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 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... 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 #149 Four 19th-century works on art criticism View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Art criticism)HeadlineFour works on 19th-century art and literatureDate Published1817-1915 Lot #153 Eight volumes illustrated by Thomas Bewick View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadline8 volumes of Bewick's wood engravingsDate Published1792-1820 Lot #157 Five volumes of biographical writing collections View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Biography)HeadlineFive 19th-century memorial writing collectionsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1829-1860 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 #174 The first, second, and third Tours of Doctor Syntax View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Combe, William]HeadlineTour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st & 3rd Eds.PublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of the ArtsDate Published1812-1821 Lot #175 Three volumes of letters from 19th-century writers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Correspondence)HeadlineThree vols. Letters from 19th century writersDate Published1817-1912 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineAnonymous political tract by Daniel Defoe 1726PublisherPrinted for T. WarnerDate Published1726 Lot #179 Three early 20th-century plays View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Drama)HeadlinePlays from Anderson, Kwan, and HardyPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1923-1932 Lot #218 Three finely bound first editions by George Eliot View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadline3 finely bound George Eliot 1st editionsDate Published1860-1863 Lot #229 Three 19th century essay collections by women View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Essay collections)HeadlineThree 19th-century essay collections by womenPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1813-1886 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGreville, Fulke, Baron BrookeHeadlineSir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633PublisherPrinted by E.P. for Henry SeyleDate Published1633 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 #253 Lucan's Pharsalia translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLucanus, Marcus AnneausHeadlineNicholas Rowe's translation of Lucan's PharsaliaPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1718 Lot #261 Epistles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Epistles 1705 ed.PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1705 Lot #265 Seven volumes of 18th-century plays View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Plays)HeadlineSeven volumes of 18th-century English playsDate Published1730-1805 Lot #266 Eight volumes of early 19th-century poetry View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineEight volumes of early 19th century poetryDate Published1819-1845 Lot #267 Five volumes of 18th century poetry View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFive volumes of 18th-century poetryDate Published1768-1811 Lot #268 Five volumes of late 19th century poetry View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFive volumes of late 19th-century poetryDate Published1865-1902 Lot #269 Leçons de Mécanique Céleste Professées a la Sorbonne View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPoincarĂ©, HenriHeadlinePoincare Lecons de Mecanique Celeste 1905-10PublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1905-1910 Lot #274 Epsom-Wells. A Comedy, As it is Acted By Their Majesties Servants. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorShadwell, ThomasHeadlineEpsom-Wells. A Comedy by Thomas Shadwell, 1693PublisherH. HerringmanDate Published1693 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineJonathan Swift Tale of a Tub 1710 w/ platesPublisherPrinted for John NuttDate Published1710 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 #289 Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorWollstonecraft, MaryHeadlineMary Wollstonecraft's Scandinavian Letters 1st EditionPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1796 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 #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 #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 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings - Birdsall)AuthorBeardsley, Aubrey, illustratorHeadlineBirdsall binding of Beardsley's Morte D'ArthurPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1893-94 Lot #329 The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, A New Edition in Six Volumes. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings - Root & Son)AuthorByron, [George Gorden Noel] LordHeadlineThe Poetical Works of Byron, bound by Root & SonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1855 Lot #332 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (El Boccaccio) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineJohn Payne's Decameron handsomely bound, 1886PublisherPrinted by Private SubscriptionDate Published1886 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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next