Sale 397: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#397) 02/19/2009 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/19/2009 1:00 PM PST 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 101-154 of 154. Previous|12|Next Lot #101 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost folio 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently...and Jacob TonsonDate Published1688 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #102 Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena (1615) Heading(Miniature Book)AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadlineGalileo in MiniaturePublisherTipogr. SalminDate Published1896 (colophon dated 1897) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #103 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #104 One Hundred Years of Solitude AuthorMárquez, Gabriel GarcíaHeadlineMárquez One Hundred Years of Solitude 1st EdnPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #105 The mathematical principles of natural philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, The laws of the moon’s motion, according to gravity. By John Machin... AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English, Vol. I, 1729PublisherPrinted for Benjamin MotteDate Published1729 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 The method of fluxions and infinite series; with its application to the geometry of curve-lines. By the Inventor Sir Isaac Newton, Kt. Late President of the Royal Society. Translated from the author’s Latin original not yet made publick. To which is subjoin’d, a perpetual comment upon the whole work, Consisting of Annotations, Illustrations, and Supplements, In order to make this Treatise A compleat Institution for the use of Learners. By John Colson, M.A. and F.R.S. Master of Sir Joseph Williamson’s free Mathematical-School at Rochester AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Methods of Fluxions large paper 1736PublisherPrinted by Henry Woodfall; and sold by John NourseDate Published1736 View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #107 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Iliad & Odyssey of HomerPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #108 Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, of Personal Valour, Bravery, and Particular Incidents Which Occurred to the Armies of Great Britain and her Allies, in the Long-Contested War, Terminating with the Battle of Waterloo. AuthorOrme, Edward, publisherHeadlineMilitary Color-Plate Book 1819PublisherEdward OrmeDate Published1819 [plates watermarked 1825] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #109 Collection of 34 manuscript leaves with paintings from Persia or Mughal India Heading(Persian/Mughal Manuscript Leaves)Author**Headline34 Persian/Mughal Manuscript LeavesDate PublishedEarly 19th century? View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Manuscript book of Poetry in Arabic Script with illuminations in gilt and colors Heading(Persian Poetry Manuscript)AuthorAbu Mo'in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn KhusrawHeadlineIlluminated Persian Poetry ManuscriptDate Published1897 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #111 Mädchen in Filmprobe Heading(Photographs)AuthorJacobi, LotteHeadlineLotte Jacobi original photograph 1932Publisherfoto JacobiDate Published1932 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #112 8 photographs of Zeppelins including view of the Hindenburg before its last flight Heading(Photographs)AuthorWolff, PaulHeadlinePaul Wolff photos including Hindenburg ZeppelinDate Published1930s View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #113 Le Temple des Muses Heading(Picart, Bernard)Author**HeadlinePicart's Temple of Muses with engravingsPublisherZacharie ChatelainDate Published1733 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #114 Opera AuthorPlautus, [Titus Maccius]HeadlineWorks of Plautus edited by Lambin 1577PublisherJean MaceDate Published1577 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #115 The Historie of the World; Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke Author[Pliny the Elder] Plinius Secundus, GaiusHeadlinePliny's History of the World 1601PublisherImpensis G.B. [Printed by Adam Islip]Date Published1601 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #116 Goblin Market Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorRossetti, Christina GeorginaHeadlineRossetti's Goblin Market Signed by Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #117 Iconologia Overo AuthorRipa, CesareHeadlineSecond Edition of Ripa's IconologiaPublisherLepido FaeijDate Published1603 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #118 Delle Rime Del S. Berardino Rota [bound with] Delle Egloghe Pescatorie del S. Berardino Rota AuthorRota, BerardinoHeadlineRhymes of Berardino Rota 1572PublisherGiuseppe Cacchii dell AquilaDate Published1572 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #119 Hachelyke Reystogt van Jacob Jansz. de Roy Na Borneo en Atchin... in het Jaar 1691... AuthorRoy, Jacob deHeadlineEarly account of Borneo by Jacob de RoyPublisherPieter Vander AaDate Published1706 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #120 The Little Prince AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineThe Little Prince Signed Limited EditionPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #121 "If" and "Recessional" Heading(Sangorski, Alberto)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineIlluminated Manuscript by Alberto SangorskiDate Published[c. 1928] View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #122 Letters on Egypt, With a Parallel Between the Manners of its Ancient and Modern Inhabitants, the Present State, the Commerce, the Agriculture, and Government of the Country AuthorSavary [Claude Etienne]HeadlineSavary's Letters on Egypt 1786 First English EdnPublisherG. G. J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1786 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #123 Habes hic lector, dialogū de Fratre Hieronymi Nicolai Sauonarola Ferrariensi... AuthorSavonarola, GirolamoHeadlineSavonarola's Last Moments 1521Publisher[Johannes Rhau-Grunenberg]Date Published1521 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #124 Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies - First Folio Facsimile AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline1807 Facsimile of Shakespeare's First FolioPublisher[printed by E. and J. Wright]Date Published[1807-8] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #125 The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Richard III, 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #126 The Winters Tale AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Winters Tale 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #127 The life and death of King John AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's King John 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #128 Twelfe Night, Or what you will AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Twelfe Night 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #129 Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineShaw's Middle Ages Large Paper Copy w/platesPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1843 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #130 The Seat of War in the East. First and Second Series AuthorSimpson, WilliamHeadlineSimpson's Seat of War in the East 1855-56PublisherPaul & Dominic ColnaghiDate Published1855-56 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #131 An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineAdam Smith's Wealth of Nations 2nd Amer. Edn.PublisherThomas DobsonDate Published1796 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #132 Antiquities of London and it's Environs AuthorSmith, John ThomasHeadlineSmith's Antiquities of London 1791-[1800]PublisherSewell, Faulder, et alDate Published1791-[1800] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #133 De Pileo, Caeterisque Capitus Tegminibus Tan Sacris, Quam Profanis AuthorSolerius, Anselmus [Raynaud, Theophile]HeadlineScarce works on head wear, togas, etcPublisherAndreae FrisiiDate Published1672 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #134 The Way We Live Now AuthorSontag, SusanHeadlineThe Way We Live Now, 1/200 Signed, Ltd.PublisherKarsten SchubertDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #135 Opera Posthuma: Quorum series post Praefationem exhibetur AuthorSpinoza, Baruch deHeadlineSpinoza's posthumas works, 1677Publisher[J. Rieuwertsz]Date Published1677 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #136 A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick Author[Sterne, Laurence]HeadlineSterne's Sentimental Journey 1768PublisherT. Becket and P.A. De HondtDate Published1768 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #137 Comoediae. Recensuit, Notasque Suas et Gabrielis Faerni addidit Richardus Bentleius. Heading[Terence]AuthorP. Terentii AfriHeadlineTerence's Comedies 1727PublisherR. & J. Wetstein & G. SmithDate Published1727 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #138 Commentaria sancti thome super libros physicor[um] AuthorThomas AquinasHeadlineRare incunabula of Thomas Aquinas on AristotlePublisherJoanem & Gregoriuu[n] de Gregoriis fratresDate Published1492 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #139 Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes secretary to ye late Earle of Deuonshire AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucydides Peloponnesian Warre 1629PublisherImprinted for Hen: SeileDate Published1629 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #140 Abeceda Dusevniho Prazdna [Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness] AuthorTmej, Zdenek, photographerHeadlineAbeceda Dusevniho Prazdna Tmej ZdenekPublisherNakladatelstvi ZadruhaDate Published1946 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #141 A Confederacy of Dunces AuthorToole, John KennedyHeadlineJ.K. Toole A Confederacy of Dunces 1st EditionPublisherLouisiana State University PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #142 Door Locks, Knobs, Padlocks, Etc., Illustrated and Described Heading(Trade Catalog)AuthorMallory, Wheeler & Co.HeadlineScarce Catalog of Door Knobs, Locks, etcPublisherMallory, Wheeler & Co.Date Published1871 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #143 Vermont Marble Company's Designs Heading(Trade Catalog)Author**HeadlineTombstone Trade Catalog with Marble SamplesPublisherVermont Marble CompanyDate Published[c. 1910?] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #144 The .xiii. bookes of Æneidos. The first twelue beeinge the woorke of the diuine poet Virgil Maro, and the thirtenth the supplement of Maphæus Vegius. Translated into English verse to the fyrst thirdpart of the tenth booke, by Thomas Phaër Esquire: and the residue finished, and now the second time newly setforth for the delite of such as are studious in poetrie: by Thomas Twyne, Doctor in Physicke AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineVirgil's Aeneid in English 1584PublisherWilliam How for Abraham VealeDate Published1584 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #145 Le Grand Testament AuthorVillon, FrancoisHeadlineVillon Le Grand Testament Limited EditionPublisherRene JeanneDate Published1963 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #146 Les Bucoliques de Virgile Heading(Villon, Jacques, artist)AuthorValery, PaulHeadlineLes Bucoliques, One of 245 CopiesPublisherScripta & PietaDate Published1953 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #147 Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'Epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance AuthorViollet-le-Duc, [Eugene Emmanuel]HeadlineDictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier FrancaisPublisherA. Morel & Cie.Date Published1872-75 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #148 Les Dix Livres d'Architecture Corrigez et Traduits Nouvellement en Francois, Avec des Notes & des Figures. AuthorVitruvius. [Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus]Headline1673 Edition of Vitruvius d'ArchitecturePublisherJean Baptiste CoignardDate Published1673 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #149 Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.)... Portraits from Life... Autograph AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman's Complete Poems & Prose signedDate Published[1888 or 1889] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #150 A Suite of Daze. Etchings by William Wiley AuthorWiley, William T.HeadlineA Suite of Daze. Signed by William WileyPublisherLandfall PressDate Published1977 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #151 Fables Heading(Wiley, William T., illustrator)AuthorHannon, MichaelHeadlineFabels by Michael Hannon Signed Limited EditionPublisherTurkey PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #152 Second Thoughts Heading(Wiley, William T., illustrator)AuthorHannon, MichaelHeadlineMichael Hannon Second Thoughts Sgnd Ltd EdnPublisherThe John and Maxine Belger Family FoundationDate Published2001 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #153 A Streetcar Named Desire AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineTennessee Williams Streetcar Named DesirePublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #154 The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle AuthorWilson, AdrianHeadlineMaking of the Nuremberg Chronicle Finely BoundPublisherNico IsraelDate Published[1976] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next