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 801 668 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 101-159 of 159. Previous|12|Next Lot #129 The Maine Woods AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Maine Woods 1st EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #130 Walden; Or, Life in the Woods AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Walden First EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #132 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's A Week on the Concord, first editionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold 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 AuthorTopsell, EdwardHeadlineHistory of Four-footed Beasts, 1658PublisherPrinted by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge... T. Williams..., and T. JohnsonDate Published1658 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #134 Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c... AuthorTownsend, John K.HeadlineWith Townsend across the Rocky MountainsProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHenry PerkinsDate Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #135 Eight signed trophy hunting memoirs Heading(Trophy Hunting)HeadlineEight signed books on Trophy HuntingPublisherTrophy Room BooksDate Published1996 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #136 Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineAlfred Wallace Theory of Natural Selection 1st ed.PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #137 Five titles by or about Alfred Russel Wallace AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineFive titles by or about Alfred Russel WallaceDate Published1869-1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineWallace Island Life 1880 1st editionPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #139 Tropical Nature, and Other Essays AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineAlfred Wallace Tropical Nature 1878PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #140 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton AuthorWhite, GilbertHeadlineGilbert White Natural History of Selborne 1st Ed.PublisherT. BensleyDate Published1789 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #141 A Naturalist's Calendar, With Observations in Various Branches of Natural History AuthorWhite, GilbertHeadlineGilbert White A Naturalist's Calendar 1795ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherB. and J. WhiteDate Published1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #142 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton Author[White, Gilbert]HeadlineNatural History of Selborne with mounted signatureProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherT. BensleyDate Published1789 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #143 Tarka The Otter: His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers AuthorWilliamson, HenryHeadlineTarka The Otter, Chiswick Press large paper copyProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 Heading(Wilson, Alexander)AuthorBrewer, T.M.HeadlineT.M. Brewer's edition of Wilson's American OrnithologyProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherH.S. SamuelsDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #146 Letter from Alexandra of Denmark as Princess of Wales AuthorAlexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from Alexandra, Princess of WalesProvenanceLate 19th c. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #153 Eight volumes illustrated by Thomas Bewick AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadline8 volumes of Bewick's wood engravingsDate Published1792-1820 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #171 Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees AuthorCogniaux, Celestin Alfred and A. GoossensHeadlineChromolithographs of orchids after A. GoossensDate Publishedc.1897-1907 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #219 Letter from the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother AuthorElizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from the Queen Mother 1960Date Published1970 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #220 Letter from Queen Elizabeth II AuthorElizabeth II Queen of Great BritainHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Queen Elizabeth II, 1960Date Published1960 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #241 The Phoenix: An Illustrated Review of Occultism and Philosophy AuthorHall, Manly PalmerHeadlineSigned by Manley P. HallPublisherPhilosophical Research SocietyDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #243 Lithographia Angerburgica, Lapidum et Fossilium [with] Florae Campana seu Pulsatilla AuthorHelwing, Georg AndreaHeadlineWith 30 etchings of fossils & flowers, 1717-20PublisherLiteris Johannis StelteriDate Published1717-1720 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #256 Letter from Marie Antoinette AuthorMarie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of FranceHeadlineLetter written by Marie AntoinetteDate PublishedLate 18th c. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #260 Letter signed by Napoleon after the Battle of Bautzen AuthorNapoléon I, Emperor of the FrenchHeadlineLetter signed by Napoleon as EmperorDate Published1813 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #269 Leçons de Mécanique Céleste Professées a la Sorbonne AuthorPoincaré, HenriHeadlinePoincare Lecons de Mecanique Celeste 1905-10PublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1905-1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #273 Foundations of Economic Analysis AuthorSamuelson, Paul A.HeadlineFoundations of Economic Analysis, one signedPublisherHarvard University Press; Wirtschaft und FinanzenDate Published[1997] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #283 Philosophia Mentis Et Sensuum: Secundum utramque Aristotelis methodum pertractata Metaphysice, Et Empirice AuthorTolomei, Giovanni BaptistaHeadlineTolomei, Philosophia Mentis et Sensuum 1698PublisherSumptibus Joannis Caspari BencardDate Published1698 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #285 Autograph letter from Queen Victoria AuthorVictoria, Queen of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from Queen Victoria, 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #292 The Story of the Exposition; Being the Official History of the International Celebration Held at San Francisco in 1915 to Commemorate the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Construction of the Panama Canal Heading(Bohemian Club - PPIE)AuthorTodd, Frank MortonHeadlineHistory of the Panama Pacific International ExpoPublisherPutnam's / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #293 Annals of the Bohemian Club - 10 volumes Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineAnnals of the Bohemian Club, first editions, 10 vols.PublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1898-2010 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #294 Annals of the Bohemian Club - 10 volumes Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineAnnals of the Bohemian Club, 10 vols.PublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1900-2010 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #295 Archive of over 500 photographs from the Bohemian Grove and Bohemian Club Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineArchive of photographs from the Bohemian GroveDate Publishedc. 1920's-2010's View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #296 Bohemia Sons of Toil Grove Camp Lists 1930-45 (cover title) Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineGuides to the Bohemian Grove 1930-42PublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1930-32; 1934-35; 1937-42 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #297 Bohemian Club register and receipt book 1930-39 Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineBohemian Club receipt book 1930-39Date Published1930-39 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #298 Bohemian Grove Plays - complete run 1907-2013 with plays from 1904-05 Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineBohemian Grove plays 1904-05; 1907-2013PublisherThe Bohemian ClubDate Published1904-2013 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #299 A Bohemian Rhapsody [with] Staging the World's Biggest Show [and] Music and Musicians in Bohemia Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineThree histories of the Bohemian ClubPublisherBohemian ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #300 Collection of Bohemian Grove Cremation of Care broadsides and posters Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCremation of Care ceremony posters & broadsidesPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1957-1996 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #301 Collection of eighty works on clubs and fraternal organizations Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineEighty works on Clubs and Fraternal OrganizationsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #302 Collection of fifty fine press works by Bohemians or about the Bohemian Club Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineFifty works of fine press related to Bohemian ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #303 Collection of maps of the Bohemian Grove Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineFourteen maps of Boho Grove and environsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #304 Collection of original art and posters from Bohemian Club performances Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCollection of Bohemian Club posters and original illustrationPublisherBohemian ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #305 Collection of over sixty posters for the Bohemian Low Jinx Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCollection of Low Jinx posters from Bohemian ClubPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1934-2010's View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #307 The Annals of the Bohemian Club - Volumes I-II Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorFletcher, Robert H., editorHeadlineAnnals of the Bohemian Club finely boundPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published[1898]; [1900] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #308 The Grove Plays of The Bohemian Club Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorGarnett, Porter, editorHeadlineHandsome early anthology of Grove Plays, 1918PublisherPrinted for the Bohemian Club at the press of the H.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1918 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #309 The Grove Plays of The Bohemian Club Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorGarnett, Porter, editorHeadlinePresentation copy for contributor Frederick S. MyrtlePublisherPrinted for the Bohemian Club at the press of the H.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1918 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #310 Large archive of scripts for Bohemian Club theatrical productions Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineArchive of scripts from Bohemian Club productionsPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1921-2015 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #311 Large collection of works by Bohemian writers or about the Bohemian Club and CA Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCollection of books by and about BohemiansDate Publishedc.20th century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #312 Liber Amoricum Presented to Edward J. Duffey... Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCollection of Grove Play photos for Edward J. DuffeyPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #313 Scenes in Bohemian Club Grove (cover title) Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineAlbum of twelve landscape photos of Bohemian GroveDate Publishedc.1930's View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #314 Twenty-six volumes from Bohemian Club poet George Sterling Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineTwenty-six volumes by George Sterling, some signedDate Published1903-1938; 1980 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #315 Wine List: California and Imported Wines, Brandies, Liqueurs Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineGrabhorn Press printing of the Boho wine listPublisherGrabhorn Press for the Bohemian ClubDate Published[1940] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #316 Thirty-three boxes of assorted Bohemian Club ephemera Heading(Bohemian Grove)HeadlineThirty-three file boxes of assorted Bohemian Club materialPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published20th c. View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #320 Six volumes from the Colt Press Heading(Colt Press)HeadlineSix volumes by the Colt PressPublisherColt PressDate Published1938-1954 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 Heading(Lime Kiln Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineAmerican Bard from the Lime Kiln Press, 1981PublisherThe Lime Kiln PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #342 Poems and a Memoir Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus HeaneyPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1982 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #343 Thirteen signed limited editions from Lord John Press Heading(Lord John Press)Headline13 signed limited eds. from Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate Published1978-2000 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #347 Eighteen deluxe signed books published by Sylvester & Orphanos Heading(Sylvester & Orphanos)Headline18 deluxe signed editions from Sylvester & OrphanosPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1979-1985 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #348 Sixteen signed books published by Sylvester & Orphanos Heading(Sylvester & Orphanos)Headline16 limited ed. Sylvester & Orphanos booksPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1970-1990 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #350 Large archive of mailings for Bohemian Club / Bohemian Grove events Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineMassive archive of Bohemian Club ephemeraPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1920's-2010's View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next