Sale 804: Rare & Antiquarian - Natural History - Fine Press, Fine Bindings, & Illustrated Books (#804) 01/11/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/11/2024 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 804 674 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 1-53 of 53. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineBaskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1761 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #2 The Tragedies of Aeschylus in Greek AuthorAeschylusHeadlineFoulis Press Aeschylus 1795, one of 63 copiesPublisherAndreas FoulisDate Published1795 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #10 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,562.50StatusSold Lot #11 The Works of our Ancient, Learned & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFinal blackletter Chaucer ed., 1687Publishern.p.Date Published1687 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #14 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$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #17 Absalom and Achitophel [with] The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel [with] Absalom Senior: Or, Achitophel Transpros'd AuthorDryden, John, Nahum Tate and Elkanah SettleHeadlineDryden's biting satire, Absalom w/ responsesDate Published1681-1682 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #18 All For Love: or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal; and Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's All for Love 1st ed. 1678PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #19 Three works by John Dryden [with] one attack upon him AuthorDryden, JohnHeadline3 by John Dryden with anon attack on himDate Published1683-1695 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #20 The Virtuous Wife; or, Good Luck at Last. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theater AuthorDurfey, ThomasHeadlineDurfey Virtuous Wife 1680PublisherPrinted by T.N. for R. Bentley, and M. MagnesDate Published1684 [i.e. 1680] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #35 Four works of seventeenth-century English theater Heading(England - Theater)HeadlineFour pieces of 17th century English theaterDate Published1679-1691 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #41 The Man of Mode, or Sr Fopling Flutter. A Comedy. Acted at the Duke's Theatre AuthorEtherege, GeorgeHeadlineEtherege, Sir Fopling Flutter 1676 1st ed.PublisherPrinted by J. Macock, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1676 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #46 The Post-Boy robb'd of his mail or, The Pacquet Broke Open. Consisting of letters of love and gallantry, and all miscellaneous subjects: In which are Discover'd The Vertues, Vices, Follies, Humours and Intrigues of Mankind. Author[Gildon, Charles]HeadlineCharles Gildon's Post-boy Robb'd, 1706PublisherPrinted by B. Mills for John SprintDate Published1706 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #49 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$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Iliads and Odysses of Homer AuthorHomerHeadlineHomer translated by Thomas Hobbes, 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for Will. CrookDate Published1677 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #58 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson 1825, nine vols.PublisherPrinted for William PickeringDate Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #71 Leaf from an incunable edition of Aesop Heading(Leaves, 1489)HeadlineIncunable leaf w/ 2 woodcuts c.1489ProvenanceCollection of Phil Lenna; purchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & ManuscriptsPublisherJacobus Wolff, de PforzheimDate Publishedc.1489 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #80 Plautus's Comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play Author[Plautus, Titus Maccius]HeadlineFirst edition of Plautus in English, 1694PublisherPrinted for Abel Swalle and T. ChildDate Published1694 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #81 Eight volumes of early 19th-century poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineEight volumes of early 19th century poetryDate Published1819-1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #82 Five volumes of 18th century poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFive volumes of 18th-century poetryDate Published1768-1811 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #83 The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes Complete [with] The Iliad and The Odyssey AuthorPope, Alexander and HomerHeadlineAlexander Pope 20 vol. set, Works + HomerPublisherJ. & P. Knapton, et al. [and] T. Osborne, et al.Date Published1752 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #86 The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane AuthorRowe, NicholasHeadlineRowe, Tragedy Lady Jane Gray 1715PublisherPrinted for Bernard LintottDate Published1715 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #89 The Whole Comical Works of Monsr. Scarron AuthorScarron, PaulHeadlineWhole Comical Works of Scarron, 1700 EnglishPublisherPrinted for S. and J. Sprint..., J. Nicholson..., R. Parker..., and Benj. TookeDate Published1700 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #90 Bellamira, or the Mistress, a Comedy AuthorSedley, CharlesHeadlineBellamiraPublisherPrinted by D. Mallet, for L.C. and Timothy GoodwinDate Published1687 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #91 Bury-Fair. A Comedy AuthorShadwell, ThomasHeadlineShadwell, Bury-Fair. A Comedy, 1689PublisherPrinted for James KnaptonDate Published1689 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSheridan, Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsal 1781PublisherPrinted for T. BecketDate Published1781 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 The Royall Master; As it was Acted in the New Theater in Dublin AuthorShirley, JamesHeadlineShirley's 1st play: The Royall Master 1638PublisherPrinted by T. Cotes, and are to be sold by John Crooke, and Richard SergerDate Published1638 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #95 Two letters from Lydia H. Sigourney AuthorSigourney, Lydia H.HeadlineTwo letters from Lydia H. Sigourney, 1841 & 46Date Published1841-1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #99 Relief of Apprentices Wronged by their Masters Author[Stephens, Edward]HeadlineRare pamphlet on protecting apprentices 1687Date Published1687 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #102 The Newcomes Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)AuthorPendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.HeadlineFirst Edition in original partsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate PublishedOctober 1853-August 1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #103 The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and his Greatest Enemy AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineFirst Edition, in original partsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate PublishedNovember, 1848-December, 1850 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #116 O Conscious Heart... for Miss Eliza Mum AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineUnpublished Nathaniel Parker Willis ms poemDate Publishedc.1826-1830 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #160 Joaquin, Et Al. AuthorMiller, Cincinnatus H. [Joaquin]HeadlineFirst Edition w/ additional copy in custom boxPublisherS.J. McCormickDate Published1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #161 First Fam'lies of the Sierras AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineWith bookplate inscribed and signed by MillerPublisherJansen, McClurg & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #172 Four 19th-century works on art criticism Heading(Art criticism)HeadlineFour works on 19th-century art and literatureDate Published1817-1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #173 Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark Heading(Austen, John, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohn Austen's Hamlet in scarce jacketPublisherSelwyn & BlountDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #200 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$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #202 The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert a Beckett, the Brothers Mayhew Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)HeadlineComplete, illustrated by George CruikshankPublisherJohn Camden Hotten; Chatto & WindusDate Published[1871, 1874] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #203 Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)AuthorInglis, H.D.HeadlineFirst edition, illust. by George CruikshankPublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #205 A Dickens Atlas: Including Twelve Walks in London with Charles Dickens Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorHopkins, Albert A. and Newbury Frost ReadHeadlineMaps of Dickens' LondonPublisherHatton Garden PressDate Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #206 American Notes for General Circulation AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith signature of Charles DickensPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1850] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #207 The Battle of Life: A Love Story AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith illustrations by Doyle, Leech, and othersPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published[1846] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #208 A Child's History of England AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Edition, complete in three volumesPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #209 A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineTauchnitz edition of Dickens' Christmas talesPublisherTauchnitzDate Published1843-47 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #210 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst edition in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #214 Stories from Hans Andersen Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineWith 16 color plates by Edmund DulacPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #226 Fables of La Fontaine Heading(Grandville, J.J., illustrator)AuthorFontaine, Jean de laHeadlineProfusely illustrated by J.J. GrandvillePublisherElizur Wright; Tappan and DennetDate Published[1841] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #232 Authors of the United States AuthorHicks, Thomas, artistHeadlineMezzotint of 44 U.S. Authors, 1866Date Published1866 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #235 Barnabae Itinerarium or Barnabee's Journal Heading(Hodgson)AuthorBrathwaite, RichardHeadlineBarnabee's Journal, nicely bound by HodgsonPublisherPrinted by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. for Private CirculationDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #253 Illustration: Portfolio No. 1 Illustrating "When the Gods Slept" by Lord Dunsany Heading(Lord Dunsany)HeadlineIllustrating Dunsany's When the Gods SleptPublisherThe Arthur Wesley Dow AssociationDate Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #274 Aesop's Fables Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineAesop, with 13 color plates by Arthur RackhamPublisherWilliam Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #290 A Romance of a Mince-Pie Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorReach, Angus B.HeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding, w/ Phiz illus.PublisherD. BogueDate Published1848 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #295 Collection of poster art and posters for theatrical productions of John Steinbeck's "The Moon is Down" Heading(Steinbeck, John)HeadlineThe Moon is Down original poster artDate Publishedc.1942 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #297 Works of Jane Austen Heading(Thomson, Hugh)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineWorks of Jane Austen universally boundPublisherMacmillan and Company, LimitedDate Published1908-1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next