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Illustrated with One hundred and Twelve Sculptures by Francis Barlow AuthorAesopHeadlineRare illustrated Aesop's Fables, 1666PublisherPrinted by William Godbid for Francis BarlowDate Published1666 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #4 The Fables of Æsop. Volume I. Paraphras'd in Verse, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations. By John Ogilby, Esq... [bound with] Æsopicks: or, a Second Collection of Fables... AuthorAesopHeadlineRare octavo edition of Ogilby's Aesop, 1683-4PublisherPrinted for T. Bassett, et al.Date Published1683 & 1684 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #5 Fables, of Æsop and other eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections. Part I. By Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt. AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables, 1704PublisherPrinted for R. Sare, et al.Date Published1704 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #6 The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg AuthorAesopHeadlineAnti-Semitic version of Aesop's Golden GoosePublisherFawcett School of Industrial Arts / Fidelity PrintshopDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #9 Jack Sheppard, A Romance [with] The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineTwo finely bound novels by W.H. AinsworthPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[1856]; [1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #10 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineAinsworth's Tower of London with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Quadrupeds of North America AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds of North AmericaPublisherVictor Gifford AudubonDate Published1851-54 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #35 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly Author[Beardsley, Aubrey, et al.]HeadlineThe Yellow Book, complete setPublisherElkin Mathews & John LaneDate Published1894-1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #36 The Book of Peace: A collection of essays on war and peace AuthorBeckwith, George C., compilerHeadlineBook of Peace signed by abolitionistPublisherGeorge C. BeckwithDate Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #43 Il Decamerone de M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nvovamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio Decameron 1729 reprint of 1527 editionPublisher[Pasinello]Date Published[1729] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #46 Plant Lore of Shakespeare Heading(Botanical)AuthorTowne, Rosa M., illustratorHeadlinePlant Lore of Shakespeare, Rosa TownePublisherThe Frame House GalleryDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #51 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFrances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #52 Evelina, or The History of a Young Girl's Entrance into the World Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFanny Burney's Evelina, 1791PublisherW. LowndesDate Published[1791] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #64 Zapolya: A Christmas Tale AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge's Zapolya: A Christmas Tale 1st ed.PublisherRest FennerDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #65 Works of Wilkie Collins - Tauchnitz Copyright Editions AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineWilkie Collins published by Bernhard TauschnitzPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1856-76 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduite & paraphrasée en Vers François par P. Corneille Heading(Corneille, Pierre)Author[Thomas à Kempis]HeadlineImitation of Christ in French trans. by CorneillePublisherRobert BallardDate Published1659 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #69 Chinki, Histoire Cochinoise, Qui peut sevir à d'autres Pays Author[Coyer, Gabriel Francois]HeadlinePolitical allegory of the overtaxed worker saved by a benevolent kingDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 Alfred Crowquill's Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England AuthorCrowquill, AlfredHeadlineComic History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1850PublisherRead & Co.Date Published[1850] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #90 Letters of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Sister-in-Law and DaughterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1880-1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #91 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineSecond Edition of Dickens' first bookPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1836 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #97 American Entomology, or, Descriptions of the Insects of North America Heading(Entomolgy)AuthorSay, ThomasHeadlineThomas Say, American Entomology 1824-5PublisherPhiladelphia Museum / Samuel Augustus MitchellDate Published1824-5 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #99 The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses AuthorFénelon, François Salignac de la Mothe-HeadlineThe Adventures of Telemachus, 1784PublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1784 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #101 The Poems of Robert Browning Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlinePoems of Browning finely boundPublisherOxford UniversityDate Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #102 Works of Paul De Kock - Memorial Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadlineWith original etchings by John Sloan et al.PublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published1902-08 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #103 WITHDRAWN - The Works of Charles Dickens Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWITHDRAWN - The Works of Charles Dickens finely boundPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1906 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 Cranford Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Gaskell, Elizabeth] Mrs. GasklellHeadlineCranford Bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #111 The Adventures of Herr Baby finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMolesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa Molesworth]HeadlineAdventures of Herr Baby finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #114 Two pseudonymous sporting books, finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTwo Sporting Works Rebound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #115 Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century as Represented in the Pictures and Engravings of the Time AuthorFischel, Oskar and Max von BoehnHeadlineModes & Manners of the Nineteenth CenturyPublisherJ. M. Dent / E. P. DuttonDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #122 The Works of Edward Gibbon - Edition Lausanne AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineWith receipt for royalties signed by GibbonPublisherFred De FauDate Published1907 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #128 The Antiquities of Ireland AuthorGrose, FrancisHeadlineAntiquities of Ireland - Engraved PlatesPublisherS. HooperDate Published1791-95 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #129 Allan Quartermain. Being an Account of his Further Adventures and Discoveries... AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineSequel to King Solomon's MinesPublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #140 Iliad & Odyssey in English, translated by Alexander Pope AuthorHomerHeadlineQuarto edition of Pope's Homer, 1715-1726PublisherPrinted for George LintotDate Published1715-1726 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #142 Les Miserables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables with Victor Hugo ALSPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #144 Humorous Sketches of the World We Live In Heading(India)AuthorLodwick, R.W.HeadlineComic look at Indian society on eve of Sepoy RebellionPublisherLithographed at the Education Society's PressDate Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #145 The Rambler Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johnson's The Rambler, completePublisherJ. PayneDate Published1752 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #147 The Sundering Flood Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott Sundering Flood with hand-illuminationsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1897 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #150 The Adventures of Ulysses AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineJuvenile classic in a beautiful bindingPublisherJuvenile LibraryDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #153 Candide, or Optimism Heading(Libanus Press)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineCandide from Libanus Press, 1996PublisherLibanus PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #157 The Ten Little Mulligan Guards Heading(McLoughlin Brothers)HeadlineTen Little Mulligan Guards illustrated song/gamePublisherMcLoughlin BrothersDate Published[1874] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #164 Bruin: The Adventure of a Little Bear Heading(Moe, Louis, illustrator)AuthorDavies, MaryHeadlineBruin with color plates by Louis Moe 1922PublisherFunk & Wagnalls CompanyDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #165 Essais de Michel de Montaigne AuthorMontaigne, Michel deHeadlineEssais de Michel de Montaigne, 1793PublisherJean Serviere and Jean-François BastienDate Published1793 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #188 Kupfer-Bibel: in welcher Die Physica Sacra, Oder Beheiligte Naturwissenschafft Derer in Heil. Schrifft Vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen, Deutlich Erklärt und Bewährt AuthorScheuchzer, Johann JakobHeadlineScheuchzer's Kupfer-Bibel/Physica Sacra, 1731-35PublisherGedruckt bey C.U. WagnerDate Published1731-5 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #195 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineFirst Edition of Thoreau's first bookPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #196 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's 1st book, 2nd issuePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1862 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #197 Orley Farm AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineUnusually bound copy of Trollope's Orley FarmPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #202 An Essay on Woman AuthorWilkes, JohnHeadlineRibald parody of Pope's Essay on ManPublisherPrinted for James Hay... Privately ReprintedDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #212 Lessons for Children: In Four Parts AuthorBarbauld, Mrs.HeadlineLessons for Children In four parts 1808PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #221 Nine miniature books mostly related to children Heading(Children's Books)HeadlineNine illustrated miniature books mostly related to childrenPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #229 Collection of miniature flip books Heading(Flip Books)HeadlineCollection of miniature flip booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #234 Drawings By Kate Greenaway and Verses By Laura E. Richards From the Ladies' Home Journal 1895 & 1896 Compiled and Arranged By Lucile Rasmussen AuthorGreenaway, Kate & Laura E. RichardsHeadlineDrawings By Kate Greenaway miniature 1/200PublisherThe Rasmussen PressDate Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #260 Five miniature books Heading(Miniature books)HeadlineFive miniature booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #263 Large Group of Miniature Books, Keepsakes, Etc. Heading(Miniature Books)HeadlineLarge Group of Miniature Books, Keepsakes, Etc.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #269 Seven Miniature Picture Books Heading(Miniature Picture Books)HeadlineSeven Miniature Picture BooksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$81.25StatusSold Lot #276 Two Copies of Illustrations in Miniature Heading(Postage Stamps)AuthorKlinefelter, WalterHeadlineKlinefelter Illustrations in Miniature Presentation Copy InscribedPublisherBlack Cat PressDate Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #280 Two Alexander Pushkin works in miniature AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineTwo Alexander Pushkin works in miniatureDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #314 The Wanderings of a Spiritualist AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle's The Wanderings of a SpiritualistPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #315 Rosamond, Part III; Containing the Story of the Rabbit Author[Edgeworth, Maria]HeadlineTale of Rosamond and the Rabbit from 1801PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1801 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #322 Rider Haggard's Good Deeds Heading(Haggard, H. Rider)AuthorWhatmore, Denys, editorHeadlineRider Haggard's Good Deeds 4 vols.PublisherD.E.W.Date Published1995-1999 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #324 Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineProofs of 1st American Edition of Hardy's Winter WordsPublisherMacmillanDate Published1928 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #325 Two Years Ago AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineKingsley's novel about cholera in a fishing villagePublisherMacmillanDate Published1857 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #333 Seven Musical Farces AuthorPocock, Isaac InnesHeadlineAny Thing New, Twenty Years Ago! Yes or No? musical farces with othersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1809-1814 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #334 Antonio Giovani AuthorSouvestre, NanineHeadlineFirst novel by Nanine SouvestrePublisherBerquet et PetionDate Published1836 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #336 The Valley of Decision AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineEdith Wharton's 1st bookPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #337 Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle) AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe relationship between Whitman and Peter Doyle in lettersPublisherSmall, Maynard & CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next