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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 #20 Lysistrata Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator)AuthorAristophanesHeadlineAubrey Beardsley's vision of the LysistrataPublisherBeardsley PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #30 The Grave, a Poem Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineWilliam Blake engravings for Blair's Grave 1808PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley... for the Proprietor, R.H. CromekDate Published1808 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #32 William Blake: A Critical Essay Heading(Blake, William)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineEssay on Blake by Swinburne, with colored platesPublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold 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 #53 Two titles by John Dryden AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden, The Rival-Ladies and An Evening's LovePublisherH. HerringmanDate Published1691-1693 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold 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 #64 The Fables of Mr. John Gay AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineFables, 1811PublisherThomas Wilson and Son, PrintersDate Published1811 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #70 The Origin of the English Drama, Illustrated in its Various Species, viz. Mystery, Morality, Tragedy, and Comedy, by Specimens from our Earliest Writers: With Explanatory Notes AuthorHawkins, ThomasHeadlineOrigin of the English Drama, 1773PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1773 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #74 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineAutocrat of the Breakfast Table in jacketsPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #75 Autograph letter signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineALS by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1888Date Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #77 Mounted autograph of Oliver Wendell Holmes - framed with portrait AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineFramed autograph of Oliver Wendell HolmesDate Published1869 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 #84 A Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals... AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Dictionary of the English Language 1786PublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1786 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #95 Lucan's Pharsalia translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq. AuthorLucanus, Marcus AnneausHeadlineNicholas Rowe's translation of Lucan's PharsaliaPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1718 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #120 Original Leaf from the First Folio edition of The Life of Henry the Fift AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineOriginal leaf from Shakespeare First FolioPublisherIsaac Jaggard & Ed. BlountDate Published1623 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #123 War and Peace AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlineTolstoy's War and Peace, 1st Ed. in EnglishPublisherWilliam S. GottsbergerDate Published1886-1886 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold 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 #138 Rappaccini's Daughter Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineAllen Press, Hawthorne, Rappaccini's DaughterPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #141 Antigone Heading(Allen Press)AuthorSophoclesHeadlineAllen Press, Sophocles, Antigone, 1/130PublisherAllen PressDate Published1978 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #142 The Brothers Heading(Allen Press)AuthorTerenceHeadline(Allen Press) Terence, The Brothers, 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1968 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #149 Eureka, a Prose Poem: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Heading(Arion Press)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineEdgar Allan Poe Eureka Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #155 The Grove Plays of the Bohemian Club Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorGarnett, Porter, editorHeadlineThe Grove plays of the Bohemian Club 1/31PublisherFor the Bohemian ClubDate Published1918 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #165 The Green Ship Heading(Golden Cockerel Press - Eric Gill)AuthorMiller, PatrickHeadlineEric Gill illustrated, Golden Cockerel, 1/200PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #169 A Lovers Progress: Seventeenth Century Lyrics Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineGolden Cockerel, A Lovers ProgressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #170 Gilgamesh: King of Erech Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorLucas, F.L.HeadlineGolden Cockerel's GilgameshPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #171 Pervigilium Veneris, the Vigil of Venus Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineVigil of Venus 1/100 Golden Cockerel PressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #174 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Prose Translation Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineSir Gawain and the Green Knight Golden CockerelPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1952 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #181 The Red Badge of Courage Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineGrabhorn Press printing for Random HousePublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #185 The Tragedie of Macbeth Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's MacbethPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1952] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #203 Don Quixote de la Mancha. The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra : Motteux' Translation Revised Anew (1743) & Corrected Rectified and Filled Up in Numberless Places by J. Ozell Who Likewise Added the Explanatory Notes from the Best Editions in English & Spanish... Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote from the Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #214 Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Book of Job, 1 of 250 copies from the Trianon PressPublisherWilliam Blake TrustDate Published1987 [printed c.1974] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #289 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F.HeadlineFirst Benares Edition of Burton's Arabian NightsPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers only View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #290 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F.HeadlineFirst Benares Edition of Burton's Arabian NightsPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885-88 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #291 Gertrude of Wyoming; A Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineCampbell's Gertrude of WyomingPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees & OrmeDate Published1809 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #292 Alice and Wonderland [and] Through the Looking Glass AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineTwo by Lewis Carroll, finely boundPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1870-1872 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #294 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' 1st novel handsomely boundPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #297 Tom Jones: The History of a Foundling. AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineTom Jones LEC finely boundPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1952 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #299 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Heading(Fine Bindings - Cosway Style)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineComplete works of Shakespeare in Cosway-style bindingPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #301 The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeaumont, Francis & John FletcherHeadlineWorks of Beaumont & Fletcher finely bound 1711PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1711 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #302 Boswell's Life of Johnson, including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell Life of Johnson 6 vols. finely boundPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #304 Cooper's Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineNovels of J. Fenimore Cooper 32 VolumesPublisherW.A. TownsendDate Published1859-61 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #309 The Poetical Works of Owen Meredith (Robert, Lord Lytton) Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of]HeadlineThe Poetical Works of Owen Meredith (Robert, Lord Lytton)PublisherThomas Y. CromwellDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #315 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThe Works of William Makepeace Thackeray 52 vols.PublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1876-1888 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #316 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWallace, LewHeadlineBen-Hur illustrated edition finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1901 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #320 Novellettes, Selected for the use of Young Ladies and Gentlemen; Written by Dr. Goldsmith, Mrs. Griffith, &c. and illustrated by elegant engravings AuthorGoldsmith, Oliver, et al.HeadlineNovellettes with two Goldsmith stories, 1780PublisherPrinted for Fielding and WalkerDate Published1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #325 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineHolmes' Complete Breakfast Table books, 1/250PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #328 [The Works of Victor Hugo] AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWorks of Victor Hugo 1/25PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #329 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineThe Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, finely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #333 The Red Fairy Book AuthorLang, Andrew (editor)HeadlineLang's 2nd Fairy Book, nicely boundPublisherLongman's, Green & Co.Date Published1890 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #335 The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineJames Russell Lowell's WorksPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #337 The Heptameron or Tales and Novels of Marguerite Queen of Navarre now First Completely done into English Prose and Verse from the Original French by Arthur Machen AuthorMachen, Arthur, translatorHeadlineThe Heptameron 1890 finely boundPublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #348 The Club, or a Dialogue between Father and Son AuthorPuckle, JamesHeadlineOne of 18 copies on Chinese paper, bound by RivierePublisherPrinted for the Proprietor by John JohnsonDate Published1817 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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