Sale 389: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#389) 09/25/2008 1:00 PM PDT Closed

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  • Author
    Addison, Joseph
  • Headline
    Baskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761
  • Publisher
    John Baskerville
  • Date Published
    1761
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$625
StatusSold
8
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    (Bible - Polyglot)
  • Author
    Ammon, Johan, editor
  • Headline
    Striking Biblical engravings, 1643
  • Publisher
    Typis Caspari Rötelii, impensis Johannis Ammonii
  • Date Published
    1643
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
17
  • Author
    [Bronte, Charlotte] Bell, Currer
  • Headline
    Charlotte Bronte Villette First Edition 1853
  • Publisher
    Smith, Elder & Co.
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
19
  • Author
    Browne, Thomas
  • Headline
    Browne's Works, First Collected Edition
  • Publisher
    Printed for Thomas Basset et al.
  • Date Published
    1686
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$750
StatusSold
20
  • Author
    Buchan, John
  • Headline
    Buchan's Scholar Gipsies, Art Nouveau Binding
  • Publisher
    John Lane
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
34
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Dickens Bleak House in the Original Parts
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    1852-1853
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
35
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Dickens Nicholas Nickleby Extra-Illustrated
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Dickens Little Dorrit First Edition
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
38
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    zzk
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock First Paris Edn.
  • Publisher
    A. and W. Galignani
  • Date Published
    1841
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
39
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Dickens Oliver Twist First Edition Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
40
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    zzk
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles, ed.
  • Headline
    Dickens Pic Nic Papers First Edition
  • Publisher
    Henry Colburn
  • Date Published
    1841
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
42
  • Author
    Dodington, George Bubb
  • Headline
    The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington
  • Publisher
    E. Easton
  • Date Published
    1784
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
44
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    (Doves Press)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Publisher's Dummy for Doves Press Bible 1903
  • Publisher
    Doves Press
  • Date Published
    1903
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,812.50
StatusSold
60
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    zzk(Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
  • Headline
    Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    Riverside Press
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
61
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    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    D'Houry, Laurent, editor
  • Headline
    1788 Almanach Royal in Armorial Binding
  • Publisher
    D'Houry & Debure
  • Date Published
    1788
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
62
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    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Eliot, George
  • Headline
    Novels of George Eliot Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood
  • Date Published
    no date
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
63
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    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Emerson, Ralph Waldo
  • Headline
    Emerson's Works Autograph Centenary Edition
  • Publisher
    Riverside Press
  • Date Published
    1903-04
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
64
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    zzk(Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell
  • Headline
    Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Mifflin and Company
  • Date Published
    [1892-96]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
65
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    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Mazzinelli, Alessandro, editor
  • Headline
    1783 B.V.M in beautiful armorial binding
  • Publisher
    Luigi Perego Salvioni
  • Date Published
    1783
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
66
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    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Tennyson, Alfred
  • Headline
    Tennyson's Elaine Illus. by Gustave Dore
  • Publisher
    Edward Moxon
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$750
StatusSold
76
  • Author
    Hugo, Victor
  • Headline
    Victor Hugo Toilers of the Sea 1st English Edn
  • Publisher
    Sampson, Low, Son, & Marston
  • Date Published
    1866
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
78
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    (Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Vellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initials
  • Date Published
    c.1500
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
79
  • Heading
    (Incunabula Leaf)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Framed Leaf Printed by Henricus Ariminensis
  • Publisher
    Henricus Ariminensis
  • Date Published
    c. 1473
Estimate$800 - $1,000
Sold for$500
StatusSold
81
  • Heading
    (Incunabula Leaf)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Leaf from Latin Bible, Printed Nuremberg c. 1494
  • Publisher
    Caspar Hochfeder
  • Date Published
    c. 1494
Estimate$800 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
82
  • Heading
    (Incunabula Leaf)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Framed Leaf Printed by Nicolaus Jenson in 1477
  • Publisher
    Nicolaus Jenson
  • Date Published
    1477
Estimate$800 - $1,000
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
83
  • Heading
    (Incunabula Leaf)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Framed Leaf by Octavianus Scotus, Venice 1482
  • Publisher
    Octavianus Scotus
  • Date Published
    1482
Estimate$800 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
84
  • Author
    Jamieson, John
  • Headline
    Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary 1808 + Supplement
  • Publisher
    University Press
  • Date Published
    1808 & 1825
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
86
  • Heading
    (Kabbalah)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Editio Princeps of Kabbalah in Hebrew 1562
  • Publisher
    Ya'akov ben Naphtali Gazolo
  • Date Published
    1562
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
90
  • Author
    La Fontaine, Jean de
  • Headline
    Tales of La Fontaine Extra Illustrated
  • Publisher
    J. Lemonnyer & E.F. Bonaventure
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
91
  • Author
    [La Place, Pierre de]
  • Headline
    Rerum In Gallia Ob Religionem Gestarum
  • Date Published
    1570
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
98
  • Author
    Mermannius, Arnoldus.
  • Headline
    Scarce History of Foreign Missionary Work 1572
  • Publisher
    Christophe Plantin
  • Date Published
    1572
Estimate$1,200 - $1,500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
99
  • Author
    Milton, John
  • Headline
    1st illus. edition of Milton's Paradise Lost 1688
  • Publisher
    Printed by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently
  • Date Published
    1688
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
101
  • Author
    Newman, John Henry, Cardinal and Charles Kingsley
  • Headline
    John Henry Newman Apologia Pro Vita Sua
  • Publisher
    Longman, Green, et al
  • Date Published
    1864
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
105
  • Heading
    (Nonesuch Press)
  • Author
    Homer
  • Headline
    Nonesuch Press Iliad & Odyssey of Homer
  • Publisher
    The Nonesuch Press
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
106
  • Author
    Origen
  • Headline
    Rare edition of Origen's Homilies 1503
  • Publisher
    Aldus [for Andrea Torresanus],
  • Date Published
    February, 1503
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
Sold for$5,000
StatusSold
108
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Adrian VI. [Adrian Floriszoon] (1459-1523).
  • Headline
    Letter signed Pope Adrian VI, 1521
  • Date Published
    8 October, 1521
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
109
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Benedict XII [Piero Fraricesco Orsini] (1649-1730)
  • Headline
    Pope Benedict XII document 1727
  • Date Published
    16 March 1727
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
110
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Clement VII [Giulio de Medici] (1478-1534)
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Pope Clement VII 1518
  • Date Published
    1518
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
111
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Clement XI [Giovanni Francesco Albani] (1649-1721)
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Poep Clement XI 1700
  • Date Published
    3 April 1700
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$625
StatusSold
112
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Clement XIII. [Carlo della Torre Rezzonico] (1693-1769).
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Pope Clement XIII 1741
  • Date Published
    23 December 1741
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
113
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Gregory XVI [Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari] (1765-1846)
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Pope Gregory XVI 1815
  • Date Published
    4 February 1815
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
114
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Innocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi] (1611-1689)
  • Headline
    Document Signed by Pope Innocent XI
  • Date Published
    10 October 1651
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
115
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Marcellus II [Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi] (1501-1555)
  • Headline
    Letter Signed by Pope Marcellus II 1530
  • Date Published
    13 January, 1530
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$4,687.50
StatusSold
116
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Paul III [Alessandro Farnese] (1464-1549)
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Pope Paul III 1530
  • Date Published
    13 January, 1530
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
117
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Pius VI [Giovanni Angelo Braschi] (1717-1799)
  • Headline
    Pope Pius VI Manuscript Document Signed 1795
  • Date Published
    1795
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
118
  • Heading
    (Papal Autographs)
  • Author
    Pius X [Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto] (1835-1914)
  • Headline
    Pope Pius X Blessing in Exquisite Frame
  • Date Published
    c. 1910
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,750
StatusSold
124
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    zzk
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    Works of Plutarch in French 25 volumes
  • Publisher
    Imprimerie de Cussac
  • Date Published
    1801-1805
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
125
  • Author
    Potter, Francis
  • Headline
    Interpretation of the Number 666 by Potter 1642
  • Publisher
    Leonard Lichfield
  • Date Published
    1642
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
131
  • Heading
    zzk
  • Author
    Scott, Sir Walter
  • Headline
    Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe 1st Edn
  • Publisher
    For Archibald Constable; and Hurst, Robinson & Co.
  • Date Published
    1820
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
139
  • Author
    Trebeck, A.
  • Headline
    Sermon Bound in Armorial Binding of George II
  • Publisher
    W. and J. Innys
  • Date Published
    1725
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
144
  • Author
    Wollaston, William
  • Headline
    The Religion of Nature Delineated
  • Publisher
    Printed by S. Palmer
  • Date Published
    1725
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
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