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JOHN MILTON

• A FRAMED 19th CENTURY 'MILTON SHIELD'.By
  A FRAMED 19th CENTURY 'MILTON SHIELD'.By Elkington & co, signed Morel Ladeuil Fecit, 1866. Electrotype coated with oxidised silver. Depicting various scenes from John Milton's Paradise lost. Mounted in an oval, gilded ebony frame.98 x 76cm (incl frame). The original shield being manufactured for the 1867 Paris Exhibition by Elkington & co winning a gold medal, which was later purchased by the Victoria & Albert museum.
• A bronze statuette of John Milton, derived
  A bronze statuette of John Milton, derived from a model by John Cheere, late 19th c, on rectangular bronze base, uneven dark brown patina, 15cm h More Information Undamaged
• JOHN MILTON, PARADISE LOST A POEM, PRINTED
  JOHN MILTON, PARADISE LOST A POEM, PRINTED 1688 John Milton, Paradise Lost a poem, 1688, (+2),343 p.p. (+8), (+66), (+6), (+57, First illustrated and first folio edition bound without list of subscribers and with watermarks, includes "Paradise Regained" and "Samson Agronistes". Publisher Miles Flesher for Richard Bentley. Some pages have been rewritten in manuscript. Illustrations not present. Wing M-2148; Grolier Wither to Prior 607; (Hodnett Five Centuries of Book Illustration 1988, p. 63); Shawcross 345
• 2VOL J. MILTON PARADISE LOST, BASKERVILLE
  2VOL J. MILTON PARADISE LOST, BASKERVILLE PRINTING Two volume set containing Paradise Lost: and Paradise Regained by John Milton. Both published 1758 by noted printer John Baskerville. Books are in matching full brown leather binding. Raised bands on the spine highlight the gilt titling. In addition, the name Baskerville is done in gilt at the bottom of the spine. Gilt pages edges. List of subscribers in the volume with Paradise Lost. 8vo.
• MILTON'S PARADISE REGAIN'D (1752) John
  MILTON'S PARADISE REGAIN'D (1752) John Milton. PARADISE REGAIN'D. A POEM, IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH IS ADDED SAMSON AGONISTES; AND POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WITH A TRACTATE OF EDUCATION. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1752. Hardcover. Leather-covered boards with raised bands on spine. 32mo. [i-iv], [1], 2-342, [355-357], 358-380pp.
• SELECTION OF BOOKS WITH WILLIAM BLAKE
  SELECTION OF BOOKS WITH WILLIAM BLAKE ILLUSTRATIONS Comprising five fine press titles, including Blake, SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE (London: Folio, 1997) 5th Printing; facsimile of the original book with transcription, 12mo, pictorial cloth, slipcase; John Bunyan, THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, illus. by Blake (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1941) #746/1500, 4to, cloth; THE POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE (Norwalk, Ct.: Easton Press, 1995) 4to, full leather; John Milton, PARADISE LOST illus. by Blake (London: Folio, 2006) 4th Printing, folio, half leather, moire silk boards, slipcase; and Blake, JERUSALEM (London: Folio, 2007) apparent 1st printing, folio, half leather, moire silk boards, slipcase.
• PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE DESK AND BOOKCASEAn
  PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE DESK AND BOOKCASEAn important Philadelphia Chippendale mahogany three-part desk and bookcase, ca. 1775 , with carved pediment attributed to Martin Jugiez, featuring a broken arch with scrolled fretwork centering a bust of John Milton, 104 1/2" h., 42 1/4" w. One other Philadelphia desk and bookcase with a bust of Milton is known and currently resides in an important private Pennsylvania collection. Alan Miller assisted with the cataloging of this lot. Illustrated: Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, Volume Three , pg. 4 (bust sketch) and pg. 260; The Magazine Antiques , February 1934, pg. 41. Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament . NO in-house shipping for this lot. Condition: Chips to corners of cornice. A couple repaired cracks to cornice. Upper door panels with newer interior liners, but they do appear to be original. Brasses replaced. Feet are period but probably associated with case. Some alterations to backboards of lower section.
• FINE & SMALL PRESS, (10) VOLUMES, SOME
  FINE & SMALL PRESS, (10) VOLUMES, SOME SIGNED Includes: 1) Tennessee Williams. It Happened the Day the Sun Rose. Sylvester & Orphanos, 1981, "Presentation Copy" of 330, signed by Williams, in slipcase; 2) Norman Mailer. Of a Small and Modest Malignancy... Lord John Press, 1980, #109/300 signed, in slipcase; 3) James Merrill. The Image Maker. Sea Cliff Press, 1986, #72/220 signed; 4) Alice Boughton. Photographing the Famous. Avondale Press, 1928; 5) Samuel Johnson & Horace Gregory. Critical Remarks on The Metaphysical Poets. Golden Eagle Press, 1945, illus. by Kurt Roesch; 6) Lytton Strachey. Ermyntrude and Esmeralda. Anthony Blond, 1969, illus. by Erte; 7) John Milton & Henry Lawes. The Mask of Comus. Nonesuch Press, 1937, #374/950, in slipcase; 8) and 9) two Christmas booklets from race car driver George Arents: "Miss Muffett's Christmas Party" by Samuel Crothers, illus. by Theodore Bolton, 1957, and "A Christmas Letter from Kate Greenaway", 1954; 10) Quattrocentisteria: How Sandro Botticelli Saw Simonetta in the Spring. Decorated and illuminated by Valenti Angelo and signed by him, Golden Cross Press, 1937, No. 23 of 175, in slipcase; 15.75"h x 10.5"w (largest)
• 2-Part brass and stained glass screen,
  2-Part brass and stained glass screen, brass frame with leaded stained glass insert, each panel with round portrait of William Shakespeare & John Milton centered, surrounded by stained & painted glass floral & geometric decoration, c 1870-90, European, each panel 38-1/2"h x 19"w, minor cracks in surrounding glass
• A STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE PORCELAIN BUST
  A STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE PORCELAIN BUST OF JOHN MILTON late 18th century, the poet depicted head and shoulders, it is believed to be a trial Wedgwood bust after Flaxman R.A. Etruria 1790, 15.5cm high Provenance: Bt. Sotheby’s, 19th April 2000, The Gillingham Collection, lot 103.
• 79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80
  79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80 leather bound books - 79 Easton Press and 1 Harvard Classics. 77 Easton Press The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Louisa May Alcott Little Women, Victor Hugo Les Miserables, Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ralph Waldo Emerson The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, D.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover, Leo Tolstoy War & Peace, Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo, Jack London The Sea-Wolf, Henry James The Portrait of a Lady, Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac, Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin, Charles Dickens David Copperfield, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faust, George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion and Candida, John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men, Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Confucius The Analects of Confucius, Herman Melville Billy Budd and Benito Cereno, Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe, William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels, Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary, Bram Stoker Dracula, Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy, Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote, Henry David Thoreau Walden, Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Guy de Maupassant The Tales of Guy de Maupassant, George Eliot Silas Marner, Herman Melville Moby Dick, Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, George Orwell Animal Farm, Aesop Aesop's Fables, Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer, Robert Browning The Poems of Robert Browning, Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, H.G. Wells The Time Machine, Homer The Iliad, St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine, Henry Fielding Tom Jones, John Milton Paradise Lost, Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights, James Fenimore Copper The Last of the Mohicans, Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Aldous Huxley Brave New World, Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage, Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms, Richard F. Burton The Arabian Knights, Thomas Paine Rights of Man, Sir Walter Scott The Talisman, Machiavelli The Prince, Sophocles Oedipus the King, Joseph Conrad Lord Jim, Livy History of Early Rome, John Boccaccio The Decameron, Charles Dickens Great Expectations, Emily Dickinson Poems of Emily Dickinson, Virgil Aeneid, Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories, Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island, Walter Scott Ivanhoe, Homer The Odyssey, Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Samuel Butler The Way of All Flesh, Nathaniel Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter, Grimm's Fairytales, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers; 1 Easton Press Greatest Books Ever Written: Herman Melville Moby Dick; 1 Easton Press Millenium Edition Harvard Classics Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays and English Traits; 1 Harvard Classics The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus and The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
• "MILTON SHIELD" CAST COMPOSITE STONE
  "MILTON SHIELD" CAST COMPOSITE STONE WALL ORNAMENTA vintage cast composition wall ornament, after the"Milton Shield," originally designed byLéonard Morel-Ladeuil(French, 1820-1888) in 1867. The shield illustrates John Milton's "Paradise Lost," with a central medallion depicting Adam and Eve with the archangel Raphael. Pate-sur-pate style low relief decoration over acomposition ofreconstituted stone and minerals. Circa third quarter 20th c. Measures approximately 32" x 24" x 3". Condition Very good condition.
• 19th Century. Two presentation ewers
  19th Century. Two presentation ewers and baptismal bowl. coin silver, Britannia standard silver. 8¾ h × 5½ w × 4 d in. result: $1,063. estimate: $1,000–1,500. Blynn & Baldwin example inscribed ‘Ohio State Board of Agriculture Premium John Milton Sherwood 1855’, Columbus, USA, c. 1855. William Adams example inscribed ‘Awarded by the American Institute To Chas. G. Teed for the best pair of Fat Durham Steers 1857’, New York, USA, c. 1857. Marked to each example. Sold with a baptismal bowl for the Parmelee family inscribed with fourteen names and dates ranging from 1704-55, London, England, c. 1704. Britannia standard mark, engraved monogram ‘P’. Measures 9 dia inches.
• WEDGWOOD POTTERY, JOHN MILTON BUSTDepicts
  WEDGWOOD POTTERY, JOHN MILTON BUSTDepicts famous English poet and intellectual. Dimensions: 5.25"L x 3"W x 6"H Manufacturer: Wedgwood Country of Origin: England Condition: Age related wear.
• (8PC) EASTERN PRESS COLLECTOR NOVEL
  (8PC) EASTERN PRESS COLLECTOR NOVEL SETDESCRIPTION: (8Pc) An Easton Press collector's novel set. Features leather bound foundations with embossed gilt designs. Includes: (1) "Of Mice And Men" By John Steinbeck (1) "The Flowers Of Evil" By Charles Baudelaire (1) "The Talisman" By Sir Walter Scott (1) "The Brothers Karamazov" By Fyodor Dostoevsky (1) "Walden" By Henry David Thoreau (1) "Robinson Crusoe" By Daniel Defoe (1) "Paradise Lost" By John Milton (1) "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" By Jules Verne CIRCA: 20th Cent. ORIGIN: USA DIMENSIONS: (Largest) H: 12.25" x W: 1" x L: 9.25" (Smallest) H: 8.75" x W: 1.5" x L: 6.25" CONDITION: Great condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• SALVADOR DALI "LE PARADIS PERDU" COLORED
  SALVADOR DALI "LE PARADIS PERDU" COLORED LITHOLe Paradis Perdu. Regarded as one of the most important works in literature, John Milton's Paradise Lost (Paradis Perdu) was illustrated in ten color etchings by master Salvador Dalí in 1974. The simplicity of line and careful draftsmanship exhibit the very turmoil of man's battle with the temptation of Satan. Fabulous and one of Dalli's most important works . This one is numbered 86/150 and is pencil signed by Dali. This beautiful framed Lithograph measures 16" X 16" Plus frame. Excellent condition. Third party shipping required. Condition: All lots are sold as is and where is. Elite Auctioneers, LLC provides condition reports upon request to aide in your bidding decision. No statement regarding age, condition, kind, value, or quality of a lot, whether made orally at the auction or at any other time, or in writing in this catalog or elsewhere, shall be construed to be an express or implied warranty, representation, or assumption of liability. All sales are final, Elite Auctioneers, LLC does not give refunds based on condition. Elite Auctioneers, LLC does not perform any shipping or packing services. We do have a list of suggested shippers who gladly provide quotes prior to your bidding. Please visit our webpage for a list of recommended shippers.All items listed as "attributed", "after", or "in the manner" are not being sold as original works and are not guaranteed authentic.
• 1978 WORLD SERIES BASEBALL ITEMS, INCL.
  1978 WORLD SERIES BASEBALL ITEMS, INCL. NY YANKEES MULT...Seven (7) Baseball items including 1978 Baseball World Series afterplay multi-signed baseball and program, including Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson. 1st item: Multi-signed baseball by players and coaches of the 1978 New York Yankees, including Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (1925-2015); Thurman Lee Munson (1947-1979); John Arthur Fowler (1922-2007); Kenneth Earl Clay (b. 1954); Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage (b. 1951); Carroll Christopher Chambliss (b. 1948); John Milton "Mickey" Rivers (b. 1948); Roy Hilton White (b. 1943); Ronald Ames Guidry (b. 1950), nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator"; Eduardo Figueroa Padilla (b. 1948); Frederick Blair Stanley (b. 1947); and one (1) unidentified. Housed in a square plastic case. 4" H x 3 1/2" square. 2nd item: Multi-signed 1978 World Series Program, published by Cardinal Publishing Company, Indianapolis, 1978. Signed by Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage; Larry Stephen McCall (b. 1952); Louis Victor Piniella (b. 1943); John Arthur Fowler; Dick Howser (1936-1987); with one (1) unidentified signature and one (1) photocopy of baseball commissioner Bowie K. Kuhn's signature to page 3. 11" H x 8 1/2" W x 3/8" D. 3rd-4th items: Two (2) 1978 World Series paper ephemera items, including one (1) ticket and one (1) copy of the Los Angeles Times, Morning Final Edition, dated Wednesday, October 18, 1978 with the headline reading "Yankees KO Dodgers Again". 5th-7th items: Three (3) assorted paper ephemera items, including one (1) Art Fowler, Los Angeles Angels baseball card, circa 1963; one (1) black and white photograph of Fowler; and one (1) black and white photograph of a young woman. 3rd-7th items ranging in size from 3 5/8" H x 2 5/8" W to 24" H x 28" W. Note: the 1978 World Series was the 75th anniversary of the event. It was attended by Lillian Henderson of Tennessee, who dated Art Fowler and acquired these items during the Series. Property of the Lincoln County Museum, Fayetteville, TN; Bequest of Mary Bright Wilson (1909-2004), formerly of Fayetteville, and descended in her family. Condition: All items in overall good condition. Signatures to baseball and program are after-play signed, not graded. Signatures in overall good, legible condition. Paper items with toning/acid burn, tears, creases, light staining, areas of loss to be expected from age and manner of use.
• A GROUP OF FIFTY-FIVE CHILDREN'S BOOK
  A GROUP OF FIFTY-FIVE CHILDREN'S BOOK TITLES, EASTON PR...A GROUP OF FIFTY-FIVE CHILDREN'S BOOK TITLES, EASTON PRESS, HORNBLOWER SERIES AND ANTIQUE INTEREST, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, comprising selected titles, many Collector Editions with gilt edges and leather bound, "The Mysterious Island," Verne, Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1997; "Robinson Crusoe," Defoe, Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1998; "Treasure Island," Stevenson, Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1997; "The Last of the Mohicans," Cooper,Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1998; "The Black Arrow," Stevenson, Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1991; "Kidnapped," Stevenson, Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1991; "The Deerslayer," Fenimore Cooper, Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1998; "The Arabian Nights," Wiggin and Smith, Parrish, Illus., Easton Press, 1996; "Moby Dick or the Whale," Melville, Easton Press, 1977; "Tanglewood Tales," Hawthorne, Dulac, Illus., Easton Press, 2002; "The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault," Clarke, Illus., Easton Press, 2002; "The Endurance," Alexander, signed edition, "Caroline Alexander," in blue ink, Easton Press, 1999; "Westward Ho!," Kingsley,Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1997; "Robin Hood," Creswick, Wyeth, Illus., Easton Press, 1991; "The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm," Lucas, trans., Rackham, illus.,Easton Press, 2002; "Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen," Nielsen, illus., Easton Press, 2002; "The Fables of Aesop," Detmold, illus., Easton Press, 2002; "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz," Baum, Neill, Illus., Easton Press, 1993; "The Emerald City," Baum, Neill, Illus., Easton Press, 1993; "The Marvelous Land of Oz," Baum, Neill, Illus., Easton Press, 1989; "The Great Gatsby," Fitzgerald, Easton Press, 1991; "Tender is the Night," Fitzgerald, Easton Press, 1991; "The Last Tycoon," Easton Press, 1991; a group of eleven Hornblower titles, Forester, Easton Press, 2001; "Boys Book of Famous Rulers," Famer, New York, 1886; "The Poetical Works of John Milton," New York, circa 1880; "Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World," Browne, Illus., New York, 1877; "The Poems of Schiller," Bowring, trans., New York, 1880s; "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo," Creasy, London, 1887; "The Poetical Works of John Milton," New York, 1887; "Familiar Quotations," Bartlett, Boston, 1870, and other title selections by various printers and publishers. Condition: Some page toning, smudges, tears, bends, spine damages to older texts, scuffs, inscriptions and dedications and other expected wear. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS.”
• HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet of
  HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet of Harvard Classics. Alumni Edition, set no. 434. Edited by Charles W. Elliot, LLD. Published by P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1910. Titles include ìThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinî, ìThe Journal of John Woolmanî, ìFruits of Solitude William Penn,î three works in volume no. 1; ìThe Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Platoî, ìThe Golden Sayings of Epictetusî, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius,î two works in vol. no. 2; Francis Bacon, ìEssays, Civil and Moral and the New Atlantisî, John Milton, ìAreopagitica and Tractate on Educationî, Sir Thomas Browne, ìReligio Medici,î three works in Vol. no. 3; ìThe Complete Poems of John Milton,î written in English, Vol. no. 4; R. W. Emerson, ìEssays and English Traits,î Vol. no. 5; ìThe Poems and Songs of Robert Burns,î Vol. no. 6; Thomas A. Kempis, ìThe Confessions of St. Augustine; The Imitation of Christ,î Vol. no. 7; Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, îNine Greek Dramas,î Vol. no. 8; ìLetters of Marcus Tullius Cicero with his treatises on Friendship and Old Ageî, ìLetters of Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus,î two works in Vol. no. 9; Adam Smith, ìAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,î Vol. no. 10; Charles Darwin, ìThe Origin of Species,î Vol. no. 11; ìPlutarchís Lives of Themistocles Pericles Aristides Alcibiades and Coriolanus Demosthenes and Cicero Caesar and Antony,î Vol. no. 12; ìVirgilís Aeneid,î Vol. no. 13; ìStories from the Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nightsí Entertainments),î Vol. no. 16; ìFolk-Lore and Fable: Aesop, Grimm, Andersen,î Vol. no. 17; ìModern English Drama: Dryden, Sheridan, Goldsmith, Shelley, Browning, Bryon,î Vol. no. 18; ìJohann Wolfgang von Goethe. Faust, part I, Egmont, Hermann and Dorotheaî, ìChristopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus,î two works in Vol. no. 19; ìThe Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Hell, Purgatory, Paradise,î Vol. no. 20; Alessandro Manzoni, ìI Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed),î Vol. no. 21; Homer, ìThe Odyssey,î Vol. no. 22; R. H. Dana, Jr., ìTwo Years Before the Mast, and Twenty-Four Years After,î Vol. no. 23; ìEdmund Burke on Taste on the Sublime and Beautiful Reflections on the French Revolution, A Letter to a Nobel Lord,î Vol. no. 24; ìJohn Stuart Mill, Autobiography Essay on Libertyî, ìThomas Carlyle, Characteristics Inaugural Address Essay on Scott,î two works in Vol. no. 25; ìContinental Drama: Calderon, Corneille, Racine, Moliere, Lessing, Schiller,î Vol. no. 26; ìEnglish Essays from Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay,î Vol. no. 27; ìEssays, English and American,î Vol. no. 28; Charles Darwin, ìThe Voyage of the Beagle,î Vol. no. 29; ìScientific Papers: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology,î Vol. no. 30; ìThe Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini,î Vol. no. 31; ìLiterary and Philosophical Essays. French, German, and Italian,î Vol. no. 32; ìVoyages and Travels, Ancient and Modern,î Vol. no. 33; ìFrench and English Philosophers: Descartes, Rousseau, Voltaire, Hobbes,î Vol. no. 34; ìChronicle and Romance: Froissart, Malory, Holinshed,î Vol. no. 35; Niccolo Machiavelli, ìThe Princeî, Sir Thomas More, ìUtopiaî, Martin Luther, ìNinety-Five Theses address to the German Nobility Concerning Christian Liberty,î three works in Vol. no. 36; ìEnglish Poetry, Volume I from Chaucer to Gray,î Vol. no. 40; ìEnglish Poetry, Volume II from Collins to Fitzgerald,î Vol. no. 41; ìEnglish Poetry, Volume III from Tennyson to Whitman,î Vol. no. 42; ìAmerican Historical Documents, 1000-1904,î Vol. no. 43; ìSacred Writings. Volume I, Confucian, Hebrew, Christian (Part I),î Vol. no. 44; ìSacred Writings. Volume II, Christian (Part II), Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedian,î Vol. no. 45; ìElizabethan Drama. Volume I, Marlowe, Shakespeare,î Vol. no. 46; ìElizabethan Drama: Dekker, Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Massinger,î volume II, Vol. no. 47; ìBlaise Pascal, Thoughts, Letters, Minor Works,î Vol. no. 48; ìEpic and Saga: Beowulfî, ìThe Song of Rolandî, ìThe Destruction of Da Dergaís Hostelî, ìThe Story of the Volsungsî, and ìNiblungs,î five works in Vol. no. 49; ìThe Editorís Introduction Readerís Guide, Index to the First Lines of Poem Songs & Choruses Hymns & Psalms, General Index, Chronological Index,î Vol. no. 50. Each volume; Height: 8 3/4 x width: 6 1/4 in. Condition: Some discoloration to book covers and water damage. Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions. Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
• EIGHT PIECE FRAMED GROUP, TO INCLUDE
  EIGHT PIECE FRAMED GROUP, TO INCLUDE TWO FRAMED MAPS, A...Eight Piece Framed Group, to include two framed maps, a maritime print of sailing ships; a John Milton lithograph after an illustration from Paradise Lost; "La Guienne" engraving of a steam ship; a lithograph of an American flag; along with a print of a French nobleman, largest sight size 19" x 22". Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• (7) VOLS. DECORATIVE BINDINGS, INCL.
  (7) VOLS. DECORATIVE BINDINGS, INCL. RIVIERE & SON Includes: 1) Robert Louis Stevenson. Poems Vol. One. Heinemann, 1927, bound by Riviere & Son for Marshall Field; 2) Shakespeare's Sonnets. Richards Press; 3) Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918. Clarendon Press, 1948, bound by Sangorksi & Sutcliffe; 4) John Masefield. Reynard the Fox. Heinemann, 1919, bound by Hatchards; 5) Poetry and Prose of John Milton. Mayfair Edition, bound by Maurin; 6) Poetical Works of William Blake. Oxford, 1938, bound by Bayntun (Riviere); 7) The Odyssey of Homer. Mayfair Edition, bound by Maurin; smallest: 5"h x 3.5"w, largest: 7.5"h x 5"w
• (9) VOLS. LEATHER BINDINGS, 19TH C.
  (9) VOLS. LEATHER BINDINGS, 19TH C. Includes: Eugene Sue. The Wandering Jew. Chapman and Hall, 1845, (3) vols; The Poetical Works of John Milton English and Latin. George Bell & Sons, 1892, (2) vols; Patrick, Lowth, et. al. Critical Commentary and Paraphrase of the Old and New Testament and the Apocrypha. William Tegg, 1847; Scott. Ivanhoe: A Romance. E. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, n.d., epistle dated 1817; The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1839. E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838; and Oxberry's Dramatic Biography, and Histrionic Anecdotes, Vol. VII. Duncombe, n.d.; 10.5"h x 7"w (largest); 5.5"h x 3.75"w (smallest)
• 2 PCS, CONTINENTAL BRONZE TAZZA & MILTON
  2 PCS, CONTINENTAL BRONZE TAZZA & MILTON SCULPTURE Continental school, 19th century. Bronze and brass tazza with top centering on roundel of St. Hubert, the patron saint of hunting, together with a patinated metal sculpture of poet John Milton. Both apparently unmarked. Milton approx. h. 14.75", tazza h. 9"
• 19TH C. STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES, SHAKESPEARE,
  19TH C. STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES, SHAKESPEARE, 7PCS English, 19th century. Selection of seven Staffordshire pottery figures, some with bocage decoration, comprising: William Shakespeare and John Milton, two of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, "Soldier's Dream", a female figure with
• (20) ENGLISH LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS, MOST
  (20) ENGLISH LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS, MOST 19TH C.(lot of 20) English language library shelf books, many with gilt embossed leather binding, marbled or gilt foredges, highlights include: (1) "The Poetical Works of John Milton," volume I, notes by Rev. John Mitford, Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia, 478 pages, detached boards, (1) "The Most Eminent Orators and Statesmen of Ancient and Modern Times, David A. Harsha, The John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, 520 pages, detached boards, (1) "A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities," edited by William Smith, 1882, John Murray, London, 1293 pages, detached front board, (2) "The Life of Christ," volumes I and II, Frederic W. Farrar, eighteenth edition, Cassell Petter & Galpin, volume I: 480 pages, volume II: 523 pages, (1) "Pre-Historic Times," Lord Avebury, sixth edition revised, 1900, Williams and Norgate, London, 616 pages, (1) "Poets and Statesmen, Their Homes and Haunts in the Neighbourhood of Eton and Windsor," William Dowling, second edition, 1857, E.P. Williams, London, 312 pages, (1) "Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome," Lord Macaulay, 1893, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 923 pages, (1) "The History of England from the Year 1830-1874," William Nassau Molesworth, abridged edition, 1878, Chapman and Hall, London, 608 pages, (1) "The Gordian Knot: a Story of Good and Evil," Shirley Brooks, 1860, illustrations by John Tenniel, Richard Bentley, London, 376 pages; most in poor condition, 39lbs total
• (6) LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS: BRITISH & GERMAN
  (6) LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS: BRITISH & GERMAN POETRY(lot of 6) Poetry books, many with leather bindings, raised band spines, gilt page edges, including: (1) "The Poems of Goethe," translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring, G. Bell and Sons, Limited, London, 1911, 440 pages, (1) "The Poetical Works of John Milton: Volume II," William Pickering, London, Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston, 1851, 415 pages, (1) "The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language," Francis T. Palgrave, The Macmillan Company, 1929, 640 pages, (1) "The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1918," edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Oxford University Press, 1166 pages, (1) "Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous," Father Abram J. Ryan, The Baltimore Publishing Company, 1884, 347 pages, (1) "The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson," John Wurtele Lovell, New York, illustrated, 725 pages; some loose bindings, foxing, owner's notes, marginalia, largest book: approx 9"h, 6"w; 8.5lbs total
• TWO PARIAN WARE FIGURES OF POETS 19th
  TWO PARIAN WARE FIGURES OF POETS 19th century, the first a bust of Robert Burns (1759-1796), after the original by Edward William Wyon (British, 1811–1885) (14 in.); the second a full length figure of John Milton (1608-1674), classically posed and leaning against plinth with scroll and books (14 1/2 in.).
• BRONZE BUST OF PARADISE LOST AUTHOR
  BRONZE BUST OF PARADISE LOST AUTHOR JOHN MILTON Unsigned, late 19th century, mounted to a shaped and polished stone base; good color with plenty of play between light and dark tones.
• THE PROSE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON, 7 VOLUMES"The
  THE PROSE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON, 7 VOLUMES"The Prose Works of John Milton; With The Life of the Author." by Charles Symmons, D.D. Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London 1806. 8 1/2" L x 5 1/2" W. Wear to binding, bends to corners.
• SIX VOLUMES: THE LIFE OF JOHN MILTONMasson,
  SIX VOLUMES: THE LIFE OF JOHN MILTONMasson, David "The Life of John Milton: Narated in Connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of his Time" London: Macmillan & Co., 1881 [6 volumes] Condition:
• R. MEDLEY, ILLUS: JOHN MILTON 'SAMSON
  R. MEDLEY, ILLUS: JOHN MILTON 'SAMSON AGONISTES'illustrated by Robert Medley, limited edition numbered 42 of 150; printed by Mell Clark, Norwich: 1979; signed by Robert Medley; cloth binding with paper jacket 13 3/4 x 11 inches Condition:
• ARTHUR RACKHAM, ILLUS: JOHN MILTON 'COMUS',
  ARTHUR RACKHAM, ILLUS: JOHN MILTON 'COMUS', SIGNEDillustrated by Arthur Rackham, limited edition numbered 454 of 500; New York and London: Doubleday & Heinemann, 1921; signed by Arthur Rackham; vellum-backed boards Condition:
• JOHN MILTON CAGE JR. (1912 - 1992)Fontana
  JOHN MILTON CAGE JR. (1912 - 1992)Fontana Mix; 1981; screenprint, plastic film; signed and dated lower right; numbered 71/97 lower left; Provenance: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 1994; Chuck Fries, Godfather of the Television Movie, and Ava Fries Estate, Beverly Hills; 19 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches; 27 x 35 inches frame Condition:
• GROUP OF ANTIQUE BOOKSGroup of antique
  GROUP OF ANTIQUE BOOKSGroup of antique books, to include The Waverley Novels , twelve volumes, published by DeWolfe, Fiske, and Co; Contes De La Fontaine - Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers , in two volumes, published in London; Les Caracteres De Theophraste Et Du La Bruyere , in two volumes, published by London, 1789-1790; A Cycle Of Adams Letters , in two volumes, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920; Oeuvres De Moliere , in eight volumes, Nouvelle Edition, published in Paris, 1760; Poems of E. B Browning , in five volumes, published by James Miller, 1866; Hesperides , in two volumes, published by John Russel Smith, 1869; Olver Twist , published by Chapman and Hall, 1910; La Commedia Di Dante Alighieri , published by Monnier, 1857; Poetical Works of John Milton , volume one, published by Bell and Daldy; The Poetical Works of John Keats , published by George Bell, 1909; La Henriade, En Dix Chants , Nouvelle Edition, 1771; and The Adventures of Roderick Random , volumes two, published in Londo Condition: Waverley with some cracking and loss to spines, La Fontaine with wear and loss to spines and boards, Les Caracteres with some loss to spines and boards, Adams with detached covers, one missing, Oeuvres with some wear and loss to spines and boards, three of the books are stuck together, Browning with some wear and loss to spines and boards, Hesperides books stuck together, Milton missing front cover, the others with expected wear.
• THE POEMS OF JOHN MILTON (VOL 1-2)The
  THE POEMS OF JOHN MILTON (VOL 1-2)The Poems of John Milton (Vol 1-2). Publisher: New York: Brentano's
• CLASSICS CLUB LITERATURE EDITION BOOKS,
  CLASSICS CLUB LITERATURE EDITION BOOKS, 12 Group of twelve (12) works of world literature for the Classics Club and including: Aristotle, "On Man in the Universe"; Marcus Aurelieus, "Meditations"; Francis Bacon, "Essays and New Atlantis"; Honore de Balzac ""Old Goriot" Robert Browning, "Selected Poems"; Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities"; Daniel Defoe, "Robinson Crusoe"; Desiderius Erasmus,, "The Praise of Folly"; Homer, "The Iliad"; John Milton, "Paradise Lost and Other Poems"; Thackeray, "Henry Esmond"; Walt Whitman, "Selected Poems." 7.5" H x 5.5" W