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A Bokhara carpet

A Bokhara Carpet

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Estimate
£250–£350 hammer ≈ $337–$472
Result
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Sale
Christie's — Books & Manuscripts , New York · 28 April 1999
Record ID
TB-2026-6424587
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A Bokhara Carpet, A Bokhara carpet. Christie's, 28 Apr 1999, lot 4. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6424587.

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From the same sale Books & Manuscripts · Apr 1999

LotArtistEstimateResult
BURNS, Robert. The Complete Writings. London, 1926. 10 vols. 8 o. Con… BURNS, Robert. The Complete Writings. London, 1926. 10 vols. 8 o. Contemporary blue three-quarter morocco by the Riverside Press, t.e.g. others uncut (owner's signature on preliminary blank). LIMITED EDITION, number 149 of 1000 sets. (10) $500–$700
SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works . Edited by W.E. Henley. Edinburgh, 1… SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works . Edited by W.E. Henley. Edinburgh, 1901-04. 10 vols. Large 4 o. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with numerous plates. Contemporary red morocco gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 195 of 1000 copies. (10) $1,500–$2,000
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. A FINELY BOUND SET OF FIRST EDITIONS. In… LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. A FINELY BOUND SET OF FIRST EDITIONS. Includes: Hyperion. New York, 1839. 2 vols. -- The Spanish Student. Cambridge, 1843. -- The Waif. Cambridge, 1845. -- Poems. Philadelphia, 1845. [ With ]: ALS by Stephen Longfellow, dated 20 Dec. 1774. -- The Belfry of Bruges. Cambridge, 1846. -- Kavanagh. Boston, 1849. -- The Seaside and the Fireside. Boston, 1850. -- The Golden Legend. Boston, 1851. -- The Song of Hiawatha. Boston, 1855. [ With ]: ALS by H.W. Longfellow. -- The Courtship of Miles Standish. Boston, 1858. -- Tales of a Wayside Inn. Boston, 1863. -- and 19 others. Together 31 vols. Various 8 o sizes. Uniformly bound in half-morocco, spines gilt, with original publishers' cloth bound in at end (4 in original binding housed in matching slipcases). Provenance : Agnes Neustadt (bookplate). All FIRST EDITIONS. (31) $1,000–$1,500
VASARI, Giorgio. Lives of the most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Ar… VASARI, Giorgio. Lives of the most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects. Newly translated by Gaston Du C. de Vere. London: Medici Society, 1912-15. 10 vols. 4 o. Numerous photographic reproductions. Contemporary red three-quarter morocco, spines gilt. Provenance : John Edward Alderd (bookplate). (10) $800–$1,200
A'BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. John Leech, illustrator. The Comic History… A'BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. John Leech, illustrator. The Comic History of England. 1847-48. 2 vols. -- The Comic History of Rome. Together 3 vols. uniformly bound. 8 o. Frontispieces and numerous engravings. Contemporary calf gilt. g.e. -- BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. The Decameron. London, 1906. 2 vols. 4 o. Frontispiece. Full morocco elaborately gilt (boards detached), t.e.g. -- ONIONS, C. T., editor. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Oxford, 1933. 2 vols. 4 o. Full red morocco gilt, g.e. -- and 14 others, all bound in leather, v.p., v.d. (conditions vary). (21) $600–$800
[FAULKNER, William]. Henry Prize Stories and Best Short Stories conta… [FAULKNER, William]. Henry Prize Stories and Best Short Stories containing Faulkner contributions. -- RIDDELL, John. In The Worst Possible Taste. New York, 1932. -- American Caravan IV. New York, 1931. Faulkner contributions. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED by editors. -- MASSEY, Linton R. William Faulkner: "Man Working," 1919-1962. Charlottesville, 1968. Together 14 vols. relating to Faulkner, most with slipcases. Provenance : Goodwin copies. (15) $300–$500

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