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Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Autograph of John Quincy Adams and eleven other prominent Whig Members of Congress AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadline12 Whig politicians on inauguration day 1841Date Published1841 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #2 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous First Edition in DJPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #3 The Boobus and the Bunnyduck Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMcClure, Michael and Jess CollinsHeadlineArion Press The Boobus and the BunnyduckPublisherArion PressDate Published2007 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #4 Aristotelous hapanta [in Greek] - Aristotelis summi semper uiri, et in quem unum uim suam uniuersam contulisse natura reru[m], opera, quæcunq[ue] impressa hactenus extiterunt omnia, summa cum uigilantia excusa AuthorAristotleHeadlineAristotle's Opera in Greek 1531PublisherApud Io. Beb. [Johann Bebel]Date Published1531 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #5 Brett Weston Photographs AuthorArmitage, MerleHeadlineBrett Weston PhotographsPublisherE. WeyheDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #6 [Works] AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen's NovelsPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #7 Collection of some 165 autographed items, most by late 19th-early 20th century American authors, with a few illustrators and actors Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of Authors 1898Date Publishedc.1898-1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #8 English autograph album, 1800-1830 Heading(Autographs)HeadlineEarly 19th century English autograph albumDate PublishedEarly 19th century View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Lot #9 Photograph album of a road race at the Beverley Hills Speedway in 1920, during which Gaston Chevrolet was killed Heading(Automobile Race)Headline1920 race at Beverly Hills SpeedwayDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #10 Official publication National Air Races: Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, September 4, 5, 6, 7. 16th Annual World's Premier Air Classic Heading(Aviation)HeadlineRare program for NationalAir Races 1936PublisherLos Angeles Chamber of CommerceDate Published1936 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 Ty Cobb: The Idol of Baseball Fandom Heading(Baseball)AuthorBraathen, Sverre O.HeadlineTy Cobb 1928 book, inscribed by author Sverre BraathenPublisherThe Avondale PressDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #12 Spiele zur Uebung and Erholung des Korpers und Geistes, fur die Jugend, ihre Erzieher und alle Freunde unschuldiger Jugendfreuden Heading(Baseball)AuthorGutsmuths, Johann Christoph FriedrichHeadlineGutsmuths German book on sports with 18th century baseballPublisherBuchhandlung der ErziehungsanstaltDate Published1796 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #13 The booke of the prophete Ezechiel [&] The booke of the Prophet Danyel - from the Great Bible of 1566 Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBooks of Ezekiel & Daniel 1566 BiblePublisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #14 The Gospell of Saynte Jhon - from the Great Bible of 1566 Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineGospel of St. John 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #15 The Holy Bible - Presentation copy from the American Committee of Revision Heading(Bible in English)HeadlinePresentation Copy of the Old TestamentPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1885 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #16 The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the originall tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement. Appointed to be read in churches Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineKing James Bible 1628PublisherBonham Norton and Iohn BillDate Published1628 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #17 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1617 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #18 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #19 Black Camel - inscribed by the author AuthorBiggers, Earl DerrHeadlineInscribed Charlie Chan Mystery by Earl Derr BiggersPublisherBobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #20 Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the Said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, One of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies AuthorBligh, WilliamHeadlineBligh's Account of the Mutiny, 1792 first editionPublisherPrinted for George Nicol, Bookseller to His MajestyDate Published1792 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #21 An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probability AuthorBoole, GeorgeHeadlineFoundation of digital computingPublisherWalton and Maberly/Macmillan & Co.Date Published1854 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #22 The Highlands of the Brazil AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineHighlands of the Brazil by Richard BurtonPublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #23 Britannia: or a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands AuthorCamden, WilliamHeadlineCamden's Britannia with Morden maps 1722PublisherPrinted by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and sold by William TaylorDate Published1722 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #24 The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire... Containing the growth of the Othman Empire, from the reign of Othman the founder, to the Reign of Mahomet IV. That is from the year 1300, to the Siege of Vienna, in 1683. Written originally in Latin, by Demetrius Cantemir, late Prince of Moldavia. Translated into English, from the author’s own manuscript, by N. Tindal... AuthorCantemir, Dimitrie, Voivode of MoldaviaHeadlineCantemir's History of Othman EmpirePublisherPrinted by James, John, and Paul KnaptonDate Published1734-1735 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #25 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There AuthorCarroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]HeadlineAlice in Wonderland & Through the Looking GlassPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1929 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #26 Original drawing by Lewis Carroll in illustration of "The Hunting of the Snark," and an autograph letter from him to the book's illustrator critiquing his designs - bound into a copy of the book AuthorCarroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]HeadlineWith letter and drawing by Lewis CarrollPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold Lot #27 Single leaf from De consolatione philosophiae, printed by William Caxton Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorBoethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus SeverinusHeadlineEarly Caxton printed leafDate Published[c.1478] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #28 The Diamond Jubilee of the International Settlement of Shanghai Heading(China)HeadlineForeigners in Shanghai, 1940PublisherAdcraft StudiosDate Published[1940] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #29 Two bound albums showing Chinese Military Formations and Drills Heading(China)HeadlineChinese Military Formations and DrillsPublisherImperial Workshops(?)Date PublishedMid 19th-century View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #30 Travels in Mexico and California: Comprising a Journal of a Tour from Brazos Santiago, Through Central Mexico, by Way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the Country of the Apaches, and the River Gila, to the Mining Districts of California AuthorClarke, Asa B.HeadlineTravels in Mexico and California 1852PublisherWright & HastyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers Heading(Cranbrook Press)HeadlineCranbrook printnig of Caxton's PhilosphersPublisherPrinted by George G. Booth at the Cranbrook PressDate Published1901 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #32 The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Divine Comedy 1st in English 1802PublisherPrinted by A. Strahan for T. Cadell jun. and W. DaviesDate Published1802 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 New Ballads - with a manuscript verse laid in AuthorDavidson, JohnHeadlineWith a manuscript poem by John DavidsonPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1897 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres AuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, editorsHeadlineComplete Diderot EncyclopedieDate Published1751-1780 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold Lot #35 The first papers on DNA, in two issues of Nature magazine - signed twice by Watson & Crick Heading(DNA)AuthorWatson, James D. & Francis CrickHeadlineDNA articles signed by Watson & CrickPublisherMacmillanDate Published1953 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #36 The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and Women in Aviation - signed first edition AuthorEarhart, AmeliaHeadlineAmelia Earhart The Fun of It signed copyPublisherBrewer, Warren & PutnamDate Published1932 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #37 Letter from Albert Einstein, signed, about the existence of God in relation to physics AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein solves the "God Problem"Date PublishedJuly 21, 1953 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 Eighteenth century embroidered map on silk of the Western Hemisphere, with color vignettes in the corners, the whole surrounded by signs of the zodiac Heading(Embroidered Map)HeadlineEmbroidered map of Western Hemisphere with Zodiac signsDate PublishedLate 18th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #39 Paraphraseon. Tomus Primus [&] Tomus Secondus AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineErasmus paraphrases the New Testament 1524PublisherFrobenDate Published1524 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #40 A Flight Commander AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWiliam Faulkner A Flight Commander One of 15 copiesPublisherSandhill PressDate Published1975 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #41 An Essay on the History of Civil Society AuthorFerguson, AdamHeadlineFerguson's Essay on the History of Civil SocietyPublisherA. Millar, et alDate Published1767 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #42 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character...as told to Ralph Leighton - inscribed by Richard Feynman AuthorFeynman, Richard PhillipsHeadlineSurely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!PublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #43 Les Fleurs du Mal Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBaudelaire, CharlesHeadlineBaudelaire in a fine French bindingPublisherA. Ferroud - F. FerroudDate Published1910 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #44 Salammbô - in a superb painted binding by Madame Marot-Rodde Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineFinely bound by Madame Marot-RoddePublisherLe LivreDate Published1923 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #45 Genesis: Die Schopfung der Welt - in a full morocco exhibition binding by Kurt Londenberg Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineKurt Londenberg Exhibition BindingPublisherGotthard de BeauclairDate Published1965 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #46 The Vicar of Wakefield - in a full morocco inlaid pictorial binding by Bayntun Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineVicar of Wakefield in a stunning inlaid bindingPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1889 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #47 The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England - with a charming fore edge painting Heading(Fore-edge Painting)HeadlineFore edge painting "A Swain and His Lass"PublisherRenshaw and KirkmanDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #48 The Pickwick Papers - with a fore-edge painting of a London street scene Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Pickwick Papers with Fore Edge paintingPublisherNottingham Court PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #49 The Œconomy of Human Life - with a double fore-edge painting of flyfishing scenes Heading(Fore-edge Painting)Author[Dodsley, Robert] Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl ofHeadlineDouble fore-edge paintings of an anglerPublisherS. and E. HardingDate Published1795 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #50 The Life of Nelson - with a fore-edge view of Abingdon, England Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorSouthey, RobertHeadlineFore-edge painting of Abingdon EnglandPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #51 Ballads and Other Poems - with double fore-edge paintings of whaling scenes Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineDouble fore-edge paintings of Whaling SchoonersPublisherC. Kegan Paul & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #52 Enoch Arden, Etc. - with fore-edge painting of Copenhagen Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineFore-edge painting of CopenhagenPublisherEdward Moxon & Co.Date Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #53 The Complaint; or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality - with a fore-edge painting of an angling scene Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorYoung, EdwardHeadlineFore edge painting of an angling scenePublisherJ. Bumpus, et alDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #54 Elegant Extracts. Poetry, Prose, & Epistles - with 18 fore-edge paintings Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)HeadlineWonderful set with 18 fore-edge paintingsPublisherJohn Sharpe and Hector McLeanDate Publishedc.1810 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 The English-American, his Travail by Sea and Land, or, A New Survey of the West-India's: Containing a Journall of Three Thousand and Three Hundred Miles Within the Main Land of America ... With a Grammar, or Some Few Rudiments of the Indian Tongue... AuthorGage, ThomasHeadlineThomas Gage A New Survey of the West Indies 1648PublisherR. CotesDate Published1648 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #56 Opere di Galileo Galilei nobile fiorentino Heading(Galileo's Opera - Allesandro Volta's copy)AuthorGalileo GalileiHeadlineVolta's copy of GalileoPublisherDalla Società tipografica de' classici italiani contrada del CappuccioDate Published1811 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #57 The Form and Order of the Service that is to be Performed and of the Ceremonies that are to be Observed, in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George III. and Queen Charlotte, in the Abbey Church of S. Peter, Westminster. On Tuesday the 22d of September, 1761 Heading(George III)HeadlineCoronation of George III & Queen CharlottePublisherMark BaskettDate Published1761 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #58 Loring's Terrestrial Globe, containing all the late discoveries and geographical improvements, as well as the tracks of the most celebrated circumnavigators Heading(Globe)AuthorLoring, JosiahHeadlineTable top Globe with stand 1846PublisherManufactured by Gilman Joslin BostonDate Published1846 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #59 Extracts from the Treaties Between Great-Britain and Other Kingdoms and States of Such Articles as Relate to the Duty and Conduct of the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships of War Author[Gostling, George]HeadlineTreaties with Great Britain 1792Date Published1792 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #60 The Wind in the Willows AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineFirst Edition in jacket The WInd in the WillowsPublisherScribnersDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #61 Cyrupædia: The Institution and Life of Cyrus...King of Persians Heading(Gregynog Press)AuthorXenophonHeadlineXenophon's Life of Cyrus Gregynog PressPublisherGregynog PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #62 Four typed letters, signed, from Grey to Fred Feldkamp, editor of "For Men" magazine AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineFour letters from Zane Grey to For Men magazine 1938Date PublishedSeptember-December, 1938 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #63 Manuscript accounts by Samuel Hancock of his journey across the plains to Oregon in 1845; his participation in the Cayuse war in 1848 and after; his activities as a trader to the Indians; etc. Author[Hancock, Samuel]HeadlineManuscript reminiscences of Oregon pioneerDate Publishedc.1860? View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #64 Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. - Minutes of Stockholder's Meetings (cover title) Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineMinutes of Hawaii Rapid Transit Co. 1898-1916Date Published1898-1916 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #65 Receipts and Expenditures of the Hawaiian Treasury for the Quarter Ending Dec. 31, 1889 Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineBroadside of Hawaiian Treasury Accounts 1889Date Published[1890] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #66 Japanese Fairy Tales AuthorHearn, Lafcadio, translatorHeadlineLafcadio Hearn Japanese Fairy TalesPublisherT. HasegawaDate Published[c.1905-1925] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #67 Ausstellung Kunsthutte Chemnitz AuthorHeckel, ErichHeadlineAusstellung Kunsthutte Chemnitz 1931 Erich Heckel art catalogDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #68 Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women; Inscribed by ye Names of ye Nine Muses AuthorHeywood, ThomasHeadlineNine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women 1624PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1624 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 Mosses, Lichens, and Ferns: Poems and Pen-Pictures - a manuscript volume of verse and drawings AuthorHill, Frederick PaulHeadlineManuscript volume of verse and drawingsDate Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #70 His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby AuthorHomerHeadlineJohn Ogilby's Translation of Homer's OdysseyPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #71 Costume of the Ancients AuthorHope, ThomasHeadlineThomas HOpe Costume of the AncientsPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #72 De Originibus Americanis AuthorHorn, GeorgHeadlineGeorg Horn De Originibus AmericanisPublisherAdrieni VlacqDate Published1652 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #73 Cyaniding for Gold AuthorIdriess, IonHeadlineCyaniding for Gold by Ion Idriess 1939PublisherAngus and RobertsonDate Published1939 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #74 "Das Alpine America" - portfolio of 25 original albumen photographs AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlinePortfolio of original photos by W.H. JacksonDate Publishedc.1885 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #75 Album of 108 color woodblock prints combining Kabuki actors by Kunichika and war scenes by Utagawa Sadhide Heading(Japanese Woodblock Prints)AuthorToyohara Kunichika and Utagawa Sadhide.HeadlineAlbum of Japanese woodblock printsDate PublishedEdo period - mid 19th century View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #76 ["Jewish Ritual Murder" - in Russian] Heading(Judaica)AuthorBrant, EugenHeadlineRare polemic on Jewish Ritual MurderDate Published1926, 1927, 1929 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 Moby Dick or the Whale Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineGreatest illustrated book of the 20th centuryPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #78 Cornelis de Bruins Reizen over Moskovië door Persië en Indië: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten, vertoonende de beroemste lantschappen en steden, ook de byzondere dragten, beesten, gewassen en planten, die daar gevonden worden: voor al derzelver oudheden, en wel voornamentlyk heel uitvoerig, die van het heerlyke en van oudts de geheele werrelt door befaemde Hof van Persepolis, by den Persianen Tchilminar genaemt AuthorLe Brun, CorneliusHeadlineLe Brun's Travels to Moscow & the East 1714PublisherRudolph en Gerard Wetstein, et al.Date Published1714 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #79 A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion Party" AuthorLeConte, JosephHeadlineLe Conte's Ramblings with original photographsPublisherFrancis & ValentineDate Published1875 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #80 The Song of Hiawatha AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Song of Hiawatha First EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants AuthorLoudon, [Jane Webb]HeadlineLoudon's Ornamental Greenhouse Plants 42 color platesPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1848 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #82 1828 letter about claims to a legendary treasure accumulated on the African island of Madagascar Heading(Madagascar)Headline1828 letter about the legendary African treasure of MadagascarDate Published1828 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #83 Consuetudo, vel, Lex Mercatoria, or, The Antient Law-Merchant...[Bound with] The Merchants Mirrour: or, Directions for the Perfect Ordering and Keeping of his Accounts... by Richard Dafforne. AuthorMalynes, GerardHeadlineThe Antient Law-Merchant...[Bound with] The Merchants MirrourPublisherAdam Islip / R. YoungDate Published1636 / 1635 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #84 Pasiphaé: Chant de Minos (Les Crétois) - two volumes AuthorMatisse, HenriHeadlinePasiphae by Matisse 1 of 1500 copies from Galerie Patrick Cramer 1982PublisherGalerie Patrick Cramer in cooperation with the International Exhibitions FoundationDate Published1982 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #85 Collection of 28 titles published in, and/or about, the Mascarene Island group (Mauritius and Reunion) located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar Heading(Mauritius & Reunion)HeadlineMauritius Collection with rare imprintsDate Published1773-1901 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #86 Paradise Lost. A Poem Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost 1749PublisherPrinted for J. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1749 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #87 The Square Egg AuthorMunro, H.H. ("Saki")HeadlineH.H. Munro The Square Egg First Edition in djPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #88 Archive of 26 manuscript letters signed by King Philip IV of Spain, to Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste, his Viceroy in New Spain, written from February 1651 to February 1653 AuthorPhilip IV, King of SpainHeadlinePhilip IV writes his Viceroy in New Spain 1651-1653Date Published1651-1653 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold Lot #89 1839 Letter by an M.D. and Chemist who played an important role in the birth of American photography Heading(Photography 1839)AuthorJames R. ChiltonHeadline1839 letter by a pioneer of early American photographyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #90 Picasso Toreros Heading(Picasso)AuthorSabartes, JaimeHeadlinePicasso Toreros w/four original lithographs 1st US Ed 1961PublisherGeorges BrazillerDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #91 The Historie of the World. Commonly called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland AuthorPlinius Secundus, GaiusHeadlinePliny's Natural History, 1601PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1601 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #92 Atomic Physics - unpublished manuscript by Boris Podolsky, handwritten and typescript AuthorPodolsky, Boris (1896-1966)HeadlineBoris Podolsky original manuscript for unpublished 1945 workDate Published1945 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #93 De Officio Hominis & Civilis Juxta Legem Naturalem... AuthorPufendorf, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Pufendorf De Officio Hominis & CivilisPublisherAdam LundhausDate Published1673 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #94 Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present... AuthorPurchas, SamuelHeadlineFirst edition of Purchas His Pilgrimage 1613PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Henrie FetherstoneDate Published1613 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #95 Malerische Reise in Brasilien AuthorRugendas, MoritzHeadlineBrazil in the 1830sPublisher[Daco-Verlag Blase]Date Published[1986] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #96 Twentysix Gasoline Stations AuthorRuscha, EdwardHeadlineEdward Ruscha Twentysix Gasoline StationsPublisher[Cunningham Press]Date Published[1967] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #97 Bernardi Sacci Patritij Papiensis De Italicarum rerum varietate et elegantia libri .X. In quibus multa scitu digna recensentur, de populorum vetustate, dominio, & mutatione. Item de prouinciarum proprietate, & Ro. Ecclesiae amplificatione. Cum indice capitulorum in fine operis AuthorSacco, BernardoHeadlineSacco's 1565 Italian history in English armorial bindingPublisherApud Hieronymum Bartholum.Date Published1565 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #98 Draperies in Action AuthorSchenk, Charles.HeadlineDraped nudes by Charles SchenkPublisherPublished by Charles SchenkDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #99 Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFine copy of Shakespeare Second Folio 1632PublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes, for William Aspley and are to be sold at the signe of the Parrat in Pauls Church-yardDate Published1632 View details Estimate$200,000 - $300,000Sold for$180,000StatusSold Lot #100 Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century. Over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China. With descriptions and an introductory essay AuthorSirén, OsvaldHeadlineChinese Sculpture from the 5th to the 14th CenturyPublisherErnest Benn / Scribner'sDate Published1925 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next