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Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineAldine Press Dante 1502PublisherAldusDate Published1502 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #8 Eureka, a Prose Poem: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Heading(Arion Press)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineArion Press Eureka Edgar Allan Poe 1/250PublisherArion PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #22 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineBook of the Thousand Nights & Night 1/1000PublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private SubscribersDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #23 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineLewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass 1st Ed.PublisherMacmillanDate Published1872 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #29 [Set of the five Christmas Books] AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens - the five Christmas BooksDate Published1843-1848 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #34 [Works, comprised of 8 first editions in 15 volumes, uniformly bound] AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadline8 first editions of George Eliot's WprksPublisherWilliam Blackwood & SonsDate Published1858-1885 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #37 [Works] in five volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen works in 5 vols 1908-14 fine bindingsPublisherMacmillanDate Published1908-1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #38 [Works, i.e.]: The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J. M. Barrie Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBarrie, J[ames] M[atthew]HeadlineNovels, Tales and Sketches of J. M. BarriePublisherScribner'sDate Published1909-1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #40 The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher...With Notes and a Biographical Memoir by The Rev. Alexander Dyce Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeaumont, [Francis] and [John] FletcherHeadlineWorks of Beaumont & Fletcher 11 finebound volsPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1843-1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #41 Boswell's Live of Johnson, including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell Life of Johnson 6 vols. finely boundPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #43 Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrontë, Charlotte, Emily and AnneHeadlineWorks of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters 7volsPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1872-1877 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #45 [Arabian Nights, i.e.:] A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights [with] The Supplemental Nights Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineFinely bound Arabian Nights in 16 volumes 1885-8PublisherKamashastra SocietyDate Published[1885-1888] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #46 The Poetical Works of Lord Byron Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorByron, LordHeadlinePoetical Works of Lord Byron finely bound 6volsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1855-1856 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #47 The Works of Joseph Conrad in Twenty Volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineWorks of Joseph Conrad 20 vols bound by FrostPublisherJohn GrantDate Published1925 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #48 The Works of Charles Dickens Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens 38 vols. finely boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1907 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #49 The Complete Works of John Keats [and] The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Twelve volume set Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDole, Nathan Haskell, editorHeadline12 vols finely bound works Shelley & Keats 1/1000PublisherVirtue & CompanyDate Published[1904-1906] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Complete Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineComplete Works of Emerson finely bound 12 vols.PublisherRiverside PressDate Published[1903-04] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #51 The Writings in Prose and Verse of Eugene Field Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorField, EugeneHeadlineWritings in Prose & Verse of Eugene Field finePublisherScribner'sDate Published1896-1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #52 Three finely bound volumes by or about Henry Fielding Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadline3 finely bound bks by or about Henry FieldingDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #55 The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineWorks of Oliver Goldsmith finely bound 1854 1stPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1854 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #56 The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, With Introductory Notes by George Parsons Lathrop Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineComplete Works of Hawthorne 25 finely bound volsPublisherHoughton Miffling and CompanyDate Published1892-1895 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #60 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow Works finely bound in 10 volumesPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[c.1913] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #62 [Works. i.e.]: The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris' Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineFrank Norris' Works Manuscript Edition 10 vols.PublisherDoubleday, Doran and Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #63 The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night [with] Tales from the Arabic Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPayne, John, translatorHeadlineBook of Thousand & One Nights vellumPublisherRichard WorthingtonDate Published1884 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #64 The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe leather setPublisherThe Werner Co.Date Published[1908] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #66 The Waverley Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineScott's Waverly Novels 25 vols. finely boundPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published1892-94 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #67 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, from the correct edition of Isaac Reed, Esq. With copious annotations Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Plays 12 vols. finely bound 1820PublisherPrinted for J. Walker, et al.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #68 The Family Shakespeare, In Ten Volumes; In Which Nothing is Added to the Original Text; But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted Which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's World Bowdlerized in 10 volumesPublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1825 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #69 The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Twenty-one Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are added, Notes, by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Revised and Augmented by Isaac Reed, with a Glossarial Index. The Sixth Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFinely bound set of Shakespeare in 21 vols. 1813PublisherJ. Nichols, F. C. & J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1813 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #70 The Works of William Shakespeare Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare 21 vols, 1/1500PublisherEdwin C. HillDate Published1906 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #71 The Works of William Shakespeare: Imperial Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare: Imperial EditionPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #72 The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShelley, Percy BlyssheHeadlinePoetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 5 vols.PublisherGeorge Bell & SonsDate Published1901-1910 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #74 The Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. With Memoirs of His Life Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineWorks of Tobias Smollett 1872 in 8 volumesPublisherBidkers & Son & H. SotheranDate Published1872 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlinePoems of Algernon Charles Swinburne finely boundPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #81 Le Capitaine Fracasse Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorGautier, TheophileHeadlineLe Capitaine Fracasse Robert Hoe's CopyPublisherLibrairie des BibliophilesDate Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #84 The Deserted Village AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineOliver Goldsmith The Deserted VillagePublisher[Geo. W. Jones]Date Published[1913] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Origin of the English Drama, Illustrated in its Various Species, viz. Mystery, Morality, Tragedy, and Comedy, by Specimens from our Earliest Writers: With Explanatory Notes AuthorHawkins, ThomasHeadlineOrigin of the English Drama 1773PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1773 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #108 Utopia Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press Utopia by Thomas MorePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #126 Doctor Faust: A Play - Based Upon Old German Puppet Versions AuthorOwens, Harry J.HeadlineHarry J Owens Doctor Faust 1953Publisher[Caxton Club]Date Published1953 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #130 English Notes: A Rare and Unkown Work Being a Reply to Charles Dickens's "American Notes" Author[Poe, Edgar Allan, attributed]HeadlineEnglish Notes - Attributed to Edgar Allan PoePublisherLewis M. ThompsonDate Published1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #150 The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy AuthorTrollope, FrancesHeadlineTrollope's Michael Armstrong w/ALSPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #151 [Works], i.e., The Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwains Works 25 vols. signed with djsPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922-1923 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #316 Three sporting novels by "Wanderer" HeadingzzcAuthor"Wanderer" [pseud. Emil H. D'Avigdor]HeadlineThree sporting novels by "Wanderer"PublisherBradbury, Agnew & Co.Date Published1880s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next