Skip to main content
Go to accessibility options
Welcome
Sign-In
|
Register
Contact Us
Home
/
Historical, Books, Nature & Science
/
Search Results
Search Tips
|
Video Tutorial
Start Over
Filters: (7)
Filters: (7)
Department
Department (C)
Sold Collectibles & Art
Sold Collectibles & Art
Archive Status
Auctions
Auction Year
Sessions
Sale Number
Bid/Buy Formats
Historical Department
Historical Category
Highlights
Auction Type
Special Attributes
Price Range
Sold For
Featured Collection
Bid or Buy
Available Items
View Past Sale Prices
Sold Items
List
Gallery
Get Notified of New Matches
Create a Wantlist
Create Wantlist
Have a similar item to sell?
Ask about cash advances.
Free Appraisal
[Map of the American Colonies].
Carte Nouvelle de l' Amerique Angloise.
Ca. 18th Century. Engraved with hand-coloring. Approx. 24.25 x 20 inches. Remnants of paper-backing to verso. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94196 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$975.00
Sax Rohmer. Group of Four First Edition, First Printing Books.
Various publishers. Generally very good or better condition. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94105 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$900.00
H. G. Wells. INSCRIBED.
World Brain.
Methuen, 1938. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Light rubbing and soiling to cloth with a slightly leaning spine. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94174 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$512.50
H. G. Wells.
Thirty Strange Stories.
Edward Arnold, 1897. First edition, first printing. Light rubbing and toning to decorated cloth. Hinges and binding cracked. Mild toning to pages. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94115 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$506.25
[Map of the Americas].
Americae Mappa Generalis.
1746. Engraved with hand-coloring. Approx. 21 x 24 inches. Staining. Good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94197 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$437.50
Make Offer to Owner
$656 or more
Stephen King. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Desperation.
Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 1996. First edition,
limited to 2050 copies. Signed by King.
Publisher's binding and clamshell box. Fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94046 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$387.50
Thomas Hutchinson.
The History of Massachusetts.
Vol. I & II.
Thomas and Andrews, 1795. Third edition. Contemporary leather, similarly but not identically bound. Light rubbing and scuffing. Endpapers worn and ffeps lacking. Scattered foxing to textblocks. Overall very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94155 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$337.50
[Books About Books]. Nicolas Baker & John Collins.
An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets.
Second edition. [with:]
John Carter and Graham Pollard.
A Sequel to An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets.
Scolar Press, 1983. Two volumes and facsimile. Slipcase. Fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94129 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$312.50
Make Offer to Owner
$478 or more
[Bodoni Imprint]. Ireneo Affo.
Antichita' e Pregj della Chieas Guastallese Ragionamento Storico-Critico del Padre Ireneo Affo.
Parma: dalla Reale Stamperia, 1774. vii, 199 pages. Contemporary plain paper boards with minor rubbing and toning. Near fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94121 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$287.50
M. De La Crequiniere. John Toland [translator].
The Agreement of the Customs of the East-Indians, with Those of the Jews, and Other Ancient People.
London: Printed for W. Davis, 1705. First English edition. [2], x, [4], 159, [1] pages with 4 engraved plates. Tooled calf, rebacked in similar style. Early ownership signature of Robert Travers, Trinity College Dublin on verso of title. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94159 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$287.50
H. G. Wells.
Men Like Gods.
Cassell, 1923. First edition, first printing. Mild rubbing to cloth boards. Offsetting to endpapers. Mild rubbing and toning to dj. Overall fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94114 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$275.00
Make Offer to Owner
$425 or more
[Books About Books]. Henri Beraldi.
Estampes et Livres 1872-1892.
Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1892.
Limited to 390 numbered copies.
277 pages with 40 heliogravure plates. 12 in color. Modern half read crushed morocco with mild rubbing. Occasional light foxing. Overall fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94130 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$262.50
[Books About Books]. Binding, Bibliography, and More. Group of 13 Volumes.
Various publishers. Very good or better condition. (Total: 13 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94134 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$262.50
[Snakes]. Group of Six 19th Century Lithographic Prints.
Approx. 12.25 x 9.5 inches. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94205 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$225.00
Bret Harte, American Author and Poet. Autographed Letter Signed.
Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94004 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$218.75
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Writer and Abolitionist. Clipped Signature.
Mounted to small card. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94012 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$206.25
Rudolph Wendelin, American Cartoonist and Creator of Smokey the Bear. Signed Original Drawing.
Approx. 11 x 8.5 inches. Overall fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94022 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$206.25
Albert Camus.
The Plague.
Knopf, 1948. First American edition, first printing. Light rubbing and finger-soiling to cloth. Lightly shaken hinges. Minor rubbing and nibbling to dj edges. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94030 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$200.00
R. Brookes.
The General Practice of Physic.
Vol. I&II.
Carnan and Newberry, 1771. Sixth edition. Contemporary speckled calf with minor rubbing. Rear hinges splitting and spines darkened. Contemporary numerals writing on upper corner of front boards. Bookplates. Internally clean. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94138 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$200.00
Angelo Dalmazzoni.
The Antiquarian; or, The Guide for Foreigners.
Printed for the author, 1803. Contemporary paper boards with rubbing and toning. Owner's paper label to front board. Owner names. Staining and scattered foxing. Good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94147 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$200.00
Upton Sinclair, American Writer. Typed Letter Signed.
Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94010 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$193.75
Make Offer to Owner
$311 or more
H. R. Agnel [editor].
Chess for Winter Evenings.
Appleton, 1848. Publisher's decorated with rubbing and some rounding to corners. Rebacked in buckram. Owner's name. Scattered staining. Pages with light abrading to fore-edge. Overall very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94122 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$193.75
Henry Lemarie [illustrator]. Alphonse Daudet. LIMITED.
Contes du Lundi.
Editions d'Art les Heures Claires, 1980.
Limited to 3650 numbered copies.
Full gilt and orange stamped pictorial maroon morocco, raised bands. Morocco edged marbled slipcase. Text in French. Fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94037 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$187.50
Lieut. Colonel Williams.
England's Battles by Sea and Land.
Vol. I & II.
London Printing and Publishing, [n. d.]. Four parts bound as two volumes. Contemporary half leather with light rubbing and thumb-abrasions. Some staining to boards. Foxing and some abrading to endpapers. Very good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94175 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$162.50
[Broadside]. Jose Guadalupe Posada.
Rebumbio de Calaveras de Catrines y Borrachos.
Late 19th or early 20th Century. Approx. 16 x 12 inches. Toning. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94200 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$156.25
Barbey d'Aurevilly.
Weird Women.
Lutetian Bibliophiles Society, 1900. First British edition,
limited to 500 numbered copies.
Contemporary cloth with minor rubbing and toning. Hinges cracked. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94038 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$150.00
Zane Grey, American Author of Western Novels. Autograph Letter Signed.
Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94003 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$143.75
[Books About Books]. Dard Hunter. INSCRIBED.
Paper-Making in the Classroom.
Manual Arts Press, 1931. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Minor rubbing and toning to cloth boards. Hinges cracking. One page with a spot of underlining. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94136 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$143.75
Bruce Catton. SIGNED.
A Stillness at Appomattox.
Franklin Library, 1977. Reprint edition.
Signed by the author.
Publisher's leather. Overall fine with some light toning.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94142 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$143.75
Robinson Jeffers. LIMITED.
Where Shall I Take You To. The Love Letters of Una and Robinson Jeffers.
Yolla Bolla Press, 1987.
Limited to 245 numbered copies.
Slipcase. Fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94044 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$137.50
Make Offer to Owner
$300 or more
[James Ridley] Charles Morell.
The Tales of the Genii: or , The Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar.
Vol. I & II.
Wilkie, 1766. Third edition. Contemporary vellum with mild rubbing. Spine labels light abraded. Armorial bookplate. Engraved plates. Overall near fine. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94104 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Mark Twain.
Death-Disk.
New York: Edgar S. Werner, 1913. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's wrappers. Near fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94108 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
C. Leroy Baldridge.
"I Was There" with the Yanks on the Western Front 1917-1919
.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First edition. Illustrated with paintings and sketches by the author. Publisher's original pictorial cloth and price-clipped dust jacket. A bit of tattiness and damp staining to jacket, else very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94125 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
[Books About Books]. Lettering, Illustration, and More. Group of 12 Related Volumes.
Various publishers. Very good or better condition. (Total: 12 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94133 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
Chinese Carved Wood Printing Block.
Wanxing Xiansheng Wenji [Collected Writings of Mr. Wakes-up-Late].
Ca. 19th Century. Carved text on both sides. Text area measures approx. 13 x 7.75 inches. Discovered in Korea. A bit dusty and in overall very good condition.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94143 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
[Flowers]. Group of Sixty 19th Century Color Prints, Some with Hand-Coloring.
Various sizes. Good or better condition.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94195 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$131.25
[Limited Editions Club]. Chaucer. SIGNED/LIMITED.
Troilus and Cressida.
LEC, 1939.
Limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies.
Mild toning to spine cloth. Slipcase with rubbing and splitting. Near fine.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94063 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$127.50
Erskine Caldwell. INSCRIBED.
Tobacco Road.
Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. First illustrated edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Toning to board edges and pages. Bookplate. Minor toning and rubbing to dj with a few small chips. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94029 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$125.00
Alexander Campbell.
A Journey from Edinburgh Through Parts of North Britain.
Vol. I & II.
John Stockdale, 1810. New edition. Contemporary calf, worn with boards detached. 43 of 44 plates, lacking Merchiston House. Scattered foxing. About good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94140 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$125.00
[Mystery Magazine].
Manhunt.
Group of Eight Volumes.
Flying Eagle Publications. Good or better condition. (Total: 8 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94095 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$122.50
Julius Bien [lithographer]. H. L. Stephens [illustrator].
A Frog He Would a Wooing Go.
Hurd & Houghton, 1864. First edition, first printing.
Limited to 100 unnumbered proof copies.
Publisher's decorated cloth with rubbing and staining. Foxing and some waviness to plates with wear to some tissue guards. About good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94026 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$120.00
[Turtles]. Group of Two 19th Century Lithographic Prints.
Approx. 12.25 x 9.5 inches. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94206 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$117.50
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American Artist. Inscribed Postcard, without Signature.
Sent by Whistler to his London publisher, Wm. Heinemann. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94023 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$115.00
[Map of the Great Britain]. Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hyberniae.
Ca. 1729. Engraved with hand-coloring. Approx. 20 x 24.25 inches. Binding fold. Tattered edges. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94198 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$115.00
[Americana].
Martin Childe, an Epic Poem.
Published for the Author, 1840. 33 pages. Lacking wrappers. Foxing. Illustrated. About good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94033 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$112.50
[Illustrated Literature]. Dore, Wyeth, and Others. Group of Ten Books, Many in Decorative Bindings.
Various publishers and editions. Good or better condition. (Total: 10 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94089 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$112.50
[Mysteries]. Craig Rice, John Mortimer, and Frank Packard. Group of Eleven Books.
Various publishers and editions. Very good or better condition. (Total: 11 Items)
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94100 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$108.75
[Israel Regardie's copy]. Hereward Carrington. INSCRIBED.
Psychology in the Light of Psychic Phenomena.
David McKay, 1940. First edition, first printing.
Signed and inscribed by the author to Regardie and with his bookplate.
Mild rubbing to cloth with a bit of fraying to spine ends. Light rubbing and toning to dj with some chipping to spine ends. Very good.
Auction 201307
| Lot: 94141 | Feb 14, 2013
Sold For:
$102.50
1
2
3
4
5
Results per page:
24
48
72
