Auction 2433
November 16, 2008 11:00AM
Lots
(Botanicals, Asian)
- Lot:
- 148
- Unsold
(Botanicals, Asian), Icones Plantarum Omeiensium, edited by Wen-Pei Fang, Szechuan: The National Szechuan University, 1942, Volume I, Number 1, with numerous woodcut botanical plates on rice paper, More ...
(Botanical Illustration), Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927)
- Lot:
- 149
- Sold for:
- $415$350
(Botanical Illustration), Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841-1927), The Silva of North America: A Description of the Trees which Grow Naturally in North America, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin More ...
(Botanical Illustration), Sweet, Robert (1783-1835)
- Lot:
- 150
- Sold for:
- $593$500
(Botanical Illustration), Sweet, Robert (1783-1835), Geraniaceae. The Natural Order of Gerania, London: James Ridgway, 1824-1826, Volume III only (of five), gilt lettered and tooled moss green calf, More ...
(Botanical Management), Burbank, Luther (1849-1926)
- Lot:
- 151
- Sold for:
- $267$225
(Botanical Management), Burbank, Luther (1849-1926), Luther Burbank, His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application, New York and London: Luther Burbank Press, 1914-1915, twelve More ...
(Botanical Illustration, Medicine), Barton, William P.C., Presentation Copy
- Lot:
- 151A
- Unsold
(Botanical Illustration, Medicine), Barton, William P.C., Presentation Copy, Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States; or Medical Botany, Philadelphia: Matthew Carey & Son, 1817, first edition, More ...
Burney, Frances (1752-1840)
- Lot:
- 152
- Sold for:
- $237$200
Burney, Frances (1752-1840), Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, London: Henry Colburn, 1842, seven volumes, three quarter pink morocco, 8vo, (Vol. I with frontis portrait torn and chipped, and More ...
Burns, Robert (1759-1796)
- Lot:
- 153
- Sold for:
- $1,778$1,500
Burns, Robert (1759-1796), Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Edinburgh: printed for the author and sold by William Creech, 1787, first Edinburgh edition, first issue, with "Boxburgh" instead of More ...
Bush, George (b. 1924)
- Lot:
- 154
- Sold for:
- $296$250
Bush, George (b. 1924), All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings, New York: Scribner, 1999, first edition, signed bookplate laid onto flyleaf, 8vo, (very good to More ...
Byron, Lord George Gordon Noel (1788-1824)
- Lot:
- 155
- Sold for:
- $474$400
Byron, Lord George Gordon Noel (1788-1824), Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt., London: John Murray, 1841, with sixty-one steel engravings plus frontis portrait and folding map, gilt tooled full More ...
Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921), Original Drawing
- Lot:
- 156
- Sold for:
- $593$500
Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921), Original Drawing, Key, Pierre V. R., Enrico Caruso, A Biography, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1922, De Luxe Edition, numbered 59 of 99 copies, with subscriber's More ...
Catlin, George (1796-1872)
- Lot:
- 157
- Sold for:
- $88,875$75,000
Catlin, George (1796-1872), Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.....Forty-eight of the Wildest and Most Remote More ...
Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959)
- Lot:
- 158
- Sold for:
- $4,740$4,000
Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959), The Big Sleep, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939, first edition, first issue, original orange cloth with blue lettering, with dust jacket and unclipped price, 8vo, More ...
(Chemistry), Leonhard, Carl Caesar von (1779-1862)
- Lot:
- 159
- Unsold
(Chemistry), Leonhard, Carl Caesar von (1779-1862), Handbuch der Oryktognosie, Heidelberg: Mohr und Winter, 1821, original boards, with six of seven folding plates, 8vo, (spine lacking, spotting and More ...
(Chinese Exploration), Nieuhoff, Jan
- Lot:
- 160
- Sold for:
- $1,185$1,000
(Chinese Exploration), Nieuhoff, Jan, L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie..., Leiden: Jacob de Meurs, 1665, first edition More ...
Clampitt, Amy
- Lot:
- 161
- Sold for:
- $59$50
Clampitt, Amy, A Homage to John Keats, [Louisville, Kentucky]: Sarabande Press, 1984, original wraps with cloth slipcase, one of 250 unnumbered copies, signed by author, folio, (very good). More ...
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)
- Lot:
- 161A
- Sold for:
- $533$450
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885, first edition, first issue, with all first issue points More ...
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)
- Lot:
- 162
- Sold for:
- $770$650
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910), The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims' Progress, London: Chatto & Windus, 1899, two volumes from The Writings of Mark Twain, Author's Edition De Luxe, More ...
Colvocoresses, George M.
- Lot:
- 163
- Sold for:
- $119$100
Colvocoresses, George M., Four Years in the Government Exploring Expedition; commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes . . ., New York: R.T. Young, 1853, second edition, gilt pictorial cloth, 8vo, (bumped More ...
Combe, Charles, Illustrator, Original Drawings
- Lot:
- 164
- Unsold
Combe, Charles, Illustrator, Original Drawings, Black and brown illustrations drawn into Le Baron Ch. Davillier's L'Antiquaire, Paris: 1870, profusely illustrated, original wraps, slipcased, 12mo, More ...
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933), Signed Copy
- Lot:
- 165
- Sold for:
- $444$375
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933), Signed Copy, Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929, first trade edition, signed on leaf after half title "To Russell H. More ...
Cowper, William (1731-1800)
- Lot:
- 166
- Sold for:
- $59$50
Cowper, William (1731-1800), Table Talk, and Other Poems, London: John Sharpe, 1825, three volumes, gilt tooled and lettered purple calf, 12mo, (chipped and bumped, hinges weak, spotting to More ...
(Crowninshield Family Bible)
- Lot:
- 167
- Sold for:
- $178$150
(Crowninshield Family Bible), The Holy Bible, Containing Old and New Testaments, Oxford: University Press, 1859, original gilt decorated and lettered crushed morocco, with family register filled in, More ...
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship
- Lot:
- 168
- Unsold
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship/Book with an Original Drawing, 1948, published by New York: The Dial Press, translated by Haakon M. Chevalier, numbered 6 of More ...
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
- Lot:
- 169
- Sold for:
- $39,105$33,000
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882), On The Origin Of Species By Means of Natural Selection, London: John Murray, 1859, first edition, first issue, original gilt lettered and stamped green pebbled cloth in More ...
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
- Lot:
- 170
- Sold for:
- $326$275
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882), The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, London: John Murray, 1872, sixth edition, gilt lettered half calf with cloth prize binding by Sangorski and More ...
(Decorative Binding)
- Lot:
- 171
- Sold for:
- $30$25
(Decorative Binding), The Crown Book of the Beautiful, the Wonderful and the Wise, Philadelphia: John C. Winston & Co., 1887, gilt tooled, lettered and paneled morocco, 8vo, (spine lightly More ...
(Decorative Bindings), Alison, Sir Archibald (1792-1867)
- Lot:
- 172
- Sold for:
- $356$300
(Decorative Bindings), Alison, Sir Archibald (1792-1867), The History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons, Edinburgh and London: William More ...
(Decorative Bindings)
- Lot:
- 173
- Sold for:
- $267$225
(Decorative Bindings), Encyclopaedia Britannica. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, New York: Samuel L. Hall, 1878-1888, twenty-four volumes, three-quarter morocco, 4to, (edges More ...
(Decorative Bindings)
- Lot:
- 174
- Sold for:
- $178$150
(Decorative Bindings), Balzac, Honore de (1799-1850), Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Company, 1901, thirty-five volumes, burgundy cloth, 8vo, (with minor bumping, chipping, and wear, toning). More ...
(Decorative Bindings), Newman, John Henry Cardinal (1801-1890)
- Lot:
- 175
- Sold for:
- $1,007$850
(Decorative Bindings), Newman, John Henry Cardinal (1801-1890), The Works of Cardinal Newman, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1903-1911, thirty-nine volumes, gilt lined and More ...