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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Crowning of Nature (Coronatio Naturae) - illustrated manuscript Heading(Alchemy)HeadlineAlchemy manuscript with 67 color illustrationsDate PublishedEarly-to-mid 17th century View details Estimate$100,000 - $150,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 Recherches sur differens points importans du systeme du monde AuthorAlembert, Jean le Rond d'HeadlineAlembert's work on lunar motion 1754-56PublisherChez David l'ainéDate Published1754-1756 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #7 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Allix, Susan)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineSusan Allix illustrates Omar KhayyamPublisher[Quadrat Press]Date Published1973 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #8 Manuscript book of horoscopes with charts of over 200 European personages of note Heading(Astrology)HeadlineRare manuscript book of horoscopes, 17th centuryDate Published17th century View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #9 Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa. In Which are Described the Character and the Condition of the Dutch Colonist of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the Several Tribes of Natives Beyond its Limits.. AuthorBarrow, JohnHeadlineBarrow's Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1806 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #10 De a Mesure du Temps, ou Supplement au Traite des Horloges Marines, et a l'Essai sur l'Horologie [bound with] Eclaircissemens sur l'Invention, la Theorie, la Construction, et les Epreubes des Nouvelles Machines Proposees en France, pour la Determination des Longitudes en Mer par la Mesure du Temps. AuthorBerthoud, FerdinandHeadlineTwo rare works on watchmakingPublisherJ.G. Merigot, & Didot Fils / J.B.G. MusierDate Published1787 / 1773 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #17 Fifteen volumes from the Religious Tract Society in custom painted bindings, together creating a mosaic of Blake's "Good and Evil Angels" Heading(Blake, William, after)HeadlineHand-painted bindings after William BlakeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #20 An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead, in the Cases of Two Officers of His Majesty's Army: To Which are Prefixed, Historical and Physiological Remarks on the Nasal Operation, Including Descriptions of the Indian and Italian Methods, AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineFirst modern work on Rhinoplasty by CarpuePublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1816 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #21 A History of the High Operation for the Stone, by Incision Above the Pubis; With Observations on the Advantages Attending it and an Account of the Various Methods of Lithotomy, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineJoseph Carpue on the High Operation for the StonePublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #22 An Introduction to Electricity and Galvanism with Cases, shewing their Effects in the Cure of Diseases. To Which is Added, a Description of Mr. Cuthbertson's Plate Electrical Machine AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineJoseph Carpue on the use of Electricity in MedicinePublisherA. PhillipsDate Published1803 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #29 L'Histoire Naturelle éclaircie dans deux de ses Parties Principales. La Lithologie et la Conchyliologie AuthorDezallier d'Argenville, Antoine JosephHeadlineEarly work on classifying corals and shells w/32 platesPublisherChez de Bure l'AineDate Published1742 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #30 La Theorie, et La Pratique du Jardinage Author[Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine Joseph] L.S.A.J.D.A.Headlinepopular work on gardening w/42 plates 1739PublisherJean Martin HussonDate Published1739 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #31 Kali. Poems & Etchings AuthorDine, JimHeadlineKali. Poems and Etchings by Jim DinePublisherEnitharmon Press for Whitman CollegeDate Published1999 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #32 “Possible Relation between DNA and Protein Structure” - rare author offprint Heading(DNA)AuthorGamow, GeorgeHeadlineRare author offprint on DNA by GamowPublisherPrinted by Fisher, Knight & Co.Date Published1954 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #37 Original ink portrait of Albert Einstein by Josef Scharl, signed by Einstein in ink Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorScharl, JosefHeadlineSigned portrait of Albert EinsteinDate PublishedFebr. 9, 1950 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #39 Des Maladies Mentales considérées sous les Rapports Médical, Hygiénique et Médico-légal AuthorEsquirol, Jean Etienne DominiqueHeadlineOne of the first modern texts on psychiatryPublisherJ.B. BailliereDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Birth and Triumph of Love. A Poem Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurges, James BlandHeadlineHand-colored plates of Cupid in fine bindingPublisherPrinted by C. Roworth for T. Egerton, et al.Date Published1796 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #43 Sports of Love, in Six Poems and Six Etchings... Dedicated to the Women of the British Empire Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCraig, W.M.HeadlinePoems of Love, colored plates, finely bound, 1818PublisherPrinted by B.R. Howlett for Thomas M'LeanDate Published1818 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #53 Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa AuthorGregory, DavidHeadlineGregory's Astronomy with Newton's Lunar Theory, 1702PublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1702 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #60 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's trans. of Homer's Iliad with 50 platesPublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1660 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #65 Der Blaue Reiter AuthorKandinsky, Wassily & Franz MarcHeadlineKandinsky's Blaue Reiter, hand-colored platesPublisherR. Piper & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 Méchanique Analitique; par M. de La Grange, de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris AuthorLagrange, Joseph LouisHeadlineLagrange's foundation work on analytical mechanics, 1788PublisherChez la veuve Desaint, libraireDate Published1788 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 Oeuvres de Laplace - Traité de Mécanique Céleste AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineComplete Mecanique Celestial in Laplace's OeuvrePublisherImprimerie RoyaleDate Published1843-4 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 Traité de Mécanique Céleste AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineLaplace's Celestial Mecaniques, first editionPublisherJ.B.M. Duprat / CourcierDate Published1798-1805 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #71 The Story of Ferdinand AuthorLeaf, MunroHeadlineFerdinand the Bull signed 1st edition in jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #77 Institutiones ad vsum & examen eorum, quiluxatoriam exercentartem. In Quibus Explicantur Variae Differentaecum Articulationum tum Moderum, quibus solent articuli deprauari...In quibus Denique Agitur De Ossium fractura & curatione. AuthorMercado, Luis de.HeadlineDirections for the official examination of the bone-setters 1625PublisherTypis Hartm. PaltheniiDate Published1625 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #82 Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy... Book the first. Translated into English, and illustrated with a commentary, by Robert Thorp AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English 1802PublisherPrinted by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, Jun. & W. DaviesDate Published1802 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #84 Abhandlung über die leichteste und bequemste Methode die Bahn eines Cometen aus einigen Beobachtungen zu berechnen AuthorOlbers, WilhelmHeadlineOlbers on calculating a comet's orbit, 1797PublisherIm Verlage des Industrie-ComptoirsDate Published1797 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #85 Ueber eine Verbesserung der Wien'schen Spectralgleichung [“On an Improvement of Wien’s Radiation Law"] AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineMax Planck provides the origin of quantum theory, 1900PublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1900 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #86 Piter Pan dans les Jardins de Kensington Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineRackham's Piter Pan one of 20 copies on Japan VellumPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1907 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #87 Piter Pan. Douze Réproductions en Couleur des Originaux de A. Rackham qui ont Servi a l'Illustration de l'Ouvrage de J.M. Barrie. Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineFrench edition of Arthur Rackham's Peter Pan PortfolioPublisherHachetteDate Published1911 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #88 Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineGulliver's Travels finely bound w/Rackham illustrationsPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #93 Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects Heading(Sendak, Maurice)AuthorBond, Gladys BakerHeadlineSendak illustrates seven stories for the B'nai B'rithPublisherAnti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rithDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #98 Specimens of tile pavements, drawn from existing authorities AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineColor plates of ancient British pavement tilesPublisherBasil M. PickeringDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #104 La Venetia Edificata: Poema Eroico con Gli Argomenti del Sig. Francesco Cortesi. AuthorStrozzi, GiulioHeadlineEarly history of Venice with engraved plates 1624PublisherAppresso Antonio PinelliDate Published1624 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #107 Penrod AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineFirst Edition of Penrod, inscribed and in dust jacketPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #118 There is No Natural Religion AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's No Natural Religion, 1/50 copiesPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #122 The Official Handbook for Boys Heading(Boy Scouts of America)AuthorBSA Editorial Board and Various ExpertsHeadline1911 US Boy Scout HandbookPublisherBoy Scouts of America/Doubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #124 The Ten Little Mulligan Guards AuthorBraham, David and Edward HarriganHeadlineMcLoughlin Brothers The Ten Little Mulligan GuardsPublisherMcLoughlin BrothersDate Published[1874] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #146 Hyperion: A Romance Heading(Frith, Francis)AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineIllustrated with Original Photographs by Francis FrithPublisherAlfred William BennettDate Published1865 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #147 25 Hand-colored Plates from Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle AuthorGerin, F.-E.Headline25 Hand-colored Plates form Gerin's DictionnaireDate Published1834 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #158 The Principles of Psychology AuthorJames, WilliamHeadlineJames' The Principles of Psychology, 1890PublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #166 Physical Geography of the Sea AuthorMaury, Matthew FontaineHeadlineFirst major textbook in modern oceanographyDate Published1857 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #177 New-England Primer Improved for the more easy attaining the true Reading of English. To which is added, The Assembly of Divines' Catechism Heading(New-England Primer...)HeadlineEarly 19th c. of popular American children's primerPublisherHudson & GoodwinDate Published1803 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #178 The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine AuthorOsler, WilliamHeadlineOsler's Principles & Practice of Medicine, 1894PublisherD. Appleton & CoDate Published1894 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #179 Rerum memorabilium sive deperditarum AuthorPanciroli, GuidoHeadlinePanciroli's 1660 encyclopaedic history of arts & technologyPublisherHeirs of G. SchoenwetterDate Published1660 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #184 La callipédie, traduite du poème latin AuthorQuillet, ClaudeHeadline1st French edition of Quillet's poem on producing beautiful childrenPublisherchez Durand & PissotDate Published1749 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #185 Geological Papers, 1887 to 1905 AuthorRaisin, Catherine A.HeadlinePioneering Female Geologist, Catherine Raisin's PapersDate Publishedc. 1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #191 Two Suppressed Printed Christmas Card Sketches AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadline2 Rare Sendak Christmas Card SketchesPublisherFarrar Straus & GirouxDate Published1973 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #205 Preliminary Report on Marau Bay Manganese Deposits AuthorWhitney, L. E., and E. A. PetersonHeadline1959 Preliminary Report on Marau Bay Manganese DepositsPublisherMohave Mining & Milling CompanyDate Published1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #207 Redrawn by Request: The Great Cartoons of J.R. Williams AuthorWilliams, J.R.HeadlineThe Great Cartoons of J. R. WilliamsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #208 Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Heading(Wyeth, N.C., illustrator)AuthorFox, John Jr.HeadlineLimited edition signed by N. C. WyethPublisherCharles Scribner’s SonsDate Published1931 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next