Sale 790: Fine Printing with Illustrated & Antiquarian Books: Selections from the Phil Lenna Collection (with additions) (#790) 06/15/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/15/2023 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 101-176 of 176. Previous|12|Next Lot #107 The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Pictorial World History from the Creation to 1493. With a leaf from the pirated Augsburg Latin edition of 1497 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books - Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorShaffer, EllenHeadlineInscribed by author to contributorPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1950 Lot #108 An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year 1482: The Life and Works of William Caxton, with an historical reminder of fifteenth century England by Benjamin P. Kurtz together with a Note on the Polycronicon by Oscar Lewis & an Appreciation...by Edwin Grabhorn View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books - Polycronicon)Author(Caxton, William, printer)HeadlineGrabhorn Press Caxton 1482 leaf bookPublisherPrinted by the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1938 Lot #109 Sweynheym and Pannartz and the Origins of Printing in Italy: German Technology and Italian Humanism in Renaissance Rome View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books - Sweynheym and Pannartz)AuthorHall, EdwinHeadlineBird & Bull leaf book from Lyra's Postilla super totam BibliamPublisherBird & Bull Press for Phillip J. PiragesDate Published1991 Lot #110 The Wind in the Willows With an Introduction by A.A. Milne & Illustrations by Arthur Rackham View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club - Bruce Rogers)AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineSigned by designer and typographer B. RogersPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1940 Lot #111 Main Street View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineLEC Main St. signed by Grant WoodPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1937 Lot #112 The Time Traveler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorOates, Joyce CarolHeadline5 signed Joyce Carol Oates poetry booksPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Lot #113 Six signed limited editions by John Updike View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadline6 books signed by John Updike, Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980-1993 Lot #114 Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques and Patterns With Special Reference to the Relationship of Marbling to Bookbinding in Europe and the Western World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Marbled Paper)AuthorWolfe, Richard J.HeadlineHistory of marbled paper in bookbindingPublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania PressDate Published[1990] Lot #115 The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineThe John Henry Nash DantePublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929-1932 Lot #116 The Real World of Manuel Cordova View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Ninja Press)AuthorMerwin, W.S.HeadlineNinja Press prints W.S. MerwinPublisherNinja PressDate Published1995 Lot #117 The Anatomie of Melancholy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorBurton, Robert writing as Democritus JuniorHeadlineNonesuch Press Anatomy of MelancholyPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1925 Lot #118 The Complete Works of William Congreve View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorCongreve, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of Congreve from The Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1923] Lot #119 The Complete Works of Sir John Vanbrugh View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDobrée, Bonamy and Geoffrey Webb, editorsHeadlineWorks of John Vanbrugh from the Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1927-1928] Lot #120 The Love Poems of John Donne, with some account of his life taken from the writings in 1639 of Izaak Walton View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineNonesuch Press Love Poems of John DonnePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1923 Lot #121 The Dramatic Works View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's Dramatic Works, Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1931-1932] Lot #122 The Complete Works of George Farquhar View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorFarquhar, GeorgeHeadlineThe Works of Farquhar from The Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1930] Lot #123 Four ephemeral publications of the Nonesuch Press View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)HeadlineFour items of Nonesuch Press ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #124 The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHerodotus of HalicarnassusHeadlineThe Nonesuch Herodotus, 1935PublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1935 Lot #125 The Mask of Comus View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMilton, John and Henry LawesHeadlineNonesuch Milton Mask of Comus, 1937PublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1937 Lot #126 Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays from Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #127 The Complete Works... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorOtway, ThomasHeadlineNice set of Otway's Works from Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1926] Lot #128 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chæronea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe Nonesuch Plutarch, 5 volumesPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1929 Lot #129 The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press Shakespeare 7 vols. full leatherPublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 Lot #130 Six works from the Nonesuch Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)HeadlineSix works from The Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #131 The Nonesuch Century: An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the First Hundred Books Issued by the Press, 1923-1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorSymons, A.J.A., Desmond Flower, & Francis MeynellHeadlineBibliography of the Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1936 Lot #132 The Complete Works... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorWycherley, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Wycherley from The Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1924] Lot #133 The Nymphs of Fiesole View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineOfficina Bodoni - The Nymphs of FiesolePublisherOfficina BodoniDate Published1952 Lot #134 The Holy Gospel According to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)HeadlineOfficina Bodoni Four GospelsPublisherOfficina BodoniDate Published1962 Lot #135 The Officina Bodoni - An Account of the Work of a Hand Press, 1923-1977 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorMardersteig, GiovanniHeadlineHistory of the Mardersteig private pressPublisherEdizioni ValdonegaDate Published1980 Lot #136 Hieroglyphic Tales View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorWalpole, HoraceHeadlineOfficina Bodoni, Hieroglyphic Tales by WalpolePublisherElkin MathewsDate Published1926 Lot #137 Agnes Miller Parker, Wood-engraver and Book Illustrator, 1895-1980 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Parker, Agnes Miller)AuthorRogerson, IanHeadlineAgnes Miller Parker from The Fleece PressPublisherThe Fleece PressDate Published1990 Lot #139 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures in Wonderland Pennyroyal PressPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1982 Lot #140 Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineThrough the Looking Glass Pennyroyal Press Ed.PublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1982 Lot #141 The Holy Bible View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)HeadlineBarry Moser's Holy Bible, Pennyroyal PressPublisherPennyroyal Caxton PressDate Published1999 Lot #142 Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorShelley, Mary WollstonecraftHeadlineSigned by Barry Moser, with bronze medallionPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published[1983] Lot #143 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineBarry Moser illustrates Huck Finn, Pennyroyal PressPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 Lot #144 The Sonnets of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePlantin Press Sonnets of Shakespeare 1/120PublisherPlantin PressDate Published1974 Lot #145 Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(R&R Clarke)AuthorShaw, George BernardHeadlineSaint Joan, fine press folio edition, 1924PublisherConstable & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1924] Lot #146 A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Riverside Press)AuthorCabot, James ElliotHeadlineCabot's Memoir of Emerson, from Riverside PressPublisherThe Riverside PressDate Published1887 Lot #147 Printers to the Club: A Portfolio Compiled and Edited by James Linden and Jennifer Larson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Roxburghe Club)HeadlineExamples of Roxburghe Club printingPublisherThe Roxburghe ClubDate Published1986 Lot #148 The History of the Church of Englande View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorBede, the Venerable, SaintHeadlineBede History of England printed on vellum, 1930PublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1930 Lot #149 Boccaccio's Decameron. The modell of wit, mirth, eloquence and conversation framed in ten dayes, of an hundred curious pieces, by seven honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio's Decameron, Shakespeare Head PressPublisherThe Shakespeare Head Press and Basil BlackwellDate Published1934 Lot #151 [Morte d’Arthur, i.e.:] The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur Notwythstondng It Treateth of the Byrth Lyf and Actes of the Sayd Kynge Arthur: of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineNice copy of Shakespeare Head's Morte d'ArthurPublisherBasil Blackwell and Houghton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1934] Lot #152 Ovyde: Hys Booke of Mathamorphose Books X-XV View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorOvidHeadlineCaxton's Ovid, from Shakespeare Head PressPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1924] Lot #154 Final Memorials [with] Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ticknor and Company)AuthorLongfellow, SamuelHeadlineLife and Final Memorials of LongfellowPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published[1886-1887] Lot #155 Epicurus, Leontion and Ternissa. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Vale Press)AuthorLandor, Walter SavageHeadlineThe second work from the Vale PressPublisher[The Vale Press]Date Published[1896] Lot #156 The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Vale Press)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineThe Poetry of Shelley from Vale PressPublisherSold by Hacon & Ricketts, The Vale PressDate Published[1901-1902] Lot #157 The Mystique of Vellum View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Vellum)AuthorFerriss, Les, editor, et al.HeadlineThe Mystique of Vellum, printed on vellum and parchmentPublisherPublished by Anne and David BromerDate Published1984 Lot #158 Two works from The Verona Society View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(The Verona Society)HeadlineTwo works from The Verona SocietyPublisherThe Verona SocietyDate Published1930 Lot #159 Mountains & Religion View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineMountains & Religion signed by R. WagenerPublisherMixolydian EditionsDate Published2011 Lot #160 45 Wood-Engravers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorLawrence, SimonHeadlineForty-Five Wood Engravers, Whittington PressPublisher[Printed by the Whittington Press for] Simon LawrenceDate Published[1982] Lot #161 Cawdor View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Cawdor Yolla Bolly Press bookPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1983] Lot #162 Where Shall I Take You To: The Love Letters of Una and Robinson Jeffers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineYolla Bolly Jeffers Love Letters, one of 225PublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1987] Lot #163 The Inland Whale View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorKroeber, TheodoraHeadlineYolla Bolly Press Inland Whale by Kroeber 1/135PublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published[1987] Lot #164 True Bear Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineYolla Bolly Press, True Bear StoriesPublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published[1985] Lot #165 My First Summer in the Sierra View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir from Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1988] Lot #166 Flight View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineYolla Bolly Press edition of Steinbeck's FlightPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published1984 Lot #167 The Winged Life: The Poetic Voice of Henry David Thoreau View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineYolla Bolly Henry David ThoreauPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1986] Lot #168 Specimens: A Stevens-Nelson Paper Catalogue View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$180StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Club)HeadlineSpecimens: A Stevens-Nelson Paper CataloguePublisher[Stevens-Nelson Paper Company]Date Published[1953] Lot #169 A Journey to the Center of the Earth View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Bartley, Glenn, binder)AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineUnique fine binding Jules Verne Journey LEC ed.PublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1966 Lot #177 The Song of Songs Which is Solomon's View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Bumpus)AuthorFlint, William Russell, illustratorHeadlineFine Bumpus orange morocco binding with inlaysPublisherPhilip Lee Warner/Medici SocietyDate Published1909 Lot #180 Printing and the Mind of Man: A Descriptive Catalogue Illustrating the Impact of Print on the Evolution of Western Civilization During Five Centuries View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCarter, John & Percy H. Muir, eds.HeadlinePrinting and the Mind of Man 1967, finely boundPublisher[Cassell]Date Published[1967] Lot #183 The Library Companion; or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Condie, James, of Paisley, binder)AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin Library Companion 1st ed. finely boundPublisherHarding, Triphook & LepardDate Published1824 Lot #193 Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Matthews, William, binder)AuthorShaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd EarlHeadlineBaskerville Press Shaftesbury's CharacteristicksPublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1773 Lot #203 Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineMontaigne's Essays bound by Riviere & SonPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #211 David Copperfield View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$20,000StatusSold Heading(Trautz-Bauzonnet, Bindery)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDavid Copperfield, St. Dustan vellum printingPublisherGeorge D. SproulDate Published1903 Lot #213 The Gentle Cynic: Being a Translation of the Book of Koheleth Known as Ecclesiastes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190StatusSold Heading(Walter, Florence, binder)AuthorJastrow, Morris, translatorHeadlineExcellently bound by Florence WalterPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1927 Lot #214 The Love of Books: The Philobiblion of Richard de Bury View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDe Bury, RichardHeadlinePhilobiblion of de Bury, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherDe La More PressDate Published1902 Lot #253 Aesop's Fables View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Gooden, Stephen, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineSigned by illustrator Stephen GoodenPublisherGeorge C. HarrapDate Published1936 Lot #255 To-Morrow is a New Day: A Fantasy View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Hughes-Stanton, Blair, illustrator)AuthorHubbard, T. O'B.HeadlineWith 8 illustrations by Blair Hughes-StantonPublisherLincoln Williams, PublishersDate Published1934 Lot #256 The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Hughes-Stanton, Blair, illustrator)AuthorHughes-Stanton, PenelopeHeadlineWith 8 extra wood-engravings by Hughes-StantonPublisherPrivate Libraries AssociationDate Published[1991] Lot #296 Fine Bird Books: 1700-1900 [and] Great Flower Books: 1700-1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSitwell, Sacheverell, Handasyde Buchanan and James FisherHeadlineBird & Flower books, 1700-1900PublisherAtlantic Monthly PressDate Published1990 Lot #306 Liber Bestiarum: MS Bodley 764 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bestiaries)HeadlineLiber Bestiarum - Folio Society facsimilePublisherFolio SocietyDate Published2008 Lot #307 The Holkham Bible View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Bibles)HeadlineThe Holkham Bible - FS limited ed. facsimilePublisherFolio SocietyDate Published2007 Lot #318 Some Account of an Ancient Manuscript of Martial's Epigrams View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorDalyell, John GrahamHeadlineAccount of Ancient Manuscript, printed on silkPublisherPrinted for Archibald Constable & Co.Date Published1811 Lot #320 Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorSmith, Walter E.HeadlineSmith's Charles Dickens in the Original ClothPublisherHeritage Book ShopDate Published1982 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next