Sale 720: Fine Books (#720) 01/21/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/21/2021 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)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 1-50 of 50. Previous|1|Next Lot #61 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments Heading(Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher)HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #62 Westminster AuthorBesant, WalterHeadlineWalter Besant's Westminster finely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #63 Lives of the Fathers, martyrs and other principal saints compiled from original monuments and authentic records AuthorButler, AlbanHeadlineButler's Lives of the Saints, 1859PublisherJ. DuffyDate Published1859 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #64 The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection... AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineOrigin of Species in prize bindingPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #65 Essays Heading(Doves Press)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineDoves Press edition Emerson's Essays, 1/300PublisherDoves PressDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #66 Crusade in Europe AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower's Crusade in Europe finely boundPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #67 Novels and Letters of Jane Austen - The Chawton Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen - The Chawton EditionPublisherFrank S. HolbyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #68 Israel: The Establishment of a State Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSacher, HarryHeadlineFounding of Israel in fine bindingPublisherGeorge Weidenfeld & NicolsonDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #69 The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineAdventures of Baron Munchausen finely bound by BayntunPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published[c.1895] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #70 Seven Letters Concerning the Politics of Switzerland, Pending the Outbreak of the Civil War in 1847 AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's letters on the Swiss Civil WarPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #71 The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs AuthorJerrold, BlanchardHeadlineIllustrated Life of George CruikshankPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #72 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War AuthorJohnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, editorsHeadlineBattles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 volsPublisherCentury Co.Date Published[1887-1888] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #73 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean AuthorLivingstone, DavidHeadlineLivingstone's Missionary Travels in Africa 1857PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #74 Journal d'une Femme de Cinquante Ans 1778-1815. AuthorMarquise de La Tour-du-Pin Gouvernet, Henriette-Lucie DillonHeadlineJournal d'une Femme de Cinquante An 1913PublisherLibrairie ChapelotDate Published1913 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #75 Elements of General History Ancient and Modern AuthorMillot, Claude-François-XavierHeadlineMillot's Elements of General History RevisedPublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #76 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning Heading(Poetry)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadline6 Volumes of Robert Browning's PoetryPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #77 The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the Text of the Original Copies, Including the Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches Found in His Dramas AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePoetry of Shakespeare bound by Bayntun, 1/450Publisher[Essex House Press]Date Published1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #78 The Works of Shakspeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe works of Shakespeare w/steel engraved platesPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c.1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #79 Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: With the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the Murder of Henry the Great,... AuthorSully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc deHeadlineMemoirs of the Duke of Sully finely boundPublisherStirling and Slade, et alDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #80 The Imitation of Jesus Christ, Translated from the Latin Original Ascribed to Thomas à Kempis Heading(Thomas à Kempis)AuthorDibdin, Thomas Frognall, translatorHeadlineDibdin's translation of Thomas à KempisPublisherWilliam Pickering and John MajorDate Published1828 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #81 A History of British Birds AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Experimental Husbandman and Gardener: Containing A New Method of Improving Estates and Gardens... AuthorAgricola, [Georg Andreas]HeadlineAgricola's The Experimental Husbandman and GardenerPublisherW. MearsDate Published1726 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #83 The History of Esculent Fish AuthorAlbin, Eleazar and Roger NorthHeadlineHistory of Esculent Fish 18 plates by Albin 1794PublisherEdward Jeffery, et. al.Date Published1794 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #84 Botanical Illustrations of the Twenty-four Classes in the Linnaean System of Vegetables, by Select Specimens of English Plants Heading(Botanical)HeadlineDarton Harvey and Darton Botanical IllustrationsPublisherDarton, Harvey, and DartonDate Published1813 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #85 Twenty-two hand-colored botanical and entomological prints published by Thomas and Samuel Curtis Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, Thomas and EdwardHeadlineTwenty-two hand-colored botanicals from Curtis MagazinePublisherThomas and Edward CurtisDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #86 [Collection of plates from] Flora Londinensis...a History of the Plants Indigenous to Great Britain Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineEleven hand-colored botanical engravingsDate Published[c. 1777] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #87 Twelve hand-colored botanical engravings published by William Curtis Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineTwelve hand-colored botanicals published by W. CurtisPublisherWilliam CurtisDate Published1789-97 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #88 Forty-eight botanical color plates Heading(Botanical)AuthorEaton, Mary EmilyHeadlineForty-eight botanical color plates by Mary Emily EatonPublisherAddisonia: A Publication of the New York Botanical GardenDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #89 Botanical Prints with Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks [with] folding broadside signed by Henry Evans Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineBotanical Prints by Henry Evans with signed broadsidePublisherW.H Freeman and CompanyDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #90 Four linocuts by Henry Evans with two broadsides and miscellaneous ephemera Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineFour linocuts by Henry Evans with broadsides & ephemeraPublisher[Peregrine Press]Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #91 Five hand-colored botanical and entomological lithographs from drawings by F.E. Guérin Heading(Botanical)AuthorGuérin, [Félix Édouard]HeadlineFive hand-colored plates by F.E, GuérinDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #92 Seven miscellaneous 19th century botanical prints, some hand-colored Heading(Botanical)Headline7 miscellaneous colored botanical printsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #93 Six folio hand-colored botanical engravings - two from William Curtis's Flora Londinensis Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSix folio hand-colored engraved botanicalsDate Published[Late 18th century] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Sixteen nineteenth century hand-colored botanical plates Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSixteen 19th century hand-colored botanical platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Fifteen hand-colored botanical engravings by James Sowerby, many with letterpress descriptions Heading(Botanical)AuthorSowerby, JamesHeadlineFifteen hand-colored botanical engravings by SowerbyPublisherJames SowerbyDate Published[c 1800] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #96 Twelve hand-colored botanical engravings by James Sowerby, nine of which with letterpress descriptions Heading(Botanical)AuthorSowerby, JamesHeadlineTwelve hand-colored botanicals by James SowerbyPublisherJames SowerbyDate Published1812; 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #97 Thirty seven botanical plates - some hand-colored Heading(Botanical)Headline37 botanical color platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 Three hand-colored copper engravings from Deliciae Naturae Selectae Heading(Conchology)AuthorKnorr, Georg WolfgangHeadlineThree hand-colored engravings of shellsDate Published[c. 1770] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #99 A Practical Treatise of Husbandry: Wherein are contained, many Useful and Valuable Experiments and Observations in the New Husbandry, Collected during a Series of Years, by the Celebrated... AuthorDuhamel du Monceau, [Henri-Louis]HeadlineA Practical Treatise of Husbandry by Duhamel du MonceauPublisherJ. Whiston and B. WhiteDate Published1759 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #100 [Thirty-seven lithograph plates from] Vol. V of Natural History of New York AuthorEmmons, EbeneezerHeadlineWith 34 hand-colored plates of butterflies and insectsPublisherPrinted by C. Van BenthuysenDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #101 Diodon Atinga [with] Blennius Gunellus/Blennius Pholis - two plates from Okonomische Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Auslandischen Fische Heading(Ichthyology)AuthorBloch, Marcus ElieserHeadlineTwo late 18th century ichthyological plates, hand-coloredDate Published[1786-87] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #102 [Twenty hand-colored lithographs from] Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen: Darstellung und Beschreibung der im Arzneibuche für das Deutsche Reich erwähnten Gewächse Heading(Kohl, F.G., artist)AuthorBerg, O.C., K. Schumann, et al.HeadlineTwenty hand-colored botanical lithos by F.G. KohlPublisherVerlag von Arthur FelixDate Published[1890's] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #103 Soma and the Fly-Agaric; Mr. Wasson's Rejoinder to Professor Brough Heading(Mycology)HeadlineSoma and the Fly-AgaricPublisherBotanical Museum of Harvard UniversityDate Published1972 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #104 Twenty-four volumes on mushrooms: medicinal, delectable, and magical—even magickal Heading(Mycology)HeadlineA mycological cornucopiaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #105 Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality Heading(Mycology)AuthorWasson, R. GordonHeadlineSoma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality, 1st trade editionPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #106 Assorted collection of over fifty natural history plates, many hand-colored Heading(Natural History)HeadlineOver fifty natural history plates, many hand-coloredDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #107 Seven miscellaneous hand-colored natural history plates Heading(Natural History)HeadlineSeven hand-colored natural history platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #108 A Group of Auriculas - plate IX from the Temple of Flora AuthorThornton, RobertHeadlineA Group of Auriculas plate from Temple of FloraPublisherPublished by the authorDate Published[c. 1810] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Book of the Pearl AuthorKunz, George Fredrick & Charles Hugh StevensonHeadlineKunz & Stevenson The Book of the PearlPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #206 One Thousand American Fungi, How to Select and Cook the Edible; How to Distinguish and Avoid the Poisonous AuthorMcIlvaine, CharlesHeadlineOne Thousand American Fungi author's edition 1900PublisherBowen-MerrillDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next