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 101-200 of 221. Previous|123|Next Lot #101 The Poetical Works...to which are added Mr. Hammond's Elegies View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Foulis Press)AuthorCollins, WilliamPublisherPrinted by Robert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1771 Lot #102 Artzney-Buch: Darinnen vast für alle des Menschlichen Leibes Anliegen... View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGaebelkhover, OswaldPublisherJohann Peter ZubrodtDate Published1680 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 #104 Opera Chymica, Bucher und Schrifften View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGlauber, Johann RudolfPublisherThomas Matthew GoekensDate Published1658 Lot #105 American Natural History View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold AuthorGodman, John DPublisherUriah Hunt & SonDate Published1860 Lot #106 A History of the Earth and Animated Nature View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverPublisherA. FullartonDate Published1847 Lot #107 The Baronial Halls and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHall, S[amuel] C[arter]PublisherWillis & SotheranDate Published1858 Lot #108 The Scarlet Letter View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 Lot #109 Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing of the Schooner United States stuck in the ice of Greenland View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorHayes, Isaac IsraelDate Published1861 Lot #110 Queen Victoria View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Richard R.PublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1897 Lot #111 Blumen des heiligen Lande View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Holy Land Flowers)Author**Date Published[c.1910] Lot #112 Two leaves on vellum View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Horae)Author**Date Published[16th century] Lot #113 Familiar Wild Flowers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHulme, F[rederick] EdwardPublisherCassell Petter & GalpinDate Published[c.1875] Lot #114 Antiphonal leaf on vellum View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Date Publishedc.14th century Lot #115 Illuminated manuscript leaf with miniature, from a Book of Hours, on vellum View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Date Published[c.late 15th century] 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 #118 Single leaf from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] Lot #119 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] Lot #120 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] Lot #121 Single leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Colonna, Francesco]Publisher[Aldus]Date Published[1499] Lot #122 Leaf from the Bible, in Latin, with commentaries of Nicolaus de Lyra View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Incunable Leaf)Author[Nicolaus de Lyra]Publisher[Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus]Date Published[1493] Lot #123 Hand-colored double-page city view from the Peregrinationes in terram sanctam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Incunable Leaves)Author[Breydenbach, Bernhard von]Date Published[c.1486] Lot #124 [Clothing Pattern Catalogue] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese Textiles)Author**Publisher[Higashi-Yama Textile Shop]Date Published[1935] Lot #125 The Life of George Brummell, Esq., commonly called Beau Brummell View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorJesse, CaptainPublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1844 Lot #126 A Dictionary of the English Language... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelPublisherPrinted by W. Strahan for Knapton, Longman, et al.Date Published1755 Lot #127 A Voyage to Abyssinia. By Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Jesuit View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Johnson, Samuel, trans.)AuthorLobo, JeromePublisherA. Bettesworth & C. HitchDate Published1735 Lot #128 The Floral Keepsake for 1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorKeese, John, edPublisherLeavittDate Published1850 Lot #129 Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorrain... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorKeysler, John GeorgePublisherA. Linde and T. FieldDate Published1756-7 Lot #130 Illuminated Koran View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Koran)Author**Date Published[19th century] 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 #133 Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen. Second Series View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorLandor, Walter SavagePublisherJames DuncanDate Published1829 Lot #134 The Early Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A...with a Complete List of his Exhibited Pictures View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Landseer, Sir Edwin)Author**PublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1869 Lot #135 Library of Natural History View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLydekker, Richard, edPublisherSaalfield PublishingDate Published1904 Lot #136 A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorM`Clintock, [Francis Leopold]PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1859 Lot #137 Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorMarkham, Clements R[obert], edPublisherTrübnerDate Published1876 Lot #138 [The New-English History] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMather, CottonPublisherThomas ParkhurstDate Published1702 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... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorMatthews, JohnPublisherPrinted for B. White and SonDate Published1788 Lot #140 A Manual of North American Butterflies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorMaynard, Charles JPublisherDe Wolfe, FiskeDate Published1891 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 #143 Addresses View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamDate Published1929 Lot #144 Lot of five titles, Gospels & Psalms View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherUniversity Press & Humphrey MilfordDate PublishedNo dates Lot #145 Lot of four miniature books on Americana View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #146 Lot of 12 miniature books, plus one small book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #147 Lot of ten miniature books, plus one set of toy playing cards and a small book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates 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 #150 A Colonial Courting. Being Extracts from Judge Samuel Sewall's Diary, September 1720 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)AuthorSewall, SamuelPublisherWilliam Lewis WashburnDate Published1940 Lot #151 The Bible in Miniature; Or, A Concise History of the Old & New Testaments View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Date PublishedNo date Lot #152 The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherOxford University PressDate PublishedNo date Lot #153 The Little Gazetteer, or, Universal Geographical Dictionary View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Date Published[mid-19th century] Lot #154 The Twenty-Third Psalm View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**PublisherWilliam Lewis WashburnDate Published1938 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 #156 The Octavo Nature-Printed British Ferns View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorMoore, ThomasPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1859-60 Lot #157 A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMorris, F[rances] O[rpen]PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1861 Lot #158 A History of British Birds View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMorris, F[rancis] O[rpen]PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1851-7 Lot #159 A History of British Birds View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMorris, F[rancis] O[rpen]PublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1891 Lot #160 A History of British Butterflies View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMorris, F[rancis] O[rpen]PublisherGroombridge and SonsDate Published1865 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 #163 Psalmody View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Musical Manuscript)AuthorBeeby, JohnDate Published[c.1762] Lot #164 Regole prattiche dei Principii della Composizione View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Musical Manuscript)AuthorSchuster, JosephDate Published[c.1770's] Lot #165 Scotia Depicta; or, The Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, [etc.] of Scotland View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorNattes, John ClaudePublisherH.R. YoungDate Published1819 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 #167 The Oldman Collection of Polynesian Artifacts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorOldman, W[illiam] O.PublisherPrinted by Thomas Avery & SonsDate Published1943 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 #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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Plague)AuthorColledge of PhysiciansPublisherPrinted by John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the KingDate Published1665 Lot #170 Essay on Man. Der Mensch ein philosophisches Gedichte View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderPublisherRichterischen BuchhandlungDate Published1759 Lot #171 The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPratt, AnnePublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate PublishedNo date 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 #173 A Method for Obtaining Constant Temperatures View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorRamsay, William and Sydney YoungPublisherJournal of the Chemical SocietyDate Publishedc.1885 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 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorRead, DanielPublisherPrinted for & Sold by the EditorDate Published[c.1795] Lot #175 Flora and Sylva View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRobinson, WilliamDate Published1903-05 Lot #176 [The History of the Caribby-Islands] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$500StatusSold Author[Rochefort, Charles de]Date Published[1666] 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 #178 Original sketchbook View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Scotland, Wales, and Germany)AuthorTonndorf, E.Date Published1899-1902 Lot #179 Splinters Struck Off Winskill Rock View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Scots Dialect)AuthorTwisleton, TomPublisherWildman and SonDate Published[c.1867] Lot #180 Quentin Durward View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$106.25StatusSold AuthorScott, Walter, SirPublisherArchibald ConstableDate Published1823 Lot #181 The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939 Lot #182 Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley from the Originals in the Library of W.K. Bixby View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Heading(Shelley, P.B.)AuthorForman, H. Buxton, ed.PublisherPrivately printed for William K. BixbyDate Published1911 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 #184 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, AdamPublisherW. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1778 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 #187 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorStaunton, Sir George [Leonard]PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for G. NicolDate Published1797 Lot #188 The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1897-1901 Lot #189 The Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorSweet, R[obert]PublisherG. WillisDate Published1852 Lot #190 Travels into the Several Remote Nations of the World...by Lemuel Gulliver View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]PublisherBenjamin MotteDate Published1726 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 #193 Lot of two titles on Constitutional Irritation View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold AuthorTravers, BenjaminPublisherLongman, Reed, Orme, Brown, & GreenDate Published1827 & 1835 Lot #194 Typed Letter Signed, from Mencken to Marguerite Tucker View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorMencken, H.L.Date PublishedMay 25, 1922 Lot #195 Autograph Letter Signed, from Darrow to Marguerite Tucker View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorDarrow, ClarenceDate PublishedJune 8, [c.1925?] Lot #196 Autograph Postcard Signed by Eastman, to Peggy Tucker View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorEastman, MaxDate PublishedApril 18, 1927 Lot #197 Autograph Letter Signed by Russell, to Marguerite Tucker View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorRussell, BertrandDate Published6 Oct. 1927 Lot #198 Autograph Letter Signed, from Dewey to Marguerite Tucker View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy")AuthorDewey JohnDate PublishedNov. 20, '28 Lot #199 Typed Letter Signed, from Ruby Darrow to Miss "Peggy Tucker" and Managment at Il-Nuovo-Mondo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingTucker, Marguerite ("Peggy")AuthorDarrow, Ruby (Mrs. Clarence)Date PublishedOctober 4, 1930 Lot #200 Typed Letter Signed, from Lewis to Marguerite Tucker View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Tucker, Marguerite "Peggy)AuthorLewis, SinclairDate PublishedNovember 15, 1930 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next