Sale 542 - Rare Books & Manuscripts (#542) 09/25/2014 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/25/2014 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 542 342 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 1-22 of 22. Previous|1|Next Lot #14 Die Vögel Europas AuthorArnold, FriedrichHeadlineDie Vögel Europas, Arnold, FriedrichPublisherC. HoffmannDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #16 The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America Heading(Audubon, John James)HeadlineThe Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of AmericaPublisherCrown Publishers, Inc.Date Published[1966] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #17 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineThe Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories, AudubonPublisherJ.J. Audubon, E.G. Dorsey for J.J. Audubon, and J.B. ChevalierDate Published1840-1844 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$39,062.50StatusSold Lot #57 Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Intended to contain Descriptions and Figures of all North American Birds... AuthorCassin, JohnHeadlineCassin's Birds of California, Texas, Oregon...PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #63 The Beautitudes of our Lord Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineChromolithographic teachings of ChristDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #72 Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity, and his Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton; with the Whimsical Adventures of the Halibut Family; Including Sketches of a Variety of Other Eccentric Characters in the French Metropolis Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorCarey, DavidHeadlineCarey's Life in Paris Cruikshank plates First EditionPublisherJohn FairbornDate Published1822 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos by Doctor Syntax Heading(Cruikshank, George)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineLife of Napoleon with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherT. TeggDate Published1815 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #79 1851: Or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mr. Sandboys and Family, Who Came Up to London to Enjoy Themselves and to See the Great Exhibition Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorMayhew, Henry & George CruikshankHeadline1851: Or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mr. SandboysPublisherDavid BogueDate Published[1851] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #85 Life in London; or, the Day 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 Heading(Cruikshank, Robert & George)AuthorEgan, PierceHeadlinePierce Egan Life in London First EditionPublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #86 Life in London; or, the Day 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 Heading(Cruikshank, Robert & George)AuthorEgan, PierceHeadlinePierce Egan Life in London First Edition First StatePublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1821 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #94 Flora Londinensis: Containing a History of the Plants Indigenous to Great Britain, Illustrated by Figures of the Natural Size AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineCurtis's Flora Londinensis 474 hand-colored platesPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1835 [but 1817-1828] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #97 The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineThe Structure and Distribution of Coral ReefsPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1874 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #159 British Fresh-Water Fishes AuthorHoughton, W.HeadlineBritish Fresh-Water Fishes, HoughtonPublisherMacKenzieDate Published[1879] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #182 A History of the Birds of Ceylon AuthorLegge, Capt. W. VincentHeadlineLegge's History of the Birds of CeylonPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1880 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #191 The Royal Natural History AuthorLydekker, Richard, ed.HeadlineRichard Lydekker: The Royal Natural HistoryPublisherFrederick Warne & Co.Date Published1893-1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #219 The Historie of the World. Commonly called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland. AuthorPlinius Secundus, GaiusHeadlinePliny's Natural History, 1601PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1601 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #227 Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society... of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone Heading(Pyramids)Author[Morton, Henry, Charles Reuben Hale & S. Huntington Jones]HeadlineMorton Report Philomathean Soc. Rosetta StonePublisherPhilomathean SocietyDate Published[1858] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #236 Phytographie Medicale, ornee de figures coloriees de grandeur naturelle...Tome Second AuthorRoques, JosephHeadlineColor plates of medicinal and poisonous plants 1821PublisherChez L'AuteurDate Published1821 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #238 The Dance of Life: A Poem by the Author of "Doctor Syntax;" Illustrated with Coloured Engravings by Thomas Rowlandson Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, Richard]HeadlineCombe & Rowlandson The Dance of Life 1817PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1817 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #242 The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the Picturesque. [with] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; a Poem. [and] The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife. Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThree Tours of Dr. Syntax Thomas Rowlandson illustrationsPublisherAckermannDate Published[1820s] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #245 Poetical Thoughts of Scarborough: Illustrated by Twenty-One Engravings of Humorous Subjects, coloured from Original Designs, made upon the Spot by J. Green, and etched by T. Rowlandson Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)HeadlinePoetical Sketches of Scarborough T. Rowlandson platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #271 Seven sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees Author[Surtees, Robert Smith]HeadlineSeven sporting novels by Robert Smith SurteesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next