Sale 412: Fine Books & Manuscripts (#412) 09/17/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/17/2009 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 412 124 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-53 of 53. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists AuthorAesopHeadlineFables of Aesop and other Eminent MythologistsPublisherR. Sare, B. Took, et alDate Published1699 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #6 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a NightPublisherH.S. Nichols, Ltd.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #7 The Arabian Nights Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineThe Arabian Nights Forster Translation 1810PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #9 The sphere of Marcus Manilius made an English poem: with annotations and an astronomical appendix. By Edward Sherburne, Esquire Heading(Astronomy)AuthorManilius, MarcusHeadlineManilius Sphere inscribed by trans. Ed. SherburnePublisherPrinted for Nathanael Brooke, at the sign of the Angel in Cornhill, near the Royal ExchangeDate Published1675 View details Estimate$18,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 Del Decamerone AuthorBaccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineDecameron by Boccaccio in Italian 1761 2volsDate Published1761 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #27 A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr Pope, Inquiring into the Motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's Name AuthorCibber, ColleyHeadlineLetter from Mr. Cibber to Mr Pope 1742PublisherPrinted, and Sold by W. LewisDate Published1742 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #28 Wordsworth: An Anthology Heading(Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy or WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #33 Almanach Royal, Annee Bissextile M.DCC.LXIV Author[D'Houry, Laurent, editor]HeadlineAlmanach Royal, Annee Bissextile M.DCC.LXIVPublisherLe BretonDate Published1764 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #36 Sister Anne (Volume 1 only) from the Bibliomaniac Edition of the Works of Charles Paul De Kock AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadline1 volume from Charles Paul De Kock's worksPublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #37 Three volumes from the Romainville Edition of the Works of Charles Paul De Kock AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadline3 vols from Charles Paul De Kock's worksPublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published[1903] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #39 The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon. Translated from the Lunar Language Author[Defoe, Daniel]Headlinememoirs of sundry trans World-Moon Defoe 1705PublisherBenj. BraggDate Published1705 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin's Bibliographical Tour Large Paper EditionPublisherPrinted for the Author by C. RichardsDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #42 Clipped signature of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineClipped signature of Charles DickensDate Publishedc.1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #43 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Oliver Twist First Edition Finely BoundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #44 [Works] AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works Finely BoundPublisherAmerican News CompanyDate PublishedNo date [c. 1880] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #46 Poems on Various Occasions; and Translations from Several Authors AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlinePoems on Various Occasions 1701PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1701 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #55 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of George Eliot Finely BoundPublisherLippincottDate Published1901 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #56 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineThe Works of Henry Fielding Finely BoundPublisherBickers and Son, H. Sotheran and Co.Date Published1871-72 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #57 A History of Greece Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's History of Greece 12 volumesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1884 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #58 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Works of Edgar Allan Poe Finely BoundPublisherCroscup & CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #59 Literary Association of the English Lakes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawnsley, H.D.HeadlineLiterary Association of the English LakesPublisherMacmillanDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #60 The Waverly Novels - Collectors' Autograph Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Waverly Novels Collectors' Autograph EditionPublisherGeorge D. SproulDate Published1900 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #61 The Royal Shakespeare Theatre Edition of The Sonnets of William Shakespeare Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSonnets of William Shakespeare Finely BoundPublisherShepheard-WalwynDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #62 The Works of Shakespeare Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of ShakespearePublisherW. Kent & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #67 The Flowers of Shakespeare Author[Giraud, Jane Elizabeth]HeadlineFlowers Shakespeare chromolithos signed by GiraudPublisherDay & HagheDate Published[1845] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #73 Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting AuthorHawker, P[eter], Lt. Col.HeadlineHawker's Instructions to Young SportsmenPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1824 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #85 The Rape of the Smock. An Heroi-comical Poem. By Mr. Jacob. The third edition. With other miscellanies AuthorJacob, [Giles]HeadlineJacob's The Rape of the Smock, 1736PublisherE. CurllDate Published1736 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #87 The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Complete in One Volume AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe poetical works of Samuel Johnson 1785PublisherPrinted for W. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and J. Mozley, GainsbroughDate Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #89 Fables de La Fontaine AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]HeadlineFables de La Fontaine Grandville IllustrationsPublisherH. Fournier AineDate Published1838 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #90 The Fables of La Fontaine AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]HeadlineThe Fables of La Fontaine Dore IllustrationsPublisherCassell & CompanyDate PublishedNo date [1880s?] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #91 Tales and Novels in Verse AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineLa Fontaine Tales and Novels in VersePublisherThe Society of English BibliophilistsDate Published1896 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Comic History of Rome Heading(Leech, John)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineThe Comic History of RomePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions AuthorLodge, EdmundHeadlineLodge's Portraits 12 VolumesPublisherHarding, Mavor and LepardDate Published1823-1835 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Poetical Works of...Illustrated AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadline2 vol Poetical Works Henry W Longfellow 1881-82PublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1881-82 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #100 Hommage de la Romanie A Ferdinand le Grand [&] Ode a la Roumanie par S.M. La Reine Mare de Roumanie AuthorMarie, Queen of RomaniaHeadlineFabulous velvet & metal bindingDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #102 The Dramatic Works of Philip Massinger, Compleat. In four volumes. Revised, corrected, and all the various editions collated, by Thomas Coxeter. With notes critical and explanatory, of various authors. To which are prefixed, Critical reflections on the old English dramatic writers. Addressed to David Garrick, Esq AuthorMassinger, PhilipHeadlineThe dramatic works of Philip Massinger 1761Publisherprinted for T. DaviesDate Published1761 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #126 Paradise Lost, A Poem. AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost Glasgow, 1770PublisherRobert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the UniversityDate Published1770 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #127 Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineJohn Milton Paradise Lost 1821PublisherJohn SharpeDate Published1821 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #132 Private Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, During the Periods of the Directory, the Consulate, and the Empire. Heading(Napoleon)AuthorBourrienne, [Louis Antione Fauvelet de].HeadlinePrivate Memoirs of Napoleon BonapartePublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #138 Collection of manuscript copies of early occult texts Heading(Occult)Author**HeadlineManuscript copies of early occult textsDate Published[Late 19th - early 20th centuries] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #143 Odes of Pindar, With Several Other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Olympick Games AuthorPindarHeadlineOdes of Pindar 1749 LondonPublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1749 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #146 Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle to the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. By Mr. Pope AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Pope Of the Use of Riches 1732PublisherPrinted by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver at Homer’s Head against St. Dunstan’s Church in FleetstreetDate Published1732 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #147 The Works of Alexander Pope AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadline6 vols Works of Alexander Pope 1736-37Date Published1736-37 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #153 Poems on Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John, late Earl of Rochester AuthorRochester, John Wilmot, Earl ofHeadlineRochester's Poems 1705PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1705 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #154 The works of Nicholas Rowe, Esq; in two volumes. Consisting of his plays and poems AuthorRowe, NicholasHeadlineThe works of Nicholas Rowe 1756Publisherprinted for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper and H. Lintot,Date Published1756 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #156 The Tragedie of Macbeth. With Illustrations and Notes by J. Moyr Smith AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tragedie of Macbeth Illus by J. Moyr SmithPublisherWhite and AllenDate Published[1899] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #157 [Works] AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMiniature edition of Shakespeare in orig boxPublisherKnickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co.Date Published[c. 1910] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #161 The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Author[Smollett, Tobias]HeadlineThe Expedition of Humphry Clinker 1st EditionPublisherPrinted for W. Johnson and B. CollinsDate Published1771 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #163 The Seasons, by James Thomson, with His Life, and a Complete Index and Glossary. Embellished with Fourteen Fine Engravings, by the First Artists AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons 1795 with fine platesPublisherprinted by and for T. Chapman,Date Published1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #167 La Bonne Chanson AuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadlinePaul Verlaine La Bonne Chanson Unique CopyPublisherAlbert MesseinDate Published1914 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #169 Autograph passage in Whitman's hand, matted with photograph AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineAutograph passage in Walt Whitman's handDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #170 L'Anniversaire de l'Infante AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineL'Anniversaire de l'Infante Illus. by AlastairPublisherBlack Sun PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #171 La Cyropedie, ou Historie de Cyrus AuthorXenophonHeadlineXenophon La Cyropedie, ou Historie de CyrusPublisherDebureDate Published1777 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next