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 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 #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club - PPIE)AuthorTodd, Frank MortonHeadlineHistory of the Panama Pacific International ExpoPublisherPutnam's / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1921 Lot #293 Annals of the Bohemian Club - 10 volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineAnnals of the Bohemian Club, first editions, 10 vols.PublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1898-2010 Lot #294 Annals of the Bohemian Club - 10 volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineAnnals of the Bohemian Club, 10 vols.PublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1900-2010 Lot #295 Archive of over 500 photographs from the Bohemian Grove and Bohemian Club View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineArchive of photographs from the Bohemian GroveDate Publishedc. 1920's-2010's Lot #296 Bohemia Sons of Toil Grove Camp Lists 1930-45 (cover title) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineGuides to the Bohemian Grove 1930-42PublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1930-32; 1934-35; 1937-42 Lot #297 Bohemian Club register and receipt book 1930-39 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineBohemian Club receipt book 1930-39Date Published1930-39 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 #299 A Bohemian Rhapsody [with] Staging the World's Biggest Show [and] Music and Musicians in Bohemia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineThree histories of the Bohemian ClubPublisherBohemian ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #300 Collection of Bohemian Grove Cremation of Care broadsides and posters View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCremation of Care ceremony posters & broadsidesPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1957-1996 Lot #301 Collection of eighty works on clubs and fraternal organizations View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineEighty works on Clubs and Fraternal OrganizationsDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #303 Collection of maps of the Bohemian Grove View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineFourteen maps of Boho Grove and environsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #304 Collection of original art and posters from Bohemian Club performances View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCollection of Bohemian Club posters and original illustrationPublisherBohemian ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #305 Collection of over sixty posters for the Bohemian Low Jinx View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCollection of Low Jinx posters from Bohemian ClubPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1934-2010's Lot #307 The Annals of the Bohemian Club - Volumes I-II View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorFletcher, Robert H., editorHeadlineAnnals of the Bohemian Club finely boundPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published[1898]; [1900] Lot #308 The Grove Plays of The Bohemian Club View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 Lot #309 The Grove Plays of The Bohemian Club View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold 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 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 #312 Liber Amoricum Presented to Edward J. Duffey... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineCollection of Grove Play photos for Edward J. DuffeyPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1921 Lot #313 Scenes in Bohemian Club Grove (cover title) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineAlbum of twelve landscape photos of Bohemian GroveDate Publishedc.1930's Lot #314 Twenty-six volumes from Bohemian Club poet George Sterling View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineTwenty-six volumes by George Sterling, some signedDate Published1903-1938; 1980 Lot #315 Wine List: California and Imported Wines, Brandies, Liqueurs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineGrabhorn Press printing of the Boho wine listPublisherGrabhorn Press for the Bohemian ClubDate Published[1940] Lot #316 Thirty-three boxes of assorted Bohemian Club ephemera View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Grove)HeadlineThirty-three file boxes of assorted Bohemian Club materialPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published20th c. Lot #320 Six volumes from the Colt Press View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Colt Press)HeadlineSix volumes by the Colt PressPublisherColt PressDate Published1938-1954 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 Lot #350 Large archive of mailings for Bohemian Club / Bohemian Grove events View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineMassive archive of Bohemian Club ephemeraPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1920's-2010's Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next