Sold2021(2 VOL) JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMOIR, 1890 FIRST EDITION(lot of 2) Book: "Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir", Varina Davis, Belford Company, New York, 1890, First Edition, total of 1638 pages, illustrations, marblSee Sold Price
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Sold20181890 1ed Jefferson Davis Confederate States President1890 1ed Jefferson Davis Confederate States President Civil War Battles SLAVERY "A sentimentalized account, including parts which Davis dictated before his death.” A rare first edition of Mrs. VarinSee Sold Price
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Sold2016Pepys (Samuel) - Memoirs...comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev. John Smith from the original short-hand ms. in the Pepysian Library, 2 vol., first edition , half-titles, engraved frontispieces, 11 engrSee Sold Price
Sold2020Hawaii.- Brigham (William T.) Ka Hana Kapa: The MakingHawaii.- Brigham (William T.) Ka Hana Kapa: The Making of Bark-Cloth in Hawaii, 2 vol., (including plate vol.), first edition, being vol. 3 of the Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of PolyneSee Sold Price
Sold2022Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language:..., 2 vol., first edition, by W StrahanJohnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language:..., 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, vol. 1 4Z with small marginal tear affecting catch-word (no loss), vol. 1 7R2 with tear to foSee Sold Price
SoldNABOKOV (VLADIMIR) Lolita, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Paris, Olympia Press, 1955NABOKOV (VLADIMIR) Lolita, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with unobscured price 'Francs: 900' on rear wrapper of both volumes, publisher's green, white and black printed wrappers, spine with sliSee Sold Price
Sold2023Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first edition in book form, Chapman and Hall, 1865; andDickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., frontispieces and 38 wood-engraved plates, ink ownership inscriptions to pastedowns, stab holes to margins, without half-titles and advertisements, originaSee Sold Price
Sold2023[Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured plates after[Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., first edition, engraved hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional title to vol.1, and 72 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, some offsetting, ocSee Sold Price
Sold2022Hume (David) The History of England, Under the House of Tudor, 2 vol., first edition, 1759; and c.40NO RESERVE Hume (David) The History of England, Under the House of Tudor, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional light finger-soiling, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, for A. Millar, 175See Sold Price
Sold2022London.- Maitland (William) The History of London, 2 vol., first edition, extra-illustrated, PrintedLondon.- Maitland (William) The History of London, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, extra-illustrated by the insertion of numerous portraits, views, plans and other pieces 18th-20th centurySee Sold Price
Sold2022Asia.- Hedin (Sven) Fran Pol Till Pol, 2 vol., first edition, signed presentation inscription fromAsia.- Hedin (Sven) Fran Pol Till Pol, 2 vol., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to vol.1 front free endpaper, 12pp. preface loosely inserted as issued, plates and maps, oSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 1873.Africa.- Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 2 maps, of which 1 folding, errata bound into vol. 1, vol. 2 partially unopened,See Sold Price
Sold2022Turkey.- Spencer (Edmund) Travels in European Turkey, in 1850, 2 vol., first edition, 1851; andTurkey.- Spencer (Edmund) Travels in European Turkey, in 1850, 2 vol., first edition, tinted lithograph frontispieces, vignette titles, large folding linen-backed map, ex-library with neat pencil noteSee Sold Price
Sold2022Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronichle of Barset, 2 vol., first edition, bound from the original 32Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronichle of Barset, 2 vol., first edition, bound from the original 32 parts, 32 wood-engraved plates by G. H. Thomas, vignette illustrations, very occasional soiling to mSee Sold Price
Sold2023Africa.- Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, 2 vol., first edition, originalAfrica.- Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting and Trading, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata leaf in each volume, wood-engraved frontispiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Voyages.- Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Bacchante" 1879-1882 (The), 2 vol., first edition, 1886.Voyages.- Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Bacchante" 1879-1882 (The), 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and maps, presentation ink inscription to half-titles, some light foxing, mainly to vol.See Sold Price
May 30Forum AuctionsClare (John) The Village Minstrel, and other poems, 2 vol., first edition, presentation binding and£2,800
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