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