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AuthorAlunno, FrancescoHeadlineThe Language of Boccaccio by Alunno, 1543Publisher[colophon: In casa de Figliuoli di Aklo]Date Published[1543] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #15 Mansfield Park: A Novel AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Mansfield Park 1837 illus. ed.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #16 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Northanger Abbey 1837 illus. ed.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #17 Pride and Prejudice. A Novel AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen Pride & Prejudice 1839PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #18 Sense and Sensibility: A Novel AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten Sense & Sensibility 1837 illus. editionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #29 Il Decameron di Messer Giouanni Boccacci Cittadino Fiorentino [bound with] Annotationi et Discorsi Sopra Alcuni Luoghi del Decameron di M. Giovanni Boccacci AuthorBoccacio, Giovanni; V. Borghini, A. Benivieni, S. Antinori and A. Guicciardini.HeadlineExpurgated edition of the Decameron, 1573PublisherNella Stamperia de i GiuntiDate Published1573; 1574 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #32 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order...First American from the Fifth London Edition AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineFirst U.S. ed. of Boswell's Life of Samuel JohnsonPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #47 Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, nicely bound by J. WrightPublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #48 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English, 1652,PublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew CrookeDate Published1652 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated Don Quixote 1756 in 2 volumesPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1756 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #55 The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge's Literary Remains, 1st editionPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836-39 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #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] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #73 Four Christmas Books by Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Christmas books in original clothPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1845] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #74 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #75 Master Humphrey's Clock AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst combined edition of Humphrey's ClockPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1840-41] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #76 Master Humphrey's Clock AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Master Humphrey's Clock 1840-41PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #77 Our Mutual Friend AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend, first ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #78 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound copy of the Pickwick PapersPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse...Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus AuthorDryden, John, translatorHeadlineDryden translation of Juvenal and Flaccus 1693PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #84 Peter Ibbetson AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlinePeter Ibbetson, nicely bound by KnickerbockerPublisherHarper's New Monthly MagazineDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #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] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #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] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #96 The Good Soldier Author[Ford] Hueffer, Ford MadoxHeadlineFirst Edition of Ford Madox Ford's classicPublisherJohn Lane CompanyDate Published1915 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #97 The Corsair Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordHeadlineWith fore-edge paintingPublisherThomas Davison for John MurrayDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #98 Considerazioni al Tasso di Galileo Galilei e discorso di Giuseppe Iseo sopra il poema di m. Torquato Tasso per dimostrazione di alcuni luoghi in diversi autori da lui felicemente emulati Heading(Galilei, Galileo)HeadlineTasso & Galileo considered, 1793 4to editionPublisherNella stamperia PagliariniDate Published1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #103 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #108 The Writings of Bret Harte AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineComplete set of Harte's writings, nicely boundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896]-1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #109 Hawthorne's Works in Twenty-Five Volumes AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Works, nicely bound, Concord editionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold 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... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #116 Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest AuthorHudson, W. H.HeadlineGreen Mansions, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherDuckworthDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #117 Selected Pictures From the Book of Gold of Victor Hugo AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWith 12 illustrations from Hugo's Book of GoldPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #121 Washington Square AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineHenry James' Washington Square, First editionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #126 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson in 11 volumesPublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #129 Beowulf Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)HeadlineRockwell Kent's Beowulf w/ 8 lithosPublisherRandom House View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #131 The Writings in Prose and Verse AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling in 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1900 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #168 The Loves of the Angels, A Poem. AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlineFirst edition of Moore's Loves of the AngelsPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #169 Petits Contes en Prose AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #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] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #193 Works of Charles Reade AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineReade's Works, expertly bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #200 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of Shakespeare, nicely bound by BayntunPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #207 Vailima Letters, Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890 - October 1894 AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFirst Edition of Stevenson's Vailima LettersPublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #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] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #211 The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond. AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThe History of Samuel Titmarsh W.M. ThackerayPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published[1849] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #212 The Paris Sketch Book AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineParis Sketch Book, nicely bound by AtchardsPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #213 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works, bound by Harcourt BinderyPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #216 Aphrodite Heading(Tice, Clara, illustrator)AuthorLouÿs, PierreHeadlineIllustrated by Clara Tice, nicely boundPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #218 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #225 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Walt WhitmanPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #228 The Works of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #235 Tartuffe Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMolièreHeadlineSigned by Richard Wlbur and William HamiltonPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2004 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next