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Previous|1|Next Lot #11 On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineOn the Economy of Machinery and ManufacturesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold 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... AuthorBaker, RichardHeadlineBaker's Chronicles of the Kings of EnglandPublisherSamuel BallardDate Published1733 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #36 The Opera Medicinalia AuthorBravo, FranciscoHeadlineThe Opera Medicinalia 1970 Dawsons editionPublisherDawsons of Pall MallDate Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #44 The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova di Seingalt Heading(Casanova, Jacques)AuthorMachen, Arthur, translatorHeadlineMemoirs of Giacomo Casanova di Seingalt 12 volsPublisherThe Casanova Socy.Date Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #46 Don Quichotte de la Manche AuthorCervantes de [Saavedra], Michel [Miguel]HeadlineDon Quichotte de la Manche 1799 editionPublisherDe L'Imprimerie de Didot L'AineDate PublishedAn VII [1799] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #47 The History of the Valorous and Witty Kinght-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha AuthorCervantes [de Saavedra], MichaelHeadline1740 Edition of Don Quixote in EnglishPublisherD. Midwinter, et alDate Published1740 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #51 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the Classics of Medicine Library 1980sDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #58 WITHDRAWN The Novels & Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe HeadingzzcAuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineWritings of Daniel Defoe Large Paper EditionPublisherShakespeare Head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 #63 The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle AuthorDoyle, Arthur DoyleHeadlineThe Works of Sir Arthur Conan DoylePublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1930 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #65 History of the World From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Collected and Arranged by the Best Authorities AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A.HeadlineHistory of the World 4 vols by Duyckinck 1871-73PublisherJohnson, Fry and CompanyDate Published[1871-1873] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold 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 AuthorFarmer Hodge, of Golder's-Green [pseud.]HeadlineThe Hampstead Contest, A Law Case 1775PublisherF. NewberyDate Published1775 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #82 The National and Domestic History of England Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAubrey, William Hickman SmithHeadlineNational & Domestic Hist. of England - 3 volsPublisherJames HaggerDate Published[1867-1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeveridge, Albert J.HeadlineBeveridge's Lincoln Manuscript EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #84 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 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #85 Evenings at Haddon Hall Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCalabrella, E. C. de, Baroness, editorHeadlineEvenings at Haddon Hall finely boundPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1846 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #86 Carlyle's Complete Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's Complete Works 11 vols.PublisherAldine Book PublishingDate PublishedNo date [c.1889] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #87 The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Maupassant, Henri Rene GuyHeadlineThe Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de MaupassantPublisherM. Walter DunneDate Published1905 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #88 Celebrated Crimes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDumas, AlexandreHeadlineAlexandre Dumas Celebrated Crimes Finely BoundPublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #89 [Works - Arbury Edition] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works Finely Bound Arbury EditionPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #90 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFiske, JohnHeadlineHistorical Writings of John Fiske - Finely BoundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #91 The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineThe Works of Oliver Goldsmith Finely BoundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 Life of Michael Angelo Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrimm, HermanHeadlineLife of Michael Angelo 2 vols fine binding 1909PublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #93 The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the End of the Reign of James II Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, David and Tobias Smollett, et. al.HeadlineHistory of England 3 vols. finely boundPublisherJames S. VirtueDate Published[c.1850] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #94 Irving's Works - Geoffrey Crayon Edition in twenty-seven volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Works in 27 vols. Crayon Ed. SangorskiPublisherG.P. Putnam'sDate Published[1850-1880] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #95 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illustrated Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineLongfellow, Poetical Works, 2 vols., full moroccoPublisherHoughton, Osgood [&] Houghton MifflinDate Published1879-80 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #96 Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineMacaulay's Critical and Historical EssaysPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #97 The History of England From the Accession of James II Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineEngland From the Accession of James IIPublisherLongman, Brown, GreenDate Published1849-1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #98 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 #99 Two sets of finely bound Greek tragedies - Sophocles and Aeschylos Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPlumptre, E.H., translatorHeadlineGreek tragedy sets finely bound - 4 total volsPublisherStrahan & Co.Date Published1865 [and] 1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #100 The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineRawlinson's 5 Great Monarchies - Full VellumPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #101 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. With Notes, Glossary, Index of First Lines and Chronological List Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRobertson, J. Logie, editorHeadlinePoetical Works of Robert Burns finely boundPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #102 The Waverly Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott Waverley Novels Leather BoundPublisherOsgoodDate Published1872 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #103 Secret Court Memoirs Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSecret Court Memoirs 10 finely bound volumesPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #104 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; With a Life of the Poet and Notes, Original and Selected Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Dramatic Works of William ShakespearePublisherHilliard, Gray, and CompanyDate Published1836 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #105 The Works of Shakespeare with Prefaces, Notes and Glossaries Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works in 20 vols. 1901 HamiltonPublisherThe Hamilton Book CompanyDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #106 The Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. With Memoirs of His Life Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineFinely bound works of Tobias Smollett 1872PublisherBidkers & Son & H. SotheranDate Published1872 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #107 The Poetry of Life Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStickney, SarahHeadlinePoetry of Life 2 finely bound vols.PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1835 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #108 Cape Cod Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineCape Cod finely bound in 2 vols. Thoreau, illus.PublisherHouHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1896] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #109 The Complete Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier with Portraits, Illustrations, and Facsimiles in Seven Volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWhittier's Works in 7 vols Amesbury EditionPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1892] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #110 The Medici Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorYoung, G.F.HeadlineThe Medici in 2 volumes bound by BayntunPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1912 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #112 Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology - With a fore edge painting Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorPaxton, JamesHeadlineFore Edge Painting of SouthamptonPublisherJ. VincentDate Published1826 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #113 The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDivine Comedy by Dante with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published[c. 1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #126 Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music Painting and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness AuthorH[arris], J[ames]HeadlineJames "Hermes" Harris Three Treatises 1744PublisherJ. Nourse and P. VaillantDate Published1744 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #127 The Harvard Classics Heading(Harvard Classics)AuthorEliot, Charles W., editorHeadlineEaston Press Harvard Classics 50 volumesPublisherEaston PressDate Published[1993] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #128 WITHDRAWN The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne HeadingzzcAuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Nathaniel HawthornePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #132 Five titles on the history of medicine Heading(History of Medicine)Author**HeadlineFive titles (10 vols) on the history of medicineDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #133 Ten titles on the history of medicine Heading(History of Medicine)Author**HeadlineTen titles on the history of medicineDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #139 The Great Antiphons - Illuminated manuscript on vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)AuthorIbbs, Edith A., illuminatorHeadlineThe Great Antiphons Illuminate by Edith IbbsPublisherWritten out & illuminated by Edith A. IbbsDate Published1905 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #140 The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards... AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineWashington Irving The Alhambra 1st U.S. EditionPublisherCarey & LeaDate Published1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #143 The Works of Thomas Jefferson AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineThe Works of Thomas Jefferson Limited EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #146 Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineKelmscott Press Coleridge's Poems Finel BoundPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #147 Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, William, translatorHeadlineOf the Friendship of Amis and Amile KelmscottPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #149 Candide Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorVoltaire, Jen Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineCandide with Illustrations by Kent 1 of 95 copiesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #150 The Writings in Prose and Verse AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineWritings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard KiplingPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #156 The History of England From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary in 1688 AuthorLingard, JohnHeadlineLingard's History of England Leather BoundPublisherCharles DolmanDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #161 Daphnis and Chloe Heading(Maillol, Aristide)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe illustrated by Maillol 1 of 250Publisher[A. Zwemmer]Date Published1937 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost 1796 EditionPublisherPrinted for J. ParsonsDate Published1796 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #182 The Works of Alexander Pope; With Notes and Illustrations by Joseph Warton AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineWorks of Alexander Pope 1822PublisherRichard PriestlyDate Published1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #201 The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Plays & Poems in 11 vol. 1790PublisherH. BaldwinDate Published1790 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #202 The Works of Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline1735 Edition of Shakespeare's WorksPublisherJ. Tonson, and the rest of the ProprietorsDate Published1635 [but 1730s] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #203 De L'Allemagne AuthorStael-Holstein, Mme la Baronne deHeadlineMadame de Stael De L'Allemagne 1814PublisherJ.J. PaschoudDate Published1814 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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... Heading(Stanhope, Philip Dormer)AuthorMaty, M.HeadlineWorks of the Late Philip Dormer StandhopePublisherEdward and Charles DillyDate Published1789 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #222 The Adventures of His Men Ching Author[Wang, Feng-Chow]HeadlineThe Adventures of His Men ChingPublisherThe Library of Facetious LoreDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next