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Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #46 Jack Sheppard: A Romance Heading(Bayntun)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineIllustrated by Cruikshank, bound by BayntunPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #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 #65 Petits Contes en Prose AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #101 Two Ladies' Annual Keepsakes Heading(Chromolithographs)HeadlineTwo annual keepsakes with chromolithographsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #227 Little Men AuthorAlcott, Louisa MayHeadlineSecond book in Alcott's Little Women trilogyPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1871 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #249 Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on His Genius and Writing… AuthorDrake, NathanHeadlineEarly 19th c. Shakspeare scholarshipPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #250 WITHDRAWN - Fashionable Biography; or, Specimens of Public Characters: By a Connoisseur. Author[Du Bois, Edward, editor]HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Anonymous work of English social satirePublisherPrinted for S.A. and H. OddyDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #291 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, mixed 1st & early editionsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1781-1788 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #302 Cakes and Ale AuthorJerrold, Douglas WilliamHeadlineTwo volumes of Victorian humor, 1842PublisherHow and ParsonsDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #344 The Silverado Squatters AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFirst American Edition of Silverado SquattersPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #348 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineNicely bound copy of Punch, Brothers, Punch!PublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next