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