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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Works of William Shakespeare Heading(The Adams Bindery)AuthorWright, William Aldis, editorHeadlineWorks of Shakespeare bound by the Adams BinderyPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894-1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #24 Four special printings of Aristophanes The Frogs and The Birds AuthorAristophanesHeadline4 collectible eds. Aristophanes Birds & FrogsPublisherLimited Editions Club, et al. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #40 The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineBeardsley illustrates Malory's King ArthurPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1893-94 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #81 Complete Works AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineFlorentine Edition of Robert Browning's WorksPublisherFred De Fau & CompanyDate Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #83 The Age of Chivalry. Part I. King Arthur and His Knights. Part II. The Mabinogeon; or, Welsh Popular Tales AuthorBulfinch, ThomasHeadlineAge of Chivalry, color platesPublisherCrosby, Nichols & Co.Date Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #84 The Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and Heroes AuthorBulfinch, ThomasHeadlineClassic collection of Greek & Roman mythsPublisherSanborn, Carter, and BazinDate Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #85 The Heiress. A Comedy in Five Acts AuthorBurgoyne, JohnHeadlineBurgoyne's The Heiress, A comedy in 5 actsPublisherPrinted for J. DebrettDate Published1786 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #88 The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron AuthorByron, George Gordon Byron, baronHeadlineByron's WorksPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1829 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #96 The Works of Thomas Carlyle AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineWorks of Carlyle, Centennial Memorial EditionPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Publishedc.1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #100 Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote w/ 24 color aquatints J.H. ClarkPublisherPrinted for T. McLean, Bookseller and PublisherDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #101 The Natural History of the Sperm Whale...to which is added, a sketch of a South–Sea Whaling Voyage Heading(Cetology)AuthorBeale, ThomasHeadlineBeale's cetology that informed MelvillePublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1839 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #106 Three volumes of boys books Heading(Children's Literature)Headline3 volumes of children's literatureDate Published1881-1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #110 Le Songe de Poliphile ou Hypnérotomachie AuthorColonna, Francesco, attributedHeadlineHypnerotomachia Poliphili in French 1888 2 volsPublisherIsidore LiseuxDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #111 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane illustrates Shakespeare's Tempest, 1893PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #114 The West Indian: A Comedy. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane Author[Cumberland, Richard]HeadlineCumberland, West Indian 1771 First EditionPublisherPrinted for W. GriffinDate Published1771 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #117 The Botanic Garden. A Poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes Author[Darwin, Erasmus]HeadlineErasmus Darwin, Botanic Garden 1791PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1791 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #119 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 Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineAnonymous political tract by Daniel Defoe 1726PublisherPrinted for T. WarnerDate Published1726 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #121 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicholas Nickleby 1st ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #123 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Posthumous Papers of Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #124 Hans Brinker. Or, The Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland AuthorDodge, Mary Elizabeth MapesHeadlineHans Brinker - First EditionPublisherJames O'KaneDate Published1866 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #125 Letters to Severall Persons of Honour AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineRosebury copy of John Donne's lettersPublisherPrinted by J. Flesher, for Richard MarriotDate Published1651 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #126 Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineJohn Donne's Poems, 1st edition, 1633PublisherPrinted by M[iles] F[lesher] for John MarriotDate Published1633 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #128 The Raven Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineGustave Doré's elephant folio ill. Poe's RavenPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1884 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #129 Three works by John Dryden [with] one attack upon him AuthorDryden, JohnHeadline3 by John Dryden with anon attack on himDate Published1683-1695 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #131 Gargantua and Pantagruel Heading(Dwiggins, W.A.)AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineGargantua & Pantagruel signed by W.A. DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #156 The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineSalammbo edition of Gustave Flaubert's WorksPublisherM. Walter DunneDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #176 Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineDesigns by Mr. R. Bentley for Poems by Gray 1753PublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1753 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #178 Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes of the Right Honorable Fulke Lord Brooke, Written in his Youth, and Familiar Exercise with Sir Philip Sidney AuthorGreville, Fulke, Baron BrookeHeadlineSir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633PublisherPrinted by E.P. for Henry SeyleDate Published1633 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #184 Autographed letter with portrait AuthorHarte, BretHeadlinePortrait with letter autographed by Bret HarteDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #185 A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Wonder-BookPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #187 Authors of the United States AuthorHicks, Thomas, artistHeadlineMezzotint of 44 U.S. Authors, 1866Date Published1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #192 The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.HeadlineWritings of Oliver W. Holmes Large Paper Ed.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Dr. Elmer BeltPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1891 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #198 The Novels and Tales of Henry James AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineThe Novels, Tales and Letters of Henry JamesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1907-1920 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #201 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. A New Edition... with an Essay on His Life and Genius, By Arthur Murphy, Esq. AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel JohnsonPublisherPrinted for Nichols and Son et al.Date Published1816 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #202 Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus Author[Kaler], James OtisHeadlineToby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a CircusPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1881 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #209 Edmond Dantes, Black Sheep, Nancy, Lothair Heading(Literature)HeadlineEdmond Dante, Black Sheep, Nancy, LothairDate Published1849-1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #210 Two notes signed by Pierre Loti AuthorLoti, PierreHeadlineTwo notes autographed by Pierre LotiDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #216 Moby Dick AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick illus. by Rockwell Kent 1930PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #217 Joaquin, Et Al. AuthorMiller, Cincinnatus H. [Joaquin]HeadlineFirst Edition w/ additional copy in custom boxPublisherS.J. McCormickDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #239 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #261 Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineRackham ill. Fairy Tales 1932 1st trade in DJPublisherGeorge C. HarrapDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #267 The Tempest Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineArthur Rackham illus. The Tempest 1st tradePublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #268 Undine Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorFouqué, De La MotteHeadlineUndine, ltd. signed Arthur Rackham full vellumPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #289 The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scotts Life of Napoleon 1827-3 volsPublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1827 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #290 The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scotts Life of Napoleon 1827-3 volsPublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1828 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #300 The Plays of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Plays of William Shakespeare, 21 volumesPublisherPrinted for J. Johnson, et al.Date Published1803 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #301 The Sonnets AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Sonnets from the Swallow PressPublisherThe Swallow PressDate Published1975 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #311 Penrod [with] Penrod and Sam AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadline2 Penrod titles, 1 signed by TarkingtonPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1914-1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #314 Bound volume of eight 18th century English plays Heading(Theater)HeadlineEight 18th century English plays 1763-70Date Published1763-1770 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #321 Mark Twain's Works - Author's National Edition AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineUniform set of Mark Twain's worksPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #326 The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man AuthorWaterloo, StanleyHeadlineStanley Waterloo The Story of Ab 1897ProvenanceMildred Greenhill; H. Bradley Martin;PublisherWay & WilliamsDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #328 Leaves of Grass - original leaf from the first edition AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineLeaf from Leaves of Grass 1st editionDate Published[1855] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #330 Works AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, One of 1000 copiesPublisherMethuenDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next