Sale 509: Fine & Rare Books (#509) 06/27/2013 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/27/2013 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalog 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 201-252 of 252. Previous|123|Next Lot #202 Advice to a Son. Or Directions For your better Conduct, Through the various and most important Encounters of this Life...[bound with] Political Reflections upon the Government of the Turks... AuthorOsborn, FrancisHeadlineEarly advice to a son, plus Political ReflectionsPublisherPrinted by H.H. for Tho. RobinsonDate Published1658 [and] 1662 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #203 Bemerkungen auf einer Reise in die Sudlichen Statthalterschaften des Russischen Reichs in den Jahren 1793 und 1794 AuthorPallas, P[eter] S[imon]HeadlineNotes on a trip to Russia with copper-engraved plates.PublisherGottfried MartiniDate Published1799-1801 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #204 Adversus Paganos (Quo Vocant) Historiarum Libri Septem AuthorPaulus OrosiusHeadlineOrosius' History of the Pagans 1536 printingPublisherEuchariiDate Published1536 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #205 The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture, illustrated by Examples from Thebes, Athens, and Rome AuthorPennethorne, JohnHeadlineGeometry and Optics of Ancient ArchitecturePublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1878 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #206 Five papers by Max Planck, in three volumes of Annalen der Physik AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlinePapers by physicist Max Planck seminal to his development of the Quantum Theory, for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1918.PublisherJohan Ambrosius BarthDate Published1900-1903 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #207 Historia Florentina AuthorPoggius FlorentinusHeadlinePoggio's History of FlorencePublisherBartolommeo di LibriDate Published3 Sept. 1492 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #208 Poster for Harry Qubey's Dog Circus Heading(Posters)HeadlineWonderful poster of Harry Qubey's Dog CircusPublisherRiverside Printing Co.Date PublishedEarly 20th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #209 Abregé de L'Histoire de Port Royal AuthorRacine, [Jean]HeadlineFirst Edition of Jean Racine's final workPublisherAu depens de la CompagnieDate Published1742 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #210 The Century Edition Deluxe of Raemaekers War Cartoons AuthorRaemaeker, (Louis)HeadlineThe War Cartoons of Louis RaemaekerPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #211 A Treatise of Such Mathematical Instruments as are Usually Put Into a Portable Case, Containing Their Various Uses in Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry, Architecture, Surveying, Gunnery, etc. AuthorRobertson J[ohn]HeadlineScarce work on surveying by John RobertsonPublisherHeath and Nourse, et alDate Published1757 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #212 Trenta Novelle Dilettevoli ed Instruttive sopra i Costumi e la Religione degl' Italiani AuthorRodoni, GiovanniHeadlineItalian & French dual-language book, 30 stories.PublisherThe AuthorDate Published1782 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #213 Four 19th century playbills from productions of Nicholas Rowe's "Jane Shore", with four framed illustrations Heading(Rowe, Nicholas)HeadlinePlaybills & Illustrations for Nicholas Rowe's Jane ShoreDate Published19th century View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #214 The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imitation of Shakespear's Style AuthorRowe, N[icholas]HeadlineNicholas Rowe's The Tragedy of Jane Shore 1714PublisherBernard LintottDate Published[1714] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #215 Omnia Opera AuthorSaint AmbroseHeadlineWorks of Saint Ambrose 1529 editionPublisherChevallonDate Published1529 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #216 Verdaderos Entretenimientos del Glorioso Senor S. Francisco de Sales AuthorSaint Francis de SalesHeadlineSpiritual writings of Saint Francis de SalesPublisherAndres OrtegaDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #217 The Literary History of the Troubadours AuthorSaint-Palaye, [Jean Baptiste de La Curne de]HeadlineA History of the TroubadoursPublisherT. CadellDate Published1779 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #218 Lo Spirito Della Guerra o Sia L'Arte da Formare Mantenere e Disciplinare la Soldatesca: Presto Intraprendere o Sostener con Vigore la Guerra AuthorSanchez de Luna, AlonsoHeadlineAlonso Sanchez de Luna on the Spirit of War 1760PublisherStamperis SimonianaDate Published1760 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #219 Reveries, or Memoirs Upon the Art of War AuthorSaxe (Maurice, Comte de).HeadlineField Marshal Saxe on the Art of WarPublisherJ. NourseDate Published1757 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #220 [Nuremberg Chronicle – Liber Chronicon, i.e.] Register des Buchs der Croniken und Geschichten mit Figure und Pildnussen von Anbegin der Welt bis auf dise unsere Zeit AuthorSchedel, HartmannHeadlineFirst German language edition of Nuremberg Chronicle.PublisherAnton KobergerDate Published23 December 1493 View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$40,625StatusSold Lot #221 A New Peanuts Book Featuring Snoopy - signed with original drawing AuthorSchulz, Charles M.HeadlineSnoopy Peanuts book signed by Chas Schulz and signedPublisherRinehart & Co.Date Published[1958] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #222 Archive of original art work AuthorSeranil, Alexandre. (aka Linares or Linare)HeadlineArchive of original artwork by LinaresDate PublishedMid 20th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #223 The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club Shakespeare 37 volumes.PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-41 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #224 The Life and Death of King Richard the Second AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's King Richard 2nd, 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #225 The Merry Wives of Windsor AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Wives of Windsor 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #226 The second Part of King Henry the Sixt. with the death of the Good Duke Humfrey AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's 2nd part Henry 6th 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #227 The third Part of King Henry the Sixt. with the death of the Duke of Yorke AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's 3rd part Henry 6th 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #228 An Inquiry Into The Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineSmith's Wealth of Nations original boards 1831PublisherThomas Nelson & Peter BrownDate Published1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #229 Sketch of the Seminole War, and Sketches during a Campaign. By a Lieutenant, of the Left Wing Author[Smith, W.W., Major]HeadlineRare History of the Seminole War 1836PublisherDan. J. DowlingDate Published1836 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #230 Moby Dick, The Passion of Ahab AuthorSpruance, BentonHeadlineBenton Spruance Illustrations for Moby DickPublisher[Barre Publishers]Date Published1965, 1966, 1967 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #231 A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times Together with Some Closely Related Subjects AuthorStone, George CameronHeadlineDeluxe bound of 30 copies Stone's glossary of armor.PublisherSouthworth PressDate Published1934 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #232 Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life Among the Lowly; Or, Pictures of Slavery in the United States of America AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineSigned copy of Uncle Tom's CabinPublisherIngram, Cooke, & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #233 The Six Books of Proclus the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato, Translated from the Greek; To Which a Seventh Book Is Added, in Order to Supply the Deficiency of Another Book on the Subject, also, a Translation from the Greek of Proclus' Elements of Theology.... Heading(Taylor, Thomas, translator)AuthorProclus, DiadochusHeadlineThomas Taylor translation of Proclus 1816PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1816 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #234 The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Author[Thackeray, William Makepeace] Pendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud.HeadlineThackeray's The Newcomes - finely bound by RivierePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1854-55 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #235 Walden; Or, Life in the Woods AuthorThoreau, Henry D[avid]HeadlineThoreau's Walden First Edition with binder's anomaly.PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #236 The Tournament; Or, Days of Chivalry Heading(The Tournament)HeadlineWith 24 hand-colored engravings of the Chivalrous KnightPublisherWilliam SamsDate Published1823 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #237 The Armoury of the Castle of Churburg AuthorTrapp, Oswald GrafHeadlineNear fine in a rare dust jacket, Armoury of ChurburgPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1929] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #238 A Kato Indian Genesis - 2 copies Heading(Turkey Press)AuthorBillings, Susan X.HeadlineTurkey Press - A Kato Indian GenesisPublisherTurkey PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #239 The Turner Album: Rivers and Ports of England AuthorTurner, J.M.W.HeadlineChromolithographs of paintings by JMW TurnerPublisherS. & G.Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #240 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #241 Epitome Topographica Totius Orbis... AuthorVadianus, JoachimHeadline1535 work with reference to America.PublisherI. G. [Ioannes Grapheus]Date Published1535 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #242 Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora, a Julio Caesare ad Postumum et Tyrannos AuthorVaillant, Jean [Foy]HeadlineNumismata Imperatorum Romanorum PraestantioraPublisherRobert de NinvilleDate Published1674 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #243 Habiti Antichi E Moderni AuthorVecellio, CesareHeadlineA large fragment of Vecellio's famous coustume bookPublisherSessaDate Published1598 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #244 Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'Epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance AuthorViollet-le-Duc, [Eugene Emmanuel]HeadlineDictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier FrancaisPublisherBance / A. MorelDate Published1858-1875 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #245 Le Vray Theatre d'Honneur et de Chevalerie, ou le Miroir Heroique de la Noblesse. AuthorVulson de la Colombiere, Marc deHeadlineRare early work on chivalry, tournaments, etc.PublisherAugustin CourbeDate Published1648 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #246 Wol-Geschliffener Narren-Spiegel. Worinnen Hundert und Vierzehen Arten Allerlay Narren ihr Eben Bild und Ungestaltes Wesen Ersehen AuthorWahrmund, Jocoserius [pseudonym Sebastian Brant]HeadlineBrant's Book of Fools with Matthaeus Merian engravingsDate Published[no date] View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000StatusUnsold Lot #247 Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 AuthorWalsh, R[obert]HeadlineWalsh's Description of Brazil in the 1820sPublisherRichardson, Lord & Holbrook, et alDate Published1831 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #248 The Time Machine: An Invention AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFirst ed., 1st issue of Wells' Time MachinePublisherHenry Holt & Co.Date Published1895 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #249 The Ornithology...Wherein All the Birds Hitherto Known, Being Reduced into a Method Suitable to Their Natures, are Accurately Described...To Which are Added, Three Considerable Discourses...by John Ray AuthorWillughby, FrancisHeadlineFirst English edition of Willougby's OrnithologyPublisherPrinted by A.C. for John MartynDate Published1678 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #250 The Poetical Works - Volume I, inscribed & signed by Wordsworth AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineInscribed and signed by William WordsworthPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1836 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #103 The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlinePoetical Works of Wordsworth Full leather bindingPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1854 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #251 The Practical Surveyor, Or, The Art of Land-Measuring Made Easy. AuthorWyld, SamuelHeadlineSecond edition of Samuel Wyld's Practical SurveyorPublisherH. LintotDate Published[c.1730] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #252 Xenophontis de Cyri Institutione Libri octo: Juxta Exemplar Etonense..[bound with] Xenophontis Philosophi et Imperatoris Clarissimi Historiarum de Cyri Majoris Institutione Libri Octo... AuthorXenophonHeadlineXenophon's work in both Greek & Latin bound togetherPublisherGuliel RedmayneDate Published1698 [and] 1703 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next