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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Epitalamio / Una Carta en el Camino [or] a sus amigos (cover title) View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Editorial Dos Amigos)AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineWith color etchings signed by Alicia ScavinoPublisher[Ediciones Dos Amigos]Date Published[1989] Lot #12 A Psalm of Life View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineIlluminated manuscript on vellum of LongfellowDate Published1909 Lot #19 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 Lot #21 The Tree [&] The Nature of Nature View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineNature of Nature, Press Presentation copyPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published1995 Lot #22 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineAinsworth's Tower of London, Cruikshank illusPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1840 Lot #23 A Christmas Carol View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Bayntun-Riviere)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineBound by Bayntun Riviere, illus. by RackhamPublisherWilliam Heinemann; J.B. LippincottDate Published[1915] Lot #25 German Popular Stories, with Illustrations After the Original Designs of George Cruickshank View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,000StatusSold HeadingCruikshank, George, illustratorHeadlineBrothers Grimm Illus by CruikshankPublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published[c.1865] Lot #27 The British Novelists; with an Essay, and Prefaces Biographical and Critical... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorBarbauld, Anna Laetita, editorHeadlineWith six color fore-edge paintings of EnglandPublisherPrinted for F.C. and J. Rivington et alDate Published1820 Lot #28 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of Fast CastlePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published[1848] Lot #29 Democritus in London with the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow to Which are added Notes Festivous Etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)Author[Daniel, George]HeadlineWith fore-edge painting of St. Paul's cathedralPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1852 Lot #30 Cranford View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGaskell, Elizabeth CleghornHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of a ShipPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1898 Lot #31 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGesner, J.M., editorHeadlineWith fore-edge paintings of Badminton and StowePublisherHarding, Mavor, et LepardDate Published[1824] Lot #32 The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGleig, G.R.HeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Wellington in uniformPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1877 Lot #33 The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorHood, ThomasHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of riders and dogsPublisherFrederick Warne and Co.; Scribner, Welford and ArmstrongDate Published[ca. 1880] Lot #34 The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorHorder, W. Garrett, editorHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of ship City of MobilePublisherHenry FrowdeDate Published1910 Lot #35 Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineFore-edge paintings of Goldsmith and DublinPublisherBell & DaldyDate Published1868 Lot #36 The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineWith a color fore-edge paintingPublisherWard, Lock, & Co.Date Published[ca. 1900] Lot #37 Critical and Historical Essays View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of a Holkham HallPublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1874 Lot #38 Milton's Paradise Lost. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Battersea BridgePublisherT. Longman, B. Law, P. Dodsley et al.Date Published1795 Lot #39 Proper Lessons to be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and other Holy-days throughout the Year [and] The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)HeadlineWith fore-edge paintings of Basingwerk & ConwyPublisherPrinted at the University Press by S. Collingwood and Co.Date Published[1834] Lot #40 Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1826. Being the Second After Bisextile. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities... in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorRider, Cardanus, compilerHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of an armored knightPublisherPrinted for the Company of StationersDate Published1826 Lot #41 Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Norham CastlePublisherArchibald Constable and Company; William Miller and John MurrayDate Published1811 Lot #42 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including his Great Metrical Romances, Copyright Lyrical Pieces, Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads. with a Memoir of the Author. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Norham CastlePublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published[1861] Lot #43 The Lady of the Lake View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineLady of the Lake with fore-edge paintingPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1871 Lot #44 The Natural History of the Bible View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorTristram, H.B.HeadlineWith a charming fore-edge painting of DresdenPublisherSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge; E. & J. B. Young & Co.Date Published1898 Lot #47 The Story of My Life View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHare, Augustus J.C.HeadlineAugustus Hare's Memoirs, handsomely boundPublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1896-1900 Lot #50 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWendell Holmes Breakfast Books, nicely boundPublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published[ca. 1883-1890] Lot #51 [Works of Victor Hugo] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineThe Works of Victor Hugo, Guernsey EditionPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[ca. 1892] Lot #56 The Poems of Richard Monckton Milnes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMilnes, Richard MoncktonHeadlineThe Poetry of Richard Milnes, Finely BoundPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1838 Lot #58 Le Fond du Sac ou Recueil de Contes en Vers et en Prose & de Pieces Fugitives View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNogaret, Francois-Felix, et al.HeadlineNogaret's Poetry and Prose, Finely Bound 1/30PublisherLeclereDate Published1866 Lot #60 The English Dance of Death,... Volume I & II [with] The Dance of Life,... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)Author[Combe, Richard]HeadlineIllus. by Rowlandson, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherPublished by R. AckermannDate Published1815-1817 Lot #63 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(The Robe Bindery)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding, bound by Robe BinderyPublisherBickers and SonDate Published1902-1903 Lot #65 The National Shakespeare: A Facsimile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe National Shakespeare 1st Folio FacsimilePublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[c.1900] Lot #66 Roderick the Last of the Goths. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSouthey, RobertHeadlineSouthey's Roderick, handsomely boundPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1826 Lot #67 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 Lot #69 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineCentenary Edition of Tennyson, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1909 Lot #70 The Mirror of the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineMirror of the World, nicely boundPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1889 Lot #76 The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineShelley's Works bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1839 Lot #84 The Red Republic View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorChambers, R.W.HeadlinePublicity poster for R.W. Chambers' Red RepublicPublisher[G.P. Putnam's Sons]Date Published[1895] Lot #102 Joan of Arc By The Most Popular Magazine Writer Begins in April Harpers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPenfield, EdwardHeadlineEdward Penfield advertises for Mark TwainPublisherHarper's MagazineDate Published1895 Lot #134 Collection of books featuring botanical and floral chromolithographs View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography - Gift Books)HeadlineWith numerous botanical chromolithographsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1839-1881 Lot #135 Large collection of books with chromolithographs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography - Gift Books)HeadlineWith numerous examples of chromolithographyPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #151 Three works of original art with three poetry chapbooks by Mar Gretta Cocking View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCocking, Mar Gretta [Margaretta]HeadlineOriginal art and poetry chapbooks by CockingDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #157 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$156.25StatusSold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineScarce printing of The History of Tom JonesPublisherPrinted for T. Longman; B. Law and Son; J. Nichols et al.Date Published1792 Lot #159 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape 1863PublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published1863 Lot #188 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, illus. by Willy PogányPublisherThomas Y. Crowell Company Lot #214 Le Ricchezze della lingua volgare. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorAlunno, FrancescoHeadlineThe Language of Boccaccio by Alunno, 1543Publisher[colophon: In casa de Figliuoli di Aklo]Date Published[1543] Lot #231 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Browne, H.K., illustrator)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son 1848 first editionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #233 The Works of Robert Burns View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineCollected edition of the Works of Robert Burns 1803PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1803 Lot #235 The Character of a London Diurnal View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Cleveland, John]HeadlineSatirical poems of John Cleveland, 1647Date Published1647 Lot #244 The Battle of Life [with] The Cricket on the Hearth View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineTwo works from Dickens, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1846 Lot #245 The Christmas Books View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Christmas Books, combined editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1852 Lot #246 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, First Ed., 2nd IssuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #247 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Pickwick Papers, 1838 Ed.PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1838 Lot #248 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities First Ed. 2nd issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 Lot #276 The Works of Gerald Griffin View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGriffin, GeraldHeadline8 Vols of Griffin's Poetry, Handsomely BoundPublisherD. & J. Sadlier & Co.Date Published[c.1857] Lot #284 Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Irving, Washington]HeadlineWashington Irving, Abbotsford Etc, Finely BoundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1835 Lot #286 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$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineIrish edition of Johnson's dictionary, 1798PublisherR. MarchbankDate Published1798 Lot #287 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson in 11 volumesPublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published1825 Lot #288 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Works of the English Poets 60 volumesPublisherPrinted by H. Hughs for C. Bathurst, et alDate Published1779-81 Lot #289 The Rambler View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineFive volumes of Johnson's The Rambler, 1752PublisherPrinted for J. Payne and J. BouquetDate Published[1752] Lot #290 Heinrich von Kleists hinterlassene Schriften, herausgegeben von L. Tieck. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorKleist, Heinrich vonHeadlineThe poetry and plays of Heinrich von KleistPublisherGedruckt und verlegt bei G. ReimerDate Published1821 Lot #298 Œuvres Complettes de M. de Marivauz, de l'Académie Françoise View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMarivaux, Pierre deHeadlineHandsome set of French playwright MarivauxPublisherChez la Veuve DuchesneDate Published1781 Lot #314 El Paraiso Recobrado des Juan Milton, Traduccion del Inglés por Julio Montes de Oca View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMexican edition of Paradise Regained, 1889PublisherTipografia "La Providencia"Date Published1889 Lot #316 P. Francisci Modesti Saludeciensis canonici arimini. De opificio dei opusculum. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorModesti, Publio FrancescoHeadlineScarce poetry dedicated to Ppe Julius IIIPublisherin Officina Erasmi VirgineiDate Published[1552] Lot #335 Odes, Cantates, Épîtres et Poésies Diverses de J.B. Rousseau. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorRousseau, Jean BaptisteHeadlineFirst Didot Printing of Rousseau's PoetryPublisherChez P. DidotDate Published[1790] Lot #336 Friendship in Death; in Twenty Letters from the Dead to the Living. To which are added, Letters Moral and Entertaining. In Prose and Verse. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRowe, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Rowe's Friendship in Death, 1774PublisherPrinted for J. Rivington, W. Stahan, R. Baldwin et al.Date Published[1774] Lot #346 Uncle Tom's Cabin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin, finely boundPublisherJohn CassellDate Published1852 Lot #349 Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Vanity Fair w/ suppressed woodcutPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 Lot #360 The Three Cities: Lourdes, Rome, Paris View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorZola, EmileHeadlineZola's Three Cities nicely bound in 6 volumesPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1897 & 1898 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next