Sale 595: Rare Books & Manuscripts, with the Stephen F. Rohde Collection of Early Americana (#595) 09/08/2016 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/08/2016 11:00 AM PDT 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 218. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorAdams, JohnHeadlineJohn Adams defends U.S. Constitution 1788PublisherPrinted for C. Dilly... and John StockdaleDate Published1788 Lot #2 An examination of the various charges exhibited against Aaron Burr, esq., vice-president of the United States; and a development of the characters and views of his political opponents. By Aristides View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Burr, Aaron)Author[Van Ness, William P.]HeadlineCharges against Aaron Burr 1803PublisherPrinted by Ward and GouldDate Published1803 Lot #3 Check signed as Charles Carroll of Carrollton View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCarroll, Charles, Signer from MarylandHeadlineCharles Carroll Signer from MarylandDate PublishedApril 12, 1821 Lot #4 Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, before the High court of impeachment... for high crimes & misdemeanors, supposed to have been by him committed; with the necessary documents and official papers, from his impeachment to final acquittal View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorChase, Samuel, defendentHeadlineTrial of Samuel Chase in original boardsPublisherPrinted for Samuel Butler and George KeatingeDate Published1805 Lot #5 Extracts From the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing The Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an Address to the People of Great-Britain, and a Memorial to the Inhabitants of the British American Colonies. Published by Order of the Congress View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Continental Congress - 1774)AuthorUnited States.HeadlineProceedings of 1774 Continental CongressPublisherSold by John Boyle... and Mills and HicksDate Published1774 Lot #6 Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against William H. Woodward View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorFarrar, TimothyHeadlineEarly court case on corporations 1819PublisherPublished by John W. FosterDate Published[1819] Lot #7 The Federalist: on the New Constitution, by Publius, Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality, Written in 1793. Likewise, the Federal Constitution, with All the Amendments. Revised and Corrected View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(Federalist)AuthorHamilton, Alexander; John Jay; & James MadisonHeadlineFederalist Papers, rare 2nd edition, 1802PublisherPrinted and Sold by George F. HopkinsDate Published1802 Lot #8 The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Heading(Federalist)Author[Hamilton, Alexander; John Jay; & James Madison]HeadlineFirst Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. IIPublisherPrinted and Sold by J. and A. M'LeanDate Published1788 Lot #9 An impartial account of the tryal of Francis Smith, upon an information brought against him for printing and publishing a late book commonly know by the name of Tom Ticklefoot, &c. As also, of the tryal of Jane Curtis, upon an information brought against her for publishing and putting to sale a scandalous libel, called a Satyr upon iniustice, or, Scroggs upon Scroggs View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Freedom of the Press)HeadlineBritish censorship trial 1680Date Published1680 Lot #10 Document signed by Benjamin Harrison as Governor of Virginia, appointing five individuals as justices of the peace and commissioners for trials of slaves View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorHarrison, Benjamin, Signer from VirginiaHeadlineBenjamin Harrison Signer from VirginiaDate PublishedMay 10, 1782 Lot #11 Document Signed by Thomas Heyward, Jr., as judge, being a writ ordering the sheriff to bring two debtors to court View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHeyward, Thomas, Jr., Signer from South CarolinaHeadlineThomas Heyward Signer from South CarolinaDate PublishedDec. 12, 1786 Lot #12 Manuscript document signed by Stephen Hopkins as Governor of Rhode Island, directing the treasurer of the Colony of Rhode Island to pay Samuel Chase £20 for postage View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHopkins, Stephen, Signer from Rhode IslandHeadlineStephen Hopkins Signer from Rhode IslandDate Published1764 Lot #13 Thoughts upon the political situation of the United States of America, in which that of Massachusetts is more particularly considered; with some observations on the constitution for a federal government, addressed to the people of the union View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Author[Jackson, Jonathan]HeadlineThoughts on U.S. politics 1788PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1788 Lot #14 Manual of Parliamentary Practice Composed Originally for the Senate of the United States... The Constitution of the United States, and the Rules for Conducting Business in both Houses of Congress... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineEarly edition of Jefferson's parliamentary manual.PublisherPrinted and published by Jonathan PhillipsDate Published1848 Lot #15 Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineThomas Jefferson's Memoir in original boards 1829PublisherPublished by F. Carr, and Co.Date Published1829 Lot #16 Notes on the State of Virginia View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineJefferson's Notes on Virginia 1801PublisherPrinted by M.L. & W.A. Davis for Furman & LoudonDate Published1801 Lot #17 Message and communication from the President of the United States to the Senate and House of Representatives, delivered on the commencement of the first session of the Seventh Congress, the 8th of December, 1801, with the accompanying documents... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Author[Jefferson, Thomas]HeadlineMessage from President 1801PublisherPrinted by Samuel Harrison SmithDate Published1801 Lot #18 Manuscript document signed by William Livingston in receipt of interest paid to him on a debt View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLivingston, WilliamHeadlineWiliam Livingston Governor of New JerseyDate Published1768 Lot #19 The Life of John Locke, with Extracts from His Correspondence, Journals, and Common-Place Books View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Locke, John)AuthorKing, Lord [Peter]HeadlineLife of John Locke 1829PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1829 Lot #20 A collection of several pieces of Mr. John Locke, Never before printed, or not extant in his works. Publish’d by the author of the life of the ever memorable Mr. John Hales, &c View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlineWith Locke's Constitutions of CarolinaPublisherPrinted for R. FrancklinDate Published1724 Lot #21 An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. In Four Books View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlineJohn Locke's Humane Understanding 1700PublisherAwnsham and John Churchil, and Samuel ManshipDate Published1700 Lot #22 The Life of John Marshall View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Marshall, John)AuthorBeveridge, Albert J.HeadlineLife of John Marshall in fine bindingPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1916-1919] Lot #23 Engraved document on parchment, signed by Thomas McKean as Governor of Pennsylvania, being a grant of land in western Pennsylvania View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMcKean, Thomas, Signer from DelawareHeadlineThomas McKean Signer from DelawareDate PublishedAugust 13, 1806 Lot #24 Pay voucher for Valentin Opp, signed by Thomas Mifflin as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMifflin, ThomasHeadlineThomas Mifflin Signer from PennsylvaniaDate PublishedSept. 29, 1787 Lot #25 Land grant document, signed by James Monroe as President View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineLand Grant signed by James MonroeDate PublishedFebruary 6, 1818 Lot #26 Certificate for ten shares in the North American Land Company, signed by Morris as President of the company, made out to John Barker Church View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, Robert, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineRobert Morris, Signer & Fiinancier of the RevolutionDate PublishedMay 8, 1795 Lot #27 Manuscript indenture on vellum, relating to the deed of conveyance transferring the province of East New Jersey from the estate of George Carteret to William Penn and his associates View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(New Jersey)HeadlineKey document in founding of New JerseyDate Publishedc.1681-1682 Lot #28 Document relating to a legal judgement in favor of Robert Treat Paine, awarding him £600 for being defrauded in payment of rent, apparently, signed by Paine on the back of the document View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPaine, Robert Treat, Signer from MassachusettsHeadlineRobert Treat Paine Signer from MassachusettsDate PublishedFeb. 11, 1771 Lot #29 The Trial of Thomas Paine, For a Libel, Contained in the Second Part of Rights of Man, Before Lord Kenyon, and a Special Jury, At Guildhall, December 18. With the Speeches of the Attorney General and Mr. Erskine, at Large View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Paine, Thomas)HeadlineTrial of Thomas Paine 1792PublisherC. and G. KearsleyDate Published1792 Lot #30 Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineEnglish edition of Paine's Common SensePublisherJ. AlmonDate Published1776 Lot #31 Dissertation on First Principles of Government View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlinePaine's First Principles of Government 1795PublisherPrinted at the English PressDate PublishedThird Year of the French Republic [1795] Lot #32 Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation (caption title) View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlinePaine's Letter to Addressers 1792Date Published[c.1792] Lot #33 Rights of Man; Part the Second. Combining Principle and Practice View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPaine, ThomasPublisherPrinted for H.D. SymondsDate Published1792 Lot #34 The Works, of Thomas Paine, containing Common Sense. Answer to the Abbe Raynal. Letter to the Marquis of Lansdowne. To the authors of the Republican. To the Abbe Syeyes. Part I. Rights of Man. Part II. Rights of Man. Addressed to the addressers, on the late proclamation. Part I. Age of Reason. Part II. Age of Reason. Dissertation on first-principles, of government. His trial with the arguments of counsil [sic] for and against View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineThomas Paine's Works 1796Date Published1796 Lot #35 First editions of two important attacks on the Adams administration during Thomas Jefferson's presidential campaign, plus speeches in the case against Harry Croswell for libel on Jefferson View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorPinckney, Charles, & James Thomson Callender, et al.HeadlineAttacks on John Adams by Jefferson's followersDate Published1799, 1800, 1804 Lot #36 An essay on the first principles of government; and on the nature of political, civil, and religious liberty View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley on principles of government 1768PublisherPrinted for James WilliamsDate Published1768 Lot #37 American Account of the Battle of Camden. From the New Jersey Gazette, September 13 - in The London Chronicle View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineAccount of Battle of CamdenDate PublishedNov. 16-18, 1780 Lot #38 Manuscript document signed by George Ross, as an attorney, being an obligatory bill summoning James Robb to appear in court and make payment of money owed to Jacob Huber View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRoss, George, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineGeorge Ross Signer from PennsylvaniaDate Published1758 Lot #39 Signature of George Ross, on a receipt View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorRoss, George, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineGeorge Ross Signer from PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJune 28, 1768 Lot #40 Essays, Literary, Moral & Philosophical. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. and professor of the institutes of medicine and clinical practice in the University of Pennsylvania View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorRush, BenjaminHeadlineEssays by Benjamin Rush 1798PublisherPrinted by Thomas & Samuel F. BradfordDate Published1798 Lot #41 Document signed by Samuel Huntington as Governor (i.e. "Captain General and Commander in Chief") of the State of Connecticut, appointing Ezra Gallet an ensign in the militia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSamuel Huntington, Signer from ConnecticutHeadlineSamuel Huntington Signer from ConnecticutDate PublishedMay 19, 1795 Lot #42 Manuscript document signed by James Smith as attorney, relating the indebtedness of James Sharp and David McCreigh to a James Reid View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorSmith, James, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineJames Smith Signer from PennsylvaniaDate Published1752 Lot #43 The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorStedman, CharlesHeadlineStedman's history of American Revolution, 1794PublisherPrinted for the author, and sold by J. Murray, et al.Date Published1794 Lot #44 An enquiry, concerning the liberty, and licentiousness of the press, and the uncontroulable nature of the human mind : containing an investigation of the right which government have to controul the free expression of public opinion, addressed to the people of the U. States View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorThomson, JohnHeadlineDefense of Freedom of the Press 1801PublisherPrinted by Johnson & StrykerDate Published1801 Lot #45 Report made to the Chamber of Deputies on the abolition of slavery in the French colonies by Alexis de Tocqueville, July 23, 1839. Translated from the French View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorTocqueville, Alexis deHeadlineTocquevelle on ending slavery in French coloniesPublisherJ. Munroe and Co.Date Published1840 Lot #46 The Constitution of the United States - in two issues of Gentleman's Magazine View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(United States Constitution 1787)HeadlinePlan of U.S. Constitution 1787PublisherPrinted by John Nichols, for D. HenryDate PublishedNov. & Dec. 1787 Lot #47 The Constitution of the United States of America; as Proposed by the Convention, held at Philadelphia, September 17, 1787, and since ratified by the Several States. [With the several amendments thereto.] [Published by order of the House of Representatives.] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(United States Constitution 1787)HeadlineU.S. Constitution 1799PublisherPrinted by John H. OswaldDate Published1799 Lot #48 Journal, Acts and Proceedings, of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, Monday, May 14, and Dissolved Monday, September 17, 1787, which formed the Constitution of the United States View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(United States Constitutional Convention 1787)HeadlineSecret Journals of Constitutional Convention 1819PublisherPrinted and Published by Thomas B. WaitDate Published1819 Lot #49 A Collection of the Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of North-America: Containing the form of government, laws and regulations concerning their election of office-bearers, in courts and assemblies, in the provincial and Continental Congress, together with the treaty of general and united confederacy, &c. Published by order of Congress View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(United States Constitutions)HeadlineScottish edition of U.S. Constitutions 1783PublisherJohn BryceDate Published1783 Lot #50 The Constitutions of the United State, According to the Latest Amendments: To Which are Prefixed, the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution, with the Amendments View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(United States Constitutions)HeadlineConstitutions of U.S. 1802PublisherPrinted by William DuaneDate Published1802 Lot #51 The Constitutions of the United States, According to the Latest Amendments, to Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution; with the Amendments Thereto, This Edition Contains the Constitution of Vermont, Not in Any Former One View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(United States Constitutions)HeadlineConstitutions of U.S. 1791PublisherFrom the press of Carey, Stewart, and Co.Date Published1791 Lot #52 Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, in the year M,DCC,LXXXIX - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sessions View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$100,000StatusSold Heading(United States, Acts...)HeadlineRare folio edition of Acts of Congress 1789-90PublisherPrinted by Francis Childs and John Swaine, Printers to the United StatesDate Published1789-1790 Lot #53 Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the year MDCCLXXXIX... Being the acts passed at the first session of the First Congress of the United States.... which Eleven States respectively ratified the Constitution of Government for the United States, proposed by the Federal Convention, held in Philadelphia, on the Seventeenth of September, One-Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(United States, Acts...)HeadlineActs of 1st Congress 8vo edition 1789PublisherPrinted by Hodge, Allen and Campbell... Also by T. LloydDate Published1789 Lot #54 Debates and Other Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia, Convened at Richmond on Monday the second day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the grand Federal convention. To which is Prefixed the Federal Constitution View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Virginia)HeadlineVirginia debates the new U.S. ConstitutionPublisherPrinted... for Ritchie & Worsley and Augustine DavisDate Published1805 Lot #55 Letters Concerning the English Nation View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorVoltaire, François Marie Arouet deHeadlineVoltaire's Letters on English Nation 1733PublisherC. Davis & A. LyonDate Published1733 Lot #56 Document signed by George Walton as Chief Justice of the state of Georgia, being a summons for a court proceeding having to do with debt View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWalton, George, Signer from GeorgiaHeadlineGeorge Walton Signer from GeorgiaDate Publishedc.1783-5 Lot #57 Document Signed by Oliver Wolcott as Governor (i.e. "Captain General and Commander in Chief") of the State of Connecticut, appointing Abel Gates a lieutenant in the militia View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorWolcott, Oliver, Signer from ConnecticutHeadlineOliver Wolcott Signer from ConnecticutDate PublishedOct. 16, 1797 Lot #58 A Treatise Concerning Political Enquiry, and the Liberty of the Press View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorWortman, TunisHeadlineImportant Treatise on Free Speech 1800PublisherPrinted by George Forman... for the authorDate Published1800 Lot #59 Secret proceedings and debates of the convention assembled at Philadelphia, in the year 1787, for the purpose of forming the Constitution of the United States of America. From the notes taken by the late Robert Yates, and copied by John Lansing, Jr., including "The genuine information", laid before the Legislature of Maryland, by Luther Martin; also other historical documents relative to the Federal compact of the North American Union View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorYates, Robert, John Lansing, & Luther MartinHeadlineSecret Proceedings of Constitutional ConventionPublisherPrinted by Websters and SkinnersDate Published1821 Lot #60 Images, 1923-1974 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams Images deluxe copyPublisherNew York Graphic SocietyDate Published[1974] Lot #61 The Life of a Sportsman by Nimrod View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Alken, Henry)AuthorNimrod [Apperly, Charles James]HeadlineThe Life of a Sportsman by NimrodPublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1842 Lot #62 The Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton, Esq. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Alken, Henry)AuthorNimrod [Apperly, Charles James]HeadlineThe Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton, Esq. 2nd edition.PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1837 Lot #63 The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New-Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(American Imprints)AuthorWatts, IsaacHeadlineWatts, Psalms of David split-leaf book NH: 1818PublisherJ. J. Williams, PrinterDate Published1818 Lot #64 Zur neuen Wohnform: Architekten BDA Luckhardt und Anker Berlin-Dahlem View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Architecture)AuthorLuckhardt, Hans, et al.HeadlineBauhaus architecture in Berlin 1930PublisherBauwelt-VerlagDate Published[1930] Lot #65 The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal or Deuterocanonical Books View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineArion Press Bible The Masterpiece of the PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2000 Lot #66 Handwritten Armenian manuscript from the late 17th century, of liturgical nature, in period tooled leather binding View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Armenian Manuscript)HeadlineRare Armenian manuscript 17th centuryDate PublishedLate 17th century Lot #67 Auli Gellii, luculentissimi scriptoris, noctes atticae, cum indice locupletissimo View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorAulus GelliusHeadlineAulus Gellius' Attic Nights 1564 in LatinPublisherApud Hieronymum de Marnef, & viduam Gulielmi CavellatDate Published1584 Lot #68 1825 letter by New York booksellers of baseball legendary fame View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Baseball history)AuthorH[enry] & E[lihu] Phinney & Co. [Booksellers]Headline1825 letter, New York booksellers of baseball legendary fameDate Publishedca. 1825 Lot #69 Delineations of Cutaneous Diseases: Exhibiting the characteristic appearances of the principal genera and species comprised in the classification of the late Dr. Willan; and completing the series of engravings begun by that author View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBatemen, ThomasHeadlineWtih color plates of skin diseases 1817PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1817 Lot #70 All the Year Round View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Baumann, Gustave)AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineColor woodcuts by Gustave BaumannPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1912] Lot #71 Early Dutch, German, & English Printers' Marks View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBerjeau, J. Ph.HeadlineEarly printers' marksPublisherE. RascolDate Published1866 Lot #72 The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages. [with] Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall [and] The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBible in English 1589PublisherThe Deputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1589 Lot #73 La Sainte Bible en Latin et en François View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin & French)HeadlineLa Sainte Bible in Latin and French 1748-50PublisherGabriel Martin, et alDate Published1748-1750 Lot #74 New Testament in Russian, in velvet binding with hand-painted porcelain onlays on front cover View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Bible in Russian)HeadlineRare Russian Bible in striking bindingDate Publishedc.1890 Lot #75 The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections, and Details, of Various English Edifices: With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBritton, JohnHeadlineBritton's Antiquities of Great BritainPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, & OrmeDate Published1835 Lot #76 Palm leaf manuscript with illustrations on one side of the leaves, writing in a Pali script on the other View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Burmese or Indian Palm Leaf Manuscript)HeadlineIllustrated palm leaf manuscript BurmeseDate PublishedNo date Lot #77 Handwritten religious text on palm leaves, bound in the traditional style with string through holes in the leaves View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Burmese Palm Leaf Manuscript)HeadlineEarly palm leaf Buddihist manuscriptDate Publishedc.14th century? Lot #78 Handwritten religious text on palm leaves, with uncommon polychrome painted wood covers, bound in the traditional style with string through holes in the leaves View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Burmese Palm Leaf Manuscript)HeadlinePalm leaf Buddihist manuscript with polychrome coversDate Publishedc.19th century? Lot #79 Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales. Being a Translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., of Il Pentamerone... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineLarge paper set of Burton's PentameronePublisherHenry and Co.Date Published1893 Lot #80 The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el Yezdi: A Lay of the Higher Law View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineR.F. Burton in fine binding with signed cardPublisherHutchinson & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #81 Katy and the Big Snow View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Virginia LeeHeadlineVirginia Lee Burton Katy and the Big SnowPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1943 Lot #82 Hours of Idleness, A Series of Poems, Original and Translated View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorByron, George Gordon, LordHeadlineLord Byron's first regularly published bookPublisherS. and J. RidgeDate Published1807 Lot #83 Miscellaneous Selections and Original Pieces in Prose and Verse : Consisting Principally of Pieces of Moral Instruction, Descriptions of Fine Scenery, Delineations of Distinguished Characters, &c. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorChase, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Chase Miscellaneous Selections 1821PublisherFor the editor by E.J. ColeDate Published1821 Lot #84 The Punishments of China View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(China)Author[Mason, George Henry]HeadlinePunishments of China 1801 - Color PlatesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1801 Lot #85 The Grandeur of the Gorges: Fifty Photographic Studies, with Descriptive Notes, of China's Great Waterway, the Yangtze Kiange View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineThe Grandeur of the Gorges of the YangtzePublisherA.S. Watson & Company / Kelly & Walsh LimitedDate Published1932 Lot #86 Descrizione dei Progetti e Lavori per L'Innalzamento dei due Ponti sul Taro e Sulla Trebbia View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorCocconcelli, AntonioHeadlineCocconcelli's Bridges over the Taro and TrebbiaPublisherDalla Tipografia DucaleDate Published1825 Lot #87 Hindu Dietetics, with Hints on Cooking and Recipes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery – ‘Hindu’ Indian 1917)AuthorK. D.ShastriHeadlineFirst "Hindu" Indian recipes published in America, 1917PublisherIndo-Aryan Publishing Co,Date Published1917 Lot #88 Hindu Dietetics For Body Building / Building The Nervous And Glandular Systems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cookery – ‘Hindu’ Indian, 1924)AuthorTruth [Boehmer] BurberyHeadlineEarly 1924 book on'Hindu' Indian cooking, by a San Francisco artistPublisherSelf-published by the authorDate Published1924 Lot #89 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineFirst issue of Dana's Two Years Before the MastPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #90 The Story of My Life View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorDarrow, ClarenceHeadlineInscribed by Clarence Darrow to Chicago union leaderPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 Lot #91 The Story of My Life View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorDarrow, ClarencePublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 Lot #92 Herbier Forestier, ou Collection des espèces d'arbres et arbrisseaux qui composent les forêts... Dédié et présenté au Roi. Par J.-B. Duchesne Fils, Jardinier en chef de Sa Majasté View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorDuchesne, Jean-Baptiste, filsHeadlineActual specimens of French trees & shrubs 1820Date Published1820 Lot #93 Pametní List na Oslavu sedesátých Narozenin Antonína Dvoráka View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDvorák, AntonínHeadlineSigned by Czech composer Antonin DvorakPublisherNakladatel Mojmír UrbánekDate Published1901 Lot #94 Two partial printed leaves on vellum from Leber sextus Decretalium View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorBoniface VIII, PopeHeadlineIncunabular printing on vellum 1465PublisherJohann Fust and Peter SchoefferDate Published1465 Lot #95 Two original leaves from La Mer des Hystoires, on with a full page genealogical woodcut View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorBurchardus, de Monte SionHeadlineIncunable leaves from La Mer des HystoiresPublisherPierre Le RougDate Published1488-89 Lot #96 Original printed leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, with half-page woodcut View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorColonna, FrancescoHeadlineIncunable leaf with woodcut Aldus 1499PublisherAldusDate PublishedDec. 1499 Lot #97 Original leaf from the 1487 Brescia edition of Dante's Divina Commedia, with full-page woodcut surrounded by decorative border View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineLeaf from 2nd illustrated Dante 1487PublisherBoninum de Boninis di RaguxiDate Published1487 Lot #98 Eight original printed leaves from the Institutiones of Justinian I, with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorJustinianus [Justinian I]HeadlineLeaves from Justinian's Code, 1472PublisherPeter SchoefferDate Published1472, or 1468? Lot #99 Original leaf from the 1479 Bible in Latin printed by Nicolaus Jenson in Venice View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)HeadlineLeaf from 1479 BiblePublisherNicolaus JensonDate Published1479 Lot #100 Original printed leaf from the 1477 German Bible printed by Gunther Zainer View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)HeadlineLeaf from 2nd illustrated Bible 1477Date Published1477 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next