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Page 3 of 1066: Rare Books & Bookworm, ONLINE-ONLY Sale
Lots 238: Select Rare Books (Choice) Lots 39347: Rare, Vintage, & Antiquarian Books
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WWI, Rare Pamphlet, Gas Alert
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Third Army. Instructions for Gas Alert and Action During a Gas Attack. Original printed wrappers, 8 pp,...
1846 Commonplace Book
Estimate: 1 / 1000 An oblong 8vo commonplace book dated 1846 at front, with various clippings mounted to leaves. Approx. 18...
1805, 1809 Natural Philosophy
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A Pair of: A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. By William Nicholson. Both printed...
c. 1937 Mickey Mouse Slides and Book
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Mickey Mouse in Pigmyland, 12 Coloured Lantern Slide Pictures. With pamphlet containing story (folded to...
18th c. American Logging
Estimate: 1 / 1000 "An Act giving further encouragement for the Importation of Naval Stores so far as relates to the...
Binding, Poetical Works of Joseph Addison
Estimate: 1 / 1000 [and] Gay's Fables' and Somerville's Chase. Edinburgh, 1859. 8vo. Finely bound in full polished calf by...
Poetical Works of William Shenstone
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Edinburgh, 1854. 8vo, bound in period polished calf, spine label wanting, else Very Good, with marbled...
Pair of 19th c. Manuscript Ledgers
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A pair of folio manuscript ledgers, from the 1820s and 1830s, British, both bound in marbled wrappers. One...
17th c. Oldham's Works in English
Estimate: 1 / 1000 The Works of Mr. John Oldham, Together with his Remains. London: Hindmarsh, 1686. With several title-pages...
Robert Boyle, Inventor and Philanthropist
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Lawrence Saunders. London, 1885. 12mo, with two frontis portraits. Original cloth, ex-library with...
The World to Come; Or, Discourses
Estimate: 1 / 1000 of Departed Souls at Death. By Isaac Watts. Romsey, 1816. 8vo. Early diced calf binding, Good+ ...
[Napoleon III] 19th c. Hand-Colored Broadside
Estimate: 1 / 1000 La Complainte de Badinguet. Paris, [ca. 1870s.] Illustrated political song broadside satirizing Napoleon...
[18th c. Medicine]
Estimate: 1 / 1000 The Medical and Physical Journal; Containing the Earliest Information on Subjects of Medicine, Surgery,...
1807, Titi Lucretii Cari de Rerum Natura
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Oxford, 1807. 8vo. Period polished calf, intact, Good+. Condition: For lots in this online-only auction,...
Antique Porcelain Digest
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Cleo Scott and Ryland Scott. Newport, 1961. 1st ed. 4to, heavily illustrated with plates (many in...
A History of James the Second
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Charles James Fox. London, 1808. 4to, with engraved frontispiece. Bound in period full calf, intact,...
[18th c. Law, Folios]
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Reports of Cases Collected by William Peere Williams. In the Savoy, 1740. 2 vol. set. 12.25" H. Engraved...
London Cries for Children
Estimate: 1 / 1000 With Twenty Elegant Wood Cuts. Philadelphia, 1810. 5.5" H. Period wrappers, illustrated throughout. ...
[Watches, Waltham Watch Company]
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A Model Factory in a Model City. 1887. 4to in original wrappers, 16 pp., illustrated, relating to the...
Boy's Own Book of Amusement and Instruction
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Providence: Geo. P. Daniels, 1845. 5.5" H. Illustrated in-text. Stitched in card covers, ex-library. ...
1778, A New Version of the Psalms of David
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By N. Brady and N. Tate. London, 1778. 8vo. Period calf, intact, Good. Condition: For lots in this...
1798 Boston Psalms of David
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Isaac Watts. 16mo. Period calf over scale-boards, title and next leaf chipped with loss. Intact but...
[Limited Edition] Droll Stories
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Honore de Balzac. Illustrated by Ralph Barton. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. 2 vol. set. 9.75" H....
Lot of Jackdaw Publications
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Lot of 3 "Jackdaw" publications which consist of large document folders containing facsimiles and...
[1728] A Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Henry Swinburne. In the Savoy: Nutt, [1728]. Folio, 12.5" H. With half-title leaf/ads and index at...
The Poems of John Keats
Estimate: 1 / 1000 With Preface by Sidney Colvin. New York: Brentano's, (ca. 1920s.) 2 vol. set, 8vo. Bound in period full...
Prime Minister Robert Peel ALS
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Autograph letter signed by Robert Peel, to Sir Francis Doyle. 19th c., undated. 4to, 2 pp. Creased, one...
1789, Holy Bible, Oxford Quarto
Estimate: 1 / 1000 The Holy Bible. Oxford: W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, 1784. 10.25" H. Early calf, front board detached,...
En El Cruce de Dos Caminos
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Minnie E. Ludwig. Buenos Aires, 1941. 12mo. 1/4 cloth binding. Contents toned, else Good-. ...
18th c. Miscellany
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A substantial fragment of an 18th century quarto containing verse. Unbound, contents Good, but a fragment...
Large Promotional Poster, Jerry Lee Lewis
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Large poster for "Be My Guest," circa 1965, which was a British musical film. Folded (ad thus creased),...
Gallus or Roman Scenes of the Time
Estimate: 1 / 1000 of Augustus. By W.A. Becker. London, 1880. 12mo. In an early prize binding of full tree-calf, marbled...
[Royal Provenance, Duke and Duchess of Windsor]
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Sermons de Bossuet. Paris, 1872. 2 vols. 12mo. Period half-calf, marbled endpapers and page-ends. ...
The History of Rome, by Theodor Mommsen
Estimate: 1 / 1000 London, 1880-1881. 4 vol. set, 12mo. Bound in full calf with gilt crests front boards, marbled end-papers...
1790, The History of the Reformation
Estimate: 1 / 1000 of Religion Within the Realm of Scotland. By John Knox. Edinburgh: Inglis, 1790. 4to, with engraved...
Friendship Album, Artwork, etc.
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A friendship album from around the late 1910s, owned by a Bonnie Joan, containing a number of inscriptions,...
Physiognomy Made Easy
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Annie Isabella Oppenheim. London and New York, no date (ca. early 1900s.) 12mo, original cloth,...
1737 Document with Seal
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A 1737 English legal document, printed in the style of manuscript, though completed in manuscript and signed...
1788, The Theory of Language
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By James Beattie. London, 1788. 8vo. Rebound in modern cloth, ex-library but Good otherwise. Condition:...
Series of Indian Prints
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Lot of 6 color prints by N. Leyden, each depiciting various scenes of Indian village life and occupations. ...
17th c. Humor, Anecdote & Entertainment
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Le Facecieux Reveille-Matin des Esprits Melancholiques. Utrecht, 1654. 16mo. Period vellum partially...
17th-18th c. Drama, a Group
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A group of plays, disbound, Fair thus, both 12mo, including: Brennoralt. A Tragedy. By Sir John Suckling,...
The History of the Devil
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Daniel Defoe. London (i.e. Durham), ca. 1800. 12mo. ESTC T70357. Bound in period sheep, front board...
19th c. Education, Lot of 3
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Lot of three unbound or disbound works, all Good, 8vo and smaller, including: Public Schools for the Middle...
History of The English People
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By John Richard Green. New York, n.d. (ca. 1910.) 12mo, four vol. set. Frontispieces to each volume. ...
Pair of 19th c. NH Baptist Publications
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A pair of early 19th c. pamphlets, related to Baptists in New Hampshire, Fair to Good, including: A...
Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics
Estimate: 1 / 1000 New-York: Sherman and Co., 1855. Oblong 8vo, with woodcuts throughout. 60 pp. with original wrappers bound...
Oxford Prize Poems, Being a Collection
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Oxford: for J. Parker, 1819. 12mo. Original plain boards, contents clean, spine panel heavily chipped,...
Japanese Fairy Tales, No. 3
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Saru-Kani Kassen. Tokyo, ca. 1885. Illustrations in color throughout, original limp wrappers, stitched...
1727, Cyder. A Poem.
Estimate: 1 / 1000 London: Tonson, 1727. 12mo, with engraved frontispiece, bound into modern plain wrappers, Good. ...
[Coleridge Provenance] Poems, by Tennyson
Estimate: 1 / 1000 London, 1864. 12mo. With a gift inscription, "Bernard John Seymour Coleridge f rom his father 19th August...
[Medicine, a Pair]
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Pair of printed works related to medicine, 8vo, both in original wrappers, Good condition. From around 1940...
1770, Don Quixote, Illustrated
Estimate: 1 / 1000 The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote by Cervantes, and Smollet. London: for Strahan [et...
Holy Bible, King James Version
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Cambridge, 1836. Thick 8vo. Period calf stamped in blind, intact, Good. Condition: For lots in this...
[Rare] The Piscataqua Evangelical Magazine
Estimate: 1 / 1000 For the Year 1807. Amherst, NH: Cushing, 1807. 8vo, stitched. Fair+. Extremely rare. Condition: For...
1797, A Plea for Religion, and the Sacred
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Writings. By David Simpson. Macclesfield: Printed and Sold the Author by Edward Bayley, 1797. 8vo,...
18th-19th c. Bookseller's Broadsides
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A pair of broadsides, 8vo and 12mo, Good-. One dated 1796 is a broadside for Robert B. Thomas Book and...
18th c. Manuscript on Vellum
Estimate: 1 / 1000 French manuscript document from Louis D'Orleans. Ink on vellum, 18th century. 20" x 13.75". Creased as...
1st Ed. Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Edinburgh, 1820. 3 vol. set, 12mo. With half-titles present, ad and blank leaves present at end of third...
The Science of Illumination
Estimate: 1 / 1000 An Outline of the Principles of Artificial Lighting. By Dr. L. Bloch. London, 1912. 8vo, original cloth,...
A Washington Symphony
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Mrs. William Lamont Wheeler. New York and London, 1893. 12mo. With presentation slip tipped on to...
1705, Philosophical Principles of Natural
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Religion: Containing the Elements of Natural Philosophy. By George Cheyne. London: Strahan, 1705. 8vo. ...
[Illustrated Folios] History of England
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Rapin de Thoyras and Henry Robertson. London: Albion Press, n.d. (ca. 1810s to 1820s.) 16.5" H. 2 vol....
1692 Folio, Antiquitas Ecclesiae Dissertationibus
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Tomus I. Rome, 1692. 12.75" H. Period vellum over boards. Fair+. Condition: For lots in this...
1680 Folio, In Quator Libros Sententiarum
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Commentaria. By Gulielmus Estius. Tomus Tertius. Paris, 1680. 14" H. Period calf, front board...
1798, Large 4to, Works of Horatio Walpole
Estimate: 1 / 1000 London: for Robinson, 1798. Vols 1 and 2 (of 5.) 13.5" x 11". Period calf, rebacked, intact, Good. A...
[1601, Armorial Woodcuts, Lives of Popes]
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Vitae et gesta summorum pontificum a Christo domino usque ad Clementeus VIII... [by] Alfonsi Ciaconii. ...
1728 Folio, Period Vellum Binding
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Sacrosancta Concilia Ad Regiam Editionem Exacts Quae Olim Quarta Parte Tomus Quartus. Venice, 1728. 15.5"...
1772, Folios, Pontificiarum Constitutionum
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Venice, 1772. 15.5" H. Volumes 1-3 (of 4). Early marbled boards, boards detached, spine panels absent,...
1727, Folio, Works of William Chillingworth
Estimate: 1 / 1000 London, 1727. Folio. 13.5" H. Period paneled calf, hinges cracked but boards holding, Good+ to Very Good...
1682 Folio, Cyprianus, Opera
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Oxford, 1682. 15,25" H. With engraved frontis and engraved title vignette. Bound in period boards, nicely...
1710 Folio, Aristophanis Comoediae Undecim
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Graece et Latine. Amsterdam, 1710. Folio, 15.75" H. Period calf, rebacked, intact, hinges reinforced...
1705 Folio, Critica Historico-Chronologica
Estimate: 1 / 1000 In Universos Annales Ecclesiasticos Caesaris Cardinalis Baronii. Volume 1. Antwerp, 1705. Folio, 15" H. ...
1708, Folios, British History
Estimate: 1 / 1000 An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain. By Jeremy Collier. London, 1708. 2 volume set, with engraved...
1750, Gospels in Gothic and Latin
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Sacrorum Evengeliorum Versio Gothica. Oxford, 1750. Large 4to, 12" x 9.5". Early marbled boards, spine...
1699, Fables of Aesop and Other
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflexions. By Sir Roger L'Estrange. London, 1699. 12" H. With...
1744, Acajou et Zirphile, Conte
Estimate: 1 / 1000 1744. 12mo, disbound. With a number of engraved plates. No binding, contents Good-. Condition: For lots...
[Brown University, 1803]
Estimate: 1 / 1000 An Act for the Establishment of a College, or University, within this Colony. Providence: J. Carter, 1803. ...
18th c. American Imprint
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A Friendly Dialogue Between Philalethes and Toletus, Upon the Nature of Duty. Newburyport: John Mycall,...
1689, John Dryden
Estimate: 1 / 1000 The Address of John Dryden, Laureat to His Highness the Prince of Orange. London: Randal Taylor, 1689. ...
18th c. Philadelphia Imprint
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A Father's Instructions; Consisting of Moral Tales, Fables. By Thomas Percival. Philadelphia: T. Dobson,...
Coelebs Deceived, New York, 1817
Estimate: 1 / 1000 New York: J. Seymour, 1817. 16mo. 2 volumes bound in one, disbound text-block, Fair contents. ...
Early Boston Imprint, Psalms
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Psalms of David. Boston, 1759. Title lacking and present in 19th c. manuscript, numerous other pages also...
1797 American Imprint, Albany
Estimate: 1 / 1000 The Principles of Eloquence By John Neal Lake. Albany: Loring Andrews and Co., 1797. 12mo. Bound in...
1800, Philadelphia Imprint
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Religious Cases of Conscience Answered in an Evangelical Manner by S. Pike and S. Hayward. Philadelphia:...
1751, Poems on Several Occasions
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Mr. John Gay. Volume 2 (only.) Glasgow, 1751. 12mo. With publisher's ad leaf at rear. Period calf,...
Familiar Lessons for Children
Estimate: 1 / 1000 London: by and for Darton and Harvey, 1806. 12mo, illustrated in-text. Original printed wrappers backed...
The Ancient And Renowned History of
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Whittington and His Cat for the Amusement of all good little children. London: for Darton, 1812. 16mo. ...
RARE, The Art of Angling
Estimate: 1 / 1000 London: G. Smeeton, n.d. (ca. 1822.) 4" H. Engraved frontis and title, bound in 1/4 morocco, a Very Good...
Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music
Estimate: 1 / 1000 By Vincenzo Galilei. New Haven: Yale, 2003. 8vo hardcover, Good-, no jacket. Condition: For lots in this...
Collection of 17th c. Fragments
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Four circa 17th century fragments of disbound works, poor. Condition: For lots in this online-only...
1762, Attack on Jesuits
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Examen Impartial & Approfondi de L'Insitut des Jesuits. By Louis-Rene de Caradeuc de La Chalotais. ...
Henry 7th, Manuscript Fragment
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A manuscript containing (likely copied) a history of Henry VII and with some history of Henry VIII at end. ...
Japanese Woodblock Book
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Japanese woodblock-printed illustrated reference manual for artists and craftsmen, identified as Ehon Hokan...
17th-18th c. Collection
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A collection of unbound or disbound whort works, most appear to be incomplete, including: Marcelia: Or the...
17th-18th Manuscript Ephemera
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A small group of manuscript ephemera, some in French, from circa 1600s to 1700s. Fair. Condition: For...
18th c. Collection of Works
Estimate: 1 / 1000 A collection of 9 various disbound poems, mostly printed in 1709, 12mo in size. Good. Condition: For lots...
1709, The New Atalantis
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality, of Both Sexes. The New Atalantis, an Island in...
Incunable Interest, Large Folio
Estimate: 1 / 1000 Hundert Kalender Inkunabeln. By Paul Heitz and Konrad Haebler. Strassburg, 1905. 19.5" H. Illustrated...