Sale 715: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#715) 11/19/2020 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/19/2020 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 1-53 of 53. Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Les Promenades de Paris: Histoire, Description des Embellissements, Depenses de Creation et d'Entretien des Bois de Boulogne et de Vincennes, Champs-Elysees, Parcs, Squares, Boulevards, Places Plantees View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorAlphand, AdolpheHeadline487 wood & 80 steel engraving + 23 chromolithographsPublisherJ. Rothschild, EditeurDate Published1867-1873 Lot #8 The "Bijin-Shiu," from Exhaustive Collection of Pictorial Beauties of Mikaido's Empire Embracing All the Style of Japanese Costumes from the Immemorial to the Present View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Asian - Fashion)AuthorProf. YukawaHeadlineThe "Bijin-Shiu" - illustrated Japanese costumePublisherH. HottaDate PublishedNo date Lot #9 Les Danseuses de l'Opéra: Costumes des Principaux Ballets dessinés par Alophe (wrapper title) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Ballet)AuthorAlophe, ManutHeadlineColored lithographs of Parisian BallerinasPublisherAu Bureau du Journal les Modes ParisiennesDate Publishedc.1865 Lot #18 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineProfusely illustrated New Testament, 1883PublisherLongman's, Green, and Co.Date Published1883 Lot #24 Blake's Pencil Drawings. Second Series View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorKeynes, Geoffrey, editorHeadlineNonesuch catalog of Blake's Pencil DrawingsPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1956 Lot #26 A New Library of Poetry and Song View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBryant, William Cullen, editorHeadlineBryant's New Library of Poetry and Song 1877PublisherFords, Howard, & HulbertDate Published[1877] Lot #27 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Bull, Rene, illustrator)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat with illustrations by Rene BullPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[c.1913] Lot #35 La Femme Adultère View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorCamus, Albert and Pierre-Eugène ClairinHeadlineAlbert Camus La Femme Adultère 1/300 signedPublisher[R. Jacquet]Date Published[1954] Lot #37 Les Cartons de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres: Époques Louis XVI et Empire View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ceramics)AuthorSandier, Alex, editorHeadlineColor plates of 18th century French PorcelainPublisherLibrairie Générale De l’ Architecture et Des Arts DécoratifsDate Published[ca. 1900] Lot #38 Early English Furniture & Woodwork View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCescinsky, Herbert and Ernest R. GribbleHeadlineEarly English Furniture & Woodwork 2 vols 1922PublisherWaverly Book CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #60 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Dali, Salvador, artist)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineDali's Alice in Wonderland, signedPublisherMaecenas Press / Random HouseDate Published1969 Lot #61 Alfred Sisley, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre Peint View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorDaulte, FrançoisHeadlineAlfred Sisley's Catalogue RaisonnéPublisherÉditions Durand-RuelDate Published[1959] Lot #62 Views in Greece from drawings by Edward Dodwell View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorDodwell, EdwardHeadlineViews in Greece from drawings by Edward Dodwell 1821PublisherRodwell and MartinDate Published1821 Lot #64 Paradise Lost View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost illustrated by Gustave DoréPublisherCassell, Petter & GalpinDate Published[ca. 1890] Lot #82 The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineW.R. Flint illustrates Marcus AureliusPublisherPhilip Lee Warner/Medici SocietyDate Published1909 Lot #83 A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorForrest, Lieutenant-Colonel [Charles Ramus]HeadlinePicturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges 1824PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1824 Lot #86 Fables...With a Life of the Author View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's Fables 1793PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 Lot #91 The Light of Asia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Hamzeh Carr - Illustrator)AuthorArnold, Sir EdwinHeadlineBeautifully illustrated copy of Light of AsiaPublisherJohn Lane The Bodley Head LtdDate Published1926 Lot #96 Hogarth Moralized. Being a complete edition of Hogarth’s works. Containing near fourscore copper-plates, most elegantly engraved. With an explanation, pointing out the many beauties that may have hitherto escaped notice; and a comment on their moral tendency... Now First Published, With the Approbation of Jane Hogarth, Widow of the late Mr. Hogarth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Hogarth, William)Author[Trusler, John]HeadlineHogarth Moralized, 1st edition, 1768PublisherSold by S. Hooper... and, Mrs. HogarthDate Published1768 Lot #97 The Works of William Hogarth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Hogarth, William)AuthorTrusler, JohnHeadlineWorks of William Hogarth 1833PublisherJones and Co.Date Published1833 Lot #98 Our Living World; An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J. G. Wood's Natural History of Animate Creation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHolder, Joseph Bassett and John George WoodsHeadlineChromolithographs by the firm of Louis PrangPublisherSelmar HessDate Published1885 Lot #99 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's trans. of Homer's Iliad with 50 platesPublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1660 Lot #100 A Century of Orchidaceous Plants selected from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Consisting of those most worthy of cultivation, systematically arranged, and illustrated with coloured figures and dissections chiefly executed by Mr. Fitch. Accompanied by an introduction on the culture and general management of orchidaceous plants, and with copious remarks on the treatment of each species. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHooker Sir William Jackson, & John Charles Lyons.HeadlineOrchidaceous Plants with 85 hand-colored platesPublisherReeve, Benham, and ReeveDate Published1849 Lot #104 Public Bath at Simoda - Suppressed plate from the report of Perry's Expedition to Japan View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Japan - Perry Expedition)AuthorHeine, WilhelmHeadlineSuppressed plate from Perry's reportPublisherP.S. Duval and Co.Date Published1854 Lot #116 N by E View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineRockwell Kent N by E Signed Limited EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #119 "The Head of Christ" - Calligraphic manuscript on vellum with a color miniature of the painting by Leonardo Da Vinci View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Leonardo da Vinci)HeadlineLeonardo's Head of Christ with calligraphic descriptionDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #121 Three Volumes Published by Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineAesop & Boswell by the Limited Editions ClubPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1933, 1974 Lot #124 Oxonia illustrata, sive Omnium celeberrimæ istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecæ Bodleianæ, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani; nec non urbis totius scenographia. Delineavit & sculpsit Dav: Loggan Univ. Oxon. Chalcographus View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorLoggan, DavidHeadlineThe finest 17th century engraved views of OxfordPublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1675 Lot #126 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLongusHeadlineLes Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe 1718Publisher[Cramoisy]Date Published1718 Lot #127 Les Affiches Illustrées 1886-1895 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMaindron, ErnestHeadlineLes Affiches Illustrées 1886-1895 w/64 lithographsPublisherLibrairie Artistique, G. BoudetDate Published1896 Lot #137 When We Were Very Young View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineA.A. Milne When We Were Very Young inscribedPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published[1924] Lot #138 Zadig View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mossa, Gustave-Adolphe, illustrator)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineFinely bound Zadig illustrated by MossaPublisherLibrairie des AmateursDate Published[1924] Lot #171 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineRime of the Ancient Mariner with Pogany illustrationsPublisherHarrapDate Published[1910] Lot #172 Art in California: A survey of American art with special reference to Californian painting, sculpture and architecture past and present particularly as those arts were represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPorter, Bruce, et. al.HeadlineEarly history of California artPublisherR. I. BernierDate Published1916 Lot #180 Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPyle, HowardHeadlinePyle's Book of Pirates finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1921 Lot #181 Sleeping Beauty View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSleeping Beauty with Rackham illustrations in dust jacketPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] Lot #182 Undine View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorFouqué, De La MotteHeadlineArthur Rackham signed limited Undine finely boundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 Lot #183 The Tempest View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tempest Arthur Rackham Signed with jacketPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1926] Lot #184 The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineThe Springtide of Life, Rackham, Signed 1/765PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1918] Lot #185 The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood - with holograph letter View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSigned by Rackham w/original letter by SwinburnePublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1918] Lot #195 Description De Vingt-quatre Vues Prises Le Long De La Seine Depuis Paris Jusqu'à La Mer, Accompagnée D'une Carte, Extraite De L'ouvrage Anglais, Intitulé: Voyage Pittoresque Sur Les Rives De La Seine, &c., &c., &c. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorSauvan, Jean Baptiste BalthazardHeadlinePicturesque Tour of the Seine French Edition 1821PublisherChez R. AckermannDate Published1821 Lot #198 The Cat in the Hat View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineCat in the Hat Seuss 1st ed in custom slipcasePublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] Lot #202 Italian Gardens of the Renaissance View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorShepherd, J.C. & G.A. JellicoHeadlineIllustrated work on Renaissance gardensPublisherErnest Benn LimitedDate Published1925 Lot #203 Patti Smith - Galerie Veith Turske View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Smith, Patti)HeadlinePatti Smith, Galerie Veith Turske, 1977PublisherGalerie Veith TurskeDate Published[1977] Lot #204 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineStoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are DeadPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published1967 Lot #208 The Arabian Nights Entertainments containing Sixty-five Stories told by Shahrazade.... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Szyk, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights in 4 vols Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 Lot #211 Contempo. This American Tempo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorVassos, John & RuthHeadlineArt Deco illustrations by John Vassos, 1929PublisherE.P. Dutton & CompanyDate Published1929 Lot #213 The Adventures of Mickey Mouse View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Walt Disney Studios]HeadlineAdventures of Mickey Mouse 1st UK ed 1931PublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1931] Lot #214 The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorWarhol, AndyHeadlineThe Philosophy of Andy Warhol initialed by WarholPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1975] Lot #216 Clair de Lune and other Troubadour Romances View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWest, MichaelHeadlineMichael West Clair De LunePublisherBrentano'sDate Published[c.1913] Lot #217 Picturesque tour of the River Thames View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorWestall, William and Samuel OwenHeadlinePicturesque tour of the River Thames William Westall 1828PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1828 Lot #218 Paris Dansant View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Willette, Adolphe, illustrator)AuthorMontorgeuil, GeorgesHeadlineParis Dansant w/A. Willette illustrations 1898PublisherT. BelinDate Published1898 Lot #220 N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Wyeth, N.C.)AuthorAllen, Douglas & Douglas, Jr.HeadlineAllen & Allen N.C. Wyeth Bibliography Ltd Edn 1/249PublisherCrownDate Published[1972] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next