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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 #7 Lust-und lehr-reicher Sitten-Schule Anderer Theil: Nach Einleitung der ausserlesensten und Sinnreichesten Fabeln... AuthorAesopHeadlineRare 1707 illustrated Aesop's FablesPublisherVerlegts Johann Conrad Wohler, BuchhändlerDate Published1707 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #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 #37 Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs - from the Great Bible of 1566 Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineSong of Songs & Ecclesiastes from Great Bible of 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #39 Romans & Corinthians - from the 1572 folio edition of the Bishops Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineRomans & Corinthians from 1572 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1572] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #40 Bibell: das ist Alle Bücher Alts und News Testaments... Heading(Bible in German)AuthorDietenberger, Johann. (translator)HeadlineGerman Bible Translated by Johann Dietenberger 1577PublisherQuentelDate Published1577 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #41 Biblia Magna: Biblia cum concordantijs ueteris & noui testamenti et sacrorum canonum... Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlineLatin folio Bible with woodcuts, 1525PublisherJacob MareschalDate Published1525 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #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 #56 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer, 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 La physionomie naturelle, et la chiromance de Barthelemy Cocle... Où par les traits et les signes du visage et par les marques et les lineamens de la main... AuthorCocles, BarthélémyHeadline17th century edition of Cocles' palmistryPublisherChez Jean-B. BesongneDate Published1698 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #119 M. Balthasari Garthii Theol. Lexicon LatinograecumKekalligraphemenon, Linguae Graecae Tyronibus facilimum, utilissimum, & certissimum... Nunc Primum M. Helvico Garthio... AuthorGarth, BalthasarHeadlineLatin-English dictionary in pigskin binding, 1602PublisherProdit e nobilis Francofurti PalthenianaDate Published1602 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #120 Insinuationum divinae pietatis libri quinque, in quibus vita, & acta Sanctae Gertrudis Monialis Ordinis Sancti Benedicti continentur. Accessere nunc denuo exercita ab eàdem Virgine composita... Heading(Gertrude, Saint, the Great)AuthorCastañiza, Juan deHeadlineWritings of St. Gertrude the Great, 1599PublisherApud haeredes Ioannis Iñiguez de LequericaDate Published1599 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #124 Philosophia Utilis Et Jucunda, In Usum Studiosæ Juventutis Concinnata... Tomus II: Complectens Elementa Mathematum Quæ Ad Physicæ Integritatem Spectant... [bound with] ...Tomus III: Physica Exhibens... AuthorGordon, AndreasHeadlinePractical science in the 18th centuryPublisherImpensis Joannis Gastl, BibliopolæDate Published1745 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #131 The History of the Common Law of England [bound with] The Analysis of the Law... AuthorHale, MatthewHeadlineMathew Hale's Common Law of England, 1716PublisherPrinted by E. Nutt... and sold by D. Browne, et al.Date Published1716 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #138 Elementa Philosophica de Cive AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineElzevier's Hobbes, 1647PublisherLudovicum ElzeviriumDate Published1647 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #145 The Rambler Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johnson's The Rambler, completePublisherJ. PayneDate Published1752 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #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 #170 Contradictiones, Dubia, et Paradoxa, in Libros Hippocratis, Celsi, Galeni, Aetii, Aeginetae, Avicennae: Cum Eorundem Conciliationibus AuthorNicolaus RorariusHeadlineContradictiones, dubia, et paradoxa, in libros Hippocratis...1572PublisherApud Franciscum, Gasparem Bindonum, & fratresDate Published1572 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #171 A General and Introductory View of Professor Kant's Principles Concerning Man, the World and the Deity, submitted to the consideration of the learned AuthorNitsch, Friedrich AugustHeadlineKant's principles concerning man, 1796PublisherPrinted, and sold by J. DownesDate Published1796 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #172 Operationes et Experimenta Chirurgica AuthorNuck, AntoniusHeadlineAntonius Nuck Operations and Experiments w/fold-out charts 1733Publisherapud Samuelem LuchtmanDate Published1733 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #181 Analysis of the Game of Chess... To which is added, several parties, played by the author blindfolded, against three adversaries AuthorPhilidor, François-André DanicanHeadlineChess master Philidor, 1790PublisherPrinted for P. ElmslyDate Published1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #186 The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineRobertson's Reign of Charles V, 1769PublisherPrinted by W. and W. Strahan, for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1769 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #205 Single leaf from The Lives of the Saints, i.e. The Golden Legend Heading(Wynkyn de Worde, printer)Author[Voragine, Jacobus de]HeadlinePrinted by Wynkyn de Worde, 1493Publisher[Wynkyn de Worde]Date Published[1493] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #206 Xenophontis Ephesii De Anthia et Habrocome Ephesiacorum libri V. AuthorXenophon, of EphesusHeadlineGreek source for Romeo & JulietPublisherapud A. BlumaueDate Published1796 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #207 Xenophontis, philosophi et imperatoris clarissimi... AuthorXenophonHeadlineXenophon in Greek and Latin, 1625Publisherapud Societatem Graecarum EditionumDate Published1625 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #320 Oeuvres Choisies de Grecourt AuthorGrecourt, Jean Baptiste-Joseph Willart deHeadlinePoetry of Jean Baptiste Grecourt 1777Date Published1777 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold 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 #328 Dissertatio Medica Inavgvralis [Inauguralis] De Incantatis Heading(Occult)AuthorCrause, Rudolf Wilhelm and Johann Ernst RauschelbachHeadlineSpellcasting for good and evil 1701PublisherKrebsDate Published1701 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold 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