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Bathurst, et alDate Published1775 Lot #19 The Holy Bible...With Illustrations by Gustave Doré View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThe Bible with illustrations by Gustave DorePublisherCassell, Petter, and GalpinDate Published[no date, late 19th century] Lot #54 Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art. Volumes 1 through 8 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorAinsworth, William Harrison, editorHeadlineAinsworth's Magazine Plates by George CruikshankPublisherHugh CunninghamDate Published1842-45 Lot #57 Four From Only in America View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorGolden, HarryHeadlineFour From Only in America 1/50 D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published1995 Lot #58 Al Aaraaf View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineAl Aaraaf with mirrored panelling, Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherLivre d'Art by D'AmbrosioDate Published[1995] Lot #59 Lunch at Adler's: Reflections on Joe D'Ambrosio's A Memoir of Book Design View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorRoatcap, Adela SpindlerHeadlineLunch at Adler's by Adela Roatcap, mini bookPublisher[Joe D'Ambrosio]Date Published[2005] Lot #81 Finden's Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by W. Brockenden... View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorFinden, William & Edward Francis FindenHeadlineFinden's Illustrations to the Life of Lord ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1833-34 Lot #82 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 1824 editionPublisherThomas Tegg, et alDate Published1824 Lot #83 Works - "The Ashburton Edition" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineAshburton Edition of Carlyle's Works Finely BoundPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1885 Lot #84 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There - Finely Bound View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice in Wonderland and Through the Looking GlassPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1931 Lot #85 Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote de la Mancha 1837 EditionPublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 Lot #86 The History of Don Quixote of la Mancha - Extra Illustrated View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote of la Mancha - Extra IllustratedPublisherJ.C. Nimmo and BainDate Published1881 Lot #87 The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineMotteux translation of Don Quixote finely boundPublisherJohn GrantDate Published1904 Lot #88 Gabrielle D'Estrées View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDesclozeaux, AdrienHeadlineGabrielle D'Estrees by Desclozeaux fine bindingPublisherArthur L. HumphriesDate Published1907 Lot #89 The History of England from the Accession of James II - Extra Illustrated View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineMacaulay's History of England Extra IllustratedPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1849-1861 Lot #90 The Works of William Shakespeare - Mayfair Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of William Shakespeare Mayfair EditionDate Published[1920s?] Lot #91 The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWard, Adolphus WilliamHeadlineElectress Sophia and the Hanoverian SuccessionPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1903 Lot #92 Group of finely bound books View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineGroup of finely bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #103 The Red Badge of Courage View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineRed Badge of Courage - Grabhorn PressPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1931] Lot #105 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon and then a captain of several ships. In four parts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grandville, J.J.)Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineGulliver's Travels illus. by Grandville 1840PublisherHaward and MooreDate Published[1840] Lot #110 Tales of Fishes View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Tales of Fishes First EditionPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published[1919] Lot #114 Conquistador: American Fantasia View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorGuedalla, PhilipHeadlineConquistador: American Fantasia signed w/djPublisherErnest BennDate Published[1927] Lot #120 An Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineIlluminated Maunscript by John H. TerleDate PublishedEarly 20th century Lot #123 The Works of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel JohnsonPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1811-12, 1823 Lot #131 Tales from Shakespear, designed for the Use of Young Persons View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineLamb Tales from Shakespear 1816PublisherM.J. GodwinDate Published1816 Lot #132 Le Musée Royal...ou, Recueil de Gravures d'apres les Plus Beaux Tableaux, Statues, et Bas-Reliefs de la Collection Royale View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorLaurent, HenriHeadlineLe Musee Royal 161 engraved platesPublisherF. DidotDate Published1816-18 Lot #151 Nothing to Wear and two sequels View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading("Nothing" series)AuthorButler, William Allen, et al.HeadlineNothing to Wear and two sequelsDate Published1857 Lot #156 Poems and Letters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Photographically-illustrated Book)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlinePoems and Letters by T. Gray w/photographsPublisherChiswick PressDate Published1867 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGrego, JosephHeadlineRowlandson the Caricaturist by Joseph GregoPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1880 Lot #190 These Pages Recount Little Journeys Made to the Homes of Ruskin and Turner View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineRuskin and Turner illum by Bertha Hubbard 1/26PublisherRoycroft Printing ShopDate Published1896 Lot #199 Two Original Leaves from the Second Folio edition of Much Adoe About Nothing View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline2 original leaves from Shakespeare Second FolioPublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes...Date Published1632 Lot #200 Small group of books on Shakespeare and Medicine View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare, William)Author**HeadlineSmall group of books on Shakespeare and MedicineDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #204 Hunting Songs and Poems View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Sporting)AuthorMusters, John ChaworthHeadlineHunting Songs & Poems coll. by John MustersDate Published[c.1875] Lot #209 The Epicurean, A Tale... and Alciphron, a Poem View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Turner, J.M.W.)AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlineMoore's Epicurean with J.M.W. Turner engravingsPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1839 Lot #220 Allaooddeen, a Tragedy, and other poems View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthor[Abbott, Sir James]HeadlineAllaooddeen by Sir James Abbott inscribedPublisherSmith, ElderDate Published1880 Lot #221 Letters from a father to his son, on various topics, relative to literature and the conduct of life. Written in the years 1792 and 1793 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorAikin, J[ohn]Headline1st Am. Ed. of Aikins letters to his son 1794PublisherPrinted by Samuel Harrison SmithDate Published1794 Lot #223 Twelve Autograph Letters Signed from seven American authors and editors View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$237.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Autographs - U.S. Authors & Editors)Author**HeadlineLetters from American authors and editorsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #225 Sonnets From the Portuguese View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineSonnets From the Portuguese Shakespeare HeadPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1933 Lot #226 Tales of Glauber-Spa. By Several American Authors View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthor[Bryant, William Cullen, editor]HeadlineTales of Glauber-Spa ed by W.C. Bryant 1832PublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1832 Lot #231 The Conduct of Life View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorEmerson, R[alph] W[aldo]HeadlineRalph Waldo Emerson The Conduct of Life 1st EdnPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 Lot #233 Florence Bardsley's Story: The Life and Death of a Remarkable Woman View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorField, EugeneHeadlineField's Florence Bardsley 1/150PublisherW. Irving WayDate Published1897 Lot #234 Seven illustrated editions of works by Anatole France View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorFrance, AnatoleHeadline7 illustrated editions of works by Anatole FrancePublisherThe Bodley Head (mostly)Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #236 Ken Ward in the Jungle View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineKen Ward in the Jungle with rare dust jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 Lot #237 The Last of the Plainsmen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineThe Last of the Plainsmen 1st EditionPublisherOuting Publishing CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #240 Gulzara, Princess of Persia; or, The Virgin Queen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzf(Gulzara...)Author**HeadlineGulzara, Princess of Persia 1816 original boardsPublisherJohn SouterDate Published1816 Lot #243 The House of the Seven Gables View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's House of Seven Gables 1st EditionPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 Lot #244 The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineNathaniel Hawthorne The Marble Faun 1st EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 Lot #245 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Scarlet Letter, 2nd ed., 1850PublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 Lot #246 Shadowings View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorHearn, LafcadioHeadlineLafcadio Hearn Shadowings 1st Ed.PublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1900 Lot #247 Java Head View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorHergesheimer, JosephHeadlineJava Head signed limited by Hergesheimer 1919PublisherKnopfDate Published1919 Lot #248 The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthor[Holmes, Oliver Wendell]HeadlineO.W. Holmes The Autocrat of the Breakfast-TablePublisherPhillips, Sampson and CompanyDate Published1858 Lot #250 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineThe Poetical Works of John Keats 1863PublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1863 Lot #252 Poems, 1886-1929 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Poems, 1886-1929 signed limitedPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1930 Lot #254 Pickle the Spy or The Incognito of Prince Charles [and] The Companions of Pickle: Being a Sequel to 'Pickle the Spy' View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorLang, AndrewHeadline2 vols about Pickle the Spy by Andrew Lang 1897PublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1897-1898 Lot #255 Amores View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Amores 1916PublisherB.W. HuebschDate Published1916 Lot #256 The Lovely Lady View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence The Lovely Lady with DJPublisherMartin SeckerDate Published[1932] Lot #257 Elmer Gantry View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry 1st Ed. 1st issuePublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1927] Lot #258 Archive of eight Typed Letters Signed and two Autograph Letter Signed, from Charmian London to Margaret Smith Cobb View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorLondon, CharmianHeadlineLetters from Charmian London to a poetDate Published1910-1916 Lot #259 Collection of six Typed Letters Signed, one Autograph Letter Signed, one Autograph Postcard Signed, and one Typed Postcard, from Charmian London to Janet Winship [Pitts] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, CharmianHeadlineLetters from Charmian London to Janet Winship PitDate Published1915-1939 Lot #260 Three Typed Letters Signed, two Autograph Letters Signed, and an inscribed flyeaf from a book, all by Charmian London View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, CharmianHeadlineLetters from Charmian LondonDate Published1917-1928 Lot #261 Revolution and Other Essays View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineRevolution& other essays, Jack London 1st maroonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1910 Lot #262 War of the Classes View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London War of the Classes 1905PublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #263 Archive of approximately 60 autograph letters, notes and postcards from Joan London to her father Jack London View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorLondon, JoanHeadlineLetters to Jack London from his daughter JoanDate Published1906-1916 Lot #264 Jack London and His Daughters - copy of original typescript View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JoanHeadlineJack London and His Daughters -copy of typescriptDate Publishedc. 1990 Lot #265 The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineBelfry of Bruges by Longfellow 1846 custom casePublisherJohn OwenDate Published1846 Lot #266 Three titles by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThree titles by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #273 Songs of the Sierras View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineJoaquin Miller Songs of the Sierras Toronto 1871PublisherCanadian News and Publishing Co.Date Published1871 Lot #275 Edgar A. Poe: A Study View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Headingzzf(Poe, Edgar Allan)AuthorRobertson, John W.HeadlineEdgar A. Poe: A Study by RobertsonPublisherBruce BroughDate Published1921 Lot #276 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Of Nantucket. Comprising the Details of Mutiny and Atrocious Butchery on Board the American Brig Grampus, on Her Way to the South Seas, in the Month of June, 1827. With an Account of the Recapture of the Vessel by the Survivors; Their Shipwreck and Subsequent Horrible Sufferings from Famine... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthor[Poe, Edgar Allan]HeadlinePoe's Arthur Gordon Pym 1st ed. 1838PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1838 Lot #277 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan PoePublisherGeorge Barrie & SonDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #280 All Quiet on the Western Front View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorRemarque, Erich MariaHeadlineAll Quiet on the Western Front 1st American EdnPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1929 Lot #282 The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorShaw, [George] BernardHeadlineThe Intelligent Woman's Guide G.B. ShawPublisherConstable and CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #287 The Mysteries of Paris View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorSue, EugeneHeadlineThe Mysteries of Paris First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1845-46 Lot #288 Monsieur Beaucaire View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineMonsieur Beaucaire signed by Tarkington 1st edPublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #289 The Two Vanrevels View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineTwo Vanrevels 1st trade ed Booth Tarkington 1902PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1902 Lot #290 The Maine Woods [&] Cape Cod View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineMaine Woods [&] Cape Cod by H.D. ThoreauPublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1864 & 1866 Lot #291 Framley Parsonage View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineAnthony Trollope Framley Parsonage 1861PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1861 Lot #293 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography 1871PublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] Lot #294 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Pudd'nhead Wilson First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #295 Kato. Poemes, Accompagnes de 10 Estampes Gravees sur Bois par Pierre-Eugene Vibert View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorVerhaeren, EmileHeadlineEmile Verhaeren Kaot Illustrated by P.-E. VibartPublisherWilliam KundigDate Published1918 Lot #297 The Works of H.G. Wells - Atlantic Edition View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorWells, H[erbert] G[eorge]HeadlineThe Works of H.G. Wells - Atlantic EditionPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1924 Lot #299 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthor[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineLeaves of Grass 3rd edition 3rd printingPublisherThayer and EldridgeDate Published1860-61 [but c.1880] Lot #300 The Importance of Being Earnest View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthor[Wilde, Oscar]HeadlineThe Importance of Being Earnest 1st EditionPublisherLeonard Smithers and Co.Date Published1899 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next