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Previous|12|Next 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 #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 #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HeinemannDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #138 WITHDRAWN - No. V-109: The Biography of a Printing Press Heading(Bromer, Anne & David)AuthorMorris, HenryHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Henry Morris No. V-109 Bird & Bull ChecklistPublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #141 Four From Only in America Heading(D'Ambrosio Studio)AuthorGolden, HarryHeadlineHarry Golden Only in America Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published1995 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #158 Fifteen miniature books from the Press of Ward Schori Heading(Press of Ward Schori)Headline15 miniature books from Ward SchoriPublisherPress of Ward Schori View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #167 Pomponius Mela. Julius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer de situ orbis Priscano Interprete Heading(Aldine Press)HeadlineAldine compilation on geography, 1518PublisherIn aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceriDate Published1518 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #169 ,WITHDRAWN - Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark Heading(Austen, John, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Hamlet, illustrated by John AustenPublisherSelwyn & BlountDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #175 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Heading(Beaman, S.G. Hulme, illustrator)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineBeaman's classic, scarce in jacket and slipcasePublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #176 Leonora Heading(Beauclerc, Diana, illustrator)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #186 An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection From the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land Heading(Bransom, Paul, illustrator)AuthorCooper, Frederic Taber, editorHeadlineSigned large paper edition, in jacket & boxPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #188 Black and White AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseHeadlineFirst Edition from author of Goodnight MoonPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis TranslationPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #200 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 #209 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #213 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFirst edition of Emerson's Essays, 1841PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #232 La Céramique Moderne par Le Grand Dépot. Porcelaines, Faiences & Cristaux AuthorEnalt, LouisHeadlineWith chromolithographs by Charles VerneauDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #243 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English LandscapePublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #245 The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus Heading(Frost, A.B., illustrator)AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus' Tar-Baby, First EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #246 Millions of Cats AuthorGa'g, WandaHeadlineLimited edition signed by Wanda Ga'gPublisherCoward McCannDate Published1928 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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 #252 Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the Late John Kay, Miniature Painter, Edinburgh; with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes Heading(Golf)AuthorKay, JohnHeadlineWith the famed “Cock of the Green” etchingPublisherHugh PatonDate Published1837-38 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #253 The Walt Disney Story of Our Friend The Atom AuthorHaber, HeinzHeadlineWalt Disney's Our Friend, The AtomPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #256 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 73 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #262 Illustrations For Genji Monogatari in 54 Wood-Cut Prints Heading(Japan)AuthorMurasaki ShikibuHeadline54 full-color woodcuts for The Tale of GenjiPublisher[Nagai Times]Date Published1957 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 #267 The Works of Ben. Jonson. In Seven Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected; with Notes Critical and Explanatory AuthorJonson, BenjaminHeadlineBen Jonson Works, First Whalley editionPublisherPrinted for D. Midwinter; W. Innys and J. Richardson; J. Knapton; et al.Date Published1756 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #274 Das Deutsche Bilderbuch No 2. Marienkind AuthorLefler, Heinrich and Josef UrbanHeadlineWith 8 chromolithographs by Lefler and UrbanPublisherJos. ScholzDate Published[c. 1904] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #285 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery Lane...Date Published1688 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #293 East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineIn the scarce original jacketPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 #313 Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorLatimore, Sarah Briggs & Grace Clark HaskellHeadlineArthur Rackham: A Bibliography Limited EditionPublisherSuttonhouseDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #323 Trattato di Anatomia Pittorica AuthorSquanquerillo, ConstantinoHeadlineWith 62 full-page anatomical platesPublisherTipografia Delle Belle ArtiDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #324 Domestic Architecture. A Series of Views of Cottages and Farm Houses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. Heading(Stevens, Francis, etcher)HeadlineWith 53 plates of Architectural viewsPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c. 1850] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #327 Under the Microscope AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne's Pre-Raphaelite poetry manifestoPublisherD. WhiteDate Published1872 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #332 Haunted London AuthorThornbury, WalterHeadlineThornbury's Haunted London, extra illustratedPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #335 The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition, in original dust jacketPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #337 Three First editions of 1960s adaptations for Warren Chappell's music series AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike's adaptations of operas for childrenPublisherKnopfDate Published1962-1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #341 Ultimo, an imaginative narration of life under the earth AuthorVassos, John and RuthHeadlineVassos' Ultimo in original jacketPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #344 Collection of vodka labels from California Heading(Vodka labels)HeadlineApprox. 175 lithographed Vodka labelsDate Published20th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next