Sale 723: PBA Platinum - Rare Books & Manuscripts (#723) 02/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 111. Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Le livre d'Images sans Paroles (Mutus Liber); où toutes les opérations de la philosophie hermétique sont décrites et représentées View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorSaulat, Jacob, sieur des Marez, attrib.HeadlineRare facsimile of major alchemical workPublisherLibrairie Critique Émile NourryDate Published1914 Lot #2 Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 Lot #3 Il Genio Vagante, Biblioteca Curiosa di Cento e piu Relazioni di Viaggi Stranieri de Nostri Tempi. Parte II View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorAnzi, Aurelio DegliHeadlineWith early map of Louigiana in New FranciaPublisherL. M. RoinetiDate Published1691 Lot #4 72 Hand-painted designs for Boys' Haori View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Asian Art)HeadlineStriking hand-painted illustrations for Haori jacket liningsDate Publishedc. 1910-1920 Lot #5 Suite of twelve original paintings of the signs of the Zodiac on vellum View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Astrology)HeadlineHand-painted signs of the ZodiacDate Published19th century or earlier Lot #6 The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator)AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasHeadlineLe Morte d'Arthur with Aubrey Beardsley illustrationsPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1909 Lot #7 Album of Thomas Bewick vignettes or 'tale-pieces', presented to Richard Arkwright View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineThomas Bewick vignettes inscribed by the artistDate Published[1824] Lot #8 A Concordāce, that is to saie, a work wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A.B.C. ye maie redely finde any worde conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mentioned View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Heading(Bible - Concordance)AuthorMarbecke, JohnHeadlineFirst Concordance in English to Bible, 1550PublisherRichardus Grafton]Date Published1550 Lot #9 The Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles from the 1583 folio Geneva Bible View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineOld Testament history from 1583 Geneva BiblePublisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583 Lot #10 Histoire Naturelle, Agricole et Économique du Mäis View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBonafous, MatthieuHeadlineFolio monograph on maize with color plates 1836PublisherHazard / BoccaDate Published1836 Lot #11 Dark Carnival View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, inscribed to Herb YellinPublisherArkham HouseDate Published1947 Lot #12 The Dogs that Eat Sweet Grass View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherMorgan PressDate Published[1965] Lot #13 Prajnaparamita sutra - Japanese woodblock-printed Scroll Kamakura View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Heading(Buddhism)HeadlinePrajnaparamita sutra on Japanese scroll, 1250Date Publishedc.1250 Lot #14 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineBurton's Arabian Nights finely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885-1888 Lot #15 Butte County, California: Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Manufactories, Fine Blocks, Mines, Mills & C., from Original Drawings by Artists of the Highest Ability, with Historical Sketch of the County View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Butte County, California)HeadlinePioneer John Kempf's copy of this rare county historyPublisherSmith & ElliottDate Published1877 Lot #16 Carey's American Pocket Atlas View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Carey's American Pocket Atlas)HeadlineCarey's American Pocket Atlas, 1814PublisherMathew CareyDate Published1814 Lot #17 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice in Wonderland, first edition, second issuePublisherD. AppletonDate Published1866 [1865] Lot #18 Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters and Notes, Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's Indians in chromolithography 1876PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1876 Lot #19 Hand-painted American Civil War theme metal chess set View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Chess Set - Civil War)HeadlineChess set with Civil War themed piecesDate Published20th Century Lot #20 The Chinese At Home and Abroad View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Chinese - San Francisco)AuthorFarwell, Willard BrighamHeadlineChinese at Home Inscribed to Representative J.K. LuttrellPublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #21 Reasons for Non-Exclusion, With Comments on the Exclusion Convention View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Exclusion Convention)AuthorHealy, Patrick J.HeadlineReasons for Non-ExclusionPublisherPrinted for the authorDate Published1902 Lot #22 Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light [with] original holograph manuscript poem from the book View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorCrowley, AleisterHeadlineSigned by Aleister Crowley with manuscript poemPublisherWalter Scott Publishing Co.Date Published1907 Lot #23 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineFirst issue of Two Years Before the Mast finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #24 La Divina Comedia di Dante, di nuovo alla sua vera lettione ridotta con lo aiuto di molti antichissimi esemplari View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineIllustrated edition of Dante's Divine Comedy 1555PublisherApresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, et FratelliDate Published1555 [colophon dated 1554] Lot #25 La Divina Commedia View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineOne of the most coveted miniature books ever producedPublisherSalminDate Published1878 Lot #26 "Three Papers on the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection". In: The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorDarwin, Charles and Alfred R. WallaceHeadlineSeminal papers by Charles Darwin & Alfred WallacePublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1858 Lot #27 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations, Perils, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by "Boz." View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst American Edition, preceding British book editionPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836-37 Lot #28 Histoire de La Gravure en Italie, en Espagne, dans les Pays-Bas, en Angleterre, et en France View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorDuplessis, GeorgesHeadlineHistoire de La Gravure in original publisher's binding, 1880PublisherHachetteDate Published1880 Lot #29 A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorPococke, RichardHeadlinePococke's Description of the East, 1743-45PublisherW. BowyerDate Published1743-45 Lot #30 Le Temple de l'Homme: Apet du Sud à Louqsor View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorSchwaller de Lubicz, R.A.HeadlineClassic study of ancient EgyptPublisherCaractéresDate Published[1957] Lot #31 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)HeadlineFirst printing of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 Lot #32 La Visita del Profesor Alberto Einstein View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorCastineiras, Julius R.HeadlineAlbert Einstein visits Argentina, 1925PublisherImprenta y Casa Editora ConiDate Published1925 Lot #33 Untersuchungen über die theorie der 'Brownschen bewegung' View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's papers on Brownian motionPublisherAkademische verlagsgesellschaft m.b.h.Date Published1922 Lot #34 The Waste Land View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, T. S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot's niece's copy of The Waste LandPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1922 Lot #35 Essays View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineRalph Waldo Emerson Essays First Edition 1841PublisherJames MunroeDate Published1841 Lot #36 Essays View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original clothPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 Lot #37 Le Morte DArthur: The Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte DArthur, full vellumPublisherPhilip Lee Warner / Medici Society Ltd.Date Published1910-11 Lot #38 The History of Little Goody Twoshoes; otherwise called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Goody Two-shoes)HeadlineFirst Worcester Edition of Little Goody Twoshoes 1787PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1787 Lot #39 Les Fleurs Animées [bound with] Botanique des Dames [and] Culture des Fleurs: Horticulture des Dames View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Grandville, J.J.)AuthorDelord, TaxileHeadlineGrandville's Les Fleurs Animées 1847PublisherGabriel de GonetDate Published1847 Lot #40 Scenes de la vie Privee et Publique des Animaux View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorGrandville, [J.J.]HeadlineAn anthropomorphic classic by Grandville, 1842PublisherJ. HetzelDate Published1842 Lot #41 The Herald of the Coming Good: First Appeal to Contemporary Humanity View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorGurdjieff, Georges IvanovitchHeadlineRare mysticism by G.I. GurdjieffDate Published1933 Lot #42 Amor und Psyche. Eine Dichtung in Sechs Gesängen View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorHamerling, RobertHeadlineIn a lovely German publisher's binding, 1882PublisherAdolf TitzeDate Published[1882] Lot #43 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisHeadlineHeap's Central Route to Pacific with rare map 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo and Co. / Trübner and Co.Date Published1854 Lot #44 Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill. For Four Years, One Month, and One Day, or Camp Life; Day-by-Day, of the W. P. Lane Rangers. From April 19th, 1861, to May 20th, 1865 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorHeartsill, William W.HeadlineHeartsill's Confederate Journal with 61 original photographs, 1876PublisherPrivately printed by the authorDate Published[1876] Lot #45 Über den bau der atomkerne, I, II, III View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorHeisenberg, WernerHeadlineHeisenberg's theory of atomic nuclear forcesPublisherVerlag von Julius SpringerDate Published1932-1933 Lot #46 The British Herbal: An history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineHill's British Herbal with 75 plates 1756PublisherPrinted for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, et al.Date Published1756 Lot #47 Album of approximately 700 still and behind the scenes photographs from the 1937 film The Woman I Love View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Hollywood)AuthorKahle, AlexHeadline700 photos by Alex Kahle from The Woman I Love, 1937PublisherRKO Radio PicturesDate Published1937 Lot #48 Oklahoma! Politically and Topographically Described. History and Guide to the Indian Territory. Biographical Sketches of Capt. David L. Payne, W. L. Couch, Wm. H. Osborn, and others. A Complete Guide to the Indian Territory, Illustrated with Map, Hunting and Fishing Grounds View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorJackson, A.P., & E.C. ColeHeadlineRare promotional guide to Oklahoma 1885PublisherPrinting House of Ramsey, Millett & HudsonDate Published[1885] Lot #49 Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDLXXXXII: Ad Patres Et Fratres eiusdem Societatis [bound with] Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDXCIII... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Jesuit letters)HeadlineLetters from Jesuit missionaries in late 1500'sPublisherApud Philippum IunctamDate Published1600 & 1601 Lot #50 The Jungle Book / The Second Jungle Book View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's First and Second Jungle BooksPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894, 1895 Lot #51 Arithmologia sive, De abditis numerorum mysterijs qua origo, antiquitas & fabrica numerorum exponitur; abditæ eorundem proprietates demonstrantur; fontes superstitionum in amuletorum fabrica aperiuntur; denique post Cabalistarum, Arabum, Gnosticorum, aliorumque magicas impietates detectas, vera & licita numerorum mystica significatio ostenditur View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher examines mystical numerology, 1665PublisherEx typographia VaresijDate Published1665 Lot #52 Coffeehouse Days View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Pete, printer)AuthorKadare, IsmailHeadlineSigned by Ismail Kadare and Peter KochPublisherRainmaker EditionsDate Published2004 Lot #53 2137 Tanger Socco View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorBowles, Paul and Ira YeagerHeadline2137 Tanger Socco, edition variée of 30PublisherDel Milion EditionsDate Published2011 Lot #54 Hormone Derange: The First Sixteen Broadsides 1991-2000 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)HeadlineHormone Derange, broadsides by Peter KochPublisherHormone Derange EditionsDate Published[2001] Lot #55 Set of twenty-four first editions by Andrew Lang, including all of his Fairy Books View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorLang, AndrewHeadline24 Andrew Lang First Editions Finely BoundPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1889-1912 Lot #56 Collection of letters signed by Charles Boyer, Margaret Hill, and various luminaries in show business and the preforming arts, relating to fundraising for American Aid to France, Inc. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Letters signed by Celebrities)HeadlineAutographs of 1940's show business luminariesDate Publishedc.1948 Lot #57 Nicholas Machiavel's Prince. Also, The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca. And the meanes Duke Valentine us'd to put to death Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto of Fermo Paul, and the Duke of Gravina. Translated out of Italian into English; by E[dward] D[acres]. With some animadversion noting and taxing his errours View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineMachiavelli's Prince, 1st in English 1640PublisherR. Bishop for Wil. Hils, and to be sold by Daniel PakemanDate Published1640 Lot #58 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman Emperor, His Meditations Concerning Himselfe: Treating of a Naturall Mans happinesse; Wherein it consisteth, and of the meanes to attaine unto it View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineMeditations of Marcus Aurelius, 1st edition in EnglishPublisherPrinted by M. Flesher, for Richard MynneDate Published1634 Lot #59 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 Lot #60 The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring... View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold AuthorMather, CottonHeadlineCotton Mather on the Salem Witch Trials, 1693PublisherPrinted first, at Bostun [sic] in New-England; and reprinted at London, for John Dunton, at the Raven in the PoultryDate Published1693 Lot #61 Memoria presentada al Soberano Congreso Mexicano por el secretario de estado y del despacho de relaciones interiores y exteriores View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorHerrera, José Manuel deHeadlineCaliforina & Texas in 1822 Mexican documentPublisherEn la oficina de D. Alejandro Valdes, impresor de Cámara del ImperioDate Published1822 Lot #62 Esposicion hecha al Soberano Congreso Constituyente Mexicano. Sobre las provincias, de Sonora y Sinaloa View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorMier y Teran, Manuel deHeadlineMilitary security in northern Mexican provinces, 1823PublisherImprenta Nacional en PalacioDate Published1823 Lot #63 The House at Pooh Corner [with] autograph letter signed by illustrator Ernest H. Shepard and addressed to an American admirer View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineSigned by A.A. Milne, with Ernest H. Shepard ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1929] Lot #64 Philosophical Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMore, HenryHeadlineThe collected poetry of Henry More, 1647PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1647 Lot #65 Mushrooms, Russia and History View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Mycology)AuthorWasson, Valentina Pavlovna & R. Gordon WassonHeadlineWassons' Mushrooms, Russia and History, 1957PublisherPantheon BooksDate Published[1957] Lot #66 Canto General View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineNeruda's Canto General, 1 of 50 copies on Chateau paperPublisherPropriedad del AutorDate Published1950 Lot #67 The mathematical principles of natural philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, Newton's System of the World; a short comment on, and defence of the Prisipia, by W. Emerson, with the laws of the moon’s motion, according to gravity. By John Machin... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English in the original boardsPublisherPrinted for H.D. SymondsDate Published1803 Lot #68 Fairy Tales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Kay Nielsen, 1/500PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1924] Lot #69 East of the Sun and West of the Moon View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] Lot #70 Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorOrta, Garcia de, et al.HeadlineBotany of East & West Indies, 1593PublisherEx officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, & Ioannem MoretumDate Published1593 Lot #71 Relacion Historica de la Vida Y Apostolicas Tareas del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, Y de las Misiones que Fundo en la California Septentrional, y Nuevos Establecimientos de Monterey View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorPaloú, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Biography of Serra First EditionPublisherFelipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1787 Lot #72 Dr. Joseph Goebbels View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Photographs)AuthorEisenstaedt, AlfredHeadlineGoebbels caught by a remarkable Jewish photographer, 1933Date Published1933 Lot #73 Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Photographs)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs EgyptPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #74 Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Photographs)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs Egypt, Thebes & the PyramidsPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #75 Upper Egypt and Ethiopia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Photographs)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs Upper Egypt & EthiopiaPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #76 Mirrors / Messages / Manifestations View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorWhite, MinorHeadlineWith original photograph by Minor WhitePublisherApertureDate Published1982 Lot #77 California Gold Regions, with a full account of their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various Routes. With Sketches of California; an Account of the Life, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Its History, Climate, Soil, Productions, &c. View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorPratt, F. M., compilerHeadlineRare 1849 Gold Rush GuidePublisherF.M. PrattDate Published[1849] Lot #78 George Washington autograph matted and framed with Presidential Engraving of Washington View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph of George Washington with the Presidential EngravingPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published[c. 1796] Lot #79 Naval commission for Lieutenant Henry B. Rumsey signed by President Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineSigned by President Abraham LincolnDate Published1864 Lot #80 Aesop's Fables [with] original ink drawing by Arthur Rackham View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineSigned by Rackham with an original ink drawing laid inPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 Lot #81 The Sleeping Beauty View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/625PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] Lot #82 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/750PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1909 Lot #83 The Ingoldsby Legends View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud. of Richard Barham]HeadlineSigned by Rackham, large paper edition, 1/560PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 Lot #84 A Midsummer-Night's Dream View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMidsummer-Night's Dream with Rackham illustrationsPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday, PageDate Published1908 Lot #85 Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Royal Society of Edinburgh)HeadlineRoyal Society of Edinburgh Transactions, 1799-1888PublisherWilliam & Charles Tait, et al.Date Published1799-1888 Lot #86 Principia Mathematica View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorRussell, Bertrand & Alfred North WhiteheadHeadlineRussell's Principia Mathematica 3 volumesPublisherAt the University PressDate Published1925-1927 Lot #87 Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans. The Result of Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Troy and Throughout the Troad in the Years 1871-72-73-78-79 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlinePresentation copy of Schliemann's IliosPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1880 Lot #88 Demonstratio Et Constructio Horologiorum Novorum. Radio Recto; Refracto in Aqua; Reflexo in Speculo; solo Magnete Horas Astronomicas, Italicas, Babylonicas indicantium View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSchönberger, GeorgHeadlineScarce study of horology, 1622PublisherApud Ioannem StrasserumDate Published1622 Lot #89 Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, Being a reproduction in facsimile of the First Folio Edition 1623 from the Chatsworth copy in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFacsimile of Shakespeare 1623 First FolioPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1902 Lot #90 Cazadores del Desierto en la Ciudad de "San Bernardo" departmento de la Victoria, Provincia de Santiago, Chile,... 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