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Previous|1|Next Lot #38 Fine antique book safe in full red morocco Heading(Book Safes)HeadlineCharming antique book safeDate Published19th century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #67 Le Theatre des Antiquitez de Paris Authordu Breul, JacquesHeadlineLe Theatre des Antiquitez de Paris 1639PublisherSociete des ImprimeursDate Published1639 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #106 The Fables of Flora AuthorLanghorne, Dr. [John]HeadlineHand-colored illustrationsPublisherPrinted by T. Rickaby for E. & S. HardingDate Published1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #145 The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting, for the Use of the Rising Generation of Sportsmen AuthorRadcliffe, F.P. DelméHeadlineRadcliffe The Noble Science 1875PublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1875 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #172 Satan in Goray AuthorSinger, Isaac BashevisHeadline1 of 50 copies with orignal signed drawing by MoskowitzPublisherSweetwater EditionsDate Published[1981] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #179 Domestic Manners of the Americans AuthorTrollope, Mrs. [Frances]HeadlineDomestic Manners of the Americans by Mrs. TrollopePublisherWhittaker, Treacher, & Co.Date Published1832 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #195 The Comic History of England [and] The Comic History of Rome AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineA'Beckett's Comic History of England & RomePublisherBradbury, Agnew & Co.Date Published[c.1875] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #198 The Essays of Bacon AuthorBacon, [Francis]HeadlineBacon's Essays in a fine Riviere BindingPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #199 The Essays of Bacon AuthorBacon, [Francis]HeadlineBacon's Essays in a Cedric Chivers Velucent BindingPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #200 The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher with an Introduction by George Darley AuthorBeaumont, [Francis] & [John] FletcherHeadlineWorks of Beaumont and Fletcher finely bound by BayntunPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #201 My Life Heading(Bennett, William)AuthorDuncan, IsadoraHeadlineMy Life, Isadora Duncan boudn by Wm BennettPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #202 The Life of Samuel Johnson AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson finely bound by BayntunPublisherCharles E. LauriatDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #204 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and his Life by Thomas Moore AuthorBryon, LordHeadline16 volumes Works of Lord Byron, 1/1000 copies finely boundPublisherFrancis A. Niccolls & Co.Date Published[1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #205 The Pilgrim's Progress AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineBunyan's Pilgrim's Progress finely boundPublisherHenry FrowdeDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #206 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entitled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights Entertainments Library EditionPublisherKamashastra Society for private subscribersDate Published1885-1887 [but c.1894] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #207 Don Juan AuthorByron, LordHeadlineByron's Don Juan finely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn Lane The Bodley HeadDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #208 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq. AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineThe Works of Lord Byron 1832-33PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-1833 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #209 The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineComplete Works of Lewis Carroll Finely BoundPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #211 [De Officiis] AuthorCiceroHeadlineCicero De Officiis finely bound by HatchardsPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #212 Original Autographs of the Presidents of the United States of America [spine title] - With an inset portrait of George Washington Heading(Cosway-style Binding)HeadlineCosway style binding for Presidential autograph collectionDate Publishedc. 1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #213 Two volumes bound by Henri Creuzevault Heading(Creuzevault, Henri)HeadlineTwo volumes bound by Henri CreuzevaultDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #215 George Cruikshank's Table-Book. AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineCruikshank's Table Book finely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherPublished at the Punch OfficeDate Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #216 The Works of Daniel Defoe AuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineWorks of Daniel Defoe Sumptuously BoundPublisherGeorge SproulDate Published1905 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #217 The Cricket on the Hearth AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCricket on the Hearth finely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherFor the Author by Bradbury and EvansDate Published1846 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #218 [Works] AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens Broadstairs Edition finely boundPublisherPrinted by MacDonald & Sons for the Edinburgh SocietyDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #219 Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho and his cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis... Author[Egan, Pierce, imitation]HeadlineReal Life in London Pierce Egan imitationPublisherJones and Co.Date Published1821(-2) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #220 Life in London AuthorEgan, PierceHeadlinePierce Egan's Life in London Finely Bound by Root & SonPublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #221 [Works] - A complete set of first editions AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of George Eliot in first editionsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1858-85 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #222 The Essays of Emerson AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Ralph Waldo Emerson finely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #223 The Works of Epictetus AuthorEpictetusHeadlineWorks of Epictetus finely boundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1890 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #224 Examples of San Bernardino HeadlineExamples of San Bernardino finely bound in red calfPublisherGerald HoweDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #226 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineThe History of Tom Jones, A Foundling 1791 editionPublisherJ.L. LegrandDate Published1791 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #227 The Works of Henry Fielding AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding Sumptuously BoundPublisherGeorge D. SproulDate Published1903 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #228 Four finely bound works Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFour finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #229 Small group of finely bound classics Heading(Fine Bindings)Headline14 volumes of 18th century poetryDate Published18th century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #230 Three finely bound works Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineThree finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #231 Two volumes from the Bibelot Series - Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTwo volumes from the Bibelot Series finely boundPublisherGay and BirdDate Published1906 & 1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #232 A History of Europe AuthorFisher, H.A.L.HeadlineA History of Europe 3 finely bound volumesPublisherEyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1938 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #234 Madame Bovary AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineMadame Bovary finely bound and illustratedPublisherGeorge Barrie & SonDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #235 The Vicar of Wakefield AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineRackham's Vicar of Wakefield finely boundPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #236 The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to His Friends in the East. Author[Goldsmith, Oliver]HeadlineGoldsmith Citizen of the World Finely boundPublisherPrinted For the Author and Sold by J. Newbery...Date Published1762 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #237 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant - Extra-illustrated AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineMemoirs of U.S. Grant finely bound and extra illustratedPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #239 The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineThe English Works of Thomas HobbesPublisherJohn BohnDate Published1839 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #240 The Complete Writings of Elbert Hubbard Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Elbert HubbardPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published[1908-1915] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #241 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or, Mirth and Marvels AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham]HeadlineThe Ingoldsby Legends; Or, Mirth and Marvels in a Kelliegram Binding" by Kelly and Sons, London.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #242 The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineSketch Books of Geoffrey Crayon finely boundPublisherC.S. Van WinkleDate Published1819-20 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #243 The Lives of the English Poets AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English Poets finely boundPublisherGeorge Cowie and Co.Date Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #244 The Works of Samuel Johnson AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel JohnsonPublisherT. Longman, et alDate Published1792 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #246 The Complete Works of John Keats [with] The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley AuthorKeats, John & Percy Bysshe ShelleyHeadlineWorks of Keats and Shelley full red morocco bindingsPublisherVirtue & CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #250 Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorBeveridge, Albert J.HeadlineBeveridge's Life of Lincoln with manuscript leafPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #253 Six volumes with armorial bindings of Louis XV or his wife, Marie Leczinska Heading(Louis XV)HeadlineSix volumes with armorial bindings of Louis XVDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #254 Aphrodite: A Novel of Ancient Manners AuthorLouys, PierreHeadlinePierre Louys Aphrodite finely bound by the Rowfant BinderyPublisherLibrarie L. BorelDate Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #255 Aphrodite: A Novel of Ancient Manners AuthorLouys, PierreHeadlineAphrodite finely bound by Curtis WaltersPublisherLibrarie L. BorelDate Published1900 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #256 Byblis: Changée en Fontaine AuthorLouys, PierreHeadlineByblis in a fine custom bindingPublisherLibrarie BorelDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #257 The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineKing Arthur with Rackham Illustrations finely boundPublisherMacmillanDate Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #258 The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineThoughts of Marcus Aurelius AntontinusPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #261 The Life Work of Henri René Guy de Maupassant AuthorMaupassant, Henri René Guy deHeadlineWorks of Guy de Maupassant in a spectacular bindingPublisherM. Walter DunneDate Published1903 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #263 Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio AuthorMetastasio, Pietro [pseudonym of Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi]HeadlinePoesie del Signor Abate Pietro MetastasioPublisherPresso la Vedova QuillauDate Published1755 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #264 Aucassin et Nicolette AuthorMichaut, GustaveHeadlineAucasson & Nicolette finely boundPublisherL'Edition D'ArtDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #265 Paradise Lost & Paradise Regain'd AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost & Paradise Regain'd 1760PublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. and R. TonsonDate Published1760 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #266 The Rise of the Dutch Republic - in a prize binding from the Brentwood School AuthorMotley, John LothropHeadlinePrize bindings from the Brentwood SchoolPublisherRoutledgeDate Published1861 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #267 The Napoleon Gallery; Or, Illustrations of the Life and Times of the Emperor of France Heading(Napoleon)HeadlineThe Napoleon Gallery finely boundPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1846 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #269 The Works of Thomas Nelson Page AuthorPage, Thomas NelsonHeadlineWorks of Thomas Nelson Page 3/4 red morocco by StikemanPublisherScribnersDate Published1906-1912 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #270 [Works] AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Parkman Finely BoundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$100 - $200Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #272 Plutarch's Lives. The Translation Called Dryden's. [and] Plutarch's Morals. AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives and Morals handsomely boundPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1870s View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #273 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineWorks of Edgar Allan Poe finely boundPublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #274 Fifty volumes from Bell's Edition of The Poets of Great Britain Heading(Poets of Great Britain)HeadlineFifty volumes from Bell's Poets of Great BritainPublisherJohn BellDate PublishedLate 18th century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #275 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlinePope's Poetical Works, in English 4 vols finely boundPublisherRobert and Andrew FoulisDate Published1763 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #276 History of Manon Lescaut and of the Chevalier des Grieux AuthorPrévost, AbbéHeadlineHistory of Manon Lescaut bound by BayntunPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #277 All the Year Round AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineWith ANs from James Whitcomb Riley, finely boundPublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #278 Seven volumes uniformly bound in full tree calf, from the library of Albert M. Rosenbaum Author(Riviere)Headline7 volume matching set bound by Riviere in tree calfPublisherRoutledgeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #280 The Waverley Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineScott's Waverley Novels one of only 12 copiesPublisherThe Caxton SocietyDate Published[c.1910] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #281 The Waverly Novels - the rare Beaux-Arts Edition AuthorScott, WalterHeadline30 vols. Waverly Novels, limited Beaux-Arts EditionPublisherMerrill and BakerDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #286 Life of Napoleon Bonaparte AuthorSloane, William MilliganHeadlineLife of Napoleon Bonaparte finely boundPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1896 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #288 The Works and Life of Laurence Sterne Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineThe Works of Laurence Sterne Stonegate Edition Finely BoundPublisherJ.F. Taylor & CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #289 The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineNovels and Tales oF Robert Louis StevensonPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #290 The Glory That Was Greece AuthorStobart, J.C.HeadlineThe Glory That Was Greece finely bound by BayntunPublisherSidgwick & JacksonDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #291 The Works AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineWorks of Johnathan SwiftPublisherC. Bathurst, et alDate Published1765-1779 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #292 Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries in Strictly Chronological Order, Commencing in 1702 and Endling in 1870 AuthorTaunton, Thomas HenryHeadlinePortraits of Celebrated Racehorses by TauntonPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Searle & RivingtonDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #293 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineTennyson's Works Finely BoundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1909 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #294 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineWorks of Thackeray bound by Riviere & SonPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1869-1886 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #298 Little Masterpieces of English Poetry by British and American Authors AuthorVan Dyke, Henry, editor (his copy)HeadlineLittle Masterpieces of English Poetry Fine bindinPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1905 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #299 The Devil's Picture-Books: A History of Playing-Cards AuthorVan Rensselaer, Mrs. John King VanHeadlineThe Devil's Picture Books History of Playing CardsPublisherDodd, Mead, and CompanyDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #302 Woman in All Ages and in All Countries HeadlineWoman in All Ages and in All Countries finely boundPublisherGeorge Barrie & SonsDate Published[1907-08] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #303 The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlinePoetical Works of Wordsworth Full leather bindingPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1854 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #304 The Medici AuthorYoung, Colonel G.F.HeadlineThe Medici finely bound.PublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #403 The Comedy of As You Like It - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum Heading(Roycroft)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAs You Like It - Roycroft Vellum EditionPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next