Antiquarian and Rare Books 2022-09-27 Auction - 104 Price Results - Jasper52 in NY
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The System of Natural HistoryBritish PreserveA Book of Nonsense
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Fine books for rare collectors - a carefully curated collection of scarce selections in history, fiction, poetry, biography, science, and other fields. These include limited, first, signed, numbered, illustrated and artfully bound editions, published from the 18th to early 20th century.
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669: FIRST EDITION THUS. "Everybody's Pepys, Abridged from the Complete Copyright Text and Edited by O. F. Morshead". with 60 illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Half-leather over red cloth boards
0001: The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669Est. $10-$20
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In Darkest Africa: 6 volumes. Subscribers original edition 2 volumes in six divisions. With 165 woodcut illustrations and maps. Hard to find a full-set in such good condition. Publishers original pictorial covers
0002: In Darkest AfricaEst. $250-$300
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The Tropical World: Aspects of Man and Nature in The Equatorial Regions of the Globe Eight chromoxylographic plates. Numerous woodcuts. Publishers red cloth with blind-stamped borders, gilt vignette. Gilt title to spine
0004: The Tropical WorldEst. $20-$30Lot Passed
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The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: FIRST EDITION. Publishers green cloth with gilt vignette. Gilt title to spine. Dust-jacket with mylar cover. Frontispiece portrait plate. Full-page plates. "John Dickson Carr combines qualities
0005: The Life of Sir Arthur Conan DoyleEst. $10-$20
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The Good Companions: FIRST EDITION THUS. Half-leather over marbled boards. Morocco gilt titles, gilt panel vignettes, gilt bands to spine. Gilt top page-block. Colour endpapers. The novel is written in picaresque
0006: The Good CompanionsEst. $10-$20
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My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front, during the War of the Rebellion. Fine binding
0007: My Story of the WarEst. $200-$250Lot Passed
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India As I Knew It: 1885 - 1925: FIRST EDITION. Publishers green cloth with blind-stamped borders. Gilt title to spine. 2 fold-out maps [32 x 43 cm + 22 x 19 cm]. A very scarce copy. Publisher Constable & Co Ltd., London
0008: India As I Knew It: 1885 - 1925Est. $50-$60
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Barnaby Rudge: FIRST EDITION. "A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty." Half-leather over marbled boards. Gilt title, raised bands to spine. Gilt top page-block. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece plate. Full-page
0009: Barnaby RudgeEst. $30-$40
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Caravan: FIRST EDITION. "The Assembled Tales of John Galsworthy" Half-leather over marbled boards. Decorative colour endpapers. Gilt top page-block. Collections of the author's shorter than novel length
0011: CaravanEst. $30-$40
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The Complete Works of Shakespeare: FIRST EDITION THUS. Oxford Editions of Standard Authors. Polished navy morocco with gilt lineal borders. In navy slipcase [some repair]. Triple gilt page-blocks. Edited with a Glossary by W. J.
0012: The Complete Works of ShakespeareEst. $20-$30
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Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance: FIRST EDITION. "Illustrated with engravings from drawings by eminent artists." Full green morocco with gilt vignette, decorative gilt borders. Gilt title, raised bands, gilt panel vignettes.
0013: Lalla Rookh, An Oriental RomanceEst. $40-$50
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Dickens Works - Christmas Books: FIRST EDITION. "With illustrations by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., Maclise, R.A., Stanfield, R.A., F. Stone, Doyle, Leech and Tenniel" Half-leather over marbled boards. Gilt title [faded], raised
0014: Dickens Works - Christmas BooksEst. $20-$30
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The Road to Oxiana: FIRST EDITION. IN BLUE SLIPCASE. Introduced by Geoffrey Moorhouse. Publishers blue cloth with gold and black vignettes. Gilt title and vignettes to spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece
0016: The Road to OxianaEst. $10-$20Lot Passed
Quentin Durward: FIRST EDITION. Half-leather over blue cloth. Gilt title, raised bands to spine. Gilt top page-block. Gift inscription on inside. Frontispiece portrait plate with tissue-guard. Full-page plates
0018: Quentin DurwardEst. $20-$30Lot Passed
The System of Natural History: FIRST EDITION. FOUR VOLUMES. Written by M. de Buffon, Carefully abridged: and the Natural History of Insects; compiled chiefly from Swammerdam, Brookes, Goldsmith, &c. Embellished with Elegant
0019: The System of Natural HistoryEst. $300-$350Lot Passed
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The Quiet American: FIRST EDITION. IN SLIPCASE. Illustrated by Geoff Grandfield. Publishers pictorial green cloth with black title. Black title to spine. Original green slipcase. Colour endpapers. A scarce copy in
0022: The Quiet AmericanEst. $20-$30
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Birds of the Sudan: FIRST EDITION. Blue cloth cover with gilt title on spine. Colour top page edges. Pictorial dust-jacket with mylar cover. Frontispiece colour plate with captioned tissue-guard. Colour plates with
0023: Birds of the SudanEst. $70-$80
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Life in England and Australia: FIRST EDITION. "Reminiscences of Travels and Voyages Over One Hundred Thousand Miles; or, Forty Years in the Wilderness. Publishers green cloth with gilt title, decorative black borders. Gilt
0024: Life in England and AustraliaEst. $40-$50
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