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Previous|1|Next Lot #63 Historie of the Life and Death of Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange, Knight View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Updike, D.B. - Merrymount Press)AuthorMurdoch, HaroldHeadlineLife of Sir William Kirkaldy printed by UpdikePublisher[Merrymount Press for] The Club of Odd VolumesDate Published1906 Lot #66 Trailing the Pioneers [with] West from Fort Bridger View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Utah State University Press)AuthorDelafosse, Peter H. et al, editors.HeadlineUtah Pioneer stories, signed by contributorsPublisherUtah State University PressDate Published1994 Lot #87 La Comédie Humaine View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineBalzac's Human Comedy, 40 vols.PublisherJ.M. Dent and Co.Date Published1895-1898 Lot #88 The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorLe Sage, [Alain Rene]HeadlineBound by Bayntun with hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for J. Mawman; Baldwin, Cradock and JoyDate Published1819 Lot #89 Charles II View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bickers & Son)AuthorAiry, OsmundHeadlineCharles II by Airy, bound by BickersPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.; William BrownDate Published1901 Lot #90 Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadline1757 Boccaccio finely bound with engraved platesPublisher[Prault]Date Published1757-[1761] Lot #91 The Military Souvenir: A Portrait Gallery of Our Military and Naval Heroes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBramhall, Frank J.HeadlineWith 75 steel-engraved Civil War portraitsPublisherJ.C. ButtreDate Published[1863] Lot #92 The Works of George Borrow View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bumpus)AuthorBorrow, George HenryHeadlineBeautifully bound by BumpusPublisherConstable & Co. Ltd.; Gabriel WellsDate Published1923-1924 Lot #93 The Works of Walter Pater View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bumpus)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineComplete set, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1900-1901 Lot #94 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bumpus)HeadlineTennyson's Works, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #96 Marlborough: His Life and Times View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Life of Marlborough Finely BoundPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933-38] Lot #97 Beaux & Belles of England: Nell Gwyn View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCunningham, Peter, editorHeadlineNell Gwyn, Royal Mistress, handsomely boundPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Publishedn.d. Lot #98 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 Lot #99 Ten Works of George Eliot View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineTen works by George Eliot, bound by RatchardsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedUndated Lot #100 The Arabian Nights View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for William MillerDate Published1802 Lot #101 The Republican Court or American Society in the Days of Washington. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGriswold, Rufus WilmotHeadlineEarly Women of the American EstablishmentPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1856] Lot #102 James I. and VI. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHenderson, T.F.HeadlineSumptuous biography of King James I & VIPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.Date Published1901 Lot #103 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineIliad and Odyssey of Homer, finely boundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 Lot #104 The Complete Opera Book View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKobbé, GustaveHeadlineNicely bound illustrated Opera historyPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1937] Lot #105 The Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorLandon, Letitia ElizabethHeadlineThe Poems of Letitia Landon, nicely boundPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & GreenDate Published1864 Lot #106 Books and Bookmen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlineLang's Bookmen finely bound LP copyPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1886 Lot #107 Calendario de las Señoritas Megicanas para el Año 1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico – Gift Book Almanac)AuthorGalvan Rivera, Mariano, editorHeadlineRare Mexican gift book in fine bindingDate Published1837-1838 Lot #108 Select Views in Great Britain. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorMiddiman, Samuel, engraverHeadlineWith 53 engraved views of Great BritainPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published[1830] Lot #109 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineAnnabel Edition of Poe's Works, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 Lot #110 The Works of Alexander Pope; With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem, by the Rev. G. Croly, LL.D. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineThe Works of Alexander Pope, nicely boundPublisherA.J. ValpyDate Published1835 Lot #111 The Works of William H. Prescott View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #112 The Living Female Writers of the South. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Raymond, Ida, editor]HeadlineFemale Writers of the American SouthPublisherClaxton, Remsen & HaffelfingerDate Published1872 Lot #113 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, bound by RivierePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1831] Lot #114 Charles I View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Riviere)AuthorSkelton, Sir JohnHeadlineCharles I by Skelton, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1898 Lot #115 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Root & Son)AuthorÀ Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadline3 Root & Son fine bindingsPublisherThe Punch Office/Bradbury and EvansDate Published1847-1848 Lot #116 The Hesperides & Noble Numbers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Root & Son)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Herrick, bound by Root & SonPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1891 Lot #117 The Life of William Ewart Gladstone View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Samford, P.B.)AuthorMorley, JohnHeadlineIllustrated, nicely bound by P.B. SamfordPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1903 Lot #118 Madeleine: A Story of French Love View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSandeau, JulesHeadlineMadeleine by Sandeau, bound by RingerPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1891 Lot #119 Ladies Fair and Frail:Sketches of the Demi-Monde During the Eighteenth Century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorBleackley, HoraceHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn Lane CompanyDate Published1909 Lot #120 The Perfect Courtier Baldassare Castiglione His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorCartwright, JuliaHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1927 Lot #122 The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Percy Bysshe Shelley, nicely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1888 Lot #123 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] Lot #124 The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineNicely bound biography of MichelangeloPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published[1893] Lot #125 The Life and Letters of John Hay View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThayer, William RoscoeHeadlineThayer's biographical work, nicely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1916] Lot #126 The Writings of Mark Twain [with] Autograph letter, signed by Samuel Clemens View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain signed letter w/ 25 vol. deluxe set of TwainPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1899 Lot #127 The Works of Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] Lot #128 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous engravings of French architecturePublisherFisher, Son & Co.; The Caxton Press; H. MandevilleDate Published[c. 1845] Lot #129 The Art of Breguet View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDaniels, GeorgeHeadlineExquisite Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherSotheby Parke BernetDate Published1975 Lot #130 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorIngoldsby, ThomasHeadlineIllustrated by Rackham, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 Lot #131 Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineAcross the Plains, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1887; 1892 Lot #132 Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw, Lady of Honor to Catherine II. Empress of all the Russias: Written by Herself: Comprising Letters of the Empress, and Other Correspondence. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorVorontsova-Dashkova, Yekaterina RomanovnaHeadlineHandsomely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 Lot #190 The Liturgy of Funerary Offerings: The Egyptian Texts with English Translations View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineEgyptian Funerary Offerings, English trans.PublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd.Date Published1909 Lot #196 Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq., late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with other pieces on various subjects View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl ofHeadlineStanhope's copy of Chesterfield's LettersPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published[1774] Lot #230 The Debates, Resolutions, and other Proceedings, in Convention, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution...on the 17th of September, 1787. Together with...Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yate's Minutes, Congressional Opinions,... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorElliot, Jonathan, editorHeadlineElliot's Debates of the 1787 ConventionPublisherPrinted by and for the EditorDate Published1836 Lot #231 Essays View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFirst edition of Emerson's Essays, 1841PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 Lot #234 Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii Historiis Externis Libri XXXXIIII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Estienne, Robert - Printer)AuthorJustinus, Marcus Junianus and Pompeius TrogusHeadline1543 Estienne ed. of Pompeius TrogusPublisherEx Officina Rob. Stephani typographi regijDate Published1543 Lot #249 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, new ed. 1820PublisherT. Cadell & W. Davies, et al.Date Published1820 Lot #255 Le Pitture Antiche d'Ercolano e Contorni Incise con Qualche Spiegazione [with] Catalogo degli Antichi Monumenti... di Ercolano View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Herculaneum)HeadlineThe paintings of HerculaneumPublisherNella Regia StamperiaDate Published1765 Lot #259 Facsimiles of Choice Examples Selected from Illumination Manuscripts, Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books of Early Date View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineQuaritch's facsimiles of illumination, pts. III & V-XPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890-1891 Lot #264 The Letters of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Johnson, Samuel)AuthorRedford, Bruce, editorHeadlineHyde Edition of the Letters of Samuel JohnsonPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published[1992-1994] Lot #266 The Grammar of Ornament: Illustrated by Examples from Various Styles of Ornament View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJones, OwenHeadlineOwen Jones Grammar of Ornament First EditionPublisherDay and SonDate Published[1856] Lot #272 Prince Charles Edward View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Lang history of Prince Charles EdwardPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #304 Henry VIII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPollard, A.F.HeadlinePollard's Henry VIII limited editionPublisherGoupil & Co. / Scribner'sDate Published1902 Lot #305 The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the United States. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorPoore, Ben Perley, compilerHeadlineU.S. Federal and State Constitutions to 1878PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 Lot #315 A State of the Evidence in the Cause between His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, and Others, Pursuers, and Archibald Douglas, of Douglas, Esquire, Defender. With Remarks View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRichardson, RobertHeadlineInfluential Scottish land inheritance case 1769PublisherPrinted and sold by C. Bathurst, and Kincaid and Bell, EdinburghDate Published1769 Lot #321 Historiarum de occidentali imperio Libri XX. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorSigonio, CarloHeadline1578 1st Ed Sigonio's History of Roman EmpirePublisherSocietatem Typographiae BononiensisDate Published1578 Lot #322 Continuum View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, Clarice MartinHeadlineClarice Smith, artist, in marbled leather bindingPublisherNational Museum of Women in the ArtsDate Published1989 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next