Sale 437: Rare Books & Manuscripts: A Private San Francisco Library with Important Angling & Sporting Books (#437) 09/16/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/16/2010 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 437 99 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 1-57 of 57. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Le Terze Rime... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineAldine Press Dante 1502PublisherAldusDate Published1502 Lot #4 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineThe Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a VisitPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 Lot #15 Opera Praestantiora View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBasini, [Basinio]HeadlineThe Works of Basinio Basini of Parma 1794PublisherTypographia AlbertinianaDate Published1794 Lot #16 Alciphron, or, the Minute Philosopher. In seven dialogues. Containing an apology for the Christian religion against those who are called free-thinkers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBerkeley, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Berkeley Alciphron 2 vols. 1732PublisherPrinted for J. Tonson in the StrandDate Published1732 Lot #18 The Holy Bible. containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By His Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in Churches View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineMassive "Vinegar" Bible 1717PublisherPrinted by John BaskettDate Published1717-1716 Lot #19 Bibliorum Sacrorum Tomus Primus [-sextus]. [with] Novi Testamenti pars prima [- secunda] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineEight volume folio Bible printed in Pais 1642PublisherE Typographia RetiaDate Published1642 Lot #24 The Second World War View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Second World War 6 vols. 1st editionPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1948-1954] Lot #26 The Historie of the Uniting of the Kingdom of Portugall to the Crowne of Castill: Containing the Laste Warres of the Portugals against the Moores of Africke, the end of the House of Portugall, and change of that Government. The Description of Portugall, their Principall Townes, Castles, Places, Rivers, Bridges, Passages, Forces, Weaknesses... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthor[Conestaggio, Girolamo Franchi di]HeadlineHistorie of Uniting of Portugal Conestaggio 1600PublisherArn. Hatfield for Edward BlountDate Published1600 Lot #28 Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his works of creation. Being the substance of XVI sermons preached in St. Mary le Bow-church, London, at the Honble Mr. Boyle's lectures, in the years 1711 and 1712. With large notes and many curious observations View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDerham, W.HeadlinePhysico-Theology by W. Derham, 1714 2nd editionPublisherPrinted for W. InnysDate Published1714 Lot #36 Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S...Comprising His Diary from the Year 1641 to 1705-6,...To Which is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence between King Charles I. and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nichols...Also Between Sir Edward Hyde...and Sir Richard Browne View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineLife & Writings of John Evelyn 1819PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1819 Lot #39 The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBeaumont, Francis & John FletcherHeadlineWorks of Beaumont & Fletcher finely bound 1711PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1711 Lot #42 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineLife of Samuel Johnson 5 finely bound vols 1831PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1831 Lot #44 The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineEdmund Burke's Works finely bound in 8 volumesPublisherFrancis & John RivingtonDate Published1852 Lot #54 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Roman Empire 8 vols. finely boundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862 Lot #57 The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte [with] Memoirs of Napoleon [and] Memoirs of Madame Junot View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHazlitt, William; Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne; and Duchesse D'AbrantesHeadline16 vol set 1/10 sets on Napoleon from Nap SocietyPublisherThe Napoleon SocietyDate PublishedNo date Lot #58 The History of England; From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 [and] From the Revolution to the Death of George the Second View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, David [and] Smollett, T.HeadlineHistory of England 13 finely bound vols 1825PublisherT. and J. AllmanDate Published1825 Lot #59 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain...With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLodge, EdmundHeadlineLodge's Portraits 12 finely bound volumesPublisherHarding, Mavor [Triphook] and LepardDate Published1823 Lot #65 The History of Herodotus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawlinson, GeorgeHeadlineHistory of Herodotus by Rawlinson finely boundPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1885 Lot #73 The Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineWorks of Richard Brinsley Sheridan finely boundPublisherBickers & SonDate Published1884 Lot #77 Six finely bound volumes View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSix finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious places Lot #99 The Analysis of Beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating Ideas of Taste View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorHogarth, WilliamHeadlineHogarth's Analyis of Beauty 1753PublisherJ. Reeves for the AuthorDate Published1753 Lot #104 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohson's Lives of English Poets 1st ed 1781PublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 Lot #105 De antiquitate judaica [with] De bello judaico View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadline1481 edition of JosephusPublisherReynaldus de NovimagioDate Published31 March 1481 & 10 May '1400' [i.e. c.1481-82] Lot #111 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineHolinshed's Chronicles Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 Lot #112 A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal printed by Christopher Plantin View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Leaf Book)Author(Dodoens, Rembert)HeadlineLeaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1977 Lot #113 The Great Polyglot Bibles, Including a Leaf from the Complutensian of Acala, 1514-17 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineThe Great Polyglot Bibles - Allen PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1966 Lot #115 The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer: An Account of the Publication of Geoffrey Chaucer's Works from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorMuscatine, CharlesHeadlineLeaf Book - The Book of Geoffrey ChaucerPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1963 Lot #116 The Gothic Script of the Middle Ages View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorSchulz, H.C.HeadlineGothic Script of the Middle Ages Leaf BookPublisherDavid MageeDate Published1939 Lot #117 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen P.HeadlineCoverdale Bible (1535) leaf book, Limited 1/425PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 Lot #121 The History of Greece View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorMitford, WilliamHeadlineHistory of Greece by Wm Mitford in 4 vols 1808PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1808 Lot #122 Histoire des Mongols de la Perse, ecrite en persan par Raschid-Eldin; publiëe, traduite en francais, accompagnëe de notes et d'un mëmoire sur la vie et les ouvrages de l'auteur par M. Quatremëre... Tome Premier View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Mongols)AuthorRashid al-Din TabibHeadlineRare History of the Mongols 1836PublisherImprimerie RoyaleDate Published1836 Lot #123 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et al.Date Published1728 Lot #125 Atlas der griechischen Kunstmythologie... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorOverbeck, Johannes AdolfHeadlineAtlasa of Greek Mythology with 26 platesPublisherEngelmannDate Published1872 Lot #127 The Architecture of A. Palladio; in four books. Containing, a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building, as also the different construction of private and publick houses, highways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights. To which are added several notes and observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before; revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni... Translated from the Italian original View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorPalladio, AndreaHeadlinePalladio's Architecture in English 1715PublisherPrinted by John Watts, for the AuthorDate Published1715-[1720] Lot #129 The expedicion into Scotla[n]de of the most woorthely fortunate prince Edward, Duke of Soomerset, vncle vnto our most noble souereign lord ye ki[n]ges Maiestie Edvvard the. VI. goouernour of hys hyghnes persone, and protectour of hys graces realmes, dominions [and] and [sic] subiectes: made in the first yere of his Maiesties most prosperous reign, and set out by way of diarie, by W. Patten Londoner View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorPatten, WilliamHeadlineAccount of English invasion of Scotland 1548Publisher[Richard Grafton]Date Published[June 30, 1548] Lot #131 Hieronymi Pradi et Ioannis Baptistae Villalpandi e Societate Iesu In Ezechielem explanationes et Apparatus vrbis ac Templi Hierosolymitani commentarijs et imaginibus illustratus. Opus tribus tomis distinctum. Quid vero singulis contineatur, quarta pagina indicabit View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPrado, Jerónimo de, & juan Bautista VillalpandoHeadlinePrado's Commentaries on Bible 1596-1604PublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1604 Lot #133 Proportional architecture; or, the five orders; regulated by equal parts: after so concise a method that renders it useful to all artists and easy to every capacity View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Author[Robinson, William]HeadlineRobinson's Proportional Architecture 1733PublisherA. Bettesworth and C. HitchDate Published1733 Lot #135 [The Patriotic War and Russian Society 1812-1912 Anniversary Edition] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Russian)AuthorDzivelegov, A.K., et al., editorsHeadlineRussian Account of Napoleonic Wars 7 volumesPublisherI.D. SytinDate Published1912 Lot #138 Original poster in Russian: ["Red Cavalrymen Bravely Slash the Enemy!"] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Russian)Author**HeadlinePoster: Russian Cavalrymen slashing Germans WWIIDate Publishedc.1941 Lot #139 [Emperor Alexander I: His Life and Reign] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Russian)AuthorShilder, Nikolai KarlovichHeadlineShilder's Life of Alexander I in Russian 1897-8PublisherA.S. SuvorinDate Published1904-1905 Lot #140 [Murder of the Czar Family] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Russian)AuthorSokolov, NikolayHeadlineRussian Book Murder of Czar's Family 1925Publisher[Slowo-Verlag]Date Published1925 Lot #141 [Peter the Great: Raising Personality Actions] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Russian)AuthorValishevskiy, K.HeadlineRussian Work on Peter the Great c.1910PublisherPublisher House SphinxDate Published[1911] Lot #142 [Reign of the Women Ekaterina I. Anna. Their Intimate Life] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Russian)AuthorValishevskiy, K.HeadlineLives of Tsarinas in Russian c.1910PublisherPublisher House SphinxDate Published[1911] Lot #143 The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Border Antiquities of England and ScotlandPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1814 Lot #144 The first [-fift] booke of architecture, made by Sebastian Serly, entreating of geometrie. Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Author[Serlio, Sebastiano]HeadlineSerlio's Architecture in English 1611PublisherPrinted [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert PeakeDate Published1611 Lot #145 The Works of Mr. William Shakespear; in eight volumes. Adorn’d with cutts. Revis’d and corrected, with an account of the life and writings of the author, by N. Rowe, Esq; to this edition is added, a table of the most sublime passages in this author View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineRowe's edition of Shakespeare, 9 volumes 1714PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1714 Lot #147 Travels in the Western Caucasus, Including a Tour Through Imeritia, Mingrelia, Turkey, Moldavia, Galicia, Silesia, and Moravia, in 1836 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorSpencer, EdmundHeadlineTravels Western Caucasus w/fore edge paintingsPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1838 Lot #149 A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, From the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the Present Time View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorStrutt, JosephHeadlineDress and Habits of the People of EnglandPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 Lot #153 Collection of approx. 22 AQ postal sheets from 17th century Venice, Italy View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Venice, Italy - AQ Sheets)Author**Headline20 AQ postal sheets from 17th century VeniceDate Published17th-18th century Lot #173 Thoughts on Hunting. In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthor[Beckford, Peter]HeadlinePeter Beckford Thoughts on Hunting 1781PublisherPrinted by E. Easton, Sold by P. Elmsly, et alDate Published1781 Lot #254 Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineTales of Fresh-Water Fishing by Zane GreyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1928 Lot #256 Tales of Tahitian Waters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Tales of Tahitian Waters 1st EdnPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1931 Lot #267 House Flags of the Merchants of New York, 1800-1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorGriswold, Frank GrayHeadlineHouse Flags of the Merchants of New York, signedPublisherPrivately printed by the Plimpton PressDate Published1926 Lot #281 Sporting Adventures in the Pacific Whilst in Command of the "Reindeer" View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorKennedy, Captain W.R.HeadlineSporting Adventures in the Pacific 1876PublisherSampson Low, Marston, et alDate Published1876 Lot #285 Field Sports of the North of Europe; Comprised in a Personal Narrative of a Residence in Sweden and Norway, in the Years 1827-28 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorLloyd, L[lewellyn]HeadlineField Sports of the North of EuropePublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #311 Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorSt. John, CharlesHeadlineWild Sports and Natural History of the HighlandsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1878 Lot #314 A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France, in the Year 1802: Including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting and other Field Amusements View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorThornton, Colonel [Thomas]HeadlineA Sporting Tour Through France in 1802PublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1806 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next