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. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineBaskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1761 Lot #2 The Tragedies of Aeschylus in Greek View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorAeschylusHeadlineFoulis Press Aeschylus 1795, one of 63 copiesPublisherAndreas FoulisDate Published1795 Lot #10 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,562.50StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 Lot #11 The Works of our Ancient, Learned & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFinal blackletter Chaucer ed., 1687Publishern.p.Date Published1687 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineAnonymous political tract by Daniel Defoe 1726PublisherPrinted for T. WarnerDate Published1726 Lot #17 Absalom and Achitophel [with] The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel [with] Absalom Senior: Or, Achitophel Transpros'd View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDryden, John, Nahum Tate and Elkanah SettleHeadlineDryden's biting satire, Absalom w/ responsesDate Published1681-1682 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's All for Love 1st ed. 1678PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 Lot #19 Three works by John Dryden [with] one attack upon him View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadline3 by John Dryden with anon attack on himDate Published1683-1695 Lot #20 The Virtuous Wife; or, Good Luck at Last. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theater View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDurfey, ThomasHeadlineDurfey Virtuous Wife 1680PublisherPrinted by T.N. for R. Bentley, and M. MagnesDate Published1684 [i.e. 1680] Lot #35 Four works of seventeenth-century English theater View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(England - Theater)HeadlineFour pieces of 17th century English theaterDate Published1679-1691 Lot #41 The Man of Mode, or Sr Fopling Flutter. A Comedy. Acted at the Duke's Theatre View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorEtherege, GeorgeHeadlineEtherege, Sir Fopling Flutter 1676 1st ed.PublisherPrinted by J. Macock, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1676 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. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Gildon, Charles]HeadlineCharles Gildon's Post-boy Robb'd, 1706PublisherPrinted by B. Mills for John SprintDate Published1706 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGreville, Fulke, Baron BrookeHeadlineSir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633PublisherPrinted by E.P. for Henry SeyleDate Published1633 Lot #55 The Iliads and Odysses of Homer View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineHomer translated by Thomas Hobbes, 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for Will. CrookDate Published1677 Lot #58 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson 1825, nine vols.PublisherPrinted for William PickeringDate Published1825 Lot #71 Leaf from an incunable edition of Aesop View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 Lot #80 Plautus's Comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Plautus, Titus Maccius]HeadlineFirst edition of Plautus in English, 1694PublisherPrinted for Abel Swalle and T. ChildDate Published1694 Lot #81 Eight volumes of early 19th-century poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineEight volumes of early 19th century poetryDate Published1819-1845 Lot #82 Five volumes of 18th century poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFive volumes of 18th-century poetryDate Published1768-1811 Lot #83 The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes Complete [with] The Iliad and The Odyssey View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorPope, Alexander and HomerHeadlineAlexander Pope 20 vol. set, Works + HomerPublisherJ. & P. Knapton, et al. [and] T. Osborne, et al.Date Published1752 Lot #86 The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRowe, NicholasHeadlineRowe, Tragedy Lady Jane Gray 1715PublisherPrinted for Bernard LintottDate Published1715 Lot #89 The Whole Comical Works of Monsr. Scarron View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorScarron, PaulHeadlineWhole Comical Works of Scarron, 1700 EnglishPublisherPrinted for S. and J. Sprint..., J. Nicholson..., R. Parker..., and Benj. TookeDate Published1700 Lot #90 Bellamira, or the Mistress, a Comedy View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSedley, CharlesHeadlineBellamiraPublisherPrinted by D. Mallet, for L.C. and Timothy GoodwinDate Published1687 Lot #91 Bury-Fair. A Comedy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorShadwell, ThomasHeadlineShadwell, Bury-Fair. A Comedy, 1689PublisherPrinted for James KnaptonDate Published1689 Lot #92 The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSheridan, Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsal 1781PublisherPrinted for T. BecketDate Published1781 Lot #94 The Royall Master; As it was Acted in the New Theater in Dublin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorShirley, JamesHeadlineShirley's 1st play: The Royall Master 1638PublisherPrinted by T. Cotes, and are to be sold by John Crooke, and Richard SergerDate Published1638 Lot #95 Two letters from Lydia H. Sigourney View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSigourney, Lydia H.HeadlineTwo letters from Lydia H. Sigourney, 1841 & 46Date Published1841-1846 Lot #99 Relief of Apprentices Wronged by their Masters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Stephens, Edward]HeadlineRare pamphlet on protecting apprentices 1687Date Published1687 Lot #102 The Newcomes View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)AuthorPendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.HeadlineFirst Edition in original partsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate PublishedOctober 1853-August 1855 Lot #103 The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and his Greatest Enemy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineFirst Edition, in original partsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate PublishedNovember, 1848-December, 1850 Lot #116 O Conscious Heart... for Miss Eliza Mum View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineUnpublished Nathaniel Parker Willis ms poemDate Publishedc.1826-1830 Lot #160 Joaquin, Et Al. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, Cincinnatus H. [Joaquin]HeadlineFirst Edition w/ additional copy in custom boxPublisherS.J. McCormickDate Published1869 Lot #161 First Fam'lies of the Sierras View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineWith bookplate inscribed and signed by MillerPublisherJansen, McClurg & Co.Date Published1876 Lot #172 Four 19th-century works on art criticism View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Art criticism)HeadlineFour works on 19th-century art and literatureDate Published1817-1915 Lot #173 Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Austen, John, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohn Austen's Hamlet in scarce jacketPublisherSelwyn & BlountDate Published[1922] Lot #200 The first, second, and third Tours of Doctor Syntax View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Author[Combe, William]HeadlineTour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st & 3rd Eds.PublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of the ArtsDate Published1812-1821 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)HeadlineComplete, illustrated by George CruikshankPublisherJohn Camden Hotten; Chatto & WindusDate Published[1871, 1874] Lot #203 Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)AuthorInglis, H.D.HeadlineFirst edition, illust. by George CruikshankPublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1837 Lot #205 A Dickens Atlas: Including Twelve Walks in London with Charles Dickens View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorHopkins, Albert A. and Newbury Frost ReadHeadlineMaps of Dickens' LondonPublisherHatton Garden PressDate Published1923 Lot #206 American Notes for General Circulation View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith signature of Charles DickensPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1850] Lot #207 The Battle of Life: A Love Story View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWith illustrations by Doyle, Leech, and othersPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published[1846] Lot #208 A Child's History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Edition, complete in three volumesPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1854 Lot #209 A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineTauchnitz edition of Dickens' Christmas talesPublisherTauchnitzDate Published1843-47 Lot #210 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst edition in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 Lot #214 Stories from Hans Andersen View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineWith 16 color plates by Edmund DulacPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1923] Lot #226 Fables of La Fontaine View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Grandville, J.J., illustrator)AuthorFontaine, Jean de laHeadlineProfusely illustrated by J.J. GrandvillePublisherElizur Wright; Tappan and DennetDate Published[1841] Lot #232 Authors of the United States View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorHicks, Thomas, artistHeadlineMezzotint of 44 U.S. Authors, 1866Date Published1866 Lot #235 Barnabae Itinerarium or Barnabee's Journal View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Hodgson)AuthorBrathwaite, RichardHeadlineBarnabee's Journal, nicely bound by HodgsonPublisherPrinted by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. for Private CirculationDate Published1876 Lot #253 Illustration: Portfolio No. 1 Illustrating "When the Gods Slept" by Lord Dunsany View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Lord Dunsany)HeadlineIllustrating Dunsany's When the Gods SleptPublisherThe Arthur Wesley Dow AssociationDate Published1925 Lot #274 Aesop's Fables View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineAesop, with 13 color plates by Arthur RackhamPublisherWilliam Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 Lot #290 A Romance of a Mince-Pie View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorReach, Angus B.HeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding, w/ Phiz illus.PublisherD. BogueDate Published1848 Lot #295 Collection of poster art and posters for theatrical productions of John Steinbeck's "The Moon is Down" View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Steinbeck, John)HeadlineThe Moon is Down original poster artDate Publishedc.1942 Lot #297 Works of Jane Austen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Thomson, Hugh)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineWorks of Jane Austen universally boundPublisherMacmillan and Company, LimitedDate Published1908-1914 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next