Sale 488: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Property of Jane Hohfeld Galante & Other Owners (#488) 09/13/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/13/2012 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 488 46 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 1-36 of 36. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Ackermann)Author**HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812 Lot #4 Thirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets series - Finely Bound View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Aldine British Poets)Author**HeadlineThirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets seriPublisherPickeringDate Published1830-39 Lot #16 The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineCollected Works of Ambrose Bierce Finely BoundPublisherThe Neale Publishing CompanyDate Published1909-11 Lot #17 WITHDRAWN Series Chronologica et Imagines Regum Hispaniae ab Ataulpho ad Carolum II View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlondeau, Jacobus, engraverHeadlineSpanish Monarchs from Ataulphus to Charles IIPublisherPetrus de la TourDate Published1698 Lot #24 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, now entituled: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [and] Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineBurton's translation of the Arabian Nights Ltd EdPublisherPrinted by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers OnlyDate PublishedNo date [c.1900] Lot #25 Philobiblon, a Treatise on the Love of Books: Written in MCCCXLIV, and translated from the first edition, MCCCCLXXIII. With some collations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBury, Richard deHeadline1st Ed. in English of De Bury's Philobiblon 1832PublisherPrinted for Thomas RoddDate Published1832 Lot #29 [Don Quixote in English, Parts I & II bound together in period calf] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English, Parts I & II, 1620PublisherEdward BlountDate Published1620 Lot #30 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadline1652 English edition of Don QuixotePublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew CrookeDate Published1652 Lot #31 [Don Quixote in Spanish, facsimile of first edition, i.e:], El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in Spanish, facsimile first editionPublisherDon Francisco Lopez FabraDate Published1871-1873 Lot #32 The Jerusalem Windows View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] Lot #34 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Together with a Version in Modern English Verse View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineCanterbury Tales Illustrations by Rockwell KentPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1930 Lot #43 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and England View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin Tour France & England extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. NicolDate Published1821 Lot #47 L'art, la Décoration et l'Ornement des Étoffes et des Tissus: Chez les Anciens et Chez les Modernes...Recueil Historique, Pratique et Technique de Décorations Polychromes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDupont-Auberville, [Auguste]HeadlineRare work on decorated fabrics -ChromolithographsPublisherLibrairie Ancienne et Moderne de la Noblesse et des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c.1877] Lot #48 Macao et Cosmage ou L'Experience de Bonheur View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEdy-Legrand, [Edouard Leon Louis]HeadlineEdy-Legrand Macao et Cosmage 1919 1st EditionPublisherAux Editions de la Nouvelle Revue FrancaiseDate Published[1919] Lot #53 The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward Fitzgerald View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, EdwardHeadlineWorks of Edward FitzgeraldPublisherDoubleday, Page and CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #54 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns - With a fore edge portrait of the author View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Burns with a fore edge paintingPublisherDavid BryceDate Published[c.1890] Lot #56 The Works of Anatole France - Autograph Edition View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFrance, AnatoleHeadlineThe Works of Anatole France - Autograph EditionPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1924 Lot #58 North of Boston View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineNorth of Boston 1st edition London 1914 by FrostPublisherDavid NuttDate Published[1914] Lot #63 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - In a beautiful hand-painted full vellum binding View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Hand-Painted Binding)Author**HeadlineNew testament in a painted vellum bindingPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1881 Lot #68 The Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. WyethPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1929 Lot #71 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] Lot #74 The Grammar of Ornament View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJones, OwenHeadlineOwen Jones The Grammar of OrnamentPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1910 Lot #80 Etching. An Outline of Its Technical Processes and Its History, With Some Remarks on Collections and Collecting View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorKoehler, S.R.HeadlineS.R. Koehler on Etching 30 etched platesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[1885] Lot #88 Der Tod in Venedig View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineDeath in Venice, 1912, 1/100 publisher's copyPublisherHyperionverlag Hans von WeberDate Published1912 Lot #98 East of the Sun and West of the Moon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] Lot #104 Recueil de Poesies Fugitves et Contes Nouveaux View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPiis, Pierre-Antoine-Augustin (17 September 1755, Paris – 22 May 1832, Paris), chevalier de Piis wasHeadlineRecueil de Poesies Fugitves et Contes NouveauxDate Published1781 Lot #110 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - In rare glassine dust jacket View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineTale of Benjamin Bunny in Glassine DJ 1907PublisherFrederick WarneDate Published[1904, but c.1907] Lot #114 The Compleat Angler View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWalton, IzaakHeadlineIzaak Walton's Complete Angler Rackham IllusPublisherGeorge C. HarrapDate Published[1931] Lot #120 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies View details Estimate$200,000 - $300,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Works 1632PublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes, for William Aspley... at the signe of the Parrat in Pauls Church-yardDate Published1632 Lot #121 The Works of William Shakespeare - Cambridge Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare - Cambridge EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1891 Lot #123 The Novels, Stories, and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadlineThe Novels of F. Hopkinson Smith Finely BoundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1904-1915 Lot #126 The Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne - Bonchurch Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineComplete Works of Algernon Charles SwinburnePublisherWilliam Heinemann and Gabriel WellsDate Published1925-27 Lot #127 The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate - Edition De Luxe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordHeadlineThe Works of Alfred, Lord TennysonPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1895] Lot #128 Autograph manuscript leaf, in ink with pencil corrections, discussing Transcendentalist philosophy View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau manuscript leaf c.1840Date Publishedc.1840 Lot #130 Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark Twain to his English publisherDate PublishedJune 3, [1878] Lot #131 Roughing It View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Roughing It First Edition, First IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next