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Heading(Accounting)AuthorJones, Edward ThomasHeadlineJones's English System of Book-Keeping 1stPublisherPrinted by R. EdwardsDate Published1796 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #2 Alciphron's Epistles; In Which are Described, The Domestic Manners, The Courtesans, and Parasites of Greece. Now First Translated from the Greek. AuthorAlciphronHeadlineAlciphron, 1st ed. in English, 1791PublisherPrinted for G.G.J. and J. Robinson; Leigh and Sotheby; and R. FaulderDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #3 In Hoc Volumine Haec Continentur. Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium et de Inventione Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineCicero printed by Aldine, 1521PublisherAldusDate Published1521 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #4 M.T. Ciceronis De Philosophia volumen primum, in quo haec continentur... Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineCicero's De Philosophia, Aldine Press 1523PublisherAldusDate Published1523 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #5 Epistolae ad Atticum... Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorCiceroHeadlineAldine Press Cicero's Epistolae ad AtticumPublisherPaulum Manutium Aldi FiliumDate Published1548 [1551] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #6 Il Prencipe di Nicolò Machiavelli, al Magnifico Lorenzo di Pietro de Medici. La Vita di Castvc'cio... Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineThe Prince by Machiavelli, 1540 Aldine EditionPublisher[Sons of Aldo]Date Published[1540] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$46,875StatusSold Lot #7 Graeciae descriptio [graece] Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorPausaniasHeadlineEditio princeps Pausanias Aldine Press 1516PublisherAndrea Torresani at the Aldine PressDate Published1516 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #8 Epistolarum libri decem... Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorPlinius Caecilius Scundus [Pliny the Younger]HeadlinePliny's letters, Aldine Press 1508PublisherAldus Manutius and Andreas TorresanusDate Published1508 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #9 Sylvarum libri V. Achilleidos libri XII. Thebaidos libri II. Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorStatius, Publius PapiniuHeadlineStatius' writings, Aldine Press in moroccoPublisherAldusDate Published1519 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #10 The Sikander Nāma, E Bará, or Book of Alexander the Great, Written in A.D. 1200 Heading(Alexander the Great)Author[Niẓāmī Ganjavī] Abū Muhammad Bin Yusuf Bin Mum Ayyid-I-Nizāmu-'d-DīnHeadlineFirst English translation of The Book of Alexander the GreatPublisherW.H. Allen & Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #11 Egypt Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHerodotusHeadlineAllen Press, Herodotus on EgyptPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #12 The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent AuthorAllen, ThomasHeadlineExtra-illustrated History of London 1827PublisherCowie and StrangeDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #13 Ammiani Marcellini Rerum Gestarum...Libri XVIII AuthorAmmianus MarcellinusHeadlineAmmianus's Rerum Gestarum, 1693PublisherApud Petrum VanderDate Published1693 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #14 The Rhetoric, Poetics, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek Heading(Aristotle)AuthorTaylor, ThomasHeadlineEarly 19th century work on AristotleProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by A.J. ValpyDate Published1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #15 Rome et Ses Pontifes: Histoire, Traditions, Monuments AuthorArtaud de Montor, ChevalierHeadlineFine Binding Roman Papal HistoryProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlfred Mame et FilsDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #16 Bacon's Essays: Sydney Edition Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineFrom the library of Charles Harold St. John HornbyPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published1912 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #17 The Heavenly Trade, or the Best Merchandizing: The only way to live well in Impoverishing Times... AuthorAshwood, BartholomewHeadlineAshwood's Heavenly Trade 1678PublisherPrinted for Samuel Lee near Pope's Head AlleyDate Published1678 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #18 The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary AuthorAstle, ThomasHeadlineOrigin & Progress of Writing by Astle 1803 2nd ed.PublisherJ. WhiteDate Published1803 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Loiterer, a Periodical Work, in Two Volumes. First Published at Oxford in the Years 1789 and 1790. Vol. II Author[Austen, James and Henry Austen]HeadlinePeriodical by brothers of Jane AustenPublisherPrinted for the authorDate Published1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 Alocucion Que en el Dia Veinte de Enero del Año Mile Setecientos Ochenta y Tres, Cumpleaños del Rey Nuestro Señor D. Carlos III... AuthorBasilio, Sancho de Sana Justa y RufinoHeadlineEarly Manila rice paper, archbishop's addressPublisherEn la Imprenta del Seminario EclesiasticoDate Published1783 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Last Egyptian [with] Annabel Author[Baum, L. Frank]HeadlineTwo non-fantasy novels by Baum written under different namesProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzDate Published1908; 1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #22 The Emerald City of Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineEmerald City of Oz First EditionProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzPublisherReilly & Britton Co.Date Published[1910] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #23 John Dough and the Cherub AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineJohn Dough and the Cherub First EditionProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzPublisherReilly & Britton Co.Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #24 Magus Mirabilis in Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineThe Latin translation of The Wizard of Oz - with 2 extra proof copiesProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzPublisherScholar PressDate Published1981-1982 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #25 Two editions of The Land of Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadline2 copies Land of Oz, 1 sophisticatedProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzPublisherThe Reilly & Britton Co.Date Published[c. 1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #26 The Fireside Cook Book: A Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginner and Expert AuthorBeard, James A.HeadlineJames Beard's 1949 Fireside Cook BookPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #27 The Spell of Egypt AuthorBell, ArchieHeadlineWith photos + color plates of travels in EgyptPublisherThe Page CompanyDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #28 Bemelmans' La Bonne Table AuthorBemelmans, LudwigHeadlineLa Bonne Table by Madeline's authorPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1964 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #29 Physikalischer Atlas oder Sammlung von Karten, auf denen die hauptsachlichsten erscheinungen der anorganischen und organischen natur nach ihrer geographischen verbreitung und vertheilung bildlich dargestellt sind. AuthorBerghaus, Henrich K.W.HeadlineHenrich K.W. Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas 1st ed.PublisherErster Band and Zweiter BandDate Published1845, 1848 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #30 Four leaves from the "Great Bible" of 1540 Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineFour leaves from the Great Bible of 1540Publisher[Thomas Petyt & Robert Redman for Thomas Berthelet]Date Published[1540] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #31 New Testament Epistles - 24 leaves from the 1574 third folio edition of the Bishops Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineNew Testament Epistles from the 1574 third folio edition of the Bishops BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #32 [Janua Hebraeae lingvae Veteris Testamenti : in qua totius codicis Hebraei vocabula una cum radicibus & grammatica vocum difficiliorum analysi comparent...] Heading(Bible)AuthorReineccius, ChristianHeadlineThree works of Biblical philology by Reineccius (bound in one)Publisher[Sumpt. haered. Lanckisianorum]Date Published[1720] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #33 Standing Bear AuthorBonaparte, Prince RolandHeadlineBonaparte photograph of Standing Bear 1883Date Published1883 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 Handwritten manuscript of letters and writings by others Heading(Book of Letters)HeadlineHandwritten book of letters & epistles 1780sDate Publishedc. 1789 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #35 Chronological and Historical Retrospect of the Memorable Events of the War in the Peninsula [bound with] Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain, Made during the Campaign, and on the Route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1909... [and] The Costume of the Netherlands Displayed in Thirty Coloured Engravings after Drawings from Nature by Miss Semple AuthorBradford, Rev. Guillaume; Miss SempleHeadlineBradford & Miss Semple's color-plate booksPublisherPrinted for John Booth; Ackermann'sDate Published1812; 1813; 1817 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #36 Ars Pictoria: or an academy treating of drawing, painting, limning, etching. To which are added XXXI. copper plates, expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry. Collected out of the most eminent Italian, German, and Netherland authors. AuthorBrowne, AlexanderHeadlineBrowne's Ars Pictoria 2nd ed. 1675PublisherPrinted for Arthur Tooker, at the Globe in the StrandDate Published1675 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #37 Tarzan of the Apes AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEarly reprint of Tarzan of the ApesPublisherA. L. Burt CompanyDate Published[1914] but later View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #38 The Writings of John Burroughs AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs, Riverby EditionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1904-1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #39 Alfred, Lord Tennyson and His Friends. A Series of 25 Portraits and Frontispiece in Photogravure from the Negatives of Mrs. Julia Margaret Cameron and H.H.H. Cameron. Reminiscences by Anne Thackeray Ritchie Heading(Cameron, Julia Margaret, photographer)AuthorRitchie, Anne ThackerayHeadlineCameron's Tennyson & His Friends portraitsPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1893 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #40 L'ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche: Traduction de Filleau de Saint-Martin Revue et Corrigée par Francis Guillot Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorCervantès, Michel deHeadlineGuillot edition of Don Quixote, handsomely boundPublisherChez Francis GuillotDate Published[1935] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #41 Bibliografía de Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Heading(Cervantes)AuthorPalau y Dulcet, AntonioHeadlinePalau y Dulcet's bibliography of CervantesDate Published1950 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #42 WITHDRAWN - Scientific Toys: Made for Amusement but Illustrating Some Important Principle Heading(Children's Books)AuthorHunter, JuliaHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Scientific Toys: Made for Amusement but Illustrating Some Important Principle, 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #43 The Story of Annabelle Ant Heading(Children's Books)AuthorWilliamson, Mary E. and Mary K. LuckettHeadlineOriginal maquette for an unpublished children's bookDate Publishedc.1930's View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #44 Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest Heading(China)AuthorBredon, JulietHeadlinePeking by Bredon, 1st editionPublisherKelly and Walsh, LimitedDate Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #45 Les memoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien Heading(China)AuthorChavannes, EdouardHeadline1st French ed. of Sima Qian's historiesPublisherErnest LerouxDate Published1895-1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #46 Mission Archeologique dans la Chine Septentrionale Heading(China)AuthorChavannes, EdouardHeadlineChavannes's archaeology in China w/ atlasPublisherErnest Leroux; Imprimerie NationaleDate Published1909-1915 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #47 金陵古蹟名勝影集. Nanking Heading(China)AuthorChi, ChuHeadlineFamous monuments of Nanking, Chu ChiPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #48 Chou King: Texte Chinois avec une double traduction en Francias et en Latin... Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Chou King, 1934PublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #49 Les Quatre Livres avec un commentaire abrege en Chinois une double traduction en Francias et en Latin... Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Four Books, 1895PublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #50 Li Ki ou memoires sur les bienseances et les ceremonies. Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Li Ki, book of ritesPublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #51 Sectarianism and Religious Persecution in China Heading(China)Authorde Groot, J.J.M.Headlinede Groot's Sectarianism in China, 1903-4PublisherJohannes MullerDate Published1903-1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Punishments of China Heading(China)Author[Mason, George Henry]HeadlinePunishments of China w/ 22 hand-colored platesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published[1834] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #53 China North and South: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineDonald Mennie China North & South, revised ed.PublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[c. 1928] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #54 China North and South: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineDonald Mennie China North & South 1st ed.PublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[c. 1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #55 Pageant of Peking Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineThe Pageant of Peking by Donald MenniePublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[1921] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #56 Pictures of Peking (Series Three): A Collection of Artistic Studies Reproduced in Vandyck Photogravures Illustrating the Picturesque Aspect of the Historic City Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineBeijing photographed by Donald MenniePublisherA.S. Watson & Co.Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #57 Picturesque China: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlinePicturesque China photographed by MenniePublisherA.S. Watson & Co.Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #58 Scenic China: Series VI. T'ai Shan [with] Series VIII. Tomb and Temple of Confucius Heading(China)HeadlineScenic China photos of the Shandong provincePublisherCommercial Press, LimitedDate Published1916 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #59 Mission Archéologique en Chine (1914 et 1917) Heading(China)AuthorSegalen, Victor, Gilbert de Voisins, and Jean LartigueHeadlineWith 144 plates from archaeological visit to ChinaPublisherLibrarie Orientaliste Paul GeuthnerDate Published1923-1924 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #60 Sidelights on Peking Life Heading(China)AuthorSwallow, R.W.HeadlineSwallow, Sidelights of Peking 1927ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChina Booksellers LimitedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #61 Views of China P.P.I.E. Heading(China)HeadlinePromotional Chinese culture photo book 1915Date Published1915 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #62 The Book of Songs: Translated from the Chinese Heading(China)AuthorWaley, ArthurHeadlineThe Book of Songs, first Waley edition in jacketPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #63 中國名勝. Views of China: Presented by the Chinese Business Party as a Memento of Their Visit to U.S.A. Heading(China)HeadlineViews of China, scarce 1915PublisherCommercial PressDate Published1915 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #64 The Book of Common Prayer; and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland... Heading(Church of Ireland)HeadlinePocket-sized Dublin prayer bookPublisherPrinted by the Executors of David HayDate Published1779 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #65 Opera. Cum Delectu Commentariorum AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineCicero's works, 9 vol. set, 1740sPublisherJ.B. CoignardDate Published1740-1742 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #66 Orationes diligentius recognite, & aptiore serie reposite... AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineCicero's Orationes, Badius 1522PublisherJoannes Parvus [Jean Petit] & Jodocus BadiusDate Published1522 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #67 Faust Heading(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)AuthorGoethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]HeadlineLimited edition signed by Harry ClarkePublisherDingwall-RockDate Published[1925] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #68 Scriptores Latini Principes [with] Poetarum Græcorum Sylloge Heading(Classical Literature)AuthorAmar, Jon. Aug.; Boissonade, Jo. Fr., editorsHeadlineThe Latin and Greek Classics printed by DidotDate Published[1823-1831] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #69 The American Gardener; or, A Treatise [with] A Year's Residence in the United States of America AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadline2 by Cobbett on AmericaPublisherC. Clement; B. BensleyDate Published1821; 1828 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #70 Porcupine's Works; Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America; of their Governments, Laws, Politics and Resources... AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineCobbett's American writings in 12 vols.PublisherPrinted for Cobbett and MorganDate PublishedMay 1801 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #71 Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford...[with] Cobbett's England: A Selection from the Writings of William Cobbett AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineCobbett, w/ Rural Rides Riviere boundPublisherReeves and Turner; The Folio SocietyDate Published1893; 1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #72 Thirteen Sermons [with] Cottage Economy [and] Cottage Economy AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineCobbett's Sermons w/ 2 copies of Cottage Econ.PublisherJohn Doyle; Anne Cobbett; Douglas PeplerDate Published1844; 1850; 1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #73 The Works of Peter Porcupine [with] Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineWorks by Cobbett's Peter Porcupine pseud.PublisherThomas Bradford; The Nonesuch PressDate Published1796; 1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #74 Ten hand-colored etchings signed and dated by Cruikshank AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadline10 hand-colored etchings signed by CruikshankDate Published1828-1829 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #75 The History of the Civil Wars of France AuthorDavila, Henrico CaterinoHeadlineHistory of the Civil Wars of France, 1647 trans.PublisherPrinted by R. RaworthDate Published1647 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #76 9 works by Richard Harding Davis AuthorDavis, Richard HardingHeadline9 works by journalist Richard Harding DavisPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1894-1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #77 The Life of the Bee [with] Fabre's Book of Insects Heading(Detmold, Edward J., illustrator)HeadlineLovely Detmold illustrationsDate Published1912; 1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #78 The Life of Charles Dickens Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorForster, JohnHeadlineLife of Dickens, extra-illustrated + album of 100 letters from ForsterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1872-1874 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Dickens finely bound by Macdonald in 30 volumesPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 A Standard Dictionary of the English Language: Upon Original Plans Designed to Give, in Complete and Accurate Statement, in the Light of the Most Recent Advances in Knowledge, and in the Readiest Form for Popular Use, the Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Etymology of All the Words and the Meaning of Idiomatic Phrases in the Speech and Literature of the English-Speaking Peoples. Heading(Dictionaries)AuthorFunk, Isaac,HeadlineFunk's Standard Dictionary of the English LanguageProvenanceHenry H. MeyersPublisherFunk & Wagnalls CompanyDate Published1895-1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian. In Fifteen Books AuthorDiodorus, SiculusHeadlineDiodorus Siculus in English, London 1700PublisherPrinted by Edw. Jones, for Awnsham and John ChurchilDate Published1700 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #82 Dionysiou tou Alicarnasseos Romaikes archaiologias Biblia deka. Dionysii Halicarnassei antiquitatum... AuthorDionysius of Halicarnassus [Dionysii Halicarnassei]HeadlineEditio princeps on ancient RomePublisherEx officina Rob. Stephani [Robert Estienne]Date Published1546-7 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #83 Der Doktor Faust: Ein Tanzpoem nebst kuriosen Berichten uber Teufel, Hexen und Dichtkunst Heading(Divéky, Josef von, illustrator)AuthorHeine, HeinrichHeadlineLimited pochoir edition of Josef von Diveky's Der Doktor FaustPublisherMorawe & Scheffelt VerlagDate Published1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #84 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineAdventures of Sherlock Holmes, first edition, 1892PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #85 The Encyclopedia of Religion AuthorEliade, Mircea, editorHeadlineEncyclopedia of Religion edited by Mircea Eliade, 16 vols.PublisherMacmillan Publishing CompanyDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #86 The Waste Land AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineThe Waste Land, Boni and Liveright editionPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #87 The Secret History of the Most Renowned Q. Elizabeth and the E. of Essex. The First Part Heading(Elizabeth I)HeadlineOn Elizabeth I's love life, 1695PublisherPrinted for the Will with the WispDate Published1695 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #88 Colloquia nunc emendatiora, Cum omnium Notis Heading(Elzevir Press)AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineErasmus, Colloquia 1677 ElzevirPublisherElzevirDate Published1677 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #89 Comoediae Superstites XX. Accuratissime Editae Heading(Elzevir Press)AuthorPlautus, Titus MacciusHeadlineElzevir Plautus, 1652PublisherTypis Ludovici ElzeviriiDate Published1652 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #90 Five volumes from The Tudor Facsimile Texts series Heading(English Literature - Tudor Facsimile Texts)HeadlineFive volumes of The Tudor Facsimile Texts seriesPublisherThe Tudor Facsimile TextsDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #91 Diatribe in Euripidis perditorum dramatum reliquias [bound with] Tragoedia Hippolytus AuthorEuripidesHeadlineEuripides' Lost Plays & HippolytusPublisherJ. Luzac & J. le MairDate Published1767-1768 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 Eusebii Pamphili, episcopi Caesareae, quae est Palaestinae, De vita Co[n]stantini Imperat. libri quinq[ue] AuthorEusebius of CaesareaHeadlineEusebius' Life of Constantine, 1546PublisherMichaelis FezandatDate Published1546 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #93 Seven cookbooks by Amborse Heath Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorHeath, AmbroseHeadline7 earlier cookbooks by Ambrose HeathDate Published1935-1946 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #94 The Epicurean: A Complete Treatise of Analytical and Practical Studies on the Culinary Art Including Table and Wine Service... Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorRanhofer, CharlesHeadline1920 Facsimile edition of Ranhofer's The EpicureanPublisherThe Hotel Monthly PressDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Historia Ptolemaeorum Aegypti regum, ad fidem numismatum accommodata AuthorFoy-Vaillant, JeanHeadlineFoy-Vaillant's numismatics of antiquityPublisherG. GalletDate Published1701 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #96 Pausanias's Description of Greece AuthorFrazer, J.G.Headline2nd ed. of Frazer's PausaniasPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #97 Monuments Anciens et Modernes: Colllection Formant une Histoire de L'Architecture de Différents Peuples AuthorGailhabaud, JulesHeadlineGailhabaud's Monuments Anciens et Modernes, 1870PublisherLibrairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et CieDate Published1870; 1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Canterbury Tales Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFacsimile of Golden Cockerel Canterbury TalesPublisher[Folio Society]Date Published[2010] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #99 Four James Gillray engravings from the Bohn edition, hand-colored AuthorGillray, JamesHeadline1851 Bohn edition of Gillray, four printsPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published[1851] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #100 Six James Gillray engravings from the Bohn edition, hand-colored AuthorGillray, JamesHeadline6 Gillray prints, 1851 Bohn hand-coloredPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published[1851] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next