Sale 798: Fine Press with Rare & Antiquarian and Illustrated Books (#798) 10/05/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/05/2023 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 798 655 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 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|Next Lot #37 The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineInscribed by Cobden-Sanderson to E. HolmesPublisherDoves PressDate Published1909 Lot #39 Book of Common Prayer View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Essex House Press)HeadlineEssex House Press Book of Common PrayerPublisherEssex House PressDate Published1903 Lot #41 The Country of the Blind View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineGolden Cockerel deluxe edition signed by H.G. WellsPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1939] Lot #69 The Compleat Angler, Part II View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Timken Editions)AuthorCotton, CharlesHeadlineTimken Editions Compleat Angler II in half-leatherPublisherTimken EditionsDate Published1998 Lot #78 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(A. Genova)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Heaven and Hell, exquisitely boundPublisherJ.M. Dent and Sons Limited; E.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published[1927] Lot #79 Le Petit Almanach de Poche, Pour l'An de Grace de Notre Seigneur View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Almanac 1743)Headline1743 almanac with embroidered bindingPublisherEvard KintsDate Published1743 Lot #81 London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1773 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Almanac 1773)HeadlineLondon Almanack for 1773PublisherCompany of StationersDate Published[1772] Lot #83 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineA handsomely bound set of Burton's Arabian NightsPublisherH.S. Nichols & Co.Date Published1897 Lot #84 The Eleven Comedies View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorAristophanesHeadlineNicely bound copy of Bosschere's AristophanesPublisherHorace LiverlightDate Published1928 Lot #85 Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Arts & Crafts Style)AuthorPater, Walter H.HeadlineWalter Pater in Arts & Crafts bindingsPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1910 Lot #86 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Bayntun-Riviere - Cosway style)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Johnson in Cosway-style bindingsPublisherGeorge BayntunDate Published1925 Lot #88 Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Bayntun-Riviere)AuthorLawrence, T.E.HeadlineLawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom bound by Bayntun-RivierePublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1935] Lot #90 Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bickers & Son)AuthorBandello, MatteoHeadlineBandello's Discourses, bound by Bickers & SonPublisherDavid NuttDate Published1898 Lot #91 The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Birdsall)AuthorBeardsley, Aubrey, illustratorHeadlineBirdsall binding of Beardsley's Morte D'ArthurPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1893-94 Lot #92 Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Author[Bronte sisters]HeadlinePoems by the Bronte Sisters 1st Edition 2nd IssuePublisherSmith, ElderDate Published1846 [but 1848] Lot #93 Sonnets from the Portuguese View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineSonnets from the Portuguese finely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1902] Lot #94 Sonnets from the Portuguese View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineDeluxe copy of the Hanscom Leeson BrowningPublisherDodge PublishingDate Published[1916] Lot #95 The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Containing, I. an Account of the Chancellor's Life From His Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. a Continuation of the Same... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorClarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl ofHeadlineLife of Edward Earl of Clarendon 1760PublisherClarendon Printing-HouseDate Published1760 Lot #96 The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford: In Which is Included a Continuation of His History of the Grand Rebellion. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorClarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl ofHeadlineNicely bound set of the Life of ClarendonPublisherClarendon PressDate Published[1860] Lot #97 The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton, Esq,... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCotton, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound poetical works of Charles CottonPublisherPrinted for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke, S. Bart, T. Ward, and E. WicksteedDate Published1734 Lot #99 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineHandsomely bound Pickwick Papers of DickensPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1887 Lot #100 Great Expectations View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Edition of Great Expectations finely bound by RivierePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1861 Lot #101 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Oliver Twist First EditionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #102 England's Heroical Epistles, Written in Imitation of the Style and Manner of Ovid's Epistles View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDrayton, MichaelHeadlineNicely bound Michael Drayton's Heroical EpistlesPublisherPrinted for J. Hazard [et al.]Date Published1737 Lot #103 [Collected Works of Herbert Spencer] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Estes & Lauriat)AuthorSpencer, HerbertHeadlineSpencer's Works, bound by Estes & LauriatPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1895-1896 Lot #104 A Defence of Dramatick Poetry: Being a Review of Mr. Collier's View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the Stage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Filmer, Edward]HeadlineFilmer's Defense of Poetry, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for Eliz. WhitlockDate Published1698 Lot #105 Poetical Works of John Keats [with] Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Binding)HeadlineThe poetry of Keats and Shelley, nicely boundPublisherHumphrey Milford; Oxford University PressDate Published1925 Lot #106 The Historical and Miscellaneous Writings of John Fiske View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorFiske, JohnHeadlineThe Standard Edition of John Fiske's worksPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1902] Lot #107 The Life of Sir William Osler View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Frost & Co.)AuthorCushing, HarveyHeadlineLife of Sir William Oster, bound by Frost & Co.PublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1940] Lot #108 The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Frost & Co.)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineFinely bound Shelly's poetical worksPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1961] Lot #109 Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries. Interspersed with Some Particulars Reflecting the Author View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Godwin's Thoughts on Man 1831PublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1831 Lot #110 The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.b., Now First Collected. With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineOliver Goldsmith's Works 1780PublisherPrinted for H. GoldneyDate Published1780 Lot #111 The History of the Reigns of Edward and Richard II. With Reflections, and Characters of their Chief Ministers and Favourites View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHoward, Robert, SirHeadlineFinely Bound History of Edward & Richard 1690PublisherPrinted by F. Collins, for Thomas FoxDate Published1690 Lot #112 Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKavanagh, JuliaHeadlineKavanagh's Woman in France, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1893 Lot #113 The Theory of Agreeable Sensations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Lévesque de Pouilly, Louis-Jean]HeadlineTheory of Agreeable Sensations in purple moroccoPublisherPrinted for W. OwenDate Published1774 Lot #115 The Works Of Christopher Marlowe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorMarlowe, ChristopherHeadlineMarlowe's works finely bound 1885PublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1885 Lot #116 The Paradise Lost of Milton View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineIllustrated by John Martin, in nice bindingPublisherCharles TiltDate Published1833 Lot #117 The Spectator. A New Edition Reproducing the Original Text Both as First Issued and as Corrected by its Authors View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMorley, Henry, editorHeadlineHenry Morley's New Edition of the SpectatorPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1891 Lot #118 The Life of William Ewart Gladstone View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMorley, JohnHeadlineThe Life of Gladstone, nicely boundPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #119 Memoirs of Madame Junot View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Morrell)AuthorJunot, Laure, Duchesse d'AbrantesHeadlineMorrell binding Memoirs Madame Junot 1883PublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1883 Lot #121 The Golden Treasury View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPalgrave, Francis T.HeadlineFinely bound poetry collectionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1945 Lot #122 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (El Boccaccio) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Payne, John)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineJohn Payne's Decameron handsomely bound, 1886PublisherPrinted by Private SubscriptionDate Published1886 Lot #124 The Works of William H. Prescott View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #125 Sketches of Young Ladies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)Author"Quiz" [Caswall, Edward]HeadlineSketches of Young Ladies, in Riviere boxPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837-1991 Lot #126 English Odes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorGosse, Edmund, editorHeadlineHandsomely bound by Riviere & SonPublisherCharles Whittingham at Chiswick Press for Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.Date Published1889 Lot #127 Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Roger De Coverly & Sons)AuthorOsborne, DorothyHeadlineOsborne's Letters finely bound by De Coverly & SonsPublisherSherratt and HughesDate Published1903 Lot #128 The Fly-Fisher's Entomology View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorRonalds, AlfredHeadlineThe Fly-Fisher's Entomology, 20 hand-colored platesPublisherLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1839 Lot #129 Au Jardin des Gemmes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRosenthal, LeonardHeadlineNicely bound with Carré's color illustrationsPublisherPayotDate Published1925 Lot #130 [The Complete Works of John Ruskin] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineThe Complete Works of John Ruskin, 26 volsPublisherPrivately Printed for Members of the Society of English BibliophilistsDate Published[n.d.] Lot #131 Mornings at Bow Street: A Selection o the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports Which Have Appeared in the Morning Herald View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorWight, J.HeadlineBow Street, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherPrinted for Thomas Tegg & SonDate Published[1838] Lot #132 The Compleat Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineLea & Dove Edition of Walton's Complete AnglerPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Searle & RivingtonDate Published1888 Lot #133 Sir Thomas Browne's Works Including His Life and Correspondence View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWilkin, Simon, editorHeadlineNicely bound set of Thomas Browne's worksPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 Lot #134 Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDulac, Edmund, illustratorHeadlineSigned by Edmund Dulac, in Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1908] Lot #135 A Book About Lawyers View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorJeaffreson, John CordyHeadlineA Book About Lawyers, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1867 Lot #136 The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineZaehnsdorf exquisitely-bound RubaiyatPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1879 Lot #137 The Court and Reign of Francis the First King of France View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorPardoe, JuliaHeadlinePardoe's Francis the First, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1887 Lot #138 Plain or Ringlets? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorSurtees, Robert SmithHeadlineSurtees Plain or Ringlets bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherBradbury, Agnew,. & Co.Date Published[c. 1880] Lot #162 A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, Francis Orpen, editorHeadlineMorris' Picturesque Views, bound by Root & SonPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1878] Lot #191 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous engravings of French architecturePublisherFisher, Son & Co.; The Caxton Press; H. MandevilleDate Published[c. 1845] Lot #192 China, In a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorWright, George NewenhamHeadlineNicely bound, with plates by Thomas AllomPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[1843] Lot #269 The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMosher, Thomas Bird, editorHeadlineThomas Bird Mosher The Bibelot Finely BoundPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1895-1915 Lot #276 A collection of 36 contemporary English & American plays, published in New York, Boston, Philadelphia & Portland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Plays)Headline4 volumes of American & English playsDate Published1825-1850 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next