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


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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
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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
34 Offenbacher Haggadah Guggenheim, S. Guggenheim's Offenbacher Haggadah 1960 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
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
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
39 Abacus Karr, Mary First book by author of The Liars' Club 1987 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
40 The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places + Wee Willie Winkie + In Black and White Kipling, Rudyard A Kipling Sammelband 1889-1891 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
Current absentee: $300
(1 bid)
41 The American Gazetteer . . . Of the American Continent and A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent by Jedidiah Morse Morse, Jedidiah Matching Set of Jedidiah Morse's First Gazetteers 1797 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $500
(1 bid)
42 The Amenities of Book-Collection, and Kindred Affections Newton, A. Edward First edition of Newton's classic volume on bibliophilia 1918 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
43 Papa John: An Autobiography Phillips, John A music legend's shattering journey 1986 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
44 Two Volumes on Wine from the Bacchus Press Redding, Cyrus and Thomas G. Shaw Two volumes on wine by the Bacchus Press 1992 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
45 The Mammals of South Africa Roberts, Austen Austin Roberts The Mammals of South Africa 1951 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
46 This I Remember Roosevelt, Eleanor Eleanor Roosevelt's This I Remember Limited Signed Edition 1949 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
Current absentee: $200
(1 bid)
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
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
50 The Defense of Poesy Sidney, Philip The Defense of Poesy by Philip Sidney, 1752 1752 $1,500 - $2,000
Starting bid:
$750
51 The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You Stanford, Frank The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You 1977 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
52 Roses of the World Suzuki, S. By Japan's preeminent rose breeder 1956 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
53 Vanity Fair: Vol. I, No. 1, December 31, 1859 - Vol. I, No. 26, June 23, 1860 Thompson, Frank J., publisher First 26 issues of Civil War era periodical 1859-1960 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
54 The Devil in the Book Trumbo, Dalton Signed limited edition Dalton Trumbo analysis of Smith Act defendants 1956 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
55 The Same Door Updike, John The Same Door, John Updike's third book 1959 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
57 Two volumes on Sherry, Port, and Madeira Vizetelly, Henry Facts about Sherry, Port, and Madeira by Bacchus Press 1992 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
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
60 The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded Upon Their History. A New Edition, with Corrections and Additions, and An Appendix Containing Philosophical Essays Previously Published. Whewell, William Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences 1847 $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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
108 Essays Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original cloth 1841 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
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
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
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
119 My Disillusionment in Russia Goldman, Emma Signed by Red Emma to an anarchist comrade 1923 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,250
120 Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical Gray, Henry Gray's Anatomy, 1st American Edition 1859 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
Current absentee: $1,000
(1 bid)
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
123 Fuck the System [Hoffman, Abbie] Abbie Hoffman's F**k the System [1967] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$750
124 Les Miserables Hugo, Victor Les Miserables with Victor Hugo ALS 1886 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
125 The Life Work of Dard Hunter: A Progressive Illustrated Assemblage of his Works as Artist, Craftsman, Author, Papermaker, and Printer Hunter, Dard II The Life Work of Dard Hunter, 1/150 1981;1983 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
Current absentee: $1,500
(1 bid)
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
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
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
133 Suite of 24 hand-colored mezzotints designed and engraved by John Martin for the 1827 two-volume edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost Martin, John John Martin's mezzotints for Paradise Lost in large format 1825-1827 $15,000 - $25,000
Starting bid:
$10,000
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
138 The Mountains of California Muir, John Dawson's copy inscribed by Muir 1894 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
Current absentee: $1,900
(2 bids)
142 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke Pliny the Elder Pliny's Natural History, 1634 2nd edition in English 1634 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
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
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
145 The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore Pyne, William Henry Pyne's Royal Residences on large paper 1819 $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$2,000
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
149 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia Roberts, David Folio edition of Roberts' The Holy Land 1842-49 $20,000 - $30,000
Starting bid:
$10,000