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