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AckermannDate Published[1808-1810] Lot #2 Alaska. - Volumes 1 & 2 of the Harriman Alaska series View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska)AuthorBurroughs, John, John Muir, et alHeadlineVolumes 1 & 2 of Harriman's AlaskaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1902 Lot #3 The Crowning of Nature (Coronatio Naturae) - illustrated manuscript View details Estimate$100,000 - $150,000StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy)HeadlineAlchemy manuscript with 67 color illustrationsDate PublishedEarly-to-mid 17th century Lot #4 Original program from a dinner given in honor Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson (aka "Bill W"), signed by Bill and his wife Lois View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)HeadlineProgram signed by AA founder Bill WilsonDate PublishedOctober 7, 1967 Lot #5 Logoi toutoni ton rhetoron. Aischinou. Lysiou. Alkidamantos.../ Orationes horum rhetorum. Aeschinis. Lysiae. Alcidamantis... View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Aldus Manutius, printer)HeadlineAldine Press Orationes, 1513Publisherapud Aldum, & Andream socerumDate Published1513 Lot #6 Recherches sur differens points importans du systeme du monde View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorAlembert, Jean le Rond d'HeadlineAlembert's work on lunar motion 1754-56PublisherChez David l'ainéDate Published1754-1756 Lot #7 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Allix, Susan)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineSusan Allix illustrates Omar KhayyamPublisher[Quadrat Press]Date Published1973 Lot #8 Manuscript book of horoscopes with charts of over 200 European personages of note View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astrology)HeadlineRare manuscript book of horoscopes, 17th centuryDate Published17th century Lot #9 Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa. In Which are Described the Character and the Condition of the Dutch Colonist of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the Several Tribes of Natives Beyond its Limits.. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorBarrow, JohnHeadlineBarrow's Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1806 Lot #10 De a Mesure du Temps, ou Supplement au Traite des Horloges Marines, et a l'Essai sur l'Horologie [bound with] Eclaircissemens sur l'Invention, la Theorie, la Construction, et les Epreubes des Nouvelles Machines Proposees en France, pour la Determination des Longitudes en Mer par la Mesure du Temps. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBerthoud, FerdinandHeadlineTwo rare works on watchmakingPublisherJ.G. Merigot, & Didot Fils / J.B.G. MusierDate Published1787 / 1773 Lot #11 Le Parfumeur Imperial, ou l'art de preparer les odeurs, essences, parfums, aromates, eaux de senteur, poudres, pommades, huiles, pates, lait virginal, cosmetiques, vinaigres de proprete, savons et savonnettes, pastilles odorantes, fumigations, bains aromatiques, gants parfumes, rouge de toutes qualites, ainsi que la recette la plus moderne pour la composition de l'Eau de Cologne; suivi d'un index alphabetique des substances propres a la parfumerie View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBertrand, C.F.HeadlineBertrand's study of perfume and cosmeticsPublisherBrunot-LabbeDate Published1809 Lot #12 Heptateuchus, Liber Job, et Angelium Nicodemi; Anglo-Saxonice. Historiae Judith Fragmentum; Dano-Saxonice View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Anglo-Saxon)HeadlineBible printed in Anglo-Saxon, 1698PublisherE Theatro SheldonianoDate Published1698 Lot #13 The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineHandsome 16th century folio English BiblePublisherChristopher BarkerDate Published1583 Lot #14 The Gospel by Saint Iohn - from the 1574 folio edition of the Bishops' Bible View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineSt. John from the 1574 folio Bishops' BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #15 The Gospel by Saint Marke View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineSt. Mark from 1572 folio Bishops BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1572] Lot #16 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible printed on vellum View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin - 1462 leaf on vellum)Headline1462 Bible leaf printed on vellumPublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] Lot #17 Fifteen volumes from the Religious Tract Society in custom painted bindings, together creating a mosaic of Blake's "Good and Evil Angels" View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William, after)HeadlineHand-painted bindings after William BlakeDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #18 An History of the Principal Rivers of Great Britain [An History of the River Thames] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorBoydell, John and Josiah, publishersHeadlineBoydell's River Thames with 76 colored aquatintsPublisherPrinted for W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah BoydellDate Published1794-1796 Lot #19 Elaborate lithographed membership certificate of D. Hoffman Burroughs in the Society of California Pioneers View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineNahl litho for Society of California Pioneers 1859Date PublishedSeptember 20, 1859 Lot #20 An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead, in the Cases of Two Officers of His Majesty's Army: To Which are Prefixed, Historical and Physiological Remarks on the Nasal Operation, Including Descriptions of the Indian and Italian Methods, View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineFirst modern work on Rhinoplasty by CarpuePublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1816 Lot #21 A History of the High Operation for the Stone, by Incision Above the Pubis; With Observations on the Advantages Attending it and an Account of the Various Methods of Lithotomy, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineJoseph Carpue on the High Operation for the StonePublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1819 Lot #22 An Introduction to Electricity and Galvanism with Cases, shewing their Effects in the Cure of Diseases. To Which is Added, a Description of Mr. Cuthbertson's Plate Electrical Machine View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorCarpue, Joseph ConstantineHeadlineJoseph Carpue on the use of Electricity in MedicinePublisherA. PhillipsDate Published1803 Lot #23 A voyage to California, to observe the transit of Venus. By Mons. Chappe d'Auteroche. With an historical description of the author's route through Mexico, and the natural history of that province. Also, a voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, to make experiments on Mr. Le Roy's time keepers. By Monsieur de Cassini View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorChappe d'Auteroche, JeanHeadlineEarly Scientific Voyage to California 1772PublisherEdward and Charles DillyDate Published1778 Lot #24 A Map and History of Peiping - with Explanatory Booklet (cover title) View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorDorn, FrankHeadlineRare pictorial map of Peking 1936PublisherPeiyang Press, Ltd.Date Published1936 Lot #25 The Annals of Ireland, Translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorConnellan, Owen and Philip Mac DermottHeadlineThe Annals of Ireland 1846PublisherBryan GeraghtyDate Published1846 Lot #26 A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton, With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold AuthorDaniell, William & Richard AytonHeadlineA Voyage Round Great Britain with color plates by DaniellPublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1814 Lot #27 Les Warega (Congo belge) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDelhaise, Charles Godefroid Félix FrançoisHeadlineThe Warega people of the Belgian CongoPublisherAlbert de WitDate Published1909 Lot #28 Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824,...Extending Across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and From Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Felatah Empire View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorDenham, Maj. Dixon & Capt. Hugh ClappertonHeadlineDenham & Clapperton in Northern & Central AfricaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1826 Lot #29 L'Histoire Naturelle éclaircie dans deux de ses Parties Principales. La Lithologie et la Conchyliologie View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorDezallier d'Argenville, Antoine JosephHeadlineEarly work on classifying corals and shells w/32 platesPublisherChez de Bure l'AineDate Published1742 Lot #30 La Theorie, et La Pratique du Jardinage View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine Joseph] L.S.A.J.D.A.Headlinepopular work on gardening w/42 plates 1739PublisherJean Martin HussonDate Published1739 Lot #31 Kali. Poems & Etchings View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDine, JimHeadlineKali. Poems and Etchings by Jim DinePublisherEnitharmon Press for Whitman CollegeDate Published1999 Lot #32 “Possible Relation between DNA and Protein Structure” - rare author offprint View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(DNA)AuthorGamow, GeorgeHeadlineRare author offprint on DNA by GamowPublisherPrinted by Fisher, Knight & Co.Date Published1954 Lot #33 A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece, During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDodwell, EdwardHeadlineDodwell's Tour of Greece 1819PublisherRodwell and MartinDate Published1819 Lot #34 Zum Kontinent des Eisigen Sudens; Deutsche Sudpolarexpedition, Fahreten und Forschungen des "Gauss," 1901-1903 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorDrygalski, Erich vonHeadlineScarce German polar expedition 1904PublisherGeorg ReimerDate Published1904 Lot #35 De Singes et de Mouches View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorDupin, JacquesHeadlineFinely bound by Joanne SonnichsenPublisherFata MorganaDate Published[1983] Lot #36 Superb album of 75 photographs of the sights, scenes, and people of Egypt View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Egypt)HeadlineSuperb album of albumen photographs of EgyptPublisherAlinari & CookDate Published1890s Lot #37 Original ink portrait of Albert Einstein by Josef Scharl, signed by Einstein in ink View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorScharl, JosefHeadlineSigned portrait of Albert EinsteinDate PublishedFebr. 9, 1950 Lot #38 Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Middlemarch First Edition.PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1871-72 Lot #39 Des Maladies Mentales considérées sous les Rapports Médical, Hygiénique et Médico-légal View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorEsquirol, Jean Etienne DominiqueHeadlineOne of the first modern texts on psychiatryPublisherJ.B. BailliereDate Published1838 Lot #40 Dissertatio de Animi Affectionum Physica Causa et Loco ac de Tabaci Usu View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorFabra, Luigi DallaHeadlineTreatise in Latin on the effects of tobacco 1702PublisherTypis Bernardini PomatelliDate Published1702 Lot #41 The Birth and Triumph of Love. A Poem View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurges, James BlandHeadlineHand-colored plates of Cupid in fine bindingPublisherPrinted by C. Roworth for T. Egerton, et al.Date Published1796 Lot #42 Metropolitan Museum: Poeme par Robert Choquette. Avec Bois de Edwin H. Holgate. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorChoquette, RobertHeadlineChoquette's Metropolitan Museum bound by Monique LallierPublisher[Herald Press]Date Published1931 Lot #43 Sports of Love, in Six Poems and Six Etchings... Dedicated to the Women of the British Empire View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCraig, W.M.HeadlinePoems of Love, colored plates, finely bound, 1818PublisherPrinted by B.R. Howlett for Thomas M'LeanDate Published1818 Lot #44 Josephine, Imperatrice et Reine View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMasson, FredericHeadlineFrederic Masson's Josephine finely boundPublisherGoupil et CieDate Published1899 Lot #45 L'Éducation Sentimentale: Historie d'un Jeune Homme. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineFlaubert's L'Éducation Sentimentale, 1st edPublisherMichel LévyDate Published1870 Lot #46 A Looking Glass for the Times. Or, The former spirit of New-England revived in this generation. To which is added, the reports from the Lords of the Committee of Councils, and the King's order relating to the people called Quakers in New England View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorFolger, PeterHeadlinePoem by Benjamin Franklin's grandfather printed 1725PublisherPrinted [by Samuel Hall?]Date PublishedPrinted in the Year 17[63] Lot #47 Lutece ou Premier [-Huitieme] Plan de la Ville de Paris. Par M.L.C.D.L.M. [Nicolas de la Mare] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(France - Paris)AuthorCoquart, A.HeadlineEngraved plans of Paris over the centuries, 1705Date Published1705 Lot #48 Letter from Mohandas Gandhi to Professor Samuel "Sam" Higginbottom at the Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, asking for advice and aid in recovery efforts following the 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorGandhi, MohandasHeadlineHandwritten signed letter from Mohandas Gandhi, 1934Date Published26 March 1934 Lot #49 The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorGell, WilliamHeadlineThe Geography and Antiquities of IthacaPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, and OrmeDate Published1807 Lot #50 The Itinerary of Greece with a Commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an Account of the Monuments of Antiquity at Present Existing in That Country View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorGell, WilliamHeadlineThe Itinerary of Greece - the Blackmer copyPublisherT. PayneDate Published1810 Lot #51 A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of Popular Traditions View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorGerning, Baron J.J. vonHeadlineGerning's Views on the Rhine fabulous color platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 Lot #52 Approx. 350 sheets (about 4 oz.) of gold leaf from the Roycroft bindery, in flexible leather folder tooled in blind View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Gold Leaf - Roycrofters)HeadlineGold leaf from Roycroft BinderyDate PublishedNo date Lot #53 Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGregory, DavidHeadlineGregory's Astronomy with Newton's Lunar Theory, 1702PublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1702 Lot #54 The Revelation of St. John the Divine View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Gregynog Press)HeadlineGregynog Press Revelation of St. John the DivinePublisherGregynog PressDate Published1932 Lot #55 Montparnasse. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorGursky, AndreasHeadlineAndreas Gursky MontparnassePublisherPortikus & Octagon VerlagDate Published1995 Lot #56 A map of Honolulu and the Sandwich Islands, which we now call the Hawaiian Islands View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorMacLeod, Alexander SamuelHeadlineMarvelous pictorial map of HonoluluPublisherHenry M. SnyderDate Published1927 Lot #57 Clarimonde. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn from the French of Theophile Gautier View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Hearn, Lafcadio, translator)AuthorGautier, TheophileHeadlineClarimonde translated by Lafcadio Hearn, 1899PublisherBrentano'sDate Published[1899] Lot #58 Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc., During the Years 1812 and 1813. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorHolland, HenryHeadlineHolland's Travels in the Ionian Isles, etc. 1812-13 First EditionPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1815 Lot #59 Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(Hollis, Thomas, bookbinder)AuthorWallis, JohnHeadlineWallis' English Grammar with Thomas Hollis bindingPublisherG. Bowyer and A. MillarDate Published1765 Lot #60 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's trans. of Homer's Iliad with 50 platesPublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1660 Lot #61 Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHughes, Thomas SmartHeadlineHughes Travels in Sicily Greece and AlbaniaPublisherJ. MawmanDate Published1820 Lot #62 Photograph album of Italian art, architecture, and life View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Italy)HeadlineLate 19th century Italian albumen photo albumDate PublishedLate 19th century Lot #63 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...the Sixth Edition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineSecond quarto edition of Johnson's DictionaryPublisherJ.F. and C. Rivington, et alDate Published1785 Lot #64 Examples of Chinese Ornament Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and other Collections View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorJones, OwenHeadline19th century Chinese design in color lithographyPublisherS. & T. GilbertDate Published1867 Lot #65 Der Blaue Reiter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorKandinsky, Wassily & Franz MarcHeadlineKandinsky's Blaue Reiter, hand-colored platesPublisherR. Piper & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #66 The Wood Beyond the World View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineMorris' Wood Beyond the World from Kelmscott PressPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] Lot #67 Manuscript Koran (Qur'an) in naskhi script, signed & dated by the calligrapher, with borders and verse separations in gold View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Koran)Headline18th century Koran signed by the calligrapherDate Published1190 AH [1776 AD] Lot #68 Méchanique Analitique; par M. de La Grange, de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorLagrange, Joseph LouisHeadlineLagrange's foundation work on analytical mechanics, 1788PublisherChez la veuve Desaint, libraireDate Published1788 Lot #69 Oeuvres de Laplace - Traité de Mécanique Céleste View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineComplete Mecanique Celestial in Laplace's OeuvrePublisherImprimerie RoyaleDate Published1843-4 Lot #70 Traité de Mécanique Céleste View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonHeadlineLaplace's Celestial Mecaniques, first editionPublisherJ.B.M. Duprat / CourcierDate Published1798-1805 Lot #71 The Story of Ferdinand View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorLeaf, MunroHeadlineFerdinand the Bull signed 1st edition in jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1936 Lot #72 WITHDRAWN - Oxonia illustrata, sive Omnium celeberrimæ istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecæ Bodleianæ, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani; nec non urbis totius scenographia. Delineavit & sculpsit Dav: Loggan Univ. Oxon. Chalcographus View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorLoggan, DavidHeadlineWITHDRAWN - The finest 17th century engraved views of OxfordPublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1675 Lot #73 The Hasheesh Eater: Being passages from the Life of a Pathagorean View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Ludlow, Fitz HughHeadlineLudlow's Hasheesh Eater, 1st editionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1857 Lot #74 Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu [Quotations from Chairman Mao] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMao ZedongHeadlineQuotations from Mao in paper wrappers, 1964PublisherGeneral Political DepartmentDate Published[1964] Lot #75 The Annals of Tennis View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMarshall, JulianHeadlineAnnals of Tennis, the "King of Games," 1878Publisher"The Field" OfficeDate Published1878 Lot #76 Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from its First Printing in the Year 1620. unto the Year of our Lord, 1698. In Seven Books. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorMather, CottonHeadlineCotton Mather's History of New-England 1702PublisherThomas ParkhurstDate Published1702 Lot #77 Institutiones ad vsum & examen eorum, quiluxatoriam exercentartem. In Quibus Explicantur Variae Differentaecum Articulationum tum Moderum, quibus solent articuli deprauari...In quibus Denique Agitur De Ossium fractura & curatione. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMercado, Luis de.HeadlineDirections for the official examination of the bone-setters 1625PublisherTypis Hartm. PaltheniiDate Published1625 Lot #78 From Edinburgh to the Antarctic: An Artist's Notes and Sketches During the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMurdoch, W.G. BurnHeadlineScarce whaling narrative 1894PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1894 Lot #79 The Life of Napoleon, A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos by Doctor Syntax View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineDoctor Syntax and the Life of NapoleonPublisherT. TeggDate Published1817 Lot #80 Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)AuthorMaitland, F.L.HeadlineMaitland's Surrender of NapoleonPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1826 Lot #81 Alturas De Macchu Picchu View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorNeruda, Pablo and Martin ChambiHeadlinePablo Neruda's Alturas De Macchu Picchu signed 1/1000PublisherNascimentoDate Published1954 Lot #82 Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy... Book the first. Translated into English, and illustrated with a commentary, by Robert Thorp View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English 1802PublisherPrinted by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, Jun. & W. DaviesDate Published1802 Lot #83 Barack Obama's fifth grade yearbook, "Na Opio O Punahou," signed by him with an inscription to a schoolmate View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Obama, Barack)HeadlineBarack Obama's 5th grade yearbook inscribed & signedDate Published1972 Lot #84 Abhandlung über die leichteste und bequemste Methode die Bahn eines Cometen aus einigen Beobachtungen zu berechnen View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorOlbers, WilhelmHeadlineOlbers on calculating a comet's orbit, 1797PublisherIm Verlage des Industrie-ComptoirsDate Published1797 Lot #85 Ueber eine Verbesserung der Wien'schen Spectralgleichung [“On an Improvement of Wien’s Radiation Law"] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineMax Planck provides the origin of quantum theory, 1900PublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1900 Lot #86 Piter Pan dans les Jardins de Kensington View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineRackham's Piter Pan one of 20 copies on Japan VellumPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1907 Lot #87 Piter Pan. Douze Réproductions en Couleur des Originaux de A. Rackham qui ont Servi a l'Illustration de l'Ouvrage de J.M. Barrie. View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineFrench edition of Arthur Rackham's Peter Pan PortfolioPublisherHachetteDate Published1911 Lot #88 Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineGulliver's Travels finely bound w/Rackham illustrationsPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1909 Lot #89 Designs in Architecture for Garden Chairs, Small Gates for Villas, Park Entrances, Aviarys, Temples, Boat Houses, Mausoleums, and Bridges; with Their Plans, Elevations, and Sections, Accompanied with Scenery, &c. View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineAckermann color plates Designs in Architecture for GardensPublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of ArtsDate Published1800 Lot #90 Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in Their Respective Uniforms Representing the Whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise in 87 Plates View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineThomas Rowlandson color plates of London uniformsPublisher[Rudolph Ackermann]Date Published[1798-99] Lot #91 Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorSauvan, Jean Baptiste Balthazar.HeadlineSauvan's Tour of the Seine color platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1821 Lot #92 Egon Schiele: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Schiele, Egon)AuthorLeopold, RudolfHeadlineThe artwork of Egon Schiele, 1/50 copiesPublisherPhaidonDate Published[1973] Lot #93 Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Sendak, Maurice)AuthorBond, Gladys BakerHeadlineSendak illustrates seven stories for the B'nai B'rithPublisherAnti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rithDate Published[1955] Lot #94 The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorShackleton, E. H.HeadlineShackleton's Heart of the Antarctic 1st UK EdnPublisherHeinemannDate Published1909 Lot #95 The life and death of King John View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare King John from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #96 The Life of Tymon of Athens View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Tymon of Athens from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #97 Much adoe about Nothing [&] Loves Labour's Lost View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo plays from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #98 Specimens of tile pavements, drawn from existing authorities View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineColor plates of ancient British pavement tilesPublisherBasil M. PickeringDate Published1858 Lot #99 O.J. Simpson. Trial of the Century. 1995. - as reported in the Los Angeles Times View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Simpson, O.J.)HeadlineComplete LA Times coverage of the OJ Simpson trialPublisherLos Angeles TimesDate PublishedJanuary 24 - October 4, 1995 Lot #100 Elizabeth Taylor View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorStackpole, PeterHeadlinePeter Stackpole photograph of Elizabeth TaylorDate Published1944, later printing Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next