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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Taos Pueblo Heading(Adams, Ansel)AuthorAustin, Mary and Ansel Easton AdamsHeadlineMary Austin and Ansel Adams Taos PuebloPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1930 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Lot #2 The Progress of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert Through the Cape Colony, British Kaffraria, The Orange Free State, and Port Natal, in the Year 1860 Heading(Albert, Prince Consort)HeadlineFirst book with original photos printed in AfricaPublisherSaul SolomonDate Published1861 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #3 Flowering Cactus - color linocut print AuthorAngelo, ValentiHeadlineValenti Angelo Linocut print of a Flowering Cactus 1950Date Published1950 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #4 Poems of W.B. Yeats Heading(Arion Press)AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineArion Press Yeats' PoemsPublisherArion PressDate Published[1990] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #5 A Dissertation on the Philosophy of Aristotle, in four books. In which his principal physical and metaphysical dogmas are unfolded; and it is shown, from indubitable evidence, that his philosophy has not been accurately known since the destruction of the Greeks. The insufficiency also of the philosophy that has been substituted by the moderns for that of Aristotle, is demonstrated Heading(Aristotle)AuthorTaylor, ThomasHeadlineThomas Taylor's Dissertation on Aristotle 1812PublisherPrinted for the Author by Robert WilksDate Published1812 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #6 The Metaphysics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek, with copious notes, in which the Pythagoric and Platonic dogmas respecting numbers and ideas are unfolded from antient sources. To which is added, a dissertation on nullities and diverging series... By Thomas Taylor AuthorAristotleHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Aristotle's MetaphysicsPublisherPrinted for the author, by Davis, Wilks, and TaylorDate Published1801 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #7 [Chronicles of London, i.e.] In this booke is conteyned the names of ye baylifs, custos, mairs, and sherefs of the cite of Londo[n] from the tyme of King Richard the Furst & also thartycles of the chartur & libarties of the same cyte, and of the chartur and libarties off England wyth odur dyuers mat's good and necessary for euery citeze[n] to vndir stond and knowe ... AuthorArnold, RichardHeadlineChronicles of London 1503Publisher[A. van Berghen]Date Published1503 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #8 Rare French annuals of masterpieces of Art Deco interior design, 1928-29 Heading(Art Deco - Rare French annuals, 1928-29)AuthorOlmer, PierreHeadlineArt Deco, interior designDate Published1928-1929 View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #9 Rockwell Kent, dramatic Christmas Seals poster, 1939 Heading(Kent, Rockwell - dramatic 1939 Christmas Seals poster)HeadlineRockwell Kent poster for Christmas SealsDate Published1939 View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #10 The Quadrupeds of North America AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds first octavo editionPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1851-1854 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #11 Orlando Furioso - one of only 100 large paper copies Heading(Baskerville, John)AuthorAriosto, LodovicoHeadlineLarge Paper Baskerville Printing of Orlando FuriosoPublisherJohn Baskerville for P. and G. MoliniDate Published1773 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$4,167.50StatusSold Lot #12 The Marvelous Land of Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineMarvelous Land of Oz First EditionPublisherReilly & BrittonDate Published1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #13 Recherches sur les Theatres de France, Depuis l'année onze cens soixante & un; jusques à present AuthorBeauchamps, Pierre Francois Godard deHeadlineHistory of French Theatre 1735PublisherChez Prault, PereDate Published1735 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #14 Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Headline2 leaves from Complutensian Polyglot BiblePublisherArnald Guillen de BrocarDate Published1514-1517 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #15 The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the originall tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement. Appointed to be read in churches. Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineKing James Bible 1628PublisherBonham Norton and Iohn BillDate Published1628 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #16 Biblia Sacra: Quid in hac editione a theologis lovaniensibus praestitum sit, eorum præfatio indicat Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlinePlantin Bible 1583PublisherEx officina Christophori PlantiniDate Published1583 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #17 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #18 Nouveaux Voyages aux Indies Occidentales, Contenant une Relation des differens Peuples qui habitent les environs du grand Fleuve Saint-Louis, appellé vulgairement le Mississipi; leur Religion; leur gouvernment; leuis mœurs; leurs guerres & leur commerce AuthorBossu, Jean BernardHeadlineBossu’s first two voyages to LouisianaPublisherChez Le JayDate Published1768 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #19 Nouveaux Voyages dans l’Amerique Septentrionale AuthorBossu, [Jean Bernard]HeadlineBossu’s third voyage to LouisianaPublisherChez ChanguionDate Published1777 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #20 The Boy Scout Movement, To Perpetuate Docility, Stupidity and Brutality, 1911 Socialist leaflet Heading(Boy Scouts, rare Socialist attack leaflet, 1911, only known copy)AuthorKirkpatrick, George R.HeadlineSocialist slams Boy ScoutsPublisherThe MassesDate Published1911 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #21 Fragment of the Breydenbach map of Palestine AuthorBreydenbach, Bernhard vonHeadlineFragment of the Breydenbach map of PalestineDate Published1486 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #22 Sanctorum Peregrinatiionum in Hierusalem Opusculum AuthorBreydenbach, Bernhard vonHeadlineEarliest account of a pilgrimage to the Holy LandPublisherPeter DrachDate Published24 November 1502 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #23 Burmese Kamawa-sa or Burmese Manuscript Heading(Burma)HeadlineBurmese Kamawa-sa or Burmese Manuscript, prior to WWIIDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #24 The eyght bookes of Caius Iulius Caesar conteyning his martiall exploytes in the realme of Gallia and the countries bordering vppon the same translated oute of latin into English by Arthur Goldinge G. AuthorCaesar, JuliusHeadlineFirst in English of Caesar's Gallic WarsPublisherWillyam SeresDate Published1565 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #25 1849 letter, George Bush ancestor as Forty-Niner Heading(California Gold Rush, 1849)HeadlineCalifornia gold rush letter from George Bush View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #26 1849 Humorist Alonzo Delano plans his California trek Heading(California Gold Rush, Alonzo Delano)HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush Letter, Alonzo DelanoDate Published1849 View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #27 The Decisive Moment AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The Decisive MomentPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #28 The Europeans AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The EuropeansPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #29 William Caxton - with an original leaf printed by Caxton Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorDuff, E. GordonHeadlineWith original 1576 Caxton leafPublisherCaxton ClubDate Published1905 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #30 The Keramic Gallery. Containing Several Hundred Illustrations of Rare Curious and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the Earliest Times to the beginning of the Present Century AuthorChaffers, WilliamHeadlineThe Keramic Gallery, by William ChaffersPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1872 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #31 Chagall Lithographe. Tome II, 1957-1962 Heading(Chagall, Marc)AuthorMourlot, FernandHeadlineChagall Lithographe II One of 150 signed copies with original lithographsPublisherAndré SauretDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #32 An History of Marine Architecture. Including an enlarged and progressive view of the nautical regulations and naval history, both civil and military, of all nations, especially of Great Britain AuthorCharnock, JohnHeadlineJohn Charnock History of Marine ArchitecturePublisherR. Faulder, et alDate Published1800-1802 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #33 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Heading(Coburn, Alvin Langdon)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells Alvin Coburn The Door in the Wall and Other StoriesPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 Descrizione dei Progetti e Lavori per L'Innalzamento dei due Ponti sul Taro e Sulla Trebbia AuthorCocconcelli, AntonioHeadlineCocconcelli's Bridges over the Taro and TrebbiaPublisherDalla Tipografia DucaleDate Published1825 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #35 General Orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Confederate States Army, For the Year 1863 Heading(Confederate Imprint - Civil War)AuthorRobinson, R.H.P.HeadlineConfederate General Orders for 1863PublisherA. MorrisDate Published1864 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #36 The Life of Captain James Cook Heading(Cook, James)AuthorKippis, AndrewHeadlineFirst Irish Edition of Kippis's Life of Captain CookPublisherH. Chamberlaine, et alDate Published1788 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #37 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineDana's Two Years Before the Mast 1840PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin Variation of Animals and Plants Under DomesticationPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1868 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #39 Eleven papers on Thermodynamics by Albert Einstein, in four bound volumes of Annalen der Physik AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlinePapers by Albert Einstein.in Annalen der PhysikPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902-1911 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #40 The Waste Land AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineEliot Waste Land 2nd ptg.PublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 California Native Wildflowers AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineHenry Evans California Native WildflowersPublisherPrinted for the SubscribersDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #42 Sixty Five - one of only 26 on pure vellum AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Everson Sixty Five 1/26 lettered copiesPublisher[Anne & David Bromer]Date Published[1980] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #43 [The exact surveyor: or, The whole art of surveying of land. Shewing how to plot all manner of grounds... and how exactly to prove the truth thereof. And also how to finde the area, or content of any land; to protract, reduce, and divide the same, as required to take the plot of a whole mannor, and to make a perfect map or chart thereof...] AuthorEyre, JohnHeadlineEarly surveying manual 1654Publisher[Printed for N. Brook]Date Published[1654] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #44 Go Down, Moses and Other Stories AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner Go Down, Moses signed limited 1/100 copiesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1942 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #45 The Sound and the Fury AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Sound and Fury 1st Edition in 2nd Issue JacketPublisherJonathan Cape and Harrison SmithDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #46 A Passage to India AuthorForster, E.M.HeadlineForster's Passage to India signed limited editionPublisherEdward Arnold & Co.Date Published1924 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #47 Two rare booklets on the coronation of Charles IX of France, 1561 Heading(France)HeadlineCoronation of Charles IX of France 1561Date Published1561 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #48 Collected Poems - Signed Limited Edition AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineCollected Poems of Robert Frost signed limited editionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #49 Premier et second Procès Fualdès ou, Représentation Lithographiée des principales scènes de cette épouvantable affaire et des personnages qui y ont eu le plus part, avec un texte qui en rend un compte abrégé Heading(Fualdès, Antoine Bernardin)HeadlineLithographes of the Fualdes Affair 1818PublisherOsterveld l'Aine & Chex MartinetDate Published1818 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #50 A record of some of the meetings held by P.D. Ouspensky between 1930 and 1947 Heading(Gurdjief, George Ivanovich)HeadlineOuspensky's meetings 1/20 copiesPublisherThe Stourton PressDate Published1951 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #51 A further record chiefly of extracts from meetings held by P.D. Ouspensky between 1928 and 1945 Heading(Gurdjief, George Ivanovich.)HeadlineOuspensky's meetings 1/20 copiesPublisherThe Stourton PressDate Published1952 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #52 Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music Painting and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness. By J.H. AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlineTreatises on Art, Music and HappinessPublisherPrinted by J. Woodfall, jun., for J. Nourse and P. VaillantDate Published1744 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #53 The Works of James Harris, Esq. With an account of his life and character, by his son, the Earl of Malmesbury AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlineEnglish grammarian James HarrisPublisherPrinted by Luke Hansard, for F. WingraveDate Published1801 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #54 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Scarlet Letter First English EditionPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1851 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #55 Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Book of Hours in Latin Heading(Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)Headline15th Century French Book of HoursDate Published[15th Century?] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #56 The Churching of Women Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlineIlluminated Manuscript The Churching of WomenDate PublishedLate 19th or early 20th century View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #57 Special Attack Flotilla: Bushido in the War of Greater East Asia. - Japanese midget subs in the attack on Pearl Harbor Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese Midget Sub Attack on Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941PublisherJapan Times PressDate Published1942 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #58 Notes on the State of Virginia AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineJefferson's Notes on the State of VirginiaPublisherJohn Thompson for R.T. RawleDate Published1801 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #59 Ulysses AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Ulysses First Edition 1 of 750PublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #60 Iudaea seu Terra Sancta, quae Hebraerorum sive Israelitarum Terra in suas duodecim tribus divisa Heading(Judaica & Hebraica - map of the Holy Land)AuthorKoller, G.HeadlineLarge, beautiful map of Holy Land c.1700Date Published[c.1700] View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #61 Contract between Boris Karloff and MCA Corporation for the use of Karloff's name and likeness AuthorKarloff, BorisHeadlineBoris Karloff signed contractDate PublishedJan. 1, 1960 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #62 Bifolium on vellum from "The Wood Beyond the World" Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott bifolium on vellumPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1894] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #63 Someday You'll Be Lying AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineJack Kerouac Someday You'll Be Lying broadsidePublisherKriya Press of Sri Ram AshramaDate Published1968 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #64 The Town & The City AuthorKerouac, JohnHeadlineJack Kerouac The Town & The City Advance CopyPublisherHarcourt, Brace & Co.Date Published[1950] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #65 Stoneware pitcher or jug presented by pirate/privateer William Kidd to the Gardiners of Gardiner’s Island, off Long Island, New York, in 1699 Heading(Kidd, Captain William)HeadlineStoneware Pitcher gifted by pirate Captain KiddDate Publishedc.1699 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold Lot #66 Kryptographik Lehrbuch der Geheimschreibekunst (Chiffrir- und Dechiffrirkunst) in Staats- und Privatgeschäften AuthorKlüber, Joh. Ludw.HeadlineRare Cryptographic text book 1809PublisherJ.G. CottaDate Published1809 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #67 Fables and Tales from La Fontaine, in French and English. Now First Translated. AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineFables of La Fontaine in French and English 1734PublisherA. Bettsworth and C. Hitch, and C. DavisDate Published1734 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #68 Histoire de la Louisane AuthorLe Page du Pratz, (Antoine Simon)HeadlineLe Page Du Pratz Histoire de la LouisianePublisherChez de BureDate Published1758 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #69 The Spirit of St. Louis - inscribed to Chairman of Boeing Airplane Co. AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineInscribed by Lindbergh to Boeing ChairmanPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1953 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #70 Jack London on Arnold Genthe photography, 1901 letter AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Letter to Arnold Genthe on photographyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$900 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #71 An Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Magdalen Charity Heading(Magdalen Charity - Queen Charlotte of England)HeadlineThe Magdalen Charity, Queen CharlottePublisherW. Faden, for the CharityDate Published1763 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #72 Twelve mid-19th century works on mathematics Heading(Mathematics)Headline12 early mathematics papersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #73 Signature of John Milton (1608-1674), author of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineSignature of John MiltonDate PublishedBefore 1665 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi Heading(Mormon)AuthorSmith, Joseph, translatorHeadlineBook of Mormon Third European Edition Liverpool 1852PublisherF.D. RichardsDate Published1852 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #75 Autograph Letter, signed, from Napoleon to his Stepson Prince Eugene AuthorNapoleon I, 1769-1821HeadlineLetter from Napoleon to his Stepson Prince EugeneDate PublishedJuly 3, 1813 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #76 WITHDRAWN - Kiowa "Ledger Book" with original watercolor drawings, from Indian Territory Heading(Native American Ledger or Drawing Book)HeadlineKiowa Ledger Book with paintingsDate PublishedLate 19th century View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #78 The xv. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso: entituled, Metamorphosis.A worke verie pleasant and delectable. Translated out of Latin into English meeter, by Arthur Golding Gentleman AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid as Shakespeare source 1593PublisherPrinted by John DanterDate Published1593 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #79 Arctic Zoology Author[Pennant, Thomas]HeadlineThomas Pennant Arctic ZoologyPublisherHenry HughesDate Published1784-5 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #80 [Khosrow and Shirin - manuscript in Arabic script, with 12 miniature paintings] Heading(Persian Illuminated Manuscript)Author[Nizami Ganjavi]HeadlinePersian ms. with colored platesDate Publishedc.18th century? View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #81 Rare 1987 Kertesz Hungarian Photo Calendar Heading(Photograph)AuthorKertez, AndréHeadlinePhotography by Andre KerteszDate Published1987 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #82 [Opera, i.e. Omnia Platonis opera] AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Plato in Greek 1513Publisher[In aedib. Aldi, et Andreae Soceri],Date Published[1513] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 Two works on Pythagoras and his Golden Verses Heading(Pythagoras)Headline2 works on PythagorasDate Published1707 & 1813 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #84 The Night Before Christmas Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorMoore, Clement C.HeadlineArthur Rackham, The Night Before ChristmasPublisherGeorge C. Harrap & Co.Date Published[1931] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #85 Autograph Letter, signed, regarding this purchase of his country home, Houghton House AuthorRackham, ArthurHeadlineALs from Arthur Rackham regarding his Houghton HouseDate PublishedJanuary 27, 1920 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #86 The History of the World AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadlineWalter Raleigh's History of the World 1614 1st edPublisherPrinted [by William Stansby] for Walter BurrDate Published1614 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #87 Plantarum Succulentarum Historia. Histoire des Plantes Grasses Heading(Redouté, Pierre-Joseph, illustrator)AuthorCandolle, A[ugust] P[ryamus] deHeadlineRedoute's Succulents 1837 182 color platesPublisherChez GarneryDate Published1827 View details Estimate$7,500 - $10,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #88 The Babe Ruth Story AuthorRuth, BabeHeadlineThe Babe Ruth Story. First Edition, Signed.PublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published1948 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #89 "If" and "Recessional" Heading(Sangorski, Alberto)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineIlluminated Manuscript by Alberto SangorskiDate Published[c. 1928] View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #90 Photographic Art Album for the Hoffman House, New York City AuthorSarony, NapoleonHeadlineMassive Sarony Album for the Hoffman House New YorkDate Published[c.1885] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #91 Typed note signed from documentary filmmaker Erica Anderson with an 8 line holograph addition in Schweitzer's hand, signed by him AuthorSchweitzer, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Schweitzer and filmmaker Erica AndersonDate PublishedOctober 21, 1957 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #92 Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Works 1632PublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot... at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yardDate Published1632 View details Estimate$120,000 - $180,000Sold for$118,750StatusSold Lot #93 Original oil on canvas of an old Spanish Church AuthorSparks, WillHeadlineOriginal oil painting of an old Spanish Church by Will SparksDate Published1920s-30s View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #94 The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza AuthorSpinoza, BaruchHeadlineSpinoza's Works 1st English editionPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1883-1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #95 A Medal for Benny. Release Dialogue Script. With a Typed Letter, signed, from Steinbeck to Wagner regarding the joint copyright and division of any proceeds AuthorSteinbeck, John & Jackson WagnerHeadlineMovie Script and Letter from John Steinbeck to co-authorDate Published1944 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #96 WITHDRAWN - Cartes de Visite of Robert Louis Stevenson, Fanny Osbourne, and her son Samuel Lloyd Osbourne Heading(Stevenson, Robert Louis)HeadlineCDVs of Robert Louis Stevenson and FamilyPublisherBradley & RulofsonDate Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #97 The Philosophy of our People: [Presidential Address at the Indian Philosophical Congress] AuthorTagore, RabindranathHeadlineSigned by Rabindranath TagorePublisher[A.C. Sarkar]Date Published[1925] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #98 Eleven renderings of the Temple of Solomon, being folding and/or double-page plates from "In Ezechielem explanationes et Apparatus vrbis ac Templi Hierosolymitani commentarijs et imaginibus illustratus..." Heading(Temple of Solomon)AuthorPrado, Jerónimo de, & Juan Bautista VillalpandoHeadlineEngravings of Temple of SolomonPublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1604 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #99 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau on the Concord and Merrimack his 1st bookPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #100 The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineJ.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit First American Edition in JacketPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1938 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #101 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Huckleberry Finn First Edition, later issuePublisherCharles L. Webster & CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next