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


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3 The Railway Alphabet (Alphabet Book) Victorian railway-themed alphabet book c. 1867-73 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
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
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)
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
67 The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus (Ashendene Press) Ashendene Press The Wisdom of Jesus 1932 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
Current absentee: $1,000
(1 bid)
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
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
72 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 Maiesties speciall commandment (Bible in English) Quarto edition of King James Bible 1613 with map 1613 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,500
Current absentee: $2,500
(1 bid)
73 [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches] (Bible in English) "She" Bible issue of King James Bible, 1613-1611 [1613-1611] $15,000 - $25,000
Starting bid:
$10,000
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
80 Scrapbook recording the career of boxer Frankie Klick, onetime World Jr. Lightweight champion (Boxing) Career of San Francisco boxer Frankie Klick documented 1927-1931 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
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
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
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
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
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
94 Qing dynasty jade book from the Diamond Sutra (China - Jade Book) Chinese jade book 18th Century $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
98 The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World (Cook, James) Handsome set of Cook's Three Voyages, 7 volumes, 1821 1821 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
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
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
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
109 Sixteen midcentury erotic and bondage photographs of a young Chinese or Chinese-American woman (Erotica) Midcentury bondage photos from a US chinatown [1950's or early 1960's?] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
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
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
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
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
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
141 Scrapbook of original photographs, halftones, color views, newspaper & magazine clippings, typed commentary, and more, on the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco (Panama Pacific International Exposition) Marvelous P.P.I.E. scrapbook c.1915 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
146 Twelve Funny Little Travelers (Quilts) Twelve Funny Little Travelers quilt 19th Century $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
147 Southern Pacific Company Division Maps (cover title) (Railroad Maps) Scarce atlas of Southern Pacific Railroad maps March, 1938 $1,200 - $1,800
Starting bid:
$600
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
1 Yosemite and the Range of Light Adams, Ansel First British Edition of Ansel Adams' Yosemite 1979 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
2 The Man with the Golden Arm Algren, Nelson Rare proof of Man with the Golden Arm 1949 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
4 Sketch Book of the Architectural Association of Boston Andrews, R. D., E. M. Wheelwright, Cass Gilbert, and W. E. Chamberlin, editors Sketch book of the Architectural Association of Boston 1883 1883 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
5 The Mirror of Alchemy: Composed by the Thrice-Famous and Learned Frier, Roger Bacon, Sometimes Fellow of Martin College; and Afterwards of Brasen-nose College in Oxenford: With the Smaragdine Tables of Hermes, Trismegistus of Alchemy Bacon, Roger Roger Bacon Alchemy in a fine press edition 1975 $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)
8 Sugar-Loaf Mountain Bancroft, Laura (Baum, L. Frank) Scarce and popular non-Oz title by Baum under pseudonym 1906 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
7 Scarecrow of Oz with Pirates in Oz Baum, L. Frank and Ruth Plumly Thompson Two Oz Adventures 1918 and 1931 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
10 The Master Key - An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity and the Optimism of Its Devotees. It Was Written for Boys, But Others May Read It Baum. L. Frank L. Frank Baum's Fairy Tale on the Mystery of Electricity 1901 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
70 XL. Questions Concerning the Soule... [bound with] The Clavis, or Key. Or, an Exposition of Some Principall Matters, and Words in the Writings of Jacob Behmen... Böhme, Jacob Böhme's Questions Concerning the Soule, 1647 1647 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
74 The Book of Ahania Blake, William Facsimile of Blake's Ahania, 1892, finely bound [1892] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
75 The Book of Thel Blake, William Muir facsimile of Blake's Book of Thel, 1885 [1885] $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
76 Visions of the Daughters of Albion Blake, William Muir facsimile of Blake's Daughters of Albion [1885] $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
77 The Writings of William Blake Blake, William William Blake's Writings from Nonesuch Press, 1/75 copies 1925 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
156 The Sportsman's Dude Ranch Map Blakeman, T.G. (Sportsman's...) Pictorial map of Dude Ranches of the West 1934 $2,500 - $3,500
Starting bid:
$1,300
79 United States Airship 'Akron' (Zeppelin) Bourke-White, Margaret Bourke-White photo of Zeppelin in duralumin frame 1931 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
11 Two Autograph Letters and Four Typed Letters Signed by Pearl S. Buck Buck, Pearl S. Signed letters from Pearl S. Buck to her illustrator January 8, 1932-November 21, 1938 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
12 Angel Budd, Harold Heavenly Monkey's Angel by Harold Budd 2012 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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
82 History of the Buccaneers of America Burney, James Burney's Buccaneers of America 1816 1816 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
13 The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton Burton, Isabel Biography of Sir Richard Burton written by his wife 1893 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
15 Harry Callahan: Color 1941-1980 Callahan, Harry Harry Callahan Color 1941-1980 1980 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
16 if not in paint Campbell, Marion May Poetry by Marion May Campbell with drawings by Miriam Morris 2011 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
17 One Christmas Capote, Truman Truman Capote's One Christmas inscribed 1983 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
18 Tales of the Mojave Road, Numbers 1-6 Casebier, Denis G. Tales of the Mojave Road 1972-76 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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
92 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Illustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687 1687 $8,000 - $12,000
Starting bid:
$5,000
95 My Early Life, A Roving Commission Churchill, Winston S. Inscribed by Winston Churchill [1930] $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
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
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
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
19 Postmortem Cornwell, Patricia Debut novel by the author of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries 1990 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
20 Bing Crosby, Ted and Larry Inscribed by Crooner Bing Crosby 1937 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
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
22 DeGrazia--The Irreverent Angel DeGrazia, Ted and William Reed With original watercolor by DeGrazia 1971 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
23 Scenes From the Life of Nickleby Married Dickens, Charles Scarce edition of Scenes From the Life of Nickleby Married 1840 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
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
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)
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
25 The Cat and the Blackbird Duncan, Robert The Cat and the Blackbird by White Rabbit Press. 1967 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
105 The Waste Land Eliot, T. S. First edition of Eliot's Waste Land 1922 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
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
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
108 Essays Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original cloth 1841 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
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
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
111 [Elements, i.e.] The English Euclide, being the First Six Elements of Geometry, Translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements, by Edmund Scarburgh, M.A. Euclid Handsomely printed Euclid's Elements, 1705 1705 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
112 Requiem for a Nun Faulkner, William Signed by William Faulkner, 1/750 [1951] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
113 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character...as told to Ralph Leighton Feynman, Richard Phillips Signed by Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman [1985] $8,000 - $12,000
Starting bid:
$6,000
27 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. To Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author Fielding, Henry A beautifully bound copy of The History of Tom Jones 1819 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
28 Four Months / Four Seasons Fine, Ruth Four Months / Four Seasons from Janus Press 2010 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
29 This Side of Paradise Fitzgerald, F. Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel 1920 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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)
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
116 Sinai and Palestine Frith, Francis Frith's Sinai & Palestine with 37 mounted photographs [1862 or later] $8,000 - $12,000
Starting bid:
$5,000
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
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
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)
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)
119 My Disillusionment in Russia Goldman, Emma Signed by Red Emma to an anarchist comrade 1923 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,250
32 The Bicycle Diaries /One New Yorker's Journey Through September 11th Goodman, Richard The Bicycle Diaries a journey through September 11th 2011 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
33 Waterscapes, Landscapes Gornick, April and Kurt Vonnegut 1 of 100 Waterscapes, Landscapes signed by Vonnegut and others 1999 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
120 Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical Gray, Henry Gray's Anatomy, 1st American Edition 1859 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
34 Offenbacher Haggadah Guggenheim, S. Guggenheim's Offenbacher Haggadah 1960 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)