Sale 617: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#617) 06/15/2017 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/15/2017 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 617 425 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 1-58 of 58. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c. Second Series, Vol. X, July-December, 1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAckermann, Rudolph, publisherHeadlineThe Repository of Arts, Second Series, Vol. X, July-December, 1820PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 Lot #4 Ye Primer: A rhyme book on ye letters of ye alphabet, containing also certain short truths View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Alphabet Book)HeadlineRare alphabet advertiser for tiresPublisherB.F. Goodrich CoDate Published1902 Lot #12 The Astronauts Library - all volumes signed View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Astronauts Library)AuthorGlenn, John, Buzz Aldrin, et al.HeadlineEaston Press Astronauts Library - signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1997 Lot #15 Capitularia Regum Francorum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBaluzius, Stephanus and Etienne BaluzeHeadlineCapitularia Regum Francorum, 1677PublisherF. MuguetDate Published1677 Lot #16 Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century, Before the Christian æra View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBarthelemy, Jean-JacquesHeadlineTravels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, 1804PublisherJacob Johnson and Co.Date Published1804 Lot #20 Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader 1995 : The Grim Years View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBeard, MarkHeadlineMard Beard, Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader 1/25PublisherFeard PressDate Published2002 Lot #21 Pleasure Pain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBeard, MarkHeadlineMark Beard, Pleasure Pain 1/20Publisher[Vincent Fitzgerald & Co.]Date Published[1987] Lot #26 Taferelen der Voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament, en Andere Boeken, bij de Heilige Schrift Gevoegt, door de vermaarde kunstenaars Hoet, Houbraken, en Picart getekent... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Dutch)AuthorPicart, Bernard, et al., illustratorsHeadlinePicart Bible with hand-colored platesPublisherPieter de HondtDate Published1728 Lot #34 The Pastorals of Virgil, With a Course of English Reading, Adapted for Schools: In Which All the Proper Facilities are Given, Enabling Youth to Acquire the Latin Language, in the Shortest Period of Time View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Blake, William, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlinePastorals of Virgil with illustrations by William BlakePublisherF.C. & J. Rivington, et alDate Published1821 Lot #35 All Religions Are One View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's All Religions are One from the Trianon PressPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1970 Lot #36 Le Decameron de Jean Boccace View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineFrench Boccaccio with 20 added erotic platesPublisher[chez Pierre Prault]Date Published1757-1761 Lot #38 Letters from the Cardinal Borgia, and the Cardinal of York. MDCCXCIX-MDCCC View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBorgia, StefanoHeadlineLetters from the Cardinal Borgia 1800Publisher[W. Bulmer]Date Published[1800] Lot #39 Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from Earliest Records to the Year 1825 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBorrow, George HHeadlineCelebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases 1825PublisherKnight and LaceyDate Published1825 Lot #48 Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes - with extra suite of plates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorBrowne, Sir ThomasHeadlinePseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes - with extra suite of platesPublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1984 Lot #49 The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorKinney, A.F. and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineThe Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare 1/5PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1990 Lot #50 Tortoises: Six Poems View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorLawrence, D.H. and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineD.H. Lawrence and Alan James Robinson, Tortoises 1/5PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1983 Lot #51 Leda or In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorLouys, Pierre and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Leda 1/15PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1985 Lot #52 Roadkills: A Collection of Prose and Poetry by John McPhee, Gillian Conoley, Gary Snyder, Madeline DeFrees, William Stafford, and Richard Eberhart. Etching and Wood Engraving by James Alan Robinson View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan James, et al.HeadlineAlan James Robinson, Roadkills 1/50PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1981 Lot #53 Cheloniidae: Sea Turtles View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Sea Turtles 1/15PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1987 Lot #54 Frogs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineFrogs: 19 unique watercolors by Alan James RobinsonPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1985] Lot #55 An Odd Bestiary, Or a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled From Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Etc., By Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, An Odd Bestiary 1/50PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1982 Lot #56 An Odd Bestiary: Drawings View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, An Odd Bestiary: 26 DrawingsPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1982] Lot #57 Songbirds View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Songbirds 1/50Publisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1983] Lot #62 A Letter of Columbus View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCitino, DavidHeadlineCitino, A Letter of Columbus, 1/130PublisherThe Logan Elm PressDate Published1990 Lot #64 An Account of the Court of Portugal, under the Reign of the present King Dom Pedro II. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Colbatch, John]HeadlineAn Account of the Court of Portugal, 1700PublisherPrinted for Thomas BennetDate Published1700 Lot #69 Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorD'Avennes, Prisse and James Augustus St JohnHeadlinePrisse D'Avennes Oriental Album 20 plates 1851PublisherJames MaddenDate Published1851 Lot #70 Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery; designed and engraved by William Daniell, A.R.A View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDaniell, WilliamHeadlineInteresting selections from animated nature 120 plates 1807PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published[c. 1807] Lot #71 La Materia Della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri/ Dichiarata in VI Tavole da Michelangelo Caetani View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Dante Alighieri)AuthorCaetani, MichelangeloHeadlineLa Materia Della Divina Commedia 1855Date Published1855 Lot #78 Types et Uniformes: L'armée Française View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorDetaille, Édouard and Jules RichardHeadlineTypes et Uniformes: L'armée Française, 1885-89PublisherBoussod, Valadon & CieDate Published1885-89 Lot #82 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 Lot #84 Der Ornamentenschatz: Ein Musterbuch Stilvoller Ornamente aus Allen Kunstepochen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDolmetsch, HeinrichHeadlineA high-point of 19th century chromolithographyPublisherJulius HoffmannDate Published1897 Lot #89 Pure Economics View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Economics)AuthorPantaleoni, MaffeoHeadlinePantaleoni Pure Economics 1898PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1898 Lot #90 Principles of Political Economy: From the 13th (1877) German ed. With additional chapters...for this 1st English and American ed., on paper money, international trade, and the protective system; and a preliminary essay on the historical method in political economy (from the French). View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Economics)AuthorRoscher, W.HeadlineRoscher, Principles of Political Economy 1878PublisherCallaghan and Co.Date Published1878 Lot #92 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hiueroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)HeadlineEgyptian Book of the Dead in German 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 Lot #114 Acta Sanctorum Belgii Selecta View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGhesquière, Joseph HippolyteHeadlineActa Sanctorum Belgii Selecta 1783-1794PublisherTypis Matthæi Lemaire [and] AbbatiæDate Published1783-1794 Lot #116 The Book of Fairy Poetry View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineBook of Fairy Poetry Early J.R.R. Tolkien PoemPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1920 Lot #119 Quartet View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Goldyne, Joseph)AuthorThomas, LewisHeadlineQuartet with 5 etchings by Goldyne 1/165PublisherPacific Editions and the Arif PressDate Published[1986] Lot #121 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGraham[e], KennethHeadlineSupressed Chapter from Wind in the WillowsPublisherThe Notary BindersDate Published[1930] Lot #140 Memoirs of George the Fourth, Descriptive of the Most Interesting Scenes of His Private and Public Life, and the Important Events of His Memorable Reign; with Characteristic Sketches of all the Celebrated Men Who Were His Friends and Companions as a Prince, and His Ministers and Counsellors as a Monarch - with signature of George IV View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorHuish, RobertHeadlineMemoirs of George the Fourth, with his signature 1830PublisherT. KellyDate Published1831 Lot #142 Minutes of the proceedings and evidence, of the Commission of Inquiry, ordered by the Irish government, into charges of proselytism and cruelty preferred against the officers of the Richmond General Penitentiary. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Ireland)AuthorIreland Commission of InquiryHeadlineRichmond General Penitentiary Proceedings 1827PublisherJ.C. ScullyDate Published1827 Lot #143 Ivstini Ex Trogi Pompei Historiis Externis Libri XLIIII: Cvi Adiecimvs Monarchiarvm omnium tabulam ex fidelissimis historijs collectam: et epitomen S. Avrelii Victoriis de vita et moribus omnium Imperatorum: Omnia Cvm Scholiis, Argumentis, et indice rerum et verborum locupletissimo, multò quàm antè castigatiora View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorIustinus, Marcus IunianusHeadlineIvstini Ex Trogi Pompei Historiis Externis Libri XLIIII 1576PublisherBirckmannDate Published1576 Lot #145 The designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of plans and elevations for public and private buildings, published by William Kent with some additional designs View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorJones, InigoHeadlineThe designs of Inigo Jones, 1770PublisherPrinted for Benjamin WhiteDate Published1770 Lot #150 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean] deHeadlineLa Fontaine Contes et Nouvelles en Vers 1762Publisher[Barboul]Date Published1762 Lot #156 The Crown Circuit Companion; containing the practice of the Assises on the Crown side, and of the Courts of General and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace...the second edition corrected; to which is added, The Clerk of Assises Circuit Companion. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Law)AuthorStubbs, W. and G. TalmashHeadlineThe Crown Circuit Companion0 1749Publisherprinted by Henry Lintot. for J. WorrallDate Published1749 Lot #158 Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 sino al 1820 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Author[Lecomte, Hippolyte]HeadlineCostumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 sino al 1820PublisherLitografia Cuciniello e BianchiDate Published[c.1825?] Lot #184 The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[McLean, Thom.]HeadlineMilitary Costume of Turkey 30 color plates 1818PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1818 Lot #187 Tableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMongez, [Antoine]HeadlineTableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence 1819PublisherJ. P. AillaudDate Published1819 Lot #188 Thistles and Thorns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorSmyth, PaulHeadlineSmyth and Moser, Thistles and Thorns 1/5PublisherAbattoir EditionsDate Published[1977] Lot #190 The New Newgate Calendar; being interesting memoirs of Notorious Characters, who have been convicted of outrages on the Laws of England... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Newgate Calendar)AuthorKnapp, Andrew and William BaldwinHeadlineThe New Newgate CalendarPublisherNuttall, Fisher, and Dixon et al.Date Published1809-10 [?] Lot #192 Politicall Reflections Upon the Government of the Turks. Nicolas Machiavel: The King of Sweden's Descent Into Germany: The Conspiracy of Piso and Vindex against Nero: The Greatnesse and Corruption of the Court of Rome: The Election of Pope Leo the XI: The Defection from the Church of Rome: Martin Luther. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorOsborne, FrancisHeadlinePoliticall Reflections Upon the Government of the Turks 1656PublisherPrinted by J.G. for Thomas RobinsonDate Published1656 Lot #195 The Rime of The Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Pearson, Henry C.)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlinePearson, Rime of The Ancient Mariner 59 lithographs 1/45Publisher[Tamarind Workshop]Date Published[1964] Lot #197 19th century photograph album View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Photograph Album)Headline19th century photo albumDate Published[c.1870's] Lot #206 Peintures Antiques Inedites Precedees de Recherches sur L'Emploi de la Peinture Dans la Decoration des Edifices Sacres et Pubic, Chez les Grecs et Chez les Romains; Paisant Suite aux Monuments Inedits View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRaoul-Rochette, M.HeadlinePainting in Ancient Greece and RomePublisherImprimerie RoyaleDate Published1836 Lot #211 Ancient Needs View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Robinson, Alan James, illustrator)AuthorCarol, Mark PhilipHeadlineMark Carol, Alan James Robinson, Ancient Needs 1/25PublisherAbcedary PressDate Published1989 Lot #222 The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captaine John Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: Beginning About the Yeere 1593, and Continued to this Present 1629 [and] .The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorSmith, JohnHeadlineThe True Travels, Adventures and Observations of John Smith 1819PublisherFranklin PressDate Published1819 Lot #225 The Haggadah View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineThe Haggadah executed by Arthur Szyk 1962Publisher"Massadah" & "Alumoth"Date Published1962 Lot #235 Celebrities Sketched From Life - an album of 20 original sketches by Bernhardt Wall View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorWall, BernhardtHeadlineCelebrities sketched from life by Bernhardt WallDate Published1900s-1920s Lot #237 Giacomo Joyce View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Weil, Susan, illustrator)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineGiacomo Joyce, Susan Weil, 1/50PublisherVincent Fitzgerald & Co.Date Published1989 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next