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