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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 #17 Ars Anatomica: A Medical Fantasia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBaskin, LeonardHeadlineLeonard Baskin Ars AnatomicaPublisherMedicina RaraDate Published[1972] Lot #30 Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Book of Job 1 of 65 copies Trianon PressPublisherWilliam Blake TrustDate Published1987 [printed c.1974] Lot #31 Atlas of Human Anatomy, with Explanatory Text View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBock, C.E.HeadlineAtlas of Human Anatomy by Bock 38 plates 1879PublisherWilliam WoodDate Published1879 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 #46 Don Quichotte de la Manche View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCervantes de [Saavedra], Michel [Miguel]HeadlineDon Quichotte de la Manche 1799 editionPublisherDe L'Imprimerie de Didot L'AineDate PublishedAn VII [1799] 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Heading(Medical)Author**Headline9 from the Classics of Medicine Library 1980sDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #58 WITHDRAWN The Novels & Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineWritings of Daniel Defoe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 #63 The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur DoyleHeadlineThe Works of Sir Arthur Conan DoylePublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1930 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 #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 #118 Glue and Lacquer: Four Cautionary Tales View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)Author**HeadlineGlue and Lacquer 1 of 30 special copiesPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1941] Lot #125 Disputationes ad Morborum Historiam et Curationem Facientes View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorHaller, Albrecht vonHeadline7 volumes about disease, in Latin 1757-1760PublisherBousquetDate Published1757-1760 Lot #126 Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music Painting and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorH[arris], J[ames]HeadlineJames "Hermes" Harris Three Treatises 1744PublisherJ. Nourse and P. VaillantDate Published1744 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 #130 Leben und Leyden Unsers Einigen Heylands und Erlosers Jesu Christi und Mariae, Seiner Hochgebenedeyten Mutter View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHerlet, FriedrichHeadlineHerlet's Life of Jesus and MaryDate PublishedNo date [mid 18th century] Lot #136 Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrata. The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorHunter, WilliiamHeadlineuterus anatomy w/34 engravings, complete! 1774PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1774 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 #149 Candide View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorVoltaire, Jen Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineCandide with Illustrations by Kent 1 of 95 copiesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1928 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 #161 Daphnis and Chloe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Maillol, Aristide)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe illustrated by Maillol 1 of 250Publisher[A. Zwemmer]Date Published1937 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 #179 The Further Adventures of the Little Traveller View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Pardon, George Frederick]HeadlineFurther Adventures of the Little Traveller 1857PublisherJames BlackwoodDate Published[1857] 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 #185 The Necropolis of Ancon in Peru. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of the Culture and Industries of the Empire of the Incas, Being the Results of Excavations Made on the Spot View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorReiss, W. & A. StubelHeadlineThe Necropolis of Ancon in Peru Fabulous PlatesPublisherA. Asher & Co.Date Published1880-1887 Lot #190 Medical Caricatures View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineThomas Rowlandson Medical CaricaturesPublisherEditions Medicina RaraDate Published[1971] Lot #197 The Marine Mammals of the North-Western Coast of North America, Described and Illustrated: Together with an Account of the American Whale-Fishery View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorScammon, Charles M.HeadlineScammon's Marine Mammals of NW Coast 1874PublisherJohn H. CarmanyDate Published1874 Lot #200 Anataomie ComparéeTranscendante. Principes d'Embryogénie, de Zoogénie et de Tératogénie View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorSerres, [Antoine Étienne Renaud Augustin]HeadlineAnataomie ComparéeTranscendante 1859PublisherFirmin DidotDate Published1859 Lot #201 The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Plays & Poems in 11 vol. 1790PublisherH. BaldwinDate Published1790 Lot #202 The Works of Shakespeare View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline1735 Edition of Shakespeare's WorksPublisherJ. Tonson, and the rest of the ProprietorsDate Published1635 [but 1730s] 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 Lot #211 Gründungsfeier der Stadt Bern, 1191-1891: Offizielles Festalbum des Historischen Zuges, 14-17 August 1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Switzerland)Author**HeadlineFabulous lithograph historical panoramaPublisherW. Kaiser, et alDate Published1891 Lot #212 Panorama vom Gurten... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Switzerland)Author**HeadlineLithograph panorama of Gurten SwitzerlandPublisherJ.R. DillDate Published[c. 1860] Lot #214 Three original pencil drawings by John Tenniel View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTenniel, JohnHeadlineThree pencil drawing by John TennielDate Published1867, 1872 & n.d. Lot #222 The Adventures of His Men Ching View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Wang, Feng-Chow]HeadlineThe Adventures of His Men ChingPublisherThe Library of Facetious LoreDate Published[1927] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next