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