Sale 595: Rare Books & Manuscripts, with the Stephen F. Rohde Collection of Early Americana (#595) 09/08/2016 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/08/2016 11:00 AM PDT 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 218. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America AuthorAdams, JohnHeadlineJohn Adams defends U.S. Constitution 1788PublisherPrinted for C. Dilly... and John StockdaleDate Published1788 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #2 An examination of the various charges exhibited against Aaron Burr, esq., vice-president of the United States; and a development of the characters and views of his political opponents. By Aristides Heading(Burr, Aaron)Author[Van Ness, William P.]HeadlineCharges against Aaron Burr 1803PublisherPrinted by Ward and GouldDate Published1803 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #3 Check signed as Charles Carroll of Carrollton AuthorCarroll, Charles, Signer from MarylandHeadlineCharles Carroll Signer from MarylandDate PublishedApril 12, 1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #4 Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, before the High court of impeachment... for high crimes & misdemeanors, supposed to have been by him committed; with the necessary documents and official papers, from his impeachment to final acquittal AuthorChase, Samuel, defendentHeadlineTrial of Samuel Chase in original boardsPublisherPrinted for Samuel Butler and George KeatingeDate Published1805 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #5 Extracts From the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing The Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an Address to the People of Great-Britain, and a Memorial to the Inhabitants of the British American Colonies. Published by Order of the Congress Heading(Continental Congress - 1774)AuthorUnited States.HeadlineProceedings of 1774 Continental CongressPublisherSold by John Boyle... and Mills and HicksDate Published1774 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against William H. Woodward AuthorFarrar, TimothyHeadlineEarly court case on corporations 1819PublisherPublished by John W. FosterDate Published[1819] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #7 The Federalist: on the New Constitution, by Publius, Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality, Written in 1793. Likewise, the Federal Constitution, with All the Amendments. Revised and Corrected Heading(Federalist)AuthorHamilton, Alexander; John Jay; & James MadisonHeadlineFederalist Papers, rare 2nd edition, 1802PublisherPrinted and Sold by George F. HopkinsDate Published1802 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #8 The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 Heading(Federalist)Author[Hamilton, Alexander; John Jay; & James Madison]HeadlineFirst Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. IIPublisherPrinted and Sold by J. and A. M'LeanDate Published1788 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Lot #9 An impartial account of the tryal of Francis Smith, upon an information brought against him for printing and publishing a late book commonly know by the name of Tom Ticklefoot, &c. As also, of the tryal of Jane Curtis, upon an information brought against her for publishing and putting to sale a scandalous libel, called a Satyr upon iniustice, or, Scroggs upon Scroggs Heading(Freedom of the Press)HeadlineBritish censorship trial 1680Date Published1680 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #10 Document signed by Benjamin Harrison as Governor of Virginia, appointing five individuals as justices of the peace and commissioners for trials of slaves AuthorHarrison, Benjamin, Signer from VirginiaHeadlineBenjamin Harrison Signer from VirginiaDate PublishedMay 10, 1782 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #11 Document Signed by Thomas Heyward, Jr., as judge, being a writ ordering the sheriff to bring two debtors to court AuthorHeyward, Thomas, Jr., Signer from South CarolinaHeadlineThomas Heyward Signer from South CarolinaDate PublishedDec. 12, 1786 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #12 Manuscript document signed by Stephen Hopkins as Governor of Rhode Island, directing the treasurer of the Colony of Rhode Island to pay Samuel Chase £20 for postage AuthorHopkins, Stephen, Signer from Rhode IslandHeadlineStephen Hopkins Signer from Rhode IslandDate Published1764 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #13 Thoughts upon the political situation of the United States of America, in which that of Massachusetts is more particularly considered; with some observations on the constitution for a federal government, addressed to the people of the union Author[Jackson, Jonathan]HeadlineThoughts on U.S. politics 1788PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1788 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #14 Manual of Parliamentary Practice Composed Originally for the Senate of the United States... The Constitution of the United States, and the Rules for Conducting Business in both Houses of Congress... AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineEarly edition of Jefferson's parliamentary manual.PublisherPrinted and published by Jonathan PhillipsDate Published1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #15 Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineThomas Jefferson's Memoir in original boards 1829PublisherPublished by F. Carr, and Co.Date Published1829 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #16 Notes on the State of Virginia AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineJefferson's Notes on Virginia 1801PublisherPrinted by M.L. & W.A. Davis for Furman & LoudonDate Published1801 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #17 Message and communication from the President of the United States to the Senate and House of Representatives, delivered on the commencement of the first session of the Seventh Congress, the 8th of December, 1801, with the accompanying documents... Author[Jefferson, Thomas]HeadlineMessage from President 1801PublisherPrinted by Samuel Harrison SmithDate Published1801 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #18 Manuscript document signed by William Livingston in receipt of interest paid to him on a debt AuthorLivingston, WilliamHeadlineWiliam Livingston Governor of New JerseyDate Published1768 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Life of John Locke, with Extracts from His Correspondence, Journals, and Common-Place Books Heading(Locke, John)AuthorKing, Lord [Peter]HeadlineLife of John Locke 1829PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1829 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #20 A collection of several pieces of Mr. John Locke, Never before printed, or not extant in his works. Publish’d by the author of the life of the ever memorable Mr. John Hales, &c AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlineWith Locke's Constitutions of CarolinaPublisherPrinted for R. FrancklinDate Published1724 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #21 An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. In Four Books AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlineJohn Locke's Humane Understanding 1700PublisherAwnsham and John Churchil, and Samuel ManshipDate Published1700 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #22 The Life of John Marshall Heading(Marshall, John)AuthorBeveridge, Albert J.HeadlineLife of John Marshall in fine bindingPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1916-1919] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #23 Engraved document on parchment, signed by Thomas McKean as Governor of Pennsylvania, being a grant of land in western Pennsylvania AuthorMcKean, Thomas, Signer from DelawareHeadlineThomas McKean Signer from DelawareDate PublishedAugust 13, 1806 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #24 Pay voucher for Valentin Opp, signed by Thomas Mifflin as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives AuthorMifflin, ThomasHeadlineThomas Mifflin Signer from PennsylvaniaDate PublishedSept. 29, 1787 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #25 Land grant document, signed by James Monroe as President AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineLand Grant signed by James MonroeDate PublishedFebruary 6, 1818 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #26 Certificate for ten shares in the North American Land Company, signed by Morris as President of the company, made out to John Barker Church AuthorMorris, Robert, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineRobert Morris, Signer & Fiinancier of the RevolutionDate PublishedMay 8, 1795 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #27 Manuscript indenture on vellum, relating to the deed of conveyance transferring the province of East New Jersey from the estate of George Carteret to William Penn and his associates Heading(New Jersey)HeadlineKey document in founding of New JerseyDate Publishedc.1681-1682 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #28 Document relating to a legal judgement in favor of Robert Treat Paine, awarding him £600 for being defrauded in payment of rent, apparently, signed by Paine on the back of the document AuthorPaine, Robert Treat, Signer from MassachusettsHeadlineRobert Treat Paine Signer from MassachusettsDate PublishedFeb. 11, 1771 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #29 The Trial of Thomas Paine, For a Libel, Contained in the Second Part of Rights of Man, Before Lord Kenyon, and a Special Jury, At Guildhall, December 18. With the Speeches of the Attorney General and Mr. Erskine, at Large Heading(Paine, Thomas)HeadlineTrial of Thomas Paine 1792PublisherC. and G. KearsleyDate Published1792 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #30 Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineEnglish edition of Paine's Common SensePublisherJ. AlmonDate Published1776 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 Dissertation on First Principles of Government AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlinePaine's First Principles of Government 1795PublisherPrinted at the English PressDate PublishedThird Year of the French Republic [1795] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #32 Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation (caption title) AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlinePaine's Letter to Addressers 1792Date Published[c.1792] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #33 Rights of Man; Part the Second. Combining Principle and Practice AuthorPaine, ThomasPublisherPrinted for H.D. SymondsDate Published1792 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #34 The Works, of Thomas Paine, containing Common Sense. Answer to the Abbe Raynal. Letter to the Marquis of Lansdowne. To the authors of the Republican. To the Abbe Syeyes. Part I. Rights of Man. Part II. Rights of Man. Addressed to the addressers, on the late proclamation. Part I. Age of Reason. Part II. Age of Reason. Dissertation on first-principles, of government. His trial with the arguments of counsil [sic] for and against AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineThomas Paine's Works 1796Date Published1796 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #35 First editions of two important attacks on the Adams administration during Thomas Jefferson's presidential campaign, plus speeches in the case against Harry Croswell for libel on Jefferson AuthorPinckney, Charles, & James Thomson Callender, et al.HeadlineAttacks on John Adams by Jefferson's followersDate Published1799, 1800, 1804 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #36 An essay on the first principles of government; and on the nature of political, civil, and religious liberty AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley on principles of government 1768PublisherPrinted for James WilliamsDate Published1768 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #37 American Account of the Battle of Camden. From the New Jersey Gazette, September 13 - in The London Chronicle Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineAccount of Battle of CamdenDate PublishedNov. 16-18, 1780 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #38 Manuscript document signed by George Ross, as an attorney, being an obligatory bill summoning James Robb to appear in court and make payment of money owed to Jacob Huber AuthorRoss, George, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineGeorge Ross Signer from PennsylvaniaDate Published1758 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 Signature of George Ross, on a receipt AuthorRoss, George, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineGeorge Ross Signer from PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJune 28, 1768 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #40 Essays, Literary, Moral & Philosophical. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. and professor of the institutes of medicine and clinical practice in the University of Pennsylvania AuthorRush, BenjaminHeadlineEssays by Benjamin Rush 1798PublisherPrinted by Thomas & Samuel F. BradfordDate Published1798 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #41 Document signed by Samuel Huntington as Governor (i.e. "Captain General and Commander in Chief") of the State of Connecticut, appointing Ezra Gallet an ensign in the militia AuthorSamuel Huntington, Signer from ConnecticutHeadlineSamuel Huntington Signer from ConnecticutDate PublishedMay 19, 1795 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #42 Manuscript document signed by James Smith as attorney, relating the indebtedness of James Sharp and David McCreigh to a James Reid AuthorSmith, James, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineJames Smith Signer from PennsylvaniaDate Published1752 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #43 The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War AuthorStedman, CharlesHeadlineStedman's history of American Revolution, 1794PublisherPrinted for the author, and sold by J. Murray, et al.Date Published1794 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #44 An enquiry, concerning the liberty, and licentiousness of the press, and the uncontroulable nature of the human mind : containing an investigation of the right which government have to controul the free expression of public opinion, addressed to the people of the U. States AuthorThomson, JohnHeadlineDefense of Freedom of the Press 1801PublisherPrinted by Johnson & StrykerDate Published1801 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #45 Report made to the Chamber of Deputies on the abolition of slavery in the French colonies by Alexis de Tocqueville, July 23, 1839. Translated from the French AuthorTocqueville, Alexis deHeadlineTocquevelle on ending slavery in French coloniesPublisherJ. Munroe and Co.Date Published1840 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #46 The Constitution of the United States - in two issues of Gentleman's Magazine Heading(United States Constitution 1787)HeadlinePlan of U.S. Constitution 1787PublisherPrinted by John Nichols, for D. HenryDate PublishedNov. & Dec. 1787 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #47 The Constitution of the United States of America; as Proposed by the Convention, held at Philadelphia, September 17, 1787, and since ratified by the Several States. [With the several amendments thereto.] [Published by order of the House of Representatives.] Heading(United States Constitution 1787)HeadlineU.S. Constitution 1799PublisherPrinted by John H. OswaldDate Published1799 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #48 Journal, Acts and Proceedings, of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, Monday, May 14, and Dissolved Monday, September 17, 1787, which formed the Constitution of the United States Heading(United States Constitutional Convention 1787)HeadlineSecret Journals of Constitutional Convention 1819PublisherPrinted and Published by Thomas B. WaitDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #49 A Collection of the Constitutions of the Thirteen United States of North-America: Containing the form of government, laws and regulations concerning their election of office-bearers, in courts and assemblies, in the provincial and Continental Congress, together with the treaty of general and united confederacy, &c. Published by order of Congress Heading(United States Constitutions)HeadlineScottish edition of U.S. Constitutions 1783PublisherJohn BryceDate Published1783 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #50 The Constitutions of the United State, According to the Latest Amendments: To Which are Prefixed, the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution, with the Amendments Heading(United States Constitutions)HeadlineConstitutions of U.S. 1802PublisherPrinted by William DuaneDate Published1802 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #51 The Constitutions of the United States, According to the Latest Amendments, to Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution; with the Amendments Thereto, This Edition Contains the Constitution of Vermont, Not in Any Former One Heading(United States Constitutions)HeadlineConstitutions of U.S. 1791PublisherFrom the press of Carey, Stewart, and Co.Date Published1791 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #52 Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, in the year M,DCC,LXXXIX - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sessions Heading(United States, Acts...)HeadlineRare folio edition of Acts of Congress 1789-90PublisherPrinted by Francis Childs and John Swaine, Printers to the United StatesDate Published1789-1790 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$100,000StatusSold Lot #53 Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the year MDCCLXXXIX... Being the acts passed at the first session of the First Congress of the United States.... which Eleven States respectively ratified the Constitution of Government for the United States, proposed by the Federal Convention, held in Philadelphia, on the Seventeenth of September, One-Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven Heading(United States, Acts...)HeadlineActs of 1st Congress 8vo edition 1789PublisherPrinted by Hodge, Allen and Campbell... Also by T. LloydDate Published1789 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #54 Debates and Other Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia, Convened at Richmond on Monday the second day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the grand Federal convention. To which is Prefixed the Federal Constitution Heading(Virginia)HeadlineVirginia debates the new U.S. ConstitutionPublisherPrinted... for Ritchie & Worsley and Augustine DavisDate Published1805 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #55 Letters Concerning the English Nation AuthorVoltaire, François Marie Arouet deHeadlineVoltaire's Letters on English Nation 1733PublisherC. Davis & A. LyonDate Published1733 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #56 Document signed by George Walton as Chief Justice of the state of Georgia, being a summons for a court proceeding having to do with debt AuthorWalton, George, Signer from GeorgiaHeadlineGeorge Walton Signer from GeorgiaDate Publishedc.1783-5 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #57 Document Signed by Oliver Wolcott as Governor (i.e. "Captain General and Commander in Chief") of the State of Connecticut, appointing Abel Gates a lieutenant in the militia AuthorWolcott, Oliver, Signer from ConnecticutHeadlineOliver Wolcott Signer from ConnecticutDate PublishedOct. 16, 1797 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #58 A Treatise Concerning Political Enquiry, and the Liberty of the Press AuthorWortman, TunisHeadlineImportant Treatise on Free Speech 1800PublisherPrinted by George Forman... for the authorDate Published1800 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #59 Secret proceedings and debates of the convention assembled at Philadelphia, in the year 1787, for the purpose of forming the Constitution of the United States of America. From the notes taken by the late Robert Yates, and copied by John Lansing, Jr., including "The genuine information", laid before the Legislature of Maryland, by Luther Martin; also other historical documents relative to the Federal compact of the North American Union AuthorYates, Robert, John Lansing, & Luther MartinHeadlineSecret Proceedings of Constitutional ConventionPublisherPrinted by Websters and SkinnersDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #60 Images, 1923-1974 AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams Images deluxe copyPublisherNew York Graphic SocietyDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #61 The Life of a Sportsman by Nimrod Heading(Alken, Henry)AuthorNimrod [Apperly, Charles James]HeadlineThe Life of a Sportsman by NimrodPublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1842 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #62 The Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton, Esq. Heading(Alken, Henry)AuthorNimrod [Apperly, Charles James]HeadlineThe Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton, Esq. 2nd edition.PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1837 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #63 The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New-Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship Heading(American Imprints)AuthorWatts, IsaacHeadlineWatts, Psalms of David split-leaf book NH: 1818PublisherJ. J. Williams, PrinterDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #64 Zur neuen Wohnform: Architekten BDA Luckhardt und Anker Berlin-Dahlem Heading(Architecture)AuthorLuckhardt, Hans, et al.HeadlineBauhaus architecture in Berlin 1930PublisherBauwelt-VerlagDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #65 The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal or Deuterocanonical Books Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineArion Press Bible The Masterpiece of the PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2000 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #66 Handwritten Armenian manuscript from the late 17th century, of liturgical nature, in period tooled leather binding Heading(Armenian Manuscript)HeadlineRare Armenian manuscript 17th centuryDate PublishedLate 17th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #67 Auli Gellii, luculentissimi scriptoris, noctes atticae, cum indice locupletissimo AuthorAulus GelliusHeadlineAulus Gellius' Attic Nights 1564 in LatinPublisherApud Hieronymum de Marnef, & viduam Gulielmi CavellatDate Published1584 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #68 1825 letter by New York booksellers of baseball legendary fame Heading(Baseball history)AuthorH[enry] & E[lihu] Phinney & Co. [Booksellers]Headline1825 letter, New York booksellers of baseball legendary fameDate Publishedca. 1825 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #69 Delineations of Cutaneous Diseases: Exhibiting the characteristic appearances of the principal genera and species comprised in the classification of the late Dr. Willan; and completing the series of engravings begun by that author AuthorBatemen, ThomasHeadlineWtih color plates of skin diseases 1817PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1817 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #70 All the Year Round Heading(Baumann, Gustave)AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineColor woodcuts by Gustave BaumannPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #71 Early Dutch, German, & English Printers' Marks AuthorBerjeau, J. Ph.HeadlineEarly printers' marksPublisherE. RascolDate Published1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #72 The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages. [with] Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample Tables Alphabeticall [and] The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others... Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBible in English 1589PublisherThe Deputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1589 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #73 La Sainte Bible en Latin et en François Heading(Bible in Latin & French)HeadlineLa Sainte Bible in Latin and French 1748-50PublisherGabriel Martin, et alDate Published1748-1750 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 New Testament in Russian, in velvet binding with hand-painted porcelain onlays on front cover Heading(Bible in Russian)HeadlineRare Russian Bible in striking bindingDate Publishedc.1890 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #75 The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections, and Details, of Various English Edifices: With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each AuthorBritton, JohnHeadlineBritton's Antiquities of Great BritainPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, & OrmeDate Published1835 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #76 Palm leaf manuscript with illustrations on one side of the leaves, writing in a Pali script on the other Heading(Burmese or Indian Palm Leaf Manuscript)HeadlineIllustrated palm leaf manuscript BurmeseDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #77 Handwritten religious text on palm leaves, bound in the traditional style with string through holes in the leaves Heading(Burmese Palm Leaf Manuscript)HeadlineEarly palm leaf Buddihist manuscriptDate Publishedc.14th century? View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #78 Handwritten religious text on palm leaves, with uncommon polychrome painted wood covers, bound in the traditional style with string through holes in the leaves Heading(Burmese Palm Leaf Manuscript)HeadlinePalm leaf Buddihist manuscript with polychrome coversDate Publishedc.19th century? View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #79 Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales. Being a Translation by the late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., of Il Pentamerone... AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineLarge paper set of Burton's PentameronePublisherHenry and Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #80 The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el Yezdi: A Lay of the Higher Law AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineR.F. Burton in fine binding with signed cardPublisherHutchinson & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #81 Katy and the Big Snow AuthorBurton, Virginia LeeHeadlineVirginia Lee Burton Katy and the Big SnowPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1943 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 Hours of Idleness, A Series of Poems, Original and Translated AuthorByron, George Gordon, LordHeadlineLord Byron's first regularly published bookPublisherS. and J. RidgeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Miscellaneous Selections and Original Pieces in Prose and Verse : Consisting Principally of Pieces of Moral Instruction, Descriptions of Fine Scenery, Delineations of Distinguished Characters, &c. AuthorChase, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Chase Miscellaneous Selections 1821PublisherFor the editor by E.J. ColeDate Published1821 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #84 The Punishments of China Heading(China)Author[Mason, George Henry]HeadlinePunishments of China 1801 - Color PlatesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1801 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #85 The Grandeur of the Gorges: Fifty Photographic Studies, with Descriptive Notes, of China's Great Waterway, the Yangtze Kiange Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineThe Grandeur of the Gorges of the YangtzePublisherA.S. Watson & Company / Kelly & Walsh LimitedDate Published1932 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #86 Descrizione dei Progetti e Lavori per L'Innalzamento dei due Ponti sul Taro e Sulla Trebbia AuthorCocconcelli, AntonioHeadlineCocconcelli's Bridges over the Taro and TrebbiaPublisherDalla Tipografia DucaleDate Published1825 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #87 Hindu Dietetics, with Hints on Cooking and Recipes Heading(Cookery – ‘Hindu’ Indian 1917)AuthorK. D.ShastriHeadlineFirst "Hindu" Indian recipes published in America, 1917PublisherIndo-Aryan Publishing Co,Date Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #88 Hindu Dietetics For Body Building / Building The Nervous And Glandular Systems Heading(Cookery – ‘Hindu’ Indian, 1924)AuthorTruth [Boehmer] BurberyHeadlineEarly 1924 book on'Hindu' Indian cooking, by a San Francisco artistPublisherSelf-published by the authorDate Published1924 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #89 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineFirst issue of Dana's Two Years Before the MastPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #90 The Story of My Life AuthorDarrow, ClarenceHeadlineInscribed by Clarence Darrow to Chicago union leaderPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #91 The Story of My Life AuthorDarrow, ClarencePublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #92 Herbier Forestier, ou Collection des espèces d'arbres et arbrisseaux qui composent les forêts... Dédié et présenté au Roi. Par J.-B. Duchesne Fils, Jardinier en chef de Sa Majasté AuthorDuchesne, Jean-Baptiste, filsHeadlineActual specimens of French trees & shrubs 1820Date Published1820 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #93 Pametní List na Oslavu sedesátých Narozenin Antonína Dvoráka AuthorDvorák, AntonínHeadlineSigned by Czech composer Antonin DvorakPublisherNakladatel Mojmír UrbánekDate Published1901 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #94 Two partial printed leaves on vellum from Leber sextus Decretalium Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorBoniface VIII, PopeHeadlineIncunabular printing on vellum 1465PublisherJohann Fust and Peter SchoefferDate Published1465 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #95 Two original leaves from La Mer des Hystoires, on with a full page genealogical woodcut Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorBurchardus, de Monte SionHeadlineIncunable leaves from La Mer des HystoiresPublisherPierre Le RougDate Published1488-89 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #96 Original printed leaf from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, with half-page woodcut Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorColonna, FrancescoHeadlineIncunable leaf with woodcut Aldus 1499PublisherAldusDate PublishedDec. 1499 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #97 Original leaf from the 1487 Brescia edition of Dante's Divina Commedia, with full-page woodcut surrounded by decorative border Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineLeaf from 2nd illustrated Dante 1487PublisherBoninum de Boninis di RaguxiDate Published1487 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #98 Eight original printed leaves from the Institutiones of Justinian I, with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)AuthorJustinianus [Justinian I]HeadlineLeaves from Justinian's Code, 1472PublisherPeter SchoefferDate Published1472, or 1468? View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #99 Original leaf from the 1479 Bible in Latin printed by Nicolaus Jenson in Venice Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)HeadlineLeaf from 1479 BiblePublisherNicolaus JensonDate Published1479 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #100 Original printed leaf from the 1477 German Bible printed by Gunther Zainer Heading(Early Printing - Incunabula)HeadlineLeaf from 2nd illustrated Bible 1477Date Published1477 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next