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 1-40 of 40. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Railway Alphabet Heading(Alphabet Book)HeadlineVictorian railway-themed alphabet bookPublisherDean & SonDate Publishedc. 1867-73 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225.30StatusSold Lot #7 Scarecrow of Oz with Pirates in Oz AuthorBaum, L. Frank and Ruth Plumly ThompsonHeadlineTwo Oz AdventuresPublisherReilly & LeeDate Published1918 and 1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #8 Sugar-Loaf Mountain Heading(Baum, L. Frank)AuthorBancroft, LauraHeadlineScarce and popular non-Oz title by Baum under pseudonymPublisherReilly & LeeDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #9 Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls Heading(Baum, L. Frank)AuthorVan Dyne, EdithHeadlineL. Frank Baum's last book published in his lifetimePublisherReilly & BrittonDate Published1918 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorBaum. L. FrankHeadlineL. Frank Baum's Fairy Tale on the Mystery of ElectricityPublisherBowen-Merrill Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #11 Two Autograph Letters and Four Typed Letters Signed by Pearl S. Buck AuthorBuck, Pearl S.HeadlineSigned letters from Pearl S. Buck to her illustratorDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1932-November 21, 1938 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #23 Scenes From the Life of Nickleby Married AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineScarce edition of Scenes From the Life of Nickleby MarriedPublisherJohn WilliamsDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #27 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. To Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineA beautifully bound copy of The History of Tom JonesPublisherPrinted for J. WalkerDate Published1819 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #39 Abacus AuthorKarr, MaryHeadlineFirst book by author of The Liars' ClubPublisherWesleyan University PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #40 The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places + Wee Willie Winkie + In Black and White AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineA Kipling SammelbandDate Published1889-1891 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #51 The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You AuthorStanford, FrankHeadlineThe Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love YouPublisherMill Mountain Press/Lost Roads PublishingDate Published1977 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #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 Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorAsconius Pedianus, QuintusHeadlineQuintus Asconius Pedianus from Aldine PressPublisherPaulus ManutiusDate Published1563 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #64 Ciceronis De oratore libri III. Orator. De claris oratoribus Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorCiceroHeadlineAldine edition of Cicero, 1559PublisherPaulus ManutiusDate Published1559 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #72 The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall commandment Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineQuarto edition of King James Bible 1613 with mapPublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #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] Heading(Bible in English)Headline"She" Bible issue of King James Bible, 1613-1611Publisher[Robert Barker]Date Published[1613-1611] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$11,243StatusSold Lot #74 The Book of Ahania AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineFacsimile of Blake's Ahania, 1892, finely boundPublisher[Quaritch}Date Published[1892] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #75 The Book of Thel AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineMuir facsimile of Blake's Book of Thel, 1885Publisher[William Muir]Date Published[1885] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #76 Visions of the Daughters of Albion AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineMuir facsimile of Blake's Daughters of AlbionPublisher[William Muir]Date Published[1885] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #77 The Writings of William Blake AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's Writings from Nonesuch Press, 1/75 copiesPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1925 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John NewtonDate Published1687 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$4,543StatusSold Lot #93 Archive of original artwork for the book, "The Big Ball of String," the author/artist's best known work Heading(Children's Literature - original artwork)AuthorHolland, MarionHeadlineOriginat artwork for A Big Ball of String, 1958Date Published[c.1958] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #107 Psalterium Davidis - emblem book with copper-engraved scenes from Genesis and the New Testament Heading(Emblem Books)HeadlineEmblem book with engraved Biblical scenesDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #108 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original clothPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #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. AuthorEuclidHeadlineHandsomely printed Euclid's Elements, 1705PublisherPrinted at the TheaterDate Published1705 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #124 Les Miserables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables with Victor Hugo ALSPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,524StatusSold Lot #127 Archive of 37 incunabula leaves from different 15th century books Heading(Incunabula)HeadlineArchive of 37 incunable leaves, 1470-1500Date Published1470-1500 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$11,243StatusSold Lot #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... AuthorIsocratesHeadlineWolf's translation of Isocrates, 1548PublisherPer Ioannem Oporinum.Date Published1548 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #130 The Sundering Flood Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott Sundering Flood with hand-illuminationsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1897 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorMartin, JohnHeadlineJohn Martin's mezzotints for Paradise Lost in large formatPublisherSeptimus ProwettDate Published1825-1827 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$11,243StatusSold Lot #140 Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake: Miscellaneous Poems, Paradise Regain'd & Samson Agonistes Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineNonesuch MIlton with Blake illustrations, 1/90PublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1926 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #142 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History, 1634 2nd edition in EnglishPublisherAdam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #143 An Essay on Man. Address'd to a Friend. Part I [with] An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend Author[Pope, Alexander]HeadlineAlexander Pope's An Essay on Man, 1733-34PublisherJ. WilfordDate Published[1733-34] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #144 Absconditorum a constitutione mundi clavis, qua mens humana tam in divinis quam in humanis pertinget ad interiora velminis aeternae veritatis AuthorPostel, GuillaumeHeadlinePostel's Absconditorum, 1547 first editionPublisher[apud Joann. Oporinum]Date Published[1547] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,284.50StatusSold Lot #150 Sketchbook of Lewis Carleton Ryan AuthorRyan, Lewis CarletonHeadline1942 sketchbook of original drawings by Lewis C. RyanDate Published1942 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #152 Kupfer-Bibel: in welcher Die Physica Sacra, Oder Beheiligte Naturwissenschafft Derer in Heil. Schrifft Vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen, Deutlich Erklärt und Bewährt AuthorScheuchzer, Johann JakobHeadlineScheuchzer's Kupfer-Bibel/Physica Sacra, 1731-35PublisherGedruckt bey C.U. WagnerDate Published1731-5 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,763StatusSold Lot #154 The Comedie of Errors AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Comedie of Errors 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #155 Measure for Measure AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Measure for Measure 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #157 The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineTrustam Shandy with Laurence Stern's signatures, 1760-1767PublisherR. & J. Dodsley/ T. Becket & P.A. DehontDate Published1760-1767 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next