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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 #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 #14 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Northanger Abbey 1st Bentley ed. 1833PublisherRichard Bentley; Bell and Bradfute; Cumming; GalgnaniDate Published1833 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 #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 #49 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, First Edition, early issuePublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 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 #57 Georgii Buchanani Scoti, Poetarum sui seculi facile Principis, Opera Omnia, ad optimorum Codicum fidem summo studio recognita & castigata... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBuchanan, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of Scot Poet George Buchanan 1715PublisherRobert FreebairnDate Published1715 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 #66 A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorFernández de Avellaneda, AlonsoHeadlineContinuation of Don Quixote in English 1705PublisherPrinted for Jeffery Wale and John SenexDate Published1705 Lot #67 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineBrussels edition of Don Quixote 1607PublisherPor Roger VelpiusDate Published1607 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 #69 Instructive Novels View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineCervantes Instructive Novels, trans. T. SheltonPublisherPrinted by Robert UrieDate Published1750 Lot #70 Le Luminose Geste di Don Chisciotte desegnate ed incise da Francesco Novelli in XXXIII Tavole con Spiegazioni View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadline33 plates illustrating Don Quixote, 1819PublisherTipografia di AlvisopoliDate Published1819 Lot #71 The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, small edition 1828, 4 vols.PublisherJ. & B. WilliamsDate Published1828 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 #87 Sketches and Reminiscences, Principally of Paris View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDoran, J.HeadlineInscribed by the authorPublisherS. MaunderDate Published1828 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 #95 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Silas Marner, 1st ed. unopened near fineProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1861 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 #108 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq; with the Life of the Author. In Eight Volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding 2nd editionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1762 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 #117 The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorRamsay, AllanHeadlineThe Gentle Shepherd w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherPrinted by J. Ballantyne and Co.Date Published1807 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 #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 #135 The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd. With an Autobiography View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHogg, JamesHeadlinePoetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd 1860ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBlackie & Sons LimitedDate Published[c.1860] 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 #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 #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 #163 Sons and Lovers View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Sons and LoversProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published1913 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLe Sage, Alain ReneHeadlineAdventures of Gil Blas 2nd edition 1761 illus.PublisherPrinted for J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1761 Lot #167 Le Moine, Traduit de l'Anglais View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Lewis, Matthew Gregory)HeadlineThe Monk w/ engraved frontispieces, 1797ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez MaradanDate Published1797 Lot #172 Scorn of Women: In Three Acts View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Scorn of Women First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #180 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost Second Edition 1674PublisherS. SimmonsDate Published1674 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 #210 Select Icelandic Poetry, translated from the originals; with notes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Norse Saga)AuthorHerbert, Willian, translatorHeadlineHerbert's translation of Norse sagaPublisherPrinted for T. Reynolds... by I. GoldDate Published1804-1806 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 #227 La Dernière Avanture D'Un Homme de Quarantecinq-ans; Nouvelle Utile à plus d'un Lecteur View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorRéstif de la Bretonne, Nicolas EdmeHeadlineLa Dernière Avanture, First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChés RegnaultDate Published1783 Lot #229 The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Author[Richardson, Samuel]HeadlineSir Charles Grandison 1st EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for S. RichardsonDate Published1754 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 #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 #260 Two editions of The Seasons View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineTwo editions of Thomson's SeasonsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1730-1793 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 #269 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 Lot #273 The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorWalton, and Charles CottonHeadlineH. Sotheran fine binding, Complete AnglerPublisherHenry WashbourneDate Published1842 Lot #281 The Decoration of Houses View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWharton, Edith and Ogden Codman, Jr.HeadlineEdith Wharton's Decoration of Houses 1897ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1897 Lot #282 Leaves of Grass - original leaf from the first edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineLeaf from Leaves of Grass 1st editionDate Published[1855] 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 #285 John Brent View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWinthrop, TheodoreHeadlineJohn Brent by Winthrop, 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1862 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next