Sale 801: The Shawn Donnille Collection of Natural History - Rare Books & Manuscripts - Fine Press & Bohemian Club (#801) 11/16/2023 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/16/2023 11:00 AM PST 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)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 101-143 of 143. Previous|12|Next Lot #121 The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSprat, ThomasHeadlineSprat's defense of the Royal Society 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for Rob. Scot, Ri. Chiswell, [et al.]Date Published1702 Lot #123 Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour Sevir de Suite et de Complément aux Planches Enluminées de Buffon View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorTemminck, Coenraad Jacob and Meiffren Laugier de ChartrouseHeadlineTemminck's monumental ornithology 5 vols.PublisherF.G. LeveraultDate Published1838 Lot #124 Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorThayer, Emma HomanHeadlineThayer's Wildflowers of the Pacific CoastProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published[1887] Lot #125 Cape Cod View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineH.D. Thoreau Cape Cod First EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1865 Lot #126 Early Spring in Massachusetts [Summer. Winter. Autumn.] from the Journals of H.D. Thoreau View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Four Seasons first editionsProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1881-1888 Lot #129 The Maine Woods View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Maine Woods 1st EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1864 Lot #130 Walden; Or, Life in the Woods View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Walden First EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1854 Lot #132 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's A Week on the Concord, first editionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 Lot #133 The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents... Collected out of the Writings of Conradus Gesner and Other Authors... whereunto is now added The Theater of Insects View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorTopsell, EdwardHeadlineHistory of Four-footed Beasts, 1658PublisherPrinted by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge... T. Williams..., and T. JohnsonDate Published1658 Lot #134 Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorTownsend, John K.HeadlineWith Townsend across the Rocky MountainsProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHenry PerkinsDate Published1839 Lot #135 Eight signed trophy hunting memoirs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Trophy Hunting)HeadlineEight signed books on Trophy HuntingPublisherTrophy Room BooksDate Published1996 Lot #136 Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineAlfred Wallace Theory of Natural Selection 1st ed.PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1870 Lot #137 Five titles by or about Alfred Russel Wallace View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineFive titles by or about Alfred Russel WallaceDate Published1869-1916 Lot #138 Island Life: or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineWallace Island Life 1880 1st editionPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #139 Tropical Nature, and Other Essays View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineAlfred Wallace Tropical Nature 1878PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1878 Lot #140 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorWhite, GilbertHeadlineGilbert White Natural History of Selborne 1st Ed.PublisherT. BensleyDate Published1789 Lot #141 A Naturalist's Calendar, With Observations in Various Branches of Natural History View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWhite, GilbertHeadlineGilbert White A Naturalist's Calendar 1795ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherB. and J. WhiteDate Published1795 Lot #142 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Author[White, Gilbert]HeadlineNatural History of Selborne with mounted signatureProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherT. BensleyDate Published1789 Lot #143 Tarka The Otter: His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWilliamson, HenryHeadlineTarka The Otter, Chiswick Press large paper copyProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1927 Lot #144 Wilson's American Ornithology with Notes by Jardine: To Which Is Added a Synopsis of American Birds, Including Those Described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Wilson, Alexander)AuthorBrewer, T.M.HeadlineT.M. Brewer's edition of Wilson's American OrnithologyProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherH.S. SamuelsDate Published1852 Lot #146 Letter from Alexandra of Denmark as Princess of Wales View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAlexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from Alexandra, Princess of WalesProvenanceLate 19th c. Lot #153 Eight volumes illustrated by Thomas Bewick View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadline8 volumes of Bewick's wood engravingsDate Published1792-1820 Lot #171 Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorCogniaux, Celestin Alfred and A. GoossensHeadlineChromolithographs of orchids after A. GoossensDate Publishedc.1897-1907 Lot #219 Letter from the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorElizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from the Queen Mother 1960Date Published1970 Lot #220 Letter from Queen Elizabeth II View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorElizabeth II Queen of Great BritainHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Queen Elizabeth II, 1960Date Published1960 Lot #241 The Phoenix: An Illustrated Review of Occultism and Philosophy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorHall, Manly PalmerHeadlineSigned by Manley P. HallPublisherPhilosophical Research SocietyDate Published1956 Lot #243 Lithographia Angerburgica, Lapidum et Fossilium [with] Florae Campana seu Pulsatilla View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorHelwing, Georg AndreaHeadlineWith 30 etchings of fossils & flowers, 1717-20PublisherLiteris Johannis StelteriDate Published1717-1720 Lot #256 Letter from Marie Antoinette View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorMarie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of FranceHeadlineLetter written by Marie AntoinetteDate PublishedLate 18th c. Lot #260 Letter signed by Napoleon after the Battle of Bautzen View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorNapoléon I, Emperor of the FrenchHeadlineLetter signed by Napoleon as EmperorDate Published1813 Lot #269 Leçons de Mécanique Céleste Professées a la Sorbonne View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPoincaré, HenriHeadlinePoincare Lecons de Mecanique Celeste 1905-10PublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1905-1910 Lot #273 Foundations of Economic Analysis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorSamuelson, Paul A.HeadlineFoundations of Economic Analysis, one signedPublisherHarvard University Press; Wirtschaft und FinanzenDate Published[1997] Lot #283 Philosophia Mentis Et Sensuum: Secundum utramque Aristotelis methodum pertractata Metaphysice, Et Empirice View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTolomei, Giovanni BaptistaHeadlineTolomei, Philosophia Mentis et Sensuum 1698PublisherSumptibus Joannis Caspari BencardDate Published1698 Lot #285 Autograph letter from Queen Victoria View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorVictoria, Queen of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from Queen Victoria, 1884Date Published1884 Lot #298 Bohemian Grove Plays - complete run 1907-2013 with plays from 1904-05 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineBohemian Grove plays 1904-05; 1907-2013PublisherThe Bohemian ClubDate Published1904-2013 Lot #302 Collection of fifty fine press works by Bohemians or about the Bohemian Club View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineFifty works of fine press related to Bohemian ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #310 Large archive of scripts for Bohemian Club theatrical productions View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineArchive of scripts from Bohemian Club productionsPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1921-2015 Lot #311 Large collection of works by Bohemian writers or about the Bohemian Club and CA View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCollection of books by and about BohemiansDate Publishedc.20th century Lot #336 Three volumes from American Fine Presses View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineThree volumes by Elston and Pennyroyal PressPublisherThe Elston Press; Pennyroyal PressDate Published1902; 1987 Lot #341 American Bard: Being the Preface to the First Edition of Leaves of Grass Now Restored to its Native Verse Rhythms and Presented as a Living Poem View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Lime Kiln Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineAmerican Bard from the Lime Kiln Press, 1981PublisherThe Lime Kiln PressDate Published1981 Lot #342 Poems and a Memoir View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus HeaneyPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1982 Lot #343 Thirteen signed limited editions from Lord John Press View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)Headline13 signed limited eds. from Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate Published1978-2000 Lot #347 Eighteen deluxe signed books published by Sylvester & Orphanos View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Sylvester & Orphanos)Headline18 deluxe signed editions from Sylvester & OrphanosPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1979-1985 Lot #348 Sixteen signed books published by Sylvester & Orphanos View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Sylvester & Orphanos)Headline16 limited ed. Sylvester & Orphanos booksPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1970-1990 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next