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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 #12 A General History of Birds and Quadrupeds AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlineBewick's General History of Birds and Quadrupeds 1824PublisherRobert DesilverDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #13 Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala Heading(Bible - Complutensian)HeadlineLeaves from Complutensian Polyglot Bible 1514-17PublisherArnald Guillen de BrocarDate Published1514-1517 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #14 The books called Apocrypha, conteining these that follow... Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineApocrypha from largest black letter English Bible 1583Publisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #15 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$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #17 A leaf from the King James Bible, the great "She" Bible of 1613-1611 Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineLeaf from 1613 King James BiblePublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #19 "The Reuelation of S. John the Diuine" - from a 1621 quarto Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineRevelation of St. John, 1621 printingPublisherBonham Norton and John BillDate Published1621 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #20 De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum. Prælectiones Academicæ Osonii Habitæ... Heading(Biblical)AuthorLowth, RobertHeadlineLowth on Hebrew Poetry 1753PublisherPublisher: E Typographeo ClarendonianoDate Published1753 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #21 Anatomia Humani Corporis AuthorBidloo, GodefridiHeadlineBidloo's Anatomy 1685 105 platesPublisherJoannis a Someren, et alDate Published1685 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold 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 #36 Vita di Benvenuto Cellini. Orefice e scultore fiorentino, da lui medesimo scritta... AuthorCellini, BenvenutoHeadlineBenvenuto Cellini's autobiography, 1792PublisherPer Pietro MarteloDate Published[1792] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #66 Origine de tous les Cultes ou Religion Universelle AuthorDupuis, Charles FrançoisHeadlineDupuis on Universal Religion, 1795PublisherChez H. AgasseDate PublishedL'an III [1795] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #67 Original leaf from the Polycronicon, printed by William Caxton in 1482 at Westminster Heading(Early Printing - William Caxton)AuthorHigden, RanulfHeadlineLeaf printed by William Caxton 1482Date Published[1482] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #68 Archive of nineteen original leaves from fifteen 17th century English printed books Heading(Early Printing)Headline17th century printed leaves from EnglandDate Published17th century View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #69 Archive of twelve examples of 16th century printing from continental Europe Heading(Early Printing)Headline16th century printing from continental EuropeDate Publishedvarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #70 Facsimile printings of the Gutenberg Bible and the Nuremberg Chronicle Heading(Early Printing)HeadlineGutenberg Bible & Nuremberg Chronicle facsimilesDate Published1968 & 1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #71 Leaves from the first and second editions of Holinshed's Chronicles Heading(Early Printing)AuthorHolinshed, RaphaelHeadlineLeaves from Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577 & 1587Date Published1577 & 1587 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #72 Original leaves from Johnson's Dictionary and Gibbon's Roman Empire Heading(Early Printing)HeadlineOriginal leaves from Johnson & GibbonDate Published1755 & 1788 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #73 Six original leaves of 16th century English printing Heading(Early Printing)Headline16th century English printed leavesDate Published16th century 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 #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 #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 #108 The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior... AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineGenuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus 1792PublisherC. CookeDate Published[1792] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #109 The Works of Flavius Josephus AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Works of Flavius Josephus 1777PublisherFielding and WalkerDate Published1777-8 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #110 The Works of Flavius Josephus AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Works of Flavius Josephus 1777PublisherFielding and WalkerDate Published1777-8 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #133 Early Editions of Euclid's Elements Heading(Mathematics)AuthorThomas-Stanford, CharlesHeadlineWith incunabula leaf from EuclidPublisherAlan Wofsy Fine ArtsDate Published1977 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #157 Introductiones latinae, cum commento AuthorNebrija, Antonio deHeadlineRare incunable Latin grammar from SpainPublisher[Typ. Nebrissensis]Date Published[30 septiembre, 1495] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold 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 #170 The Lives of the Nobel Grecians & Romans AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe Lives of the Nobel Grecians & RomansPublisherJohn Hayes for George SawbridgeDate Published1676 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold 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 #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 #200 The Tragedy of Cymbeline - title leaf from the third folio edition of Shakespeare's Works AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTitle leaf to Shakespeare 3rd folio play, 1663Date Published1663 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #219 The Origin of Building, or, The Plagiarism of the Heathens Detected [in five books] AuthorWood, JohnHeadlineAnalysis of ancient architecture by Stonehenge scholarPublisherPrinted by S. & F. FarleyDate Published1741 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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