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Agnew of LochnawPublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1816 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Lot #14 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Northanger Abbey 1st Bentley ed. 1833PublisherRichard Bentley; Bell and Bradfute; Cumming; GalgnaniDate Published1833 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold 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 #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 #49 The Life of Samuel Johnson AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, First Edition, early issuePublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #57 Georgii Buchanani Scoti, Poetarum sui seculi facile Principis, Opera Omnia, ad optimorum Codicum fidem summo studio recognita & castigata... AuthorBuchanan, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of Scot Poet George Buchanan 1715PublisherRobert FreebairnDate Published1715 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #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 #66 A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorFernández de Avellaneda, AlonsoHeadlineContinuation of Don Quixote in English 1705PublisherPrinted for Jeffery Wale and John SenexDate Published1705 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #67 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineBrussels edition of Don Quixote 1607PublisherPor Roger VelpiusDate Published1607 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #69 Instructive Novels AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineCervantes Instructive Novels, trans. T. SheltonPublisherPrinted by Robert UrieDate Published1750 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #70 Le Luminose Geste di Don Chisciotte desegnate ed incise da Francesco Novelli in XXXIII Tavole con Spiegazioni AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadline33 plates illustrating Don Quixote, 1819PublisherTipografia di AlvisopoliDate Published1819 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #71 The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, small edition 1828, 4 vols.PublisherJ. & B. WilliamsDate Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #87 Sketches and Reminiscences, Principally of Paris AuthorDoran, J.HeadlineInscribed by the authorPublisherS. MaunderDate Published1828 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 #95 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Silas Marner, 1st ed. unopened near fineProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #108 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq; with the Life of the Author. In Eight Volumes AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding 2nd editionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1762 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #117 The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorRamsay, AllanHeadlineThe Gentle Shepherd w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherPrinted by J. Ballantyne and Co.Date Published1807 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold 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 #135 The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd. With an Autobiography AuthorHogg, JamesHeadlinePoetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd 1860ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBlackie & Sons LimitedDate Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #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 #161 The Death of Socrates Heading(Lamartine, Alphonse de)AuthorCope, HarriettHeadlineDeath of Socrates translated by CopePublisherPrinted and sold for the translatorDate Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #163 Sons and Lovers AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Sons and LoversProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #165 The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A New Translation by the author of Roderick Random. Adorned with Thirty-three Cuts, neatly engraved AuthorLe Sage, Alain ReneHeadlineAdventures of Gil Blas 2nd edition 1761 illus.PublisherPrinted for J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1761 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #167 Le Moine, Traduit de l'Anglais Heading(Lewis, Matthew Gregory)HeadlineThe Monk w/ engraved frontispieces, 1797ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez MaradanDate Published1797 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #172 Scorn of Women: In Three Acts AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Scorn of Women First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #180 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost Second Edition 1674PublisherS. SimmonsDate Published1674 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #210 Select Icelandic Poetry, translated from the originals; with notes Heading(Norse Saga)AuthorHerbert, Willian, translatorHeadlineHerbert's translation of Norse sagaPublisherPrinted for T. Reynolds... by I. GoldDate Published1804-1806 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #227 La Dernière Avanture D'Un Homme de Quarantecinq-ans; Nouvelle Utile à plus d'un Lecteur AuthorRéstif de la Bretonne, Nicolas EdmeHeadlineLa Dernière Avanture, First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChés RegnaultDate Published1783 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #229 The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa Author[Richardson, Samuel]HeadlineSir Charles Grandison 1st EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for S. RichardsonDate Published1754 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #260 Two editions of The Seasons AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineTwo editions of Thomson's SeasonsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1730-1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #266 De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus Fabula Anilis Heading(Vale Press)AuthorApuleius, LuciusHeadlineVale Press Cupid and PsychePublisher[The Vale Press]Date Published[1901] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #269 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #273 The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing AuthorWalton, and Charles CottonHeadlineH. Sotheran fine binding, Complete AnglerPublisherHenry WashbourneDate Published1842 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #281 The Decoration of Houses AuthorWharton, Edith and Ogden Codman, Jr.HeadlineEdith Wharton's Decoration of Houses 1897ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #282 Leaves of Grass - original leaf from the first edition AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineLeaf from Leaves of Grass 1st editionDate Published[1855] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #285 John Brent AuthorWinthrop, TheodoreHeadlineJohn Brent by Winthrop, 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next