handed Basket Weaving Jelaluddin Rumi 1/125PublisherQuelquefois PressDate Published1993 Lot #32 Cinquante eaux-fortes de Sylvain Sauvage pour illustrer les mémoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Vénitien. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSauvage,SylvainHeadline50 plates by Sylvain Sauvage 1/250PublisherPaul CotinaudDate Published[1920] Lot #42 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Bull, René, illustrator)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat with illustrations by René BullPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[c.1913] Lot #47 Idylls of the King View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineIdylls of the King in prize binding, illustrated by DoréPublisherEdward Moxon and Co.Date Published1868 Lot #48 Stories from the Arabian Nights View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)HeadlineStories from The Arabian Nights illus. by DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1907] Lot #50 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThe Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in 22 volsPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1869-86 Lot #52 The Arabian Nights View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Translation of the Arabian NightsPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1802 Lot #54 The Vicar of Wakefield View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineThe Vicar of Wakefield finely bound 1914PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #56 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or, Mirth and Marvels View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham]HeadlineIngoldsby Legends, w/ illus. by CruikshankPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1864 Lot #57 A Johnson Sampler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineCurwen's Johnson Sampler, inscribedPublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1963 Lot #60 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlinePirated edition of Fermiers-Généraux's Contes et NouvellesPublisherA. AmsterdamDate Published1764 Lot #61 The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor; comprising Heroic Idyls. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLandor, Walter SavageHeadlineHenry W. Poor's copy of Landor's HellenicsPublisherJames Nichol; R. Griffin and Co.Date Published1859 Lot #62 Sous Le Signe du Rossignol View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorJacques, HenryHeadlineSous Le Signe du Rossignol Kay Nielsen IllustratedPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1923] Lot #64 Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon on the Times of Louis XIV. and the Regency View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSaint-Simon, [Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de]HeadlineMemoirs of Saint-Simon bound by BaytunPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1899 Lot #69 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn illustrated by Worth BrehmPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1951] Lot #72 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)HeadlinePoems of Swinburne in 4 finely bound volumesPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 Lot #74 Aesop's Fables: Embellished With One Hundred And Eleven Elegant Engravings View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Embellished With 111 Elegant EngravingsPublisherT. HeptinstallDate Published[1797] Lot #75 The Fables of Aesop, with a Life of the Author View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineThe Fables of Aesop, Stockdale, 1793PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 Lot #79 Orlando Furioso View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAriosto, LudovicoHeadlineOrlando Furioso, illustrated with 47 engravingsPublisherFantinDate Published1803 Lot #81 Morokoshi kinmō zui View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Asian Art)AuthorHirazumi, Sen'an and Morikuni TachibanaHeadlineEncyclopedia of Chinese life, 1719PublisherŌnogi IchibēDate Published1719 Lot #82 En'oh Gafu View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Asian Art)AuthorMaruyama, OkyoHeadlineThe En'oh Picture BookDate Published1837 Lot #83 Yosan Jijitsu View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Asian Art)AuthorSakai, YoshitaneHeadlineIllustrated book on silk productionPublisherToshundoDate Published1873 Lot #85 Peter and Wendy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Peter and Wendy 1st American EdPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1911] Lot #86 The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBeardsley, AubreyHeadlineThe Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley 1/120 Japan VellumPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1899 Lot #88 Observations upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Ancients. And a short Description of the Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Naples. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Author[Bellicard,Jerome Charles & Charles Cochin]HeadlineObservations on paintings and sculpture, 1753PublisherPrinted for D. Wilson, and T. DurhamDate Published1753 Lot #99 Le Nouveau Testament en Latin et en Français, Traduit par Sacy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin and French)HeadlineBible in Latin and French 1793PublisherImprimerie de Didot JeuneDate Published1793 Lot #105 The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to that which is to come... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineA Pilgrim's Progress, 1796PublisherPrinted for C. CookeDate Published[1796] Lot #108 Alice in Wonderland Handkerchiefs View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Carroll, Lewis)AuthorPeto, GladysHeadlineAlice in Wonderland Handkerchiefs by Gladys PetoDate Published[1920s] Lot #109 Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, illustrated by JohannotPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 Lot #110 The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, Vierge illustrated edition 1/165PublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1906 Lot #111 The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote illustrated by Richard WestallPublisherHurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 Lot #112 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, Jarvis 2nd edition with Vanderbank platesPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1749 Lot #113 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote: Volume the Second View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote Vol. II, illustrated by John VanderbankPublisherPrinted for J. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 Lot #118 The Works of The Rev. George Crabbe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCrabbe, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of The Rev. George Crabbe 8 vols. 1823PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 Lot #119 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane illustrates Shakespeare's Tempest, 1893PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 Lot #120 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane's Illustrations to Two Gentlemen of VeronaPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1894 Lot #121 The Faerie Queene View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Crane, Water, illustrator)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene illustrated by Walter CranePublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1895-97 Lot #126 The History and Adventures of little Henry, Exemplified In a Series of Figures. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Die-cut figures)HeadlineAdventures of little Henry w/5 die cut figuresPublisherS. & J. FullerDate Published1810 Lot #129 L'Enfer View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineWith seventy-five plates by Gustav DoréPublisherLibrairie de L. Hachette et Cie.Date Published1865 Lot #130 The Doré Gallery: Containing Two Hundred and Fifty Beautiful Engravings, Selected from the Doré Bible, Milton, Dante’s Inferno...With memoir of Doré, Critical Essay, and Descriptive Letterpress View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorOllier, EdmundHeadlineWith 250 engravings after drawings by Gustav DoréPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1870-1880] Lot #132 Stories from Hans Andersen View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Edmund Dulac, Edition de LuxePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] Lot #133 Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorHousman, LaurenceHeadlinePrincess Badoura illustrated by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1913] Lot #134 The Bells and Other Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Bells and Other Poems illustrated by DulacPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1912] Lot #137 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Musick, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages, Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematicks, Husbandry, Gardening, Cookery, Chemistry... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Early Periodicals)HeadlineEarly monthly culture and society periodicalPublisherJohn Hinton at the King's ArmsDate Published[1748] Lot #146 Scientific Billiards. Garnier's Practice Shots, with Hints to Amateurs. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGarnier, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Garnier Scientific Billiards 1880PublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #147 Folk Tales of Bengal View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorDay, Lal BehariHeadlineEdition de Luxe, illustrated by Warwick GoblePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1912 Lot #148 The Book of Fairy Poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineThe Book of Fairy Poetry illustrated by Warwick GoblePublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1920 Lot #155 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 Lot #158 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineSigned by Rockwell Kent, limited editionPublisherGarden CityDate Published1949 Lot #159 Rubaiyat View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKhayyam, OmarHeadlineDulac Illustrated Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1915] Lot #164 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Mackenzie, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorRansome, ArthurHeadlineSigned by Thomas Mackenzie, 1/250PublisherNisbet & Co.Date Published[1919] Lot #171 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 Lot #172 Metamorphosis: or a Transformation of Pictures with Poetical Explanations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Movable Books)AuthorSand, BenjaminHeadlineMetamorphosis - scarce movable book 1814PublisherPublished and sold by Shelton & KensettDate Published1814 Lot #175 Fleur-de-Neige et D’autres Contes de Grimm View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorGrimm, Wilhelm and JacobHeadlineBrothers Grimm illustrated by Kay NielsenPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1929] Lot #177 Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide: traduction nouvelle avec le texte Latin, suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des fables, de notes géographiques, historiques, et critiques View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineLavishly illustrated French/Latin edition of OvidPublisherF. Gay, Ch. GuestardDate Published1806 Lot #180 The Rose Garden of Persia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Persia)AuthorCostello, Louisa StuartHeadlineThe Rose Garden of Persia, 1845PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, & LongmansDate Published1845 Lot #181 Pictorial History of Ancient Pharmacy; with Sketches of Early Medical Practice View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPeters, HermannHeadlineIllustrated history of Pharmacology, 1889PublisherG.P. Engelhard & CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #182 Phaedri Augusti liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, Ad optimas quasque editiones emendati. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPhaedrus [Gaius Julius Phaedrus]HeadlineLatin edition of Aesop's Fables, 1742PublisherApud CoustelierDate Published1742 Lot #188 Oeuvres de Gesner Zürich View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Poetry)AuthorGessner, SalomonHeadlineThe Works of Salomon GessnerPublisherChez DufartDate Published[ca. 1786-1793] Lot #204 Le Songe d'Une Nuit d'Été View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSonge d'Une Nuit d'Été Arthur Rackham 1/330PublisherHachette et CieDate Published1909 Lot #205 Fables d'Ésope View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorRackham, ArthurHeadlineArthur Rackham Fables d'Ésope 1913 signedPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1913 Lot #206 Les Poètes de Sept Ans Illustré de Sept Gravures en Pointe-Sèche de 20x30 par Valentine Hugo View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorRimbaud, Arthur and Valentine HugoHeadline16 page manuscript by Valentine Hugo on RimbaudPublisherG.L.M.Date Published1939 Lot #207 Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer-Night's Dream View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSigned by W. Heath Robinson, 1/250PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #216 Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorBarrie, J. M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Quality Street Hugh Thomson illustrationsPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1913] Lot #217 She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] Lot #218 The School for Scandal View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] Lot #219 The Ship that Sailed to Mars: A Fantasy View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorTimlin, William MHeadlineTimlin's Ship to Mars in rare dust jacketPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1923] Lot #225 The Magic Flute: With Musical Themes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adapted and Illustrated by Warren Chappell - First Edition, library binding variant and First UK Edition View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineIncludes a first edition inscribed by John UpdikePublisherAlfred A. Knopf; André Deutsch & Edmund WardDate Published[1962]; [1964] Lot #231 Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti [bound with] Historiae Celebriores Novi Testamenti View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorWeigel, ChristopherHeadlineHistoriae celebriores Veteris TestamentiPublisher[Christopher Weigel]Date Published[1712] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next