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 101-171 of 171. Previous|12|Next Lot #108 The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Heading(Frost & Co.)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineFinely bound Shelly's poetical worksPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #109 Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries. Interspersed with Some Particulars Reflecting the Author AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Godwin's Thoughts on Man 1831PublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1831 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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. AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineOliver Goldsmith's Works 1780PublisherPrinted for H. GoldneyDate Published1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #111 The History of the Reigns of Edward and Richard II. With Reflections, and Characters of their Chief Ministers and Favourites AuthorHoward, Robert, SirHeadlineFinely Bound History of Edward & Richard 1690PublisherPrinted by F. Collins, for Thomas FoxDate Published1690 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #112 Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century AuthorKavanagh, JuliaHeadlineKavanagh's Woman in France, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1893 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #113 The Theory of Agreeable Sensations Author[Lévesque de Pouilly, Louis-Jean]HeadlineTheory of Agreeable Sensations in purple moroccoPublisherPrinted for W. OwenDate Published1774 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #114 Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality, of Both Sexes From the New Atlantis, an Island in the Mediterranean. AuthorManley, [Mary de la Riviere]HeadlineManley's scandalous roman à clef, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for John Morphew and J. WoodwardDate Published1709 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #115 The Works Of Christopher Marlowe AuthorMarlowe, ChristopherHeadlineMarlowe's works finely bound 1885PublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1885 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #116 The Paradise Lost of Milton AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineIllustrated by John Martin, in nice bindingPublisherCharles TiltDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #117 The Spectator. A New Edition Reproducing the Original Text Both as First Issued and as Corrected by its Authors AuthorMorley, Henry, editorHeadlineHenry Morley's New Edition of the SpectatorPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #118 The Life of William Ewart Gladstone AuthorMorley, JohnHeadlineThe Life of Gladstone, nicely boundPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #119 Memoirs of Madame Junot Heading(Morrell)AuthorJunot, Laure, Duchesse d'AbrantesHeadlineMorrell binding Memoirs Madame Junot 1883PublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1883 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #120 The Crafty Courtier: or the Fable of Reinard the Fox: Newly done into English Verse, from the Ancient Latin Iambics of Hartm. Schopperus,... Author[Nivardus, Hartmann Schopper]HeadlineEnglish translation of Reinard the Fox fablePublisherPrinted for John NuttDate Published1706 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #121 The Golden Treasury AuthorPalgrave, Francis T.HeadlineFinely bound poetry collectionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1945 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (El Boccaccio) Heading(Payne, John)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineJohn Payne's Decameron handsomely bound, 1886PublisherPrinted by Private SubscriptionDate Published1886 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #124 The Works of William H. Prescott AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #125 Sketches of Young Ladies Heading(Riviere & Son)Author"Quiz" [Caswall, Edward]HeadlineSketches of Young Ladies, in Riviere boxPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837-1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #126 English Odes Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorGosse, Edmund, editorHeadlineHandsomely bound by Riviere & SonPublisherCharles Whittingham at Chiswick Press for Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #127 Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 Heading(Roger De Coverly & Sons)AuthorOsborne, DorothyHeadlineOsborne's Letters finely bound by De Coverly & SonsPublisherSherratt and HughesDate Published1903 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #128 The Fly-Fisher's Entomology AuthorRonalds, AlfredHeadlineThe Fly-Fisher's Entomology, 20 hand-colored platesPublisherLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1839 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #129 Au Jardin des Gemmes AuthorRosenthal, LeonardHeadlineNicely bound with Carré's color illustrationsPublisherPayotDate Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #130 [The Complete Works of John Ruskin] AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineThe Complete Works of John Ruskin, 26 volsPublisherPrivately Printed for Members of the Society of English BibliophilistsDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #131 Mornings at Bow Street: A Selection o the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports Which Have Appeared in the Morning Herald Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorWight, J.HeadlineBow Street, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherPrinted for Thomas Tegg & SonDate Published[1838] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #132 The Compleat Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation... AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineLea & Dove Edition of Walton's Complete AnglerPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Searle & RivingtonDate Published1888 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #133 Sir Thomas Browne's Works Including His Life and Correspondence AuthorWilkin, Simon, editorHeadlineNicely bound set of Thomas Browne's worksPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #134 Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDulac, Edmund, illustratorHeadlineSigned by Edmund Dulac, in Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #135 A Book About Lawyers Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorJeaffreson, John CordyHeadlineA Book About Lawyers, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1867 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #136 The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineZaehnsdorf exquisitely-bound RubaiyatPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1879 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #137 The Court and Reign of Francis the First King of France Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorPardoe, JuliaHeadlinePardoe's Francis the First, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1887 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #138 Plain or Ringlets? Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorSurtees, Robert SmithHeadlineSurtees Plain or Ringlets bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherBradbury, Agnew,. & Co.Date Published[c. 1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #144 Fables by John Gay with a Life of the Author Heading(Blake, William, illustrator)AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's Fables with Wm. Blake platesPublisherPrinted for John StockdaleDate Published1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #148 Réminiscences du Corbeau AuthorButor, MichelHeadlineSigned by Michel Butor and Axel CasselPublisherÉditons Luigi MorminoDate Published[1982] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #150 Les Zoua—Zoo AuthorCanal, FrançoiseHeadlineLes Zoua—Zoo by Françoise Canal, signedPublisherCanal EditionsDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #151 Le Barnabooth et autres bêtes modernes AuthorCaswell, W.A.HeadlineDeluxe copy with 2 cancelled copper platesPublisher[Luc & Pascale Moreau]Date Published[1976] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$325StatusSold Lot #152 Selected Shore Plants of Southern California Heading(Gerry, Vance)AuthorRichardson, Charles LelandHeadlineVance Gerry's Shore Plants of CaliforniaPublisherWeather Bird PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #153 Thirty Recipes Suitable for Framing Heading(Goines, David Lance)AuthorWaters, Alice and David Lance GoinesHeadlineRecipes by Alice Waters, art by Goines (25/30 prints)PublisherSaint Hieronymous PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #155 A Florilege: Chosen from the Old Herbals Heading(Hermes, Gertrude)AuthorGosse, IreneHeadline20 wood engravings by Gertrude HermesPublisherThe Swan PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #159 Birds, Beasts and Flowers AuthorLawrence, D.HHeadlineDeluxe copy with extra suite of proofsPublisherThe Cresset PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #162 A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. AuthorMorris, Francis Orpen, editorHeadlineMorris' Picturesque Views, bound by Root & SonPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1878] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #163 Encheiresin Naturae: Fifteen Engravings by Barry Moser; A Heroic Crown of Sonnets by Paul Muldoon Heading(Moser, Barry - Nawakum Press)AuthorMoser, Barry and Paul MuldoonHeadlineEncheiresin Naturae with 15 Moser engravingsPublisherNawakum PressDate Published2015 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #170 Bestiaire AuthorPlace, JacquesHeadlineBestiaire signed by Jacques Place, 1982Publisher[Published by the artist]Date Published[1982] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #174 A Christmas Carol Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineRackham signed limited Dickens' Christmas Carol, beautiful copyPublisherWilliam Heinemann / J.B. LippincottDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #175 Histoires Naturelles AuthorRenard, JulesHeadlineRenard's Histoires Naturelles, lithos by BarretPublisherVialetayDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #176 Natural History AuthorRenard, Jules and Walter SteinHeadlineWalter Stein's Bestiary, with extra litho suitePublisherDepartment of Printing and Graphic Arts / Harvard College LibraryDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #181 First three deluxe Harry Potter editions - Volume I signed by J.K. Rowling AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter deluxe edition signed by RowlingPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #185 [Bestiaire] De l'Âne au Zèbre AuthorTerrasse, MichelHeadlineMichel Terrasse's Bestiaire, signed 1955Publisher[Edmond and Jacques Desjobert]Date Published[1955] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #187 Pride and Prejudice Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlinePride and Prejudice, illust. by Hugh ThomsonPublisherMacmillan & Co.; George AllenDate Published1894 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #191 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$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #192 China, In a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of That Ancient Empire. AuthorWright, George NewenhamHeadlineNicely bound, with plates by Thomas AllomPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[1843] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #196 Resuscitatio, or, Bringing into Publick Light Severall Pieces, of the Works, Civil, Historical, Philosophical, & Theological AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineExtensive Bacon-Shakespeare theory annotationsPublisherPrinted by Sarah Griffin, for William LeeDate Published1657 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #202 Comedies and Tragedies written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gentlemen. Never printed before, and now published by the authours originall copies AuthorBeaumont, Francis & John FletcherHeadline1st ed. of Beaumont & Fletcher's WorksPublisherPrinted for Humphrey Robinson... and for Humphrey MoseleyDate Published1647 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #205 The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conuersation [with] The Decameron Containing an Hundred Pleasant Nouels AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio's Decameron, printed by Isaac IaggardPublisherPrinted by Isaac IaggardDate Published1625; 1620 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #210 Philobiblon, a Treatise on the Love of Books: Written in MCCCXLIV, and translated from the first edition, MCCCCLXXIII. With some collations AuthorBury, Richard deHeadline1st Ed. in English of De Bury's Philobiblon 1832PublisherPrinted for Thomas RoddDate Published1832 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #214 Stenciled choir book Heading(Choir Book)HeadlineMid-18th or 19th c. stenciled choir bookDate PublishedMid-18th to 19th century View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #215 Poems. Containing The Rosciad. The Apology. Night. The Prophecy of Famine. An Epistle to William Hogarth. And, The Ghost, in Four Books. [Bound With] Poems. Containing The Conference. The Author. The Duelist. Gotham, In Three Books. The Candidate. The Farewell. The Times. Independence. And, Fragment of Journey AuthorChurchill, C.HeadlinePoems of C. Churchill, 1763-5Date Published1763 & 1765 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #223 The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon. Translated from the Lunar Language Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDaniel Defoe Consolidator 1705PublisherBenj. BraggDate Published1705 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #234 Two books signed by Julia Child Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, JuliaHeadlineTwo books signed by Julia Child and moreDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #235 Julia Child & Company Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, JuliaHeadlineJulia Child & Co., signed 1st editionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1978 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #247 La Nouvelle Atala; ou, La Fille de l’Esprit: Légende Indienne par Chahta-Ima (De La Louisiane). Heading(Hearn, Lafcadio)AuthorChahta-Ima (psued. of Adrien Emmanuel Roquette)HeadlineFirst appearance of Lafcadio HearnPublisherImprimerie du Propagatetr [sic] CatholiqueDate Published1879 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #255 The Poetical Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlinePoetical Works of Samuel Johnson 1785PublisherPrinted for the Editor, and sold by G. KearsleyDate Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #257 Warning From the Invisible Supernatural AuthorKing, Eleanor ManuelHeadlineMemoir of child kidnapped by criminalsPublisherEleanor Manuel KingDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #259 Lucan's Pharsalia translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq. AuthorLucanus, Marcus AnneausHeadlineNicholas Rowe's translation of Lucan's PharsaliaPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1718 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #269 The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers AuthorMosher, Thomas Bird, editorHeadlineThomas Bird Mosher The Bibelot Finely BoundPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1895-1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #272 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in Figures AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Metamorphosis in English, 1640PublisherPrinted by J.L. for Andrew HebbDate Published1640 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #276 A collection of 36 contemporary English & American plays, published in New York, Boston, Philadelphia & Portland Heading(Plays)Headline4 volumes of American & English playsDate Published1825-1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #277 Dramatic Poems Heading(Poetry)HeadlineA tragedy ... or four; dramatic poems by Scott, Byron, etc.Date Published1823 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #278 The Compleat Mendicant: Or, Unhappy Beggar. Being the Life of an Unfortunate Gentleman... Heading(Price, Thomas?)HeadlineThe Compleat Mendicant 1699 once attributed to Daniel DefoePublisherE .HarrisDate Published1699 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #291 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Author[Sterne, Laurence]HeadlineThe Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1760-1767 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #292 Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu from Robert Louis Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenon's Father Damien first editionPublisher[for the author]Date Published1890 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #303 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain 1st Ed.PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #307 Poems, &c. written upon several Occasions, and to several Persons: by Edmond Waller, Esq; The Sixth Edition with several additions never before printed. AuthorWaller, EdmundHeadlineWaller's poems 1694PublisherPrinted for H. Herringman, and sold by J. TonsonDate Published1694 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next