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Heading(Allom, Thomas)AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith over 100 plates by Thomas AllomPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[c.1850] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #32 The Grave, a Poem Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineWilliam Blake engravings for Blair's Grave 1808PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley... for the Proprietor, R.H. CromekDate Published1808 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #33 Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineJerusalem, 1st Trianon Blake facsimilePublisherTrianon Press for The William Blake TrustDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #34 Visions of the Daughters of Albion [with] The Book of Ahania AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTwo Trianon Blake facsimile editionsPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1959]; [1973] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #35 Milton: A Poem AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon Blake, Milton: A Poem, 1967Publisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1967] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #36 The Book of Los - deluxe copy with copper plate AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe copy, Trianon Blake, Book of LosPublisher[Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust]Date Published[1976] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #37 Three works illustrated by William Blake AuthorBlake, William; John MiltonHeadlineThree works illustrated by William BlakeDate Published1926-1967 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #47 An Introduction to Astronomy, in a Series of Letters from a Preceptor to His Pupil AuthorBonnycastle, JohnHeadlineBonnycastle's Intro to Astronomy, 1816PublisherJ. NunnDate Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #54 Two Little Trains AuthorBrown, Margaret Wise and Jean CharlotHeadlineTwo Little Trains In scarce jacketPublisherWilliam R. ScottDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #55 Little Fur Family AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseHeadlineLittle Fur Family with original fur binding & two part boxPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1946 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #65 Illustrations to Don Quixote. Designed by Henry Alken. Engraved by John Zeitter. And Dedicated to the Memory of Cervantes Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorAlken, Henry ThomasHeadlineEtchings by Alken for Don QuixotePublisherS.H. Hawkings, printerDate Published1831 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 Les Principales avantures de l’incomparable chevalier errant Don Quichotte de La Manche; peintes par Charles Coypel, premier peintre du roi, Et gravées, sous sa direction, par les plus habiles Artistes en ce genre AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSuite of most famous Quixote illustrationsPublisherJacques-François ChereauDate Publishedc.1747-1770 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #74 My African Journey AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill My African JourneyPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #79 Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with Figures, Descriptions, and Localities of All the Species Heading(Conchology)AuthorBrown, ThomasHeadlineWith 27 hand-colored lithograph plates of shellsPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.; MacLachlan and StewartDate Published[1845] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #88 Paradise Lost Heading(Doré, Gustave)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost illustrated by DoréProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 #104 Les Mamelles de Tirésias Heading(Ferat, Serge)AuthorApollinaire, GuillaumeHeadlineApollinaire's Surrealist Breasts of TiresiasPublisherÉditions SicDate Published1918 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 #113 Le Decameron de Jean Boccace Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio with 5 cherubic fore-edge paintingsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[chez Pierre Prault]Date Published1757-1761 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold 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 #136 The Dance of Death; From the Original Designs of Hans Holbein AuthorHolbein, HansHeadlineWith 30 hand-colored plates after Hans HolbeinPublisherJ. CoxheadDate Published1816 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #139 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera AuthorHoraceHeadlineEngraved by John PinePublisherJohannes PineDate Published1733-1737 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold 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 #200 Twelve illustrated plates from the Hotel Del Monte menus by Jo Mora AuthorMora, JoHeadlineIllustrations from Jo Mora's Del Monte menusPublisherHotel Del MonteDate Published1936 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #208 An Almanac of Twelve Sports by William Nicholson, Words by Rudyard Kipling AuthorNicholson, William & Rudyard KiplingHeadlineAlmanac of Twelve Sports William Nicholson 1898ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold 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 #242 Poetical Sketches of Scarborough Illustrated by Twenty-one Engravings of Humourous Subjects AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineRowlandson's Scarborough, with 21 color platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #246 The Cat in the Hat AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineCat in the Hat 1st printing in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold 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