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
3 The Railway Alphabet (Alphabet Book) Victorian railway-themed alphabet book c. 1867-73 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
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)
16 if not in paint Campbell, Marion May Poetry by Marion May Campbell with drawings by Miriam Morris 2011 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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
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
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
29 This Side of Paradise Fitzgerald, F. Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel 1920 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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)
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
34 Offenbacher Haggadah Guggenheim, S. Guggenheim's Offenbacher Haggadah 1960 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(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
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)
39 Abacus Karr, Mary First book by author of The Liars' Club 1987 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
18 Tales of the Mojave Road, Numbers 1-6 Casebier, Denis G. Tales of the Mojave Road 1972-76 $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)
33 Waterscapes, Landscapes Gornick, April and Kurt Vonnegut 1 of 100 Waterscapes, Landscapes signed by Vonnegut and others 1999 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
43 Papa John: An Autobiography Phillips, John A music legend's shattering journey 1986 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
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)
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
28 Four Months / Four Seasons Fine, Ruth Four Months / Four Seasons from Janus Press 2010 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
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)
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
17 One Christmas Capote, Truman Truman Capote's One Christmas inscribed 1983 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
22 DeGrazia--The Irreverent Angel DeGrazia, Ted and William Reed With original watercolor by DeGrazia 1971 $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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
82 History of the Buccaneers of America Burney, James Burney's Buccaneers of America 1816 1816 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
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
94 Qing dynasty jade book from the Diamond Sutra (China - Jade Book) Chinese jade book 18th Century $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$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
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
112 Requiem for a Nun Faulkner, William Signed by William Faulkner, 1/750 [1951] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
146 Twelve Funny Little Travelers (Quilts) Twelve Funny Little Travelers quilt 19th Century $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
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
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
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
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
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
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
87 San Francisco Bay. (with) part of San Francisco and Oakland Lundy, Fred (California - Oakland, San Francisco, etc.) Rare pictorial map of Oakland and S.F. Bay 1934 $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
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
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
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
50 The Defense of Poesy Sidney, Philip The Defense of Poesy by Philip Sidney, 1752 1752 $1,500 - $2,000
Starting bid:
$750
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
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
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