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 PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-71 of 71. 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 #40 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineIllustrated by Valenti AngeloPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1934 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold 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 #42 Four major works of modern literature Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineProust, Galsworthy, James and LawrencePublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1964-1975 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #45 Three volumes of fine press English Literature Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThree volumes of Fine Press English LiteratureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold 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 #64 Twelve works of literature printed and/or designed by D.B. Updike Heading(Updike, D.B. - Merrymount Press)HeadlineTwelve literary works from Merrymount PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #87 La Comédie Humaine AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineBalzac's Human Comedy, 40 vols.PublisherJ.M. Dent and Co.Date Published1895-1898 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold 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 #92 The Works of George Borrow Heading(Bumpus)AuthorBorrow, George HenryHeadlineBeautifully bound by BumpusPublisherConstable & Co. Ltd.; Gabriel WellsDate Published1923-1924 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #93 The Works of Walter Pater Heading(Bumpus)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineComplete set, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1900-1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #94 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Heading(Bumpus)HeadlineTennyson's Works, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #95 The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel DeHeadlineDon Quixote 6th Edition 1733PublisherPrinted for J. Knapton et al.Date Published1733 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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 #99 Ten Works of George Eliot AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineTen works by George Eliot, bound by RatchardsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedUndated View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #104 The Complete Opera Book AuthorKobbé, GustaveHeadlineNicely bound illustrated Opera historyPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #109 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineAnnabel Edition of Poe's Works, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #118 Madeleine: A Story of French Love AuthorSandeau, JulesHeadlineMadeleine by Sandeau, bound by RingerPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #120 The Perfect Courtier Baldassare Castiglione His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorCartwright, JuliaHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Percy Bysshe Shelley, nicely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #123 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #126 The Writings of Mark Twain [with] Autograph letter, signed by Samuel Clemens AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain signed letter w/ 25 vol. deluxe set of TwainPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #127 The Works of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #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 #213 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFirst edition of Emerson's Essays, 1841PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 #249 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, new ed. 1820PublisherT. Cadell & W. Davies, et al.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #267 The Works of Ben. Jonson. In Seven Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected; with Notes Critical and Explanatory AuthorJonson, BenjaminHeadlineBen Jonson Works, First Whalley editionPublisherPrinted for D. Midwinter; W. Innys and J. Richardson; J. Knapton; et al.Date Published1756 View details Estimate$300 - $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 #327 Under the Microscope AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne's Pre-Raphaelite poetry manifestoPublisherD. WhiteDate Published1872 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #332 Haunted London AuthorThornbury, WalterHeadlineThornbury's Haunted London, extra illustratedPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #335 The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition, in original dust jacketPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold 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