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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Eight Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 4th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1943 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #2 Vida, Y Empressas Literarias del Ingeniosissimo Caballero Don Quixote de la Manchuela. Parte Primera. (All published) AuthorAnzarena, ChristovalHeadlineScarce Don Quixote imitation by AnzarenaPublisherDon Geronymo de CastillaDate PublishedNo date [c. 1767] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #3 Romanrum Historiarum AuthorAppian of AlexandriaHeadlineAppian of Alexandria Romanrum HistoriarumPublisherJohannis Janssonii à Waesberge & Johannis à SomerenDate Published1670 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #6 Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale, Ouvrage qui peut Servir de Suite à l'Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne. AuthorBailly, (Jean-Sylvain)HeadlineTraité de l'Astronomie Indienne et OrientalePublisherChex Debure l'aineDate Published1787 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #8 Seven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613 Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineSeven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #9 Le Nouveau Testament en Latin et en Francais, Traduit par Sacy Heading(Bible in Latin and French)Author**HeadlineBible in Latin & French IllustratedPublisherDeot JeuneDate Published1793-98 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #10 Traité Élémentaire d'Astronomie Physique AuthorBiot, J(ean)-B(aptiste)HeadlineTraité Élémentaire d'Astronomie PhysiquePublisherBachelierDate Published1814-47 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Laws of Life, With Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls AuthorBlackwell, ElizabethHeadlineFirst book by the first American Woman DoctorPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1852 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #13 Il Riposo. In cui della pittura, e della scultura si favella, de più illustri pittori e scultori. e le cose principali appartenenti a dette arti si insegnano. AuthorBorghini, RaffaelloHeadlineRaffaello Borghini Il Riposo 1584PublisherGiorgio MarescottiDate Published1584 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #20 Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 AuthorBruce, JamesHeadlineTravels to Discover the Source of the Nile 1st edPublisherPrinted by J. Ruthven, For G.G.J. & J. RobinsonDate Published1790 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #21 Academie des Sciences et des Arts, Contenant les Vies, & les Eloges Historiques des Hommes Illustres AuthorBullart, IsaacHeadlineAcademie des Sciences et des ArtsPublisherLouis BilaineDate Published1682 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #23 The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha HeadingzzfAuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1771PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1771 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #24 L'art de Faire, Gouverner, et Perfectionner Les Vins. [Bound with]: Parmentier, [Antoine-Augustin] L'art de Faire les Eaux-de-Vie, d'apres la Doctrine de Chaptal AuthorChaptal, [Jean-Antoine, comte de Chanteloup]HeadlineL'art de Faire Gouverner et Perfectionner Les VinPublisherChex Delain FilsDate PublishedAn X - 1801 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #25 A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes Heading(Chinese Bronzes)Author**HeadlineIllustrative Catalogue of Chinese BronzesPublisherSmithsonian InstitutionDate Published1946 View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #26 Oratio pro Q. Ligario, cum annotationibus Trapezuntij, Merulæ, Syluij, Latomi, Amerbachij, Melancthonis, & Curionis, margini adiunctis, ut singulae suis numeris respondeant AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadline1572 Cicero Oratio pro Q. LigarioPublisherDionysii a PratoDate Published1572 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #29 The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Or, a Commentary Upon Littleton. Not the name of the Author Only but of the Law Itself. HeadingzzfAuthorCoke, EdwardoHeadlineCoke on Littleton 14th edition 1791PublisherJames MooreDate Published1791 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #30 An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Cartaret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. Heading(Cook, James)AuthorHawkesworth, JohnHeadlineCook's First Voyage with all plates presentPublisherW. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1773 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,750StatusSold Lot #32 The Water Witch or the Skimmer of the Seas Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineRare Dresen 1st Edition of Cooper's Water WitchPublisherPrinted for WaltherDate Published[not later than 18 September], 1830 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 Canadensium Plantarum, aliarumque nondum editarum Historia cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicum parisiense. AuthorCornut, Jacques PhilippeHeadlineJ.P. Cornut Canadensium Plantarum 1635PublisherSimonem le MoyneDate Published1635 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #34 Gondibert: An Heroick Poem AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineGondibert: An Heroick Poem 1651PublisherJohn HoldenDate Published1651 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #35 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life HeadingzzfAuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's On the Origin of Species 3rd AmericanPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #36 On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's On the Origin of Species 4th EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1866 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #37 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man First EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #38 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man 1887 EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #39 Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture. AuthorDavy, HumphryHeadlineElements of Agricultural Chemistry by DavyPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #42 Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestreset Fluviatiles de la France AuthorDraparnaud, Jacues-Philippe-RamondHeadlineHistory of the mollusques of FrancePublisherChez D. colas and Chez GabonDate Published[an XIII, i.e. 1805] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #54 La Sifilide Poema AuthorFracastoro, GirolamoHeadlineGirolamo Fracastoro La Sifilide Poema 1829PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1829 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #55 Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America... To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1774PublisherPrinted for F. NewberyDate Published1774 View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500StatusUnsold Lot #57 A General Collection of Treatys, Declarations of War, Manifestos, and Other Publick Papers, Relating to Peace and War Heading(General Collection of Treatys)Author**HeadlineA General Collection of Treatys Second EditionPublisherJ.J. and P. Knapton, et alDate Published1732 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #58 Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani. Tomus Primus (-Octavus) [Together with]: Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani. Fasciculus Primus (-Quarti pars Prima) AuthorHaller, Albrecht vonHeadlineHaller's Elementa PhysiologiaePublisherMarci-Michael Bousquet / Sigismundi D'Arnay / Francisci Grasset / Julii Henrici PottDate Published1757-1778, 1782 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London AuthorHeath, John BenjaminHeadlineAccount of the Worshipful Company of GrocersPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1854 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #60 Herodotou logoi ennea, oiper epipalountai Mousai/ Herodoti Libri novem, qvibvs Mvsarvm indita svnt nomina ... Ad haec AuthorHerodutusHeadlineHerodutus in Greek 1557Publisherex officina HeruagianaDate Published1557 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Annotationessur la premier et second libres ,,,prognostique Hippocrates par M. Martin docteur …la faculté de medecin do Paris Heading(Hippocrates)Author**HeadlineManuscript volume on HippocratesDate Published18th century? View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #66 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineSixth Edition of Johnson's Dictionary 1785PublisherJ.F. and C. Rivington, et alDate Published1785 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #67 Utopia Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press Utopia by Thomas MorePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #71 A physical essay on the senses... AuthorLe Cat, [Claude Nicolas]HeadlineA physical essay on the senses... by Le CatPublisherFor R. GriffithsDate Published1750 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #72 Oeuvres Choisies de le Sage AuthorLe Sage, [Alaine René]HeadlineOeuvres Choisies de le Sage in 15 volsPublisherRue et Hotel SerpenteDate Published1783 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #74 Relation en Forme de Journal, du Voyage et Sejour que le Serenissime et Tres-Puissant Prince Charles II, Roy de la Grand Bretagne, &c. A fait en Hollande, depuis le 25 May, jusques au 2 Juin 1660. AuthorLower, WilliamHeadlineCharles II visits the Low Countries 1660PublisherAdrian VlacqDate Published1660 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #76 The Maternal Physician; a Treatise on the Nurture and Management of Infants, from the Birth Until Two Years Old. Being the Result of Sixteen Years' Experience in the Nursery. Illustrated By Extracts from the most approved Medical Authors. By An American Matron. Heading(Medical)Author"An American Matron"HeadlineThe Maternal Physician 1811PublisherIsaac RileyDate Published1811 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #77 Botica General de Remedios Experimentados. Heading(Medical Manuscript)Author**HeadlineBotica General de Remedios Experimentados.Date Published18th century? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #78 Recueil de Questions, Proposées a Une Société de Savants, qui par Ordre de sa Majesté Damoise Font le Voyage de L'Arabie AuthorMichaelis, [Johann David]HeadlineJ.D. Michaelis Recueil de QuestionsPublisherBaaldeDate Published1774 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #87 Four leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorSchedel, HartmanHeadlineFour leaves from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1493] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #88 Three leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorSchedel, HartmanHeadlineThree leaves from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1493] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #91 Presentation book to Joseph B. Crockett upon retiring as President of the San Francisco Gas & Electric Co. in 1902 - signed by 396 employees of the company Heading(Pacific Gas & Electric)Author**HeadlinePre-PG&E president retires with special bookDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #93 The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestly on Vision, Light and Color 1772PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1772 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #96 Aigentliche Beschreibung der Raiß, so er vor diser zeit gegen Auffgang inn die Morgenländer, Fürnemlich Syriam, Iudaeam, Arabiam, Mesopotamiam, Babyloniam, Assyriam, Armeniam etc. AuthorRauwolf, LeonhartHeadlineAigentliche Beschreibung der Raiß 1582Publisher[Lauingen]Date Published1582 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #97 The Life of Robert Fulton...Accompanied with copies of Fulton's Original Drawings and Numerous Plates AuthorReigart, J. FranklinHeadlineLife of Robert FultonPublisherC.G. HendersonDate Published1856 View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #112 Commentarii ad processum summarium et edictalem... AuthorSchmid, Caspar vonHeadlineCommentarii ad processum summarium et edictalemPublisherJoannis HermanniDate Published1695 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #113 Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, & Henry VIII - Extracted from the Fourth Folio edition of Shakespeare's works Author[Shakespeare, William]HeadlineFourth folio editions of the Henry playsPublisher[H. Herringman, et al]Date Published[1685] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #114 The Plays of William Shakespeare, In Eight Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added Notes by Sam[uel] Johnson AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSamuel Johnson Edition of Shakespeare's playsPublisherJ. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet, H. Woodfall, et al.Date Published1765 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #116 Programming a Computer for Playing Chess. [In]: The Philosophical Magazine, Volume 41, Number 314 AuthorShannon, Claude E.HeadlineProgramming a Computer for Playing ChessPublisherTaylor & FrancisDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #125 [History of the Pelopponesian War, i.e.]: Thoukudides meta scholion palaion.../ Thucydides cum Scholiis et Antiquis... AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucydides in Greek, 1540PublisherOfficina HervagianaDate Published1540 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #126 Epitome Delictorum, sive De magia: in qua aperta vel occulta invocatio Daemonis inter intervenit. AuthorTorreblanca, FranciscoHeadlineEpitome Delictorum, sive De magia 1678PublisherJoannis Antonii HuguetanDate Published1678 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next