Sale 624: Rare Books & Manuscripts, with the Fred Bennett Collection of the Book Club of California (#624) 09/07/2017 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/07/2017 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 1-14 of 14. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Francisci-Josephi Desbillions Fabulae Aesopiae: Curis Posterioribus Omnes Ferè Emendatae: Quibus Accesserunt Plus Quam clxx Novae. AuthorAesopHeadlineLatins translation of Aesop's Fables 1769PublisherTypis J. BarbouDate Published1769 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #3 Original program from a dinner given in honor Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson (aka "Bill W"), signed by Bill and his wife Lois Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)HeadlineProgram signed by AA founder Bill WilsonDate PublishedOctober 7, 1967 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #8 The Little Minister AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M Barrie's Little Minister 1st Edition 1st IssuePublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1891 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #22 Manfred: A Dramatic Poem AuthorByron, LordHeadlineLord Byron's Manfred 1817PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #28 Letter to Charles Darwin's Cambridge mentor from a fellow clergyman-botanist Heading(Darwin, Charles - his Cambridge mentor, 1829)AuthorEllicombe, H.T., Rev.Headline1829 letter to Charles Darwin's Cambridge mentor from a fellow clergyman-botanistDate Published1829 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #37 The Waste Land AuthorEliot, T. S.HeadlineFirst edition of Eliot's Waste LandDate Published1922 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 The Dynasts AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy The Dynasts signed limited editionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1927 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #51 Cut signature "Emma" framed with a photograph Heading(Hawaii)AuthorEmma, Queen, consort of Kamehameha IV, King of the Hawaiian IslandsHeadlineSignature of Hawaiian Queen EmmaDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #55 Two letters from Queen Liliuokalani to "Cousin William," writing about the publication of her autobiography Heading(Hawaii)AuthorLiliuokalani, Lydia Kamakaeha Kaomalii, Queen of HawaiiHeadlineTwo autograph letters from Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani 1897Date Published1897 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,643StatusSold Lot #58 Oeuvres Completes D'Helvetius AuthorHelvetius, Claude AdrienHeadlineComplete works of Helvétius 14 volumesPublisherP. Didot Ll'aîneDate Published1795-1796 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #62 A History of New-York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Containing Among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter Author[Irving, Washington] Knickerbocker, Diedrich (pseud)HeadlineDeidrich Knickerbocker's A History of New-YorkPublisherInskeep & BradfordDate Published1809 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #74 Manuscript notebook with 39 ink and watercolor drawings in illustration of 39 manuscript limericks, in the style of Edward Lear Heading(Limericks)HeadlineManuscript Limericks & Drawings in manner of LearDate Published19th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #102 Herman Melville's older brother and mentor launches his ill-fated political career while the future author is still at sea Heading(Melville, Herman)AuthorMelville, GansevoortHeadlineHerman Melville's older brother - rare 1844 political letterDate Published1844 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #146 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,290StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next