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A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott v
Lot: 126Sold for: $1,722$1,400A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford. New York: Appleton, 1857. One of two more ...
Abolition of Slavery, Two Titles from the 1850s.
Lot: 127Sold for: $185$150Abolition of Slavery, Two Titles from the 1850s. Autographs for Freedom, edited by Julia Griffiths, Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co.; and Rochester: Wanzer, Beardsley, & Co., second edition, octavo, a more ...
Adams, George (1750-1795) Geometrical and Graphical Essays [and] Plates to the Geometrical and Graphical Essays.
Lot: 128Sold for: $400$325Adams, George (1750-1795) Geometrical and Graphical Essays [and] Plates to the Geometrical and Graphical Essays. London: W. & S. Jones, 1813. Fourth edition, two octavo volumes, edited and expanded more ...
Advertising Ephemera, Approximately Twenty-three Items, Early 20th Century.
Lot: 129Sold for: $277$225Advertising Ephemera, Approximately Twenty-three Items, Early 20th Century. Color printed items including: children's chapbooks, brochures containing recipes and household hints, and other more ...
Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389-1450) Ajaib al-Maqdur fi Nawaib al-Taymur: The Wonders of Destiny of the Ravages of Timur, 1292 AH [1875 CE]
Lot: 130Sold for: $3,198$2,600Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389-1450) Aja'ib al-Maqdur fi Nawa'ib al-Taymur: The Wonders of Destiny of the Ravages of Timur, 1292 AH [1875 CE]. Folio, manuscript on paper, single column, black and red ink, more ...
Al-Murtada Muhammad (891?-922) Minhaj al Najat.
Lot: 131Sold for: $677$550Al-Murtada Muhammad (891?-922) Minhaj al Najat. 1195 AH [1781 CE]. Arabic manuscript on paper, small quarto format, 48 leaves, 22 lines per page, text written in nasta'liq script in black ink, more ...
Alchabitius [Al-Qabisi, Abu Al-Saqr Abd Al-Aziz Ibn Uthman Ibn Ali] (d. 967) Preclarum Summi in Astrorum Scientia Principis Alchabi
Lot: 132Sold for: $4,613$3,750Alchabitius [Al-Qabisi, Abu Al-Saqr 'Abd Al-'Aziz Ibn 'Uthman Ibn 'Ali] (d. 967) Preclarum Summi in Astrorum Scientia Principis Alchabitii Opus ad Scrutanda Stellarum. Venice: Melchior Sessa & more ...
Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) Work: a Story of Experience , with Clipped Signature.
Lot: 133Sold for: $492$400Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) Work: a Story of Experience, with Clipped Signature. Boston: Roberts, 1873. First edition, octavo, cut signature pasted inside the front board, the binding somewhat more ...
Ali ibn Hosein Ansari [aka Haji Zaynol Attar] (1303-1404) Ekhtiyarate Badi i, Badi al-Jamal.
Lot: 134Sold for: $1,107$900Ali ibn Hosein Ansari [aka Haji Zaynol Attar] (1303-1404) Ekhtiyarate Badi i, Badi al-Jamal. Folio format manuscript on paper in Persian, including treatises on plants, weights, and the treatment of more ...
Almanach des Gourmands, Troisieme Annee.
Lot: 135Sold for: $98$80Almanach des Gourmands, Troisieme Annee. Paris: Maradan, 1805. 12mo, engraved frontispiece showing a "Seance d'un Jury de Gourmands degustateurs," half leather, marbled paper boards, a French more ...
American Census, Four Volumes, 19th Century.
Lot: 136Sold for: $277$225American Census, Four Volumes, 19th Century. Including: The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington: Robert Armstrong, 1853; Population of the United States in 1860, Washington: more ...
Ames, William (1576-1633) De Conscientia, et eius Iure vel Casibus.
Lot: 137Sold for: $123$100Ames, William (1576-1633) De Conscientia, et eius Iure vel Casibus. Amsterdam: Boomiana, 1670. 12mo engraved title, contemporary parchment, toned, spine becoming detached, 5 x 3 in. more ...
Anderson, Nels (1889-1986) Hobo Culture, Two Titles.
Lot: 138Sold for: $215$175Anderson, Nels (1889-1986) Hobo Culture, Two Titles. The Hobo, the Sociology of the Homeless Man, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1923], octavo, full publisher's green cloth, very good; [and] more ...
Animal Rights, Anti-Vivisection Lot, Eight Titles.
Lot: 139Sold for: $308$250Animal Rights, Anti-Vivisection Lot, Eight Titles. Including: Henry S. Salt's Animals' Rights, New York: Macmillan, 1894 (two copies); Albert Leffingwell's An Ethical Problem, London: Bell & Sons, more ...
Anson, George (1697-1762) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.
Lot: 140Sold for: $984$800Anson, George (1697-1762) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. London: John & Paul Knapton, 1749. Fifth edition, large quarto, illustrated with folding frontispiece map, more ...
Arabic Manuscript on Paper with Persian Commentary.
Lot: 141Sold for: $861$700Arabic Manuscript on Paper with Persian Commentary. 935 AH [1529 CE]. Small format manuscript on paper, 18 leaves, 12 lines per page, title and facing leaf elaborately decorated in gold, blue, and more ...
Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Commentary on Porphyry.
Lot: 142Sold for: $492$400Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Commentary on Porphyry. Small octavo manuscript in black and red ink on paper, bound in limp leather, 6 3/4 x 4 in. more ...
Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Four Treatises, 960 AH [1553 CE].
Lot: 143Sold for: $492$400Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Four Treatises, 960 AH [1553 CE]. Including works on the art of debate and discussion, the last work in Persian; text written in different hands in black ink with more ...
Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Legal Treatises.
Lot: 144Sold for: $492$400Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Legal Treatises. Octavo, a collection of works related to the law including instructions and sample documents concerning real estate transfers, power of attorney, more ...
Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Three Treatises, 960 AH [1553 CE].
Lot: 145Sold for: $369$300Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Three Treatises, 960 AH [1553 CE]. Octavo format, text in black ink with occasional red, diagrams, approximately 240 pages, including a commentary on Al-Hidayah, a more ...
Arabic Manuscript on Paper: Three Treatises Bound Together, 1078 AH [1668 CE].
Lot: 146Sold for: $369$300Arabic Manuscript on Paper: Three Treatises Bound Together, 1078 AH [1668 CE]. Octavo format manuscript including a work by Seyyed Nematollah Jazayeri (1640-1700); manuscript in black and red, bound more ...
Arabic Manuscript, Debate on the Existence of God.
Lot: 147Sold for: $800$650Arabic Manuscript, Debate on the Existence of God. 1233 AH [1818 CE]. Octavo format Arabic manuscript on paper in black ink, in an elegant and delicate nasta'liq script with artful diagonal marginal more ...
Arabic Manuscript, Shia Prayerbook.
Lot: 148Sold for: $1,107$900Arabic Manuscript, Shia Prayerbook. 1159 AH [1746 CE]. Small format Arabic manuscript in a minute naskh script, in black ink, 78 leaves, 20 lines per page, title page with decorative gilt cartouche more ...
Arkham House Imprints, Mid-20th Century, Thirty Titles.
Lot: 149Sold for: $2,952$2,400Arkham House Imprints, Mid-20th Century, Thirty Titles. Including: Asquith's This Mortal Coil; Blackwood's The Doll; Bishop's The Curse of Yig; Bloch's The Opener of the Way; Bloch's Pleasant more ...
Arp, Jean (1886-1966) Vers le Blanc Infini , Signed Copy.
Lot: 150Sold for: $1,046$850Arp, Jean (1886-1966) Vers le Blanc Infini, Signed Copy. Paris & Lausanne: La Rose des Vents, 1960. First, limited edition, copy number 342 of 499 copies signed by Arp, illustrated with eight more ...
Atget, Eugène (1857-1927) Atget Photographe de Paris.
Lot: 151Sold for: $400$325Atget, Eugène (1857-1927) Atget Photographe de Paris. New York: Weyhe, [Printed in France, 1930]. Quarto, preface by Pierre Mac Orlan, illustrated with ninety-six sepia collotype reproductions of more ...
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories.
Lot: 152Sold for: $31,980$26,000Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. more ...
Augustinus, Aurelius (354-430) I) Sermones ad heremitas; II) Sermones de verbis Domini; III) Sermones de verbis apostoli; IV) Sermones
Lot: 153UnsoldAugustinus, Aurelius (354-430) I) Sermones ad heremitas; II) Sermones de verbis Domini; III) Sermones de verbis apostoli; IV) Sermones in epistolam Johannis; V) Quinquaginta; VI) Sermones de more ...
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348-c. 413) Opera.
Lot: 154Sold for: $338$275Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348-c. 413) Opera. Amsterdam: Caesius, 1625. 24mo, engraved title, pages ruled in red throughout, bound in full contemporary russet morocco, tooled in gilt, a.e.g., an more ...
Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626) Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning.
Lot: 155Sold for: $677$550Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626) Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning. Oxford: Lichfield, 1640. Folio, lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait of Bacon, engraved title present, in more ...