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 ▼ 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #6 Pride and Prejudice View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorAusten, JanePublisherPrinted for T. EgertonDate Published1813 Lot #8 La Comédie Humaine by Honoré de Balzac View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBalzac, Honoré dePublisherGeorge Barrie & SonDate Published[1897-1900] Lot #10 The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold 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 Lot #14 The Chase: A Poem View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorSomervile, WilliamPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer, Shakespeare Printing OfficeDate Published1796 Lot #15 The Seasons, by J. Thomson. Embellished with Engravings on Wood by Bewick, from Thurston's Designs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThomson, JamesPublisherPrinted for James Wallis...by T. BensleyDate Published1805 Lot #26 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$43,750StatusSold AuthorBurns, RobertPublisherPrinted by John WilsonDate Published1786 Lot #27 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.Publisher[H.S. Nichols]Date Published[1897] Lot #29 Mazeppa, A Poem View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorByron, George Gordon Noel, LordPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1819 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer StanhopeHeadlineChesterfields Letters 1774PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1774 Lot #33 Three volumes by Holmes, illustrated by H.B. Brock, finely bound by Cedric Chivers View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Chivers, Cedric, binder)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1902 Lot #37 Homeward Bound: or, the Chase. A Tale of the Sea View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCooper, James FenimorePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #42 Bleak House View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1853 Lot #43 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #44 [Works, uniform edition] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & HallDate PublishedNo date [circa 1900] Lot #45 The Raven View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1884 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorEgan, PiercePublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1821 Lot #52 Set of 4 first editions by Fielding, in 13 volumes, uniformly bound View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlinebookPublisherA. MillarDate Published1742-1755 Lot #60 Fables de La Fontaine View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Grandville, J.J.)AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]PublisherH. Fournier aineDate Published1838 Lot #64 Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasPublisherJames R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.Date Published1891 Lot #66 The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHomerPublisherBernard LintotDate Published1725-1726 Lot #68 Hedda Gabler. Skuespil i fire Akter View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorIbsen, HenrikPublisherGyldendalske BoghandelsDate Published1890 Lot #73 A Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelPublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1786 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Samuel & William Oldys, editorsPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1744-1746 Lot #75 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. Longman, et al.Date Published1794 Lot #76 The Works of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelPublisherPrinted for T. Longman, et al.Date Published1796 Lot #78 Endymion: A Poetic Romance View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorKeats, JohnPublisherTaylor & HesseyDate Published1818 Lot #80 Letters of Marque View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKipling, RudyardPublisherA.H. Wheeler & Co.Date Published1891 Lot #86 Collection of 5 leather bound volumes of literature View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Literature - Leather Bindings)Author**Date Published1762-1817 Lot #87 the Writings of James Russell Lowell: In Prose and Poetry View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorLowell, J.ames RussellPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1899 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMachen, Arthur, translatorPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1886 Lot #91 The Most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur King of Britaine View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Author[Malory, Sir Thomas]PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Jacob BloomeDate Published1634 Lot #99 Lot of 4 volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnDate Published1750; 1839 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 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1695 Lot #104 The Works of Hannah More: A New Edition, with Additions and Corrections View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorMore, HannahPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1830 Lot #107 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyámPublisherBernard QuartichDate Published1868 & 1872 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderPublisherPrinted for J. Johnson, et alDate Published1806 Lot #132 Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzeAuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlinepopePublisherPrinted by J. Wright, for Lawton GilliverDate Published1725 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorRichardson, SamuelPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1804 Lot #139 The Dance of Life: A Poem by the Author of "Doctor Syntax;" Illustrated with the Coloured Engravings of Thomas Rowlandson View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, Richard]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1817 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. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1821 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812, 1820, 1821 Lot #142 Tours of Dr. Syntax, miniature edition View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1823 Lot #148 Collection of 26 volumes, most in original bindings View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherArchibald Constable; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, et al.Date Published1818-32; 1912 Lot #149 Waverley Novels View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherRobert Cadell, A. & C. Black, et al.Date Published1829-32 Lot #150 Waverly Novels View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1829-33 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyPublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1799 Lot #159 [Works, i.e.] The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser. In Six Volumes. With a Glossary Explaining the Old and Obscure Words View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmundPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1715 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 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$204,000StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]PublisherPrinted for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-streetDate Published1726 Lot #167 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeacePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1869 Lot #170 The Collectors' Edition of the Writings of Anthony Trollope. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyPublisherGebbie & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #171 Parliament Edition of the Works of Anthony Trollope View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyPublisherE.R. Du MontDate PublishedNo date [circa 1900] Lot #173 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #178 Sakoontalá, or, The Lost Ring; an Indian drama. Translated into English prose and verse, from the Sanskrit of Kalidasa by Monier Williams View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, Monier, translatorPublisherDodd Mead and Co.Date Published1885 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next