Sale 764: Antiquarian Books with Fine Press & Fine Bindings; Illustrated Books & Fore-Edge Paintings (#764) 06/16/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/16/2022 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|Next Lot #75 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 Lot #80 Emma de Lissau: A Narrative of Striking Vicissitudes and Peculiar Trials; with notes illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Jews. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)Author[Bristow, Amelia]HeadlineWith fore-edge painting of JerusalemPublisherTilt and Bogue; T. StevensonDate Published[1841] Lot #87 Democritus in London with the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow to Which are added Notes Festivous Etc. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)Author[Daniel, George]HeadlineWith fore-edge painting of St. Paul's cathedralPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1852 Lot #88 Three Charles Dickens novels with fore-edge paintings View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThree Dickens novels with fore-edge paintingsPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[ca. 1860s] Lot #91 Cranford View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGaskell, Elizabeth CleghornHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of a ShipPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1898 Lot #92 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGesner, J.M., editorHeadlineWith fore-edge paintings of Badminton and StowePublisherHarding, Mavor, et LepardDate Published[1824] Lot #95 The Vicar of Wakefield View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineWith a color fore-edge painting of steam shipPublisherCharles DalyDate PublishedNo date [ca. 1840] Lot #104 Female Piety: Or the Young Woman's Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorJames, John AngellHeadlineWith fore-edge paintings of woman and ChurchPublisherOliver & Boyd; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.Date Published[1842] Lot #106 Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorLe Sage, [Alain Rene]HeadlineWith a fore-edge painting Santillana del MarPublisherChez Lefèvre, ÉditeurDate Published1844 Lot #111 Lays Of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of Ancient RomePublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts & GreenDate Published1865 Lot #112 Lays Of Ancient Rome. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineWith a color fore-edge painting of RomePublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, & DyerDate Published[1867] Lot #113 "Bones and I;" Or, The Skeleton at Home View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMelville, G.J. WhyteHeadlineFore-edge painting of Rievaulx Abbey ruinsPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[ca. 1868] Lot #118 Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Tower of LondonPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & RobertsDate Published1858 Lot #119 The Romance of the Harem. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorPardoe, JuliaHeadlineWith three captioned fore-edge paintingsPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1839 Lot #128 The Works of Frederick Schiller. Historical Dramas, Etc. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorSchiller, FrederickHeadlineFore-edge painting of men practicing archeryPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1850 Lot #129 Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Norham CastlePublisherArchibald Constable and Company; William Miller and John MurrayDate Published1811 Lot #130 The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Containing Biographical Memoirs, Essays, Letters with Notes. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Aberdeen, ScotlandPublisherRobert Cadell; Houlston & StonemanDate Published[1848] Lot #135 The Works of William Shakspere; Containing His Plays and Poems, From the text of the editions by Charles Knight... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWith F.E.P. of River Avon and Bath, EnglandPublisherCharles CoxDate Published1849 Lot #136 The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, Sermons, Letters, &c. with A Life of the Author... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of carriage and ridersPublisherPrinted for Charles DalyDate Published1839 Lot #139 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineWith two color fore-edge paintings of BristolPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1879 Lot #150 The Works of William Shakespeare. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Cambridge Shakespeare, bound by Bayntun.PublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1902-1905 Lot #160 A Christmas Carol View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineA Christmas Carol in charming bindingPublisherMonastery Hill PressDate Published[1940] Lot #163 The Works of Robert Burns View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineCollected edition of the Works of Robert Burns 1803PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1803 Lot #170 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWendell Holmes Breakfast Books, nicely boundPublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published[ca. 1883-1890] Lot #171 [Works of Victor Hugo] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineThe Works of Victor Hugo, Guernsey EditionPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[ca. 1892] Lot #172 The Works of Charles Lamb. In Two Volumes. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineThe works of Charles Lamb, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for C. and J. OllierDate Published1818 Lot #173 A Christmas Carol View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Launder & Macdonald)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineChristmas Carol, 1st Edition, illus. by LeechPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1843] Lot #175 Gems from the Poets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Lydon, A.F., illustrator)HeadlineGems from the Poets, Illus and Finely BoundPublisherBell & DaldyDate Published[c.1880] Lot #186 The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. Seventh Edition, with new Plates. [With:] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; A Poem. Volume Second. [With:] The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of A Wife. A Poem. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThe Tour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st Eds.PublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of the ArtsDate Published1812-1820 Lot #189 The Essays of Elia [with] Last Essays of Elia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineLamb's Elia essays bound by Riviere & SonPublisherPrinted for Taylor and Hessey; Edward MoxonDate Published1823; 1833 Lot #191 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(The Robe Bindery)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding, bound by Robe BinderyPublisherBickers and SonDate Published1902-1903 Lot #193 Confessions of an Oxonian View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Root & Son)Author[Little, Thomas and J. Findlay]HeadlineWith 36 aquatint plates, bound by Root & SonPublisherJ.J. StockdaleDate Published1826 Lot #197 The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Shelley Large Paper 1/250PublisherThe Riverside PressDate Published1882 Lot #200 The Fairy Queen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Fairy Queen, 1758, Finely BoundPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1758 Lot #201 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 Lot #203 Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Stikeman & Co.)AuthorSidney, PhilipHeadlineSidney's Arcadia in Stikeman bindingPublisherSampson, Low, Marston & CompanyDate Published1898 Lot #204 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineCentenary Edition of Tennyson, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1909 Lot #207 The Mirror of the World View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineMirror of the World, nicely boundPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1889 Lot #209 Robin Hood. A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads, now extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Wheeler)AuthorRitson, Joseph, editorHeadlineJoseph Ritson's Robin Hood with Thomas Bewick cutsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1832 Lot #215 Pride and Prejudice View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadline1st single-volume edition of Pride and PrejudicePublisherRichard Bentley; Bell and Bradfute; Cumming; GalgnaniDate Published1833 Lot #218 Le Roman de la Momie View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Barbier, George, illustrator)AuthorGautier, ThéophileHeadlineLe Roman de la Momie, illustrated by BarbierPublisherA. & G. MornayDate Published1929 Lot #243 Fables by the late Mr. Gay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineFables by John Gay, 1767 EditionPublisherJ. and R. Tonson et al.Date Published1767 Lot #255 The Nights Of Straparola View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Hughes, E.R., illustrator)AuthorStraparola, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineHandsomely bound, illustrated by E. R. HughesPublisherLawrence and BullenDate Published[1894] Lot #258 Moby Dick View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick illus by Rockwell Kent 1930PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #271 Moby Dick; or, The Whale. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFacsimile of the Moser-illustrated Arion Press editionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published[1981] Lot #272 Der Verschwender: Original-Zaubermärchen in drei Aufzügen View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Moser, Koloman, illustrator)AuthorRaimund, FerdinandHeadlineDer Verschwender illustrated by Kolomon MoserPublisherK.k. Hof-und StaatsdruckereiDate Published1915 Lot #277 A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineMaxfield Parrish Illustrates the Wonder BookPublisherDuffield & CompanyDate Published1910 Lot #297 The Tempest View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tempest Arthur Rackham SignedPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1926] Lot #298 A Fairy Book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRackham, ArthurHeadlineArthur Rackham A Fairy Book 1923PublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #301 La Vita Nuova (The New Life) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) by Dante AlighieriPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published[c.1900] Lot #307 The Faerie Queene View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene 1751 Quarto EditionPublisherJ. Brindley and S. WrightDate Published1751 Lot #381 Bleak House View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineBleak House first edition in book formPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 Lot #382 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDombey & Son, first edition in book formPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 Lot #383 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicholas Nickleby extra-illustrated in handsome bindingPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 Lot #384 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Master Humphrey's Clock 1840-41PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 Lot #385 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Posthumous Papers of Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 Lot #386 Works of Charles Dickens. New Illustrated Library Edition. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Dickens, Illustrated Library EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[ca. 1870s-1880s] Lot #397 The Complete Works of Shakspere, Revised from the Original Editions. With Historical and Analytical Introductions to each Play, Also Notes Explanatory and Critical, and a Life of the Poet View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHalliwell, J. O., ed.HeadlineThe Complete Works of "Shakspere"PublisherThe London Printing and Publishing CompanyDate Published[c.1870's] Lot #402 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$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineIrish edition of Johnson's dictionary, 1798PublisherR. MarchbankDate Published1798 Lot #403 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Works of the English Poets 60 volumesPublisherPrinted by H. Hughs for C. Bathurst, et alDate Published1779-81 Lot #404 The Rambler View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineFive volumes of Johnson's The Rambler, 1752PublisherPrinted for J. Payne and J. BouquetDate Published[1752] Lot #410 El Paraiso Recobrado des Juan Milton, Traduccion del Inglés por Julio Montes de Oca View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMexican edition of Paradise Regained, 1889PublisherTipografia "La Providencia"Date Published1889 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next