Sale 363: Rare Books, including the Botanical Library of J. Roy Barrette of Brooklin, Maine (#363) 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 363 180 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 1-56 of 56. Previous|1|Next Lot #12 History of British Birds, the Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick AuthorBewick, T[homas]HeadlineThomas Bewick's British BirdsDate Published1797 & 1804 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #13 A Treatise on Mensuration, both in theory and practice Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorHutton, CharlesHeadlineThomas Bewick's first illustrations in a bookPublisherPrinted by T. Saint for the authorDate Published1770 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #14 The Seasons by James Thomson: With His Life by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. and a complete glossary and index Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons with Bewick engravingsPublisherJames WallisDate Published1805 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #15 A New Family Herbal: or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants used in Medicine, Diet, and the Arts Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThornton, Robert John, M.D.HeadlineFamily Herbal with engravings by Thomas BewickPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1810 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #16 Thomas Bewick: His Life and Times Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorRobinson, RobertHeadlineRobinson's Life of Thomas BewickPublisherPrinted for R. RobinsonDate Published1887 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #17 The Old Testament [New Testament], Embellished with Engravings, From Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThe Macklin Bible - 6 Volumes - 1800PublisherPrinted for Thomas Macklin by Thomas BensleyDate Published1800 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #19 The Grave, a Poem Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineThe Grave, with William Blake engravingsPublisherT. BensleyDate Published1813 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #22 Mutiny on the Bounty Heading(Brando, Marlon)AuthorNordhoff, Charles and James Norman HallHeadlineMutiny on the Bounty - Signed by Movie CastPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1947 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #23 Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Vol. VIII, Nos. 31 et 32 Heading(Braque, Georges)Author**HeadlineDouble Issue of Verve - Georges BraquePublisherVerveDate Published1955 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #26 Hudibras, In Three Parts AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's Hudibras with Hogarth IllustrationsPublisherRobert OwenDate Published1744 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #27 The Jerusalem Windows AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem WindowsPublisherAndre SauretDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #28 Remembering the Moon AuthorCronkite, Walter L.HeadlineWalter Cronkite Remembering the Moon 1/250PublisherThornwillow PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #33 Novels of the Sisters Bronte Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBronte, [Charlotte, Emily & Anne]HeadlineNovels of the Bronte Sisters Leather BoundPublisherDowney & Co.Date Published1898-99; 1905 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #34 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, By Thomas Moore, Esq. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineWorks of Lord Byron 17 Finely Bound VolumesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-33 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #35 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineLord Byron's Works 8 Volumes 1853PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1853 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #36 History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's History of Frederick The GreatPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859-1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #37 Cooper's Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCooper, J. FenimoreHeadlineNovels of J. Fenimore Cooper 34 VolumesPublisherW.A. TownsendDate Published[c. 1860] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #38 Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadlineWorks of Charles Paul De Kock 1 of 250 setsPublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published1902-1908 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #39 Tales and Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEdgeworth, MariaHeadlineTales and Novels of Maria Edgeworth 10 VolumesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1858-60 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #40 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #41 The History of the Norman Conquest of England Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFreeman, Edward A.HeadlineThe History of the Norman Conquest of EnglandPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1875-79 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #42 The Life of Charlotte Bronte Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGaskell, E.C.HeadlineLife of Charlotte Bronte 1857 Finely BoundPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #43 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1902PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1902 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #44 A History of Greece Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's History of Greece 10 volumes 1872PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1872 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #45 Life of Napoleon Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHazlitt, William, Madame Junot and Louis Antoine De BourrienneHeadlineLife of Napoleon Ajaccio Edition 1 of 10 copiesPublisherAnglo-American Publishing Co.Date PublishedNo Date [c. 1900] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #46 Burton Holmes Travelogues Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, BurtonHeadlineBurton Holmes Travelogues Finely BoundPublisherMcClureDate Published1908 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #47 The History of England Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineHume's History of England Finely Bound 1826PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1826 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #48 The History of England Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, David and Tobias SmollettHeadlineHume and Smollett History of England 10 VolumesPublisherT. CadellDate Published1841 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #49 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJefferies, RichardHeadlineWorks of Richard Jefferies Finely Bound SetPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1890s View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #50 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineDiary of Samuel Pepys 13 Vols Finely BoundPublisherG. Bell and SonsDate Published1923-29 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #51 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of William H Prescott 15 Leather Bound VolsPublisherLippincottDate Published1861-63 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Works of Shakespere Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of Shakespeare - Full Leather 1854PublisherWm. S. OrrDate Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #53 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Writings Manuscript EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1906 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #54 Two Small Sets In Period Fine Bindings Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineTacitus and Racine in Period Fine BindingsDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #55 The Complete Angler Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalton, Izaak and Charles CottonHeadlineWalton's Complete Angler Finely BoundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 Lot 6 Finely Bound Works Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #57 Lot of 4 Finely Bound Works Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #58 Lot of 7 Finely Bound Works Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #63 The History of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, sirnamed, the Great AuthorHarte, WalterHeadlineLife of Gustavus Adolphus, 1759PublisherPrinted for the author; and sold by G. HawkinsDate Published1759 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #67 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$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #75 Dissertation sur les Attributs de Vénus, qui a obtenu l'accessit, au jugement de l'Académie Royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres, á la séance publique du mois de novembre 1775 AuthorLa Chau, Géraud deHeadlineLa Chau's Venus, 1776, with engravingsPublisherDe l'imprimerie de Prault...Et se trouve chez PissotDate Published1776 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #83 The Juggler of Notre Dame AuthorMaybeck, BernardHeadlineOriginal Bernard Maybeck Watercolor PaintingDate Published1907 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #88 A Lapidary, or, The History of Pretious Stones: With cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with Pretious Stones. AuthorNicols, Thomas.HeadlineThe First British Gemological Book 1652PublisherThomas BuckDate Published1652 View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #89 The Illustrated History of the War Against Russia AuthorNolan, E.H.HeadlineIllustrated History of the War Against RussiaPublisherVirtueDate Published[c. 1857] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #90 WITHDRAWN An Epistle to a Friend, on the means of preserving health, promoting happiness; and prolonging the life of man to its natural period... AuthorPeale, Charles W[illson]HeadlinePeale on Preserving Health, with ms. recipesPublisherFrom the press of the late R. AitkenDate Published1803 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #92 Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Vol. VIII, Nos. 29 et 30 Heading(Picasso, Pablo)Author**HeadlineDouble Issue of Verve - Pablo PicassoPublisherVerveDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #97 Manuscript prayer book with 19 original watercolor illustrations Heading(Prayer Book)Author**HeadlineManuscript prayerbook with original art 1793Date Published1793 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #101 Business Cards Heading(Ruscha, Edward)AuthorBengston, Billy Al and Edward RuschaHeadlineEd Ruscha & Billy Al Bengston Business CardsPublisher[Heavy Industry Publications]Date Published1968 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #105 Animalia, Or Fibs About Beasts AuthorUnderwood, LeonHeadlineLeon Underwood Animalia 1 of 28 signed copiesPublisherPayson & ClarkeDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 Le Vite De' piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori et Architetti AuthorVasari, GiorgioHeadlineVasari's Lives of the Painters in Italian, 1647PublisherPresso gli Heredi de Euangelista DozzaDate Published1647 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #108 The Complete Angler AuthorWalton, Izaak and Charles CottonHeadlineThe Complete Angler 1st John Major EditionPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1823 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #117 The American Flower Garden HeadingzzgAuthorBlanchan, NeltjeHeadlineNeltje Blanchan The American Flower GardenPublisherDoubledayDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #128 Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries AuthorDunthorne, GordonHeadlineFlower and Fruit Prints of the 18th & 19th Cent.PublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #139 Journal of a Naturalist Author[Knapp, John Leonard]HeadlineKnapp's Journal of a Naturalist 1830PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #152 Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up: with a Kitchin-Garden of all manner of herbes, rootes, & fruites, for meate or sauce used with us, and An Orchard of all sorte of fruit-bearing Trees and shrubbes fit for our Land together with the right ordering planting & preserving them and their uses & vertues... AuthorParkinson, JohnHeadlineJohn Parkinson Paradisus Terrestris 1629Publisher[Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young]Date Published1629 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #164 Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, Consisting of Drawings From Nature of Some of the Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants... HeadingzzcAuthorRoscoe, Mrs. EdwardHeadlineMrs. Roscoe's Floral Illustrations of the SeasonsPublisherR. HavellDate Published1838 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next