Sale 369: Fine & Rare Books, with Material from the Estate of Norbert Lipper of New York City (#369) 11/29/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/29/2007 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 369 174 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 1-61 of 61. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 The History of Woman Suffrage AuthorAnthony, Susan B., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Ida Husted HarperHeadlineThe History of Woman Suffrage 1881-1922PublisherFowler & Wells, et alDate Published1881-1922 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 Lot of two Antiphonary leaves and two Gradual leaves Heading(Antiphonal & Gradual Leaves)Author**HeadlineAntiphonal & Gradual Leaves from 15th-16th cent.Date Published15th & 16th centuries View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #7 7 vellum leaves from antiphonals Heading(Antiphonal Leaves)Author**Headline7 vellum leaves from antiphonalsDate Publishedc. 16th Century View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #8 Gems of Japanese Art and Handicraft AuthorAudsley, George AshdownHeadlineGeorge Audsley Gems of Japanese Art & HandicraftPublisherSampson, Low, MarstonDate Published1913 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #10 Archive of material related to Theda Bara including unpublished autobiographical writings AuthorBara, ThedaHeadlineArchive of Silent Movie Star Theda BaraDate Published1920s View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #17 The History of the Church of Englande AuthorBede, The VenerableHeadlineBede's History of the Church of Englande 1565PublisherJohn LaetDate Published1565 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #20 An Alphabetical Account of the Nobility and Gentrey Which are (or lately were) Related unto the Several Counties of England and Wales Author(Blome, Richard)HeadlineAn Alphabetical Account of the Nobility 1673Date Published1673 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #23 Officium Defunctor ad usum Romanum Heading(Breviary - Manuscript with portions printed)Author**HeadlineManuscript Dutch Breviary with portions printedDate Published1602 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #28 Gratulatio Academiae Cantabrigiensis in Pacem Augustissime Principis Georgii III Heading(Cambridge University)Author**HeadlineGratulatio Academiae Cantabrigiensis 1713PublisherJoseph BenthamDate Published1763 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #40 Letters Written by the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Dresden: Together With Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals in Her Possession AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer StanhopeHeadlineChesterfields Letters 1774PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1774 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #41 Transactions of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Part II, 1848-50 Heading(Chinese Coinage)Author**HeadlineChinese Coinage 1852 book, Royal Asiatic SocietyPublisherPrinted at the Office of the China MailDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 Music and Manners in France and Germany: A Series of Travelling Sketches of Art and Society AuthorChorley, Henry F.HeadlineMusic and Manners in France and Germany 1841PublisherLongman, Orme, et alDate Published1841 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Tomb of Alexander: A Dissertation on the Sarcophagus Brought From Alexandria and Now in the British Museum AuthorClarke, Edward DanielHeadlineThe Tomb of Alexander 1805PublisherPrinted by R. Watts for J. MawmanDate Published1805 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #47 A Discourse of the Most Illustrious Prince, Henry, Late Prince of Wales. AuthorCornwallis, Charles, Sir.HeadlineSir Charles Cornwallis on Prince Henry 1641Publisherfor Iohn BensonDate Published1641 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #48 La Logique ou L'Art de Penser Heading(Coulomb, Charles Augustin de - His Copy)Author[Arnaud, Antoine & Pierre Nicole]HeadlineCharles Augustin Coulumb's CopyPublisherGuillaume Desprez & Jean DesessartzDate Published1724 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #49 Histoire de Constantinople depuis le regne de l'ancien Justin jusqu'a la fin de l'empire. AuthorCousin, Louis, TranslatorHeadlineHistoire de Constantinople 1685PublisherDamien FoucaultDate Published1685 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #51 The Secret Life of Salvador Dali AuthorDali, SalvadorHeadlineThe Secret Life of Salvador Dali SignedPublisherDial PressDate Published1942 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #55 Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Author[Dickens, Charles] ''Boz,'' editorHeadlineCharles Dickens Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi 1st EdPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems AuthorDrake, Joseph RodmanHeadlineThe Culprit Fay, and Other Poems 1847PublisherVan Norden and KingDate Published1847 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #58 The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies AuthorEdwards, BryanHeadlineEdwards' History of the West Indies, 1794PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1794 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Manuscript listing of the various Parliamentary bills and submission from the beginning the reign of Edward VI through the ninth year of the reign Elizabeth I Heading(Elizabethan Parliamentary Roll)Author**HeadlineParliamentary Rolls during Elizabethan timesDate Publishedcirca late 17th-early 18th century View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #62 [Acts in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Anno XIII] Heading(Elizabethe, Reginae)Author**HeadlineRare English Black-Letter Law Book 1571Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1571] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #63 Statutes at Large From Magna Charta to the Forty-First Year of the Reign of King George the Third Heading(England)Author[Ruffhead, Owen, ed.]HeadlineEnglish Statutes at Large 18 volumes 1769-1800PublisherMark Baskett, et alDate Published1769-1800 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #70 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 #72 The Life and Works of Lord Macaulay Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabbingtonHeadlineLife and Works of Lord Macaulay Finely BoundPublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1898 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #74 Lot of 11 Finely Bound Volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineLot of 11 Finely Bound VolumesDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #76 Lot of 12 Finely Bound Volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineLot of 12 Finely Bound VolumesDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #77 Lot of 11 Finely Bound Volumes Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineLot of 11 Finely Bound VolumesDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #91 Directorium in Omnes Feres, quos Superstites Habemus, Chronologos, Annalium Scriptores et Historicos Postissimum Romani Germanici Imperii. HeadingzzgAuthorFreher, Marquard; Johan David Kohler; & Kaspar SagittariusHeadlineRare German Bibliography 1734PublisherHeredes Joh. Dan. TauberiDate Published1734 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #95 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineFirst Dublin edition Gibbon's Decline and FallPublisherWilliam HallheadDate Published1776 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #97 An Historical Enquiry Respecting the Performance on the Harp in the Highlands of Scotland; From the Earliest Times, Until...1734...An Account of a Very Ancient Caledonian Harp, and of the Harp of Queen Mary AuthorGunn, JohnHeadlineGunn, Historical Enquiry..on the Harp 1807 1st EdPublisherPrinted by J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable & John MurrayDate Published1807 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #103 Delle Antichta Di Ercolano Heading(Herculaneum)Author**HeadlineThe Antiquities of HerculaneumPublisherNella Regia StamperiaDate Published1760-92 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #105 The Lengthening Shadow of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still AuthorHildreth, Arthur GrantHeadlineLengthening Shadow of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still SgdPublisherArthur Grant HildrethDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Rational Recreations, in which the principles of numbers and natural philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated by a series of easy, entertaining, interesting experiments. Among which are all those commonly performed with the Cards. Heading(Houdini, Harry - His Copy)AuthorHooper, W[illiam]HeadlineFrom the Library of Harry Houdini & J. DunningerPublisherL. Davis, et alDate Published1782 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #111 Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Rootwork: Beliefs Accepted By Many Negroes and White Persons These Being Orally Recorded Among Blacks and Whites AuthorHyatt, Harry MiddletonHeadlineHyatt, Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Rootwork setPublisher[& Washington DC: American University Bookstore]Date Published1970-78 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #112 Single leaf on vellum, in two columns, with illuminations on both sides Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf on Vellum)Author**HeadlineIlluminated Manuscript Leaf on Vellum c.1400Date Publishedc.1400 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #116 The History of Japan AuthorKaempfer, EngelbertHeadlineKaempfer's History of Japan 1727PublisherPrinted for the Translator [J.G. Scheuchzer]Date Published1727 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #120 The Gershwins AuthorKimball, Robert & Alfred SimonHeadlineKimball & Simon, The Gershwins Sgd. 1st Ed. in djPublisherAtheneumDate Published1973 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #127 The History of England From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary in 1688 AuthorLingard, JohnHeadlineLingard's History of England Leather BoundPublisherCharles DolmanDate Published1849 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #129 In Somnium Scipionis exposition - Saturnalia AuthorMacrobius, Ambrosius TheodosiusHeadline1472 printing of MacrobiusPublisherNicolai JensonDate Published1472 View details Estimate$60,000 - $80,000StatusUnsold Lot #133 West with the Night AuthorMarkham, BerylHeadlineBeryl Markham, West with the Night 1st Ed. in djPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1942 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #140 Missale Romanum, ad usum Dioecesis Macloviensis 1795 Heading(Missal - 18th century manuscript)Author**Headline18th century manuscript MissalDate Published1795 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #146 Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum AuthorNepos, CorneliusHeadlineCornelius Nepos Vitae Excellentium ImperatorumPublisherP. & J. BlaeuDate Published1687 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #147 Archive of autobiographical writings by Evelyn Nesbit AuthorNesbit, EvelynHeadlineArchive of letters and writings by Evelyn NesbitDate Published1920s-40s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #149 An Inquiry Into the Origin and Early History of Engraving... AuthorOttley, William YoungHeadlineOrigin and Early History of Engraving 1816PublisherJohn and Arthur ArchDate Published1816 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #152 Aquilae Austriacae, Pars Secunda AuthorPalazzi, GiovanniHeadlineGiovanni Palazzi Aquilae Austriacae 1679PublisherAndrae PoletiDate Published1679 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #155 La Militia Romana de Polibio, Di Tito Livio AuthorPatrizi, FrancescoHeadlineFrancesco Patrizi La Militia Romana 1583PublisherDomenico MamarelliDate Published1583 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #156 The Description of Greece AuthorPausaniasHeadlinePausanias - The Description of Greece 1824PublisherRichard PriestlyDate Published1824 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #162 The Historie of the Councel of Trent AuthorPolano, Pietro SoaueHeadlineThe Historie of the Councel of Trent 1640PublisherRichard WhittakerDate Published1640 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #165 Oeuvres Complettes de M. De Saint-Foix Author[Poullain] de Saint-Foix, [Germain Francois]HeadlineOeuvres Complettes de M. De Saint-Foix 1778PublisherChez la Veuve DuchesneDate Published1778 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #171 A Treatise of the Interest of the Princes and States of Christendome AuthorRohan, Henri, duc deHeadlineRare Treatise by Henri duc de Rohan 1641PublisherRic. HodgkinsonneDate Published1641 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #173 Archeologiae Atticae Libri Septem. Seven Books of the Attick Antiquities. HeadingzzgAuthorRous, Francis & Zachary BoganHeadlineSeven Books of the Attick Antiquities 1667PublisherWilliam HallDate Published1667 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #179 Archive of books and letters by or about John Ruskin and Francesca Alexander Heading(Ruskin, John and Francesca Alexander)Author**HeadlineJohn Ruskin and Francesca AlexanderDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #182 The Workes of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Both Morrall and Naturall AuthorSenecaHeadlineSeneca's Works, 1st in English, 1614PublisherPrinted by William StansbyDate Published1614 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #184 Collection 5 books by Mme. Chiang Kai-shek inscribed to Miss Hetty Wheeler, plus 6 Typed Letters Signed from Mme. Chiang Kai-shek to Wheeler, & two letters from her secretary AuthorSoong, Mei-ling (Mme. Chiang Kai-shek)HeadlineInscribed Books and Letters from Mme. Chiang Kai-Date Published1937-1958 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #186 A Relation of the Barbarous and Bloody Massacre of About an Hundred Thousand Protestants Begun at Paris, and Carried on Over all France by the Papists, in the Year 1572 Heading(St. Batholomew's Day Massacre)Author**HeadlineHistory of the St. Bartholomew's Day MassacrePublisherRichard ChiswelDate Published1687 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #188 The Pencil of Nature AuthorTalbot, William Henry FoxHeadlineTalbot, The Pencil of Nature, facsimile in djPublisherDa Capo PressDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #193 Single volume from Tolstoy's Works, signed, plus signed and inscribed photo postcard AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlineBook and postcard inscribed & signed by TolstoyDate Published1895-1903 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #197 The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle for the Year 1792 & 1793 HeadingzzgAuthorUrban, SylvanusHeadlineThe Gentleman's Magazine for 1792 & 1793PublisherJohn NicholsDate Published1792-93 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #198 Original Manuscript for "Histoires de Momies" AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineOriginal Manuscript by Octave UzanneDate Published[c. 1928] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #200 Autograph, dated 1879 AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman AutographDate Published1879 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next