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Previous|123|Next Lot #201 The Wind in the Willows Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineThe Wind in the Willows Illustrated by RackhamPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1951] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #202 The Dolly Dialogues Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorHope, AnthonyHeadlineSecond Book With Illustrations by Arthur RackhamPublisherWestminster GazetteDate Published1894 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #203 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham].HeadlineThe Ingoldsby Legends Arthur Rackham IllustrationPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #204 Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineBracebridge Hall Illustrated by Rackham & othersPublisherG.P. Putnam'sDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #205 Rip Van Winkle Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineRip Van Winkle Arthur Rackham IllustrationsPublisherHeinemannDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #206 Tales of a Traveller - Each volume signed by Arthur Rackham Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineTales of a Traveller Illusrated/Signed by RackhamPublisherPutnam'sDate Published1895 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #207 Undine Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorLa Motte-Fouque, [Friedrich H.C.] deHeadlineUndine Illustrated by Arthur RackhamPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #208 The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineThe Romance of King Arthur Arthur Rackham Illus.PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #209 A Midsummer-Night's Dream Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineA Midsummer-Night's Dream Rackham IllusPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday, PageDate Published1908 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #210 Some British Ballads Heading(Rackham, Arthur)Author**HeadlineSome British Ballads Arthur Rackham IllustrationsPublisherConstable & Co.Date Published[1919] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #211 Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineGulliver's Travels Arthur Rackham IllustrationsPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #212 Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineSiegfried & the Twilight of the Gods Rackham IlluPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday PageDate Published1911 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #213 The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWagner, RichardHeadlineThe Rhinegold & The Valkyrie Rackham IllustrationPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday PageDate Published1910 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #214 The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWalton, IzaakHeadlineWalton Compleat Angler illus. by Arthur RackhamPublisherDavid McKayDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #215 The Historie of the World,...by Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight AuthorRaleigh, Walter, SirHeadlineThe Historie of the World,...by Sir Walter RaleghPublisherGeorge DawesDate Published1671 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #216 The Pastime of People, Or, The Chronicles of Divers Realms; And Most Especially of The Realm of England. Briefly Compiled, and Imprinted in Cheapside AuthorRastell, JohnHeadlineChronicles of Divers Realms by John Rastell 1811PublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et. al.Date Published1811 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #217 A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs; Also the most celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, And other Languages [with] A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used... AuthorRay, J[ohn]HeadlineCollection of English Proverbs by Jay 1768PublisherW. OtridgeDate Published1768 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #218 A view of the civile and ecclesiasticall law: and wherein the practice of them is streitned and may be relieved within this land. Written by Sr Thomas Ridley Knight, and Doctor of the civile law. The third edition, by J.G. Mr. of Arts AuthorRidley, ThomaHeadlineRidley's Civil Law 1662PublisherPrinted by W. Hall for John ForrestDate Published1662 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #219 Italy, A Poem AuthorRogers, SamuelHeadlineRogers' ItalyPublisherT. Cadell, et al.Date Published1830 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #220 A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities. Concerning the most noble, and renowned English Nation. By the study, and travell of R.V. Dedicated unto the Kings most excellent Majesty Author[Rowlands, Richard, alias Verstegan]HeadlineRowlands Restitution of Decayed Intelligence 1634PublisherPrinted by Iohn Norton, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard WhitakerDate Published1634 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #221 The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain AuthorRoy, WilliamHeadlineThe Military Antiquities of the Romans in BritainPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer and Co.Date Published1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #222 Historical Collections. Of Private Passages of State. Weighty Matters in Law. Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments. Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618. And ending the Fifth Year of King Charles, Anno 1629. Digested in Order of Time, And now Published AuthorRushworth, JohnHeadlineHistorical Collections King James & Charles 1659PublisherGeorge ThomasonDate Published1659 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #223 Sesame and Lilies AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineSesame & Lilies by Ruskin finely bound by RamagePublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #224 The Works of Aristotle, in Four Parts Author[Salmon, William]HeadlineWorks of Aristotle by Wm Salmon Best Ed 1791PublisherPrinted for, and sold by all the BooksellersDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #225 The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Border Antiquities of England and ScotlandPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, et alDate Published1817-17 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #226 Ivanhoe; A Romance Author[Scott, Sir Walter]HeadlineSir Walter Scott IvanhoePublisherArchibald Constable and Co.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #227 Scriptores historiae Augustae Heading(Scriptores...)Author**HeadlineScriptores historiae Augustae 1489Publisher[Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis and] Bernardinus Rizus, NovariensisDate Published1 Oct. 1489 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #228 Titles of Honor AuthorSelden, JohnHeadlineJohn Selden Titles of Honor 1672 3rd EditionPublisherPrinted for E. Tyler & R. Holt, for John LeighDate Published1672 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #229 [Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies] AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Works 1632Publisher[Printed by Tho. Cotes...]Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #230 M. Tullii Ciceronis Consolatio: Liber, quo seipsum de Filiae morte consolatus est. Nunc primum repertus, & in lucem editus AuthorSigonio, Carlo [Pseudo-Cicero]HeadlineFamous literary hoax Cicero's Consolatio 1583Date Published1583 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 The common-wealth of England, and the maner of governement thereof. Compiled by the honourable Sir Thomas Smith, Knight, Doctor of both lawes, and one of the principall secretaries vnto two most worthy princes, King Edward, and Queene Elizabeth. With new additions of the chiefe courts in England, and the offices thereof by the said author. Also a table added thereto, of all the principall matters contained in this treatise AuthorSmith, Thomas, SirHeadlineThomas Smith Commonwealth of England 1621PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Iohn SmethwickeDate Published1621 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #232 The History of Great Britaine Under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. Their originals manners...and Issues of the English Monarchs, from Julius Caesar, to our most gratious Soveraigne King James AuthorSpeed, JohnHeadlineHistory of Great Britaine by John Speed 1627Date Published1627 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #233 John Speed's England. A Coloured Facsimile of the Maps and Text from the Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine First Edition, 1611 AuthorSpeed, JohnHeadlineJohn Speed's England facsimile ed 1953PublisherPhoenix HouseDate Published[1953-1954] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #234 Polymetis: or, An Enquiry concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets, And the Remains of the Antient Artists AuthorSpence, [Joseph]HeadlineSpence's Polymetis 1747PublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1747 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #235 The History of the Royal-Society of London, For the Improving of Natural Knowledge AuthorSprat, Tho[mas]HeadlineHistory of the Royal-Society of London 1667PublisherPrinted by T.R. for J. MartynDate Published1667 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #236 [The Tatler] The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. Author[Steele, Richard & Joseph Addison]HeadlineThe Tattler first octavo edition 1710PublisherCharles Lillie and John MorphewDate Published1710-11 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #237 Annales, or, a generall chronicle of England. Begun by Iohn Stow: continued and augmented with matters forraigne and domestique, ancient and moderne, vnto the end of this present yeere, 1631. AuthorStow, JohnHeadlineGenerall Chronicle of England 1631PublisherRichardi Meighen [printed by John Beale, Bernard Alsop, Thomas Fawcett, and Augustine Mathewes]Date Published1631 [but, 1632] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #238 The Survey of London: Contayning the Originall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, Methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser Acts of Charity...As Also all the Ancient and Moderne Monuments erected in the Churches, not onely of those two famous Cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) Foure miles compasse... AuthorStow, JohnHeadlineSurvey of London by John Stow 1633 edPublisherPrinted by Elizabether PurslowDate Published1633 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #239 A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. Written at first in the Year MDXCVIII. By John Stow...Since Reprinted and Augmented by the Author...and Others...Now Lastly Corrected, Improved and very much Enlarged...to the Present Time; by John Strype AuthorStow, JohnHeadlineA Survey of the Cities of London and WestminsterPublisherA. Churchill, J. Knapton, et alDate Published1720 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #240 The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England: Containing, in a Compleat Series, The Representation of all the English Monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eight. Together with Many of the Great Persons that were eminent, Under their several Reigns... HeadingzzcAuthorStrutt, JosephHeadlineRegal & Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England1773PublisherPublished for the Author, by J. ThaneDate Published1773 View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #241 Genealogical History of the Stewarts, from the Earliest Period of Their Authentic History to the Present Times AuthorStuart, AndrewHeadlineGenealogical History of the Stewarts 1798PublisherA. Strahan and T. Cadell, Jun. and W. DaviesDate Published1798 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #242 Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland AuthorStuart, RobertHeadlineRoman Antiquities of ScotlandPublisherSutherland and KnoxDate Published1852 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #243 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Lemuel Gulliver Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineGulliver's Travels Fourth Edition 1742PublisherCharles BathurstDate Published1742 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #244 La Gierusalemme Liberata AuthorTasso, TorquatoHeadlineLa Gierusalemme Liberata by Tasso 1726PublisherGiacob Tonson & Giovanni WattsDate Published1724 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #245 The American Claimant HeadingzzcAuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain The American Claimant 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #246 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Following the Equator Publisher MoroccPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #247 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Punch, Brothers, Punch! 1st EdnPublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #248 Roughing It HeadingzzcAuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Roughing It Original Leather BindingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1872 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #249 Salesman's Sample for the Underwood Edition of The Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineSalesman's Sample for Mark Twain's WorksPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published[c. 1901] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #250 [Historiae Romanae] AuthorVelleius Paterculus, CaiusHeadlineHistoriae Romanae by Paterculus 1639PublisherOfficina ElzevierianaDate Published1639 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #251 Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785... AuthorVolney, C[onstantin] F[rancois]HeadlineVolney's Travels in the Middle EastPublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1788 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #252 An Attempt Towards Recovering an Account of the Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England...in the late Times of the Grand Rebellion: Occasion'd by the Ninth Chapter (now the Second Volume) of Dr. Calamy's Abridgment of the Life of Mr. Baxter... AuthorWalker, JohnHeadlineChurch of England, John Walker 1714PublisherPrinted by W.S. for J. Nicholson, et. al.Date Published1714 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #253 War With France! Or, Who Pays the Reckoning? In an Appeal to the People of England! Heading(France)Author**HeadlineWar With France! Or, Who Pays the Reckoning?PublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1793 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #254 Scripture History, Including the Lives of the Most Celebrated Apostles, &c. Designed Particularly for the Improvement of Youth AuthorWatkins, I.B.HeadlineWatkins' Scripture HistoryPublisherJones and Co.Date Published[1820s] View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #255 The court and character of K. James. Written and taken by Sir A.W. being an Eye, and Ear witness... Published by authority AuthorW[eldon], A[nthony], SirHeadlineCourt and character of King James 1650PublisherPrinted by R[obert] I[bbitson]Date Published1650 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #256 Memorials of the English Affairs: Or, An Historical Account of What passed from the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration. Containing the Publick Transactions, Civil and Military... Author[Whitelocke, Sir Bulstrode]HeadlineMemorials of the English Affairs Whitelocke 1682PublisherNathaniel PonderDate Published1682 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #257 A Survey of the Cathedrals of York, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Man, Lichfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, and Bristol AuthorWillis, BrowneHeadlineWillis's Survey of Cathedrals 1727PublisherR. GoslingDate Published1727 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #258 The history of Great Britain, being the life and reign of King James the First, relating to what passed from his first access to the crown, till his death AuthorWilson, ArthurHeadlineLife of King James I, 1653PublisherRichard LowndsDate Published1653 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #259 England's Worthies. Select Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of the English Nation from Constantine the Great, Down to These Times AuthorWinstanley, Will[iam]HeadlineEngland's Worthies 1684 EditionPublisherPrinted by J.C. and F.C. for Obadiah BlagraveDate Published1684 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #260 England's Worthies. Select Lives of the most Eminent Persons from Constantine the Great, to the death of Oliver Cromwel late Protector AuthorWinstanley, WilliamHeadlineEngland's Worthies by Wm Winstanley 1660PublisherNath. BrookeDate Published1660 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #261 Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops Who have had their Education in the most ancient and famous University of Oxford, From...1500, to...1690 Author[Wood, Anthony]Headlinehistory of writers from Oxford 1691PublisherTho. BennetDate Published1691 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #262 The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford AuthorWood, AntonyHeadlineHistory & Antiquities of Oxford Antony Wood, 1786PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1786 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #263 The Lives of those eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a Wood; with An authentick Account of their respective Writings and Publications, from Original Papers. In which are occasionally inserted, Memoirs relating to many eminent Persons, and various Parts of Literature. Also, Several Engravings of Antiquity, never before published Heading[Wood, Anthony]Author**HeadlineJohn Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a WoodPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1772 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #264 La Cyropedie de Xenophon, de la Vie & Institucion de Cyrus Roy des Perses AuthorXenophonHeadlineLa Cyropedie de Xenophon 1555PublisherIan De TournesDate Published1555 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #265 Large shelf of mostly eighteenth and nineteenth century books Heading(Shelf lot)Author**HeadlineLarge shelf of mostly eighteenth century booksDate PublishedVarious places View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #266 Small shelf of twentieth century books on various subjects Heading(Shelf lot)Author**HeadlineSmall shelf of twentieth century booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next