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 1-47 of 47. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Yosemite and the Range of Light AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineFirst British Edition of Ansel Adams' YosemitePublisherThames & HudsonDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold 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$383.25StatusSold Lot #14 Photograph Album of Victorian vacationers in various locales around California Heading(California)HeadlineVictorian photo album of California vacationersDate Published1897-1900 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #18 Tales of the Mojave Road, Numbers 1-6 AuthorCasebier, Denis G.HeadlineTales of the Mojave RoadPublisherTales of the Mojave RoadDate Published1972-76 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #37 37 Years of Public Service: The Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson Heading(Johnson, Lyndon Baines)AuthorFrantz, Joe B.HeadlineA rather kitschy tribute to Lyndon B. JohnsonPublisherShoal Creek PublishersDate Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #41 The American Gazetteer . . . Of the American Continent and A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent by Jedidiah Morse AuthorMorse, JedidiahHeadlineMatching Set of Jedidiah Morse's First GazetteersPublisherS. Hall and Thomas & Andrews, Samuel EtheridgeDate Published1797 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #46 This I Remember AuthorRoosevelt, EleanorHeadlineEleanor Roosevelt's This I Remember Limited Signed EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1949 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #53 Vanity Fair: Vol. I, No. 1, December 31, 1859 - Vol. I, No. 26, June 23, 1860 AuthorThompson, Frank J., publisherHeadlineFirst 26 issues of Civil War era periodicalPublisherWm. E. Chapin, printerDate Published1859-1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #54 The Devil in the Book AuthorTrumbo, DaltonHeadlineSigned limited edition Dalton Trumbo analysis of Smith Act defendantsPublisherCalifornia Emergency Defense CommitteeDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold 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$441.75StatusSold Lot #62 Frederick Douglass' Paper: Devoted to the Rights of All Mankind, Without Distinction of Color, Class, or Clime Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorDouglass, FrederickHeadlineFrederick Douglass' Newspaper, 1 857Date PublishedOctober 23, 1857 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,893StatusSold 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$1,992StatusSold 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$763.50StatusSold 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$880.50StatusSold 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$939StatusSold Lot #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 Heading(California - Mt. Wilson)HeadlineHiking up Mt. Wilson, Cal., in dead of winter, 1911Date Published1911 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$997.50StatusSold Lot #87 San Francisco Bay. (with) part of San Francisco and Oakland Heading(California - Oakland, San Francisco, etc.)AuthorLundy, FredHeadlineRare pictorial map of Oakland and S.F. BayPublisherTribune Publishing Co.Date Published1934 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #88 Photograph album of Pasadena and adjacent parts of Southern California, including some of the 1906 Rose Parade Heading(California - Pasadena)HeadlinePasadena photo album 1905-6 with Rose ParadeDate Published1905-1906 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #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 Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineS.F. bids for 1928 Democratic ConventionDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #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" Heading(California)AuthorPatterson & Sullivan, cartographersHeadlineRare pictorial map of central CaliforniaDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold 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$588StatusSold 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$588StatusSold Lot #100 Manuscript list of Cuban slave owners who are mortgaging their slaves, with additional details on the slaves being mortgaged Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMortgaging slaves in Cuba, 1838Date Published1838 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,056StatusSold 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 #106 A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia AuthorElliott, StephenHeadlineElliott's Sketch of the Botany of SC and GA, 1821-24PublisherJ.R. SchenckDate Published1821, 1824 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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 #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 Heading(Florida)HeadlinePrivate golf course community in FloridaPublisher[Mountain Lake Corporation]Date Published[c.1929] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$997.50StatusSold 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 #119 My Disillusionment in Russia AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Red Emma to an anarchist comradePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold 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 #132 A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion Party" AuthorLeConte, JosephHeadlineLe Conte's Ramblings with original photographsPublisherFrancis & ValentineDate Published1875 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,643StatusSold Lot #135 Bound volume of eight Novenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886 Heading(Mexico)HeadlineNovenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886Date Published1774-1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold 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$763.50StatusSold Lot #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... Heading(Mexico)HeadlineLife of founder of Mexican convent, 1793PublisherPor Don Felipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1793 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold 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$588StatusSold Lot #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 Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineMarvelous P.P.I.E. scrapbookDate Publishedc.1915 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #147 Southern Pacific Company Division Maps (cover title) Heading(Railroad Maps)HeadlineScarce atlas of Southern Pacific Railroad mapsPublisherSouthern Pacific Co.Date PublishedMarch, 1938 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$822StatusSold 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$22,243StatusSold 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$13,443StatusSold Lot #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 Heading(San Bernardino County)AuthorElliott, Wallace W., publisherHeadlineRare illustrated history of San Bernardino County 1883PublisherWallace W. Elliott & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold 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$880.50StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineIsaiah West Taber commercial photo albumPublisherI.W. TaberDate Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000Sold for$44,243StatusSold 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$705StatusSold Lot #163 The Yosemite Book; a Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineYosemite Book with C.E. Watkins photographsPublisherPublished by Authority of the LegislatureDate Published1868 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,883StatusSold Lot #168 Ranch House for Mr. & Mrs. Randall Fawcett. Taliesin West WH57101. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect AuthorWright, Frank LloydHeadlineFrank Lloyd Wright designs ranch house in Los Banos, Cal.Date Publishedc.1955 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,343StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next