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 1-15 of 15. Previous|1|Next Lot #17 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$39,062.50StatusSold 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 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... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorCassin, JohnHeadlineCassin's Birds of California, Texas, Oregon...PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1856 Lot #63 The Beautitudes of our Lord View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineChromolithographic teachings of ChristDate Publishedc.1860 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 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorCarey, DavidHeadlineCarey's Life in Paris Cruikshank plates First EditionPublisherJohn FairbornDate Published1822 Lot #74 The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos by Doctor Syntax View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cruikshank, George)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineLife of Napoleon with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherT. TeggDate Published1815 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorMayhew, Henry & George CruikshankHeadline1851: Or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mr. SandboysPublisherDavid BogueDate Published[1851] 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cruikshank, Robert & George)AuthorEgan, PierceHeadlinePierce Egan Life in London First EditionPublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1821 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cruikshank, Robert & George)AuthorEgan, PierceHeadlinePierce Egan Life in London First Edition First StatePublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1821 Lot #94 Flora Londinensis: Containing a History of the Plants Indigenous to Great Britain, Illustrated by Figures of the Natural Size View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineCurtis's Flora Londinensis 474 hand-colored platesPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1835 [but 1817-1828] Lot #182 A History of the Birds of Ceylon View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorLegge, Capt. W. VincentHeadlineLegge's History of the Birds of CeylonPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1880 Lot #227 Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society... of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Pyramids)Author[Morton, Henry, Charles Reuben Hale & S. Huntington Jones]HeadlineMorton Report Philomathean Soc. Rosetta StonePublisherPhilomathean SocietyDate Published[1858] Lot #238 The Dance of Life: A Poem by the Author of "Doctor Syntax;" Illustrated with Coloured Engravings by Thomas Rowlandson View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, Richard]HeadlineCombe & Rowlandson The Dance of Life 1817PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1817 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. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThree Tours of Dr. Syntax Thomas Rowlandson illustrationsPublisherAckermannDate Published[1820s] 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)HeadlinePoetical Sketches of Scarborough T. Rowlandson platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1813 Lot #271 Seven sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Surtees, Robert Smith]HeadlineSeven sporting novels by Robert Smith SurteesDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next