Sale 688: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Alcoholics Anonymous - Miniature Books (#688) 11/21/2019 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/21/2019 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-70 of 70. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Spectator Author[Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et al.]HeadlineThe Spectator in eight volumesPublisherLongman, et al.Date Published[1797] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #5 Fables, of Æsop and other eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections. Part I. By Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt. AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables, 1704PublisherPrinted for R. Sare, et al.Date Published1704 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #9 Jack Sheppard, A Romance [with] The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineTwo finely bound novels by W.H. AinsworthPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[1856]; [1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #10 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineAinsworth's Tower of London with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #11 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-01)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 1st Printing InscribedPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #12 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Two Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-02)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 2nd PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1941 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #13 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Six Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-03)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition, Third PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1942 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #14 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Eight Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-04)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 4th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1943 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #15 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Eight Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-04)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 4th Print in 5th DJPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1943 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #16 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Ten Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-05)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 5th Print Original Dust JacketPublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1944 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #17 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Ten Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-06)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 6th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1944 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #18 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Fourteen Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-07)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 7th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published[January], 1945 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #19 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Fourteen Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-08)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous First Edition Eighth PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1945 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #20 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-09)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 9th Printing Dust JacketPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1946 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #21 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-10)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edn 10th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1946 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #22 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-11)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 11th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1947 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #23 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-12)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 12th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1948 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #24 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-13)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 13th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1950 View details Estimate$300 - $600Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #25 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-14)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 14th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1951 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #26 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-15)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 15th Print in DJPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc.Date Published1954 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #27 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-16)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 16th PrintingPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc.Date Published1954 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #28 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous 1-16)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 16th Print in DJPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc.Date Published1954 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #29 Eighteen Second & Third Edition Alcoholics Anonymous big books - Various Printings Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]Headline18 Printings from AA Big Book's 2nd & 3rd EditionsPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.Date Published1955 [but 1960-77] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #36 The Book of Peace: A collection of essays on war and peace AuthorBeckwith, George C., compilerHeadlineBook of Peace signed by abolitionistPublisherGeorge C. BeckwithDate Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #43 Il Decamerone de M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nvovamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio Decameron 1729 reprint of 1527 editionPublisher[Pasinello]Date Published[1729] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #44 Silver-banded stone given from one bibliophile to another Heading(Book Collecting)AuthorWilson, Francis & [Jahu] Dewitt MillerHeadlineA gift between bibliophilesDate PublishedJuly, 1903 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #51 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFrances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #52 Evelina, or The History of a Young Girl's Entrance into the World Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFanny Burney's Evelina, 1791PublisherW. LowndesDate Published[1791] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #64 Zapolya: A Christmas Tale AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge's Zapolya: A Christmas Tale 1st ed.PublisherRest FennerDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #65 Works of Wilkie Collins - Tauchnitz Copyright Editions AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineWilkie Collins published by Bernhard TauschnitzPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1856-76 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduite & paraphrasée en Vers François par P. Corneille Heading(Corneille, Pierre)Author[Thomas à Kempis]HeadlineImitation of Christ in French trans. by CorneillePublisherRobert BallardDate Published1659 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #69 Chinki, Histoire Cochinoise, Qui peut sevir à d'autres Pays Author[Coyer, Gabriel Francois]HeadlinePolitical allegory of the overtaxed worker saved by a benevolent kingDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #90 Letters of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Sister-in-Law and DaughterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1880-1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #91 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineSecond Edition of Dickens' first bookPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1836 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #99 The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses AuthorFénelon, François Salignac de la Mothe-HeadlineThe Adventures of Telemachus, 1784PublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1784 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #101 The Poems of Robert Browning Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlinePoems of Browning finely boundPublisherOxford UniversityDate Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #102 Works of Paul De Kock - Memorial Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadlineWith original etchings by John Sloan et al.PublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published1902-08 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #103 WITHDRAWN - The Works of Charles Dickens Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWITHDRAWN - The Works of Charles Dickens finely boundPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1906 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 Cranford Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Gaskell, Elizabeth] Mrs. GasklellHeadlineCranford Bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #108 Death in the Afternoon Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway Death in the Afternoon Bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #114 Two pseudonymous sporting books, finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTwo Sporting Works Rebound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Works of Edward Gibbon - Edition Lausanne AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineWith receipt for royalties signed by GibbonPublisherFred De FauDate Published1907 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #129 Allan Quartermain. Being an Account of his Further Adventures and Discoveries... AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineSequel to King Solomon's MinesPublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #140 Iliad & Odyssey in English, translated by Alexander Pope AuthorHomerHeadlineQuarto edition of Pope's Homer, 1715-1726PublisherPrinted for George LintotDate Published1715-1726 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #142 Les Miserables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables with Victor Hugo ALSPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #143 Brave New World: A Novel AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineBrave New World, signed limited, 1/324PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1932 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #145 The Rambler Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johnson's The Rambler, completePublisherJ. PayneDate Published1752 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #150 The Adventures of Ulysses AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineJuvenile classic in a beautiful bindingPublisherJuvenile LibraryDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #153 Candide, or Optimism Heading(Libanus Press)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineCandide from Libanus Press, 1996PublisherLibanus PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #165 Essais de Michel de Montaigne AuthorMontaigne, Michel deHeadlineEssais de Michel de Montaigne, 1793PublisherJean Serviere and Jean-François BastienDate Published1793 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #189 Large scrapbook of 19th century newspaper clippings Heading(Scrapbooks)HeadlineLarge scrapbook of 19th century newspaper clippingsDate Published[c.1860's-90's] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #195 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineFirst Edition of Thoreau's first bookPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #196 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's 1st book, 2nd issuePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1862 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #197 Orley Farm AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineUnusually bound copy of Trollope's Orley FarmPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #202 An Essay on Woman AuthorWilkes, JohnHeadlineRibald parody of Pope's Essay on ManPublisherPrinted for James Hay... Privately ReprintedDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #218 The Climate of Palettes AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury The Climate of Palettes miniature bookPublisherLord John PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #253 The Convention - 20 copies Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorCoover, RobertHeadlineRobert Coover The Convention 20 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #280 Two Alexander Pushkin works in miniature AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineTwo Alexander Pushkin works in miniatureDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #288 Collection of vintage stanhopes Heading(Stanhopes)HeadlineCollection of vintage stanhopesDate Published[c.1890s] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #290 Two sterling silver bumblebee clips Heading(Sterling silver clips)HeadlineTwo sterling silver bumblebee clipsDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #293 Mites & Other Poems in Miniature - ten copies AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike's Mites & Other Poems - ten copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #314 The Wanderings of a Spiritualist AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle's The Wanderings of a SpiritualistPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #317 The Forsyte Saga Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGalsworthy, JohnHeadlineGalsworthy's Forsyte Saga finely boundPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1956] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #322 Rider Haggard's Good Deeds Heading(Haggard, H. Rider)AuthorWhatmore, Denys, editorHeadlineRider Haggard's Good Deeds 4 vols.PublisherD.E.W.Date Published1995-1999 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #324 Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineProofs of 1st American Edition of Hardy's Winter WordsPublisherMacmillanDate Published1928 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #325 Two Years Ago AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineKingsley's novel about cholera in a fishing villagePublisherMacmillanDate Published1857 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #333 Seven Musical Farces AuthorPocock, Isaac InnesHeadlineAny Thing New, Twenty Years Ago! Yes or No? musical farces with othersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1809-1814 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #334 Antonio Giovani AuthorSouvestre, NanineHeadlineFirst novel by Nanine SouvestrePublisherBerquet et PetionDate Published1836 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #336 The Valley of Decision AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineEdith Wharton's 1st bookPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #337 Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle) AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe relationship between Whitman and Peter Doyle in lettersPublisherSmall, Maynard & CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next