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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorBewick, T[homas]HeadlineThomas Bewick's British BirdsDate Published1797 & 1804 Lot #13 A Treatise on Mensuration, both in theory and practice View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorHutton, CharlesHeadlineThomas Bewick's first illustrations in a bookPublisherPrinted by T. Saint for the authorDate Published1770 Lot #14 The Seasons by James Thomson: With His Life by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. and a complete glossary and index View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons with Bewick engravingsPublisherJames WallisDate Published1805 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThornton, Robert John, M.D.HeadlineFamily Herbal with engravings by Thomas BewickPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1810 Lot #16 Thomas Bewick: His Life and Times View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorRobinson, RobertHeadlineRobinson's Life of Thomas BewickPublisherPrinted for R. RobinsonDate Published1887 Lot #17 The Old Testament [New Testament], Embellished with Engravings, From Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThe Macklin Bible - 6 Volumes - 1800PublisherPrinted for Thomas Macklin by Thomas BensleyDate Published1800 Lot #19 The Grave, a Poem View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineThe Grave, with William Blake engravingsPublisherT. BensleyDate Published1813 Lot #22 Mutiny on the Bounty View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Brando, Marlon)AuthorNordhoff, Charles and James Norman HallHeadlineMutiny on the Bounty - Signed by Movie CastPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1947 Lot #23 Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Vol. VIII, Nos. 31 et 32 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Braque, Georges)Author**HeadlineDouble Issue of Verve - Georges BraquePublisherVerveDate Published1955 Lot #26 Hudibras, In Three Parts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's Hudibras with Hogarth IllustrationsPublisherRobert OwenDate Published1744 Lot #27 The Jerusalem Windows View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem WindowsPublisherAndre SauretDate Published[1962] Lot #28 Remembering the Moon View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCronkite, Walter L.HeadlineWalter Cronkite Remembering the Moon 1/250PublisherThornwillow PressDate Published1989 Lot #33 Novels of the Sisters Bronte View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBronte, [Charlotte, Emily & Anne]HeadlineNovels of the Bronte Sisters Leather BoundPublisherDowney & Co.Date Published1898-99; 1905 Lot #34 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, By Thomas Moore, Esq. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineWorks of Lord Byron 17 Finely Bound VolumesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-33 Lot #35 [Works] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineLord Byron's Works 8 Volumes 1853PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1853 Lot #36 History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's History of Frederick The GreatPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859-1865 Lot #37 Cooper's Novels View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCooper, J. FenimoreHeadlineNovels of J. Fenimore Cooper 34 VolumesPublisherW.A. TownsendDate Published[c. 1860] Lot #38 Works View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadlineWorks of Charles Paul De Kock 1 of 250 setsPublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published1902-1908 Lot #39 Tales and Novels View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEdgeworth, MariaHeadlineTales and Novels of Maria Edgeworth 10 VolumesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1858-60 Lot #40 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 Lot #41 The History of the Norman Conquest of England View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFreeman, Edward A.HeadlineThe History of the Norman Conquest of EnglandPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1875-79 Lot #42 The Life of Charlotte Bronte View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGaskell, E.C.HeadlineLife of Charlotte Bronte 1857 Finely BoundPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1857 Lot #43 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1902PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1902 Lot #44 A History of Greece View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's History of Greece 10 volumes 1872PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1872 Lot #45 Life of Napoleon View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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] Lot #46 Burton Holmes Travelogues View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, BurtonHeadlineBurton Holmes Travelogues Finely BoundPublisherMcClureDate Published1908 Lot #47 The History of England View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineHume's History of England Finely Bound 1826PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1826 Lot #48 The History of England View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, David and Tobias SmollettHeadlineHume and Smollett History of England 10 VolumesPublisherT. CadellDate Published1841 Lot #49 [Works] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJefferies, RichardHeadlineWorks of Richard Jefferies Finely Bound SetPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1890s Lot #50 The Diary of Samuel Pepys View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineDiary of Samuel Pepys 13 Vols Finely BoundPublisherG. Bell and SonsDate Published1923-29 Lot #51 [Works] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of William H Prescott 15 Leather Bound VolsPublisherLippincottDate Published1861-63 Lot #52 The Works of Shakespere View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of Shakespeare - Full Leather 1854PublisherWm. S. OrrDate Published1854 Lot #53 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Writings Manuscript EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1906 Lot #54 Two Small Sets In Period Fine Bindings View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineTacitus and Racine in Period Fine BindingsDate PublishedVarious Dates Lot #55 The Complete Angler View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalton, Izaak and Charles CottonHeadlineWalton's Complete Angler Finely BoundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1887 Lot #56 Lot 6 Finely Bound Works View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates Lot #57 Lot of 4 Finely Bound Works View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates Lot #58 Lot of 7 Finely Bound Works View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates Lot #63 The History of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, sirnamed, the Great View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorHarte, WalterHeadlineLife of Gustavus Adolphus, 1759PublisherPrinted for the author; and sold by G. HawkinsDate Published1759 Lot #67 Homer His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, Esq View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby edition of Homer's Odyssey, 1669PublisherPrinted by James Flesher, for the AuthourDate Published1669 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorLa Chau, Géraud deHeadlineLa Chau's Venus, 1776, with engravingsPublisherDe l'imprimerie de Prault...Et se trouve chez PissotDate Published1776 Lot #83 The Juggler of Notre Dame View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMaybeck, BernardHeadlineOriginal Bernard Maybeck Watercolor PaintingDate Published1907 Lot #88 A Lapidary, or, The History of Pretious Stones: With cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with Pretious Stones. View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorNicols, Thomas.HeadlineThe First British Gemological Book 1652PublisherThomas BuckDate Published1652 Lot #89 The Illustrated History of the War Against Russia View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorNolan, E.H.HeadlineIllustrated History of the War Against RussiaPublisherVirtueDate Published[c. 1857] 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... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorPeale, Charles W[illson]HeadlinePeale on Preserving Health, with ms. recipesPublisherFrom the press of the late R. AitkenDate Published1803 Lot #92 Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Vol. VIII, Nos. 29 et 30 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Picasso, Pablo)Author**HeadlineDouble Issue of Verve - Pablo PicassoPublisherVerveDate Published[1954] Lot #97 Manuscript prayer book with 19 original watercolor illustrations View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Prayer Book)Author**HeadlineManuscript prayerbook with original art 1793Date Published1793 Lot #101 Business Cards View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Ruscha, Edward)AuthorBengston, Billy Al and Edward RuschaHeadlineEd Ruscha & Billy Al Bengston Business CardsPublisher[Heavy Industry Publications]Date Published1968 Lot #105 Animalia, Or Fibs About Beasts View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorUnderwood, LeonHeadlineLeon Underwood Animalia 1 of 28 signed copiesPublisherPayson & ClarkeDate Published[1926] Lot #106 Le Vite De' piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori et Architetti View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorVasari, GiorgioHeadlineVasari's Lives of the Painters in Italian, 1647PublisherPresso gli Heredi de Euangelista DozzaDate Published1647 Lot #108 The Complete Angler View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorWalton, Izaak and Charles CottonHeadlineThe Complete Angler 1st John Major EditionPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1823 Lot #117 The American Flower Garden View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzgAuthorBlanchan, NeltjeHeadlineNeltje Blanchan The American Flower GardenPublisherDoubledayDate Published1909 Lot #128 Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDunthorne, GordonHeadlineFlower and Fruit Prints of the 18th & 19th Cent.PublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1938 Lot #139 Journal of a Naturalist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Knapp, John Leonard]HeadlineKnapp's Journal of a Naturalist 1830PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1830 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... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorParkinson, JohnHeadlineJohn Parkinson Paradisus Terrestris 1629Publisher[Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young]Date Published1629 Lot #164 Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, Consisting of Drawings From Nature of Some of the Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorRoscoe, Mrs. EdwardHeadlineMrs. Roscoe's Floral Illustrations of the SeasonsPublisherR. HavellDate Published1838 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next