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With Illustrations by the Author Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]HeadlineAmerican edition of Abbott's FlatlandPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #2 Qutub; also called The Point Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorChumbley, Andrew D.HeadlineQutub, 1/72 bound in goatskinPublisherXoanon PublishingDate Published2008 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #3 Qutub; also called The Point Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorChumbley, Andrew D.HeadlineQutub; or The Point 1/700PublisherXoanon PublishingDate Published2008 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #4 The Satyr's Sermon: by the Hand and Eye of Algos Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorChumbley, Andrew D.HeadlineSatyr's Sermon from Xoanon 1/111PublisherXoanon PublishingDate Published2009 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #5 A Compendium of Alchemical Processes. Extracted from the Writings of Glauber, Basil Valentine, and Other Adepts Heading(Alchemy & Occult)HeadlineScarce compendium of alchemyPublisherJames Elliott and Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #6 Memoir on the Antiquity of the Zodiacs of Esneh and Dendera Heading(Alchemy & Occult)Author[Drummond, William]HeadlineMemoir on the Antiquity of the Zodiacs of Esneh and Dendera, 1821PublisherPrinted by A.J. ValpyDate Published1821 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #7 Welsh Witches and Wizards Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorHoward, MichaelHeadlineHoward's Welsh Witches and Wizards 1/300PublisherThree Hands PressDate Published2009 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #8 Triumph Zaal, van Astrologische Voorzeggige; of de Nieuwe Spiegel der Waereld...[with] Sleutel van Meester Franciscus, Op het Astrologisch werk, van Docter Ludeman, getyeld Triumph Zaal Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorKersteman, Franciscus L. and Johan Christoph LudemanHeadlineEighteenth century astrologist and healer in the NetherlandsPublisherMoeleman, et. al.Date Published1787-88 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #9 Confucian Cosmogony: A Translation of Section Forty-Nine of the "Complete Works" of the Philosopher Choo-Foo-Tze, with Explanatory Notes Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorM'Clatchie, ThomasHeadlineConfucian Cosmogony printed in Shanghai, 1874PublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1874 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #10 Bibliographia Kabbalistica: Verzeichnis der gedruckten die jüdische Mystik (Gnosos, Kabbala, Sabbatianismus, Frankismus, Chassidismus) behandelnden Bücher und Aufsätze von Reuchlin bis zur Gegenwart Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorScholem, GerhardHeadlineBibliography of Kabbala & Jewish mysticismPublisherVerlag von W. DrugulinDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #11 Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland dating from before the XVI Century Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorSinger, Dorothea WaleyHeadlineSinger catalogue of alchemy manuscriptsPublisherMaurice Lamartin, PublisherDate Published1928-1931 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #12 Ueber die Alten und Neuen Mysterien Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorStarck, Johann AugustHeadlineUeber die Alten und Neuen Mysterien, 1780PublisherFriedrich MaurerDate Published1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #13 The Works of Thomas Vaughan: Eugenius Philalethes Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorWaite, Arthur Edward, editorHeadlineWorks of alchemist Thomas VaughanPublisherTheosophical Publishing HouseDate Published1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #14 Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers Based on Materials Collected in 1815 and Supplemented by Recent Researches... Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorWaite, Arthur EdwardHeadlineLives of "Alchemystical" Philosophers, 1888PublisherGeorge RedwayDate Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #21 A New Plan for Speedily Increasing the Number of Bee-Hives in Scotland; and Which May be Extended, with Equal Success to England, Ireland, America... Heading(Beekeeping)AuthorBonner, JamesHeadlineScottish beekeeping treatise, 1795PublisherPrinted by J. MoirDate Published1795 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #22 A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management, of Bees Heading(Beekeeping)AuthorHuish, RobertHeadlineInscribed by the authorPublisherBaldwin, Cradock, and JoyDate Published1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #23 Le Antiche Lucerne Sepolcrali Figurate Raccolte dalle Caue sotterranee, e Grotte di Roma... AuthorBellori, Giovanni PietroHeadlineStudy of the ancient Roman sepulchral lampsPublisherNella Stamparia di Gio: Francesco BuagniDate Published1691 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 The History of the Flagellants, or The Advantages of Discipline; being a paraphrase and commentary on the Historia Flagellantium of the Abbe Boileau, Doctor of the Sorbonne, Canon of the Holy Chapel &c. AuthorBoileau, Jacques and J.L. DelomeHeadlineHistory of the Flagellants 1777PublisherFielding and WalkerDate Published1977 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #35 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order...First American from the Fifth London Edition AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineFirst American Edition of Boswell's The Life of Samuel JohnsonPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #36 The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Heading(Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh)HeadlineBigamy in Georgian EnglandPublisherCharles BathurstDate Published1776 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #39 Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France / The Rights of Man AuthorBurke, Edmund & Thomas PaineHeadlineBurke & Paine on the French RevolutionPublisherPrinted for J. Parsons & H.D. SymondsDate Published1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #40 The Latin translation of the Arabic Version of Euclid's Elements, commonly ascribed to Gerard of Cremona AuthorBusard, Hubertus L. L.HeadlineLatin translation of Euclid's ElementsPublisherE. J. BrillDate Published1984 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Act of Tonnage and Poundage and Rates of Merchandize... AuthorCarkesse, CharlesHeadline1728 British Act of Tonnage and PoundagePublisherPrinted by John Baskett and sold by William CrossleyDate Published1728 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #54 Two works by Albert Einstein, on light, radiation and heat AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein papers on light, radiation & heatPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1906 & 1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #57 The Origin of Pagan Idolatry Ascertained from Historical Testimony and Circumstantial Evidence AuthorFaber, George StanleyHeadlineThe Origin of Pagan Idolatry 3 vols. 1816PublisherF. and C. RivingtonsDate Published1816 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #58 Original Letters, Written during the Reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III by various Persons of Rank or Consequence... AuthorFenn, JohnHeadlinePaston Letters reveal political intrigue in Medieval EnglandPublisherG. G. J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1787 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #59 Méthode Pour Etudier L'Histoire, avec un catalogue des principaux historiens, & des remarques sur la bonté de leurs ouvrages, & sur le choix des meilleures Editions AuthorFresnoy, Nicolas Lenglet duHeadline18th c. Ancient and Modern History of NationsPublisherPierre GandouinDate Published1729-1741 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #60 Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries, From the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV AuthorFroissart, JohnHeadlineChronicles of England, France, Spain 2 vols 1855PublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #61 The Historie of the Holy Warre AuthorFuller, ThomasHeadlineFuller's 1642 history of the CrusadesPublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel to be sold by John WilliamsDate Published1642 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #66 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's great work on the Roman EmpirePublisherPrinted for W. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1777; 1781; 1788 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #76 Currents and Counter-currents in Medical Science with Other Addresses and Essays. AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineOliver Wendell Holmes on science & medicinePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published[1861] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #78 [Fabulae] Hygini Quae hodie extant adcurante Joanne Scheffer...Qui simul adjecit Notas, hic admodum necessarias, cum Indice verborum locutionumque rariorum, & Dissertatione, de vero hujus operis auctore AuthorHyginus, Caius JuliusHeadlineFirst Scheffer edition of Hyginus' classical Greek myths and astronomyPublisherJohannes Janssonius van Waesberge for Gotfried SchultzeDate Published1674 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #85 Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra AuthorJunius [pseudonym attributed to of Sir Philip Francis]HeadlineJunius. Stat Nominis Umbra 1799PublisherT. BensleyDate Published[1799] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #91 Five works by Justus Lipsius bound together AuthorLipsius, JustusHeadlineFive early works by Justus LipsiusPublisherEx officina Plantiniana, Apud Balthasarem & Ioannem MoretosDate Published1617-1621 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Naturalis historiae opus novum: in quo tractatur de natura et viribus, fruticum, herbarum, animantiumq[ue]... AuthorLonicer, AdamHeadlineNaturalis historiae opus novum, 1551PublisherApud Chr. EgenolphumDate Published[1551] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #99 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorPemberton, HenryHeadlinePemberton on Sir Isaac Newton's PhilosophyPublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #103 Scottish History & Life AuthorPaton, James, editorHeadlineScottish History & Life 1/20 copies on vellumPublisherJames MacLehose & SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #104 "On a criterion which may serve to test various theories of inheritance." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume LXXIII AuthorPearson, KarlHeadlinePearson proposes variability criterion between theories of inheritancePublisherHarrison and SonsDate Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #105 Thermodynamische Begründung des photochemischen Äquivalentgesetzes Heading(Physics)AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's photochemical equivalence lawPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #106 Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgänge - in Annalen der Physik Heading(Physics)AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlinePrecursor to Planck's quantum theory, 1901PublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #111 Discorsi di Monsignore Don Vincenzio Borghini. Al Serenissimo Francesco Medici Gran Duca di Toscana... AuthorRoghini, VincenzioHeadlineHistory of Florence written at the request of Cosimo de'MediciPublisherFilippo & Jacopo GiuntiDate Published1584-1585 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #112 The Scientific Outlook AuthorRussell, BertrandHeadlineSigned by Bertrand RussellPublisherW.W. Norton & CompanyDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #113 Ivlii Caesaris Scaligeri Exotericarum exercitationvm liber XV. De subtilitae, ad Hieronymvm Cardanvm sententias nobiliores: alter opulentissimus, pené omnia complectens AuthorScaligero, Giulio CesareHeadlineScaligero refutes the natural philosophies of CardanoPublisherApud haeredes Andr. WechelusDate Published1582 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #114 Grammatica Aegyptiaca Utriusque Dialecti Quam Breviavit, Illustravit, Edidit Carolus Godofredus Woide AuthorScholtz, ChristianHeadlineGrammatica Aegyptiaca 1778PublisherE typographeo ClarendonianoDate Published1778 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #115 23 issues from 3 years of Scientific American magazine Heading(Scientific American, 1920-21, 1936)HeadlineScientific American, 23 issues, 1920-21, 1936PublisherScientific AmericanDate Published1920-1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #116 Bodyscope AuthorSegal, Ralph H.HeadlineRalph H. Segal's BodyscopePublisherBodyscope PublicationsDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #125 The Devil's Picture-Books: A History of Playing-Cards AuthorVan Rensselaer, Mrs. John King VanHeadlineThe Devil's Picture-Books 1st ed 1890PublisherDodd, Mead, and CompanyDate Published1890 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #127 Trattato delle Lodi et della Coltivatione de gl'Ulivi, di Nuovo Ristampato AuthorVettori, PieroHeadlineVettori's Treatise on Olives, 2nd Ed, 1574PublisherGuintiDate Published1574 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #129 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volumes 13-14 Heading(Zeitschrift für Physik - Bohr, Niels)HeadlineBohr's application of quantum theory to atomic structurePublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #130 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volumes 23-24 Heading(Zeitschrift für Physik - Bohr, Niels)HeadlineThe BKS Theory of Quantum PhysicsPublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #131 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volume 49 Heading[Zeitschrift für Physik - Heisenberg, Werner]Headline1st appearance of Heisenberg's theory of ferromagnetismPublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #132 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volumes 151-152 Heading(Zeitschrift für Physik - Mossbauer, Rudolph Ludwig)HeadlineFirst appearance of the Mossbauer effectPublisherSpringer VerlagDate Published1958 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #133 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volume 46 Heading[Zeitschrift für Physik - Weyl, Hermann)HeadlineHermann Weyl applies group theory to quantum mechanicsPublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #139 Egypt Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHerodotusHeadlineAllen Press, Herodotus Egypt, 1 of 121 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #288 The Writings of John Burroughs AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Burroughs, autograph editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1904-1922 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #293 Days of the Dandies Heading(Days of the Dandies)HeadlineDays of the Dandies Finely Bound SetPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #298 The Story of Nell Gwyn: And the Sayings of Charles the Second Heading(Fine Bindings - Cosway Style)AuthorCunningham, PeterHeadlineGorgeous Cosway Style Fine BindingPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1862 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #310 A History of the Four Georges [and of William IV] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMcCarthy, Justin [& Justin Huntly McCarthy]HeadlineA History of the Four Georges Finely BoundPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1884-1901 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #313 Israel: The Establishment of a State Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSacher, HarryHeadlineFounding of Israel in fine bindingPublisherGeorge Weidenfeld & NicolsonDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #318 Memoirs of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France AuthorFouché, JosephHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Fouché, finely bound 1825PublisherCharles KnightDate Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #322 The World's Famous Prisons AuthorGriffiths, ArthurHeadlineThe World's Famous Prisons, finely boundPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #323 Seven Letters Concerning the Politics of Switzerland, Pending the Outbreak of the Civil War in 1847 AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's letters on the Swiss Civil WarPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #324 The Complete Writings AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineComplete set of Nathaniel Hawthorne's WorksPublisherHoughton Mifflin by the Riverside PressDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #338 Journal d'une Femme de Cinquante Ans 1778-1815. AuthorMarquise de La Tour-du-Pin Gouvernet, Henriette-Lucie DillonHeadlineJournal d'une Femme de Cinquante An 1913PublisherLibrairie ChapelotDate Published1913 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #340 Elements of General History Ancient and Modern AuthorMillot, Claude-François-XavierHeadlineMillot's Elements of General History RevisedPublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1823 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #341 Hugh Wynne: Free Quaker, Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff of his Excellency General Washington AuthorMitchell, S. WeirHeadlineWeir's Hugh Wynne, nicely boundPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published[1922] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #345 Papeles de Nueva Espana. Segunda Serie AuthorPaso y Troncoso, Francisco delHeadlinePapeles de Nueva Espana. Segunda Serie 1905PublisherEstablecimiento tipografiaDate Published1905-06 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #349 A Review of the Characters of the Principal Nations in Europe Heading(A Review of the Characters of the Principal Nations of Europe)HeadlineEuropean characters, reviewedPublisherT. CadellDate Published1770 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #352 Traite des Crimes AuthorSoulatges, Jean AntoineHeadlineFrench treatise on crime, 1762, finely boundPublisherChez Antoine BirosseDate Published1762 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #355 The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineNicely bound biography of MichelangeloPublisherMacmillan & Co. / Charles Scribner's SonsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #359 Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third AuthorWalpole, HoraceHeadlineMemoirs of George III's Reign, nicely boundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #360 9 Works by Edwin Percy Whipple AuthorWhipple, Edwin PercyHeadlineThe works of American essayist Edwin WhipplePublisherVarious publishersDate Published1886-1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next