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Previous|1|Next Lot #29 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] Heading(Bible in Hebrew)Headline16th Century Bomberg Bible with ProphetsPublisherDaniel BombergDate Publishedc.1547-49 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #30 Bible in Romanian Heading(Bible)Headline18th century Bible in RomanianDate Published[c. 1794] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #41 Songs of Nature AuthorBurroughs, John, editorHeadlineInscribed with signature by John BurroughsPublisherMcClure Phillips & Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #44 Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineA handsome finely bound set of Don QuixotePublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #62 Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill, Savrola First U.S. EditionPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #87 Two Editions of Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his Works of Creation. AuthorDerham, W.HeadlineTwo Editions of Physico-Theology by W. DerhamDate Published1758, 1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #88 Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Charles DickensDate PublishedApril 1, 1850 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #89 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, First edition, first issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$529.50StatusSold Lot #90 The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield the Younger AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineHandsomely bound edition of David CopperfieldPublisherW.F. BurgessDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #91 Physica Vetus Et Vera: Sive Tractatus De Naturali Veritate Hexaemeri Mosaici AuthorDickinson, EdmundHeadlineThe Syncratic beliefs of Edmund Dickinson, 1702PublisherHenri RibotteauDate Published1702 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #102 The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler - With two fore-edge paintings Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's works with Fore Edge PaintingsPublisherPickeringDate Published1835 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #111 West-oestlicher Divan AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadlinelyrical poems by Goethe 1819Publisherin der Cottaischen BuchhandlungDate Published1819 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne AuthorGranville, George, Lord LansdowneHeadlineGeorge Granville verse and prose 1732PublisherPrinted for J. Tonson, and L. GilliverDate Published1732 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #113 Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineHugo Grotius' Notes on the Gospels 1641PublisherCornelium BlaeuDate Published1641 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #119 The Works of James Harris, Esq. With an account of his life and character, by his son, the Earl of Malmesbury AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlineHarris on philosophy of language, 1801PublisherPrinted by Luke Hansard, for F. WingraveDate Published1801 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #122 Harivansa ou Histoire de la Famille de Hari, ouvrage formant un appendice du Mahabharata... Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineFirst printing of the Harivansa in any languagePublisherOriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and IrelandDate Published1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #123 The Hindu Pantheon Heading(Hindu Mythology)AuthorMoor, EdwardHeadlinePantheon of Hindu Gods with over 100 platesPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1810 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #126 The Iliad of Homer Heading(Homer)AuthorPope, Alexander, translatorHeadlinePope translation of Homer's Iliad, folio editionPublisherW. Boyer for Bernard LintottDate Published1715-1720 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #132 A Dictionary of the English Language in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.... AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineFourth edition of Johnson's Dictionary, DublinPublisherThomas EwingDate Published1775 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #137 Mémoires d'une femme de qualité, sur Louis XVIII, sa cour et son règne AuthorLamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de, et al.HeadlineMemoirs of French "Lady of Quality" 1829-30PublisherMame et Delaunay-Vallée, librairesDate Published1829-1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #140 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's vermischte Schriften nach dessen tode aus den hinterlassenen papieren gesammelt und herausgegeben von Ludwig Christian Lichtenberg und Friedrich Kries... AuthorLichtenberg, Georg ChristophHeadlineLichtenberg's writings on science & more 1800-06PublisherJ.C. Dieterich, etc.Date Published1800-1806 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #169 The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works of Apuleius, Translated from the original Latin by Thomas Taylor Heading(Neoplatonism)AuthorApuleiusHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Apuleius, 1822PublisherRobert Triphook...and Thomas RoddDate Published1822 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #172 I Rimedi D'amore di Ovidio AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Remedia Amoris 1584PublisherNella Stamperia NouaDate Published1584 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #182 Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePetrarch's sonnets 1547PublisherPer Comin de Trino di MonferratoDate Published1547 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #192 Handsomely bound eighteenth-century Dutch prayer book Heading(Prayer Book)HeadlineHandsome Dutch prayer book 1714Date Published1714 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #205 [Morte d’Arthur, i.e.:] The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur Notwythstondng It Treateth of the Byrth Lyf and Actes of the Sayd Kynge Arthur: of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table... Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineFine press edition of Malory, Shakespeare HeadPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1933 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #206 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Henry VIII from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #207 The Plays of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohnson's Shakespeare 8 vols. 1768PublisherH Woodfall et al.Date Published1768 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #219 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineGulliver's Travels Woodcuts by GrandvillePublisherHayward and MooreDate Published[c. 1840] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #225 The Altar Book: Containing the Order for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist According to the Use of the American Church: MDCCCXCII. By Authority Heading(Updike, Daniel Berkeley/ Merrymount Press)HeadlineThe Altar Book Merrymount Press 1/350Publisher[Merrymount Press]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #229 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #237 Astronomy and General Physics Considered With Reference to Natural Theology AuthorWhewell, WilliamHeadlineTheological perspectives on Astronomy & PhysicsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1834 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #239 Fabulas Literarias AuthorYriarte, TomásHeadlineTomás Yriarte's best known work 1782PublisherImprenta RealDate Published1782 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next