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