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Previous|1|Next Lot #87 Martin Magazine for young children / Ласточка Heading(Russia - Children's Literature)HeadlineRussian Emigré children's magazine "Martin"Date Published1942; 1932-34 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #102 The Newcomes Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)AuthorPendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.HeadlineFirst Edition in original partsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate PublishedOctober 1853-August 1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #103 The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and his Greatest Enemy AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineFirst Edition, in original partsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate PublishedNovember, 1848-December, 1850 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #127 Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America AuthorCassin, JohnHeadlineCassin's Birds, facsimile of 1856 first ed.PublisherPublished for The Summerlee Foundation of Dallas by the Texas State Historical AssociationDate Published1991 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #151 The Moral of Flowers, Illustrated by Coloured Engravings Heading(Flowers)HeadlineWith twenty-four hand-colored botanical platesPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & LongmanDate Published1835 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #155 Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux AuthorGrandville, [J.J.]HeadlineGrandville's anthropomorphic classicPublisherJ. Hetzel et Paulin, ÉditeursDate Published1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #157 Birds, Beasts and Flowers AuthorLawrence, D.HHeadlineDeluxe copy with extra suite of proofsPublisherThe Cresset PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #158 Études d'Animaux par M. Méheut sous la Direction de E. Grasset AuthorMéheut, MathurinHeadline28 plates from Méheut's Études d'AnimauxPublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #164 Lives of Game Animals. An Account of Those Land Animals in America, North of the Mexican Border, Which Are Considered "Game," Either Because They Have Held the Attention of Sportsmen, or Received the Protection of the Law AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineLives of Game Animals by Ernest Thompson SetonPublisherDoubleday, Page & Company & William HeinemannDate Published1925-1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #173 Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark Heading(Austen, John, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohn Austen's Hamlet in scarce jacketPublisherSelwyn & BlountDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #175 Pteryplegia: Or, the Art of Shooting-Flying. A Poem Heading(Ball, Robert, illustrator)AuthorMarkland, GeorgeHeadlineRobert Ball's original drawings for PteryplegiaPublisherThe Derrydale PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #177 Little Black Sambo AuthorBannerman, HelenHeadlineMoveable Little Black SamboPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #178 Little Black Sambo and Other Stories AuthorBannerman, HelenHeadlineLittle Black Sambo w/rare boxPublisherPlatt & MunkDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #179 The Story of Little Black Sambo: Animated Edition [Cover Title: The New Animated Little Black Sambo With Pictures That Actually Move AuthorBannerman, HelenHeadline"Moveable" Black Sambo w/jacketPublisherGarden CityDate Published1933 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #180 The Story of Little Black Sambo Author[Bannerman, Helen]HeadlineLittle Black Sambo with Baum intro.PublisherReilly & Britton Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #181 The Last Word from Paradise = Rakuen karano saigo no kotoba AuthorBeard, PeterHeadlinePeter Beard, Last Word from Paradise 1979PublisherShueishaDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #182 Bestiaire [with] Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique Heading(Bestiairies)AuthorToussaint, André; Alain LetortHeadlineTwo bestiary artists' booksPublisherl'Atelier du Livre; Yvon GayDate Published[1986]; [1973] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #192 Galerie de son Altesse Royale Madame la Duchesse de Berry - Tome 2 AuthorBonnemaison, FéréolHeadline59 early lithograph platesPublisher[J. Didot l'aîné]Date Published1822 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #196 The Selected Drawings of Clare Briggs AuthorBriggs, ClareHeadline2 vols. Clare Briggs drawings 1930PublisherWilliam H. WiseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #200 The first, second, and third Tours of Doctor Syntax Author[Combe, William]HeadlineTour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st & 3rd Eds.PublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of the ArtsDate Published1812-1821 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #202 The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert a Beckett, the Brothers Mayhew Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)HeadlineComplete, illustrated by George CruikshankPublisherJohn Camden Hotten; Chatto & WindusDate Published[1871, 1874] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #203 Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)AuthorInglis, H.D.HeadlineFirst edition, illust. by George CruikshankPublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #204 Home for the Holidays AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineFour colored etchings by CruikshankPublisher[S. Knights]; [Thomas McLean]Date Published[1826]; [1835] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #207 The Battle of Life: A Love Story AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith illustrations by Doyle, Leech, and othersPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published[1846] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #208 A Child's History of England AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Edition, complete in three volumesPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #209 A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineTauchnitz edition of Dickens' Christmas talesPublisherTauchnitzDate Published1843-47 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #210 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst edition in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #211 Pictures from Italy AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Edition, illustrated by Samuel PalmerPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published[1846] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #212 London: A Pilgrimage AuthorDoré, Gustave and Blanchard JerroldHeadlineWith Doré on the dark streets of LondonPublisherGrant & Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #213 The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson. Being the History of What They Saw, and Did, in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, & Italy AuthorDoyle, RichardHeadlineRichard Doyle lampoons the Grand TourPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #214 Stories from Hans Andersen Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineWith 16 color plates by Edmund DulacPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #219 Don Freeman's Newsstand AuthorFreeman, DonHeadlineWith Don Freeman in NYCPublisherAssociated American ArtistsDate Published1940-41 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #221 Pica Bactriana, Bonap. AuthorGould, John and H.D. RichterHeadlineHand-colored lithograph from Gould's Birds of AsiaDate Published[1850-1883] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #226 Fables of La Fontaine Heading(Grandville, J.J., illustrator)AuthorFontaine, Jean de laHeadlineProfusely illustrated by J.J. GrandvillePublisherElizur Wright; Tappan and DennetDate Published[1841] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #227 Un Autre Monde AuthorGrandville, [J.J.] and Taxile DelordHeadlineGrandville's surrealistic visionPublisherH. FournierDate Published1844 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #228 Les Metamorphoses du Jour par Grandville AuthorGrandville, [J.J.] et al.HeadlineWith 70 hand-colored plates by GrandvillePublisherGarnier FrèresDate Published[1869] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #229 Almanack for 1928 AuthorGreenaway, KateHeadlineGreenaway's Almanack for 1928PublisherFrederick Warne & Co.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #233 Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld Heading(Hirschfeld, Al, illustrator)AuthorSaroyan, WilliamHeadlineSigned by Hirschfeld, with 24 lithosPublisherHyperion PressDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #236 Denshin Kaishu Hokusai Manga AuthorHokusaiHeadlineHokusai Manga, 10 vols. early printingsDate Publishedc.1819-1834 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #241 Reynard the Fox after the German Version of Goethe Heading(Kaulbach, Wilhelm von)AuthorArnold, Thomas JamesHeadlineWilhelm von Kaulbach's Reynard the FoxPublisherTrübner & Co. / Theo StroefferDate Published1870 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #242 Bairei Gakan AuthorKōno BaireiHeadline6 vols. kacho-ga paintisgs by Kono BaireiPublisherUnsōdō PublishingDate Published1913 or later View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #243 A Birthday Book AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineBirthday book, Signed by Rockwell KentPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #247 Macao & Cosmage Heading(Legrand, Edy, illustrator)AuthorLegrand, EdyHeadlinePochoir by Jean SaudéPublisherNouvelle Editions de la FrançaiseDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #253 Illustration: Portfolio No. 1 Illustrating "When the Gods Slept" by Lord Dunsany Heading(Lord Dunsany)HeadlineIllustrating Dunsany's When the Gods SleptPublisherThe Arthur Wesley Dow AssociationDate Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #257 Nature Children: A Flower Book for Little Folks Heading(March, Eleanor S., illustrator)AuthorFaulding, Gertrude M.HeadlineChildren & flowers intertwinedPublisherHenry Frowde, Oxford University PressDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #258 Soignez la Gloire de votre Firme et l'excellence de vos Marchandises... Heading(Martin, Charles, illustrator)AuthorCocteau, JeanHeadline11 pochoir plates by Charles MartinPublisher[Drager Frères]Date Published[1925] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #265 The Golden Mother Goose ABC Heading(Mother Goose)HeadlineChromolithographed abcedariumPublisherPeter G. ThompsonDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #267 Snow White Heading(Moveable Books)AuthorWehr, Julian, animatorHeadlineSnow White moveable bookPublisherDuenewald Printing Co.Date Published[1949] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #270 The Story of Little Black Sambo [&] The Story of Peter Rabbit - Turnover Book Heading(Neill, John R., illustrator)HeadlineLittle Black Sambo Turnover BookPublisherThe Reilly & Britton Co.Date Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #271 Five works illustrated by Frank C. Papé Heading(Papé, Frank C., illustrator)HeadlineFive works illustrated by Frank C. PapéDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #273 Punchinello. Volume One. From April to October, 1870 Heading(Punchinello)HeadlineAmerican analogue to PunchPublisherPunchinello Publishing CompanyDate Published1870 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #274 Aesop's Fables Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineAesop, with 13 color plates by Arthur RackhamPublisherWilliam Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #275 Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineSiegfried & The Twilight of the Gods Rackham IlluPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #278 The Pleasures of Memory with Other Poems AuthorRogers, SamuelHeadlineRogers' poetry, illustrated by T. StothardPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #289 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe Rubaiyat illus.+bindingPublisherEngraved & Printed by André & Sleigh Ltd.Date Publishedc.1911 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #291 Typed letter signed by Charles Schulz with offset printing plate AuthorSchulz, CharlesHeadlineLetter signed by Charles Schulz with offset printing plateDate Published1965 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #292 Mother Goose and her Missionary Family AuthorScott, O.W.HeadlineMother Goose and Her Missionary Family, 1928PublisherWoman's Foreign Missionary SocietyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #293 The Practical Grocer AuthorSimmonds, W.H.HeadlineFour volume turn of the century grocer guidePublisherThe Gresham Publishing CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #296 Two works illustrated by Theophile Steinlen Heading(Steinlen, Theophile, illustrator)HeadlineTwo works illustrated by Theophile SteinlenPublisherAristide Bruant; Sevin et ReyDate Published[1889]; 1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #297 Works of Jane Austen Heading(Thomson, Hugh)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineWorks of Jane Austen universally boundPublisherMacmillan and Company, LimitedDate Published1908-1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #299 Novelties in Fine Woolens: Fall and Winter 1919-20 (cover title) Heading(Trade catalog)HeadlineIllustrated clothing catalog w/ fabric samplesPublisherHuntington TailoringDate Published1919 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #301 Centennial Portfolio: A Souvenir of the International Exhibition at Philadelphia, Comprising Lithographic Views of Fifty of its Principal Buildings, with Letter-Press Descriptions AuthorWestcott, ThompsonHeadlineLithos of Philadelphia Centennial expo 1876PublisherThomas Hunter, PublisherDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next