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 1-46 of 46. Previous|1|Next Lot #15 Three works relating to biology Heading(Biology)Headline3 works by or about 19th century biologistsDate Published1886-1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 Introduccion a la Historia Natural, y a la Geografia Fisica de Espana, por D. Guillermo Bowles AuthorBowles, WilliamHeadlineEarly Spanish work on Spain's geography, BowlesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherImprenta RealDate Published1789 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #19 Birds and Trees of North America AuthorBrasher, RexHeadlineReprint of Rex Brasher's Birds & TreesPublisherRowman and LittlefieldDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #20 The Edge of the Sea AuthorCarson, RachelHeadlineEdge of the Sea inscribed by Rachel CarsonPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1955 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #21 Flore medicale decrite par MM. Chaumeton, Poiret, Chamberet, pinte par Mme. E. Panckoucke, Turpin AuthorChaumeton, François PierreHeadlineHand-colored Engravings Medicinal Herbal SetPublisherC.L.F. PanckouckeDate Published1814-1820 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #23 Wild Flowers From the Mountains, Cañons and Valleys of California: A Selection of Favorite Blossoms... AuthorClock, Emma GrahamHeadlineWith plates of California wild flowersPublisherH. S. Crocker CompanyDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #26 Five volumes by or about Charles Darwin Heading(Darwin, Charles)Headline5 on or about Charles DarwinDate Published1868-1889 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #27 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man 1st issuePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #28 The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineCross and Self Fertilisation Charles Darwin 1stPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #29 The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Expression of Emotions w/ 7 heliotypesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #30 Four titles by Charles Darwin AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineFour Darwin titles, two 1st USDate Published1869-1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #33 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineOn the Origin of Species, 3rd US issuePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #34 The Origin of Species [with] The Formation of Vegetable Mould AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadline2 nicely bound Darwin worksDate Published1872-1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #35 Six early American editions of titles by Charles Darwin AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadline6 early U.S. editions of Darwin titlesPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1873-1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #36 The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin Variation of Animals and Plants Under DomesticationPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1868 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #38 Ornitologia Brasileira: Ou, Historia Natural das Aves do Brasil AuthorDescourtilz, Jean TheodoreHeadlineDescourtilz's illustrated survey of Brazillian birdsPublisherKosmosDate Published[1944] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827... AuthorDouglas, DavidHeadlineDouglas' Journal 1823–1827ProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherWilliam Wesley & SonDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #42 Notes on Tulip Species AuthorDykes, W.R.HeadlineNotes on Tulip Species with color platesProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherHerbert Jenkins Ltd.Date Published[1930] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Genus Iris AuthorDykes, William RickatsonHeadlineThe Genus Iris, 1913ProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherat the University PressDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #77 The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions made on the spot, during a Government Botanical Mission to that Country AuthorHooker, Joseph DaltonHeadlineColor plates of Himalayan RhododendronsProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherReeve, Benham, and ReeveDate Published1849-1851 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #79 Two copies of Birds in a Village [with] Birds and Man AuthorHudson, W. H.Headline3 by ornithologist W.H. HudsonDate Published1893-1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Land of the Blue Poppy: Travel of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet AuthorKingdon-Ward, FrancisHeadlineWard, Land of the Blue PoppyProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherAt the University PressDate Published1913 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #83 The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man [with] Elements of Geology AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadline2 titles by Charles LyellDate Published1841-1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #84 Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of Alaska, (First Part) [with] Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory Heading(Maritime Geography)AuthorDavidson, GeorgeHeadlineTwo Coast Pilot surveys of the Pacific Coast, 1869ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #86 A General History of Humming-Birds, or the Trochilidae: With Especial Reference to the Collection of J. Gould, F.R.S. &c. AuthorMartin, W. C. L.HeadlineWith 16 plates of hummingbirdsProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherH. G. BohnDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #97 Rhododendrons AuthorMillais, John GiulleHeadlineWith many plates of rhododendronsProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1917-1924 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #99 Eucalyptographia: A Descriptive Atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia and the Adjoining Islands AuthorMueller, Ferdinand vonHeadlineWith over 100 eucalyptus platesProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherJohn FerresDate Published1879-1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #100 Four volumes by John Muir AuthorMuir, JohnHeadline4 works by John MuirDate Published1894-1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #105 Three works on natural history Heading(Natural History)Headline3 natural history worksDate Published1886-1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #106 Report upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska between the Years 1877 and 1881 AuthorNelson, Edward W.HeadlineAlaska Natural History Collections 1887PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next