Sale 727: Fine Press - Fine Bindings - Fine Books (#727) 04/15/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/15/2021 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-58 of 58. Previous|1|Next Lot #9 Gargantua and Pantagruel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Dwiggins, W.A.)AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineSigned by W.A. DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 Lot #18 In Medias Res. Canto One of an Autobiographical Epic: Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food [with] signed contract for publication View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Killion, Tom, illustrator)AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineEverson's In Media Res with Tom Killion WoodcutsPublisherAdrian Wilson [and John Carpenter]Date Published[1984] Lot #19 Five Valentine broadsides View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorKoch, Peter and Michael CookinhamHeadlineFive valentines signed by Peter Rutledge KochPublisherPeter Koch, PrintersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #20 Three Valentine broadsides View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorKoch, Peter and Michael CookinhamHeadlineThree valentines signed by Peter Rutledge KochPublisherPeter Koch, PrintersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #21 Two Valentine broadsides View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorKoch, Peter and Michael CookinhamHeadlineSigned by Peter Koch and Michael CookinhamPublisherPeter Koch, PrintersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #22 Green Grow the Lilacs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRiggs, LynnHeadlineSigned by Thomas Hart BentonPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 Lot #23 The Book of Ruth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineSigned by Arthur Szyk, 1947PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1947 Lot #24 Salomé View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineSigned by André DerainPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1938 Lot #30 Four volumes printed by or about Bruce Rogers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce)Headline4 vols printed by or about Bruce RodgersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1902-1925 Lot #34 Bibliopola. Bilder und Texte aus der Welt des Buchhandels. Pictures and Text about the Book Trade. Images et Texte sur la Libririe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTaubert, SigfredHeadlineTaubert, Bibliopola, the book trade 1st Ed. 1966PublisherNew York: R. R. Bowker Co.Date Published[1966] Lot #43 Madame de Pompadour View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCapefigue, J. B. H. R.HeadlineNicely bound copy of Madame de PompadourPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1908 Lot #58 The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKinglake, Alexander WilliamHeadlineKinglake's Invasion of Crimea handsomly boundPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1863-1887 Lot #63 Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the Year 1795, Written by Himself: with a Continuation, to the time of his Decease, By his Son, Joseph Priestley... / Four Discourses Intended to Have Been Delivered at Philadelphia... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Priestley bound by BayntunPublisherJ. Johnson; John BinnsDate Published1806 Lot #64 Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon on the Times of Louis XIV. and the Regency View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSaint-Simon, [Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de]HeadlineMemoirs of Saint-Simon bound by BaytunPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1899 Lot #66 Quo Vadis, roman des temps Néroniens View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSienkiewicz, HenrykHeadlineQuo Vadis in French, bound by Flammarion, 1904PublisherErnest FlammarionDate Published[1904] Lot #67 The Historie of Tvvelve Cæsars, Emperours of Rome: VVritten in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English, by Philêmon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Together with a Marginall Glosse, and other briefe Annotations there-upon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorSuetonius Tranquillus, CaiusHeadlineSuetonius' Twelve Caesars, 1st in English 1606PublisherPrinted [by Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew LownesDate Published1606 Lot #78 The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Americana Manuscripts)Author[Hewlett, W.O., editor]Headline3 vol Manuscripts of the Earl of DartmouthPublisherPrinted for Her Majesty's Stationary Office by Eyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1885-1887 Lot #80 A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland, From A.D. 1536, 1784, with Critical Remarks by Hugo Arnot View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorArnot, HugoHeadlineArnot's Celebrated Scottish Trials, 1785PublisherPrinted for the author by William SmellieDate Published1785 Lot #84 A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government, unto the Death of King James. Whereunto is added, The Reign of King Charles the First, and The First Thirteen Years of His Sacred Majesty, King Charles the Second... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBaker, Sir RichardHeadlineA Chronicle of the Kings of England 1684PublisherH. SawbridgeDate Published1684 Lot #88 Observations upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Ancients. And a short Description of the Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Naples. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Author[Bellicard,Jerome Charles & Charles Cochin]HeadlineObservations on paintings and sculpture, 1753PublisherPrinted for D. Wilson, and T. DurhamDate Published1753 Lot #100 The Jonah Legend: A Suggestion of Interpretation / The Story of Samson and its Place in the Religious Development of Mankind View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bible Myth)Headline2 Historical texts on religious storiesPublisherOpen Court Publishing Company; Grant RichardsDate Published1899, 1917 Lot #107 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 Lot #115 Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorTsien, Tsuen-HsuinHeadlineWritten on Bamboo and Silk, 1st ed in djPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1962 Lot #119 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane illustrates Shakespeare's Tempest, 1893PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 Lot #120 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane's Illustrations to Two Gentlemen of VeronaPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1894 Lot #122 Quintus Curtius, His History of the Wars of Alexander. To which is prefix'd Freinshemius's Supplement View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCurtius Rufus, QuintusHeadlineDigby Translation of Curtius 1726PublisherBernard LintotDate Published1725 Lot #131 Oedipus Judaicus View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDrummond, [William]HeadlineInscribed by William DrummondPublisherPrinted by A.J. ValpyDate Published1811 Lot #132 Stories from Hans Andersen View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Edmund Dulac, Edition de LuxePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] Lot #137 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Musick, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages, Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematicks, Husbandry, Gardening, Cookery, Chemistry... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Early Periodicals)HeadlineEarly monthly culture and society periodicalPublisherJohn Hinton at the King's ArmsDate Published[1748] Lot #139 The Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)AuthorAllen, Thomas George, editorHeadlineThe Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents 131 platesPublisherThe University of Chicago PressDate Published1960 Lot #154 Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With precautionary Directions against the like Contagion by Nath. Hodges, M.D. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, who resided in the City all that Time... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHodges, Nathaniel & John QuincyHeadlineHodges' account of London's Great PlaguePublisherPrinted for E. Bell & J. OsbornDate Published1720 Lot #158 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineSigned by Rockwell Kent, limited editionPublisherGarden CityDate Published1949 Lot #163 Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineFirst edition of Machiavelli's Discourses in EnglishPublisherPrinted by Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel PakemanDate Published1636 Lot #164 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Mackenzie, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorRansome, ArthurHeadlineSigned by Thomas Mackenzie, 1/250PublisherNisbet & Co.Date Published[1919] Lot #167 The Historie of All the Romane Emperors, Beginning with Caius Julius Caesar, and Successively Ending with Rodulph the Second Now Raigning View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMexia, PedroHeadlinePedro Mexia's History of the Roman Emperors, 1604PublisherMatthew LownesDate Published1604 Lot #171 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 Lot #173 Document signed by Alexandre Berthier as Ministre de la Guerre, and secretarially signed "Bonaparte" as premier Consul de la République, promoting a lieutenant in the army View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Napoleon BonaparteDate Publishedc.1803 Lot #174 Letter from General Sir Thomas Picton, written to his agent in London following his arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, describing conditions there View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorPicton, ThomasHeadlineLetter from British General in Peninsular War, 1810Date Published9th Feby. 1810 Lot #181 Pictorial History of Ancient Pharmacy; with Sketches of Early Medical Practice View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPeters, HermannHeadlineIllustrated history of Pharmacology, 1889PublisherG.P. Engelhard & CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #185 Collection of French Consulate plays, many by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pixérécourt, René-Charles Guilbert de)AuthorVarious authorsHeadline2 volumes of Consulate era French TheatrePublisherVarious publishersDate Published1801-1805 Lot #186 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612; 1610 Lot #187 The Worthies of the World, or, The Lives of the most Heroick Greeks and Romans compared, to which are added More Lives, out of Aemilius Probus and others View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, 1665 editionPublisherPrinted for John Williams, William Gilbertson, and Henry MarshDate Published1665 Lot #191 Discourses on the Evidence of Revealed Religion. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Discourses on Revealed ReligionsPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1794 Lot #196 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherWhite & ByrneDate Published1791 Lot #197 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. and an Additional Lecture on the Constitution of the United States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherPrinted for P. ByrneDate Published1803 Lot #198 Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and its Neighbourhood, on Subjects Interesting to the Author, and to Them. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Letters to Northumberland, 1801PublisherPrinted by John Bioren for John Conrad; M. & J. Conrad; Rapine, Conrad & Co.Date Published1801 Lot #199 Three works by Joseph Priestley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineJoseph Priestley, memoirs, lectures, lettersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1791-1809 Lot #200 WITHDRAWN - The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort Compiled Under The Direction of Her Majesty The Queen - presentation copy inscribed by Queen Victoria View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Queen Victoria)AuthorGrey, Lieut-General The Hon C.HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Inscribed by Queen VictoriaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1867 Lot #203 In the Evening of His Days, a Study of Mr. Gladstone in Retirement, With Some Account of St. Deiniol's Library and Hostel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, artist)Author[Friederichs, Hulda]HeadlineStudy of Mr. Gladstone in Retirement, 1896Publisher"Westminster Gazette"Date Published1896 Lot #206 Les Poètes de Sept Ans Illustré de Sept Gravures en Pointe-Sèche de 20x30 par Valentine Hugo View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorRimbaud, Arthur and Valentine HugoHeadline16 page manuscript by Valentine Hugo on RimbaudPublisherG.L.M.Date Published1939 Lot #207 Shakespeare's Comedy of a Midsummer-Night's Dream View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSigned by W. Heath Robinson, 1/250PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #212 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, large paper edition, 1/500PublisherShakespeare Head Press for Houghton MifflinDate Published1928 Lot #216 Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorBarrie, J. M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Quality Street Hugh Thomson illustrationsPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1913] Lot #217 She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] Lot #218 The School for Scandal View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] Lot #225 The Magic Flute: With Musical Themes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adapted and Illustrated by Warren Chappell - First Edition, library binding variant and First UK Edition View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineIncludes a first edition inscribed by John UpdikePublisherAlfred A. Knopf; André Deutsch & Edmund WardDate Published[1962]; [1964] Lot #226 The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle for the Year 1745 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorUrban, SylvanusHeadline1745 Magazine w/ early article on electricityPublisherJohn NicholsDate Published1791 Lot #227 The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle for the Year 1791 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorUrban, SylvanusHeadlineThe Gentleman's Magazine for 1791PublisherJohn NicholsDate Published1791 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next