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Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #22 Aids to Reflection In the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality and Religion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge w/fore-edge painting 1836PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 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 #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 #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 #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 #56 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Dryden, John, translator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineFirst edition of Dryden's Virgil 1697PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1697 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 #88 Clipped signature of Francis Bacon, with photograph View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author(Bacon, Francis)HeadlineAutograph of Francis Bacon (1909-1992)Date Published[20th century] Lot #91 A Rake's Progress: The Life and Times of Rafael Perez - suite of four etchings View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBirk, SandowHeadlineSandow Birk, A Rake's Progress, suite of 4 etchingsPublisherEisenberg PressDate Published2000-2001 Lot #101 Two Ladies' Annual Keepsakes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Chromolithographs)HeadlineTwo annual keepsakes with chromolithographsDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #105 Study for Neon View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorChryssaHeadlineStudy for Neon signed by ChryssaDate Publishedc. 1964-68 Lot #113 ART View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDine, JimHeadlineJim Dine signed Artist's Proof 1/9Date Published1968 Lot #114 Early Music View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(DLG - 157)AuthorGoines, David LanceHeadlineGoines poster for SF Early Music Society, signedPublisherDavid Lance GoinesDate Published1993 Lot #122 Excelsior / Petit Parisien - original poster drawing with watercolor View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGesmar, CharlesHeadlineOriginal Gesmar art, Excelsior / Petit ParisienDate Published1923 Lot #123 "Oiseau" original watercolor View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGesmar, CharlesHeadlineOriginal Gesmar WatercolorDate Published[c.1920] Lot #129 Woman in Profile View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHelleu, Paul CésarHeadlinePaul César Helleu drypoint Woman in ProfileDate Publishedc. 1895 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 #145 [Nude] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMartin, CharlesHeadlineOriginal pen & ink nude by Charles MartinDate Publishedc. 1920's Lot #146 [Nude] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMartin, CharlesHeadlineOriginal pen & ink nude by Charles MartinDate Publishedc. 1920's Lot #158 Six Woodcuts signed by Vincent Perez - page proofs from the Yolla Bolly edition of Joaquin Miller's True Bear Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, Vincent, illustratorHeadlineSix woodcuts signed by Vincent PerezPublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published1985 Lot #159 Balconies View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineLithograph signed by Vincent Perez, one of 20PublisherCCACDate Published1982 Lot #160 Carousel View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineCarousel signed by Vincent PerezDate Published1970 Lot #161 Lady with Collar - etching View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineWoman with Collar, signed by Vincent PerezDate Published1967 [but 1957] Lot #163 Nude View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineNude study signed by Vincent Perez, 1963Date Published1963 Lot #164 Nurse [with] Mother and Child View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineTwo lithographs signed by Vincent PerezDate Published1965 Lot #165 Portfolio of six woodcuts for Potlatch View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineSuite of six woodcuts, each signed by V. PerezDate Publishedc. 1990's Lot #166 Quartet View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineLithograph signed by Vincent Perez, one of 20PublisherCCACDate Published1981 Lot #167 Three original illustrations for Kaiser Permanente's The Art and the Tools publication View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineThree original illustrations by Vincent PerezDate PublishedNo date Lot #168 Three woodcuts from the Bohemian Club Grove play Maximillian! View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineThree woodcuts signed by Vincent PerezPublisherArion Press for the Bohemian ClubDate Published1984 Lot #169 Thus the Soldiers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineThus the Soldiers, aquatint signed by V. PerezDate Published1960 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 #187 The Work of Stowitts for the Fox-God: Lyric Ballet in 3 Acts View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Stowitts, Hubert, illustrator)AuthorCrocker, Templeton and Joseph ReddingHeadlineThe Work of Stowitts for the Fox-God, SignedPublisherGeorge Palmer PutnamDate Published1939 Lot #227 Little Men View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAlcott, Louisa MayHeadlineSecond book in Alcott's Little Women trilogyPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1871 Lot #249 Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on His Genius and Writing… View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDrake, NathanHeadlineEarly 19th c. Shakspeare scholarshipPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1817 Lot #250 WITHDRAWN - Fashionable Biography; or, Specimens of Public Characters: By a Connoisseur. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Du Bois, Edward, editor]HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Anonymous work of English social satirePublisherPrinted for S.A. and H. OddyDate Published1808 Lot #259 Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, Julia and Jacques PepinHeadlineSigned by Julia Child and Jacques PepinPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1999 Lot #261 An All-Western Conservation Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Food and Drink)AuthorAunt Prudence [pseud. of IInie Gage Chapel]HeadlineSigned by Mrs. Chapel, a.k.a. Aunt PrudencePublisher[Modern Printing & Pub. Co.]Date Published1917 Lot #268 The Traveling Bartenders Guide View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Food and Drink)AuthorCoverly, Gordon C.Headline1960's cocktail manual signed by the authorPublisherCoverly PublishingDate Published1968 Lot #291 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, mixed 1st & early editionsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1781-1788 Lot #298 A Round of the Links: Views of the Golf Greens of Scotland View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Golf)AuthorSmart, JohnHeadlineJohn Smart A Round of the Links Golf Scotland sgdPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published1893 Lot #302 Cakes and Ale View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJerrold, Douglas WilliamHeadlineTwo volumes of Victorian humor, 1842PublisherHow and ParsonsDate Published1842 Lot #319 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Music)AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineInscribed and signed by Cab CallowayPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 Lot #344 The Silverado Squatters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFirst American Edition of Silverado SquattersPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1884 Lot #347 The First World Flight: Being the personal narratives of Lowell Smith, Erik Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie Arnold, Henry Ogden, and John Harding. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThomas, LowellHeadlineThe First World Flight by Lowell ThomasPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1925 Lot #348 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineNicely bound copy of Punch, Brothers, Punch!PublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next