Sale 280: Fine & Rare Books, with the Fable Collection of the Late Dr. Margaret Rose Quentin (#280) 02/26/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/26/2004 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 280 263 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 1-83 of 83. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Aesopi Phrygis, et aliorum fabulae. Quorum nomina sequens pagella indicabit. Elegantissimis iconibus... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorAesopPublisherHieronymum de Marnef, sub PelicanoDate Published1561 Lot #2 Fabulae Aesopicae, Plures quingentis, & aliae quaedam narrationes, cum historia vitae fortunaeq View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAesopPublisherIoan. TornaesiumDate Published1571 Lot #3 Vita di Esopo Frigio, Prudente & faceto fauolatore View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Author(Aesop)PublisherAltobella Salicato for Libraria della FortezzaDate Published1588 Lot #4 Fabulae Aesopi graece & latine View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorAesopPublisherJoannis MaireDate Published1632 Lot #5 The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Ogilby, John, trans.)AuthorAesopPublisherPrinted by Thomas RoycroftDate Published1668 Lot #6 Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(L'Estrange, Roger, trans.)AuthorAesopPublisherR. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, et alDate Published1694 Lot #7 Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPhaedrus, Aug[ustus] LibertusPublisherFrancis HalmaDate Published1701 Lot #8 Aesop Naturaliz'd: In a Collection of Fables and Stories from Aesop, Locman, Pilpay, and Others View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$212.50StatusSold Author**PublisherD. MidwinterDate Published1727 Lot #9 Aesop's Fables with Instructive Morals and Reflections, Abstracted from all Party Considerations, adapted to All Capacities View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAesopPublisherT. Wilson and R. SpenceDate Published[c.1780's] Lot #10 Fables...with a Life of the Author View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorGay, JohnPublisherPrinted by Darton & Harvey for Rivington, White, Longman, et alDate Published1793 Lot #11 The Fables of Aesop, with a Life of the Author View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorAesopPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 Lot #13 Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Dodsley, R[obert], ed.)Author**PublisherPrinted by and for Henry MozleyDate Published1809 Lot #14 The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorBewick, ThomasPublisherPrinted by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and SonDate Published1818 Lot #15 The Fables of Pilpay View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$87.50StatusSold Author[Bidpai]PublisherBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy, et alDate Published1818 Lot #17 Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly From Original Sources View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Tenniel, John, illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1848 Lot #18 The Fables of Aesop and Others translated into Human Nature View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bennett, Charles H., illus.)Author**PublisherW. Kent & Co.Date Published[1857] Lot #19 Marcus Ward's Fable Picture Book...With the Fables from Aesop told in Verse View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorFriswell, J. HainPublisherMarcus Ward & Co.Date Published[c.1874] Lot #20 Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances... View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Caldecott, Randolph, illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherMacmillanDate Published1887 Lot #22 Aesop Redivivus View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBoyle, MaryPublisherField & Tuer, The Leadenhall PressDate Published1890 Lot #23 The Fables of Aesop View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Heighway, Richard, illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherMacmillan & CoDate Published1894 Lot #24 Triplets. Comprising the Baby's Opera, the Baby's Bouquet, and the Baby's own Aesop View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCrane, WalterPublisherPrinted by Edmund Evans for George Routledge & SonsDate Published1899 Lot #25 Aesop's Fables View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Condé, J.M., illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherMoffat, Yard & CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #26 The Fables of Aesop View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Detmold, Edward J., illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1909 Lot #27 Aesop's Fables View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherWilliam Heinemann / Doubleday PageDate Published1912 Lot #28 The Big Book of Fables View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Robinson, Charles, illus.)Author**PublisherBlackie and SonDate Published1912 Lot #29 An Argosy of Fables. A Representative Selection From the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Cooper, Frederic Taber, ed.)Author**PublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1921] Lot #30 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Calder, Alexander, illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 Lot #31 The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Gooden, Stephen, illus.)AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean dePublisherHeinemann & Random HouseDate Published1931 Lot #32 Aesop's Fables View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorAesopPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1933 Lot #33 Aesop's Fables View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Gooden, Stephen, illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherGeorge C. HarrapDate Published1936 Lot #34 Fables View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Miniature)AuthorAesopPublisherEdmund S. Wood [Minia Press]Date Published1943 Lot #35 A Children's Sampler: Selections from Famous Children's Books View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading"Ladies of the Distaff Side"Author**Date Published1950 Lot #36 Aesopic View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorHecht, AnthonyPublisherGehenna PressDate Published1967 Lot #37 Aesop's Fables View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Lawrence, Jacob, illus.)AuthorAesopPublisherWindmill BooksDate Published[1970] Lot #38 A Fable of Bidpai View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorSiegl, Helen & NicholasPublisherJanus PressDate Published1974 Lot #39 Lot of eight titles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorAesop, et alDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #40 Lot of ten titles View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAesop, et alDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #41 Lot of 17 titles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAesop, et alDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #46 Israel: A Personal History View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBen-Gurion, DavidPublisherFunk & Wagnallis / SabraDate Published[1971] Lot #60 Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorBloomfield, RobertPublisherVernor, Hood, Sharpe, et alDate Published1806 Lot #70 The History of the Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly Corrected and Amended View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel dePublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne for Andrew CookeDate Published1652 Lot #71 The Spirit of Cervantes; or, Don Quixote Abridged View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCervantes [Saavedra, Miguel de]PublisherF.C. & J. RivingtonDate Published1820 Lot #72 Histoire du Paraguay View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorCharlevoix, Pierre Francois Xavier dePublisherDidot, Giffart, and NyonDate Published1756 Lot #77 Album des Célébrités Contemporaines Publié par Lefèvre-Utile... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)AuthorLèfevre-UtilePublisherLefèvre-UtileDate Published[c.1909] Lot #78 Les Contemporains Célèbres. Album Lèfevre-Utile. Première Série. Portraits, Autographes, Notices Biographiques Illustrées, Portraits Humoristiques des Célébrités Contemporaines View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)AuthorLèfevre-UtilePublisherOctave BeauchampDate Published[1904] Lot #81 Photograph, signed View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, WinstonDate Published[early 1950's] Lot #82 The Second World War View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1948]-53 Lot #88 Rural Sports View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDaniel, William B[arker]PublisherBunny & GoldDate Published[1801]-1802 Lot #89 The Nightless City. Or the "History of the Yoshiwara Yuwaku" View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDe Becker, J[oseph] E[rnest]PublisherMax NosslerDate Published[c.1905] Lot #90 A Narrative of Voyages and Travels, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Comprising Three Voyages Round the World; Together with a Voyage of Survey and Discovery, in the Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDelano, AmasaPublisherPrinted by E. G. House for the AuthorDate Published1817 Lot #91 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 Lot #92 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1837 Lot #95 The Athenian Oracle: Being an Entire Collection of all the Valuable Questions and Answers in the Old Athenian Mercuries... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Dunton, John]PublisherAndrew BellDate Published1706-08 Lot #97 Englishmen's Birth Right. Broom's Original Edition of Magna Charta and The Bill of Rights View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(England)Author**PublisherT. BroomDate Published[c.1810] Lot #98 Das Buch der N.S.D.A.P. Werden, Kampf und Ziel der NSDAP View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold AuthorEspe, Walter M.PublisherSchönfeld'sDate Published[1934] Lot #103 A Dissertation upon the Uncertainty of the Roman History during the First Five Hundred Years View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Gibbon, Edward)Author[De Beaufort, Louis]PublisherT. WallerDate Published1740 Lot #110 Queen Victoria View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Richard R.PublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1897 Lot #116 Illuminated manuscript leaf from an Old Testament, on vellum View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author[Leber Workshop]Date Published[c.1240-50] Lot #117 In dei nomine amen nouerint vniversi cristifideles qualiter santissimi dominus felicis re... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold Heading(Incunable Document)AuthorInnocent VIII and Alexander VI, PopesPublisher[Wynkyn de Worde]Date Published[c.1498] Lot #131 A Brief History of the Times, &c. In a Preface to the Third Volume of Observators View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[L'Estrange, Sir Roger]PublisherCharles BromeDate Published1687-88 Lot #132 Contes et nouvelles en vers View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]PublisherDidot JeuneDate Published1796 Lot #138 [The New-English History] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMather, CottonPublisherThomas ParkhurstDate Published1702 Lot #141 The Works of George Meredith View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMeredith, GeorgePublisherConstable and CompanyDate Published1909-1911 Lot #142 Manuscript record book for the Hospital Real de los Indios View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Mexican Manuscript)AuthorCardenas, Joseph deDate Published1748-49 Lot #148 The Courtin' View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)AuthorLowell, James RussellPublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1938] Lot #149 Petit Fabuliste de la Jeunesse View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherPresteauDate Published[Late 19th-century] Lot #155 The Wolf-King, or Little Red Riding-Hood View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherWilliam Lewis WashburnDate Published1940 Lot #161 Archive of approximately 170 items, letters, and manuscript material by Mountbatten and Professor Franklyn Johnson, detailing Mountbatten's history during World War II, and his guidance to Professor Johnson to write a book about the attempts to unify British Military Command structure in "Defence By Ministry" View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorMountbatten, Lord Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaDate Published1963-1979 Lot #162 Collection of three typed letters signed View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMountbatten, Lord Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaDate Published1962; 1963; 1970 Lot #166 A History of the College of Arms, and the Lives of All the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants, from the Reign of Richard III... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorNoble, MarkPublisherJ. DebrettDate Published1804 Lot #168 The Jockey Club; or a Sketch of the Manners of the Age. Part the first [-third] [bound with] An Answer to Three Scurrilous Pamphlets, entitled the Jockey Club View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Pigott, Charles]PublisherH.D. Symonds / J.S. JordanDate Published1792 Lot #170 Essay on Man. Der Mensch ein philosophisches Gedichte View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderPublisherRichterischen BuchhandlungDate Published1759 Lot #172 The Germ: Thoughts towards Nature In Poetry, Literature and Art [and] Art and Poetry: Being Thoughts towards Nature View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pre-Raphaelite)Author**Publisher"Aylott and Jones"Date Published[c.1900] Lot #177 La Conjuracion de Catalina y la guerra de Jugurta View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorSalustio, Cayo CrispoPublisher[Joachin Ibarra]Date Published[1772] Lot #179 Splinters Struck Off Winskill Rock View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Scots Dialect)AuthorTwisleton, TomPublisherWildman and SonDate Published[c.1867] Lot #181 The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939 Lot #183 The Seat of War in the East. First and Second Series View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorSimpson, WilliamPublisherPaul & Dominic ColnaghiDate Published1855-56 Lot #185 Poems on Several Occassions View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Smith, Adam)Author[Hamilton, William of Bangour]PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1748 Lot #186 The Theory of Moral Sentiments... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSmith, AdamPublisherBell & Bradfute, Laing, et alDate Published1808 Lot #191 Works View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeacePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1869; 1886 Lot #192 The Life and Death of Tom Thumb, the Little Giant. Together with some Curious Anecdotes respecting Grumbo, the Great Giant, King of the country of Eagles View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Toy Book)Author**PublisherPrinted by John BabcockDate Published1802 Lot #202 Typed Letter Signed by Trotsky, to Marguerite Tucker View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorTrotsky, LeonDate PublishedNov. 21, 1931 Lot #210 Coleccion [/Recopilacion] de Leyes, Decretos y Resoluciones Gubernativas, Tratados Internacionales...de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$81.25StatusSold Heading(Uruguay)AuthorCaravia, Antonio T., edPublisherLa TribunaDate Published1867-[70] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next