Sale 861: Rare and Antiquarian Books - History of Science - Fashions & Fashionings (#861) 04/16/2026 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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27
  • Author
    Bell, Archie
  • Headline
    With photos + color plates of travels in Egypt
  • Publisher
    The Page Company
  • Date Published
    [1922]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
44
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Bredon, Juliet
  • Headline
    Peking by Bredon, 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Kelly and Walsh, Limited
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
45
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Chavannes, Edouard
  • Headline
    1st French ed. of Sima Qian's histories
  • Publisher
    Ernest Leroux
  • Date Published
    1895-1905
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
46
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Chavannes, Edouard
  • Headline
    Chavannes's archaeology in China w/ atlas
  • Publisher
    Ernest Leroux; Imprimerie Nationale
  • Date Published
    1909-1915
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
47
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Chi, Chu
  • Headline
    Famous monuments of Nanking, Chu Chi
  • Publisher
    The Commercial Press
  • Date Published
    1936
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
48
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Couvreur, Seraphin
  • Headline
    Couvreur's Chou King, 1934
  • Publisher
    Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
49
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Couvreur, Seraphin
  • Headline
    Couvreur's Four Books, 1895
  • Publisher
    Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
50
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Couvreur, Seraphin
  • Headline
    Couvreur's Li Ki, book of rites
  • Publisher
    Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
51
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    de Groot, J.J.M.
  • Headline
    de Groot's Sectarianism in China, 1903-4
  • Publisher
    Johannes Muller
  • Date Published
    1903-1904
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
52
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    [Mason, George Henry]
  • Headline
    Punishments of China w/ 22 hand-colored plates
  • Publisher
    William Miller
  • Date Published
    [1834]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
53
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Mennie, Donald, photographer
  • Headline
    Donald Mennie China North & South, revised ed.
  • Publisher
    A. S. Watson & Co.
  • Date Published
    [c. 1928]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
54
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Mennie, Donald, photographer
  • Headline
    Donald Mennie China North & South 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    A. S. Watson & Co.
  • Date Published
    [c. 1920]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
55
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Mennie, Donald, photographer
  • Headline
    The Pageant of Peking by Donald Mennie
  • Publisher
    A. S. Watson & Co.
  • Date Published
    [1921]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
56
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Mennie, Donald, photographer
  • Headline
    Beijing photographed by Donald Mennie
  • Publisher
    A.S. Watson & Co.
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
57
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Mennie, Donald, photographer
  • Headline
    Picturesque China photographed by Mennie
  • Publisher
    A.S. Watson & Co.
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
58
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    Scenic China photos of the Shandong province
  • Publisher
    Commercial Press, Limited
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
59
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Segalen, Victor, Gilbert de Voisins, and Jean Lartigue
  • Headline
    With 144 plates from archaeological visit to China
  • Publisher
    Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner
  • Date Published
    1923-1924
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
60
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Swallow, R.W.
  • Headline
    Swallow, Sidelights of Peking 1927
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    China Booksellers Limited
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
61
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    Promotional Chinese culture photo book 1915
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
62
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Waley, Arthur
  • Headline
    The Book of Songs, first Waley edition in jacket
  • Publisher
    George Allen & Unwin
  • Date Published
    [1937]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
63
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    Views of China, scarce 1915
  • Publisher
    Commercial Press
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
76
  • Author
    Davis, Richard Harding
  • Headline
    9 works by journalist Richard Harding Davis
  • Publisher
    Various publishers
  • Date Published
    1894-1907
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
96
  • Author
    Frazer, J.G.
  • Headline
    2nd ed. of Frazer's Pausanias
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
103
  • Author
    Gossellin, Pascal François Joseph
  • Headline
    Geography of the ancient Greeks
  • Publisher
    De l'Imprimerie de Didot
  • Date Published
    1790
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
112
  • Author
    Harris, John
  • Headline
    Harris's Voyages, First Edition 1705
  • Publisher
    Thomas Bennet
  • Date Published
    1705
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
119
  • Author
    Howells, William D.
  • Headline
    5 vols. + envelope w/ Howells' return address
  • Date Published
    1867-1891
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
156
  • Author
    Pennant, Thomas
  • Headline
    Pennant's Some Account of London 2nd ed.
  • Publisher
    J. Faulder
  • Date Published
    1791
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
190
  • Author
    Rothschild, Walter
  • Headline
    Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring Islands
  • Publisher
    R. H. Porter
  • Date Published
    1893-1900
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
Sold for$9,375
StatusSold
191
  • Heading
    (Rowlandson, Thomas)
  • Author
    Gambado, Geoffrey [pseud. of Bunbury, Henry William]
  • Headline
    Rowlandson's Academy for Grown Horsemen
  • Publisher
    Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, et al
  • Date Published
    1808
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$500
StatusSold
213
  • Author
    Tancoigne, Joseph Michel
  • Headline
    Tancoigne's Persia, with folding map
  • Publisher
    Printed for William Wright
  • Date Published
    1820
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
216
  • Heading
    (Travel)
  • Headline
    9 titles on European travel
  • Date Published
    1862-1911
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
217
  • Heading
    (Travel)
  • Headline
    6 works on travel
  • Date Published
    1880-1915
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
231
  • Heading
    (Agriculture)
  • Author
    Burbank, Luther
  • Headline
    Illustrated and nicely bound history of Burbank's scientific works
  • Publisher
    Luther Burbank Press
  • Date Published
    1914-1915
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
297
  • Author
    Jardine, William, editor
  • Headline
    17 Volumes from Jardine's Naturalist's Library
  • Publisher
    Lizars, et al.
  • Date Published
    [c.1833-1843]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
323
  • Author
    Shaw, Vero
  • Headline
    Shaw illustrated Book of the Dog 1881
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Company, Limited
  • Date Published
    [c. 1890]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
339
  • Heading
    (Chinese Art)
  • Headline
    The Four Masters of the Ming, 1983
  • Publisher
    National Museum of History
  • Date Published
    [1983]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
340
  • Heading
    (Costume - Italy)
  • Author
    Calderini, Emma
  • Headline
    Calderini's survey of folk costume in Italy
  • Publisher
    Sperling & Kupfer Editori
  • Date Published
    [1946]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
341
  • Heading
    (Costume - Portugal and Spain)
  • Author
    Bradford, William
  • Headline
    Bradford's Portugal & Spain with 53 hand-colored aquatints
  • Publisher
    John Booth
  • Date Published
    1809-10
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
342
  • Heading
    (Costume)
  • Author
    Bertrand De Moleville, [Antoine François]
  • Headline
    With 50 hand-colored aquatints of Austrian costume
  • Publisher
    William Miller
  • Date Published
    1804
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
344
  • Heading
    (Costume)
  • Headline
    The Costume of the Russian Empire w/ 73 hand-colored plates
  • Publisher
    Printed for William Miller by William Bulmer
  • Date Published
    1804
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
345
  • Heading
    (Costume)
  • Author
    Giafferri, Paul Louis De
  • Headline
    With 200 pochoir plates of feminine fashions
  • Publisher
    Foreign Publications
  • Date Published
    [1927]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
346
  • Heading
    (Costume)
  • Author
    Job et Hérouard
  • Headline
    With 60 color plates of Baroque Eurofashion
  • Publisher
    Librairie Centrale d'Art et d'Architecture / Ancienne Maison Morel
  • Date Published
    [1909]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
347
  • Heading
    (Costume)
  • Author
    Porter, Robert Ker
  • Headline
    Porter's Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, with 41 plates
  • Publisher
    John Stockdale
  • Date Published
    1813
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$750
StatusSold
348
  • Heading
    (East Asia)
  • Headline
    Chinese and Japanese decorative art, 1910
  • Publisher
    Armand Guérinet
  • Date Published
    [1910]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
350
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Author
    Bar, Jacques Charles
  • Headline
    With numerous hand-colored plates of Monastic costumes
  • Publisher
    J. Ch. Bar
  • Date Published
    1779
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
351
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Author
    [Dalvimart, Octavien]
  • Headline
    With 60 hand-colored plates of Turkish Fashion c. 1800
  • Publisher
    Printed for William Miller by Howlett and Brimmer
  • Date Published
    [1823]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
352
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Headline
    With over 200 hand-colored lithographs of fashion
  • Publisher
    Aubert & Cie.
  • Date Published
    [1842-1843]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
353
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Author
    Giafferri, Paul Louis De
  • Headline
    100 pochoir plates of French fashion throughout the ages
  • Publisher
    Reign Publications.
  • Date Published
    [1927]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
354
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Author
    Mason, George Henry
  • Headline
    With 60 hand-colored plates of Chinese Fashion c. 1800
  • Publisher
    Printed for W. Miller
  • Date Published
    [1834]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
355
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Headline
    With 100 hand-colored plates of English and Austrian fashion c. 1800
  • Publisher
    John Murray; William Miller
  • Date Published
    [1821; 1835]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
356
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Author
    Solvyns, Balthazar
  • Headline
    With 60 hand-colored plates of Indian Fashion, c. 1800
  • Publisher
    Published by Edward Orme
  • Date Published
    [1823]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$2,812.50
StatusSold
357
  • Author
    Giafferri, Paul Louis de
  • Headline
    Pochoir plates of French fashion from Middle Ages to Second Empire
  • Publisher
    Editions Nilsson
  • Date Published
    1922-23
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
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