Sale 688: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Alcoholics Anonymous - Miniature Books (#688) 11/21/2019 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/21/2019 11:00 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 1-57 of 57. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Spectator Author[Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et al.]HeadlineThe Spectator in eight volumesPublisherLongman, et al.Date Published[1797] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #5 Fables, of Æsop and other eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections. Part I. By Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt. AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables, 1704PublisherPrinted for R. Sare, et al.Date Published1704 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #9 Jack Sheppard, A Romance [with] The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineTwo finely bound novels by W.H. AinsworthPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[1856]; [1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #10 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineAinsworth's Tower of London with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #36 The Book of Peace: A collection of essays on war and peace AuthorBeckwith, George C., compilerHeadlineBook of Peace signed by abolitionistPublisherGeorge C. BeckwithDate Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #42 The Office of the Holy Week According to the Missall and Roman Breviary AuthorBlount, Walter KirkhamHeadlineThe Office of the Holy Week, 1670PublisherPrinted by the Widow ChrestienDate Published1670 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #43 Il Decamerone de M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nvovamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineBoccaccio Decameron 1729 reprint of 1527 editionPublisher[Pasinello]Date Published[1729] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #51 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFrances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #52 Evelina, or The History of a Young Girl's Entrance into the World Author[Burney, Frances]HeadlineFanny Burney's Evelina, 1791PublisherW. LowndesDate Published[1791] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #64 Zapolya: A Christmas Tale AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge's Zapolya: A Christmas Tale 1st ed.PublisherRest FennerDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #65 Works of Wilkie Collins - Tauchnitz Copyright Editions AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineWilkie Collins published by Bernhard TauschnitzPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1856-76 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduite & paraphrasée en Vers François par P. Corneille Heading(Corneille, Pierre)Author[Thomas à Kempis]HeadlineImitation of Christ in French trans. by CorneillePublisherRobert BallardDate Published1659 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #69 Chinki, Histoire Cochinoise, Qui peut sevir à d'autres Pays Author[Coyer, Gabriel Francois]HeadlinePolitical allegory of the overtaxed worker saved by a benevolent kingDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #90 Letters of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Sister-in-Law and DaughterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1880-1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #91 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineSecond Edition of Dickens' first bookPublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1836 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #99 The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses AuthorFénelon, François Salignac de la Mothe-HeadlineThe Adventures of Telemachus, 1784PublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1784 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #100 The Oriental Series: Japan & China Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., et alHeadlineThe Oriental Series: Japan & China 1/50PublisherJ.B. MilletDate Published[1901-02] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #101 The Poems of Robert Browning Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlinePoems of Browning finely boundPublisherOxford UniversityDate Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #102 Works of Paul De Kock - Memorial Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadlineWith original etchings by John Sloan et al.PublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published1902-08 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #103 WITHDRAWN - The Works of Charles Dickens Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWITHDRAWN - The Works of Charles Dickens finely boundPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1906 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #104 Indians of the Americas Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmbree, Edwin R.HeadlineIndians of the Americas Bound by Jas. Macdonald Co.PublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #105 Friendship's Offering and Winter's Wreath: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1837 Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFriendship's Offering finely bound, 1837PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #106 Cranford Heading(Fine Bindings)Author[Gaskell, Elizabeth] Mrs. GasklellHeadlineCranford Bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #107 The Story of Oxford Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHeadlam, CecilHeadlineThe Story of Oxford finely boundPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #108 Death in the Afternoon Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway Death in the Afternoon Bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #109 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineAutocrat of the Breakfast Table Bound by J. MacdonaldPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #110 The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMarcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Emperor of RomeHeadlineGeorge Long's Marcus Aurelius finely boundPublisherG. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #111 The Adventures of Herr Baby finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMolesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa Molesworth]HeadlineAdventures of Herr Baby finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Golden Treasury Selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language and arranged with notes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPalgrave, Francis T.HeadlinePalgrave in full gilt-tooled moroccoPublisherMacmillan & CoDate Published1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #113 Poems of Edwin Robinson finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRobinson, Edwin ArlingtonHeadlinePoems of Edwin Robinson finely boundPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #114 Two pseudonymous sporting books, finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineTwo Sporting Works Rebound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #116 The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion AuthorFrazer, J.G.HeadlineThe Golden Bough finely bound in 12 volumesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1922-27 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #122 The Works of Edward Gibbon - Edition Lausanne AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineWith receipt for royalties signed by GibbonPublisherFred De FauDate Published1907 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #129 Allan Quartermain. Being an Account of his Further Adventures and Discoveries... AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineSequel to King Solomon's MinesPublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #140 Iliad & Odyssey in English, translated by Alexander Pope AuthorHomerHeadlineQuarto edition of Pope's Homer, 1715-1726PublisherPrinted for George LintotDate Published1715-1726 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #142 Les Miserables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables with Victor Hugo ALSPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #143 Brave New World: A Novel AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineBrave New World, signed limited, 1/324PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1932 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #145 The Rambler Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johnson's The Rambler, completePublisherJ. PayneDate Published1752 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #150 The Adventures of Ulysses AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineJuvenile classic in a beautiful bindingPublisherJuvenile LibraryDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #153 Candide, or Optimism Heading(Libanus Press)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineCandide from Libanus Press, 1996PublisherLibanus PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #154 The Poems of Ossian AuthorMacPherson, JamesHeadlineThe Poems of Ossian finely bound in vellumPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #165 Essais de Michel de Montaigne AuthorMontaigne, Michel deHeadlineEssais de Michel de Montaigne, 1793PublisherJean Serviere and Jean-François BastienDate Published1793 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #195 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineFirst Edition of Thoreau's first bookPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #196 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's 1st book, 2nd issuePublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1862 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #197 Orley Farm AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineUnusually bound copy of Trollope's Orley FarmPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #202 An Essay on Woman AuthorWilkes, JohnHeadlineRibald parody of Pope's Essay on ManPublisherPrinted for James Hay... Privately ReprintedDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #280 Two Alexander Pushkin works in miniature AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineTwo Alexander Pushkin works in miniatureDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #314 The Wanderings of a Spiritualist AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle's The Wanderings of a SpiritualistPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #317 The Forsyte Saga Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGalsworthy, JohnHeadlineGalsworthy's Forsyte Saga finely boundPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1956] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #318 The Christian's Patter: Or, A Treatise on the Imitation of Christ Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThomas a KempisHeadlineThomas a Kempis finely boundPublisherWilliam WalkerDate Published1842 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #322 Rider Haggard's Good Deeds Heading(Haggard, H. Rider)AuthorWhatmore, Denys, editorHeadlineRider Haggard's Good Deeds 4 vols.PublisherD.E.W.Date Published1995-1999 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #324 Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineProofs of 1st American Edition of Hardy's Winter WordsPublisherMacmillanDate Published1928 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #325 Two Years Ago AuthorKingsley, CharlesHeadlineKingsley's novel about cholera in a fishing villagePublisherMacmillanDate Published1857 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #333 Seven Musical Farces AuthorPocock, Isaac InnesHeadlineAny Thing New, Twenty Years Ago! Yes or No? musical farces with othersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1809-1814 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #334 Antonio Giovani AuthorSouvestre, NanineHeadlineFirst novel by Nanine SouvestrePublisherBerquet et PetionDate Published1836 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #336 The Valley of Decision AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineEdith Wharton's 1st bookPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #337 Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle) AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe relationship between Whitman and Peter Doyle in lettersPublisherSmall, Maynard & CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next