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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Graveyard by the Sea View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Centaur Press)AuthorValery, PaulHeadlineValery's Graveyard by the SeaPublisherThe Centaur PressDate Published1932 Lot #16 Five works printed by John Henry Nash View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)HeadlineFive works printed by John Henry NashPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #19 Five Fine press poetry broadsides View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Poetry Broadsides)Headline5 Fine press poetry broadsidesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #20 The Poetical Works of James Beattie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorBeattie, JamesHeadlineWorks of James Beattie w/fore-edge painting 1831PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1831 Lot #21 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineThomas Campbell w/fore-edge painting 1854PublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1854 Lot #23 Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineCowper's Poems w/fore-edge paintings 1810PublisherPrinted for J. Johnson and Co.Date Published1810 Lot #24 The Poetical Works of William Cowper View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineWith color fore-edge paintings of scenic viewsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1830-1831 Lot #25 Miscellaneous Verses View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorDoyle, Sir Francis HastingsHeadlineF. Hastings Doyle fore-edge painting 1841PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1841 Lot #26 The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Notice of His Life and Genius View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineGoldsmith Works w/fore-edge painting 1859PublisherW. KentDate Published1859 Lot #27 The Works of Thomas Grey View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorGrey, ThomasHeadlineThomas Grey w/fore-edge paintings 1807PublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and SharpeDate Published1807 Lot #30 Poems and Ballads by Dr. John Leyden with A Memoir to the Author by Sir Walter Scott, Bart View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLeyden, JohnHeadlineJohn Leyden Poems w/fore-edge painting 1875PublisherJ. & J. H. RutherfordDate Published1875 Lot #31 Longfellow's Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Works w/fore-edge paintingPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[c.1880s] Lot #34 The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing the Faith as well as Practice of a Christian: Made Easy for the Practice of the Present Age View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)HeadlineWhole Duty of Man 1825 w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherPrinted for W. BentDate Published[1825] Lot #36 The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, complete in one volume View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)HeadlineSouthey's poems w/ fore-edge painting 1850PublisherLondonDate Published1850 Lot #38 Complete Works of Edmund Spenser. The Globe Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Works w/fore-edge painting 1879PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1879 Lot #40 Anthologia Latina View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorThackeray, Franciscus St. John, editorHeadlineAnthologia Latina w/fore-edge painting 1865PublisherBell Et DaldyDate Published1865 Lot #41 The Seasons: And Castle of Indolence View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorThompson, JamesHeadlineFore-edge painting of Kent 1842PublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1842 Lot #44 Sacred Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineSacred Poems w/fore-edge painting 1860PublisherClark, Austin & SmithDate Published1860 Lot #45 The Complaint, Or Night Thoughts View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorYoung, EdwardHeadlineYoung's The Complaint w/fore-edge painting 1817PublisherPrinted for John SharpeDate Published1817 Lot #46 Jack Sheppard: A Romance View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineIllustrated by Cruikshank, bound by BayntunPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 Lot #47 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Book of Common Prayer)HeadlineNicely bound copy of the Book of Common PrayerPublisherPrinted by John BaskervilleDate Published[1762] Lot #48 William Roscoe of Liverpool View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorChandler, GeorgeHeadlineSpecially bound by Zaehnsdorf after FazakerleyPublisherB.T. Batsford Ltd.Date Published1953 Lot #49 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$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] Lot #50 The Poetical Works of William Cooper View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineNicely bound set of William Cowper's poetryPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1843 Lot #51 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound copy of the Pickwick PapersPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1944 Lot #52 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 Lot #53 Works of Charles Dickens, Including Over One Thousand Illustrations, Comprising All the Celebrated Dickens' Plates as Well as Many Rare & Unusual Pictures Never Published Before View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens Author's Watercolor Edition 1/25PublisherFrederick J. Quinby & CoDate Published1900 Lot #54 A Collection of Poems by Several Hands. With Notes. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Dodsley, Robert, editor]HeadlineDodsley's famous collection of anonymous poemsPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published[1782] Lot #55 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 Lot #57 Peter Ibbetson View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlinePeter Ibbetson, nicely bound by KnickerbockerPublisherHarper's New Monthly MagazineDate Published1891 Lot #58 Poems and Songs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFlatman, ThomasHeadlineFlatman's Poems and Songs 1676PublisherPrinted by S. and B.G. for Benjamin TookDate Published1676 Lot #59 The Arabian Nights View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely bound setPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 Lot #60 The Works of Washington Irving View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineWorks of Washington Irving Joseph Jefferson EditionPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1901] Lot #61 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Samuel, editorHeadlineWorks of the English Poets, a complete setPublisherPrinted by John Nichols; for J. Buckland et al.Date Published[1790] Lot #62 The Writings in Prose and Verse View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling in 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1900 Lot #63 The Comic History of England [and] The Comic History of Rome View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Leech, John, illustrator)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineA'Beckett's Comic HistoriesPublisherBradbury, Agnew, & Co.Date Published[late 19th century] Lot #64 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineHandsomely bound copy of Longfellow's poetryPublisherDavid BogueDate Published[1851] Lot #65 Petits Contes en Prose View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 Lot #66 The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan [with] The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMorier, JamesHeadlineMorier's Hajji Baba novels, nicely boundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1835 Lot #67 The Works of William H. Prescott View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #68 Works of Charles Reade View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineReade's Works, expertly bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #69 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 Lot #70 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNew Century Shakespeare Works, De Luxe EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 Lot #71 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 Lot #72 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] Lot #73 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works, bound by Harcourt BinderyPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1900] Lot #74 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineWritings of Henry David Thoreau Finely BoundPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1898 Lot #75 The Compleat Angler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineThe Compleat Angler Finely BoundPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1897 Lot #76 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Walt WhitmanPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 Lot #77 The Works of Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] Lot #89 The Christian Armour View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBell, Eliza CraufurdHeadlineBell's poetry illustrated in chromolithographyPublisherCharles Scribner & Co.Date Published1866 Lot #93 Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBloomfield, RobertHeadlineBloomfield's poetry with 8 illustrationsPublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe et al.Date Published1806 Lot #103 The Artist a Monthly Lady's Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarréDate Published1843 Lot #133 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$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 72 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] Lot #171 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, illus. by Willy PogányPublisherThomas Y. Crowell Company Lot #189 The True Church View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTilton, TheodoreHeadlineWith eight chromolithograph platesPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1867 Lot #194 Leonora View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Beauclerc, Diana)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 Lot #330 Choix des Poésies de Pétrarque View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePetrarch's poetry in Italian and FrenchPublisherChez ValadeDate Published[1774] Lot #333 The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPreston, William, translatorHeadlineThe Argonautics of Apollonius RhodiusPublisherPrinted by Graisberry and Campbell, for the AuthorDate Published1803 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next