Sale 855: Rare and Antiquarian Books with Illustrated & Children's Books, and the Dr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of Oz (#855) 01/22/2026 11:00 AM PST Closed

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  • Heading
    (Aesop)
  • Author
    Desbillons, François-Joseph
  • Headline
    Desbillons' Fabulae Aesopiae, 1778
  • Publisher
    J. Barbou
  • Date Published
    1778
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
8
  • Heading
    (Anatomy)
  • Author
    [Graaf, Reginer de]
  • Headline
    de Graaf on reproductive organs w/ plates 1701
  • Publisher
    Chez Federic Clouski
  • Date Published
    1701
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
25
  • Author
    Blair, Hugh
  • Headline
    Blair's lectures on rhetoric, 1st U.S., 1784
  • Publisher
    Printed and sold by Robert Aitken
  • Date Published
    1784
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
30
  • Author
    [Burney, Frances]
  • Headline
    Frances Burney's second comedy of Manners, Cecelia
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Payne and Son
  • Date Published
    [1782]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
31
  • Author
    Caraccioli, Louis Antoine, Marquis
  • Headline
    Caraccioli's Conversation with Oneself
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    J.F. Bassompierre; J. Van den Berghen
  • Date Published
    1759
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
32
  • Author
    [Castres, Antoine Sabatier de]
  • Headline
    The New English Orphan 1770
  • Publisher
    Aux Depens de la Compagnie
  • Date Published
    1770
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
33
  • Author
    Cibber, Colley
  • Headline
    Mr. Cibber's letter to Alexander Pope 1742
  • Publisher
    Printed, and Sold by W. Lewis
  • Date Published
    1742
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
35
  • Author
    [Crebillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de]
  • Headline
    Crebillon's erotic satire The Sofa, 2nd ed.
  • Publisher
    De l'Imprimerie du Très-Pieux, Très-Clément & Très-Auguste Sultan des Indes
  • Date Published
    [1742]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    de Bergerac, Cyrano
  • Headline
    Cyrano de Bergerac's early sci-fi novels 1687
  • Publisher
    Printed for Henry Rhodes
  • Date Published
    1687
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
45
  • Author
    Freind, J[ohn]
  • Headline
    Freind's history of Physick 1725
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Walthoe
  • Date Published
    1725
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
46
  • Author
    Griffith, John
  • Headline
    John Griffith's Journal, 1779
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    James Phillips
  • Date Published
    1779
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
55
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    Boswell, James
  • Headline
    Dr. Johnson's Table-Talk 1798
  • Publisher
    Printed for C. Dilly in the Poultry
  • Date Published
    1798
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$500
StatusSold
59
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    [Burney, Fanny] Madame d'Arblay
  • Headline
    Memoirs of Doctor Burney 1832
  • Publisher
    Edward Moxon
  • Date Published
    1832
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
61
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl of
  • Headline
    Miscellaneous Works of Lord Chesterfield 1st
  • Publisher
    Edward and Charles Dilly
  • Date Published
    1777
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
62
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    Dodsley, Robert
  • Headline
    Dodsley's Preceptor 1st ed. 1748
  • Publisher
    Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall
  • Date Published
    1748
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
63
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    [Garrick, David]
  • Headline
    Garrick's one act Lilliput 1757
  • Publisher
    Printed for Paul Vaillant
  • Date Published
    1757
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
64
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    Garrick, David
  • Headline
    The complete Dramatic works of David Garrick
  • Publisher
    A. Millar
  • Date Published
    [1798]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
66
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    [Hawkesworth, John]
  • Headline
    Hawkesworth, Almoran and Hamet 1761
  • Publisher
    Printed by C. Say for H. Payne and W. Cropley
  • Date Published
    1761
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
68
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    [Lennox, Charlotte]
  • Headline
    1st French edition of Henrietta
  • Publisher
    Chez Marc Michel Rey
  • Date Published
    1760
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
70
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    [Piozzi, Hester Lynch]
  • Headline
    Octogenarian's love letters 1843
  • Publisher
    John Russell Smith
  • Date Published
    1843
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
71
  • Author
    [Johnson, Samuel]
  • Headline
    Samuel Johnson's Fugitive Pieces, with all three volumes
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Davies
  • Date Published
    [1773; 1774]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
72
  • Author
    Johnson, Samuel
  • Headline
    Johnson's Irene 1st ed. 1749
  • Publisher
    Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's-head Pall-mall
  • Date Published
    1749
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
73
  • Author
    Johnson, Samuel
  • Headline
    2 volumes of Johnsoniana
  • Date Published
    1769; 1850
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
74
  • Author
    Johnson, Samuel
  • Headline
    Poetical works of Samuel Johnson & Collins 1805
  • Publisher
    Printed for Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, and Robert Johnson
  • Date Published
    1805
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
75
  • Author
    Johnson, Samuel
  • Headline
    Works of Samuel Johnson 1825, 9 vols.
  • Publisher
    William Pickering; Talboys and Wheeler
  • Date Published
    1825
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
84
  • Author
    Mandeville, Bernard de
  • Headline
    Mandeville on the hypos and hysteria
  • Publisher
    Dryden Leach
  • Date Published
    1711
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
86
  • Author
    Marforio (pseud.)
  • Headline
    Pamphlet on British political writing 1740
  • Publisher
    Printed for W. Webb
  • Date Published
    1740
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
89
  • Author
    More, Thomas
  • Headline
    More's Utopia 1st Burnet translation 1684
  • Publisher
    Printed for Richard Chiswell
  • Date Published
    1684
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
90
  • Author
    Nonnus, [Panopolitanus]
  • Headline
    Nonnus's Les Dionisiaques 1625
  • Publisher
    Robert Fouet
  • Date Published
    1625
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
92
  • Author
    Oribasius
  • Headline
    Oribasius's medical works, 1555 Latin ed.
  • Publisher
    Apud Bernardinum Turrisanum
  • Date Published
    1555
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
93
  • Author
    Oribasius
  • Headline
    Oribasius on Hippocrates, 1535 Latin ed.
  • Publisher
    Andreas Cratander
  • Date Published
    1535
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
102
  • Heading
    (Plays)
  • Headline
    Five First Edition English Plays from the 17th century
  • Date Published
    1692-1695
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
103
  • Heading
    (Plays)
  • Headline
    Seven First Edition English Plays from the 18th century
  • Date Published
    1706-1797
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
105
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    A lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12
  • Publisher
    Richard Field
  • Date Published
    1612/1610
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$875
StatusSold
106
  • Heading
    (Pope, Alexander)
  • Author
    Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of
  • Headline
    Pope's edited works of John Sheffield 1723
  • Publisher
    Printed by John Barber
  • Date Published
    1723
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
108
  • Heading
    (Pope, Alexander)
  • Author
    Homer
  • Headline
    Pope's Odyssey 1725 in 4to
  • Publisher
    Printed for Bernard Lintot
  • Date Published
    1725-1726
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
109
  • Author
    Porta, Giovanni Battista della
  • Headline
    Della Porta's Natural Magick, Italian ed. 1566
  • Publisher
    Appresso Lodovico Avanzo
  • Date Published
    1566
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$875
StatusSold
111
  • Heading
    (Satire)
  • Headline
    6 volumes of British satire
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Debrett
  • Date Published
    1786
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
136
  • Author
    Austen, Jane
  • Headline
    Austen's Novels 10 volumes 1/500
  • Publisher
    George E. Croscup & Co.
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
138
  • Heading
    (Ballads)
  • Author
    [Crawford, James Ludovic, Earl of]
  • Headline
    Crawford's catalog of English ballads 1890
  • Publisher
    University of Aberdeen Press
  • Date Published
    1890
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
148
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    The Nonesuch Don Quixote illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer
  • Publisher
    The Nonesuch Press
  • Date Published
    [1930]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
149
  • Heading
    (Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra)
  • Author
    Bowle, John
  • Headline
    John Bowle's proposal for an annotated edition of Don Quixote
  • Publisher
    B. White
  • Date Published
    1777
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
150
  • Author
    Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra
  • Headline
    Touchet's pochoir Don Quixote in lovely mid-century binding
  • Publisher
    Éditions du Rameau d'Or
  • Date Published
    [1945]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
151
  • Author
    Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra
  • Headline
    Well-produced facsimile edition of Don Quixote
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$500
StatusSold
152
  • Heading
    (Cervantes)
  • Author
    Bonsoms I Sicart, D. Isidro
  • Headline
    Catalogue of the Bonsoms I Sicart Cervantes collection
  • Publisher
    Institut d'Estudis Catalans
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
153
  • Heading
    (Cervantes)
  • Author
    Gatell y Carnicer, Pedro
  • Headline
    Gatell y Carnicer's continuation of Don Quixote, part 1
  • Publisher
    Impremia Real
  • Date Published
    1793
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
160
  • Heading
    (Cowper, William)
  • Author
    Hayley, William
  • Headline
    Cowper's Life & Writings 1806
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson
  • Date Published
    1806
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
169
  • Heading
    (Defoe, Daniel)
  • Author
    Secord, Arthur Wellesley
  • Headline
    Defoe's Journal - limited facsimile edition
  • Publisher
    Facsimile Text Society / Columbia University Press
  • Date Published
    1938-48
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
171
  • Author
    Dostoevsky, Fyodor
  • Headline
    First French edition signed and inscribed by translator Victor Derély
  • Publisher
    Librairie Plon
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
173
  • Heading
    (Einstein, Albert)
  • Headline
    Eight works on Einstein's theory of general relativity
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
174
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Early papers on Special Relativity
  • Publisher
    B.G. Teubner
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
175
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein in praise of fellow scientists
  • Date Published
    1913-1927
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
184
  • Author
    Grandville, Jean-Jacques
  • Headline
    Cent Proverbs w/ Grandville illustr.
  • Publisher
    H. Fournier
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$5,625
StatusSold
195
  • Author
    Hugo, Victor
  • Headline
    1st U.S. Hugo's Les Miserables bound in 1
  • Publisher
    Carleton
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
204
  • Heading
    (Lachmann, Karl, ed.)
  • Author
    Lucretius, Cari T.
  • Headline
    Lachmann's Lucretius Book 6 1850
  • Publisher
    Georg Reimer
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
213
  • Heading
    (Millikan, Robert Andrews)
  • Headline
    2 volumes w/ works by Robert Andrews Millikan
  • Date Published
    1917
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
214
  • Author
    Morelet, Pierre Marie Arthur
  • Headline
    Morelet's Central American travels 1857
  • Publisher
    Gide et J. Baudry
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
216
  • Heading
    (Murdock, John, former owner)
  • Author
    Cherolis, James Anthony
  • Headline
    Manuscript on industrial microscopy, J.A. Cherolis 1941
  • Date Published
    1941
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
223
  • Heading
    (Poetry)
  • Headline
    Beautifully bound book of French poetry, 1831
  • Provenance
    The Morris-Levin Collection
  • Publisher
    Chez Louis Janet
  • Date Published
    1831
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
232
  • Heading
    (Rathbone, Hannah Mary)
  • Author
    Willoughby, Lady
  • Headline
    Rathbone's anonymous Lady Willoughby 1844
  • Publisher
    Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans
  • Date Published
    1844
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
235
  • Author
    Rothschild, Walter
  • Headline
    Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring Islands
  • Publisher
    R. H. Porter
  • Date Published
    1893-1900
Estimate$20,000 - $30,000
StatusUnsold
244
  • Author
    Shaw, Vero
  • Headline
    Shaw illustrated Book of the Dog 1881
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Company, Limited
  • Date Published
    [1881]
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
245
  • Author
    Sinclair, Isabella
  • Headline
    44 chromolith plates of Hawaiian Flowers 1885
  • Publisher
    Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
249
  • Author
    Stephens, Henry L.
  • Headline
    Satirical Comic Natural History 1851
  • Publisher
    S. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1851
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
250
  • Heading
    (Symmes, John Cleves)
  • Author
    [McBride, James]
  • Headline
    Symmes on a hollow Earth
  • Publisher
    Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher
  • Date Published
    1826
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
251
  • Author
    Tannehill, Wilkins
  • Headline
    Tannehill's survey of world lit, 1827
  • Publisher
    John S. Simpson
  • Date Published
    1827
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
254
  • Author
    Tipping, H. Avray
  • Headline
    Tipping's English Gardens 1925
  • Publisher
    Country Life, Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
255
  • Author
    Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Headline
    Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. First edition, later impressions
  • Publisher
    George Allen & Unwin
  • Date Published
    1954-1963
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
257
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    First Edition Twain's Huckleberry Finn
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster and Company
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
260
  • Heading
    (Vale Press)
  • Author
    Apuleius, Lucius
  • Headline
    Vale Press Cupid and Psyche 1901
  • Publisher
    [The Vale Press]
  • Date Published
    [1901]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
261
  • Author
    Whittier, John Greenleaf
  • Headline
    The Quaker Abolitionist's complete Life and Works
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press
  • Date Published
    [1892]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
297
  • Heading
    (Doré, Gustave)
  • Author
    Dante Alighieri
  • Headline
    Dante illustrated by Doré
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1870]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
298
  • Heading
    (Eichenberg, Fritz)
  • Author
    Brontë, Charlotte [and] Emily Brontë
  • Headline
    Special edition of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1943
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
303
  • Heading
    (Illustrated Books)
  • Headline
    Two illustrated classics: Arabian Nights & Robinson Crusoe
  • Publisher
    Rand McNally & Co.; Garden City Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    [1927]; No date
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
307
  • Author
    La Fontaine, [Jean de]
  • Headline
    Fables de La Fontaine, Grandville illustr.
  • Publisher
    Garnier Freres
  • Date Published
    [c.1865]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
308
  • Author
    La Fontaine, Jean de
  • Headline
    Fables of La Fontaine 1688
  • Publisher
    Henry van Dunewalt; Henry van Bulderen
  • Date Published
    1688
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
324
  • Author
    Trimmer, Mrs. [Sarah]
  • Headline
    2 eds. of Mrs. Trimmer's Fabulous Histories
  • Date Published
    1791; 1793
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
325
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain Connecticut Yankee 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
326
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Twain's Prince and the Pauper First Edition
  • Publisher
    James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
359
  • Author
    Baum, L. Frank
  • Headline
    Baum's Scifi tale The Master Key, First printing, 1901
  • Provenance
    Dr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of Oz
  • Publisher
    The Bowen-Merrill Company
  • Date Published
    [1901]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
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