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View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorAlunno, FrancescoHeadlineThe Language of Boccaccio by Alunno, 1543Publisher[colophon: In casa de Figliuoli di Aklo]Date Published[1543] Lot #15 Mansfield Park: A Novel View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Mansfield Park 1837 illus. ed.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 Lot #16 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Northanger Abbey 1837 illus. ed.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 Lot #17 Pride and Prejudice. A Novel View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen Pride & Prejudice 1839PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 Lot #18 Sense and Sensibility: A Novel View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten Sense & Sensibility 1837 illus. editionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 Lot #29 Il Decameron di Messer Giouanni Boccacci Cittadino Fiorentino [bound with] Annotationi et Discorsi Sopra Alcuni Luoghi del Decameron di M. Giovanni Boccacci View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBoccacio, Giovanni; V. Borghini, A. Benivieni, S. Antinori and A. Guicciardini.HeadlineExpurgated edition of the Decameron, 1573PublisherNella Stamperia de i GiuntiDate Published1573; 1574 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineFirst U.S. ed. of Boswell's Life of Samuel JohnsonPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 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 #42 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorByron, LordHeadlineNicely bound in 17 volumes by BirdsallPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-1833 Lot #47 Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, nicely bound by J. WrightPublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 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 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English, 1652,PublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew CrookeDate Published1652 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 #55 The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge's Literary Remains, 1st editionPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836-39 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 #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 #75 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst combined edition of Humphrey's ClockPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1840-41] Lot #76 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Master Humphrey's Clock 1840-41PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 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 #78 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound copy of the Pickwick PapersPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1944 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 #82 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 Lot #83 The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse...Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDryden, John, translatorHeadlineDryden translation of Juvenal and Flaccus 1693PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1693 Lot #84 Peter Ibbetson View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlinePeter Ibbetson, nicely bound by KnickerbockerPublisherHarper's New Monthly MagazineDate Published1891 Lot #92 Family Secrets, or Hints to Those Who Would Make Home Happy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Ellis, Sarah Stickney]HeadlineFamily Secrets by Sarah Stickney EllisPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[1841] Lot #93 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works, nicely bound by M. AlbinhacPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1903-1904] Lot #96 The Good Soldier View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Ford] Hueffer, Ford MadoxHeadlineFirst Edition of Ford Madox Ford's classicPublisherJohn Lane CompanyDate Published1915 Lot #97 The Corsair View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordHeadlineWith fore-edge paintingPublisherThomas Davison for John MurrayDate Published1814 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Galilei, Galileo)HeadlineTasso & Galileo considered, 1793 4to editionPublisherNella stamperia PagliariniDate Published1793 Lot #103 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 Lot #108 The Writings of Bret Harte View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineComplete set of Harte's writings, nicely boundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896]-1914 Lot #109 Hawthorne's Works in Twenty-Five Volumes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Works, nicely bound, Concord editionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1899 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 #116 Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHudson, W. H.HeadlineGreen Mansions, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherDuckworthDate Published1931 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 #121 Washington Square View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineHenry James' Washington Square, First editionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1881 Lot #126 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson in 11 volumesPublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published1825 Lot #129 Beowulf View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)HeadlineRockwell Kent's Beowulf w/ 8 lithosPublisherRandom House Lot #131 The Writings in Prose and Verse View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling in 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1900 Lot #168 The Loves of the Angels, A Poem. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlineFirst edition of Moore's Loves of the AngelsPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 Lot #169 Petits Contes en Prose View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 Lot #171 WITHDRAWN - The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMosher, Thomas Bird, editorHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Thomas Bird Mosher The Bibelot Finely BoundPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1895-1915 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 #193 Works of Charles Reade View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineReade's Works, expertly bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #195 The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineDoctor Comicus with hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for B. BlakeDate Published1815 Lot #200 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of Shakespeare, nicely bound by BayntunPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1856 Lot #201 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNew Century Shakespeare Works, De Luxe EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 Lot #207 Vailima Letters, Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, November 1890 - October 1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFirst Edition of Stevenson's Vailima LettersPublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published1895 Lot #208 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 Lot #209 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] Lot #211 The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThe History of Samuel Titmarsh W.M. ThackerayPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published[1849] Lot #212 The Paris Sketch Book View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineParis Sketch Book, nicely bound by AtchardsPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1840 Lot #213 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works, bound by Harcourt BinderyPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1900] Lot #216 Aphrodite View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Tice, Clara, illustrator)AuthorLouÿs, PierreHeadlineIllustrated by Clara Tice, nicely boundPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1926 Lot #218 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 Lot #225 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Walt WhitmanPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 Lot #228 The Works of Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] Lot #235 Tartuffe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMolièreHeadlineSigned by Richard Wlbur and William HamiltonPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2004 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next