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DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #24 Salomé Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineSigned by André DerainPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #26 The Heathen Chinee: Plain Language from Truthful James Heading(Nash, John Henry, printer)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineThe Heathen Chinee printed by NashPublisherSuttonhouse, Ltd.Date Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #29 Mémoires Heading(Pochoir)AuthorCasanova, de Seingalt, Giacomo GirolamoHeadlineMémoires of Casanova illustratedPublisherGilbert JeuneDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #30 Four volumes printed by or about Bruce Rogers Heading(Rogers, Bruce)Headline4 vols printed by or about Bruce RodgersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1902-1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #33 The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Novels of Samuel Richardson Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineShakespeare Head Press edition of RichardsonPublisherShakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell and Houghton MifflinDate Published[1929-31] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #34 Bibliopola. Bilder und Texte aus der Welt des Buchhandels. Pictures and Text about the Book Trade. Images et Texte sur la Libririe AuthorTaubert, SigfredHeadlineTaubert, Bibliopola, the book trade 1st Ed. 1966PublisherNew York: R. R. Bowker Co.Date Published[1966] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #38 The Eclogues of Virgil. An English Version. Heading(Virgil)AuthorPalmer, SamuelHeadlineThe Eclogues of Virgil. 1883 1/10 presentation copiesPublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #42 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Heading(Bull, René, illustrator)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat with illustrations by René BullPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[c.1913] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #43 Madame de Pompadour AuthorCapefigue, J. B. H. R.HeadlineNicely bound copy of Madame de PompadourPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1908 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #44 The Last Abbé AuthorDe Musset, PaulHeadlineThe Last Abbé large paper finely bound 1/75PublisherSociete Des Beaux ArtsDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #45 The Old Curiosity Shop AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Old Curiosity Shop bound by MaurinPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1946 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #46 Lettres en vers et Oeuvres mêlées [and] Oeuvres mêlées en vers et en prose AuthorDorat, Claude-JosephHeadlineClaude-Joseph Dorat, finely boundPublisherChez Sébastien JorryDate Published1767 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #47 Idylls of the King Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineIdylls of the King in prize binding, illustrated by DoréPublisherEdward Moxon and Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #48 Stories from the Arabian Nights Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)HeadlineStories from The Arabian Nights illus. by DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1907] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #49 Exquisite finely bound folio blank book Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMosalov, SashaHeadlineFinely bound folio book by Sasha MosalovDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThe Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in 22 volsPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1869-86 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #51 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherBasill BlackwellDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #52 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Translation of the Arabian NightsPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1802 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #53 Cranford AuthorGaskell, Elizabeth CleghornHeadlineMrs. Gaskell's Cranford finely boundPublisherMacMillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #54 The Vicar of Wakefield AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineThe Vicar of Wakefield finely bound 1914PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #55 Grimms Märchenschatz AuthorGrimm, Jacob and WilhelmHeadlineGrimms Märchenschatz finely boundPublisherVerlagsanstalt H. KlemmDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #56 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or, Mirth and Marvels AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham]HeadlineIngoldsby Legends, w/ illus. by CruikshankPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #57 A Johnson Sampler AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineCurwen's Johnson Sampler, inscribedPublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1963 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #58 The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan AuthorKinglake, Alexander WilliamHeadlineKinglake's Invasion of Crimea handsomly boundPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1863-1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #59 The Works of Rudyard Kipling AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Works of Rudyard Kipling 27 vols. signed 1914PublisherDoubleday, Page, and CompanyDate Published1914 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #60 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlinePirated edition of Fermiers-Généraux's Contes et NouvellesPublisherA. AmsterdamDate Published1764 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #61 The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor; comprising Heroic Idyls. AuthorLandor, Walter SavageHeadlineHenry W. Poor's copy of Landor's HellenicsPublisherJames Nichol; R. Griffin and Co.Date Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #62 Sous Le Signe du Rossignol Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorJacques, HenryHeadlineSous Le Signe du Rossignol Kay Nielsen IllustratedPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #63 Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the Year 1795, Written by Himself: with a Continuation, to the time of his Decease, By his Son, Joseph Priestley... / Four Discourses Intended to Have Been Delivered at Philadelphia... AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Priestley bound by BayntunPublisherJ. Johnson; John BinnsDate Published1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #64 Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon on the Times of Louis XIV. and the Regency AuthorSaint-Simon, [Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de]HeadlineMemoirs of Saint-Simon bound by BaytunPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #65 The Handy Volume Shakespeare - with custom box AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineHandy Volume Shakespeare - with custom boxPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #66 Quo Vadis, roman des temps Néroniens AuthorSienkiewicz, HenrykHeadlineQuo Vadis in French, bound by Flammarion, 1904PublisherErnest FlammarionDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #67 The Historie of Tvvelve Cæsars, Emperours of Rome: VVritten in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English, by Philêmon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Together with a Marginall Glosse, and other briefe Annotations there-upon AuthorSuetonius Tranquillus, CaiusHeadlineSuetonius' Twelve Caesars, 1st in English 1606PublisherPrinted [by Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew LownesDate Published1606 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #68 The Rivers of France, from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner AuthorTurner, J.M.W.HeadlineTurner's Rivers of France 1837 finely boundPublisherPublished for the Proprietor, by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & LongmanDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #69 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn illustrated by Worth BrehmPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #71 A History of British Birds AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #72 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne Heading(Zaehnsdorf)HeadlinePoems of Swinburne in 4 finely bound volumesPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #78 The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth. Heading(Americana Manuscripts)Author[Hewlett, W.O., editor]Headline3 vol Manuscripts of the Earl of DartmouthPublisherPrinted for Her Majesty's Stationary Office by Eyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1885-1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #80 A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland, From A.D. 1536, 1784, with Critical Remarks by Hugo Arnot AuthorArnot, HugoHeadlineArnot's Celebrated Scottish Trials, 1785PublisherPrinted for the author by William SmellieDate Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #84 A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government, unto the Death of King James. Whereunto is added, The Reign of King Charles the First, and The First Thirteen Years of His Sacred Majesty, King Charles the Second... AuthorBaker, Sir RichardHeadlineA Chronicle of the Kings of England 1684PublisherH. SawbridgeDate Published1684 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #85 Peter and Wendy AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Peter and Wendy 1st American EdPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #88 Observations upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Ancients. And a short Description of the Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Naples. Author[Bellicard,Jerome Charles & Charles Cochin]HeadlineObservations on paintings and sculpture, 1753PublisherPrinted for D. Wilson, and T. DurhamDate Published1753 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #100 The Jonah Legend: A Suggestion of Interpretation / The Story of Samson and its Place in the Religious Development of Mankind Heading(Bible Myth)Headline2 Historical texts on religious storiesPublisherOpen Court Publishing Company; Grant RichardsDate Published1899, 1917 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #105 The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to that which is to come... AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineA Pilgrim's Progress, 1796PublisherPrinted for C. CookeDate Published[1796] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #106 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entitled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineRichard Burton's Arabian NightsPublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers OnlyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #107 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #109 Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, illustrated by JohannotPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #110 The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, Vierge illustrated edition 1/165PublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #111 The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote illustrated by Richard WestallPublisherHurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #112 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, Jarvis 2nd edition with Vanderbank platesPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1749 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #113 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote: Volume the Second AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote Vol. II, illustrated by John VanderbankPublisherPrinted for J. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #115 Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions Heading(China)AuthorTsien, Tsuen-HsuinHeadlineWritten on Bamboo and Silk, 1st ed in djPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #118 The Works of The Rev. George Crabbe AuthorCrabbe, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of The Rev. George Crabbe 8 vols. 1823PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #119 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane illustrates Shakespeare's Tempest, 1893PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #120 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane's Illustrations to Two Gentlemen of VeronaPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #121 The Faerie Queene Heading(Crane, Water, illustrator)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene illustrated by Walter CranePublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1895-97 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #122 Quintus Curtius, His History of the Wars of Alexander. To which is prefix'd Freinshemius's Supplement AuthorCurtius Rufus, QuintusHeadlineDigby Translation of Curtius 1726PublisherBernard LintotDate Published1725 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #123 The New Life of Dante Alighieri / A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante Heading(Dante Alighieri)HeadlineBiography and dictionary of Dante AlighieriPublisherTicknor and Fields; the Clarendon PressDate Published1867; 1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #128 Arte de escribir por reglas y con muestras, segun la doctrina de los mejores autores antiguos y modernos, extrangeros y nacionales [...] AuthorDon Torqauto Torio de la Riva y HerreroHeadlineArte de escribir w/58 plates 1798PublisherJoaquin IbarraDate Published1798 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #135 Five comedic plays from the 16th century from the Tudor Facsimile Texts Heading(Early English Printing)Headline5 Facsimile 16th-century comic plays, 1910-12PublisherTudor Facsimile TextsDate Published1910-1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #136 Six religiously-themed 16th century plays from the Tudor Facsimile Texts Heading(Early English Printing)Headline6 Tudor Facsimile plays concerning religionPublisherTudor Facsimile TextsDate Published1907-1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #137 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Musick, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages, Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematicks, Husbandry, Gardening, Cookery, Chemistry... Heading(Early Periodicals)HeadlineEarly monthly culture and society periodicalPublisherJohn Hinton at the King's ArmsDate Published[1748] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #139 The Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago. Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)AuthorAllen, Thomas George, editorHeadlineThe Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents 131 platesPublisherThe University of Chicago PressDate Published1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #145 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.; with the Life of the Author… To which is now added, The Fathers; or, The Good-natured Man… AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding 1783 Edition 12 volumesPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan, J. Rivington & SonsDate Published1783 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #152 The Works of H. Rider Haggard [with] 5 licensing receipts signed by Haggard and one invitation requesting Haggard's presence at the Society for Constructive Birth Control & Racial Progress dinner AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineWorks of H. Rider Haggard with author signed receiptsPublisherMcKinlay, Stone & McKenzieDate Published[1910-1916] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #154 Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With precautionary Directions against the like Contagion by Nath. Hodges, M.D. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, who resided in the City all that Time... AuthorHodges, Nathaniel & John QuincyHeadlineHodges' account of London's Great PlaguePublisherPrinted for E. Bell & J. OsbornDate Published1720 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #155 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #158 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineSigned by Rockwell Kent, limited editionPublisherGarden CityDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #160 The Works of Rudyard Kipling AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Works of Rudyard Kipling "New World Edition"PublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published[c.1905] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #161 The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c... Author[Kitchiner, William]HeadlineArt of Invigorating and Prolonging Life 1822PublisherPrinted for Hurst, Robinson, and Co.Date Published1822 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #163 Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineFirst edition of Machiavelli's Discourses in EnglishPublisherPrinted by Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel PakemanDate Published1636 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #167 The Historie of All the Romane Emperors, Beginning with Caius Julius Caesar, and Successively Ending with Rodulph the Second Now Raigning AuthorMexia, PedroHeadlinePedro Mexia's History of the Roman Emperors, 1604PublisherMatthew LownesDate Published1604 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #171 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #173 Document signed by Alexandre Berthier as Ministre de la Guerre, and secretarially signed "Bonaparte" as premier Consul de la République, promoting a lieutenant in the army Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Napoleon BonaparteDate Publishedc.1803 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #174 Letter from General Sir Thomas Picton, written to his agent in London following his arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, describing conditions there Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorPicton, ThomasHeadlineLetter from British General in Peninsular War, 1810Date Published9th Feby. 1810 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #180 The Rose Garden of Persia Heading(Persia)AuthorCostello, Louisa StuartHeadlineThe Rose Garden of Persia, 1845PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, & LongmansDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #181 Pictorial History of Ancient Pharmacy; with Sketches of Early Medical Practice AuthorPeters, HermannHeadlineIllustrated history of Pharmacology, 1889PublisherG.P. Engelhard & CompanyDate Published1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #182 Phaedri Augusti liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, Ad optimas quasque editiones emendati. AuthorPhaedrus [Gaius Julius Phaedrus]HeadlineLatin edition of Aesop's Fables, 1742PublisherApud CoustelierDate Published1742 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #185 Collection of French Consulate plays, many by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt Heading(Pixérécourt, René-Charles Guilbert de)AuthorVarious authorsHeadline2 volumes of Consulate era French TheatrePublisherVarious publishersDate Published1801-1805 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #186 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612; 1610 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #187 The Worthies of the World, or, The Lives of the most Heroick Greeks and Romans compared, to which are added More Lives, out of Aemilius Probus and others AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, 1665 editionPublisherPrinted for John Williams, William Gilbertson, and Henry MarshDate Published1665 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #188 Oeuvres de Gesner Zürich Heading(Poetry)AuthorGessner, SalomonHeadlineThe Works of Salomon GessnerPublisherChez DufartDate Published[ca. 1786-1793] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #191 Discourses on the Evidence of Revealed Religion. AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Discourses on Revealed ReligionsPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #196 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherWhite & ByrneDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #197 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. and an Additional Lecture on the Constitution of the United States AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherPrinted for P. ByrneDate Published1803 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #198 Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and its Neighbourhood, on Subjects Interesting to the Author, and to Them. AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Letters to Northumberland, 1801PublisherPrinted by John Bioren for John Conrad; M. & J. Conrad; Rapine, Conrad & Co.Date Published1801 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #199 Three works by Joseph Priestley AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineJoseph Priestley, memoirs, lectures, lettersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1791-1809 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #200 WITHDRAWN - The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort Compiled Under The Direction of Her Majesty The Queen - presentation copy inscribed by Queen Victoria Heading(Queen Victoria)AuthorGrey, Lieut-General The Hon C.HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Inscribed by Queen VictoriaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #203 In the Evening of His Days, a Study of Mr. Gladstone in Retirement, With Some Account of St. Deiniol's Library and Hostel Heading(Rackham, Arthur, artist)Author[Friederichs, Hulda]HeadlineStudy of Mr. Gladstone in Retirement, 1896Publisher"Westminster Gazette"Date Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #207 Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer-Night's Dream Heading(Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSigned by W. Heath Robinson, 1/250PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #209 The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau AuthorRousseau, Jean JacquesHeadlineConfessions of RousseauPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #212 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, large paper edition, 1/500PublisherShakespeare Head Press for Houghton MifflinDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #216 Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorBarrie, J. M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Quality Street Hugh Thomson illustrationsPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #217 She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #218 The School for Scandal Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #221 Five plays by William Shakespeare from the Tudor Facsimile Texts Heading(Tudor Facsimile Texts)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline5 Facsimile Shakespeare plays, 1910PublisherTudor Facsimile TextsDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #222 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1st edPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #223 The Stolen White Elephant, Etc. AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain the Stolen White Elephant, 1st edPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #226 The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle for the Year 1745 AuthorUrban, SylvanusHeadline1745 Magazine w/ early article on electricityPublisherJohn NicholsDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next