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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 The Origins of Totalitarianism AuthorArendt, HannahHeadlineArendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, 1st ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1951 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #21 The Handy Reference Atlas of the World AuthorBartholomew, John, editorHeadlineFinely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn Bartholomew & Son, Ltd.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #33 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. To which are added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. and Notes by Various Hands. AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, nicely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1835] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #37 A History of the Art of Bookbinding with Some Account of the Books of the Ancients. AuthorBrassington, W. Salt, editorHeadlineOne of 50 large paper copies, nicely boundPublisherElliot StockDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on his Writings. To Which are Prefixed, some Observations on the Character and Condition of The Scottish Peasantry. AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineNicely bound set of Robert Burns' worksPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies; W. CreechDate Published1801 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #40 The Gulistân, or Rose-Garden of The Sheikh Sa'di of Shiraz AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Burton's Sa'diPublisherPhilip Allan & Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #41 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights, Library Edition, nicely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #42 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq. AuthorByron, LordHeadlineNicely bound in 17 volumes by BirdsallPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-1833 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #43 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineDuncan's Caesar with plates & maps, 1753PublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #45 The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineHunting of the Snark, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #46 Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America Intended to Contain Descriptions and Figures of All North American Birds... AuthorCassin, JohnHeadlineCassin's Birds of California finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #47 Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, nicely bound by J. WrightPublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #50 William Roscoe of Liverpool AuthorChandler, GeorgeHeadlineSpecially bound by Zaehnsdorf after FazakerleyPublisherB.T. Batsford Ltd.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #51 Voyages de Mr. le Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l’Orient AuthorChardin, JeanHeadlineTravels to Persia with many copperplates, 1723PublisherAndré CailleauDate Published1723 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes Heading(Civil War)AuthorMiller, Francis Trevelyan, editorHeadlineComplete Photographic History of the Civil WarPublisherThe Review of Reviews Co.Date Published1911-12 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 Christopher Columbus His Own Book of Privileges 1502: Photographic Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text translation into English Heading(Columbus, Christopher)AuthorStevens, Benjamin Franklin, compiler & editorHeadlinePublisher's copy of Columbus' Book of PrivilegesPublisherB.F. StevensDate Published1892 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #57 The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #66 The Animal Kingdom. Arranged in Conformity with its Organization... with Additional Descriptions of All the Species Hitherto Named, and of Many Not Before Noticed by Edward Griffith and Others. AuthorCuvier, Baron [Georges]HeadlineCuvier's Animal Kingdom, complete in 16 volumesPublisherPrinted for Geo. B. WhittakerDate Published[1827-1835] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #72 The Worship of the Serpent Traced Throughout the World, and its Traditions Referred to the Events in Paradise: Proving the Temptation and Fall of Man by the Instrumentality of a Serpent Tempter. AuthorDeane, John BathurstHeadlineTheological treatise on snake worshipPublisherJ. Hatchard and Son; C.J.G. & F. RivingtonDate Published1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #78 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound copy of the Pickwick PapersPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #84 Peter Ibbetson AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlinePeter Ibbetson, nicely bound by KnickerbockerPublisherHarper's New Monthly MagazineDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #85 Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineOne of 750 signed by artist Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #88 The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus Heading(Egypt)AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineWallis Budge study of the Rosetta StonePublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #89 Collection of 50 large-format albumen photographs of Egyptian monuments by the Zangaki Brothers and other commercial photographers Heading(Egypt)AuthorZangaki Brothers, and othersHeadline50 large-format albumen photos of EgyptDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #92 Family Secrets, or Hints to Those Who Would Make Home Happy Author[Ellis, Sarah Stickney]HeadlineFamily Secrets by Sarah Stickney EllisPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[1841] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works, nicely bound by M. AlbinhacPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1903-1904] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #97 The Corsair Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordHeadlineWith fore-edge paintingPublisherThomas Davison for John MurrayDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #101 The Reptiles of British India AuthorGünther, Albert C.L.G.HeadlineWith 26 plates of various Indian reptilesPublisherPublished for the Ray Society by Robert HardwickeDate Published1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #103 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #105 Historia Di M. Bernardo Giustiniano Gentiluomo Vinitiano. Dell Origine de Vinegia, & Delle Cose Fatte da Vinitiani. Nella Quale Anchora Ampiamente Tradotta da Lodovico Domenichi AuthorGiustiniani, BernardoHeadlineGiustiniani's History of Venice, 1545Publisher[Bernardo Bindoni]Date Published[1545] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #108 The Writings of Bret Harte AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineComplete set of Harte's writings, nicely boundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896]-1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #109 Hawthorne's Works in Twenty-Five Volumes AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Works, nicely bound, Concord editionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #115 Windsor Castle. An Architectural History AuthorHope, W. H., St. JohnHeadlineHistory of the Windsor Castle's ArchitecturePublisherCountry LifeDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #116 Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest AuthorHudson, W. H.HeadlineGreen Mansions, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherDuckworthDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #122 The Naturalist's Library AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadlineWith +1000 hand-colored plates of animalsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1833-43 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #124 The History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Street-Robbers, &c. &c. To Which is Added a Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Noted Pirates AuthorJohnson, CharlesHeadlineHighwaymen, Street-Robbers and Pirates 1814PublisherPrinted for John Thomson Jun. and Co., Longman et al.Date Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #125 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical... AuthorJohnson, Samuel, editorHeadlineWorks of the English Poets, a complete setPublisherPrinted by John Nichols; for J. Buckland et al.Date Published[1790] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #126 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson in 11 volumesPublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #127 Thirty Years with the Philippine Head-Hunters AuthorKane, SamuelHeadlineHead-Hunters, Finely BoundPublisherJarrolds PublishersDate Published1934 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #131 The Writings in Prose and Verse AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling in 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1900 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #133 Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Inquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians AuthorLayard, Austen HenryHeadlineLayard, Nineveh and Its Remains 1849PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #137 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineWritings of Lincoln, Constitutional EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published[1905-1906] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #147 Human Longevity: Recording the name, age, place of residence, and year, of the decease of 1712 persons, who attained a century, & upwards, from A.D. 66 to 1799, comprising a period of 1733 years. With anecdotes of the most remarkable Heading(Medical)AuthorEaston, JamesHeadlineJames Easton records names of long-liversPublisherJames Easton & John WhiteDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #156 Observations on the Changes of the Air, and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases in the Island of Barbadoes. [bound with] A Treatise on... The Yellow Fever;... by William Hillary, M.D. Heading(Medical)AuthorRush, Benjamin; William HillaryHeadlineTwo works on Epidemical diseases & Yellow FeverPublisherB. & T. KiteDate Published1811 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #165 Florida Architecture of Addison Mizner AuthorMizner, AddisonHeadlineSigned by Addison Mizner, Edicion Imperial 1/100Publisher[H.H. Smith Publications]Date Published[1928] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #169 Petits Contes en Prose AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #171 WITHDRAWN - The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers AuthorMosher, Thomas Bird, editorHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Thomas Bird Mosher The Bibelot Finely BoundPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1895-1915 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #172 Histoire Generale de Normandie. AuthorMoulin, Gabriel duHeadlineHistory of Normandy, 1631PublisherJean OsmontDate Published1631 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #176 One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected AuthorNorthcote, JamesHeadlineNorthcote's One Hundred Fables, 1st seriesPublisherGeo: LawfordDate Published1828 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #179 The Golden Treasury Selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language and arranged with notes AuthorPalgrave, Francis T., editorHeadlineThe Golden Treasury, finely bound by BayntunPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #180 The Faces in the Fire; A Story for the Season. By Redgap Author[Pardon, George Frederick]HeadlineFaces in the Fire, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilloughby and Co.Date Published[c. 1850] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #191 Three original albumen photograph of pyramids, issued as Part 4 of Francis Frith's "Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids" Heading(Pyramids)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineEgyptian pyramids photographed by FrithPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #193 Works of Charles Reade AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineReade's Works, expertly bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #195 The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineDoctor Comicus with hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for B. BlakeDate Published1815 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #196 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #199 The World in Miniature AuthorSchoberl, Frederic, editorHeadlineComplete set, with numerous color platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published[1821] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #200 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of Shakespeare, nicely bound by BayntunPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #201 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNew Century Shakespeare Works, De Luxe EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #202 Poems of Shelley AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineShelley's, nicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #204 Historiarum de occidentali imperio Libri XX. AuthorSigonio, CarloHeadline1578 1st Ed Sigonio's History of Roman EmpirePublisherSocietatem Typographiae BononiensisDate Published1578 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #206 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineSmith's Wealth of Nations in 3 vols, 1786PublisherPrinted for A. Strahan; and T. CadellDate Published[1786] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #208 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #209 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #212 The Paris Sketch Book AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineParis Sketch Book, nicely bound by AtchardsPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #213 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works, bound by Harcourt BinderyPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #214 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineWritings of Henry David Thoreau Finely BoundPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1898 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #225 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Walt WhitmanPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #228 The Works of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #229 The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, Agriculture and Early History... AuthorWilkinson, J.G.HeadlineWilkinson's History of the Egyptians, first editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next