Sale 769: Antiquarian Books with Fine Press and Fine Bindings (#769) 08/25/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/25/2022 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 #1 With the Night Mail, A Story of 2000 A.D. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's sci-fi novella With the Night MailPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #2 American Buffalo View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMamet, DavidHeadlineSigned by David Mamet and Michael McCurdyPublisherArion PressDate Published1992 Lot #3 Bookman's Holiday View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bayberry Hill Press)AuthorJohnson, Ruth & FosterHeadlineBookman's Holiday from Bayberry Hill PressPublisherBayberry Hill PressDate Published1971 Lot #4 Erhard Ratdolt and his Work at Venice View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Bibliographical Society)AuthorRedgrave, Gilbert R.HeadlineA Work on the Incunables of RatdoltPublisherBibliographical SocietyDate Published1899 Lot #5 Three works on printing from the Bird & Bull Press View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bird & Bull Press)HeadlineThree works on printing from Bird & Bull PressPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1975-1981 Lot #6 Epitalamio / Una Carta en el Camino [or] a sus amigos (cover title) View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Editorial Dos Amigos)AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineWith color etchings signed by Alicia ScavinoPublisher[Ediciones Dos Amigos]Date Published[1989] Lot #7 A Survey of Modern Bookmaking: Pages from Contemporary Presses of England and the Continent together with Four Examples by San Francisco Printers View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,300StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineSigned by Edwin & Robert GrabhornPublisherPresented by Herbert L. Rothchild to Members of the Roxburghe ClubDate Published1931 Lot #8 Multitude of One: From "The Natashas" (The Collected Poems of Natasha Tarn) View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Grenfell Press)AuthorTarn, NatashaHeadlineSigned by Gregory AmenoffPublisherGrenfell PressDate Published1994 Lot #9 Ansichten der Natur View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorHumboldt, Alexander vonHeadlineVictor Hammer's Alexander von HumboldtPublisherStamperia del SantuccioDate Published[1934] Lot #10 Venus and Adonis View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Harrison of Paris)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFirst book from Harrison of Paris, 1930PublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published[1930] Lot #11 Manuale Tipografico View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Holland Press)AuthorBodoni, GiambattistaHeadlineFacsimile of Bodoni's Manuale TipograficoPublisher[Holland Press]Date Published[1960] Lot #12 A Psalm of Life View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineIlluminated manuscript on vellum of LongfellowDate Published1909 Lot #13 The Analects of Confucius View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorConfuciusHeadlineLimited Editions Club Analects of ConfuciusPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1933 Lot #14 Three Limited Editions Club titles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineSassoon, Weems, Hugo, Limited Ed. ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #15 Fortress Marin: An Aesthetic and Historical Description of the Coastal Fortifications of Southern Marin County. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Quail Press)AuthorKillion, TomHeadlineSigned by author and illustrator Tom KillionPublisher[Quail Press]Date Published[1977] Lot #16 Seven volumes from the Roycrofters View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)HeadlineSeven fine volumes published by the RoycroftersPublisher[The Roycrofters]Date Published1894-1926 Lot #17 Specimen of an Etymological Dictionary attributed to John Mitchell Kemble View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Rulon-Miller Books)AuthorKemble, John Mitchell, attributed toHeadlineJohn Mitchell Kemble and English etymologyPublisherRulon-Miller Books, Inc.Date Published1990 Lot #18 Practical Hints on Decorative Printing View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorSavage, WilliamHeadlineSavage's Practical Hints on Decorative PrintingPublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1822 Lot #20 The Nature of Nature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineNature of Nature w/ Aaron Johnson woodcutPublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published1995 Lot #21 The Tree [&] The Nature of Nature View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineNature of Nature, Press Presentation copyPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published1995 Lot #28 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of Fast CastlePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published[1848] Lot #31 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGesner, J.M., editorHeadlineWith fore-edge paintings of Badminton and StowePublisherHarding, Mavor, et LepardDate Published[1824] Lot #33 The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorHood, ThomasHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of riders and dogsPublisherFrederick Warne and Co.; Scribner, Welford and ArmstrongDate Published[ca. 1880] Lot #34 The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorHorder, W. Garrett, editorHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of ship City of MobilePublisherHenry FrowdeDate Published1910 Lot #36 The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineWith a color fore-edge paintingPublisherWard, Lock, & Co.Date Published[ca. 1900] Lot #38 Milton's Paradise Lost. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Battersea BridgePublisherT. Longman, B. Law, P. Dodsley et al.Date Published1795 Lot #42 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including his Great Metrical Romances, Copyright Lyrical Pieces, Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads. with a Memoir of the Author. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Norham CastlePublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published[1861] Lot #56 The Poems of Richard Monckton Milnes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMilnes, Richard MoncktonHeadlineThe Poetry of Richard Milnes, Finely BoundPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1838 Lot #60 The English Dance of Death,... Volume I & II [with] The Dance of Life,... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)Author[Combe, Richard]HeadlineIllus. by Rowlandson, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherPublished by R. AckermannDate Published1815-1817 Lot #66 Roderick the Last of the Goths. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSouthey, RobertHeadlineSouthey's Roderick, handsomely boundPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1826 Lot #76 The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineShelley's Works bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1839 Lot #134 Collection of books featuring botanical and floral chromolithographs View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography - Gift Books)HeadlineWith numerous botanical chromolithographsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1839-1881 Lot #135 Large collection of books with chromolithographs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography - Gift Books)HeadlineWith numerous examples of chromolithographyPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #151 Three works of original art with three poetry chapbooks by Mar Gretta Cocking View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCocking, Mar Gretta [Margaretta]HeadlineOriginal art and poetry chapbooks by CockingDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #158 Specimens of Woodcuts and Engravings: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Illustrated Books... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.Headline15 Woodcuts & Engravings from FoliophilesPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1926 Lot #164 The Willowdale Handcar or The Return of the Black Doll View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineSigned by Edward GoreyPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published[1979[] Lot #171 Candide View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorVoltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineCandide Rockwell Kent signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1928 Lot #172 N by E View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineN by E, signed by Rockwell KentPublisherBrewer & WarrenDate Published1930 Lot #186 Victorian Color Printing [with] Graphic Methods in Book Illustration View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Plough Press)AuthorWakeman, GeoffreyHeadlineTwo guides to color and graphic illustrationPublisherThe Plough PressDate Published1981 Lot #188 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, illus. by Willy PogányPublisherThomas Y. Crowell Company Lot #189 The Songs of Bilitis View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorLouÿs, PierreHeadlineSigned by illustrator Willy PogányPublisherMacy-Masius: PublishersDate Published[1926] Lot #192 The Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909-1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorPropert, W.A.HeadlineThe Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909-1920PublisherJohn LaneDate Published1921 Lot #203 ***WITHDRAWN*** The Giving Tree View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSilverstein, ShelHeadline*WITHDRAWN* Giving Tree inscribed by Shel SilversteinPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1964, but later] Lot #206 The Work of Stowitts for the Fox-God: Lyric Ballet in 3 Acts View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Stowitts, Hubert, illustrator)AuthorCrocker, Templeton and Joseph ReddingHeadlineThe Work of Stowitts for the Fox-God, SignedPublisherGeorge Palmer PutnamDate Published1939 Lot #208 The Arabian Nights Entertainments containing Sixty-five Stories told by Shahrazade.... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Szyk, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights in 4 vols Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 Lot #235 The Character of a London Diurnal View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Cleveland, John]HeadlineSatirical poems of John Cleveland, 1647Date Published1647 Lot #258 Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, Julia and Jacques PepinHeadlineSigned by Julia Child and Jacques PepinPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1999 Lot #259 Julia Child & More Company View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, JuliaHeadlineSigned by Julia Child and Paul ChildPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1979 Lot #276 The Works of Gerald Griffin View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGriffin, GeraldHeadline8 Vols of Griffin's Poetry, Handsomely BoundPublisherD. & J. Sadlier & Co.Date Published[c.1857] Lot #288 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Works of the English Poets 60 volumesPublisherPrinted by H. Hughs for C. Bathurst, et alDate Published1779-81 Lot #290 Heinrich von Kleists hinterlassene Schriften, herausgegeben von L. Tieck. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorKleist, Heinrich vonHeadlineThe poetry and plays of Heinrich von KleistPublisherGedruckt und verlegt bei G. ReimerDate Published1821 Lot #297 Kate Carnegie View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMaclaren, IanHeadlineKate Carnegie, Signed by Ian MaclarenPublisherDodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1896 Lot #303 Madame Curie: A Biography View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorCurie, EveHeadlineBiography of Marie Curie, Inscribed by DaughterPublisherThe Literary Guild of America, Inc.Date Published1937 Lot #316 P. Francisci Modesti Saludeciensis canonici arimini. De opificio dei opusculum. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorModesti, Publio FrancescoHeadlineScarce poetry dedicated to Ppe Julius IIIPublisherin Officina Erasmi VirgineiDate Published[1552] Lot #326 An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of All Ages View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Occult)AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineManly P. Hall on the occult, 1/550 copiesPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #335 Odes, Cantates, Épîtres et Poésies Diverses de J.B. Rousseau. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorRousseau, Jean BaptisteHeadlineFirst Didot Printing of Rousseau's PoetryPublisherChez P. DidotDate Published[1790] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next