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 1-41 of 41. Previous|1|Next Lot #23 The Writings of John Burroughs View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs, Riverby EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #31 Rural Hours View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Cooper, Susan Fenimore)AuthorA LadyHeadlineRural Hours by "A Lady", 1850ProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #58 Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineAstoria, first edition signed by W. IrvingProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836 Lot #63 The Call of the Wild View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, Call of the Wild, 1st Ed. in jacketProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #64 WITHDRAWN - The Call of the Wild View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Jack London Call of the Wild, First EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #65 White Fang View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's White FangProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #96 Jocko, Anecdote Détachée des Lettres Inédites sur l'Instinct des Animaux View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Natural History)AuthorPougens, CharlesHeadlineFirst edition, w/ extensive scientific citationsPublisherP. Persan, ÉditeurDate Published1824 Lot #125 Cape Cod View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineH.D. Thoreau Cape Cod First EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1865 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 #127 Excursions View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Excursions 1st EditionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1863 Lot #128 Letters to Various Persons View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Letters to Various Persons, first editionProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1865 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 #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 #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 #157 Five volumes of biographical writing collections View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Biography)HeadlineFive 19th-century memorial writing collectionsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1829-1860 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 #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 #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 #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|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next