Sale 785: Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Science, Medicine & More (#785) 04/06/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/06/2023 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 1-76 of 76. Previous|1|Next Lot #14 Moby Dick; or, The Whale. Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFacsimile of the Moser-illustrated Arion editionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published[1981] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #41 Two fine press editions of Dostoevsky Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorDostoevsky, FyodorHeadlineIllustrated by Fritz EichenbergPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1956; 1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #47 War & Peace Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlineWar & Peace illustrated by Barnett FreedmanPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #76 Sierra Nevada Sequence AuthorWalker, Ardis M.HeadlineArdis Walker's poetry with Kirk Martin's art, signedPublisherSierra Trails PressDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #78 The Garden of the Night Heading(The Whittington Press)AuthorAzmi, Iftikhar, translatorHeadlineSigned by the artist and translatorPublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Song of Songs Heading(The Whittington Press)HeadlineThe Song of Songs from The Whittington PressPublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #80 Three works illustrated by Richard Kennedy Heading(The Whittington Press)HeadlineThree illustrated and signed by Richard KennedyPublisherThe Whittington Press View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #81 T.E. Lawrence Letters to E.T. Leeds with a commentary by E.T. Leeds Heading(The Whittington Press)AuthorWilson, J.M., editorHeadlineT.E. Lawrence Letters to E.T. LeedsPublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 La Divina Commedia AuthorAlighieri, DanteHeadlineDante in hand-painted vellum bindingsPublisherG.C. SansoniDate Published1896; 1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #88 The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane Heading(Bayntun)AuthorLe Sage, [Alain Rene]HeadlineBound by Bayntun with hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for J. Mawman; Baldwin, Cradock and JoyDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #90 Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadline1757 Boccaccio finely bound with engraved platesPublisher[Prault]Date Published1757-[1761] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #91 The Military Souvenir: A Portrait Gallery of Our Military and Naval Heroes AuthorBramhall, Frank J.HeadlineWith 75 steel-engraved Civil War portraitsPublisherJ.C. ButtreDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #100 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for William MillerDate Published1802 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #102 James I. and VI. AuthorHenderson, T.F.HeadlineSumptuous biography of King James I & VIPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #103 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer AuthorHomerHeadlineIliad and Odyssey of Homer, finely boundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #107 Calendario de las Señoritas Megicanas para el Año 1838 Heading(Mexico – Gift Book Almanac)AuthorGalvan Rivera, Mariano, editorHeadlineRare Mexican gift book in fine bindingDate Published1837-1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #108 Select Views in Great Britain. AuthorMiddiman, Samuel, engraverHeadlineWith 53 engraved views of Great BritainPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published[1830] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #128 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous engravings of French architecturePublisherFisher, Son & Co.; The Caxton Press; H. MandevilleDate Published[c. 1845] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #130 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorIngoldsby, ThomasHeadlineIllustrated by Rackham, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #133 Eight miniature almanacs Heading(Almanacs)HeadlineEight miniature almanacs 1883-1914PublisherHazeltine [and] Piso'sDate Published1883-1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #134 Four Tiny Books from The American Tract Society Heading(American Tract Society)AuthorFrost, S. AnnieHeadline4 Tiny Books from American Tract SocietyPublisherAmerican Tract SocietyDate Published[1881] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #135 Miniature Broadsides: Designed and Printed by the Black Cat Press Heading(Black Cat Press)HeadlineMiniature Broadsides from Black Cat PressPublisherBlack Cat PressDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #136 Sixty-two miniature books from the Black Cat Press Heading(Black Cat Press)Headline62 miniature books from the Black Cat PressPublisherBlack Cat PressDate Published1960-1984 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #137 Twelve micro-miniature books from the Borrower's Press Heading(Borrower's Press)Headline12 mini books from the Borrower's PressPublisherBorrower's PressDate Published1974-1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #138 WITHDRAWN - No. V-109: The Biography of a Printing Press Heading(Bromer, Anne & David)AuthorMorris, HenryHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Henry Morris No. V-109 Bird & Bull ChecklistPublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #139 Illustrated Chinese Maxims: Or Known as Family Rules of Conduct. Illustrated in 60 color Pictures. Heading(Chinese Maxims)Headline60 Illustrated Chinese MaximsPublisherJoseph TuckDate Published[c.1930?] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #140 Fifty Cracker Jack miniature books Heading(Cracker Jack Miniatures)Headline50 Cracker Jack miniature booksPublisherCracker JackDate Published1960s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #141 Four From Only in America Heading(D'Ambrosio Studio)AuthorGolden, HarryHeadlineHarry Golden Only in America Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published1995 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #142 Miniature Books Heading(Dawson's Book Shop)AuthorKoopman, Harry LymanHeadlineLast book designed by Bruce RogersPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #143 Don Quijote de la Mancha Heading(Ediciones Castilla)AuthorCervantes, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quijote in miniaturePublisherEdiciones CastillaDate Published1952 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #144 Kwaidan Heading(Garden View Press)AuthorHearn, LafcadioHeadlineMiniature Kwaidan by Lafcadio HearnPublisherGarden View PressDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #145 Seven Kate Greenaway miniature titles AuthorGreenaway, KateHeadlineSeven Kate Greenaway miniature titlesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #146 Thirty-four titles published by the Hillside Press Heading(Hillside Press)Headline37 titles published by the Hillside PressPublisherHillside PressDate Published1964-1980 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #147 Eleven miniatures and micro-miniatures by Jack Levien or his Trader's Press Heading(Levien, Jack R. - Trader's Press)Headline11 miniature books from Jack R. LevienPublisherTrader's Press or Jack R. LevienDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #148 The Book of Lambspring: Concerning the Philosophical Stone Heading(Lilliput Press)HeadlineLilliput Press 1/100PublisherLilliput PressDate Published[1980s] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #149 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There Heading(Minia Press)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures miniaturePublisherMinia Press / Edmond S. WoodDate Published1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #150 Four nineteenth-century miniature illustrated chapbooks Heading(Miniature Books - 19th Century)HeadlineFour 19th century miniature illustrated chapbooksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #151 Selection of children's and miscellaneous miniatures Heading(Miniature Books - Children)HeadlineChildren's & miscellaneous miniaturesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #152 Thirteen micro-miniature volumes Heading(Miniature Books - Micro-miniatures)HeadlineThirteen micro-miniature volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #153 Collection of miniature pamphlets, catalogs, and related ephemera Heading(Miniature Books - Miscellaneous)HeadlineMiniature pamphlets, catalogs, and ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #154 Nineteen miscellaneous miniature titles Heading(Miniature Books - Miscellaneous)Headline19 miscellaneous miniature titlesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #155 Four miniature scrolls Heading(Miniature Books - Scrolls)HeadlineFour miniature scrollsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #156 Twelve illustrated accordion-style Japanese miniatures Heading(Miniature Books Japanese)Headline12 illustrated accordion-style Japanese miniaturesDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #157 Forty-eight miniature books from various publishers Heading(Miscellaneous Publishers)Headline48 miniature books from various publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #158 Fifteen miniature books from the Press of Ward Schori Heading(Press of Ward Schori)Headline15 miniature books from Ward SchoriPublisherPress of Ward Schori View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #159 Collection of miniature books and newspapers from Shackman and other publishers Heading(Shackman)HeadlineMiniature novelty books and newspapersPublisherShackman, et al.Date Published1960s, mostly View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #160 Thirty-seven miniature books from Achille St. Onge Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)Headline37 miniature books from Achille St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1952-1977 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #161 A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineSterne's Sentimental Journey 1828PublisherDoyle & HathawayDate Published1827 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #169 ,WITHDRAWN - Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark Heading(Austen, John, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Hamlet, illustrated by John AustenPublisherSelwyn & BlountDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #175 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Heading(Beaman, S.G. Hulme, illustrator)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineBeaman's classic, scarce in jacket and slipcasePublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #176 Leonora Heading(Beauclerc, Diana, illustrator)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #186 An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection From the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land Heading(Bransom, Paul, illustrator)AuthorCooper, Frederic Taber, editorHeadlineSigned large paper edition, in jacket & boxPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #188 Black and White AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseHeadlineFirst Edition from author of Goodnight MoonPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis TranslationPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #200 The Artist: A Monthly Lady's Book Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarréDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #209 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #232 La Céramique Moderne par Le Grand Dépot. Porcelaines, Faiences & Cristaux AuthorEnalt, LouisHeadlineWith chromolithographs by Charles VerneauDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #243 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English LandscapePublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #245 The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus Heading(Frost, A.B., illustrator)AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus' Tar-Baby, First EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #246 Millions of Cats AuthorGa'g, WandaHeadlineLimited edition signed by Wanda Ga'gPublisherCoward McCannDate Published1928 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #252 Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the Late John Kay, Miniature Painter, Edinburgh; with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes Heading(Golf)AuthorKay, JohnHeadlineWith the famed “Cock of the Green” etchingPublisherHugh PatonDate Published1837-38 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #253 The Walt Disney Story of Our Friend The Atom AuthorHaber, HeinzHeadlineWalt Disney's Our Friend, The AtomPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #256 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 73 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #262 Illustrations For Genji Monogatari in 54 Wood-Cut Prints Heading(Japan)AuthorMurasaki ShikibuHeadline54 full-color woodcuts for The Tale of GenjiPublisher[Nagai Times]Date Published1957 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #274 Das Deutsche Bilderbuch No 2. Marienkind AuthorLefler, Heinrich and Josef UrbanHeadlineWith 8 chromolithographs by Lefler and UrbanPublisherJos. ScholzDate Published[c. 1904] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #285 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery Lane...Date Published1688 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #293 East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineIn the scarce original jacketPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #304 Henry VIII AuthorPollard, A.F.HeadlinePollard's Henry VIII limited editionPublisherGoupil & Co. / Scribner'sDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #313 Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorLatimore, Sarah Briggs & Grace Clark HaskellHeadlineArthur Rackham: A Bibliography Limited EditionPublisherSuttonhouseDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #323 Trattato di Anatomia Pittorica AuthorSquanquerillo, ConstantinoHeadlineWith 62 full-page anatomical platesPublisherTipografia Delle Belle ArtiDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #324 Domestic Architecture. A Series of Views of Cottages and Farm Houses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. Heading(Stevens, Francis, etcher)HeadlineWith 53 plates of Architectural viewsPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c. 1850] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #332 Haunted London AuthorThornbury, WalterHeadlineThornbury's Haunted London, extra illustratedPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #337 Three First editions of 1960s adaptations for Warren Chappell's music series AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike's adaptations of operas for childrenPublisherKnopfDate Published1962-1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #341 Ultimo, an imaginative narration of life under the earth AuthorVassos, John and RuthHeadlineVassos' Ultimo in original jacketPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #344 Collection of vodka labels from California Heading(Vodka labels)HeadlineApprox. 175 lithographed Vodka labelsDate Published20th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next