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Previous|12|Next Lot #101 Walt Disney's Living Desert - inscribed View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Disney, Walt)AuthorAyme, Marcel, Albert Camus et al.HeadlineDisney's Living Desert - inscribedPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[c.1954] Lot #102 Walt Disney's Beaver Valley - inscribed View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Disney, Walt)AuthorBlond, GeorgesHeadlineDisney's Beaver Valley - inscribedPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[c.1950] Lot #103 Walt Disney's Vanishing Prairie - inscribed View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Disney, Walt)AuthorBromfield, LouisHeadlineDisney's Vanishing Prairie - inscribedPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[c.1951] Lot #104 Paradise Lost View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Milton, Paradise LostPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 Lot #105 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineTwo first editions by Conan Doyle finely boundPublisherGeorge Newnes,Date Published1892, 1894 Lot #106 A Study in Scarlet View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineConan Doyle A Study in Scarlet 1st American ed.PublisherLippincottDate Published1890 Lot #107 The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and Women in Aviation View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorEarhart, AmeliaHeadlineAmelia Earhart signed first editionPublisherBrewer, Warren & PutnamDate Published1932 Lot #108 British Hounds and Gun-Dogs: Twenty-Four Photogravures of the Finest Quality After Original Paintings by Maud Earl View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorEarl, MaudHeadlineBritish Hounds and Gun Dogs, Maud EarlPublisherBerlin Photographic Co.Date Published[1902] Lot #109 A Description of England and Wales. Containing a Particular Account of each County, with its Antiquities, Curiosities, Situation . . . Palaces, Markets, Fairs . . View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(English Topography & Antiquities)HeadlineHandsome engraved plates of English views and buildingsPublisherNewberry and CarnanDate Published1769-70 Lot #110 Dago Red View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineLovely first edition of Fante's Dago RedPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1940 Lot #111 The Alta California, Pacific Coast and Trans-Continental Rail-Road Guide...a minutely detailed Account of every City, Town, Railroad Station, Mining District, Mountain, Valley, Lake, River, Hunting and Fishing Ground along the Great Trans-Continental Rail View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorFergusson, J.C., editorHeadlinePacific Coast and Trans-Continental RR Guide, 1871PublisherFred MacCrellish & Co.Date Published[1871] Lot #112 The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWhittier, John GreenleafHeadlineWhittier's Works in full morocco, 9 volumesPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1892] Lot #113 The Great Gatsby View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineThe Great Gatsby finely boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 Lot #114 Leichtfassliche Darstellung der Theorie des Gehirn- und Schädelbaues und der daraus entspringenden physiognomischen und psychologischen Folgerungen des Herrn Dr. Gall in Wien View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Gall, Franz Josef)AuthorMartens, Franz HeinrichHeadlineExposition of phrenology, hand-colored aquatintsPublisherFriedrich August LeoDate Published1803 Lot #115 Archive of photographs, letters, ephemera, and related items by, of, or about Judy Garland View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Garland, Judy)HeadlineJudy Garland archiveDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #116 Typescript draft with ink manuscripts corrections and emendations of an autobiographical article written for Ladies Home Journal View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorGarland, JudyHeadlineDraft of Judy Garland autobiographyDate Publishedc.1967 Lot #117 Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Gesammelt Durch die Brüder Grimm View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorGrimm, Jacob and WilhelmHeadlineGrimm's Fairy Tales, 3 volumes, 1819-1822PublisherGedruckt und verlegt bei G. ReimeDate Published1819-1822 Lot #118 Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L'Amerique Centrale... Geologie. Description des Anciennes Possessions Mexicaines du Nord... (wrapper title). View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorGuillemin-Tarayre, EdmondHeadlineMineralogy & geology of California, 1871, with mapsPublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1871 Lot #119 Creeps By Night View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorHammett, Dashiell, editorHeadlineHammett edits Creeps by Night in rare jacketPublisherThe John Day CompanyDate Published[1931] Lot #120 Red Harvest - inscribed View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorHammett, DashiellHeadlineDashiell Hammett's first book - inscribedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1929 Lot #121 The Highlands of Aethiopia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, William CornwallisHeadlineDiplomatic mission to Ethiopia, 1841-43PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1844 Lot #122 The Talented Mr. Ripley View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHighsmith, PatriciaHeadlineP. Highsmith The Talented Mr. Ripley 1st EditionPublisherCoward-McCannDate Published[1955] Lot #123 The Rhinoceros. A Monograph View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Hillier, Matthew)AuthorNardelli, FrancescoHeadlineBasilisk Press The Rhinoceros with original drawingPublisherThe Basilisk PressDate Published1988 Lot #124 Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineFirst edition of Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, 1651PublisherPrinted for Andrew CrookeDate Published1651 Lot #125 A Rake's Progress View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorHogarth, WilliamHeadlineA Rake's Progress - full set of engravingsDate Published1735 Lot #126 Horn's Overland Guide, from the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorHorn, Hosea BHeadlineHorn's Overland Guide from Council Bluffs to SacramentoPublisherJ. H. ColtonDate Published1852 Lot #127 Outlines of U.S.A. Chronology in "The Time of the End" of the End Time of the Gentiles View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorJack, ButlerHeadlineRare chronological timeline of U.S. historyDate Published1920 Lot #128 "Das Alpine America" - portfolio of 19 original albumen photographs View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlinePortfolio of original photos by W.H. JacksonDate Publishedc.1885 Lot #129 Israel: A Personal History View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Judaica)AuthorBen-Gurion, DavidHeadlineBen-Gurion, Israel: A Personal History 1/2000 signedPublisherFunk & Wagnalls / SabraDate Published[1971] Lot #130 Archive of manuscript writings of Jacob Mordecai, including sermons, discussion of religious topics etc. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Judaica)AuthorMordecai, JacobHeadlineManuscript writings of Jewish-American educatorDate PublishedEarly 19th century Lot #131 Collection of music ephemera and sheet music related to Jewish composers in America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Judaica)HeadlineEphemera and sheet music related to Jewish Composers in AmericaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #132 The Life of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorCavendish, GeorgeHeadlineKelmscott Press - The Life of Thomas WolseyPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] Lot #133 Hand & Soul View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineKelmscott printing bound by RivierePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1895] Lot #134 The Nature of Gothic View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineKelmscott Press Nature of GothicPublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1892 Lot #135 Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und nach der Berings-Strasse zur Erforschung einer nordöstlichen Durchfahrt. Unternommen in den Jahren 1815, 1816, 1817 und 1818 auf Kosten Sr. Erlaucht des Herrn Reichs-Kanzlers Grafen Rumanzoff auf dem Schiffe Rurick unter dem Befehle des Lieutenants der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Marine, Otto von Kotzebue View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorKotzebue, Otto vonHeadlineKotzebue's voyage to the Pacific with Louis Choris Zamorano 80PublisherVerlegt von den Gebrudern HoffmannDate Published1821 Lot #136 A Wrinkle In Time View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorL'Engle, MadeleineHeadlineL'Engle A Wrinkle in Time 1st ed in djPublisherAriel Books / Farrar, Straus and CudahyDate Published[1962] Lot #137 Lady Chatterley's Lover View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover Signed 1/1000PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1928 Lot #138 A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Comprehending All the Branches of Sciences... By a Society of Gentlemen View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)HeadlineEdition of Encyclopedia used by Lewis & ClarkPublisherPrinted for W. OwenDate Published1754-1755 Lot #139 History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the United States View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William ClarkHeadlineFirst edition of Lewis & Clark 1814PublisherBradford & InskeepDate Published1814 Lot #140 De imitatione Iesu patientis; sive, De morte et vita in Christo Iesu patiente abscondita, in carne vero nostra mortali ad similitudinem eius exprimenda libri VII View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLyere, Adriaan vanHeadlineLyere on the suffering of Christ, 1655PublisherIacobum MeursiumDate Published1655 Lot #141 Of Human Bondage View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineOf Human BondagePublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1915] Lot #142 A Selection of the most interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Views... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorMayer, LuigiHeadlineAinslie's Views of the Middle East with 56 colored platesPublisherPrinted for R. Bowyer by T. BensleyDate Published1811 & 1812 Lot #143 Ueber den feineren Bau und die Formen der krankhaften Geschwuelste View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorMüller, JohannesHeadlineJohannes Müller's early treatise on cancer, 1838PublisherG. ReimerDate Published1838 Lot #144 Paulou Aiginetou aristou, Biblia hepta = Pavli Aeginetae medici optimi, libri septem ... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorPaulus, AeginetaHeadlineMedical treatise of Paul of Aegina printed by AldusPublisherAldus ManutiusDate Published1528 Lot #145 Icones Anatomicae View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorVesalius, AndreasHeadlineVesalius Icones Antatomicae, Bremer PressPublisher[Bremer Press]Date Published1934 Lot #146 Bibliotheca chirurgica: in qua res omnes ad chirurgiam pertinentes ordine alphabetico, ipsi vero scriptores, quotquot ad annum usque MDCCLXXIX innotuerunt, ad singulas materias ordine chronologico exhibentur, adjecto ad libri calcem auctorum indice View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorVigiliis von Creutzenfeld, Stephan Hieronymus deHeadlineVigiliis von Creutzenfeld, Bibliotheca Chirurgica 1781.PublisherTypis et sumtibus Joannis Thomæ nobilis de TrattnernDate Published1781 Lot #147 Los gobernantes de México: galería de biografías y retratos de los vireyes, emperadores, presidentes y otros gobernantes que ha tenido México, desde don Hernando Cortes hasta el c. Benito Juarez View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican History)AuthorRivera Cambas, ManuelHeadlineLos Gobernantes de México, 1876PublisherJ.M. Aguilar OrtizDate Published1872 Lot #148 The Mother Goose Collection of Six Limited Edition Prints View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Mother Goose)AuthorSendak, Maurice, Chris Van Allsburg, Barry Moser, et al.HeadlinePrints by Sendak, Moser, Van AllsburgPublisherSerigrafia, LimitedDate Published[1990] Lot #149 Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Via the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Accompanied by a General Map of the Mineral Region of the Northern Sections of the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMullan, JohnHeadlineMullan's Miners Guide with map 1865PublisherW.M. FranklinDate Published1865 Lot #150 Archive relating to Nabokov’s research on the Lepidoptera Lycaenidae, including a lengthy handwritten letter to a noted lepidopterist; inscribed offprints of articles by Nabokov; original sketches; and more View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold AuthorNabokov, VladimirHeadlineNabokov butterfly archive with letter & drawingsDate Published1944-1949 Lot #151 WITHDRAWN - Missouri Gazette View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Newspaper)HeadlineRare early St. Louis newspaper 1808PublisherPrinted by Joseph CharlessDate PublishedJuly 26, 1808 Lot #152 Album with 160 silver photographs of New York City and the metropolitan area, including aerial views View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Photograph Album - New York City)HeadlineAerial photographs of New York, 1919Date Publishedc.1919 Lot #153 Six ephemeral items relating to the Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Company efforts to drill a tunnel through the continental divide in Colorado, and the sale of stock for the financing View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Railroads)HeadlineDrilling a tunnel through Continental DivideDate Publishedc.1892-1894 Lot #154 Album de Redouté. With Twenty-Five Facsimile Colour Plates from the Edition of 1825 and a New Redouté Bibliography View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Redouté, Pierre Joseph)AuthorSitwell, Sacheveral & Roger MadolHeadlineAlbum de Redouté 1/25 with original colored platePublisherCollinsDate Published1954 Lot #155 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Roosevelt, Theodore)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTeddy Roosevelt's copy of Mark Twain's first bookPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1869 Lot #156 Traveling Around the World with General Nelson A. Miles: Extracts from Home Letters of Henry Clark Rouse, Esq. October 1st 1902 to February 15th, 1903 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorRouse, Henry ClarkHeadlineAround the World with General Nelson A. Miles w/174 photographsPublisherPrivately printed for the authorDate Published1904 Lot #157 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California, in 1848-9; with the Author’s Experience at the Mines. Illustrated by Twenty-Three Drawings, Taken on the Spot View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineRyan's California 1850PublisherWilliam Shoberl, PublisherDate Published1850 Lot #158 Specimens of English Prose Style from Malory to Macaulay View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorSaintsbury, GeolrgeHeadlineEnglish Prose from Chiswick Press, 1/50 large paper copiesPublisherKegan Paul, Tranch & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #159 The Golden Gate. Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Bay)AuthorAyres, T.A.HeadlineEarly view of SF Bay, hand-colored lithographPublisherJ.M. HutchingsDate Published1855 Lot #160 Eight original gouache paintings and three posters - variant trial versions of a theater poster for Oscar Serlin's play based on John Steinbeck's The Moon is Down View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Steinbeck, John)HeadlineOriginal art from Steinbeck Moon is DownDate Publishedc. 1942 Lot #161 The Short Reign of Pippin IV View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck signed first editionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1957 Lot #162 The Maine Woods View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Maine Woods 1st EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1864 Lot #163 Barchester Towers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineTrollope Barchester Towers First EditionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & RobertsDate Published1857 Lot #164 The Bertrams: A Novel View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineOne of Trollope's scarcest first editions in original clothPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1859 Lot #165 Can You Forgive Her? View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineAnthony Trollope Can You Forgive Her - original monthly partsPublisherChapman and Hall,Date Published1864-65 Lot #166 the Face of Modern Greece View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorTsarouchis, YannisHeadlineTsarouchis tribute signed by 25PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published2004 Lot #167 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Tom Sawyer First English Edition 1876PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1876 Lot #168 Zebra Noise with a flatted 7th View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineRichard Wagener's Zebra Noise, One of 70PublisherPeter KochDate Published1998 Lot #169 Following Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorWall, BernhardtHeadlineBernhardt Wall's Following Abraham Lincoln, 85 volumes, 1/100PublisherEtched and Printed by Bernhardt WallDate Published1931-1942 Lot #170 The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth . . . With an Account of the Emperor's Life after his Abdication View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Wharton, Edith)AuthorRobertson, William and William Hickling PrescottHeadline1st American Edition of The History of Charles the FifthPublisherPhillips, SampsonDate Published1857 Lot #171 A Streetcar Named Desire - signed by Marlon Brando and other cast members View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineA Streetcar Named Desire - signed by Brando and othersPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1947] Lot #172 A Thomas Wise forgery of a work by Algernon Charles Swinburne, along with his spurious bibliography of Swinburne's works View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Wise, Thomas J.)HeadlineThomas Wise forgery & bibliography of SwinburneDate Published1887 [but c.1890] & 1897 Lot #173 China As She Is - A Comprehensive Album View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWu, L.T., et alHeadlineChina As She Is w/maps, etc. 1934PublisherThe Liang You Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd.Date Published1934 Lot #174 The Bread of Days. El Pan de los Dias. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorBeckett, Samuel, translator and Enrique Chagoya, artistHeadlineWith portfolio of unbound etchings by ChagoyaPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1994] Lot #175 Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorZweig, StefanHeadlineCosway-style binding of Stefan ZweigPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1933] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next