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 PDF Prices Realized View â–¼ 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 101-140 of 140. Previous|12|Next 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 #149 Four 19th-century works on art criticism Heading(Art criticism)HeadlineFour works on 19th-century art and literatureDate Published1817-1915 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #153 Eight volumes illustrated by Thomas Bewick AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadline8 volumes of Bewick's wood engravingsDate Published1792-1820 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #157 Five volumes of biographical writing collections Heading(Biography)HeadlineFive 19th-century memorial writing collectionsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1829-1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #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 #175 Three volumes of letters from 19th-century writers Heading(Correspondence)HeadlineThree vols. Letters from 19th century writersDate Published1817-1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #177 Mere Nature Delineated: Or, A Body without a Soul. Being Observations upon the Young Forester... Also, a Brief Dissertation upon the Usefulness and Necessity of Fools, Whether Political or Natural Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineAnonymous political tract by Daniel Defoe 1726PublisherPrinted for T. WarnerDate Published1726 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #179 Three early 20th-century plays Heading(Drama)HeadlinePlays from Anderson, Kwan, and HardyPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1923-1932 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #218 Three finely bound first editions by George Eliot AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadline3 finely bound George Eliot 1st editionsDate Published1860-1863 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #229 Three 19th century essay collections by women Heading(Essay collections)HeadlineThree 19th-century essay collections by womenPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1813-1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #240 Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes of the Right Honorable Fulke Lord Brooke, Written in his Youth, and Familiar Exercise with Sir Philip Sidney AuthorGreville, Fulke, Baron BrookeHeadlineSir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633PublisherPrinted by E.P. for Henry SeyleDate Published1633 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold 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 #253 Lucan's Pharsalia translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq. AuthorLucanus, Marcus AnneausHeadlineNicholas Rowe's translation of Lucan's PharsaliaPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1718 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #261 Epistles AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Epistles 1705 ed.PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1705 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #265 Seven volumes of 18th-century plays Heading(Plays)HeadlineSeven volumes of 18th-century English playsDate Published1730-1805 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #266 Eight volumes of early 19th-century poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineEight volumes of early 19th century poetryDate Published1819-1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #267 Five volumes of 18th century poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFive volumes of 18th-century poetryDate Published1768-1811 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #268 Five volumes of late 19th century poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFive volumes of late 19th-century poetryDate Published1865-1902 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #269 Leçons de Mécanique Céleste Professées a la Sorbonne AuthorPoincarĂ©, HenriHeadlinePoincare Lecons de Mecanique Celeste 1905-10PublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1905-1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #274 Epsom-Wells. A Comedy, As it is Acted By Their Majesties Servants. AuthorShadwell, ThomasHeadlineEpsom-Wells. A Comedy by Thomas Shadwell, 1693PublisherH. HerringmanDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #279 A Tale of A Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineJonathan Swift Tale of a Tub 1710 w/ platesPublisherPrinted for John NuttDate Published1710 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #289 Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark AuthorWollstonecraft, MaryHeadlineMary Wollstonecraft's Scandinavian Letters 1st EditionPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1796 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #329 The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, A New Edition in Six Volumes. Heading(Fine Bindings - Root & Son)AuthorByron, [George Gorden Noel] LordHeadlineThe Poetical Works of Byron, bound by Root & SonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #332 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (El Boccaccio) Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineJohn Payne's Decameron handsomely bound, 1886PublisherPrinted by Private SubscriptionDate Published1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next