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 101-146 of 146. Previous|12|Next Lot #126 Early Spring in Massachusetts [Summer. Winter. Autumn.] from the Journals of H.D. Thoreau AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Four Seasons first editionsProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1881-1888 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold 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 #131 Walking AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Walking, Riverside Press, 1914ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherRiverside PressDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #290 Twenty-eight volumes from American Fine Presses Heading(American Fine Press)Headline28 volumes from American fine pressesPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #291 Edward the Second Heading(Aquila Press)AuthorMarlowe, ChristopherHeadlineAquila Press, Edward the SecondPublisherThe Aquila PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #317 WPA Federal Art Project - Printmaking in California 1935-1943 Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorSeaton, ElizabethHeadlineWPA Printmaking in California 1935-1943PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2005 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #318 A Book of Bridges AuthorBrangwyn, Frank and Walter SparrowHeadlineBook of Bridges, Brangwyn & Sparrow large paper ed.PublisherJohn Lane The Bodley HeadDate Published1916 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold 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 #327 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Fine Bindings - Macdonald)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineFrom the Ballantyne Press, bound by MacdonaldPublisherPrinted by the Ballantyne PressDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #333 Five volumes from British Fine Presses Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineFive volumes of Fine Press from LondonDate Published1924-1948 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #334 The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography. Heading(Fine Press)AuthorSimon, Oliver and Stanley Morrison, editorsHeadlineFour volumes of The FleuronPublisherThe FleuronDate Published1923-1930 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #335 Three illustrated novels from Fine Presses Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineIncludes two illustrated works by ThoreauDate Published1909-1968 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #336 Three volumes from American Fine Presses Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineThree volumes by Elston and Pennyroyal PressPublisherThe Elston Press; Pennyroyal PressDate Published1902; 1987 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #337 A Cross Section. The Society of Wood Engravers in 1988. Heading(Fleece Press)HeadlineWith 44 woodcuts by members of the SocietyPublisherFleece PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #338 Shelf of 19 Grabhorn Press and related publications Heading(Grabhorn Press)Headline19 Grabhorn and related fine Press publicationsDate Publishedc.1950-1984 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #339 The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineKelmscott Press, Historyes of TroyPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1892 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #340 Birds, Beasts and Flowers AuthorLawrence, D.HHeadlineDeluxe copy with extra suite of proofsPublisherThe Cresset PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold 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 #345 Fourteen volumes from the Nonesuch Press Heading(Nonesuch Press)HeadlineA selection of works from the Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1923-1932 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #346 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineWorks of Chaucer from Shakespeare Head PressPublisherBasil BlackwellDate Published1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold 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 #349 Buchkunst. Beitrage zur Entwicklung der graphischen Kunste und der Kunst im Buche. Heading(Weimar Germany)HeadlineBook Art and typology, 1931 Weimar GermanyPublisherStaatliche Akademie fur Graphische KunsteDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next