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Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed about building a transatlantic iron Steam Boat View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(American Inventor)AuthorBurden, HenryHeadlineProposal for building a transatlantic iron steam boatDate PublishedDec. 30, 1846 Lot #14 L’Ere Des Robots [The Era/Age Of Robots] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)AuthorDucrocq, AlbertHeadlineInscribed by a pioneering French robotic inventorPublisherJulliardDate Published1953 Lot #20 Manuscript Guest Book for the Castello Bar in Mondsee, Austria, with hundreds of autographs of actors, authors, musicians, singers, dancers, race car drivers, and others View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of show business luminaries, etc.Date Published1952-1988 Lot #21 Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Autographs)AuthorThompson, HenryHeadlineSir Henry Thompson Signed LetterPublisherNo publisherDate PublishedNo date Lot #41 Songs of Nature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, John, editorHeadlineInscribed with signature by John BurroughsPublisherMcClure Phillips & Co.Date Published1901 Lot #44 Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineA handsome finely bound set of Don QuixotePublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 Lot #51 Arms and the Covenant View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston S. ChurchillPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published1938 Lot #59 My African Journey View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's travels in Africa, w/ signaturePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 Lot #61 The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's The River War, 1899, 1st printingPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1899 Lot #62 Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill, Savrola First U.S. EditionPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1900 Lot #67 The World Crisis View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineThe World Crisis, 6th Duke of Portland's copyPublisherThornton Butterworth LimitedDate Published[1923-1931] Lot #82 Autograph Note Signed about a revised edition of his 1872 book on the Coral Islands View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDana, JamesHeadlineNote Signed by Leading American Geologist of the 19th centuryDate PublishedApril 4, 1890 Lot #88 Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Charles DickensDate PublishedApril 1, 1850 Lot #89 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, First edition, first issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #90 The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield the Younger View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineHandsomely bound edition of David CopperfieldPublisherW.F. BurgessDate Published1850 Lot #102 The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler - With two fore-edge paintings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's works with Fore Edge PaintingsPublisherPickeringDate Published1835 Lot #111 West-oestlicher Divan View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadlinelyrical poems by Goethe 1819Publisherin der Cottaischen BuchhandlungDate Published1819 Lot #112 The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGranville, George, Lord LansdowneHeadlineGeorge Granville verse and prose 1732PublisherPrinted for J. Tonson, and L. GilliverDate Published1732 Lot #113 Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineHugo Grotius' Notes on the Gospels 1641PublisherCornelium BlaeuDate Published1641 Lot #119 The Works of James Harris, Esq. With an account of his life and character, by his son, the Earl of Malmesbury View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlineHarris on philosophy of language, 1801PublisherPrinted by Luke Hansard, for F. WingraveDate Published1801 Lot #120 Die Lehre vom Urteil im Psychologismus: Ein kritisch-positiver Beitrag zur Logik View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorHeidegger, MartinHeadlinePresentation copy of Heidegger's first bookPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1914 Lot #122 Harivansa ou Histoire de la Famille de Hari, ouvrage formant un appendice du Mahabharata... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineFirst printing of the Harivansa in any languagePublisherOriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and IrelandDate Published1834 Lot #126 The Iliad of Homer View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Homer)AuthorPope, Alexander, translatorHeadlinePope translation of Homer's Iliad, folio editionPublisherW. Boyer for Bernard LintottDate Published1715-1720 Lot #132 A Dictionary of the English Language in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineFourth edition of Johnson's Dictionary, DublinPublisherThomas EwingDate Published1775 Lot #134 The Owls of North America (North of Mexico) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKaralus, Karl E. and Allan W. EckertHeadlineSigned by Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. EckertPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1974 Lot #137 Mémoires d'une femme de qualité, sur Louis XVIII, sa cour et son règne View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de, et al.HeadlineMemoirs of French "Lady of Quality" 1829-30PublisherMame et Delaunay-Vallée, librairesDate Published1829-1830 Lot #140 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's vermischte Schriften nach dessen tode aus den hinterlassenen papieren gesammelt und herausgegeben von Ludwig Christian Lichtenberg und Friedrich Kries... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLichtenberg, Georg ChristophHeadlineLichtenberg's writings on science & more 1800-06PublisherJ.C. Dieterich, etc.Date Published1800-1806 Lot #142 Note Signed by Joseph Lister View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1897 Lot #143 Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister Photo and AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1903 Lot #158 Autograph Letter Signed about the first Math textbook published in America. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorPike, NicolasHeadlineLetter by the author of the 1st Math textbook in AmericaDate PublishedJan. 1, 1788 Lot #160 Leaf Signed by Twenty-Three French Physicians and Zoologists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Medicine and Zoology)HeadlineTwenty-Three Autographs of French Physicians & ZoologistsDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #165 Large four-sheet indenture document for sale of property, signed by the Earl of Sandwich and others View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMontagu, John, 4th Earl of SandwichHeadlineEarl of Sandwich signs a documentDate Published23 March, 1743 Lot #169 The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works of Apuleius, Translated from the original Latin by Thomas Taylor View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Neoplatonism)AuthorApuleiusHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Apuleius, 1822PublisherRobert Triphook...and Thomas RoddDate Published1822 Lot #172 I Rimedi D'amore di Ovidio View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Remedia Amoris 1584PublisherNella Stamperia NouaDate Published1584 Lot #173 Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPaget, JamesHeadlineSigned letter and portrait of James PagetDate Published1877 Lot #182 Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePetrarch's sonnets 1547PublisherPer Comin de Trino di MonferratoDate Published1547 Lot #193 Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Psychiatry - Insanity)Headline2 late 19th c. letters relating to treatment of insanityDate Published1876-1892 Lot #194 Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Psychology)AuthorFromm, ErichHeadlineNoted psychologist advocates UN recognition of ChinaDate PublishedApril 18, 1963 Lot #205 [Morte d’Arthur, i.e.:] The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur Notwythstondng It Treateth of the Byrth Lyf and Actes of the Sayd Kynge Arthur: of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineFine press edition of Malory, Shakespeare HeadPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1933 Lot #206 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Henry VIII from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #207 The Plays of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohnson's Shakespeare 8 vols. 1768PublisherH Woodfall et al.Date Published1768 Lot #219 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineGulliver's Travels Woodcuts by GrandvillePublisherHayward and MooreDate Published[c. 1840] Lot #229 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 Lot #233 Certificate of Election Signed by John C. Warren View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Warren, John C.)HeadlineJohn C. Warren AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1821 Lot #234 Benjamin Waterhouse Clipped Signature View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWaterhouse, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Waterhouse AutographDate PublishedEarly/mid 19th century Lot #239 Fabulas Literarias View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorYriarte, TomásHeadlineTomás Yriarte's best known work 1782PublisherImprenta RealDate Published1782 Lot #240 Autograph Letter Signed about the British Museum’s collection of reptiles and amphibians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zoology and Herpetology)AuthorDumeril, AugusteHeadline1865 Letter from leading French HerpetologistDate PublishedApril 7, 1865 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next