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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 #22 Aids to Reflection In the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality and Religion Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge w/fore-edge painting 1836PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold 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 #28 The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testament Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)HeadlineFore-edge painting 1817 BiblePublisherStereotyped and printed by J. SmithDate Published1817 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #29 History of Christian Missions, From the Reformation to the Present Time Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorHuie, James A.HeadlineChristian Missions w/fore-edge paintingPublisherOliver & Boyd, Tweeddale CourtDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #33 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Newly translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By His Majesty's special command. Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)Headline1734 Bible with fore-edge paintingPublisherPrinted by John BaskettDate Published1734 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold 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 #35 The Percy Anecdotes Original and Select Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorPercy, Sholto and ReubenHeadlinePercy Anecdotes w/fore-edge paintingPublisherT. BoysDate Published1822 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold 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 #37 The Works of William Shakespeare; Containing his Plays and Poems, the Text of the Editions by Charles Knight... Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's works w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #39 Lot of 5 fore-edge paintings Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordHeadline5 fore-edge paintings after Edward Burne-JonesDate Published1859-1870 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold 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 #42 The Seasons Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons with fore-edge paintingPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #43 Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting Artists & Binders with a Catalogue Raisonné of Miss C. B. Currie Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorWeber, JeffHeadlineDefinitive reference work on fore-edge artists, signedPublisherJeff Weber Rare BooksDate Published2010 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #330 Choix des Poésies de Pétrarque AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePetrarch's poetry in Italian and FrenchPublisherChez ValadeDate Published[1774] 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next