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Lodovico Ariosto AuthorAriosto, LudovicoHeadlineIllustrated edition of Orlando Furioso, 1543PublisherGabriel Giolito FerrariDate Published1543 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$822StatusSold Lot #17 Saint Augustines Confessions Translated: and with some marginall notes illustrated. Wherein, diuers antiquities are explayned; and the marginall notes of a former Popish translation, answered. AuthorAugustine, Saint and William WattsHeadlineSaint Augustines Confessions 1631PublisherPrinted by Iohn Norton, for Iohn PartridgeDate Published1631 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,056StatusSold Lot #20 Lysistrata Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator)AuthorAristophanesHeadlineAubrey Beardsley's vision of the LysistrataPublisherBeardsley PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #24 The booke of Tobias [&] The booke of Judith - from the 1572 folio edition of the Bishops Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineTobias & Judith from 1572 folio Bishops BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1572] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #25 Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs - from the Great Bible of 1566 Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineSong of Songs & Ecclesiastes from Great Bible of 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #26 Romans & Corinthians - from the 1572 folio edition of the Bishops Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineRomans & Corinthians from 1572 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1572] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #27 The thyrde book of Esdras [&] The fourth book of Esdras - from the 1574 folio edition of the Bishops' Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBishops' Bible Esdras 1574Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #29 Biblia, Das Ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Dess Alten Und Neuen Testaments Heading(Bibles in German)HeadlineGerman Bible 1770PublisherJohann Andrea EndterischenDate Published1770 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$441.75StatusSold 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$1,114.50StatusSold 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$131.70StatusSold Lot #34 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: And the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons Heading(Book of Common Prayer)HeadlineBook of Common Prayer 1766PublisherPrinted by Mark BaskettDate Published1776 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold 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$997.50StatusSold 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$295.50StatusSold 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$412.50StatusSold Lot #64 The Fables of Mr. John Gay AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineFables, 1811PublisherThomas Wilson and Son, PrintersDate Published1811 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #65 Bibliotheca Vetus et Nova... AuthorGeorg Matthias KönigHeadlineEarly universal bibliography, 1678PublisherMauritii & Haeredum J.A. EndterorumDate Published1678 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$412.50StatusSold 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$6,763StatusSold 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$178.50StatusSold 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$201.90StatusSold Lot #75 Autograph letter signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineALS by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1888Date Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold 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$190.20StatusSold Lot #80 Original leaf from the Aldine printing of Aristotle's Opera Heading(Incunabula)AuthorAristotleHeadlineAristotle incunabula Aldine leafPublisherAldusDate Published1495-1498 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #81 Four leaves from books printed in the 15th century Heading(Incunabula)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineFour printed leaves from the 15th centuryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$237StatusSold 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$705StatusSold 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 #87 Catulli, Tibulli et Propertii Opera Heading(Latin Poetry)HeadlineLatin poetry printed by John BaskervillePublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1772 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold 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$178.50StatusSold Lot #96 The Epicurean Philosopher, His Six Books De Natura Rerum Done into English Verse, with Notes AuthorLucretius Carus, TitusHeadlineCreech's De Natura Rerum in English coupletsPublisherPrinted by L. Lichfield for Anthony StephensDate Published1683 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$997.50StatusSold Lot #101 Explication de Quelques Médailles de Peuples: de Villes, et de Rois Grecques & Phéniciennes / Explication de Quelques Médailles Phéniciennes: Du cabinet de M. Duane Heading(Numismatics)HeadlineFrench guide to ancient coins, illustratedPublisherChez John ThaneDate Published1773-1774 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #102 Epigrammatum Ioan. Oweni Cambro Britanni Oxoniensis: Editio Postrema Correctissima, & Posthumis Quibusdam Adaucta. AuthorOwen, JohnHeadlineLatin epigrams from John Owen, 1671PublisherBernard Dupuy, booksellerDate Published1671 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #117 Di Lucio Anneo Seneca Dell'ira Libri Tre. Tradotti in Lingua Thoscana... AuthorSeneca, Lucius AnnaeusHeadlineRenaissance printing of Seneca's 'On Anger'PublisherPer LorenzoDate Published1569 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #118 The first [-fift] booke of architecture, made by Sebastian Serly, entreating of geometrie. Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English Author[Serlio, Sebastiano]HeadlineSerlio's Architecture in English 1611PublisherPrinted [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert PeakeDate Published1611 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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$3,443StatusSold 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$1,641StatusSold 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$588StatusSold Lot #138 Rappaccini's Daughter Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineAllen Press, Hawthorne, Rappaccini's DaughterPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #141 Antigone Heading(Allen Press)AuthorSophoclesHeadlineAllen Press, Sophocles, Antigone, 1/130PublisherAllen PressDate Published1978 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #142 The Brothers Heading(Allen Press)AuthorTerenceHeadline(Allen Press) Terence, The Brothers, 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1968 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225.30StatusSold 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$295.50StatusSold 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$354StatusSold 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$441.75StatusSold 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$1,524StatusSold 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$120StatusSold 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$120StatusSold 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$190.20StatusSold 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$1,290StatusSold 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$3,443StatusSold 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$2,343StatusSold 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$2,226StatusSold 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$120StatusSold 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$558.75StatusSold 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$266.25StatusSold Lot #297 Tom Jones: The History of a Foundling. AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineTom Jones LEC finely boundPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1952 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$529.50StatusSold 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$2,343StatusSold 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$412.50StatusSold 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$383.25StatusSold 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$1,173StatusSold 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$120StatusSold 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$1,114.50StatusSold 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$354StatusSold 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$471StatusSold 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$997.50StatusSold 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$705StatusSold Lot #328 [The Works of Victor Hugo] AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWorks of Victor Hugo 1/25PublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,173StatusSold 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$178.50StatusSold 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$646.50StatusSold 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$324.75StatusSold 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$120StatusSold 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$166.80StatusSold 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$412.50StatusSold 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$131.70StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next