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Previous|1|Next Lot #43 Cross and Crucible: Johann Valentin Andreae (1586-1654) Phoenix of the Theologians Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorMontgomery, John WarwickHeadlineIllustrated biography of Rosicrucian founderPublisherMartinus NijhoffDate Published1973 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #48 Two Works on Astrology in the Ancient World Heading(Astrology)HeadlineEgyptian & Greek astrology, Ptolemy & KarmaPublisherDavis and Dickson; Philip Allan & Co.Date Published1822, 1924 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #53 Echoes from the Gnosis AuthorMead, G.R.S.Headline4 vols. on Gnosticism from G.R.S. MeadPublisherThe Theosophical Publishing SocietyDate Published1907-1908 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #61 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments Heading(Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher)HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #62 Westminster AuthorBesant, WalterHeadlineWalter Besant's Westminster finely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #63 Lives of the Fathers, martyrs and other principal saints compiled from original monuments and authentic records AuthorButler, AlbanHeadlineButler's Lives of the Saints, 1859PublisherJ. DuffyDate Published1859 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #65 Essays Heading(Doves Press)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineDoves Press edition Emerson's Essays, 1/300PublisherDoves PressDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #66 Crusade in Europe AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower's Crusade in Europe finely boundPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #67 Novels and Letters of Jane Austen - The Chawton Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen - The Chawton EditionPublisherFrank S. HolbyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #68 Israel: The Establishment of a State Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSacher, HarryHeadlineFounding of Israel in fine bindingPublisherGeorge Weidenfeld & NicolsonDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #69 The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineAdventures of Baron Munchausen finely bound by BayntunPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published[c.1895] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #70 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$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #71 The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs AuthorJerrold, BlanchardHeadlineIllustrated Life of George CruikshankPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #72 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War AuthorJohnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, editorsHeadlineBattles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 volsPublisherCentury Co.Date Published[1887-1888] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #73 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean AuthorLivingstone, DavidHeadlineLivingstone's Missionary Travels in Africa 1857PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #74 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$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #75 Elements of General History Ancient and Modern AuthorMillot, Claude-François-XavierHeadlineMillot's Elements of General History RevisedPublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #76 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning Heading(Poetry)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadline6 Volumes of Robert Browning's PoetryPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #77 The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the Text of the Original Copies, Including the Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches Found in His Dramas AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePoetry of Shakespeare bound by Bayntun, 1/450Publisher[Essex House Press]Date Published1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #78 The Works of Shakspeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe works of Shakespeare w/steel engraved platesPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c.1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #79 Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: With the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the Murder of Henry the Great,... AuthorSully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc deHeadlineMemoirs of the Duke of Sully finely boundPublisherStirling and Slade, et alDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #80 The Imitation of Jesus Christ, Translated from the Latin Original Ascribed to Thomas à Kempis Heading(Thomas à Kempis)AuthorDibdin, Thomas Frognall, translatorHeadlineDibdin's translation of Thomas à KempisPublisherWilliam Pickering and John MajorDate Published1828 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #81 A History of British Birds AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #110 Nagasaki nenreki ryōmenkan - 長崎年暦両面觀 AuthorUchihashi, ChikuunHeadlineHistory of Nagasaki to 1828Date Published1828 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #132 The Life of Sir Isaac Newton AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineBrewster's classic biography of Isaac NewtonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1831] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #133 The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy Heading(Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh)HeadlineBigamy in Georgian EnglandPublisherCharles BathurstDate Published1776 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #136 The History of the Reformation of the Church of England in two parts; The First part. Of the progress made in it during the reign of K. Henry the VIII. The Second part. Of the progress made in it till the Settlement of it the beginning of Q. Elizabeths reign. The Third part. Being a supplement. AuthorBurnet, GilbertHeadlineBurnet's The History of the Reformation 1679-1715PublisherPrinted by T. H. for Richard Chiswell [&] J. ChurchillDate Published1679, 1681, 1715 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #147 The Historie of the Councel of Trent Heading(Council of Trent)AuthorPolano, Pietro SoaueHeadlineThe Historie of the Councel of Trent 1640PublisherRichard WhittakerDate Published1640 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #152 The Compleat Ambassador, or, Two treaties of the intended marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of glorious memory...[bound with] Cabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra Mysteries of State and Government in Letters... AuthorDigges, Dudley, editorHeadlineDudly Digges Compleat Ambassador & CabalaPublisherGabriel Bedell and Thomas CollinsDate Published1655; 1663 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #158 The Rosetta Stone Heading(Egypt)AuthorBudge, E. A. WallisHeadlineThe Rosetta Stone 1913PublisherHarrison and Sons. Sold at the British MuseumDate Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #159 4 Works concerning Ancient Egypt Heading(Egypt)AuthorVariousHeadline4 works on Egypt and its cultural legacyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #160 Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchilpp, Paul Arthur, editorHeadlineThe science & philosophy of Albert EinsteinPublisherThe Library of Living Philosophers, Inc.Date Published1949 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #168 The Historie of the Holy Warre [bound with] The Holy State AuthorFuller, ThomasHeadlineFuller's Holy Warre and Holy State 1647-40PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel to be sold by John WilliamsDate Published1647-48 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #177 The Legends and Theories of the Buddhists, Compared with History and Science: With Introductory Notices of the Life and System of Gotama Buddha. AuthorHardy, R. SpenceHeadlineHardy's Legends & Theories of Buddhism, 1866PublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1866 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #183 Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes secretary to ye late Earle of Devonshire Heading(Hobbes, Thomas)AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucydides Peloponnesian Warre 1634PublisherImprinted [at Eliot’s Court Press] for Richard MynneDate Published1634 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #187 Two Works on Indian art & culture Heading(Indian Art)AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda K.HeadlineCoomaraswamy on India, 1st editions, 1 signedPublisherVariousDate Published1917-1918 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #190 The Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineMaynard's Josephus with Blake engravingsPublisherJ. CookeDate Published[c. 1785-86] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #202 An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John: To Which Are Added, the Great Charter in Latin and English; the Charter in Latin and English . . . Heading(Magna Carta)AuthorThomson, RichardHeadlineWith hand-colored coats of armsPublisherPrinted for John Major and Robert JenningsDate Published1829 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #204 Long Walk to Freedom - inscribed to Wayne Dyer AuthorMandela, NelsonHeadlineInscribed by Nelson Mandela to Wayne DyerPublisherAbacusDate Published[1995] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #214 The Life of General Monk Heading(Monck, George)AuthorSkinner, ThomasHeadlineLife of General Monk, 1723PublisherW. BowyerDate Published1723 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #217 An examination of the ancient orthography of the Jews and of the original state of the text of the Hebrew Bible... [with] Proofs of the Interpolation of the Vowel-Letters in the Text of the Hebrew Bible... Heading(Palaeography)AuthorWall, Charles WilliamHeadlineOrthography of the Hebrew BiblePublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1835-1857 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #226 Journal as Ambassador to Great Britain Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineDawes' Ambassador to Great Britain, inscribedPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #232 The Historie of the World, in Five Books... AuthorRaleigh, Walter, SirHeadlineThe Historie of the World by Sir Walter RaleighPublisherPrinted for Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, Benj. Tooke, et al.Date Published1687 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #233 The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; Or, the History, Geography, & Antiquities of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, & Persia AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineRawlinson's Five Great Monarchies in original clothPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862-67 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next