Turner Auctions & Appraisals: Libraries, Art, and Ephemera, 41226, South San Francisco

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026
Page Size: 188 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Accurately printed from the Text of the corrected Copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq., With a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the most eminent Commentators; A History of the Stage, a Life of Sh

London 1805 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
2 BEN JONSON

THE WORKS OF BEN JONSON, In Nine Volumes. With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir, by W. Gifford, Esq.

London 1816 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
3

1.) BURNS, ROBERT. The Poetry of Robert Burns, Vols. I-III (of 4). Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson.

Edinburgh 1896 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
4 by David Hume

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. , From The Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 (Vols. I-VIII); and T. Smollett, From the Revolution to the Death of George II (Vols. I-V). A New Edition.

London 1790-1793. USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
5 ROBERTSON, WILLIAM.

The History of America. In Three Volumes.

London 1792 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
6 BEAUFORT, 8TH DUKE OF (HENRY SOMERSET), ET AL. K. G. and A. E. T. Watson, Editors.

 The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, 6 Vols. (of 33).

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
7

1.) [BOOKPLATES.] STURM, CHRISTOPHER CHRISTIAN. Reflections on the Works of God... Vols. I and II (of 4).

London 1810 USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
8 BRITISH BLOODSTOCK AGENCY.

Bloodstock Breeders Review, 24 assorted editions.

London 1928-1953. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
9 [RACKHAM, ARTHUR.] WALTON, IZAAK.

The Compleat Angler.

Philadelphia n.d. [1931]. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
10 HIGGINSON, A. HENRY, and JULIAN INGERSOLL CHAMBERLAIN.

Hunting in the United States and Canada, Being an illustrated history of each of the Hunt Clubs and individual packs on the North American Continent, and presenting first-hand information of early Colonial Foxhunting, hitherto unpublished, as well as rep

 Garden City; New York N/A USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
11 SHELLEY, G. E. [GEORGE ERNEST SHELLEY, 1840-1910].

 Handbook of the Birds of Egypt.

London 1872 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
12 BEWICK, THOMAS.

A General History of Quadrupeds.

Newcastle Upon Tyne 1811 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
15

Engraved plate: "The South Prospect of Somerset House in the Strand." From: A Survey of the Cities of London & Westminster, by John Stow,

circa 1720. USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
16 After James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).

Rotherhithe (Wapping).

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
17 AUSTEN, JANE.

Works of Jane Austen, Georgian Edition, Vols. I-V. 

London 1927 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
18 DICKENS, CHARLES.

DICKENS, CHARLES. Works, 13 Volumes;

1865,  1871-1872; n.d./circa early 1870s.  USD 700.00 - 900.00 Unknown
19 DICKENS, CHARLES.

A Christmas Carol In Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. A Facsimile of the Original Edition.

Boston n.d. [c.1922]. USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
20 [CHARLES DICKENS.]

An original late 19th century "Oliver Twist" theater poster depicting the character Nancy Sikes.

Hartford, Conn. N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
21

1.) AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON. The Spendthrift, A Tale.

London N/A USD 50.00 - 60.00 Unknown
22 HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK.

Dr. Johnson: His Friends and Critics; a sammalband of the title assembled by Hill.

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
24

1.) CUNNINGHAM, PETER [ED.]. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Volumes. I-III (of 4).

London 1854 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
25 KIPLING, RUDYARD.

KIPLING, RUDYARD. Works, 25 volume set, some illustrated. A few first editions (as noted), but most are later printings/reprints of the First Edition, the Uniform Edition, and the Pocket Edition. 

London 1904-1926. USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
26 LYTTON, EDWARD BULWER, LORD.

Set of seven volumes.

London n.d. [circa 1890s-1910s]. USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
27 CHARLES LEVER

THE NOVELS OF CHARLES LEVER, With an Introduction by Andrew Lang. 24 Volumes.

Boston 1894 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
28 CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.

The Great War. Special publication of 26 monthly editions/parts in magazine format (complete set).

London n.d. [1933-1934]. USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.