Sale 861: Rare and Antiquarian Books - History of Science - Fashions & Fashionings (#861) 04/16/2026 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/16/2026 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 861 768 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 1-42 of 42. Previous|1|Next Lot #18 The Origin and Progress of Writing, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary AuthorAstle, ThomasHeadlineOrigin & Progress of Writing by Astle 1803 2nd ed.PublisherJ. WhiteDate Published1803 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #21 The Last Egyptian [with] Annabel Author[Baum, L. Frank]HeadlineTwo non-fantasy novels by Baum written under different namesProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzDate Published1908; 1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #22 The Emerald City of Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineEmerald City of Oz First EditionProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzPublisherReilly & Britton Co.Date Published[1910] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #23 John Dough and the Cherub AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineJohn Dough and the Cherub First EditionProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzPublisherReilly & Britton Co.Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #24 Magus Mirabilis in Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineThe Latin translation of The Wizard of Oz - with 2 extra proof copiesProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzPublisherScholar PressDate Published1981-1982 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #25 Two editions of The Land of Oz AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadline2 copies Land of Oz, 1 sophisticatedProvenanceDr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of OzPublisherThe Reilly & Britton Co.Date Published[c. 1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #28 Bemelmans' La Bonne Table AuthorBemelmans, LudwigHeadlineLa Bonne Table by Madeline's authorPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1964 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #38 The Writings of John Burroughs AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs, Riverby EditionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1904-1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #40 L'ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche: Traduction de Filleau de Saint-Martin Revue et Corrigée par Francis Guillot Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorCervantès, Michel deHeadlineGuillot edition of Don Quixote, handsomely boundPublisherChez Francis GuillotDate Published[1935] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #43 The Story of Annabelle Ant Heading(Children's Books)AuthorWilliamson, Mary E. and Mary K. LuckettHeadlineOriginal maquette for an unpublished children's bookDate Publishedc.1930's View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #67 Faust Heading(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)AuthorGoethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]HeadlineLimited edition signed by Harry ClarkePublisherDingwall-RockDate Published[1925] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #69 The American Gardener; or, A Treatise [with] A Year's Residence in the United States of America AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadline2 by Cobbett on AmericaPublisherC. Clement; B. BensleyDate Published1821; 1828 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #72 Thirteen Sermons [with] Cottage Economy [and] Cottage Economy AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineCobbett's Sermons w/ 2 copies of Cottage Econ.PublisherJohn Doyle; Anne Cobbett; Douglas PeplerDate Published1844; 1850; 1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #77 The Life of the Bee [with] Fabre's Book of Insects Heading(Detmold, Edward J., illustrator)HeadlineLovely Detmold illustrationsDate Published1912; 1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Dickens finely bound by Macdonald in 30 volumesPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 Der Doktor Faust: Ein Tanzpoem nebst kuriosen Berichten uber Teufel, Hexen und Dichtkunst Heading(Divéky, Josef von, illustrator)AuthorHeine, HeinrichHeadlineLimited pochoir edition of Josef von Diveky's Der Doktor FaustPublisherMorawe & Scheffelt VerlagDate Published1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Canterbury Tales Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFacsimile of Golden Cockerel Canterbury TalesPublisher[Folio Society]Date Published[2010] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #101 Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales - 2 copies Heading(Goble, Warwick)AuthorJames, GraceHeadlineJapanese Fairy Tales illustrated by Warwick GoblePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #120 Mixed media birthday greeting, original art by Will Crawford Heading(Illustration Art)AuthorCrawford, WillHeadlineCrawford birthday greeting original art 1940Date Published1940 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #143 Album du Jeune Voyageur AuthorMöring, MichelHeadlineWith hand-colored lithograph cover after LassalleProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlphonse DesessertsDate Published[1853] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #147 Cabinet Fruit and Flower Plates Heading(Nursery Sample Books)HeadlineNursery sample book with fruit & flower lithosPublisherStecher Lithograph Co.Date Published[c. 1885] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #168 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineLimited Large Paper Library Edition of PoePublisherGeorge Barrie & SonDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #190 The Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring Islands: With a Complete History to date of the Birds of the Hawaiian Possessions AuthorRothschild, WalterHeadlineAvifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring IslandsPublisherR. H. PorterDate Published1893-1900 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #191 An Academy for Grown Horsemen; Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling and Tumbling...The Annals of Horsemanship Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGambado, Geoffrey [pseud. of Bunbury, Henry William]HeadlineRowlandson's Academy for Grown HorsemenPublisherVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, et alDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #196 Tea Types: An Opera AuthorShire, PeterHeadlinePeter Shire, Tea Types 1/195PublisherTea Garden PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #215 Egidius de Vreemdeling Heading(Toorop, J. Th., illustrator)AuthorNouhuys, W.G. vanHeadlineIn illustrated wrappers after TooropProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherDe Erven F. BohnDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #219 La François du Siècle AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineEngravings, binding, & chemise by Eugéne GaujeanProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #222 Museum Museorum, oder vollständige Schau-Bühne aller Materialien und Specereyen, nebst deren natürlichen Beschreibung... Aus andern Material-Kunst- und Naturalien-Kammern, Oost- und West-Indischen Reiss-Beschreibungen... AuthorValentini, Michael BernhardHeadlineValentini Museum Museorum Vol. 2 & 3 1714PublisherJ.D. Zunner's sel. erben und J.A. JungenDate Published1714 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #230 The Smithsonian Series AuthorAbbot, Charles Greeley, ed.HeadlineThe Smithsonian Series, Charles Greeley Abbot EditionPublisherThe Series Publishers, Inc.Date Published[1944] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #231 Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application Heading(Agriculture)AuthorBurbank, LutherHeadlineIllustrated and nicely bound history of Burbank's scientific worksPublisherLuther Burbank PressDate Published1914-1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #244 The Gold Rocks of Great Britain and Ireland, and a General Outline of the Gold Regions of the World, with a Treatise on the Geology of Gold. AuthorCalvert, JohnHeadlineThe Gold Rocks of Great Britain and IrelandPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #257 Phytologia: Or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and With an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough AuthorDarwin, ErasmusHeadlineErasmus Darwin Phytologia 1800PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1800 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #258 Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life AuthorDarwin, ErasmusHeadlineErasmus Darwin's Zoonomia, on evolutionPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1794-1796 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #296 Essays AuthorHuxley, Thomas H.Headline9 by Thomas Huxley 1896PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #297 The Naturalist's Library AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadline17 Volumes from Jardine's Naturalist's LibraryPublisherLizars, et al.Date Published[c.1833-1843] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #316 The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants. Containing all such English and Foreign Herbs, Shrubs and Trees, as are used in Physick and Surgery... AuthorPechey, JohnHeadlinePechey's 1694 Compleat HerbalPublisherPrinted for Henry BonwickeDate Published1694 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #327 Amphitheatrum Zootomicum Tabulus Aeneis Quamplurimis Exhibens Historiamanimalium Anatomicam... AuthorValentini, Michael BernhardHeadlineMichael Bernhard Valentini's cabinet of natural history wondersPublisherSumptibus Haeredum Zunnerianorum & Joh. Adami JungiiDate Published1720 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #333 Ornamentale Ideen Skizzen in der Kunstrichtung der Neuzeit. Heading(Art Nouveau)AuthorFiling, H., editor.HeadlineWith 30 plates of decorative motifs including Art NouveauPublisherBruno Hessling View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #334 Decorative Motives of Oriental Art AuthorBall, Katherine M.HeadlineInscribed to Ray Lyman Wilbur, signed by the authorProvenanceRay Lyman WilburPublisherJohn Lane; Dodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #353 The History of French Masculine Costume: Gaul - Middle Ages - Renaissance - Louis XIII - Louis XIV - Louis XV - Louis XVI - Revolution - First Empire - Restoration - Second Empire Heading(Fashion)AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis DeHeadline100 pochoir plates of French fashion throughout the agesPublisherReign Publications.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #361 Album de Coiffures Travesties: Modèles de la Coiffures Française Illustrée - 1st & 3rd series AuthorMallemont, A., art directorHeadlineTheatrical hair & hat styles of turn-of-century FrancePublisherAlbert BrunetDate Published1907 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #363 Histoire de L'Art dans L'Antiquité Égypte - Assyrie - Perse - Asie Mineure - Grece - Étrurie - Rome AuthorPerrot, Georges and Charles ChipiezHeadlineTen volume history of Art of the Antiquities by PerrotPublisherLibrairie HatchetteDate Published1882-1914 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next