Sale 595: Rare Books & Manuscripts, with the Stephen F. Rohde Collection of Early Americana (#595) 09/08/2016 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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1
  • Author
    Adams, John
  • Headline
    John Adams defends U.S. Constitution 1788
  • Publisher
    Printed for C. Dilly... and John Stockdale
  • Date Published
    1788
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$875
StatusSold
2
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    (Burr, Aaron)
  • Author
    [Van Ness, William P.]
  • Headline
    Charges against Aaron Burr 1803
  • Publisher
    Printed by Ward and Gould
  • Date Published
    1803
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
3
  • Author
    Carroll, Charles, Signer from Maryland
  • Headline
    Charles Carroll Signer from Maryland
  • Date Published
    April 12, 1821
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
6
  • Author
    Farrar, Timothy
  • Headline
    Early court case on corporations 1819
  • Publisher
    Published by John W. Foster
  • Date Published
    [1819]
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
7
  • Heading
    (Federalist)
  • Author
    Hamilton, Alexander; John Jay; & James Madison
  • Headline
    Federalist Papers, rare 2nd edition, 1802
  • Publisher
    Printed and Sold by George F. Hopkins
  • Date Published
    1802
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$8,750
StatusSold
8
  • Heading
    (Federalist)
  • Author
    [Hamilton, Alexander; John Jay; & James Madison]
  • Headline
    First Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. II
  • Publisher
    Printed and Sold by J. and A. M'Lean
  • Date Published
    1788
Estimate$40,000 - $60,000
StatusUnsold
10
  • Author
    Harrison, Benjamin, Signer from Virginia
  • Headline
    Benjamin Harrison Signer from Virginia
  • Date Published
    May 10, 1782
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
11
  • Author
    Heyward, Thomas, Jr., Signer from South Carolina
  • Headline
    Thomas Heyward Signer from South Carolina
  • Date Published
    Dec. 12, 1786
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
12
  • Author
    Hopkins, Stephen, Signer from Rhode Island
  • Headline
    Stephen Hopkins Signer from Rhode Island
  • Date Published
    1764
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
14
  • Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
  • Headline
    Early edition of Jefferson's parliamentary manual.
  • Publisher
    Printed and published by Jonathan Phillips
  • Date Published
    1848
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
15
  • Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
  • Headline
    Thomas Jefferson's Memoir in original boards 1829
  • Publisher
    Published by F. Carr, and Co.
  • Date Published
    1829
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
16
  • Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
  • Headline
    Jefferson's Notes on Virginia 1801
  • Publisher
    Printed by M.L. & W.A. Davis for Furman & Loudon
  • Date Published
    1801
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
18
  • Author
    Livingston, William
  • Headline
    Wiliam Livingston Governor of New Jersey
  • Date Published
    1768
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
19
  • Heading
    (Locke, John)
  • Author
    King, Lord [Peter]
  • Headline
    Life of John Locke 1829
  • Publisher
    Henry Colburn
  • Date Published
    1829
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
22
  • Heading
    (Marshall, John)
  • Author
    Beveridge, Albert J.
  • Headline
    Life of John Marshall in fine binding
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Date Published
    [1916-1919]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
23
  • Author
    McKean, Thomas, Signer from Delaware
  • Headline
    Thomas McKean Signer from Delaware
  • Date Published
    August 13, 1806
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
24
  • Author
    Mifflin, Thomas
  • Headline
    Thomas Mifflin Signer from Pennsylvania
  • Date Published
    Sept. 29, 1787
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
25
  • Author
    Monroe, James
  • Headline
    Land Grant signed by James Monroe
  • Date Published
    February 6, 1818
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
26
  • Author
    Morris, Robert, Signer from Pennsylvania
  • Headline
    Robert Morris, Signer & Fiinancier of the Revolution
  • Date Published
    May 8, 1795
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
28
  • Author
    Paine, Robert Treat, Signer from Massachusetts
  • Headline
    Robert Treat Paine Signer from Massachusetts
  • Date Published
    Feb. 11, 1771
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
30
  • Author
    Paine, Thomas
  • Headline
    English edition of Paine's Common Sense
  • Publisher
    J. Almon
  • Date Published
    1776
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
StatusUnsold
31
  • Author
    Paine, Thomas
  • Headline
    Paine's First Principles of Government 1795
  • Publisher
    Printed at the English Press
  • Date Published
    Third Year of the French Republic [1795]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
32
  • Author
    Paine, Thomas
  • Headline
    Paine's Letter to Addressers 1792
  • Date Published
    [c.1792]
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
33
  • Author
    Paine, Thomas
  • Publisher
    Printed for H.D. Symonds
  • Date Published
    1792
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
35
  • Author
    Pinckney, Charles, & James Thomson Callender, et al.
  • Headline
    Attacks on John Adams by Jefferson's followers
  • Date Published
    1799, 1800, 1804
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$4,062.50
StatusSold
37
  • Heading
    (Revolutionary War)
  • Headline
    Account of Battle of Camden
  • Date Published
    Nov. 16-18, 1780
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
40
  • Author
    Rush, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Essays by Benjamin Rush 1798
  • Publisher
    Printed by Thomas & Samuel F. Bradford
  • Date Published
    1798
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$750
StatusSold
41
  • Author
    Samuel Huntington, Signer from Connecticut
  • Headline
    Samuel Huntington Signer from Connecticut
  • Date Published
    May 19, 1795
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$625
StatusSold
42
  • Author
    Smith, James, Signer from Pennsylvania
  • Headline
    James Smith Signer from Pennsylvania
  • Date Published
    1752
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
43
  • Author
    Stedman, Charles
  • Headline
    Stedman's history of American Revolution, 1794
  • Publisher
    Printed for the author, and sold by J. Murray, et al.
  • Date Published
    1794
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
Sold for$5,312.50
StatusSold
45
  • Author
    Tocqueville, Alexis de
  • Headline
    Tocquevelle on ending slavery in French colonies
  • Publisher
    J. Munroe and Co.
  • Date Published
    1840
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
46
  • Heading
    (United States Constitution 1787)
  • Headline
    Plan of U.S. Constitution 1787
  • Publisher
    Printed by John Nichols, for D. Henry
  • Date Published
    Nov. & Dec. 1787
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
48
  • Heading
    (United States Constitutional Convention 1787)
  • Headline
    Secret Journals of Constitutional Convention 1819
  • Publisher
    Printed and Published by Thomas B. Wait
  • Date Published
    1819
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
50
  • Heading
    (United States Constitutions)
  • Headline
    Constitutions of U.S. 1802
  • Publisher
    Printed by William Duane
  • Date Published
    1802
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$1,187.50
StatusSold
52
  • Heading
    (United States, Acts...)
  • Headline
    Rare folio edition of Acts of Congress 1789-90
  • Publisher
    Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, Printers to the United States
  • Date Published
    1789-1790
Estimate$40,000 - $60,000
Sold for$100,000
StatusSold
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
56
  • Author
    Walton, George, Signer from Georgia
  • Headline
    George Walton Signer from Georgia
  • Date Published
    c.1783-5
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
57
  • Author
    Wolcott, Oliver, Signer from Connecticut
  • Headline
    Oliver Wolcott Signer from Connecticut
  • Date Published
    Oct. 16, 1797
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
StatusUnsold
58
  • Author
    Wortman, Tunis
  • Headline
    Important Treatise on Free Speech 1800
  • Publisher
    Printed by George Forman... for the author
  • Date Published
    1800
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
Sold for$8,125
StatusSold
61
  • Heading
    (Alken, Henry)
  • Author
    Nimrod [Apperly, Charles James]
  • Headline
    The Life of a Sportsman by Nimrod
  • Publisher
    Rudolph Ackermann
  • Date Published
    1842
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
80
  • Author
    Burton, Richard F.
  • Headline
    R.F. Burton in fine binding with signed card
  • Publisher
    Hutchinson & Co.
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
82
  • Author
    Byron, George Gordon, Lord
  • Headline
    Lord Byron's first regularly published book
  • Publisher
    S. and J. Ridge
  • Date Published
    1807
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
89
  • Author
    Dana, Richard Henry
  • Headline
    First issue of Dana's Two Years Before the Mast
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1840
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
90
  • Author
    Darrow, Clarence
  • Headline
    Inscribed by Clarence Darrow to Chicago union leader
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
91
  • Author
    Darrow, Clarence
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
109
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Aytoun, William Edmondstoune
  • Headline
    Lays of the Scottish Chiefs finely bound
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood and Sons
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
110
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Balzac, Honore de
  • Headline
    Works of Honore de Balzac 40 volumes in 3/4 red calf
  • Publisher
    Roberts Brothers
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
StatusUnsold
111
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Browning, Robert
  • Headline
    Bound by Guild of Woman Binders Willa St. George Moore
  • Publisher
    Hacon & Ricketts
  • Date Published
    1899
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
112
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Casanova [Jacques Casanova de Seingalt]
  • Headline
    Memoirs of Casanova finely bound
  • Publisher
    Privately printed
  • Date Published
    Early 20th century
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
113
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    De Maupassant, Henri René Guy
  • Headline
    Works of Guy de Maupassant 29 leatherbound volumes
  • Publisher
    Louis Conard
  • Date Published
    1908-1928
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
115
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Edwards, Cyril
  • Headline
    Cyril Edwards Seven Sonnets
  • Publisher
    W.S. Hodginson & Sons
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
116
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Goldsmith, Oliver
  • Headline
    Works of Oliver Goldsmith Turk's Head Edition
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Date Published
    [1908]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
117
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    [Gooch, Richard]
  • Headline
    Finely bound Nuts to Crack
  • Publisher
    A.H. Baily
  • Date Published
    1834
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
119
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Hole, S. Reynolds
  • Headline
    Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf
  • Publisher
    J.M. Dent & Co.
  • Date Published
    1899
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
120
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Hood, Thomas
  • Headline
    Works of Thomas Hood finely bound
  • Publisher
    Darby and Jackson
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
121
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Hughes, Thomas
  • Headline
    Finely bound by Bayntun Binder
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
122
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Ibsen, Henrik
  • Headline
    Works of Henrik Ibsen finely bound
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
123
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Headline
    Arabian Nights in French 16 leatherbound volumes
  • Publisher
    Charpentier et Fasquelle
  • Date Published
    1903
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
124
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Moore, Edward C.
  • Headline
    Finely bound by Leonard Mounteney
  • Publisher
    Horace Liveright
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
125
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Palgrave, Francis Turner
  • Headline
    Golden Treasury finely bound by Ramage
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
StatusUnsold
126
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    Plutarch's Lives Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    John C. Nimmo
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$200
StatusSold
127
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Prideaux, S. T.
  • Headline
    Historical Sketch of Bookbinding bound by Sarah Prideaux
  • Publisher
    Lawrence & Bullen
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
128
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Ruskin, John
  • Headline
    Works of John Ruskin finely bound
  • Publisher
    Dana Estes & Company
  • Date Published
    c.1900
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
129
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Works of Shakespeare bound by Zaehsndorf
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1863-66
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
130
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Smith, Philip
  • Headline
    A stunning custom binding by Philip Smith
  • Publisher
    Studio Vista & Merstham
  • Date Published
    [1974] & 1982
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
131
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    "Spectator, The" [Addison, Steele, etc.]
  • Headline
    Finely bound by Tout
  • Publisher
    Longman, Green and Longmans
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
132
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Symonds, John Addington, translator
  • Headline
    Life of Cellini finely bound by Stikeman
  • Publisher
    Brentano's
  • Date Published
    [1906]
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
133
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Headline
    History of the Cliosophic Society of Lancaster, PA
  • Publisher
    By order of the Society
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
134
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Headline
    Twenty-one leatherbound volumes
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
135
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Vauvenargues.
  • Headline
    Maxims by Vauvenargues finely bound by Riviere
  • Publisher
    Arthur L. Humphreys
  • Date Published
    1903
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
142
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
  • Headline
    Letter from O.W. Holmes Jr., framed
  • Date Published
    Xmas 1905
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
143
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
  • Headline
    First edition of O.W. Holmes Jr's 1st book
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown, and Company
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
144
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
  • Headline
    Speech by O.W. Holmes, Jr. 1884
  • Publisher
    Ginn, Heath, and Company
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
145
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
  • Headline
    O.W. Holmes Jr. Speeches inscribed 1896
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown, and Company
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
147
  • Author
    Humboldt, Alexander de
  • Headline
    Researches, Humboldt, 1814
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al
  • Date Published
    1814
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
185
  • Heading
    (Rackham, Arthur)
  • Headline
    Mother Goose Arthur Rackham Signed Limited
  • Publisher
    William Heinemann Ltd.
  • Date Published
    [1913]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
195
  • Heading
    (Ricketts, Charles)
  • Author
    Warren, John Leicester, Lord de Tabley
  • Headline
    Lord de Tabley's Poems designed by Charles Ricketts
  • Publisher
    Elkin Mathews and John Lane
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
198
  • Heading
    (Rowlandson, Thomas)
  • Author
    Combe, William
  • Headline
    Tours of Doctor Syntax Fourth Edition
  • Publisher
    R. Ackermann
  • Date Published
    1828
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$225
StatusSold
205
  • Author
    Swift, Jonathan
  • Headline
    The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, 1768-1776, 24 volumes
  • Publisher
    Printed for W. Bowyer
  • Date Published
    1768-1776
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
207
  • Heading
    (Tice, Clara)
  • Author
    Louys, Pierre
  • Headline
    Woman and Puppet illustrated by Clara Tice 1 of 35
  • Publisher
    Pierre Louys Society
  • Date Published
    [1927]
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
210
  • Author
    Twain, Mark [pseud. of Samuel L. Clemens]
  • Headline
    Twain's Jumping Frog 1st edition
  • Publisher
    C.H. Webb
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$8,750
StatusSold
211
  • Author
    Twain, Mark [pseud. of Samuel L. Clemens]
  • Headline
    Mark Twain Roughing It First Edition, First Issue
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
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