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 1-40 of 40. Previous|1|Next Lot #14 Moby Dick; or, The Whale. Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFacsimile of the Moser-illustrated Arion editionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published[1981] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #40 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineIllustrated by Valenti AngeloPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1934 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #41 Two fine press editions of Dostoevsky Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorDostoevsky, FyodorHeadlineIllustrated by Fritz EichenbergPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1956; 1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #42 Four major works of modern literature Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineProust, Galsworthy, James and LawrencePublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1964-1975 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #45 Three volumes of fine press English Literature Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThree volumes of Fine Press English LiteratureDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #47 War & Peace Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlineWar & Peace illustrated by Barnett FreedmanPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #64 Twelve works of literature printed and/or designed by D.B. Updike Heading(Updike, D.B. - Merrymount Press)HeadlineTwelve literary works from Merrymount PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #95 The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel DeHeadlineDon Quixote 6th Edition 1733PublisherPrinted for J. Knapton et al.Date Published1733 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #118 Madeleine: A Story of French Love AuthorSandeau, JulesHeadlineMadeleine by Sandeau, bound by RingerPublisherA.C. McClurg & CompanyDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #175 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Heading(Beaman, S.G. Hulme, illustrator)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineBeaman's classic, scarce in jacket and slipcasePublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis TranslationPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #200 The Artist: A Monthly Lady's Book Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarrĂ©Date Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #213 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFirst edition of Emerson's Essays, 1841PublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #243 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English LandscapePublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #245 The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus Heading(Frost, A.B., illustrator)AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus' Tar-Baby, First EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #249 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, new ed. 1820PublisherT. Cadell & W. Davies, et al.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #256 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 73 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #267 The Works of Ben. Jonson. In Seven Volumes. Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected; with Notes Critical and Explanatory AuthorJonson, BenjaminHeadlineBen Jonson Works, First Whalley editionPublisherPrinted for D. Midwinter; W. Innys and J. Richardson; J. Knapton; et al.Date Published1756 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #285 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery Lane...Date Published1688 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #327 Under the Microscope AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne's Pre-Raphaelite poetry manifestoPublisherD. WhiteDate Published1872 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #332 Haunted London AuthorThornbury, WalterHeadlineThornbury's Haunted London, extra illustratedPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #335 The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition, in original dust jacketPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next