Sale 477: Fine & Rare Books with Fine Literature (#477) 04/12/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/12/2012 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 477 57 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 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Spectator View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAddison, Joseph & Richard Steele, et alHeadlineThe Spectator in 8 volumes 1775PublisherC. Bathurst, et alDate Published1775 Lot #6 Shi Liao Xun Kan [Journal of Historical Sources] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorArchive department of the Palace MuseumHeadlineJournal of Historical Sources Quing DynastyPublisherPrinted by Jin Hua Printing HouseDate Published1930-1931 Lot #7 Tung-ching-ch'êng: Report on the excavation of the site of the capital of P'o-hai View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorHarada, Yoshito, et al.HeadlineExcavation of the site of the capital of P'o-haiPublisherToa-koko-gakukwai, or the Far-Eastern archaeological SocietyDate Published1939 Lot #8 Yong Le Da Dian Ben Shui Jin Zhu [Commentary on “ The Waterways Classic” taken from “The Encyclopedia of the Young Le Era”] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Dao Yuan (d. 527)HeadlineWork on the ancient geography of ChinaPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1935 Lot #11 Nan Zhao Ye Shi Shang [An Unofficial History of Nan Zhao Kingdom: Volume One] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorYang Shen; revised by Hu WeiHeadlineHistory of Nan Zhao KingdomPublisherYunna BookstoreDate PublishedDuring Reign of Emperor Guan Xu (1875-1908) Lot #12 Ying-Ch'êng-Tzu: The Han Brick-Tomb with Fresco-Paintings, &c., near Chien-Mu-Ch'êng-J, South Manchuria View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineHan Brick-Tomb Fresco-Paintings ManchuriaPublisherKwanto Government MuseumDate Published1934 Lot #19 The Holy Bible...With Illustrations by Gustave Doré View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThe Bible with illustrations by Gustave DorePublisherCassell, Petter, and GalpinDate Published[no date, late 19th century] Lot #22 Mr. Justice Holmes View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorBiddle, FrancisHeadlineMr. Justice Holmes 1st in dj signed by BiddlePublisherScribner'sDate Published1942 Lot #28 Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell for the Defence, 1769-1774 1/350PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1960 Lot #29 Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell in Holland, 1763-1764PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1952 Lot #30 Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766-1769 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell in Search of a Wife 1 of 400 copiesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1957 Lot #31 Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell on the Grand Tour 1 of 400 copiesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1955 Lot #32 Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763. Together with Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's London Journal, 1762-1763PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1951 Lot #33 Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzdAuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 Finely BoundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1951 Lot #34 The Life of Samuel Johnson - Temple Bar Edition View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineThe Life of Samuel Johnson - Temple Bar EditionPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922 Lot #39 Autograph Letter, signed, as Secretary to the British Admiralty View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(British Navy)AuthorBrisbane, JohnHeadlineJohn Brisbane Successor to Samuel PepysDate PublishedJanuary 15, 1683 Lot #48 A Bibliography of the Works of Winston Churchill - Long Galley Proofs View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorWoods, FrederickHeadlineProof sheets of Woods' Churchill BibliographyPublisherNicholas VaneDate Published[1963] Lot #49 Lord Randolph Churchill View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineWinston S. Churchill's bio of Lord RandolphPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 Lot #50 Typed Letter, signed, as Member of Parliament View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorChurchill, Winston Spencer-HeadlineLetter from Winston Churchill's grandsonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1978 Lot #56 Memoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie; Consideree Comme un Etablissement Politique et Militaire View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorCurne de Sainte-Palaye, M. de laHeadlineMemoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie 1759PublisherChez Nic. Bonav. DuchesneDate Published1759, 1781 Lot #57 Four From Only in America View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorGolden, HarryHeadlineFour From Only in America 1/50 D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published1995 Lot #58 Al Aaraaf View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineAl Aaraaf with mirrored panelling, Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherLivre d'Art by D'AmbrosioDate Published[1995] Lot #59 Lunch at Adler's: Reflections on Joe D'Ambrosio's A Memoir of Book Design View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorRoatcap, Adela SpindlerHeadlineLunch at Adler's by Adela Roatcap, mini bookPublisher[Joe D'Ambrosio]Date Published[2005] Lot #61 Cave Hunting, Researches on the Evidence of Caves Respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDawkins, W. BoydHeadlineCave Hunting in Europe 1874PublisherMacmillanDate Published1874 Lot #76 Poupées et Légendes de France View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Dolls)AuthorKoenig, MarieHeadlinePoupées et Légendes de FrancePublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #77 The Life of Sir William Wallace, The Governor General of Scotland, and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorDonaldson, PeterHeadlineThe Life of Sir William WallacePublisherS. Andrus & SonDate Published1854 Lot #78 Howard University: The Capstone of Negro Education. A History: 1867-1940 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorDyson, WalterHeadlineHoward UniversityPublisherThe Graduate School, Howard UniversityDate Published1941 Lot #82 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 1824 editionPublisherThomas Tegg, et alDate Published1824 Lot #83 Works - "The Ashburton Edition" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineAshburton Edition of Carlyle's Works Finely BoundPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1885 Lot #84 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There - Finely Bound View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice in Wonderland and Through the Looking GlassPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1931 Lot #85 Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote de la Mancha 1837 EditionPublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 Lot #86 The History of Don Quixote of la Mancha - Extra Illustrated View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote of la Mancha - Extra IllustratedPublisherJ.C. Nimmo and BainDate Published1881 Lot #87 The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineMotteux translation of Don Quixote finely boundPublisherJohn GrantDate Published1904 Lot #88 Gabrielle D'Estrées View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDesclozeaux, AdrienHeadlineGabrielle D'Estrees by Desclozeaux fine bindingPublisherArthur L. HumphriesDate Published1907 Lot #89 The History of England from the Accession of James II - Extra Illustrated View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineMacaulay's History of England Extra IllustratedPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1849-1861 Lot #90 The Works of William Shakespeare - Mayfair Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of William Shakespeare Mayfair EditionDate Published[1920s?] Lot #91 The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWard, Adolphus WilliamHeadlineElectress Sophia and the Hanoverian SuccessionPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1903 Lot #92 Group of finely bound books View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineGroup of finely bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #97 The Court of the Gentiles: Or A Discourse Touching the Original of Human Literature, both Philologie and Philosophie from the Scriptures, and Jewish Church View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorGale, TheophilusHeadlineThe Court of the Gentiles by Theophilus GalePublisherTho. Gilbert [Vols. 1 & 2] / T. CockerilDate Published1672, 71, 77 Lot #114 Conquistador: American Fantasia View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorGuedalla, PhilipHeadlineConquistador: American Fantasia signed w/djPublisherErnest BennDate Published[1927] Lot #123 The Works of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel JohnsonPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1811-12, 1823 Lot #129 Frühdrucke aus der Bücherei View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorKlemperer, Victor VonHeadlineFrühdrucke aus der Bücherei by Von KlempererDate Published1927 Lot #132 Le Musée Royal...ou, Recueil de Gravures d'apres les Plus Beaux Tableaux, Statues, et Bas-Reliefs de la Collection Royale View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorLaurent, HenriHeadlineLe Musee Royal 161 engraved platesPublisherF. DidotDate Published1816-18 Lot #142 Ancient Jerusalem View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMerrill, SelahHeadlineAncient Jerusalem by Selah MerrillPublisherFleming H. Revell CompanyDate Published[1908] Lot #147 Le Siécle de Napoléon, Galerie des Illustrations de L'Empire View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Napoléon)Author**HeadlineLe Siécle de Napoléon 25 colored lithographsPublisherAdministration de LibrairieDate Published1846 Lot #148 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et alDate Published1728 Lot #156 Poems and Letters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Photographically-illustrated Book)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlinePoems and Letters by T. Gray w/photographsPublisherChiswick PressDate Published1867 Lot #171 How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Photography)AuthorRiis, Jacob A.HeadlineJacob Riis How the Other Half LivesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1912 Lot #189 Rowlandson the Caricaturist. A Selection of his Works with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and A Sketch of his Life, Times, and Contemporaries View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGrego, JosephHeadlineRowlandson the Caricaturist by Joseph GregoPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1880 Lot #194 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorSassoon, SiegfriedHeadlineMemoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man Limited EditionPublisherFaber & GwyerDate Published1928 Lot #204 Hunting Songs and Poems View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Sporting)AuthorMusters, John ChaworthHeadlineHunting Songs & Poems coll. by John MustersDate Published[c.1875] Lot #217 A King's Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWindsor, [Edward] Duke ofHeadlineA King's Story The Memoirs of the Duke of WindsorPublisherPutnam'sDate Published[1951] Lot #219 Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorYockey, Francis ParkerHeadlineImperium: The Philosophy of History and PoliticsPublisherThe Truth SeekerDate Published[1962] Lot #225 Sonnets From the Portuguese View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineSonnets From the Portuguese Shakespeare HeadPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1933 Lot #240 Gulzara, Princess of Persia; or, The Virgin Queen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzf(Gulzara...)Author**HeadlineGulzara, Princess of Persia 1816 original boardsPublisherJohn SouterDate Published1816 Lot #241 Death Be Not Proud View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorGunther, JohnHeadlineJohn Gunther Death Be Not ProudPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1949 Lot #247 Java Head View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorHergesheimer, JosephHeadlineJava Head signed limited by Hergesheimer 1919PublisherKnopfDate Published1919 Lot #250 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineThe Poetical Works of John Keats 1863PublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1863 Lot #254 Pickle the Spy or The Incognito of Prince Charles [and] The Companions of Pickle: Being a Sequel to 'Pickle the Spy' View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorLang, AndrewHeadline2 vols about Pickle the Spy by Andrew Lang 1897PublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1897-1898 Lot #287 The Mysteries of Paris View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorSue, EugeneHeadlineThe Mysteries of Paris First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1845-46 Lot #288 Monsieur Beaucaire View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineMonsieur Beaucaire signed by Tarkington 1st edPublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #289 The Two Vanrevels View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineTwo Vanrevels 1st trade ed Booth Tarkington 1902PublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1902 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next