Sale 447: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#447) 02/14/2011 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/14/2011 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 447 89 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 1-46 of 46. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]HeadlineE.A. Abbott's Flatland, a geometric fantasy 1884PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #5 Valenti Angelo: Author + Illustrator + Printer. A Checklist of His Work from 1926 to 1970 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Angelo, Valenti)Author**HeadlineValenti Angelo A Checklist 1 of 50 copies SgdPublisher[Privately printed by Angelo]Date Published1970 Lot #9 The sphere of Marcus Manilius made an English poem: with annotations and an astronomical appendix. By Edward Sherburne, Esquire View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorManilius, MarcusHeadlineManilius' Sphere trans. Ed. Sherburne 1675PublisherPrinted for Nathanael Brooke, at the sign of the Angel in Cornhill, near the Royal ExchangeDate Published1675 Lot #13 [Le Morte Darthur, i.e.] The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineKing Arthur by Malory, Beardsley Illus., 1/300PublisherDent & CoDate Published1893-94 Lot #16 Bible, Dat is de Gantsche H. Schrifture, Vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden des Nieuwen Testaments View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Bible in Dutch)Author**HeadlineBible in Dutch 1729PublisherPiter en Jacob KeurDate Published1729 Lot #22 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments [with] The Book of Common Prayer View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**Headline1738 Baskett Bible Extra IllustratedPublisherJohn BaskettDate Published1738 Lot #23 The Holy Bible. The Old Testament [&] The New Testament, Embellished with Engravings from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineMassive Macklin Bible in 6 volumes 1800PublisherPrinted for Thomas Macklin by Thomas BensleDate Published1800 Lot #34 Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis Sixti V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu Recognita; et Clementis VIII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineBible in Latin 1705PublisherFrancis Barbier, et alDate Published1705 Lot #35 Forty-seven volumes from the Bibliotheque Portative Du Voyageur View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Bibliotheque Portative)Author**HeadlineBibliotheque Portative Du Voyageur 47 volumesPublisherT. Desoer, et alDate Published[c. 1802] Lot #36 Opera View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Bodoni Press)AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineBodoni Press edition of Virgil's Works 1793PublisherTypis BodonianisDate Published1793 Lot #44 The History of the Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly Corrected and Amended View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSecond English Edition of Don Quixote 1652PublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne for Andrew CookeDate Published1652 Lot #46 The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlinePlantin Press Prologue to Chaucer 1/115Publisher[Plantin Press]Date Published[1965] Lot #56 Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Milton One of 300 copiesPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 & 1905 Lot #58 Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEgan, PierceHeadlinePierce Egan Life in LondonPublisherG. VirtueDate Published[c. 1830] Lot #66 Some Modern Etchings View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Etching)AuthorHitchcock, J.R.W.HeadlineSome Modern Etchings 1884PublisherWhite, Stokes, & AllenDate Published1884 Lot #68 A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineSterne's Sentimental Journey Finely BoundPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1885 Lot #69 The Lady of the Lake View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineThe Lady of the Lake with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherJohn BallantyneDate Published1810 Lot #75 Galerie Francaise, ou Collection de Portraits des Hommes et des Femmes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Galerie Francaise)Author**HeadlineGalerie Francaise 1821 Lithograph portriatsPublisherFirmin DidotDate Published1821 Lot #76 An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineGray's Elegy, 4th edition, 1751PublisherPrinted for R. Dodsley in Pall-mal; and sold By M. Cooper in Pater-noster-RowDate Published1751 Lot #81 His Iliads [Odysses] translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's translation of Iliad & Odyssey 1669PublisherPrinted by James Flesher, for the AuthourDate Published1669 Lot #82 Figures de la Bible View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorHondt, Pierre deHeadlineFigures de la Bible 212 plates by Picart, etc.PublisherPierre de HondtDate Published1728 Lot #87 Dubliners View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce, Dubliners 1914 1st Edition, 1 of 746PublisherGrant Richards Ltd.Date Published[1914] Lot #90 Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineKelmscott Press Coleridge's Poems Finel BoundPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1896] Lot #94 Fables de La Fontaine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean] deHeadlineFables de La FontainePublisherDe L'Imprimerie de Didot L'AineDate Published1789 Lot #99 Daphnis and Chloe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Maillol, Aristide)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe illustrated by Maillol 1 of 250Publisher[A. Zwemmer]Date Published1937 Lot #102 British Deer and Their Horns View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorMillais, John GuilleHeadlineBritish Deer and Their Horns J.G. MillaisPublisherHenry SotheranDate Published1897 Lot #103 Winnie-the-Pooh View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorMilne, A[lan] A[lexander]HeadlineWinnie-the-Pooh 1/350 large paper signedPublisherMethuenDate Published[1926] Lot #108 The Psalms of David View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)Author**HeadlineJohn Henry Nash Printing The Psalms of DavidPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 Lot #112 Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoems in English w Illustrations by William BlakePublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1926 Lot #114 Magistri Stopini poetae Ponzanensis Capriccia macaronica View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorOrsino, CesareHeadline"macaronic" poetry by Cesare Orsini 1636PublisherApud Gasparum GanassamDate Published1636 Lot #116 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished by G[eorge] S[andys] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Metamorphosis in English 1626PublisherPrinted by William StansbyDate Published1626 Lot #140 The Tragedy of Coriolanus View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Coriolanus from first folio 1623Date Published1623 Lot #141 Illuminated Ornaments Selected from Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Sixth to the Seventeenth Centuries View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineHenry Shaw Illuminated Ornaments Large Paper EdnPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1833 Lot #142 "Pooh and the Windy Day" - preliminary pencil sketch View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorShepard, Ernest H.HeadlineOriginal pencil sketch by E.H. ShepardDate Published1927 Lot #143 An History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World, to the Establishment of Christianity View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStackhouse, ThomasHeadlineStackhouse's History of the BiblePublisherI. GarnerDate Published1787 Lot #145 The Sugar-Plum, or, Sweet amusement for leisure hours: being an entertaining and instructive collection of stories. embellished with curious cuts View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Sugar-Plum...)Author**HeadlineRare Juvenile Sugar-Plum 1786PublisherPrinted and sold by J. & M. Robertson and J. DuncanDate Published1786 Lot #146 Two original pencil drawing by John Tenniel for Punch Magazine View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorTenniel, JohnHeadlineTwo pencil drawing by John Tenniel for PunchDate PublishedN.d. & 1893 Lot #147 The Virginians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorThackeray, W[illiam] M[akepeace]HeadlineThackeray's The Virginians 1st Edition 1858-59PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1858-59 Lot #148 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineVanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero 1st EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #149 The Kickleburys on the Rhine View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace)AuthorTitmarsh, M.A. [pseud. William Makepeace Thackeray]HeadlineThe Kickleburys on the Rhine with Thackeray ANSPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1850 Lot #152 Autograph Letter Signed by Mark Twain as S[amuel] L[anghorne] Clemens, to his English publisher View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark TwainDate PublishedMarch 10, 1890 Lot #153 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorValentini, Michael BernhardHeadlineValentini's Museum Museorum 1704PublisherVerlegung Johann David ZunnerDate Published1704 Lot #155 La Bucolica di Virgilio, Tradotta da Con Girolamo Pallantieri... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineVirgil's Bucolica in Latin & Italian 1603PublisherVittorio BenacciDate Published1603 Lot #156 "Hombres" (Hommes) - One of 25 copies on vellum View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorVerlaine, PaulHeadline"Hombres" - 25 copies on vellumPublisherImprime sous le manteau et ne se vend nulle part [Messein]Date Published[1903] Lot #165 The Iconographic Dictionary of the most important painters and sculptors, ancient and modern, with examples of their work from public and private collections and specimens of the work of the leading etchers and engravers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Iconographic...)Author**HeadlineIconographic Dictionary of Art 1/26 copies 6 volsPublisherPrinted for Subscribers Only by George Barrie & SonsDate Published1912-13 Lot #167 Die Grundworte des indischen Monismus aus den Upanishads des Veda: Die altindische Philosophie nach den Grundworten der Upanishads: der Gedanke vom All-Selbst in dem Rede-Wettkampf und den drei Lehrgesprächen des Yajnavalkya, und die Brahman-Atman-Lehre in ihren Haupt-Zeugnissen aus zwoelf Upanishads des Veda... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Upanishads)AuthorDeussen, Paul, & Peerdt, Ernst teHeadlineUpanishads in German fine printing 1914PublisherE. DiederichsDate Published1914 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next