Sale 688: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Alcoholics Anonymous - Miniature Books (#688) 11/21/2019 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/21/2019 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 1-54 of 54. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America AuthorAdams, JohnHeadlineJohn Adams' Defense of the Constitutions, 1787PublisherPrinted for C. Dilly [and John Stockdale]Date Published1787 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #3 Æsop's Fables with his Life: In English, French & Latin... Illustrated with One hundred and Twelve Sculptures by Francis Barlow AuthorAesopHeadlineRare illustrated Aesop's Fables, 1666PublisherPrinted by William Godbid for Francis BarlowDate Published1666 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #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... AuthorAesopHeadlineRare octavo edition of Ogilby's Aesop, 1683-4PublisherPrinted for T. Bassett, et al.Date Published1683 & 1684 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg AuthorAesopHeadlineAnti-Semitic version of Aesop's Golden GoosePublisherFawcett School of Industrial Arts / Fidelity PrintshopDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #9 Jack Sheppard, A Romance [with] The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineTwo finely bound novels by W.H. AinsworthPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[1856]; [1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #10 The Tower of London. A Historical Romance AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineAinsworth's Tower of London with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Quadrupeds of North America AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds of North AmericaPublisherVictor Gifford AudubonDate Published1851-54 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #35 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly Author[Beardsley, Aubrey, et al.]HeadlineThe Yellow Book, complete setPublisherElkin Mathews & John LaneDate Published1894-1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #45 Botany displayed; or, a complete and compendious elucidation of Botany (caption title) Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSix colored botanical prints, 1798PublisherPublished for the proprietorsDate Published1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #46 Plant Lore of Shakespeare Heading(Botanical)AuthorTowne, Rosa M., illustratorHeadlinePlant Lore of Shakespeare, Rosa TownePublisherThe Frame House GalleryDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #75 Alfred Crowquill's Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England AuthorCrowquill, AlfredHeadlineComic History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1850PublisherRead & Co.Date Published[1850] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #77 Twenty death certificates from Havana, Cuba, mostly for African slaves Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineDeath certificates of African slaves in CubaDate Publishedc.1888-1889 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #78 Burial notice of a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese indentured servant buried in CubaDate Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #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 Heading(Cuba)HeadlinePoliceman in newly independent CubaDate Published1900-1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #80 Death certificate for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineDeath certificate for Chinese indentured servant in CubaDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #81 Manuscript document regard the fulfillment of his contract by a Chinese indenture servant in Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese indentured servant signs new contract in CubaDate Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #82 Manuscript document signed by Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, Captain General of Cuba and Florida, future Viceroy of New Spain Heading(Cuba)HeadlineSigned by Cuba/Florida governor & future viceroy, 1812Date Published21 October 1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Original indentured servant contract for a Chinese man in Cuba, for a period of eight years Heading(Cuba)HeadlineIndentured servant contract for Chinese in Cuba, 1860Date Published1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #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 Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban documents signed by son of Bacardi Rum founderDate Published1898-1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #94 Traité Général des Pesches: et Histoire des Poissons qu'Elles Fournissent, Tant pour la Subsistance des Hommes... AuthorDuhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis and L H de La MarreHeadlineTraité Général des Pesches, 1769PublisherSaillant & Nyon / DesaintDate Published1769 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #97 American Entomology, or, Descriptions of the Insects of North America Heading(Entomolgy)AuthorSay, ThomasHeadlineThomas Say, American Entomology 1824-5PublisherPhiladelphia Museum / Samuel Augustus MitchellDate Published1824-5 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #111 The Adventures of Herr Baby finely bound Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMolesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa Molesworth]HeadlineAdventures of Herr Baby finely boundPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #115 Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century as Represented in the Pictures and Engravings of the Time AuthorFischel, Oskar and Max von BoehnHeadlineModes & Manners of the Nineteenth CenturyPublisherJ. M. Dent / E. P. DuttonDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #123 Living My Life AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineFirst Edition in jacketsPublisherAlfred A.. KnopfDate Published1931 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #126 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlinePersonal Memoirs of U. S. GrantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-6 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #128 The Antiquities of Ireland AuthorGrose, FrancisHeadlineAntiquities of Ireland - Engraved PlatesPublisherS. HooperDate Published1791-95 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #141 British Preserve AuthorHowitt, S.HeadlineScarce 19th c. engravings of British animalsPublisherSherwood, Gilbert & PiperDate Publishedn.d View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #144 Humorous Sketches of the World We Live In Heading(India)AuthorLodwick, R.W.HeadlineComic look at Indian society on eve of Sepoy RebellionPublisherLithographed at the Education Society's PressDate Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #147 The Sundering Flood Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott Sundering Flood with hand-illuminationsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1897 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #151 From Rhymes to Riches AuthorLewis, AlHeadlineFrom Rhymes to Riches, signed by Al LewisPublisherDonaldson, Douglas & GumbleDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #153 Candide, or Optimism Heading(Libanus Press)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineCandide from Libanus Press, 1996PublisherLibanus PressDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #157 The Ten Little Mulligan Guards Heading(McLoughlin Brothers)HeadlineTen Little Mulligan Guards illustrated song/gamePublisherMcLoughlin BrothersDate Published[1874] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #162 The Natural History of the British Surface-Feeding Ducks AuthorMillais, J.G.HeadlineThe Natural History of the British Surface-Feeding DucksPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #164 Bruin: The Adventure of a Little Bear Heading(Moe, Louis, illustrator)AuthorDavies, MaryHeadlineBruin with color plates by Louis Moe 1922PublisherFunk & Wagnalls CompanyDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #167 Essai Statistique et Politique sur les Etats-Unis d'Amerique, d'apres les Documens Recueillis sur les Lieux... AuthorMorineau, Auguste deHeadlineEssai Statistique et Politique sur les Etats-Unis d'AmeriquePublisherG. ThorelDate Published1848 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #177 [Diseases and Enemies of Poultry] AuthorPearson, Leonard and B.H. WarrenHeadlineDiseases and Enemies of Poultry, 1897PublisherClarence M. Busch, State Printer of PennsylvaniaDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #188 Kupfer-Bibel: in welcher Die Physica Sacra, Oder Beheiligte Naturwissenschafft Derer in Heil. Schrifft Vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen, Deutlich Erklärt und Bewährt AuthorScheuchzer, Johann JakobHeadlineScheuchzer's Kupfer-Bibel/Physica Sacra, 1731-35PublisherGedruckt bey C.U. WagnerDate Published1731-5 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #191 Gemology: An Annotated Bibliography AuthorSinkakas, JohnHeadlineGemology: An Annotated Bibliography, 1993PublisherThe Scarecrow PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #200 Official Letters...American Congress...by...George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces... Heading(Washington, George)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Washington's Wartime Letters to CongressPublisherSamuel CampbellDate Published1796 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #212 Lessons for Children: In Four Parts AuthorBarbauld, Mrs.HeadlineLessons for Children In four parts 1808PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1808 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #221 Nine miniature books mostly related to children Heading(Children's Books)HeadlineNine illustrated miniature books mostly related to childrenPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #229 Collection of miniature flip books Heading(Flip Books)HeadlineCollection of miniature flip booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #234 Drawings By Kate Greenaway and Verses By Laura E. Richards From the Ladies' Home Journal 1895 & 1896 Compiled and Arranged By Lucile Rasmussen AuthorGreenaway, Kate & Laura E. RichardsHeadlineDrawings By Kate Greenaway miniature 1/200PublisherThe Rasmussen PressDate Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #260 Five miniature books Heading(Miniature books)HeadlineFive miniature booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #263 Large Group of Miniature Books, Keepsakes, Etc. Heading(Miniature Books)HeadlineLarge Group of Miniature Books, Keepsakes, Etc.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #269 Seven Miniature Picture Books Heading(Miniature Picture Books)HeadlineSeven Miniature Picture BooksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$81.25StatusSold Lot #276 Two Copies of Illustrations in Miniature Heading(Postage Stamps)AuthorKlinefelter, WalterHeadlineKlinefelter Illustrations in Miniature Presentation Copy InscribedPublisherBlack Cat PressDate Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #283 Flowers & Plants on United States Postage Stamps - four copies Heading(River's Edge Studio)AuthorLawrence, Miriam B.HeadlineFlowers & Plants on U.S. Postage Stamps 4 copiesPublisherRiver's Edge StudioDate Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #289 Gold Rush AuthorStedman, DaleHeadlineGold Rush rare miniature 1/200PublisherStedman's Bent Franklin PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #315 Rosamond, Part III; Containing the Story of the Rabbit Author[Edgeworth, Maria]HeadlineTale of Rosamond and the Rabbit from 1801PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1801 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #319 Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania within the Last Sixty Years Author[Graydon, Alexander]HeadlineValuable source of American culture, literature and society prior to 1776PublisherWilliam Blackwood & T. CadellDate Published1822 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #329 The Old Franklin Almanac 1860-68 Heading(Old Franklin Almanac )HeadlineThe Old Franklin Almanac 1860-68PublisherHaslett & WinchDate Published1860-68 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #330 Isthmus of Panama. History of the Panama Railroad; and of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company AuthorOtis, Fessenden NottHeadlineHistory of Panama Railroad with historic associationPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1967 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #338 The Friend of Peace by Phil Pacificus (pseud), Volume I, numbers 1-12 AuthorWorcester, NoahHeadlineEarly 19th century American PacifismPublisherJoseph T. BuckinghamDate Publishedca.1816-1818 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next