Sale 795: Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated, Miniature, & Golf Books (#795) 08/24/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/24/2023 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 101-180 of 180. Previous|12|Next Lot #127 Vie de S. Francois d'Assise View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Diehl, Edith, binder)AuthorSabatier, PaulHeadlinePossible E. Diehl binding, St. Francis of Assisi lifePublisherLibrairie FischbacherDate Publishedc.1905 Lot #128 Ten Works of George Eliot View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineTen works by George Eliot, bound by HatchardsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedUndated Lot #129 [Collected Works of Herbert Spencer] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Estes & Lauriat)AuthorSpencer, HerbertHeadlineSpencer's Works, bound by Estes & LauriatPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1895-1896 Lot #130 The Adventures of David Simple: Containing An Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of A Real Friend. By a Lady View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Fielding, Sarah]Headline1st novel by Henry Fielding's sisterPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1744 Lot #131 Works by John Fiske on American History View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFiske, JohnHeadlineFiske's American History works, 11 volumesPublisherHoughton, Mifflin CompanyDate Published1886-1902 Lot #132 Johnsonian Miscellanies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Frost & Co.)AuthorHill, George Birkbeck, editorHeadlineJohnsonian Miscellanies, bound by Frost & Co.PublisherThe Clarendon PressDate Published[1897] Lot #133 De L'Influence des Femmes sur la Littérature Française, comme Protectrices des Lettres et comme Auteurs ... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGenlis, Stephanie-Felicite, Countess deHeadlineFemale authors' influence on French literaturePublisherChez MaradanDate Published1811 Lot #134 High-Ways and By-Ways; or, Tales of the Roadside, Picked Up in the French Provinces. By a Walking Gentleman. Third Series View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorGrattan, Thomas ColleyHeadlineThird series of Grattan's Irvingesque tales of FrancePublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1827 Lot #135 The French Revolution: A History View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Grolier Club)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineRobert Hoe's copy of Carlyle's French RevolutionPublisherJames FraserDate Published1837 Lot #136 The Hand of Ethelberta [in] The Cornhill Magazine, July, 1875 - May, 1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineNicely bound first appearance of Hardy's Hand of EthelbertaPublisherCornhill MagazineDate Published1875-1876 Lot #137 Chatham: His Early Life and Connections View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Hatchards)AuthorRosebery, [Archibald]HeadlineRosebery's Chatham, nicely bound by RatchardsPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1910 Lot #138 Napoleon (spine title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorHazlitt, William, et alHeadlineGrolier Society's Life & Memoirs of NapoleonPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #139 Lectures on the English Poets View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHazlitt, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Hazlitt's Lectures on English PoetsPublisherPrinted for Taylor and HesseyDate Published1818 Lot #141 Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorKavanagh, JuliaHeadlineKavanagh's Woman in France, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1893 Lot #142 The Writings in Prose and Verse View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling 18 of 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1903 Lot #143 The Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLandon, Letitia ElizabethHeadlineThe Poems of Letitia Landon, nicely boundPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & GreenDate Published1864 Lot #144 Pericles and Aspasia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLandor, Walter SavageHeadline5th c. Athenians discuss Pericles' romance with AspasiaPublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1836 Lot #145 Eloge de la Folie View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Mercier, G.)AuthorErasmusHeadlineFinely bound Erasmus in FrenchPublisherEditions J. TerquemDate Published1927 Lot #146 Life of Mrs. Siddons View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Morrell)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineMorrell binding Life Mrs. Siddons, w/ ALS SiddonsPublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1834 Lot #147 The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineMorris' first book, first edition finely boundPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1858 Lot #148 Two finely bound sets related to Napoleon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Napoleon)HeadlineTwo finely bound works involving NapoleonDate Published1816-1896 Lot #149 A History of the People of the United States, From the Revolution to the Civil War. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(P.B. Sanford)AuthorMcMaster, John BachHeadlineJohn McMaster's History of the United StatesPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1884-1914 Lot #150 Fanny Burney and Her Friends. Select Passages from Her Diary and Other Writings View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(P.B. Sanford)AuthorSeeley, L.B., editorHeadlineFanny Burney handsomely bound by P.B. SanfordPublisherSeeley and Company, LimitedDate Published[1890] Lot #151 A collection of 36 contemporary English & American plays, published in New York, Boston, Philadelphia & Portland View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author(Plays)Headline4 volumes of American & English playsDate Published1825-1850 Lot #154 The Works of William H. Prescott View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #155 Ancient Songs, from the Time of King Henry the Third to the Revolution View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorRitson, JosephHeadlineFinely bound Ritson's Ancient SongsPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1790 Lot #156 English Odes View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorGosse, Edmund, editorHeadlineHandsomely bound by Riviere & SonPublisherCharles Whittingham at Chiswick Press for Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.Date Published1889 Lot #157 Memoirs of The Life of The Late John Mytton, Esq. ...with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, and Extravagant Exploits by Nimrod. With Numerous Illustrations by Alken. Reprinted from the Sporting Magazine View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorNimrod [i.e. Charles James Apperly]HeadlineMemoirs Late John Mytton 1835, bound by RivierePublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1835 Lot #158 Two Finely bound volumes on Hester Thrale Piozzi View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Riviere & Son; Tout)HeadlineTwo nicely bound works on Hester Thrale PiozziPublisherGeorge Bell and Sons; Seeley and Co., LimitedDate Published1884; 1891 Lot #159 Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Roger De Coverly & Sons)AuthorOsborne, DorothyHeadlineOsborne's Letters finely bound by De Coverly & SonsPublisherSherratt and HughesDate Published1903 Lot #160 The Perfect Courtier Baldassare Castiglione His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorCartwright, JuliaHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1927 Lot #161 The Parables from the Gospels with Ten Original Woodcuts Designed and Engraved on the Wood by Charles Ricketts View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)HeadlineVale Parables From the Gospels finely boundPublisherVale PressDate Published1903 Lot #162 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Dramatic Works, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for Thomas TeggDate Published1812-1815 Lot #163 The History of England, From the Revolution to the Death of George the Second. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineSmollett's History of England, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1841 Lot #164 The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Stoakley)AuthorRanke, LeopoldHeadlineHistory of the Popes, nicely bound by StoakleyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1841 Lot #165 The Contributions of Q. Q. to a Periodical Work: With Some Pieces Not Before Published View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTaylor, JaneHeadline75 essays and sketches from 1824 to appear to teensPublisherPublished by B. J. HoldsworthDate Published1824 Lot #166 The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThackeray, William MackpeaceHeadlineFirst appearance of Thackeray's last novelPublisherThe Cornhill MagazineDate PublishedJanuary, 1861 - August, 1862 Lot #167 The Claverings [and] Framley Parsonage View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineFirst appearances in print of two Trollope titlesPublisherCornhill MagazineDate Published1860-67 Lot #171 Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineHandsomely produced poems of John Greenleaf WhittierPublisherBenjamin B. MusseyDate Published1849 Lot #172 Sebastian Melmoth View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Sebastian Melmoth, nicely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1904 Lot #175 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorVorontsova-Dashkova, Yekaterina RomanovnaHeadlineHandsomely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 Lot #176 Le Petit Almanach de Poche, Pour l'An de Grace de Notre Seigneur View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Almanac 1743)Headline1743 almanac with embroidered bindingPublisherEvard KintsDate Published1743 Lot #178 London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1773 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Almanac 1773)HeadlineLondon Almanack for 1773PublisherCompany of StationersDate Published[1772] Lot #179 London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Almanac 1780)HeadlineLondon Almanack for 1780PublisherCompany of StationersDate Published[1779] Lot #181 London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Almanac 1795)HeadlineLondon Almanack for 1795PublisherCompany of StationersDate Published[1794] Lot #182 The Almanack Explained View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Almanac 1841)HeadlineLondon Almanack for 1841Publisher[Company of Stationers]Date Published[1840] Lot #204 Rasselas; A Tale. By Dr. Johnson. Dinarbas; A Tale: Being a Continuation of Rasselas View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineRasselas & Dinarbas, miniature bound by FraserPublisherPrinted for C. and J. Rivingtot; [et al.]Date Published1823 Lot #225 King George VI: The Prime Minister's Broadcast, February 7, 1952 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill King George VI St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1952 Lot #226 Friendship View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineMiniature Emerson 1939PublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1939 Lot #227 Noel: Christmas Echoes Down the Ages View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)AuthorShaw, Robert K.Headline1st miniature from Achille J. St. Onge 1935PublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1935 Lot #228 Thirty-seven miniature books from Achille St. Onge View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)Headline37 miniature books from Achille St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1945-1977 Lot #229 Selected Quotations from the Writings of Henry David Thoreau View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineSelections from Thoreau Achille St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1948 Lot #244 Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity, and his Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton; with the Whimsical Adventures of the Halibut Family; Including Sketches of a Variety of Other Eccentric Characters in the French Metropolis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorCarey, DavidHeadlineCarey's Life in Paris Cruikshank plates First EditionPublisherJohn FairbornDate Published1822 Lot #256 Prince Charles Edward View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlinePrince Charles Edward 1900, Japanese paper ed.PublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.; Charles Scribner's SonsDate Published1900 Lot #258 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineBarry Moser illustrates Huck Finn, Pennyroyal PressPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 Lot #273 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous engravings of French architecturePublisherFisher, Son & Co.; The Caxton Press; H. MandevilleDate Published[c. 1845] Lot #292 Metrical Legends of Exalted Characters View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBaillie, JoannaHeadlineStories of historical figures told in versePublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1821 Lot #293 The Bruce; or, the History of Robert I. King of Scotland. Written in Scotish Verse View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBarbour, JohnHeadlineThe Bruce by John Barbour, 1790PublisherPrinted by H. Hughs, for G. NicolDate Published1790 Lot #303 Minute Particulars View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBishop, John PealeHeadlineLimited edition of Bishop's Minute Particulars, inscribedPublisherThe Alcestis PressDate Published1935 Lot #308 Days Departed; or, Banwell Hill: A Lay of the Severn Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBowles, William LisleHeadlineScarce work by undeservedly neglected English poetPublisherMurrayDate Published1828 Lot #325 Poetae Minores Graeci View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Classical)HeadlinePoetae Minores Graeci, Cambridge 1652PublisherApud Thom. BuckDate Published1652 Lot #327 The Omnium; Containing the Journal of a Late Three Days Tour into France; Curious and Extraordinary Anecdotes; Critical Remarks; With Other Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorClubbe, WilliamHeadlineInteresting look at post-revolutionary France,PublisherPrinted and Sold by George JermynDate Published1798 Lot #333 Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley in Two Volumes [with] Select Works of Mr. A.Cowley, Dramatic and Political Volume the Third View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCowley, AbrahamHeadlineSelect works of Abraham Cowley in 3 volumesPublisherT. Cadell; T. EvansDate Published1777 Lot #337 Collin's Walk through London and Westminster, a Poem in Burlesque View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorD’Urfey, ThomasHeadlineThomas D'Urfey, Collin's Walk Through London, 1690PublisherPrinted for Rich. Parker... and Abel RoperDate Published1690 Lot #353 Original Poems and Translations View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFawkes, FrancisHeadlineOnly collected edition of Francis Fawkes' worksPublisherPrinted for the Author and Sold by R. & J. Dodsley, J. Newbery, etcDate Published1761 Lot #355 Selections from the Writings of Fénelon. With an Appendix, Containing a Memoir of his Life. By a Lady View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Follen, Eliza Lee]HeadlineStudy of French poet and theologian François FénelonPublisherHilliard, Gray, Little, and WilkinsDate Published1829 Lot #363 Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineHandsome limited edition of Hardy's poemsPublisherPhilip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici SocietyDate Published1921 Lot #366 Eighteen volumes by William Hazlitt View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHazlitt, WilliamHeadlineEighteen volumes by William Hazlitt, nicely boundDate Published1830-1869 Lot #374 Facsimiles of Choice Examples Selected from Illumination Manuscripts, Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books of Early Date View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineQuaritch's facsimiles of illumination, pts. III & V-XPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890-1891 Lot #376 Sweynheym and Pannartz and the Origins of Printing in Italy: German Technology and Italian Humanism in Renaissance Rome View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Incunabula - Leaf Books)AuthorHall, EdwinHeadlineBird & Bull leaf book 1471 Lyra Postilla super totam BibliamPublisherBird & Bull Press for Phillip J. PiragesDate Published1991 Lot #381 Thirteen books on Italian literature, poetry, and art View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Italy)Headline13 books on Italian literature, poetry, artDate Published1549-1892 Lot #396 Contes Moraux View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMarmontel, Jean-FrancoisHeadlineContes Moraux by Marmontel, 1765 3 vols.PublisherJ. MerlinDate Published1765 Lot #406 Poems, and Compositions in Prose on Several Occasions View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMunford, WilliamHeadlineCollection of verse and prose from William MunfordPublisherPrinted by Samuel PleasantsDate Published1798 Lot #412 The Progress of Refinement, A Poem, in Three Books. To Which are Added, A Poem on Fame, and Miscellanies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorOdiorne, ThomasHeadlinePhilosophical poem on cultural advancement of manPublisherPrinted by Young and EtheridgeDate Published1792 Lot #417 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineAndrew Foulis folio edition of PopePublisherAndrew FoulisDate Published1785 Lot #435 Manuscript of Scottish song by Sir Walter Scott View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineManuscript of Scottish song by Sir Walter ScottDate Publishedc.1820 Lot #442 A Parallel; In the Manner of Plutarch: Between a most celebrated Man of Florence; and One, scarce ever heard of, in England View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSpence, [Joseph]HeadlineStrawberry Hill publications by Joseph SpencePublisherWilliam RobinsonDate Published1758 Lot #461 Aeneas His Descent into Hell: As It Is Inimitably Described by the Prince of Poets in the Sixth of His Aeneis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Virgil)AuthorBoys, John, translatorHeadlineAeneas, His Descent into Hell, 1661 translationPublisherPrinted by R. HodgkinsonneDate Published1661 Lot #462 Universum poema exactissime castigatum View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorVirgilHeadline1544 Venetian edition of VirgilPublisherApud Hieronymum ScotumDate Published1544 Lot #465 Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWith some of Whittier's memorable abolitionist poemsPublisherJoseph Healy; Weeks, Jordan; John S. TaylorDate Published1838 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next