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Previous|12|Next Lot #101 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 Lot #102 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDixon, GeorgeHeadlineRound the world to the Northwest coast, 1789PublisherPublished by Geo. GouldingDate Published1789 Lot #103 Letter from Moritz Schlick to Albert Einstein, addressing topics relating to modern physics View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchlick, MoritzHeadlineLetter to Einstein from Moritz Schlick about physicsDate PublishedJune 9, 1920 Lot #104 Autograph note signed by Albert Einstein, with an envelope addressed by him and a birthday poem written for him View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein note as he turns 75Date Published1954 Lot #105 The Waste Land View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorEliot, T. S.HeadlineFirst edition of Eliot's Waste LandDate Published1922 Lot #106 A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorElliott, StephenHeadlineElliott's Sketch of the Botany of SC and GA, 1821-24PublisherJ.R. SchenckDate Published1821, 1824 Lot #107 Psalterium Davidis - emblem book with copper-engraved scenes from Genesis and the New Testament View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Emblem Books)HeadlineEmblem book with engraved Biblical scenesDate PublishedNo date Lot #108 Essays View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original clothPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 Lot #109 Sixteen midcentury erotic and bondage photographs of a young Chinese or Chinese-American woman View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Erotica)HeadlineMidcentury bondage photos from a US chinatownDate Published[1950's or early 1960's?] Lot #110 El viagero universal, o noticia del mundo antiguo y nuevo... Tomo XXVI View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorEstala, PedroHeadlineEarly accounts of California & Nootka incident, 1799PublisherImprenta de VillapandoDate Published1799 Lot #111 [Elements, i.e.] The English Euclide, being the First Six Elements of Geometry, Translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements, by Edmund Scarburgh, M.A. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorEuclidHeadlineHandsomely printed Euclid's Elements, 1705PublisherPrinted at the TheaterDate Published1705 Lot #112 Requiem for a Nun View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineSigned by William Faulkner, 1/750PublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1951] Lot #113 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character...as told to Ralph Leighton View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorFeynman, Richard PhillipsHeadlineSigned by Nobel Prize winner Richard P. FeynmanPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1985] Lot #114 Mountain Lake, Florida: A private park of thirty-five hundred acres, in the beautiful ridge and lake country, with residential club-house and eighteen-hole golf course View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)HeadlinePrivate golf course community in FloridaPublisher[Mountain Lake Corporation]Date Published[c.1929] Lot #115 Letter from Sigmund Freud to a colleague about a prospective female patient, stating she is not a good candidate for psychoanalysis View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineLetter from Sigmund Freud with reference to Carl JungDate PublishedJune 8, 1910 Lot #116 Sinai and Palestine View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrith's Sinai & Palestine with 37 mounted photographsPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1862 or later] Lot #117 Nine Chains to the Moon View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorFuller, R. BuckminsterHeadlineInscribed copy of Buckminster Fuller's 1st bookPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1938] Lot #118 Original ink (or color pencil?) drawing of a geodesic polyhedron, basis for his most famous creation, the geodesic dome - inscribed and signed by Buckminster Fuller View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorFuller, R. BuckminsterHeadlineDrawing of geodesic grid by R. Buckminster FullerDate PublishedSeptember 7, 1980 Lot #119 My Disillusionment in Russia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Red Emma to an anarchist comradePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #120 Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorGray, HenryHeadlineGray's Anatomy, 1st American EditionPublisherBlanchard and LeaDate Published1859 Lot #121 Ejecutoria de Don Ramón Zazo y Ortega - patent of nobility View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Heraldry)HeadlineHand-colored patent of nobility from 18th c. SpainDate Published[1777] Lot #122 Mein Kampf: Eine Abrechnung View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineHitler's Mein Kampf, 2 volumes, 1st editionPublisherFranz EherDate Published1925 & 1927 Lot #123 Fuck the System View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Author[Hoffman, Abbie]HeadlineAbbie Hoffman's F**k the SystemPublisher[Self-published]Date Published[1967] Lot #124 Les Miserables View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables with Victor Hugo ALSPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1886 Lot #125 The Life Work of Dard Hunter: A Progressive Illustrated Assemblage of his Works as Artist, Craftsman, Author, Papermaker, and Printer View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorHunter, Dard IIHeadlineThe Life Work of Dard Hunter, 1/150PublisherMountain House PressDate Published1981;1983 Lot #126 Facsimiles of Choice Examples Selected from Illumination Manuscripts, Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books of Early Date View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illumination)HeadlineQuaritch's facsimiles of illumination finely boundPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1889-1892 Lot #127 Archive of 37 incunabula leaves from different 15th century books View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Incunabula)HeadlineArchive of 37 incunable leaves, 1470-1500Date Published1470-1500 Lot #128 Isocratis Orationes omnes, quae quidem ad Nostram Aetatem Pervenervunt, Vna Et Viginti Nvmero, Vna Cvm Novem eiusdem Epistolis, e Graeco in Latinum conuersae, per Hieronymvm VVolfivm Oetingsem... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorIsocratesHeadlineWolf's translation of Isocrates, 1548PublisherPer Ioannem Oporinum.Date Published1548 Lot #129 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineJohnson's Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1775 Lot #130 The Sundering Flood View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott Sundering Flood with hand-illuminationsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1897 Lot #131 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott printing of Shakespeare's PoemsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] Lot #132 A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion Party" View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorLeConte, JosephHeadlineLe Conte's Ramblings with original photographsPublisherFrancis & ValentineDate Published1875 Lot #133 Suite of 24 hand-colored mezzotints designed and engraved by John Martin for the 1827 two-volume edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorMartin, JohnHeadlineJohn Martin's mezzotints for Paradise Lost in large formatPublisherSeptimus ProwettDate Published1825-1827 Lot #134 Architectural rendering of the floor and lot plan of a Christian Science church in Atlantic City, New Jersey View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMüller, Bernhardt E., architectHeadlineDesign by Bernhardt Muller for Christian Science churchDate Publishedc.1920-30 Lot #135 Bound volume of eight Novenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineNovenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886Date Published1774-1886 Lot #136 Letter written from Bisbee, Arizona, describing the Battle of Naco during the Mexican Revolution View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)Author"Dave"HeadlineAccount of battle in Mexican RevolutionDate PublishedApril 14, 1913 Lot #137 Relacion Historica de la Fundacion de este Convento Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Compañía de María llamada vulgarmente la Enseñanza en esta ciudad de México, y compendio de la vida y virtudes de n.m.r.m. Maria Ignacia Azlor y Echeverz, su fundadora y patrona... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineLife of founder of Mexican convent, 1793PublisherPor Don Felipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1793 Lot #138 The Mountains of California View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineDawson's copy inscribed by MuirPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1894 Lot #139 Manuscript book of musical lines, notes, and lyrics from various short songs and tunes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Music - 18th century manuscript American tune book)AuthorGifford, IsaacHeadlineAmerican manuscript music book 1797Date Published1797 Lot #140 Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake: Miscellaneous Poems, Paradise Regain'd & Samson Agonistes View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineNonesuch MIlton with Blake illustrations, 1/90PublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1926 Lot #141 Scrapbook of original photographs, halftones, color views, newspaper & magazine clippings, typed commentary, and more, on the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineMarvelous P.P.I.E. scrapbookDate Publishedc.1915 Lot #142 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History, 1634 2nd edition in EnglishPublisherAdam IslipDate Published1634 Lot #143 An Essay on Man. Address'd to a Friend. Part I [with] An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Author[Pope, Alexander]HeadlineAlexander Pope's An Essay on Man, 1733-34PublisherJ. WilfordDate Published[1733-34] Lot #144 Absconditorum a constitutione mundi clavis, qua mens humana tam in divinis quam in humanis pertinget ad interiora velminis aeternae veritatis View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,437.50StatusSold AuthorPostel, GuillaumeHeadlinePostel's Absconditorum, 1547 first editionPublisher[apud Joann. Oporinum]Date Published[1547] Lot #145 The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorPyne, William HenryHeadlinePyne's Royal Residences on large paperPublisherPrinted for A. DryDate Published1819 Lot #146 Twelve Funny Little Travelers View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Quilts)HeadlineTwelve Funny Little Travelers quiltDate Published19th Century Lot #147 Southern Pacific Company Division Maps (cover title) View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Railroad Maps)HeadlineScarce atlas of Southern Pacific Railroad mapsPublisherSouthern Pacific Co.Date PublishedMarch, 1938 Lot #148 Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot... View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineFolio edition of Roberts' Egypt & NubiaPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1846-49 Lot #149 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineFolio edition of Roberts' The Holy LandPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1842-49 Lot #150 Sketchbook of Lewis Carleton Ryan View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorRyan, Lewis CarletonHeadline1942 sketchbook of original drawings by Lewis C. RyanDate Published1942 Lot #151 History of San Bernardino County, California, with Illustrations, Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, etc., from Original Drawings, including Biographical Sketches [and] Historical Reminiscences of San Diego County, California View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(San Bernardino County)AuthorElliott, Wallace W., publisherHeadlineRare illustrated history of San Bernardino County 1883PublisherWallace W. Elliott & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #152 Kupfer-Bibel: in welcher Die Physica Sacra, Oder Beheiligte Naturwissenschafft Derer in Heil. Schrifft Vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen, Deutlich Erklärt und Bewährt View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorScheuchzer, Johann JakobHeadlineScheuchzer's Kupfer-Bibel/Physica Sacra, 1731-35PublisherGedruckt bey C.U. WagnerDate Published1731-5 Lot #153 Letter from Heinrich Schliemann regarding his Mycenian artifacts and excavations in Thermopylae View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorSchliemann, HeinrichHeadlineLetter from Troy discoverer Heinrich SchliemannDate Published26 January 1883 Lot #154 The Comedie of Errors View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Comedie of Errors 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #155 Measure for Measure View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Measure for Measure 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #156 The Sportsman's Dude Ranch Map View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Sportsman's...)AuthorBlakeman, T.G.HeadlinePictorial map of Dude Ranches of the WestPublisherThe Sportsman Publishing Co.Date Published1934 Lot #157 The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineTrustam Shandy with Laurence Stern's signatures, 1760-1767PublisherR. & J. Dodsley/ T. Becket & P.A. DehontDate Published1760-1767 Lot #158 Taber: Pacific Coast Views [cover title] - a custom-made view book of San Francisco businesses, people, schools, hotels, and places of interest along the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000Sold for$50,000StatusSold AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineIsaiah West Taber commercial photo albumPublisherI.W. TaberDate Published[c. 1890] Lot #159 Letter from Nikola Tesla to William T. Schley about a photograph to be taken of an "apparatus" View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorTesla, NikolaHeadlineLetter from Nikola TeslaDate PublishedMay 20, 1896 Lot #160 Appointment of Daniel Brinsmade as a first lieutenant in the Continental Army, signed by Jonathan Trumbull as Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorTrumbull, JonathanHeadlineContinental Army appointment signed by Jonathan Trumble 1776Date PublishedJune 10, 1776 Lot #161 Autograph manuscript fragment, single leaf written in ink on one side, the entry for the word "Admonish" with a lengthy etymological analysis View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineNoah Webster ms. leaf from his dictionaryDate Publishedbefore 1828 Lot #162 Letter from Walt Whitman, inviting the unnamed correspondent to visit him View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Walt WhitmanDate PublishedSept. 22 [no year] Lot #163 The Yosemite Book; a Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineYosemite Book with C.E. Watkins photographsPublisherPublished by Authority of the LegislatureDate Published1868 Lot #164 Posters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorRandle, John and Patrick, editorsHeadlinePosters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013PublisherWhittington PressDate Published2013 Lot #165 A Book of Posters printed at Whittington View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorRandle, John, editorHeadlinePosters Printed at Whittington, 1/50PublisherWhittington PressDate Published[1996] Lot #166 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineWilson, Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed. 10th Ptg. djPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1946 Lot #167 Envelope hand-addressed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, to Moritz Schlick View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineWittgenstein writes to Moritz Schlick in BerkeleyDate Published1931 Lot #168 Ranch House for Mr. & Mrs. Randall Fawcett. Taliesin West WH57101. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorWright, Frank LloydHeadlineFrank Lloyd Wright designs ranch house in Los Banos, Cal.Date Publishedc.1955 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next