Sale 688: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Alcoholics Anonymous - Miniature Books (#688) 11/21/2019 11:00 AM PST


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1 A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America Adams, John John Adams' Defense of the Constitutions, 1787 1787 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
2 The Spectator [Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et al.] The Spectator in eight volumes [1797] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
3 Æsop's Fables with his Life: In English, French & Latin... Illustrated with One hundred and Twelve Sculptures by Francis Barlow Aesop Rare illustrated Aesop's Fables, 1666 1666 $10,000 - $15,000
Starting bid:
$5,000
4 The Fables of Æsop. Volume I. Paraphras'd in Verse, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations. By John Ogilby, Esq... [bound with] Æsopicks: or, a Second Collection of Fables... Aesop Rare octavo edition of Ogilby's Aesop, 1683-4 1683 & 1684 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
5 Fables, of Æsop and other eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections. Part I. By Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt. Aesop Aesop's Fables, 1704 1704 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
6 The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg Aesop Anti-Semitic version of Aesop's Golden Goose 1928 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
7 Lust-und lehr-reicher Sitten-Schule Anderer Theil: Nach Einleitung der ausserlesensten und Sinnreichesten Fabeln... Aesop Rare 1707 illustrated Aesop's Fables 1707 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
8 Lewis & Co.'s Selection of Their Comic Black Jokes. From the designs of the most eminent artists Summers, W. (African American) W. Summers' Black Jokes in aquatint c.1835 c.1835 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
9 Jack Sheppard, A Romance [with] The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance Ainsworth, William Harrison Two finely bound novels by W.H. Ainsworth [1856]; [1880] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
10 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance Ainsworth, William Harrison Ainsworth's Tower of London with Cruikshank illustrations 1840 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
11 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-01) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 1st Printing Inscribed 1939 $10,000 - $15,000
Starting bid:
$5,000
12 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Two Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-02) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 2nd Printing 1941 $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$3,000
13 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Six Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-03) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition, Third Printing 1942 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
14 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Eight Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-04) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 4th Printing 1943 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
15 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Eight Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-04) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 4th Print in 5th DJ 1943 $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$3,000
16 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Ten Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-05) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 5th Print Original Dust Jacket 1944 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
17 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Ten Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-06) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 6th Printing 1944 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
18 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Fourteen Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-07) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 7th Printing [January], 1945 $8,000 - $12,000
Starting bid:
$4,000
19 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Fourteen Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-08) Alcoholics Anonymous First Edition Eighth Printing 1945 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
20 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-09) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 9th Printing Dust Jacket 1946 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
21 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-10) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edn 10th Printing 1946 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
22 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-11) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 11th Printing 1947 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
23 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-12) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 12th Printing 1948 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
24 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-13) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 13th Printing 1950 $300 - $600
Starting bid:
$150
25 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-14) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 14th Printing 1951 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
26 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-15) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed 15th Print in DJ 1954 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
27 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-16) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 16th Printing 1954 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
28 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous 1-16) Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 16th Print in DJ 1954 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$700
29 Eighteen Second & Third Edition Alcoholics Anonymous big books - Various Printings [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] (Alcoholics Anonymous) 18 Printings from AA Big Book's 2nd & 3rd Editions 1955 [but 1960-77] $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
30 The Pilgrimage of the Ticonderoga Allen, George Irreverent account of the U.S.S. Ticonderoga voyage to Africa and beyond 1880 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
31 Manuscript diary and record of fly-fishing in Colorado over a period of nearly a half-century by master angler Billy P. Langfeldt Langfeldt, Billy P. (Angling - Colorado) A half-century of fly-fishing in Colorado c.1956-2000 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(1 bid)
32 Bad Boy of Music Antheil, George Signed by composer George Antheil 1945 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
33 A Commonplace Book of Cookery Grabhorn, Robert, compiler (Arion Press) Arion Press, A Commonplace Book of Cookery 1975 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
34 The Quadrupeds of North America Audubon, John James and John Bachman Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America 1851-54 $7,000 - $10,000
Starting bid:
$3,500
Current absentee: $3,500
(1 bid)
35 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly [Beardsley, Aubrey, et al.] The Yellow Book, complete set 1894-1897 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
36 The Book of Peace: A collection of essays on war and peace Beckwith, George C., compiler Book of Peace signed by abolitionist 1845 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
37 Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs - from the Great Bible of 1566 (Bible in English) Song of Songs & Ecclesiastes from Great Bible of 1566 [1566] $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
38 The Holy Bible. containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By His Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in Churches (Bible in English) The massive "Vinegar Bible" 1717 1717-1716 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$800
Current absentee: $800
(1 bid)
39 Romans & Corinthians - from the 1572 folio edition of the Bishops Bible (Bible in English) Romans & Corinthians from 1572 Bishop's Bible [1572] $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$500
40 Bibell: das ist Alle Bücher Alts und News Testaments... Dietenberger, Johann. (translator) (Bible in German) German Bible Translated by Johann Dietenberger 1577 1577 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
41 Biblia Magna: Biblia cum concordantijs ueteris & noui testamenti et sacrorum canonum... (Bible in Latin) Latin folio Bible with woodcuts, 1525 1525 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
42 The Office of the Holy Week According to the Missall and Roman Breviary Blount, Walter Kirkham The Office of the Holy Week, 1670 1670 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
43 Il Decamerone de M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nvovamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio Decameron 1729 reprint of 1527 edition [1729] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
44 Silver-banded stone given from one bibliophile to another Wilson, Francis & [Jahu] Dewitt Miller (Book Collecting) A gift between bibliophiles July, 1903 $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
45 Botany displayed; or, a complete and compendious elucidation of Botany (caption title) (Botanical) Six colored botanical prints, 1798 1798 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
46 Plant Lore of Shakespeare Towne, Rosa M., illustrator (Botanical) Plant Lore of Shakespeare, Rosa Towne [1974] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
47 Elementary Color Bradley, Milton Elementary Color, Milton Bradley 1895 1895 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
48 Jurisprudence: A Suite of Etchings Bragg, Charles Charles Bragg law etchings No date $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
49 ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ - Homerou poiesis Schwartz, Eduard, editor (Bremer Press) Bremer Press, Iliad and Odyssey in Greek [1923-4] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
50 Volksgemälde Und Charakterköpfe Des Russischen Volks... / Tableau des moeurs et des usages, des occupations et des divertissements des Russes ou Suite de dessins originaux d'apr`es nature. Erster Heft Mit 8 colorirten Blättern Buddeus, Carl Colored engravings of Russian serfs, 1820 1820 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
51 Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay [Burney, Frances] Frances Burney's Diary and Letters, 1846 1843 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
52 Evelina, or The History of a Young Girl's Entrance into the World [Burney, Frances] Fanny Burney's Evelina, 1791 [1791] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
53 Elaborately calligraphed birthday greeting to Otto Von Bismarck (Calligraphy) Birthday greeting to Otto von Bismarck in elaborate calligraphy 1895 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$800
54 Honor Redivivus; or, An Analysis of Honor and Armory Carter, Matthew Matthew Carter's Honor Redivivus, 1660 1660 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
55 The Life of Benvenuto Cellini: A Florentine Artist... Written by Himself in the Tuscan Language Cellini, Benvenuto Life of Benvenuto Cellini, 1771 1771 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
56 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer Chaucer, Geoffrey Second Speght Chaucer, 1602 1602 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
57 Qing Dynasty white jade Buddhist Sutra book (China - Jade Book) Chinese jade book of Buddhist Sutras 18th century $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
58 The Central Bank of Manchou and appendix of laws pertaining thereto, 1935 (China - Manchukuo) Banking in Manchukuo, 1935 1935 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
59 Red Star Over China Snow, Edgar (China) Edgar Snow on Chinese Revolution & Mao, 1937 1937 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
60 WITHDRAWN - La Peinture, Mon Passe-Temps Churchill, Winston S. [1949] $800 - $1,200
Unsold
CLOSED!
61 Album with 45 carte-de-visite photographs of Siamese twins, giants, midgets, and other circus "freaks" (Circus & Show Business) CDV's of circus freaks c.1860's-1880's $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,500
Current absentee: $2,500
(1 bid)
62 London Coburn Alvin Langdon Coburn's London with hand-pulled photogravures [1909] $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
Current absentee: $750
(1 bid)
63 La physionomie naturelle, et la chiromance de Barthelemy Cocle... Où par les traits et les signes du visage et par les marques et les lineamens de la main... Cocles, Barthélémy 17th century edition of Cocles' palmistry 1698 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
64 Zapolya: A Christmas Tale Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Zapolya: A Christmas Tale 1st ed. 1817 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
65 Works of Wilkie Collins - Tauchnitz Copyright Editions Collins, Wilkie Wilkie Collins published by Bernhard Tauschnitz 1856-76 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
66 Billeder af Dyrelivet: Samling af Fortællinger med tilhørende Afbildninger Michaelsen, Joseph (Color Plate Book) Colored lithos of wildlife, 1850's Denmark c.1855 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $275
(2 bids)
67 The Way to the Temple of True Honor and Fame by the Paths of HEROIC VIRTUE Cook, W. The Way to the Temple of True Honor, 1773 1773 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
68 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduite & paraphrasée en Vers François par P. Corneille [Thomas à Kempis] (Corneille, Pierre) Imitation of Christ in French trans. by Corneille 1659 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
69 Chinki, Histoire Cochinoise, Qui peut sevir à d'autres Pays [Coyer, Gabriel Francois] Political allegory of the overtaxed worker saved by a benevolent king 1768 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
70 Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology - featuring Francis Crick's The Genetic Code—Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Crick, Francis) Signed by Francis Crick 1966 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
71 Two works from the library of Francis Crick (Crick, Francis) Two volumes from Francis Crick's library Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
72 Graphs: An Introductory Approach Wilson, Robin J. and John J. Watkins (Crick, Francis) With notes from Francis Crick laid in [1990] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
73 What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery Crick, Francis Signed by Nobel laureate Francis Crick [1988] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
74 The Equinox of the Gods Volume III, No. III [Crowley, Aleister] Crowley's Equinox of the Gods Vol. III, No. III 1936 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
75 Alfred Crowquill's Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England Crowquill, Alfred Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1850 [1850] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
76 Insurance certificate for slaves in Cuba (Cuba - Slavery) Insurance paid on Cuban slaves, 1856 1856 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
77 Twenty death certificates from Havana, Cuba, mostly for African slaves (Cuba - Slavery) Death certificates of African slaves in Cuba c.1888-1889 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
78 Burial notice of a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba (Cuba) Chinese indentured servant buried in Cuba 1888 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
79 Case file ("Expediente") relating to the mustering in, military service, and death of a sergeant in the Cuban army just following the Spanish-American War (Cuba) Policeman in newly independent Cuba 1900-1903 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
80 Death certificate for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba (Cuba) Death certificate for Chinese indentured servant in Cuba 1890 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
81 Manuscript document regard the fulfillment of his contract by a Chinese indenture servant in Cuba (Cuba) Chinese indentured servant signs new contract in Cuba 1863 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
82 Manuscript document signed by Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, Captain General of Cuba and Florida, future Viceroy of New Spain (Cuba) Signed by Cuba/Florida governor & future viceroy, 1812 21 October 1812 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
83 Original indentured servant contract for a Chinese man in Cuba, for a period of eight years (Cuba) Indentured servant contract for Chinese in Cuba, 1860 1860 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
84 Ten documents from the period of the U.S. occupation of Cuba following the Spanish-American War, each signed by Emilio Bacardi as Alcalde (i.e. Mayor) of Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) Cuban documents signed by son of Bacardi Rum founder 1898-1899 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
85 The Nightless City. Or the "History of the Yoshiwara Yuwaku" De Becker, Joseph Ernest De Becker's The Nightless City, 2nd Ed. [c.1905] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
86 A True and Faithful Relation of What passed for many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits: Tending (had it succeeded) to a General Alteration of most States and Kingdomes in the World...Also the Letters of Sundry Great Men and Princes... Dee, John Dr. John Dee on spirits and apparitions, 1/500 1974 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
87 Traité des Maladies des Yeux , avec des Planches Coloriées Représentant ces Maladies d'après Nature Demours, Antoine-Pierre Demours, Traité des Maladies des Yeux 1818 1818 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
88 Bullterriers: The Biography of a Breed Briggs, L. Cabot (Derrydale Press) Derrydale Press, Briggs' Bull Terriers 1/500 [1940] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
89 Diamonds and diamond mining in South Africa, Brazil and the US, One imprint and 10 offprints, 1893-1925 Kunz, George, Gardner Williams, et al (Diamonds, Diamond Mining) Diamonds and Diamond Mining, 1893-1925. 10 offprints,1 imprint 1893-1925 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
90 Letters of Charles Dickens Dickens, Charles The Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Sister-in-Law and Daughter 1880-1882 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
91 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People Dickens, Charles Second Edition of Dickens' first book 1836 $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
92 A Short Account of the Leach Bermejo Expedition of 1899 with some Reference to the Flora, Fauna and Indian Tribes of the Chaco Dobson, A. A. G. Entertaining account of journey down the Bermejo River 1900 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
93 Marchand du Sel Duchamp, Marcel Signed by Marcel Duchamp [1958] $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
94 Traité Général des Pesches: et Histoire des Poissons qu'Elles Fournissent, Tant pour la Subsistance des Hommes... Duhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis and L H de La Marre Traité Général des Pesches, 1769 1769 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
95 The Genus Iris Dykes, William Rickatson The Genus Iris, 1913 1913 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
96 The Lyric Year: One Hundred Poems Earle, Ferdinand, editor The Lyric Year, 1912 1912 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
97 American Entomology, or, Descriptions of the Insects of North America Say, Thomas (Entomolgy) Thomas Say, American Entomology 1824-5 1824-5 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
98 Petit Courrier des Dames, Journal des Modes (Fashion) ~100 hand colored plates of women's dress from 1839 1839 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
99 The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses Fénelon, François Salignac de la Mothe- The Adventures of Telemachus, 1784 1784 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
100 The Oriental Series: Japan & China Brinkley, Captain F., et al (Fine Bindings) The Oriental Series: Japan & China 1/50 [1901-02] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500