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Translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, by J.F. AuthorAgrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich CorneliusHeadlineAgrippa's Occult Philosophy 1651PublisherPrinted by R.W. for Gregory MouleDate Published1651 [i.e. 1650] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #3 Alcune Decorazioni di Nobili Sale ed Altri Ornamenti [bound following] Miscellanea per i Giovani Studioso del Disegno AuthorAlbertolli, GiocondoHeadlineRare work on Architecture by AlbertolliDate Published1787 & 1796 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #4 Quaestiones Naturales et Morales, et de Fato... AuthorAphrodisiensis, AlexandriHeadlineQuaestiones Naturales et Morales 1555PublisherJoan. GryphiusDate Published1555 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #5 Opera AuthorArchimedesHeadlineArchimedes, Apollonius & Theodosius 1675PublisherGuil. Goodbid & Rob. ScottDate Published1675 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #6 Invisible Cities Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCalvino, ItaloHeadlineArion Press Invisible CitiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1999 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #7 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$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #8 The Apocalypse. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine. The last book of the New Testament Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDine, Jim, illustratorHeadlineArion Press The Apocalypse, Illus. by Jim DinePublisherArion PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #9 A Coney Island of the Mind Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti Coney Island of the Mind Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #10 Comoediae Novem [with the Scholia, edited by Marcus Musurus]. AuthorAristophanesHeadlineIncuable edition of Aristophanes 1498 AldinePublisherAldus ManutiusDate Published1498 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 [Organon] AuthorAristotleHeadlineAristotle's Organon 1483 in Grand FormatPublisherAndreas Torresanus et Bartholomaeus de BlauisDate Published1483 View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 Opera Omnia AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Bacon Opera Omnia 1665PublisherJoannis Baptistae SchonwetteriDate Published1665 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #13 Da Asia AuthorBarros, Joao de & Diogo de CoutoHeadlineBarros and Couto Da Asia 1777-1788PublisherRegia Officina TypograficaDate Published1777-1788 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #14 De Armillis Veterum Schedion [with] Antiquitatum Veteris Puerperii Synopsis [with] De Inauribus Veterum Syntagma AuthorBartholinus, Thomas & CasparHeadlineThree works by Thomas & Caspar Bartholinus 1676PublisherHenricus WetsteniusDate Published1676 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #15 Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws, Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions; Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. AuthorBartram, WilliamHeadlineBartram's Travels First English Edition 1792PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1792 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #16 Dissertations Moral and Critical. On Memory and Imagination. On Dreaming. The Theory of Language. On Fable and Romance. On the Attachments of Kindred. Illustrations on Sublimity. AuthorBeattie, JamesHeadlineBeatties Dissertations Moral & Critical 1783PublisherW. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. CreechDate Published1783 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #17 The Newe Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Greek by Theo. Beza...Englished by L. Tomson [bound with] The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins & Others... Heading(Bible in English - Geneva Version)Author**Headline1583 New Testament in English With PsalmsPublisherChristopher Barker [&] John DayDate Published1583 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #18 The Four Gospels - 1613 King James Bible New Testament Heading(Bible in English)Author**Headline1613 folio King James Bible Four GospelsPublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #19 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments... Heading(Bible in English with Cole engravings)Author**HeadlineBible with J. Cole's historical engravings 1723PublisherPrinted by John Baskett, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1723 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #20 Commentaries on the Laws of England AuthorBlackstone, WilliamHeadlineBlackstone's Commentaries 4th Edition 1790PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1770 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Grave, A Poem Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineThe Grave 1808 William Blake Engravings folio ed.PublisherT. BensleyDate Published1808 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 Il Decameron HeadingzzfAuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineThe Decameron of Boccaccio 1816 Folio EditionPublisherCo' Caratteri di F. DidotDate Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 Rime di Francesco Petrarca Heading(Bodoni)AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlineBodoni printing of Petrarca's Rimes 1799PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1799 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #24 In Funere Caroli III Hispaniar. Regis Catholici Oratio Heading(Bodoni)AuthorRidolfi, BernardinoHeadlineScarce Officina Bodoni Work By RidolfiPublisherEx Regio TypographeoDate Published1789 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #25 The Book of Common Prayer...Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David [with] A New Version of the Psalms of David Heading(Book of Common Prayer)AuthorChurch of IrelandHeadline1722 Dublin Edition of the Book of Common PrayerPublisherA. RhamesDate Published1722 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #26 A Theory of Natural Philosophy AuthorBoscovich, Ruggiero GiuseppeHeadlineBoscovich's Theory of Natural Philosophy 1922PublisherOpen CourtDate Published1922 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #27 The Martian Chronicles AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Martian Chronicles, 1st ed with djPublisherDoubledayDate Published1950 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #28 Memoir of Robert Blincoe, An Orphan Boy; Sent from the Workhouse of St. Pancras, London, at Seven Years of Age, to Endure the Horrors of a Cotton-Mill, Through His Infancy and Youth, With a Minute Detail of His Sufferings, Being the First Memoir of the Kind Published AuthorBrown, JohnHeadlineRare Memoir of a Child's Life in a Cotton MillPublisherJ. DohertyDate Published1832 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #29 The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature. AuthorButler, JosephHeadlineJoseph Butler The Analogy of Religion 1736PublisherJames, John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1736 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #30 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange Heading(Calder, Alexander, illus.)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #31 Le Imagini De i Dei de Gli Antichi AuthorCartari, VincenzoHeadlineScarce work on classical Iconography 1587PublisherFrancesco ZilettiDate Published1587 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #32 The Decisive Moment AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineThe Decisive Moment Henri Cartier-BressonPublisherSimon and Schuster in collaboration with Èditions VerveDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #33 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineSeparate Reality inscribed by Carlos CastanedaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #34 Nouvelle Methode Pour Dresser les Chevaux, en Suivant la Nature & Mesme la Perfectionnant par la Subtilite de l'Art Author[Cavendish, William, Duke of Newcastle]HeadlineWm. Cavendish on Equestrian Training 1677PublisherGervais ClouzierDate Published1677 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #35 [Don Quixote in English, i.e. The history of Don-Quichote. The first parte] AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineEarly English edition of Don Quixote 1620Publisher[Ed. Blounte]Date Published[1620?] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #36 The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Errant, Don Quixote, of the Mancha [with] The Second Part of the History... Author[Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de]HeadlineEarly English Edition of Don QuixotePublisherR. Scot, et al [&] Richard HodgkinsonDate Published1675 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #37 Cezanne Heading(Cezanne, Paul)Author[Mirbeau, Octave, et al]HeadlineCezanne with original lithographs and etchingPublisherBernheim-JeuneDate Published1914 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #38 Paul Cezanne Heading(Cezanne, Paul)AuthorVollard, AmbroiseHeadlinePaul Cezzane by Vollard with original etchingPublisherA. VollardDate Published1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #39 Les Characteres des Passions AuthorChambre, [Marin Cureau] de laHeadlineLes Characteres des Passions 1648PublisherP. RocoletDate Published1648, 1660, 1659 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #40 Li Dai Di Li Yun Bian [Complete Geographical History of China] Heading(Chinese Atlas)AuthorZhaoluo LiHeadlineChinese Atlas Qing DynastyDate PublishedLate Qing Dynasty View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #41 The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641.... AuthorClarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl ofHeadlineClarendon's History of the Rebellion 1st EdnPublisherPrinted at the TheaterDate Published1702-1704; 1759 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #42 Set of Cook’s Three Voyages, first editions, with Atlas HeadingzzcAuthorCook, JamesHeadlineCook’s Three Voyages, first editions, with AtlasPublisherW. Strahan & T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1773, 1777, 1784 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #43 The Death of Captain Cook Heading(Cook, James)AuthorWebber, JohnHeadlineBartolozzi/Webber Death of Captain Cook 1784Date PublishedJan. 1, 1784 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #44 Notae Graecorum Sive Vocum et Numerorum Compendia... AuthorCorsini, EduardoHeadlineEduardo Corsini Notae Graecorum 1749PublisherE Typographio ImperialiDate Published1749 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #45 James and the Giant Peach AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineRoald Dahl James and the Giant Peach 1st EditionPublisherKnopfDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #46 WITHDRAWN The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, Charles WITHDRAWNHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man Presentation copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #47 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Heading(Denis, Maurice, illustrator)Author[A Kempis, Thomas]HeadlineL'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Maurice Denis IllustrPublisherAmbroise VollardDate Published1903 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #48 Six metaphysical meditations; wherein it is proved that there is a God. And that mans mind is really distinct from his body. Written originally in Latin by Renatus Des-Cartes. Hereunto are added the objections made against these meditations. By Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. With the authors answers. All faithfully translated into English, with a short account of Des-Cartes’s life. By William Molyneux AuthorDescartes, RenéHeadlineDescartes Six Meditations 1st in English 1680PublisherPrinted by B.G. for Benj. TookeDate Published1680 View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 A Christmas Carol AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineEarly Printing of Dickens Christmas Carol 1844PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts Mechaniquies, avec Leur Explication HeadingzzfAuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertHeadlinePlate volume to Diderot's Encyclopedie 1769PublisherBriasson & Le BretonDate Published1769 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #51 Swiat/The World Heading(Dine, Jim, artist)AuthorMilosz, CzeslawHeadlineSwiat/The World, One of 250 signed copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EdnPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos Heading(Egypt)AuthorGardiner, Alan Henderson, editorHeadlineTemple of King Sethos in EgyptPublisherEgypt Exploration Society/Univ. of Chicago PressDate Published1933 & 1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #54 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Complete Poems and Plays - Inscribed and with a TLS AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot Signed Book and LetterPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #56 Le Bestiaire AuthorEluard, PaulHeadlinePaul Eluard Le Bestiare Illus by Andre ChastelPublisherMaeghtDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #57 Collection of approximately 330 engraved title-pages, dedication leaves, etc. Heading(Engravings)Author**HeadlineLarge collection of title pages 16th-18th CenturyDate Published16th-18th centuries View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #58 Neue Lichtbild-Studien AuthorEnke, AlfredHeadlineAlfred Enke Neue Lichtbild-Studien 1902PublisherFerdinand EnkeDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #59 Epitome Adagiorvm post novissimam D. Erasmi Rot. exquisitam recognitionem, per Eberhardum Tappium ad numerum adagiorum magni operis nunc primum aucta AuthorErasmus Roterodamus, DesideriusHeadlineErasmus Adagiorum 1542PublisherGymnicusDate Published1542 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #60 De Re Vestiaria AuthorFerrari, OttavioHeadlineFerrari on Roman Costume 1654PublisherPauli FrambottiDate Published1654 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #61 The Life of Cardinal Wolsey AuthorFiddes, RichardHeadlineThe Life of Cardinal Wolsey 1724PublisherJohn BarberDate Published1724 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #62 Lettera Apologetica del Galileo [i.e. La Difesa di Galileo] Heading(Galileo Galilei)AuthorAverani, BenedettoHeadline17th century manuscript defense of GalileoDate Published[late 17th century] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 A Primer of Birds Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorHughes, TedHeadlineGehenna Press Primer of Birds Printer's CopyPublisherThe Gehenna PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #64 Capita Deorum et Illustrium Hominum Pacis Bellique Artibus Clarissimorum nec non Hieroglyphica, Abraxea et Amuleta Quaedam in Gemmis Antiqua Partim, Partim Recenti Manu Affabre Incisa, Quae Magno Studio Collegit Jo. Martinus Ab Ebermayer [Bound with] Gemmarum Affabre Sculptarum Thesaurus Quem Suis Sumptibus haud Exigvis Nec Parvo Studio Collegit Jo. Mart. Ab Ebermayer Heading(Gems)AuthorReusch, Erhard [&] Baier, Johann JakobHeadline2 Works on the Gen collection of J.M. EbermayerDate Published1721 & 1720 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #65 A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems; Most of Them in the Possession of the Nobility and Gentry of This Kingdom; Etched After the Manner of Rembrandt AuthorWorlidge, T[homas]HeadlineT. Worlidge on Antique Engraved GemsPublisherPrinted by Dryden Leach [for the author]Date Published1768 [but after 1780] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #66 George Gershwin: Painter. 1898-1937 Heading(Gershwin, George)AuthorMarie Harriman GalleryHeadlineExhibit catalogue of Gershwin Paintings 1937Date Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #67 Les Nourritures Terrestres AuthorGide, AndreHeadlineAndre Gide Les Nourritures TerrestresPublisherEditions du Grenier a SelDate Published1948 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #68 The Canterbury Tales Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineGolden Cockerel Canterbury Tales of ChaucerPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1929-31 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #69 A Treatise on the Science of Defence, for the Sword, Bayonet, and Pike, in Close Action AuthorGordon, AnthonyHeadlineTreatise on the use of the Sword, Bayonet, PikePublisherB. McMillanDate Published1805 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #70 Histoire Anatomique des Parties Genitales de L'Homme et de la Femme, qui Servent a la Generation AuthorGraaf, [Regnier de]HeadlineFrench Edition of Graafs works 1699PublisherEmanuel Jean George KonigDate Published1699 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #71 Gregoriana Super Novum Testame[n]tum ex operibus beati Gregorij gloriosissimi pape et co[n]fessoris: insigne: pium ac religiosum exceptionum opus super Nouum Testame[n]tum ab Alulpho egregio monastice professio[n]is diui B[e]n[e]dicti viro (cuius fuit [et] diuus Gregori[us]) collectu[m]. AuthorGregory I, PopeHeadlineNew Testament Comentary by Pope Gregory IPublisher[Joannem Knoblouch]Date Published1516 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #72 The Federalist: on the New Constitution, by Publius, Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality, Wrtten in 1793. Likewise, the Federal Constitution, with All the Amendments. Revised and Corrected AuthorHamilton, Alexander, et al.HeadlineFederalist Papers, Revised Edition, 1802PublisherGeorge F. HopkinsDate Published1802 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #73 Lexicon Technicum: Or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences: Explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves AuthorHarris, JohnHeadlineHarris' Lexicon Technicum 2 vols Large Paper CopyPublisherDan. Brown, et al.Date Published1704-1710 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 The Torrents of Spring AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway's Torrents of Spring 1st in jacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1926 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #75 The Original Works of William Hogarth AuthorHogarth, WilliamHeadlineBoydell's Hogarth Third Folio EditionPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published1790 [but c. 1805] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 Homer His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, Esq. AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby edition of Homer's Odyssey, 1669PublisherPrinted by James Flesher, for the AuthourDate Published1669 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #77 Report on Horne Zoological Corporation Heading(Horne, Trader)AuthorInvestment Auditors of California, Inc.HeadlineArchive on adventurer Trader HorneDate Publishedc. 1930 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #78 Les Misérables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Les Misérables First Edition 1862PublisherA. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & CeDate Published1862 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #79 Single Leaf on vellum, from a Calendar (May), illuminated in colors and liquid gold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated 15th century vellum leafDate Publishedmid-15th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #80 Single leaf on vellum with gold initials, from a French Book of Hours Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineVellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initialsDate Publishedc.1500 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #81 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript Leaf from French Missal c.1500Date Publishedc.1500 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #82 Japanese Dictionary printed with woodblocks Heading(Japanese Dictionary)Author**HeadlineJapanese Dictionary printed with woodblocks 1783Date Published1783 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 English-Japanese Pronunciation Dictionary with color woodblock illustrations Heading(Japanese Pronounciation DictionaryAuthor**HeadlineEnglish-Japanese Pronunciation Dictionary 1828Date Published1828 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #84 Two Japanese Shunga or Pillow Books, one a miniature Heading(Japanese Shunga pillow Books)Author**HeadlineJapanese Shunga or Pillow Books c.1800Date PublishedEdo Period [c.1800] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #85 The Naturalist's Library AuthorJardine, WilliamHeadline29 Volumes from Jardine's Naturalist's LibraryPublisherLizars, et alDate Published[mid 19th century] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #86 Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent AuthorJones, Inigo and Wm. KentHeadlineSome Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. KentPublisherJohn VardyDate Published1744 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #87 Maud, a Monodrama Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of Tennyson's MaudPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #88 Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry AuthorKildall, GaryHeadlineGary Kildall's Computer Connections 1/50Date Published1993 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #89 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archeaology, and in Science. AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineIvory and the Elephant Hobby Club EditionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #90 Le Livre de la Fumeé AuthorLaloy, LouisHeadlineLaloy Livre de la Fumee inscribedPublisherDorbon-AinéDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #91 Ulysses Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce's Ulysses 1/1500 Signed by MatissePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1935 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #92 The Plays in 37 volumes Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club Shakespeare 37 volumesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-1940 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #93 Document signed by Abraham Lincoln, appointing the Secretary to the United States Legation in St. Petersburg, Russia AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineDocument signed by Abraham Lincoln 1861Date PublishedJuly 15, 1861 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #94 The Seasons Heading(Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineInscribed by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1842 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #95 L.A. Issue: A Portfolio of Photography from Los Angeles Heading(Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies)Author**HeadlineL.A. Issue with original signed photographsPublisherLos Angeles Center for Photographic StudiesDate Published1979 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #96 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1680 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherJohn Starkey, Charles Harper, and John AmeryDate Published1680 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #97 Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, as to Precedency [bound with, as usual] The Science of Herauldry, Treated as a Part of the Civil Law and Law of Nations AuthorMackenzie, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge MacKenzie on Precedence and Herauldry 1680PublisherHeir of Andrew AndersonDate Published1680 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #98 Les Georgiques Heading(Maillol, Aristide, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineVirgil's Georgiques Illustrated by MaillolPublisherPhilippe GoninDate Published1937-43 [i.e. 1950] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #99 [Le Morte d'Arthur, i.e.]: The most ancient and famous history of the renowned prince Arthur King of Britaine, vvherein is declared his life and death, with all his glorious battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and pagans, which (for the honour of his country) he most worthily atchieued. As also all the noble acts, and heroicke deeds of his valiant knights of the Round Table. Newly refined, and published for the delight, and profit of the reader AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineEarly English edition of Le Morte d'ArthurPublisherPrinted by William Stansby, for Iacob BloomeDate Published1634 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #100 A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism AuthorMaxwell, James ClerkHeadlineMaxwell's Treatise on Electricity and MagnetismPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1873 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next