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Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Mont Saint Michel and Chartres Author[Adams, Henry]Publisher[Privately printed for the author]Date Published1904 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #2 Watership Down AuthorAdams, RichardPublisherParadineDate Published1976 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories AuthorAubudon, John JamesPublisherGeo. R. Lockwood and SonDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #4 Self-Propelled Vehicles. A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Operation, Care and Management of all forms of Automobiles Heading(Automobiles)AuthorHomans, James E.PublisherTheo. Audel & Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #5 Lecons sur les moteurs d'automobiles... Heading(Automobiles)AuthorMarchis, L[ucien Rene Andre Redmond]PublisherCh. DunodDate Publishedc.1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #6 Dissertatio de corde... AuthorBack, Jacobus dePublisherArnoldi LeersDate Published1648 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #7 The Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings for the Year 1837 AuthorBaxter, G[eorge], illus.PublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1837] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #8 A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands Heading(Baxter, George, illus.)AuthorWilliams, JohnPublisherPublished for the Author, by J. Snow...Date Published1837 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$118.75StatusSold Lot #9 Lot of six titles AuthorBaxter, George, illus.Date Published1836-53 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #10 La Barbe bleue et La belle au bois dormant Heading(Beaumont, Edouard de, illus.)Author[Perrault, Charles]PublisherBoussod Valadon & CieDate Published1887 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #11 History of British Birds. * Figures of British Land Birds. * A General History of Quadrupeds AuthorBewick, T[homas]Date Publishedc.1800 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #12 The Life of John Wilkes AuthorBleakley, HoracePublisherJohn Lane, the Bodley HeadDate Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #13 The Decameron AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #14 The Hundredth Book: A Bibliography of the Publications of the Book Club of California & A History of the Club Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorMagee, DavidPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #15 Birds and Trees of North America AuthorBrasher, RexDate Published1929-1932 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold Lot #16 Calder Heading(Calder, Alexander)AuthorMulos, Ugo and H. Harvard ArnasonPublisherViking PressDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #17 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova AuthorCasanova [de Seingalt, Giacomo Girolamo]PublisherThe Venetian SocietyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #18 Facts and Speculations of the Origin and History of Playing Cards AuthorChatto, William AndrewPublisherJohn Russell SmithDate Published[1848] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #19 Photograph, signed AuthorChurchill, WinstonDate Published[early 1950's] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #20 Addresses Delivered in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty to the People of Great Britain, of France, and to the Members of the English House of Commons, by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1940 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #21 Broadcast Addresses to the People of Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Russia, and the United States, by the Prime Minister of the British Empire, Winston Churchill, MCMXL-MCMXLI AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1941 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #22 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Heading(Clarke, Harry, illus.)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanPublisherTudor Publishing Co.Date Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #23 Naval Sermons preached on board His Majesty's Ship the Impetueux... AuthorClarke, James StanierPublisherT. Payne and B. WhiteDate Published1798 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #24 The Bravo. A Venetian Story Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #25 The Deerslayer: or, the First War-Path. A Tale Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1841 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #26 The Headsman; or, the Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #27 The Heidenmauer; or the Benedictines Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1832 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #28 The History of the Navy of the United States of America AuthorCooper, J[ames] FenimorePublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #29 Home as Found Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1838 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #30 The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherJohn MillerDate Published1826 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #31 Mercedes of Castile. A Romance of the Days of Columbus AuthorCooper, J[ames] FenimorePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #32 Mercedes of Castile: or, the Voyage to Cathay Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1840 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #33 The Pathfinder: or, the Inland Sea Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1840 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #34 The Pilot; A Tale of the Sea Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherJohn MillerDate Published1824 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #35 The Pilot; a Tale of the Sea Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherCharles WileyDate Published1824 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #36 The Red Rover, a Tale Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1827 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #37 The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherG. and W.B. WhittakerDate Published1822 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #38 Lot of 3 items AuthorCooper, James FenimoreDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #39 Wanderings and Pencillings amongst Ruins of the Olden Time AuthorCuitt, GeorgePublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #40 The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals AuthorDarwin, CharlesPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1873 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #41 A Compendious System of Midwifery, Chiefly Designed to Facilitate the Inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of Study... AuthorDewees, William P[otts]PublisherH.C. Carey & L. LeaDate Published1824 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #42 Bibliomania; or Book-Madness AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Chimes. * The Cricket on the Hearth. * The Haunted Man AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & Hall / Bradbury & EvansDate Published1845-48 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #44 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #45 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #46 Our Mutual Friend AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #47 Kuwait and Her Neighbours AuthorDickson, H.R.P.PublisherGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd.Date Published[1956] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #48 Works AuthorDryden, JohnPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1808 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #49 Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest Heading(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #50 Adam Bede. * Middlemarch: A Study of Provinvial Life. * Daniel Deronda AuthorEliot, GeorgePublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1859 / 1871-2 / 1876 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #51 A Monograph of the Phasianidae, or Family of the Pheasants AuthorElliot, Daniel GiraudPublisherBy the authorDate Published[1870]-1872 View details Estimate$120,000 - $180,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Autograph poetic quote, signed AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoDate PublishedSeptember 1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #53 An Act for widening, cleansing, and lighting the several Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Ways and other publick Passages, within the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford... Heading(England - Laws)Author**PublisherPrinted by Charles Eyre and William StrahanDate Published1777 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #54 Ethiopian Illuminated Leaf Heading(Ethiopian)Author** View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #55 Grundriss des Eigenthümlichen Wissenschaftslehre in Rükficht auf das theoretische Vermögen AuthorFichte, Johann GottliebPublisherChristian Ernst GablerDate Published1795 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #56 Lot of six volumes AuthorGould, JohnDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #57 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1957 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #58 Oeuvres AuthorGérard, FrançoisPublisherVignère & RapillyDate Published1856-57 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #59 Polycronycon AuthorHigden, RanulfusPublisherPeter Treveris at ye expences of John ReynesDate Published16 May 1527 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 The Works of William Hogarth Heading(Hogarth)AuthorTrusler, JohnPublisherE.T. BrainDate Publishedc.1850 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #61 An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year 1482: The Life and Works of William Caxton, with an historical reminder of fifteenth century England by Benjamin P. Kurtz together with a Note on the Polycronicon by Oscar Lewis & an Appreciation...by Edwin Grabhorn Heading(Incunable Leaf)AuthorCaxton, William, printerPublisher[Book Club of California]Date Published1938 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #62 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #63 Single leaf from a Bible in Latin Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author**Publisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #64 Galleria Omerica; o, Raccolta di monumenti antichi esibita dal Cav. Francesco Inghirami, per servire allo studio dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea AuthorInghirami, FrancescoPublisherPoligraphia Fiesolana dai torchi dell'autoreDate Published1831-36 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #65 The Naval History of Great Britain... AuthorJames, WilliamPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #66 Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Second Series comprising the Western Counties AuthorJones & Co.PublisherJones & Co.Date Published1829 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #67 Historiae Philippicae cum integris Commentariis AuthorJustininus, [Marcus Junianus]PublisherTh. HaakDate Published1719 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #68 Two typed letters signed plus one typed letter signed by Solange Karsh, all addressed to Bush Barnum AuthorKarsh, YousufDate Published1948-1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #69 The Golden Legend Heading(Kelmscott Press)Author[Voragine, Jacobus de]PublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #70 Ines de las Sierras Heading(Kieffer Binding)AuthorNodier, CharlesPublisherA. FerroudDate Published1897 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #71 The Seven Seas [and] Barrack-Room Ballads AuthorKipling, RudyardPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published1896 & 1892 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #72 Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartitum... AuthorKircher, AthanasiusPublisherPrinted by Ludovici Grignani for Hermann ScheusDate Published1641 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #73 An Account of the Worship of Priapus, lately existing at Isernia, in the Kingdom of Naples... AuthorKnight, R[ichard] P[ayne]PublisherPrinted by T. SpilsburyDate Published1786 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #74 T.E. Lawrence: Letters to E.T. Leeds with a commentary by E.T. Leeds Heading(Lawrence, T.E.)AuthorWilson, J.M., ed.PublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #75 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen PPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #76 Lot of two engraved architectual views of Oxford AuthorLoggan, D[avid]Date Publishedc.late 17th century View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #77 Intrigues du serail, histoire turque AuthorMalebranche, [Nicolas]Date Published1739 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #78 Manuscript legal document signed Heading(Manuscript)AuthorMingay, JohnDate Published20 March 1663 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Life and Military History of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire and Generalissimo of the British Forces, in the late Reign of her Majesty Queen Anne Heading(Marlborough, Duke of)Author**PublisherM. Cooper, W. Reeve, and C. SympsonDate Published1753 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #80 Ulysses Heading(Matisse, Henri)AuthorJoyce, JamesPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1935 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #81 History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. [& James Hall]PublisherD. Rice & Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 Lot of four titles Heading(Medical Botany)Author**Date Published1820's-60's View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #83 Original Manuscript Court Documents relating to theft of a Mulatto Slave, 1576 Heading(Mexico – 16th Century Manuscript Court Documents)Author**Date Published1576 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #84 Mapa que comprehende la exttencion y districto termino del curato antiguo de San Andres y el nuevo de Santa Clara, rotulados sus pueblos, hazziendas, ranchas, caminos, barrancas, y el termino que los divide para su mas facil comprehension Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript Map)Author**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #85 Manuscript map of an unidentified region of Mexico, showing the rivers, towns etc., including the Rio de Tlalhistaquilla Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript MapAuthor**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #86 Manuscript map of an unidentified region of Mexico, showing the rivers, towns etc., including the Rio del Oro Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript MapAuthor**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #87 The North American Sylva; Or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia... AuthorMichaux, F[rancois] Andre & Thomas NuttallPublisherD. Rice & A.N. HartDate Published1857 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #88 Paradise Lost AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherCassell, Petter, and GalpinDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #89 The Palm Tree AuthorMoody, SPublisherT. Nelson & SonsDate Published1864 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #90 Signed contract AuthorMoore, HenryDate Published4 March 1980 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #91 The Holy Bible Heading(Moser, Barry)Author**PublisherPennyroyal Caxton PressDate Published1999 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #92 Reise nach Italien...[auf Anlass des Besuches Adolf Hitlers in Italien] Heading(Mussolini, Benito & Adolf Hitler)AuthorPizzi & PizioPublisher[Pizzi & Pizio Mailand]Date Published[1938] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon, Dictated by the Emperor at Saint Helena to the Generals Who Shared His Captivity; and Published from the Original Manuscripts Corrected by Himself... AuthorNapoleon IPublisherHenry Colburn, et al.,Date Published1823 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #94 Souvenirs du voyage a Sainte-Hélène Heading(Napoleon)AuthorCoquereau, F.PublisherH.L. DelloyeDate Published1841 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Napolean et son fils Heading(Napoleon)AuthorMasson, FredericPublisherGoupil & CieDate Published1904 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #96 [Works and Memoirs of Napoleon] Heading(Napoleon)Authorde Bourrienne, Fauvelet, William Hazlitt, and Madame Junot (Duchesse D'AbrantèsPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate PublishedNo date [c. 1900] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #97 Atlas der Schlachten, Treffen und Belagerungen aus der Geschichte der Kriege von 1792 bis 1815 von Professor Dr. J. E. Woerl. Einhundert und vierzig Blätter, verbessert und mit kurzen Erläuterungen begleitet Heading(Napoleonic Wars - Atlas)AuthorDürrich, Ferdinand vonPublisherBerder’fche BerlagshanblungDate Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #98 Atlas des Campagnes de la Révolution Française...Dressé par Th. Duvotenay. Gravé par Ch. Dyonnet Heading(Napoleonic Wars - Atlas)AuthorThiers, A.PublisherJouvetDate Published[c.1860's] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #99 History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815; Comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France, During that Period Heading(Napoleonic Wars)AuthorBaines, EdwardPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, and James HarperDate Published1817 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #100 Relation de la Bataille de Marengo, Gagnée le 25 Prairial An 8, par Napoléon Bonaparte Heading(Napoleonic Wars)AuthorBerthier, Alexandre, Prince de WagramPublisherDe l'Imprimerie ImpérialeDate Published1806 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next