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Previous|1|Next Lot #7 China in a Series of Views, Displaying The Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire Heading(Allom, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorWright, George NewenhamHeadlineAllom's China with steel-engraved platesPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c.1843] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #9 The Pictorial Arts of Japan. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans AuthorAnderson, WilliamHeadlineThe Pictorial Arts of Japan by AndersonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #12 Sketches of Vesuvius, with Short Accounts of Its Principal Eruptions AuthorAuldjo, JohnHeadlineJohn Auldjo Sketches of Vesuvius 1832PublisherGeorge GlassDate Published1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #13 Emma AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineEmma by Jane Austen, first edition 1816ProvenanceSir Andrew N. Agnew of LochnawPublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1816 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Lot #18 Schiller's Works Illustrated by the Great German Artists Heading(Barrie)AuthorFischer, J.G., editorHeadlineWorks of Schiller, printed and bound by BarriePublisherGeorge Barrie, PublisherDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #20 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1912-1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Heading(Bayntun)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineJournal of Tour to Hebrides w/ Johnson, 1785PublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1785 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #22 The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott... Heading(Bayntun)AuthorPrescott, William HicklingHeadlinePrescott's works bound by Bayntun, 12 vols.PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #23 The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life Heading(Bennett)AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineIllustrated by Remington, bound by BennettPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #52 The Works of George Eliot Heading(Brentano's)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works, bound by Brentano'sPublisherThe Jefferson PressDate Publishedn.d. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #53 The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland AuthorBrooke, HenryHeadlineThe Fool of Quality - 4 vols. 1809PublisherThomas TeggDate Published1809 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #58 Episodes of Insect Life AuthorBudgen, Louise M. (pseud. "Acheta Domestica")HeadlineEpisodes of Insect Life, hand-colored, finely boundProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherReeve, Benham, and ReeveDate Published1849-1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #61 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [with] Supplemental Nights AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadline1001 Nights De Luxe, nicely bound w/ supplementsPublisherThe Burton ClubDate Publishedc.1900-1903 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #64 Proxeneta, seu de prudentia civili liber AuthorCardano, GirolamoHeadlinePolitical treatise by Girolamo Cardano, Elzevir imprintPublisherEx Officina ElzevirianaDate Published1627 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #74 My African Journey AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill My African JourneyPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #98 Four nicely bound volumes of European history Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #109 The Future of England: A Paper Read at The Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineRuskin's Future of England finely boundPublisherRoyal Artillery InstitutionDate Published1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #114 Lettres sur la Suisse, Adressées a Madame M*** par un Voyageur François en 1781 Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLa Borde, Jean Benjamin deHeadlineFine red morocco binding by Bourlier, 2 vols.ProvenanceMortimer L. Schiff; Professor George Starr CollectionPublisherJombert jeuneDate Published1783 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #120 Saggio di Robustiano Gironi. Intorno Alle Costumanze Civili dei Greci AuthorGironi, RobustianoHeadlineLovely morocco binding w/ 19 platesPublisherDalla Tipografia del Dottore Giulio FerrarioDate Published1823 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #124 Sapho Heading(Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)AuthorDaudet, AlphonseHeadlineDaudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple statesPublisherArmand MagnierDate Published1897 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #126 The Writings of Bret Harte AuthorHarte, BretHeadline14 volumes, Writings of Bret Harte, signedPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #153 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson 1825, nine vols.PublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published[1825] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #154 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineJohnson's Tour of Western Islands of ScotlandPublisherW. StrahanDate Published1775 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #155 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineJohnson's Tour of the HebridesPublisherA. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #164 Revolt in the Desert [with] The Mint AuthorLawrence, T.E.HeadlineFour T.E. Lawrence books, 2 first editionsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1927-1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #216 Pedantius. Comoedia, olim Cantabrig. acta in Coll. Trin. Nunquàm antehàc typis evulgata Heading(Pedantius: A Comedy)HeadlineHenry Huth's copy of PedantiusProvenanceHenry Huth copyPublisherExcudebat W[illiam] S[tansby] impensis Roberti Mylbourn in Coemeterio Paulino ad insigne Canis LeporarijDate Published1631 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #225 Historical Researches on the Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans: In Which Elephants and Wild Beasts were Employed or Slain. And the Remarkable Local Agreement of History with the Remains of Such Animals Found in Europe and Siberia AuthorRanking, JohnHeadlineWars and Sports of the Mongols and RomansPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1826 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #231 The Complete Writings of Robert Burns Heading(Riverside Press)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineRobert Burns Works, bound by the Riverside PressPublisherHoughton Mifflin Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1926 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #232 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorÀ Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineComic History of England & Rome Riviere BindingPublisherBradbury, Evans, and Co.Date Published[ca.1850] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #233 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #234 Rookwood: A Romance Heading(Riviere and Son)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineFinely bound by Riviere and Son, w/ Cruikshank illus.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #235 Mademoiselle Mori: A Tale of Modern Rome Author[Roberts, Margaret]HeadlineWith 40 early albumen photographs, c.1860ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #244 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #252 Travels in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua: with a Description of its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People, their Languages, Institutions, Religion, &c. AuthorSquier, E.G.HeadlineSquier's Travels in Central AmericaProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #253 Travels in Europe, for the use of Travellers on the Continent, and Likewise in the Island of Sicily; Where the Author had Never Been... AuthorStarke, MarianaHeadlineStarke's guide to Italy in 1836 w/ folding mapPublisherA. and W. Galignani and Co.Date Published1836 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #274 The Complete Angler AuthorWalton, Izaac and Charles CottonHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Walton's classicPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #275 An Account of the Earl of Galway's Conduct in Spain and Portugal Heading(War of the Spanish Succession)HeadlineHenri de Massue in Spain & PortugalPublisherPrinted by J. BakerDate Published1711 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #278 The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells Outline of HistoryPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #283 The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWhittier's Life and Works, Artist's EditionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1892] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #287 The Court and Reign of Francis the First... [with] Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of France.... Heading(Worsfold)AuthorPardoe, JuliaHeadlineSix volumes by Pardoe, nicely bound by WorsfoldPublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1886-1887 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next