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Containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineMerrymount Bible in 14 volumesPublisherR.H. HinkleyDate Published[c. 1905] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #26 Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) Heading(Bibliographies)Author**HeadlineBritish Museum (Nat. History) catalogue 4 volsPublisher[Martino]Date Published[1992] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #43 Hudibras, In Three Parts AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's Hudibras 1801 EditionPublisherVernor and Hood, et alDate Published1801 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #91 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[A Kempis, Thomas]HeadlineL'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Maurice Denis IllustrPublisherAmbroise VollardDate Published1903 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #92 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineWorks of William Harrison AinsworthPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #93 Bohn's Extra Volumes - Seven finely bound volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineBohn's Extra Volume - 7 vols Sangorski/SutcliffePublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1846-1861 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #94 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Large paper edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineLarge Paper Edition of Boswell's Life of JohnsonPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #95 The Lives of the Chief Justices of England Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorCampbell, John LordHeadlineThe Lives of the Chief Justices of EnglandPublisherEdward Thompson Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #97 The Story of Nell Gwyn: And the Sayings of Charles the Second Heading(Fine Bindings - Cosway Style)AuthorCunningham, PeterHeadlineGorgeous Cosway Style Fine BindingPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1862 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #98 [Works - Arbury Edition] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works Fine Bound Arbury EditionPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #100 The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMonypenny, William FlavelleHeadlineThe Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of BeaconsfiePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1910 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #101 The Oxford History of the United States, 1783-1917 Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMorison, S.E.HeadlineThe Oxford History of the United StatesPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #102 Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMorse, John T.HeadlineLife and Letters of Oliver Wendell HolmesPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #103 WITHDRAWN The Novels, Stories, Sketches and Poems of Thomas Nelson Page Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPage, Thomas NelsonHeadlineWorks of Thomas Nelson Page Leather boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #104 [Works] AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Parkman Finely BoundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #105 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Complete Works of William ShakespearePublisherJ.A. Hill & CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #106 The Historians History of the World Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWilliams, Henry Smith, editorHeadlineThe Historians History of the WorldPublisherThe History AssociationDate Published1907 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #109 Eight volume published by the Franklin Library - Each signed by the illustrator Jerry Pickney Heading(Franklin Library)Author**HeadlineEight volume published by the Franklin LibraryPublisherFranklin LibraryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #112 19 booklets and offprints by Giovanni Agamennone on earthquakes and seismic events Heading(Geology)AuthorAgamennone, GiovanniHeadline19 offprints by G. Agamennone on earthquakesDate Published1899-1929 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #116 Seismicity of The Earth Heading(Geology)AuthorGutenberg, Beno and C. F. RichterHeadlineSeismicity of The Earth by Gutenberg & RichterPublisherGeological Society of AmericaDate Published1941 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #117 Tableaux De La Nature, Ou Considérations Sur Les Déserts, Sur La Physionomie Des Végétaux, et Sur Les Caracteres De l' Orénoque, sur la Structure et l'Actio des Volcans dans les Différentes Régions de lat Terre, etc. Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorHumboldt, Alexandre DeHeadlineHumboldt Tableaux de la Nature 1828PublisherGide Fils, et al.Date Published1828 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #119 Some Account of the Volcanic Group of Santorin or Thera, once called Calilisté, or the Most Beautiful Heading(Geology)AuthorLeycester, E.M.HeadlineAccount of Volcanic Island in Aegean, 1850PublisherRoyal Geographical SocietyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #120 In den Hoch- Anden von Ecuador: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi etc. Reisen und Studien Heading(Geology)AuthorMeyer, Prof. Dr. HansHeadlineStudies in the Andes 1907PublisherDietrich ReimerDate Published1907 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #121 Notices of earthquake-shocks felt in Great Britain, and especially in Scotland, with inferences suggested by these notices as to the causes of such shocks Heading(Geology)AuthorMilne-Home, DavidHeadlineThe earthquakes of Scotland 1841 inscribedPublisherNeill & Co.Date Published1841-[1887] View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #122 Tremblements de terre et éruptions volcaniques au Centre-Amérique depuis la conquête espagnole jusqu'à nos jours Heading(Geology)AuthorMontessus de Ballore, FernandHeadlineEarthquakes & Volcanoes in Central America 1888PublisherImpr. E. JobardDate Published1888 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #124 En sommar på Island. Reseskildring Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorPaijkull, C.W.HeadlinePaijkull's Summer in Iceland, original Swedish edPublisherBonniersDate Published1866 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #126 Reisen nach Maroko und Indien in den Jahren 1767 bis 1773. Aus dem Franzosischen Auszugweise übersetzt. Mit einer Zugabe herausgegeben von T.F. Ehrmann Heading(Geology)AuthorRochon, AlexisHeadlineTravel to Morocco & India by French optician 1804PublisherIm Verlage des Landes-Industrie-ComptoirsDate Published1804 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #130 Seven articles on earthquakes and volcanoes from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Heading(Geology)HeadlineSeven articles on earthquakes & volcanoes 1812-72PublisherRoyal SocietyDate Published1812-1872 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #132 Two volumes on earthquakes by Eduard Suess Heading(Geology)AuthorSuess, EduardHeadlineTwo volumes on earthquakes by Eduard SuessPublisherKaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof- und StaatsdruckereiDate Published1873 & 1874 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #134 Ten accounts of earthquakes & volcanoes extracted from 18th century journals Headingzzf(Geology)Author**Headline18th century accounts of earthquakes & volcanoesDate Published18th century View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #135 The Memoirs of the Imperial Marine Observatory, Kobe, Japan Heading(Geology)Author**HeadlineMarine Observatory, Kobe, 1922-24Date Published1922-1924 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #136 Thirty-three journals, offprints, and other items relating to Japanese seismology Heading(Geology)Author**HeadlineJournals relating to Japanese seismologyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #137 Twelve booklets & bulletins on California earthquakes Heading(Geology)Author**Headline12 booklets & bulletins on California earthquakesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #138 Historia om de märkwärdigaste jordbäfningar som timat på jordklotet, jämte physicaliska undersökningar om jordklotets inwärtes byggnad och orsakerne till jordbäfningar Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorUnzer, Johann AugustHeadlineRare work by Johann August Unzer 1802PublisherCarl F. MarquardDate Published1802 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #139 Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1899. Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey...Part VII Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorWalcott, Charles D.HeadlineAnnual Dept of Interior Geological Survey 1900PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1900 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #140 Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian... Vol. II-Astronomy and Barometric Hypsometry Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorWheeler, Geo[rge] M.HeadlineAstronomy US Geographical Survey 1877 by WheelerPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1877 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #142 25 books, booklets, pamphlets, and offprints on seismic activities in New Zealand, Australia & the Pacific Heading(Geology)Author**Headline25 booklets on Pacific earthquakes & volcanoesDate Published1886-1968 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #161 The World's Famous Prisons AuthorGriffiths, ArthurHeadlineThe World's Famous Prisons Finely BoundPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #162 Selected American Game Birds AuthorHagerbaumer, David with Sam LehmanHeadlineSelected American Game Birds signed lmtd to 190PublisherCaxton PrintersDate Published1972 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #171 The Actor: or, A Treatise on the Art of Playing Author[Hill, John]HeadlineThe Actor or A Treatise onthe Art of Playing 1755PublisherR. GriffithsDate Published1755 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #173 Mein Kampf AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineMein Kampf in custom binding with Hitler portraitPublisherVerlag Franz Dher NachfolgerDate Published1933 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #180 Two works on Irish history Headingzzf(Ireland)Author**HeadlineTwo works on Irish historyPublisherFrancis A. Niccolls & CompanyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #186 Cassell's Book of Birds AuthorJones, Thomas RymerHeadlineCassell's Book of Birds with color platesPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c. 1870] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #187 The Complete Works of John Keats [&] The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley AuthorKeats, John & Percy Bysshe ShelleyHeadlineComplete works of Keats and ShelleyPublisherVirtue & CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #212 The Story of the Tweed AuthorMaxwell, Herbert Eustace, SirHeadlineStory of the Tweed by Maxwell 1/375 copiesPublisherJames NisbetDate Published1905 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #257 Seven titles from the Classics of Medicine Library, and two from the Classics of Ophthalmology Library Heading(Medical)Author**Headline9 from the Classics of Medicine Library 1980sDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #272 Die kleinsten Bücher der Welt in 7 Sprachen Heading(Miniature Books)HeadlineDie kleinsten Bücher der Welt 4 micro-mini bksDate Publishedc.1950s-1960s View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #273 Eight miniature books published by the Black Cat Press Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline8 mini books from the Black Cat PressPublisherBlack Cat PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #274 Eleven miniature books published by the Hillside Press Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline11 mini books from Hillside PressPublisherHillside PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #275 Fifty-five miniature books from various publishers Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline55 miniature books various publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #280 Essays on Landscape Gardening, and on Uniting Picturesque Effect with Rural Scenery: Containing Directions for Laying Out and Improving the Grounds Connected with a Country Residence AuthorMorris, RichardHeadlineEssays on Landscape Gardening - Color platesPublisherJ. TaylorDate Published1825 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #288 L'Art D'Aimer HeadingzzfAuthorOvidHeadlineOvid L'Art D'Aimer illustrated by TremoisPublisherClub du Livre, Philippe LebaudDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #289 WITHDRAWN - Monograph on the British Fossil Cetacea from the Red Crag AuthorOwen, RichardHeadlineBritish Fossil Cetacea 5 plates by Richard OwenPublisherPrinted for the Palaeontographical SocietyDate Published1870-1889 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #296 A Modern Herbal Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, PatriciaHeadlineModern Herbal, Peregrine / Porpoise 1961PublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1961 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #301 A Natural History of the Ducks AuthorPhillips, John C[harles]HeadlineA Natural History of the Ducks signed by authorPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1922-1926 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #319 The Pomological Manual; Or, A Treatise on Fruits - First and Second Editions AuthorPrince, William RobertHeadlineWilliam Robert Prince Pomological ManualPublisherT. & J. Swords, et alDate Published1831 & 1832 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #320 Prairie Wings. Pen and Camera Flight Studies AuthorQueeny, Edgar M.HeadlinePrairie Wings by Queeny deluxe limited editionPublisherDucks UnlimitedDate Published1946 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #333 So Here Then is the Last Ride - One of 25 copies on vellum, finely bound Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1900 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #334 So This Then is the Essay on Self-Reliance Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1902] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #335 A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things - With 2 leaves of manuscript writing of Elbert Hubbard Heading(Roycrofters)Author[Hubbard, Elbert] Fra ElbertusHeadlineRoycrofters A Message to Garcia with MSS leavesPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #337 Justinian and Theodora: A Drama Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorHubbard, Elbert and AliceHeadlineSpecial Roycrofters Japan Vellum EditionPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #339 Will O' The Mill Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1901 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #357 Fifty-three stereoviews of Mount Pelee's 1902 eruption Headingzzf(Stereoviews - Mount Pelee)Author**Headline53 stereoviews of Mount Pelee's 1902 eruptionPublisherUnderwood & Underwood and H.C. White Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #358 Ten stereoviews of Mount Pelee's 1902 eruption Headingzzf(Stereoviews - Mount Pelee)Author**Headline10 stereoviews of Mt Pelee 1902 eruptionPublisherH.C. White Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #359 Thirty stereoviews of Mount Pelee's 1902 eruption Heading(Stereoviews - Mount Pelee)Author**Headline30 stereoviews of Mount Pelee's 1902 eruptionPublisherKeystone View CompanyDate Published1902-1913 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #360 Twenty-one stereoviews of Mount Pelee's 1902 eruption Heading(Stereoviews - Mount Pelee)Author**Headline21 stereoviews of Mount Pelee's 1902 eruptionPublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published1902 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #370 British Sports and Sportsmen: Shooting and Deerstalking Heading(The Sportsman)Author**Headline1913 British Sportsmen, Deerstalking 1/1000PublisherBritish Sports and SportsmenDate Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #373 The Vale of Nantgwilt: A Submerged Valley. Illustrative and Descriptive of the Elan and Claerwen Valleys in Radnorshire, Shortly to be Submerged by the Reservoirs for the Water Supply of Birmingham AuthorTickell, R. EustaceHeadlineVale of Nantgwilt 1894 by R. E. TickellPublisherJ.S. VirtueDate Published1894 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #379 Les Papillons Métamorphoses Terrestres des Peuples de l'Air AuthorVarin, AmédéeHeadlineAmedee Varin Les Papillons Color PlatesPublisherGabriel de GonetDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #386 The Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada, with Analyses and Notes on the Prominent Spas of Europe, and a List of Sea-Side Resorts AuthorWalton, Geo[rge] E.HeadlineMineral Springs report 1873 by Geo E WaltonPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1873 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #408 The Writings of John Burroughs AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs Volumes 1-17PublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #412 Silent Spring HeadingzzcAuthorCarson, RachelHeadlineSilent Spring by Rachel Carson in djPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1962 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #421 WITHDRAWN The Novels & Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe HeadingzzcAuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineWritings of Daniel Defoe Large Paper EditionPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #425 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son HeadingzzcAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son, 1st ed in book formPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #426 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit HeadingzzfAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit First Edition 1844PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #442 Archive of 14 autograph letters or postcards signed by Romer Grey to his father Zane Grey, most with envelopes HeadingzzcAuthorGrey, Romer ZaneHeadlineLetters to Zane Grey from his sonDate Published1917-1925 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #450 WITHDRAWN The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne HeadingzzcAuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Nathaniel HawthornePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #451 The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Works of Nathaniel HawthornePublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #472 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illustrated HeadingzzfAuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineThe Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherHoughton, Osgood [&] Houghton MifflinDate Published1879-80 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next