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