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Asquith's copyPublisherAlexander Moring Ltd.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #26 Science and the Modern World Heading(British Prime Ministers - Stanley Baldwin)AuthorWhitehead, Alfred NorthHeadlineSigned by U.K. Prime Minister Stanley BaldwinPublisherCambridge University PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #32 Carmina Gadelica AuthorCarmichael, AlexanderHeadlineGaelic folklore collected by CarmichaelPublisherScottish Academic PressDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #33 The Professor's House AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineSigned by Willa Cather 1/225PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #48 A Geological Manual AuthorDe La Beche, Henry T.HeadlineArchaeologist John Evan's signed copyPublisherTreuttel et WürtzDate Published1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #66 Photograph of James Bond, husband of Mary Bond, and inspiration for the name of Ian Fleming's fictional spy 007 Heading(Fleming, Ian)AuthorBond, Mary WickhamHeadlinePhotograph of the "Real James Bond"Date Published1959- printed later View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #69 Manuscript ledger and cutlery design book Heading(Food & Drink - Cutlery)HeadlineArgyle Cutlery Works design and ledger bookDate Publishedc. 1890-1925 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #79 Méditations et Études Morales François Pierre Guillaume Guizot AuthorGuizot, François Pierre GuillaumeHeadlineInscribed by French statesman François GuizotPublisherDidier et Ce Libraries-ÉditeursDate Published1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #80 Sir Robert Peel Étude D'Histoire Contemporaine AuthorGuizot, François Pierre GuillaumeHeadlineInscribed by French statesman François GuizotPublisherDidier et Ce Libraries-ÉditeursDate Published1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #89 Janet Gaynor's Story AuthorJustice, MartinHeadlineOriginal typescript and art by Martin JusticeDate Published[c.1940s?] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #93 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineSigned by Coretta Scott KingPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #110 Expense from the 1st to the 12th of November 1794, To what Uses Expended. And, Expense for October 1794. Heading(Military)HeadlinePaymaster's Military Expense Report, 1749Date Published1749 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #114 Letter by Napoléon Bonaparte, Général en Chef de L'Armée d'Italie, to Général de Division Baraguey d'Hilliers Heading(Napoleon)AuthorBonaparte, NapoleonHeadlineSigned Letter by Napoleon, from Italian CampaignDate Published1797 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #116 Diplome en Faveur Heading(Napoleon)Headline1000 Francs for a Captain of Napoleon's Imperial GuardDate Published1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #117 French diploma for law degree Heading(Napoleon)Headline1809 French diploma in lawDate Published1809 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #118 French autograph letter signed on military letterhead Heading(Napoleon)AuthorOudinot, NiicolasHeadline1800 autograph letter by French First Republic generalDate PublishedDecember 28, 1800 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #119 French discharge recommendation Heading(Napoleon)AuthorPérignon, Catherine-Dominique deHeadline1794 French discharge document signedDate PublishedNovember 2, 1794 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #120 French provisional appointment document Heading(Napoleon)AuthorRochambeau, Donatien Marie-Joseph VimeurHeadline1792 French provisional appointmentDate PublishedSetpember 9, 1792 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #121 Urgent letter from General de la Garde to the Minister of War Heading(Napoleon)AuthorSoult, Jean de DieuHeadlineSigned letter by Soult, later French War MinisterDate PublishedNovember 28, 1804 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #123 The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes AuthorNelson, WillieHeadlineSigned by Willie Nelson with inscriptionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published2002 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #128 Letters on Occult Meditation Received and edited by Alice A. Bailey Heading(Occult)AuthorBailey, Alice A.HeadlineSigned w inscription and photos, Alice A. BaileyPublisherLucifer Publishing Co.Date Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #129 The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect. A Paraphrase of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with commentary Heading(Occult)AuthorBailey, Alice A.HeadlineSigned by Alice A. Bailey with period photoPublisherLucis Publishing CompanyDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #142 Selected Poems of Matthew Prior AuthorPrior, MatthewHeadlinePoetry of Matthew Prior, extra illustrated by W.C. BamburghPublisherKegan Paul, Trench & Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #155 Artwork by James Spitzer AuthorSpitzer, JamesHeadlineJames Spitzer Caricature and Illustrated Poe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #156 The Magic World Heading(Stage Magic)AuthorPierce, J.E and Walter B. Gibson, editorsHeadlineThe complete Magic World, 1917-1924PublisherThe Magic World Pub. Co.Date Published1917-1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #158 Gitanjali (Song Offerings) AuthorTagore, Rabindra NathHeadlineRabindra Tagore's Gitanjali 1912PublisherPrinted at the Chiswick Press for the India SocietyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #163 The Modern Traveller; Being a Collection of Useful and Entertaining Travels, Lately Made into Various Countries: The Whole Carefully Abridged: Exhibiting a View of the Manners, Religion, Government, Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce of the known world. Heading(Travel)HeadlineTravel stories with numerous maps and viewsPublisherPrinted for T. LowndesDate Published1776-1777 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #167 "They Call Them Camisoles" AuthorWilson, WilmaHeadlineMental hospital memoir 1941 scarcePublisherLymanhouseDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #171 Contes d'Andersen: Calendrier pour 1912 Heading(Andersen, Hans Christian)HeadlineHans Christian Andersen 1912 calendarPublisherM. MunkDate Published[c.1911] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #172 Little Thomas Author[Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]HeadlineAnna Barbauld's Little ThomasPublisherPhillips & SampsonDate Published[ca. 1840s-1850s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #173 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens AuthorBarrie, J. M.HeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/500PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #174 Goodnight Moon AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseHeadlineGoodnight Moon, Harper & BrothersPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1947 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #175 The Quiver of Love: A Collection of Valentines Ancient and Modern Author(Crane, Walter and Kate Greenaway, illustrators)HeadlineValentines illustrated by Crane and GreenawayPublisherMarcus Ward & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #176 A Wonder Book For Boys & Girls Heading(Crane, Walter, illustrator)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadline60 magnificent designs by Walter CranePublisherHoughton Mifflin & CompanyDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #179 A Fairy Garland, Being Fairy Tales from the Old French Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)HeadlineA Fairy Garland - Signed Edmund DulacPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #180 Variety; or, Stories for Children. AuthorGilley, William B.Headline19th century Children's stories, illustratedPublisherW.B. GilleyDate Published1828 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #181 Collection of fifteen works by Edward Gorey AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineFifteen works by Edward GoreyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #182 The Wind in the Willows AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineFirst American Edition of The Wind in the WillowsPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #183 A Visit from St. Nicholas and Other Christmas Stories AuthorMcLoughlin Bros.HeadlineA Visit from St. Nicholas w/ color platesPublisherMcLoughlin Bros.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #184 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)HeadlineMagnificent color plates by Kay NielsenPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[c.1920] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #186 The Hungarian Fairy Book [and] Magyar Fairy Tales Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorPogány, NándorHeadlineWilly Pogány illustrates Hungarian folktalesPublisherT. Fisher / Unwin; E.P. DuttonDate Published[1913]; [1930] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #187 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineFirst Edition of Potter's Tale of Jeremy FisherPublisherFrederick WarneDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #188 The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineRackham's Fairy Book Signed LimitedPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1933] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #189 Cinderella Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineRackham's Cinderella vellum signedPublisherWilliam Heinemann / J.B. LippincottDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #190 The Sleeping Beauty Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/625PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #191 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineFirst American trade edition with Rackham platesPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #192 Irish Fairy Tales Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorStephens, JamesHeadlineRackham's Irish Fairy Tales finely boundPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #193 The Little Prince AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineFirst edition of Saint-Exupéry's classicPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #194 In the Night Kitchen AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSendak In the Night Kitchen signedPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #195 Old French Fairy Tales Heading(Sterrett, Virginia, illustrator)AuthorSegur, [Sophie Rostopchine] Comtesse deHeadlineWith 8 color plates by Virginia Frances SterrettPublisherThe Penn Publishing Co.Date Published[1920] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #196 Pumpkin Moonshine [with] Linsey Woolsey AuthorTudor, TashaHeadlinePumpkin Moon & Linsey Woolsey in djsPublisherOxford University PressDate Published1938; 1946 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #197 Stuart Little [with] Charlotte's Web AuthorWhite, E.B.HeadlineFirst editions of Stuart Little and Charlotte's WebPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1945; 1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #198 The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All. Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineBeardsley illustrates King Arthur, 1/1500 copiesPublisher[J.M. Dent & Co.]Date Published[1893-1894] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #202 The Bachelor's Own Book; Being the Progress of Mr. Lambkin, (Gent.) in the Pursuit of Pleasure and Amusement, and also in Search of Health and Happiness AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineBachelor's Own Book by CruikshankPublisherDavid Bryce & SonDate Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #203 La Boîte à Joujoux. Ballet pour enfants par André Hellé. Musique de Claude Debussy AuthorDebussy, ClaudeHeadlineDebussy & Hellé La Boîte à Joujoux Ballet, 1919PublisherA. Durand & FilsDate Published[c. 1919] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #204 The Tour of Doctor Syntax Through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis Heading(Dr. Syntax)HeadlineTour of Dr. Syntax Through LondonPublisherJ. JohnstonDate Published1820 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #205 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorKhayyam, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Dulac IllustrationsPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #206 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [with] Arabische Nächte Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)HeadlineTwo works with color plates by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder and Stoughton; Müller & I. Kiepenheuer VerlagDate Published[c. 1919] ; [1920] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #207 The Complete Works of Gaius Petronius Done Into English by Jack Lindsay with One Hundred Illustrations by Norman Lindsay Heading(Erotica - Fanfrolico Press)AuthorPetronius, GaiusHeadlineSigned by Jack Lindsay, one of 650 copiesPublisherFanfrolico PressDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #212 Elephant Poem Coloring Book AuthorGrahn, JudyHeadlineElephant Poem Coloring BookPublisherWomen's Press CollectiveDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #213 Lot of seven Tojiro Hasegawa imprints Heading(Hasegawa, Tojiro)HeadlineSeven Tojiro Hasegawa imprintsPublisherTojiro HasegawaDate Publishedc. 1891-1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #215 Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineOriginal drawing signed by Edward LearDate Published[1848-49] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #216 Wolfville AuthorLewis, Alfred HenryHeadlineWolfville 1st ed inscribedPublisherFrederick StokesDate Published[1897] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #218 Destiny. A Novel in Pictures AuthorNückel, OttoHeadlineNückel's novel in leadcuts, a proto-"graphic novel"PublisherFarrar & RinehartDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #219 Original artwork for The New Yorker [with] an original caricature of Robert E. Sherwood by Taylor [and] typescript manuscript for a short story by Michael Arlen signed by Dwight Taylor Heading(The New Yorker)AuthorTaylor, Dwight and Michael ArlenHeadlineOriginal artwork by illustrator Dwight TaylorDate Published1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #220 A Young Man's Fancy AuthorPhillips, ColesHeadlineColes Phillips' "Fadeaway Girl" color platesPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #238 Posters In Miniature Heading(Posters)AuthorRussell, Robert HowardHeadlinePosters In Miniature 1896 Robert RussellPublisherJohn Lane / R.H. Russell & SonDate Published[1896] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #239 The Tourist in France AuthorRoscoe, ThomasHeadlineWith multiple copper engravings after HardingPublisherJennings and ChaplinDate Published1834 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #240 The Tourist in Spain. Granada AuthorRoscoe, ThomasHeadlineWith multiple engravings after David RobertsPublisherRobert Jennings and Co.Date Published1835 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #242 Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour AuthorSurtees, Robert SmithHeadline13 hand-colored steel engravings by LeechPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #243 Six sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees AuthorSurtees, Robert SmithHeadlineSurtees' sporting books, bound by MorrellPublisherBradbury, Agnew, & Co.Date Publishedn.d. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #244 Pablo de Segovia, The Spanish Sharper Heading(Vierge, Daniel, illustrator)AuthorQuevedo-Villegas, Francisco deHeadlineThe Spanish Sharper, Illustrated by Daniel ViergePublisherT Fisher UnwinDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #245 Stories for Pictures Heading(Walker, Dugald Stewart, illustrator)AuthorMackay, HelenHeadlineA lovely book with color plates by D.S. WalkerPublisherDuffield and CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next