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Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Siebzehn Steinzeichnungen Heading(Berlin Free Secession)HeadlineBerlin Free Secession portfolio - 15 signed lithosPublisherVerlag Freie SecessionDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #13 Fahrenheit 451 AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineAsbestos edition signed by Ray BradburyPublisherBallantine Books, Inc.Date Published[1953] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #15 Photograph of Alexandra “Xie” Kitchin Heading(Carroll, Lewis)AuthorDodgson, Charles LutwidgeHeadlineLewis Carroll photograph of “Xie” KitchinDate Published5 July 1870 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #20 Mexican manuscript cookbook in Spanish, with numerous recipes Heading(Cookery - Manuscript Mexican Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1830Date Publishedc.1830 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #26 The Complete Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineComplete Sherlock Holmes signed by DoylePublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #45 Victoria Porcheti adversus impius Hebraeos, in quatum ex sacris literis, tum ex dictis Talmud, ac Caballistarum et aliorum omnium authorum, quos Hebraei recipiunt, monstratur veritas catholicae fidei... Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorPorchetus de Salvaticis, VictoriaHeadlineNotorious 16th century anti-semitic polemicPublisher[Francisci Regnault]Date Published1520 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; With Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse Heading(Koran)AuthorSale, George, translatorHeadlineFirst Sale edition of The Koran 1734PublisherPrinted by C. Ackers for J. WilcoxDate Published1734 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #58 Manuscript document containing complaints about unjust actions and dereliction of duty by Joachin Joseph de Rivera, the Chief Justice of Sonora, and other government and military officials Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorAnza, Juan Bautista de, et al.HeadlineTroubles on Arizona frontier, 1720 documentDate PublishedFebruary 22 & May 19, 1720 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 Four manuscript letters from Juan Gutierrez de la Cueva, a Spanish officer active in the frontier regions of Arizona, California and Texas, to Joaquín de Amezqueta, Commander of the Presidio de San Carlos, Sonora Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorGutierrez de la Cueva, JuanHeadlineFighting Apaches on Mexico's frontier, 1786 lettersDate Published1786 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 Three original manuscript letters and one accompanying manuscript document on the defense of the northernmost Spanish territories of New Spain against the United States and the indigenous Apache and Comanche people Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorSalcedo, NemesioHeadlineDefending Mexico's northern frontier 1809-10Date Published1809-1810 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #90 Manuscript fragment from "The history and fate of sacrilege discover'd by examples of scripture, of heathens, and of Christians..." AuthorSpelman, HenryHeadlineMS fragment of Henry Spelman's SacrilegeDate Published[c.1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #92 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineWith Handwritten Note from H.B. StowePublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Speculations on Metaphysics, Polity, and Morality of "The Old Philosopher," Lau-Tsze Heading(Tao te Ching)AuthorLao TzuHeadlinePresentation copy, first Englished Tao te ChingPublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #95 The Writings of Mark Twain AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWith a Signed Letter by Sam ClemensPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1929 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #99 Theory of Games and Economic Behavior AuthorVon Neumann, John and Oskar MorgensternHeadlineInscribed first edition of Theory of Games...PublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1944 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Lot #102 The Happy Prince and Other Tales AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineFairy tales of Oscar Wilde, signed limited editionPublisherDavid NuttDate Published1888 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #104 Fly Leaves Heading(Wilde, Oscar, his book)AuthorCalverley, C.S.HeadlineOscar Wilde's copy with his signature on titlePublisherDeighton, Bell, and Co.Date Published1873 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #106 Official copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed on September 2, 1945 Heading(World War II)HeadlineRare copy of Japanese Surrender Document 1945Date Publishedc.1945 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next