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 1-26 of 26. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c. Second Series, Vol. X, July-December, 1820 AuthorAckermann, Rudolph, publisherHeadlineThe Repository of Arts, Second Series, Vol. X, July-December, 1820PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 Handwritten manuscript on works relating to St. Thomas Aquinas Heading(Aquinas, St. Thomas)HeadlineHandwritten manuscript on works relating to St. Thomas Aquinas 1708Date Published1708 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #9 Rare letter by the Brittany innkeeper who hosted Gauguin's "Pont-Aven School" of post-impressionist painters 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #12 The Astronauts Library - all volumes signed Heading(Astronauts Library)AuthorGlenn, John, Buzz Aldrin, et al.HeadlineEaston Press Astronauts Library - signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1997 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold 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 AuthorDenham, JohnHeadlineMs. copy of John Denham;s "Cooper Hill"Date Publishedc .1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #79 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Edition of Dickens' Bleak House with parts wrappers bound inPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1852-53 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #80 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol First American EditionPublisherCarey & HartDate Published1844 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #81 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 1stPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #82 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #85 Wordsworth: An Anthology Heading(Doves Press)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy of WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #94 WITHDRAWN - Madame de Staël Heading(Extra-Illustrated)AuthorSorel, AlbertHeadlineExtra-illustrated with French authors & politiciansPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #104 The Works of Samuel Johnson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson 1825PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1825 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #108 Agamemnon, A Tragedy taken from Aeschylus AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineEdward Fitzgerald's translation of Agamemnon 1876PublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #121 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn AuthorGraham[e], KennethHeadlineSupressed Chapter from Wind in the WillowsPublisherThe Notary BindersDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #132 Manuscript Bhagavad Gita in Farsi (Persian), written in Arabic script Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineBhagavad Gita ms. in Persian with gouache paintingsDate Publishedc.18th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #133 Manuscript Hindu epic, likely a portion of the Mahabharata or the Ramayana, with six full page illuminations Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineIlluminated Sanskrit ManuscriptDate Published19th century? View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #137 The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated by William Sotheby AuthorHomerHeadlineSotheby's The Iliad and Odyssey of HomerPublisherG & W Nicol; J MurrayDate Published1834 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #150 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean] deHeadlineLa Fontaine Contes et Nouvelles en Vers 1762Publisher[Barboul]Date Published1762 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #152 Statutes of Venice - manuscript on vellum Heading(Law Manuscript - Venice, Italy, 1580)HeadlineRare manuscript statutes of Venice 1580Date Published1580 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold 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. Heading(Law)Author[Anstey, John]HeadlineAnstey, The Pleader's Guide, 1903PublisherPrinted by Samuel Akerman, for James Humphreys 1803Date Published1803 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #185 Moby-Dick; or, The Whale AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineHerman Melville Moby Dick Third PrintingPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1863 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Lot #190 The New Newgate Calendar; being interesting memoirs of Notorious Characters, who have been convicted of outrages on the Laws of England... Heading(Newgate Calendar)AuthorKnapp, Andrew and William BaldwinHeadlineThe New Newgate CalendarPublisherNuttall, Fisher, and Dixon et al.Date Published1809-10 [?] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #195 The Rime of The Ancient Mariner Heading(Pearson, Henry C.)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlinePearson, Rime of The Ancient Mariner 59 lithographs 1/45Publisher[Tamarind Workshop]Date Published[1964] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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... Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorWilson, JohnHeadlineShaksperiana Catalog 1827PublisherPrinted for John WilsonDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #224 The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineWorks of Jonathan Swift 1751-1767PublisherC. BathurstDate Published1751-1767 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #233 Candide, ou l'Optimisme, Traduit de l'Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralp Author[Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet]HeadlineRare first edition of Voltaire's CandidePublisher[Printed by Gabriel Cramer]Date Published1759 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next