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 101-162 of 162. Previous|12|Next 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 Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorNimrod [i.e. Charles James Apperly]HeadlineMemoirs Late John Mytton 1835, bound by RivierePublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1835 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #160 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #161 The Parables from the Gospels with Ten Original Woodcuts Designed and Engraved on the Wood by Charles Ricketts Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)HeadlineVale Parables From the Gospels finely boundPublisherVale PressDate Published1903 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #162 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Dramatic Works, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for Thomas TeggDate Published1812-1815 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #165 The Contributions of Q. Q. to a Periodical Work: With Some Pieces Not Before Published AuthorTaylor, JaneHeadline75 essays and sketches from 1824 to appear to teensPublisherPublished by B. J. HoldsworthDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #166 The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World AuthorThackeray, William MackpeaceHeadlineFirst appearance of Thackeray's last novelPublisherThe Cornhill MagazineDate PublishedJanuary, 1861 - August, 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #167 The Claverings [and] Framley Parsonage AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineFirst appearances in print of two Trollope titlesPublisherCornhill MagazineDate Published1860-67 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #168 The Eustace Diamonds AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineNicely bound set of Trollope's The Eustace DiamondsPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #169 The Prime Minister AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadline1st Edition of the penultimate Palliser novel in book formPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #170 Letters to a Young Lady, in Which the Duties and Character of Women are Considered, Chiefly With Reference to Prevailing Opinions AuthorWest, JaneHeadlineEssays espousing views on romance and marriagePublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1811 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #171 Poems AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineHandsomely produced poems of John Greenleaf WhittierPublisherBenjamin B. MusseyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #172 Sebastian Melmoth AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Sebastian Melmoth, nicely boundPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #174 The Gentleman Dancing-Master. A Comedy, Acted at the Duke's Theatre AuthorWycherley, WilliamHeadlineUncommon second play by William Wycherley, 1673PublisherPrinted by J. M. for Henry Herringman and Thomas DringDate Published1673 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #204 Rasselas; A Tale. By Dr. Johnson. Dinarbas; A Tale: Being a Continuation of Rasselas AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineRasselas & Dinarbas, miniature bound by FraserPublisherPrinted for C. and J. Rivingtot; [et al.]Date Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #225 King George VI: The Prime Minister's Broadcast, February 7, 1952 Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill King George VI St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1952 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #226 Friendship Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineMiniature Emerson 1939PublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1939 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #227 Noel: Christmas Echoes Down the Ages Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)AuthorShaw, Robert K.Headline1st miniature from Achille J. St. Onge 1935PublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1935 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #228 Thirty-seven miniature books from Achille St. Onge Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)Headline37 miniature books from Achille St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1945-1977 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #229 Selected Quotations from the Writings of Henry David Thoreau Heading(St. Onge, Achille J.)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineSelections from Thoreau Achille St. OngePublisherAchille J. St. OngeDate Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #254 Moby Dick or the Whale Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineRockwell Kent's Moby Dick, 3 vols. 1/1000PublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #258 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Heading(Moser, Barry)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineBarry Moser illustrates Huck Finn, Pennyroyal PressPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #260 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Heading(Newell, Peter, illustrator)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlinePeter Newell's Alice in Wonderland, 1901PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #282 Two Lady's Almanacs Heading(Almanacs)Headline2 Lady's Almanacs for 1858 and 1860Date Published[1857-1859] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #285 Emma: A Novel AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Emma 1836 illustrated editionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1836 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #286 Mansfield Park: A Novel AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Mansfield Park 1833 1st illus. ed.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1833 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #287 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Northanger Abbey 1837 illus. ed.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #288 The Bride of Fort Edward, Founded on an Incident of the Revolution AuthorBacon, Delia SalterHeadlineHistorical tale of the American RevolutionPublisherPublished by S. ColmanDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #297 The Adventures of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca: Taken from His Confession and Examination Before the Fathers of the Inquisition at Bologna in Italy Author[Berington, Simon]HeadlineCelebrated utopian-philosophical imaginary voyagePublisherRe-printed by, and for George FaulknerDate Published1752 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #310 The Remains of Mr. Tho. Brown, Serious and Comical, in Prose and Verse. In One Volume. Collected from Scarce Papers and Original Mss. Which makes his Works Compleat . . . To which is prefix'd a Key to all his Prophesies, Dialogues, Satyrs, Fables, Poems and Letters AuthorBrown, ThomasHeadlinePosthumous collection of writings by Thomas BrownPublisherPrinted for Sam Briscoe, [et al.]Date Published1720 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #313 The Lark. Book I & Book II, Numbers 1-24, plus the Epi-Lark Author[Burgess, Gelett, et al]HeadlineThe Lark complete, imaginative fin-de-siècle magazinePublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1896-97 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #316 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$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #321 Knick-Knacks from an Editor’s Table AuthorClark, Lewis GaylordHeadlineL. Gaylord Clark's 1st book, Irvingesque essaysPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #324 Nineteen volumes of classical literature Heading(Classical)Headline19 volumes of classical literatureDate Published1521-1943 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #326 The Princesse Cloria: Or, The Royal Romance. In Five Parts. Imbellished with Divers Political Notions, and Singular Remarks of Modern Transactions. Containing the Story of Most Part of Europe, for Many Years Last Past. Written by a Person of Honour Heading(Cloria and Narcissus)HeadlineCloria and Narcissus, 1665 editionPublisherEdward ManDate Published1665 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #333 Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley in Two Volumes [with] Select Works of Mr. A.Cowley, Dramatic and Political Volume the Third AuthorCowley, AbrahamHeadlineSelect works of Abraham Cowley in 3 volumesPublisherT. Cadell; T. EvansDate Published1777 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #339 An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of the Ever-Memorable Mr. John Hales, Fellow of Eton College, and Canon of Windsor. Being A Specimen of an Historical and Critical English Dictionary Author[Des Maizeaux, Pierre]HeadlineBiography of scholar and clergyman John HalesPublisherPrinted for R. RobinsonDate Published1719 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #342 Fashionable Biography; or, Specimens of Public Characters: By a Connoisseur. Author[Du Bois, Edward, editor]HeadlineAnonymous work of English social satirePublisherPrinted for S.A. and H. OddyDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #350 Romola AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineFirst edition of George Eliot's Romola 3 vols.PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #353 Original Poems and Translations AuthorFawkes, FrancisHeadlineOnly collected edition of Francis Fawkes' worksPublisherPrinted for the Author and Sold by R. & J. Dodsley, J. Newbery, etcDate Published1761 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #363 Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineHandsome limited edition of Hardy's poemsPublisherPhilip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici SocietyDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #366 Eighteen volumes by William Hazlitt AuthorHazlitt, WilliamHeadlineEighteen volumes by William Hazlitt, nicely boundDate Published1830-1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #368 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$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #372 Village Dialogues, Between Farmer Littleworth, Thomas Newman, Rev. Mr. Lovegood, and Others AuthorHill, RowlandHeadlinePopular series of early 19th century dialoguesDate Published1803-1806 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #376 Sweynheym and Pannartz and the Origins of Printing in Italy: German Technology and Italian Humanism in Renaissance Rome Heading(Incunabula - Leaf Books)AuthorHall, EdwinHeadlineBird & Bull leaf book 1471 Lyra Postilla super totam BibliamPublisherBird & Bull Press for Phillip J. PiragesDate Published1991 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #381 Thirteen books on Italian literature, poetry, and art Heading(Italy)Headline13 books on Italian literature, poetry, artDate Published1549-1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #387 Decii Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satirae Heading(Juvenal and Persius)HeadlineAnnotated edition of Juvenal and Persius, 1867PublisherWhittaker and Co. / George BellDate Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #388 D. Junii Juvenalis, et auli Persii Flacci Satyrae: Cum Veteris Scholiastae, & Variorum Commentariis. Accurante Cornelio Schrevelio AuthorJuvenalHeadlineSatires of Juvenal, Leiden 1671PublisherEx Officina HacklanaDate Published1671 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #390 Sketches of Public Characters. Drawn from the Living and the Dead. With Notices of Other Matters Heading[Knapp, Samuel Lorenzo]AuthorRobertson, Ignatius Loyola, L.L.D. [pseud.]HeadlineAssortment of essays on American charactersPublisherE. BlissDate Published1830 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #404 El Serrano de la Alpujarras and El Cuadro Misterioso; Two Spanish Novels Taken from Las Tareas de un Solitario, and Adapted to be used as Translating Books. By Julio Soler. AuthorMontgomery, George WashingtonHeadlineSpanish tales based on works by Washington IrvingPublisherPrinted by R. RafaelDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #409 Icelandic poetry; or, The Edda of Saemund. Translated into English Verse Heading(Norse Saga)AuthorCottle, Amos Simon, translatorHeadlineCottle's translation of Icelandic Edda 1797PublisherPrinted by N. Biggs for Joseph CottleDate Published1797 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #412 The Progress of Refinement, A Poem, in Three Books. To Which are Added, A Poem on Fame, and Miscellanies AuthorOdiorne, ThomasHeadlinePhilosophical poem on cultural advancement of manPublisherPrinted by Young and EtheridgeDate Published1792 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #415 Dramatic Poems [Spine title] Heading(Poetry)HeadlineA tragedy ... or four; dramatic poems by Scott, Byron, etc.Date Published1823 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #418 The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Pope, Rape of the Lock 1798 w/ illus.PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley; for F.J. du RoverayDate Published1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #430 Russia and Pushkin - Россия и Пушкин. Сборник статей. 1837-1937 Heading(Russia - Alexander Pushkin)HeadlineRussia and Pushkin, 1937PublisherEdition of the Russian Academic Group in HarbinDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #438 The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus - nearly complete play from the second folio of Shakespeare's Works AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare tragedy from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #442 A Parallel; In the Manner of Plutarch: Between a most celebrated Man of Florence; and One, scarce ever heard of, in England AuthorSpence, [Joseph]HeadlineStrawberry Hill publications by Joseph SpencePublisherWilliam RobinsonDate Published1758 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #448 Un Philosophe Dans les Bois: Journal de Thoreau. Traduction de R. Michaud et S. David AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineFirst French Edition of Thoreau's JournalPublisherBoivin & CieDate Publishedc. 1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #458 L'Hercolano. Dialogo di Messer Benedetto Varchi, Nel Qualò si Ragiona Generalmente Delle Lingua et in Particolare Della Toscana e Della Fiorentina. Composto da Lui Sulla Occasione Della Disputa Occorsa tra l'Commendator Caro e M. Lodovico Castelvetro AuthorVarchi, BenedettoHeadlineDialogues of Benedetto Carchi 1570PublisherAppresso Filippo Giunti, e FratelliDate Published1570 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #464 A Critical and Philosophical Commentary on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man AuthorWarburton, WilliamHeadlineSpirited defense of Alexander Pope's Essay on ManPublisherPrinted for John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1742 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #465 Poems AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWith some of Whittier's memorable abolitionist poemsPublisherJoseph Healy; Weeks, Jordan; John S. TaylorDate Published1838 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #468 De Profundis AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde De Profundis 1st EditionPublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published[1905] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #474 Works AuthorZola, EmileHeadlineEmile Zola works in 6 volumesPublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1924 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next