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 â–¼ 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 1-68 of 68. 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 #40 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineIllustrated by Valenti AngeloPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1934 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 #42 Four major works of modern literature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineProust, Galsworthy, James and LawrencePublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1964-1975 Lot #45 Three volumes of fine press English Literature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThree volumes of Fine Press English LiteratureDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #64 Twelve works of literature printed and/or designed by D.B. Updike View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Updike, D.B. - Merrymount Press)HeadlineTwelve literary works from Merrymount PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #87 La Comédie Humaine View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorBalzac, HonorĂ© deHeadlineBalzac's Human Comedy, 40 vols.PublisherJ.M. Dent and Co.Date Published1895-1898 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 #89 Charles II View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bickers & Son)AuthorAiry, OsmundHeadlineCharles II by Airy, bound by BickersPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.; William BrownDate Published1901 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 #92 The Works of George Borrow View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bumpus)AuthorBorrow, George HenryHeadlineBeautifully bound by BumpusPublisherConstable & Co. Ltd.; Gabriel WellsDate Published1923-1924 Lot #93 The Works of Walter Pater View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bumpus)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineComplete set, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1900-1901 Lot #94 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bumpus)HeadlineTennyson's Works, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #95 The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes, Miguel DeHeadlineDon Quixote 6th Edition 1733PublisherPrinted for J. Knapton et al.Date Published1733 Lot #96 Marlborough: His Life and Times View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Life of Marlborough Finely BoundPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933-38] Lot #97 Beaux & Belles of England: Nell Gwyn View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCunningham, Peter, editorHeadlineNell Gwyn, Royal Mistress, handsomely boundPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Publishedn.d. 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 #99 Ten Works of George Eliot View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineTen works by George Eliot, bound by RatchardsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedUndated 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 #101 The Republican Court or American Society in the Days of Washington. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGriswold, Rufus WilmotHeadlineEarly Women of the American EstablishmentPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1856] 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 #104 The Complete Opera Book View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKobbĂ©, GustaveHeadlineNicely bound illustrated Opera historyPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1937] Lot #105 The Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorLandon, Letitia ElizabethHeadlineThe Poems of Letitia Landon, nicely boundPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & GreenDate Published1864 Lot #106 Books and Bookmen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlineLang's Bookmen finely bound LP copyPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1886 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 #109 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineAnnabel Edition of Poe's Works, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 Lot #110 The Works of Alexander Pope; With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem, by the Rev. G. Croly, LL.D. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineThe Works of Alexander Pope, nicely boundPublisherA.J. ValpyDate Published1835 Lot #111 The Works of William H. Prescott View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #112 The Living Female Writers of the South. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Raymond, Ida, editor]HeadlineFemale Writers of the American SouthPublisherClaxton, Remsen & HaffelfingerDate Published1872 Lot #113 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, bound by RivierePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1831] Lot #114 Charles I View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Riviere)AuthorSkelton, Sir JohnHeadlineCharles I by Skelton, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1898 Lot #115 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Root & Son)AuthorĂ€ Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadline3 Root & Son fine bindingsPublisherThe Punch Office/Bradbury and EvansDate Published1847-1848 Lot #116 The Hesperides & Noble Numbers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Root & Son)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Herrick, bound by Root & SonPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1891 Lot #117 The Life of William Ewart Gladstone View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Samford, P.B.)AuthorMorley, JohnHeadlineIllustrated, nicely bound by P.B. SamfordPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1903 Lot #118 Madeleine: A Story of French Love View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSandeau, JulesHeadlineMadeleine by Sandeau, bound by RingerPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1891 Lot #119 Ladies Fair and Frail:Sketches of the Demi-Monde During the Eighteenth Century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorBleackley, HoraceHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn Lane CompanyDate Published1909 Lot #120 The Perfect Courtier Baldassare Castiglione His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorCartwright, JuliaHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1927 Lot #122 The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Percy Bysshe Shelley, nicely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1888 Lot #123 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] Lot #124 The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineNicely bound biography of MichelangeloPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published[1893] Lot #125 The Life and Letters of John Hay View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThayer, William RoscoeHeadlineThayer's biographical work, nicely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1916] Lot #126 The Writings of Mark Twain [with] Autograph letter, signed by Samuel Clemens View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain signed letter w/ 25 vol. deluxe set of TwainPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1899 Lot #127 The Works of Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] 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 #129 The Art of Breguet View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDaniels, GeorgeHeadlineExquisite Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherSotheby Parke BernetDate Published1975 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 #131 Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineAcross the Plains, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1887; 1892 Lot #132 Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw, Lady of Honor to Catherine II. Empress of all the Russias: Written by Herself: Comprising Letters of the Empress, and Other Correspondence. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorVorontsova-Dashkova, Yekaterina RomanovnaHeadlineHandsomely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 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 #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. QuarrĂ©Date Published1843 Lot #213 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #231 Essays View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFirst edition of Emerson's Essays, 1841PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 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 #249 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, new ed. 1820PublisherT. Cadell & W. Davies, et al.Date Published1820 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 #259 Facsimiles of Choice Examples Selected from Illumination Manuscripts, Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books of Early Date View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineQuaritch's facsimiles of illumination, pts. III & V-XPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890-1891 Lot #267 The Works of Ben. Jonson. In Seven Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected; with Notes Critical and Explanatory View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJonson, BenjaminHeadlineBen Jonson Works, First Whalley editionPublisherPrinted for D. Midwinter; W. Innys and J. Richardson; J. Knapton; et al.Date Published1756 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 #322 Continuum View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, Clarice MartinHeadlineClarice Smith, artist, in marbled leather bindingPublisherNational Museum of Women in the ArtsDate Published1989 Lot #327 Under the Microscope View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne's Pre-Raphaelite poetry manifestoPublisherD. WhiteDate Published1872 Lot #332 Haunted London View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorThornbury, WalterHeadlineThornbury's Haunted London, extra illustratedPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 Lot #335 The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition, in original dust jacketPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1919 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next