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 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 101-200 of 221. Previous|123|Next Lot #101 The Poetical Works...to which are added Mr. Hammond's Elegies Heading(Foulis Press)AuthorCollins, WilliamPublisherPrinted by Robert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1771 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #102 Artzney-Buch: Darinnen vast für alle des Menschlichen Leibes Anliegen... AuthorGaebelkhover, OswaldPublisherJohann Peter ZubrodtDate Published1680 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #103 A Dissertation upon the Uncertainty of the Roman History during the First Five Hundred Years Heading(Gibbon, Edward)Author[De Beaufort, Louis]PublisherT. WallerDate Published1740 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #104 Opera Chymica, Bucher und Schrifften AuthorGlauber, Johann RudolfPublisherThomas Matthew GoekensDate Published1658 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #105 American Natural History AuthorGodman, John DPublisherUriah Hunt & SonDate Published1860 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #106 A History of the Earth and Animated Nature AuthorGoldsmith, OliverPublisherA. FullartonDate Published1847 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #107 The Baronial Halls and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England AuthorHall, S[amuel] C[arter]PublisherWillis & SotheranDate Published1858 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #108 The Scarlet Letter AuthorHawthorne, NathanielPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #109 Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing of the Schooner United States stuck in the ice of Greenland AuthorHayes, Isaac IsraelDate Published1861 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #110 Queen Victoria AuthorHolmes, Richard R.PublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #111 Blumen des heiligen Lande Heading(Holy Land Flowers)Author**Date Published[c.1910] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #112 Two leaves on vellum Heading(Horae)Author**Date Published[16th century] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #113 Familiar Wild Flowers AuthorHulme, F[rederick] EdwardPublisherCassell Petter & GalpinDate Published[c.1875] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #114 Antiphonal leaf on vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Date Publishedc.14th century View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #115 Illuminated manuscript leaf with miniature, from a Book of Hours, on vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Date Published[c.late 15th century] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #116 Illuminated manuscript leaf from an Old Testament, on vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author[Leber Workshop]Date Published[c.1240-50] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #117 In dei nomine amen nouerint vniversi cristifideles qualiter santissimi dominus felicis re... Heading(Incunable Document)AuthorInnocent VIII and Alexander VI, PopesPublisher[Wynkyn de Worde]Date Published[c.1498] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold Lot #118 Single leaf from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #119 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #120 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #121 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #122 Leaf from the Bible, in Latin, with commentaries of Nicolaus de Lyra Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Nicolaus de Lyra]Publisher[Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus]Date Published[1493] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #123 Hand-colored double-page city view from the Peregrinationes in terram sanctam Heading(Incunable Leaves)Author[Breydenbach, Bernhard von]Date Published[c.1486] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #124 [Clothing Pattern Catalogue] Heading(Japanese Textiles)Author**Publisher[Higashi-Yama Textile Shop]Date Published[1935] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #125 The Life of George Brummell, Esq., commonly called Beau Brummell AuthorJesse, CaptainPublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1844 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #126 A Dictionary of the English Language... AuthorJohnson, SamuelPublisherPrinted by W. Strahan for Knapton, Longman, et al.Date Published1755 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #127 A Voyage to Abyssinia. By Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Jesuit Heading(Johnson, Samuel, trans.)AuthorLobo, JeromePublisherA. Bettesworth & C. HitchDate Published1735 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #128 The Floral Keepsake for 1850 AuthorKeese, John, edPublisherLeavittDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #129 Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorrain... AuthorKeysler, John GeorgePublisherA. Linde and T. FieldDate Published1756-7 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #130 Illuminated Koran Heading(Koran)Author**Date Published[19th century] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #131 A Brief History of the Times, &c. In a Preface to the Third Volume of Observators Author[L'Estrange, Sir Roger]PublisherCharles BromeDate Published1687-88 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #132 Contes et nouvelles en vers AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]PublisherDidot JeuneDate Published1796 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #133 Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen. Second Series AuthorLandor, Walter SavagePublisherJames DuncanDate Published1829 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #134 The Early Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A...with a Complete List of his Exhibited Pictures Heading(Landseer, Sir Edwin)Author**PublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #135 Library of Natural History AuthorLydekker, Richard, edPublisherSaalfield PublishingDate Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #136 A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions AuthorM`Clintock, [Francis Leopold]PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #137 Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa AuthorMarkham, Clements R[obert], edPublisherTrübnerDate Published1876 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #138 [The New-English History] AuthorMather, CottonPublisherThomas ParkhurstDate Published1702 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #139 A Voyage to the River Sierra-Leone, on the Coast of Africa; Containing an Account of the Trade and Productions of the Country, and of the Civil and Religious Customs and Manners of the People; In a Series of Letters to a Friend in England. By John Matthews, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy; During His Residency in That Country in the Years 1785, 1786, and 1787. With an Additional Letter on the Subject of the American Slave Trade... AuthorMatthews, JohnPublisherPrinted for B. White and SonDate Published1788 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #140 A Manual of North American Butterflies AuthorMaynard, Charles JPublisherDe Wolfe, FiskeDate Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #141 The Works of George Meredith AuthorMeredith, GeorgePublisherConstable and CompanyDate Published1909-1911 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #142 Manuscript record book for the Hospital Real de los Indios Heading(Mexican Manuscript)AuthorCardenas, Joseph deDate Published1748-49 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #143 Addresses Heading(Miniature Books)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamDate Published1929 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #144 Lot of five titles, Gospels & Psalms Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherUniversity Press & Humphrey MilfordDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #145 Lot of four miniature books on Americana Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #146 Lot of 12 miniature books, plus one small book Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #147 Lot of ten miniature books, plus one set of toy playing cards and a small book Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #148 The Courtin' Heading(Miniature Books)AuthorLowell, James RussellPublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #149 Petit Fabuliste de la Jeunesse Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherPresteauDate Published[Late 19th-century] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #150 A Colonial Courting. Being Extracts from Judge Samuel Sewall's Diary, September 1720 Heading(Miniature Books)AuthorSewall, SamuelPublisherWilliam Lewis WashburnDate Published1940 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #151 The Bible in Miniature; Or, A Concise History of the Old & New Testaments Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #152 The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherOxford University PressDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #153 The Little Gazetteer, or, Universal Geographical Dictionary Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Date Published[mid-19th century] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #154 The Twenty-Third Psalm Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherWilliam Lewis WashburnDate Published1938 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #155 The Wolf-King, or Little Red Riding-Hood Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherWilliam Lewis WashburnDate Published1940 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #156 The Octavo Nature-Printed British Ferns AuthorMoore, ThomasPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1859-60 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #157 A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds AuthorMorris, F[rances] O[rpen]PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #158 A History of British Birds AuthorMorris, F[rancis] O[rpen]PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1851-7 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #159 A History of British Birds AuthorMorris, F[rancis] O[rpen]PublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #160 A History of British Butterflies AuthorMorris, F[rancis] O[rpen]PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold 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" AuthorMountbatten, Lord Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaDate Published1963-1979 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #162 Collection of three typed letters signed AuthorMountbatten, Lord Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaDate Published1962; 1963; 1970 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #163 Psalmody Heading(Musical Manuscript)AuthorBeeby, JohnDate Published[c.1762] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #164 Regole prattiche dei Principii della Composizione Heading(Musical Manuscript)AuthorSchuster, JosephDate Published[c.1770's] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #165 Scotia Depicta; or, The Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, [etc.] of Scotland AuthorNattes, John ClaudePublisherH.R. YoungDate Published1819 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold 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... AuthorNoble, MarkPublisherJ. DebrettDate Published1804 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #167 The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts AuthorOldman, W[illiam] O.PublisherPrinted by Thomas Avery & SonsDate Published1943 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 Author[Pigott, Charles]PublisherH.D. Symonds / J.S. JordanDate Published1792 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #169 Certain Necessary Directions, As well For the Cure of the Plague, As for preventing the Infection: with Many easie Medicines of small Charge, very profitable to His Majesties Subjects Heading(Plague)AuthorColledge of PhysiciansPublisherPrinted by John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the KingDate Published1665 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #170 Essay on Man. Der Mensch ein philosophisches Gedichte AuthorPope, AlexanderPublisherRichterischen BuchhandlungDate Published1759 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #171 The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain AuthorPratt, AnnePublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #172 The Germ: Thoughts towards Nature In Poetry, Literature and Art [and] Art and Poetry: Being Thoughts towards Nature Heading(Pre-Raphaelite)Author**Publisher"Aylott and Jones"Date Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #173 A Method for Obtaining Constant Temperatures AuthorRamsay, William and Sydney YoungPublisherJournal of the Chemical SocietyDate Publishedc.1885 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #174 The Columbian Harmonist, No. 1, Containing: First. A Plain and Concise Introduction to Psalmody fitly calculated for the use of Singing Schools. Second. A Choice Collection of New Psalm Tunes of American Composition AuthorRead, DanielPublisherPrinted for & Sold by the EditorDate Published[c.1795] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #175 Flora and Sylva AuthorRobinson, WilliamDate Published1903-05 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #176 [The History of the Caribby-Islands] Author[Rochefort, Charles de]Date Published[1666] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #177 La Conjuracion de Catalina y la guerra de Jugurta AuthorSalustio, Cayo CrispoPublisher[Joachin Ibarra]Date Published[1772] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #178 Original sketchbook Heading(Scotland, Wales, and Germany)AuthorTonndorf, E.Date Published1899-1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #179 Splinters Struck Off Winskill Rock Heading(Scots Dialect)AuthorTwisleton, TomPublisherWildman and SonDate Published[c.1867] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #180 Quentin Durward AuthorScott, Walter, SirPublisherArchibald ConstableDate Published1823 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #181 The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #182 Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley from the Originals in the Library of W.K. Bixby Heading(Shelley, P.B.)AuthorForman, H. Buxton, ed.PublisherPrivately printed for William K. BixbyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #183 The Seat of War in the East. First and Second Series AuthorSimpson, WilliamPublisherPaul & Dominic ColnaghiDate Published1855-56 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #184 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations AuthorSmith, AdamPublisherW. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1778 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #185 Poems on Several Occassions Heading(Smith, Adam)Author[Hamilton, William of Bangour]PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1748 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #186 The Theory of Moral Sentiments... AuthorSmith, AdamPublisherBell & Bradfute, Laing, et alDate Published1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #187 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China... AuthorStaunton, Sir George [Leonard]PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for G. NicolDate Published1797 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #188 The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1897-1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #189 The Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery AuthorSweet, R[obert]PublisherG. WillisDate Published1852 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #190 Travels into the Several Remote Nations of the World...by Lemuel Gulliver Author[Swift, Jonathan]PublisherBenjamin MotteDate Published1726 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #191 Works AuthorThackeray, William MakepeacePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1869; 1886 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold 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 Heading(Toy Book)Author**PublisherPrinted by John BabcockDate Published1802 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #193 Lot of two titles on Constitutional Irritation AuthorTravers, BenjaminPublisherLongman, Reed, Orme, Brown, & GreenDate Published1827 & 1835 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #194 Typed Letter Signed, from Mencken to Marguerite Tucker Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorMencken, H.L.Date PublishedMay 25, 1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #195 Autograph Letter Signed, from Darrow to Marguerite Tucker Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorDarrow, ClarenceDate PublishedJune 8, [c.1925?] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #196 Autograph Postcard Signed by Eastman, to Peggy Tucker Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorEastman, MaxDate PublishedApril 18, 1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #197 Autograph Letter Signed by Russell, to Marguerite Tucker Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorRussell, BertrandDate Published6 Oct. 1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #198 Autograph Letter Signed, from Dewey to Marguerite Tucker Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorDewey JohnDate PublishedNov. 20, '28 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #199 Typed Letter Signed, from Ruby Darrow to Miss "Peggy Tucker" and Managment at Il-Nuovo-Mondo HeadingTucker, Marguerite ("Peggy")AuthorDarrow, Ruby (Mrs. Clarence)Date PublishedOctober 4, 1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #200 Typed Letter Signed, from Lewis to Marguerite Tucker Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy)AuthorLewis, SinclairDate PublishedNovember 15, 1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next