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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse, and adorn’d with Sculpture, by John Ogilby Heading(Aesop)AuthorOgilby, JohnHeadlineEarly edition of Ogilby's AesopPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for Andrew CrookDate Published1651 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #2 Letter from a Connecticut doctor seeking legal aid in defense against charges of raping an African American servant girl in a tavern Heading(African American - 1835 rape scandal)AuthorGill, SamuelHeadlineRare account of inter-racial Connecticut rape scandalDate PublishedJuly 22, 1835 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #3 Archive of letters from the wife of the owner of the Avondale estate in Maryland, to a relative the Rosewell Plantation of Gloucester, Virginia, with much reference to their slaves Heading(African American - Slavery archive)AuthorVan Bibber, Elizabeth (Betty) CarterHeadlineArchive with slave wedding at Maryland mansionDate Published1848-1853 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #4 Cybertronics / Cybertron Heading(Artificial Intelligence - Cybertron)Headline1st "learning machine" of the early Computer AgePublisherRaytheon. Equipment DivisionDate PublishedSeptember 1960 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #5 I Fioretti del Glorioso Poverello di Cristo S. Francesco di Assisi Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorSt. FrancisHeadlineAshendene Press St. Francis 1922PublisherAshendene PressDate Published1922 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #6 The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English - Great "She" Bible)HeadlineSecond issue of King James Bible, 1613-1611PublisherRobert Barker, Printer to the Kings most excellent MaiestieDate Published1613-1611 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #7 The Holy Bible. Containing the Bookes of the Old and New Testament [with] The Book of Common Prayer Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineLarge paper copy of the 1660 Restoration BiblePublisherJohn FieldDate Published1659-1660 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$20,000StatusSold Lot #8 Illuminated vellum Bible leaf of Jeremiah 37:3-38:1 Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlineIlluminated large vellum Bible leaf c.1400Date Publishedc.1400 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #9 Novum Testamentum Graecum [with] Biblia Hebraica Heading(Bible)HeadlinePlantin Bible in Hebrew, Greek, Latin 1584PublisherEx officina Christophori PlantiniDate Published1584 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #10 Works… Reproduced in Facsimile from the Original Editions AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Blake, 1876 colored facsimilesDate Published1876 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #11 The Works of Jacob Behmen, The Teutonic Theosopher. Translated by William Law. AuthorBoehme, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Boehme untrimmed in original boardsPublisherPrinted for M. RichardsonDate Published1764-1781 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #12 The Life of Samuel Johnson AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, First Edition, early issuePublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #13 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange Heading(Calder, Alexander, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #14 Il libro del cortegiano AuthorCastglione, Baldassare, conteHeadlineCastiglione's courtly manual, 1528PublisherPer gli heredi di Filippo di GiuntaDate PublishedOctober, 1528 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #15 William Caxton and the First English Press: A Bio-Bibliographical Essay... Together with an Original Leaf of the Polycronicon Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorWinship, George ParkerHeadlineRare leaf book with 1482 Caxton leafPublisherEdmund Byne Hackett / The Brick Row Book Shop, Inc.Date Published1938 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #16 Letter signed by Charles I, King [in] The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Heading(Charles I, King)AuthorClarendon EdwardHeadlineLetter signed by Charles I as King, 1629PublisherAt the Clarendon PressDate Published1826 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #17 China Postal Atlas Showing the Establishments and Postal Routes in Each Province Heading(China)HeadlineChina Postal Atlas 1933PublisherDirectorate General PostsDate Published1933 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #18 Peking the Beautiful. Comprising Seventy Photographic Studies of the Celebrated Monuments of China's Northern Capital and its Environs Complete with Descriptive and Historical Notes Heading(China)AuthorWhite, Herbert C.HeadlinePeking Beautiful by Herbert WhitePublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #19 Large archive of materials relating to Joseph L. Orlowski (Madison) and his employment by Claire Chennault’s Civil Air Transport, which was purchased by the Central Intelligence Agency and operated as Air America Heading(Civil Air Transport – Air America)AuthorOrlowski, Joseph L., compilerHeadlineAir America/CAT archive 1945-1975Date Publishedc.1945-1975 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #20 The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Or, A Commentarie upon Littleton, Not the Name of a Lawyer Onely, but of the Law It Selfe AuthorCoke, EdmundHeadlineCoke on Littleton, first edition 1628PublisherPrinted for the Societie of StationersDate Published1628 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #21 Set of Cook’s Three Voyages including Atlas AuthorCook, James, et al.HeadlineCook's Three Voyages with AtlasPublisherW. Strahan & T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1773-1788 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 Theologie Curieuse Heading(Cosmology Manuscript)AuthorOsorio da Fonseca, JeronimoHeadlineRare 17th century Cosmology manuscriptDate Publishedc.1660 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #23 Archive of 13 letters by a soldier who served in the British infantry during the Crimean War Heading(Crimean War)AuthorPedder, JamesHeadlineLetters from the Crimean WarDate Published1853-1857 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #24 Greenwich Hospital, A Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Life of a Man-of-War's Man Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)Author[Barker, Matthew Henry] "An Old Sailor"HeadlineCruikshank Greenwich Hospital, plates in 2 statesPublisherJames Robins and Co.Date Published1826 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #25 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date Published1 April 1868 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #26 Selenarchia. Or, the Government of the World in the Moon: A Comical History. Written by that famous wit and cavaleer of France, Monsieur Cyrano Bergerac: and done into English by Tho. St. Serf, Gent. AuthorCyrano de Bergerac, Savinien deHeadlineAstronomical fantasy by Cyrano de Bergerac 1659PublisherPrinted by J. Cottrel, and are to be sold by Hum. RobinsonDate Published1659 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #27 Letters to Severall Persons of Honour AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineRosebury copy of John Donne's lettersPublisherPrinted by J. Flesher, for Richard MarriotDate Published1651 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #28 Pseudo-Martyr. Wherein out of Certaine Propositions and Gradations, this Conclusion is Evicted. That those which are of the Romane Religion in this Kindome, may and ought to take the Oathe of Allegeance AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineJohn Donne's 1st book, Pseudo-Martyr, 1610PublisherPrinted by W. Stansby for Walter BurreDate Published1610 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #29 An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex, in which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. In a Letter to a Lady. Written by a Lady Author[Drake, Judith, attributed]Headline17th century educational sexism attackedPublisherPrinted for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson at the Black Boy, and R Claval at the PeacockDate Published1697 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #30 Mammoth Collection of Dun Emer / Cuala Press Heading(Dun Emer / Cuala Press)AuthorYeats, W.B. et al.HeadlineMammoth collection of Dun Emer / Cuala PressPublisherDun Emer Press; Cuala PressDate Published1903-1946 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie und Bewegungsgesetz AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on matter, his son's copiesPublisherPreussische Akademie der WiesenschaftenDate Published1927 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #32 Kaluzas Theorie des Zusammenhanges von Gravitation und Elektrizität. Erste and Zweite Mitteilung AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on Unified Field Theory, son's copyPublisherPreussische Akademie der WiesenschaftenDate Published1927 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 Three Papers in Annalen der Physik, Folge Vierte, Band 17 AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Miracle Year, Annalen der Physik 17PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 Two papers on quantum theory AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineTwo Einstein papers presented to his sonDate Published1917-1923 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #35 Contemporary bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading(Emerson, Ralph Waldo)AuthorCarew, JosephHeadline1857 Marble portrait of Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisherJ. Carew SCDate Published1857 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #36 Euclidis Megarensis Philosophi Platonici Mathematicarum Disciplinarum Janitoris AuthorEuclidHeadlineFirst collected edition of Euclid, Venice 1505PublisherAedibus Ioannis Tacuini [i.e. Johannes Tacuinus]Date Published1505 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #37 Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineEnglish edition of Madame BovaryPublisherVizetelly & Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, The Magical Car AuthorFleming, IanHeadlineChitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, Advetures 1,2,3PublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1964-65 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #39 Poems on Various Subjects Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorMurry, AnnHeadlineMurry's Poems with double fore-edge paintingsPublisherPrinted for the Author, and sold by Edward and Charles DillyDate Published1779 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #40 Opere di Galileo Galilei AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadline2nd ed. of Galileo's Works, w/ new materialsPublisherGio. Gaetano TartiniDate Published1718 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Prophet AuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineInscribed copy of Gibran's ProphetPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1924 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #42 Troilus and Criseyde Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineEric Gill Golden Cockerel Troilus & CriseydePublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #43 Faustus: From the German of Goethe AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadline1st in English of Goethe's FaustusPublisherBoosey and Sons, and Rodwell & MartinDate Published1821 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #44 The Canterbury Tales...With Wood Engravings by Eric Gill Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineGolden Cockerel Canterbury Tales Eric GillPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #45 In Search of the Miraculous Heading(Gurdjieff)AuthorOuspensky, Peter D.HeadlineGurdjieff in custom binding by Philip SmithPublisherRoutledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.Date Published1950 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #46 Über das Unendliche ¹). AuthorHilbert, DavidHeadlineDavid Hilbert on the infinite, rare offprint, 1925Publisher[Julius Springer]Date Published1925 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #47 The Moral and Political Works of Thomas Hobbes... to Which is prefixed the Author's Life... AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineHobbes' Works with Leviathan, 1750Date Published1750 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #48 Ulysses AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Ulysses First Edition 2nd PrintingPublisherEgoistDate Published1922 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #49 Kabbala Denudata Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorRosenroth, Christian Knorr, Baron von, compiler & translatorHeadlineGreat 17th century text of the KabbalahDate Published1677 & 1684 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Jungle Book / The Second Jungle Book AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's First & Second Jungle Books finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894-1895 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #51 Das Illustrirte Mississippithal, dargestellt in 80 nach der natur aufgenommenen ansichten vom wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum golf von Mexico (eine Entfernung von ungefähr 2300 englischen Meilen) AuthorLewis, HenryHeadlineLewis's Mississippi Valley in color lithographyPublisherArnz & Comp.Date Published[1854-1858] View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Catastrophe Mundi: or, Merlin Reviv'd, in a discourse of prophecies & predictions, and their remarkable accomplishment. With Mr. Lilly's hieroglyphicks exactly cut; and notes and observations thereon. As also a collection of all the antient (reputed) prophecies... By a Learned Pen AuthorLilly, WilliamHeadlineAstrology by Wm. Lilly with woodcuts 1683PublisherPrinted and are to be sold by John How... and Thomas MalthusDate Published1683 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 Ge'ez and Amharic grammars and lexicons by Hiob Ludolf AuthorLudolf, HiobHeadlineEarly Ethiopic grammars and dictionariesPublisherJohannem David Zunnerum et Nicolaum Wilhelmum HelwigDate Published1698-1702 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #54 Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV. Die Junii Anno Regni XVII. A.D. MCCXV Heading(Magna Carta)HeadlineWhittaker Magna Carta printed in GoldPublisherApud Johannis WhittakerDate Published1816 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #55 Rabbi Mosis Majemonidis liber [Hebrew phrase] Doctor perplexorum: ad dubia & obscuriora Scripturæ loca rectiùs intelligenda veluti clavem continens, prout in praefatione, in quâ de authoris vitâ, & operis totius ratione agitur, pleniùs explicatur AuthorMaimonides, MosesHeadlineMaimonides Guide to Perplexed 1629PublisherSumptibus & impensis Ludovici König, excudebat J.J. GenathDate Published1629 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #56 Le Signe de Vie Heading(Matisse, Henri, artist)AuthorTzara, TristanHeadlineSigned by Tristan Tzara & Henri Matisse, Signe de ViePublisherBordasDate Published1946 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #57 General Instructions for the Choice of Wines and Spirituous Liquors AuthorMcBride, [Duncan]HeadlineEarly English work on contemporary winesDate Published[1793]; [1798] View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #58 De Morbis Acutis Infantum Heading(Medicine)AuthorHarris, WalterHeadline17th c. medical work on pediatricsPublisherSamuel SmithDate Published1689 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 Li Maravigliosi Secreti di Medicina E. Chirvrgia, Nuovamente ritrovati, per guarire ogni sorte d'infirmità. Raccolti dalla prattica dell'eccellente medico... Heading(Medicine)AuthorZapata, Gio. BattistaHeadline16th c. Secrets of Medicine and SurgeryPublisherGli heredi del DeuchinoDate Published1586 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 De Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex... AuthorMercurialis, HieronymusHeadlineFirst book on sports medicine, illustrated 1587PublisherIuntas [i.e. Giunta]Date Published1587 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #61 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books [with] Paradise Regain'd AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery LaneDate Published1688 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #62 Eighteen Views Taken at & Near Rangoon AuthorMoore, JosephHeadlineAquatints of Rangoon & Burma War 1825PublisherThomas ClayDate Published1825-1826 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 Anacalypsis, an attempt to draw aside the veil of the Saitic Isis, or an Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations and Religions Heading(Occult)AuthorHiggins, GodfreyHeadlineGodfrey Higgins, Anacalypsis 1st ed. 1836PublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and LongmanDate Published1836 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #64 Collection of 38 original bird's-eye view photographs of the Philippines Heading(Philippines)AuthorU.S. Army Air CorpsHeadlineAerial photos of the PhilippinesPublisherU.S. Army Air CorpsDate Publishedc.1926-1933 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #65 Philosophical transactions: giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world Heading(Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society)HeadlinePhilosophical Transactions, 1668--1669PublisherPrinted by T.N. for John MartynDate Published1669-1670 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #66 A Treatise of Morall Philosophie containing the Sayings of the Wise... Heading(Philosophy)AuthorBaldwin, WilliamHeadlineBaldwin's Moral philosophy, 1591PublisherThomas EsteDate Published1591 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #67 Personal photograph album kept by a Dutch oil engineer recording his business endeavors, life and travels from 1918 to 1936, spanning the globe, much of it in California Heading(Photograph Album - Oil)AuthorTydeman, F.W.L.HeadlinePhoto album of Dutch oilman, 1918-1936Date Published1918-1936 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #68 The Historie of the World. Commonly called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus AuthorPliny, the ElderHeadlinePliny Historie of the World 1st ed. in EnglishPublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1601 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 Seven-Times-The-Colour-Of-Fire: The ancient American mythology of The Popol Vuh Heading(Popol Vuh)AuthorWeatherwax, John M. and Clara F., translatorsHeadlineTypescript of 1st English language Popol VuhDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 The Arraignment and Conviction of Sr VValter Rawleigh, at the Kings Bench-barre at Winchester. on the 17. of November. 1603. Before the right Honorable the Earle of Suffolke, Lord Chamberline, the Earle of Devon-shire... Coppied by Sir Tho: Overbury Heading(Raleigh, Sir Walter)HeadlineTrials of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1648PublisherPrinted by William Wilson, for Abel RoperDate Published1648 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #71 Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot... AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineFolio edition of Roberts' Egypt & NubiaPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1846-49 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #72 The Odyssey of Homer Heading(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorHomerHeadlineBruce Rogers prints T.E. Lawrence's Odyssey trans.PublisherSir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce RogersDate Published1932 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #73 A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country... in the years 1809 and 1810... AuthorSalt, HenryHeadlineHenry Salt's account of Abyssinia, 1814PublisherPrinted for F.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1814 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #74 Bay von San Francisco Heading(San Francisco Bay)AuthorHildebrandt, EduardHeadlineWatercolor of San Francisco Bay 1864Date Publishedc.1864-65 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #75 Shane AuthorSchaefer, JackHeadlineShane 1st ed. proof jacket, film studio copyPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1949 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida [&] The Tragedy of Coriolanus AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo tragedies from 2nd Folio ShakespeareDate Published[1632] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #77 Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant [with] A Supplement to a book entituled Travel, or Observations, &c... AuthorShaw, ThomasHeadlineShaw's North Africa, large paper with SupplementPublisherPrinted at the TheatreDate Published1738 & 1746 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #78 Essays on Philosophical Subjects AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlinePosthumous Essays, Adam Smith 1795 1st ed.PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr. Cadell)... and W. CreechDate Published1795 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #79 A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, Exhibiting New and Advantageous Methods of Propagating, Cultivating, and Training that Plant, so as to Render it Abundantly Fruitful AuthorSpeechly, WilliamHeadlineSpeechly on the Culture of the Vine 1st ed.PublisherPrinted for the Author by G. Peacock, [et al.]Date Published1790 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Plans and Photographs of Stonehenge, and of Turusachan in the Island of Lewis; with Notes relating to the Druids and Sketches of Cromlechs in Ireland Heading(Stonehenge)AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineEarly albumen photos of StonhengePublisherOrdnance SurveyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #81 De Historia et Causis Plantarum AuthorTheophrastusHeadlineTheophrastus rare incunable herbal 1483PublisherPer Bartholomaeum ConfaloneriumDate Published1483 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 Theophrasti de Suffructibus, Herbisque, ac Frugibus Libri Quattuor, Theodoro Gaza Interprete AuthorTheophrastusHeadline1st publication of Theophrastus as medical textPublisherHenricum SyboldDate Publishedc.1530 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #83 Walden; Or, Life in the Woods AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Walden First EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #84 The Aldine Thucydides, with scholia and History of the Emperors by Herodian AuthorThucydidesHeadlineAldine Thucydides 1502, first printed Greek textPublisherAldus ManutiusDate Published1502-1503 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #85 Collection of 14 engraved portraits and 1 lithograph of George Washington Heading(Washington, George)HeadlineRare engraved portraits of George WashingtonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #86 The Will of General George Washington: To which is annexed, a schedule of his property, directed to be sold Heading(Washington, George)HeadlineWashington's Will first edition 1800ProvenanceEugene Ernst PrussingPublisherPrinted From the Record of the County Court of FairfaxDate Published1800 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #87 The Sphinx AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineThe Sphinx, owned by Rita Moreno & Betty CompsonProvenanceInscribed to Rita Moreno; bookplate of Betty CompsonPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1920 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #88 Three works related to American Wars Heading(American Wars)Headline3 works about American warsProvenanceArmorial bookplate of Oscar S. LivingstoneDate Published1884-1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #89 A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794; Containing the Various Circumstances of the Embassy; with Accounts of the Customs and Manners of the Chinese; and a Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c &c AuthorAnderson, AeneasHeadline18th c. Narrative of British Embassy to ChinaPublisherJ. DebrettDate Published1795 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #90 Tobacco: Its History Illustrated by the Books, Manuscripts and Engravings in the Library of George Arents, Jr. [with] Books, Manuscripts and Drawings Relating to Tobacco from the Collection of George Arents, Jr. Author[Arents, Jr., George]HeadlineTobacco collection of George Arents, Jr.PublisherThe Rosenbach CompanyDate Published1937-1943 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #91 Nudes in Surf Authorcummings, e.e.HeadlineOriginal watercolor by e.e. cummingsDate Published20th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #92 Peter Ibbetson. Lyric Drama in Three Acts AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlineDeluxe copy of Peter Ibbetson, Lyric DramaPublisherJ. Fischer & Bro.Date Published1930 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #93 Two finely bound volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)Headline2 finely bound - Balzac and PetrarchDate Published1823-1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #94 The Painted Bird AuthorKosinski, JerzyHeadlineKosinski's The Painted Bird, signed 1stPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1965 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #95 Birds Eye View of New York and Environs Heading(Maps)Headline1865 Birds-eye View of New York CityPublisherKimmel & FosterDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #96 Journals Kept in Hyderabad, Kashmir, Sikkim, and Nepal AuthorTemple, Sir Richard.HeadlineJournals of travels in India and NepalPublisherW. H. AllenDate Published1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #97 The Illustrated Webster Reader, Series I AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineScarce Illustrated Webster ReaderProvenanceEliza Thomas June 30, 1863; Eliza Leiper Woolford 1938PublisherWard & Lock View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next