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


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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
33 Waterscapes, Landscapes Gornick, April and Kurt Vonnegut 1 of 100 Waterscapes, Landscapes signed by Vonnegut and others 1999 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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
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
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
150 Sketchbook of Lewis Carleton Ryan Ryan, Lewis Carleton 1942 sketchbook of original drawings by Lewis C. Ryan 1942 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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)
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
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)
43 Papa John: An Autobiography Phillips, John A music legend's shattering journey 1986 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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)
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)
123 Fuck the System [Hoffman, Abbie] Abbie Hoffman's F**k the System [1967] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$750
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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)
45 The Mammals of South Africa Roberts, Austen Austin Roberts The Mammals of South Africa 1951 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
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
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
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
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
82 History of the Buccaneers of America Burney, James Burney's Buccaneers of America 1816 1816 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
52 Roses of the World Suzuki, S. By Japan's preeminent rose breeder 1956 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
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
94 Qing dynasty jade book from the Diamond Sutra (China - Jade Book) Chinese jade book 18th Century $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
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
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
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)
19 Postmortem Cornwell, Patricia Debut novel by the author of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries 1990 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
108 Essays Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original cloth 1841 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
29 This Side of Paradise Fitzgerald, F. Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel 1920 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
74 The Book of Ahania Blake, William Facsimile of Blake's Ahania, 1892, finely bound [1892] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
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)
39 Abacus Karr, Mary First book by author of The Liars' Club 1987 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
1 Yosemite and the Range of Light Adams, Ansel First British Edition of Ansel Adams' Yosemite 1979 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
105 The Waste Land Eliot, T. S. First edition of Eliot's Waste Land 1922 $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
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
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
28 Four Months / Four Seasons Fine, Ruth Four Months / Four Seasons from Janus Press 2010 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
15 Harry Callahan: Color 1941-1980 Callahan, Harry Harry Callahan Color 1941-1980 1980 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
12 Angel Budd, Harold Heavenly Monkey's Angel by Harold Budd 2012 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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
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
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
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
20 Bing Crosby, Ted and Larry Inscribed by Crooner Bing Crosby 1937 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
158 Taber: Pacific Coast Views [cover title] - a custom-made view book of San Francisco businesses, people, schools, hotels, and places of interest along the Pacific Coast Taber, Isaiah West Isaiah West Taber commercial photo album [c. 1890] $80,000 - $120,000
Starting bid:
$40,000
30 The Seasons Thomson, James (Fore-edge painting) James Thomson’s The Seasons with attractive fore-edge painting 1820 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $160
(2 bids)
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
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
131 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint Shakespeare, William (Kelmscott Press) Kelmscott printing of Shakespeare's Poems [1893] $4,000 - $6,000
Starting bid:
$3,000
130 The Sundering Flood Morris, William (Kelmscott Press) Kelmscott Sundering Flood with hand-illuminations 1897 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
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
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
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
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
124 Les Miserables Hugo, Victor Les Miserables with Victor Hugo ALS 1886 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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