Sale 785: Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Science, Medicine & More (#785) 04/06/2023 11:00 AM PDT


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1 Two Limited Editions from the Archetype Press (Archetype Press) Two works from students at the Archetype Press 2006-2007 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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22 Nine hand-colored broadsides by William Butler Yeats (Cuala Press) 9 hand-colored broadsides by W.B. Yeats [c.1972?] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
29 A fine press miscellany (Fine Press) A Miscellany of 11 fine press works Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
30 Seven works from Fine Presses (Fine Press) Seven works from Fine Presses Various dates $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
31 Collection of fine press items related to Vance Gerry (Gerry, Vance) Fine press designed by Vance Gerry with bio 1986-2014 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
34 The Pearl. Newly translated by John F. Crawford with Andrew Hoyem including the middle English text printed interlinearly from the British Museum manuscript Cotton Nero A.x... (Grabhorn-Hoyem) The Pearl from Grabhorn-Hoyem 1967 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
35 The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare (Gregynog Press) The Stealing of the Mare Gregynog Press 1930 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
42 Four major works of modern literature (Limited Editions Club) Proust, Galsworthy, James and Lawrence 1964-1975 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
43 Four volumes of Science Fiction from the Limited Editions Club (Limited Editions Club) Limited Editions Club Verne, Huxley, Wells 1964-1974 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $225
(2 bids)
45 Three volumes of fine press English Literature (Limited Editions Club) Three volumes of Fine Press English Literature Various dates $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $160
(2 bids)
46 Three works about Outsiders (Limited Editions Club) Limited Editions Club Camus, Kafka and Hesse 1971-1977 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
48 Twelve titles from the Lord John Press (Lord John Press) 12 Lord John Press, incl. Bradbury & Everson 1978-2000 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $350
(2 bids)
50 Five volumes printed by or about John Henry Nash (Nash, John Henry) Five volumes printed by or about John Henry Nash 1912-1948 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
54 Three Fine Press works of Poetry (Private Press Poetry) Fine Press: Browning, Tennyson and Swinburne Various dates $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
55 Three Fine Press editions of Early English Literature (Private Press) Three Poetic works from Fine Presses Various dates $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
59 The Rounce & Coffin Club 1931-1981 (Rounce & Coffin Club) Rounce & Coffin Golden Jubilee keepsakes [1981] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
62 Large collection of works printed by Tommy Tommasini (Tommasini, A.R. "Tommy") Thirty-two volumes from A.R. "Tommy" Tommasini 1948-1982 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
64 Twelve works of literature printed and/or designed by D.B. Updike (Updike, D.B. - Merrymount Press) Twelve literary works from Merrymount Press Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
79 The Song of Songs (The Whittington Press) The Song of Songs from The Whittington Press 1976 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
80 Three works illustrated by Richard Kennedy (The Whittington Press) Three illustrated and signed by Richard Kennedy $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
83 Two Limited Editions from the Windowpane Press (Windowpane Press) Two works from Windowpane Press 2010, 2013 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
85 Collection of Zamorano Club keepsake volumes (Zamorano Club) 22 Zamorano Club keepsakes 1934-2018 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
94 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson (Bumpus) Tennyson's Works, nicely bound by Bumpus 1906 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
133 Eight miniature almanacs (Almanacs) Eight miniature almanacs 1883-1914 1883-1914 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
135 Miniature Broadsides: Designed and Printed by the Black Cat Press (Black Cat Press) Miniature Broadsides from Black Cat Press 1962 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
136 Sixty-two miniature books from the Black Cat Press (Black Cat Press) 62 miniature books from the Black Cat Press 1960-1984 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
Current absentee: $400
(1 bid)
137 Twelve micro-miniature books from the Borrower's Press (Borrower's Press) 12 mini books from the Borrower's Press 1974-1979 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $140
(2 bids)
139 Illustrated Chinese Maxims: Or Known as Family Rules of Conduct. Illustrated in 60 color Pictures. (Chinese Maxims) 60 Illustrated Chinese Maxims [c.1930?] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
140 Fifty Cracker Jack miniature books (Cracker Jack Miniatures) 50 Cracker Jack miniature books 1960s $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
146 Thirty-four titles published by the Hillside Press (Hillside Press) 37 titles published by the Hillside Press 1964-1980 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $325
(3 bids)
147 Eleven miniatures and micro-miniatures by Jack Levien or his Trader's Press (Levien, Jack R. - Trader's Press) 11 miniature books from Jack R. Levien Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
148 The Book of Lambspring: Concerning the Philosophical Stone (Lilliput Press) Lilliput Press 1/100 [1980s] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
150 Four nineteenth-century miniature illustrated chapbooks (Miniature Books - 19th Century) Four 19th century miniature illustrated chapbooks Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
151 Selection of children's and miscellaneous miniatures (Miniature Books - Children) Children's & miscellaneous miniatures Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
152 Thirteen micro-miniature volumes (Miniature Books - Micro-miniatures) Thirteen micro-miniature volumes Various dates $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $160
(2 bids)
153 Collection of miniature pamphlets, catalogs, and related ephemera (Miniature Books - Miscellaneous) Miniature pamphlets, catalogs, and ephemera Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
154 Nineteen miscellaneous miniature titles (Miniature Books - Miscellaneous) 19 miscellaneous miniature titles Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
155 Four miniature scrolls (Miniature Books - Scrolls) Four miniature scrolls Various dates $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
156 Twelve illustrated accordion-style Japanese miniatures (Miniature Books Japanese) 12 illustrated accordion-style Japanese miniatures No date $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
157 Forty-eight miniature books from various publishers (Miscellaneous Publishers) 48 miniature books from various publishers Various dates $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
158 Fifteen miniature books from the Press of Ward Schori (Press of Ward Schori) 15 miniature books from Ward Schori $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
159 Collection of miniature books and newspapers from Shackman and other publishers (Shackman) Miniature novelty books and newspapers 1960s, mostly $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
160 Thirty-seven miniature books from Achille St. Onge (St. Onge, Achille J.) 37 miniature books from Achille St. Onge 1952-1977 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
163 Five assorted albums (Albums) Collection of various albums c.1850-1900 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
165 Epistolae Clarorum Virorum, Selectae de Quamplurimis Optimae, ad Indicandam Nostrorum Temporum Eloquentiam (Aldine Press) Aldine ed. of learned correspondence 1556 1556 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
167 Pomponius Mela. Julius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer de situ orbis Priscano Interprete (Aldine Press) Aldine compilation on geography, 1518 1518 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
181 The Fyfth Booke of Moses, Called in the Hebrue: Ellehaddebarim, and in the Latyn, Deuteronomium - from the Great Bible of 1566 (Bible in English) Deuteronomy from Great Bible of 1566 [1566] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
182 Twelve leaves from the "Great Bible" of 1540, Gospel of Luke (Bible in English) 1540 Gospel of Luke 3:1-22:54 in English [1540] $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
183 Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis, Sixti V. Pontificis Max. Jussu Recognita... (Bible in Latin) 1532 Vulgate Bible with woodcut illustrations 1732 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
184 Sanctus Hieronymus interpres biblie: Biblia cum concordantijs veteris et noui testamenti et sacrorum canonum, necnon et additionibus in marginibus varietatis diuersorum textuum... (Bible in Latin) 1515 Bible with hand-colored woodcuts 1515 $15,000 - $20,000
Starting bid:
$7,500
191 Two titles on Italian sepulchers (Burial Practices) 2 engraved books on Italian sepulchers 1639-1727 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
197 Five Chinese paper-cut books (China - Paper-cuts) Collection of Chinese paper-cut art c.1960-70s $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
198 Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-6 (China) Large Chinese Art exhibition in London [1936] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
199 Shaoyang Xian Zhi = 邵陽雜志; Gazetteer of Shaoyang County (China) Rare record of Shaoyang county, China 1875 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
200 The Artist: A Monthly Lady's Book (Chromolithography) Fashion magazine with early chromolithography 1843 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
207 Ackermann's Repository of Arts, First Series 1809-1815 (Color Plate Book) Colored plates from Ackerman's Repository 1809-1815 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
208 6 books on color and color printing (Color Printing) Early chromolithography & color standards 1838-1948 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
235 Two Ethiopian manuscript scrolls (Ethiopia) 2 Ethiopian scrolls in Ge'ez c.19th century $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
248 Seven works on General Relativity (General Relativity) Seven works on General Relativity 1914-1925 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
255 Le Pitture Antiche d'Ercolano e Contorni Incise con Qualche Spiegazione [with] Catalogo degli Antichi Monumenti... di Ercolano (Herculaneum) The paintings of Herculaneum 1765 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
259 Facsimiles of Choice Examples Selected from Illumination Manuscripts, Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books of Early Date (Illuminated Manuscripts) Quaritch's facsimiles of illumination, pts. III & V-X 1890-1891 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
268 Secrets Merveilleux de la Magie Naturelle et Cabalistique du Petit Albert, Traduit exactement fur l'Original Latin, intitulé Alberti Parvilucii,... (Kabbalah) Cabalistic grimoire Petit Albert, 1758 edition [1758] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
275 Six books on letterpress printing and types (Letterpress Printing) 6 on letterpress and printing types, 1875-1981 1875-1981 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
281 Five 18th and 19th c. American mathematics textbooks (Mathematics) Five early American math textbooks 1788-1866 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
291 Commentarii de Rebus in Scientia Naturali et Medicina Gestis (Natural Sciences) Late 18th century natural science texts 1774-1779 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
299 Four books on papermaking with specimens (Papermaking) 4 on papermaking history, with specimens 1864-1982 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
300 Constitusiones de la Sagrada Religion Bethlemitica (Peru - Lima) 17th c. Bethlehemite manuscript compilation c.1711-1758 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
301 Important papers by Hertz, Boltzmann, Planck, et al. in Annalen der Physik und Chemie (Physics) Papers by Hertz, Plank, Boltzmann, and more 1887 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
310 Two Behind the Green Door posters (Posters) Two Behind the Green Door posters [c.1972] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
311 Two San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival posters (Posters Two SF Chinese New Year posters 1970 & 1974 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
317 Corpus Juris Civilis (Roman Law) Elzevir 1664 Amsterdam ed. Corpus juris civilis 1663-1664 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
324 Domestic Architecture. A Series of Views of Cottages and Farm Houses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. (Stevens, Francis, etcher) With 53 plates of Architectural views [c. 1850] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
333 Two Tibetan manuscripts (Tibet) 2 South & East Asian mss., 1 illuminated c.19th century? $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
334 Three books on the American tobacco industry (Tobacco) 3 book about tobacco industry in the U.S. 1909-1946 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
342 Forty-one Victorian gift books (Victorian Gift Books) Forty-one Victorian gift books [c.1840s-50s] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $225
(3 bids)
344 Collection of vodka labels from California (Vodka labels) Approx. 175 lithographed Vodka labels 20th century $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
187 Buda Citerioris Hungariae Caput Regni avita sedes. vulgo Ofen. (Braun, G., and F. Hogenberg) c.1617 View of Budapest, featuring battles 1617 $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
162 Carta pastoral... de la Expulsion de los Regulares de la exinguida Orden de la Compañía Abad Illana, Manuel Spanish King: persecutor of God & Saints, 1775 1775 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
89 Charles II Airy, Osmund (Bickers & Son) Charles II by Airy, bound by Bickers 1901 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
2 A Delicate Balance Albee, Edward (Arion Press) Albee's A Delicate Balance Arion Press 2011 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $250
(4 bids)
164 Andreae Alciati Emblematum Libellus Alciati, Andrea Alciati emblem book, 1535 1535 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
168 Elémens de Musique Théorique et Pratique, suivant les Principes de M. Rameau, éclairis, développées et simplifiés Alembert, Jean le Rond d' Alembert's Elements of Music 1766 1766 $400 - $700
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(1 bid)
86 La Divina Commedia Alighieri, Dante Dante in hand-painted vellum bindings 1896; 1909 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(1 bid)
170 Apuntamientos para la Historia Natural de los Quadrúpedos del Paragüay y Rio de la Plata Azara, Félix de Mammals of Paraguay & Rio de la Plata 1802 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
78 The Garden of the Night Azmi, Iftikhar, translator (The Whittington Press) Signed by the artist and translator [1979] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
115 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (Root & Son) 3 Root & Son fine bindings 1847-1848 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
258 Of Gardens: An Essay by Francis Bacon Bacon, Francis (Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum) Illuminated manuscript, On Gardens by Francis Bacon 19th/early 20th century $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
Current absentee: $1,000
(1 bid)
171 An Universal Etymological English Dictionary Bailey, Nathan Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 1753 1753 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
87 La Comédie Humaine Balzac, Honoré de Balzac's Human Comedy, 40 vols. 1895-1898 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
172 Imperiale e Reale Galleria di Firenze Bartolini, L.; G. Bezzuoli and S. Jesi, editors Paintings at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence [1841] $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
176 Leonora Bürgher, Gottfried Augustus (Beauclerc, Diana, illustrator) Leonora, illustrated by Diana Beauclerc 1796 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
177 A System of Operative Surgery, Founded on the Basis of Anatomy Bell, Charles Operative surgery by Charles Bell 1812 1812 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
178 Prose di Monsignor Bembo Bembo, Pietro Pietro Bembo's paean to the Italian vernacular 1540 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
119 Ladies Fair and Frail:Sketches of the Demi-Monde During the Eighteenth Century Bleackley, Horace (Sangorski & Sutcliffe) Nicely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe 1909 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
33 The Voyage of the Bounty's Launch. As related in William Bligh's Despatch to the Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer Blight, William & John Fryer (Golden Cockerel Press) Voyage of the Bounty's Launch Golden Cockerel 1934 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
90 Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio Boccaccio, Giovanni 1757 Boccaccio finely bound with engraved plates 1757-[1761] $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
185 Severino Boetio De Conforti Pholosophici Boethius, Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius Consolation of Philosophy, Italian 1550 1550 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
92 The Works of George Borrow Borrow, George Henry (Bumpus) Beautifully bound by Bumpus 1923-1924 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
113 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Boswell, James (Riviere) Boswell's Life of Johnson, bound by Riviere [1831] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)