Sale 845: History of Science - Illustrated Publisher's Bindings from the Morris-Levin Collection - Miniature Books - Children's Literature (#845) 08/28/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/28/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 845 743 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 101-169 of 169. Previous|12|Next Lot #109 Geological Map of Iran 1:2500000 with Explanatory Notes: Compiled by the Geological Staff of the Iran Oil Company Heading(Oil)HeadlineGeological Oil Map of Iran, 1959 w/ large mapPublisherNational Iranian Oil CompanyDate Published1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #110 The Life Of Sir William Osler Heading(Osler, William)AuthorCushing, HarveyHeadlineCushing's Pulitzer Prize winner on Wm. OslerPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #111 The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine AuthorOsler, WilliamHeadlineOsler's important medical textbook 1892PublisherD. AppletonDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #112 Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or, a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up... AuthorParkinson, JohnHeadlineImportant illustrated horticultural work, 1629ProvenanceDr. Paul J. Bowman; William HugginsPublisherHumfrey Lownes and Robert YoungDate Published1629 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #113 Passport for Norbert Wiener HeadlinePassport of Norris Wiener, father of cyberneticsPublisherDepartment of StateDate Published1922 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #114 Philosophical Transactions: Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World Heading(Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society)HeadlinePhilosophical Transactions, 1668--1669PublisherPrinted by T.N. for John MartynDate Published1669-1670 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #117 Zur Theorie des Rotationsspektrums AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineRare Planck offprint on rotational spectra 1917PublisherJohann Ambrisoius BarthDate Published1917 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #118 Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus, Sive Novorum Generum Plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium Descriptiones, et Icones = Descriptiones y Laminas de los Nuevos Generos de Plantas de la Flora del Peru y Chile AuthorRuiz-Lopez, Hipolito and Jose Antonio Pavon y JimenezHeadlineFlowers of Peru and Chile, 1794ProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherEn la Imprenta de SanchaDate Published1794 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #119 The Silva of North America: A Description of the Trees Which Grow Naturally in North America Exclusive of Mexico AuthorSargent, Charles SpragueHeadlineSargent's North American Silva 14 volumesProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1891-1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #120 Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere. Nach den neuesten Systemen zum gemeinnützigen Gebrauche entworfen, und mit Berücksichtigung für den Unterreicht der Jugend bearbeitet AuthorSchinz, Heinrich RudolfHeadline1827 Anthropological and Zoological LithographsPublisherin Brodtmann's lithographischer KunstanstaltDate Published1827 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #121 Four works on various scientific topics Heading(Science)Headline4 miscellaneous scientific worksDate Published1875-1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #122 Atomics for the Millions Heading(Sendak, Maurice, illustrator)AuthorEidinoff, Maxwell Leigh and Hyman RuchlisHeadline1st book illustrated by SendakPublisherWhittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.Date Published[1947] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #123 Thirteen issues of the Sierra Club Bulletin Heading(Sierra Club Bulletin)HeadlineWith scarce first two issues of the Sierra Club BulletinProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPublications of the Sierra ClubDate Published1893-1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #124 Vectorial Mechanics AuthorSilberstein, LudwikHeadlineAuthor's copy of Vectorial Mechanics: SilbersteinPublisherMacmillanDate Published1913 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #125 Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books AuthorSitwell, Sacheverell & Wilfred BluntHeadlineWith 36 folio color plates of flowersProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherCollinsDate Published1956 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #127 Report on the Etiology and Prevention of Yellow Fever AuthorSternberg, George M.HeadlineSternberg's report on preventing Yellow Fever 1890ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #128 On Growth and Form AuthorThompson, D'Arcy WentworthHeadlineOn Growth and Form signed by ThompsonPublisherAt the University PressDate Published1917 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #129 Etudes Anthropologiques. Les Aborigenes de Formose AuthorTorii, RyuzoHeadlineStudy of Native Taiwanese in French, c.1910ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJournal of the College of Science, Imperial UniversityDate Publishedc.1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #130 Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons AuthorVeitch, James H.HeadlineStory of successful 19th c. British nursery familyProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherJames Veitch & Sons LimitedDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #131 Three books on Andreas Vesalius Heading(Vesalius, Andreas)HeadlineThree on Andreas VesaliusDate Published1949-1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #132 Original printed leaf from the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica, with full-page anatomical woodcut AuthorVesaliusHeadlineVesalius leaf with skeleton & musculaturePublisherJohannes OporinusDate Published1543 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #133 Zwei Einwnde gegen die Relativittstheorie und ihre Widerlegung Authorvon Laue, MaxHeadlineLaue on the Theory of RelativityDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #134 Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineNatural Selection & Letters & ReminiscencesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #135 Darwinism [with] Island Life AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineTwo works by Alfred Russel WallacePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1889-1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #136 The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineWith Wallace in the Malay Archepelago, 1st U.S. ed.PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1869 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #137 China, Mother of Gardens AuthorWilson, Ernest H.HeadlineChina, Mother of Gardens by Ernest WilsonProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherThe Stratford CompanyDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #138 Plant Hunting AuthorWilson, Ernest H.HeadlinePlant Hunting signed by Ernest WilsonProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherThe Stratford CompanyDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #139 Album Lefèvre-Utile: Les Contemporains Célèbres. Portraits, Autographes, Notices Biographiques Illustrées, Portraits Humoristiques des Célébrités Contemporaines AuthorAcker, PaulHeadlineWith 28 celebrity portraits after Pierre NadarProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherOctave BeauchampDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #141 Voyage pittoresque en Suisse: en Savoie et sur les Alps AuthorBégin, ÉmileHeadlineWith 24 steel-engraved plates, nicely boundProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherBerlin-Leprieur and Morizot, publishersDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #143 A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland: with Descriptive and Historical Letterpress Heading(Benjamin Fawcett)AuthorMorris, Francis OrpenHeadlineNicely bound and preserved with over 200 platesProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1884] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #144 Paul et Virginie AuthorBernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-HenriHeadlinePaul et Virginie Fine BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherL. CurmerDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #145 Twelve Parables of Our Lord: Illustrated and Illuminated Heading(Color wood engravings)HeadlineTwelve illuminated Parables, in a nice bindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #146 Die Eroberung Mexikos von Ferdinand Cortes mit 112 federlithographien von Max Slevogt AuthorCortes, FerdinandHeadlineWatercolor Linen Cortez in MexicoProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherBruno CassirerDate Published1918 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #147 Voyages Excentriques: Les Dompteurs de l'Or AuthorD'Ivoi, PaulHeadlineFantastic Voyages in Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherBoivin et CieDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #148 L'Espagne par le Baron Ch. Davillier illustrée de 309 gravures dessinées sur bois par Gustave Doré AuthorDavillier, Baron Jean CharlesHeadlineDoré Illustrated Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1874 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #152 Thirty-four Almanacks by Kate Greenaway AuthorGreenaway, KateHeadlineKate Greenaway Almanack CollectionProvenanceMorris-LevinDate Published1882-1928 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #154 Promenade Autour du Monde 1871 AuthorHübner, M. le Baron de [Joseph-Alexandre]HeadlineWorld Travels in Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1877 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #155 British Fresh-Water Fishes AuthorHoughton, WilliamHeadlineWell preserved copy in original bindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1879-1881] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #156 L'Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Modernes a Turin 1902 AuthorKoch, Alexander, editorHeadline1902 Decorative Arts Exposition of TurinProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherLibrairie des Arts DecoratifsDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #157 L'Exposition de Paris 1900 publiée avec la collaboration d'écrivains spéciaux et des meilleurs artistes Headline1900 Exposition of Paris Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherLibrairie Illustrée, Montgredien et Cie.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #158 La Sagrada Biblia: traducida al español de la Vulgata Latina y Anotada conforme al sentido de los santos padres y expositores católicos por el Ilmo. Sr. D. Felipe Scio de San Miguel ex provincial del orden de las escuelas pías de Castilla, y Obispo de Segovia HeadlineLa Sagrada Biblia Decorated Spanish BibleProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherGrande Establecimiento Tipolitográfico Editorial Ramón MolinasDate Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #159 La Belgique AuthorLemonnier, CamilleHeadlineLemonnier's Belgium Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1888 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #161 Les Étoiles Dernière féerie par J.-J. Grandville, texte par Méry, Astronomie des dames par les Comte Foelix AuthorMéry, François Joseph Pierre André and Le Comte FoelixHeadlineHand-Colored Fairy Stars Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherG. de GonetDate Published[1849] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #162 Perles et parures: Les Parures Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry, histoire de la mode par Le Cte Foelix [with] Les Joyaux Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry, minéralogie des dames par Le Cte Foelix AuthorMéry, François Joseph Pierre André and Le Comte FoelixHeadlineDecorative Perles et Parures Lace-Cut PlatesProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherG. de GonetDate Published[1850] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #163 Album du Jeune Voyageur AuthorMöring, MichelHeadlineWith hand-colored lithograph cover after LassalleProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlphonse DesessertsDate Published[1853] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #166 L'Armée en France et a l'Etranger AuthorPicard, le Commandant [Louis-Auguste]HeadlinePicard's Army in France Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlfred Mame et Fils, ÉditeursDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #167 Annales Romantiques. Recueil de Morceaux Choisis de Littérature Contemporaine Heading(Poetry)HeadlineBeautifully bound book of French poetry, 1831ProvenanceThe Morris-Levin CollectionPublisherChez Louis JanetDate Published1831 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #168 Undine Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorFouqué, Friedrich Heinz Karl, Baron de la MotteHeadlineUndine Signed by Arthur Rackham Full vellumProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherWilliam Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #170 The Pictorial Edition of the Book of Common Prayer: According to the Use of The United Church of England and Ireland Heading(Remnant and Edmonds)HeadlineBook of Common Prayer in Cathedral bindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherC. Knight & Co.Date Published[1839] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #171 Allons, Enfants de la Patrie! AuthorRichepin, JeanHeadlineWith 32 chromolithograph plates by JobProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherMaison Alfred Mame et filsDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #172 Tradiciones y Leyendas Mexicanas: por Vicente Riva Palacio y Juan de Dios Peza AuthorRiva Palacio, Vicente and Juan de Dios PezaHeadlineGreat copy of Mexican Traditions and LegendsProvenanceThe Morris-Levin CollectionPublisherJ. Ballescá y CompañiaDate Publishedc. 1885 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #173 Poh Deng: Scenes de la Vie Siamoise AuthorRiviere, Paul-LouisHeadlineIllustrated Story of Thai Love Fine BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherL'Edition d'Art, H. PiazzaDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #174 The Ruined Abbeys of Britain AuthorRoss, FrederickHeadline2 Volume British Ruined Abbeys DecorativeProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1882] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #175 L'Inde des Rajahs: Voyages dans l'Inde centrale et dans les présidences de Bombay et du Bengale AuthorRousselet, LouisHeadlineDecorative Binding Travels through IndiaProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #176 L'Inde des Rajahs: Voyages dans l'Inde centrale et dans les présidences de Bombay et du Bengale AuthorRousselet, LouisHeadlineDeluxe Binding Rousselet through IndiaProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1877 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #178 Voyage pittoresque en Russie par M. Charles de Saint-Julien suivi d'un voyage en Siberie par M. R. Bourdier AuthorSaint-Julien, Charles de and R. BourdierHeadlineFine Binding Gilt Stamped Russian TravelsProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherBelin-Leprieur et MorizotDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #179 König Wilhelm von Württemberg in seinen ländlichen Beschäftigungen. Mit Illustrationen in Farblithographie und Holzschnitt nach Julius Schnorr und dem Tiermaler Anton Braith, unter technischer und künstlerischer Leitung des Ersteren AuthorSchmidt, Friedrich vonHeadlineKing Wilhelm von Württemberg in Rural PursuitsProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherEbner und SeubertDate Published1865 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #180 Gedenktafeln des Christlichen Glaubens [Album of the Christian Faith] AuthorSchoenhaupt, Louis, illustratorHeadlineWonderfully illuminated Album of Christian FaithProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherE. SimonDate Published[1867] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #181 Voyages dans l'Inde AuthorSoltykoff, Prince AlexisHeadlineA Russian Prince's Travels through IndiaProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherL. CurmerDate Published1850 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #184 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn 1st U.S. Early StateProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #185 La François du Siècle AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineEngravings, binding, & chemise by Eugéne GaujeanProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #186 Son Altesse la Femme AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineVellum Bound Uzanne Fine BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1885 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #188 A Floating City and The Blockade Runners AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne Floating City First UK Fine BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, & SearleDate Published1874 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #190 Mathias Sandorf AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineNice copy of Mathias Sandorf w/ pictorial coversProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Searle, and RivingtonDate Published1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #191 Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineMeridiana, Nicely preserved illustrated editionProvenanceThe Morris-Levin CollectionPublisherSampson Low, Martson Low, and SearleDate Published1873 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #192 L'Histoire d'Angleterre: depuis les temps les plus recules jusqu'a l'avenement de la Reine Victoria AuthorWitt, Mme de and François GuizotHeadlineDecorated French History of EnglandProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherHachetteDate Published1877-1878 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #193 Le Robinson Suisse ou Histoire d'une Famille Suisse Naufragée AuthorWyss, Jean-RodolpheHeadlineSwiss Family Robinson Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlfred Mame et Fils, ÉditeursDate Published1893 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #194 Les bords d'Adriatique et le Monténégro par Charles Yriarte: Venise, l'Istrie, le quarnero, la Dalmatie, le Monténégro, et la rive Italienne AuthorYriarte, CharlesHeadlineEuropean Travels in Decorative BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherLibrairie Hachette et CieDate Published1878 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #265 Alice's Adventures Under Ground AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures under Ground, nicely boundPublisherGenesis Publications LimitedDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next