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View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineAldine Press Dante 1502PublisherAldusDate Published1502 Lot #8 Eureka, a Prose Poem: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineArion Press Eureka Edgar Allan Poe 1/250PublisherArion PressDate Published1991 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineBook of the Thousand Nights & Night 1/1000PublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private SubscribersDate PublishedNo date Lot #23 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineLewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass 1st Ed.PublisherMacmillanDate Published1872 Lot #29 [Set of the five Christmas Books] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens - the five Christmas BooksDate Published1843-1848 Lot #34 [Works, comprised of 8 first editions in 15 volumes, uniformly bound] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadline8 first editions of George Eliot's WprksPublisherWilliam Blackwood & SonsDate Published1858-1885 Lot #37 [Works] in five volumes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen works in 5 vols 1908-14 fine bindingsPublisherMacmillanDate Published1908-1914 Lot #38 [Works, i.e.]: The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J. M. Barrie View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBarrie, J[ames] M[atthew]HeadlineNovels, Tales and Sketches of J. M. BarriePublisherScribner'sDate Published1909-1911 Lot #39 The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeaumont, Francis & John FletcherHeadlineWorks of Beaumont & Fletcher finely bound 1711PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1711 Lot #40 The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher...With Notes and a Biographical Memoir by The Rev. Alexander Dyce View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeaumont, [Francis] and [John] FletcherHeadlineWorks of Beaumont & Fletcher 11 finebound volsPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1843-1846 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell Life of Johnson 6 vols. finely boundPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1887 Lot #43 Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrontë, Charlotte, Emily and AnneHeadlineWorks of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters 7volsPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1872-1877 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 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineFinely bound Arabian Nights in 16 volumes 1885-8PublisherKamashastra SocietyDate Published[1885-1888] Lot #46 The Poetical Works of Lord Byron View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorByron, LordHeadlinePoetical Works of Lord Byron finely bound 6volsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1855-1856 Lot #47 The Works of Joseph Conrad in Twenty Volumes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineWorks of Joseph Conrad 20 vols bound by FrostPublisherJohn GrantDate Published1925 Lot #48 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens 38 vols. finely boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1907 Lot #49 The Complete Works of John Keats [and] The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Twelve volume set View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDole, Nathan Haskell, editorHeadline12 vols finely bound works Shelley & Keats 1/1000PublisherVirtue & CompanyDate Published[1904-1906] Lot #50 The Complete Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineComplete Works of Emerson finely bound 12 vols.PublisherRiverside PressDate Published[1903-04] Lot #51 The Writings in Prose and Verse of Eugene Field View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorField, EugeneHeadlineWritings in Prose & Verse of Eugene Field finePublisherScribner'sDate Published1896-1897 Lot #52 Three finely bound volumes by or about Henry Fielding View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadline3 finely bound bks by or about Henry FieldingDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #55 The Works of Oliver Goldsmith View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineWorks of Oliver Goldsmith finely bound 1854 1stPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1854 Lot #56 The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, With Introductory Notes by George Parsons Lathrop View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineComplete Works of Hawthorne 25 finely bound volsPublisherHoughton Miffling and CompanyDate Published1892-1895 Lot #60 [Works] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow Works finely bound in 10 volumesPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[c.1913] Lot #62 [Works. i.e.]: The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris' Works View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineFrank Norris' Works Manuscript Edition 10 vols.PublisherDoubleday, Doran and Co.Date Published1928 Lot #63 The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night [with] Tales from the Arabic View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPayne, John, translatorHeadlineBook of Thousand & One Nights vellumPublisherRichard WorthingtonDate Published1884 Lot #64 The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe leather setPublisherThe Werner Co.Date Published[1908] Lot #66 The Waverley Novels View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineScott's Waverly Novels 25 vols. finely boundPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published1892-94 Lot #67 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, from the correct edition of Isaac Reed, Esq. With copious annotations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Plays 12 vols. finely bound 1820PublisherPrinted for J. Walker, et al.Date Published1820 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 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's World Bowdlerized in 10 volumesPublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1825 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 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFinely bound set of Shakespeare in 21 vols. 1813PublisherJ. Nichols, F. C. & J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1813 Lot #70 The Works of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare 21 vols, 1/1500PublisherEdwin C. HillDate Published1906 Lot #71 The Works of William Shakespeare: Imperial Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare: Imperial EditionPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Publishedc.1865 Lot #72 The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShelley, Percy BlyssheHeadlinePoetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 5 vols.PublisherGeorge Bell & SonsDate Published1901-1910 Lot #74 The Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. With Memoirs of His Life View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineWorks of Tobias Smollett 1872 in 8 volumesPublisherBidkers & Son & H. SotheranDate Published1872 Lot #76 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlinePoems of Algernon Charles Swinburne finely boundPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 Lot #77 Six finely bound volumes View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSix finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious places Lot #81 Le Capitaine Fracasse View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorGautier, TheophileHeadlineLe Capitaine Fracasse Robert Hoe's CopyPublisherLibrairie des BibliophilesDate Published1884 Lot #84 The Deserted Village View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineOliver Goldsmith The Deserted VillagePublisher[Geo. W. Jones]Date Published[1913] 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHawkins, ThomasHeadlineOrigin of the English Drama 1773PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1773 Lot #104 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohson's Lives of English Poets 1st ed 1781PublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 Lot #108 Utopia View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press Utopia by Thomas MorePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #126 Doctor Faust: A Play - Based Upon Old German Puppet Versions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorOwens, Harry J.HeadlineHarry J Owens Doctor Faust 1953Publisher[Caxton Club]Date Published1953 Lot #130 English Notes: A Rare and Unkown Work Being a Reply to Charles Dickens's "American Notes" View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Poe, Edgar Allan, attributed]HeadlineEnglish Notes - Attributed to Edgar Allan PoePublisherLewis M. ThompsonDate Published1920 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 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineRowe's edition of Shakespeare, 9 volumes 1714PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1714 Lot #150 The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorTrollope, FrancesHeadlineTrollope's Michael Armstrong w/ALSPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 Lot #151 [Works], i.e., The Writings of Mark Twain View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwains Works 25 vols. signed with djsPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922-1923 Lot #316 Three sporting novels by "Wanderer" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthor"Wanderer" [pseud. Emil H. D'Avigdor]HeadlineThree sporting novels by "Wanderer"PublisherBradbury, Agnew & Co.Date Published1880s Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next