Sale 769: Antiquarian Books with Fine Press and Fine Bindings (#769) 08/25/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/25/2022 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 1-54 of 54. Previous|1|Next Lot #19 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 #22 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineAinsworth's Tower of London, Cruikshank illusPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1840 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 A Christmas Carol Heading(Bayntun-Riviere)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineBound by Bayntun Riviere, illus. by RackhamPublisherWilliam Heinemann; J.B. LippincottDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #25 German Popular Stories, with Illustrations After the Original Designs of George Cruickshank HeadingCruikshank, George, illustratorHeadlineBrothers Grimm Illus by CruikshankPublisherJohn Camden HottenDate Published[c.1865] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #27 The British Novelists; with an Essay, and Prefaces Biographical and Critical... Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorBarbauld, Anna Laetita, editorHeadlineWith six color fore-edge paintings of EnglandPublisherPrinted for F.C. and J. Rivington et alDate Published1820 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #28 The Poetical Works Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of Fast CastlePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published[1848] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #29 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #30 Cranford Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGaskell, Elizabeth CleghornHeadlineWith color fore-edge painting of a ShipPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #31 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$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #32 The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGleig, G.R.HeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Wellington in uniformPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #33 The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorHood, ThomasHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of riders and dogsPublisherFrederick Warne and Co.; Scribner, Welford and ArmstrongDate Published[ca. 1880] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorHorder, W. Garrett, editorHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of ship City of MobilePublisherHenry FrowdeDate Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #35 Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineFore-edge paintings of Goldsmith and DublinPublisherBell & DaldyDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #36 The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorLowell, James RussellHeadlineWith a color fore-edge paintingPublisherWard, Lock, & Co.Date Published[ca. 1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #37 Critical and Historical Essays Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of a Holkham HallPublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #38 Milton's Paradise Lost. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Battersea BridgePublisherT. Longman, B. Law, P. Dodsley et al.Date Published1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #39 Proper Lessons to be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and other Holy-days throughout the Year [and] The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments... Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)HeadlineWith fore-edge paintings of Basingwerk & ConwyPublisherPrinted at the University Press by S. Collingwood and Co.Date Published[1834] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #40 Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1826. Being the Second After Bisextile. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities... in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorRider, Cardanus, compilerHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of an armored knightPublisherPrinted for the Company of StationersDate Published1826 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #41 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including his Great Metrical Romances, Copyright Lyrical Pieces, Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads. with a Memoir of the Author. Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineWith fore-edge painting of Norham CastlePublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published[1861] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #43 The Lady of the Lake Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineLady of the Lake with fore-edge paintingPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #44 The Natural History of the Bible Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorTristram, H.B.HeadlineWith a charming fore-edge painting of DresdenPublisherSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge; E. & J. B. Young & Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #47 The Story of My Life AuthorHare, Augustus J.C.HeadlineAugustus Hare's Memoirs, handsomely boundPublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1896-1900 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #50 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #51 [Works of Victor Hugo] AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineThe Works of Victor Hugo, Guernsey EditionPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[ca. 1892] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #58 Le Fond du Sac ou Recueil de Contes en Vers et en Prose & de Pieces Fugitives AuthorNogaret, Francois-Felix, et al.HeadlineNogaret's Poetry and Prose, Finely Bound 1/30PublisherLeclereDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #63 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$600 - $900Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #65 The National Shakespeare: A Facsimile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623 AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe National Shakespeare 1st Folio FacsimilePublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #67 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$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineCentenary Edition of Tennyson, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #70 The Mirror of the World AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineMirror of the World, nicely boundPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #84 The Red Republic AuthorChambers, R.W.HeadlinePublicity poster for R.W. Chambers' Red RepublicPublisher[G.P. Putnam's Sons]Date Published[1895] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #102 Joan of Arc By The Most Popular Magazine Writer Begins in April Harpers AuthorPenfield, EdwardHeadlineEdward Penfield advertises for Mark TwainPublisherHarper's MagazineDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #157 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineScarce printing of The History of Tom JonesPublisherPrinted for T. Longman; B. Law and Son; J. Nichols et al.Date Published1792 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$156.25StatusSold Lot #159 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape 1863PublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #214 Le Ricchezze della lingua volgare. AuthorAlunno, FrancescoHeadlineThe Language of Boccaccio by Alunno, 1543Publisher[colophon: In casa de Figliuoli di Aklo]Date Published[1543] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #231 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son Heading(Browne, H.K., illustrator)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son 1848 first editionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #233 The Works of Robert Burns AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineCollected edition of the Works of Robert Burns 1803PublisherT. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1803 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #244 The Battle of Life [with] The Cricket on the Hearth AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineTwo works from Dickens, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #245 The Christmas Books AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Christmas Books, combined editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #246 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, First Ed., 2nd IssuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #247 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Pickwick Papers, 1838 Ed.PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1838 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #248 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities First Ed. 2nd issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #284 Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey. Author[Irving, Washington]HeadlineWashington Irving, Abbotsford Etc, Finely BoundPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1835 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #286 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$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #287 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson in 11 volumesPublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published1825 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #288 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$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #289 The Rambler Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineFive volumes of Johnson's The Rambler, 1752PublisherPrinted for J. Payne and J. BouquetDate Published[1752] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #298 Œuvres Complettes de M. de Marivauz, de l'Académie Françoise AuthorMarivaux, Pierre deHeadlineHandsome set of French playwright MarivauxPublisherChez la Veuve DuchesneDate Published1781 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #314 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #336 Friendship in Death; in Twenty Letters from the Dead to the Living. To which are added, Letters Moral and Entertaining. In Prose and Verse. AuthorRowe, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Rowe's Friendship in Death, 1774PublisherPrinted for J. Rivington, W. Stahan, R. Baldwin et al.Date Published[1774] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #346 Uncle Tom's Cabin AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin, finely boundPublisherJohn CassellDate Published1852 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #349 Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Vanity Fair w/ suppressed woodcutPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #360 The Three Cities: Lourdes, Rome, Paris AuthorZola, EmileHeadlineZola's Three Cities nicely bound in 6 volumesPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1897 & 1898 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next