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Previous|1|Next Lot #28 Eight Drawings to Illustrate Milton's Comus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blakes illustrations for Milton's ComusPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890 Lot #31 Un Teatro de Arte in España 1917-1925 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorBorras, [Thomas] and others.HeadlineScarce record of the G. Martinez Sierra theatrePublisher[G. Martinez Sierra]Date Published[1926] Lot #38 Emblemata of Zinne-werck: voorghestelt in Beelden, ghedichten, en breeder uyt-legginghenm tot uyt-druckinghe, en veerbeteringhe van verscheyden feylen onfer eeuwe. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBrune, Johan deHeadlineWith 52 emblem illustrations of Dutch lifePublisherAbraham LathamDate Published[c. 1688] Lot #40 The Gulistân, or Rose-Garden of The Sheikh Sa'di of Shiraz View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Burton's Sa'diPublisherPhilip Allan & Co.Date Published1928 Lot #41 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights, Library Edition, nicely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885 Lot #45 The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineHunting of the Snark, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1876 Lot #49 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated Don Quixote 1756 in 2 volumesPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1756 Lot #53 Faust View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)AuthorGoethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]HeadlineSigned by illustrator Harry ClarkePublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1925] Lot #57 The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] Lot #59 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 Lot #67 Characaturas. From Drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineWith 64 engraved caricatures by Da VinciPublisherJohn ClarkeDate Published1786 Lot #73 Four Christmas Books by Charles Dickens View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Christmas books in original clothPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1845] Lot #74 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #77 Our Mutual Friend View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend, first ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 Lot #85 Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineOne of 750 signed by artist Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] Lot #86 The Bells and Other Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Bells illustrated by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] Lot #94 Tristram and Iseult: A Play View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)AuthorHare, AmoryHeadlineSigned by Wharton Esherick and Amory HarePublisherThe Slide Mountain PressDate Published1930 Lot #95 Song of Solomon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)HeadlineCentaur Press Song of Solomon, Esherick woodcutsPublisher[Centaur Press]Date Published[1927] Lot #104 American Whalers in the Western Arctic: The Final Epoch of the Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorGilkerson, WilliamHeadlineWith 12 color plates signed by the artistPublisherEdward J. LefkowiczDate Published[1983] Lot #110 General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, Of the Different Parts of the World... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineJohn Hill A General Natural History 1748-52PublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1748, 51, 52 Lot #112 North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineHolbrook's expanded N. American HerpetologyPublisherJ. DobsonDate Published1842 Lot #113 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 Lot #117 Selected Pictures From the Book of Gold of Victor Hugo View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWith 12 illustrations from Hugo's Book of GoldPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #119 Four volumes with color lithography reproducing illuminated manuscripts View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineIlluminated works in chromolithographyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #122 The Naturalist's Library View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadlineWith +1000 hand-colored plates of animalsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1833-43 Lot #134 The Comic History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Leech, John, illustrator)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineWith five hand-colored plates by John LeechPublisherPunch OfficeDate Published[c. 1847-1848] Lot #155 A Series of Anatomical Plates; with References and Physiological Comments, Illustrating the Structure of the Different Parts of the Human Body. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorQuain, Jones; William James Erasmus WilsonHeadlineSeries of Anatomical Plates of the Human BodyPublisherG.N. LoomisDate Published[1842] Lot #162 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineChromolithograph botanical illustrations after LunzerPublisherAmerican Natural History Publishing Co.; Charles Robson & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #169 Petits Contes en Prose View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 Lot #174 Natural History of New York View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorSeward, William HenryHeadline18 volumes from Natural History of NYPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1842-54 Lot #176 One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorNorthcote, JamesHeadlineNorthcote's One Hundred Fables, 1st seriesPublisherGeo: LawfordDate Published1828 Lot #178 Rubáiyát. Poeme d'Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineRubaiyat with tipped-in plates by A.N. TagorePublisherEdition du "Studio"Date Published1910 Lot #180 The Faces in the Fire; A Story for the Season. By Redgap View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Pardon, George Frederick]HeadlineFaces in the Fire, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilloughby and Co.Date Published[c. 1850] Lot #184 White Collar: A Novel in Linocuts View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPatri, GiacomoHeadlineWhite Collar, early graphic novel, 1940 editionPublisher[Pisani Printing and Publishing Co.]Date Published[1940] Lot #185 History of Quadrupeds View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant classifies the quadrupeds, 1793PublisherPrinted for B. & J. WhiteDate Published1793 Lot #187 Segmenta Nobilium Signorum e Statuarum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPerrier, FrançoisHeadline100 engravings of Roman statuary, 1638PublisherF. ChereauDate Published1638 Lot #192 Irish Fairy Tales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorStephens, JamesHeadlineSigned by artist Arthur RackhamPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1920 Lot #196 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 Lot #216 Aphrodite View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Tice, Clara, illustrator)AuthorLouÿs, PierreHeadlineIllustrated by Clara Tice, nicely boundPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1926 Lot #219 Le Imagini Delle Donne Auguste Intagliate in Istampa di Rame; con le Viteet Ispositioni de Enea Vico, Sopra I Riversi Delle Loro Medaglie Antiche: Libro Primo. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorVico, EneaHeadlineWith 61 plates of coins featuring Roman womenPublisherAppresso Enea Vico Parmigiano et Vincenzo ValgrisioDate Published[1557] Lot #220 The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated, with Annotations by John Ogilby View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorVirgilHeadlineOgilby's Virgil in royal binding of Charles IIPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for the AuthorDate Published1654 Lot #224 Douze Sonnets lascifs pour accompanger la suite d'aquarelles intitulée Les Délassements d'Éros View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Wegener, Gerda)AuthorVérineau, Alexandre deHeadlineWith erotica in pochoir by Gerda WegenerPublisherÉrotopolisDate Published1925 Lot #231 The Masters of Wood-Engraving View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wood Engraving)AuthorLinton, W.J.HeadlineSigned by W.J. LintonPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1889 Lot #235 Tartuffe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMolièreHeadlineSigned by Richard Wlbur and William HamiltonPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2004 Lot #243 The Book of Job according to the Authorized Version of MDCXI, following the arrangement of the Temple Bible. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineGrabhorn Press The Book of JobPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1926] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next