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February 2006 Online Auction Catalog

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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-38
Paintings
39-63
64-88
89-113
114-138
139-163
164-167
Works on Paper
168-187
188-207
208-227
228-247
248-267
Sculpture
268-277
278-287
288-297
298-305
Furniture
306-315
316-325
326-332
Vintage Photography
333-342
343-348
Orientalia
349-363
364-378
379-393
394-408
409-423
424-436
Fine Jewelry
437-461
462-486
487-511
512-536
537-561
562-586
587-610
Decorative Arts
611-635
636-660
661-685
686-710
711-722
Wedgwood
723-732
733-742
743-752
753-762
763-772
773-776
Porcelain & Ceramics
777-791
792-806
807-821
822-836
837-851
852-855
Glass
856-865
866-875
876-885
886-895
896-899
Silver
900-909
910-919
920-929
930-939
940-949
950-959
960-964
Carpets
965-974
975-984
985-994
995-1004
1005-1014
1015
Autographs, Books, Maps & Documents
1016-1025
1026-1035
1036-1045
1046-1050


Eight Leather Books on Poetry, Philosophy and Fiction

1046. Eight Leather Books on Poetry, Philosophy and Fiction


"Milton's Complete Poetical Works", by William Vaughn Moody, The Cambridge Edition of the Poets, edited by Horace E. Scudder. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1899. Fine, full leather binding with marbled boards, tooled and gilt spine with leather compartment inserts. Gilt edges, 8vo. "On The Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge:", by Thomas Dick, LL.D. Glasgow: William Collins, n.d. Illustrated with engravings, 8vo. Embossed leather boards with tooled and gilt edges and spine. "The Scape Goat", by Hall Caine. Leipzig:Heinemann and Balestier, 1891. Copyright edition. 1/2 leather with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. 12mo. "The Essays of Elia" and "The Last essays of Elia", by Charles Lamb, with an introduction by George E. Woodberry. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1892. In two vols, 12mo. Both with small etching on title page. 3/4 leather with marbled boards, decorated spine. "The Ethics of Dust", by John Ruskin. Kent:George Allen, 1886, fourth edition. 12mo, 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt title on spine. "Sesame and Lilies", by John Ruskin. Kent: George Allen, 1889, tenth edition. Red cloth with embossed title on spine, 8vo. "The Works of John Locke, in Nine Volumes" regarding "Some Considerations of the Conseqences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money". London: Longman, Law and son, Johnson, et al, 1794. Fourth volume only. Marbled covers with leather spine with gilt lettering, 8vo.

200/300 Sold: $80.50

Five Leather Books Including Voltaire, Cowper and Tennyson

1047. Five Leather Books Including Voltaire, Cowper and Tennyson


"The Life of Voltaire, by the Marquis de Condorcet, to which are added memoirs of Voltaire, written by himself", translated from the French, in two volumes, bound in one volume. Philadelphia: Spottswood, 1792. 12mo, full leather, covers loose, fair condition, ink inscription. "The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper", in two voulmes, bound in one. New York: Appleton & Co., 1848. Illustrated with steel engravings, 3/4 leather with marble boards, raised bands on spine with gilt and red leather insert. 12mo. "The Works of Cowper and Thomson". Philadelphia: J. Grigg, 1839. 8vo, full leather, marbled end papers. "The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate". Nw York: Harper & Brothers. 1877. Illustrated with frontispiece by Gustuve Dore. Full leather with tooling and gilt, decorative spine. 8vo.

200/300 Sold: $46.00



1048. "The Spectator. with sketches of the lives of authors, and explanatory notes. "


London: Hamilton, 1808. 8vo, full leather. Eight volumes. Stamped and gilt spine. Ex-libris plates adhered to interior board. Spines starting, heat damage, looses to leather.

150/200 Sold: $46.00

A Group of  Art Books Including Old Italian Masters, Vasari...

1049. A Group of Art Books Including Old Italian Masters, Vasari...


"Lives of the most eminent Painters, Sculptures and Architects", translated from the Italian by Giorgio Vasari. London: Bohn, 1850. Five vols, first having an engraved frontispiece. Green stamped cloth with gilt lettered spines, 8vo. "The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written By Himself", edited and translated by John Addington. new York: Bretanno's, 1906. 2 vols, illustrated throughout with tissue guards, 8vo. Stamped and gilt cloth boards and spines. "Eassays on The Fine Arts", by William Hazlitt. London: Reeves and Turner, 1873. New edition by Carew Hazlitt. 3/4 leather and cloth boards, gilt embossed lettering on spine. 8vo. "Old Italian Masters Engraved by Timothy Cole", historical notes by W. J. Stillman. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. 4to, blind stamped by previous owner on fly and title page. 67 illustrations, 3/4 leather with cloth boards, tooled and gilt covers and spine. Marbled end papers.

200/300 Sold: $92.00



1050. "The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, translated into English Blank Verse by W. Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq."


London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-yard, 1791. Two vols, 4to. Two ex-libris plates, marbled end papers, full leather, tooled and gilt. Decorated spine with red and black leather compartment inserts.

200/300 Sold: $195.50

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