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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Little Men View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAlcott, Louisa MayHeadlineSecond book in Alcott's Little Women trilogyPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1871 Lot #2 The Story of a Bad Boy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadlineInspiration for Tom SawyerPublisherFields, Osgood, & Co.Date Published1870 Lot #39 Stories from Hans Andersen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineDeluxe edition of Dulac's Hans AndersenProvenanceBrian Douglas StilwellPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] Lot #84 The Book of Wonder: A Chronicle of Little Adventures at the Edge of the World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLord Dunsany [Edward J.M.D. Plunkett]HeadlineHandsome copy of Dunsany's Book of WonderPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1912 Lot #106 Tales of Mystery and Imagination View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's Tales of Mystery ill. Harry ClarkePublisherTudor Publishing Co.Date Published1933 Lot #184 The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineWorks of Joseph Addison in 4 volumes 1721PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1721 Lot #187 "Effects" and Adventures of Raby Rattler, Gent. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineAinsworth, finely bound by Morrell 2 vols.PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1845 Lot #190 English Reprints View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorArber, Edward, editorHeadlineComplete set English Reprints finely boundDate Published1868-1880 Lot #198 An Edinburgh Eleven. Pencil Portraits from College Life View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBarrie, James MatthewHeadlineWith A.L.S. from Peter Pan creator BarriePublisherOffice of the "British Weekly"Date Published1889 Lot #223 The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical, Edited with Lithographs of the Illustrated "Prophetic Books," and a Memoir and Interpretation View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorEllis, Edwin John and William Butler YeatsHeadlineThe Works of William Blake W.B. Yeats 1893PublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1893 Lot #224 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William, illustrator)Author[Darwin, Erasmus]HeadlineErasmus Darwin, Botanic Garden 1791 mixed eds.PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1791 Lot #236 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineOne of 50 large paper copiesPublisherTalboys and Wheeler; William PickeringDate Published[1826] Lot #240 Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Author[Bronte, Charlotte]HeadlineFirst Edition of Jane Eyre by BrontePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1847 Lot #243 The Ring and the Book View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineRobert Browning, The Ring & the BookPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1868 Lot #246 The Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and Heroes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBulfinch, ThomasHeadlineSigned with inscription by BulfinchPublisherSanborn, Carter, and BazinDate Published1855 Lot #250 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [with] Supplemental Nights View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headline1001 Nights Burton Club Finely BoundPublisherThe Burton ClubDate Publishedc.1900-1903 Lot #257 The Canterbury Tales View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineChaucer's Canterbury Tales with W.R. Flint illus.PublisherPhilip Lee Warner / Medici SocietyDate Published1913 Lot #265 The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineCowper's Life & Writing, 6 Wm. Blake platesPublisherPrinted by J. Seagrave; for J. JohnsonDate Published1803-1804 Lot #269 Not So Bad As We Seem; Or, Many Sides to a Character [with] autograph letter signed by Lytton View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorLytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, BaronHeadlinePlay featuring Charles Dickens as an actor 1851PublisherPublished for the Guild of Literature and Art, by Chapman and HallDate Published1851 Lot #270 Our Mutual Friend View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Final Novel, illus. by Marcus StonePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 Lot #271 [The Works of Charles Dickens] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineUniformly bound set of DickensPublisherChapman & Hall; Bradbury & EvansDate Published1853-1876 Lot #281 The Works of George Eliot: Standard Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of Eliot bound by Charles E. LauriatPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedNo date Lot #283 Autograph Manuscript leaf from Emerson's notebook, discussing key figures of the French Enlightenment and the Academie View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson MS on French philosophersDate Published[c.1853] Lot #293 The Novels of Henry Fielding - Large Paper Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineShakespeare Head Press Henry FieldingPublisherShakespeare Head Press for Houghton MifflinDate Published1926 Lot #294 The Works of Henry Fielding View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineFielding's works in 12 vols. Strahan 1775PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan, J. and T. Rivington, [et al.]Date Published1775 Lot #297 Anotnij Foquelini Veromandui, in Avli Persii Flacci Satyras Commentarius... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorFoquelin, AntonioHeadlinePersius' satires w/ 16th century commentariesPublisherApud Andream Wechelum sub Pegaso, in vico BellouacoDate Published1555 Lot #327 Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par J. De La Fontaine View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineProfusely illust. edition of Fontaine's FablesPublisherChez Des LauriersDate Published1765-1775 Lot #339 Gli Amori Pastorali di Dafni e di Cloe View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorLongusHeadlineElegant Bodoni imprint of Daphnis & ChloePublisherCo' caratteri BodonianiDate Published1786 Lot #340 Opera, Graece et Latine, ad editionem Tiberii Hemsterhusii et Ioannis Frederici Reitzii accurate expressa cum varietate lectionis et annotationibus... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorLucian of SamosataHeadlineWorks of Lucian of Samosata, 10 vols.PublisherTypographia SocietatisDate Published1789-93 Lot #342 The Pilgrims of the Rhine View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Lytton, Edward Bulwer]HeadlinePilgrims of the Rhine from Bulwer LyttonPublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1834 Lot #352 Five volumes of Icelandic sagas View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Morris, William, translator)HeadlineIcelandic Saga Library, Vols. I-V.PublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1891-95 Lot #353 The Roots of the Mountains Wherein is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Their Friends Their Neighbours Their Foeman and Their Fellows in Arms View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWm. Morris Roots of Mountains in ChintzPublisherReeves and TurnerDate Published1890 Lot #355 A Tale of the House of Wolfings and all the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris' Tale of the WolfingsPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1890 Lot #369 The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Verse and Prose View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineThe Works of Alexander PopePublisherPrinted for J. Johnson et al.Date Published1806 Lot #377 A Wonder Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Wonderbook illus by Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published[1922] Lot #387 Poetical Sketches of Scarborough Illustrated by Twenty-one Engravings of Humourous Subjects View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineRowlandson's Scarborough, 21 color platesPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1813 Lot #390 Waverley Novels View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott Waverley Novels 12 vols.PublisherRobert CadellDate Published1824-1847 Lot #392 Rolf in the Woods View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSeton-Thompson, ErnestHeadlineSeton, Rolf in the Woods 1st in jacketPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1901 Lot #393 The Book of Christmas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Seymour, Robert, illustrator)AuthorHervey, Thomas K.HeadlineBook of Christmas, illus. Robert SeymourPublisherWilliam SpoonerDate Published1836 Lot #394 Original Leaf from the First Folio edition of The First Part of King Henry the Fourth View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineOriginal leaf from Shakespeare First Folio 1623Publisher[Isaac Jaggard & Ed. Blount]Date Published[1623] Lot #395 The Works of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Head Press Shakespeare 1 vols.PublisherThe Shakespeare Head PressDate Published1904-1907 Lot #403 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineDublin piracy Tristram Shandy w/ Hog. platesPublisherPrinted for D. Chamberlaine..., and S. Smith, at Mr. Faulkner's; [et al.]Date Published1760-1767 Lot #404 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 Lot #405 Celebrated Crimes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Stikeman & Co.)AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineCelebrated Crimes, bound by Stikeman & Co.PublisherH.S. NicholsDate Published1895 Lot #411 Bound volume of eight 18th century English plays View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Theater)HeadlineEight 18th century English plays 1763-70Date Published1763-1770 Lot #412 The Chimes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens illustrated by Hugh ThomsonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1913] Lot #415 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain Following the Equator, bound by BayntunPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #416 The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress; Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure; Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Innocents Abroad, 1873PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1873 Lot #417 A Tramp Abroad View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's trip Abroad in Europe, 1878PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #425 Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWollstonecraft, MaryHeadlineMary Wollstonecraft's Scandinavian Letters 1st EditionPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1796 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next