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 1-70 of 70. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 In Praise of Mountain Lions AuthorAbbey, Edward and John NicholsHeadlineSigned by Edward Abbey and John NicholsProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherAlbuquerque Sierra ClubDate PublishedMay 1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #7 Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineJohn Muir Trail signed by Ansel AdamsProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherArchetype PressDate Published1938 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #8 Yosemite and the Range of Light AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineSigned by Ansel AdamsProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherNew York Graphic SocietyDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #13 Seven volumes illustrated by Frank W. Benson Heading(Benson, Frank W.)HeadlineGroup of books illustrated by Frank W. BensonDate Published1917-1994 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #15 History of British Birds, the Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlineBewick's British Birds First Edition 2 vols.Date Published1797-1804 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #19 Alaska - Volumes 1 & 2 of the Harriman Expedition series AuthorBurroughs, John; John Muir and George Bird GrinnellHeadlineAlaska, Vols. I&II of Harriman ExpeditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #20 Camping with President Roosevelt AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineBurroughs' Camping with Theodore RooseveltProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #32 Adventures on the Columbia River, Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, among Various Tribes of Indians Hitherto Unknown: Together with a Journey Across the American Continent AuthorCox, RossHeadlineCox, Adventures on the Columbia River 1832ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #41 The Birds of California: A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State AuthorDawson, William LeonHeadlineDawson's Birds of California Santa Barbara Deluxe EditionPublisherSouth Moulton Co.Date Published1923 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #43 Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District... AuthorDutton, Clarence E.HeadlineDutton's illust. history of the Grand CanyonPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1882 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #58 Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineAstoria, first edition signed by W. IrvingProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #59 Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineWinderness by Rockwell Kent with slip signed by CanfieldProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #75 The River of the West. Life and Adventures in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon; Embracing Events in the Life-Time of a Mountain-Man and Pioneer: With the Early History of the North-Western Slope... Heading(Meek, Joseph Lafayette)AuthorVictor, Frances FullerHeadlineVictor's River of the West 1870ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherColumbian Book CompanyDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #77 Wild Life on the Rockies AuthorMills, Enos A.HeadlineMills' Wild Life on the Rockies in scarce jacketProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #82 Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains from Alaska to Mexico AuthorMuir, John, editorHeadlinePicturesque California edited by John MuirProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherJ. Dewing Publishing CompanyDate Published[1888] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #83 Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic Ocean in 1881 AuthorMuir, John, et al.HeadlineArctic Cruise of the Steamer CorwinProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #85 Letters to a Friend AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineNear fine copy of John Muir's Yosemite classicProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1915 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #86 The Mountains of California AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineFirst edition of Muir's Mountains of CaliforniaProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #87 WITHDRAWN: My First Summer in the Sierra AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWITHDRAWN: My First Summer in the Sierra in beautiful restored jacketProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1911 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #88 My First Summer in the Sierra AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir, First Summer in the Sierra 1st ed.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #89 Steep Trails AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineNear fine copy of Muir's Steep Trails, 1st ed.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #90 Stickeen AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineMuir's Stickeen, first edition in scarce jacketProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #92 Travels in Alaska AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir's Travels in Alaska, large paper editionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Writings of John Muir AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineSierra Edition of the Writings of John MuirPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[c.1924] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #94 The Yosemite AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir The Yosemite First EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherCentury Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #114 Lives of Game Animals AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineSeton's Life of Game Animals, 1929 trade ed.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherDoubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.Date Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #115 Lives of Game Animals. An Account of Those Land Animals in America, North of the Mexican Border, Which Are Considered "Game," Either Because They Have Held the Attention of Sportsmen, or Received the Protection of the Law AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineLives of Game Animals by Ernest Thompson SetonProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherDoubleday, Page & Company & William HeinemannDate Published1925-1928 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Mountains of Oregon AuthorSteel, W.G.HeadlineThe Mountains of Oregon by W.G. Steel 1890ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherDavid SteelDate Published1890 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #124 Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast AuthorThayer, Emma HomanHeadlineThayer's Wildflowers of the Pacific CoastProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published[1887] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold 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 #145 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments Heading(Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher)HeadlineAckermann's Westminster Abbey with 80 aquatints 1812PublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #156 The British Monarchy: Or, a New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain AuthorBickham, GeorgeHeadlineThe British Monarchy, engraved book 1748PublisherG. BickhamDate Published1748 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #161 Galerie de son Altesse Royale Madame la Duchesse de Berry - Tome 2 AuthorBonnemaison, FéréolHeadline59 early lithograph platesPublisher[J. Didot l'aîné]Date Published1822 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #174 The first, second, and third Tours of Doctor Syntax Author[Combe, William]HeadlineTour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st & 3rd Eds.PublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of the ArtsDate Published1812-1821 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #176 The English Spy: The Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious/ Drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle... Heading(Cruikshank, Robert)AuthorWestmacott, Charles MolloyHeadlineWestmacott's English Spy with Robert Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherSherwood, Jones and Co.Date Published1825-1826 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #246 Hone's Popular Political Tracts AuthorHone, WilliamHeadlineHone's Political Tracts with numerous engravingsPublisherPrinted for William HoneDate Published1819-1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #264 Moral Emblems with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs of All Ages and Nations, From Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie. AuthorPigot, Richard, editorHeadlineWith numerous pictorial emblem engravingsPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #321 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Heading(Fine Bindings - Asprey)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineEast of the Sun by Nielsen, bound by AspreyPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #322 The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All Heading(Fine Bindings - Birdsall)AuthorBeardsley, Aubrey, illustratorHeadlineBirdsall binding of Beardsley's Morte D'ArthurPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1893-94 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #330 A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. Heading(Fine Bindings - Root & Son)AuthorMorris, Francis Orpen, editorHeadlineMorris' Picturesque Views, bound by Root & SonPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1878] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #344 Sous Le Signe du Rossignol Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorJacques, Henry [pseud. of Jacques Cohen]HeadlineSous Le Signe du Rossignol, Kay NielsenPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next