AUGUST BOOK AND ASIAN ART AUCTION
Updated August 5, 2026
| Date | August 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | The Rug Life |
| Location | Mechanicsville, Virginia, 23116 |
| Lots | 281 |
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In this auction (281 lots)
Categories: Antiques & Furniture · Fine Art & Prints · Jewelry & Watches · Comics & Books
- Lot 0001 — THE WAVERLY NOVELS, 48 VOLUMES, 1829-1833
- Lot 0002 — THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804-1881), EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, 20 VOLUMES, 1903-1905
- Lot 0003 — HISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIOUE DEPUIS LA CREATION JUSQU'AU PONTIFICAT DE PIE IX ? 27 VOLUMES ? 1852-1879
- Lot 0004 — THE LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE, 9 VOLUMES, 1906
- Lot 0005 — THE NOVELS OF CHARLES LEVER, EDITION DE LUXE, 37 VOLUMES, 1866
- Lot 0006 — THE WORKS OF FRANCIS PARKMAN, CHAMPLAIN EDITION, 21 VOLUMES, 1897
- Lot 0007 — FRANKLIN LIBRARY FIRST EDITIONS, 11 VOLUMES, 1980S
- Lot 0008 — PRATIOUE MEDICO-CHIRURGICALE, 10 VOLUMES - 1953
- Lot 0009 — FRANKLIN LIBRARY FIRST EDITION BOOK SERIES, 11 VOLUMES WITH 1 HAND SIGNED, 1970s
- Lot 0010 — MILITARY ESSAYS AND RECOLLECTIONS, 4 VOLUMES, 1894-1907
- Lot 0011 — ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION (1768-1771), 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0012 — FRANKLIN LIBRARY FIRST EDITION BOOK SERIES, 11 VOLUMES, 1970s
- Lot 0013 — FRENCH ACADEMIC REFERENCE WORKS, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0014 — ENGLISH CLASSICAL LITERATURE SET, 7 VOLUMES
- Lot 0015 — FRENCH LEGAL, HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL BOOK SET, 4 VOLUMES
- Lot 0016 — THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS GRAY, THOMAS CAMPBELL AND OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 3 VOLUMES, 1860-1862
- Lot 0017 — JEFFERSON AND HIS TIMES BY DUMAS MALONE, 6 VOLUMES PLUS ONE MORE BOOK
- Lot 0018 — FRENCH LITERARY CLASSICS IN LEATHER, MONTAIGNE, ROUSSEAU AND FLAUBERT
- Lot 0019 — FRENCH ILLUMINATED-STYLE LEATHER BIBLE, GILT AND POLYCHROME BINDING, LUXURY EUROPEAN LIBRARY
- Lot 0020 — THE NOVELS, STORIES AND SKETCHES OF F. HOPKINSON SMITH, 20 VOLUMES, 1908
- Lot 0021 — COMPLETE PROSE OF THE SONG DYNASTY, 12 VOLUMES, 1988
- Lot 0022 — L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE RACONT?E A TOUS, 7 VOLUMES, 1926
- Lot 0023 — THOMAS & JANE WELSH CARLYLE, LETTERS & CORRESPONDENCE SET, 5 VOLUMES
- Lot 0024 — THE WORKS OF CHARLES LAMB, NEW STANDARD EDITION, A.C. ARMSTRONG & SON, 1886, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0025 — ILLUSTRATED WORLD WAR II ENCYCLOPEDIA, 23 VOLUMES
- Lot 0026 — JAMES FENIMORE COOPER THE LEATHERSTOCKING TALES, UNCAS EDITION, COMPLETE 6 VOLUMES SET
- Lot 0027 — STORIES BY ENGLISH AUTHORS, 7 VOLUMES, 1901
- Lot 0028 — KARL FRIEDRICH BECKER?S GESCHICHTE DER ALTEN WELT, 7 VOLUMES, 1844
- Lot 0029 — AMERICAN HUMOR BOOK SET, 70+ VOLUMES
- Lot 0030 — GOLDEN REPLICAS OF UNITED STATES STAMPS, FIRST DAY COVERS, 75 SETS, OLYMPIC AND COMICS FROM
- Lot 0031 — THE WORKS OF LOUISE MUHLBACH ? 18 VOLUMES ? 1905
- Lot 0032 — THE ANNALS OF AMERICA, 21 VOLUMES, 1968
- Lot 0033 — CONSTITUTIONES SOCEITATIS JESU, CUM EARUM DECLARATIONIBUS, 4 VOLUMES, 1827
- Lot 0034 — BRUCE CATTON CIVIL WAR BOOK SET, 8+2 VOLUMES
- Lot 0035 — OEUVRES DE S. LIGOURI, 20 VOLUMES, 1876
- Lot 0036 — THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, HIPPOCRATES, 7 VOLUMES
- Lot 0037 — GOLDSMITH'S SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, EDWIN A. ABBEY ILLUSTRATED, FULL GILT LEATHER HARPER EDITION,
- Lot 0038 — OEUVRES COMPLETES DE MASSILLON, EVEQUE DE CLERMONT, 14 VOLUMES, 1822
- Lot 0039 — BIBLIOTHEQUE ELZEVIRIENNE ANCIEN THEATRE FRANCOIS, 33 VOLUMES, 1854-1857
- Lot 0040 — JEFFERSON AND HIS TIMES BY DUMAS MALONE, 3 VOLUMES SIGNED, 2 FIRST EDITIONS ? 6 VOLUMES PLUS ONE
- Lot 0041 — RAJ QUARTET BY PAUL SCOTT ? FIRST EDITION, 4 VOLUME BOX SET ? 1979
- Lot 0042 — FABLES, WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY JOHN GAY, 1793
- Lot 0043 — THE LIBRARY OF CHOICE LITERATURE, PROSE AND POETRY, 8 VOLUMES, 1881
- Lot 0044 — OEUVRES DE SAINT BERNARD, 1865, 5 VOLUMES REBOUND
- Lot 0045 — STORIES BY FOREIGN AUTHORS, 8 VOLUMES, 1901
- Lot 0046 — STORIES BY AMERICAN AUTHORS, 7 VOLUMES, 1901
- Lot 0047 — OPERA BOOK SET, 35 VOLUMES
- Lot 0048 — DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, 22 VOLUMES, 1928
- Lot 0049 — THE WORKS OF CHARLES PAUL DEKOCK, 21 VOLUMES, ARTISTS EDITION, 1903
- Lot 0050 — LA SAINTE BIBLE TEXTE DE LA VULGATE, TRADUCTION FRANCAISE EN REGARD AVEC COMMENTAIRES, 3 VOLUMES,
- Lot 0051 — THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ACHILLES, CHARLTON, DAPHNIS, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0052 — BASEBALL BOOK COLLECTION ? 36 VOLUMES
- Lot 0053 — OBRAS COMPLETAS DE DON MIGUEL ANTONIO CARO
- Lot 0054 — THE WORKS OF O. HENRY, BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION, 18 VOLUMES, 1931
- Lot 0055 — LA DEVOTION SACRE-COEUR DE JESUS ET AU SAINT-COEUR DE MARIE
- Lot 0056 — GOLDEN REPLICAS OF UNITED STATES STAMPS, FIRST DAY COVERS, 87 SETS, FROM 2002-2003
- Lot 0057 — THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, QUINTILIAN, 4 VOLUMES
- Lot 0058 — GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 24 VOLUMES,
- Lot 0059 — ORDEAL OF THE UNION BY ALLAN NEVINS, 8 VOLUMES, 1947-1975
- Lot 0060 — THE WORKS OF LOUISE MUHLBACH, 18 VOLUMES, 1905
- Lot 0061 — CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK SET ? 18 VOLUMES WITH 3 MANUALS
- Lot 0062 — AUTHOR HAND SIGNED, RIGHT WING POLITICAL BOOK SET, 17 VOLUMES
- Lot 0063 — FRENCH LITERATURE BOOK SET, 8 VOLUMES, 1949-1964
- Lot 0064 — FUNK AND WAGNALLS STANDARD REFERENCE ENCYCLOPEDIA SET, VOLUMES 1-25, 1970
- Lot 0065 — ANTIQUE TO VINTAGE POETRY COLLECTION, 12 VOLUMES, 1833-1948
- Lot 0066 — DIE VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON NORDAMERIKA BY FRIEDRICH VON RAUMER, 2 VOLUMES, 1845
- Lot 0067 — OBRAS COMPLETAS DE S. Y J. ALVAREZ QUINTERO, 5 VOLUMES, 1967
- Lot 0068 — CHARLES DICKENS WORKS, 15 VOLUMES, 1901
- Lot 0069 — UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, LIMITED EDITION, 15 VOLUMES, 1927
- Lot 0070 — HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON BOOK SET ? 3 AUTOGRAPHED VOLUMES
- Lot 0071 — JEFFERSON AND HIS TIMES BY DUMAS MALONE, 6 VOLUMES, 1948-1977, 3 FIRST EDITIONS
- Lot 0072 — TWO COLLECTIONS OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS
- Lot 0073 — O?HENRY AUTHORIZED EDITION, 5 VOLUMES, 1916
- Lot 0074 — THE CLASSIC AND THE BEAUTIFUL FROM THE LITERATURE OF 3000 YEARS, 6 VOLUMES, 1988.
- Lot 0075 — SWEDISH LEATHER-BOUND BOOK SET, 2 VOLUMES
- Lot 0076 — THE LIFE OF BENEVENUTO CELLINI, 2 VOLUMES, 1888
- Lot 0077 — ADDRESSES BY ELIHU ROOT, 7 VOLUMES, 1924
- Lot 0078 — COLLECTED WORKS SERIES BY WALTER J. BLACK, 21 VOLUMES, 1937
- Lot 0079 — CIVIL WAR BOOK SET, BATTLES AND BIOGRAPHIES, 29 VOLUMES
- Lot 0080 — THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR, DIPLOMATIC EDITION, 8 VOLUMES
- Lot 0081 — THE WORLDS 100 BEST SHORT STORIES, 10 VOLUMES, 1927
- Lot 0082 — STORIES OF OUR SOLDIERS, 2 VOLUMES, 1898
- Lot 0083 — THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS, 7 VOLUMES, 1924
- Lot 0084 — MORIKES WERKE, 3 VOLUMES, 1922
- Lot 0085 — THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, FRONTO AND FRONTINUS, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0086 — SHAKESPEARE BOOK SET, 10 VOLUMES
- Lot 0087 — WEBSTER?S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY, AND SEVEN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY, 3 VOLUMES, 1966
- Lot 0088 — CATHERINE COULTER BOOK COLLECTION ? 24 VOLUMES
- Lot 0089 — DANIELLE STEELE BOOK COLLECTION ? 87 VOLUMES
- Lot 0090 — VARLDEN I GAR OCH I DAG, 5 VOLUMES, 1936
- Lot 0091 — THREE SIGNED BOOKS BY DICK FRANCIS, 3 VOLUMES
- Lot 0092 — FOUQUE?S WERKE, 4 VOLUMES, 1841
- Lot 0093 — HISTOIRE DE L'EGLISE CATHOLIQUE EN FRANCE, 1862 - 11 VOLUMES
- Lot 0094 — IL GESUITA MODERNO PER VINCENZO GIOBERTI, 5 VOLUMES, 1846-1847
- Lot 0095 — OEUVRE ROMANESQUE LA COMTESSE DE SEGUR, 20 VOLUMES, 1966
- Lot 0096 — EXPOSITION DE LA MORALE CATHOLIQUE, CONFERENCES PARIS ? 14 VOLUMES ? 1905-1919
- Lot 0097 — VORSCHULE DER STAATSSWISSENSCHAFT BY KARL SALOMO ZACHARIAS, 4 VOLUMES, 1839
- Lot 0098 — LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DES PREDICATEURS, QUI CONTIENT LES PRINCIPAUX SUJETS DE LA MORALE CHRETIENNE, 4
- Lot 0099 — COLLIERS ENCYCLOPEDIA SET, 20 VOLUMES AND 13 YEARBOOKS, 1961
- Lot 0100 — DAS AMELUNGENLIED. ERSTER THEIL: WIELAND DER SCHMIED BY DR. KARL SIMROCK, 3 VOLUMES, 1843
- Lot 0101 — JEFFERSON AND HIS TIMES BY DUMAS MALONE, 6 VOLUMES, 1948-1981
- Lot 0102 — VITA JESU CHRISTI E QUATOR EVANGELIIS ET SCRIPTORIBUS ORTHODOXIS CONCINNATA PER LUDOLPHUM DE
- Lot 0103 — SKRIFTER VICTOR RYDBERG SKRIFTER, 2 VOLUMES, 1919
- Lot 0104 — THE WORKS OF CHARLES PAUL DEKOCK, 13 VOLUMES, UNIVERSAL AND GREGORY EDITIONS, 1903
- Lot 0105 — CONSTITUTIONES SOCEITATIS JESU, CUM EARUM DECLARATIONIBUS, 4 VOLUMES, 1827
- Lot 0106 — SOUTHEYS POETICAL WORKS, 8 VOLUMES, 1847
- Lot 0107 — DET GAMLA GOTEBORG, 2 VOLUMES, 1919
- Lot 0108 — ANDERSONVILLE BY MACKINLAY KANTOR, SIGNED, 1ST EDITION
- Lot 0109 — VICTOR HUGO: LETTRES A LA FIANCEE, 4 VOLUMES, 1947
- Lot 0110 — ATHENA BY JOHN BANVILLE, SIGNED, 1ST EDITION
- Lot 0111 — THE SELECTED WORKS OF STEPHEN VINCENT BENET: POETRY AND PROSE, PUBLISHED BY FARRAR AND RINEHART, NEW
- Lot 0112 — CLARENCE E. MULFORD WESTERNS BOOK SET, 28 VOLUMES, 1907-1950
- Lot 0113 — LA ROCHE AUX MOUETTES PAR JULES SANDEAU DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE
- Lot 0114 — MASTERPLOTS ANNUAL BY FRANK MAGILL, 7 VOLUMES, 1972-1978
- Lot 0115 — BREHM DJURENS LIV, 13 VOLUMES, 1920
- Lot 0116 — THE ARMY OF TENESSEE, 1861-1862, 2 VOLUMES
- Lot 0117 — THE LIFE AND SPEECHES OF THE HON. HENRY CLAY BY DANIEL MALLORY, 1844
- Lot 0118 — AUTHOR SIGNED BOOK COLLECTION ? 19 VOLUMES
- Lot 0119 — THE LIFE OF JOHN MARSHALL BY ALFRED BEVERIDGE, 2 VOLUMES, 1929
- Lot 0120 — LIBRARY OF SOUTHERN LITERATURE, EDITION DELUXE, 10 VOLUMES, 1909
- Lot 0121 — GRAMATICA DE LA LENGUA CASTELLANA POR LA REAL ACADEMIA ESPANOLA
- Lot 0122 — TWO DICTIONARIES IN THREE VOLUMES, SECOND EDITION, 1958
- Lot 0123 — DJURENS LIV, 2 VOLUMES, 1929
- Lot 0124 — COOPERS WORKS, 6 VOLUMES, EARLY 1900S
- Lot 0125 — ISRAELI POLITICAL BOOK SET, 23 VOLUMES
- Lot 0126 — OUR TIMES BY MARK SULLIVAN - 6 VOLUMES ? 1937
- Lot 0127 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES ? WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? PROBABILITY MADE CLEAR
- Lot 0128 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, THE JOY OF THINKING: THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF CLASSICAL MATHEMATICAL IDEAS
- Lot 0129 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, THE POWER OF MATHEMATICAL VISUALIZATION
- Lot 0130 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, THE JOY OF THINKING: THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF CLASSICAL MATHEMATICAL IDEAS
- Lot 0131 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES ? MASTERS OF GREEK THOUGHT: PLATO, SOCRATES AND ARISTOTLE
- Lot 0132 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, MUSEUM MASTERPIECES: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
- Lot 0133 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES, MUSEUM MASTERPIECES: THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON
- Lot 0134 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES ? HOW TO BECOME A SUPERSTAR STUDENT
- Lot 0135 — THE GREAT COURSES SERIES ? THE MAYO CLINIC GUIDE TO PAIN RELIEF
- Lot 0136 — LARGE HAND-PAINTED CHINESE SILK LANDSCAPE SCREEN, 4 PANEL SCHOLAR?S RETREAT SCENE, ZEN JAPANDI WALL
- Lot 0137 — CHINESE LOTUS HANGING SCROLL, INK & COLOR ON PAPER, ZEN MINIMALIST SCHOLAR?S ART, 18.5IN x 67IN
- Lot 0138 — LARGE CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL, ?YAN HUI PHILOSOPHY? SCHOLAR TEXT, SIGNED AND SEALED, ZEN/JAPANDI
- Lot 0139 — LARGE CHINESE CRANE SCROLL PAINTING TITLED ?PINE & CRANE ETERNAL SPRING?, SIGNED QI PING, 22IN x
- Lot 0140 — CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL WITH SCHOLAR PHILOSOPHY TEXT SIGNED YI YANG, 18IN x 44IN (46cm x 112cm)
- Lot 0141 — CHINESE LANDSCAPE HANGING SCROLL PINE, CRANES AND WATERFALL TITLED THE RESONANCE OF PINES, THE SOUND
- Lot 0142 — CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL TITLED CLARITY AFTER ADVERSITY, SIGNED LING CUI, DATED DINGCHOU (1997),
- Lot 0143 — RARE ORIGINAL KEISAI EISEN (1790?1848) EDO PERIOD UKIYO-E WOODBLOCK PRINT, VERTICAL DIPTYCH
- Lot 0144 — KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753-1806) BIJIN-GA WOODBLOCK PRINT AFTER THE EDO PERIOD MASTER, 22IN x 26IN (56cm
- Lot 0145 — NISHIKAWA SUKENOBU (1671?1750) JAPANESE UKIYO-E BIJIN-GA WOODBLOCK PRINT, 13IN x 17IN (33cm x 43cm)
- Lot 0146 — UTAGAWA TOYOHARU (1735?1814) JAPANESE UKIYO-E WOODBLOCK PRINT AFTER THE EDO PERIOD MASTER, 13IN x
- Lot 0147 — PAIR OF CHINESE QING STYLE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT HANGING SCROLLS, EARLY 1900s, 25IN x 64IN (64cm x
- Lot 0148 — PAIR OF CHINESE QING STYLE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT HANGING SCROLLS, 1960s, 25IN x 64IN (64cm x 163cm) EACH
- Lot 0149 — CHINESE HANGING SCROLL POTRAIT OF EMPEROR SHIZONG, 20TH CENTURY, 31IN x 74IN (79cm x 188cm)
- Lot 0150 — CHINESE LANDSCAPE HANGING SCROLL, SIGNED FANG XIN, 20th CENTURY, 20IN x 75IN (51cm x 191cm)
- … and 131 more lots
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