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 1-56 of 56. 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 #18 Biblia, det er, Den gantske Hellige Skrifft, paa Danske, igen offuerseet oc Prentet effter Salige oc Høylofflige ihukommelse, Kong Frederichs den II Befalning. Met Register, Alle D. Lutheri Fortaler View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Danish)Author**HeadlineSecond Bible in Danish 1589PublisherMatz VingaardtDate Published1589 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 #20 La Sainte Bible, Qui Contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in French)Author**HeadlineBible in French 1744PublisherAbraham BoyveDate Published1744 Lot #21 Novum Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi [with] Epistolae Sanctoru Postolorum et Apocalypsis View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineNew Testament in Latin Frankfurt 1714PublisherThomas FritschDate Published1714 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 #25 The Works of Jacob Behmen, the Teutonic Theosopher View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBoehme, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Behmen 1763PublisherJoseph RichardsonDate Published1763 Lot #27 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: And the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Book of Common Prayer)Author**Headlinebook of common prayer, Oxford 1770PublisherPrinted by T. Wright and W. GillDate Published1770 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 #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 #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 #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 #93 Les Moeurs des Israelites ou l'on voit le modele d'une politique simple & sincere... [bound with] Les Moeurs des Chrestiens. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFleury, Claude deHeadlineCustoms of the Israelites 1682PublisherAdrian Moetjens/ Eugene Henry FricxDate Published1682 & 1694 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 #116 [In Hebrew]: Sefer torat sabat: se-liqet ... min ha-Sulhan `aruk u-gedole ha-aharonim View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Hebrew Book)AuthorWeill, JacobHeadlineLaws of the Sabath in Hebrew 1839PublisherMalsch & VogelDate Published1839 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 #133 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen P.HeadlineCoverdale Bible (1535) leaf book, Limited 1/425PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 Lot #142 Ancient Jerusalem View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMerrill, SelahHeadlineAncient Jerusalem by Selah MerrillPublisherFleming H. Revell CompanyDate Published[1908] Lot #145 Oficio de la Semana Santa Segun el Missal y Breviario Romanos View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(Missal)Headline1745 Missal & BreviaryPublisherArchiemprenta PlantinianaDate Published1745 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 #150 The Holy Bible reprinted according to the Authorised Version, 1611. [Together with] The Apocrypha. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)Author**HeadlineThe Nonesuch Bible 1924-27 1 of 1000PublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1924-27 Lot #154 The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion; Comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the Round Towers of Ireland... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPetrie, GeorgeHeadlineEcclesiastical Architecture of Ireland,PublisherHodges & SmithDate Published1845 Lot #155 Annals of Christ's Hospital from its foundation to the present time, and of the original Conventual Church of the Grey Friars. By a Blue View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Photographically-illustrated Book)AuthorA BlueHeadlineAnnals of Christ's Hospital with 6 mounted photosPublisherLothian & Co.Date 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 #180 Antiquitates Sacrae Veterum Hebraeorum View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorReland, AdrianHeadlineHebrew Antiquities 1717PublisherGulielmi BroedeletDate Published1717 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 #191 Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Saint Jerome)AuthorHieronymus, SaintHeadlineSaint Jerome’s Lives of the Holy Fathers 1479PublisherJohann ZainerDate Published[not after 1479] 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 #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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next