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 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 1-80 of 80. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Spectator View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et al.]HeadlineThe Spectator in eight volumesPublisherLongman, et al.Date Published[1797] Lot #3 Æsop's Fables with his Life: In English, French & Latin... Illustrated with One hundred and Twelve Sculptures by Francis Barlow View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorAesopHeadlineRare illustrated Aesop's Fables, 1666PublisherPrinted by William Godbid for Francis BarlowDate Published1666 Lot #4 The Fables of Æsop. Volume I. Paraphras'd in Verse, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations. By John Ogilby, Esq... [bound with] Æsopicks: or, a Second Collection of Fables... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorAesopHeadlineRare octavo edition of Ogilby's Aesop, 1683-4PublisherPrinted for T. Bassett, et al.Date Published1683 & 1684 Lot #5 Fables, of Æsop and other eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections. Part I. By Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables, 1704PublisherPrinted for R. Sare, et al.Date Published1704 Lot #7 Lust-und lehr-reicher Sitten-Schule Anderer Theil: Nach Einleitung der ausserlesensten und Sinnreichesten Fabeln... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineRare 1707 illustrated Aesop's FablesPublisherVerlegts Johann Conrad Wohler, BuchhändlerDate Published1707 Lot #9 Jack Sheppard, A Romance [with] The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineTwo finely bound novels by W.H. AinsworthPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[1856]; [1880] Lot #10 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineAinsworth's Tower of London with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1840 Lot #36 The Book of Peace: A collection of essays on war and peace View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBeckwith, George C., compilerHeadlineBook of Peace signed by abolitionistPublisherGeorge C. BeckwithDate Published1845 Lot #37 Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineSong of Songs & Ecclesiastes from Great Bible of 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #39 Romans & Corinthians - from the 1572 folio edition of the Bishops Bible View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineRomans & Corinthians from 1572 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1572] Lot #40 Bibell: das ist Alle Bücher Alts und News Testaments... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bible in German)AuthorDietenberger, Johann. (translator)HeadlineGerman Bible Translated by Johann Dietenberger 1577PublisherQuentelDate Published1577 Lot #41 Biblia Magna: Biblia cum concordantijs ueteris & noui testamenti et sacrorum canonum... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlineLatin folio Bible with woodcuts, 1525PublisherJacob MareschalDate Published1525 Lot #42 The Office of the Holy Week According to the Missall and Roman Breviary View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorBlount, Walter KirkhamHeadlineThe Office of the Holy Week, 1670PublisherPrinted by the Widow ChrestienDate Published1670 Lot #43 Il Decamerone de M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nvovamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio Decameron 1729 reprint of 1527 editionPublisher[Pasinello]Date Published[1729] Lot #51 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFrances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1843 Lot #52 Evelina, or The History of a Young Girl's Entrance into the World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFanny Burney's Evelina, 1791PublisherW. LowndesDate Published[1791] Lot #56 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer, 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 Lot #63 La physionomie naturelle, et la chiromance de Barthelemy Cocle... Où par les traits et les signes du visage et par les marques et les lineamens de la main... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCocles, BarthélémyHeadline17th century edition of Cocles' palmistryPublisherChez Jean-B. BesongneDate Published1698 Lot #64 Zapolya: A Christmas Tale View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge's Zapolya: A Christmas Tale 1st ed.PublisherRest FennerDate Published1817 Lot #65 Works of Wilkie Collins - Tauchnitz Copyright Editions View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineWilkie Collins published by Bernhard TauschnitzPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1856-76 Lot #68 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduite & paraphrasée en Vers François par P. Corneille View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Corneille, Pierre)Author[Thomas à Kempis]HeadlineImitation of Christ in French trans. by CorneillePublisherRobert BallardDate Published1659 Lot #69 Chinki, Histoire Cochinoise, Qui peut sevir à d'autres Pays View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Coyer, Gabriel Francois]HeadlinePolitical allegory of the overtaxed worker saved by a benevolent kingDate Published1768 Lot #86 A True and Faithful Relation of What passed for many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits: Tending (had it succeeded) to a General Alteration of most States and Kingdomes in the World...Also the Letters of Sundry Great Men and Princes... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDee, JohnHeadlineDr. John Dee on spirits and apparitions, 1/500PublisherThe Antonine Publishing Co.Date Published1974 Lot #90 Letters of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Sister-in-Law and DaughterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1880-1882 Lot #91 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineSecond Edition of Dickens' first bookPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1836 Lot #99 The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFénelon, François Salignac de la Mothe-HeadlineThe Adventures of Telemachus, 1784PublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1784 Lot #101 The Poems of Robert Browning View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlinePoems of Browning finely boundPublisherOxford UniversityDate Published1926 Lot #102 Works of Paul De Kock - Memorial Edition View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadlineWith original etchings by John Sloan et al.PublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published1902-08 Lot #103 WITHDRAWN - The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWITHDRAWN - The Works of Charles Dickens finely boundPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1906 Lot #106 Cranford View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Gaskell, Elizabeth] Mrs. GasklellHeadlineCranford Bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1927 Lot #114 Two pseudonymous sporting books, finely bound View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTwo Sporting Works Rebound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #119 M. Balthasari Garthii Theol. Lexicon LatinograecumKekalligraphemenon, Linguae Graecae Tyronibus facilimum, utilissimum, & certissimum... Nunc Primum M. Helvico Garthio... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorGarth, BalthasarHeadlineLatin-English dictionary in pigskin binding, 1602PublisherProdit e nobilis Francofurti PalthenianaDate Published1602 Lot #120 Insinuationum divinae pietatis libri quinque, in quibus vita, & acta Sanctae Gertrudis Monialis Ordinis Sancti Benedicti continentur. Accessere nunc denuo exercita ab eàdem Virgine composita... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Gertrude, Saint, the Great)AuthorCastañiza, Juan deHeadlineWritings of St. Gertrude the Great, 1599PublisherApud haeredes Ioannis Iñiguez de LequericaDate Published1599 Lot #122 The Works of Edward Gibbon - Edition Lausanne View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineWith receipt for royalties signed by GibbonPublisherFred De FauDate Published1907 Lot #124 Philosophia Utilis Et Jucunda, In Usum Studiosæ Juventutis Concinnata... Tomus II: Complectens Elementa Mathematum Quæ Ad Physicæ Integritatem Spectant... [bound with] ...Tomus III: Physica Exhibens... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGordon, AndreasHeadlinePractical science in the 18th centuryPublisherImpensis Joannis Gastl, BibliopolæDate Published1745 Lot #129 Allan Quartermain. Being an Account of his Further Adventures and Discoveries... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineSequel to King Solomon's MinesPublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1887 Lot #131 The History of the Common Law of England [bound with] The Analysis of the Law... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHale, MatthewHeadlineMathew Hale's Common Law of England, 1716PublisherPrinted by E. Nutt... and sold by D. Browne, et al.Date Published1716 Lot #135 Illustrated Bhagavad Gita printed in ancient Hindi View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineIllustrated Bhagavad Gita printed in ancient HindiDate PublishedEarly/mid 19th century? Lot #138 Elementa Philosophica de Cive View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineElzevier's Hobbes, 1647PublisherLudovicum ElzeviriumDate Published1647 Lot #140 Iliad & Odyssey in English, translated by Alexander Pope View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineQuarto edition of Pope's Homer, 1715-1726PublisherPrinted for George LintotDate Published1715-1726 Lot #142 Les Miserables View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables with Victor Hugo ALSPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1886 Lot #145 The Rambler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johnson's The Rambler, completePublisherJ. PayneDate Published1752 Lot #150 The Adventures of Ulysses View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineJuvenile classic in a beautiful bindingPublisherJuvenile LibraryDate Published1808 Lot #152 Chaldaean Oracles and Theurgy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorLewy, HansHeadlineHans Lewy, Chaldaean Oracles and TheurgyPublisherÉtudes AugustiniennesDate Published1978 Lot #153 Candide, or Optimism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Libanus Press)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineCandide from Libanus Press, 1996PublisherLibanus PressDate Published1996 Lot #165 Essais de Michel de Montaigne View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMontaigne, Michel deHeadlineEssais de Michel de Montaigne, 1793PublisherJean Serviere and Jean-François BastienDate Published1793 Lot #170 Contradictiones, Dubia, et Paradoxa, in Libros Hippocratis, Celsi, Galeni, Aetii, Aeginetae, Avicennae: Cum Eorundem Conciliationibus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorNicolaus RorariusHeadlineContradictiones, dubia, et paradoxa, in libros Hippocratis...1572PublisherApud Franciscum, Gasparem Bindonum, & fratresDate Published1572 Lot #171 A General and Introductory View of Professor Kant's Principles Concerning Man, the World and the Deity, submitted to the consideration of the learned View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorNitsch, Friedrich AugustHeadlineKant's principles concerning man, 1796PublisherPrinted, and sold by J. DownesDate Published1796 Lot #172 Operationes et Experimenta Chirurgica View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorNuck, AntoniusHeadlineAntonius Nuck Operations and Experiments w/fold-out charts 1733Publisherapud Samuelem LuchtmanDate Published1733 Lot #176 Relacion Historica de la Vida Y Apostolicas Tareas del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, Y de las Misiones que Fundo en la California Septentrional, y Nuevos Establecimientos de Monterey View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorPaloú, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Biography of Serra First EditionPublisherFelipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1787 Lot #181 Analysis of the Game of Chess... To which is added, several parties, played by the author blindfolded, against three adversaries View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPhilidor, François-André DanicanHeadlineChess master Philidor, 1790PublisherPrinted for P. ElmslyDate Published1790 Lot #186 The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineRobertson's Reign of Charles V, 1769PublisherPrinted by W. and W. Strahan, for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1769 Lot #188 Kupfer-Bibel: in welcher Die Physica Sacra, Oder Beheiligte Naturwissenschafft Derer in Heil. Schrifft Vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen, Deutlich Erklärt und Bewährt View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorScheuchzer, Johann JakobHeadlineScheuchzer's Kupfer-Bibel/Physica Sacra, 1731-35PublisherGedruckt bey C.U. WagnerDate Published1731-5 Lot #192 The Romish Ecclesiastical History of Late Years View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSteele, RichardHeadlineAnti-Catholic work written as a translation of Papal canonizationPublisherPrinted for J. RobertsDate Published1714 Lot #195 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineFirst Edition of Thoreau's first bookPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 Lot #196 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's 1st book, 2nd issuePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1862 Lot #197 Orley Farm View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineUnusually bound copy of Trollope's Orley FarmPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 Lot #202 An Essay on Woman View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWilkes, JohnHeadlineRibald parody of Pope's Essay on ManPublisherPrinted for James Hay... Privately ReprintedDate Published1890 Lot #203 Miscellaneo Rum Sacrorum View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorWitsius, HermannHeadlineMiscellaneo Rum Sacrorum, Vol. IPublisherJ.N. AndreaeDate Published1712 Lot #205 Single leaf from The Lives of the Saints, i.e. The Golden Legend View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Wynkyn de Worde, printer)Author[Voragine, Jacobus de]HeadlinePrinted by Wynkyn de Worde, 1493Publisher[Wynkyn de Worde]Date Published[1493] Lot #206 Xenophontis Ephesii De Anthia et Habrocome Ephesiacorum libri V. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorXenophon, of EphesusHeadlineGreek source for Romeo & JulietPublisherapud A. BlumaueDate Published1796 Lot #207 Xenophontis, philosophi et imperatoris clarissimi... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorXenophonHeadlineXenophon in Greek and Latin, 1625Publisherapud Societatem Graecarum EditionumDate Published1625 Lot #213 Collection of small and miniature Bibles and prayer books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bibles)HeadlineCollection of small and miniature Bibles and prayer booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #233 The Book of Ruth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineThe Book of Ruth Grabhorn PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1927 Lot #242 The Revivalist: A New Selection Of Hymns And Spiritual Songs, Designed For The Use Of Conference Meetings, Private Circles, And The Class Room. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Hymnals)AuthorGlass, WashingtonHeadlineRevivalist hymnal 1858 scarcePublisherOsgood & PearceDate Published1858 Lot #251 Miniature Koran (in Arabic) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Koran in miniature)HeadlineMiniature Koran (in Arabic)PublisherDavid Bryce & SonDate Published[c.1900] Lot #266 Tiny book View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Miniature Books)HeadlineTiny book!Date Published[n.d.] Lot #270 Two miniature prayer books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Miniature Prayer Books)HeadlineTwo miniature prayer booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #280 Two Alexander Pushkin works in miniature View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineTwo Alexander Pushkin works in miniatureDate Published1996 Lot #314 The Wanderings of a Spiritualist View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle's The Wanderings of a SpiritualistPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1921] Lot #320 Oeuvres Choisies de Grecourt View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorGrecourt, Jean Baptiste-Joseph Willart deHeadlinePoetry of Jean Baptiste Grecourt 1777Date Published1777 Lot #322 Rider Haggard's Good Deeds View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Haggard, H. Rider)AuthorWhatmore, Denys, editorHeadlineRider Haggard's Good Deeds 4 vols.PublisherD.E.W.Date Published1995-1999 Lot #324 Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineProofs of 1st American Edition of Hardy's Winter WordsPublisherMacmillanDate Published1928 Lot #325 Two Years Ago View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineKingsley's novel about cholera in a fishing villagePublisherMacmillanDate Published1857 Lot #328 Dissertatio Medica Inavgvralis [Inauguralis] De Incantatis View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Occult)AuthorCrause, Rudolf Wilhelm and Johann Ernst RauschelbachHeadlineSpellcasting for good and evil 1701PublisherKrebsDate Published1701 Lot #331 The Bioscope, or Dial of Life Explained. To Which is Added a Translation of St. Paulinus's Epistle to Celantia, on the Rule of Christian Life; and An Elementary View of General Chronology View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorPenn, Granville, Esq.HeadlineThe Bioscope or Dial of LifePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1814 Lot #333 Seven Musical Farces View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorPocock, Isaac InnesHeadlineAny Thing New, Twenty Years Ago! Yes or No? musical farces with othersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1809-1814 Lot #334 Antonio Giovani View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorSouvestre, NanineHeadlineFirst novel by Nanine SouvestrePublisherBerquet et PetionDate Published1836 Lot #336 The Valley of Decision View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineEdith Wharton's 1st bookPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902 Lot #337 Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle) View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe relationship between Whitman and Peter Doyle in lettersPublisherSmall, Maynard & CompanyDate Published1897 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next