Sale 785: Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Science, Medicine & More (#785) 04/06/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/06/2023 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View â–¼ 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 1-47 of 47. Previous|1|Next Lot #87 La Comédie Humaine AuthorBalzac, HonorĂ© deHeadlineBalzac's Human Comedy, 40 vols.PublisherJ.M. Dent and Co.Date Published1895-1898 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #88 The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane Heading(Bayntun)AuthorLe Sage, [Alain Rene]HeadlineBound by Bayntun with hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for J. Mawman; Baldwin, Cradock and JoyDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #89 Charles II Heading(Bickers & Son)AuthorAiry, OsmundHeadlineCharles II by Airy, bound by BickersPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.; William BrownDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #90 Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadline1757 Boccaccio finely bound with engraved platesPublisher[Prault]Date Published1757-[1761] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #91 The Military Souvenir: A Portrait Gallery of Our Military and Naval Heroes AuthorBramhall, Frank J.HeadlineWith 75 steel-engraved Civil War portraitsPublisherJ.C. ButtreDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 The Works of George Borrow Heading(Bumpus)AuthorBorrow, George HenryHeadlineBeautifully bound by BumpusPublisherConstable & Co. Ltd.; Gabriel WellsDate Published1923-1924 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #93 The Works of Walter Pater Heading(Bumpus)AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineComplete set, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1900-1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #94 The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Heading(Bumpus)HeadlineTennyson's Works, nicely bound by BumpusPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #96 Marlborough: His Life and Times AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Life of Marlborough Finely BoundPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933-38] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #97 Beaux & Belles of England: Nell Gwyn AuthorCunningham, Peter, editorHeadlineNell Gwyn, Royal Mistress, handsomely boundPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Publishedn.d. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #98 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #99 Ten Works of George Eliot AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineTen works by George Eliot, bound by RatchardsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedUndated View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #100 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for William MillerDate Published1802 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #101 The Republican Court or American Society in the Days of Washington. AuthorGriswold, Rufus WilmotHeadlineEarly Women of the American EstablishmentPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1856] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #102 James I. and VI. AuthorHenderson, T.F.HeadlineSumptuous biography of King James I & VIPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #103 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer AuthorHomerHeadlineIliad and Odyssey of Homer, finely boundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #104 The Complete Opera Book AuthorKobbĂ©, GustaveHeadlineNicely bound illustrated Opera historyPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #105 The Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon AuthorLandon, Letitia ElizabethHeadlineThe Poems of Letitia Landon, nicely boundPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & GreenDate Published1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #106 Books and Bookmen AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlineLang's Bookmen finely bound LP copyPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #107 Calendario de las Señoritas Megicanas para el Año 1838 Heading(Mexico – Gift Book Almanac)AuthorGalvan Rivera, Mariano, editorHeadlineRare Mexican gift book in fine bindingDate Published1837-1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #108 Select Views in Great Britain. AuthorMiddiman, Samuel, engraverHeadlineWith 53 engraved views of Great BritainPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published[1830] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #109 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineAnnabel Edition of Poe's Works, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #110 The Works of Alexander Pope; With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem, by the Rev. G. Croly, LL.D. AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineThe Works of Alexander Pope, nicely boundPublisherA.J. ValpyDate Published1835 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #111 The Works of William H. Prescott AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Living Female Writers of the South. Author[Raymond, Ida, editor]HeadlineFemale Writers of the American SouthPublisherClaxton, Remsen & HaffelfingerDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #113 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Heading(Riviere)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, bound by RivierePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1831] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #114 Charles I Heading(Riviere)AuthorSkelton, Sir JohnHeadlineCharles I by Skelton, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #115 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome Heading(Root & Son)AuthorĂ€ Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadline3 Root & Son fine bindingsPublisherThe Punch Office/Bradbury and EvansDate Published1847-1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #116 The Hesperides & Noble Numbers Heading(Root & Son)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Herrick, bound by Root & SonPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #117 The Life of William Ewart Gladstone Heading(Samford, P.B.)AuthorMorley, JohnHeadlineIllustrated, nicely bound by P.B. SamfordPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1903 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #118 Madeleine: A Story of French Love AuthorSandeau, JulesHeadlineMadeleine by Sandeau, bound by RingerPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #119 Ladies Fair and Frail:Sketches of the Demi-Monde During the Eighteenth Century Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorBleackley, HoraceHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn Lane CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #120 The Perfect Courtier Baldassare Castiglione His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 Heading(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)AuthorCartwright, JuliaHeadlineNicely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineWorks of Percy Bysshe Shelley, nicely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #123 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #124 The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence AuthorSymonds, John AddingtonHeadlineNicely bound biography of MichelangeloPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #125 The Life and Letters of John Hay AuthorThayer, William RoscoeHeadlineThayer's biographical work, nicely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1916] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #126 The Writings of Mark Twain [with] Autograph letter, signed by Samuel Clemens AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain signed letter w/ 25 vol. deluxe set of TwainPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #127 The Works of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #128 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous engravings of French architecturePublisherFisher, Son & Co.; The Caxton Press; H. MandevilleDate Published[c. 1845] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #129 The Art of Breguet Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDaniels, GeorgeHeadlineExquisite Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherSotheby Parke BernetDate Published1975 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #130 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorIngoldsby, ThomasHeadlineIllustrated by Rackham, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #131 Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineAcross the Plains, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1887; 1892 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #132 Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw, Lady of Honor to Catherine II. Empress of all the Russias: Written by Herself: Comprising Letters of the Empress, and Other Correspondence. Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorVorontsova-Dashkova, Yekaterina RomanovnaHeadlineHandsomely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #231 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFirst edition of Emerson's Essays, 1841PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #259 Facsimiles of Choice Examples Selected from Illumination Manuscripts, Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books of Early Date Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineQuaritch's facsimiles of illumination, pts. III & V-XPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890-1891 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #322 Continuum AuthorSmith, Clarice MartinHeadlineClarice Smith, artist, in marbled leather bindingPublisherNational Museum of Women in the ArtsDate Published1989 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next