Roycroft Press from the Library of Clifford J. Awald of Buffalo, New York, plus Fine Bindings - Illustrated & Children's Books (#537) 07/17/2014 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/17/2014 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 537 336 PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalog 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 1-89 of 89. Previous|1|Next Lot #7 Exhibition of Sculpture by Gutzon Borglum, Avery Library, Columbia University View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Borglum, Gutzon)HeadlineFinely bound at the Roycroft campusDate Published1914 Lot #66 The Tragedy of King Lear - One of 100 copies on Japan Vellum View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTragedy of King Lear 1/100 copies on Japan VellumPublisherRoycroft ShopDate Published1904 Lot #72 English Painters of the Present Day View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorAtkinson, J. Beavington, et alHeadlineEnglish Painters of the Day 1871 Grabau bindingPublisherSeeley, Jackson, and HallidayDate Published1871 Lot #74 Une Aventure D'Amour a Venise View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCasanova de SeingaltHeadlineCassanova finely bound by John GrabauPublisherLe Livre du BibliophileDate Published[1927] Lot #75 The Ocean World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorFiguier, LouisHeadlineThe Ocean World bound by John GrabauPublisherAppletonDate Published1869 Lot #76 Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Freemasonry)HeadlineMorals & Dogma of Freemasonry bound by John GrabauDate PublishedA.M. 5641 [i.e. 1881] Lot #77 Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Freemasonry)HeadlineMorals & Dogma of Freemasonry bound by John GrabauDate PublishedA.M. 5641 [i.e. 1881] Lot #78 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePublisherPhillips, Sampson, and CompanyDate Published1850 Lot #79 Five works by Amadeus Grabau, finely bound by his brother, John Grabau View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorGrabau, AmadeusHeadlineWorks by Amadeus Grabau bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #80 Catalog of an Exhibition of Bookbinding, Representing the Work of Twenty-five Years View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorGrabau, John F.HeadlineGrabau exhibition catalog presentation bindingPublisherBuffalo Fine Arts AcademyDate PublishedDecember, 1930 Lot #81 Catalog of an Exhibition of Bookbinding, Representing the Work of Twenty-five Years View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorGrabau, John F.HeadlinePresentation copy of Grabau Exhibition catalogPublisherBuffalo Fine Arts AcademyDate PublishedDecember, 1930 Lot #82 Eight volumes finely bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineSeven volumes finely bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #83 Eight volumes finely bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineEight volumes finely bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #84 Five volumes finely bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineFive volumes finely bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #85 Five volumes in full morocco bindings by John Grabau View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineFive volumes finely bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #86 Five volumes in full morocco bindings by John Grabau View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineFive volumes finely bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #87 Five volumes in full morocco bindings by John Grabau View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineFive volumes finely bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #88 Seven volumes of New York history, finely bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineSeven New York history books finely bound by GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #89 Several works on Bookbinding by John F. Grabau, and three of his binding tools View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineBooks on binding by John Grabau &cDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #90 Ten volumes finely bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineTen volumes finely bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #91 Ten volumes finely bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineTen volumes finely bound by John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #92 Ten volumes in fine bindings attributed to John Grabau View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Grabau, John)HeadlineTen finely bound volumes attributed to John GrabauDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #93 Five novels by Anna Katherine Green, bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorGreen, Anna KatherineHeadlineFive by A.K. Green finely boundDate Published1905-1910 Lot #94 Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe. Parts 1 & 2 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Hoe, Robert)HeadlineCatalogue of the Library of Robert HoePublisherAnderson Auction CompanyDate Published1911, 1912 Lot #95 Poems, 1854-1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorJones, Amanda T.HeadlinePoems of Amanda Jones bound by John GrabauPublisherAlden BrothersDate Published1906 Lot #96 Pericles & Aspasia View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLandor, Walter SavageHeadlineW.S. Landor Pericles and Aspasia Grabau BindingPublisherPrivately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Co.Date Published1903 Lot #97 Travels in North America [with] A Second Visit to the United States of North America View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineCharles Lyell's American Tours, 1845 & 1849PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1845 & 1849 Lot #98 Two Essays on the Earl of Chatham View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings - John Grabau)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabbingtonHeadlineMacaulay's Essays finely bound by John GrabauPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1901 Lot #99 Twelve Songs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMaeterlinck, MauriceHeadlineMaurice Maeterlinck bound by John GrabauPublisherRalph FletcherDate Published1902 Lot #101 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat in Grabau pigskin bindingPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1902 Lot #102 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat in Grabau morocco bindingPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1925 Lot #103 History of Lake Champlain, From Its First Exploration by the French in 1609, to the Close of the Year 1814 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorPalmer, PeterHeadlineHistory of Lake Champlain bound by GrabauPublisherJ. MunsellDate Published1866 Lot #104 Studies of a Booklover View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorParrot, Thomas MarcHeadlineSuperbly bound by John F. GrabauPublisherJames Pott & CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #105 Plutarch's Lives, The Translation Called Dryden's View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives Grabau bindingsPublisherBigelow, Smith & Co.Date PublishedNo date (early 20th century) Lot #106 Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt's Pastimes of an American HunterPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1905 Lot #107 The Blessed Damozel and Other Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineThe Blessed Damozel finely bound by John GrabauPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate PublishedNo date Lot #108 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorWallace, LewHeadlineBen-Hur in John Grabau bindingsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1893 Lot #109 The Outline of History View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells Outline of HistoryPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1919-20 Lot #110 The American Printer. Benjamin Franklin Bi-Centennial Number View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Printer)HeadlineThe American Printer Ben Franklin bi-centennial numberPublisherOswald Publishing CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #111 A Catalogue of Books Printed by (or Ascribed to the Press of) William Caxton View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBlades, WilliamHeadlineCatalogue of works printed by William CaxtonDate Published1865 Lot #112 The British Drama; Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineThe Best Plays in the English LanguagePublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1804 Lot #113 History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's biography of Frederick the Great of PrussiaPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1872 Lot #114 The Life of Benvenuto Cellini View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCellini, BenvenutoHeadlineLife of Benvenuto Cellini finely bound by StikemanPublisherBrentano'sDate Published[1906] Lot #115 The Essays of Elia [and] The Last Essays of Elia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Chivers, Cedric)AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineEssays of Elia finely bound by Cedric ChiversPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #116 The Story of the H.M.S. Victory View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorEngholm, Frederick WaldermarHeadlineIn a fine nautical bindingPublisherLindsay Drummond LimitedDate Published[1944] Lot #117 Salesman's sample for the 'Edition Definitive' of Balzac's works, showing three available morocco binding variations View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$80StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honore deHeadlineSaleman's sample for deluxe edition of BalzacPublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[c.1900] Lot #118 WITHDRAWN - The Bibliophilist's Library - Second Series View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineThe Bibliophilist's Library Second SeriesPublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[c.1900] Lot #119 Five finely bound books in full calf bindings View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFive finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #120 Five finely bound volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFive finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #121 Five volumes in full morocco bindings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFive finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #122 Oeuvres Complettes de M. de Florian [with his translation of] Don Quichotte de la Mancha View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFlorian, [Jean-Pierre Claris] deHeadlineFlorian's Works and translation of Don Quixote 11 volumesPublisherChez Fr. Dufart / Chez DetervilleDate Published1803 / 1799 Lot #123 Four works in fine full morocco bindings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFour finely bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #124 Sonnets from the Trophies of Jose-Maria de Heredia View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHeredia, Jose-Maria deHeadlineSonnets of Heredia finely bound by RootPublisherPaul Elder and Morgan ShepardDate Published1902 Lot #125 The Last Essays of Elia View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineEssays of Elia 6th edition finely bound 1906PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published[1906] Lot #126 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlinePoetical Works of Sir Walter Scott finely boundPublisherCharles DalyDate Published[c.1860] Lot #127 The Plays View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSheridan's plays finely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherMacmillanDate Published1925 Lot #128 Six finely bound volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$275StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFour finely bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #129 Six volumes in fine calf bindings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Headline6 volumes in fine calf bindingsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #130 Six volumes in fine full morocco bindings View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineSix fine full morocco bindingsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #131 Jorrocks's Jounts and Jollities View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Surtees, R.S.]HeadlineJorrocks's Jaunts & Jollities Zaehsdorf bindingPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate PublishedNo date Lot #132 Ten finely bound volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTen finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #133 Ten finely bound volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTen finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #134 Three volumes by Tennyson, finely bound View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadline3 works by Tennyson finely bound by ZaehnsdorfDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #135 Three small finely bound sets View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineThree finely bound small setsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #136 Three small sets, finely bound View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Headline3 works in 8 finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #137 Fetes Galantes View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadlineDesigner morocco bindingPublisherA. FerroudDate Published1925 Lot #138 A History of Europe View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorFisher, H.A.L.HeadlineA History of Europe 3 finely bound volumesPublisherEyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1938 Lot #139 Elegy in a Country Church-Yard View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineGray's Elegy finely boundPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published[1931] Lot #140 Days of the Dandies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGronow, CaptainHeadlineCaptain Gronow Days of the DandiesPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c.1900] Lot #141 The Child in the House View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Guild of Women Binders)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineGuild of Women BindersPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1897 Lot #142 The Hermitage-Zoar Note-Book and Journal of Travel [and] Letters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGunn, AlexanderHeadlineNote-Book and Letters of Alexander GunnPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published1902 Lot #143 The New Life of Dante Alighieri View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Hand-Painted Binding)AuthorRossetti, Dante Gabriel, translatorHeadlineWith a stunning hand-painted bindingPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1905 Lot #145 The Works of Ben Jonson with a Memoir of his Life and Writings, by Barry Cornwall View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineMoxon Edition of Works of Ben JonsonPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1838 Lot #147 Landscape Art Past and Present View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMcCormick, Harriet HammondHeadlineLandscape Art Past and Present finely boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1923 Lot #148 Les Carrelages Emailles du Moyen-Age et de la Renaissance... - Finely bound by Marius Michel View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Michel, Marius, binder)AuthorAme, EmileHeadlineIn a fine binding by Marius MichelPublisherA. Morel et Cie.Date Published1859 Lot #149 Mireille View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMistral, FredericHeadlineFrederic Mistral Mireille finely boundPublisherDorbon-AineDate Published[1922] Lot #150 [Utopia] A Most Pleasant, Fruitful, and Witty Work of the Best State of a Public Weal, and of the new Isle called Utopia... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineMore's Utopia Large Paper Copy 1st Dibdin EditionPublisherPrinted by William Bulmer, for William MillerDate Published1808 Lot #151 Dedication of the Building of the New Hampshire Historical Society. The Gift of Edward Tuck. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(New Hampshire)HeadlineDedication of the Library at the New Hampshire Historical SocPublisherThe Historical SocietyDate Published1912 Lot #152 The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting, for the Use of the Rising Generation of Sportsmen View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorRadcliffe, F.P. DelméHeadlineRadcliffe The Noble Science 1875PublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1875 Lot #153 Seven volumes uniformly bound in full tree calf, from the library of Albert M. Rosenbaum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author(Riviere)Headline7 volume matching set bound by Riviere in tree calfPublisherRoutledgeDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #154 Eleven works from Roscoe's Novelists Library View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(Roscoe's Novelists Library)HeadlineEleven works from Roscoe's Novel Library 3/4 moroccoPublisherCochraneDate Published1830s Lot #155 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWorks of Sir Walter Scott 12 finely bound volumesPublisherRobert CadellDate Published1833-34 Lot #156 The Waverly Novels View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels Finely BoundPublisherRobert CadellDate Published1842-47 Lot #157 The Complete Writings - Autograph Edition View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorWarner, Charles DudleyHeadlineComplete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner 3/4 moroccoPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #158 The History of Portrait Miniatures View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorWilliamson, George C.HeadlineA fine folio Stikeman bindingPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1904 Lot #159 Two works bound by George A. Zabriskie View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Zabriskie, George A.)HeadlineTwo works bound by George A. ZabriskieDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #205 Aphrodite View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Denton, Donald)AuthorLouys, PierreHeadlineAphrodite illustrated by Donald DentonPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1928 Lot #462 Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineOutdoor Pastimes Of an American HunterPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1908 Lot #467 Satan in Goray View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSinger, Isaac BashevisHeadline1 of 50 copies with orignal signed drawing by MoskowitzPublisherSweetwater EditionsDate Published[1981] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next