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 1-85 of 85. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 A Summary History of New-England, from the First Settlement at Plymouth, to the Acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War AuthorAdams, HannahHeadlinenew england massachusetts colonial americaPublisherPrinted for the Author, by H. Mann and J.H. AdamsDate Published1799 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #4 Hearth and Home, for the Farm, Garden, and Fireside Heading(Agriculture & Botany, etc.)Author**Headlinefarming plants horticulture botanyDate Published1868-1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson AutographsPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1946 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #7 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson Autographs RedPublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1939 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #8 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson AutographsPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing Inc.Date Published[1953] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #10 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. Heading(Allom, Thomas)AuthorWright, G. N. & Thomas Allom (illus)HeadlineEngravingsPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c1845] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #16 A New Universal Atlas; Comprising Separate Maps of All the Principal Empires, Kingdoms & States Throughout the World: and forming a distinct Atlas of the United States Heading(Atlas)AuthorBurr, David H.Headlinemaps atlas americaPublisherD.S. StoneDate Published[1835] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #17 Vollständiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung über alle Theile der Erde in 80 Blättern HeadingzzgAuthorSohr, K[arl], Dr.Headlinemaps texas atlasPublisherC. FlemmingDate Published1844 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #18 The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount of St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlinebindings setsPublisherW. Baynes and SonDate Published1824 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #19 Historic Lithographs of San Francisco AuthorBaird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr., & Edwin Clyve EvansHeadlinesan francisco birds eye viewsPublisherSteven A. Waterson for Burger & EvansDate Published1972 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #42 Fanny Burney and Her Friends: Select Passages from Her Diary and Other Writings AuthorBurney, Fanny. Edited by L.B. SeeleyHeadlineextra illustratedPublisherSeeley and Co.Date Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #43 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinemormon americana travelPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #69 Armsmear: the Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt. A Memorial Heading(Colt, Samuel)AuthorBarnard, Henry and Elizabeth Jarvis ColtHeadlineSamuel Colt Firearms Americana Decorative BindingPublisher[Privately printed by Alvord]Date Published1866 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #70 The Contitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects AuthorCombe, GeorgeHeadlinepsychology morals religionPublisherJohn Anderson, Jun.Date Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #72 Works AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlinebindings sets literaturePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920-1928 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #77 The Comic Almanack, an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing All Things Fitting for Such a Work. By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. Adorned with a Dozen of Right Merrie Cuts Pertaining to the Months, Sketched and Etched by George Cruikshank AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlinecruikshankPublisherCharles Tilt, et alDate Published1835-1847 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #84 The True History of the Conquest of Mexico AuthorDiaz del Castillo, BernalHeadlinemexico spanish war indiansPublisherPrinted for J. WrightDate Published1800 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #88 Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlinesets literature phiz bindingsPublisherMerrill & BakerDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #94 National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc., Etc. - 2 vols. AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A. and Alonzo ChappelHeadlinesteel engravingPublisherJohnson, Fry & Co.Date Published[1862 & 1864] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #95 The American Aboriginal Portfolio AuthorEastman, Mary H.HeadlineNative Americans, IndiansPublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published[1853] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #103 Essays [&] Essays: Second Series AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlinebinding literaturePublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 & 1844 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #108 Set of 4 first editions by Fielding, in 13 volumes, uniformly bound AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlinebookPublisherA. MillarDate Published1742-1755 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #110 The Poetical Works of James Beattie Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorBeattie, JamesHeadlinefore-edge painting binding literaturePublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #111 Poems and Lyrics Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorHemans, FeliciaHeadlineFore-edge painting poetry bindingPublisherHenry G. ClarkeDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #112 La Sainte Bible, qui contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament Heading(Fore-edge Painting)Author**Headlinebinding fore-edge painting catholic godPublisherSamuel Bagster et filsDate Publishedc.1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #113 Liturgia Anglicana Seu Liber Precum Publicarum... Heading(Fore-edge Painting)Author**Headlinefore-edge painting religionPublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #114 Self-Knowledge: A Treatise Showing the Nature and Benefit of that Important Science, and the Way to Attain It... Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorMason, JohnHeadlinefore-edge paiting bindingPublisherJohn BumpusDate Published1821 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #115 New Testament in Greek Heading(Fore-edge Painting0Author**HeadlineBible religion fore-edge paintingPublisherImpensis S. BagsterDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #116 Idylls of the King Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlinefore-edge painting poetry bindingPublisherStrahan and Co.Date Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #117 Anthologia Latina Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorThackeray, Franciscus St. John, editorHeadlineFore-edge painting latin verse bindingPublisherBell et DaldyDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #118 The Works of Thomas Gray Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlinefore-edge paintings bindings poetryPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1835-36 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,125StatusSold 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 #123 Complete run of 14 Kate Greenaway Almanacks from 1883 to 1897 AuthorGreenaway, KateHeadlineKate Greenaway Illustrated Childrens AlmanacsPublisherGeorge Routledge / J.M. DentDate Published1883-95; 97 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #134 Officio della B.V. Maria per tutti i tempi dell' anno... Heading(Horae B. M. V.)Author**HeadlinebookPublisherAppresso Gioacchino e Gio. Giuseppe SalvioiniDate Published1756 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #141 The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs AuthorJerrold, BlanchardHeadlinecruikshankPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1882 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #142 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. Longman, et al.Date Published1794 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #155 Two works in three volumes by Le Sage AuthorLe Sage, Alain Rene.Headlinefrench bindings engravingsDate Published1836 & 1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #163 The Dramatic Works of Moliére. AuthorMoliére, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin de]Headlinedrama sets etchings lalauzePublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published1875-1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #166 The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting...the American Continent, also of the West-Indian Islands... AuthorMorse, JedediahHeadlinemaps atlas geography americanaPublisherS. Hall, and Thomas & AndrewsDate Published1797 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #173 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlinepoetry binding RivierePublisherRobert Riviere & SonDate Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #174 Esequie dell'altezza reale del serenissimo Giovan Gastone, gran duca di Toscana, fatte celebrare in Firenze nella chiesa di San Lorenzo dall'altezza reale del serenissimo Francesco III ... granduca di Toscana, descritte da Bindo Simone Pervzzi. AuthorPeruzzi, Bindo SimoneHeadlinebookPublisherNella stamperia di S.A.R. Per Giovan Gaetano TartiniDate Published1737 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #188 The Masters of Mezzotint: The Men and Their Work Heading(Riviere Binding)AuthorWhitman, AlfredHeadlineMezzotint, engravingsPublisherGeorge Bell & SonsDate Published1898 View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #191 Botanical Harmony Delineated: or, Applications of Some General Laws of Nature to Plants AuthorSaint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin deHeadlinePlants Early American Imprints Botanical PlatesPublisherJ. NancredeDate Published1797 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #195 Lot of seven naval commisions for Frank Schofield, each signed by a President of the United States Heading(Schofield, Frank W.)Author**HeadlinePresidential autographs navyDate Published1892-1924 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #199 Waverley Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherRobert Cadell, A. & C. Black, et al.Date Published1829-32 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #200 Waverly Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1829-33 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #201 The Sonnets and Songs of Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinebindings bayntun riviere poetryPublisherHatchard'sDate Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #202 The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: in Six Volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts. Revis'e and Corrected, with an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by N. Rowe, Esq. (together with) The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: Volume the Seventh. Containing Venus & Adonis; Tarquin & Lucrece and His Miscellany Poems. With Critical Remarks on His Plays, etc. AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineshakespearePublisherJacob Tonson (&) E. CurllDate Published1709, 1710 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #204 The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs Heading(Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge)Author**Headlineengavings biography setsPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1833-1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #208 A System for the Discipline of the Artillery of the United States of America, or, The Young Artillerist's Companion AuthorStevens, WilliamHeadlinemilitary army artilleryPublisherWebsters and SkinnersDate Published1815 View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold 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 #220 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlinetranscendentalism ecology thoreauPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #221 [Works, i.e.] The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlinebindings sets literaturePublisherDana Estes & Co.Date Published[1904-1912] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #226 [Works, i.e.] The Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinesets bindings literature humor clemensPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1929 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #231 [Works, i.e.] The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner AuthorWarner, Charles DudleyHeadlinebindings sets literature autographsPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #234 Leaves of Grass. Including a Fac-simile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a department of Gathered Leaves AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlinepoetry binding bayntun rivierePublisherDavid McKayDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #236 The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes, With His Friends, Printed from the Original Manuscripts, in which are introduced Memoirs of HIs Life, by John Almon AuthorWilkes, JohnHeadlineenglish politics setsPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1805 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #237 American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. AuthorWillis, N[athaniel] P[arker]HeadlineAmericana, Steel engravingsPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1840 View details Estimate$600 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #241 The Gallery of Engravings AuthorWright, G.N., editorHeadlineengravings englandPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[1844] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #249 The Wreck Of The Golden Mary:A Saga of the California Gold Rush Heading(Allen Press)AuthorDickens, Charles and Wilkie CollinsHeadlinecalifornia gold rush history shipwrecksPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1956 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #273 Ecclesiastes; Or, The Preacher, And The Song Of Solomon Heading(Ballantyne Press)AuthorRicketts, CharlesHeadlinereligion bible fine press printingPublisher[Vale Press]Date Published[1902] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #277 Leben und Taten des scharfsinnigen Ritters Don Quixote in vier Bänden AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlinefine printing bindingPublisherEigenbrödler-VerlagDate Published[c.1924] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #279 Jazz AuthorClaxton, WilliamHeadlinebookPublisherTwelvetrees PressDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #291 Erewhon Heading(Gregynog Press)AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineengravings sangorski binding gregynogPublisherGregynog PressDate Published1932 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #300 Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758. Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author[Franklin, Benjamin].HeadlineLEC Rockwell, IllustratedPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1964 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #302 The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark to the sources of the Missouri...to the Pacific Ocean Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorLewis, Meriwether & Clark, William.HeadlineLimited Editions Club, Western AmericanaPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #339 Keramic Art of Japan HeadingzzeAuthorAudsley, George and James L. BowesHeadlineCeramicsPublisherHenry Sotheran & Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #342 Lot of 16 Bibliographies of Individual States Headingzze(Bibliographies - Americana)Author**HeadlineAmericana, bibliographiesDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #344 Lot of 3 California Bibliographies Headingzze(Bibliographies - California)Author**HeadlineCaliforniaDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #349 Lot of 2 Native American Bibliographies Headingzze(Bibliographies - Native American)Author**HeadlineIndianDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #351 Lot of 3 Texas Bibliographies Headingzze(Bibliographies - Texas)Author**HeadlineTexasDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #352 Lot of 7 bibliographies of Western Americana Headingzze(Bibliographies - Western Americana)Author**HeadlineWest, BibliographyDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #353 The Decameron of... HeadingzzeAuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineLiterature Leather Bindings Classics IllustratedPublisherPrinted by Private Subscription and Private CirculationDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #364 Netsuke: Versuch Einer Geschichte der Japanischen Schnitzkunst HeadingzzeAuthorBrockhaus, AlbertHeadlinejapan art objects ivoryPublisherF.A. BrockhausDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #371 Lot of 2 volumes on Chinese Porcelain Headingzze(Chinese Porcelain)AuthorBahr, A.W. & Egan MewHeadlineOriental art, porcelainPublisherCassell & Company, Limited and T.C. & E.C. JackDate Published1911 & [c1910] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #372 Lot of 4 volumes from the Connoisseur's Library Headingzze(Connoisseur's Library)Author**HeadlinePorcelain, Ivory, Enamels, Color Plate BooksPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons & MethuenDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #373 A Bibliography of the History of California, 1510-1930. AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest & Robert Grannis CowanHeadlineCaliforniaPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #377 Yosemite, The Big Trees, and the High Sierra: A Selective Bibliography HeadingzzeAuthorFarquhar, Francis P.HeadlineYosemite, CaliforniaPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1948 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #379 De Luxe Catalogue of the Art Collection Formed by the Late Heber R. Bishop. Headingzze(Heber R. Bishop Collection)AuthorKirby, Thomas E. (ed.)HeadlinePaintings, Asian ArtPublisherAmerican Art AssociationDate Published1906 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #384 Lot of 2 titles on Japanese Enamels and Pottery by Bowes Heading(Japanese Enamels & Pottery)AuthorBowes, James L.HeadlinePottery, Enamels, Oriental ArtPublisherPrinted for Private CirculationDate Published1884 & 1891 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #388 Etchings and Lithographs of American Ships Headingzze(Maritime Illustrations)AuthorWales, George C.HeadlineLithographs, Etchings, MaritimePublisherCharles E. GoodspeedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #399 A Dictionary of Books relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time. HeadingzzeAuthorSabin, JosephHeadlineAmericana, BibliographyPublisherMini-Print Corp.Date PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #414 Approximately 42 volumes Decorative Bindings, Multiple Sets, etc. Author[Shelf Lot]Headlinebook View details Estimate$20Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #423 Approximately 28 volumes American Art Author[Shelf Lot]Headlinebook View details Estimate$20Sold for$437.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next