Sale 770: PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#770) 09/08/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/08/2022 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 1-29 of 29. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]HeadlineE.A. Abbott's Flatland, a geometric fantasy 1884PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #5 The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of Spanish by Thomas Shelton, MDCXII. Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineAshendene Press Don Quixote in full pigskinPublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1927-1928 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #7 Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture and illustrated with Annotations. By John Ogilby AuthorÆesopHeadlineOgilby's Aesop with 83 copperplates 1665PublisherPrinted by Thomas Roycroft for the AuthorDate Published1665 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #14 Symbolorum et emblematum centuriae tres. I. Ex herbis & stirpibus. II. Ex animalibus quadrupedibus. III. Ex volatilibus & insectis. Editio secunda, auctior & accuratior, accessit noviter centuria IV. Ex aquatilibus & reptilibus, cum figuris aeneis AuthorCamerarius, JoachimHeadline400 engraved emblems of biology, 1605PublisherTypis VoegelinianisDate Published1605 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #17 The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, with Divers Addicions, whiche were never in printe before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly dooeth appere AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineStowe's Chaucer w/ extensive marginalia, 1561PublisherJhon Kyngston for Jhon WightDate Published1561 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #24 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol, first edition, first issuePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #25 Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems Heading(Doves Bindery)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth's Lyrical Ballads in Doves bindingPublisherPrinted for T. N. Longman And O. ReesDate Published1800 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #26 The Complete Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineComplete Sherlock Holmes signed by DoylePublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #30 The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams Author[Fielding, Henry]HeadlineFielding's Early English Novel, 1st Ed.PublisherA. MillarDate Published1742 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #32 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #35 The Return of the Native AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineReturn of the Native first edition in book formPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #36 The Trumpet Major AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineHardy's The Trumpet Major, first book editionPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #37 The Woodlanders AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy's The Woodlanders, first editionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #39 The Original Works of William Hogarth AuthorHogarth, WilliamHeadlineBoydell's Hogarth First Folio EditionPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published1790 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #42 Die Bunten Farben in der Buckdruckerei und Insbesondere Deren Druck auf der Schnellpress. Ein Handbuch zur Practischen Erler un Forthilfe... AuthorIhm, Bernhard A.HeadlineBernhard A. Ihm on color printing by steam pressPublisherVerlag Von R.V. WaldheimDate Published1874 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #51 Le Goût du Jour - complete run of fascicules for the year 1920 Heading(Le Goût du Jour)HeadlineLe Goût du Jour, full run from 1920, 41 platesPublisher[François Bernouard]Date Published[1920] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #53 Rerum Germanicarum Sub Matthia, Ferdinandis II. & III. IMPP. Gestarum, Libri LV... AuthorLotichius, Joannes PetrusHeadlineRare complete copy, Lotichius' Rerum GermanicarumPublisherTypis exscripti Wolfgangi Hoffmani, Impensa Matthaei MerianiDate Published1646-50 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #67 Poems [and] Works of Alfred de Musset AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineAlfred de Musset, Illuminated Presentation SetPublisherEdwin C. Hill CompanyDate Published1905 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #78 The Tour of Doctor Syntax (Containing the First, Second and Third Tour) Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorCombe, WilliamHeadlineRowlandson's wonderful Doctor SyntaxPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812; 1820; [1821] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #83 The New Grant White Shakespeare. The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare, Old Stratford Ed, 1/124PublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #84 The Works of Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works in folio extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for Grant Richards, LondonDate Published1901-1904 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #85 The Works of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Head Press, Sangorski BoundPublisherThe Shakespeare Head PressDate Published1904-1907 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #92 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineWith Handwritten Note from H.B. StowePublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #94 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, With Bibliographical Introductions and Full Indexes AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineWritings of Henry David Thoreau Finely BoundPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1898 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWith a Signed Letter by Sam ClemensPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1929 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #98 The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated, with Annotations by John Ogilby AuthorVirgilHeadlineOgilby's Virgil in royal binding of Charles IIPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for the AuthorDate Published1654 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #100 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman, Finely Bound by JackelPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #102 The Happy Prince and Other Tales AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineFairy tales of Oscar Wilde, signed limited editionPublisherDavid NuttDate Published1888 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #104 Fly Leaves Heading(Wilde, Oscar, his book)AuthorCalverley, C.S.HeadlineOscar Wilde's copy with his signature on titlePublisherDeighton, Bell, and Co.Date Published1873 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next