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View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorBaker, RichardHeadlineBaker's Chronicle of the Kings of England 1674PublisherGeorge SawbridgeDate Published1674 Lot #23 Dictionary of American Biography View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Biography)Author**HeadlineDictionary of American Biography 21 volsPublisherScribner'sDate Published1928-1937 Lot #29 Ten volumes published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)Author**Headline10 Vols Published by the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #36 Tippu Tip: Lebensbild Eines Zentralafrikanischen Despoten View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorBrode, Dr. HeinrichHeadlineTippu Tip by Dr. Heinrich 1905PublisherWilhelm BaenschDate Published1905 Lot #37 Memoir of Robert Blincoe, An Orphan Boy; Sent from the Workhouse of St. Pancras, London, at Seven Years of Age, to Endure the Horrors of a Cotton-Mill, Through His Infancy and Youth, With a Minute Detail of His Sufferings, Being the First Memoir of the Kind Published View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBrown, JohnHeadlineRare Memoir of a Child's Life in a Cotton MillPublisherJ. DohertyDate Published1832 Lot #41 A Relation of the Barbarous and Bloody Massacre of about an hundred thousand Protestants, begun at Paris, and carried on over all France by the Papists, in the Year 1572 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Author[Burnet, Gilbert]HeadlineBarbarous & Bloody Massacre of Protestants 1678PublisherRichard ChiswelDate Published1678 Lot #57 An Inquiry into the Causes and Modes of the Wealth of Individuals; Or the Principles of Trade and Speculation Explained View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCorbet, ThomasHeadlineCorbet on the Wealth of Individuals 1841PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1841 Lot #68 The Logic of Political Economy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDe Quincey, ThomasHeadlineDe Quincey's The Logic of Political EconomyPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1844 Lot #90 La Dauphine, Marie-Antoinette View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorNolhac, Pierre deHeadlineLa Dauphine, Marie-Antoinette 1 of 75 copiesPublisherBoussod, Valadon et CieDate Published[1896] Lot #95 Life of Napoleon Bonaparte View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSloane, William MilliganHeadlineLife of Napoleon BonapartePublisherCentury Co.Date Published1906 Lot #103 Seventy-Nine volumes from the Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Franklin Library)Author**Headline79 Franklin Library Leather Bound BooksPublisherFranklin LibraryDate Published1970s Lot #118 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePublisherPrinted by J.F. Dove for W. Baynes, et alDate Published1823 Lot #119 Miscellaneous Writings of Henry Eighth View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorHenry the EighthHeadlineMiscellaneous Writings of Henry EighthPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1924 Lot #139 Modus tenendi Parliamentum: Or, The Old Manner of holding Parliaments in England [bound with] S[cobell], H[enry]. Memorials of the Method and Manner of Proceedings in Parliament in Passing Bills... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorHakewel, W[illiam]Headline2 Wing books on English Parliamentary ProceduresPublisherAbel RoperDate Published1671 [and] 1670 Lot #145 Queen Victoria View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Richard R.HeadlineQueen Victoria by Holmes 1897PublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1897 Lot #148 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist [Quadrille; Piquet; Back-Gammon] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHoyle, EdmondHeadlineEarly Edition of Hoyle's GamesPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1750 Lot #149 Praelectionum Juris Civilis View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorHuber, UlrikHeadlinePraelectionum Juris Civilis by Huber 1735PublisherJo. Friderici Gleditschii B. FiliiDate Published1735 Lot #151 Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions & Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras! View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, Alexander deHeadlineHumboldt's Researches 1814PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, et alDate Published1814 Lot #154 Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated manuscript leaf on vellumDate Published15th century Lot #156 Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, During the Years 1813 and 1814 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJames, J[ohn] T[homas]HeadlineTour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland 1813-14PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1816 Lot #175 Hieroglyphica, Sive Antiqua Schemata Gemmarum Anularium, Quaesita Moralia, Politica, Historica, Medica, Philosophica & Sublimiora View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLicetus, FortuniusHeadlineLicetus Hieroglyphica 1653PublisherSebastiano SardiDate Published1653 Lot #181 State-Worthies. Or, the States-Men and Favourites of England since the Reformation, their prudence and policies, successes and miscarriages, advancements and falls; during the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles I View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Lloyd, David]HeadlineStates-men and favourites of England 1670PublisherPrinted by Thomas Milbourn for Samuel SpeedDate Published1670 Lot #182 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility, and the public collections of the country. With biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLodge, EdmundHeadlineFolio Edition of Lodge's PortraitsPublisherHarding and LepardDate Published1821-34 Lot #183 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineThe Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel 1720PublisherPrinted by T.W. for A. Churchill, et alDate Published1720 Lot #187 A Dissertation on the Oriental Trinities: Extracted from the Fourth and Fifth Volumes of Indian Antiquities View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Author[Maurice, Thomas]HeadlineDissertation on the Oriental Trinities 1800PublisherH.L. GalabinDate Published1800 Lot #205 The Century Library of Music View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Music)AuthorPaderewski, Ignace Jan, editorHeadlineThe Century Library of MusicPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1912 Lot #212 Illustrated Historical Register of the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, and of the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorNorton, Frank H.HeadlineCentennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 etcPublisherAmerican News CompanyDate Published[1879] Lot #215 Large archive of photographs and negatives from Al William's Papagayo Room at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Papagayo Room)Author**HeadlinePapagayo Room Photo ArchiveDate Published1950s Lot #219 Florus Biblicus sive Narrationes ex Historia Sacra Testamenti Veteris Selectae et Doctrina Morali View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPexenfelder, MichaeleHeadlineMichaele Pexenfelder Florus Biblicus 1672PublisherJoannis Chrysostomi HaanDate Published1672 Lot #232 Ten volumes on the trials of those involved (or believed to have been involved) in the Popish Plot View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Popish Plot - The Calvin P. Otto Collection)Author**HeadlineTrials of the Popish Plot participantsPublisherVarious placesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #234 Quintilian's Institutes of the Orator View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorQuintilian, Marcus FabiusHeadlineQuintilian's Institutes of the Orator 1774PublisherB. Law and J. WilkieDate Published1774 Lot #239 An Historical Disquisition Concerning The Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope... View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineRobertson's India 1791PublisherE. & E. HosfordDate Published1822 Lot #243 Will Rogers: His Wife's Story View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorRogers, BettyHeadlineWill Rogers: His Wife's Story signedPublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published[1941] Lot #247 Views of Cities and Scenery in Italy, France and Switzerland View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRoscoe, ThomasHeadlineScenery in Italy, France and SwitzerlandPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[1830s] Lot #248 The Topography and History of Beth-Shan with details of the Egyptian and other inscriptions found on the site View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorRowe, AlanHeadlineThe Topography and History of Beth-ShanPublisherUniversity of PennsylvaniaDate Published1930 Lot #249 Historical Collections. Of Private Passages of State. Weighty Matters in Law. Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments. Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618. And ending the Fifth Year of King Charles, Anno 1629. Digested in Order of Time, And now Published View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRushworth, JohnHeadlineHistorical Collections King James & Charles 1659PublisherGeorge ThomasonDate Published1659 Lot #258 The Gallery of Contemporary Art: An Illustrated Review of the Recent Art Productions of all Nations. First and Second Series. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorSilvestre, Armand, et alHeadlineThe Gallery of Contemporary Art 1885-86PublisherGebbie & Co.Date Published1885-86 Lot #267 In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorStanley, Henry M[orton]HeadlineStanley's In Darkes AfricaPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1891 Lot #274 The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave; Containing his History of 25 Years in Bondage, and his Providential Escape View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorThompson, JohnHeadlineLife of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave 1856PublisherJohn ThompsonDate Published1856 Lot #279 [Historiae Romanae] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorVelleius Paterculus, CaiusHeadlineHistoriae Romanae by Paterculus 1639PublisherOfficina ElzevierianaDate Published1639 Lot #291 The history of Great Britain, being the life and reign of King James the First, relating to what passed from his first access to the crown, till his death View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWilson, ArthurHeadlineLife of King James I, 1653PublisherRichard LowndsDate Published1653 Lot #292 England's Worthies. Select Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of the English Nation from Constantine the Great, Down to These Times View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorWinstanley, Will[iam]HeadlineEngland's Worthies 1684 EditionPublisherPrinted by J.C. and F.C. for Obadiah BlagraveDate Published1684 Lot #293 Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops Who have had their Education in the most ancient and famous University of Oxford, From...1500, to...1690 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Author[Wood, Anthony]Headlinehistory of writers from Oxford 1691PublisherTho. BennetDate Published1691 Lot #294 Lidice: Cin Krvaveho Teroru a Poruseni Zakonu i Zakladnich Lidskych Prav View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(World War II)Author**HeadlineLidice 1945 + Killing of Reinhard HeydrichPublisherMinisterstvo VnitraDate Published1945 Lot #315 WITHDRAWNBiographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life and Opinions View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorColeridge, S.T.HeadlineBiographia Literaria by ST Coleridge 1817PublisherKir and MerceinDate Published1817 Lot #364 WITHDRAWN Three "Zane Grey Famous Western Picture Puzzles" View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineThree "Zane Grey Famous Western Picture Puzzles"PublisherWhitman Publishing Co.Date PublishedMid 20th-century Lot #366 McCall's Magazine advertising tray with Zane Grey title View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Grey, Zane)Author**HeadlineMcCall's Magazine advertising tray with Zane GreyDate Published1931 Lot #371 The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFifth Column and the First FortyNine Stories 1938PublisherScribner'sDate Published1938 Lot #415 Pages From Tarusa [in Russian] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Russian Literature)Author**HeadlinePages From Tarusa [in Russian]Date Published1961 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next