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 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 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 15
John Martin's illustrations for Paradise Lost in proof state
Sold for $5,120
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 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 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 29
Bartoli's Study on Etruscan and Roman Sepulchres and Mausoleums
Sold for $640
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 39
The Etymologiae of St. Isidore in early manuscript
Sold for $51,200
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 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 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 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 52
A finely bound copy of Thackeray's satirical taxonomy of snobs
Sold for $288
Estimated at $150 - $250
Lot 54
A finely bound, early, and complete set of Dickens's works
Sold for $2,432
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
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 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
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 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 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