Lot 1
An early condensation of Froissart from the Sydenham library

Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 2
The exceedingly rare first edition of Ben Jonson's comedy, The New Inn

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,500

Lot 3
Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida from the 1632 Second Folio

Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 4
Shakespeare's Winter's Tale from the 1632 Second Folio

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000

Lot 5
Shakespeare's King Lear from the 1632 Second Folio

Sold for $3,520
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000

Lot 6
An elaborately carved wooden goblet reputedly from Shakespeare's mulberry tree

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 7
A collection of memorial poems for Ben Jonson, published shortly after his death

Sold for $512
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 8
Killigrew's Comedies and Tragedies

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 9
Sir Winston Churchill's Divi Britannici

Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 10
Dryden's The Revolter

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 11
Laurence Sterne. A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy.

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 12
A small group of books about the English theatre and its playwrights

Sold for $160
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 13
A Rare Wedgwood catalog printed in London for the French Market

Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 14
A group of English books on the decorative arts

Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 15
John Martin's illustrations for Paradise Lost in proof state

Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 16
Edwin Booth demands a "pound of flesh"

Sold for $320
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 17
A Study on Poyntz and Grafton, two merchants involved with having the Bible printed in English

Sold for $768
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 18
A rare Vascosan edition of Cicero

Sold for $384
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 19
A clean copy of the 1570 Demosthenes printed in Paris

Sold for $352
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 20
A fine illustrated Italian sixteenth-century work on fortification and military architecture

Sold for $960
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 21
Three sixteenth-century treatises on fortification and siege tactics.

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 22
From the library of Alexander Boswell, the father of James Boswell

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 23
Pietro Sardo on fortifications and artillery

Sold for $608
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 24
Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum

Sold for $8,320
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 25
Madame de Scudery's roman-a-clef Clelie, with the famous "Carte de Tendre"

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000

Lot 26
Baillet's life of Descartes, with the rare portrait frontispiece

Sold for $544
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 27
A rare account of divisions among Chinese missionaries

Sold for $704
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 28
Hugo Grotius's foundational text on international law

Sold for $192
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 29
Bartoli's Study on Etruscan and Roman Sepulchres and Mausoleums

Sold for $640
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 30
A work on fortifications published by Zatta

Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 31
Necker on the French Revolution, in original wrappers

Sold for $256
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 32
A finely drawn pencil portrait of Goethe

Sold for $256
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 33
John Linnell's illustrations of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling

Sold for $640
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 34
A classic treatise by the most renowned singing teacher of the nineteenth century

Sold for $640
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 34A
Group of notable early printed books bound in vellum

Sold for $960
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 35
A 15th-century Breviarum Minorum from the library of an accused Episcopalian heretic

Sold for $9,600
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 36
A fifteenth century collection of mystical religious texts

Sold for $20,480
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 37
An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250

Sold for $32,000
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 38
The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier

Sold for $28,800
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 39
The Etymologiae of St. Isidore in early manuscript

Sold for $51,200
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 40
Manuscript book of homiles circa 1400

Sold for $10,240
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 41
A manuscript collection of homilies and sermons

Sold for $17,920
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 42
An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch

Sold for $23,040
Estimated at $15,000 - $25,000

Lot 43
Charming small-format Book of Hours dated 1442

Sold for $14,080
Estimated at $6,000 - $9,000

Lot 44
The Rules of St. Augustine about 1350, from an English priory

Sold for $102,100
Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000

Lot 45
Manuscript of William Hunter on the gravid uterus

Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 46
An extensive French 1804 manuscript on practical pyrotechnics

Sold for $512
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 47
With the arms of Nicolas Fouquet, a squirrel rampant

Sold for $640
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 48
A fine French binding by Michel Ritter from the library of Cortland F, Bishop

Estate / Collection: Property from the Collection of Alistair Bradley Martin

Sold for $1,664
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 49
Extra-illustrated with hand color plates after Moreau

Sold for $608
Estimated at $150 - $250

Lot 50
A deluxe Grolier Club edition of Keats, specially bound for the Club's 1996 raffle

Sold for $1,152
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 51
A small format group of English theater works

Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 52
A finely bound copy of Thackeray's satirical taxonomy of snobs

Sold for $288
Estimated at $150 - $250

Lot 53
An attractively bound set of Thackeray's works

Sold for $256
Estimated at $300 - $400

Lot 54
A finely bound, early, and complete set of Dickens's works

Sold for $2,432
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 55
A monumental set of Napoleon's correspondence

Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000

Lot 56
The first collected edition of Madame de Stael's works

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 57
An extensively extra-illustrated set with original watercolors from the library of Irving Berlin

Estate / Collection: Estate of Mary Ellin Barrett

Sold for $12,160
Estimated at $12,000 - $18,000

Lot 58
William Mudford's An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands in 1815...

Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 59
Tom and Jerry's London adventures. illustrated by the Cruikshanks

Sold for $544
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 60
Magnificently bound set of Ireland's Life of Napoleon

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800

Lot 61
The Journal des dames et des modes, with extraordinary color plates

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 62
Lortet on fossilized reptiles found in the Rhone River basin, including the Crocodileimus Robustus

Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 63
Two studies by Deperet on Miocene vertebrate and mammal fossils found in the Rhone Basin

Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 64
The first edition of Audubon's octavo Birds of America

Sold for $41,600
Estimated at $25,000 - $35,000

Lot 65
The Audubon's definitive study of American four-footed wildlife

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $4,800
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 66
The 1860 edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $10,880
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 67
With plates of birds of Alaska

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $480
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 68
A memorial to Robert Kennicott, the naturalist who ventured to Alaska

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $1,216
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 69
With plates including manatees and monkeys

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 70
Anderson's Anatomical and Zoological Researches in Western Yunnan

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $4,800
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 71
With attractive heliotype plates capturing the design of turtle shells

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $576
Estimated at $200 - $400

Lot 72
Birds of the Boundary

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $288
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 73
J. V. Barboza du Bocage on the ornithology of Angola.

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $544
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 74
Blanford on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $320
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 75
The Birds of New Zealand counted Charles Darwin among its subscribers

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 76
The expanded second edition of Buller's fine work on the birds of New Zealand

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $5,440
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 77
Crawshay on the The Birds of Tierra del Fuego

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $832
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 78
An attractive set of Dresser's monumental History of the Birds of Europe

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $7,680
Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000

Lot 79
Dresser's monograph of the Bee-eaters, with fine plates by Keulemans

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $4,800
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 80
Dresser's beautifully illustrated work on the rollers

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $6,080
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 81
Elliot's magnificent monograph of the Hornbills

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $11,520
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 82
Godman's Monograph of the Petrels, nicely bound

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 83
Guillemard The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $544
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 84
With color plates of butterflies

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 85
Henderson and Hume's Lahore to Yarkand, with bird plates by Keulemans

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $600 - $900

Lot 86
Fine plates of the African birds

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $1,664
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 87
With fine chromoxylographed plates

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $320
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 88
Legge's A History of the Birds of Ceylon.

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $2,304
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 89
Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $960
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 90
The definitive work on British birds and their eggs, nicely bound

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 91
The principal work on dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes, with Keulemans plates

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $2,432
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 92
Keulemans' Parrots are considered his finest work

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $8,960
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 93
Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 94
Rothschild, W.

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800

Lot 95
G. D. Rowley's Ornithological Miscellany, 1876-77

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000