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Bathurst, et alDate Published1775 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 Shi Liao Xun Kan [Journal of Historical Sources] Heading(Asian)AuthorArchive department of the Palace MuseumHeadlineJournal of Historical Sources Quing DynastyPublisherPrinted by Jin Hua Printing HouseDate Published1930-1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #7 Tung-ching-ch'êng: Report on the excavation of the site of the capital of P'o-hai Heading(Asian)AuthorHarada, Yoshito, et al.HeadlineExcavation of the site of the capital of P'o-haiPublisherToa-koko-gakukwai, or the Far-Eastern archaeological SocietyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #8 Yong Le Da Dian Ben Shui Jin Zhu [Commentary on “ The Waterways Classic” taken from “The Encyclopedia of the Young Le Era”] Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Dao Yuan (d. 527)HeadlineWork on the ancient geography of ChinaPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #11 Nan Zhao Ye Shi Shang [An Unofficial History of Nan Zhao Kingdom: Volume One] Heading(Asian)AuthorYang Shen; revised by Hu WeiHeadlineHistory of Nan Zhao KingdomPublisherYunna BookstoreDate PublishedDuring Reign of Emperor Guan Xu (1875-1908) View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #12 Ying-Ch'êng-Tzu: The Han Brick-Tomb with Fresco-Paintings, &c., near Chien-Mu-Ch'êng-J, South Manchuria Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineHan Brick-Tomb Fresco-Paintings ManchuriaPublisherKwanto Government MuseumDate Published1934 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #14 The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: In two parts: containing I. An additional collection… II. An orthographical dictionary, shewing both the orthography and orthoepia of the English language. Volume II AuthorBailey, N[athaniel]HeadlineSupplement to Bailey's English Dictionary 1727PublisherT. CoxDate Published1727 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #17 Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertigt worden. Neunzehnter Theil [Zwanzigster Theil] AuthorBaumgarten, Siegmund JakobHeadlineGerman history of Arabia & Persia 1759PublisherJohann Justinus GebaueDate Published1759 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #18 Biblia, det er, Den gantske Hellige Skrifft, paa Danske, igen offuerseet oc Prentet effter Salige oc Høylofflige ihukommelse, Kong Frederichs den II Befalning. Met Register, Alle D. Lutheri Fortaler Heading(Bible in Danish)Author**HeadlineSecond Bible in Danish 1589PublisherMatz VingaardtDate Published1589 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #20 La Sainte Bible, Qui Contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament Heading(Bible in French)Author**HeadlineBible in French 1744PublisherAbraham BoyveDate Published1744 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #21 Novum Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi [with] Epistolae Sanctoru Postolorum et Apocalypsis Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineNew Testament in Latin Frankfurt 1714PublisherThomas FritschDate Published1714 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #22 Mr. Justice Holmes AuthorBiddle, FrancisHeadlineMr. Justice Holmes 1st in dj signed by BiddlePublisherScribner'sDate Published1942 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #25 The Works of Jacob Behmen, the Teutonic Theosopher AuthorBoehme, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Behmen 1763PublisherJoseph RichardsonDate Published1763 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #27 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: And the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons Heading(Book of Common Prayer)Author**Headlinebook of common prayer, Oxford 1770PublisherPrinted by T. Wright and W. GillDate Published1770 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #28 Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell for the Defence, 1769-1774 1/350PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #29 Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell in Holland, 1763-1764PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1952 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #30 Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766-1769 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell in Search of a Wife 1 of 400 copiesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #31 Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell on the Grand Tour 1 of 400 copiesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #32 Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763. Together with Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's London Journal, 1762-1763PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1951 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #33 Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 HeadingzzdAuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 Finely BoundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1951 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Life of Samuel Johnson - Temple Bar Edition AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineThe Life of Samuel Johnson - Temple Bar EditionPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #39 Autograph Letter, signed, as Secretary to the British Admiralty Heading(British Navy)AuthorBrisbane, JohnHeadlineJohn Brisbane Successor to Samuel PepysDate PublishedJanuary 15, 1683 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #43 Ius Ecclesiasticum Protestantium Usum Hodiernum Juris Canonici Juxta Seriem Decretalium Ostendens et Ipsis Rerum Argumentis Illustrans AuthorBöhmer, Justus HenningHeadlineIus Ecclesiasticum Protestantium by BohmerPublisherImpensis Orphanotrophei [Waisenhaus]Date Published1738-1748 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #44 Corpus Juris Canonici Emendatum et Notis Illustratum Heading(Canon Law)Author**HeadlineCorpus Juris Canonici Emendatum et Notis IllustraPublisherEmmanuel KonigDate Published1670 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #45 Chronicorum libri tres e germanico in Latinum sermonem conversi… AuthorCarion, JohannesHeadlineChronicorum libri tres e germanico in Latinum...Publisher[Michael Isengrin?]Date Published1557 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #48 A Bibliography of the Works of Winston Churchill - Long Galley Proofs Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorWoods, FrederickHeadlineProof sheets of Woods' Churchill BibliographyPublisherNicholas VaneDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #49 Lord Randolph Churchill AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineWinston S. Churchill's bio of Lord RandolphPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #50 Typed Letter, signed, as Member of Parliament HeadingzzcAuthorChurchill, Winston Spencer-HeadlineLetter from Winston Churchill's grandsonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1978 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #51 Sententiae Insigniores. Apophthegmata, Parabolæ, seu Similia, atque eiusdem aliquot piæ sententiæ AuthorCicero, Marcus TuliusHeadlineCicero Sententiae Insigniores 1559PublisherG. RouilliumDate Published1559 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #56 Memoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie; Consideree Comme un Etablissement Politique et Militaire HeadingzzfAuthorCurne de Sainte-Palaye, M. de laHeadlineMemoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie 1759PublisherChez Nic. Bonav. DuchesneDate Published1759, 1781 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Cave Hunting, Researches on the Evidence of Caves Respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe AuthorDawkins, W. BoydHeadlineCave Hunting in Europe 1874PublisherMacmillanDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #76 Poupées et Légendes de France Heading(Dolls)AuthorKoenig, MarieHeadlinePoupées et Légendes de FrancePublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #77 The Life of Sir William Wallace, The Governor General of Scotland, and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs AuthorDonaldson, PeterHeadlineThe Life of Sir William WallacePublisherS. Andrus & SonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #78 Howard University: The Capstone of Negro Education. A History: 1867-1940 AuthorDyson, WalterHeadlineHoward UniversityPublisherThe Graduate School, Howard UniversityDate Published1941 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #80 Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics. To which are added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distance of all the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761... AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineJames Ferguson's Astronomy 1st American EdnPublisherMathew CareyDate Published1806 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #82 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 1824 editionPublisherThomas Tegg, et alDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #89 The History of England from the Accession of James II - Extra Illustrated Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineMacaulay's History of England Extra IllustratedPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1849-1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #91 The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWard, Adolphus WilliamHeadlineElectress Sophia and the Hanoverian SuccessionPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #93 Les Moeurs des Israelites ou l'on voit le modele d'une politique simple & sincere... [bound with] Les Moeurs des Chrestiens. AuthorFleury, Claude deHeadlineCustoms of the Israelites 1682PublisherAdrian Moetjens/ Eugene Henry FricxDate Published1682 & 1694 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Corpus Juris Canonici Academicum, Emendatum et Notis P. Lancellotti Illustratum, in Suos Tomos Distributum, Usuique Moderno. AuthorFreiesleben, Christoph. Henr.HeadlineCorpus Juris Canonici AcademicumPublisherE. & J.R. Thurnisiorum [Thurneysen]Date Published1735 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #97 The Court of the Gentiles: Or A Discourse Touching the Original of Human Literature, both Philologie and Philosophie from the Scriptures, and Jewish Church AuthorGale, TheophilusHeadlineThe Court of the Gentiles by Theophilus GalePublisherTho. Gilbert [Vols. 1 & 2] / T. CockerilDate Published1672, 71, 77 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #106 The wealth of Great Britain in the ocean, exemplified from materials laid before the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed last sessions of Parliament, to examine into the state of the British fisheries. And from the public records, and other authentic evidences Heading(Great Britain)Author**HeadlineWealth of Great Britain in the ocean 1749PublisherM. Cooper & W. OwensDate Published1749 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #121 Die Kunst der Chiromantzey / vsz Besehung der Hend. Physiognomey / vsz Anblick des Menschens. Natürlichen Astrologey noch dem Lauff der Soñen. Complexion eins yegklichen Menschens. Natürlichen Ynflüssz der Planeten. der zwolff Zeichen Angesychten. Ettliche Canones / zu Erkantnüsz der Menschen Kranckheiten / solicher weisz vormals nye beschriben oder gedruckt... AuthorIndagine, JoannesHeadlineRare Palmistry & Occult 1523Publisher[Schott]Date Published[1523] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #123 The Works of Samuel Johnson AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel JohnsonPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1811-12, 1823 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #129 Frühdrucke aus der Bücherei AuthorKlemperer, Victor VonHeadlineFrühdrucke aus der Bücherei by Von KlempererDate Published1927 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #130 The Cradle of Printing: From Mainz and Bamberg to Westminster and St. Albans. One Hundred Incunabula and Manuscripts Important for the Development of Early Printing AuthorKraus, H.P.HeadlineH.P. Kraus The Cradle of PrintingPublisherH.P. KrausDate PublishedNo date [1950s] View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #133 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen P.HeadlineCoverdale Bible (1535) leaf book, Limited 1/425PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #141 De arte gymnastica libri sex: In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultates, & quidquid ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet diligenter explicatur AuthorMercurialis, HieronymusHeadlineEarly work on gymnastics with plates, 1672PublisherAndreae FrisiiDate Published1672 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #142 Ancient Jerusalem AuthorMerrill, SelahHeadlineAncient Jerusalem by Selah MerrillPublisherFleming H. Revell CompanyDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #145 Oficio de la Semana Santa Segun el Missal y Breviario Romanos Heading(Missal)Headline1745 Missal & BreviaryPublisherArchiemprenta PlantinianaDate Published1745 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #147 Le Siécle de Napoléon, Galerie des Illustrations de L'Empire Headingzzf(Napoléon)Author**HeadlineLe Siécle de Napoléon 25 colored lithographsPublisherAdministration de LibrairieDate Published1846 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #148 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et alDate Published1728 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #149 The English, Scotch and Irish Historical Libraries. Giving a short View and Character of most of our Historians, either in Print or Manuscript... AuthorNicolson, WilliamHeadlineEnglish, Scotch & Irish Historical Libraries 1736PublisherG. Strahan, et al.Date Published1736 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #152 Zodiacus Vitae. De Vita, Studio, ac Moribus Hominum optimè instituendis. Libri XII Additis, quae nusquam hactenus inveniebantur, singulorum librorum summariis. Cum Indice locupletissimo. Editio nova AuthorPalingenius, Marcellus [pseud. of Pier Angelo]Headline17th centuury "Zodiake of life"PublisherIsacum van RuynenDate Published1698 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #171 How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York Headingzzf(Photography)AuthorRiis, Jacob A.HeadlineJacob Riis How the Other Half LivesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1912 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #180 Antiquitates Sacrae Veterum Hebraeorum AuthorReland, AdrianHeadlineHebrew Antiquities 1717PublisherGulielmi BroedeletDate Published1717 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #189 Rowlandson the Caricaturist. A Selection of his Works with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and A Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGrego, JosephHeadlineRowlandson the Caricaturist by Joseph GregoPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #191 Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum Heading(Saint Jerome)AuthorHieronymus, SaintHeadlineSaint Jerome’s Lives of the Holy Fathers 1479PublisherJohann ZainerDate Published[not after 1479] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #193 Opera Quae Extant, in quibus continentut AuthorSallustius Crispus, CaiusHeadlineCaius Sallustius Crispus OperaPublisherC.L. ThiboustDate Published[c. 1680?] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #194 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man HeadingzzfAuthorSassoon, SiegfriedHeadlineMemoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man Limited EditionPublisherFaber & GwyerDate Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #199 Two Original Leaves from the Second Folio edition of Much Adoe About Nothing AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline2 original leaves from Shakespeare Second FolioPublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes...Date Published1632 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #213 The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket Author[Voltaire, François Marie Arouté de]HeadlineThe Philosophical Dictionary for the PocketPublisherPrinted for I. Carnan & Sold by Berry, Rogers & BerryDate Published[c. 1795] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #215 Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children AuthorWatts. I[saac]HeadlineIsaac Watts Divine Songs for ChildrenPublisherPrinted for, and Sold by the Booksellers and StationersDate Published[c. 1790s] View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #217 A King's Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor AuthorWindsor, [Edward] Duke ofHeadlineA King's Story The Memoirs of the Duke of WindsorPublisherPutnam'sDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #219 Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics AuthorYockey, Francis ParkerHeadlineImperium: The Philosophy of History and PoliticsPublisherThe Truth SeekerDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #240 Gulzara, Princess of Persia; or, The Virgin Queen Headingzzf(Gulzara...)Author**HeadlineGulzara, Princess of Persia 1816 original boardsPublisherJohn SouterDate Published1816 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #241 Death Be Not Proud HeadingzzfAuthorGunther, JohnHeadlineJohn Gunther Death Be Not ProudPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1949 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #254 Pickle the Spy or The Incognito of Prince Charles [and] The Companions of Pickle: Being a Sequel to 'Pickle the Spy' HeadingzzfAuthorLang, AndrewHeadline2 vols about Pickle the Spy by Andrew Lang 1897PublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1897-1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next