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 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-48 of 48. 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 #6 Handwritten manuscript on works relating to St. Thomas Aquinas View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Aquinas, St. Thomas)HeadlineHandwritten manuscript on works relating to St. Thomas Aquinas 1708Date Published1708 Lot #7 Christian Symbols View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKoch, RudolfHeadlineChristian Symbols Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published[1996] Lot #9 Rare letter by the Brittany innkeeper who hosted Gauguin's "Pont-Aven School" of post-impressionist painters View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Art – Gauguin, Pont Aven)AuthorMadame [Marie-Jeanne] GloanecHeadlineRare 1886 letter by the Brittany innkeeper who hosted Gauguin's "Pont-Aven School"Date PublishedApril 22, 1886 Lot #11 A Book of Songs and Poems from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)HeadlineAshendene Press Songs from Old TestamentPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1904 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 #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 #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 #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 #76 Manuscript copy of John Denham's 1642 poem "Cooper's Hill," in the hand of Peter Cunningham, editor of the 1854 edition of Samuel Johnson's Lives of the most eminent English Poets View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDenham, JohnHeadlineMs. copy of John Denham;s "Cooper Hill"Date Publishedc .1850 Lot #79 Bleak House View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Edition of Dickens' Bleak House with parts wrappers bound inPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1852-53 Lot #80 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol First American EditionPublisherCarey & HartDate Published1844 Lot #81 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 1stPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 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 #85 Wordsworth: An Anthology View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy of WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 Lot #94 WITHDRAWN - Madame de Staël View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Extra-Illustrated)AuthorSorel, AlbertHeadlineExtra-illustrated with French authors & politiciansPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1892 Lot #104 The Works of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson 1825PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1825 Lot #108 Agamemnon, A Tragedy taken from Aeschylus View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineEdward Fitzgerald's translation of Agamemnon 1876PublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1876 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 #132 Manuscript Bhagavad Gita in Farsi (Persian), written in Arabic script View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineBhagavad Gita ms. in Persian with gouache paintingsDate Publishedc.18th century Lot #133 Manuscript Hindu epic, likely a portion of the Mahabharata or the Ramayana, with six full page illuminations View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineIlluminated Sanskrit ManuscriptDate Published19th century? Lot #137 The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated by William Sotheby View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineSotheby's The Iliad and Odyssey of HomerPublisherG & W Nicol; J MurrayDate Published1834 Lot #147 The Tale of Beowulf View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineKelmscott Press edition of Beowulf One of 300 on paperPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1895 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 #152 Statutes of Venice - manuscript on vellum View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Law Manuscript - Venice, Italy, 1580)HeadlineRare manuscript statutes of Venice 1580Date Published1580 Lot #153 The Pleader's Guide, A Didactic Poem, in Two Books, Containing the Conduct of a Suit at Law, with the arguments of Counsellor Bother'um and Counsellor Bore'um, in an action betwixt John-a-Gull and John-a-Gudgeon for assault and battery at a late contested election. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Law)Author[Anstey, John]HeadlineAnstey, The Pleader's Guide, 1903PublisherPrinted by Samuel Akerman, for James Humphreys 1803Date Published1803 Lot #185 Moby-Dick; or, The Whale View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineHerman Melville Moby Dick Third PrintingPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1863 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 #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 #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 #214 The Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Roxburghe Club)AuthorPowell, L.F., editorHeadlineThe Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ 1/100PublisherHenry FrowdeDate Published1908 Lot #219 Shaksperiana. Catalogue of all the Books, Pamphlets, &c. Relating to Shakspeare. To which are subjoined, an account of the early quarto editions of the Great Dramatist's Plays and Poems. The Prices at which many copies have sold for in public sales... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorWilson, JohnHeadlineShaksperiana Catalog 1827PublisherPrinted for John WilsonDate Published1827 Lot #224 The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineWorks of Jonathan Swift 1751-1767PublisherC. BathurstDate Published1751-1767 Lot #233 Candide, ou l'Optimisme, Traduit de l'Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralp View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Author[Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet]HeadlineRare first edition of Voltaire's CandidePublisher[Printed by Gabriel Cramer]Date Published1759 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