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Items in Sale # 257 Fine & Rare Books Date: 02/10/2003
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	Lot #	Heading	Author	Title	Place	Date	Estimate
	1		Agular, Abbas de [Fray Juan de Colmenares]	Sermo quem fecit reverendus pater Abbas daguilar escelles in sacara theologia magister: & inquisitor generalis heretice & apostastice pravitatis in Aragonia: quando suerunt traditi brachip seculari sicarii sacrilegi magisri Petri arbues de epila: beati inquisitoris urbis Cesarauguste	[Burgos, Spain]	1486	2500/3500
	2	(Alexis, Grand Duke of Russia)	**	His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexis in the United States of America During the Winter of 1871-72	Cambridge, MA	1872	3000/5000
	3	(Alexis, Grand Duke of Russia)	**	Six original albumen photograph portraits of Grand Duke Alexis	[No place]	[c.1870-1875]	1000/1500
	4		Appell, J. W.	Le Rhin et ses Bords depuis les sources du Rhin jusqu'à Mayence. Collection de vues pittoresques par L. Rohbock, Louis & Jules Langé; gravées sur acier par les premiers gravures de l'Allemagne et accompagnées d'un texte historique et topographique par J.W. Appel.	Darmstadt	1853	500/800
	5	(Bermuda)	**	Manuscript copybook of letters demanding the recall of the Colonial Governor of Bermuda, 1821-1829	Hamilton, Bermuda	1821-1829	12000/18000
	6	(Bible - Polyglot)	**	Biblia Sacra: Hebraice, Chaldaice, Græce, & Latine	Antwerp	1569-1571	12000/15000
	7	(Bible - Polyglot)	**	Novum Testamentum D[omi]ni N[ost]ri Jesu Christi. Syriacè, Ebraicè, Græcè, Latinè, Germanicè, Bohemicè, Italicè, Hispanicè, Gallicè, Anglicè, Danicè, Polonicè. Studio & Labore Eliæ Hutter	Nuremberg	1599	5000/8000
	8		Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe	A Theory of Natural Philosophy	Chicago and London	1922	600/900
	9		Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe	De inaequalitatibus quas Saturnas et Jupiter sibi mutuo videntur inducere praesertim circa tempus coniunctionis	Rome	1756	500/800
	10		Broughton, William Robert	A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: In Which the Coast of Asia, from the Lat. of 35o North to the Lat. of 52o North, the Island of Insu (commonly known under the name of the Land of Jesso,) the North, South, and East Coasts of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the Adjacent Isles, as well as the Coast of Corea, have been Examined and Surveyed. Performed in His Majesty's Sloop Providence, and her Tender, in the Years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798	London	1804	20000/25000
	11		Casanova, Jacques	The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova	[No place]	[1902]	400/600
	12		Churchill, Charles	Poems	London	1763-1764	500/800
	13		Churchill, Winston S.	The Second World War	London	[1948-1954]	6000/8000
	14		Ciardi, John	A Genesis	New York	[1967]	500/800
	15		Constable, Archibald	Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, the Sciences, & the Arts	Edinburgh	1826-1832	800/1200
	16		[Cox, Nicholas & Richard Blome]	The Gentleman's Recreation, in Four Parts. Viz. Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing. Collected from Ancient and modern Authors Forrein and Domestick, and rectified by the Experience of the most Skilfull Artists of these times	London	1674	2000/3000
	17		Cox, Nicholas	The Gentleman's Recreation: In Four Parts, viz. Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing. Wherein these Generous Exercises are largely Treated of, and the Terms of Art for Hunting and Hawking more amply Enlarged than heretofore...	London	1686	500/800
	18		Cruikshank, George, Robert & Isaac	Lot of 14 etched or aquatint plates, all but one hand-colored	London	1795-1835	700/1000
	19		Curie, Pierre	Œuvres	Paris	1908	500/800
	20		Curtis, William	The Botanical Magazine; Or, Flower-Garden Displayed: In Which the most Ornamental Foreign-Plants, cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented in their natural Colours...	London	1793-1804	3000/5000
	21		Darwin, Charles and Alfred R. Wallace	On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection	London	1859	15000/20000
	22	(DiMaggio, Joe)	Whittingham, Richard, ed.	The DiMaggio Albums: Selections from Public and Private Collections Celebrating the Baseball Career of Joe DiMaggio	New York	[1989]	700/900
	23		Dibdin, Thomas Frognall	5 works in 11 volumes	London	Various dates	3000/5000
	24	(Dibdin, Thomas Frognall)	(Wright, Richard)	A Catalogue of the Library of Richard Wright, M.D., Fellow of the Royal Society (Deceased)...Which Will Be Sold at Auction, by T. and J. Egerton, Booksellers; at Their Room, in Scotland Yard, Opposite the Admiralty: On Monday, April 23rd, 1787; and the Eleven following Days (Sunday excepted)...	[London]	1787	1500/2500
	25		Dibdin, Thomas	The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, of the Theatres Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury Land, Haymarket, &c. And the Author of the Cabinet, &c.	London	1827	500/800
	26		Dickens, Charles	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	London	1839	500/800
	27		Doughty, John & Thomas	The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports	Philadelphia	1830-1832	2000/3000
	28		Einstein, Albert; Hendrik Antoon Lorentz; and Hermann Minkowski	Das Relativitätsprinzip: Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen	Leipzig and Berlin	1913	1000/1500
	29		Ellis, Henry	Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. Interspersed with Observations Upon the Face of the Country, the Polity, Moral Character, and Manners of the Chinese Nation. The Whole Illustrated by Maps and Drawings	London	1817	1500/2500
	30	(Everson, William, Printer)	**	Novum Psalterium PII XII. An Unfinished Folio Edition by Brother Antoninus, O.P.	Los Angeles	[1955]	10000/15000
	31		[Farnie, Henry Brougham] A Keen Hand	The Golfer's Manual; Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland; with an Appendix. By A Keen Hand	Cupar, Scotland	1857	6000/9000
	32		Gautruche, Pierre	The Poetical History: Being a Compleat Collection of All the Stories Necessary for a Perfect Understanding of the Greek and Latine Poets, and other Ancient Authors	London	1683	500/800
	33		Grimm Brothers	German Popular Stories, Translated from the Kinder und haus Märchen, collected by M.M. Grimm from Oral Tradition	London	1823 & 1826	7000/10000
	34		Gropper, William	56 Drawings From Russia	Paris	[1928]	500/800
	35		Harris, Joel Chandler	Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk Lore of the Old Plantation	New York	1881	800/1200
	36		Hawthorne, Nathaniel	True Stories from History and Biography	Boston	1851	600/900
	37	(Hebrew Manuscript)	Afendopolo, Caleb Ben Elijah	Fair copy manuscript of Essays or Sermons reflecting the religious views of Asarah a'Amarot	No place	Late 18th/early 19th century	500/800
	38		Homer	The Iliad of Homer	London	1715-1720	5000/8000
	39	(I-Ching)	Mohl, Julius, ed.	Y-King: Antiquissimus Sinarum Liber Quem Ex Latina Interpretatione P. Regis Alorumque ex Soc. Jesu P.P. Edidit Julius Mohl	Stuttgartiae et Tubingae	1834 & 1839	4000/6000
	40	(India)	McGrath, John	Typed manuscript recollections of John McGrath	[Pittsburgh, PA]	[c.1900]	600/900
	41		Isabella, Queen of Spain	Document signed by Queen Isabella	Spain	Oct. 10, 1499	3000/5000
	42		Kafka, Franz	Die Verwandlung	Leipzig	[1915]	7000/10000
	43		King Wilhelm I of Prussia	Two Framed Documents Signed by Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and former German Emperor	[Wiesbaden, Germany]	April 25, 1877; November 15, 1884	600/900
	44		Kipling, Rudyard	Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks	London	1897	600/900
	45		Kipling, Rudyard	The Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling	[New York]	1941	4000/6000
	46		[Lessing, Gothold Ephraim]	Eine Duplik	Braunschweig	1778	500/800
	47		Lionnois, Jean Joseph	Tables Historiques, Généalogiques et Géographiques, Contenans l'Histoire du Peuple de Dieu, de la France, de la Lorraine, de l'Autriche, de l'Égypte, des Assyriens, des Babyloniens & Caldéens	Nancy	1771	6000/9000
	48		Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth	Tales of a Wayside Inn	Boston	1863	250/350
	49		Luther, Martin	Der LXV Psalm, durch D. Mart. Luth. zu Dessaw; fur den Fürsten zu Anhalt, gepredigt. 1.5.3.4.	[Wittemberg]	1534	500/800
	50		Machiavelli, Niccolo	Autograph Letter, Signed by Niccolo Machiavelli	Percussina, Italy	26 September 1523	35000/45000
	51		McKenney, Thomas L. & James Hall	History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Andecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington	Philadelphia	1870	8000/12000
	52		Moliere, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de	The Works of Moliere	Paris	[c.1900]	2000/3000
	53	(Mormon)	Pratt, Parley P.	A Voice of Warning, and Instruction to All People, or an Introduction to the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints	Nauvoo, IL	1844	1500/2500
	54		Muybridge, Eadweard	Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. 1872-1885	Philadelphia	1887	10000/15000
	55	(Napoleon Bonaparte)	de Bourienne, [Fauvelet], [William] Hazlitt and Madame Junot	The Napoleon Series: Life of Napoleon Bonaparte [and] Memoirs of Madame Junot	London	[c.1885]	15000/20000
	56	(New Mexico Spanish Documents)	**	Lot of 5 Manuscript Documents	New Mexico	Late 18th century	1000/1500
	57	(New Mexico Spanish Documents)	**	Lot of 8 Manuscript Documentts	New Mexico	Early 19th century	1000/`500
	58		Newton, Isaac	Principia	Glasgow	1871	500/800
	59		Nimrod [Apperley, Charles James]	Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire...With Notices of His Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric, and Extravagant Exploits	London	[c.1910]	500/800
	60	(Overland Diary)	King, Samuel Delano	Manuscript Diary of an Overland Journey from Missouri to Oregon	No place	1862	2000/3000
	61		Parkman, Francis, Jr.	The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life	New York	1849	2000/3000
	62	(Photograph Album - Egypt)	Various Photographers	Egypt: 1887 (cover title)	Egypt	1887	3000/5000
	63		Prescott, William H.	[Works]	London	Varoius dates	500/800
	64	(Punch)	**	Punch, Or The London Charivari	London	1841-54; 1866	800/1200
	65		Regnier, Mathurin	Satyres et Aitres Peuvres de Regnier, Accompagnées de Remarques Historiques. Nouvelle Edition considerablement augmentée	London	1733	600/900
	66	(Religion - Early Christian and Jewish Disputes)	**	Pharetra catholice: fidei siue ydonea disputatio inter Christianos et Iudeos in qua perpulchra tanguntur media et rationes quibus quiuis Christifidelis tam ex prophetis suis proprijs quam ex nostris eorum erroribus faciliter poterit obuiare	Landesutensis [i.e. Landshut], Germany	1514	500/800
	67		Roberts, David	The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. After Lithographs by Louis Haghe from Drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. With Historical Descriptions by the Revd. George Croly, L.L.D.	London	1855-1856	4000/6000
	68		Rodin, Auguste	Les Dessins de Auguste Rodin. 129 Plances Comprenant 142 Dessins Reproduits en Fac-Simile par la Maison Goupil	Paris	1897	7000/10000
	69		Ruth, Babe, as told to Bob Considine	The Babe Ruth Story	New York	1948	2000/3000
	70		Saunderson, Nicholas	The Method of Fluxions Applied to a select Number of Useful Problems:...and an Explanation of the principal Propositions of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy	London	1756	500/800
	71		Schioler, E[iler] Lehn	Danmarks Fugle med Henblik paa de i Grønland, paa Færøerne og i Kongeriget Island Forekommende Arter	Copenhagen	1925-1931	500/800
	72		Segar, William & Joseph Edmondson	Baronagium Genealogicum: or the Pedigrees of the English Peers, Deduced from the Earliest Times, of which there are any Attested Accounts including, as well collateral as lineal descents. Originally Compiled from the Publick Records and most Authentic Evidences; by Sr. William Segar...and Continued to the Present Time, by Joseph Edmondson	London	[1764-1784]	3000/5000
	73		Smith, Matthew	Memoirs of Secret Service	London	1699	500/800
	74	(Sports - Cricket)	**	The American Cricketer, A Journal Devoted to the Noble Game of Cricket	Philadelphia	1878	500/800
	75		Stevenson, Robert Louis	Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751	New York	1886	500/800
	76	(Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Book - 10th or 11th century)	Buddha Shakyamuni	Arya-Prajñapäramita Sañcyacayagäthä	Tibet	10th or 11th century	20000/30000
	77	(Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de)	Dortu, M. G.	Toulouse-Lautrec et Son Œuvre	New York	1971	1000/1500
	78		Twain, Mark	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)	New York	1885	1500/2500
	79		Wachter, Johann Georg	Glossarium Germanicum, continens origines & antiquitates totius linguae Germanicae, et omnium pene vocabulorum, vigentium et desitorum	Leipzig	1737	500/800
	80		Walker, Clement	Relations and Observations, Historical and Politick, upon the Parliament, begun Anno Dom. 1640. Divided into II. Books: 1. The Mystery of the Two Junto's, Presbyterian and Independent. 2. The History of Independency, &c. Together with an Appendix, Touching the Proceedings of the Independent Faction in Scotland ...	[London]	1648-1660	1500/2500
	81		[Walker, Joseph Cooper]	Historical Memoir on Italian Tragedy, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: illustrated with specimens and analyses of the most Celebrated Tragedies; and interspersed with Occasional Observations on the Italian Theatres...	London	1799	500/800
	82	(Walton, Izaak)	Wotton, Henry	Reliquiæ Wottonianæ: Or, A Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems; With Characters of Sundry Personages: And other Incomparable Pieces of Language and Art. Also Additional Letters to several Persons, not before Printed	London	1672	800/1200
	83	(Washington, George, etc.)	**	Collection of Catalogues	Philadelphia	Various dates	3000/5000
	84		Whitman, Walt	Leaves of Grass	Brooklyn	1856	500/800
	85	zzf	Windsor, Edward	A King's Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor	New York	[1951]	300/500
	86		Wright, Frank Lloyd	Building Plans and Designs by Frank Lloyd Wright	New York	[1963]	1000/1500
	87	(Wyeth, N. C.)	Boyd, James	Drums	New York	[1928]	500/800
	88		Chandler, Raymond	Two Typed Letters Signed by Raymond Chandler in correspondence with a copy editor at The Atlantic Monthly	[No place]	April to May, 1948	1000/1500
	89		Chandler, Raymond	The Big Sleep	New York	1939	12000/15000
	90		Chandler, Raymond	Farewell, my Lovely	New York	1940	4000/7000
	91		Chandler, Raymond	Five Sinister Characters [and] The Fingered Man and Other Stories	New York	[1945]; [1946]	400/700
	92		Chandler, Raymond	The High Window	New York	1942	30000/40000
	93		Chandler, Raymond	Killer in the Rain	London	[1964]	300/500
	94		Chandler, Raymond	The Lady in the Lake	New York	1943	4000/7000
	95		Chandler, Raymond	The Little Sister	Boston	1949	500/800
	96		Chandler, Raymond	The Long Good-Bye	London	[1953]	1000/1500
	97		Chandler, Raymond	Playback	London	[1958]	10000/15000
	98		Chandler, Raymond	The Simple Art of Murder	Boston	1950	400/700
	99	(Chandler, Raymond)	Shaw, Joseph T., ed.	"Blackmailers Don't Shoot" in Black Mask magazine, December, 1933	New York	Dec. 1933	500/800
	100	(Chandler, Raymond)	Shaw, Joseph T. and F. Ellsworth, eds.	Lot of 8 Black Mask magazine issues	London	1934-1937	500/800
	101	(Chandler, Raymond)	**	Lot of 4 Dime Detective Magazines	Chicago	1938-1939	300/500
	102	(Chandler, Raymond)	**	Lot of 9 periodicals with appearances by Raymond Chandler	Various places	Various dates	300/500
	103	(Chandler, Raymond)	**	Lot of 13 volumes about or by Raymond Chandler	Various places	Various dates	400/600
	104		Faulkner, William	Soldiers' Pay	New York	1926	500/800
	105		Frost, Robert	Collected Poems of Robert Frost, 1939	New York	1939	1200/2000
	106		Frost, Robert	The Complete Poems of Robert Frost, 1949	New York	[1956]	600/900
	107		Frost, Robert	The Complete Poems of Robert Frost	New York	1950	700/1000
	108		Grafton, Sue	Second and third books in the Kinsey Millhone alphabet mystery series	New York	[1985; 86]	1200/2000
	109		Grafton, Sue	"C" is for Corpse	New York	[1986]	1500/2000
	110		Hemingway, Ernest	A Farewell to Arms	New York	1929	4000/6000
	111		Hemingway, Ernest	WITHDRAWN For Whom the Bell Tolls	New York	1940	300/500
	112		Joyce, James	Finnegans Wake	New York	1939	700/1000
	113		Maugham, W. Somerset	Of Human Bondage	New York	[1915]	1000/1500
	114		McCarthy, Cormac	Suttree	New York	[1979]	700/1000
	115		Miller, Henry	Original Watercolor Painting	[No place]	February, 1957	2500/3500
	116		Miller, Henry	Original Watercolor with color chalk drawings	[No place]	1944	2500/3500
	117		Miller, Arthur	Death of a Salesman	New York	1949	1500/2000
	118		Milne, A[lan] A[lexander]	The House at Pooh Corner	London	[1928]	800/1200
	119		Proulx, E. Annie	The Shipping News	New York	[1993]	600/900
	120		Proulx, E. Annie	The Shipping News	New York	[1993]	500/800
	121		Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	[London]	[2000]	1000/1500
	122		Salinger, J. D.	The Catcher in the Rye	Boston	1951	6000/9000
	123		Schaefer, Jack	Shane	Boston	1949	2000/3000
	124		Schaefer, Jack	Shane	Boston	[1949]	2000/3000
	125		Stegner, Wallace	Angle of Repose	Garden City, NY	1971	500/800
	126		Steinbeck, John	WITHDRAWN. The Grapes of Wrath	New York	[1939]	700/1000
	127		Steinbeck, John	The Pearl	New York	1947	2500/3500
	128		Stoker, Bram	Dracula	London	1897	6000/9000
	129		Traven, B.	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	New York	1935	3000/5000
	130		Warren, Robert Penn	All the King's Men	New York	[1946]	4000/6000
	131		Yeats, William Butler	A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded Upon the Writings of Giraldus and Upon Certain Doctrines Attributed to Kusta Ben Luka	London	1925	1500/2500