Sale 340: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#340) 09/14/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/14/2006 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 340 203 PDF Prices Realized View â–¼ 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 1-54 of 54. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #6 Pride and Prejudice AuthorAusten, JanePublisherPrinted for T. EgertonDate Published1813 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #8 La Comédie Humaine by Honoré de Balzac AuthorBalzac, HonorĂ© dePublisherGeorge Barrie & SonDate Published[1897-1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #10 The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County Heading(Beauties of England and Wales)AuthorBritton, John and Edward Wedlake BrayleyHeadlinebookPublisherThomas Maiden for Vernor and Hood, Longman and Rees, et al.Date Published1801-1818 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #14 The Chase: A Poem Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorSomervile, WilliamPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer, Shakespeare Printing OfficeDate Published1796 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #15 The Seasons, by J. Thomson. Embellished with Engravings on Wood by Bewick, from Thurston's Designs Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThomson, JamesPublisherPrinted for James Wallis...by T. BensleyDate Published1805 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #26 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect AuthorBurns, RobertPublisherPrinted by John WilsonDate Published1786 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$43,750StatusSold Lot #27 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night AuthorBurton, Richard F.Publisher[H.S. Nichols]Date Published[1897] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #29 Mazeppa, A Poem AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #32 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 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #33 Three volumes by Holmes, illustrated by H.B. Brock, finely bound by Cedric Chivers Heading(Chivers, Cedric, binder)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #37 Homeward Bound: or, the Chase. A Tale of the Sea AuthorCooper, James FenimorePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #42 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #43 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #44 [Works, uniform edition] AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & HallDate PublishedNo date [circa 1900] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #45 The Raven Heading(DorĂ©, Gustave)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #49 Life in London; or, the Dan and Night Scences of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegand Friend Cornthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, kin their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis AuthorEgan, PiercePublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #52 Set of 4 first editions by Fielding, in 13 volumes, uniformly bound AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlinebookPublisherA. MillarDate Published1742-1755 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 Fables de La Fontaine Heading(Grandville, J.J.)AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]PublisherH. Fournier aineDate Published1838 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #64 Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman AuthorHardy, ThomasPublisherJames R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.Date Published1891 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #66 The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek AuthorHomerPublisherBernard LintotDate Published1725-1726 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #68 Hedda Gabler. Skuespil i fire Akter AuthorIbsen, HenrikPublisherGyldendalske BoghandelsDate Published1890 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #73 A Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals... AuthorJohnson, SamuelPublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1786 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #74 The Harleian Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the late Earl of Oxford’s Library. Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes. With A Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index AuthorJohnson, Samuel & William Oldys, editorsPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1744-1746 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #75 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 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #76 The Works of Samuel Johnson AuthorJohnson, SamuelPublisherPrinted for T. Longman, et al.Date Published1796 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #78 Endymion: A Poetic Romance AuthorKeats, JohnPublisherTaylor & HesseyDate Published1818 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #80 Letters of Marque AuthorKipling, RudyardPublisherA.H. Wheeler & Co.Date Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #86 Collection of 5 leather bound volumes of literature Heading(Literature - Leather Bindings)Author**Date Published1762-1817 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #87 the Writings of James Russell Lowell: In Prose and Poetry AuthorLowell, J.ames RussellPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #88 The Heptameron or Tales and Novels of Marguerite Queen of Navarre now First Completely done into English Prose and Verse from the Original French by Arthur Machen AuthorMachen, Arthur, translatorPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #91 The Most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur King of Britaine Author[Malory, Sir Thomas]PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Jacob BloomeDate Published1634 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #99 Lot of 4 volumes AuthorMilton, JohnDate Published1750; 1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #100 The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton: Containing Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain'd, Sampson Agonistes, and his Poems on several Occasions. Together with Explanatory Notes on each Book of the Paradise Lost, and a Table never before Printed AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1695 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #104 The Works of Hannah More: A New Edition, with Additions and Corrections AuthorMore, HannahPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1830 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #107 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse AuthorOmar KhayyĂ¡mPublisherBernard QuartichDate Published1868 & 1872 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #131 The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principle Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton (together with) The Iliad of Homer (&) The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope AuthorPope, AlexanderPublisherPrinted for J. Johnson, et alDate Published1806 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #132 Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady HeadingzzeAuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlinepopePublisherPrinted by J. Wright, for Lawton GilliverDate Published1725 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #136 The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson...To which are prefixed, a Biographical Account of that Author, and Observations on His Writings, by Anna Laetitia Barbauld AuthorRichardson, SamuelPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1804 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #139 The Dance of Life: A Poem by the Author of "Doctor Syntax;" Illustrated with the Coloured Engravings of Thomas Rowlandson Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, Richard]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1817 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #140 Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution, Embellished with Seventeen Coloured Engravings, from designs by T. Rowlandson, Esq. Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1821 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #141 The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque: A Poem (&) The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of Consolation: A Poem (&) The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of a Wife: A Poem Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812, 1820, 1821 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #142 Tours of Dr. Syntax, miniature edition Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #148 Collection of 26 volumes, most in original bindings AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherArchibald Constable; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, et al.Date Published1818-32; 1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #149 Waverley Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherRobert Cadell, A. & C. Black, et al.Date Published1829-32 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #150 Waverly Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1829-33 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #154 Pizarro; a Tragedy, in Five Acts; as performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane: Taken from the German Drama of Kotzebue; and Adapted to the English Stage AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyPublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #159 [Works, i.e.] The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser. In Six Volumes. With a Glossary Explaining the Old and Obscure Words AuthorSpenser, EdmundPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1715 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #166 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships Author[Swift, Jonathan]PublisherPrinted for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-streetDate Published1726 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$204,000StatusSold Lot #167 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeacePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #170 The Collectors' Edition of the Writings of Anthony Trollope. AuthorTrollope, AnthonyPublisherGebbie & Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #171 Parliament Edition of the Works of Anthony Trollope AuthorTrollope, AnthonyPublisherE.R. Du MontDate PublishedNo date [circa 1900] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #173 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #178 Sakoontalá, or, The Lost Ring; an Indian drama. Translated into English prose and verse, from the Sanskrit of Kalidasa by Monier Williams AuthorWilliams, Monier, translatorPublisherDodd Mead and Co.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next