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