Sale 666: The Book Fair Century: One Hundred Fine Books - Plus Books Sold to Benefit the ABAA Benevolent Fund (at Oakland) (#666) 02/07/2019 10:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/07/2019 10:00 AM 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 1-38 of 38. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Proofs of a Conspiracy, Against Christianity, and the Government of the United States; Exhibited in Several Views of the Union of Church and State in New England AuthorBishop, AbrahamHeadlineProofs of a Conspiracy Against Christianity and the US GovernmentPublisherJohn BabcockDate Published1802 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #16 Olde Tayles Newly Relayted AuthorCrawhall, JosephHeadlineCrawhall, Olde Tayles Newly Relayted 1883PublisherThe Leadenhall PressDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Flavor of Texas AuthorDobie, J. FrankHeadlineJ. Frank Dobie's The Flavor of TexasPublisherDealey and LoweDate Published1936 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #22 Mr. Dooley In Peace And In War AuthorDunne, Finley PeterHeadlineDunne's Mr. Dooley In Peace & in WarPublisherSmall, Maynard & CoDate Published1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #28 Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical AuthorFoote, Wiliam HenryHeadlineFoote's Sketches of VirginiaPublisherWillliam S. MartienDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #29 Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange (with Defoe's Anatomy of Exchange Alley as an Appendix) AuthorFrancis, John and Daniel DefoeHeadline1850 Chronicles and Characters of the Stock ExchangePublisherWm. Crosby & H.P. NicholsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #36 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineFirst printing of Hawthorne's The Marble FaunPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #40 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.HeadlineFirst Edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' first novelPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #42 The Most Agreeable Vice AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineHuxley rarity The Most Agreeable Vice & A Garland for Jake ZeitlinPublisherJake ZeitlinDate Published1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #44 A History of the Valley of Virginia AuthorKercheval, SamuelHeadlineA History of the Valley of VirginiaPublisherSamuel DavisDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #45 The Lost Mine of the Mono A Tale of the Sierra Nevada AuthorKlette, C[harles] H[erman] B[runo]HeadlineA Tale of the Sierra NevadaPublisherCochrane Publishing CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #53 Mirror of Olden Time Border Life; Embracing a History of the Discovery of America Also . . . History of Virginia . . .also History of the Early Settlement of Pennsylvania . . . AuthorPritts, Joseph (compiler)HeadlineMirror of Olden Time Border Life; a History of the Discovery of AmericaPublisherS.S. MileDate Published1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #54 The History of the American Revolution AuthorRamsay, DavidHeadlineRamsey's The History of the American Revolution 1815PublisherDowning and PhillipsDate Published1815 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #60 The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineThe Adventures of Doctor Comicus of the Frolicks of FortunePublisherPrinted for B. BlakeDate Published1815 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #66 Journal Of The Texian Expedition Against Mier Heading(Texas)AuthorGreen, ThomasHeadlineImportant account of the Mier ExpeditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1845 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #68 How to Tell a Story AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain first edition & scholarly writingsPublisherHarperDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #96 Coleridge's Works, 20 volumes AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge's Works in 20 volumes.PublisherWilliam Pickering, Edward MoxonDate Published1834-1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #97 Antonina; or The Fall of Rome. A Romance of the Fifth Century AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineWilkie Collins' First NovelPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Navigator, containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers; with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter... AuthorCramer, ZadockHeadlineNavigating Ohio & Mississippi Rivers 1818PublisherPrinted and published by Cramer & SpearDate Published1818 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #106 A Study in Scarlet AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineConan Doyle A Study in Scarlet 1st American ed.PublisherLippincottDate Published1890 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWhittier's Works in full morocco, 9 volumesPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1892] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #118 Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L'Amerique Centrale... Geologie. Description des Anciennes Possessions Mexicaines du Nord... (wrapper title). AuthorGuillemin-Tarayre, EdmondHeadlineMineralogy & geology of California, 1871, with mapsPublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1871 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #127 Outlines of U.S.A. Chronology in "The Time of the End" of the End Time of the Gentiles AuthorJack, ButlerHeadlineRare chronological timeline of U.S. historyDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #128 "Das Alpine America" - portfolio of 19 original albumen photographs AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlinePortfolio of original photos by W.H. JacksonDate Publishedc.1885 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #130 Archive of manuscript writings of Jacob Mordecai, including sermons, discussion of religious topics etc. Heading(Judaica)AuthorMordecai, JacobHeadlineManuscript writings of Jewish-American educatorDate PublishedEarly 19th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$11,243StatusSold Lot #138 A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Comprehending All the Branches of Sciences... By a Society of Gentlemen Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)HeadlineEdition of Encyclopedia used by Lewis & ClarkPublisherPrinted for W. OwenDate Published1754-1755 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #139 History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the United States AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William ClarkHeadlineFirst edition of Lewis & Clark 1814PublisherBradford & InskeepDate Published1814 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #151 WITHDRAWN - Missouri Gazette Heading(Newspaper)HeadlineRare early St. Louis newspaper 1808PublisherPrinted by Joseph CharlessDate PublishedJuly 26, 1808 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #152 Album with 160 silver photographs of New York City and the metropolitan area, including aerial views Heading(Photograph Album - New York City)HeadlineAerial photographs of New York, 1919Date Publishedc.1919 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #153 Six ephemeral items relating to the Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Company efforts to drill a tunnel through the continental divide in Colorado, and the sale of stock for the financing Heading(Railroads)HeadlineDrilling a tunnel through Continental DivideDate Publishedc.1892-1894 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #155 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches Heading(Roosevelt, Theodore)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTeddy Roosevelt's copy of Mark Twain's first bookPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1869 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #157 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9; with the Author’s Experience at the Mines. Illustrated by Twenty-Three Drawings, Taken on the Spot AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineRyan's California 1850PublisherWilliam Shoberl, PublisherDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #162 The Maine Woods AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Maine Woods 1st EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,641StatusSold Lot #163 Barchester Towers AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineTrollope Barchester Towers First EditionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & RobertsDate Published1857 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #164 The Bertrams: A Novel AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineOne of Trollope's scarcest first editions in original clothPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #165 Can You Forgive Her? AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineAnthony Trollope Can You Forgive Her - original monthly partsPublisherChapman and Hall,Date Published1864-65 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #167 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Tom Sawyer First English Edition 1876PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1876 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #169 Following Abraham Lincoln AuthorWall, BernhardtHeadlineBernhardt Wall's Following Abraham Lincoln, 85 volumes, 1/100PublisherEtched and Printed by Bernhardt WallDate Published1931-1942 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,883StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next