Sale 804: Rare & Antiquarian - Natural History - Fine Press, Fine Bindings, & Illustrated Books (#804) 01/11/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed

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  • Author
    Addison, Joseph
  • Headline
    Baskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761
  • Publisher
    John Baskerville
  • Date Published
    1761
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
2
  • Author
    Aeschylus
  • Headline
    Foulis Press Aeschylus 1795, one of 63 copies
  • Publisher
    Andreas Foulis
  • Date Published
    1795
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
10
  • Author
    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Headline
    Second Speght Chaucer 1602
  • Publisher
    Adam Islip
  • Date Published
    1602
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,562.50
StatusSold
11
  • Author
    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Headline
    Final blackletter Chaucer ed., 1687
  • Publisher
    n.p.
  • Date Published
    1687
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
17
  • Author
    Dryden, John, Nahum Tate and Elkanah Settle
  • Headline
    Dryden's biting satire, Absalom w/ responses
  • Date Published
    1681-1682
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
18
  • Author
    Dryden, John
  • Headline
    Dryden's All for Love 1st ed. 1678
  • Publisher
    Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry Herringman
  • Date Published
    1678
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$750
StatusSold
19
  • Author
    Dryden, John
  • Headline
    3 by John Dryden with anon attack on him
  • Date Published
    1683-1695
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
20
  • Author
    Durfey, Thomas
  • Headline
    Durfey Virtuous Wife 1680
  • Publisher
    Printed by T.N. for R. Bentley, and M. Magnes
  • Date Published
    1684 [i.e. 1680]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
35
  • Heading
    (England - Theater)
  • Headline
    Four pieces of 17th century English theater
  • Date Published
    1679-1691
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
41
  • Author
    Etherege, George
  • Headline
    Etherege, Sir Fopling Flutter 1676 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Macock, for Henry Herringman
  • Date Published
    1676
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
49
  • Author
    Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke
  • Headline
    Sir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633
  • Publisher
    Printed by E.P. for Henry Seyle
  • Date Published
    1633
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
55
  • Author
    Homer
  • Headline
    Homer translated by Thomas Hobbes, 2nd ed.
  • Publisher
    Printed for Will. Crook
  • Date Published
    1677
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
58
  • Author
    Johnson, Samuel
  • Headline
    Works of Samuel Johnson 1825, nine vols.
  • Publisher
    Printed for William Pickering
  • Date Published
    1825
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
71
  • Heading
    (Leaves, 1489)
  • Headline
    Incunable leaf w/ 2 woodcuts c.1489
  • Provenance
    Collection of Phil Lenna; purchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts
  • Publisher
    Jacobus Wolff, de Pforzheim
  • Date Published
    c.1489
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
80
  • Author
    [Plautus, Titus Maccius]
  • Headline
    First edition of Plautus in English, 1694
  • Publisher
    Printed for Abel Swalle and T. Child
  • Date Published
    1694
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
81
  • Heading
    (Poetry)
  • Headline
    Eight volumes of early 19th century poetry
  • Date Published
    1819-1845
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
82
  • Heading
    (Poetry)
  • Headline
    Five volumes of 18th-century poetry
  • Date Published
    1768-1811
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
83
  • Author
    Pope, Alexander and Homer
  • Headline
    Alexander Pope 20 vol. set, Works + Homer
  • Publisher
    J. & P. Knapton, et al. [and] T. Osborne, et al.
  • Date Published
    1752
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
86
  • Author
    Rowe, Nicholas
  • Headline
    Rowe, Tragedy Lady Jane Gray 1715
  • Publisher
    Printed for Bernard Lintott
  • Date Published
    1715
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
89
  • Author
    Scarron, Paul
  • Headline
    Whole Comical Works of Scarron, 1700 English
  • Publisher
    Printed for S. and J. Sprint..., J. Nicholson..., R. Parker..., and Benj. Tooke
  • Date Published
    1700
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
90
  • Author
    Sedley, Charles
  • Headline
    Bellamira
  • Publisher
    Printed by D. Mallet, for L.C. and Timothy Goodwin
  • Date Published
    1687
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
91
  • Author
    Shadwell, Thomas
  • Headline
    Shadwell, Bury-Fair. A Comedy, 1689
  • Publisher
    Printed for James Knapton
  • Date Published
    1689
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
92
  • Author
    Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
  • Headline
    Sheridan, Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsal 1781
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Becket
  • Date Published
    1781
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
94
  • Author
    Shirley, James
  • Headline
    Shirley's 1st play: The Royall Master 1638
  • Publisher
    Printed by T. Cotes, and are to be sold by John Crooke, and Richard Serger
  • Date Published
    1638
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
95
  • Author
    Sigourney, Lydia H.
  • Headline
    Two letters from Lydia H. Sigourney, 1841 & 46
  • Date Published
    1841-1846
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
99
  • Author
    [Stephens, Edward]
  • Headline
    Rare pamphlet on protecting apprentices 1687
  • Date Published
    1687
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
102
  • Heading
    (Thackeray, William Makepeace)
  • Author
    Pendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.
  • Headline
    First Edition in original parts
  • Publisher
    Bradbury and Evans
  • Date Published
    October 1853-August 1855
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
103
  • Author
    Thackeray, William Makepeace
  • Headline
    First Edition, in original parts
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    November, 1848-December, 1850
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
116
  • Author
    Willis, Nathaniel Parker
  • Headline
    Unpublished Nathaniel Parker Willis ms poem
  • Date Published
    c.1826-1830
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
160
  • Author
    Miller, Cincinnatus H. [Joaquin]
  • Headline
    First Edition w/ additional copy in custom box
  • Publisher
    S.J. McCormick
  • Date Published
    1869
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
161
  • Author
    Miller, Joaquin
  • Headline
    With bookplate inscribed and signed by Miller
  • Publisher
    Jansen, McClurg & Co.
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
172
  • Heading
    (Art criticism)
  • Headline
    Four works on 19th-century art and literature
  • Date Published
    1817-1915
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
173
  • Heading
    (Austen, John, illustrator)
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    John Austen's Hamlet in scarce jacket
  • Publisher
    Selwyn & Blount
  • Date Published
    [1922]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
200
  • Author
    [Combe, William]
  • Headline
    Tour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st & 3rd Eds.
  • Publisher
    R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts
  • Date Published
    1812-1821
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$500
StatusSold
202
  • Heading
    (Cruikshank, George, illustrator)
  • Headline
    Complete, illustrated by George Cruikshank
  • Publisher
    John Camden Hotten; Chatto & Windus
  • Date Published
    [1871, 1874]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
203
  • Heading
    (Cruikshank, George, illustrator)
  • Author
    Inglis, H.D.
  • Headline
    First edition, illust. by George Cruikshank
  • Publisher
    Whittaker and Co.
  • Date Published
    1837
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
205
  • Heading
    (Dickens, Charles)
  • Author
    Hopkins, Albert A. and Newbury Frost Read
  • Headline
    Maps of Dickens' London
  • Publisher
    Hatton Garden Press
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
206
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    With signature of Charles Dickens
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    [1850]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
207
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    With illustrations by Doyle, Leech, and others
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    [1846]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
208
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    First Edition, complete in three volumes
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    1852-1854
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
209
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Tauchnitz edition of Dickens' Christmas tales
  • Publisher
    Tauchnitz
  • Date Published
    1843-47
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$500
StatusSold
210
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    First edition in book form
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
214
  • Heading
    (Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)
  • Author
    Andersen, Hans Christian
  • Headline
    With 16 color plates by Edmund Dulac
  • Publisher
    George H. Doran Company
  • Date Published
    [1923]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
226
  • Heading
    (Grandville, J.J., illustrator)
  • Author
    Fontaine, Jean de la
  • Headline
    Profusely illustrated by J.J. Grandville
  • Publisher
    Elizur Wright; Tappan and Dennet
  • Date Published
    [1841]
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
232
  • Author
    Hicks, Thomas, artist
  • Headline
    Mezzotint of 44 U.S. Authors, 1866
  • Date Published
    1866
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
235
  • Heading
    (Hodgson)
  • Author
    Brathwaite, Richard
  • Headline
    Barnabee's Journal, nicely bound by Hodgson
  • Publisher
    Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. for Private Circulation
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
253
  • Heading
    (Lord Dunsany)
  • Headline
    Illustrating Dunsany's When the Gods Slept
  • Publisher
    The Arthur Wesley Dow Association
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
274
  • Heading
    (Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)
  • Headline
    Aesop, with 13 color plates by Arthur Rackham
  • Publisher
    William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
290
  • Heading
    (Sangorski & Sutcliffe)
  • Author
    Reach, Angus B.
  • Headline
    Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding, w/ Phiz illus.
  • Publisher
    D. Bogue
  • Date Published
    1848
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
295
  • Heading
    (Steinbeck, John)
  • Headline
    The Moon is Down original poster art
  • Date Published
    c.1942
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
297
  • Heading
    (Thomson, Hugh)
  • Author
    Austen, Jane
  • Headline
    Works of Jane Austen universally bound
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Company, Limited
  • Date Published
    1908-1914
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$500
StatusSold
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