Sale 374: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#374) 02/21/2008 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/21/2008 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 374 169 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 #31 The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly Heading(Angling)AuthorBates, Joseph D., Jr.HeadlineBates, Art of..Atlantic Salmon Fly deluxe editionPublisherDavid R. GodineDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #33 Modern Development of the Dry Fly: The New Dry Fly Patterns, the Manipulation of Dressing them, and Practical Experiences of their Use Headingzzk(Angling)AuthorHalford, Frederic M.HeadlineHalford, Modern Development of the Dry Fly 1/50PublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Gentleman Angler: Containing Short, Plain, and Easy Instructions, whereby the most ignorant Beginner may, in short Time, become a perfect Artist, in Angling for Salmon, Salmon Peal, Trout, Pike, Carp, Perch, Barbel, Tench, Bream, Chub, Grayling, Mullets, Flounders, Roch, Dace, Gudgeon, &c.... By a Gentleman, who has made Angling his Diversion upwards of Twenty-Eight Years Heading(Angling)Author**HeadlineGentleman Angler 1st Ed. 1726 full leatherPublisherA. BettesworthDate Published1726 View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #37 Istoria della China de Lodovico Arrivabene Gentil'hvomo Mantovano, nella quale si tratta de molte cose marauigliose di quell' amplissimo Regno AuthorArrivabene, LodovicoHeadlineHistory of China, 1599PublisherAppresso A. Tamo ad instanza di Angelo de'RossiDate Published1599 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #50 Heures Imprimees Par L'Ordre de Monseigeur L'Archeveque de Paris, A L'Usage de Son Diocese Heading(Book of Hours)Author**HeadlineFrench Book of Hours 1736 Finely BoundPublisherAux depens des Libraires associes pour les Usages du DioceseDate Published1736 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #54 The Workes Of Ovr Ancient and learned English Poet, Geffrey Chavcer, newly Printed... AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineWorks of Geoffrey Chaucer 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #57 Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions. AuthorColeridge, S[amuel] T[aylor]HeadlineColeridge's Biographia Literaria First EditionPublisherRest FennerDate Published1817 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #58 Doctor Syntax in Paris Or A Tour in Search of the Grotesque Author[Combe, William]HeadlineDoctor Syntax in Paris First Edition 1820PublisherW. WrightDate Published1820 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #59 First Editions of Cooper's Five "Leatherstocking Tales" AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineFirst Editions of Cooper's Leatherstocking TalesPublisherVarious PublishersDate Published1823-1841 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #64 Egypt, the Cradle of Ancient Masonry AuthorDe Clifford, Norman FrederickHeadlinede Clifford, Egypt Ancient Masonry 1902 bookPublisherThe Lincoln Pub. Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #65 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House in Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-53 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #66 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Issue of Dickens' Christmas CarolPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #73 5 titles by Henry Fielding - First Editions AuthorFielding, HenryHeadline5 titles by Henry Fielding - First EditionsPublisherMillarDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #75 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798 Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCasanova de Seingalt, JacquesHeadlineMemoirs of Casanova Finely BoundPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1940 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #76 The Works of Joseph Conrad Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineThe Works of Joseph Conrad Sun-Dial Edn SignedPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920-1928 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 Writings of J. Fenimore Cooper. Author's Autograph Edition. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineCooper's Works Author's Autograph Edition 1 of 63PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1895-1900] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #78 El Oficio del Domingo Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineEl Oficio del Domingo Tortoise Shell BindingPublisherDesclee, LefebvreDate Published[c. 1880] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #79 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Private Lives of Kaiser William II and His Consort Headingzze(Fine Bindings)AuthorFischer, Henry W.HeadlinePrivate Lives of Kaiser William II & His ConsortPublisherJ.R. SmithDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #81 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1 of 100PublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Collected Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineWorks of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Finely BoundPublisherEllis and ScruttonDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #83 The Waverley Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Waverley Novels 48 Finely Bound VolumesPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1877-79 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #84 The Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineWorks of Tobias Smollet 1797 Full Leather BindingPublisherB. Law, J. Johnson, et alDate Published1797 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #85 Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand Headingzze(Fine Bindings)AuthorTalleyrand, Prince deHeadlineMemoirs of Talleyrand Finely BoundPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #86 The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineLarge Paper Edn of Tennyson's Works Finely BoundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1929 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #87 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, Miss (Mrs. Richmond Ritchie)HeadlineNovels by Miss Thackeray Finely BoundPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1870s-80s View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #88 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Writings Large Paper Edition 1 of 150PublisherRiverside PressDate Published1894 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #89 A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; With Lists of Their Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalpole, Horace & Thomas ParkHeadlineA Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors 1806PublisherJohn ScottDate Published1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #90 The Picture of Dorian Gray Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlinePicture of Dorian Gray Bound by Paul DelruePublisherCharles CarringtonDate Published1908 (i.e. 1910) View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #91 Poems of William Wordsworth Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlinePoems of William Wordsworth w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherRoutledge, Warnes & RoutledgeDate Published1859 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #92 North and South Author[Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn]HeadlineMrs. Gaskell's North & South Association CopyPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1855 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #97 A Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution... AuthorGranger, Rev. J.HeadlineBiographical History of England, 300+ engravingsPublisherPrinted for William Baynes & SonDate Published1824 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #98 Dictionnaire Chinois, Français et Latin. Publié d'apres l'Ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi Napoléon le Grand. AuthorGuignes, [Chretien Louis de].HeadlineDictionnaire Chinois, Français et Latin 1813PublisherImprimerie ImperialeDate Published1813 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #99 El Porlifemo de Don Luis de Gongora. Comentado por Don Garcia de Salzedo Coronel... AuthorGóngora y Argote, Luis deHeadlineThe Polyphemus of Don Luis de Gongora 1636PublisherDomingo GoncalezDate Published1636 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #101 The Sylvan Year: Leaves from the Notebook of Raoul Dubois AuthorHamerton, Philip GilbertHeadlineP.G. Hamerton The Sylvan Year Finely BoundPublisherSeeley, Jackson and HallidayDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #103 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Scarlet Letter, first issue, 1850PublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #106 Opera AuthorHoratius Flaccus, Quintus [Horace]HeadlineJohn Pine's Horace First Edition 1733-37PublisherJohn PineDate Published1733-37 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #111 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English Poets 1781PublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #112 Dubliners AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce, Dubliners 1914 1st Edition, 1 of 746PublisherGrant Richards Ltd.Date Published[1914] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #113 The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineKeats Poetical Works Privately Printed 1883PublisherPrinted for Private DistributionDate Published1883 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #118 A Posthumous Collection of rare and important Lovecraft books, catalogues and paper items, primarily from the Library of W. Easton Louttit, noted collector and Brown University archivist AuthorLovecraft, H[oward] P[hillips] (1890-1937)HeadlineH.P. Lovecraft collection 1st Eds., etc. 1939-99Date Published1939-99 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #122 Moby-Dick AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby-Dick 1st American Edition bound by PapuchyanPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #123 Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMelville's Omoo First English Edition 1847PublisherLohn MurrayDate Published1847 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #125 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineFirst illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher for Richard BentlyDate Published1688 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #129 The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris Headingzzc(Mosher Press)AuthorVillon, FrancoisHeadlinePoems of Francois Villon 1 of 50 on vellumPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #143 Goblin Market AuthorRossetti, ChristinaHeadlineC. Rossetti's Goblin Market in Embroidered ClothPublisherMacmillanDate Published1893 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #157 Nimphidia and the Muses Elizium Headingzzc(Vale Press)AuthorDrayton, MichaelHeadlineVale Press Nimphidia and the Muses 1896Publisher[Ballantyne Press (for the Vale Press)]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #159 Attila: Drama Lirico di Temistocle Solera. Musica del M. Giuseppe Verdi. Ridotta per Piano Forte da L. Truzzi AuthorVerdi, GiuseppeHeadlineScore of Verdi's Opera Attila 1847PublisherPresso F. LuccaDate Published[1847] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #160 Il Trovatore AuthorVerdi, GiuseppeHeadlineVerdi's opera Il Trovatore 1853PublisherGio. RicordiDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #161 Rigoletto: Melodramma de F.M. Piave, Musica del Maestro G. Verdi... AuthorVerdi, GiuseppeHeadlineScore of Verdi opera Rigoletti 1851-2PublisherJ.R StabilimentoDate Published[1851-1852] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #167 Good-Bye My Fancy. 2d Annex to Leaves of Grass. AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman Good-Bye My Fancy 'Large Paper'PublisherDavid McKayDate Published1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #168 Art and Morality. A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray". With 3 page ALS AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde Art & Morality With Letter from WildePublisherJ. JacobsDate Published1908 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #169 The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics AuthorYeats, W[illiam] B[utler]HeadlineW.B. Yeats The Countess Kathleen 1892PublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1892 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next