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Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorStatius, Publius PapiniuHeadlineStatius' writings, Aldine Press in moroccoPublisherAldusDate Published1519 Lot #16 Bacon's Essays: Sydney Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineFrom the library of Charles Harold St. John HornbyPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published1912 Lot #38 The Writings of John Burroughs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs, Riverby EditionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1904-1913 Lot #40 L'ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche: Traduction de Filleau de Saint-Martin Revue et Corrigée par Francis Guillot View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorCervantès, Michel deHeadlineGuillot edition of Don Quixote, handsomely boundPublisherChez Francis GuillotDate Published[1935] Lot #41 Bibliografía de Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Cervantes)AuthorPalau y Dulcet, AntonioHeadlinePalau y Dulcet's bibliography of CervantesDate Published1950 Lot #68 Scriptores Latini Principes [with] Poetarum Græcorum Sylloge View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Classical Literature)AuthorAmar, Jon. Aug.; Boissonade, Jo. Fr., editorsHeadlineThe Latin and Greek Classics printed by DidotDate Published[1823-1831] 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineCobbett, w/ Rural Rides Riviere boundPublisherReeves and Turner; The Folio SocietyDate Published1893; 1968 Lot #78 The Life of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorForster, JohnHeadlineLife of Dickens, extra-illustrated + album of 100 letters from ForsterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1872-1874 Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Dickens finely bound by Macdonald in 30 volumesPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1906] 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Dictionaries)AuthorFunk, Isaac,HeadlineFunk's Standard Dictionary of the English LanguageProvenanceHenry H. MeyersPublisherFunk & Wagnalls CompanyDate Published1895-1903 Lot #128 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Johnson bound by RivierePublisherTalboys and WheelerDate Published1825 Lot #132 Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Depuis son Establissement jusqu'à présent View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(L’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres)HeadlineHistoire de L'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Depuis son Establissement jusqu'à présentPublisherL'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1736- Lot #134 T. Livii Patavini Historiarum Libri Qui Supersunt, Ex Editione G.A. Ruperti Cum Supplementis Notis Et Interpretations in Usum Delphini Variis Lectionibus Notis Variorum Recensu Editionum et Codicum... View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineA nicely bound set of Livy's HistoriesPublisherA.J. Valpy, A.M.Date Published1828 Lot #142 Scriptores erotici Graeci View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMitscherlich, Christ. Guil., editorHeadlineNicely bound erotic Greek worksPublisherEx Typographia SocietatisDate Published1792 Lot #143 Album du Jeune Voyageur View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMöring, MichelHeadlineWith hand-colored lithograph cover after LassalleProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlphonse DesessertsDate Published[1853] Lot #151 The Oxford English Dictionary. Being a Corrected Re-Issue With an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography, of A New English Dictionary of Historical Principles.... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Oxford English Dictionary)AuthorMurray, James A. H., et alHeadlineThe Oxford English Dictionary, revised editionPublisherClarendon PressDate Published[1961] Lot #168 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineLimited Large Paper Library Edition of PoePublisherGeorge Barrie & SonDate Published[c.1900] Lot #172 Typographia, or the Printer's Instructor: Including an Account of the Origin of Printing. With Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, from Caxton to the Close of the Sixteenth Century: A Series of Ancient and Modern Alphabets, and Domesday Characters: Together with an Elucidation of every Subject connected with the Art View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Printing)AuthorJohnson, J[ohn]HeadlineJohn Johnson on printing, 1824PublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1824 Lot #192 König Wilhelm von Württemberg in seinen ländlichen Beschäftigungen. Mit Illustrationen in Farblithographie und Holzschnitt nach Julius Schnorr und dem Tiermaler Anton Braith, unter technischer und künstlerischer Leitung des Ersteren View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorSchmidt, Friedrich vonHeadlineKing Wilhelm von Württemberg in Rural PursuitsProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherEbner und SeubertDate Published1865 Lot #193 Schneidler Schwabacher View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Schneidler, F.H. Ernst)HeadlineSchneidler-Schwabacher type specimenPublisherSchelter & GieseckeDate Published[c. 1914] Lot #204 Three important works on Spanish bibliography View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Spanish Printing)HeadlineThree important works on Spanish bibliographyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #219 La François du Siècle View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineEngravings, binding, & chemise by Eugéne GaujeanProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1886 Lot #220 Son Altesse la Femme View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineVellum Bound Uzanne Fine BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1885 Lot #223 Valerii Maximi Dictorum et Factorum Memorabilium Libri Novem View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorValerius MaximusHeadlineNicely bound Valerius Maximus, 1512Date Published1512 Lot #230 The Smithsonian Series View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorAbbot, Charles Greeley, ed.HeadlineThe Smithsonian Series, Charles Greeley Abbot EditionPublisherThe Series Publishers, Inc.Date Published[1944] Lot #231 Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Agriculture)AuthorBurbank, LutherHeadlineIllustrated and nicely bound history of Burbank's scientific worksPublisherLuther Burbank PressDate Published1914-1915 Lot #338 English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCescinsky, HerbertHeadlineEnglish Furniture of the Eighteenth CenturyPublisherGeorge Routledge & Sons, LimitedDate Published[c. 1911] Lot #360 A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak; The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany; The Age of Satinwood. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMacQuoid, PercyHeadlineMacQuoid's History of English FurniturePublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1904-08 Lot #362 Perles et parures: Les Parures Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry, histoire de la mode par Le Cte Foelix [with] Les Joyaux Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry, minéralogie des dames par Le Cte Foelix View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorMéry, François Joseph Pierre André and Le Comte FoelixHeadlineDecorative Perles et Parures Lace-Cut PlatesProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherG. de GonetDate Published[1850] Lot #367 Silk swatch sample book from a mill in Lyon View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Swatch Book)Headline1930's Lyon silk swatch bookDate Publishedc. 1930 Lot #368 Silk swatch sample book from a mill in Lyon View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Swatch Book)Headline1930's silk swatch book from LyonDate Publishedc. 1930 Lot #369 Silk swatch sample book from Lake Como View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Swatch Book)Headline1932 Italian silk swatch reference bookDate Published1932 Lot #370 Silk swatch sample book from Lake Como View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Swatch Book)Headline1930's silk swatch book Lake Como regionDate Published1932 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next