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Previous|12|Next 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 #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 #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ThomasHeadlineIllustrated by Rackham, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 Lot #138 WITHDRAWN - No. V-109: The Biography of a Printing Press View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bromer, Anne & David)AuthorMorris, HenryHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Henry Morris No. V-109 Bird & Bull ChecklistPublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1978 Lot #141 Four From Only in America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(D'Ambrosio Studio)AuthorGolden, HarryHeadlineHarry Golden Only in America Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published1995 Lot #158 Fifteen miniature books from the Press of Ward Schori View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Press of Ward Schori)Headline15 miniature books from Ward SchoriPublisherPress of Ward Schori Lot #167 Pomponius Mela. Julius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer de situ orbis Priscano Interprete View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Aldine Press)HeadlineAldine compilation on geography, 1518PublisherIn aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceriDate Published1518 Lot #169 ,WITHDRAWN - Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Austen, John, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Hamlet, illustrated by John AustenPublisherSelwyn & BlountDate Published[1922] Lot #175 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Beaman, S.G. Hulme, illustrator)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineBeaman's classic, scarce in jacket and slipcasePublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published[1930] Lot #176 Leonora View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Beauclerc, Diana, illustrator)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 Lot #186 An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection From the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bransom, Paul, illustrator)AuthorCooper, Frederic Taber, editorHeadlineSigned large paper edition, in jacket & boxPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1921] Lot #188 Black and White View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseHeadlineFirst Edition from author of Goodnight MoonPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1944 Lot #194 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis TranslationPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 Lot #200 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 #209 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 Lot #213 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #231 Essays View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFirst edition of Emerson's Essays, 1841PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 Lot #232 La Céramique Moderne par Le Grand Dépot. Porcelaines, Faiences & Cristaux View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEnalt, LouisHeadlineWith chromolithographs by Charles VerneauDate Published1890 Lot #243 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English LandscapePublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published[1863] Lot #245 The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Frost, A.B., illustrator)AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus' Tar-Baby, First EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #246 Millions of Cats View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGa'g, WandaHeadlineLimited edition signed by Wanda Ga'gPublisherCoward McCannDate Published1928 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 #252 Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the Late John Kay, Miniature Painter, Edinburgh; with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Golf)AuthorKay, JohnHeadlineWith the famed “Cock of the Green” etchingPublisherHugh PatonDate Published1837-38 Lot #253 The Walt Disney Story of Our Friend The Atom View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHaber, HeinzHeadlineWalt Disney's Our Friend, The AtomPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1956 Lot #256 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$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 73 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] Lot #262 Illustrations For Genji Monogatari in 54 Wood-Cut Prints View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)AuthorMurasaki ShikibuHeadline54 full-color woodcuts for The Tale of GenjiPublisher[Nagai Times]Date Published1957 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 #267 The Works of Ben. Jonson. In Seven Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected; with Notes Critical and Explanatory View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJonson, BenjaminHeadlineBen Jonson Works, First Whalley editionPublisherPrinted for D. Midwinter; W. Innys and J. Richardson; J. Knapton; et al.Date Published1756 Lot #274 Das Deutsche Bilderbuch No 2. Marienkind View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLefler, Heinrich and Josef UrbanHeadlineWith 8 chromolithographs by Lefler and UrbanPublisherJos. ScholzDate Published[c. 1904] Lot #285 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery Lane...Date Published1688 Lot #293 East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineIn the scarce original jacketPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1922] 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 #313 Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorLatimore, Sarah Briggs & Grace Clark HaskellHeadlineArthur Rackham: A Bibliography Limited EditionPublisherSuttonhouseDate Published1936 Lot #323 Trattato di Anatomia Pittorica View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSquanquerillo, ConstantinoHeadlineWith 62 full-page anatomical platesPublisherTipografia Delle Belle ArtiDate Published1841 Lot #324 Domestic Architecture. A Series of Views of Cottages and Farm Houses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Stevens, Francis, etcher)HeadlineWith 53 plates of Architectural viewsPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c. 1850] Lot #327 Under the Microscope View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne's Pre-Raphaelite poetry manifestoPublisherD. WhiteDate Published1872 Lot #332 Haunted London View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorThornbury, WalterHeadlineThornbury's Haunted London, extra illustratedPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 Lot #335 The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition, in original dust jacketPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1919 Lot #337 Three First editions of 1960s adaptations for Warren Chappell's music series View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike's adaptations of operas for childrenPublisherKnopfDate Published1962-1969 Lot #341 Ultimo, an imaginative narration of life under the earth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorVassos, John and RuthHeadlineVassos' Ultimo in original jacketPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1930 Lot #344 Collection of vodka labels from California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Vodka labels)HeadlineApprox. 175 lithographed Vodka labelsDate Published20th century Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next