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Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineAldine Press Dante 1502PublisherAldusDate Published1502 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #4 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineThe Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a VisitPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #15 Opera Praestantiora AuthorBasini, [Basinio]HeadlineThe Works of Basinio Basini of Parma 1794PublisherTypographia AlbertinianaDate Published1794 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #16 Alciphron, or, the Minute Philosopher. In seven dialogues. Containing an apology for the Christian religion against those who are called free-thinkers AuthorBerkeley, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Berkeley Alciphron 2 vols. 1732PublisherPrinted for J. Tonson in the StrandDate Published1732 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #18 The Holy Bible. containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By His Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineMassive "Vinegar" Bible 1717PublisherPrinted by John BaskettDate Published1717-1716 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #19 Bibliorum Sacrorum Tomus Primus [-sextus]. [with] Novi Testamenti pars prima [- secunda] Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineEight volume folio Bible printed in Pais 1642PublisherE Typographia RetiaDate Published1642 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #24 The Second World War AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Second World War 6 vols. 1st editionPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1948-1954] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #26 The Historie of the Uniting of the Kingdom of Portugall to the Crowne of Castill: Containing the Laste Warres of the Portugals against the Moores of Africke, the end of the House of Portugall, and change of that Government. The Description of Portugall, their Principall Townes, Castles, Places, Rivers, Bridges, Passages, Forces, Weaknesses... HeadingzzfAuthor[Conestaggio, Girolamo Franchi di]HeadlineHistorie of Uniting of Portugal Conestaggio 1600PublisherArn. Hatfield for Edward BlountDate Published1600 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #28 Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his works of creation. Being the substance of XVI sermons preached in St. Mary le Bow-church, London, at the Honble Mr. Boyle's lectures, in the years 1711 and 1712. With large notes and many curious observations AuthorDerham, W.HeadlinePhysico-Theology by W. Derham, 1714 2nd editionPublisherPrinted for W. InnysDate Published1714 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #36 Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S...Comprising His Diary from the Year 1641 to 1705-6,...To Which is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence between King Charles I. and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nichols...Also Between Sir Edward Hyde...and Sir Richard Browne AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineLife & Writings of John Evelyn 1819PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1819 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #39 The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeaumont, Francis & John FletcherHeadlineWorks of Beaumont & Fletcher finely bound 1711PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1711 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #42 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineLife of Samuel Johnson 5 finely bound vols 1831PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #44 The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineEdmund Burke's Works finely bound in 8 volumesPublisherFrancis & John RivingtonDate Published1852 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #54 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Roman Empire 8 vols. finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #57 The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte [with] Memoirs of Napoleon [and] Memoirs of Madame Junot Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHazlitt, William; Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne; and Duchesse D'AbrantesHeadline16 vol set 1/10 sets on Napoleon from Nap SocietyPublisherThe Napoleon SocietyDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #58 The History of England; From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 [and] From the Revolution to the Death of George the Second Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, David [and] Smollett, T.HeadlineHistory of England 13 finely bound vols 1825PublisherT. and J. AllmanDate Published1825 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #59 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain...With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLodge, EdmundHeadlineLodge's Portraits 12 finely bound volumesPublisherHarding, Mavor [Triphook] and LepardDate Published1823 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #65 The History of Herodotus Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineHistory of Herodotus by Rawlinson finely boundPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #73 The Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineWorks of Richard Brinsley Sheridan finely boundPublisherBickers & SonDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #77 Six finely bound volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSix finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious places View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #99 The Analysis of Beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating Ideas of Taste AuthorHogarth, WilliamHeadlineHogarth's Analyis of Beauty 1753PublisherJ. Reeves for the AuthorDate Published1753 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #104 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohson's Lives of English Poets 1st ed 1781PublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #105 De antiquitate judaica [with] De bello judaico AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadline1481 edition of JosephusPublisherReynaldus de NovimagioDate Published31 March 1481 & 10 May '1400' [i.e. c.1481-82] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #111 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineHolinshed's Chronicles Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #112 A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal printed by Christopher Plantin Heading(Leaf Book)Author(Dodoens, Rembert)HeadlineLeaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1977 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #113 The Great Polyglot Bibles, Including a Leaf from the Complutensian of Acala, 1514-17 Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineThe Great Polyglot Bibles - Allen PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1966 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #115 The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer: An Account of the Publication of Geoffrey Chaucer's Works from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorMuscatine, CharlesHeadlineLeaf Book - The Book of Geoffrey ChaucerPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1963 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #116 The Gothic Script of the Middle Ages Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorSchulz, H.C.HeadlineGothic Script of the Middle Ages Leaf BookPublisherDavid MageeDate Published1939 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #117 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen P.HeadlineCoverdale Bible (1535) leaf book, Limited 1/425PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #121 The History of Greece AuthorMitford, WilliamHeadlineHistory of Greece by Wm Mitford in 4 vols 1808PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #122 Histoire des Mongols de la Perse, ecrite en persan par Raschid-Eldin; publiëe, traduite en francais, accompagnëe de notes et d'un mëmoire sur la vie et les ouvrages de l'auteur par M. Quatremëre... Tome Premier Heading(Mongols)AuthorRashid al-Din TabibHeadlineRare History of the Mongols 1836PublisherImprimerie RoyaleDate Published1836 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #123 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et al.Date Published1728 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #125 Atlas der griechischen Kunstmythologie... AuthorOverbeck, Johannes AdolfHeadlineAtlasa of Greek Mythology with 26 platesPublisherEngelmannDate Published1872 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #127 The Architecture of A. Palladio; in four books. Containing, a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building, as also the different construction of private and publick houses, highways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights. To which are added several notes and observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before; revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni... Translated from the Italian original AuthorPalladio, AndreaHeadlinePalladio's Architecture in English 1715PublisherPrinted by John Watts, for the AuthorDate Published1715-[1720] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #129 The expedicion into Scotla[n]de of the most woorthely fortunate prince Edward, Duke of Soomerset, vncle vnto our most noble souereign lord ye ki[n]ges Maiestie Edvvard the. VI. goouernour of hys hyghnes persone, and protectour of hys graces realmes, dominions [and] and [sic] subiectes: made in the first yere of his Maiesties most prosperous reign, and set out by way of diarie, by W. Patten Londoner AuthorPatten, WilliamHeadlineAccount of English invasion of Scotland 1548Publisher[Richard Grafton]Date Published[June 30, 1548] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #131 Hieronymi Pradi et Ioannis Baptistae Villalpandi e Societate Iesu In Ezechielem explanationes et Apparatus vrbis ac Templi Hierosolymitani commentarijs et imaginibus illustratus. Opus tribus tomis distinctum. Quid vero singulis contineatur, quarta pagina indicabit AuthorPrado, Jerónimo de, & juan Bautista VillalpandoHeadlinePrado's Commentaries on Bible 1596-1604PublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1604 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #133 Proportional architecture; or, the five orders; regulated by equal parts: after so concise a method that renders it useful to all artists and easy to every capacity Author[Robinson, William]HeadlineRobinson's Proportional Architecture 1733PublisherA. Bettesworth and C. HitchDate Published1733 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #135 [The Patriotic War and Russian Society 1812-1912 Anniversary Edition] Heading(Russian)AuthorDzivelegov, A.K., et al., editorsHeadlineRussian Account of Napoleonic Wars 7 volumesPublisherI.D. SytinDate Published1912 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #138 Original poster in Russian: ["Red Cavalrymen Bravely Slash the Enemy!"] Heading(Russian)Author**HeadlinePoster: Russian Cavalrymen slashing Germans WWIIDate Publishedc.1941 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #139 [Emperor Alexander I: His Life and Reign] Heading(Russian)AuthorShilder, Nikolai KarlovichHeadlineShilder's Life of Alexander I in Russian 1897-8PublisherA.S. SuvorinDate Published1904-1905 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #140 [Murder of the Czar Family] Heading(Russian)AuthorSokolov, NikolayHeadlineRussian Book Murder of Czar's Family 1925Publisher[Slowo-Verlag]Date Published1925 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #141 [Peter the Great: Raising Personality Actions] Heading(Russian)AuthorValishevskiy, K.HeadlineRussian Work on Peter the Great c.1910PublisherPublisher House SphinxDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #142 [Reign of the Women Ekaterina I. Anna. Their Intimate Life] Heading(Russian)AuthorValishevskiy, K.HeadlineLives of Tsarinas in Russian c.1910PublisherPublisher House SphinxDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #143 The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages... AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Border Antiquities of England and ScotlandPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1814 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #144 The first [-fift] booke of architecture, made by Sebastian Serly, entreating of geometrie. Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English Author[Serlio, Sebastiano]HeadlineSerlio's Architecture in English 1611PublisherPrinted [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert PeakeDate Published1611 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #145 The Works of Mr. William Shakespear; in eight volumes. Adorn’d with cutts. Revis’d and corrected, with an account of the life and writings of the author, by N. Rowe, Esq; to this edition is added, a table of the most sublime passages in this author AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineRowe's edition of Shakespeare, 9 volumes 1714PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1714 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #147 Travels in the Western Caucasus, Including a Tour Through Imeritia, Mingrelia, Turkey, Moldavia, Galicia, Silesia, and Moravia, in 1836 Headingzzf(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorSpencer, EdmundHeadlineTravels Western Caucasus w/fore edge paintingsPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #149 A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, From the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the Present Time AuthorStrutt, JosephHeadlineDress and Habits of the People of EnglandPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #153 Collection of approx. 22 AQ postal sheets from 17th century Venice, Italy Heading(Venice, Italy - AQ Sheets)Author**Headline20 AQ postal sheets from 17th century VeniceDate Published17th-18th century View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #173 Thoughts on Hunting. In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend HeadingzzcAuthor[Beckford, Peter]HeadlinePeter Beckford Thoughts on Hunting 1781PublisherPrinted by E. Easton, Sold by P. Elmsly, et alDate Published1781 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #254 Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. HeadingzzcAuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineTales of Fresh-Water Fishing by Zane GreyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #256 Tales of Tahitian Waters HeadingzzcAuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Tales of Tahitian Waters 1st EdnPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #267 House Flags of the Merchants of New York, 1800-1860 HeadingzzcAuthorGriswold, Frank GrayHeadlineHouse Flags of the Merchants of New York, signedPublisherPrivately printed by the Plimpton PressDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #281 Sporting Adventures in the Pacific Whilst in Command of the "Reindeer" HeadingzzcAuthorKennedy, Captain W.R.HeadlineSporting Adventures in the Pacific 1876PublisherSampson Low, Marston, et alDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #285 Field Sports of the North of Europe; Comprised in a Personal Narrative of a Residence in Sweden and Norway, in the Years 1827-28 HeadingzzcAuthorLloyd, L[lewellyn]HeadlineField Sports of the North of EuropePublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #311 Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands HeadingzzcAuthorSt. John, CharlesHeadlineWild Sports and Natural History of the HighlandsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1878 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #314 A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France, in the Year 1802: Including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting and other Field Amusements HeadingzzcAuthorThornton, Colonel [Thomas]HeadlineA Sporting Tour Through France in 1802PublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1806 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next