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DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 Lot #24 Salomé View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineSigned by André DerainPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1938 Lot #26 The Heathen Chinee: Plain Language from Truthful James View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nash, John Henry, printer)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineThe Heathen Chinee printed by NashPublisherSuttonhouse, Ltd.Date Published1936 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 #30 Four volumes printed by or about Bruce Rogers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce)Headline4 vols printed by or about Bruce RodgersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1902-1925 Lot #33 The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Novels of Samuel Richardson View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineShakespeare Head Press edition of RichardsonPublisherShakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell and Houghton MifflinDate Published[1929-31] Lot #34 Bibliopola. Bilder und Texte aus der Welt des Buchhandels. Pictures and Text about the Book Trade. Images et Texte sur la Libririe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTaubert, SigfredHeadlineTaubert, Bibliopola, the book trade 1st Ed. 1966PublisherNew York: R. R. Bowker Co.Date Published[1966] Lot #38 The Eclogues of Virgil. An English Version. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Virgil)AuthorPalmer, SamuelHeadlineThe Eclogues of Virgil. 1883 1/10 presentation copiesPublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1883 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 #43 Madame de Pompadour View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCapefigue, J. B. H. R.HeadlineNicely bound copy of Madame de PompadourPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1908 Lot #44 The Last Abbé View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorDe Musset, PaulHeadlineThe Last Abbé large paper finely bound 1/75PublisherSociete Des Beaux ArtsDate Published[c.1900] Lot #45 The Old Curiosity Shop View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Old Curiosity Shop bound by MaurinPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1946 Lot #46 Lettres en vers et Oeuvres mêlées [and] Oeuvres mêlées en vers et en prose View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDorat, Claude-JosephHeadlineClaude-Joseph Dorat, finely boundPublisherChez Sébastien JorryDate Published1767 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 #49 Exquisite finely bound folio blank book View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMosalov, SashaHeadlineFinely bound folio book by Sasha MosalovDate PublishedNo date 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 #51 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherBasill BlackwellDate Published1926 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 #53 Cranford View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGaskell, Elizabeth CleghornHeadlineMrs. Gaskell's Cranford finely boundPublisherMacMillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1914 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 #55 Grimms Märchenschatz View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrimm, Jacob and WilhelmHeadlineGrimms Märchenschatz finely boundPublisherVerlagsanstalt H. KlemmDate Published[1923] 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 #58 The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKinglake, Alexander WilliamHeadlineKinglake's Invasion of Crimea handsomly boundPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1863-1887 Lot #59 The Works of Rudyard Kipling View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Works of Rudyard Kipling 27 vols. signed 1914PublisherDoubleday, Page, and CompanyDate Published1914 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 #63 Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the Year 1795, Written by Himself: with a Continuation, to the time of his Decease, By his Son, Joseph Priestley... / Four Discourses Intended to Have Been Delivered at Philadelphia... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Priestley bound by BayntunPublisherJ. Johnson; John BinnsDate Published1806 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 #65 The Handy Volume Shakespeare - with custom box View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineHandy Volume Shakespeare - with custom boxPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #66 Quo Vadis, roman des temps Néroniens View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSienkiewicz, HenrykHeadlineQuo Vadis in French, bound by Flammarion, 1904PublisherErnest FlammarionDate Published[1904] Lot #67 The Historie of Tvvelve Cæsars, Emperours of Rome: VVritten in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English, by Philêmon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Together with a Marginall Glosse, and other briefe Annotations there-upon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorSuetonius Tranquillus, CaiusHeadlineSuetonius' Twelve Caesars, 1st in English 1606PublisherPrinted [by Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew LownesDate Published1606 Lot #68 The Rivers of France, from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTurner, J.M.W.HeadlineTurner's Rivers of France 1837 finely boundPublisherPublished for the Proprietor, by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & LongmanDate Published1837 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 #71 A History of British Birds View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 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 #78 The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Americana Manuscripts)Author[Hewlett, W.O., editor]Headline3 vol Manuscripts of the Earl of DartmouthPublisherPrinted for Her Majesty's Stationary Office by Eyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1885-1887 Lot #80 A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland, From A.D. 1536, 1784, with Critical Remarks by Hugo Arnot View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorArnot, HugoHeadlineArnot's Celebrated Scottish Trials, 1785PublisherPrinted for the author by William SmellieDate Published1785 Lot #84 A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government, unto the Death of King James. Whereunto is added, The Reign of King Charles the First, and The First Thirteen Years of His Sacred Majesty, King Charles the Second... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBaker, Sir RichardHeadlineA Chronicle of the Kings of England 1684PublisherH. SawbridgeDate Published1684 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 #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 #100 The Jonah Legend: A Suggestion of Interpretation / The Story of Samson and its Place in the Religious Development of Mankind View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bible Myth)Headline2 Historical texts on religious storiesPublisherOpen Court Publishing Company; Grant RichardsDate Published1899, 1917 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 #106 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entitled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineRichard Burton's Arabian NightsPublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers OnlyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #107 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 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 #115 Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorTsien, Tsuen-HsuinHeadlineWritten on Bamboo and Silk, 1st ed in djPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1962 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 #122 Quintus Curtius, His History of the Wars of Alexander. To which is prefix'd Freinshemius's Supplement View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCurtius Rufus, QuintusHeadlineDigby Translation of Curtius 1726PublisherBernard LintotDate Published1725 Lot #123 The New Life of Dante Alighieri / A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Dante Alighieri)HeadlineBiography and dictionary of Dante AlighieriPublisherTicknor and Fields; the Clarendon PressDate Published1867; 1898 Lot #128 Arte de escribir por reglas y con muestras, segun la doctrina de los mejores autores antiguos y modernos, extrangeros y nacionales [...] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDon Torqauto Torio de la Riva y HerreroHeadlineArte de escribir w/58 plates 1798PublisherJoaquin IbarraDate Published1798 Lot #135 Five comedic plays from the 16th century from the Tudor Facsimile Texts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Early English Printing)Headline5 Facsimile 16th-century comic plays, 1910-12PublisherTudor Facsimile TextsDate Published1910-1912 Lot #136 Six religiously-themed 16th century plays from the Tudor Facsimile Texts View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Early English Printing)Headline6 Tudor Facsimile plays concerning religionPublisherTudor Facsimile TextsDate Published1907-1912 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 #139 The Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)AuthorAllen, Thomas George, editorHeadlineThe Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents 131 platesPublisherThe University of Chicago PressDate Published1960 Lot #145 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.; with the Life of the Author… To which is now added, The Fathers; or, The Good-natured Man… View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding 1783 Edition 12 volumesPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan, J. Rivington & SonsDate Published1783 Lot #152 The Works of H. Rider Haggard [with] 5 licensing receipts signed by Haggard and one invitation requesting Haggard's presence at the Society for Constructive Birth Control & Racial Progress dinner View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineWorks of H. Rider Haggard with author signed receiptsPublisherMcKinlay, Stone & McKenzieDate Published[1910-1916] Lot #154 Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With precautionary Directions against the like Contagion by Nath. Hodges, M.D. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, who resided in the City all that Time... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHodges, Nathaniel & John QuincyHeadlineHodges' account of London's Great PlaguePublisherPrinted for E. Bell & J. OsbornDate Published1720 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 #160 The Works of Rudyard Kipling View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Works of Rudyard Kipling "New World Edition"PublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published[c.1905] Lot #161 The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Kitchiner, William]HeadlineArt of Invigorating and Prolonging Life 1822PublisherPrinted for Hurst, Robinson, and Co.Date Published1822 Lot #163 Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineFirst edition of Machiavelli's Discourses in EnglishPublisherPrinted by Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel PakemanDate Published1636 Lot #167 The Historie of All the Romane Emperors, Beginning with Caius Julius Caesar, and Successively Ending with Rodulph the Second Now Raigning View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMexia, PedroHeadlinePedro Mexia's History of the Roman Emperors, 1604PublisherMatthew LownesDate Published1604 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 #173 Document signed by Alexandre Berthier as Ministre de la Guerre, and secretarially signed "Bonaparte" as premier Consul de la République, promoting a lieutenant in the army View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Napoleon BonaparteDate Publishedc.1803 Lot #174 Letter from General Sir Thomas Picton, written to his agent in London following his arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, describing conditions there View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorPicton, ThomasHeadlineLetter from British General in Peninsular War, 1810Date Published9th Feby. 1810 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 #185 Collection of French Consulate plays, many by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pixérécourt, René-Charles Guilbert de)AuthorVarious authorsHeadline2 volumes of Consulate era French TheatrePublisherVarious publishersDate Published1801-1805 Lot #186 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612; 1610 Lot #187 The Worthies of the World, or, The Lives of the most Heroick Greeks and Romans compared, to which are added More Lives, out of Aemilius Probus and others View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, 1665 editionPublisherPrinted for John Williams, William Gilbertson, and Henry MarshDate Published1665 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 #191 Discourses on the Evidence of Revealed Religion. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Discourses on Revealed ReligionsPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1794 Lot #196 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherWhite & ByrneDate Published1791 Lot #197 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. and an Additional Lecture on the Constitution of the United States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherPrinted for P. ByrneDate Published1803 Lot #198 Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and its Neighbourhood, on Subjects Interesting to the Author, and to Them. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Letters to Northumberland, 1801PublisherPrinted by John Bioren for John Conrad; M. & J. Conrad; Rapine, Conrad & Co.Date Published1801 Lot #199 Three works by Joseph Priestley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineJoseph Priestley, memoirs, lectures, lettersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1791-1809 Lot #200 WITHDRAWN - The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort Compiled Under The Direction of Her Majesty The Queen - presentation copy inscribed by Queen Victoria View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Queen Victoria)AuthorGrey, Lieut-General The Hon C.HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Inscribed by Queen VictoriaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1867 Lot #203 In the Evening of His Days, a Study of Mr. Gladstone in Retirement, With Some Account of St. Deiniol's Library and Hostel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, artist)Author[Friederichs, Hulda]HeadlineStudy of Mr. Gladstone in Retirement, 1896Publisher"Westminster Gazette"Date Published1896 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 #209 The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRousseau, Jean JacquesHeadlineConfessions of RousseauPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1904 Lot #212 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, large paper edition, 1/500PublisherShakespeare Head Press for Houghton MifflinDate Published1928 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 #221 Five plays by William Shakespeare from the Tudor Facsimile Texts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Tudor Facsimile Texts)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline5 Facsimile Shakespeare plays, 1910PublisherTudor Facsimile TextsDate Published1910 Lot #222 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1st edPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #223 The Stolen White Elephant, Etc. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain the Stolen White Elephant, 1st edPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 Lot #226 The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle for the Year 1745 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorUrban, SylvanusHeadline1745 Magazine w/ early article on electricityPublisherJohn NicholsDate Published1791 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next