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Previous|1|Next Lot #14 The Book of Jade Author[Barnitz, David]HeadlineRare decadent and nihilistic verse!PublisherDoxey's at the Sign of the LarkDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #19 Elegia Inglese di Tommaso Gray sopra Un Cimitero Campestre Heading(Bodoni, Giambattista)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineBodoni's edition of Gray's ElegyPublisherCo'Tipi BodonianiDate Published1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #21 The Warlock of Love AuthorBolan, MarcHeadlineSigned by glam rock legend Marc BolanPublisherLupus MusicDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #24 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFrances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #29 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer, 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith a signed letter by Dickens, limited ed. 1/15PublisherR.G. Newbegin Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #64 Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineJohn Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern, 1700PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1700 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #66 The Lyric Year: One Hundred Poems AuthorEarle, Ferdinand ed.HeadlineThe Lyric Year, 1912PublisherMitchell KennerlyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #69 The Writings of George Eliot: Together with the Life by J.W. Cross AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineFinely bound large paper editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #76 Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature - finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBartlett, JohnHeadlineBartlett's Quotations finely boundPublisherLittle Brown & CompanyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #77 The Oriental Series: Japan & China Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineThe Oriental Series: Japan & China 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #78 The Oriental Series: Japan & China - 4 volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineBrinkley's Japan & China Oriental Series 4 vols. 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #79 The Red Badge Of Courage Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineThe Red Badge Of Courage Folio Society finely boundPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #80 The Story of Rosina: And Other Verses Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineThe Story of Rosina finely boundPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, TrubnerDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #81 The Essays of Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, [Ralph Waldo]HeadlineEssays of Emerson finely bound by MorrellPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1899 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #82 The Forsyte Saga Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGalsworthy, JohnHeadlineGalsworthy's Forsyte Saga finely boundPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1956] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #83 Le Morte Darthur. The History Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights Of The Round Table Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte Darthur illustrated by W. Russell Flint finely boundPublisherPhilip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici SocietyDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #84 The Passing of the Empires 850 B.C. to 330 B.C. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMaspero, G.HeadlineFinely Bound The Passing of the Empires by MasperoPublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #85 La Confession D'un Enfant du Siècle Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineLa Confession D'un Enfant du Siècle finely boundPublisherÉditions NilssonDate Published[c.1930] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #86 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat in Grabau morocco bindingPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #87 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. with Notes and Life of the Author with Illustrations on Steel by Eminent Artists - with fore-edge painting Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinePoetical Works of Sir Walter Scott finely bound w/fore-edge painting.PublisherCharles DalyDate Published[c.1840] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #88 The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere 8 vols.PublisherCharles KnightDate Published[c.1840's] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #89 Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSloane, William MilliganHeadlineLife of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 volumesPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #90 The Facetious Nights Of Straparola Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStraparola, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineThe Facetious Nights Of Straparola 1/26PublisherThe Society Of BibliophilesDate Published1898 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #91 Thin Paper Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary - finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineWebster's New Collegiate Dictionary finely boundPublisherG. & C. Merriam Co.Date Published1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #92 The Aeneid of Vigil Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVirgilHeadlineThe Aeneid of Virgil finely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #93 The Story-Life of Washington: A Life-History of Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhipple, WayneHeadlineThe Story-Life of Washington finely boundPublisherJohn C. Winston CompanyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #96 Twenty Poems Heading(Forman Forgery)AuthorMeredith, GeorgeHeadlineTwenty poems by George Meredith, 1/25Publisher[Forman, Maurice Buxton]Date Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #99 The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion AuthorFrazer, J.G.HeadlineThe Golden Bough finely bound in 12 volumesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1922-27 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #100 A Witness Tree AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost 1/735 copiesPublisherHenry Holt & CompanyDate Published1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #101 The Shepherd's Week in Six Pastorals AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's The Shepherd's Week in Six PastoralsPublisherR. BurleighDate Published1714 (but 1716) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #105 Planet News 1961-1967 AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlinePlanet News 1/500 copies signedPublisherCity Lights BooksDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #110 Oeuvres Choisies de Grecourt AuthorGrecourt, Jean Baptiste-Joseph Willart deHeadlinePoetry of Jean Baptiste Grecourt 1777Date Published1777 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #128 [The Works of Victor Hugo] AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWorks of Victor Hugo 1/25PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #129 The Complete Poetical Works of T. E. Hulme with a Prefatory Note by Ezra Pound AuthorHulme, T.E.HeadlineThe Complete Poetical Works of T. E. Hulme 1/28PublisherBits PressDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #137 Californians AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineJeffers' first book published commerciallyPublisherMacmillanDate Published1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #138 Descent to the Dead: Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers' dark poems written in the United KingdomPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #141 Poets' Follies of '55 Heading(Kees, Weldon)HeadlineFlier for Weldon Kees' Poets' Follies of '55PublisherTheatre Arts ColonyDate Published1955 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #146 The Works of Rudyard Kipling - The Seven Seas Edition AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Works 1/1050 signed setsPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1914-1926 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #148 Fire and Other Poems AuthorLawrence, D. H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Fire and Other Poems signed by Robinson Jeffers and the GrabhornsPublisherPrinted at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #158 Le Livre des Milles Nuits et une Nuit AuthorMardrus, J.C.Headline8 finely bound volumes of 1,001 Nights in FrenchDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$160StatusSold Lot #167 Oeuvres Complètes de Molière AuthorMolièreHeadlineOeuvres Complètes de Molière, 1878PublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1878 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #181 The Triumphs of Petrarch AuthorPetrarch, FranciscoHeadlineWindsor Press edition of The Triumphs of PetrarchPublisherWindsor PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #188 Lyonnesse AuthorPlath, SylviaHeadlineSylvia Plath's Lyonnesse 1/300PublisherRainbow PressDate Published1971 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #190 The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineThe Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 1717PublisherPrinted by W. Bowyer, for Bernard LintotDate Published1717 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #215 Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineOde to a great actor by a great friendPublisherT. Evans, J. Wilkie, E. and C. Dilly, A. Portal, and J. AlmonDate Published1779 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #229 The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineFinely Bound 5 volume set of The Poetical Works of Alfred TennysonPublisherHenry S. King & Co.Date Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$170StatusSold Lot #247 A True History of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and of the Conspiracy of 1865 AuthorWeichmann, Louis J.HeadlineAssassination of Abraham Lincoln 1/50 w/manuscript pagePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1975 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #253 The Writings of Oscar Wilde - the Astral Edition AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineAstral Edition of Oscar Wilde finely boundPublisherKeller-Farmer Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #258 Miscellany Poems: As Satyrs, Epistles, Love-Verses, Songs, Sonnets, &c AuthorWycherley, WilliamHeadline18th c. Miscellany Poems by William WycherleyPublisherPrinted for C. Brome, J. Taylor and B. TookeDate Published1704 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #265 The Farewell. A Poem AuthorChurchill, CharlesHeadlineCharles Churchill's Farewell to England's corruptionPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1764 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #272 Medieval Scenes AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlinePoetry about medieval timesPublisherCentaur PressDate Published1950 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #274 Essays Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBirrell, AugustineHeadlineAugustine Birrell bound by BayntonPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1912 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #275 Of Aucassin and Nicolette Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHousman, Laurence, translatorHeadlineOf Aucassin and Nicolette bound by RivierePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1930 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #284 Lyrics of Light and Life AuthorLee, Frederick George, editorHeadlineWith a 1st appearance of Christina RossettiPublisherBasil Montagu PickeringDate Published1875 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #287 The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineCourtship of Miles StandishPublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #296 A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Manuscript and from Living Authors Heading(Poetry - Romanticism)AuthorBaillie, Joanna, editorHeadlineTwo first appearances of WordsworthPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next