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DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #10 Judith. Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)HeadlineJudith illus. by William Russell Flint 1/100PublisherThe Haymarket PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #13 One Hundred and Eleven Poems Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineGather ye Golden Cockerel editions while ye mayPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #17 Two bifolia of pages from Keats and Shelley Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineBifolia from Kelmscott Press, Keats and ShelleyPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894-1895] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #18 In Medias Res. Canto One of an Autobiographical Epic: Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food [with] signed contract for publication Heading(Killion, Tom, illustrator)AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineEverson's In Media Res with Tom Killion WoodcutsPublisherAdrian Wilson [and John Carpenter]Date Published[1984] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #22 Green Grow the Lilacs Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRiggs, LynnHeadlineSigned by Thomas Hart BentonPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 The Book of Ruth Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineSigned by Arthur Szyk, 1947PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1947 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #27 La Rosa del Herbolario: Poemas de Pablo Neruda, Estampas Originales de Luisa Palacios AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineSigned by Pablo NerudaPublisherDiseño Grafico de John LangeDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #29 Mémoires Heading(Pochoir)AuthorCasanova, de Seingalt, Giacomo GirolamoHeadlineMémoires of Casanova illustratedPublisherGilbert JeuneDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #31 One-Handed Basket Weaving: Twenty Poems on the Theme of Work AuthorRumi, JelaluddinHeadlineOne-Handed Basket Weaving Jelaluddin Rumi 1/125PublisherQuelquefois PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #32 Cinquante eaux-fortes de Sylvain Sauvage pour illustrer les mémoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Vénitien. AuthorSauvage,SylvainHeadline50 plates by Sylvain Sauvage 1/250PublisherPaul CotinaudDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #42 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Heading(Bull, René, illustrator)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat with illustrations by René BullPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[c.1913] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #47 Idylls of the King Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineIdylls of the King in prize binding, illustrated by DoréPublisherEdward Moxon and Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #48 Stories from the Arabian Nights Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)HeadlineStories from The Arabian Nights illus. by DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1907] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #50 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThe Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in 22 volsPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1869-86 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Translation of the Arabian NightsPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1802 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #54 The Vicar of Wakefield AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineThe Vicar of Wakefield finely bound 1914PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #56 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or, Mirth and Marvels AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham]HeadlineIngoldsby Legends, w/ illus. by CruikshankPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #57 A Johnson Sampler AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineCurwen's Johnson Sampler, inscribedPublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1963 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #60 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlinePirated edition of Fermiers-Généraux's Contes et NouvellesPublisherA. AmsterdamDate Published1764 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #61 The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor; comprising Heroic Idyls. AuthorLandor, Walter SavageHeadlineHenry W. Poor's copy of Landor's HellenicsPublisherJames Nichol; R. Griffin and Co.Date Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #62 Sous Le Signe du Rossignol Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorJacques, HenryHeadlineSous Le Signe du Rossignol Kay Nielsen IllustratedPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #64 Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon on the Times of Louis XIV. and the Regency AuthorSaint-Simon, [Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de]HeadlineMemoirs of Saint-Simon bound by BaytunPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #69 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn illustrated by Worth BrehmPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #72 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne Heading(Zaehnsdorf)HeadlinePoems of Swinburne in 4 finely bound volumesPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #74 Aesop's Fables: Embellished With One Hundred And Eleven Elegant Engravings AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Embellished With 111 Elegant EngravingsPublisherT. HeptinstallDate Published[1797] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #75 The Fables of Aesop, with a Life of the Author AuthorAesopHeadlineThe Fables of Aesop, Stockdale, 1793PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #79 Orlando Furioso AuthorAriosto, LudovicoHeadlineOrlando Furioso, illustrated with 47 engravingsPublisherFantinDate Published1803 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #81 Morokoshi kinmō zui Heading(Asian Art)AuthorHirazumi, Sen'an and Morikuni TachibanaHeadlineEncyclopedia of Chinese life, 1719PublisherŌnogi IchibēDate Published1719 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #82 En'oh Gafu Heading(Asian Art)AuthorMaruyama, OkyoHeadlineThe En'oh Picture BookDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #83 Yosan Jijitsu Heading(Asian Art)AuthorSakai, YoshitaneHeadlineIllustrated book on silk productionPublisherToshundoDate Published1873 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #85 Peter and Wendy AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Peter and Wendy 1st American EdPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #86 The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley AuthorBeardsley, AubreyHeadlineThe Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley 1/120 Japan VellumPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold 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. Author[Bellicard,Jerome Charles & Charles Cochin]HeadlineObservations on paintings and sculpture, 1753PublisherPrinted for D. Wilson, and T. DurhamDate Published1753 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #99 Le Nouveau Testament en Latin et en Français, Traduit par Sacy Heading(Bible in Latin and French)HeadlineBible in Latin and French 1793PublisherImprimerie de Didot JeuneDate Published1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #105 The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to that which is to come... AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineA Pilgrim's Progress, 1796PublisherPrinted for C. CookeDate Published[1796] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #108 Alice in Wonderland Handkerchiefs Heading(Carroll, Lewis)AuthorPeto, GladysHeadlineAlice in Wonderland Handkerchiefs by Gladys PetoDate Published[1920s] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #109 Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, illustrated by JohannotPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #110 The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, Vierge illustrated edition 1/165PublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #111 The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote illustrated by Richard WestallPublisherHurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #112 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, Jarvis 2nd edition with Vanderbank platesPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1749 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #113 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote: Volume the Second AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote Vol. II, illustrated by John VanderbankPublisherPrinted for J. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #118 The Works of The Rev. George Crabbe AuthorCrabbe, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of The Rev. George Crabbe 8 vols. 1823PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #119 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane illustrates Shakespeare's Tempest, 1893PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #120 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane's Illustrations to Two Gentlemen of VeronaPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #121 The Faerie Queene Heading(Crane, Water, illustrator)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene illustrated by Walter CranePublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1895-97 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #126 The History and Adventures of little Henry, Exemplified In a Series of Figures. Heading(Die-cut figures)HeadlineAdventures of little Henry w/5 die cut figuresPublisherS. & J. FullerDate Published1810 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #129 L'Enfer Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineWith seventy-five plates by Gustav DoréPublisherLibrairie de L. Hachette et Cie.Date Published1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorOllier, EdmundHeadlineWith 250 engravings after drawings by Gustav DoréPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1870-1880] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #132 Stories from Hans Andersen Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Edmund Dulac, Edition de LuxePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #133 Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorHousman, LaurenceHeadlinePrincess Badoura illustrated by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #134 The Bells and Other Poems Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Bells and Other Poems illustrated by DulacPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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... Heading(Early Periodicals)HeadlineEarly monthly culture and society periodicalPublisherJohn Hinton at the King's ArmsDate Published[1748] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #146 Scientific Billiards. Garnier's Practice Shots, with Hints to Amateurs. AuthorGarnier, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Garnier Scientific Billiards 1880PublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #147 Folk Tales of Bengal Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorDay, Lal BehariHeadlineEdition de Luxe, illustrated by Warwick GoblePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #148 The Book of Fairy Poetry Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineThe Book of Fairy Poetry illustrated by Warwick GoblePublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #158 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineSigned by Rockwell Kent, limited editionPublisherGarden CityDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #159 Rubaiyat AuthorKhayyam, OmarHeadlineDulac Illustrated Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #164 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme Heading(Mackenzie, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorRansome, ArthurHeadlineSigned by Thomas Mackenzie, 1/250PublisherNisbet & Co.Date Published[1919] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #171 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #172 Metamorphosis: or a Transformation of Pictures with Poetical Explanations Heading(Movable Books)AuthorSand, BenjaminHeadlineMetamorphosis - scarce movable book 1814PublisherPublished and sold by Shelton & KensettDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #175 Fleur-de-Neige et D’autres Contes de Grimm Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorGrimm, Wilhelm and JacobHeadlineBrothers Grimm illustrated by Kay NielsenPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 AuthorOvidHeadlineLavishly illustrated French/Latin edition of OvidPublisherF. Gay, Ch. GuestardDate Published1806 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #180 The Rose Garden of Persia Heading(Persia)AuthorCostello, Louisa StuartHeadlineThe Rose Garden of Persia, 1845PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, & LongmansDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #181 Pictorial History of Ancient Pharmacy; with Sketches of Early Medical Practice AuthorPeters, HermannHeadlineIllustrated history of Pharmacology, 1889PublisherG.P. Engelhard & CompanyDate Published1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #182 Phaedri Augusti liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, Ad optimas quasque editiones emendati. AuthorPhaedrus [Gaius Julius Phaedrus]HeadlineLatin edition of Aesop's Fables, 1742PublisherApud CoustelierDate Published1742 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #188 Oeuvres de Gesner Zürich Heading(Poetry)AuthorGessner, SalomonHeadlineThe Works of Salomon GessnerPublisherChez DufartDate Published[ca. 1786-1793] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #204 Le Songe d'Une Nuit d'Été Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSonge d'Une Nuit d'Été Arthur Rackham 1/330PublisherHachette et CieDate Published1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #205 Fables d'Ésope AuthorRackham, ArthurHeadlineArthur Rackham Fables d'Ésope 1913 signedPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #206 Les Poètes de Sept Ans Illustré de Sept Gravures en Pointe-Sèche de 20x30 par Valentine Hugo AuthorRimbaud, Arthur and Valentine HugoHeadline16 page manuscript by Valentine Hugo on RimbaudPublisherG.L.M.Date Published1939 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #207 Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer-Night's Dream Heading(Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSigned by W. Heath Robinson, 1/250PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #216 Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorBarrie, J. M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Quality Street Hugh Thomson illustrationsPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #217 She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #218 The School for Scandal Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #219 The Ship that Sailed to Mars: A Fantasy AuthorTimlin, William MHeadlineTimlin's Ship to Mars in rare dust jacketPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold 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 AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineIncludes a first edition inscribed by John UpdikePublisherAlfred A. Knopf; André Deutsch & Edmund WardDate Published[1962]; [1964] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #231 Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti [bound with] Historiae Celebriores Novi Testamenti AuthorWeigel, ChristopherHeadlineHistoriae celebriores Veteris TestamentiPublisher[Christopher Weigel]Date Published[1712] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next