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Previous|1|Next Lot #11 On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineOn the Economy of Machinery and ManufacturesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1846 Lot #14 A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Roman Government, to the Death of King James the First...with a Continuation to the Year 1660 by E. Phillipe...Whereto Will be Added a Second Continuation... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBaker, RichardHeadlineBaker's Chronicles of the Kings of EnglandPublisherSamuel BallardDate Published1733 Lot #36 The Opera Medicinalia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorBravo, FranciscoHeadlineThe Opera Medicinalia 1970 Dawsons editionPublisherDawsons of Pall MallDate Published1970 Lot #44 The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova di Seingalt View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Casanova, Jacques)AuthorMachen, Arthur, translatorHeadlineMemoirs of Giacomo Casanova di Seingalt 12 volsPublisherThe Casanova Socy.Date Published1922 Lot #47 The History of the Valorous and Witty Kinght-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCervantes [de Saavedra], MichaelHeadline1740 Edition of Don Quixote in EnglishPublisherD. Midwinter, et alDate Published1740 Lot #51 Seven titles from the Classics of Medicine Library, and two from the Classics of Ophthalmology Library View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)Author**Headline9 from the Classics of Medicine Library 1980sDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #58 WITHDRAWN The Novels & Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineWritings of Daniel Defoe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 #65 History of the World From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Collected and Arranged by the Best Authorities View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A.HeadlineHistory of the World 4 vols by Duyckinck 1871-73PublisherJohnson, Fry and CompanyDate Published[1871-1873] Lot #79 The Hampstead Contest, A Law Case, Submitted to Counsel, and Inscribed to Mrs. L_ss_gh_m by Farmer Hodge of Golder's Green View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorFarmer Hodge, of Golder's-Green [pseud.]HeadlineThe Hampstead Contest, A Law Case 1775PublisherF. NewberyDate Published1775 Lot #82 The National and Domestic History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAubrey, William Hickman SmithHeadlineNational & Domestic Hist. of England - 3 volsPublisherJames HaggerDate Published[1867-1870] Lot #83 Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeveridge, Albert J.HeadlineBeveridge's Lincoln Manuscript EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1928 Lot #84 Bohn's Extra Volumes - Seven finely bound volumes View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineBohn's Extra Volume - 7 vols Sangorski/SutcliffePublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1846-1861 Lot #85 Evenings at Haddon Hall View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCalabrella, E. C. de, Baroness, editorHeadlineEvenings at Haddon Hall finely boundPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1846 Lot #86 Carlyle's Complete Works View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's Complete Works 11 vols.PublisherAldine Book PublishingDate PublishedNo date [c.1889] Lot #87 The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Maupassant, Henri Rene GuyHeadlineThe Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de MaupassantPublisherM. Walter DunneDate Published1905 Lot #88 Celebrated Crimes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineAlexandre Dumas Celebrated Crimes Finely BoundPublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[1895] Lot #89 [Works - Arbury Edition] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works Finely Bound Arbury EditionPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #90 [Works] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFiske, JohnHeadlineHistorical Writings of John Fiske - Finely BoundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate PublishedVarious Dates Lot #91 The Works of Oliver Goldsmith View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineThe Works of Oliver Goldsmith Finely BoundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1854 Lot #92 Life of Michael Angelo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrimm, HermanHeadlineLife of Michael Angelo 2 vols fine binding 1909PublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1909 Lot #93 The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the End of the Reign of James II View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, David and Tobias Smollett, et. al.HeadlineHistory of England 3 vols. finely boundPublisherJames S. VirtueDate Published[c.1850] Lot #94 Irving's Works - Geoffrey Crayon Edition in twenty-seven volumes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Works in 27 vols. Crayon Ed. SangorskiPublisherG.P. Putnam'sDate Published[1850-1880] Lot #95 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illustrated View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineLongfellow, Poetical Works, 2 vols., full moroccoPublisherHoughton, Osgood [&] Houghton MifflinDate Published1879-80 Lot #96 Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineMacaulay's Critical and Historical EssaysPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1846 Lot #97 The History of England From the Accession of James II View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineEngland From the Accession of James IIPublisherLongman, Brown, GreenDate Published1849-1861 Lot #98 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 #99 Two sets of finely bound Greek tragedies - Sophocles and Aeschylos View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPlumptre, E.H., translatorHeadlineGreek tragedy sets finely bound - 4 total volsPublisherStrahan & Co.Date Published1865 [and] 1868 Lot #100 The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineRawlinson's 5 Great Monarchies - Full VellumPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1879 Lot #101 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. With Notes, Glossary, Index of First Lines and Chronological List View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRobertson, J. Logie, editorHeadlinePoetical Works of Robert Burns finely boundPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1958] Lot #102 The Waverly Novels View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott Waverley Novels Leather BoundPublisherOsgoodDate Published1872 Lot #103 Secret Court Memoirs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSecret Court Memoirs 10 finely bound volumesPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #104 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; With a Life of the Poet and Notes, Original and Selected View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Dramatic Works of William ShakespearePublisherHilliard, Gray, and CompanyDate Published1836 Lot #105 The Works of Shakespeare with Prefaces, Notes and Glossaries View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works in 20 vols. 1901 HamiltonPublisherThe Hamilton Book CompanyDate Published[1901] Lot #106 The Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. With Memoirs of His Life View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineFinely bound works of Tobias Smollett 1872PublisherBidkers & Son & H. SotheranDate Published1872 Lot #107 The Poetry of Life View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStickney, SarahHeadlinePoetry of Life 2 finely bound vols.PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1835 Lot #108 Cape Cod View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineCape Cod finely bound in 2 vols. Thoreau, illus.PublisherHouHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1896] Lot #109 The Complete Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier with Portraits, Illustrations, and Facsimiles in Seven Volumes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWhittier's Works in 7 vols Amesbury EditionPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1892] Lot #110 The Medici View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorYoung, G.F.HeadlineThe Medici in 2 volumes bound by BayntunPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1912 Lot #112 Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology - With a fore edge painting View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorPaxton, JamesHeadlineFore Edge Painting of SouthamptonPublisherJ. VincentDate Published1826 Lot #113 The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDivine Comedy by Dante with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published[c. 1880] Lot #127 The Harvard Classics View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Harvard Classics)AuthorEliot, Charles W., editorHeadlineEaston Press Harvard Classics 50 volumesPublisherEaston PressDate Published[1993] Lot #128 WITHDRAWN The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Nathaniel HawthornePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1900] Lot #132 Five titles on the history of medicine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(History of Medicine)Author**HeadlineFive titles (10 vols) on the history of medicineDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #133 Ten titles on the history of medicine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(History of Medicine)Author**HeadlineTen titles on the history of medicineDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #139 The Great Antiphons - Illuminated manuscript on vellum View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)AuthorIbbs, Edith A., illuminatorHeadlineThe Great Antiphons Illuminate by Edith IbbsPublisherWritten out & illuminated by Edith A. IbbsDate Published1905 Lot #140 The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineWashington Irving The Alhambra 1st U.S. EditionPublisherCarey & LeaDate Published1832 Lot #143 The Works of Thomas Jefferson View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineThe Works of Thomas Jefferson Limited EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1904 Lot #146 Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineKelmscott Press Coleridge's Poems Finel BoundPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1896] Lot #147 Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, William, translatorHeadlineOf the Friendship of Amis and Amile KelmscottPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] Lot #150 The Writings in Prose and Verse View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineWritings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard KiplingPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 Lot #156 The History of England From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary in 1688 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLingard, JohnHeadlineLingard's History of England Leather BoundPublisherCharles DolmanDate Published1849 Lot #171 Paradise Lost...With Notes, Selected from Newton and others, to which is prefixed, the Life of the Author. With a Critical Dissertation on the Poetical Works of Milton and Observations on his Language and Versification by Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost 1796 EditionPublisherPrinted for J. ParsonsDate Published1796 Lot #182 The Works of Alexander Pope; With Notes and Illustrations by Joseph Warton View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineWorks of Alexander Pope 1822PublisherRichard PriestlyDate Published1822 Lot #203 De L'Allemagne View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorStael-Holstein, Mme la Baronne deHeadlineMadame de Stael De L'Allemagne 1814PublisherJ.J. PaschoudDate Published1814 Lot #204 Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Standhope, Earl of Chesterfield: Consisting of Letters to his Friends, Never Before Printed, and Various Other Articles. To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of his Life... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Stanhope, Philip Dormer)AuthorMaty, M.HeadlineWorks of the Late Philip Dormer StandhopePublisherEdward and Charles DillyDate Published1789 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next