Sale 694: Rare Books & Manuscripts at the Pasadena Book Fair (#694) 02/06/2020 10:00 AM PST


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89 "An Invitation from San Francisco California" (wrapper title) - proposal to hold the 1928 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, with original signed letters and mounted photographs (California - San Francisco) S.F. bids for 1928 Democratic Convention 1927 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
90 "Being a map of central California, showing some of the people, places and events that had to do with our early days. Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co., San Francisco, Established 76 years ago, in 1852" Patterson & Sullivan, cartographers (California) Rare pictorial map of central California [1928] $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
37 37 Years of Public Service: The Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson Frantz, Joe B. (Johnson, Lyndon Baines) A rather kitschy tribute to Lyndon B. Johnson 1974 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
165 A Book of Posters printed at Whittington Randle, John, editor (Whittington Press) Posters Printed at Whittington, 1/50 [1996] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
66 A Book of Songs and Poems from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha (Ashendene Press) Ashendene Press Songs from Old Testament 1904 $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$4,000
48 A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library, Cambridge Sayle, Charles Edward Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books at Cambridge 1916 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
69 A Hunters Summer in Yukon Territory Bannon, Arthur H. Bannon's Hunting in the Yukon, 1911, inscribed 1911 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
132 A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion Party" LeConte, Joseph Le Conte's Ramblings with original photographs 1875 $10,000 - $15,000
Starting bid:
$5,000
129 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland [Johnson, Samuel] Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 1775 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
31 A New Display of the Beauties of England Goadby, R. A New Display of the Beauties of England... the Third Edition 1776 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
106 A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia Elliott, Stephen Elliott's Sketch of the Botany of SC and GA, 1821-24 1821, 1824 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
102 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon Dixon, George Round the world to the Northwest coast, 1789 1789 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
97 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 Cook, James and James King Cook's 3rd Voyage with atlas plates bound in 1785 $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$4,000
39 Abacus Karr, Mary First book by author of The Liars' Club 1987 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
144 Absconditorum a constitutione mundi clavis, qua mens humana tam in divinis quam in humanis pertinget ad interiora velminis aeternae veritatis Postel, Guillaume Postel's Absconditorum, 1547 first edition [1547] $5,000 - $8,000
Starting bid:
$2,500
86 Album of photographs of a trek up Mt. Wilson in California's San Gabriel Mountains, with description typed text, plus additional photographs of California locales (California - Mt. Wilson) Hiking up Mt. Wilson, Cal., in dead of winter, 1911 1911 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
166 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Ed. 10th Ptg. dj 1946 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
143 An Essay on Man. Address'd to a Friend. Part I [with] An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend [Pope, Alexander] Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man, 1733-34 [1733-34] $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
24 An Essay on Original Genius: and its Various Modes of Exertion in Philosophy and the Fine Arts, Particularly in Poetry Duff, William Duff on the Concept of Genius in Philosophy 1767 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
120 Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical Gray, Henry Gray's Anatomy, 1st American Edition 1859 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
12 Angel Budd, Harold Heavenly Monkey's Angel by Harold Budd 2012 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
160 Appointment of Daniel Brinsmade as a first lieutenant in the Continental Army, signed by Jonathan Trumbull as Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America Trumbull, Jonathan Continental Army appointment signed by Jonathan Trumble 1776 June 10, 1776 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
134 Architectural rendering of the floor and lot plan of a Christian Science church in Atlantic City, New Jersey Müller, Bernhardt E., architect Design by Bernhardt Muller for Christian Science church c.1920-30 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
127 Archive of 37 incunabula leaves from different 15th century books (Incunabula) Archive of 37 incunable leaves, 1470-1500 1470-1500 $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$3,000
93 Archive of original artwork for the book, "The Big Ball of String," the author/artist's best known work Holland, Marion (Children's Literature - original artwork) Originat artwork for A Big Ball of String, 1958 [c.1958] $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
63 Asconii Pediani explanatio in Ciceronis orationes in C. Verrem, in orat. pro C. Cornelio, in orat. contra competitores, in orat. pro M. Scauro, in orat. contra L. Pisonem, in orat. pro Milone Asconius Pedianus, Quintus (Aldine Press) Quintus Asconius Pedianus from Aldine Press 1563 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
161 Autograph manuscript fragment, single leaf written in ink on one side, the entry for the word "Admonish" with a lengthy etymological analysis Webster, Noah Noah Webster ms. leaf from his dictionary before 1828 $10,000 - $15,000
Starting bid:
$6,000
104 Autograph note signed by Albert Einstein, with an envelope addressed by him and a birthday poem written for him Einstein, Albert Einstein note as he turns 75 1954 $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$4,000
20 Bing Crosby, Ted and Larry Inscribed by Crooner Bing Crosby 1937 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
6 Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers... Baker, David Erskine; Isaac Reed; Stephen Jones 19th c. Companion to the Playhouse 1812 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
135 Bound volume of eight Novenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886 (Mexico) Novenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886 1774-1886 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
64 Ciceronis De oratore libri III. Orator. De claris oratoribus Cicero (Aldine Press) Aldine edition of Cicero, 1559 1559 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
59 Compleat Angler, or or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton Two volume set of Compleat Angler 1836 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
81 Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts Bukowski, Charles Inscribed by Buk to Norse w/ drawing 1965 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
22 DeGrazia--The Irreverent Angel DeGrazia, Ted and William Reed With original watercolor by DeGrazia 1971 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
148 Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot... Roberts, David Folio edition of Roberts' Egypt & Nubia 1846-49 $40,000 - $60,000
Starting bid:
$20,000
121 Ejecutoria de Don Ramón Zazo y Ortega - patent of nobility (Heraldry) Hand-colored patent of nobility from 18th c. Spain [1777] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
110 El viagero universal, o noticia del mundo antiguo y nuevo... Tomo XXVI Estala, Pedro Early accounts of California & Nootka incident, 1799 1799 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
167 Envelope hand-addressed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, to Moritz Schlick Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein writes to Moritz Schlick in Berkeley 1931 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
56 Epitome Trium Terræ Partium, Asiæ, Africæ, et Europæ Vadianus, Joachim 1534 description of world geography with reference to America 1534 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
108 Essays Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original cloth 1841 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
78 Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Cenannensis - The Book of Kells (Book of Kells) Urs-Graf facsimile of the Book of Kells, copy No. 1, ex-Vatican Library 1950-1951 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
126 Facsimiles of Choice Examples Selected from Illumination Manuscripts, Unpublished Drawings and Illustrated Books of Early Date (Illumination) Quaritch's facsimiles of illumination finely bound 1889-1892 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
96 Feathered Game, From a Sporting Journal Connett, Eugene V. Connett's Feathered Game, 1/50 deluxe ed. 1929 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
28 Four Months / Four Seasons Fine, Ruth Four Months / Four Seasons from Janus Press 2010 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
62 Frederick Douglass' Paper: Devoted to the Rights of All Mankind, Without Distinction of Color, Class, or Clime Douglass, Frederick (African-American, 1857) Frederick Douglass' Newspaper, 1 857 October 23, 1857 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $1,400
(2 bids)
123 Fuck the System [Hoffman, Abbie] Abbie Hoffman's F**k the System [1967] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$750
15 Harry Callahan: Color 1941-1980 Callahan, Harry Harry Callahan Color 1941-1980 1980 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
38 Historia Rerum Britannicarum ut et Mulicarum Gallicarum, Belgicarum, & Germanicarum, Tam Politicarum. Quam Ecclesiasticarum, Ab Anno 1572, Ad Annum 1628: Johnston, Robert 17th c. history of early Scotland 1655 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
151 History of San Bernardino County, California, with Illustrations, Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, etc., from Original Drawings, including Biographical Sketches [and] Historical Reminiscences of San Diego County, California Elliott, Wallace W., publisher (San Bernardino County) Rare illustrated history of San Bernardino County 1883 1883 $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$5,000
82 History of the Buccaneers of America Burney, James Burney's Buccaneers of America 1816 1816 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
26 I Carmi Di Catullo: Scelti Nuovamente Tradotti In Versi Da Vincenzo Errante E Decorati Con Lithografie Da Filippo De Pisis Errante, Vincenzo With 17 original lithographs by Filippo De Pisis 1945 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
16 if not in paint Campbell, Marion May Poetry by Marion May Campbell with drawings by Miriam Morris 2011 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
128 Isocratis Orationes omnes, quae quidem ad Nostram Aetatem Pervenervunt, Vna Et Viginti Nvmero, Vna Cvm Novem eiusdem Epistolis, e Graeco in Latinum conuersae, per Hieronymvm VVolfivm Oetingsem... Isocrates Wolf's translation of Isocrates, 1548 1548 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
58 Kalifornien Och Guldfebern...Af Dr. W. F. A. Zimmermann Vollmer, Carl G. Adventure in the California Gold Fields 1862 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
152 Kupfer-Bibel: in welcher Die Physica Sacra, Oder Beheiligte Naturwissenschafft Derer in Heil. Schrifft Vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen, Deutlich Erklärt und Bewährt Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer's Kupfer-Bibel/Physica Sacra, 1731-35 1731-5 $10,000 - $15,000
Starting bid:
$5,000
21 La Science des Negocians et Teneurs de Livres De la Porte, M. 18th c. French handbook for men of business 1748 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
65 Leaves of Grass Whitman, Walt (Arion Press) Arion Press Leaves of Grass, 1/275 2014 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
Current absentee: $4,250
(2 bids)
124 Les Miserables Hugo, Victor Les Miserables with Victor Hugo ALS 1886 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
83 Letter from Edgar Rice Burroughs to a fan of the just-published Tarzan of the Apes (in The All-Story magazine), admitting he did "not like the ending of the story" and referring to the sequel he was writing Burroughs, Edgar Rice Early E.R. Burroughs letter on Tarzan, 1912 November 13, 1912 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$3,000
61 Letter from Ex-slave, hairdresser to New York high society matrons, proposed for canonization as first African-American male Saint Toussaint, Pierre (African-American, 1828) Rare letter of ex-slave proposed as first African-American Saint Dec. 18, 1828 $5,000 - $8,000
Starting bid:
$2,500
153 Letter from Heinrich Schliemann regarding his Mycenian artifacts and excavations in Thermopylae Schliemann, Heinrich Letter from Troy discoverer Heinrich Schliemann 26 January 1883 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
103 Letter from Moritz Schlick to Albert Einstein, addressing topics relating to modern physics Schlick, Moritz (Einstein, Albert) Letter to Einstein from Moritz Schlick about physics June 9, 1920 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
159 Letter from Nikola Tesla to William T. Schley about a photograph to be taken of an "apparatus" Tesla, Nikola Letter from Nikola Tesla May 20, 1896 $10,000 - $15,000
Starting bid:
$7,000
115 Letter from Sigmund Freud to a colleague about a prospective female patient, stating she is not a good candidate for psychoanalysis Freud, Sigmund Letter from Sigmund Freud with reference to Carl Jung June 8, 1910 $10,000 - $15,000
Starting bid:
$5,000
162 Letter from Walt Whitman, inviting the unnamed correspondent to visit him Whitman, Walt Autograph letter signed by Walt Whitman Sept. 22 [no year] $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$4,000
136 Letter written from Bisbee, Arizona, describing the Battle of Naco during the Mexican Revolution "Dave" (Mexico) Account of battle in Mexican Revolution April 14, 1913 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
35 Life and Times of Jo Mora, Iconic Artist of the American West Hiller, Peter Life and Times of Jo Mora de luxe edition by BCC 2019 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $500
(1 bid)
36 Life in the Open: Sport with Rod, Gun, Horse and Hound in Southern California Holder, Charles Frederick Early 20th c. account of the wild environment in Southern California 1906 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
49 Luz Plegada Sicilia, Jose Maria The final book in the Luz Plegada series by Michael Woolworth 1994 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
68 Manuscript book of horoscopes with charts of over 200 European personages of note, including Galileo (Astrology) Rare manuscript book of horoscopes, 17th century 17th century $12,000 - $18,000
Starting bid:
$6,000
139 Manuscript book of musical lines, notes, and lyrics from various short songs and tunes Gifford, Isaac (Music - 18th century manuscript American tune book) American manuscript music book 1797 1797 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $500
(1 bid)
99 Manuscript giving a breakdown of the number of slaves in Cuba by location (Cuba - Slavery) Census of slaves in Cuba 1853 c.1853-1854 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
71 Manuscript leaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible (Bible - manuscript leaf) Leaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible c.1100 c.1100 or earlier $6,000 - $9,000
Starting bid:
$4,000
100 Manuscript list of Cuban slave owners who are mortgaging their slaves, with additional details on the slaves being mortgaged (Cuba - Slavery) Mortgaging slaves in Cuba, 1838 1838 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
9 Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls Van Dyne, Edith (Baum, L. Frank) L. Frank Baum's last book published in his lifetime 1918 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
155 Measure for Measure Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure 2nd folio 1632 [1632] $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
122 Mein Kampf: Eine Abrechnung Hitler, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, 2 volumes, 1st edition 1925 & 1927 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
114 Mountain Lake, Florida: A private park of thirty-five hundred acres, in the beautiful ridge and lake country, with residential club-house and eighteen-hole golf course (Florida) Private golf course community in Florida [c.1929] $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
119 My Disillusionment in Russia Goldman, Emma Signed by Red Emma to an anarchist comrade 1923 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,250
95 My Early Life, A Roving Commission Churchill, Winston S. Inscribed by Winston Churchill [1930] $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
117 Nine Chains to the Moon Fuller, R. Buckminster Inscribed copy of Buckminster Fuller's 1st book [1938] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
34 Offenbacher Haggadah Guggenheim, S. Guggenheim's Offenbacher Haggadah 1960 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
101 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life Darwin, Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, 2nd edition 1860 $10,000 - $15,000
Starting bid:
$8,000
17 One Christmas Capote, Truman Truman Capote's One Christmas inscribed 1983 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
118 Original ink (or color pencil?) drawing of a geodesic polyhedron, basis for his most famous creation, the geodesic dome - inscribed and signed by Buckminster Fuller Fuller, R. Buckminster Drawing of geodesic grid by R. Buckminster Fuller September 7, 1980 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
85 Original warrant for payment to Robert McKee for service in the Mariposa Indian War of 1850-1851 (California - Mariposa Indian War) Pay warrant from the Mariposa Indian War 1851 July 25th, 1851 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
91 Panorama Photographico de Portugal Castro, Augusto Mendes Simões de With original mounted photographs of Portugal, 1871-74 1871-1874 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
43 Papa John: An Autobiography Phillips, John A music legend's shattering journey 1986 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
88 Photograph album of Pasadena and adjacent parts of Southern California, including some of the 1906 Rose Parade (California - Pasadena) Pasadena photo album 1905-6 with Rose Parade 1905-1906 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
14 Photograph Album of Victorian vacationers in various locales around California (California) Victorian photo album of California vacationers 1897-1900 $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
84 Photograph album recording a trip from Los Angeles to Tijuana in 1901 (California - Los Angeles & points south) Photo album of trip from L.A. to Tijuana, 1901 1901 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
140 Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake: Miscellaneous Poems, Paradise Regain'd & Samson Agonistes Milton, John (Nonesuch Press) Nonesuch MIlton with Blake illustrations, 1/90 1926 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
164 Posters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013 Randle, John and Patrick, editors (Whittington Press) Posters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013 2013 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
19 Postmortem Cornwell, Patricia Debut novel by the author of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries 1990 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
107 Psalterium Davidis - emblem book with copper-engraved scenes from Genesis and the New Testament (Emblem Books) Emblem book with engraved Biblical scenes No date $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
94 Qing dynasty jade book from the Diamond Sutra (China - Jade Book) Chinese jade book 18th Century $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
168 Ranch House for Mr. & Mrs. Randall Fawcett. Taliesin West WH57101. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect Wright, Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd Wright designs ranch house in Los Banos, Cal. c.1955 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
137 Relacion Historica de la Fundacion de este Convento Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Compañía de María llamada vulgarmente la Enseñanza en esta ciudad de México, y compendio de la vida y virtudes de n.m.r.m. Maria Ignacia Azlor y Echeverz, su fundadora y patrona... (Mexico) Life of founder of Mexican convent, 1793 1793 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
47 Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Philadelphia to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone (Rosetta Stone) Translating the inscription on the Rosetta Stone 1859 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)