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View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Allom, Thomas)AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith over 100 plates by Thomas AllomPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[c.1850] Lot #7 China in a Series of Views, Displaying The Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Allom, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorWright, George NewenhamHeadlineAllom's China with steel-engraved platesPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c.1843] 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAnderson, WilliamHeadlineThe Pictorial Arts of Japan by AndersonProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1886 Lot #12 Sketches of Vesuvius, with Short Accounts of Its Principal Eruptions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAuldjo, JohnHeadlineJohn Auldjo Sketches of Vesuvius 1832PublisherGeorge GlassDate Published1832 Lot #13 Emma View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineEmma by Jane Austen, first edition 1816ProvenanceSir Andrew N. Agnew of LochnawPublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1816 Lot #18 Schiller's Works Illustrated by the Great German Artists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Barrie)AuthorFischer, J.G., editorHeadlineWorks of Schiller, printed and bound by BarriePublisherGeorge Barrie, PublisherDate Published1883 Lot #20 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1912-1914 Lot #21 The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineJournal of Tour to Hebrides w/ Johnson, 1785PublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1785 Lot #22 The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorPrescott, William HicklingHeadlinePrescott's works bound by Bayntun, 12 vols.PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate PublishedNo date Lot #23 The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Bennett)AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineIllustrated by Remington, bound by BennettPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #32 The Grave, a Poem View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineWilliam Blake engravings for Blair's Grave 1808PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley... for the Proprietor, R.H. CromekDate Published1808 Lot #33 Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineJerusalem, 1st Trianon Blake facsimilePublisherTrianon Press for The William Blake TrustDate Published[1951] Lot #34 Visions of the Daughters of Albion [with] The Book of Ahania View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTwo Trianon Blake facsimile editionsPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1959]; [1973] Lot #35 Milton: A Poem View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon Blake, Milton: A Poem, 1967Publisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1967] Lot #36 The Book of Los - deluxe copy with copper plate View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe copy, Trianon Blake, Book of LosPublisher[Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust]Date Published[1976] Lot #37 Three works illustrated by William Blake View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBlake, William; John MiltonHeadlineThree works illustrated by William BlakeDate Published1926-1967 Lot #47 An Introduction to Astronomy, in a Series of Letters from a Preceptor to His Pupil View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBonnycastle, JohnHeadlineBonnycastle's Intro to Astronomy, 1816PublisherJ. NunnDate Published1816 Lot #52 The Works of George Eliot View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Brentano's)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works, bound by Brentano'sPublisherThe Jefferson PressDate Publishedn.d. Lot #53 The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBrooke, HenryHeadlineThe Fool of Quality - 4 vols. 1809PublisherThomas TeggDate Published1809 Lot #54 Two Little Trains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBrown, Margaret Wise and Jean CharlotHeadlineTwo Little Trains In scarce jacketPublisherWilliam R. ScottDate Published1949 Lot #55 Little Fur Family View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseHeadlineLittle Fur Family with original fur binding & two part boxPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1946 Lot #58 Episodes of Insect Life View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBudgen, Louise M. (pseud. "Acheta Domestica")HeadlineEpisodes of Insect Life, hand-colored, finely boundProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherReeve, Benham, and ReeveDate Published1849-1851 Lot #61 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [with] Supplemental Nights View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadline1001 Nights De Luxe, nicely bound w/ supplementsPublisherThe Burton ClubDate Publishedc.1900-1903 Lot #64 Proxeneta, seu de prudentia civili liber View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCardano, GirolamoHeadlinePolitical treatise by Girolamo Cardano, Elzevir imprintPublisherEx Officina ElzevirianaDate Published1627 Lot #65 Illustrations to Don Quixote. Designed by Henry Alken. Engraved by John Zeitter. And Dedicated to the Memory of Cervantes View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorAlken, Henry ThomasHeadlineEtchings by Alken for Don QuixotePublisherS.H. Hawkings, printerDate Published1831 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSuite of most famous Quixote illustrationsPublisherJacques-François ChereauDate Publishedc.1747-1770 Lot #74 My African Journey View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill My African JourneyPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 Lot #79 Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with Figures, Descriptions, and Localities of All the Species View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Conchology)AuthorBrown, ThomasHeadlineWith 27 hand-colored lithograph plates of shellsPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.; MacLachlan and StewartDate Published[1845] Lot #88 Paradise Lost View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost illustrated by DoréProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published[c.1890] Lot #98 Four nicely bound volumes of European history View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 Lot #104 Les Mamelles de Tirésias View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ferat, Serge)AuthorApollinaire, GuillaumeHeadlineApollinaire's Surrealist Breasts of TiresiasPublisherÉditions SicDate Published1918 Lot #109 The Future of England: A Paper Read at The Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineRuskin's Future of England finely boundPublisherRoyal Artillery InstitutionDate Published1870 Lot #113 Le Decameron de Jean Boccace View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio with 5 cherubic fore-edge paintingsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[chez Pierre Prault]Date Published1757-1761 Lot #114 Lettres sur la Suisse, Adressées a Madame M*** par un Voyageur François en 1781 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold 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 Lot #120 Saggio di Robustiano Gironi. Intorno Alle Costumanze Civili dei Greci View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorGironi, RobustianoHeadlineLovely morocco binding w/ 19 platesPublisherDalla Tipografia del Dottore Giulio FerrarioDate Published1823 Lot #124 Sapho View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)AuthorDaudet, AlphonseHeadlineDaudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple statesPublisherArmand MagnierDate Published1897 Lot #126 The Writings of Bret Harte View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHarte, BretHeadline14 volumes, Writings of Bret Harte, signedPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896] Lot #136 The Dance of Death; From the Original Designs of Hans Holbein View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHolbein, HansHeadlineWith 30 hand-colored plates after Hans HolbeinPublisherJ. CoxheadDate Published1816 Lot #139 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHoraceHeadlineEngraved by John PinePublisherJohannes PineDate Published1733-1737 Lot #153 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson 1825, nine vols.PublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published[1825] Lot #154 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineJohnson's Tour of Western Islands of ScotlandPublisherW. StrahanDate Published1775 Lot #155 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineJohnson's Tour of the HebridesPublisherA. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1785 Lot #164 Revolt in the Desert [with] The Mint View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLawrence, T.E.HeadlineFour T.E. Lawrence books, 2 first editionsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1927-1955 Lot #200 Twelve illustrated plates from the Hotel Del Monte menus by Jo Mora View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMora, JoHeadlineIllustrations from Jo Mora's Del Monte menusPublisherHotel Del MonteDate Published1936 Lot #208 An Almanac of Twelve Sports by William Nicholson, Words by Rudyard Kipling View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorNicholson, William & Rudyard KiplingHeadlineAlmanac of Twelve Sports William Nicholson 1898ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1898 Lot #216 Pedantius. Comoedia, olim Cantabrig. acta in Coll. Trin. Nunquàm antehàc typis evulgata View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold 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 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorRanking, JohnHeadlineWars and Sports of the Mongols and RomansPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1826 Lot #231 The Complete Writings of Robert Burns View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Riverside Press)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineRobert Burns Works, bound by the Riverside PressPublisherHoughton Mifflin Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1926 Lot #232 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorÀ Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineComic History of England & Rome Riviere BindingPublisherBradbury, Evans, and Co.Date Published[ca.1850] Lot #233 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 Lot #234 Rookwood: A Romance View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere and Son)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineFinely bound by Riviere and Son, w/ Cruikshank illus.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1836 Lot #235 Mademoiselle Mori: A Tale of Modern Rome View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Author[Roberts, Margaret]HeadlineWith 40 early albumen photographs, c.1860ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1862 Lot #242 Poetical Sketches of Scarborough Illustrated by Twenty-one Engravings of Humourous Subjects View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineRowlandson's Scarborough, with 21 color platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1813 Lot #244 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 Lot #246 The Cat in the Hat View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineCat in the Hat 1st printing in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] Lot #252 Travels in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua: with a Description of its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People, their Languages, Institutions, Religion, &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSquier, E.G.HeadlineSquier's Travels in Central AmericaProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1853 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... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorStarke, MarianaHeadlineStarke's guide to Italy in 1836 w/ folding mapPublisherA. and W. Galignani and Co.Date Published1836 Lot #274 The Complete Angler View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWalton, Izaac and Charles CottonHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Walton's classicPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1823 Lot #275 An Account of the Earl of Galway's Conduct in Spain and Portugal View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(War of the Spanish Succession)HeadlineHenri de Massue in Spain & PortugalPublisherPrinted by J. BakerDate Published1711 Lot #278 The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells Outline of HistoryPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1924] Lot #283 The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWhittier's Life and Works, Artist's EditionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1892] Lot #287 The Court and Reign of Francis the First... [with] Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of France.... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Worsfold)AuthorPardoe, JuliaHeadlineSix volumes by Pardoe, nicely bound by WorsfoldPublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1886-1887 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next