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AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, nicely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1835] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold View details 34 Mille et un Livres Botaniques, repertoire bibliographique de la bibliotheque Arpad Plesch Heading(Botanical)AuthorPlesch, ArpadHeadlineArpad Plesch Mille et un Livres BotaniquesPublisherArcadeDate Published1973 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 37 A History of the Art of Bookbinding with Some Account of the Books of the Ancients. AuthorBrassington, W. Salt, editorHeadlineOne of 50 large paper copies, nicely boundPublisherElliot StockDate Published1894 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 39 The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on his Writings. To Which are Prefixed, some Observations on the Character and Condition of The Scottish Peasantry. AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineNicely bound set of Robert Burns' worksPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies; W. CreechDate Published1801 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 40 The Gulistân, or Rose-Garden of The Sheikh Sa'di of Shiraz AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Burton's Sa'diPublisherPhilip Allan & Co.Date Published1928 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 41 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights, Library Edition, nicely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 42 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq. AuthorByron, LordHeadlineNicely bound in 17 volumes by BirdsallPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-1833 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 45 The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineHunting of the Snark, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1876 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold View details 46 Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America Intended to Contain Descriptions and Figures of All North American Birds... AuthorCassin, JohnHeadlineCassin's Birds of California finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1862 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold View details 47 Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, nicely bound by J. WrightPublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold View details 50 William Roscoe of Liverpool AuthorChandler, GeorgeHeadlineSpecially bound by Zaehnsdorf after FazakerleyPublisherB.T. Batsford Ltd.Date Published1953 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 57 The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 58 Beautiful Seaweeds Illustrated by Natural Specimens. Also, Instructions for the formation of a Herbarium of Marine Algae, and a complete list of the British species AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineWith 42 plates of pressed seaweed specimensPublisherPublished by J. & J. Cook, PrintersDate Published[1881] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold View details 66 The Animal Kingdom. Arranged in Conformity with its Organization... with Additional Descriptions of All the Species Hitherto Named, and of Many Not Before Noticed by Edward Griffith and Others. AuthorCuvier, Baron [Georges]HeadlineCuvier's Animal Kingdom, complete in 16 volumesPublisherPrinted for Geo. B. WhittakerDate Published[1827-1835] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold View details 68 Four works relating to Charles Darwin, two of them signed by his son Francis Darwin Heading(Darwin, Charles)HeadlineFour volumes relating to Charles DarwinDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold View details 69 Selected Works of Charles Darwin AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Darwin, Westminster EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1893] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 70 Seven works by Charles Darwin in eight volumes AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadline19th cent. eds. of works by Charles DarwinPublisherJohn Murray [& Ward, Lock]Date PublishedVarious dates Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold View details 71 Three works in seven volumes, of life and letters of Charles Darwin and his family AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineLife & Letters of Darwin & his familyPublisherJohn MurrayDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 78 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound copy of the Pickwick PapersPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1944 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 79 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold View details 80 The French Bulldog: History of the Origin of the Breed, Its Cultivation and Development Heading(Dogs - French Bulldog)Author[Vedder, O.F., et al.]HeadlineThe French Bulldog, 1926PublisherHamilton Printing Co. for The French Bulldog Club of AmericaDate Published[1926] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 81 The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports AuthorDoughty, John & ThomasHeadlineFirst American sporting book with color platesPublisherJ. & T. DoughtyDate Published1830; 1832 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 82 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold View details 84 Peter Ibbetson AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlinePeter Ibbetson, nicely bound by KnickerbockerPublisherHarper's New Monthly MagazineDate Published1891 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 85 Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineOne of 750 signed by artist Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold View details 92 Family Secrets, or Hints to Those Who Would Make Home Happy Author[Ellis, Sarah Stickney]HeadlineFamily Secrets by Sarah Stickney EllisPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[1841] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 93 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works, nicely bound by M. AlbinhacPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1903-1904] Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 97 The Corsair Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordHeadlineWith fore-edge paintingPublisherThomas Davison for John MurrayDate Published1814 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold View details 101 The Reptiles of British India AuthorGünther, Albert C.L.G.HeadlineWith 26 plates of various Indian reptilesPublisherPublished for the Ray Society by Robert HardwickeDate Published1864 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 102 Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum. Faksimileausgabe,... AuthorGessner, ConradHeadlineComplete set with 187 botanical color platesPublisherUrs GrafDate Published1972-1980 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 108 The Writings of Bret Harte AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineComplete set of Harte's writings, nicely boundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896]-1914 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 109 Hawthorne's Works in Twenty-Five Volumes AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Works, nicely bound, Concord editionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1899 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold View details 110 General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, Of the Different Parts of the World... AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineJohn Hill A General Natural History 1748-52PublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1748, 51, 52 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold View details 112 North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineHolbrook's expanded N. American HerpetologyPublisherJ. DobsonDate Published1842 Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold View details 116 Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest AuthorHudson, W. H.HeadlineGreen Mansions, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherDuckworthDate Published1931 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 122 The Naturalist's Library AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadlineWith +1000 hand-colored plates of animalsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1833-43 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold View details 125 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical... AuthorJohnson, Samuel, editorHeadlineWorks of the English Poets, a complete setPublisherPrinted by John Nichols; for J. Buckland et al.Date Published[1790] Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 126 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson in 11 volumesPublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published1825 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 127 Thirty Years with the Philippine Head-Hunters AuthorKane, SamuelHeadlineHead-Hunters, Finely BoundPublisherJarrolds PublishersDate Published1934 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 131 The Writings in Prose and Verse AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling in 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1900 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 137 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineWritings of Lincoln, Constitutional EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published[1905-1906] Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details 147 Human Longevity: Recording the name, age, place of residence, and year, of the decease of 1712 persons, who attained a century, & upwards, from A.D. 66 to 1799, comprising a period of 1733 years. With anecdotes of the most remarkable Heading(Medical)AuthorEaston, JamesHeadlineJames Easton records names of long-liversPublisherJames Easton & John WhiteDate Published1799 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 162 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineChromolithograph botanical illustrations after LunzerPublisherAmerican Natural History Publishing Co.; Charles Robson & Co.Date Published1880 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 163 Minerals: A Catalogue of about two hundred lots, of British and Exotic Minerals... Also, a small parcel of fine African Bird Skins, Mahogany Cabinets, &c. Which will be sold by Auction, by Mr. Thomas, at his Great Room... Heading(Minerals)HeadlineAuction of rare minerals, 1825Date Published1825 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 164 Three important 16th century works on horticulture "secrets" by Antoine Mizauld, bound together AuthorMizauld, AntoineHeadlineMizauld's agricultural "secrets" 1560-75PublisherFédéric MorelDate Published1560-1575 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details 165 Florida Architecture of Addison Mizner AuthorMizner, AddisonHeadlineSigned by Addison Mizner, Edicion Imperial 1/100Publisher[H.H. Smith Publications]Date Published[1928] Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold View details 169 Petits Contes en Prose AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 171 WITHDRAWN - The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers AuthorMosher, Thomas Bird, editorHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Thomas Bird Mosher The Bibelot Finely BoundPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1895-1915 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 173 Zoology of New-York, or New-York Fauna...Part V. Mollusca Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorDe Kay, James E.HeadlineNatural History of New-York Part V: MolluscaPublisherCarroll and Cook, Printers to the AssemblyDate Published1843 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 174 Natural History of New York Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorSeward, William HenryHeadline18 volumes from Natural History of NYPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1842-54 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold View details 176 One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected AuthorNorthcote, JamesHeadlineNorthcote's One Hundred Fables, 1st seriesPublisherGeo: LawfordDate Published1828 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 179 The Golden Treasury Selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language and arranged with notes AuthorPalgrave, Francis T., editorHeadlineThe Golden Treasury, finely bound by BayntunPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1922 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 180 The Faces in the Fire; A Story for the Season. By Redgap Author[Pardon, George Frederick]HeadlineFaces in the Fire, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilloughby and Co.Date Published[c. 1850] Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 185 History of Quadrupeds AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant classifies the quadrupeds, 1793PublisherPrinted for B. & J. WhiteDate Published1793 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold View details 188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 193 Works of Charles Reade AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineReade's Works, expertly bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 195 The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineDoctor Comicus with hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for B. BlakeDate Published1815 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold View details 196 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 197 American Entomology, or, Descriptions of the Insects of North America AuthorSay, ThomasHeadlineThomas Say, American Entomology 1824-5PublisherPhiladelphia Museum / Samuel Augustus MitchellDate Published1824-5 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 198 Bibliotheca Botanica, sive catalogus auctorum et librorum, qui de Re Botanica, de Medicamentis ex Vegetabilibus paratis, de Re Rustica, & de Horticultura tractant... Accessit Bibliotheca Botanica Jo. Ant. Bumaldi, seu potius Ovidii Montalbani... AuthorSéguier, Jean FrançoisHeadlineSeguier's botanical bibliographyPublisherApud Cornelium HaakDate Published1760 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 199 The World in Miniature AuthorSchoberl, Frederic, editorHeadlineComplete set, with numerous color platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published[1821] Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold View details 200 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of Shakespeare, nicely bound by BayntunPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1856 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 201 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNew Century Shakespeare Works, De Luxe EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 202 Poems of Shelley AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineShelley's, nicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1922 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 205 Instructions for the Cultivating and Raising of Flax and Hemp: In a Better Manner, than that generally Practis'd in Ireland. [bound with] Observations made by Richard Hall... Hemp and Flax Dresser:... AuthorSlator, Lionel; Richard HallHeadlineIrish and Dutch methods of Hemp cultivationPublisherPrinted by George GriersonDate Published[1724] Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 206 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineSmith's Wealth of Nations in 3 vols, 1786PublisherPrinted for A. Strahan; and T. CadellDate Published[1786] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold View details 208 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 209 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold View details 212 The Paris Sketch Book AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineParis Sketch Book, nicely bound by AtchardsPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1840 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 213 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works, bound by Harcourt BinderyPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1900] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 214 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineWritings of Henry David Thoreau Finely BoundPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1898 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 221 Darwinism: an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with some of its applications AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineWallace defends Darwinism 1889 1st ed.PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1889 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 222 Studies Scientific and Social AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineStudies Scientific by Alfred Russel WallacePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1900 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 223 Three volumes by A.R. Wallace, plus two others AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineNatural History by A.R. Wallace & othersDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 225 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Walt WhitmanPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 226 Illustrations of Indian Botany; or Figures Illustrative of each of the Natural Orders of Indian Plants AuthorWight, RobertHeadlineBotanizing in India with Robert Wight, 1840PublisherJ.B. Pharoah for the AuthorDate Published1840 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 228 The Works of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 229 The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, Agriculture and Early History... AuthorWilkinson, J.G.HeadlineWilkinson's History of the Egyptians, first editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1837 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next