Sale 617: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#617) 06/15/2017 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/15/2017 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 #1 The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c. Second Series, Vol. X, July-December, 1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold AuthorAckermann, Rudolph, publisherHeadlineThe Repository of Arts, Second Series, Vol. X, July-December, 1820PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 Lot #4 Ye Primer: A rhyme book on ye letters of ye alphabet, containing also certain short truths View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237StatusSold Heading(Alphabet Book)HeadlineRare alphabet advertiser for tiresPublisherB.F. Goodrich CoDate Published1902 Lot #7 Christian Symbols View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKoch, RudolfHeadlineChristian Symbols Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published[1996] Lot #11 A Book of Songs and Poems from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)HeadlineAshendene Press Songs from Old TestamentPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1904 Lot #20 Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader 1995 : The Grim Years View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold AuthorBeard, MarkHeadlineMard Beard, Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader 1/25PublisherFeard PressDate Published2002 Lot #21 Pleasure Pain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$646.50StatusSold AuthorBeard, MarkHeadlineMark Beard, Pleasure Pain 1/20Publisher[Vincent Fitzgerald & Co.]Date Published[1987] Lot #26 Taferelen der Voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament, en Andere Boeken, bij de Heilige Schrift Gevoegt, door de vermaarde kunstenaars Hoet, Houbraken, en Picart getekent... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Heading(Bible in Dutch)AuthorPicart, Bernard, et al., illustratorsHeadlinePicart Bible with hand-colored platesPublisherPieter de HondtDate Published1728 Lot #34 The Pastorals of Virgil, With a Course of English Reading, Adapted for Schools: In Which All the Proper Facilities are Given, Enabling Youth to Acquire the Latin Language, in the Shortest Period of Time View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$11,243StatusSold Heading(Blake, William, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlinePastorals of Virgil with illustrations by William BlakePublisherF.C. & J. Rivington, et alDate Published1821 Lot #35 All Religions Are One View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's All Religions are One from the Trianon PressPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1970 Lot #36 Le Decameron de Jean Boccace View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineFrench Boccaccio with 20 added erotic platesPublisher[chez Pierre Prault]Date Published1757-1761 Lot #48 Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes - with extra suite of plates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorBrowne, Sir ThomasHeadlinePseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes - with extra suite of platesPublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1984 Lot #49 The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,618StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorKinney, A.F. and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineThe Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare 1/5PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1990 Lot #50 Tortoises: Six Poems View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,643StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorLawrence, D.H. and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineD.H. Lawrence and Alan James Robinson, Tortoises 1/5PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1983 Lot #51 Leda or In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorLouys, Pierre and Alan James RobinsonHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Leda 1/15PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1985 Lot #52 Roadkills: A Collection of Prose and Poetry by John McPhee, Gillian Conoley, Gary Snyder, Madeline DeFrees, William Stafford, and Richard Eberhart. Etching and Wood Engraving by James Alan Robinson View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan James, et al.HeadlineAlan James Robinson, Roadkills 1/50PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1981 Lot #53 Cheloniidae: Sea Turtles View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,543StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Sea Turtles 1/15PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1987 Lot #54 Frogs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineFrogs: 19 unique watercolors by Alan James RobinsonPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1985] Lot #55 An Odd Bestiary, Or a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled From Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Etc., By Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, An Odd Bestiary 1/50PublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1982 Lot #56 An Odd Bestiary: Drawings View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, An Odd Bestiary: 26 DrawingsPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1982] Lot #57 Songbirds View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson, Songbirds 1/50Publisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1983] Lot #62 A Letter of Columbus View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold AuthorCitino, DavidHeadlineCitino, A Letter of Columbus, 1/130PublisherThe Logan Elm PressDate Published1990 Lot #69 Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold AuthorD'Avennes, Prisse and James Augustus St JohnHeadlinePrisse D'Avennes Oriental Album 20 plates 1851PublisherJames MaddenDate Published1851 Lot #70 Interesting selections from animated nature, with illustrative scenery; designed and engraved by William Daniell, A.R.A View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$588StatusSold AuthorDaniell, WilliamHeadlineInteresting selections from animated nature 120 plates 1807PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published[c. 1807] Lot #71 La Materia Della Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri/ Dichiarata in VI Tavole da Michelangelo Caetani View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Heading(Dante Alighieri)AuthorCaetani, MichelangeloHeadlineLa Materia Della Divina Commedia 1855Date Published1855 Lot #78 Types et Uniformes: L'armée Française View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorDetaille, Édouard and Jules RichardHeadlineTypes et Uniformes: L'armée Française, 1885-89PublisherBoussod, Valadon & CieDate Published1885-89 Lot #82 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$939StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 Lot #84 Der Ornamentenschatz: Ein Musterbuch Stilvoller Ornamente aus Allen Kunstepochen View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold AuthorDolmetsch, HeinrichHeadlineA high-point of 19th century chromolithographyPublisherJulius HoffmannDate Published1897 Lot #85 Wordsworth: An Anthology View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$529.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy of WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 Lot #116 The Book of Fairy Poetry View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$705StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineBook of Fairy Poetry Early J.R.R. Tolkien PoemPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1920 Lot #119 Quartet View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Heading(Goldyne, Joseph)AuthorThomas, LewisHeadlineQuartet with 5 etchings by Goldyne 1/165PublisherPacific Editions and the Arif PressDate Published[1986] Lot #121 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold AuthorGraham[e], KennethHeadlineSupressed Chapter from Wind in the WillowsPublisherThe Notary BindersDate Published[1930] Lot #145 The designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of plans and elevations for public and private buildings, published by William Kent with some additional designs View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,992StatusSold AuthorJones, InigoHeadlineThe designs of Inigo Jones, 1770PublisherPrinted for Benjamin WhiteDate Published1770 Lot #147 The Tale of Beowulf View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,993StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineKelmscott Press edition of Beowulf One of 300 on paperPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1895 Lot #150 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean] deHeadlineLa Fontaine Contes et Nouvelles en Vers 1762Publisher[Barboul]Date Published1762 Lot #187 Tableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMongez, [Antoine]HeadlineTableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence 1819PublisherJ. P. AillaudDate Published1819 Lot #188 Thistles and Thorns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$705StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorSmyth, PaulHeadlineSmyth and Moser, Thistles and Thorns 1/5PublisherAbattoir EditionsDate Published[1977] Lot #195 The Rime of The Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Pearson, Henry C.)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlinePearson, Rime of The Ancient Mariner 59 lithographs 1/45Publisher[Tamarind Workshop]Date Published[1964] Lot #211 Ancient Needs View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Robinson, Alan James, illustrator)AuthorCarol, Mark PhilipHeadlineMark Carol, Alan James Robinson, Ancient Needs 1/25PublisherAbcedary PressDate Published1989 Lot #214 The Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Roxburghe Club)AuthorPowell, L.F., editorHeadlineThe Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ 1/100PublisherHenry FrowdeDate Published1908 Lot #225 The Haggadah View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineThe Haggadah executed by Arthur Szyk 1962Publisher"Massadah" & "Alumoth"Date Published1962 Lot #235 Celebrities Sketched From Life - an album of 20 original sketches by Bernhardt Wall View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorWall, BernhardtHeadlineCelebrities sketched from life by Bernhardt WallDate Published1900s-1920s Lot #237 Giacomo Joyce View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Heading(Weil, Susan, illustrator)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineGiacomo Joyce, Susan Weil, 1/50PublisherVincent Fitzgerald & Co.Date Published1989 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next