Sale 764: Antiquarian Books with Fine Press & Fine Bindings; Illustrated Books & Fore-Edge Paintings (#764) 06/16/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/16/2022 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 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|Next Lot #75 The Dramatic Works of Sir William D'Avenant, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineWilliam D'Avenant 1 of 4 copies on vellumPublisherWilliam Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.Date Published1872-74 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Emma de Lissau: A Narrative of Striking Vicissitudes and Peculiar Trials; with notes illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Jews. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)Author[Bristow, Amelia]HeadlineWith fore-edge painting of JerusalemPublisherTilt and Bogue; T. StevensonDate Published[1841] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #87 Democritus in London with the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow to Which are added Notes Festivous Etc. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)Author[Daniel, George]HeadlineWith fore-edge painting of St. Paul's cathedralPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1852 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #88 Three Charles Dickens novels with fore-edge paintings Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThree Dickens novels with fore-edge paintingsPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[ca. 1860s] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #91 Cranford Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGaskell, Elizabeth CleghornHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of a ShipPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1898 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #92 Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGesner, J.M., editorHeadlineWith fore-edge paintings of Badminton and StowePublisherHarding, Mavor, et LepardDate Published[1824] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Vicar of Wakefield Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineWith a color fore-edge painting of steam shipPublisherCharles DalyDate PublishedNo date [ca. 1840] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #104 Female Piety: Or the Young Woman's Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorJames, John AngellHeadlineWith fore-edge paintings of woman and ChurchPublisherOliver & Boyd; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.Date Published[1842] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #106 Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorLe Sage, [Alain Rene]HeadlineWith a fore-edge painting Santillana del MarPublisherChez Lefèvre, ÉditeurDate Published1844 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #111 Lays Of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of Ancient RomePublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts & GreenDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #112 Lays Of Ancient Rome. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineWith a color fore-edge painting of RomePublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, & DyerDate Published[1867] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #113 "Bones and I;" Or, The Skeleton at Home Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMelville, G.J. WhyteHeadlineFore-edge painting of Rievaulx Abbey ruinsPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[ca. 1868] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #118 Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Tower of LondonPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & RobertsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #119 The Romance of the Harem. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorPardoe, JuliaHeadlineWith three captioned fore-edge paintingsPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1839 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #128 The Works of Frederick Schiller. Historical Dramas, Etc. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorSchiller, FrederickHeadlineFore-edge painting of men practicing archeryPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #129 Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Norham CastlePublisherArchibald Constable and Company; William Miller and John MurrayDate Published1811 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #130 The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Containing Biographical Memoirs, Essays, Letters with Notes. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Aberdeen, ScotlandPublisherRobert Cadell; Houlston & StonemanDate Published[1848] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #135 The Works of William Shakspere; Containing His Plays and Poems, From the text of the editions by Charles Knight... Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWith F.E.P. of River Avon and Bath, EnglandPublisherCharles CoxDate Published1849 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #136 The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, Sermons, Letters, &c. with A Life of the Author... Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of carriage and ridersPublisherPrinted for Charles DalyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #139 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineWith two color fore-edge paintings of BristolPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #150 The Works of William Shakespeare. Heading(Bayntun)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Cambridge Shakespeare, bound by Bayntun.PublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1902-1905 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #160 A Christmas Carol AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineA Christmas Carol in charming bindingPublisherMonastery Hill PressDate Published[1940] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #163 The Works of Robert Burns Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineCollected edition of the Works of Robert Burns 1803PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1803 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #170 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWendell Holmes Breakfast Books, nicely boundPublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published[ca. 1883-1890] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #171 [Works of Victor Hugo] AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineThe Works of Victor Hugo, Guernsey EditionPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[ca. 1892] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #172 The Works of Charles Lamb. In Two Volumes. AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineThe works of Charles Lamb, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for C. and J. OllierDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #173 A Christmas Carol Heading(Launder & Macdonald)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineChristmas Carol, 1st Edition, illus. by LeechPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1843] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #175 Gems from the Poets Heading(Lydon, A.F., illustrator)HeadlineGems from the Poets, Illus and Finely BoundPublisherBell & DaldyDate Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #186 The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. Seventh Edition, with new Plates. [With:] The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; A Poem. Volume Second. [With:] The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of A Wife. A Poem. Heading(Riviere & Son)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThe Tour of Doctor Syntax - Three Vols, 1st Eds.PublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of the ArtsDate Published1812-1820 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #189 The Essays of Elia [with] Last Essays of Elia Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineLamb's Elia essays bound by Riviere & SonPublisherPrinted for Taylor and Hessey; Edward MoxonDate Published1823; 1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #191 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. Heading(The Robe Bindery)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding, bound by Robe BinderyPublisherBickers and SonDate Published1902-1903 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #193 Confessions of an Oxonian Heading(Root & Son)Author[Little, Thomas and J. Findlay]HeadlineWith 36 aquatint plates, bound by Root & SonPublisherJ.J. StockdaleDate Published1826 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #197 The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Shelley Large Paper 1/250PublisherThe Riverside PressDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #200 The Fairy Queen AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Fairy Queen, 1758, Finely BoundPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1758 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #201 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #203 Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia Heading(Stikeman & Co.)AuthorSidney, PhilipHeadlineSidney's Arcadia in Stikeman bindingPublisherSampson, Low, Marston & CompanyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #204 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineCentenary Edition of Tennyson, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1909 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #207 The Mirror of the World AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineMirror of the World, nicely boundPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1889 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #209 Robin Hood. A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads, now extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw Heading(Wheeler)AuthorRitson, Joseph, editorHeadlineJoseph Ritson's Robin Hood with Thomas Bewick cutsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1832 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #215 Pride and Prejudice AuthorAusten, JaneHeadline1st single-volume edition of Pride and PrejudicePublisherRichard Bentley; Bell and Bradfute; Cumming; GalgnaniDate Published1833 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #218 Le Roman de la Momie Heading(Barbier, George, illustrator)AuthorGautier, ThéophileHeadlineLe Roman de la Momie, illustrated by BarbierPublisherA. & G. MornayDate Published1929 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #243 Fables by the late Mr. Gay AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineFables by John Gay, 1767 EditionPublisherJ. and R. Tonson et al.Date Published1767 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #255 The Nights Of Straparola Heading(Hughes, E.R., illustrator)AuthorStraparola, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineHandsomely bound, illustrated by E. R. HughesPublisherLawrence and BullenDate Published[1894] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #258 Moby Dick Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick illus by Rockwell Kent 1930PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #271 Moby Dick; or, The Whale. Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFacsimile of the Moser-illustrated Arion Press editionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published[1981] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #272 Der Verschwender: Original-Zaubermärchen in drei Aufzügen Heading(Moser, Koloman, illustrator)AuthorRaimund, FerdinandHeadlineDer Verschwender illustrated by Kolomon MoserPublisherK.k. Hof-und StaatsdruckereiDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #277 A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales Heading(Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineMaxfield Parrish Illustrates the Wonder BookPublisherDuffield & CompanyDate Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #297 The Tempest Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tempest Arthur Rackham SignedPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #298 A Fairy Book AuthorRackham, ArthurHeadlineArthur Rackham A Fairy Book 1923PublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #301 La Vita Nuova (The New Life) Heading(Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) by Dante AlighieriPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #307 The Faerie Queene AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene 1751 Quarto EditionPublisherJ. Brindley and S. WrightDate Published1751 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #381 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineBleak House first edition in book formPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #382 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDombey & Son, first edition in book formPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #383 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicholas Nickleby extra-illustrated in handsome bindingPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #384 Master Humphrey's Clock AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Master Humphrey's Clock 1840-41PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #385 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Posthumous Papers of Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #386 Works of Charles Dickens. New Illustrated Library Edition. AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Dickens, Illustrated Library EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[ca. 1870s-1880s] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #397 The Complete Works of Shakspere, Revised from the Original Editions. With Historical and Analytical Introductions to each Play, Also Notes Explanatory and Critical, and a Life of the Poet AuthorHalliwell, J. O., ed.HeadlineThe Complete Works of "Shakspere"PublisherThe London Printing and Publishing CompanyDate Published[c.1870's] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #402 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers... AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineIrish edition of Johnson's dictionary, 1798PublisherR. MarchbankDate Published1798 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #403 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson. AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Works of the English Poets 60 volumesPublisherPrinted by H. Hughs for C. Bathurst, et alDate Published1779-81 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #404 The Rambler Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineFive volumes of Johnson's The Rambler, 1752PublisherPrinted for J. Payne and J. BouquetDate Published[1752] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #410 El Paraiso Recobrado des Juan Milton, Traduccion del Inglés por Julio Montes de Oca AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMexican edition of Paradise Regained, 1889PublisherTipografia "La Providencia"Date Published1889 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next