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Previous|1|Next Lot #9 Eight volumes from the Grabhorn Press Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineEight works printed by the Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Grabhorn PressDate Published1927-1954 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #46 Jack Sheppard: A Romance Heading(Bayntun)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineIllustrated by Cruikshank, bound by BayntunPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #49 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$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Comic History of England [and] The Comic History of Rome Heading(Leech, John, illustrator)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineA'Beckett's Comic HistoriesPublisherBradbury, Agnew, & Co.Date Published[late 19th century] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #65 Petits Contes en Prose AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #69 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #89 The Christian Armour AuthorBell, Eliza CraufurdHeadlineBell's poetry illustrated in chromolithographyPublisherCharles Scribner & Co.Date Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #92 Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's Drawings for Poems of Thomas GrayPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #93 Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry AuthorBloomfield, RobertHeadlineBloomfield's poetry with 8 illustrationsPublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe et al.Date Published1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #94 Un Teatro de Arte in España 1917-1925 AuthorBorras, [Thomas] and others.HeadlineScarce record of the G. Martinez Sierra theatrePublisher[G. Martinez Sierra]Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #97 Collection of vodka labels from California Heading(California-Vodka labels)HeadlineApprox. 175 lithographed Vodka labelsDate Published20th c. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Ancient Architecture of England. Parts I & II. AuthorCarter, JohnHeadlineEnglish Architecture through the agesPublisherJohn CarterDate Published[1795-1814] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #100 Festus A Poem Heading(Chromolithographs)AuthorBailey, Philip JamesHeadlineTwo copies with chromolithograph title pagesPublisherBenjamin B. Mussey & Co.Date Published1850-1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #102 Gray's Elegy Heading(Chromolithography - Owen Jones)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineOwen Jones illumination papier-mache bindingPublisherLongman & Co.Date Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #103 The Artist a Monthly Lady's Book Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarréDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #104 Des Kindes Märchenwelt. Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineWith six color plates from fairy talesPublisherWilh. EffenbergerDate Published[c. 1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #111 Characaturas. From Drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum. AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineWith 64 engraved caricatures by Da VinciPublisherJohn ClarkeDate Published1786 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #118 Fabrique de Caractères en Bois et de Matériel d'Imprimerie AuthorDureau, HenriHeadlinePre-WWI Parisian type-sets from Henri DureauPublisherHenri DureauDate Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #121 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Heading(Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper)Headline1876 Frank Leslie's Illustrated NewspaperPublisherFrank LeslieDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #125 Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum. Six Specimens of Miniatures, Borders, and Initials Reproduced in Gold and Colours with an Example of Successive Printings. Author[Griggs, William]HeadlineExcellent series of plates on chromolithographyPublisherPrinted by Order of the TrusteesDate Published1903 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #127 The Holkham Bible Picture Book AuthorHassall, W. O.HeadlineThe Holkham Bible Picture BookPublisherThe Dropmore PressDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #130 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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #132 The Graphic Processes: Intaglio, Relief, Planographic With a Set of Actual Prints Illustrative of the Text AuthorHolman, Louis A.HeadlineLouis Holman Graphic Processes - With 32 Original PrintsPublisherCharles GoodspeedDate Published1926 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold 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... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 72 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #138 Sodom. Ein Spiel. Heading(Klinger, Julius)Author[Wilmot, John] Earl of RochesterHeadlineWith 16 illustrations by Julius KlingerPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #140 Album des Pavillons, Guidons, Flammes de toutes les pussances maritimes AuthorLe Gras, M.A.HeadlineWith 65 chromolithographs of national flagsPublisherAuguste BryDate Published1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #141 Les Oeuvres d'Architecture d'Anthoine le Pautre Architect ordinaire du Roy AuthorLe Pautre, AntoineHeadlineExcellent plate series on Parisian architecturePublisherChez IombertDate Published[1652] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #147 Miracle In Seville AuthorMichener, James A.HeadlineMichener's Miracle In Seville - Artist's EditionPublisher[John Fulton Gallery]Date Published[1995] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #170 Idées 1: Douzes Plances Heading(Pochoir)AuthorCamus, JacquesHeadlineIdées 1 - Twelve pochoir plates by Jacques CamusPublisher[A. Calavas]Date Published1922 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #171 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, illus. by Willy PogányPublisherThomas Y. Crowell Company View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #177 L'Ornement Polychrome: Cent Planches en Couleurs or et Argent Contenant Environ 2,000 Motifs de Tous les Styles Art Ancient et Asiatique Moyen Age Renaissance...Troisième Édition AuthorRacinet, [Auguste]HeadlineL'Ornement Polychrome in 2 volumesPublisherLibrairie de Firmin-DidotDate Published[c.1875] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #178 The Example of Christ Heading(Religion)HeadlineIlluminated lithograph devotional leavesPublisherLahr (Baden) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #179 The Holy Land [and] Egypt & Nubia AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineThree illustrated volumes on David RobertsPublisherWhite StarDate Published[2006] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #182 Haggadah for Passover Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn AuthorShahn, BenHeadlineBen Shahn's Haggadah for PassoverPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1965 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #185 Our Big Red Story Book Heading(Steed, Ruth, illustrator)AuthorOusley, Odille and David H. RussellHeadlineA mammoth children's book with color platesPublisherGinn and CompanyDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #187 The Work of Stowitts for the Fox-God: Lyric Ballet in 3 Acts Heading(Stowitts, Hubert, illustrator)AuthorCrocker, Templeton and Joseph ReddingHeadlineThe Work of Stowitts for the Fox-God, SignedPublisherGeorge Palmer PutnamDate Published1939 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #189 The True Church AuthorTilton, TheodoreHeadlineWith eight chromolithograph platesPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #192 Six volumes from the Christmas Stocking Series Heading(Baum, L. Frank, introducer)HeadlineL. Frank Baum's Christmas Stocking SeriesPublisherThe Reilly & Britton Co. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #193 The Surprising Adventures of The Magical Monarch of Mo AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineThe Magical Monarch of Mo by L. Frank BaumPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1903] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #194 Leonora Heading(Beauclerc, Diana)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #195 The First Printer's Early Days Heading(Children's Books)HeadlineThe life of Gutenberg as told for young adultsPublisherOliphant, Anderson, & FerrierDate Published[1884] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #196 Hewet's Illuminated Household Stories for Little Folks. Vols. 1-7 Heading(Children's Books)HeadlineFirst 7 volumes of Hewet's Illuminated StoriesPublisherH.W. Hewet, Publisher; D. Appleton & CompanyDate Published[1855] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #197 Three illustrated Boys' Books on trade and industry Heading(Children's Books)HeadlineIllustrated Boys books on trade and industryPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #198 The History of Pompey the Little; Or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog Author[Coventry, Francis]HeadlineHistory of Pompey the Little, 1751PublisherPrinted for M. CooperDate Published[1751] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #199 The Traveling Bears in New York: Their Travels and Adventures AuthorEaton, SeymourHeadlineTraveling Bears in NY w/jacket 1915PublisherBarse & HopkinsDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #200 The New Casket Heading(Gift Books)HeadlineWith 4 hand-colored lithographsPublisherReligious Tract SocietyDate Published[1850] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #201 Das Deutsche Bilderbuch No 2. Marienkind AuthorLefler, Heinrich and Josef UrbanHeadlineWith 8 chromolithographs by Lefler and UrbanPublisherJos. ScholzDate Published[c. 1904] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #202 Chaucer the Flying Saucer AuthorMalcolm, MaryHeadlineScarce fantasy story in unclipped dust jacketPublisherExposition PressDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #203 Make Way for Ducklings AuthorMcCloskey, RobertHeadlineThe 1942 Caldecott Medal winnerPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #204 Sunbonnets and Overalls Heading(Melcher, Bertha Corbett, illustrator)AuthorHogate, Etta Craven and Eulalie Osgood GroverHeadlineColor illustrated Operetta for children, 1914PublisherRand McNally & CompanyDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #205 Funny Foreigners and Eccentric English, Alphabetically and Geographically Arranged AuthorMerton, CliffordHeadlineWith 24 full-page color illustrationsPublisherSampson Loew, Marston, Searle, & RivingtonDate Published[1878] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #206 Jack the Giant Killer Heading(Movable Books)AuthorLentz, Harold, illustratorHeadlinePop-Up Jack and the Giant KillerPublisherBlue Ribbon BooksDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #207 Dreamland Heading(Movable Books)AuthorRies, GertaHeadlineDreamland w/paper doll figures 1925PublisherAtlantic Book & Art CorporationDate Published[1925] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #208 East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineFirst US Edition of Nielsen's East of the Sun...PublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #209 The Little Engine That Could AuthorPiper, WattyHeadlineLittle Engine That Could w/rare jacketPublisherPlatt & Munk Co.Date Published[1930] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #210 Willy Pogány's Mother Goose AuthorPogány, WillyHeadlineWilly Pogány's Mother Goose 1st edPublisherThomas Nelson & SonsDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #211 Two Children's Annual pop-up books Heading(Pop-Up Books)AuthorGiraud, S. Louis, editorHeadlineWith numerous color pop-up illustrationsPublisherThe Lane PublicationsDate Published[c. 1930s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #212 The Pie and the Patty-Pan AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineBeatrix Potter Pie and the Patty-Pan, 1905PublisherFrederick Warne and Co.Date Published[1905] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #213 The Roly-Poly Pudding AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineBeatrix Potter Roly-Poly Pudding 1908PublisherFrederick Warne & Co.Date Published[c.1908] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #214 Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson Heading(Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator)AuthorAnderson, Hans ChristianHeadlineWith 16 tipped-in color plates by RobinsonPublisherHenry Holt & Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #215 A Song of the English Heading(Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineWith 30 color plates by W. Heath RobinsonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #216 WITHDRAWN - The Little Prince AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineWITHDRAWN - The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #217 Two Bear Cubs - with original watercolor painting Heading(San Souci, Daniel, artist)AuthorSan Souci, Robert D.HeadlineWith original watercolor by Daniel San SouciPublisherYosemite AssociationDate Published1997 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #218 The Golden Goose Heading(Seaman, Mary Lott, illustrator)HeadlineInscribed and signed by artist Mary Lott SeamanPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #219 In the Night Kitchen AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineMaurice Sendak's In the Night KitchenPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #220 The King's Stilts AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineDr. Seuss The King's Stilts w/jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #221 Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineThidwick by Dr. Seuss, in dust jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #222 Deutsches Kriegs - ABC AuthorStahl, EmilHeadlineGermany's WWI enemies in illustrated ABC formPublisherHolbeinDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #223 The Jingle of a Jap AuthorThurston, Clara BellHeadlineColor illustrated book with small doll and boxPublisherH.M. Calfwell Co.Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #224 The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures AuthorUpton, Florence K.HeadlineThe Golliwogg's Polar AdventuresPublisherLongmans, Green & Co.Date Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #225 Three children's books illustrated by Milo Winter Heading(Winter, Milo, illustrator)HeadlineThree books illustrated in color by Milo WinterPublisherMerrill Publishing Co. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #230 Amateur Literature (spine titles) Heading(Amateur Literature)HeadlineAmateur fiction from the late 19th centuryPublisherVarious publishersDate Publishedc. 1880-1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #235 Emblemata of Zinne-werck: voorghestelt in Beelden, ghedichten, en breeder uyt-legginghenm tot uyt-druckinghe, en veerbeteringhe van verscheyden feylen onfer eeuwe. AuthorBrune, Johan deHeadlineWith 52 emblem illustrations of Dutch lifePublisherAbraham LathamDate Published[c. 1688] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #296 Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the Late John Kay, Miniature Painter, Edinburgh; with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes Heading(Golf)AuthorKay, JohnHeadlineWith the famed :“Cock of the Green” etchingPublisherHugh PatonDate Published1837-38 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #338 The Border Antiquities of England and Scottland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions. AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Border Antiquities of England and ScotlandPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown et al.; Constable and Co.Date Published1814; 1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #376 The House on the Cliff Heading(Hardy Boys)AuthorDixon, Franklin W.HeadlineHardy Boys #2 House on Cliff, 1st ed later printingPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #377 The Shore Road Mystery Heading(Hardy Boys)AuthorDixon, Franklin W.HeadlineHardy Boys #6 Shore Road Mystery 1st printingPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next