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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Graveyard by the Sea Heading(Centaur Press)AuthorValery, PaulHeadlineValery's Graveyard by the SeaPublisherThe Centaur PressDate Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #16 Five works printed by John Henry Nash Heading(Nash, John Henry)HeadlineFive works printed by John Henry NashPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #19 Five Fine press poetry broadsides Heading(Poetry Broadsides)Headline5 Fine press poetry broadsidesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #20 The Poetical Works of James Beattie Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorBeattie, JamesHeadlineWorks of James Beattie w/fore-edge painting 1831PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #21 The Poetical Works Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineThomas Campbell w/fore-edge painting 1854PublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 Poems Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineCowper's Poems w/fore-edge paintings 1810PublisherPrinted for J. Johnson and Co.Date Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #24 The Poetical Works of William Cowper Heading(Fore-edge paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineWith color fore-edge paintings of scenic viewsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1830-1831 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #25 Miscellaneous Verses Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorDoyle, Sir Francis HastingsHeadlineF. Hastings Doyle fore-edge painting 1841PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #26 The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Notice of His Life and Genius Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineGoldsmith Works w/fore-edge painting 1859PublisherW. KentDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #27 The Works of Thomas Grey Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorGrey, ThomasHeadlineThomas Grey w/fore-edge paintings 1807PublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and SharpeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #30 Poems and Ballads by Dr. John Leyden with A Memoir to the Author by Sir Walter Scott, Bart Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLeyden, JohnHeadlineJohn Leyden Poems w/fore-edge painting 1875PublisherJ. & J. H. RutherfordDate Published1875 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #31 Longfellow's Poetical Works Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Works w/fore-edge paintingPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[c.1880s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #34 The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing the Faith as well as Practice of a Christian: Made Easy for the Practice of the Present Age Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)HeadlineWhole Duty of Man 1825 w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherPrinted for W. BentDate Published[1825] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #36 The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, complete in one volume Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)HeadlineSouthey's poems w/ fore-edge painting 1850PublisherLondonDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #38 Complete Works of Edmund Spenser. The Globe Edition Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Works w/fore-edge painting 1879PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #40 Anthologia Latina Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorThackeray, Franciscus St. John, editorHeadlineAnthologia Latina w/fore-edge painting 1865PublisherBell Et DaldyDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 The Seasons: And Castle of Indolence Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorThompson, JamesHeadlineFore-edge painting of Kent 1842PublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #44 Sacred Poems Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineSacred Poems w/fore-edge painting 1860PublisherClark, Austin & SmithDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #45 The Complaint, Or Night Thoughts Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorYoung, EdwardHeadlineYoung's The Complaint w/fore-edge painting 1817PublisherPrinted for John SharpeDate Published1817 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #46 Jack Sheppard: A Romance Heading(Bayntun)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineIllustrated by Cruikshank, bound by BayntunPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #47 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England... Heading(Book of Common Prayer)HeadlineNicely bound copy of the Book of Common PrayerPublisherPrinted by John BaskervilleDate Published[1762] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #48 William Roscoe of Liverpool AuthorChandler, GeorgeHeadlineSpecially bound by Zaehnsdorf after FazakerleyPublisherB.T. Batsford Ltd.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #49 The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #50 The Poetical Works of William Cooper AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineNicely bound set of William Cowper's poetryPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #51 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound copy of the Pickwick PapersPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 Works of Charles Dickens, Including Over One Thousand Illustrations, Comprising All the Celebrated Dickens' Plates as Well as Many Rare & Unusual Pictures Never Published Before AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens Author's Watercolor Edition 1/25PublisherFrederick J. Quinby & CoDate Published1900 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #54 A Collection of Poems by Several Hands. With Notes. Author[Dodsley, Robert, editor]HeadlineDodsley's famous collection of anonymous poemsPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published[1782] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #56 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis Heading(Dryden, John, translator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineFirst edition of Dryden's Virgil 1697PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1697 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #57 Peter Ibbetson AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlinePeter Ibbetson, nicely bound by KnickerbockerPublisherHarper's New Monthly MagazineDate Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #58 Poems and Songs AuthorFlatman, ThomasHeadlineFlatman's Poems and Songs 1676PublisherPrinted by S. and B.G. for Benjamin TookDate Published1676 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #59 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely bound setPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #60 The Works of Washington Irving AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineWorks of Washington Irving Joseph Jefferson EditionPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #61 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical... AuthorJohnson, Samuel, editorHeadlineWorks of the English Poets, a complete setPublisherPrinted by John Nichols; for J. Buckland et al.Date Published[1790] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #62 The Writings in Prose and Verse AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling in 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #63 The Comic History of England [and] The Comic History of Rome Heading(Leech, John, illustrator)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineA'Beckett's Comic HistoriesPublisherBradbury, Agnew, & Co.Date Published[late 19th century] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #64 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineHandsomely bound copy of Longfellow's poetryPublisherDavid BogueDate Published[1851] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #65 Petits Contes en Prose AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #66 The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan [with] The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England AuthorMorier, JamesHeadlineMorier's Hajji Baba novels, nicely boundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1835 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #67 The Works of William H. Prescott AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 Works of Charles Reade AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineReade's Works, expertly bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #69 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #70 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNew Century Shakespeare Works, De Luxe EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #71 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #72 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #73 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works, bound by Harcourt BinderyPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #74 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineWritings of Henry David Thoreau Finely BoundPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1898 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #75 The Compleat Angler AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineThe Compleat Angler Finely BoundPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #76 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Walt WhitmanPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #77 The Works of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #87 Elemens de perspective à l'usage des elèves de l'Académie de Dessin, Peinture & Architecture de la ville de Gand Heading(Art - Perspective)HeadlineLessons in perspective for art students, 1800PublisherChez Bermard PoelmanDate Published[c.1800] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #89 The Christian Armour AuthorBell, Eliza CraufurdHeadlineBell's poetry illustrated in chromolithographyPublisherCharles Scribner & Co.Date Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #93 Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry AuthorBloomfield, RobertHeadlineBloomfield's poetry with 8 illustrationsPublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe et al.Date Published1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #103 The Artist a Monthly Lady's Book Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarréDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #111 Characaturas. From Drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum. AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineWith 64 engraved caricatures by Da VinciPublisherJohn ClarkeDate Published1786 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #133 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 72 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #141 Les Oeuvres d'Architecture d'Anthoine le Pautre Architect ordinaire du Roy AuthorLe Pautre, AntoineHeadlineExcellent plate series on Parisian architecturePublisherChez IombertDate Published[1652] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #171 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, illus. by Willy PogányPublisherThomas Y. Crowell Company View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #189 The True Church AuthorTilton, TheodoreHeadlineWith eight chromolithograph platesPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #194 Leonora Heading(Beauclerc, Diana)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #198 The History of Pompey the Little; Or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog Author[Coventry, Francis]HeadlineHistory of Pompey the Little, 1751PublisherPrinted for M. CooperDate Published[1751] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #228 Elémens de Musique Théorique et Pratique, suivant les Principes de M. Rameau, éclairis, développées et simplifiés AuthorAlembert, Jean le Rond d'HeadlineAlembert's Elements of Music 1772PublisherChez Jean-Marie BruysetDate Published1772 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 Cours D'Architecture enseigné dans L'Academie Royale d'Architecture Heading(Architecture)AuthorBlondel, FrancoisHeadlineBlondel's Cours D'Architecture 1675PublisherDe l'imprimerie de Lambert Roulland...Se vend, chez Pierre Aubin & François ClouzierDate Published1675-1683 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #235 Emblemata of Zinne-werck: voorghestelt in Beelden, ghedichten, en breeder uyt-legginghenm tot uyt-druckinghe, en veerbeteringhe van verscheyden feylen onfer eeuwe. AuthorBrune, Johan deHeadlineWith 52 emblem illustrations of Dutch lifePublisherAbraham LathamDate Published[c. 1688] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #242 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Compared with the Former Editions, and Many Valuable MSS. Out of Which, Three Tales are Added Which Were Never Before Printed AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineWorks of Geoffrey Chaucer 1721 First Urry Ed.PublisherPrinted for Bernard Lintot, between the Temple GatesDate Published1721 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #243 Histoire Naturelle de la Parole ou Prècis de l origine du Langage et de la Grammaire Universelle. Extrait du Monde Primitif. AuthorCourt de Gébelin, AntoineHeadlineFirst plate printed in 4 colors 1776PublisherChez l'Auteur, Boudet, Valleyre, la Veuve Duchesne, Saugrain, RuaultDate Published1776 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #252 The Baronage of England, or An Historical Account of the Lives and most Memorable Actions of Our English Nobility AuthorDugdale, WilliamHeadlineDugdale's Baronage with 5 genealogical chartsPublisherAbel Roper, John Martin, and Henry HerringmanDate Published1675-1676 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #300 An Essay on History; In Three Epistles To Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Notes. AuthorHayley, WilliamHeadlineHayley's Essay on History 1780PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1780 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #306 Le Parfait Aide de Camp. Où l'on traite de ce que doit sçavoir tout jeune Militaire qui se propose de faire son chemin à la Guerre; Avec des Notes sur différens ouvrages de Campagne, & sur les Plans des principaux Camps de Guerres de 1740 & 1756. AuthorLe Rouge, Georg LouisHeadlineMilitary camp plans and maps 1760PublisherChez l'AuteurDate Published1760 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #308 Geographia Antiqua Et Nova: or a System of Antient and Modern Geography. With a Set of Maps, Engraven From Those of Cellarius, Designed for the Use Schools, and of Gentlemen, Who Make the Antient Writers Their Delight or Study AuthorLenglet du Fresnoy, Pierre NicolasHeadlineGeographia Antiqua w/33 mapsPublisherPrinted for Robert HorsfieldDate Published1768 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #329 The Workes of that Famous and Worthy Minister of Christ in the Universitie of Cambridge, M. VV. Perkins. Containing his learned expositions of sundry choice places of Scripture... Third and last volume. AuthorPerkins, WilliamHeadlineIncludes sermon on the Damned Art of WitchcraftPublisherPrinted by Cantrell LeggeDate Published1608-1609 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #330 Choix des Poésies de Pétrarque AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePetrarch's poetry in Italian and FrenchPublisherChez ValadeDate Published[1774] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #331 A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640 AuthorPollard, A.W., G.R. Redgrave, et al.HeadlineSTC, complete set Second EditionPublisherThe Bibliographic SocietyDate Published1976-1991 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #333 The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius AuthorPreston, William, translatorHeadlineThe Argonautics of Apollonius RhodiusPublisherPrinted by Graisberry and Campbell, for the AuthorDate Published1803 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #334 Recueil Des Voiages Qui Ont Servi A L'Établissement Et Aux Progrès De La Compagnie Des Indes Orientales, Formée dans les Provinces Unies des Païs-bas. Tome Second AuthorRenneville, Constantin de, editorHeadlineWith 15 copper-engraved folding mapsPublisherd'Étienne RogerDate Published[1703] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #339 La Manna Dell'Anima Ovvero Esercizio Facile insieme, e fruttuoso Per chi desidera in qualche mode d'attendere all'Orazione... AuthorSegneri, PaoloHeadlineSecond portion of Segneri's Manna of the SoulPublisherGirolamo BortoliDate Published[1740] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #342 Instructions for the Cultivating and Raising of Flax and Hemp: In a Better Manner, than that generally Practis'd in Ireland. [bound with] Observations made by Richard Hall... Hemp and Flax Dresser:... AuthorSlator, Lionel; Richard HallHeadlineIrish and Dutch methods of Hemp cultivationPublisherPrinted by George GriersonDate Published[1724] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #349 L'Opere Di Virgilio Mantoano Cioe La Bucolica, La Georgica, E L'Eneide Commentate in Lingua Volgare Toscana... AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineWorks of Virgil in Latin 1661PublisherAppresso li GuerigliDate Published1661 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next