Sale 694: Rare Books & Manuscripts at the Pasadena Book Fair (#694) 02/06/2020 10:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/06/2020 10:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-37 of 37. Previous|1|Next Lot #13 The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton AuthorBurton, IsabelHeadlineBiography of Sir Richard Burton written by his wifePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #56 Epitome Trium Terræ Partium, Asiæ, Africæ, et Europæ AuthorVadianus, JoachimHeadline1534 description of world geography with reference to AmericaDate Published1534 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #61 Letter from Ex-slave, hairdresser to New York high society matrons, proposed for canonization as first African-American male Saint Heading(African-American, 1828)AuthorToussaint, PierreHeadlineRare letter of ex-slave proposed as first African-American SaintDate PublishedDec. 18, 1828 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #68 Manuscript book of horoscopes with charts of over 200 European personages of note, including Galileo Heading(Astrology)HeadlineRare manuscript book of horoscopes, 17th centuryDate Published17th century View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 A Hunters Summer in Yukon Territory AuthorBannon, Arthur H.HeadlineBannon's Hunting in the Yukon, 1911, inscribedPublisherF.B. Toothaker, printerDate Published1911 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #71 Manuscript leaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible Heading(Bible - manuscript leaf)HeadlineLeaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible c.1100Date Publishedc.1100 or earlier View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #82 History of the Buccaneers of America AuthorBurney, JamesHeadlineBurney's Buccaneers of America 1816PublisherPrinted by L. Hansard & Sons for Payne and FossDate Published1816 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEarly E.R. Burroughs letter on Tarzan, 1912Date PublishedNovember 13, 1912 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #84 Photograph album recording a trip from Los Angeles to Tijuana in 1901 Heading(California - Los Angeles & points south)HeadlinePhoto album of trip from L.A. to Tijuana, 1901Date Published1901 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #85 Original warrant for payment to Robert McKee for service in the Mariposa Indian War of 1850-1851 Heading(California - Mariposa Indian War)HeadlinePay warrant from the Mariposa Indian War 1851Date PublishedJuly 25th, 1851 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #91 Panorama Photographico de Portugal AuthorCastro, Augusto Mendes Simões deHeadlineWith original mounted photographs of Portugal, 1871-74PublisherTypographia do PaizDate Published1871-1874 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #95 My Early Life, A Roving Commission AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston ChurchillPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #96 Feathered Game, From a Sporting Journal AuthorConnett, Eugene V.HeadlineConnett's Feathered Game, 1/50 deluxe ed.PublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #97 ***WITHDRAWN***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 AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadline***WITHDRAWN***Cook's 3rd Voyage with atlas plates bound inPublisherPrinted by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol... and T. CadellDate Published1785 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World Heading(Cook, James)HeadlineHandsome set of Cook's Three Voyages, 7 volumes, 1821PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1821 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #99 Manuscript giving a breakdown of the number of slaves in Cuba by location Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCensus of slaves in Cuba 1853Date Publishedc.1853-1854 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorDixon, GeorgeHeadlineRound the world to the Northwest coast, 1789PublisherPublished by Geo. GouldingDate Published1789 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #103 Letter from Moritz Schlick to Albert Einstein, addressing topics relating to modern physics Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchlick, MoritzHeadlineLetter to Einstein from Moritz Schlick about physicsDate PublishedJune 9, 1920 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #104 Autograph note signed by Albert Einstein, with an envelope addressed by him and a birthday poem written for him AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein note as he turns 75Date Published1954 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #110 El viagero universal, o noticia del mundo antiguo y nuevo... Tomo XXVI AuthorEstala, PedroHeadlineEarly accounts of California & Nootka incident, 1799PublisherImprenta de VillapandoDate Published1799 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #113 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character...as told to Ralph Leighton AuthorFeynman, Richard PhillipsHeadlineSigned by Nobel Prize winner Richard P. FeynmanPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #115 Letter from Sigmund Freud to a colleague about a prospective female patient, stating she is not a good candidate for psychoanalysis AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineLetter from Sigmund Freud with reference to Carl JungDate PublishedJune 8, 1910 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #116 Sinai and Palestine AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrith's Sinai & Palestine with 37 mounted photographsPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[1862 or later] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #117 Nine Chains to the Moon AuthorFuller, R. BuckminsterHeadlineInscribed copy of Buckminster Fuller's 1st bookPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #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 AuthorFuller, R. BuckminsterHeadlineDrawing of geodesic grid by R. Buckminster FullerDate PublishedSeptember 7, 1980 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #121 Ejecutoria de Don Ramón Zazo y Ortega - patent of nobility Heading(Heraldry)HeadlineHand-colored patent of nobility from 18th c. SpainDate Published[1777] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #129 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineJohnson's Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1775 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #136 Letter written from Bisbee, Arizona, describing the Battle of Naco during the Mexican Revolution Heading(Mexico)Author"Dave"HeadlineAccount of battle in Mexican RevolutionDate PublishedApril 14, 1913 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #139 Manuscript book of musical lines, notes, and lyrics from various short songs and tunes Heading(Music - 18th century manuscript American tune book)AuthorGifford, IsaacHeadlineAmerican manuscript music book 1797Date Published1797 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #148 Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot... AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineFolio edition of Roberts' Egypt & NubiaPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1846-49 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold Lot #149 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineFolio edition of Roberts' The Holy LandPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1842-49 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #153 Letter from Heinrich Schliemann regarding his Mycenian artifacts and excavations in Thermopylae AuthorSchliemann, HeinrichHeadlineLetter from Troy discoverer Heinrich SchliemannDate Published26 January 1883 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #159 Letter from Nikola Tesla to William T. Schley about a photograph to be taken of an "apparatus" AuthorTesla, NikolaHeadlineLetter from Nikola TeslaDate PublishedMay 20, 1896 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #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 AuthorTrumbull, JonathanHeadlineContinental Army appointment signed by Jonathan Trumble 1776Date PublishedJune 10, 1776 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #161 Autograph manuscript fragment, single leaf written in ink on one side, the entry for the word "Admonish" with a lengthy etymological analysis AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineNoah Webster ms. leaf from his dictionaryDate Publishedbefore 1828 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #162 Letter from Walt Whitman, inviting the unnamed correspondent to visit him AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Walt WhitmanDate PublishedSept. 22 [no year] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #167 Envelope hand-addressed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, to Moritz Schlick AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineWittgenstein writes to Moritz Schlick in BerkeleyDate Published1931 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next