Sold2023Smith, John Adams, Complete 2vol. 1st Edition 1964, illustrated"John Adams", by Page Smith, published by Doubleday & Company, New York, 1962. Complete in two volumes. Volume 1: 1735-1784; Volume 2: 1784-1826. Stated First Edition. Winner of Kenneth Roberts MemoriSee Sold Price
Sold20232 Scarce Early American Medical Books1. A Synopsis, or General View of the Principal Theories or Doctrines of Diseases...By William Currie...Philadelphia. 1815. First Edition. 172 pp. 8 vol. Full flame calf binding, worn and scuffed. SpiSee Sold Price
Sold2015[Reign of Italy, Land Property] 1865-87, 2 vols[1.]: SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THE LAW OF EXPROPRIATION IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY OF JUNE 25, 1865, N. 2359[2.]: UNCOMMON TEXT AND COMMENTS BY ARONNE RABBENO OF THE REGULATION TO THE LAW ON LAND PROPERTY ESee 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
Sold2022Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 1890.NO RESERVE Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 4 maps (3 folding), folding table at end vol. 2., occasional light spottinSee 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
Sold2022Egan (Pierce) Real Life in London, 2 vol., first edition, 1821-22.Egan (Pierce) Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, 2 vol., first edition, mixed issues, etched aquatint frontispieces, additional engraved titles and plates after ThomasSee Sold Price
Sold2023Grant (Ulysses S.) Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 2 vol., first edition, New York, 1885-86.Grant (Ulysses S.) Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, etched portrait frontispieces, plates, map illustrations, vol. 2 with folding map at end, ink ownership inscriptSee Sold Price
Sold2022Gilchrist (Alexander) Life of William Blake "Pictor Ignotus", 2 vol., first edition, 1863; andNO RESERVE Gilchrist (Alexander) Life of William Blake "Pictor Ignotus", 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines fadedSee Sold Price
Sold2022Cousins (James H.).- Heroic Romances of Ireland, translated by A. H. Leahy, 2 vol., first edition,Cousins (James H.).- Heroic Romances of Ireland, translated by A. H. Leahy, 2 vol., first edition, James Cousin's copy with his ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedowns and his notes and annotatSee Sold Price
Sold2022Burma.- Fytche (Lieut.-Gen. Albert) Burma: Past and Present, 2 vol., first edition, 1878.Burma.- Fytche (Lieut.-Gen. Albert) Burma: Past and Present, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 engraved portraits, 13 plates. of which 10 chromolithographs, illustrations, 1 large folding map at eSee Sold Price
Sold2022Jeaffreson (John Cody) Brides and Bridals, 2 vol., first edition, 1872; and another (3).NO RESERVE Jeaffreson (John Cody) Brides and Bridals, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, advertisements at end vol. 2., ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, faint abrasion marks to front free endpaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Canada.- St. John (Molyneux) The Sea of Mountains, 2 vol., first edition, 1876.NO RESERVE Canada.- St. John (Molyneux) The Sea of Mountains, 2 vol., first edition, 16pp. adverts, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece to vol.1, original cloth, spine gilt, extremities bumpedSee Sold Price
Sold2022Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., firstOxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, engraved portrait of the Chancellor Lord Grenville, 81 hand-coloured plates cSee Sold Price
4 days LeftForum Auctions[Gaskell (Elizabeth C.)] Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, 2 vol., first edition, Autograph£600
4 days LeftForum AuctionsKipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book, together 2 vol., first editions,£1,200
4 days LeftForum AuctionsClare (John) The Village Minstrel, and other poems, 2 vol., first edition, presentation binding and£2,800
4 days LeftForum AuctionsGaskell (Elizabeth C.) Wives and Daughters. An Every-Day Story, 2 vol., first edition, Smith- Elder£500
4 days LeftForum Auctions[Hardy (Thomas)] Under the Greenwood Tree, 2 vol., first edition, Tinsley Brothers, 1872.£2,000
4 days LeftForum AuctionsMinko (Tachibana) Saiga shokunin burui [Colored Pictures of Occupations of Workmen], 2 vol., first£3,500
4 days LeftForum AuctionsGaskell (Elizabeth C.) North and South, first edition, Chapman and Hall, 1855£600
4 days LeftForum AuctionsFroissart (Jean) [Chronicles], 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, Richard Pynson, 1523-25£8,500
4 days LeftForum AuctionsGardens.- Switzer (Stephen) An Introduction to a General System of Hydrostaticks and Hydraulicks,£300
4 days LeftForum AuctionsDickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1 vol. bound in 2, first edition in£1,000
Jun 08Early American History Auctions1784 First Edition Book, A Tour in the United States of America:.., Volume 1, by J.F.D. SmythUS$350
4 days LeftForum AuctionsHardy (Thomas) A Pair of Blue Eyes. A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, Tinsley Brothers, 1873.£1,500
4 days LeftForum AuctionsCollins (Wilkie) The Moonstone. A Romance, 3 vol., first edition, Tinsley Brothers, 1868.£2,400
4 days LeftForum Auctions[Gaskell (Elizabeth C.)] Ruth. A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, Chapman and Hall, 1853; and a first£300
4 days LeftForum AuctionsIslamic Incunabula.- Ktiab-I Ligat-I Vankuli [The Crown of Language and the Correct Arabic], vol. 2£1,500
4 days LeftForum AuctionsDickens' bookplate.- Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1 vol. bound in£400
Jun 05Michael Scarola Rare and Used BooksAvengers: The Initiative Killed In Action Graphic Novel By Scott, Gage, Caselli & Uy First EditionUS$10
Jun 02Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books1860 Nathaniel Hawthorne 1st ed The Marble Faun Romance Gothic Novel 2vUS$82(3 bids)
Jun 07Freeman's | HindmanDIBDIN, Thomas Frognall. The Bibliographical Decameron... 1817. FIRST EDITION of Dibdin's masterfulUS$150
Jun 07Freeman's | HindmanBOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. 1791. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.US$500
4 days LeftForum AuctionsHugo (Victor) Les Miserables, 10 vol., mixed edition, Paris [Brussels], Pagnerre [Lacroix,£1,000
Jun 07Freeman's | HindmanTHORNTON, Robert John. The Philosophy of Botany. [1799]-1810. FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE.US$1,500
4 days LeftForum AuctionsMoore (Sir Jonas) A New Systeme of the Mathematicks, vol.1 (only, of 2), first edition, 1681.£1,800