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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 #15 Mexican picture-chronicle of Cempoallan and other States of the Empire of Aculhuacan: Written on 16 leaves (31pp.) of paper manufactured from the maguey-fibre; about 1530 Heading(Aztec)HeadlineColor facsimile of Aztec pictographsPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold 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 #38 Fragmenta Antiquitatis. Antient Tenures of Land, and Jocular Customs of Some Mannors. Made Publick for the Diversion of Some, and Instruction of Others Author[Blount, Thomas]HeadlineBlount, Fragmenta Antiquitatis, 1679PublisherPrinted by the Assigns of Richard and Edward AtkinsDate Published1679 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #72 The Angler's Vade Mecum: or, a Compendious, yet full, Discourse of Angling: Discovering The aptest Methods and Ways, exactest Rules, properest Bait... Author[Chetham, James]HeadlineAngler's Vade Mecum:...Discourse of Angling, 1681PublisherTho. BassettDate Published1681 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #80 D'agricoltura. Dove si contiene il modo di coltivare la terra, seminare, & inserir gli arbori: con la proprietà delle herbe, & di tutti i frutti, et la natura di tutti gli animali... AuthorCrescenzi, Pietro deHeadline16th century agricultural treatise, P. CrescenziPublisherBindoni BernardinoDate Published1542 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold 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 #92 Zoologie [from] Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océnie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zéleé Pendant les Années 1837-1838-1839-1840 AuthorDumont d'Urville, J.HeadlineZoology volume from Dumont D'UrvillePublisherGide et J. Baudry, éditeursDate Published1855 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #104 Les Mamelles de Tirésias Heading(Ferat, Serge)AuthorApollinaire, GuillaumeHeadlineApollinaire's Surrealist Breasts of TiresiasPublisherÉditions SicDate Published1918 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #149 Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (كتاب الحيوان) AuthorJāḥiẓ, ʿAmr b. Baḥr al- (Abū ʿUṯmān ʿAmr b. Baḥr), 776-869HeadlineThe Book of Animals by al-Jahiz, 8 vols. 1965-9PublisherMuṣṭafā al-Bābī al-ḤalabīDate Published1965-1969 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #175 The Linnaean System of Conchology, Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells, Arranged into Divisions and Families AuthorMawe, JohnHeadlineWith 36 plates including colored frontispiecePublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #184 A Garden Companion Heading(Miniature Books - Bromer, Anne & David)AuthorSweet, MelissaHeadlineMiniature Garden Companion 1/30PublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1984 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #223 The Costume of Great Britain AuthorPyne, W.H.HeadlinePyne's Costume of Great Britain 1804PublisherPrinted for William Miller...By Howlett and BrimmerDate Published1804 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold 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 #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 #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 #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 #255 Ampélographie Rhénane ou Description Caractéristique, Historique, Synonymique, Agronomique et Économique des Cépages les Plus Estimés... AuthorStoltz, M. J. L.HeadlineWith 30 color plates of grapesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez Dusacq, Chez Ve Bouchard-Houzard, and Chez J. P. RislerDate Published1852 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #288 Political Arithmetic [bound with] Political Arithmetick. Part II AuthorYoung, ArthurHeadlineArthur Young's Political Arithmetic, 1stProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1774-1779 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next