Sale 397: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#397) 02/19/2009 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/19/2009 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 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 1-44 of 44. Previous|1|Next Lot #16 Dissertations Moral and Critical. On Memory and Imagination. On Dreaming. The Theory of Language. On Fable and Romance. On the Attachments of Kindred. Illustrations on Sublimity. AuthorBeattie, JamesHeadlineBeatties Dissertations Moral & Critical 1783PublisherW. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. CreechDate Published1783 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Grave, A Poem Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineThe Grave 1808 William Blake Engravings folio ed.PublisherT. BensleyDate Published1808 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 Il Decameron HeadingzzfAuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineThe Decameron of Boccaccio 1816 Folio EditionPublisherCo' Caratteri di F. DidotDate Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 Rime di Francesco Petrarca Heading(Bodoni)AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlineBodoni printing of Petrarca's Rimes 1799PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1799 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #30 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange Heading(Calder, Alexander, illus.)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #33 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineSeparate Reality inscribed by Carlos CastanedaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #35 [Don Quixote in English, i.e. The history of Don-Quichote. The first parte] AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineEarly English edition of Don Quixote 1620Publisher[Ed. Blounte]Date Published[1620?] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #36 The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Errant, Don Quixote, of the Mancha [with] The Second Part of the History... Author[Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de]HeadlineEarly English Edition of Don QuixotePublisherR. Scot, et al [&] Richard HodgkinsonDate Published1675 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #46 WITHDRAWN The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, Charles WITHDRAWNHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man Presentation copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 A Christmas Carol AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineEarly Printing of Dickens Christmas Carol 1844PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #51 Swiat/The World Heading(Dine, Jim, artist)AuthorMilosz, CzeslawHeadlineSwiat/The World, One of 250 signed copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EdnPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Complete Poems and Plays - Inscribed and with a TLS AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot Signed Book and LetterPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #59 Epitome Adagiorvm post novissimam D. Erasmi Rot. exquisitam recognitionem, per Eberhardum Tappium ad numerum adagiorum magni operis nunc primum aucta AuthorErasmus Roterodamus, DesideriusHeadlineErasmus Adagiorum 1542PublisherGymnicusDate Published1542 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #62 Lettera Apologetica del Galileo [i.e. La Difesa di Galileo] Heading(Galileo Galilei)AuthorAverani, BenedettoHeadline17th century manuscript defense of GalileoDate Published[late 17th century] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 Homer His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, Esq. AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby edition of Homer's Odyssey, 1669PublisherPrinted by James Flesher, for the AuthourDate Published1669 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #77 Report on Horne Zoological Corporation Heading(Horne, Trader)AuthorInvestment Auditors of California, Inc.HeadlineArchive on adventurer Trader HorneDate Publishedc. 1930 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #78 Les Misérables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Les Misérables First Edition 1862PublisherA. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & CeDate Published1862 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #79 Single Leaf on vellum, from a Calendar (May), illuminated in colors and liquid gold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated 15th century vellum leafDate Publishedmid-15th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #80 Single leaf on vellum with gold initials, from a French Book of Hours Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineVellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initialsDate Publishedc.1500 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #81 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript Leaf from French Missal c.1500Date Publishedc.1500 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #87 Maud, a Monodrama Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of Tennyson's MaudPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #90 Le Livre de la Fumeé AuthorLaloy, LouisHeadlineLaloy Livre de la Fumee inscribedPublisherDorbon-AinéDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #92 The Plays in 37 volumes Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club Shakespeare 37 volumesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-1940 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #93 Document signed by Abraham Lincoln, appointing the Secretary to the United States Legation in St. Petersburg, Russia AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineDocument signed by Abraham Lincoln 1861Date PublishedJuly 15, 1861 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #94 The Seasons Heading(Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineInscribed by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1842 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #96 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1680 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherJohn Starkey, Charles Harper, and John AmeryDate Published1680 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #98 Les Georgiques Heading(Maillol, Aristide, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineVirgil's Georgiques Illustrated by MaillolPublisherPhilippe GoninDate Published1937-43 [i.e. 1950] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #99 [Le Morte d'Arthur, i.e.]: The most ancient and famous history of the renowned prince Arthur King of Britaine, vvherein is declared his life and death, with all his glorious battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and pagans, which (for the honour of his country) he most worthily atchieued. As also all the noble acts, and heroicke deeds of his valiant knights of the Round Table. Newly refined, and published for the delight, and profit of the reader AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineEarly English edition of Le Morte d'ArthurPublisherPrinted by William Stansby, for Iacob BloomeDate Published1634 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #101 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost folio 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently...and Jacob TonsonDate Published1688 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #109 Collection of 34 manuscript leaves with paintings from Persia or Mughal India Heading(Persian/Mughal Manuscript Leaves)Author**Headline34 Persian/Mughal Manuscript LeavesDate PublishedEarly 19th century? View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Manuscript book of Poetry in Arabic Script with illuminations in gilt and colors Heading(Persian Poetry Manuscript)AuthorAbu Mo'in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn KhusrawHeadlineIlluminated Persian Poetry ManuscriptDate Published1897 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #116 Goblin Market Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorRossetti, Christina GeorginaHeadlineRossetti's Goblin Market Signed by Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #118 Delle Rime Del S. Berardino Rota [bound with] Delle Egloghe Pescatorie del S. Berardino Rota AuthorRota, BerardinoHeadlineRhymes of Berardino Rota 1572PublisherGiuseppe Cacchii dell AquilaDate Published1572 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #120 The Little Prince AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineThe Little Prince Signed Limited EditionPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #124 Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies - First Folio Facsimile AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline1807 Facsimile of Shakespeare's First FolioPublisher[printed by E. and J. Wright]Date Published[1807-8] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #125 The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Richard III, 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #126 The Winters Tale AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Winters Tale 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #127 The life and death of King John AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's King John 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #128 Twelfe Night, Or what you will AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Twelfe Night 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #136 A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick Author[Sterne, Laurence]HeadlineSterne's Sentimental Journey 1768PublisherT. Becket and P.A. De HondtDate Published1768 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #140 Abeceda Dusevniho Prazdna [Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness] AuthorTmej, Zdenek, photographerHeadlineAbeceda Dusevniho Prazdna Tmej ZdenekPublisherNakladatelstvi ZadruhaDate Published1946 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #144 The .xiii. bookes of Æneidos. The first twelue beeinge the woorke of the diuine poet Virgil Maro, and the thirtenth the supplement of Maphæus Vegius. Translated into English verse to the fyrst thirdpart of the tenth booke, by Thomas Phaër Esquire: and the residue finished, and now the second time newly setforth for the delite of such as are studious in poetrie: by Thomas Twyne, Doctor in Physicke AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineVirgil's Aeneid in English 1584PublisherWilliam How for Abraham VealeDate Published1584 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #149 Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.)... Portraits from Life... Autograph AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman's Complete Poems & Prose signedDate Published[1888 or 1889] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next