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Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineThe Prince by Machiavelli, 1540 Aldine EditionPublisher[Sons of Aldo]Date Published[1540] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$46,875StatusSold View details 11 Egypt Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHerodotusHeadlineAllen Press, Herodotus on EgyptPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1989] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 12 The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent AuthorAllen, ThomasHeadlineExtra-illustrated History of London 1827PublisherCowie and StrangeDate Published1827 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 13 Ammiani Marcellini Rerum Gestarum...Libri XVIII AuthorAmmianus MarcellinusHeadlineAmmianus's Rerum Gestarum, 1693PublisherApud Petrum VanderDate Published1693 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 15 Rome et Ses Pontifes: Histoire, Traditions, Monuments AuthorArtaud de Montor, ChevalierHeadlineFine Binding Roman Papal HistoryProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlfred Mame et FilsDate Published1896 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 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 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 45 Les memoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien Heading(China)AuthorChavannes, EdouardHeadline1st French ed. of Sima Qian's historiesPublisherErnest LerouxDate Published1895-1905 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold View details 46 Mission Archeologique dans la Chine Septentrionale Heading(China)AuthorChavannes, EdouardHeadlineChavannes's archaeology in China w/ atlasPublisherErnest Leroux; Imprimerie NationaleDate Published1909-1915 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 47 金陵古蹟名勝影集. Nanking Heading(China)AuthorChi, ChuHeadlineFamous monuments of Nanking, Chu ChiPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1936 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 52 The Punishments of China Heading(China)Author[Mason, George Henry]HeadlinePunishments of China w/ 22 hand-colored platesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published[1834] Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold View details 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] Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold View details 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] Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 55 Pageant of Peking Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineThe Pageant of Peking by Donald MenniePublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[1921] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 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 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 60 Sidelights on Peking Life Heading(China)AuthorSwallow, R.W.HeadlineSwallow, Sidelights of Peking 1927ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChina Booksellers LimitedDate Published1927 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 61 Views of China P.P.I.E. Heading(China)HeadlinePromotional Chinese culture photo book 1915Date Published1915 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 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] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 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 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 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 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 76 9 works by Richard Harding Davis AuthorDavis, Richard HardingHeadline9 works by journalist Richard Harding DavisPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1894-1907 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold View details 95 Historia Ptolemaeorum Aegypti regum, ad fidem numismatum accommodata AuthorFoy-Vaillant, JeanHeadlineFoy-Vaillant's numismatics of antiquityPublisherG. GalletDate Published1701 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 96 Pausanias's Description of Greece AuthorFrazer, J.G.Headline2nd ed. of Frazer's PausaniasPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1913 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 103 Géographie des Grecs analysée; ou les systêmes d'Eratosthenes, de Strabon et de Ptolémée comparés entre eux et avec nos connoissances modernes AuthorGossellin, Pascal François JosephHeadlineGeography of the ancient GreeksPublisherDe l'Imprimerie de DidotDate Published1790 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 107 Twenty-two lithograph portraits of leaders in the Greek War of Independence Heading(Greek War of Independence)AuthorFriedel, Adam deHeadline22 Adam de Friedel portraits from the Greek RevolutionPublisherA. FriedelDate Published1825-1826 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 121 British Government in India. The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses Heading(India)AuthorCurzon, George NathanielHeadlineDeluxe limited edition of Curzon's British Government in IndiaPublisherCassell & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1925] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 124 Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq., late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with other pieces on various subjects Heading(Johnson, Samuel)AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl ofHeadlineLetters from Chesterfield 1st ed. 1774PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1774 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 129 The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior, Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities... AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Works of Flavius Josephus 1848PublisherGrigg, Elliot & Co.Date Published1848 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 132 Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Depuis son Establissement jusqu'à présent 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- Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 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... AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineA nicely bound set of Livy's HistoriesPublisherA.J. Valpy, A.M.Date Published1828 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 136 A True and Particular Relation of the Dreadful Earthquake Which Happen'd at Lima, the Capital of Peru, and the Neighbouring Port of Callao, on the 18th of October, 1746 Author[Lozano, Pedro]HeadlineLozano's 1748 Earthquake of PeruPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1748 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 152 The One Primeval Language traced experimentally through ancient inscriptions in alphabetic characters of lost powers from the four continents... Heading(Palaeography)AuthorForster, CharlesHeadlineIn search of the Primeval LanguagePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1852-1854 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 160 The Epistles of Phalaris. Translated from the Greek. To which are added, Some Select Epistles of the most eminent Greek Writers. AuthorPhalarisHeadlineEpistles of Phalaris, 1749PublisherPrinted for R. FrancklinDate Published1749 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 166 The Lives of the Nobel Grecians & Romans... AuthorPlutarchHeadline1676 Plutarch's Lives of Grecians & RomansPublisherJohn Hayes for George SawbridgeDate Published1676 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 167 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea AuthorPlutarchHeadlineNorth's Plutarch, 4th ed. 1612 & 1610PublisherPrinted by Richard FieldDate Published1610-1612 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 169 Oeuvres Complettes de P. Poivre, Indendant des Isles de France et de Bourbon, correspondant de l'academie des sciences, etc;... AuthorPoivre, PierreHeadlinePoivre's complete works, travels etc. 1797PublisherChez FuchsDate Published1797 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 171 [Polybiou Megalopolitou istoriōn biblia 5, kai epitomai 12] / Polybij Megalopolitani Historiarum libri priores quinque AuthorPolybiusHeadlinePolybius' history in Greek and Latin, 1549PublisherPer Ioannem Heruagium / Johannes HerwagenDate Published[1549] Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 178 Citoyens Revolutionnaires! Heading(Republic of Geneva)AuthorCommission RevolutionnaireHeadlineGenevan revolutionary broadside, 1794PublisherEgalite GenevoiseDate Published1794 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 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 AuthorSchmidt, Friedrich vonHeadlineKing Wilhelm von Württemberg in Rural PursuitsProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherEbner und SeubertDate Published1865 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$750StatusSold View details 208 Enquiry into the Foundation of the English Constitution; or, an Historical Essay upon the Anglo-Saxon Government... AuthorSquire, SamuelHeadlineSquire on Anglo-Saxon governmentPublisherPrinted by W. BowyerDate Published1745 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 210 The Chronicle of England AuthorStrutt, JosephHeadlineStrutt's Chronicle of England, 2 vols., 18th c.PublisherPrinted by Joseph CooperDate Published1777-1778 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 213 A Narrative of a Journey into Persia, and Residence at Teheran: Containing a Descriptive Itinerary from Constantinople to the Persian Capital; Also a Variety of Anecdotes,... AuthorTancoigne, Joseph MichelHeadlineTancoigne's Persia, with folding mapPublisherPrinted for William WrightDate Published1820 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 297 The Naturalist's Library AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadline17 Volumes from Jardine's Naturalist's LibraryPublisherLizars, et al.Date Published[c.1833-1843] Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details 298 The Boyhood of an Inventor AuthorJenkins, C. FrancisHeadlineInscribed by one of the inventors of televisionPublisher[C. Francis Jenkins]Date Published1931 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 339 The Four Masters of the Ming: Shen Chou, Wen Cheng-Ming, T'ang Yin, Ch'iu Ying Heading(Chinese Art)HeadlineThe Four Masters of the Ming, 1983PublisherNational Museum of HistoryDate Published[1983] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 348 Matériaux & Documents d'Art Décoratif: Oeuvres de Décorations Japonaises, Chinoises Heading(East Asia)HeadlineChinese and Japanese decorative art, 1910PublisherArmand GuérinetDate Published[1910] Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold View details 350 Recuil de tous les Costumes Monastiques Religieux et Militaires de toutes les Nations; Avec un Abrégé historique et Chronologique Enrichi de notes et de planches coloriées par M. Bar. Tome 2 Heading(Fashion)AuthorBar, Jacques CharlesHeadlineWith numerous hand-colored plates of Monastic costumesPublisherJ. Ch. BarDate Published1779 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 352 Galerie Royale de Costumes Heading(Fashion)HeadlineWith over 200 hand-colored lithographs of fashionPublisherAubert & Cie.Date Published[1842-1843] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 353 The History of French Masculine Costume: Gaul - Middle Ages - Renaissance - Louis XIII - Louis XIV - Louis XV - Louis XVI - Revolution - First Empire - Restoration - Second Empire Heading(Fashion)AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis DeHeadline100 pochoir plates of French fashion throughout the agesPublisherReign Publications.Date Published[1927] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 354 The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings: with Explanations in English and French Heading(Fashion)AuthorMason, George HenryHeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Chinese Fashion c. 1800PublisherPrinted for W. MillerDate Published[1834] Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold View details 355 Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English [with] The Costume...of Austria Heading(Fashion)HeadlineWith 100 hand-colored plates of English and Austrian fashion c. 1800PublisherJohn Murray; William MillerDate Published[1821; 1835] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 357 L'Histoire du Costume Féminin Français AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis deHeadlinePochoir plates of French fashion from Middle Ages to Second EmpirePublisherEditions NilssonDate Published1922-23 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 358 85 hand-painted armorial crests of Italian noble families Heading(Heraldry)HeadlineBook of hand-painted Italian crestsDate Publishedc. 1825 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 366 The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century, Selected from Rare Specimens in the Possession of the Author, and Accompanied with Suitable Descriptions and Illustrations AuthorSmith, Charles HamiltonHeadlineSmith's Improved Costumes of Ancient BritainPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published[1815] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next