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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Taos Pueblo Heading(Adams, Ansel)AuthorAustin, Mary and Ansel Easton AdamsHeadlineAnsel Adams - Taos Pueblo - 1 of 950 copiesPublisherNew York Graphic SocietyDate Published1977 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #2 Ice on Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, California AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams Ellery Lake photo signed 1/50Date Published1959 [printed 1979] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #3 Stream, Sea, Clouds, Rodeo Lagoon, Marin County, California AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams photo of Rodeo Lagoon signedDate Published1962 [printed 1978] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #4 Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word. In Memory of Russell Varian [1898-1959] AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams' Portfolio IV 15 original printsPublisherSierra ClubDate Published1963 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold Lot #5 Ansel Adams: Portfolio VII AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams Portfolio VII with 11 silver printsPublisherParasol PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$140,000 - $160,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 Les Antiquités Bouddhiques de Bamiyan Heading(Afghanistan)AuthorGodard, A., et al.HeadlineThe Buddhas of BamiyanPublisherLes Editions G. Van OestDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #7 Autograph Letter, signed from an ex-Kentucky slave in Liberia Heading(African-American)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineALs from an ex-Kentucky slave in LiberiaDate PublishedFeb. 2, 4, and 9, 1847 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #8 Principvm Christianorvm Stemmata. Cum breuibus eiusdem notationib[us] pars ex Archiuis Pp. desc. Adiecto stem[m]ate Othomannico AuthorAlbizzi, AntonioHeadlineRare work of noble family trees with city viewsPublisherDominici CustodisDate Published1608 [but 1609] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #9 The Mirrour of the World, Translated and Printed by William Caxton in MCCCCLXXXI now Printed by Hand by the Allen Press Heading(Allen Press)AuthorCaxton, WilliamHeadline(Allen Press) Caxton, Mirrour of the World, 1/130PublisherAllen PressDate Published1964 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #10 Autograph Document, signed. - Receipt for an ad in the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser offering "black girl for sale" Heading(American Revolution)AuthorClaypoole, JohnHeadlineSigned by Betsy Ross' husband John ClaypooleDate PublishedMarch 23, 1795 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #11 Draft Letter, signed with initials, predicting the defeat of General How[e] Heading(American Revolution)AuthorGurney, JosephHeadlineJoseph Gurney draft letter w Revolution contentDate PublishedSeptember 19, 1777 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 Call It Sleep Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRoth, HenryHeadlineHenry Roth Call It Sleep Arion Press EditionPublisherArion PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #13 Das Deutsche Heer und die Marine Headingzzf(Costume)AuthorArnould, Georg & Felix von OlbergHeadlineColor lithos of German Military by ArnouldPublisherKunstanstalt (vormals Gustav W. Seitz) A.-O.Date Published[1891] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #14 A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press, MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV Heading(Ashendene Press)Author**HeadlineAshendene Press Bibliography 1 of 390 copiesPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #15 Collections of Imperial Academy, Song and Yuan Dynasties Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlinePaintings from Song and Yuan DynastiesDate Publishedc.1910? View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #16 [Fusumae Senshu: A Collection of Japanese Screen Paintings] Heading(Asian)Author**Headline120 plates of Japanese Screen PaintingsDate Publishedc.1920? View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #17 Gomotsu Jodai Senshokumon: Textile Fabrics of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D. in the Imperial Household Collection Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineTextile fabrics of 6th-8th century JapanPublisherImperial Household MuseumDate Published1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #18 Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Heading(Asian)Author**Headline41 vols. Journal Royal Asiatic SocietyDate Published1865-1948 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Kokka: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of the Fine and Applied Arts of Japan and Other Eastern Countries Heading(Asian)Author**Headline250 issues of Kokka Asian art 1890-1951PublisherThe Kokka Co.Date Published1890-1951 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #20 Mian Ye Tu Shuo [An Illustrated Book of the Cotton Industry] Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineChinese work on Cotton Industry 1911PublisherPrinting Division of Department of Agriculture & CommerceDate Published1911 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #21 [Report on the Excavation of Two Southern T'Ang Mausoleums] Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineRare report on Chinese excavations 1957PublisherCulture Objects PressDate Published1957 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #22 Ying-Ch'êng-Tzu: The Han Brick-Tomb with Fresco-Paintings, &c., near Chien-Mu-Ch'êng-J, South Manchuria Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineHan Brick-Tomb Fresco-Paintings ManchuriaPublisherKwanto Government MuseumDate Published1934 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #23 Shi Liao Xun Kan [Journal of Historical Sources] Heading(Asian)AuthorArchive department of the Palace MuseumHeadlineJournal of Historical Sources Quing DynastyPublisherPrinted by Jin Hua Printing HouseDate Published1930-1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #24 Manmo hokushi no shukyo bijutsu [Religious art of Manchuria and Mongolia], in Japanese Heading(Asian)AuthorBaiei Henmi, editorHeadlineReligious art of Manchuria and MongoliaPublisherMaruzen Company, LimitedDate Published1943-1945 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #25 Biographies des artistes Japonais dont les oeuvres figurent dans la collection Pierre Barboutau Heading(Asian)AuthorBarboutau Collection, PierreHeadlineJapanese Artists in Barboutau Collection 1905PublisherR.W.P. de VriesDate Published1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #26 Lang Shi Ning Hua Di Wu Ji [The collection of Giuseppe Castiglione’s paintings—Volume Five) ] Heading(Asian)AuthorCastiglione, GiuseppeHeadlineGiuseppe Castiglione’s paintingsPublisherNational Palace MuseumDate Published1935 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #27 Tung-ching-ch'êng: Report on the excavation of the site of the capital of P'o-hai Heading(Asian)AuthorHarada, Yoshito, et al.HeadlineExcavation of the site of the capital of P'o-haiPublisherToa-koko-gakukwai, or the Far-Eastern archaeological SocietyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #28 A New Edition of the Omei Illustrated Guide Book Heading(Asian)AuthorHuang Shiu-fu and T'an Chung-yoHeadlineNew Edition of the Omei Illustrated Guide BookPublisherWest China Union UniversityDate Published1936 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #29 Yong Le Da Dian Ben Shui Jin Zhu [Commentary on “ The Waterways Classic” taken from “The Encyclopedia of the Young Le Era”] Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Dao Yuan (d. 527)HeadlineWork on the ancient geography of ChinaPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #30 Tai Ping Yu Lan [Imperial Readings of the Tai Ping Era] Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Fang and othersHeadlineImperial Readings of the Tai Ping EraPublisherXue Hai TangDate Published1892 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #31 Choice Masterpieces of Korin and Kenzan Heading(Asian)AuthorMurayama, JungoHeadlineReproductions of Korin and Kenzan ArtPublisherKokka CompanyDate Publishedc.1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #32 Kwan Ko Dzu Setsu. Notice historique et descriptive sur les arts et industries Japonais...art ceramique Heading(Asian)AuthorNoritané, NinagawaHeadlineRare work on Japanese ceramics 1877PublisherH. Ahrens & Co.Date Published1876-1877 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #33 Les grottes de Touen-Houang: Peintures et sculptures bouddhiques des époques des Wei, des T'ang et des Song Heading(Asian)AuthorPelliot, PaulHeadlineGrottes de Touen-Houang, ChinaPublisherLibrarie Paul GeuthnerDate Published1920-1924 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #34 Gao Lan Xian Xu Zhi [Gao Lan County Chronicle] Heading(Asian)AuthorQin Weiyue, Huang Jing, Lu Zhitian & Zhang TingxunHeadlineChina - Gao Lan County Chronicle 1847PublisherGao Lan Shu Yuan [The Academy of Gao Lan]Date Published1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #35 T’oung Pao ou Archives pour servir à l’étude de l’histoire, des langues, la geographie et l’ethnographie de l’Asie Orientale (Chine, Japon, Corée, Indo-Chine, Asie Centrale et Malaisie) Heading(Asian)AuthorSchlegel, Gustave & Henri Cordier, et al., editorsHeadline1st 38 volumes of T'oung Pao Archives 1890-1931PublisherE.J. BrillDate Published1890-1931 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #36 The Handmade Papers of Japan: The Watermark Collection Heading(Asian)AuthorTindale, Thomas K., et al.HeadlineWatermark Collection of Tindale's Japanese papersPublisherCharles E. TuttleDate Published1952 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #37 Xi Qing Xu Jian [The supplement to the Catalogue of Chinese Antique Bronzes from the collection of the Emperor Qianlong of Quing Dynasty, Part B or Second Part] Heading(Asian)AuthorWang Jie and othersHeadlineCatalogue of Chinese Antique BronzesPublisherBeiping (Beijing) Antiquities Exhibition Institute (the National Museum)Date Published1931 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #38 Fei Hung Tang Yi Pu [Fei Hung Tang Seal Collections] Heading(Asian)AuthorWang Qi ShuHeadlineFei Hung Tang Seal Collections - ChineseDate Publishedc.1900? View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #39 Nan Zhao Ye Shi Shang [An Unofficial History of Nan Zhao Kingdom: Volume One] Heading(Asian)AuthorYang Shen; revised by Hu WeiHeadlineHistory of Nan Zhao KingdomPublisherYunna BookstoreDate PublishedDuring Reign of Emperor Guan Xu (1875-1908) View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #40 A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, Representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe, Together with the Several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities, and Corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries Headingzzf(Atlas)AuthorFinley, AnthonyHeadlineFinley's General Atlas 1831 60 mapsPublisherAnthony FinleyDate Published1831 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World with a special map of each of the United States, Plans of Cities &c... Heading(Atlas)AuthorMitchell, S. AugustusHeadlineMitchell's Universal Atlas 1848PublisherS. Augustus MitchellDate Published1848 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #42 The Quadrupeds of North America AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds with colored lithogaphsPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1851-1854 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #43 Lower California. The Peninsula. Now Open to Colonists: Tierra Perfecta, the perfect land of the mission fathers Heading(Baja California)Author**HeadlineRare Baja California Land Brochures1887PublisherInternational Company of MexicoDate Published[1887] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #44 The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala AuthorBateman, JamesHeadlineThe Orchidaceae of Mexico and GuatemalaPublisherJohnson Reprint CorporationDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #45 [Le Morte Darthur, i.e.] The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineKing Arthur by Malory, Beardsley Illus., 1/300PublisherDent & CoDate Published1893-94 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #46 Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of 'Work in Progress' - One of 96 copies AuthorBeckett, Samuel, et al.HeadlineSamuel Beckett Our Exagmination 1 of 96 copiesPublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1929 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #47 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 8 gouache paintings Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 8 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #48 Biblioglyphé sive Icones Biblicae, Arte Chalcographica & Poetica praecipues S. Scripturae Historias perquam eleganter representanter. Heading(Bible - Polyglot)AuthorAmmon, Johan, editorHeadlineStriking Biblical engravings, 1643PublisherTypis Caspari Rötelii, impensis Johannis AmmoniiDate Published1643 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #49 Single Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible Heading(Bible in Algonquin)Author**HeadlineSingle Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible 1663Publisher[Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson]Date Published1663-61 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineKing James Bible 2nd folio 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #51 The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineJohn Baskerville's Bible 1763PublisherPrinted by John Baskerville, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1763 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Two title-pages from 16th century English language editions of the Bible Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineTitles of 16th century English editions the BibleDate Published1566 & 1576 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #53 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #54 Times of the Bible: veyled in cubits, shekels, talents, furlongs, chapters, verses, letters, of the Scripture: with the days, hours, watches, weeks and months of the Jewish year Heading(Biblical)Author**HeadlineRare Times of Bible with occult, 1667Date Published1667 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #55 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments... Heading(Book of Common Prayer)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer 1713 with engravingsPublisherJohn BaskettDate Published1713 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #56 Le Surréalisme en 1947 AuthorBreton, Andre & Marcel DuchampHeadlineLe Surréalisme en 1947PublisherMaeghtDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #57 Northern California, a description of its soil, climate, productions, markets, occupied and unoccupied lands. Homes in a winterless climate, where all the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones grow to perfection Heading(California)HeadlineRare Northern California promotional booklet 1885PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #58 Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, geographique et litteral de la Bible... AuthorCalmet, AugustinHeadlineCalmet's Bible Dictionary with maps & platesPublisherEmery, et al.Date Published1722-1728 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #59 Portfolio of original carpet designs Heading(Carpets)Author**HeadlinePortfolio of original carpet designsDate PublishedEarly 20th century View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #60 The History of the Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly Corrected and Amended AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSecond English Edition of Don Quixote 1652PublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne for Andrew CookeDate Published1652 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #61 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, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Chaffers The Keramic GalleryPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #62 Illustrations for the Bible AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineIllustrations for the Bible by Marc Chagall 1956PublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Jerusalem Windows AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #64 Journal D'Un Cheval Heading(Chagall, Marc)AuthorGoll, ClaireHeadlineJournal D'Un Cheval with orig illus by ChagallPublisherBrukerDate Published1952 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #65 The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineFirst edition of Cooper's MohicansPublisherH.C. Carey & I. LeaDate Published1826 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #66 The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-Three Engravings Heading(Costume)Author**HeadlineThe Costume of the Russian Empire 73 color platesPublisherW. MillerDate Published1803 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #67 Von Wunderland zu Wunderland: Landschafts- und Lebensbilder aus den Staaten und Territorien der Union AuthorCronau, RudolfHeadlineVon Wunderland zu Wunderland 50 collotype platesPublisherMax Spohr / T.O. WeigelDate Published[1885]-1887 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man 1871 1st Edn, 2nd PtgPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner [with] The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being the second and last part of his life... Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDefoe's Robinson Crusoe 2 vols. 1719PublisherPrinted for W. TaylorDate Published1719 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des métiers… HeadingzzfAuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertHeadlineComplete set of Diderot's Encyclopedia 4to EdnPublisherJean-Leonard Pellet (Imprint varies)Date Published1778-79 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #71 Description Geographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine AuthorDu Halde, Jean-BaptisteHeadlineDu Halde’s China, 1st ed., 4 volumes, 1735PublisherP.G. Le MercierDate Published1735 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$23,750StatusSold Lot #72 The Butterflies of North America - First Series, plus several parts from second series AuthorEdwards, William H.HeadlineThe Butterflies of North America Color PlatesPublisherHoughton, Osgood and CompanyDate Published1879 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #73 Manuscript extract of a letter from British Captain Roe describing antiquities in Egypt, 1801 Heading(Egypt)AuthorRoe, CaptainHeadlineBritish Captain describing antiquities in EgyptDate Published26th May 1801 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #74 Five offprints of works by Egyptologist Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac, two of them presentation copies Heading(Egypt)AuthorChampollion-Figeac, Jacques JosephHeadlineEgyptologist Jacques Joseph Champollion-FigeacDate Published1826-1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #75 Sixty-one volumes of "The Tudor Facsimile Texts, Old English Plays Printed & MS. Rarities, Exact Collotype Reproductions..." Heading(English Literature - Tudor Facsimile Texts)AuthorFarmer, John S., editorHeadline61 volumes of "The Tudor Facsimile Texts..."PublisherTudor Facsimile TextsDate Publishedc.1911-14 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #76 Marriage Costumes of Various Nations Heading(Fashion)AuthorAckermann, R[udolph] (publisher)HeadlineMarriage Costumes of Various NationsPublisherR. AckermannDate Publishedc.1820 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #77 Bound volume of 111 hand-colored plates of woman's fashions from 1798-1802 Heading(Fashion)Author**Headline111 Hand-colored fashion plates 1798-1802PublisherR. PhillipsDate Published1798-1802 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #78 Bound volume of 100 hand-colored plates of woman's fashions from the 1830s Heading(Fashion)Author**Headline100 Hand-colored fashion plates 1830sDate Published1830s View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #79 La Mode - 9 volumes, with 103 hand-colored plates Heading(Fashion)Author**HeadlineLa Mode - 9 volumes, with 103 hand-colored platesPublisher[Edouard Proux]Date Published1830s-40s View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #80 Magasin för Konst, Nyheter och Moder - Volumes 10 & 13 Heading(Fashion)Author**HeadlineSwedish fashion magazine from 1833 & 1836PublisherCarl DeleenDate Published1833, 1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #81 Recueil Général de Coëffures de Différents Goûts, où l'on Voit la Manière Dont se Coëffoient les Femmes, sous Différens Règnes, à Commencer en 1589 Jusqu'en 1778 Heading(Fashion)Author**HeadlineRare work on 18th century hairstylesPublisherChez DesnosDate Published[1788] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Lady's Monthly Museum, or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction - Volumes 1 & 16 Headingzzf(Fashion)Author**HeadlineThe Lady's Monthly Museum - Color Fashion PlatesPublisherVernor & HoodDate Published1798 & 1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Townsend's Quarterly Selection of Parisian Costumes Headingzzf(Fashion)Author**HeadlineTownsend's Parisian Costumes Color PlatesPublisherJ. Townsend, et alDate Publishedc. 1825 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #84 Secret Court Memoirs Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSecret Court Memoirs 20 Vols. Finely BoundPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #85 Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America... To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1774PublisherPrinted for F. NewberyDate Published1774 View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #86 Mathematical discourses concerning two new sciences relating to mechanicks and local motion, in four dialogues. I. Of the Resistance of Solids against Fraction. II. Of the Cause of their Coherence. III. Of Local Motion, viz. Equable, and naturally Accelerate. IV. Of Violent Motion, or of Projects. By Galileo Galilei, Chief Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. With an appendix concerning the center of gravity of solid bodies. Done into English from the Italian, by Tho. Weston, late Master, and now publish’d by John Weston, present Master, of the Academy at Greenwich AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadlineGalileo's Mathematical Discourses 1730PublisherJ. HookeDate Published1730 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$20,000StatusSold Lot #87 Othello Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Gehenna Shakespeare OthelloPublisher[The Gehenna Press]Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #88 Titus Andronicus Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Gehenna Shakespeare Titus AndronicusPublisher[The Gehenna Press]Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #89 WITHDRAWN - Autograph Letter Signed by George III as Prince of Wales AuthorGeorge III, as Prince of WalesHeadlineLetter from George III at age 11, 1749Date PublishedAug. 21, 1749 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #90 WITHDRAWN - Document Signed by George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland AuthorGeorge IIIHeadlineDocument Signed by King George IIIDate PublishedJune 27, 1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #91 Autograph Manuscript, signed, from his cell in a Paris prison AuthorGreeley, HoraceHeadlineHorace Greeley writes from his Paris jail cellDate Published[June 2-4, 1855] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #92 Tales of Fishes HeadingAnglingAuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Tales of Fishes with dust jacketPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1919, but later] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #93 Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineTales of Fresh-Water Fishing 1st in dj Zane GreyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #94 Tales of Swordfish and Tuna AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Tales of Swordfish and Tuna 1st EdnPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1927 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #95 Delineatio montis a metropoli Hasso-Cassellana uno circiter milliari distantis, qui olim Winter-Casten, id est, Hiemis Receptaculum dicebatur, nunc autem Carolinus audit, ob ædificia & aquarum fontes quibus... Carolus, Langravius Hassiæ... illum posteritatis monumento magnificè exornavit... AuthorGuernieri, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineRare work on Italian architecture 1706PublisherTypis Henrici HarmesDate Published1706 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #96 Bound for Glory AuthorGuthrie, WoodyHeadlineWoody Guthrie Bound for Glory First Edition in DJPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published1943 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #97 Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineVoyage of Discovery to the West Coast of CoreaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1818 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #98 An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of All Ages AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineManly P Hall's Encyclopedic Outline 1/200PublisherH.S. 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