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(All published) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAnzarena, ChristovalHeadlineScarce Don Quixote imitation by AnzarenaPublisherDon Geronymo de CastillaDate PublishedNo date [c. 1767] Lot #3 Romanrum Historiarum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAppian of AlexandriaHeadlineAppian of Alexandria Romanrum HistoriarumPublisherJohannis Janssonii à Waesberge & Johannis à SomerenDate Published1670 Lot #8 Seven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineSeven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 Lot #9 Le Nouveau Testament en Latin et en Francais, Traduit par Sacy View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin and French)Author**HeadlineBible in Latin & French IllustratedPublisherDeot JeuneDate Published1793-98 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. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBorghini, RaffaelloHeadlineRaffaello Borghini Il Riposo 1584PublisherGiorgio MarescottiDate Published1584 Lot #19 Destiny and Other Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBruce, GeorgeHeadlineDestiny and Other Poems 1876 by Geo BrucePublisherThe AuthorDate Published1876 Lot #20 Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorBruce, JamesHeadlineTravels to Discover the Source of the Nile 1st edPublisherPrinted by J. Ruthven, For G.G.J. & J. RobinsonDate Published1790 Lot #21 Academie des Sciences et des Arts, Contenant les Vies, & les Eloges Historiques des Hommes Illustres View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorBullart, IsaacHeadlineAcademie des Sciences et des ArtsPublisherLouis BilaineDate Published1682 Lot #23 The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1771PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1771 Lot #26 Oratio pro Q. Ligario, cum annotationibus Trapezuntij, Merulæ, Syluij, Latomi, Amerbachij, Melancthonis, & Curionis, margini adiunctis, ut singulae suis numeris respondeant View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadline1572 Cicero Oratio pro Q. LigarioPublisherDionysii a PratoDate Published1572 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. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorCoke, EdwardoHeadlineCoke on Littleton 14th edition 1791PublisherJames MooreDate Published1791 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. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,750StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorHawkesworth, JohnHeadlineCook's First Voyage with all plates presentPublisherW. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1773 Lot #32 The Water Witch or the Skimmer of the Seas View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineRare Dresen 1st Edition of Cooper's Water WitchPublisherPrinted for WaltherDate Published[not later than 18 September], 1830 Lot #33 Canadensium Plantarum, aliarumque nondum editarum Historia cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicum parisiense. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorCornut, Jacques PhilippeHeadlineJ.P. Cornut Canadensium Plantarum 1635PublisherSimonem le MoyneDate Published1635 Lot #34 Gondibert: An Heroick Poem View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineGondibert: An Heroick Poem 1651PublisherJohn HoldenDate Published1651 Lot #40 The Works of Charles Dickens - Household Edition in Parts View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens Household ed in partsPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1871-1880 Lot #42 Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestreset Fluviatiles de la France View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorDraparnaud, Jacues-Philippe-RamondHeadlineHistory of the mollusques of FrancePublisherChez D. colas and Chez GabonDate Published[an XIII, i.e. 1805] Lot #46 Works View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBronte, Charlotte, Emily & AnneHeadlineWorks of the Bronte SistersPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 Lot #47 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures in Wonderland Finely BoundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1867 Lot #48 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice & The Looking Glass Finely BoundPublisherMacmillanDate Published1927 & 1928 Lot #50 [Works] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadline[Works] by Charles Dickens bound by MudiePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1890-1895 Lot #51 The Works of Oliver Goldsmith - The Turk's Head Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineWorks of Oliver Goldsmith Turk's Head EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1908] Lot #52 The Writings in Prose and Verse View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Writings in Prose and VersePublisherScribner'sDate Published1920-1926 Lot #53 Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineWorks of Francois Rabelais Finely BoundPublisherGibbings and CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #54 La Sifilide Poema View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFracastoro, GirolamoHeadlineGirolamo Fracastoro La Sifilide Poema 1829PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1829 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 View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500StatusUnsold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1774PublisherPrinted for F. NewberyDate Published1774 Lot #57 A General Collection of Treatys, Declarations of War, Manifestos, and Other Publick Papers, Relating to Peace and War View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(General Collection of Treatys)Author**HeadlineA General Collection of Treatys Second EditionPublisherJ.J. and P. Knapton, et alDate Published1732 Lot #58 Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani. Tomus Primus (-Octavus) [Together with]: Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani. Fasciculus Primus (-Quarti pars Prima) View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold AuthorHaller, Albrecht vonHeadlineHaller's Elementa PhysiologiaePublisherMarci-Michael Bousquet / Sigismundi D'Arnay / Francisci Grasset / Julii Henrici PottDate Published1757-1778, 1782 Lot #60 Herodotou logoi ennea, oiper epipalountai Mousai/ Herodoti Libri novem, qvibvs Mvsarvm indita svnt nomina ... Ad haec View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHerodutusHeadlineHerodutus in Greek 1557Publisherex officina HeruagianaDate Published1557 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineSixth Edition of Johnson's Dictionary 1785PublisherJ.F. and C. Rivington, et alDate Published1785 Lot #67 Utopia View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press Utopia by Thomas MorePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #71 A physical essay on the senses... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLe Cat, [Claude Nicolas]HeadlineA physical essay on the senses... by Le CatPublisherFor R. GriffithsDate Published1750 Lot #72 Oeuvres Choisies de le Sage View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLe Sage, [Alaine René]HeadlineOeuvres Choisies de le Sage in 15 volsPublisherRue et Hotel SerpenteDate Published1783 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorLower, WilliamHeadlineCharles II visits the Low Countries 1660PublisherAdrian VlacqDate Published1660 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. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)Author"An American Matron"HeadlineThe Maternal Physician 1811PublisherIsaac RileyDate Published1811 Lot #81 The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineInscribed by William Morris to Irish poetPublisherEllis & WhiteDate Published1877 Lot #86 La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Divine Comedy - Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1928 Lot #87 Four leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorSchedel, HartmanHeadlineFour leaves from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1493] Lot #88 Three leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorSchedel, HartmanHeadlineThree leaves from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1493] Lot #92 The Raven And Other Poems [bound following] Tales View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar A[llan]HeadlineFirst book appearance of Poe's The RavenPublisherWiley and PutnamDate Published1845 Lot #93 The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestly on Vision, Light and Color 1772PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1772 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. View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorRauwolf, LeonhartHeadlineAigentliche Beschreibung der Raiß 1582Publisher[Lauingen]Date Published1582 Lot #103 Our Kind of Man - original manuscript View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineOur Kind of Man - original manuscript by RileyDate PublishedNo date Lot #104 The Runaway - original manuscript View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Runaway - original manuscript by RileyDate PublishedNo date Lot #105 The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley - Volume One only, with manuscript letter View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineVol. 1 of Riley Works, w/mss letter 1/150 copiesPublisherC.B. RandallDate Published[1913] Lot #106 Morning - inscribed by the author, and with laid in autograph card View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineMorning sgnd by author w/laid in mss notePublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published[1907] Lot #107 The Old Swimmin'-hole, and 'Leven More Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineOld Swimmin'-hole signed w/8 line poem RileyPublisherGeorge C. Hitt & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #109 Bust of James Whitcomb Riley View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Riley, James Whitcomb)AuthorRichards, MyraHeadlineBust of James Whitcomb Riley 1916Date Published1916 Lot #112 Commentarii ad processum summarium et edictalem... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSchmid, Caspar vonHeadlineCommentarii ad processum summarium et edictalemPublisherJoannis HermanniDate Published1695 Lot #113 Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, & Henry VIII - Extracted from the Fourth Folio edition of Shakespeare's works View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Author[Shakespeare, William]HeadlineFourth folio editions of the Henry playsPublisher[H. Herringman, et al]Date Published[1685] 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSamuel Johnson Edition of Shakespeare's playsPublisherJ. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet, H. Woodfall, et al.Date Published1765 Lot #115 Shakespeare Society Publications - 48 parts in 19 volumes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Society)Author**HeadlineShakespeare Society Pubs 48 parts in 19 volsPublisherShakespeare SocietyDate Published1841-1853 Lot #117 The Collected Works of Bernard Shaw View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorShaw, George BernardHeadlineCollected Works of Bernard Shaw 30 vols 1930PublisherWm. H. WiseDate Published1930-1932 Lot #125 [History of the Pelopponesian War, i.e.]: Thoukudides meta scholion palaion.../ Thucydides cum Scholiis et Antiquis... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucydides in Greek, 1540PublisherOfficina HervagianaDate Published1540 Lot #126 Epitome Delictorum, sive De magia: in qua aperta vel occulta invocatio Daemonis inter intervenit. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorTorreblanca, FranciscoHeadlineEpitome Delictorum, sive De magia 1678PublisherJoannis Antonii HuguetanDate Published1678 Lot #127 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #128 King Leopold's Soliloquy View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineKing Leopold's Soliloquy Signed by Mark TwainPublisherP.R. WarrenDate Published1905 Lot #129 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLife on the Mississippi 1st ed by Mark TwainPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #130 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Pudd'nhead Wilson First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #135 Two cabinet card studio photographs of Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineTwo cabinet photographs of Oscar WildePublisherAlfred Ellis [&] Alfred Ellis & WaleryDate Published1890s Lot #136 Monday or Tuesday View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Monday or Tuesday 1st EditionPublisherThe Hogarth PressDate Published1921 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next