Sale 748: Rare Books with Science, Medicine & Natural History (#748) 11/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/18/2021 11:00 AM PST 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 1-31 of 31. Previous|1|Next Lot #44 Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineA handsome finely bound set of Don QuixotePublisherJ.J. Dubochet & Co.Date Published1837 Lot #52 The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill - The Centenary Limited Edition - Volume XIX - The War Speeches, Volume One May 1938-June 1941 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineVol. XIX of Centenary collection of ChurchillPublisherLibrary of Imperial HistoryDate Published[1975] Lot #54 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineComplete set handsomely bound by BayntunPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1956-1958] Lot #55 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineNicely bound by BayntunPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1956-1957] Lot #62 Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill, Savrola First U.S. EditionPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1900 Lot #63 The Second World War and an Epilogue on the Years 1945 to 1957 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineNicely bound edition of The Second World WarPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[1959] Lot #88 Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Charles DickensDate PublishedApril 1, 1850 Lot #89 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, First edition, first issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #90 The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield the Younger View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineHandsomely bound edition of David CopperfieldPublisherW.F. BurgessDate Published1850 Lot #96 Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorElliot, Daniel GiraudHeadlineDeluxe facsimile of Birds of ParadisePublisherJohnson Reprint CorporationDate Published[1977] Lot #101 The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPindar, Peter [pseud. John Wolcot]HeadlineThe Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. Finely BoundPublisherJ. Walker, et al.Date Published1812 Lot #102 The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler - With two fore-edge paintings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's works with Fore Edge PaintingsPublisherPickeringDate Published1835 Lot #111 West-oestlicher Divan View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonHeadlinelyrical poems by Goethe 1819Publisherin der Cottaischen BuchhandlungDate Published1819 Lot #112 The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGranville, George, Lord LansdowneHeadlineGeorge Granville verse and prose 1732PublisherPrinted for J. Tonson, and L. GilliverDate Published1732 Lot #113 Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineHugo Grotius' Notes on the Gospels 1641PublisherCornelium BlaeuDate Published1641 Lot #115 A New Model of the Universe - finely bound by Philip Smith View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Gurdjieff, George Ivanovich)AuthorOuspensky, P.D.HeadlineA magnificent custom binding by Philip SmithPublisherRoutledge & Kegan PaulDate Published1948 Lot #119 The Works of James Harris, Esq. With an account of his life and character, by his son, the Earl of Malmesbury View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlineHarris on philosophy of language, 1801PublisherPrinted by Luke Hansard, for F. WingraveDate Published1801 Lot #122 Harivansa ou Histoire de la Famille de Hari, ouvrage formant un appendice du Mahabharata... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineFirst printing of the Harivansa in any languagePublisherOriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and IrelandDate Published1834 Lot #126 The Iliad of Homer View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Homer)AuthorPope, Alexander, translatorHeadlinePope translation of Homer's Iliad, folio editionPublisherW. Boyer for Bernard LintottDate Published1715-1720 Lot #132 A Dictionary of the English Language in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineFourth edition of Johnson's Dictionary, DublinPublisherThomas EwingDate Published1775 Lot #137 Mémoires d'une femme de qualité, sur Louis XVIII, sa cour et son règne View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de, et al.HeadlineMemoirs of French "Lady of Quality" 1829-30PublisherMame et Delaunay-Vallée, librairesDate Published1829-1830 Lot #140 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's vermischte Schriften nach dessen tode aus den hinterlassenen papieren gesammelt und herausgegeben von Ludwig Christian Lichtenberg und Friedrich Kries... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLichtenberg, Georg ChristophHeadlineLichtenberg's writings on science & more 1800-06PublisherJ.C. Dieterich, etc.Date Published1800-1806 Lot #169 The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works of Apuleius, Translated from the original Latin by Thomas Taylor View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Neoplatonism)AuthorApuleiusHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Apuleius, 1822PublisherRobert Triphook...and Thomas RoddDate Published1822 Lot #172 I Rimedi D'amore di Ovidio View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Remedia Amoris 1584PublisherNella Stamperia NouaDate Published1584 Lot #182 Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePetrarch's sonnets 1547PublisherPer Comin de Trino di MonferratoDate Published1547 Lot #205 [Morte d’Arthur, i.e.:] The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur Notwythstondng It Treateth of the Byrth Lyf and Actes of the Sayd Kynge Arthur: of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineFine press edition of Malory, Shakespeare HeadPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1933 Lot #206 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Henry VIII from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #207 The Plays of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohnson's Shakespeare 8 vols. 1768PublisherH Woodfall et al.Date Published1768 Lot #219 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineGulliver's Travels Woodcuts by GrandvillePublisherHayward and MooreDate Published[c. 1840] Lot #229 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 Lot #239 Fabulas Literarias View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorYriarte, TomásHeadlineTomás Yriarte's best known work 1782PublisherImprenta RealDate Published1782 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next