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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Collection of early 20th century postcards and other ephemera featuring African American imagery Heading(African American)HeadlineEarly 20th c. postcards with African American imageryDate Published[early 20th century] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #9 Les Danseuses de l'Opéra: Costumes des Principaux Ballets dessinés par Alophe (wrapper title) Heading(Ballet)AuthorAlophe, ManutHeadlineColored lithographs of Parisian BallerinasPublisherAu Bureau du Journal les Modes ParisiennesDate Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #18 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineProfusely illustrated New Testament, 1883PublisherLongman's, Green, and Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #22 The Battle of the Standards: Labor, Capital, Gold and Silver. AuthorBirch, ShannonHeadlineBook arguing on behalf of bimetallism, 1896Publisher[J.R.S. Birch]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #26 A New Library of Poetry and Song AuthorBryant, William Cullen, editorHeadlineBryant's New Library of Poetry and Song 1877PublisherFords, Howard, & HulbertDate Published[1877] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #27 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Heading(Bull, Rene, illustrator)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat with illustrations by Rene BullPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[c.1913] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #35 La Femme Adultère AuthorCamus, Albert and Pierre-Eugène ClairinHeadlineAlbert Camus La Femme Adultère 1/300 signedPublisher[R. Jacquet]Date Published[1954] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #37 Les Cartons de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres: Époques Louis XVI et Empire Heading(Ceramics)AuthorSandier, Alex, editorHeadlineColor plates of 18th century French PorcelainPublisherLibrairie Générale De l’ Architecture et Des Arts DécoratifsDate Published[ca. 1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #38 Early English Furniture & Woodwork AuthorCescinsky, Herbert and Ernest R. GribbleHeadlineEarly English Furniture & Woodwork 2 vols 1922PublisherWaverly Book CompanyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #60 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Heading(Dali, Salvador, artist)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineDali's Alice in Wonderland, signedPublisherMaecenas Press / Random HouseDate Published1969 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #64 Paradise Lost Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost illustrated by Gustave DoréPublisherCassell, Petter & GalpinDate Published[ca. 1890] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #82 The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineW.R. Flint illustrates Marcus AureliusPublisherPhilip Lee Warner/Medici SocietyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #83 A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India. AuthorForrest, Lieutenant-Colonel [Charles Ramus]HeadlinePicturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges 1824PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1824 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #86 Fables...With a Life of the Author AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's Fables 1793PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #91 The Light of Asia Heading(Hamzeh Carr - Illustrator)AuthorArnold, Sir EdwinHeadlineBeautifully illustrated copy of Light of AsiaPublisherJohn Lane The Bodley Head LtdDate Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #96 Hogarth Moralized. Being a complete edition of Hogarth’s works. Containing near fourscore copper-plates, most elegantly engraved. With an explanation, pointing out the many beauties that may have hitherto escaped notice; and a comment on their moral tendency... Now First Published, With the Approbation of Jane Hogarth, Widow of the late Mr. Hogarth Heading(Hogarth, William)Author[Trusler, John]HeadlineHogarth Moralized, 1st edition, 1768PublisherSold by S. Hooper... and, Mrs. HogarthDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #97 The Works of William Hogarth Heading(Hogarth, William)AuthorTrusler, JohnHeadlineWorks of William Hogarth 1833PublisherJones and Co.Date Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #98 Our Living World; An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J. G. Wood's Natural History of Animate Creation AuthorHolder, Joseph Bassett and John George WoodsHeadlineChromolithographs by the firm of Louis PrangPublisherSelmar HessDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #99 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's trans. of Homer's Iliad with 50 platesPublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1660 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #103 A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Life of Christopher Columbus 1828PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #104 Public Bath at Simoda - Suppressed plate from the report of Perry's Expedition to Japan Heading(Japan - Perry Expedition)AuthorHeine, WilhelmHeadlineSuppressed plate from Perry's reportPublisherP.S. Duval and Co.Date Published1854 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #107 Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt; Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston, During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound: With an Account of the Manners, Mode of Living, and Religious Opinions of the Natives AuthorJewitt, John R.HeadlineJewett's capture narrative of the NootkianPublisherLoomis & RichardsDate Published1815 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #111 Fama, y obras posthumas del fenix de Mexico, dezima musa, poetisa Americana, sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, religiosa professa en el Convento de San Geronimo de la imperial ciudad de Mexico AuthorJuana Inés de la Cruz, SisterHeadlinePoems by Mexican philosopher-nun, 1714PublisherImprenta de Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes, a costa de Francisco LasoDate Published1714 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #114 Autograph signed letter from Helen Keller to Mrs. Bridges Heading(Keller, Helen)HeadlineHelen Keller ALS soliciting funds for U.S. blind-deafDate Published1948 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #116 N by E AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineRockwell Kent N by E Signed Limited EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #120 Patrick Gass. Lewis and Clark's Last Man Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorForrest, Earle R.HeadlinePatrick Gass, inscribed by granddaughterPublisherMrs. A.M. PainterDate Published1950 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #121 Three Volumes Published by Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineAesop & Boswell by the Limited Editions ClubPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1933, 1974 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #124 Oxonia illustrata, sive Omnium celeberrimæ istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecæ Bodleianæ, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani; nec non urbis totius scenographia. Delineavit & sculpsit Dav: Loggan Univ. Oxon. Chalcographus AuthorLoggan, DavidHeadlineThe finest 17th century engraved views of OxfordPublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1675 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #126 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe AuthorLongusHeadlineLes Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe 1718Publisher[Cramoisy]Date Published1718 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #127 Les Affiches Illustrées 1886-1895 AuthorMaindron, ErnestHeadlineLes Affiches Illustrées 1886-1895 w/64 lithographsPublisherLibrairie Artistique, G. BoudetDate Published1896 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #129 Practical Window Dressing for Shoe Stores Heading(Marketing)HeadlineScarce guide to window dressing, 1896PublisherM.T. Richardson Co., PublishersDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #137 When We Were Very Young AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineA.A. Milne When We Were Very Young inscribedPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published[1924] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #138 Zadig Heading(Mossa, Gustave-Adolphe, illustrator)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineFinely bound Zadig illustrated by MossaPublisherLibrairie des AmateursDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #158 Laws of the State of New-Jersey; Revised and Published, Under the Authority of the Legislature Heading(New Jersey)AuthorPatterson, WilliamHeadlineLaws of the State of New-Jersey 1800PublisherAbraham BlauveltDate Published1800 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #159 Facts of Interest about the Port of New Orleans Second Port U.S.A. Heading(New Orleans)AuthorCass, Frank T. (compiler)HeadlinePort of New Orleans before Industrial CanalPublisherBoard of Commissioners Port of New OrleansDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #160 John Perona's El Morocco Family Album Heading(New York)HeadlineCelebrity nightlife during Prohibition-era NYPublisherPrinted Privately, Federal Printing ServiceDate Published1937 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #161 Common Sense; Addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America; with some miscellaneous reflections... AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineEnglish edition of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, 1776PublisherPhiladelphia, printed; London, re-printed, for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House in PiccadillyDate Published1776 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #171 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Heading(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineRime of the Ancient Mariner with Pogany illustrationsPublisherHarrapDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #173 Lincoln Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorMadison, Lucy FosterHeadlineLucy Foster Madison's Lincoln, 1928PublisherThe Penn Publishing CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #174 Lincoln: An Account of His Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorStephenson, Nathaniel WrightHeadlineAccount of President Lincoln's personal lifePublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill Company PublishersDate Published1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #175 A History of the American People Heading(Presidents, 1913)AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlinePresident Woodrow Wilson's history of AmericaPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published[1903] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #176 Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineDawes' Ambassador to Great Britain, inscribedPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #177 An American Epic Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHoover's American Epic complete, inscribedPublisherHenry Regnery CompanyDate Published1959-1964 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #178 Three Volumes of Addresses Upon the American Road Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover's speeches 3 vols, 2 inscribedPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #179 The Hoover Policies Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorWilbur, Ray Lyman & Arthur Mastick HydeHeadlineHoover administration's explanations of policyPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #180 Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates AuthorPyle, HowardHeadlinePyle's Book of Pirates finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #181 Sleeping Beauty Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSleeping Beauty with Rackham illustrations in dust jacketPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #182 Undine Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorFouqué, De La MotteHeadlineArthur Rackham signed limited Undine finely boundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #183 The Tempest Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tempest Arthur Rackham Signed with jacketPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #184 The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineThe Springtide of Life, Rackham, Signed 1/765PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1918] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #185 The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood - with holograph letter Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSigned by Rackham w/original letter by SwinburnePublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1918] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #187 Life of A.P. Dostie; or, The Conflict in New Orleans AuthorReed, Emily HazenHeadlineBiography of Civil Rights advocate from 1860sPublisherWM. P. TomlinsonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #190 The History of America AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineRobertson's America with the Kitchin maps, 1st editionPublisherW. Strahan, T. Cadell, and J. BalfourDate Published1777 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #195 Description De Vingt-quatre Vues Prises Le Long De La Seine Depuis Paris Jusqu'à La Mer, Accompagnée D'une Carte, Extraite De L'ouvrage Anglais, Intitulé: Voyage Pittoresque Sur Les Rives De La Seine, &c., &c., &c. AuthorSauvan, Jean Baptiste BalthazardHeadlinePicturesque Tour of the Seine French Edition 1821PublisherChez R. AckermannDate Published1821 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #198 The Cat in the Hat AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineCat in the Hat Seuss 1st ed in custom slipcasePublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #202 Italian Gardens of the Renaissance AuthorShepherd, J.C. & G.A. JellicoHeadlineIllustrated work on Renaissance gardensPublisherErnest Benn LimitedDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #204 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineStoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are DeadPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published1967 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #208 The Arabian Nights Entertainments containing Sixty-five Stories told by Shahrazade.... Heading(Szyk, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights in 4 vols Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #209 A Confederacy of Dunces AuthorToole, John KennedyHeadlineJohn Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of DuncesPublisherLouisiana State University PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #210 The Cincinnati Type-Foundry and Printing Machine Works Heading(Type Specimen Book)HeadlineCincinnati Type Specimen Book w/ cartoon 1885PublisherCincinnati Type FoundryDate Published1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #211 Contempo. This American Tempo AuthorVassos, John & RuthHeadlineArt Deco illustrations by John Vassos, 1929PublisherE.P. Dutton & CompanyDate Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #213 The Adventures of Mickey Mouse Author[Walt Disney Studios]HeadlineAdventures of Mickey Mouse 1st UK ed 1931PublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1931] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #216 Clair de Lune and other Troubadour Romances AuthorWest, MichaelHeadlineMichael West Clair De LunePublisherBrentano'sDate Published[c.1913] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #218 Paris Dansant Heading(Willette, Adolphe, illustrator)AuthorMontorgeuil, GeorgesHeadlineParis Dansant w/A. Willette illustrations 1898PublisherT. BelinDate Published1898 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #220 N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals Heading(Wyeth, N.C.)AuthorAllen, Douglas & Douglas, Jr.HeadlineAllen & Allen N.C. Wyeth Bibliography Ltd Edn 1/249PublisherCrownDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #222 Taschenbuch der Reisen oder unterhaltende Darstellung der Endeckungen des 18 Jahrhunderts... AuthorZimmerman, Eberhard August WilhemHeadlineCanadian Wilderness 1804PublisherGerhard Fleischer d. JungDate Published1804 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next