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Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Rare Virginia “Slave Non-Importation” certificate View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1795)AuthorRichard ConwayHeadlineRare 1795 Virginia “Slave Non-Importation” certificateDate PublishedFeb. 20, 1795 Lot #2 Letter "leasing" slaves of Daniel Boone's Revolutionary War friend and Indian battle companion View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1817 – Tennessee slaves, Daniel Boone)AuthorPleasant HendersonHeadlineLetter "leasing" slaves of Daniel Boone's Revolutionary War friend and Indian battle companionDate PublishedDec. 27, 1817 Lot #3 Ten vellum antiphonal leaves (i.e. five bifolia) with two inhabited initials and an elaborate title leaf View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Antiphonal Leaves)HeadlineLarge vellum antiphonal leavesDate Published1740 Lot #4 WITHDRAWN Bartholomew Faire, or Variety of Fancies, Where you May Find a Faire of Wares, and All to Please Your Mind. With the severall enormityes and misdemeanours, which are there seene and acted. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Bartholomew Faire)HeadlineBartholomew Faire 1641PublisherRichard HarperDate Published1641 Lot #5 Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)HeadlineTwo leaves from Complutensian Polyglot BiblePublisherArnald Guillen de BrocarDate Published1514-1517 Lot #6 The booke of the preacher, otherwyse called Ecclesiastes, which is Solomon the king [and] The Ballet of Ballets of Solomon, called in Latine, Canticum Canticorum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBishops' Bible Ecclesiates & Song of Songs 1574Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #7 The Gospell of Sayncte Mathewe - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineGospel of St. Matthew 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #8 Isaiah - from the 1583 folio edition of the Geneva Bible View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBook of Isaiah from Folio Geneva Bible 1583Publisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583] Lot #9 [Joshua], i.e. The booke of Iosuah, vvhom the Hebrewes call Iehosuah - from the 1574 folio edition of the Bishops' Bible View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBishops' Bible Joshua 1574Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #10 Nine leaves from the "Great Bible" of 1540 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineLeaves from 1540 New Testament in EnglishPublisher[Thomas Petyt & Robert Redman for Thomas Berthelet]Date Published[1540] Lot #11 The Psalmes of Dauid - from the 1583 folio edition of the Geneva Bible View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBook of Psalms from Folio Geneva Bible 1583Publisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583] Lot #12 The Four Gospels in the Original Greek View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Greek)HeadlineFour Gospels in Greek from Clarendon PressPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1932 Lot #13 Regula Beati Augustini. Constitutiones Fratrum Ordinis Prædicatorum. Cum aliis vt in sequenti pagina View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Blado, Antonio, printer)HeadlineRules of Augustinian Order 1566PublisherApud Antonium Bladum, Impressorem CameloremDate Published1566 Lot #14 Songs of Innocence View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Songs of Innocence from Trianon PressPublisher[Trianon Press}Date Published[1954] Lot #15 Glass trade bead recovered from the wreckage site of the H.M.S. Bounty View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Bligh, William)HeadlineGlass trade bead recovered from the H.M.S. BountyDate Publishedbefore 1787 Lot #16 Il Solimano Tragedie View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorBonarelli, ProsperoHeadlineIl Solimano Tragedie by Prospero Bonarelli 1620PublisherPietro CocconcelliDate Published1620 Lot #17 The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants - Volumes IV & V View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Botanical color plates)AuthorAndrews, Henry C.HeadlineTwo volumes from the Botanist's Repository 144 platesPublisherFor the author by T. BensleyDate Published1802-03 Lot #18 Mundi Lapis Lydius sive Vanitas per Veritate Falsi Accusata & Conuicata View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBourgogne, Antoine deHeadlineRare 17th Century Flemish Emblem BooksPublisherJoan CnobbariDate Published1639 Lot #19 Tibetan Buddhist Sutra for recitation in rituals of the white parasol Goddess View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Buddhist Manuscript)Headline15th century Buddhist Sutra manuscriptDate Publishedc.1450? Lot #20 Photographs View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCallahan, HarryHeadlineHarry Callahan Photographs first editionPublisherEl Mochuelo GalleryDate Published[1964] Lot #21 Extrauagantes Viginti Joannis Vigesimisecundi una cum Elega[n]ti Apparatu Domini Zenzelini de Cassanis... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Canon Law)HeadlineRare 1549 volume of Canon LawPublisherYolande BonhommeDate Published1549 Lot #22 Single leaf from De consolatione philosophiae, printed by William Caxton View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Heading(Caxton, William, printer)AuthorBoethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus SeverinusHeadlineEarly Caxton printed leafDate Published[1477-1478] Lot #23 Original Leaf from Caxton's Chaucer, being a fragment of The Clerk's Tale View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Caxton, William, printer)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineLeaf from Caxton's Chaucer 1476PublisherWilliam CaxtonDate Published1476 Lot #24 Original leaf from the Polycronicon, printed by William Caxton in 1482 at Westminster View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Caxton, William, printer)AuthorHigden, RanulfHeadlineLeaf printed by William Caxton 1482Date Published[1482] Lot #25 Letter from Miguel Costanzo to the Viceroy of New Spain, requesting arms for the cavalry corps of the northern provinces, plus a manuscript payment voucher for Costanzo View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorCostanzo, MiguelHeadlineLetter from Miguel Costanzo to Viceroy of New SpainDate Published1810 & 1794 Lot #26 Mexico South: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec - inscribed with original sketches View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorCovarrubias, MiguelHeadlineMiguel Covarrubias Mexico inscribed with sketchesPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1946 Lot #27 NO LOT View details StatusUnsold Lot #28 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineCharles Darwin The Descent of Man 1st EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #29 Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte, pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte, en 1798 et 1799 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDenon, Dominique Vivant, BaronHeadlineDenon' Egypt with Atlas 1819PublisherChez Charles Taylor, et al.Date Published1819 Lot #30 An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America: Containing a description of their Lakes and Rivers, the nature of the Soil and Climates, and their Methods of Commerce, &c. Shewing the Benefit to be made by settling Colonies, and opening a Trade in these Parts... View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorDobbs, ArthurHeadlineDobbs' Hudson's Bay with map 1744PublisherPrinted for J. RobinsonDate Published1744 Lot #31 Original illustrated leaf from Virgil's Opera View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Early Printed LeafAuthorVirgilHeadlineIllustrated leaf from 1502 VirgilPublisherJ. GruningerDate Published1502 Lot #32 Eight original printed leaves from the Institutiones of Justinian I, with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorJustinianus [Justinian I]HeadlineLeaves from Justinian's Code, 1468 or 1472PublisherPeter SchoefferDate Published1472, or 1468? Lot #33 Four original printed leaves from the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Early Printing)AuthorVesaliusHeadlineFour leaves from Vesalius 1st edition 1543PublisherJohannes OporinusDate Published1543 Lot #34 Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Gravitationstheorie View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorFreundlich, ErwinHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity analyzed, 1916PublisherVerlag von Julius SpringerDate Published1916 Lot #35 Original Associated Press photograph of Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa standing next to a flower-covered float at the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Einstein, Albert)HeadlinePhoto of Einstein at Rose Bowl ParadeDate Publishedc.1932 Lot #36 Two original press photographs of Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa relaxing at the El Mirador resort in Palm Springs View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Einstein, Albert)HeadlinePhotos of Albert & Elsa Einstein at California Mission 1932Date Publishedc.1932 Lot #37 Letter from Albert Einstein expressing regret that he did not have time to contribute to a journal View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Einstein letter signed 1927Date Published1 Sept. 1927 Lot #38 Letter from Albert Einstein to physicist, astronomer, and author Kenneth Heuer regarding distribution of heavy metals on the surface of Earth View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein commentson distribution of heavy metalsDate PublishedOctober 20, 1952 Lot #39 Small group of original signed letters from Albert Einstein to author Max Fishler, an important correspondence about Immanuel Kant and Relativity View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$62,500StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein letters about Kant and RelativityDate Published1949-1954 Lot #40 Three early papers on special relativity by Albert Einstein in Annalen der Physik, Band 23 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein paper establishing E=mc2PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1907 Lot #41 Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte, quicke, wittie and sentencious saiynges of certain Emperours, Kynges Capitaines, Philosophiers and Oratours, as well Grekes, as Romaines ... First gathered and compiled in Latine by the ryght famous clerke Maister Erasmus of Roterodame. And now translated into Englyshe by N. Udall. B.L. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineErasmus' Apopthegmes 1st in English 1542PublisherTypis Ricardi GraftonDate Published1542 Lot #42 Euclidis elementorum libri XV. Unà cum scholijs antiquis à Federico Commandino Vrbinate nuper in Latinum conuersi, commentarijsque quibusdam illustrati View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineEarly & desirable edition of Euclid's Elements 1572PublisherJakob Criegher [for Camillo Franceschini]Date Published1572 Lot #43 Horologiographia. The Art of Dialling: Teaching an easie and perfect way to make all kinds of dials vpon any plaine plat howsoeuer placed. With the drawing of the twelue signes, and houres unequall in them all... Of speciall vse and delight, not only for students of the arts mathematicall, but also for diuers artificers, architects, surueyours of buildings, free-Masons and others View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorFale, ThomasHeadlineEarly horological work 1627PublisherImprinted by Felix KyngstonDate Published1627 Lot #44 [De Solaribus Horologiis, i.e.]: Orontii Finei Delphinatis, regii mathematicarvm professoris, De solaribus horologiis, & quadrantibus, libri quatuor. Sequens pagina summa librorum capita tibi expediet View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorFiné, OronceHeadlineHorological work by Oronce Finé 1560PublisherApud Gulielmum CauellatDate Published1560 Lot #45 New Directions in Bookbinding [&] The Book: Art & Object - finely bound by Philip Smith View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmith, PhilipHeadlineA stunning custom binding by Philip SmithPublisherStudio Vista & MersthamDate Published[1974] & 1982 Lot #46 Stile et Prothocolle de la Chancellerie de France, Additione de Plusieurs Lettres Singulieres non Parauant Imprimees View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(France)HeadlineStyle et prothocolle de la chancellerie de FrancePublisherVincen SartenasDate Published1560 Lot #47 Über den Baue der Nervenfasern und Nervenzellen beim Flusskrebs View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorFreud, SigismundHeadlineEarly anatomical paper by Freud 1882PublisherK.K. Hof... in Commission bei Carl Gerold's SohnDate Published1882 Lot #48 Journal de Madame Rose de Saulces de Freycinet d'après le manuscrit original, accompagné de notes par Charles Duplomb View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorFreycinet, Rose Marie Pinon de Saulces deHeadlineRare journal of French circumnavigation by womanPublisherSociété d'Éditions géographiques, maritimes, et colonialesDate Published1927 Lot #49 Le Nouveau Jeu des Cris de Paris View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Games)HeadlineNouveau Jeu des Cris de Paris 18th Century GamePublisherJean Baptiste CrepyDate Publishedc.1780s Lot #50 Structure of Synthetic Polypeptides: I. The Transform of Atoms on a Helix View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Genetics)AuthorCrick, F[rancis] H.C.; W. Cochran; & V. VandHeadlineRare authors' offprint on DNAPublisherFr. Bagges Kgl. HofbogtrykkeriDate Published1952 Lot #51 Three early 20th century offprints of genetics papers by R.R. Gates, presentation copies View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Genetics)AuthorGates, Reginald RugglesHeadlineGenetics offprints by R.R. GatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #52 Three offprints of articles by Lawson Anstruther from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Genetics)AuthorLawson, A. AnstrutherHeadlineGenetics offprints by A.S. LawsonPublisherRobert Grant & SonDate Published1911-1912 Lot #53 Three monographs from the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, London View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Genetics)HeadlineMonographs on EugenicsPublisherPublished by Dulau and Co.Date Published1907-1909 Lot #54 The Roof of the World, Being the Narrative of a Journey Over the High Plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus Sources on Pamir View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGordon, T[homas] E[dward]HeadlineT.W. Gordon The Roof of the World 1st EditionPublisherEdmonston and DouglasDate Published1876 Lot #55 The Experienced Millwright; or, A Treatise on the Construction of Some of he Most Useful Machines, with the Latest Improvements. To Which is Prefixed, a Short Account of the General Principles of Mechanics, and the Mechanical Powers View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorGray, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Gray's Experienced Millwright 1804 1st EditionPublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1804 Lot #56 Autograph Letter, signed, and a sheet of manuscript musical notations View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHalévy, FromentalHeadlineFromental Halevy Letter and Musical ManuscriptDate PublishedOctober, 1849 Lot #57 Letter by American woman missionary, Maui, on anti-slavery, "adulterous" natives, and naval threat of French Catholicism View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Hawaii, 1840)AuthorMary Kittredge Clark [Mrs. Ephraim Clark]Headline1840 Hawaii letter by American woman missionary - anti-slavery and French Catholic threatDate PublishedJuly 12, 1840 Lot #58 Letter by anti-missionary British-Hawaiian 49er who acquired Sacramento land from John Sutter and later befriended King Kamehameha View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Hawaii, California Gold Rush, 1849)AuthorGeorge S.[eymour] KenwayHeadline1849 Hawaii Letter by an anti-missionary British merchant who visited Gold Rush CaliforniaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1849 Lot #59 Encyclopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse - PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO PHILIP MARHEINEKE View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000StatusUnsold AuthorHegel, Georg Wilhelm FriedrichHeadlineVery rare Hegel presentation copyPublisherOßwaldDate Published1830 Lot #60 Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals: being analogically handled according to the nature of things, and fitted with apt motto’s to the heroical science of herauldry in the symbolical world. Whereby is discovered what is signified by every honourable partition, ordinary, or charge, usually born in coat-armour, and mythologized to the heroical theam [sic] of Homer on the shield of Achilles... By Sylvanus Morgan arms-painter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Heraldry)AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlineMorgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666PublisherPrinted by T. Hewer for Nathaniel BrookDate Published1666 Lot #61 Icones Veteris Testamenti: Illustrations Of The Old Testament, Engraved On Wood, From Designs By Hans Holbein View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorHolbien, Hans, the YoungerHeadlineHans Holbein Icones Veteris Testamenti One of 12 copiesPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1830 Lot #62 Manuscript comments by Albert Sands Southworth on depositions and evidence presented in the "Howland Will Trial" View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Howland Will Trial)AuthorSouthworth, Albert SandsHeadlineEarly legal photography Howland Will TrialDate PublishedSeptember, 1867 Lot #63 Ejercicios espirituales de nuestro padre San Ignacio, por el padre Sebastian Izquierdo segun se practican en la Casa de Ejercicios de San Felipe Neri de México View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorIzquierdo, SebastianHeadlineIllustrated Mexican edition of Spiritual ExercisesPublisherImpr. de Luis Abadiano y ValdesDate Published1846 Lot #64 Album of Albertypes from photographs by William Henry Jackson taken on the 1871 Hayden Geological Survey, during which the Yellowstone region was explored and photographed View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000StatusUnsold AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlineW.H. Jackson's 1st photographs of YellowstonePublisherE. Bierstadt's AlbertypesDate Published[1874] Lot #65 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Dictionary Third Edition 1765PublisherPrinted by W. Strahan for A. Millar, T. Longman, et alDate Published1765 Lot #66 Ulysses View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Ulysses 1/750 1st editionPublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #67 Institutionum Civilium libri quatuor - manuscript copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorJustinianus I, EmperorHeadlineManuscript copy of the Institutiones of Justinian IDate Published(17th Century?) Lot #68 Proof pages from the Kelmscott Press edition of The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineProof pages from the Kelmscott Press ShelleyPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894-5 Lot #69 Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, solius, verae, Christiano-Kabalisticum, Divino-Magicum, nec non Physico-Chymicum, Tertriunum, Catholicon View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorKhunrath, HeinrichHeadlineRare alchemy book by Heinrich Khunrath 1609PublisherExcudebat Guilielmus Antonius]Date Published[1609] Lot #70 Contes et nouvelles en vers View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLa Fontaine, [Jean de]HeadlineLa Fontaine with engravings by Charles-Dominique-Joseph EisenPublisherDidot JeuneDate Published1796 Lot #71 Reflexions ou Sentences et Maximes View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Author[La Rochefoucauld, Francois Duc de]HeadlineMaxims of La Rochefoucauld 1678PublisherChez Claude BarbinDate Published1678 Lot #72 Statutes of Venice - manuscript on vellum View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Law Manuscript - Venice, Italy, 1580)HeadlineRare manuscript statutes of Venice 1580Date Published1580 Lot #73 Bound volume of four 16th century legal works View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Law)Headline16th century Venetan legal tractsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1565-1573 Lot #74 Respvblica; siue, Status Regni Poloniæ, Litvaniæ, Prvssiæ, Livoniæ, etc. Diuersorum autorum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Law)HeadlineElzevir printing of laws of Poland, etc. 1642PublisherEx officina ElzevirianaDate Published1642 Lot #75 Relief carving of T.E. Lawrence in profile, wearing a keffiyeh View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Lawrence, T.E.)AuthorKennington, Eric Henri, attrib.HeadlineRelief sculpture of Lawrence of ArabiaDate Publishedc.1935 Lot #76 Manuscript notebook with 39 ink and watercolor drawings in illustration of 39 manuscript limericks View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorLear, Edward, attrib.HeadlineManuscript Limericks & Drawings with Lear attbutionDate Published19th century Lot #77 Personal accounting ledger, 1843-1844, of merchant captain and California pioneer William A. Leidesdorff View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorLeidesdorff, William AlexanderHeadlineAccounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44Date Published1843-1844 Lot #78 Our Hawaii View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, Charmian KittredgeHeadlineCharmian London - Our Hawaii 1st editionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1917 Lot #79 Tales of the Fish Patrol View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineInscribed by Jack London to his personal physicianPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #80 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1675 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherPrinted for J. S., to be sold by Robert Boulter at the Turks-head in Cornhil, against the Royal ExchangeDate Published1675 Lot #81 Africae nova descriptio View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Map)AuthorBlaeu, WillemHeadlineBlaeu's Afriica carte-a-figuresDate Published1643-50 Lot #82 Tabulam hanc Aegypti, si Aequus ac Diligens Lector, cum Alys, quae Hactenus Prodicut... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Map)AuthorPigafetta, Filippo / Johann Israel de BryHeadlinePigafetti/de Bry map of Africa 1598Date Published1598- Lot #83 Karl Marx' 'Capital' in Lithographs View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Marx, Karl)AuthorGellert, HugoHeadlineLithographs illustrating Karl MarxPublisherRay Long & Richard R. SmithDate Published[1934] Lot #84 Herr Vogt View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMarx, KarlHeadlineKarl Marx's Herr Vogt 1st EditionPublisherA. PetschDate Published1860 Lot #85 A Monograph of the Work of McKim Mead & White, 1879-1915 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(McKim Mead & White)HeadlineMcKim, Mead & White Monograph 4 volumesPublisherArchitectural Book Publishing Co.Date Published[1915-18] Lot #86 Collection of eight directories and calendars of the religious rites of the Franciscan, Augustin and other Orders in Mexico in the 18th century View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineRare 18th century Mexican religious calendarsDate Published1784-1789 Lot #87 The Subjection of Women View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineJohn Stuart on The Subjection of Women 1st EditionPublisherLongman, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1869 Lot #88 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1916-24 Lot #89 Report on the Internal Commerce of the United States View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorNimmo, JosephHeadlineThe most important of the "Big Four" cattle booksPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1885 Lot #90 Lexicon Juris, Seu Epitome Definitionum & Rerum View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorOldendorp, JohannHeadlineRare 16th Century Legal DictionaryPublisherApud Cominum de Tridino MontisferratiDate Published1555 Lot #91 La Victoria de Junin: Canto a Bolivar View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorOlmedo, José Joaquín deHeadlineTribute in verse to Bolivar 1826PublisherReimpreso en Londres [Imprenta Española de M. Calero]Date Published1826 Lot #92 A Picture Journey to Farms in Idaho, Washington, Oregon (cover title) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Pacific Northwest Farm Trio)HeadlinePhotographs of Farms in Pacific NorthwestPublisherPacific Northwest Farm TrioDate Published[c.1930] Lot #93 Ioannis Paduanii Veronensis De compositione, & usu multiformium horologiorum solarium ad omnes totius orbis regiones, ac situs in qualibet superficie... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPadovani, GiovanniHeadlineSundials by Giovanni Padovani, 1582PublisherApud Franciscum Franciscium SenensemDate Published1582 Lot #94 Archive of approximately 135 pencil-drawn preliminary architectural sketches for concessions, exhibits and rides in the “Joy Zone” at the P.P.I.E. View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorSymmes, Edward J.HeadlineDesigns for PPIE "Joy Zone" buildingsDate Publishedc.1914 Lot #95 The Natural History of Animals, Containing the Anatomical Description of Several Creatures Dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Wherein The Construction, Fabrick and Genuine Use of the Parts, are Exactly and Finely Delineated in Copper Plates...To Which is Added an Account of the Measure of a Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth, Published by the Members of the Same Academy... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorPerrault, ClaudeHeadlinePerrault's Natural History of Animals 1702PublisherR. 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