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 1-69 of 69. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Spectator AuthorAddison, Joseph & Richard Steele, et alHeadlineThe Spectator in 8 volumes 1775PublisherC. Bathurst, et alDate Published1775 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #4 Four art books - each signed by the artist Heading(Art)Author**HeadlineFour art books - each signed by the artistDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #5 Four art books - each signed by the artist Heading(Art)Author**HeadlineFour art books - each signed by the artistDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #6 Shi Liao Xun Kan [Journal of Historical Sources] Heading(Asian)AuthorArchive department of the Palace MuseumHeadlineJournal of Historical Sources Quing DynastyPublisherPrinted by Jin Hua Printing HouseDate Published1930-1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #7 Tung-ching-ch'êng: Report on the excavation of the site of the capital of P'o-hai 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #8 Yong Le Da Dian Ben Shui Jin Zhu [Commentary on “ The Waterways Classic” taken from “The Encyclopedia of the Young Le Era”] Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Dao Yuan (d. 527)HeadlineWork on the ancient geography of ChinaPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #10 The Kokka: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of the Fine and Applied Arts of Japan and Other Eastern Countries Heading(Asian)Author**Headline250 issues of Kokka Asian art 1890-1951PublisherThe Kokka Co.Date Published1890-1951 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #11 Nan Zhao Ye Shi Shang [An Unofficial History of Nan Zhao Kingdom: Volume One] Heading(Asian)AuthorYang Shen; revised by Hu WeiHeadlineHistory of Nan Zhao KingdomPublisherYunna BookstoreDate PublishedDuring Reign of Emperor Guan Xu (1875-1908) View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #12 Ying-Ch'êng-Tzu: The Han Brick-Tomb with Fresco-Paintings, &c., near Chien-Mu-Ch'êng-J, South Manchuria Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineHan Brick-Tomb Fresco-Paintings ManchuriaPublisherKwanto Government MuseumDate Published1934 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #22 Mr. Justice Holmes AuthorBiddle, FrancisHeadlineMr. Justice Holmes 1st in dj signed by BiddlePublisherScribner'sDate Published1942 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #28 Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell for the Defence, 1769-1774 1/350PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #29 Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell in Holland, 1763-1764PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1952 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #30 Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766-1769 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell in Search of a Wife 1 of 400 copiesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #31 Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell on the Grand Tour 1 of 400 copiesPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #32 Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763. Together with Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762 AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's London Journal, 1762-1763PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1951 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #33 Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 HeadingzzdAuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 Finely BoundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1951 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Life of Samuel Johnson - Temple Bar Edition AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineThe Life of Samuel Johnson - Temple Bar EditionPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #39 Autograph Letter, signed, as Secretary to the British Admiralty Heading(British Navy)AuthorBrisbane, JohnHeadlineJohn Brisbane Successor to Samuel PepysDate PublishedJanuary 15, 1683 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #47 Caricatures by Enrico Caruso - 2 editions, 1 with an original charcoal caricature sketch AuthorCaruso, EnricoHeadlineCaruso Caricatures with original sketchPublisher"La Follia di New York"Date Published1908 & 1914 View details Estimate$300 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #48 A Bibliography of the Works of Winston Churchill - Long Galley Proofs Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorWoods, FrederickHeadlineProof sheets of Woods' Churchill BibliographyPublisherNicholas VaneDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #49 Lord Randolph Churchill AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineWinston S. Churchill's bio of Lord RandolphPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #50 Typed Letter, signed, as Member of Parliament HeadingzzcAuthorChurchill, Winston Spencer-HeadlineLetter from Winston Churchill's grandsonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1978 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #56 Memoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie; Consideree Comme un Etablissement Politique et Militaire HeadingzzfAuthorCurne de Sainte-Palaye, M. de laHeadlineMemoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie 1759PublisherChez Nic. Bonav. DuchesneDate Published1759, 1781 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Cave Hunting, Researches on the Evidence of Caves Respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe AuthorDawkins, W. BoydHeadlineCave Hunting in Europe 1874PublisherMacmillanDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #62 Two volumes on the work of Edgar Degas Heading(Degas, Edgar)Author**HeadlineTwo volumes on the work of Edgar DegasDate Published[1944] & 1962 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #65 Roland Clark's Etchings Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorClark, RolandHeadlineRoland Clark's Etchings Sgd Ltd. book w/ etchingPublisherThe Derrydale PressDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #76 Poupées et Légendes de France Heading(Dolls)AuthorKoenig, MarieHeadlinePoupées et Légendes de FrancePublisherLibrairie Centrale des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #77 The Life of Sir William Wallace, The Governor General of Scotland, and Hero of the Scottish Chiefs AuthorDonaldson, PeterHeadlineThe Life of Sir William WallacePublisherS. Andrus & SonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #78 Howard University: The Capstone of Negro Education. A History: 1867-1940 AuthorDyson, WalterHeadlineHoward UniversityPublisherThe Graduate School, Howard UniversityDate Published1941 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #82 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson 1824 editionPublisherThomas Tegg, et alDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #89 The History of England from the Accession of James II - Extra Illustrated Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineMacaulay's History of England Extra IllustratedPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1849-1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #91 The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWard, Adolphus WilliamHeadlineElectress Sophia and the Hanoverian SuccessionPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #96 Five portfolios from "Collection de l'Art Regional en France" Heading(Furniture - French)Author**HeadlineFive portfolios with plates of French FurniturePublisherCh. Massin & Cie.Date Published[1925-28] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 AuthorGale, TheophilusHeadlineThe Court of the Gentiles by Theophilus GalePublisherTho. Gilbert [Vols. 1 & 2] / T. CockerilDate Published1672, 71, 77 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #98 Collection of works by Gombrich - Presented by him to artist and friend Stanley Meltzoff AuthorGombrich, Ernst H.HeadlineCollection of works by Ernst H. GombrichDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #120 An Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineIlluminated Maunscript by John H. TerleDate PublishedEarly 20th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #122 Technics and Creativity: Gemini GEL Heading(Johns, Jasper)Author**HeadlineTechnics and Creativity w/litho by Jasper JohnsPublisherMuseum of Modern ArtDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #123 The Works of Samuel Johnson AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel JohnsonPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1811-12, 1823 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #129 Frühdrucke aus der Bücherei AuthorKlemperer, Victor VonHeadlineFrühdrucke aus der Bücherei by Von KlempererDate Published1927 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #142 Ancient Jerusalem AuthorMerrill, SelahHeadlineAncient Jerusalem by Selah MerrillPublisherFleming H. Revell CompanyDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #146 Memoirs of the Life of the late George Morland; with critical and descriptive observations on the whole of his works hitherto before the public Heading(Morland, George)AuthorHassell, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of the Life of the late George MorlandPublisherJames CundeeDate Published1806 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #147 Le Siécle de Napoléon, Galerie des Illustrations de L'Empire Headingzzf(Napoléon)Author**HeadlineLe Siécle de Napoléon 25 colored lithographsPublisherAdministration de LibrairieDate Published1846 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold 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 AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et alDate Published1728 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #171 How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York Headingzzf(Photography)AuthorRiis, Jacob A.HeadlineJacob Riis How the Other Half LivesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1912 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #179 L.A. Uncovered [&] Quattro Mani AuthorRauschenberg, Robert and Darryl PottorfHeadlineRauschenberg L.A. Uncovered SignedPublisherGemini G.E.L.Date Published[1998] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #181 Pierre Sicard AuthorRemusat, ClaudeHeadlineClaude Remusat - Pierre SicardPublisherLibrairie RombaldiDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #182 The Parish-Watson Collection of Mohammadan Potteries AuthorRiefstahl, Rudolf MeyerHeadlineMohammadan Potteries 1/500PublisherE. WeyheDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #185 Felicien Rops: L'Art et la Vie. Preface de Pierre Mac Orland, Essai critique de Jean-Dubray Heading(Rops, Felicien)Author**HeadlineErotic art of Felicien RopsPublisherEditions Marcel SeheurDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #186 Battling Tritons AuthorRosa, Salvator (after )HeadlineBattling Tritons after Salvator Rosa c.20th centDate Publishedc. 20th century View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #188 Manchester Portraits: A Series of Lithographic Drawings HeadingzzfAuthorRothenstein, WillHeadlineWill Rothenstein Manchester PortraitsPublisherJ.E. CornishDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGrego, JosephHeadlineRowlandson the Caricaturist by Joseph GregoPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #192 Fine Prints of the Year: An Annual Review of Contemporary Etching and Engraving AuthorSalaman, Malcom Charles, editorHeadlineFine Prints of the Year vols. 8 & 9, 1930-31PublisherHalton & Truscott Smith, LtdDate Published1930 & 1931 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #194 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man HeadingzzfAuthorSassoon, SiegfriedHeadlineMemoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man Limited EditionPublisherFaber & GwyerDate Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #196 Die Deutsche Plastic Des Elften Bis Dreizehnten Jahrunderts Heading(Sculpture)AuthorPanofski, ErwinHeadlineGerman Sculture of the 11th-13th CenturiesPublisherKurt WolffDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #197 Die Deutsche Plastik Des Vierzehnten [Fuenfzhnten] Jahrunderts Heading(Sculpture)AuthorPinder, WilhelmHeadlineGerman Sculpture of the 14th & 15th CenturiesPublisherKurt WolffDate Published[1925 & 1924] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #202 An Alle Kunstlers! Heading(Socialism in the Arts)Author**HeadlineAn Alle Kunstlers! Cover by Max PechsteinPublisherWilli SimonDate Published1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #203 American Silver, 1750-1850. The Mrs. John Emerson Marble Collection at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens - 3 copies AuthorSpencer, Hope JudkinsHeadlineAmerican Silver, 1750-1850 - 3 copiesPublisherFithian PressDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #207 Les Jouets: Histoire - Fabrication Heading(Toys)AuthorClaretie, LeoHeadlineLes Jouets: Histoire - FabricationPublisherAncienne Maison Quantin / Librairies-Imprimeries ReuniesDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #208 Les Jouets a la World's Fair en 1904 a Saint-Louis (U-S): Et 'Histoire de la Corporation des Fabricants - de Jouets - en France Heading(Toys)AuthorD'Allemagne, Henri-ReneHeadlineFrench toys at the St Louis Worlds FairPublisherChez l'AuteurDate Published1908 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #212 Illustrations pour Le Diable au Corps de Raymond Radiguet AuthorVlaminck, Maurice deHeadlineVlaminck Illustrations pour Le Diable au CorpsPublisherMarcel Seheur Edit.Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #214 Campbell's Tomato Soup Can - Screenprint on a shopping bag from the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston AuthorWarhol, AndyHeadlineWarhol's Campbell's Soup Can screenprint bagPublisherInstitute of Contemporary ArtDate Published1966 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #216 Three signed prints by Max Weber AuthorWeber, MaxHeadlineThree signed prints by Max WeberDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #217 A King's Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor AuthorWindsor, [Edward] Duke ofHeadlineA King's Story The Memoirs of the Duke of WindsorPublisherPutnam'sDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #218 Process of Wood-Cut Printing Explained Heading(Wood-Cut Printing)Author**HeadlineProcess of Wood-Cut Printing ExplainedPublisherThe Shimbi Shoin, Ltd.Date Published[c.1920] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #219 Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics AuthorYockey, Francis ParkerHeadlineImperium: The Philosophy of History and PoliticsPublisherThe Truth SeekerDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #240 Gulzara, Princess of Persia; or, The Virgin Queen Headingzzf(Gulzara...)Author**HeadlineGulzara, Princess of Persia 1816 original boardsPublisherJohn SouterDate Published1816 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #241 Death Be Not Proud HeadingzzfAuthorGunther, JohnHeadlineJohn Gunther Death Be Not ProudPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1949 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #254 Pickle the Spy or The Incognito of Prince Charles [and] The Companions of Pickle: Being a Sequel to 'Pickle the Spy' HeadingzzfAuthorLang, AndrewHeadline2 vols about Pickle the Spy by Andrew Lang 1897PublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1897-1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #272 Into the Night Life HeadingzzfAuthorMiller, Henry and Bezalel SchatzHeadlineInto the Night Life signed by author & artistDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next