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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Bookman's Holiday Heading(Bayberry Hill Press)AuthorJohnson, Ruth & FosterHeadlineBookman's Holiday from Bayberry Hill PressPublisherBayberry Hill PressDate Published1971 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #4 Erhard Ratdolt and his Work at Venice Heading(Bibliographical Society)AuthorRedgrave, Gilbert R.HeadlineA Work on the Incunables of RatdoltPublisherBibliographical SocietyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #5 Three works on printing from the Bird & Bull Press Heading(Bird & Bull Press)HeadlineThree works on printing from Bird & Bull PressPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1975-1981 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #7 A Survey of Modern Bookmaking: Pages from Contemporary Presses of England and the Continent together with Four Examples by San Francisco Printers Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineSigned by Edwin & Robert GrabhornPublisherPresented by Herbert L. Rothchild to Members of the Roxburghe ClubDate Published1931 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #16 Seven volumes from the Roycrofters Heading(Roycrofters)HeadlineSeven fine volumes published by the RoycroftersPublisher[The Roycrofters]Date Published1894-1926 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #24 The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy AuthorBurckhardt, JacobHeadlineBurckhardt's Renaissance, handsomely boundPublisherC. Kegan Paul & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #26 Lola Montez An Adventuress of the Forties AuthorD'Auvergne, Edmund, B.HeadlineNicely bound with seven lithographed portraitsPublisherJohn Lane CompanyDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #32 The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGleig, G.R.HeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Wellington in uniformPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #35 Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineFore-edge paintings of Goldsmith and DublinPublisherBell & DaldyDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #37 Critical and Historical Essays Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of a Holkham HallPublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #46 A Staff Officer's Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War AuthorHamilton, IanHeadlineNicely bound account of the Russo-Japanese WarPublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #55 Henry of Guise and Other Portraits AuthorMacdowall, H.C.HeadlineNicely bound biography of Henry of GuisePublisherMacmillan and Co.; The Macmillan CompanyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #61 A Biographical History of England, From Egbert the Great to the Revolution: Consisting of Characters Disposed in Different Classes, and Adapted to a Methodical Catalogue of Engraved British Heads:... Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorGranger, J.HeadlineJ. Granger's history bound by Riviere & SonPublisherWilliam Baynes and SonDate Published1824 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #62 The Story of Nell Gwyn: and the Sayings of Charles the Second Heading(Riviere)AuthorCunningham, Peter, editorHeadlineNell Gwyn, Royal Mistress, Bound by RivierePublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1862 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #73 Celebrated Trials Connected with the Aristocracy in the Relations of Private Life. Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorBurke, PeterHeadlineHandsomely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilliam Benning & Co.Date Published1849 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #74 Life of Rosina, Lady Lytton with Numerous Extracts from Her Ms. Autobiography and Other Original Documents, Published in Vindication of Her Memory Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDevey, LouisaHeadlineBiography of Rosina Lytton, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherSwan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #158 Specimens of Woodcuts and Engravings: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Illustrated Books... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.Headline15 Woodcuts & Engravings from FoliophilesPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1926 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #167 Handelsmarken und Fabrikzeichen AuthorHinkefuß, Carl Ernst und Wilhelm H. DeffkeHeadlineWith 47 lithographed logos of Weimar GermanyPublisherWilhelmwerkDate Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #178 Joséphine Impératrice et Reine AuthorMasson, FrédéricHeadlineEmpress Josephine with aquatint platesPublisherGoupil et CieDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #185 The Production of Nineteenth Century Colour Illustration Heading(Plough Press)AuthorWakeman, GeoffreyHeadlineWith 17 color plates from 19th century worksPublisherThe Plough PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #186 Victorian Color Printing [with] Graphic Methods in Book Illustration Heading(Plough Press)AuthorWakeman, GeoffreyHeadlineTwo guides to color and graphic illustrationPublisherThe Plough PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #210 Gujarati Type Foundry Type Book Heading(Typography)HeadlineFont specimen book from Gujarati Type FoundryPublisherThe Gujarati Type FoundryDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #211 Notes on Railroad Accidents AuthorAdams, Charles FrancisHeadlineEarly railroad accidents, 1879PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #216 The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary AuthorAstle, ThomasHeadlineThe Origin and Progress of Writing 1803PublisherJ. WhiteDate Published1803 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #218 Notice sur deux fragments d'un Pentateuque hébreu-samaritain rapportés de la Palestine par M. le sénateur F. de Saulcy. AuthorBargès, Jean Joseph Léandre, editor and translatorHeadline'Song of Moses' in Samaritan, Hebrew and LatinPublisherImprimerie Polyglotte Édouard BlotDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #225 Methodus ad Facilem Historiarum Cognitonem AuthorBodin, JeanHeadlineJean Bodin's easy method for learning historyPublisherSumptibus Joannis RavesteinyDate Published[1650] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #229 Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. AuthorBrand, JohnHeadlineObservations on Popular Antiquities, finely boundPublisherCharles Knight and Co.Date Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #232 Limitation of Offspring, Transmission of Character and Increase of Crime. Its Causes and Remedies Scientifically Discussed. Author[Buckley, N.G.]HeadlineScarce Eugenics text on family planningPublisherBy the AuthorDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #234 The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England... AuthorCamden, WilliamHeadlineCamden's history of the reign of Queen ElizabethPublisherPrinted by E. Flesher for Charles Harper and John AmeryDate Published1675 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #236 The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England; Concerning the Jurisdiction of Courts AuthorCoke, EdwardHeadlineFourth part of Coke's history of English LawPublisherPrinted for A. Cooke, W. Leake, A. Roper et al.Date Published1669 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #238 A Set of Alphabets Of all the various Hands in Modern Use With Examples in each Style, Designed As A Text Book AuthorCopley, Fred. S.Headline1877 Collection of Alphabet Font DesignPublisherGeo. E. WoodwardDate Published1877 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #240 The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom. Collected from the Publick Records of the Nation, the Charters and other Writings of the Nobility, and from the most approved Histories. AuthorCrawfurd, GeorgeHeadlineCrawfurd's 1716 Peerage of ScotlandPublisherGeorge StewartDate Published1716 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #242 Stephani Curcellaei Opera Theologica, quorum pars praecipua institution religionis Christianae. Cum indicibus necessariis. AuthorDe Courcelles, ÉtienneHeadlineTheological works of Étienne de CourcellesPublisherApud Danielem ElserviriumDate Published[1675] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #249 The World's Great Classics AuthorDwight, Timothy et al, editorsHeadline7 Vols of Classics in Modern History WritingPublisherThe Colonial PressDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #250 The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day or the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead: The Egyptian Hieroglyphic Text Edited from Numerous Papyri Heading(Egypt)AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineThe Book of the Dead in hieroglyphicsPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.Date Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #251 The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus Heading(Egypt)AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineWallis Budge study of the Rosetta StonePublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #252 A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII. B.C. 30 Heading(Egypt)AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineE.A. Wallis Budge History of Egypt 8 vols. 1902PublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #253 Two works on ancient Egyptian texts published by the British Museum Heading(Egypt)HeadlineTexts from ancient EgyptPublisherTrustees of the British MuseumDate Published1913 & 1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #269 A History of Champagne with Notes on the Other Sparkling Wines of France Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorVizetelly, HenryHeadlineHistory of Champagne Wines of France 1882PublisherVizetelly & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #272 Orientalisch- und occidentalischer Sprachmeister, welcher nicht allein hundert Alphabete nebst ihrer Aussprache, so bey denen meisten europäisch- asiatisch- africanisch- und americanischen Völckern... AuthorFritz, Johann FriedrichHeadlineGerman Enlightenment text on Linguistics, 1748PublisherChristian Friedrich GessnerDate Published1748 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #274 Historia Di M. Bernardo Giustiniano Gentiluomo Vinitiano. Dell Origine de Vinegia, & Delle Cose Fatte da Vinitiani. Nella Quale Anchora Ampiamente Tradotta da Lodovico Domenichi AuthorGiustiniani, BernardoHeadlineGiustiniani's History of Venice, 1545Publisher[Bernardo Bindoni]Date Published[1545] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #277 A History of Greece; From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with Alexander the Great. AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineNicely bound set of Grote's History of GreecePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #278 Theatrum Historicum et Chronologicum: æqualibus denariorum, quinquagenariorum & centenariorum intervallis; cum assignatione AuthorHelvici, ChristophoriHeadlineChristof Helvig's chronology, 1662PublisherH. HallDate Published1662 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #279 The History of Great Britain, from the First Invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar. Written on a New Plan. AuthorHenry, RobertHeadlineRobert Henry's History of Great BritainPublisherPrinted for A. Strahan; and T. CadellDate Published[1788] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #281 Herodotou Alikarnasseos I'storiōn logoith: epigraphomenoi Mousai tou autou Exegesis peri tes Homerou biotes = Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarvm lib. IX: Eiusdem narratio de vita Homeri AuthorHerodotus, Henri Estienne, Lorenzo Valla, Joachim Camerarius, and CtesiasHeadlineEstienne edition of Herodotus, 1592PublisherExcudebat Henricus StephanusDate Published1592 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #292 The Accedens of Armory AuthorLegh, GerardHeadlineExcellent 1562 illustrated survey of heraldryPublisher[Richard Tottill]Date Published[1562] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #296 Titi Livii Historiarum Ab Urbe Condita AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineElsevier Bros 1664-5 Ed. of Livy, Finely BoundPublisherLudovicum & Danielem ElseviriosDate Published1664-65 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #315 Handmade Papers of Japan, Including an Abridged Reproduction of One of the Old Classics of Japanese Literature About Paper-Making by Hand, Kamisuki Chohoki The Handbook of Paper Making, Originally Published at Osaka in 1798 AuthorMitchell, C.H.Headline108 Samples of Japanese Paper MakingPublisherIIS CraftsDate Published1963 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #317 Histoire Generale de Normandie. AuthorMoulin, Gabriel duHeadlineHistory of Normandy, 1631PublisherJean OsmontDate Published1631 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #329 Antonii Pichardi Vinuesae I.C. Hispani... In quatuor Institutionum Imperatoris Iustiniani libros veterarecens Quarta hac Editione, cui eiusdem Iustiani accesit contextus, in duos divisa tomos renouata commentaria... AuthorPichardo Vinuesa, AntonioHeadlineSpanish law under Emperor JustinianPublisherex Officina Viduae Francisci Fernandez de CordouaDate Published1630 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #330 C. Plini Panegyricus Liber Trajano Dictus, Cum Annotationibus ante hac ineditis Dominici Baudii. Iis Accedunt Comentarius Justi Lipsii, integrae notae Joannis Livinaei, Jani Gruteri, Conradi Rittershusii, ac Selectae Variorum. AuthorPliny the YoungerHeadlinePliny, the Younger's Letters, Speeches, 1675PublisherHackianaDate Published1675 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #338 The Author's Printing and Publishing Assistant: Including Interesting Details Respecting the Mechanism of Books. Author[Saunders, Frederic]HeadlineAdvice on Book Construction, 1839PublisherFrederic SaundersDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #339 A Character of King Charles the Second: And Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts AuthorSavile, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Savile reflects on the character of Charles IIPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1750 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #340 The Life of the Lady VVarner. Of Parham in Suffolk. In Religion Call'd Sister Clare of Jesus. The Second Edition, to which is added An Abridgement of the Life of her Sister-in-law Mrs. Elizabeth Warner... Author[Scarisbrike, Edward]Headline1692 Biography of Sister Clare of JesusPublisherPrinted by Tho: HalesDate Published1692 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #345 Scriptores Rerum Silesiacarum oder Sammlung Schlesischer Geschichtschreiber, Namens der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur AuthorStenzel, Gustav AdolfHeadlineUncommon Silesian History, 3 volsPublisherJosef Max & KompDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #350 The History of Printing in America. With a Biography & an Account of Newspapers. To Which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World. AuthorThomas, IsaiahHeadlineHistory of Printing in America, 1810PublisherFrom the Press of Isaiah ThomasDate Published1810 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #354 Statuts de L'Ordre de Saint-Esprit au Droit Desir ou du Noeud Institué a Naples en 1352 ... Manuscrit du XIVme Siècle Conservé au Louvre dans le Musée des Souvrains Français... AuthorViel-Castel, M. le Comte Horace deHeadlineChromolithograph Facsimile of 1352 ManuscriptPublisherEngelmann et GrafDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #357 Recollections of a Minister to France 1869-1877 AuthorWashburne, E.B.HeadlineNicely bound set of Washburne's RecollectionsPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next