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 1-26 of 26. Previous|1|Next Lot #39 Alfred, Lord Tennyson and His Friends. A Series of 25 Portraits and Frontispiece in Photogravure from the Negatives of Mrs. Julia Margaret Cameron and H.H.H. Cameron. Reminiscences by Anne Thackeray Ritchie Heading(Cameron, Julia Margaret, photographer)AuthorRitchie, Anne ThackerayHeadlineCameron's Tennyson & His Friends portraitsPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1893 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #44 Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest Heading(China)AuthorBredon, JulietHeadlinePeking by Bredon, 1st editionPublisherKelly and Walsh, LimitedDate Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #45 Les memoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien Heading(China)AuthorChavannes, EdouardHeadline1st French ed. of Sima Qian's historiesPublisherErnest LerouxDate Published1895-1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #46 Mission Archeologique dans la Chine Septentrionale Heading(China)AuthorChavannes, EdouardHeadlineChavannes's archaeology in China w/ atlasPublisherErnest Leroux; Imprimerie NationaleDate Published1909-1915 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #47 金陵古蹟名勝影集. Nanking Heading(China)AuthorChi, ChuHeadlineFamous monuments of Nanking, Chu ChiPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #48 Chou King: Texte Chinois avec une double traduction en Francias et en Latin... Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Chou King, 1934PublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #49 Les Quatre Livres avec un commentaire abrege en Chinois une double traduction en Francias et en Latin... Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Four Books, 1895PublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #50 Li Ki ou memoires sur les bienseances et les ceremonies. Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Li Ki, book of ritesPublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #51 Sectarianism and Religious Persecution in China Heading(China)Authorde Groot, J.J.M.Headlinede Groot's Sectarianism in China, 1903-4PublisherJohannes MullerDate Published1903-1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Punishments of China Heading(China)Author[Mason, George Henry]HeadlinePunishments of China w/ 22 hand-colored platesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published[1834] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #53 China North and South: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineDonald Mennie China North & South, revised ed.PublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[c. 1928] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #54 China North and South: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineDonald Mennie China North & South 1st ed.PublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[c. 1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #55 Pageant of Peking Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineThe Pageant of Peking by Donald MenniePublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[1921] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #56 Pictures of Peking (Series Three): A Collection of Artistic Studies Reproduced in Vandyck Photogravures Illustrating the Picturesque Aspect of the Historic City Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineBeijing photographed by Donald MenniePublisherA.S. Watson & Co.Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #57 Picturesque China: A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlinePicturesque China photographed by MenniePublisherA.S. Watson & Co.Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #58 Scenic China: Series VI. T'ai Shan [with] Series VIII. Tomb and Temple of Confucius Heading(China)HeadlineScenic China photos of the Shandong provincePublisherCommercial Press, LimitedDate Published1916 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #59 Mission Archéologique en Chine (1914 et 1917) Heading(China)AuthorSegalen, Victor, Gilbert de Voisins, and Jean LartigueHeadlineWith 144 plates from archaeological visit to ChinaPublisherLibrarie Orientaliste Paul GeuthnerDate Published1923-1924 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #60 Sidelights on Peking Life Heading(China)AuthorSwallow, R.W.HeadlineSwallow, Sidelights of Peking 1927ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChina Booksellers LimitedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #61 Views of China P.P.I.E. Heading(China)HeadlinePromotional Chinese culture photo book 1915Date Published1915 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #62 The Book of Songs: Translated from the Chinese Heading(China)AuthorWaley, ArthurHeadlineThe Book of Songs, first Waley edition in jacketPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #63 中國名勝. Views of China: Presented by the Chinese Business Party as a Memento of Their Visit to U.S.A. Heading(China)HeadlineViews of China, scarce 1915PublisherCommercial PressDate Published1915 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #161 England, Scotland, and Italian Lakes Heading(Photo Album)HeadlineEnglish, Scottish, Italian churches & scenesDate Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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 #339 The Four Masters of the Ming: Shen Chou, Wen Cheng-Ming, T'ang Yin, Ch'iu Ying Heading(Chinese Art)HeadlineThe Four Masters of the Ming, 1983PublisherNational Museum of HistoryDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #348 Matériaux & Documents d'Art Décoratif: Oeuvres de Décorations Japonaises, Chinoises Heading(East Asia)HeadlineChinese and Japanese decorative art, 1910PublisherArmand GuérinetDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #354 The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings: with Explanations in English and French Heading(Fashion)AuthorMason, George HenryHeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Chinese Fashion c. 1800PublisherPrinted for W. MillerDate Published[1834] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next