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View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineBaskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1761 Lot #2 The Tragedies of Aeschylus in Greek View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorAeschylusHeadlineFoulis Press Aeschylus 1795, one of 63 copiesPublisherAndreas FoulisDate Published1795 Lot #3 Seventeen reports from the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Aviation)Headline17 NACA reports and photograph, 1920-22ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisherNational Advisory Committee on AeronauticsDate Published1920-1922 Lot #4 Cabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government: In Letters of Illustrious Persons and Great Ministers of State as well Forreign as Domestick... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Author[Bacon, Francis, et al.]HeadlineCabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra 1663PublisherG. Bedell and T. CollinsDate Published1663 Lot #5 Memoirs of Sir John Berkley, Containing An Account of His Negotiation with Lieut. General Cromwel, Commissary General Ireton..., and Other Officers of the Army, for Restoring King Charles the First to the Exercise of the Government of England View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBerkley, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of Sir John BerkleyPublisherJ. DarbyDate Published1702 Lot #6 Two volumes of the 1931 Braille Bible View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineJohn, Acts, & Romans in Braille, 1931 Am. Bible SocietyPublisherAmerican Bible SocietyDate Published1931 Lot #7 The Holy Bible: Complete Hebrew Text Embossed in Twenty Volumes... Published in The International Hebrew Braille Code View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Hebrew)HeadlineFirst Braille Hebrew Bible, 20 vols.PublisherThe Jewish Braille Institute of AmericaDate Published1946-1956 Lot #8 Letter from Sevi Bigelow on debts and horses View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBigelow, SeviHeadlineLetter from Sevi Biegelow on debt & horsesDate PublishedApril 8, 1811 Lot #9 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, First Edition, early issuePublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 Lot #10 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,562.50StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 Lot #11 The Works of our Ancient, Learned & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFinal blackletter Chaucer ed., 1687Publishern.p.Date Published1687 Lot #12 Eightieth Birthday Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)PublisherThe Heritage CollectionDate Published[1955] Lot #13 The Whole Workes of Samuel Daniel Esquire in Poetrie View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDaniel, SamuelHeadlineWhole Workes Samuel Daniel 1623 later issue(?)PublisherPrinted by Nicholas OkesDate Published1623 Lot #14 Mere Nature Delineated: Or, A Body without a Soul. Being Observations upon the Young Forester... Also, a Brief Dissertation upon the Usefulness and Necessity of Fools, Whether Political or Natural View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineAnonymous political tract by Daniel Defoe 1726PublisherPrinted for T. WarnerDate Published1726 Lot #15 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Countries of England and in Scotland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineWith Rev. Dibdin on his bibliographical tour of ScotlandPublisherPrinted for the Author by C. RichardsDate Published1838 Lot #16 The Considerations of Drexelius Upon Eternitie View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDrexel, JeremiasHeadlineDrexelius Upon Eternitie 1636 w/ 8 engravingsPublisherPrinted by the Printers to the UniversitieDate Published1636 Lot #17 Absalom and Achitophel [with] The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel [with] Absalom Senior: Or, Achitophel Transpros'd View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDryden, John, Nahum Tate and Elkanah SettleHeadlineDryden's biting satire, Absalom w/ responsesDate Published1681-1682 Lot #18 All For Love: or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal; and Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's All for Love 1st ed. 1678PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 Lot #19 Three works by John Dryden [with] one attack upon him View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadline3 by John Dryden with anon attack on himDate Published1683-1695 Lot #20 The Virtuous Wife; or, Good Luck at Last. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theater View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDurfey, ThomasHeadlineDurfey Virtuous Wife 1680PublisherPrinted by T.N. for R. Bentley, and M. MagnesDate Published1684 [i.e. 1680] Lot #21 The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDwight, TimothyHeadlineTriumph of Infidelity, London 1791PublisherPrinted for J. MathewsDate Published1791 Lot #22 An Argument of Law Concerning the Bill of Attainder of High-Treason of Thomas Earle of Strafford View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(England - Civil War)HeadlineOn Thomas Earl of Strafford Bill of AttainderPublisherPrinted by G.M. for John BartletDate Published1641 Lot #23 Eight seventeenth-century English pamphlets used as inspiration at Daniel Berkeley Updike's Merrymount Press View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(England - Civil War)Headline8 English pamphlets owned by D.B. UpdikeDate Published1641-1657 Lot #24 His Majesties Declaration: To All His Loving Subjects, of the Causes which Moved Him to Dissolve the Last Parliament View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(England - Civil War)HeadlineCharles I defends dissolving Parliament 1640PublisherPrinted by Robert Barker... and by the Assignes of John BillDate Published1640 Lot #25 Clarendon and Whitlock Compar'd. To which is occasionally added, A comparison between the History of the Rebellion, and other Histories of the Civil War... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(England - Civil War)Author[Oldmixon, John]HeadlineJohn Oldmixon's response to Dr. Zachary GreyPublisherPrinted for J. PembertonDate Published1727 Lot #26 Revolution Politicks: Being a Compleat Collection of all the Reports, Lyes, and Stories, which were the Fore-runners of the Great Revolution in 1688 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(England - Glorious Revolution)HeadlineRevolution Politicks, 1733, on Glorious RevolutionDate Published1733 Lot #27 Ten titles relating to the Glorious Revolution View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(England - Glorious Revolution)Headline10 pamphlets touching the Glorious RevolutionDate Published1680-1689 Lot #28 Observations both Historical and Moral upon the Burning of London, September 1666 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(England - Great Fire of London)HeadlineEarly title on 1666 Great Fire of LondonPublisherPrinted by Thomas RatcliffeDate Published1667 Lot #29 Four English Indentures View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(England - Indentures)HeadlineFour English indentures, c.1600-1750Date Publishedc.1600-1750 Lot #30 A Compleat Parson [with] Star-Chamber Cases View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(England - Law)AuthorDoddridge, John and Richard CromptonHeadline2 English legal texts, 1630 Doddridge & CromptonDate Published1630 Lot #31 A Tory Plot: Or the Discovery of a Design Carried on by our Late Addressers and Abhorrers, to Alter the Constitution of the Government and to Betray the Protestant Religion [with] The Tory Plot: The Second Part View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(England - Popish Plot)AuthorMisopappas, Philanax [pseud. of Charles Blount]HeadlineThe Tory Plot, Misopappas 1682, 2 partsPublisherRichard JanewayDate Published1682 Lot #32 Seven titles on the Popish Plot View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(England - Popish Plot)HeadlineSeven early Popish Plot documentsDate Published1678-1681 Lot #33 Twelve seventeenth century English sermons and theological tracts View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(England - Religion)Headline12 English sermons & tracts c.1650-90Date Publishedc.1650-1690 Lot #34 Observations Upon a Late Libel, Called A Letter from a Person of Quality to His Friend, Concerning the Kings Declaration, &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(England - Restoration)AuthorHalifax, George Saville, First Marquess ofHeadlineRestoration political tract on Parliament, 1681PublisherPrinted for C.M.Date Published1681 Lot #35 Four works of seventeenth-century English theater View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(England - Theater)HeadlineFour pieces of 17th century English theaterDate Published1679-1691 Lot #36 The Answre of the Vicechancelour, The Doctors, both of the Proctors, and other the Heads of Houses in the Universitie of Oxford View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(England)HeadlineOxford Answere of the Vicechancelour 1603PublisherPrinted by Joseph Barnes, and are to by sold... by James WatersonDate Published1603 Lot #37 A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(England)AuthorCarleton, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Carleton on God's Mercy, 1627PublisherPrinted by M. Flesher for Robert Mylbourne and Humphrey RobinsonDate Published1627 Lot #38 Five contemporary books on 17th century English history View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(England)Headline5 period books on 17th c. English historyDate Published1679-1698 Lot #39 His Majesties Speach in the Starre-Chamber, The xx. of June. Anno 1616 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(England)AuthorJames I, King of EnglandHeadlineKing's speech Star-Chamber 20 June 1616PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1616 Lot #40 Witt against Wisdom. Or a Panegyrick upon Folly View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorErasmus [Desiderius]HeadlineWitt against Wisdom by Erasmus, 1683PublisherPrinted by L. Lichfield for Anthony StephensDate Published1683 Lot #41 The Man of Mode, or Sr Fopling Flutter. A Comedy. Acted at the Duke's Theatre View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorEtherege, GeorgeHeadlineEtherege, Sir Fopling Flutter 1676 1st ed.PublisherPrinted by J. Macock, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1676 Lot #42 Ethiopian manuscript scroll View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Ethiopia)HeadlineEthopian manuscript scroll w/ illustrationsDate PublishedEarly twentieth century Lot #43 Publick Employment and an Active Live with all its Appanages, Such as Fame, Command, Riches, Conversation, &c. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineEvelyn's Publick Employment 1st & 2nd issuesPublisherPrinted by J.M. for H. HerringmanDate Published1667 Lot #44 Ex Otio Negotium: Or, Martiall His Epigrams Translated. With Sundery Poems and Fancies... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFletcher, R., translatorHeadlineFletcher's translation of Martial, 1656PublisherPrinted by T. Mabb, for William ShearsDate Published1656 Lot #45 Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, with Extracts from Her Journals and Letters View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFry, ElizabethHeadlineMemoirs of Elizabeth Fry, 1847PublisherCharles GilpinDate Published1847 Lot #46 The Post-Boy robb'd of his mail or, The Pacquet Broke Open. Consisting of letters of love and gallantry, and all miscellaneous subjects: In which are Discover'd The Vertues, Vices, Follies, Humours and Intrigues of Mankind. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Gildon, Charles]HeadlineCharles Gildon's Post-boy Robb'd, 1706PublisherPrinted by B. Mills for John SprintDate Published1706 Lot #47 Essays on Several Important Subjects in Philosophy and Religion View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorGlanvill, JosephHeadlineGlanvill's Essays 1676, on witchcraft et al.PublisherPrinted by J.D. for John Barker... and Henry MortlockDate Published1676 Lot #48 The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq; Extracted Principally From His Original Papers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Goldsmith, Oliver]HeadlineBio of celebrated 18th-century fashion iconPublisherPrinted for J. NewberyDate Published[1762] Lot #49 Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes of the Right Honorable Fulke Lord Brooke, Written in his Youth, and Familiar Exercise with Sir Philip Sidney View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGreville, Fulke, Baron BrookeHeadlineSir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633PublisherPrinted by E.P. for Henry SeyleDate Published1633 Lot #50 Il Pastor Fido, The Faithfull Shepheard. With an Addition of divers other Poems Concluding with a short Discourse of the long Civill Warres of Rome. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Guarini, Giovanni Baptista]HeadlineGiovanni Guarini's The Faithful Shepard, 1648PublisherPrinted for Humphrey MoseleyDate Published1648 Lot #51 Archive of Christian Hadenfeldt View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorHadenfeldt, ChristianHeadlineArchive of German artist Christian HadenfeldtProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1821-1971 Lot #52 The Auncient Ecclesiastical Histories of the First Six Hundred Years After Christ View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHanmer, Meredith, translatorHeadlineEcclesiastical Histories, trans. Hanmer 1619PublisherPrinted by Richard FieldDate Published1619 Lot #53 A Dialogue between a Tutor and his Pupil View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHerbert, Edward (Herbert of Cherbury)HeadlinePosthumous work by Edward HerbertPublisherW. BathoeDate Published1768 Lot #54 Diaries of London architect Paul Hoffmann View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHoffmann, PaulHeadline41 diaries of Paul Hoffmann, London ArchitectProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1896-1938 Lot #55 The Iliads and Odysses of Homer View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineHomer translated by Thomas Hobbes, 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for Will. CrookDate Published1677 Lot #56 Ten opium trade permits from central India View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(India)Headline10 Opium trade permits, Gwalior India 1892-3Date Published1892-1893 Lot #57 The Saxon Chronicle, with an English Translation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorIngram, JamesHeadlineSaxon Chronicle with translation, 1823PublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 Lot #58 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson 1825, nine vols.PublisherPrinted for William PickeringDate Published1825 Lot #59 The Famous and Memorable Works of Josephus, A Man of Much Honour and Learning Among the Jews View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineWorks of Josephus 1640PublisherJohn WatersonDate Published1640 Lot #60 Flauij Josephi... Historien vnd Bücher: Von alten jüdischen Geschichten... Vom Jüdischen Krieg... Vom alten Herkommen der Jüden wider den Apion... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorJosephusHeadlineJosephus, German 1571 in blind-tooled calfProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisher[George Raben und Weygand Hanen Erben]Date Published1571 Lot #61 Almanaque Hebreo: Vida Habanera View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica - Cuba)HeadlineCuban-Jewish community almanacs, 1944-1951ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1944-1951 Lot #62 Januca (Antologia) View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica - Cuba)AuthorGambach, Nesim, RabiHeadlineCuban book on Hanukkah in Spanish 1960ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisherNo publisherDate Published1960 Lot #63 Thirty-five Jewish samizdat calendars View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica - Russia)Headline35 samizdat Soviet-Jewish calendarsProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Publishedc.1950-1970 Lot #64 Twenty Jewish calendars printed for the Soviet Union View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica - Russia)Headline20 printed calendars for Soviet JewsProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisherJerusalemDate Published1970-1991 Lot #65 Constitution and By-Laws of the American Jewish Publication Society View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica - United States)HeadlineConstitution American Jewish Pub. Soc. 1st ed.PublisherC. Sherman, PrinterDate Published5606 [i.e. 1845] Lot #66 The Constitution of the United States... To Which is Added: The Citizen. A Guide to Naturalization = די קאָנסטיטוציע פון די פאַראייניגטע שטאַטען... מיט ביילאַגע: דער סיטיזען. אַ ווענווייזער ווי צו ווערען א סיטיזען View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica - United States)AuthorHarkavy, Alexander, translatorHeadlineU.S. Citizenship guide in Yiddish, 1926ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisherHebrew Publishing CompanyDate Published1926 Lot #67 The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Koran)AuthorSale, George, translatorHeadlineNew Edition of Sale's Koran translationPublisherPrinted by S. Hazard for J. Johnson, Vernor and Hood, et al.Date Published1795 Lot #68 The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Pictorial World History from the Creation to 1493. With a leaf from the pirated Augsburg Latin edition of 1497 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books - Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorShaffer, EllenHeadlineWith original leaf from Nuremberg ChroniclePublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1950 Lot #69 Two leaves from a fifteenth century Book of Hours View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Leaves, 1475, approx.)HeadlineTwo 15th century medieval manuscript leavesDate Publishedc.1475 Lot #70 Breydenbach, Bernhard von View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Leaves, 1486)AuthorCorevn [in] Peregrinationes in Terram SanctamHeadlineReurwich woodcut of Corfu, 1486ProvenancePurchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & ManuscriptsPublisherErhard ReuwichDate Published1486 Lot #71 Leaf from an incunable edition of Aesop View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Leaves, 1489)HeadlineIncunable leaf w/ 2 woodcuts c.1489ProvenanceCollection of Phil Lenna; purchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & ManuscriptsPublisherJacobus Wolff, de PforzheimDate Publishedc.1489 Lot #72 Leaf from Cronecken der Sassen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Leaves, 1492)Author[Bote, Konrad or Hermann]HeadlineHand-colered Leaf, Peter Schöffer 1492ProvenancePurchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & ManuscriptsPublisherPeter SchöfferDate Published1492 Lot #73 Printed leaf with colored woodcut of Buda from the Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Leaves, 1493)AuthorSchedel, HartmannHeadlineWoodcut of Buda Nuremburg Chronicle 1493PublisherKoberger, AntonDate Published1493 Lot #74 An Appeal to the Parliament; Or Sions Plea Against the Prelacie [bound with] two other political works by Humphrey Prideaux and William Allen View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Leighton, Alexander]HeadlineA. Leighton Appeal to Parliament 1628Date PublishedPrinted the year & moneth wherin Rochell was lost [i.e. 1628] Lot #75 The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent. Or a Direction to the Husbandman... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMarkham, GervaseHeadlineShort English farming guide 1664PublisherPrinted by W. Wilson, for George SawbridgeDate Published1664 Lot #76 The Rehearsal Transpros'd View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorMarvell, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Marvell's Rehearsal Transpros'd 1672-3PublisherPrinted by J.D. for the Assigns of John Calvin and Theodore Beza [and] Printed for Nathaniel PonderDate Published1672-1673 Lot #77 Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne. In Three Books. With Marginal Notes and Quotations of the Cited Authors View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineCharles Cotton's trans. of Montaigne's EssaysPublisherPrinted for T. Basset and M. Gilliflower and W. HensmanDate Published1693 Lot #78 Social Harmony: Consisting of a Collection of Songs and Catches...to Which are Added Several Choice Songs on Masonry View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Music)AuthorHale, Thomas, compilerHeadlineMasonic songbook by Thomas HalePublisherHale and SonDate Published1763 Lot #79 The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineThomas Paine on decay of British financial systemPublisherRe-printed for T. WilliamsDate Published1796 Lot #80 Plautus's Comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Plautus, Titus Maccius]HeadlineFirst edition of Plautus in English, 1694PublisherPrinted for Abel Swalle and T. ChildDate Published1694 Lot #81 Eight volumes of early 19th-century poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineEight volumes of early 19th century poetryDate Published1819-1845 Lot #82 Five volumes of 18th century poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFive volumes of 18th-century poetryDate Published1768-1811 Lot #83 The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes Complete [with] The Iliad and The Odyssey View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorPope, Alexander and HomerHeadlineAlexander Pope 20 vol. set, Works + HomerPublisherJ. & P. Knapton, et al. [and] T. Osborne, et al.Date Published1752 Lot #84 The History of Gustavus Adolphus, Surnamed the Great, King of Sueden, With the Life and Reign of His Successor after Christina, Carolus Gustavus, Count Palatin View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPrade, Jean Le Royer, sieur deHeadlineHistory of Gustavus & Carolus Adolphus, 1689PublisherPrinted by J.B. and to be sold by Mr. Clavell [et al.]Date Published1689 Lot #85 Italy, A Poem and Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorRogers, SamuelHeadlineInscribed by the authorPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 Lot #86 The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRowe, NicholasHeadlineRowe, Tragedy Lady Jane Gray 1715PublisherPrinted for Bernard LintottDate Published1715 Lot #87 Martin Magazine for young children / Ласточка View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Russia - Children's Literature)HeadlineRussian Emigré children's magazine "Martin"Date Published1942; 1932-34 Lot #88 Rights of the Kingdom; Or, Customs of Our Ancestours: Touching the Duty, Power, Election, or Succession, of our Kings and Parliaments View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Sadler, John]HeadlineJohn Sadler Rights Kingdom, 1649PublisherPrinted by Richard BishopDate Published1649 Lot #89 The Whole Comical Works of Monsr. Scarron View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorScarron, PaulHeadlineWhole Comical Works of Scarron, 1700 EnglishPublisherPrinted for S. and J. Sprint..., J. Nicholson..., R. Parker..., and Benj. TookeDate Published1700 Lot #90 Bellamira, or the Mistress, a Comedy View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSedley, CharlesHeadlineBellamiraPublisherPrinted by D. Mallet, for L.C. and Timothy GoodwinDate Published1687 Lot #91 Bury-Fair. A Comedy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorShadwell, ThomasHeadlineShadwell, Bury-Fair. A Comedy, 1689PublisherPrinted for James KnaptonDate Published1689 Lot #92 The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSheridan, Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsal 1781PublisherPrinted for T. BecketDate Published1781 Lot #93 The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorSheridan, ThomasHeadlineNice copy of Sheridan's biography of SwiftPublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, B. Collins, et al.Date Published[1784] Lot #94 The Royall Master; As it was Acted in the New Theater in Dublin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorShirley, JamesHeadlineShirley's 1st play: The Royall Master 1638PublisherPrinted by T. Cotes, and are to be sold by John Crooke, and Richard SergerDate Published1638 Lot #95 Two letters from Lydia H. Sigourney View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSigourney, Lydia H.HeadlineTwo letters from Lydia H. Sigourney, 1841 & 46Date Published1841-1846 Lot #96 Killing no Murder: Briefly Discoursed in Three Questions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Silas, Titus and Edward Sexby]Headline1689 repub. of Cromwell assassination pamphletPublishern.p.Date Published1689 Lot #97 Bound volume of three Christopher Sower imprints View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Sower, Christopher, printer)HeadlineThree Sower imprints, one on slavery 1759-60PublisherPrinted by Christopher SowerDate Published1759-1796 Lot #98 Seven patents for sports equipment View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Sports)HeadlineSeven sports patents, c.1910-1940ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisherCommissioner of PatentsDate Publishedc.1910-1940 Lot #99 Relief of Apprentices Wronged by their Masters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Stephens, Edward]HeadlineRare pamphlet on protecting apprentices 1687Date Published1687 Lot #100 The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set Forth in their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis: With some Observations on the Seasonableness, Candor, Erudition, and Style of that Treatise View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineJonathan Swift Publick Spirit 1714 uncensoredPublisherPrinted for John MorphewDate Published1714 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next