Sale 479: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Library of Michael Killigrew desTombe (with additions) (#479) 05/10/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/10/2012 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-55 of 55. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Legend of the Buddha View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)Author**HeadlineAllen Press, Barlaam & Josaphat, 1/140 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1986 Lot #3 The Book of Esther: From the King James Version of the Holy Bible View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Angelo, Valenti)Author**HeadlineValenti Angelo The Book of EstherPublisherThe Golden Cross PressDate Published1935 Lot #19 Bishop's Birds. Etchings of Water-Fowl and Upland Game Birds View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBishop, Richard E[vett]HeadlineBishop's Birds Deluxe EditionPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published1936 Lot #43 Canticum Canticorum Salomonis Quod Hebraice Diciture Sir Hasirim View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Cranach Press)Author**HeadlineCanticum Canticorum Cranach PressPublisherCranach PressDate Published1931 Lot #49 Shorter Poems View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Daniel Press)AuthorBridges, RobertHeadlineRobert Bridges Shorter Poems Daniel PressPublisherDaniel PressDate Published1894 Lot #54 Laudes Creaturarum View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Doves Press)AuthorSt. Francis of AssisiHeadlineSt. Francis Laudes Creaturarum Doves PressPublisherDoves PressDate Published1910 Lot #61 Some Old French and English Ballads - One of ten on vellum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Eragny Press)AuthorSteele, Robert, editorHeadlineOld French and English Ballads Eragny PressPublisherEragny PressDate Published1905 Lot #62 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Essex House)AuthorColeridge, S[amuel] T[aylor]HeadlineThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner Essex HousePublisherEssex House PressDate Published1903 Lot #69 Charles Lamb - Finely bound by Cedric Chivers, extra-illustrated View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAinger, AlfredHeadlineFinely bound by Cedric ChiversPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1882 Lot #83 The Voyage of the Bounty's Launch. As related in William Bligh's Despatch to the Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorBlight, William & John FryerHeadlineVoyage of the Bounty's Launch Golden CockerelPublisherThe Golden Cockerel PressDate Published1934 Lot #84 Lamia Isabella The Eve of Saint Agnes & Other Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineKeats' Lamia & Other Poems Golden Cockerel PressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1928 Lot #85 The True Historie of Lucian the Samosatenian View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorLucian, of SamosataHeadlineThe True Historie of Lucian the SamosatenianPublisherThe Golden Cockerel PressDate Published1927 Lot #87 A Survey of Modern Bookmaking: Pages from Contemporary Presses of England and the Continent together with Four Examples by San Francisco Printers View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**HeadlineA Survey of Modern Bookmaking - GrabhornPublisherPresented by Herbert L. Rothschild to Members of the Roxburghe ClubDate Published1931 Lot #88 Hymns to Aphrodite View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**HeadlineGrabhorn Press Hymns to Aphrodite, 1/200Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1927] Lot #89 The Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope - One of 25 Special Copies View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorAesopHeadlineGrabhorn History and Fables of Esope (Aesop)PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1930 Lot #90 A Gracious Visitation View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDawson, Emma FrancesHeadlineA Gracious Visitation Grabhorn PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1921 Lot #91 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineGrabhorn Robinson Crusoe - Special CopyPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1930 Lot #92 A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode and His Meiny - 1 of 25 Special copies View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorGutch, John Mathew, editorHeadlineGrabhorn Robin Hood 1 of 25 Special copiesPublisherEdwin and Robert Grabhorn for Herbert L. RothchildDate Published1931 Lot #93 The Story of Enriquez: Chu Chu; The Devotion of Enriquez; The Passing of Enriquez View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineThe Story of Enriquez Grabhorn PressPublisher[Grabhorn Press for Herbert Lionel Rothchild]Date Published1924 Lot #94 The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile Kt. which Treateth of the Way to Jerusalem and of Marvayles of Inde, with other Ilands and Countryes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMandeville, Sir JohnHeadlineVoiage & Travaile of Sir John Maundevile GrabhornPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1928 Lot #95 Doomsday Books View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorNiesenwurzel, Paul Arthur AmadeusHeadlineGrabhorn Press - Doomsday Books 1928PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1928 Lot #96 To His Good Friend M. Donat View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineR.L.S. To His Good Friend M. Donat GrabhornPublisher[Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for Herbert Lionel Rothchild]Date Published1925 Lot #97 Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineGrabhorn Press Salomé: A Tragedy in One ActPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1927] Lot #98 A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press - Leaf Book)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1611 King James BiblePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1937 Lot #99 The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Gregynog Press)Author**HeadlineThe Stealing of the Mare Gregynog PressPublisherThe Gregynog PressDate Published1930 Lot #100 Selected Poems of W.H. Davies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Gregynog Press)AuthorDavies, W.H.HeadlineSelected Poems of W.H. Davies Gregynog PressPublisherThe Gregynog PressDate Published1928 Lot #101 Anne Boleyn and Other Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Gregynog Press)AuthorHaberly, LoydHeadlineAnne Boleyn and Other Poems Gregynog PressPublisherThe Gregynog PressDate Published1934 Lot #120 The Romance of Sir Degrevant View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorEliss, F.S., editorHeadlineThe Romance of Sir Degrevant Kelmscott PressPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1896 Lot #121 A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together With a Short Description of the Press by S.C. Cockerell & An Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineThe Last Kelmscott Press BookPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1898 Lot #122 The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)Author**HeadlineThe Tale of King Florus and the Fair JehanePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #146 La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Divine Comedy - Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1928 Lot #173 So Here Then is the Last Ride - One of 25 copies on vellum, finely bound View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1900 Lot #174 Rime of ye Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineRime of ye Ancient Mariner RoycroftPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1899 Lot #175 A Christmas Carol - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineA Christmas Carol - 1/100 copies on Japan vellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1902 Lot #176 Self-Reliance - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineSelf-Reliance - One of 100 copies on Japan vellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1902 Lot #177 Self-Reliance - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineSelf-Reliance - One of 100 copies on Japan vellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1902 Lot #178 Garnett and the Brindled Cow Also Other Mothers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorHubbard, AliceHeadlineGarnett and the Brindled Cow RoycroftPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1903 Lot #179 Justinian and Theodora - One of 106 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorHubbard, Elbert and AliceHeadlineJustinian and Theodora - 1/106 on Japan VellumPublisher[The Roycroft Shop]Date Published[1906] Lot #180 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors. William Morris View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineInscribed to James Whitcomb RileyPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1900 Lot #181 A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things - One of 50 copies on Japan Vellum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineHubbard A Message to Garcia 1/50 copies on vellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1901 Lot #182 A Message to Garcia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineElbert Hubbard A Message to GarciaPublisher[The Roycroft Shop]Date Published[1899] Lot #183 The Mintage: Being Ten Stories and One More View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineElbert Hubbard The MintagePublisher[The Roycroft Shop]Date Published[1910] Lot #184 So Here Cometh White Hyacinths View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineElbert Hubbard White HyacinthsPublisher[The Roycroft Shop]Date Published[1907] Lot #185 So This Then is the Battle of Waterloo View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineRoycroft Battle of Waterloo Vellum EditionPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published[1907] Lot #186 Rip Van Winkle View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineRip Van Winkle Roycroft Edition with MS materialPublisher[The Roycroft Shop]Date Published[1905] Lot #187 Formulas for Bookbinders View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorKinder, Louis H.HeadlineHead Binder at Roycroft ShopPublisherRoycroft Printing ShopDate Published1905 Lot #188 Poems - One of 100 on Japan vellum View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorPoe, Edgar A.HeadlinePoe's Poems Roycroft 1 of 100 on vellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1901 Lot #189 The Comedy of As You Like It - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAs You Like It - Roycroft Vellum EditionPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1903 Lot #190 The Tragedy of King Lear - One of 100 copies on Japan Vellum View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTragedy of King Lear 1/100 copies on Japan VellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1904 Lot #191 The Essay on Walt Whitman - One of 50 copies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRoycroft The Essay on Walt WhitmanPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1900 Lot #192 A Lodging for the Night - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineA Lodging for the Night 1/100 on Japan VellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published[1902] Lot #193 A Lodging for the Night - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineA Lodging for the Night 1/100 on Japan VellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published[1902] Lot #194 Will O' The Mill View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1901 Lot #195 The Ballad of Reading Gaol - One of 100 on Japan vellum View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineThe Ballad of Reading Gaol 1/100 VellumPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published[1905] Lot #214 Froissarts Cronycles View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorFroissart, [Jean]HeadlineFroissarts Cronycles Shakespeare Head PressPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1927-28 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next