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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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)
263 Japanese Art Folio Shugio, H., editor (Japan) 12 Color Woodcut Plates of Japanese Art [1898-1901] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(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
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
234 Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii Historiis Externis Libri XXXXIIII Justinus, Marcus Junianus and Pompeius Trogus (Estienne, Robert - Printer) 1543 Estienne ed. of Pompeius Trogus 1543 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
321 Historiarum de occidentali imperio Libri XX. Sigonio, Carlo 1578 1st Ed Sigonio's History of Roman Empire 1578 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
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
300 Constitusiones de la Sagrada Religion Bethlemitica (Peru - Lima) 17th c. Bethlehemite manuscript compilation c.1711-1758 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
336 A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever... Tytler, James 18th cent. U.S. treatise on plague & yellow fever 1799 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
154 Nineteen miscellaneous miniature titles (Miniature Books - Miscellaneous) 19 miscellaneous miniature titles Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
298 Esposicion Sumaria del Sistema Frenológico del Doctor Gall Pacheco, José Ramón 19th c. Mexican medical text 1835 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
285 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books Milton, John 1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688 1688 $12,000 - $18,000
Starting bid:
$6,000
Current absentee: $6,000
(1 bid)
191 Two titles on Italian sepulchers (Burial Practices) 2 engraved books on Italian sepulchers 1639-1727 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
235 Two Ethiopian manuscript scrolls (Ethiopia) 2 Ethiopian scrolls in Ge'ez c.19th century $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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)
37 Two fine press books on typography Hoffman, Richard 2 typographic books by Richard Hoffman 1980-1985 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
85 Collection of Zamorano Club keepsake volumes (Zamorano Club) 22 Zamorano Club keepsakes 1934-2018 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
269 A Description of the Antiquities and Curiosities in Wilton-House Kennedy, James 25 engravings of classical busts & statues 1769 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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
226 Three early papers on Thermodynamics Einstein, Albert 3 early Einstein papers on Thermodynamics 1902-1903 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
242 Three volumes from Van Foreest's Observationum & Curationum Medicinalium, bound together Foreest, Pieter van 3 medical works by Pieter van Foreest 1589-1591 1589-91 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
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
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)
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)
299 Four books on papermaking with specimens (Papermaking) 4 on papermaking history, with specimens 1864-1982 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
134 Four Tiny Books from The American Tract Society Frost, S. Annie (American Tract Society) 4 Tiny Books from American Tract Society [1881] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
270 Les Palmiers: Histoire Iconographique Kerchove de Denterghem, Oswald de 40 chromolith. plates by P.J. de Pannemaeker 1878 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
157 Forty-eight miniature books from various publishers (Miscellaneous Publishers) 48 miniature books from various publishers Various dates $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
286 Hermann Minkowski lecture on 4D spacetime Minkowski, Hermann 4D spacetime: Minkowski’s revolutionary lecture 1909 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
Current absentee: $1,000
(1 bid)
140 Fifty Cracker Jack miniature books (Cracker Jack Miniatures) 50 Cracker Jack miniature books 1960s $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
262 Illustrations For Genji Monogatari in 54 Wood-Cut Prints Murasaki Shikibu (Japan) 54 full-color woodcuts for The Tale of Genji 1957 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
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
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)
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)
244 An abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: vvritten by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie, haue not the vse of so necessary an history Foxe, John Abridgment of Foxe's Martyrs 1589 1589 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
131 Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays Stevenson, Robert Louis (Zaehnsdorf) Across the Plains, bound by Zaehnsdorf 1887; 1892 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
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
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
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
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)
149 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There Carroll, Lewis (Minia Press) Alice's Adventures miniature 1950 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
312 Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects = Perspectiva Pictorum et Architectorum Pozzo, Andrea Andrea Pozzo, key treatise on perspective 1707 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
272 Prince Charles Edward Lang, Andrew Andrew Lang history of Prince Charles Edward 1900 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
109 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan Annabel Edition of Poe's Works, nicely bound 1902 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $500
(1 bid)
344 Collection of vodka labels from California (Vodka labels) Approx. 175 lithographed Vodka labels 20th century $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
76 Sierra Nevada Sequence Walker, Ardis M. Ardis Walker's poetry with Kirk Martin's art, signed [1968] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
16 Arcadia: A Play Stoppard, Tom (Arion Press) Arion Press Arcadia signed by Tom Stoppard 2001 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $250
(2 bids)
67 Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel & Research Steinbeck, John & Edward F. Ricketts (Wagener, Richard - Arion Press) Arion Press Deluxe Sea of Cortez 2020 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
Current absentee: $2,000
(1 bid)
13 The Boobus and the Bunnyduck McClure, Michael and Jess Collins (Arion Press) Arion Press The Boobus and the Bunnyduck 2007 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
Current absentee: $300
(1 bid)
4 Mrs. Bridge Connell, Evan S. (Arion Press) Arion Press, Mrs. Bridge by Connell 2009 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $160
(2 bids)
12 The Sundial Jackson, Shirley (Arion Press) Arion Press, Sundial signed by Myles Hyman 2011 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $300
(3 bids)
308 Gebrüder Guggenheimer / Herren und Knaben Kleider Cordier, Eugène (Posters) Art Deco era lithograph fashion poster c. 1920's $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
313 Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography Latimore, Sarah Briggs & Grace Clark Haskell (Rackham, Arthur) Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography Limited Edition 1936 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
49 Double-Headed Creature Features Yau, John, Max Gimblett, and Tobin Hines (Makeshift Press) Artists' book by Yau, Gimblett, and Hines 2001 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
189 A compendious system of astronomy in a course of familiar lectures... Also trigonometrical and celestial problems, with a key to the ephemeris, and a vocabulary of the terms of science used... Bryan, Margaret Astronomy textbook for young women, 1797 1797 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
87 La Comédie Humaine Balzac, Honoré de Balzac's Human Comedy, 40 vols. 1895-1898 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
175 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Stevenson, Robert Louis (Beaman, S.G. Hulme, illustrator) Beaman's classic, scarce in jacket and slipcase [1930] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $500
(1 bid)
92 The Works of George Borrow Borrow, George Henry (Bumpus) Beautifully bound by Bumpus 1923-1924 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
267 The Works of Ben. Jonson. In Seven Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected; with Notes Critical and Explanatory Jonson, Benjamin Ben Jonson Works, First Whalley edition 1756 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
243 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. Foster, Birket & Tom Taylor Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape [1863] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
185 Severino Boetio De Conforti Pholosophici Boethius, Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius Consolation of Philosophy, Italian 1550 1550 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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)
88 The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane Le Sage, [Alain Rene] (Bayntun) Bound by Bayntun with hand-colored plates 1819 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$750
Current absentee: $850
(2 bids)
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
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)
114 Charles I Skelton, Sir John (Riviere) Charles I by Skelton, bound by Riviere & Son 1898 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
89 Charles II Airy, Osmund (Bickers & Son) Charles II by Airy, bound by Bickers 1901 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
151 Selection of children's and miscellaneous miniatures (Miniature Books - Children) Children's & miscellaneous miniatures Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
96 Marlborough: His Life and Times Churchill, Winston S. Churchill's Life of Marlborough Finely Bound [1933-38] $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
Current absentee: $550
(3 bids)
322 Continuum Smith, Clarice Martin Clarice Smith, artist, in marbled leather binding 1989 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
271 XVIIIme Siècle Institutions Usages et Costumes France 1700-1789 Lacroix, Paul Clothing and customs of France 1700-1789 1875 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
202 Drinks of All Kinds: Hot and Cold for All Seasons Davies, Frederick (Cocktail Manuals) Cocktail culture in England during U.S. Prohibition [c. 1929] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
197 Five Chinese paper-cut books (China - Paper-cuts) Collection of Chinese paper-cut art c.1960-70s $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
192 Anthologia Veterum Latinorum Epigrammatum et Poëmatum, sive, Catalecta Poëtarum Latinorum Burmannus, Petrus, editor Collection of Latin poetry 1759-1773 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
163 Five assorted albums (Albums) Collection of various albums c.1850-1900 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
93 The Works of Walter Pater Pater, Walter (Bumpus) Complete set, nicely bound by Bumpus 1900-1901 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
71 Cracked Sidewalks Wagener, Richard (Wagener, Richard - Mixolydian Editions) Cracked Sidewalks signed by R. Wagener 2006 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
86 La Divina Commedia Alighieri, Dante Dante in hand-painted vellum bindings 1896; 1909 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(1 bid)
73 From Here and There Wagener, Richard (Wagener, Richard - Mixolydian Editions) Deluxe copy with 6 additional signed engravings 2022 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
213 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Dickens, Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit illustrated by Phiz 1844 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
98 The Works of Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles Dickens' Works handsomely bound by Asprey 1897-1899 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
217 Clinical Lectures on Surgery, Delivered at Hotel Dieu in 1832... Dupuytren, Guillaume Doctor who treated Napoleon's piles 1833 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
143 Don Quijote de la Mancha Cervantes, Miguel de (Ediciones Castilla) Don Quijote in miniature 1952 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $110
(2 bids)
95 The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha Cervantes, Miguel De Don Quixote 6th Edition 1733 1733 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
194 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Don Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis Translation 1742 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
208 6 books on color and color printing (Color Printing) Early chromolithography & color standards 1838-1948 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
329 Traité de la Gonorrhée et des Maladies des Voies Urinaires... Teytaud, F. Early French work on male gonorrhea An VI [1797/8] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
280 Special and Chosen Sermons of D. Martin Luther, Collected out of his Writings and Preachings... Luther, Martin Early Luther translation into English 1581 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
240 Histoire de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament, avec des explications édifiantes tirées des Saints Pères Fontaine, Nicolas Early printing from stereotype plates 1812 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300