Sale 770: PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#770) 09/08/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/08/2022 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 1-25 of 25. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]HeadlineE.A. Abbott's Flatland, a geometric fantasy 1884PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #5 The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of Spanish by Thomas Shelton, MDCXII. Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineAshendene Press Don Quixote in full pigskinPublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1927-1928 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #17 The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, with Divers Addicions, whiche were never in printe before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly dooeth appere AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineStowe's Chaucer w/ extensive marginalia, 1561PublisherJhon Kyngston for Jhon WightDate Published1561 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #24 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol, first edition, first issuePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #25 Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems Heading(Doves Bindery)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth's Lyrical Ballads in Doves bindingPublisherPrinted for T. N. Longman And O. ReesDate Published1800 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #26 The Complete Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineComplete Sherlock Holmes signed by DoylePublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #30 The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams Author[Fielding, Henry]HeadlineFielding's Early English Novel, 1st Ed.PublisherA. MillarDate Published1742 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #32 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #35 The Return of the Native AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineReturn of the Native first edition in book formPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #36 The Trumpet Major AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineHardy's The Trumpet Major, first book editionPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #37 The Woodlanders AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy's The Woodlanders, first editionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #52 Lewis and Clark Newspaper collection Heading(Lewis and Clark Expedition)HeadlineLewis and Clark as seen by period pressDate Published1803-1838 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 Rerum Germanicarum Sub Matthia, Ferdinandis II. & III. IMPP. Gestarum, Libri LV... AuthorLotichius, Joannes PetrusHeadlineRare complete copy, Lotichius' Rerum GermanicarumPublisherTypis exscripti Wolfgangi Hoffmani, Impensa Matthaei MerianiDate Published1646-50 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #54 The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours AuthorMarcellus [Marcellinus Ammianus]HeadlineRoman History, first edition in English, 1609PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1609 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #67 Poems [and] Works of Alfred de Musset AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineAlfred de Musset, Illuminated Presentation SetPublisherEdwin C. Hill CompanyDate Published1905 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #75 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Five large aerial photographs of Iranian archeological sites AuthorSchmidt, Erich FriedrichHeadlineEarly Aerial Photos of Iranian ArcheologyDate Published[c.1935-1937] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #83 The New Grant White Shakespeare. The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare, Old Stratford Ed, 1/124PublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #84 The Works of Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works in folio extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for Grant Richards, LondonDate Published1901-1904 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #85 The Works of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Head Press, Sangorski BoundPublisherThe Shakespeare Head PressDate Published1904-1907 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #92 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineWith Handwritten Note from H.B. StowePublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWith a Signed Letter by Sam ClemensPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1929 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #100 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman, Finely Bound by JackelPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #102 The Happy Prince and Other Tales AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineFairy tales of Oscar Wilde, signed limited editionPublisherDavid NuttDate Published1888 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #104 Fly Leaves Heading(Wilde, Oscar, his book)AuthorCalverley, C.S.HeadlineOscar Wilde's copy with his signature on titlePublisherDeighton, Bell, and Co.Date Published1873 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next