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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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #96 Of Dramatick Poesie: An Essay, 1668...Preceded by a Dialogue on Poetic Drama by T.S. Eliot View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Eliot, T.S.)AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden and T.S. Eliot, Haselwood BooksPublisherFrederick Etchells & Hugh MacdonaldDate Published1928 Lot #99 The Compass View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Everson, William)Headline3 rare Everson poems Everson, The Compass, 1943-5ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe CompassDate Published1943-1945 Lot #101 The Masculine Dead View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Everson's third bookProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Press of James A. DeckerDate Published[1942] Lot #104 Les Mamelles de Tirésias View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ferat, Serge)AuthorApollinaire, GuillaumeHeadlineApollinaire's Surrealist Breasts of TiresiasPublisherÉditions SicDate Published1918 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 #116 The Poetical Works of John Milton View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of castle and villagePublisherThomas TeggDate Published1842 Lot #123 Faustus: From the German of Goethe View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadline1st in English of Goethe's FaustusPublisherBoosey and Sons, and Rodwell & MartinDate Published1821 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 #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 #159 Proof signature of pages from the Kelmscott Keats View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineProof signature from Kelmscott KeatsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894 Lot #161 The Death of Socrates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Lamartine, Alphonse de)AuthorCope, HarriettHeadlineDeath of Socrates translated by CopePublisherPrinted and sold for the translatorDate Published1828 Lot #181 The History of Britain, that Part especially now call'd England: from the first Traditional Beginning, Continu'd to the Norman Conquest... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's History of Britain, 1695PublisherRi. ChiswellDate Published1695 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 #213 Providence. An Allegorical Poem. In Three Books View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorOgilvie, JohnHeadlineJohn Ogilvie's Providence, plates by A. WalkerProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for G. BurnetDate Published1764 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 #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 #240 Les Poesies de S. Mallarme View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Rops, Felicien)AuthorMallarme, StephaneHeadlineWith frontispiece by Felicien Rops, 1899ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherEdmond DemanDate Published1899 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 #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 #254 Harmonium View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineHarmonium Wallace Stevens 1st bdg 1923ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherKnopfDate Published1923 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next