Sale 769: Antiquarian Books with Fine Press and Fine Bindings (#769) 08/25/2022 11:00 AM PDT


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1 With the Night Mail, A Story of 2000 A.D. Kipling, Rudyard (Arion Press) Rudyard's sci-fi novella With the Night Mail 1998 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
2 American Buffalo Mamet, David (Arion Press) Signed by David Mamet and Michael McCurdy 1992 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
3 Bookman's Holiday Johnson, Ruth & Foster (Bayberry Hill Press) Bookman's Holiday from Bayberry Hill Press 1971 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
4 Erhard Ratdolt and his Work at Venice Redgrave, Gilbert R. (Bibliographical Society) A Work on the Incunables of Ratdolt 1899 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
5 Three works on printing from the Bird & Bull Press (Bird & Bull Press) Three works on printing from Bird & Bull Press 1975-1981 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
6 Epitalamio / Una Carta en el Camino [or] a sus amigos (cover title) Neruda, Pablo (Editorial Dos Amigos) With color etchings signed by Alicia Scavino [1989] $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
7 A Survey of Modern Bookmaking: Pages from Contemporary Presses of England and the Continent together with Four Examples by San Francisco Printers (Grabhorn Press) Signed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn 1931 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
Current absentee: $425
(2 bids)
8 Multitude of One: From "The Natashas" (The Collected Poems of Natasha Tarn) Tarn, Natasha (Grenfell Press) Signed by Gregory Amenoff 1994 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
9 Ansichten der Natur Humboldt, Alexander von (Hammer, Victor) Victor Hammer's Alexander von Humboldt [1934] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
10 Venus and Adonis Shakespeare, William (Harrison of Paris) First book from Harrison of Paris, 1930 [1930] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
11 Manuale Tipografico Bodoni, Giambattista (Holland Press) Facsimile of Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico [1960] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
12 A Psalm of Life Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum) Illuminated manuscript on vellum of Longfellow 1909 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
Current absentee: $400
(1 bid)
13 The Analects of Confucius Confucius (Limited Editions Club) Limited Editions Club Analects of Confucius 1933 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
14 Three Limited Editions Club titles (Limited Editions Club) Sassoon, Weems, Hugo, Limited Ed. Club Various dates $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
15 Fortress Marin: An Aesthetic and Historical Description of the Coastal Fortifications of Southern Marin County. Killion, Tom (Quail Press) Signed by author and illustrator Tom Killion [1977] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $160
(2 bids)
16 Seven volumes from the Roycrofters (Roycrofters) Seven fine volumes published by the Roycrofters 1894-1926 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
17 Specimen of an Etymological Dictionary attributed to John Mitchell Kemble Kemble, John Mitchell, attributed to (Rulon-Miller Books) John Mitchell Kemble and English etymology 1990 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
18 Practical Hints on Decorative Printing Savage, William Savage's Practical Hints on Decorative Printing 1822 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
19 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes D'Avenant, William (Vellum Printing) William D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellum 1872-74 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
20 The Nature of Nature Fowles, John (Yolla Bolly Press) Nature of Nature w/ Aaron Johnson woodcut 1995 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
21 The Tree [&] The Nature of Nature Fowles, John (Yolla Bolly Press) Nature of Nature, Press Presentation copy 1995 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
22 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance Ainsworth, William Harrison Ainsworth's Tower of London, Cruikshank illus 1840 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
23 A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles (Bayntun-Riviere) Bound by Bayntun Riviere, illus. by Rackham [1915] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $325
(2 bids)
24 The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy Burckhardt, Jacob Burckhardt's Renaissance, handsomely bound 1878 $500 - $600
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $275
(2 bids)
25 German Popular Stories, with Illustrations After the Original Designs of George Cruickshank Cruikshank, George, illustrator Brothers Grimm Illus by Cruikshank [c.1865] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $170
(2 bids)
26 Lola Montez An Adventuress of the Forties D'Auvergne, Edmund, B. Nicely bound with seven lithographed portraits [1909] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
27 The British Novelists; with an Essay, and Prefaces Biographical and Critical... Barbauld, Anna Laetita, editor (Fore-Edge Painting) With six color fore-edge paintings of England 1820 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
28 The Poetical Works Campbell, Thomas (Fore-Edge Painting) With color fore-edge painting of Fast Castle [1848] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
29 Democritus in London with the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow to Which are added Notes Festivous Etc. [Daniel, George] (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge painting of St. Paul's cathedral 1852 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
30 Cranford Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Fore-Edge Painting) With color fore-edge painting of a Ship 1898 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
31 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Gesner, J.M., editor (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge paintings of Badminton and Stowe [1824] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
32 The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington Gleig, G.R. (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge painting of Wellington in uniform 1877 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
33 The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c. Hood, Thomas (Fore-Edge Painting) With a fore-edge painting of riders and dogs [ca. 1880] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
34 The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List. Horder, W. Garrett, editor (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge painting of ship City of Mobile 1910 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
35 Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography Irving, Washington (Fore-Edge Painting) Fore-edge paintings of Goldsmith and Dublin 1868 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
36 The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell. Lowell, James Russell (Fore-Edge Painting) With a color fore-edge painting [ca. 1900] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
37 Critical and Historical Essays Macaulay, Thomas Babington (Fore-Edge Painting) With a fore-edge painting of a Holkham Hall 1874 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
38 Milton's Paradise Lost. Milton, John (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge painting of Battersea Bridge 1795 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
39 Proper Lessons to be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and other Holy-days throughout the Year [and] The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments... (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge paintings of Basingwerk & Conwy [1834] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
40 Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1826. Being the Second After Bisextile. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities... in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy. Rider, Cardanus, compiler (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge painting of an armored knight 1826 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
41 Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field Scott, Sir Walter (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge painting of Norham Castle 1811 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
42 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including his Great Metrical Romances, Copyright Lyrical Pieces, Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads. with a Memoir of the Author. Scott, Sir Walter (Fore-Edge Painting) With fore-edge painting of Norham Castle [1861] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
43 The Lady of the Lake Scott, Walter (Fore-Edge Painting) Lady of the Lake with fore-edge painting 1871 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
44 The Natural History of the Bible Tristram, H.B. (Fore-Edge Painting) With a charming fore-edge painting of Dresden 1898 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
45 The Universal Anthology. A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes. Garnett, Richard; Leon Vallée and Alois Brandl, editors Handsomely bound 33 volume Universal Anthology [1899] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
46 A Staff Officer's Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War Hamilton, Ian Nicely bound account of the Russo-Japanese War 1905 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
47 The Story of My Life Hare, Augustus J.C. Augustus Hare's Memoirs, handsomely bound 1896-1900 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
48 The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter, of California Hittell, Theodore H. Hittell's Adventures of James Capen Adams 1911 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
49 The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes Riverside Edition 1895-96 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
50 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table Holmes, Oliver Wendell Wendell Holmes Breakfast Books, nicely bound [ca. 1883-1890] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
51 [Works of Victor Hugo] Hugo, Victor The Works of Victor Hugo, Guernsey Edition [ca. 1892] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(1 bid)
52 Of the Imitation of Christ Kempis, Thomas A. Imitation of Christ finely bound 1898 1898 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
53 Beauty and the Beast Lamb, Charles Charles Lamb's Rhyming Beauty & Beast [1887] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
54 Memoirs of Baron Lejeune Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout, and Oudinot. [Lejeune, Louis-François] Baron Lejeune's popular memoirs, nicely bound 1897 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
55 Henry of Guise and Other Portraits Macdowall, H.C. Nicely bound biography of Henry of Guise 1898 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
56 The Poems of Richard Monckton Milnes Milnes, Richard Monckton The Poetry of Richard Milnes, Finely Bound 1838 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
57 Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign Mosby, John S. Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign 1908 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
58 Le Fond du Sac ou Recueil de Contes en Vers et en Prose & de Pieces Fugitives Nogaret, Francois-Felix, et al. Nogaret's Poetry and Prose, Finely Bound 1/30 1866 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
59 Marie Antoinette the Dauphine. [and] Marie Antoinette the Queen. Nolhac, Pierre de Marie Antoinette by de Nolhac, finely bound [1897-98] $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
Current absentee: $425
(2 bids)
60 The English Dance of Death,... Volume I & II [with] The Dance of Life,... [Combe, Richard] (Riviere & Son) Illus. by Rowlandson, bound by Riviere & Son 1815-1817 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $650
(3 bids)
61 A Biographical History of England, From Egbert the Great to the Revolution: Consisting of Characters Disposed in Different Classes, and Adapted to a Methodical Catalogue of Engraved British Heads:... Granger, J. (Riviere & Son) J. Granger's history bound by Riviere & Son 1824 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
62 The Story of Nell Gwyn: and the Sayings of Charles the Second Cunningham, Peter, editor (Riviere) Nell Gwyn, Royal Mistress, Bound by Riviere 1862 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $500
(1 bid)
63 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. Fielding, Henry (The Robe Bindery) Works of Henry Fielding, bound by Robe Bindery 1902-1903 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
64 Villani's Chronicle, Being Selections From The First Nine Books Of The Croniche Fiorentine Of Giovanni Villani Selfe, Rose E., translator Medieval Chronicle, 1907 Ed. Finely Bound 1907 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
65 The National Shakespeare: A Facsimile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623 Shakespeare, William The National Shakespeare 1st Folio Facsimile [c.1900] $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
Current absentee: $350
(1 bid)
66 Roderick the Last of the Goths. Southey, Robert Southey's Roderick, handsomely bound 1826 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
67 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition Stevenson, Robert Louis 34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035 1895-1898 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
68 Italian Byways Symonds, John Addington Symond's Italian travelogue, nicely bound 1883 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
69 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Tennyson, Alfred Lord Centenary Edition of Tennyson, nicely bound 1909 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
70 The Mirror of the World Uzanne, Octave Mirror of the World, nicely bound 1889 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
71 Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. de Voltaire. Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de The illustrated Voltaire, nicely bound 1794 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
72 A Narrative of The Events Which Have Taken Place in France from the Landing of Napoleon Bonaparte On The First Of March, 1815, Till The Restoration of Louis XVIII. Williams, Helen Maria Finely Bound Work of Napoleonic History 1895 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
73 Celebrated Trials Connected with the Aristocracy in the Relations of Private Life. Burke, Peter (Zaehnsdorf) Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf 1849 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
74 Life of Rosina, Lady Lytton with Numerous Extracts from Her Ms. Autobiography and Other Original Documents, Published in Vindication of Her Memory Devey, Louisa (Zaehnsdorf) Biography of Rosina Lytton, bound by Zaehnsdorf 1887 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
75 Maximes la Rochefoucauld [La Rochefoucauld, Francois Duc de] (Zaehnsdorf) Rochefoucauld's Maximes, bound by Zaehnsdorf 1902 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
76 The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe (Zaehnsdorf) Shelley's Works bound by Zaehnsdorf 1839 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
77 Cognac Jacquet Bouchet, Camille Camille Bouchet lithograph poster, Cognac Jacquet No date $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $500
(1 bid)
78 The Chap-Book (Pegasus) Bradley, Will H. Will H. Bradley Pegasus poster for The Chap-Book 1895 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
79 The Chap-Book (The Blue Lady) Bradley, Will H. Will H. Bradley poster for The Chap-Book, 1894 1894 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $225
(2 bids)
80 The Chap-Book (The Pink) Bradley, Will H. Will H. Bradley litho poster for The Chap-Book 1895 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(1 bid)
81 The Chap-Book (Twins) Bradley, Will H. First American Art Nouveau poster, Will H. Bradley 1894 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
82 The Chap-Book: Thanksgiving No. Bradley, Will H. Will H. Bradley litho poster for Chap-Book Thanksgiving 1895 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $225
(2 bids)
83 Seven William Carqueville color lithograph posters for Lippincott Magazine Carqueville, William Seven William Carqueville lithographs for Lippincott c. 1894-1895 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
84 The Red Republic Chambers, R.W. Publicity poster for R.W. Chambers' Red Republic [1895] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
85 Folies-Bergère Tous les Soirs Holtum l'Homme aux Boulets de Canon Chéret, Jules Folies-Bergères poster by Jules Chéret [1874] $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
86 La Fiesta de Los Angeles Curran, Mary Eleanor Mary Eleanor Curran poster, La Fiesta de LA 1897 1897 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
87 Das Plakat (Das Plakat) Das Plakat, scarce poster magazine, 1917 1917 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
88 Overland Monthly December Dixon, L. Maynard Maynard Dixon lithograph for Overland Monthly, 1896 1896 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
89 Poster Advertising Duce, Herbert Cecil Poster Advertising issued by Poster Advertising Assoc. 1912 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
90 Hooker's Ball Gotsch, Robert Hooker Ball poster by Robert Gotsch, 1978 1978 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
91 Four Joseph J. Gould Jr. color lithographs for Lippincott Magazine Gould, Joseph J., Jr. Four lithographs by J.J. Gould Jr. for Lippincott 1895-96 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
92 American Antiquarian Society - 175 Years - 1812-1987. Worcester, Massachusetts Hidy, Lance Lance Hidy poster for American Antiquarian Society 1987 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
93 Germany for Holidays Hohlwein, Ludwig Nazi-era travel poster by Ludwig Hohlwein c. 1930's $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
94 Marco-Polo-Tee lithograph poster Hohlwein, Ludwig Ludwig Hohlwein lithograph poster, Marco-Polo-Tee c. 1914 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
95 Riquet Mammut Kakao Hohlwein, Ludwig Ludwig Hohlwein litho poster Riquet Mammut Kakao 1910 $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
96 Neon Rose 26: The San Francisco Poster 1966-1968 Moscoso, Victor Victor Moscoso's Neon Rose 26 1968 1968 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
97 Pelz-Mode-Ausstellung Oppenheim, Louis Louis Oppenheim color litho poster for fur fashion expo [1912] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(1 bid)
98 The Christmas Scribner's Parrish, Maxfield Maxfield Parrish litho poster for Scribners 1897 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
99 Harper's Christmas Penfield, Edward Edward Penfield's Harper's Christmas, 1896 1896 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
100 Harper's February Penfield, Edward Edward Penfield Harper's February, 1898 poster 1898 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)