Sale 526: Rare Books & Manuscripts (At Pasadena, Sunday, 8:00 am) (#526) 02/09/2014 8:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/09/2014 8:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ 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 1-100 of 222. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Souvenir Program, First Annual Motion Picture Unity Award Assembly. Staged by the Committee for Unity in Motion Pictures, Sponsored by the Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. April 23, 1944 at Second Baptist Church Auditorium, Los Angeles, California Heading(African American)HeadlineFirst Motion Picture Unity Award, signed by actorsDate Published1944 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #2 Manuscript Signed (with initials), “Story of Kitty Mulgrave, the Negress Teacher” Heading(African American)AuthorSmith, Rev. Gerard.HeadlineSlave marries White MissionaryDate Published[c.1855] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #3 Autograph Letter Signed, from John Skirving to Jordan Mott, about the making of the first classic work of art to pay tribute to American invention and technology Heading(American Science, Art & Photography)AuthorSkirving, JohnHeadlineClassic painting of first American inventorsDate PublishedMay 29, 1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #4 Archive of 44 Autograph Letters Signed written to Dr. Jacob Bigelow of Boston by 20 notable correspondents, which illuminate the foundations of Botanical Science in America Heading(American Science, Medicine & Book Illustration)Author[Bigelow, Jacob, recipient]HeadlineLetters to American Botanist 1814-23Date Published1814-1823 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #5 Manuscript Document Signed by Charles Biddle as Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, presided over by Benjamin Franklin, offering aid to Chinese sailors in U.S. Heading(1785 First Chinese immigrants to the new American nation)AuthorBiddle, CharlesHeadlineMss doc signed about early Chinese 1786Date PublishedMay 30, 1786 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 Halftone photograph of all four Beatles, signed by each of them, and inscribed to Liberace ("Liber-archie") Heading(The Beatles)HeadlineSigned by all four BeatlesDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #7 The XXI [-LXVII] Days by Wilder Bentley - three manuscript fascicles AuthorBentley, WilderHeadlineMS by Wilder Bentley of Archetype PressDate Published1953 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #8 Seventeenth Century Chilean manuscript Coat of Arms in Spanish Heading(Chile - Coat of Arms)HeadlineChilean manuscript Coat of ArmsDate Published17th Century View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #9 Ouvrage de Loisir de Christine Reine de Suede - Manuscript copy AuthorChristina, Queen of SwedenHeadlineManuscript copy of the Maxims of Queen Christina of SwedenDate Published[early 18th century?] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #10 WITHDRAWN Typed Note, signed, thank the recipient for kind wishes on his birthday AuthorWITHDRAWN Churchill, WinstonHeadlineWinston Churchill Typed Note Signed 1962Date PublishedNov., 1962 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Story of My Life AuthorDarrow, ClarenceHeadlineClarence Darrow The Story of My Life Signed Limited EditionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #12 Original etched portrait of Albert Einstein, signed by both Einstein & the artist J.J. Muller Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorMuller, J.J.HeadlineSigned portrait of Albert EinsteinDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #13 Past and Present - With a leaf of original manuscript for the title page and notice by Carlyle's American editor, Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading(Emerson, Ralph Waldo)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineWith a manuscript leaf from Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisherCharles C. Little and James BrownDate Published1843 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #14 The Magnificat - Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlineThe Magnificat - Illuminated ManuscriptDate PublishedLate 19th or early 20th Century View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #15 WITHDRAWN. Printed Ship's Papers signed by Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States and James Madison as Secretary of State AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Jefferson and MadisonDate Publishedc.1805 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #16 Summoned by Bells - inscribed from the author to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Heading(Kennedy, Jacqueline)AuthorBetjeman, JohnHeadlineBook inscribed by author to Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1960 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #17 WITHDRAWN. Document signed by Abraham Lincoln as President, 1862, appointing William H. White a Brigade Surgeon of Volunteers AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineLincoln appoints Brigade SurgeonDate PublishedApril 4, 1862 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #18 Coat of Arms Folio Manuscript on vellum, signed by Maria Theresa AuthorMaria Theresa, EmpressHeadlineCoat of Arms Folio Manuscript on vellumDate Published1764 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #19 Autograph Letter Signed, from Charles Hermite, the “Father of modern mathematical analysis”, to an English Lord Heading(Mathematics & Science)AuthorHermite, Charles.HeadlineFather of Modern Mathematical AnalysisDate PublishedAugust 21, 1874 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #20 WITHDRAWN Dictionaire de Musique, Tome Premier, A-E - Napoleon Bonaparte's Copy Heading(Napoleon I)AuthorRousseau, J.J.HeadlineNapoleon Bonaparte's copy of Rousseau's Musical DictionaryDate Published1792 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #21 Three Autograph Letters Signed, from George Arms, a traveling daguerreotypist in upstate New York, to his cousin Christopher Tilden Heading(Photography - itinerant Daguerreotypist )AuthorArms, GeorgeHeadlineLament of a wandering DaguerreotypistDate PublishedJuly 1, 29 and 31, 1846 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #22 WITHDRAWN. Signed and hand-addressed envelope panel, addressed to Major-General [Arthur] St. Clair with George Washington's signature frank AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Washington signature on envelopeDate Publishedc.1777 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #23 Autograph manuscript fragment, single leaf written in ink on both sides, with definitions of about ten words, from Webster's American Dictionary, Admit to Admonish AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineMS. leaf from Webster's DictionaryDate Published[Before 1828] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #24 291 Heading(291)AuthorStieglitz, Alfred, et al.HeadlineAvant Garde from Stieglitz' 291 StudioPublisher"291" (Gallery)Date Published1915-1916 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #25 The Fables of Æsop Paraphras’d in Verse, and adorn’d with Sculpture, by John Ogilby Heading(Aesop)AuthorOgilby, JohnHeadlineEarly edition of Ogilby's AesopPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for Andrew CrookDate Published1651 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #26 Exercitaciones anatomicas y esenciales operaciones de cirugia, con un breve resumen de los instrumentos y vendages. El modo de circular la sangre y un riñon extraordinario y algunos remedios; con las laminas finas y mas essenciales de la anatomia è instrumentos de las operaciones AuthorBeaumont, BlasHeadlineEarly Spanish medical instrumentsPublisherConvento de Nuestra Señora de la MercedDate Published1728 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #27 Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Headline2 leaves from Complutensian Polyglot BiblePublisherArnald Guillen de BrocarDate Published1514-1517 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #28 The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, as may appeare in the epistle to the reader Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineLargest 16th century English BiblePublisherChristopher BarkerDate Published1583 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #29 The first [seconde] booke of the Machabees - from the 1574 folio edition of the Bishops' Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBishops' Bible Machabees 1574Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #30 The first booke of Esdras [bound with] The second book of Esdras, otherwyse called the booke of Nehemia [bound with] The booke of Esther Heading(Bible in English)Headline3 books from 1574 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #31 Three books an early folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, 1574 Heading(Bible in English)Headline3 books from 1574 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$600 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #32 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] Heading(1568 Bible in Hebrew)Headline1516 Hebrew Bible printed by Daniel BombergPublisherBomberg PressDate Published[1568] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #33 Illustrations for the Book of Job AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's Illustrations for the Book of JobPublisherPierpont Morgan LibraryDate Published1935 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #34 Small archive of items relating to the town of Dana Point on the Pacific coast in Orange County, California, and its development Heading(California - Dana Point)HeadlineLand development in Southern CaliforniaDate Published[c.1929] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #35 Spinifex and Sand: A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia AuthorCarnegie, David W.HeadlineSpinifex and Sand 5 years exploration in Western AustraliaPublisherC. Arthur PearsonDate Published1898 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #36 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John NewtonDate Published1687 View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #37 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadline4 volume 5th edition of Don Quixote 1788PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1788 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #38 The Jerusalem Windows AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineChagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #39 Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900 AuthorChalmers, ClaudineHeadlineSplendide Californie! Book Club of California rarityPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2001 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #40 Five Months on the Yang-Tsze; With a Narrative of the Present Rebellions in China. Heading(China)AuthorBlakiston, Thomas W.HeadlineFive Months on the Yang-Tsze by BlakistonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #41 "Excelsior" Being an Inadequate Description of the Upper Yangtze Heading(China)Author"Charon"HeadlineThe Upper Yangtze on a GunboatPublisherNorth-China Daily News & Herald Ltd.Date Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #42 Historic Macao. International Traits in China Old and New Heading(China)AuthorMontalto de Jesus, C.A.HeadlineHistoric Macao Second Edition 1926PublisherSalesian Printing Press and Tipografia MercantilDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #43 U.S.S. Augusta Under Fire. Sino-Japanese Incident 1937-1938, Shanghai, China Heading(China)HeadlineU.S.S. August Under Fire 1937-1938Date Published1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #44 China, Mother of Gardens Heading(China)AuthorWilson, Ernest H.HeadlineChina: Mother of Gardens by Ernest Wilson signedPublisherStratford CompanyDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #45 Official Program featuring Bruce Lee's Karate Debut at the International Karate Championships, Los Angles (i.e. Long Beach), 1964, plus 1965 program Heading(Chinese-American; Martial Arts)HeadlineBruce Lee's Karate DebutDate Published1964 & 1965 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #46 Chinese-Japanese Cook Book Heading(Cookery - 1st Chinese & Japanese Cook Book in America)AuthorBosse, Sara and Onoto WatannaHeadline1st Chinese & Japanese Cook Book in AmericaPublisherRand, McNallyDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #47 Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening AuthorCopeland, R. MorrisHeadlineR. Morris Copeland Country Life: A Handbook of AgriculturePublisherJohn P. Jewett and CompanyDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #48 An Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings by Jurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, of Late Times by Some Chalenged, and Also Diversly by Them Impugned. By Which Apologie (in Their Severall Due Places) All the Reasons and Allegations Set Downe as Well in a Treatise, as in Certaine Notes (That Goe From Hand to Hand) Both Against Proceeding Ex Officio, and Against Oaths Ministred to Parties in Causes Criminall... Author[Cosin, Richard]HeadlineAn Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings 1593PublisherThe Deputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1593 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #49 The Brownies Around the World - Inscribed with a small sketch by the author AuthorCox, PalmerHeadlinePalmer Cox Brownies Around the WorldPublisherCentury Co.Date Published[1894] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #50 The comical history of the states and empires of the worlds of the moon and sun. Written in French by Cyrano Bergerac. And newly Englished by A. Lovell, A.M AuthorCyrano de Bergerac, Savinien deHeadline17th cent. SciFi by Cyrano de BergeracPublisherPrinted for H[enry] RhodesDate Published1687 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #51 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineCharlie & the Chocolate Factory 1st in jacket, near finePublisherKnopfDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #52 [1601] Being a fireside conversation in ye tyme of ye Goode Queene Bess in which divers persons of reknown hold converse on concerns personal and intimate Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's 1601 from Derrydale PressPublisherPrivately printed [at the Derrydale Press]Date Published1926 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #53 Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (caption title) Heading(DNA)AuthorWatson, James D. & Francis CrickHeadlineRare DNA offprintPublisherFisher, Knight & Co.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #54 Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd Heading(Doves Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Milton One of 300 copiesPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 & 1905 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #55 Vision of Wat Tyler Heading(Ebenezer Press)AuthorBirtwhistle, JohnHeadlineEbenezer Press Vision of Wat Tyler 1/75PublisherEbenezer PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #56 Four early papers by Albert Einstein, in four volumes of Annalen der Physik AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEarly papers by Albert Einstein.in Annalen der PhysikPublisherJohan Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902-1903 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #57 Scenes of Clerical Life AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineFirst Edition in book form, inscribed 'From the Author.'PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #58 The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 Heading(Federalist)Author[Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay]HeadlineFirst Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. IIPublisherPrinted and Sold by J. and A. M'LeanDate Published1788 View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 The Essays, or Counsels Civil and Moral and Wisdom of the Ancients Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBacon, Francis Lord VerulamHeadlineBacon's Essays finely bound by Birdsall & SonPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #60 Bacon's Essays Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineBacon's Essay's finely boundPublisherCambridge University PressDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #61 Catherine de Medicis Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBouchot, HenriHeadlineCatherine de Medicis finely bound by DurvandPublisherGoupil et CieDate Published1899 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #62 A Message to Garcia Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineA Message to Garcia 1/100 copies signed by Andrew RowanPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published[1903] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #63 Libellus Precum et Piarum Exercitationum Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFinely bound by the binder to the EmperorDate Published1778 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #64 The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMarvin, Frederic RowlandHeadlineFamous Last Words extra-illustrated & finely boundPublisherC.A. Brewster & Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #65 The Collected Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineWorks of D.G. Rossetti finely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherEllis and ScruttonDate Published1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #66 Prince of Players Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRuggles, EleanorHeadlineExhibition binding by Charlotte UllmanPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1953] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #67 The Week-End Book Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineNonesuch Week-End Book Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #68 Exposition of Psalm CXIX - with a fore-edge painting of children playing marbles Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorBridges, C.HeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of children playing marblesPublisherSeeley, Jackson, and HallidayDate Published1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #69 English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century - with a fore-edge painting of the ship Henry Grace à Dieu, "Great Harry" Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorFroude, James AnthonyHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of the ship "Great Harry"PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #70 The Holy Bible - With a fore-edge painting of a Pedestrian Curricle or Hobby Horse Heading(Fore-edge Painting)HeadlineWith a fore edge painting of a pedestrian curriclePublisherFree Bible Press CompanyDate Published1846 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #71 The Christian Year - with a fore-edge painting of Windsor Castle Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorKeble, JohnHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of Windsor CastlePublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #72 Irish Melodies - With a fore-edge painting of Castlehale, County Kilkenny Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlineWith a fore edge painting of an Irish CastlePublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #73 The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - with a fore-edge painting of Oxford University Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorQuiler-Couch, ArthurHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of Oxford UniversityPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #74 Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field - With a fore-edge painting of Norham Castle Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's Marmion with fore edge paintingPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1840 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #75 Idylls of the King - With a fore-edge painting Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineIdylls of the King with fore-edge paintingPublisherStrahan and Co.Date Published1869 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #76 Poems - with a fore-edge painting of Trinity College, Cambridge Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of Trinity College CambridgePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #77 Proverbial Philosophy - with a fore-edge painting of two gentleman angling Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTupper, Martin F.HeadlineWith a fore edge painting of a 2 gentlemen anglingPublisherHathcard and Co.Date Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #78 Memoria sobre las observaciones de latitud y longitud en el mar AuthorGaliano, Dionisio AlcaláHeadlineRare Spanish treatise on determining longitude 1796PublisherEn la Imprenta de la viuda de D. Joachîn IbarraDate Published1796 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #79 Four pamphlets on Hawaii bound together Heading(Hawaii)Headline4 Hawaiian Pamphlets Bound TogetherDate Published1881-1896 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #80 The firste[-Laste] volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. Conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest. The description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first originall of the Scottes nation, till the yeare of our Lorde. 1571. The description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the firste originall of that nation, vntill the yeare. 1547. Faithfully gathered and set forth, by Raphaell Holinshed AuthorHolinshed, RaphaelHeadlineHolinshed's Chronicle 1577PublisherLucas HarrisonDate Published1577 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #81 Rare archive of original photographs, most from life, some of architectural drawings, of the Los Angeles land development “Hollywoodland,” the landmark sign of which, without the “land,” remains perched on the side of Mt. Lee to this day Heading(Hollywoodland)HeadlinePhoto archive of HollywoodlandDate Published1923-1925 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 Odyssey - Book XVII - Complete text from the first printed edition AuthorHomerHeadline1488 printing of Homer's Odyssey, Book 17PublisherBernardus Nerlius & D. DamilasDate Published1488 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 A Voyage to Abyssinia. By Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Jesuit Heading(Johnson, Samuel, translator)AuthorLobo, JeromeHeadlineLobo's Voyage to Abyssinia tranlated by Samuel JohnsonPublisherA. Bettesworth & C. HitchDate Published1735 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #84 Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon Heading(Japan)AuthorKaempfer, EngelbertHeadlineKaempfer's History of Japan 1732PublisherChez P. Grosse, & J. NeaulmeDate Published1732 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #85 Original proof printing of the first bifolium from the Kelmscott printing of Chaucer's works Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineKelmscott Chaucer bifoliumPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #86 Moby Dick or the Whale Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineLakeside Press Edition of Moby Dick with Rockwell Kent IllusPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #87 The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money AuthorKeynes, John MaynardHeadlineKeynes General Theory of Employment Interest and MoneyPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1936 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #88 Signed photograph of the great comedic duo AuthorLaurel, Stan & Oliver HardyHeadlineLaurel and Hardy signed photographDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #89 California as an Island AuthorLeighly, JohnHeadlineJohn Leighly California As An Island 1/450 copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1972 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #90 Color Etchings Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorAndrews, BennyHeadlineBenny Andrews Color Etchings One of 60 SuitesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published2005 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #91 The Jean Giono Suite Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorFranck, MartineHeadlineMartine Franck The Jean Giono Suite 1/45PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1999 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #92 The Macchu Picchu Suite - One of 60 suites of photogravures Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRanney, EdwardHeadlineEdward Ranney The Macchu Picchu SuitePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1999 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #93 [The arte of warre, written in Italian by Nicholas Machiauel, and set foorth in English by Peter VVithorne, stude[n]t at Graies Inne: vvith other like martial feates and experiments, as in a table in the ende of the booke may appeare] AuthorMachiavelli, NiccolòHeadlineMachiavelli's Art of War 1573Publisher[VV. VVilliamson: for Ihon VVight]Date Published[1573 & 1574] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #94 A Treatise on Ligaments Heading(Medical)AuthorCooper, Bransby B.HeadlineBransby Cooper on Ligaments 1827PublisherLongman, Rees, et al.Date Published1827 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #95 Beobachtungen über Lähmungszustände der untern Extremitäten und deren Behandlung Heading(Medical)AuthorHeine, Jacob vonHeadlineFirst study of PolioPublisherFranz Heinrich KöhlerDate Published1840 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #96 Traite Pratique des Hernies, ou Memoires Anatomiques et Chirurgicaus sur ces Maladies - atlas volume only Heading(Medical)AuthorScarpa, AntonioHeadlineEngravings of hernias 1812PublisherChez GabonDate Published1812 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #97 Autobiography AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineAutobiography of John Stuart Mill 1873PublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #98 Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineJohn Stuart Mill Principles of Political EconomyPublisherJohn W. Parker and SonDate Published1852 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #99 Winnie-The-Pooh AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineFirst American Edition of Winnie the PoohPublisherE.P. Dutton & CompanyDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #100 The Prints of Joan Miró Heading(Miró, Joan)AuthorLeiris, MichelHeadlineThe Prints of Joan Miro 1/1500 copiesPublisherCurt ValentinDate Published1947 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next