Sale 344: Fine & Rare Books, with Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#344) 11/30/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/30/2006 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 344 199 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 1-40 of 40. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain from the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey AuthorAikin. JohnHeadlinemedical medicine science biographyPublisherPrinted for Joseph JohnsonDate Published1780 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #15 Rare and important collection of 8 mid-16th century astronomical manuscripts in Hebrew. Heading(Astronomy)Author**Headlineastronomy, sciencePublisherNo PublisherDate PublishedCirca mid-16 century View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 An Improved System of Midwifery, Adapted to the Reformed Practice of Medicine... AuthorBeach, W[ooster]Headlinemedical women pregnant babies obstetricsPublisherPublished by Charles ScribnerDate Published1854 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #32 The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign AuthorBlakston, W. A., W. Swaysland, and August F. WienerHeadlineChromolithographs, birdsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #52 Foreign Finches in Captivity: Illustrated with 60 Plates by F.W. Frohawk, F.E.S.; Coloured by Hand AuthorButler, Arthur G.Headlinebirds, ornithologyPublisherL. Reeve & Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #53 Hudibras, a Poem...With Notes, Selected from Grey and Other Authors... AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineLiterature Color Plates AquatintsPublisherThomas M'LeanDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Story Without An End: From the German of Carové. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B. AuthorCarové, [Friedriech Wilhelm]. Translated by Sarah AustinHeadlinecolor platesPublisherSampson, Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #74 Iconographie Générale et Méthodique Du Costume Civil et Militaire de IVau XIX Siecle (315-1815) Heading(Costume)AuthorJacquemin, RaphaelHeadlineCostume, Color plates, MilitaryPublisherLibrarie V. GastingerDate Published[c1882] View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #79 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlinesciencePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #80 The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy during the years 1832-1836 AuthorDarwin, Charles, editorHeadlinedarwin evolution natural history fossilsPublisherCIL LimitedDate Published1994 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #107 Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics. To which are added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distance of all the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761... AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineastronomy sciencePublisherT. Longman, et al.Date Published1794 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #121 The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 AuthorGilliss, J[ames] M[elville]Headlinetravel americana ornithologyPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Public PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #125 Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte. Gemeinverständliche wissenschaftliche Vorträge über die Entwicklungslehre im Allgemeinen und diejenigen von Darwin, Goethe und Lamarck im Besonderen AuthorHaeckel, Ernst H.Headlinedarwin evolutionPublisherVerlag von Georg ReimerDate Published1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #127 Trachten, Kunstwerke und Gerathschaften des Siebzehnten und Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts AuthorHefner-Alteneck, Jakob Heinrich vonHeadlineIllustratedPublisherVerlag der Heinrich KellerDate Published1889 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #130 Agricoltura: Tratta da Diversi Antichi et Moderni Scrittori AuthorHerrara, Gabriello Alfonso d'Headlineagriculture, husbandryPublisherF. SansovinoDate Published1568 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #143 Chrysal; or the Adventures of a Guinea Author[Johnstone, Charles]HeadlineColor PlatesPublisherHector M'LeanDate Published1821 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #144 Cassell's Book of Birds AuthorJones, Thomas RymerHeadlineBirds, ChromolithographsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #148 Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery AuthorKolle, Frederick StrangeHeadlinemedicalPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #151 The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes. France, 1700-1789 AuthorLacroix, PaulHeadlineEurope, CostumePublisherScribner, Welford, & ArmstrongDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #154 Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight AuthorLangley, Samuel Pierpont & Charles M. ManlyHeadlineairplanes flight aeoroplanes gliding aviationPublisherSmithsonian InstitutionDate Published1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #159 Joséphine Impératrice et Reine AuthorMasson, FrédéricHeadlineartPublisherGoupilDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #160 The Best Hardy Perennials for Producing an Abundant Supply of Cut Flowers and also for Furnishing an Effective Display of Bright Colours in the Garden AuthorMeyer, F.W.Headlinebotanical, flowersPublisherBlake and MackenzieDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #165 A Natural History of British Moths AuthorMorris, F[rances] O[rpen]HeadlineMothsPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #181 The Historie of the World; Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Author[Pliny the Elder]Headlineclassics, plinyPublisherImpensis G.B. [Printed by Adam Islip]Date Published1601 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #185 Wild Flowers AuthorPratt, AnneHeadlinebotanical, flowers,PublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #186 The Tournament at Eglinton Castle, in the Year 1839 AuthorRichardson, Rev. JohnHeadlineColor Plate BooksPublisherEdward PuckleDate Published1843 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #211 The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6 AuthorSurtees, R[obert] S[mith]HeadlineSurtees Literature Sporting Hunting Color PlatesPublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #215 A Clinical Atlas of Venereal and Skin Diseases AuthorTaylor, Robert W.Headlinemedical medicineDate Published1889 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #216 The Poultry Book: Comprising the Breeding and Management of Profitable and Ornamental Poultry... AuthorTegetmeier, W.B.HeadlinePoultry, ChromolithographsPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #218 The American New Dispensatory... AuthorThatcher, JamesHeadlinemedicine medical doctorPublisherThomas B. Wait and Co., and C. WilliamsDate Published[1813] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #222 The Elephant Man, and other Reminiscences AuthorTreves, FrederickHeadlinemedical abnormal freaks photographsPublisherCassellDate Published1923 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #227 Fashion in Paris: The Various Phases of Feminine Taste and Aesthetics from 1797-1897 AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlinecostumePublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1898 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #229 English Lake Scenery AuthorWalton, Elijah and T.G. BonneyHeadlinechromolithographsPublisherW.M. ThompsonDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #232 Archive of 5 letters from George Westinghouse to J.G. Schreuder including an ALS with 3 diagram sketches, along with related materials Heading(Railroad)AuthorWestinghouse, GeorgeHeadlineGEORGE WESTINGHOUSE ARCHIVE Letters Sketches etc.Date Published1883-1913 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #233 The English Spy: The Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious/ Drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle... AuthorWestmacott, Charles MolloyHeadlineClassics English Spy Cruikshank Color Plates LiteraturePublisherSherwood, Gilbert & PiperDate Published1825-26 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #239 A Synopsis of the Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment of the More Common and Important Diseases of the Skin. AuthorWorcester, N[oah]Headlinemedicine, dermatologyPublisherThomas Cowperthwait & Co.Date Published1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #376 Lot of 2 facsimile editions of classic color plate books Headingzze(Facsimile Editions)Author**HeadlineHoly Land, orchidsDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #400 Islamic Bookbindings HeadingzzeAuthorSarre, F[riedrich]HeadlineBook Arts Islam Bindings Color Plates ReferencePublisherKegan Paul, Trench, TrübnerDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #401 Alphabets Numerals and Devices of the Middle Ages HeadingzzeAuthorShaw, HenryHeadlinealphabets illustrated medieval chromolithographyPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #421 Approximately 22 books with Steel Engravings, etc. Author[Shelf Lot]Headlineart View details Estimate$20Sold for$531.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next