Sale 459: Fine Books in All Fields - Fine Literature (#459) 07/28/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/28/2011 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 459 77 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 1-77 of 77. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 A Journey in Brazil View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorAgassiz, Louis and Mrs. Louis AgassizHeadlineMr & Mrs Agassiz Journey in BrazilPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1868 Lot #12 Norroena, Embracing the History and Romance of Northern Europe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Anglo-Saxon Classics)AuthorAnderson, Rasmus B., editorHeadlineNorroena Anglo Saxon ClassicsPublisherNorroenaDate Published1907 Lot #13 Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet (10 volumes) [with] Ancient Reliques (2 volumes) [and] The Antiquarian Itinerary (7 volumes) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet)Author**HeadlineAntiquarian and Topographical CabinetPublisherW. Clark, et alDate Published1807-1816 Lot #24 Upland Game Shooting View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBetten, H. L.HeadlineUpland Game Shooting 1/124 in morocco 1940PublisherPenn PublishingDate Published[1940] Lot #25 The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineMerrymount Bible in 14 volumesPublisherR.H. HinkleyDate Published[c. 1905] Lot #37 Tippu Tip: Lebensbild Eines Zentralafrikanischen Despoten View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorBrode, Dr. HeinrichHeadlineTippu Tip by Dr. Heinrich 1905PublisherWilhelm BaenschDate Published1905 Lot #43 Hudibras, In Three Parts View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's Hudibras 1801 EditionPublisherVernor and Hood, et alDate Published1801 Lot #73 The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. Papuans View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorEarl, George WindsorHeadlineThe Native races of the Indian ArchipelagoPublisherHippolyte BailliereDate Published1853 Lot #74 History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Egypt)AuthorMaspero, G[aston], et al.HeadlineHistory of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia &cPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1905] Lot #77 A New and Accurate History and Survey of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Places Adjacent; Containing whateveris most worthy of notice in their ancient and present state: In which are described their civil, ecclesiastical, and military government, original constitution, antiquities, manufactories, trade, commerce, and navigation;... View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEntick, JohnHeadlineEntick's History and Survey of London, etcPublisherEdward and Charles DillyDate Published1766 Lot #91 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[A Kempis, Thomas]HeadlineL'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Maurice Denis IllustrPublisherAmbroise VollardDate Published1903 Lot #92 [Works] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineWorks of William Harrison AinsworthPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #93 Bohn's Extra Volumes - Seven finely bound volumes View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineBohn's Extra Volume - 7 vols Sangorski/SutcliffePublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1846-1861 Lot #94 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Large paper edition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineLarge Paper Edition of Boswell's Life of JohnsonPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1901 Lot #95 The Lives of the Chief Justices of England View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorCampbell, John LordHeadlineThe Lives of the Chief Justices of EnglandPublisherEdward Thompson Co.Date Published1894 Lot #96 The Book of Days - City of London School Prize Bindings View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorChambers, R., editor.HeadlineCity of London School Prize BindingsPublisherW. & R. ChambersDate Published[c. 1870] Lot #97 The Story of Nell Gwyn: And the Sayings of Charles the Second View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings - Cosway Style)AuthorCunningham, PeterHeadlineGorgeous Cosway Style Fine BindingPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1862 Lot #98 [Works - Arbury Edition] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works Fine Bound Arbury EditionPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #100 The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMonypenny, William FlavelleHeadlineThe Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of BeaconsfiePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1910 Lot #101 The Oxford History of the United States, 1783-1917 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMorison, S.E.HeadlineThe Oxford History of the United StatesPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1928] Lot #102 Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMorse, John T.HeadlineLife and Letters of Oliver Wendell HolmesPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1896 Lot #103 WITHDRAWN The Novels, Stories, Sketches and Poems of Thomas Nelson Page View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPage, Thomas NelsonHeadlineWorks of Thomas Nelson Page Leather boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1906 Lot #104 [Works] View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Parkman Finely BoundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1898 Lot #105 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Complete Works of William ShakespearePublisherJ.A. Hill & CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #106 The Historians History of the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWilliams, Henry Smith, editorHeadlineThe Historians History of the WorldPublisherThe History AssociationDate Published1907 Lot #109 Eight volume published by the Franklin Library - Each signed by the illustrator Jerry Pickney View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Franklin Library)Author**HeadlineEight volume published by the Franklin LibraryPublisherFranklin LibraryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #127 Saggio di Congettur su i terremoti View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorSarti, CristofanoHeadlineEarly work on earthquakesPublisherFrancesco BonsignoriDate Published1783 Lot #155 Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineNaval Sketches of the War in Ca Grabhorn 1939PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 Lot #161 The World's Famous Prisons View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorGriffiths, ArthurHeadlineThe World's Famous Prisons Finely BoundPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #170 Historia D'Herodiano dello Imperio dopo Marco tradotta in lingua toscana & con diligentia stampata View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorHerodianHeadlineHerodian's Roman History 1522PublisherGuintaDate Published1522 Lot #171 The Actor: or, A Treatise on the Art of Playing View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Hill, John]HeadlineThe Actor or A Treatise onthe Art of Playing 1755PublisherR. GriffithsDate Published1755 Lot #173 Mein Kampf View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineMein Kampf in custom binding with Hitler portraitPublisherVerlag Franz Dher NachfolgerDate Published1933 Lot #179 History of India View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(India)AuthorJackson, A.V. Williams, editorHeadlineHistory of India in 9 volumesPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[1906] Lot #180 Two works on Irish history View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Ireland)Author**HeadlineTwo works on Irish historyPublisherFrancis A. Niccolls & CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #182 Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, During the Years 1813 and 1814 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorJames, J[ohn] T[homas]HeadlineTour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland 1813-14PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1816 Lot #185 Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJohnes, ThomasHeadlineSir John Froissart's Chronicles of England 1806PublisherLongman, Hurst, et. al.Date Published1806 Lot #187 The Complete Works of John Keats [&] The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorKeats, John & Percy Bysshe ShelleyHeadlineComplete works of Keats and ShelleyPublisherVirtue & CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #190 Histoire du Bas-Empire, en Commencant a Constantin le Grand View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLe Beau, [Charles]HeadlineHistoire du Bas-Empire 11 vols (of 27) 1757-68PublisherDesaint & SaillantDate Published1757-1768 Lot #195 Hieroglyphica, Sive Antiqua Schemata Gemmarum Anularium, Quaesita Moralia, Politica, Historica, Medica, Philosophica & Sublimiora View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorLicetus, FortuniusHeadlineLicetus Hieroglyphica 1653PublisherSebastiano SardiDate Published1653 Lot #208 Renovation Du Serment A La Reine De Hongrie / Vernieuwing Van Den Eed Aan De Koninginne Van Hongaryen View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Hungary)AuthorMaria Theresa, QueenHeadlineRenewal Of The Oath To The Queen Of HungaryPublisherJan 'T LamDate Published[c. 1741] Lot #211 A Dissertation on the Oriental Trinities: Extracted from the Fourth and Fifth Volumes of Indian Antiquities View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Author[Maurice, Thomas]HeadlineDissertation on the Oriental Trinities 1800PublisherH.L. GalabinDate Published1800 Lot #251 History of Medicine, from its Origin to the Nineteenth Century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorRenouard, P.V.HeadlineHistory of Medicine, by Renouard 1856PublisherSampson Low, Son & Co.Date Published1856 Lot #257 Seven titles from the Classics of Medicine Library, and two from the Classics of Ophthalmology Library View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Medical)Author**Headline9 from the Classics of Medicine Library 1980sDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #268 Memoirs and Secret Chronicles of the Courts of Europe View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Memoirs and Secret Chronicles)Author**HeadlineMemoirs and Secret Chronicles of the Courts of EuPublisherM. Walter DunneDate Published[1903] Lot #272 Die kleinsten Bücher der Welt in 7 Sprachen View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Miniature Books)HeadlineDie kleinsten Bücher der Welt 4 micro-mini bksDate Publishedc.1950s-1960s Lot #273 Eight miniature books published by the Black Cat Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline8 mini books from the Black Cat PressPublisherBlack Cat PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #274 Eleven miniature books published by the Hillside Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline11 mini books from Hillside PressPublisherHillside PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #275 Fifty-five miniature books from various publishers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline55 miniature books various publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #277 Three Expeditions Into the Interior of Eastern Australia; With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMitchell, T[homas] L[ivingstone]HeadlineMitchell's Expeditions in Eastern AustraliaPublisherT. & W. BooneDate Published1839 Lot #288 L'Art D'Aimer View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorOvidHeadlineOvid L'Art D'Aimer illustrated by TremoisPublisherClub du Livre, Philippe LebaudDate Published[1962] Lot #313 Fourteen volumes of narratives and commentary on the Popish Plot View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Popish Plot - The Calvin P. Otto Collection)Author**Headline14 Volumes on the Popish PlotPublisherVarious placesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #314 Ten volumes on the trials of those involved (or believed to have been involved) in the Popish Plot View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Popish Plot - The Calvin P. Otto Collection)Author**HeadlineTrials of the Popish Plot participantsPublisherVarious placesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #324 Das Werk des Malers Diego Rivera View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Rivera, Diego)HeadlineDas Werk des Malers Diego Rivera 1928PublisherNeuer Deutscher VerlagDate Published1928 Lot #331 The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonias, and Grecians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorRollin, M.HeadlineAncient History of the Egyptians etc 12 vols 1817PublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et. al.Date Published1817 Lot #333 So Here Then is the Last Ride - One of 25 copies on vellum, finely bound View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1900 Lot #334 So This Then is the Essay on Self-Reliance View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1902] Lot #335 A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things - With 2 leaves of manuscript writing of Elbert Hubbard View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)Author[Hubbard, Elbert] Fra ElbertusHeadlineRoycrofters A Message to Garcia with MSS leavesPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1901 Lot #337 Justinian and Theodora: A Drama View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorHubbard, Elbert and AliceHeadlineSpecial Roycrofters Japan Vellum EditionPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1906] Lot #339 Will O' The Mill View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1901 Lot #351 Histoire d'Angleterre, depuis la Descente de Jules-Cesar, Jusqu'au Traité d'Aix-la-Chapelle en 1748 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSmolett, M.T.HeadlineHistoire d'Angleterre by Smolett 1759-64 19volsPublisherJean Rouzeau-MontautDate Published1759-1764 Lot #355 De L'Allemagne View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorStael-Holstein, Mme la Baronne deHeadlineMadame de Stael De L'Allemagne 1814PublisherJ.J. PaschoudDate Published1814 Lot #365 Genealogical History of the Stewarts, from the Earliest Period of Their Authentic History to the Present Times View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorStuart, AndrewHeadlineGenealogical History of the Stewarts 1798PublisherA. Strahan and T. Cadell, Jun. and W. DaviesDate Published1798 Lot #366 Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorStuart, RobertHeadlineRoman Antiquities of ScotlandPublisherSutherland and KnoxDate Published1852 Lot #369 Moral and Historical Memoirs View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Author[Temple, William]HeadlineWilliam Temple Moral and Historical MemoirsPublisherEdward and Charles DillyDate Published1779 Lot #371 The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave; Containing his History of 25 Years in Bondage, and his Providential Escape View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorThompson, JohnHeadlineLife of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave 1856PublisherJohn ThompsonDate Published1856 Lot #376 Universal Classics Library View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Universal Classics Library)Author**HeadlineUniversal Classics Library 20 volumesPublisherM. Walter DunneDate Published[1901] Lot #377 Histoire Universelle, Depuis le Commencement du Monde Jusqu'a Présent; Composée en Anglois par une Société de Gens de Lettres... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Universal History)Author**HeadlineHistoire Universelle 10 vols only 1779-82Publisherchez MoutardDate Published1779-1782 Lot #379 Les Papillons Métamorphoses Terrestres des Peuples de l'Air View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorVarin, AmédéeHeadlineAmedee Varin Les Papillons Color PlatesPublisherGabriel de GonetDate Published[1852] Lot #381 [Historiae Romanae] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorVelleius Paterculus, CaiusHeadlineHistoriae Romanae by Paterculus 1639PublisherOfficina ElzevierianaDate Published1639 Lot #391 England's Worthies. Select Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of the English Nation from Constantine the Great, Down to These Times View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWinstanley, Will[iam]HeadlineEngland's Worthies 1684 EditionPublisherPrinted by J.C. and F.C. for Obadiah BlagraveDate Published1684 Lot #394 Lidice: Cin Krvaveho Teroru a Poruseni Zakonu i Zakladnich Lidskych Prav View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)Author**HeadlineLidice 1945 + Killing of Reinhard HeydrichPublisherMinisterstvo VnitraDate Published1945 Lot #421 WITHDRAWN The Novels & Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineWritings of Daniel Defoe Large Paper EditionPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1928 Lot #425 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son, 1st ed in book formPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 Lot #426 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit First Edition 1844PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #450 WITHDRAWN The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Nathaniel HawthornePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1900] Lot #451 The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Works of Nathaniel HawthornePublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #472 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illustrated View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineThe Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherHoughton, Osgood [&] Houghton MifflinDate Published1879-80 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next