Sale 835: Antiquarian & Collectible Books (#835) 04/03/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/03/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 835 721 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 1-37 of 37. Previous|1|Next Lot #13 Emma View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineEmma by Jane Austen, first edition 1816ProvenanceSir Andrew N. Agnew of LochnawPublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1816 Lot #18 Schiller's Works Illustrated by the Great German Artists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Barrie)AuthorFischer, J.G., editorHeadlineWorks of Schiller, printed and bound by BarriePublisherGeorge Barrie, PublisherDate Published1883 Lot #20 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1912-1914 Lot #21 The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineJournal of Tour to Hebrides w/ Johnson, 1785PublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1785 Lot #22 The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorPrescott, William HicklingHeadlinePrescott's works bound by Bayntun, 12 vols.PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate PublishedNo date Lot #23 The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Bennett)AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineIllustrated by Remington, bound by BennettPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #38 Fragmenta Antiquitatis. Antient Tenures of Land, and Jocular Customs of Some Mannors. Made Publick for the Diversion of Some, and Instruction of Others View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Blount, Thomas]HeadlineBlount, Fragmenta Antiquitatis, 1679PublisherPrinted by the Assigns of Richard and Edward AtkinsDate Published1679 Lot #52 The Works of George Eliot View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Brentano's)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works, bound by Brentano'sPublisherThe Jefferson PressDate Publishedn.d. Lot #53 The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBrooke, HenryHeadlineThe Fool of Quality - 4 vols. 1809PublisherThomas TeggDate Published1809 Lot #58 Episodes of Insect Life View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBudgen, Louise M. (pseud. "Acheta Domestica")HeadlineEpisodes of Insect Life, hand-colored, finely boundProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherReeve, Benham, and ReeveDate Published1849-1851 Lot #61 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [with] Supplemental Nights View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadline1001 Nights De Luxe, nicely bound w/ supplementsPublisherThe Burton ClubDate Publishedc.1900-1903 Lot #64 Proxeneta, seu de prudentia civili liber View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCardano, GirolamoHeadlinePolitical treatise by Girolamo Cardano, Elzevir imprintPublisherEx Officina ElzevirianaDate Published1627 Lot #72 The Angler's Vade Mecum: or, a Compendious, yet full, Discourse of Angling: Discovering The aptest Methods and Ways, exactest Rules, properest Bait... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Author[Chetham, James]HeadlineAngler's Vade Mecum:...Discourse of Angling, 1681PublisherTho. BassettDate Published1681 Lot #79 Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with Figures, Descriptions, and Localities of All the Species View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Conchology)AuthorBrown, ThomasHeadlineWith 27 hand-colored lithograph plates of shellsPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.; MacLachlan and StewartDate Published[1845] Lot #80 D'agricoltura. Dove si contiene il modo di coltivare la terra, seminare, & inserir gli arbori: con la proprietà delle herbe, & di tutti i frutti, et la natura di tutti gli animali... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorCrescenzi, Pietro deHeadline16th century agricultural treatise, P. CrescenziPublisherBindoni BernardinoDate Published1542 Lot #92 Zoologie [from] Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océnie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zéleé Pendant les Années 1837-1838-1839-1840 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorDumont d'Urville, J.HeadlineZoology volume from Dumont D'UrvillePublisherGide et J. Baudry, éditeursDate Published1855 Lot #98 Four nicely bound volumes of European history View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 Lot #109 The Future of England: A Paper Read at The Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineRuskin's Future of England finely boundPublisherRoyal Artillery InstitutionDate Published1870 Lot #114 Lettres sur la Suisse, Adressées a Madame M*** par un Voyageur François en 1781 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLa Borde, Jean Benjamin deHeadlineFine red morocco binding by Bourlier, 2 vols.ProvenanceMortimer L. Schiff; Professor George Starr CollectionPublisherJombert jeuneDate Published1783 Lot #120 Saggio di Robustiano Gironi. Intorno Alle Costumanze Civili dei Greci View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorGironi, RobustianoHeadlineLovely morocco binding w/ 19 platesPublisherDalla Tipografia del Dottore Giulio FerrarioDate Published1823 Lot #124 Sapho View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)AuthorDaudet, AlphonseHeadlineDaudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple statesPublisherArmand MagnierDate Published1897 Lot #126 The Writings of Bret Harte View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHarte, BretHeadline14 volumes, Writings of Bret Harte, signedPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896] Lot #149 Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (كتاب الحيوان) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJāḥiẓ, ʿAmr b. Baḥr al- (Abū ʿUṯmān ʿAmr b. Baḥr), 776-869HeadlineThe Book of Animals by al-Jahiz, 8 vols. 1965-9PublisherMuṣṭafā al-Bābī al-ḤalabīDate Published1965-1969 Lot #153 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson 1825, nine vols.PublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published[1825] Lot #175 The Linnaean System of Conchology, Describing the Orders, Genera, and Species of Shells, Arranged into Divisions and Families View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMawe, JohnHeadlineWith 36 plates including colored frontispiecePublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1823 Lot #216 Pedantius. Comoedia, olim Cantabrig. acta in Coll. Trin. Nunquàm antehàc typis evulgata View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Pedantius: A Comedy)HeadlineHenry Huth's copy of PedantiusProvenanceHenry Huth copyPublisherExcudebat W[illiam] S[tansby] impensis Roberti Mylbourn in Coemeterio Paulino ad insigne Canis LeporarijDate Published1631 Lot #231 The Complete Writings of Robert Burns View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Riverside Press)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineRobert Burns Works, bound by the Riverside PressPublisherHoughton Mifflin Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1926 Lot #232 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorÀ Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineComic History of England & Rome Riviere BindingPublisherBradbury, Evans, and Co.Date Published[ca.1850] Lot #233 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 Lot #234 Rookwood: A Romance View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere and Son)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineFinely bound by Riviere and Son, w/ Cruikshank illus.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1836 Lot #244 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 Lot #255 Ampélographie Rhénane ou Description Caractéristique, Historique, Synonymique, Agronomique et Économique des Cépages les Plus Estimés... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorStoltz, M. J. L.HeadlineWith 30 color plates of grapesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez Dusacq, Chez Ve Bouchard-Houzard, and Chez J. P. RislerDate Published1852 Lot #274 The Complete Angler View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWalton, Izaac and Charles CottonHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Walton's classicPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1823 Lot #278 The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells Outline of HistoryPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1924] Lot #283 The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWhittier's Life and Works, Artist's EditionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1892] Lot #287 The Court and Reign of Francis the First... [with] Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of France.... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Worsfold)AuthorPardoe, JuliaHeadlineSix volumes by Pardoe, nicely bound by WorsfoldPublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1886-1887 Lot #288 Political Arithmetic [bound with] Political Arithmetick. Part II View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorYoung, ArthurHeadlineArthur Young's Political Arithmetic, 1stProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1774-1779 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next