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Previous|1|Next Lot #63 Historie of the Life and Death of Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange, Knight Heading(Updike, D.B. - Merrymount Press)AuthorMurdoch, HaroldHeadlineLife of Sir William Kirkaldy printed by UpdikePublisher[Merrymount Press for] The Club of Odd VolumesDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #66 Trailing the Pioneers [with] West from Fort Bridger Heading(Utah State University Press)AuthorDelafosse, Peter H. et al, editors.HeadlineUtah Pioneer stories, signed by contributorsPublisherUtah State University PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #87 La Comédie Humaine AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineBalzac's Human Comedy, 40 vols.PublisherJ.M. Dent and Co.Date Published1895-1898 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #88 The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane Heading(Bayntun)AuthorLe Sage, [Alain Rene]HeadlineBound by Bayntun with hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for J. Mawman; Baldwin, Cradock and JoyDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #89 Charles II Heading(Bickers & Son)AuthorAiry, OsmundHeadlineCharles II by Airy, bound by BickersPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.; William BrownDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #90 Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadline1757 Boccaccio finely bound with engraved platesPublisher[Prault]Date Published1757-[1761] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #91 The Military Souvenir: A Portrait Gallery of Our Military and Naval Heroes AuthorBramhall, Frank J.HeadlineWith 75 steel-engraved Civil War portraitsPublisherJ.C. ButtreDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 The Works of George Borrow Heading(Bumpus)AuthorBorrow, George HenryHeadlineBeautifully bound by BumpusPublisherConstable & Co. Ltd.; Gabriel WellsDate Published1923-1924 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #93 The Works of Walter Pater Heading(Bumpus)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineComplete set, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1900-1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #94 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Heading(Bumpus)HeadlineTennyson's Works, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #96 Marlborough: His Life and Times AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Life of Marlborough Finely BoundPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933-38] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #97 Beaux & Belles of England: Nell Gwyn AuthorCunningham, Peter, editorHeadlineNell Gwyn, Royal Mistress, handsomely boundPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Publishedn.d. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #98 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #99 Ten Works of George Eliot AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineTen works by George Eliot, bound by RatchardsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedUndated View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #100 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for William MillerDate Published1802 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #101 The Republican Court or American Society in the Days of Washington. AuthorGriswold, Rufus WilmotHeadlineEarly Women of the American EstablishmentPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1856] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #102 James I. and VI. AuthorHenderson, T.F.HeadlineSumptuous biography of King James I & VIPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #103 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer AuthorHomerHeadlineIliad and Odyssey of Homer, finely boundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #104 The Complete Opera Book AuthorKobbé, GustaveHeadlineNicely bound illustrated Opera historyPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #105 The Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon AuthorLandon, Letitia ElizabethHeadlineThe Poems of Letitia Landon, nicely boundPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & GreenDate Published1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #106 Books and Bookmen AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlineLang's Bookmen finely bound LP copyPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #107 Calendario de las Señoritas Megicanas para el Año 1838 Heading(Mexico – Gift Book Almanac)AuthorGalvan Rivera, Mariano, editorHeadlineRare Mexican gift book in fine bindingDate Published1837-1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #108 Select Views in Great Britain. AuthorMiddiman, Samuel, engraverHeadlineWith 53 engraved views of Great BritainPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published[1830] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #109 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineAnnabel Edition of Poe's Works, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #110 The Works of Alexander Pope; With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem, by the Rev. G. Croly, LL.D. AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineThe Works of Alexander Pope, nicely boundPublisherA.J. ValpyDate Published1835 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #111 The Works of William H. Prescott AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Living Female Writers of the South. Author[Raymond, Ida, editor]HeadlineFemale Writers of the American SouthPublisherClaxton, Remsen & HaffelfingerDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #113 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Heading(Riviere)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, bound by RivierePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1831] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #114 Charles I Heading(Riviere)AuthorSkelton, Sir JohnHeadlineCharles I by Skelton, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #115 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome Heading(Root & Son)AuthorÀ Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadline3 Root & Son fine bindingsPublisherThe Punch Office/Bradbury and EvansDate Published1847-1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #116 The Hesperides & Noble Numbers Heading(Root & Son)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Herrick, bound by Root & SonPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #117 The Life of William Ewart Gladstone Heading(Samford, P.B.)AuthorMorley, JohnHeadlineIllustrated, nicely bound by P.B. SamfordPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1903 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #118 Madeleine: A Story of French Love AuthorSandeau, JulesHeadlineMadeleine by Sandeau, bound by RingerPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #119 Ladies Fair and Frail:Sketches of the Demi-Monde During the Eighteenth Century Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorBleackley, HoraceHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn Lane CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #120 The Perfect Courtier Baldassare Castiglione His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorCartwright, JuliaHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Percy Bysshe Shelley, nicely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #123 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$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #124 The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineNicely bound biography of MichelangeloPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #125 The Life and Letters of John Hay AuthorThayer, William RoscoeHeadlineThayer's biographical work, nicely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1916] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #126 The Writings of Mark Twain [with] Autograph letter, signed by Samuel Clemens AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain signed letter w/ 25 vol. deluxe set of TwainPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #127 The Works of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #128 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous engravings of French architecturePublisherFisher, Son & Co.; The Caxton Press; H. MandevilleDate Published[c. 1845] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #129 The Art of Breguet Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDaniels, GeorgeHeadlineExquisite Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherSotheby Parke BernetDate Published1975 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #130 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorIngoldsby, ThomasHeadlineIllustrated by Rackham, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #131 Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineAcross the Plains, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1887; 1892 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #132 Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw, Lady of Honor to Catherine II. Empress of all the Russias: Written by Herself: Comprising Letters of the Empress, and Other Correspondence. Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorVorontsova-Dashkova, Yekaterina RomanovnaHeadlineHandsomely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #190 The Liturgy of Funerary Offerings: The Egyptian Texts with English Translations AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineEgyptian Funerary Offerings, English trans.PublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #196 Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq., late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with other pieces on various subjects AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl ofHeadlineStanhope's copy of Chesterfield's LettersPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published[1774] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #230 The Debates, Resolutions, and other Proceedings, in Convention, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution...on the 17th of September, 1787. Together with...Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yate's Minutes, Congressional Opinions,... AuthorElliot, Jonathan, editorHeadlineElliot's Debates of the 1787 ConventionPublisherPrinted by and for the EditorDate Published1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #231 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFirst edition of Emerson's Essays, 1841PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #234 Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii Historiis Externis Libri XXXXIIII Heading(Estienne, Robert - Printer)AuthorJustinus, Marcus Junianus and Pompeius TrogusHeadline1543 Estienne ed. of Pompeius TrogusPublisherEx Officina Rob. Stephani typographi regijDate Published1543 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #249 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, new ed. 1820PublisherT. Cadell & W. Davies, et al.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #255 Le Pitture Antiche d'Ercolano e Contorni Incise con Qualche Spiegazione [with] Catalogo degli Antichi Monumenti... di Ercolano Heading(Herculaneum)HeadlineThe paintings of HerculaneumPublisherNella Regia StamperiaDate Published1765 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #259 Facsimiles of Choice Examples Selected from Illumination Manuscripts, Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books of Early Date Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineQuaritch's facsimiles of illumination, pts. III & V-XPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890-1891 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #264 The Letters of Samuel Johnson Heading(Johnson, Samuel)AuthorRedford, Bruce, editorHeadlineHyde Edition of the Letters of Samuel JohnsonPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published[1992-1994] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #266 The Grammar of Ornament: Illustrated by Examples from Various Styles of Ornament AuthorJones, OwenHeadlineOwen Jones Grammar of Ornament First EditionPublisherDay and SonDate Published[1856] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #272 Prince Charles Edward AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Lang history of Prince Charles EdwardPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #304 Henry VIII AuthorPollard, A.F.HeadlinePollard's Henry VIII limited editionPublisherGoupil & Co. / Scribner'sDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #305 The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the United States. AuthorPoore, Ben Perley, compilerHeadlineU.S. Federal and State Constitutions to 1878PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #315 A State of the Evidence in the Cause between His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, and Others, Pursuers, and Archibald Douglas, of Douglas, Esquire, Defender. With Remarks AuthorRichardson, RobertHeadlineInfluential Scottish land inheritance case 1769PublisherPrinted and sold by C. Bathurst, and Kincaid and Bell, EdinburghDate Published1769 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #321 Historiarum de occidentali imperio Libri XX. AuthorSigonio, CarloHeadline1578 1st Ed Sigonio's History of Roman EmpirePublisherSocietatem Typographiae BononiensisDate Published1578 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #322 Continuum AuthorSmith, Clarice MartinHeadlineClarice Smith, artist, in marbled leather bindingPublisherNational Museum of Women in the ArtsDate Published1989 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next