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Decorative Bindings, Twenty-four Volumes:
Lot: 284Sold for: $154$125Decorative Bindings, Twenty-four Volumes: Including an eight-volume set of Knight's Popular History of England; three bound volumes of Harper's magazine, and other odd volumes, mostly in leather ...
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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847) A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotl
Lot: 287Sold for: $510$425Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847) A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland. London: Bohn, 1838. Two volumes bound in ornately ...
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Drayton, Michael (1563-1631) Poly-Olbion
Lot: 293Sold for: $4,680$3,900Drayton, Michael (1563-1631) Poly-Olbion. London: for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie, 1613. London: for John Mariott, Iohn Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, 1622. Two folio volumes; volume ...
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Grose, Francis (1731?-1791) The Antiquities of England and Wales.
Lot: 321Sold for: $180$150Grose, Francis (1731?-1791) The Antiquities of England and Wales. London: Printed by C. Clarke for S Hooper, 1783. Large quarto, six volumes, all volumes replete with engraved illustrations, floor ...
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Meehan, Thomas (1826-1901) The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States
Lot: 402Sold for: $240$200Meehan, Thomas (1826-1901) The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States. Boston: Prang and Company, 1879. Volumes one and two, first series, and a second copy of volume two, undated, same ...
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Picart, Bernard (1673-1733) The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the World.
Lot: 441Sold for: $4,200$3,500Picart, Bernard (1673-1733) The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the World. London: William Jackson for Claude du Bosc, 1733-1739. First English edition, seven volumes bound in six, 223 ...
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Strickland, Agnes (1796-1874) Lives of the Queens of England
Lot: 475UnsoldStrickland, Agnes (1796-1874) Lives of the Queens of England. Philadelphia: George Barrie and Sons, 1902-1903. Sixteen volumes, number six of seven deluxe sets of the Alexandra edition, bound for ...
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Monconys, Balthasar de (1611-1665) Journal des Voyages
Lot: 593UnsoldMonconys, Balthasar de (1611-1665) Journal des Voyages. Lyons: Boissat & Remeus, 1665-1666. First edition, three quarto volumes, illustrated with thirty engraved plates by Claude Debarge, bound in ...
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Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877) Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition
Lot: 623UnsoldWilkes, Charles (1798-1877) Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Five imperial octavo volumes, illustrated throughout, some spotting, bound in ...
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Three Carved Fans and a Book Belonging to Mrs. John Quincy Adams
Lot: 201Sold for: $600$500Three Carved Fans and a Book Belonging to Mrs. John Quincy Adams, fans: one Chinese export with pierced ivory blades with oval, floral, and foliate designs, the other two lacking their silk mounts, ...
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Religion, Two Volumes:
Lot: 1026Sold for: $119$100Religion, Two Volumes: The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1806, in original sheepskin binding, good; and Richard Knight's History ...
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Nine Shaker-related Books
Lot: 40Sold for: $385$325Nine Shaker-related Books, a bound copy of Harper's Magazine with an article, July, 1857, titled "The Shakers," with illustrations, pp. 164-177; The Peg Board: First Shaker Number 1936, Darrow ...
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Bound Volumns of Clocks Magazine
Lot: 369Sold for: $148$125Bound Volumns of Clocks Magazine, Model & Allied Publications LTD, England, eleven volumes, July 1978-May 1989. ...
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Americana, Sixteen Volumes:
Lot: 510Sold for: $61$50Americana, Sixteen Volumes: Grahame's History of the U.S., 1st ed. 1827; Abiel Holmes' American Annals, 1st ed., 2 vols. 1805; History of John Bull, 1st Am. ed. 1794; The Spy Unmasked by Barnum, 1st ...
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Americana, Three Volumes:
Lot: 518Sold for: $59$50Americana, Three Volumes: Hinton's History and Topography of the United States of North America, in 2 vols., 1834; Taylor's Scenes of Wealth, 1826; Frost's Book of the Navy, 1843; Poore's Life of ...
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Illustrated Books, Four Volumes:
Lot: 519Sold for: $24$20Illustrated Books, Four Volumes: Leech's Comic History of England, and Comic History of Rome, 1851-2; Chalcographimania by Satiricus Sculptur, 1814; and Northleigh's Topographical Descriptions of ...
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Equestrian, Nineteen Volumes:
Lot: 546Sold for: $119$100Equestrian, Nineteen Volumes: A Fox Hunter's Journal; Cross Country with Horse and Hound; Cavalcade of American Horses; The Hunts of the United States and Canada; Ring Riding; The Racehorse in ...
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Banks, Thomas Christopher (1765-1854) The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England
Lot: 551Sold for: $73$60Banks, Thomas Christopher (1765-1854) The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England London: T. Bensley, 1807. Three volumes, half morocco, shelf wear, dampstaining, tape repairs to some folding ...
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Decorative Bindings, Six Volumes:
Lot: 557Sold for: $148$125Decorative Bindings, Six Volumes: Late Victorian three-quarter tan calfskin bindings with gilt spines and red and black labels, marbled boards, edges, and endleaves; partial sets of Martin's History ...
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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847) A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Countries of England and in Sco
Lot: 582Sold for: $243$200Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847) A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Countries of England and in Scotland. London: printed by C. Richards, 1838. Two volumes, ...
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Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952), The North American Indian. Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing The Indians of the United
Lot: 349UnsoldCurtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Fifteen: The Southern California Shoshoneans, Diegueños, Plateau Shoshoneans, and Washo Peoples]. Norwood, Massachusetts: The ...
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Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952), The North American Indian. Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing The Indians of the United
Lot: 350UnsoldCurtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Fourteen: The Kato, Wailaki, Yuki, Pomo, Wintun, Maidu, Miwok, and Yokut Peoples]. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, ...
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Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952), The North American Indian. Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing The Indians of the United
Lot: 351UnsoldCurtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Thirteen: the Hupa, Yurok, Karok, Wiyot, Tolowa and Tututni, Shasta, Achomawi, and Klamath Peoples]. Norwood, Massachusetts: The ...
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Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Twenty: The Alaskan Eskimo].
Lot: 352UnsoldCurtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Twenty: The Alaskan Eskimo]. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, [1930]. Single text volume and accompanying portfolio of ...
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Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Collection of Books, Lithographs, Etc
Lot: 816Sold for: $214$175Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Collection of Books, Lithographs, Etc, including partial Derriere Le Miroir, Calder, Maeght, 1963; with seven biographical books on Calder; boxed set of ...
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(Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)), His Copy
Lot: 79Sold for: $13,035$11,000(Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)), His Copy, Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Thirteenth Congress of the United States of America, Washington: J. and G.S. Gideon, 1848, original ...
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(Presidents, United States of America), Extra Illustrated
Lot: 110Sold for: $1,185$1,000(Presidents, United States of America), Extra Illustrated, The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents, [Washington]: Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1901, gilt stamped ...
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Audubon, John James (1785-1851)
Lot: 208ASold for: $47,400$40,000Audubon, John James (1785-1851), The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Terriroties, New York: J.J. Audubon, Philadelphia: E.G. Dorsey for J.J. Audubon, New York, ...
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Bancroft, George (1800-1891), Presentation Copy
Lot: 214Sold for: $770$650Bancroft, George (1800-1891), Presentation Copy, History of the United States..., Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1854-75, ten volumes, Volume VI bearing signed autograph note from the author ...
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Banks, Thomas Christopher (1765-1854) The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England
Lot: 215UnsoldBanks, Thomas Christopher (1765-1854) The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England London: T. Bensley, 1807. Three volumes, half morocco, shelf wear, dampstaining, tape repairs to some folding ...