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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Fables of Aesop, with a Life of the Author AuthorAesopHeadlineThe Fables of Aesop, with a Life of the AuthorPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #18 The Book of Ahania AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake The Book of Ahania 1/750PublisherTrianon PressDate Published1973 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #21 The Warlock of Love AuthorBolan, MarcHeadlineSigned by glam rock legend Marc BolanPublisherLupus MusicDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #32 Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo and the Future of Combat - inscribed to Secretary of Defense William Perry AuthorClark, Wesley KHeadlineInscribed to Secretary of Defense William PerryPublisherPublic Affairs PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225.30StatusSold Lot #39 Alfred Crowquill's Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England AuthorCrowquill, AlfredHeadlineComic History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1850PublisherRead & Co.Date Published[1850] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #40 Manumission Expediente for a 24-year-old black woman claiming her freedom Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBlack female slave in Cuba seeks here freedom, 1881Date Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #41 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a 12-year-old female slave, Marcelina, claiming her freedom Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for 12-year-old female Cuban slave 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #43 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a Cuban slave who claims he should not even be a slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slave claims he should not even be one, 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #44 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for two slaves, seeking their freedom Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineTwo Cuban slaves seek their freedom, 1883Date Published1883 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #45 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio regarding a free black mother who children returned to her Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban mother wants her children returned, 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #46 Manuscript documentation of a slave auction in Cuba, with a list of slaves and their owners Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. record of Cuban slave auction 1865Date Published1865 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,641StatusSold Lot #47 Manuscript listing of slaves for sale in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. listing of slaves for sale in Cuba 1866Date Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #48 Manuscript manumission document setting free a male criollo slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineNew Orleans widow frees her Cuban slave, 1866Date Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #49 Manuscript regulations for holding a slave auction Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMs. regulations for Cuban slave auction 1860Date Published1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #50 Manuscript regulations/license for holding a slave auction, valid for two years Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRegulations for Cuba slave auction 1864Date Published1864 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #51 Essays of Michel de Montaigne Heading(Dali, Salvador)AuthorMontaigne, Michel deHeadlineMontaigne's essays illustrated and signed by Salvador DaliPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1947 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #52 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineSigned by Richard Henry Dana, w/ alsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #55 Marguerite Kirmse's Dogs Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorKirmse, MargueriteHeadlineMarguerite Kirmse's DogsPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$529.50StatusSold 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$178.50StatusSold Lot #100 A Witness Tree AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost 1/735 copiesPublisherHenry Holt & CompanyDate Published1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #111 A Time to Kill AuthorGrisham, JohnHeadlineJohn Grisham A Time to Kill inscribedPublisherWynwood PressDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #121 Screenplays: Aguirre, The Wrath of God; Every Man for Himself and God Against All; Land of Silence and Darkness AuthorHerzog, WernerHeadlineSigned by Werner HerzogPublisherTanam PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #124 The Stolen Boy. A Story. Founded on Facts AuthorHofland, Mrs. [Barbara Hoole]HeadlineThe Stolen Boy w/engraved title and frontispiece, 1830PublisherPrinted for A. K. Newman and Co by John DarlingDate Published[1830] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #125 British Fresh-Water Fishes AuthorHoughton, WilliamHeadlineHoughton's British Fresh-Water Fishes, c. 1879PublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1879] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #134 Notebook kept by an assistant duty officer of an aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy during World War II Heading(Japan - World War II)HeadlineNotebook of Japanese officer on aircraft carrier during WWIIDate Published1943-1944 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #140 The Red Book: Liber Novus AuthorJung, C.G.HeadlineThe Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. JungPublisherW.W. Norton & CompanyDate Published[2009] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #143 Around the Cragged Hill AuthorKennan, George F.HeadlineGeorge F. Kennan Around the Cragged Hill inscribedPublisherW.W. Norton & CoDate Published1993 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #149 Monumens de la Grece, ou Collection des Chefs-d'Oeuvre d'Architecture, de Sculpture et de Peinture Antiques... AuthorLegrand, Jacques GuillaumeHeadlineEngravings of art of ancient GreecePublisherChez Treuttel et WurtzDate Published1808 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #150 "We" The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, Together with His Views of the Future of Aviation AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineSigned by Charles Lindbergh 1/1000PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,290StatusSold Lot #153 Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity AuthorLynch, DavidHeadlineSigned by David LynchPublisherJeremy P. Tarcher/PenguinDate Published2006 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold 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 #161 Hand-drawn Map by inventor of the Civil War Maynard Carbine AuthorMaynard, EdwardHeadlineHand-drawn NY map by gun inventor MaynardDate Publishedca. 1831-1833 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #162 The New Pioneers: The First Picture of the American People East - West - North - South Under The New Deal AuthorMcCarthy, James RemingtonHeadlineJames Remington McCarthy The New Pioneers inscribedPublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #171 Knock on any Door AuthorMotley, WillardHeadlineKnock on Any Door Signed by Humphrey BogartPublisherD. Appleton-CenturyDate Published1947 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #179 Italian Villas and Their Gardens Heading(Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineWharton's Italian Villas w/Maxfield Parrish 1904 1st EditionPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #185 Tafereel, of Beschryving van den Prachtigen Tempel der Zang-Godinnen Heading(Picart, Bernard, illustrator)Author[La Barre de Beaumarchais, Antoine]HeadlineBernard Picart's engravings from OvidPublisherZacharias ChatelainDate Published1733 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #192 Brave Men AuthorPyle, ErnieHeadlineErnie Pyle's Brave Men signedPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1944] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #194 The Pied Piper of Hamelin Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham 1/410PublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #195 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham 1/375PublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #196 The Ring of the Niblung: A Trilogy with a Prelude. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie [and] Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods Heading(Rackham. Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineThe Ring of the Niblung illustrated by Rackham, signedPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1910-11 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,290StatusSold Lot #201 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1st EditionPublisherLevine Books / Scholastic PressDate Published[1998] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,290StatusSold Lot #206 The Stones of Venice AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineThe Stones of Venice Signed by John RuskinPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1867-74 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #207 Sketches of the Battle off Chemulpo / Zhin-sen kai-sen sha-shin jo Heading(Russo-Japanese War)HeadlineSketches of the Battle off Chemulpo, c.1904PublisherKinkodo Shoseki Kabushiki KaishaDate Published1904 or 1905 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #208 Tibetan Medical Paintings: Illustrations to the Blue Beryl Treatise of Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705 : Plates and Text) AuthorSangye GyamtsoHeadlineTibetan Medical PaintingsPublisherHarry N. AbramsDate Published[1992] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$213.60StatusSold Lot #212 Plate volume to "Istoria de'fenomeni del tremoto avvenuto nelle Calabrie e nel Valdemone nell'anno 1783" AuthorSchiantarelli, PompeoHeadlineEtchings of Italian earthquake 1784PublisherPresso Giuseppe CampoDate Published1784 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$822StatusSold Lot #221 Geography and Plays AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineSigned by Gertrude Stein w/ prospectus laid inPublisherFour Seas Co.Date Published[1922] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #227 The Haggadah Heading(Szyk, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineThe Haggadah with Arthur Szyk illustrationsPublisher"Massadah" & "Alumoth"Date Published[1962] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #233 The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents ... collected out of the writings of Conradus Gesner and other authors ... whereunto is now added The Theater of Insects ... AuthorTopsell, EdwardHeadlineTopsell's Bestiary with woodcuts, 1658PublisherG. SawbridgeDate Published1658 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$7,323StatusSold Lot #234 Visiting Card Dealers Heading(Trade Catalog)AuthorL. Jones & Co.HeadlineTrade catalog of Victorian calling cardsPublisherL. Jones & Co.Date Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #240 Happy Birthday, Wanda June: A Two-Act Tragedy AuthorVonnegut, Kurt, Jr.HeadlineSigned script for Vonnegut playPublisherLester M. Goldsmith Productions, Inc.Date Published7/17/70 [July 17, 1970] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #243 R. Morgan Wall Paper Co. Chicago, Ill. Book No. 1 (cover title) Heading(Wallpaper)HeadlineWallpaper sample bookDate Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #252 The Picture of Dorian Gray AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlinePicture of Dorian Gray illustrated by Keen w/jacketPublisherDodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1925 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #255 Orlando: A Biography AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Orlando Signed Limited EditionPublisherCrosby GaigeDate Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #267 Romans Populaire Illustrés - illustrated works of James Fenimore Cooper AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineIllustrated Oeuvres of Fenimore Cooper in FrenchPublisherGustave BarbaDate Published[c. 1849-51] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$24StatusSold Lot #273 The Adventures of a Bear and a Great Bear Too AuthorElwes, AlfredHeadlineThe Adventures of a Bear, 1853PublisherAddey and Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$24StatusSold Lot #285 Charley Chalk; or, the Career of an Artist Heading(Literature - British)Author[Anonymous]HeadlineIllustrations by "Jacob Parallel"PublisherG. BergerDate Published[c. 1840] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$24StatusSold Lot #293 Carapelli Ottanta anni di Un'azienda e di una grande famiglia Heading(Olives)Author[Linea S.P.N., editor]HeadlineCarapelli, "The Myth of the Olive", 1973PublisherEdizioni Carapelli FirenzeDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$24StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next