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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 #31 My Colorful Career View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bird & Bull Press)AuthorSchanilec, GaylordHeadlineMy Colorful Career, SchanilecPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1996 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 #40 Large collection of Bohemian Grove Plays View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineLarge collection of Grove PlaysPublisherThe Bohemian ClubDate Published1911-2011 Lot #45 Eleven Bohemian Grove Plays with camp member signatures, some signed by authors View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineEleven Bohemian Grove playsPublisherBohemian ClubDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #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 #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 #89 Collection of keepsakes, catalogues raisonné, and ephemera from Doves Press View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorCobden-Sanderson, T.J.HeadlineDoves Press ephemera, some presentation copiesPublisherDoves PressDate Published1900-1916 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 #100 Novum Psalterium PII XII. An Unfinished Folio Edition by Brother Antoninus, O.P. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Everson, William, Printer)HeadlineEverson's masterpiece Psalter, as Brother AntoninusProvenanceRobert O. Schad, writer of introduction and Curator of Rare Books at the Huntington LibraryDate Published[1955] 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 #111 The Icelandic Sagas View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Folio Society)HeadlineIcelandic Sagas Folio SocietyPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published1999, 2002 Lot #112 Three Titles from the Folio Society View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Folio Society)Headline9 vols. from the Folio SocietyPublisherFolio SocietyDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #182 The Cask of Amontillado View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Bromer, Anne & David)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's Cask of Amontillado Bromer Miniature - 3 copiesPublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1981 Lot #183 Shall I Die? Shall I Fly? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Bromer, Anne & David)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineBromer Books miniature ShakespearePublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1986 Lot #184 A Garden Companion View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Bromer, Anne & David)AuthorSweet, MelissaHeadlineMiniature Garden Companion 1/30PublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1984 Lot #185 Mark Twain Compliments the President's Wife View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Miniature Books - Bromer, Anne & David)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Compliments the President's Wife - 3 copiesPublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1984 Lot #186 Anne Frank (1929-1945), A Biography View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Catharijne Press)AuthorKok, Henri A.R.HeadlineAnne Frank Catharijne Press Special EditionPublisherCatharijne PressDate Published1995 Lot #191 Six fine miniatures from the Lilliput Press View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Lilliput Press)Headline6 leather-bound miniatures from lilliputPublisherLilliput PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #192 Eighteen miniature books from the Rebecca Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Rebecca Press)Headline18 fine miniatures from Rebecca PressPublisherRebecca PressDate Published1983-1989 Lot #193 Gemological Pharmacopoeia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Rebecca Press)AuthorBingham, Rebecca SaadyHeadlineGemological Pharmacopoeia miniature 1/25PublisherRebecca PressDate Published1983 Lot #195 Ten miniature books from the Wind & Harlot Press View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Wind & Harlot)Headline10 miniatures from Wind & Harlot PressPublisherWind & HarlotDate Published1981-1992 Lot #196 Ovid, An Elegy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books - Wind & Harlot)AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid, An Elegy - specially bound miniaturePublisherWind & HarlotDate Published1981 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 #212 The Holy Gospel According to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)HeadlineThe Gospel according to Officina Bodoni, 1962PublisherOfficina BodoniDate Published1962 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 Lot #266 De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus Fabula Anilis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Vale Press)AuthorApuleius, LuciusHeadlineVale Press Cupid and PsychePublisher[The Vale Press]Date Published[1901] Lot #267 Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The Most Interesting Trial for Witchcraft Ever Known. Printed from an Imperfect Manuscript by Her Father, Abraham Schweidler, the Pastor of Coserow in the Island of Usedom View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Vale Press)AuthorMeinhold, WilliamHeadlineVale Press Mary Schweidler, the Amber WitchPublisher[The Vale Press]Date Published[1903] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next