Sale 674: Fine Books & Manuscripts - Food & Drink (#674) 05/30/2019 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/30/2019 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-49 of 49. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 An Essay of Electricity, Explaining the Principles of that Useful Science; and describing the Instruments... AuthorAdams, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Adams on Electricity 1799PublisherJ. Dillon for W. and S. JonesDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #4 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Six Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineSigned with inscription by Bill W.PublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1942 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Lot #6 De Praesagienda Vita & Morte Aegrotantium Libri Septem... Cum Praefatione Hermanni Boerhaave. Editio nova... AuthorAlpini, ProsperHeadlineRenaissance classic on prognosis 1710PublisherIsaac SeveriniDate Published1710 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #20 The Everywhere Chronicles Heading(Artist's Books - 21st Editions)AuthorBaldridge, JamieHeadline21st Editions The Everywhere ChroniclesPublisher21st EditionsDate Published2008 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Odes of Pindar Heading(Artist's Books - 21st Editions)AuthorGorman, GregHeadline21st Editions Odes of Pindar, G. GormanPublisher21st EditionsDate Published[2007] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 Manuscript letter from Queen Anne authorizing a raise in pay to Dr. John Cockburn, Minister of the English Episcopal Church at Amsterdam Heading(British Royalty - Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland)AuthorAnne, Queen of Great Britain and IrelandHeadlineManuscript letter signed by Queen Anne, 1708Date Published1708 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #61 Two by Nash Buckingham published by The Derrydale Press - one signed AuthorBuckingham, NashHeadlineTwo by Nash Buckingham, one signedPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published[1937], [1938] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #62 Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology AuthorBuckland, WilliamHeadlineGeology and Mineralogy Considered 1841PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #70 Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis Philosophi Ac Medici Celeberrimi Opera Omnia... AuthorCardano, Girolamo and Charles SponHeadlineWorks of Gerolamo Cardano 1663PublisherHuguetan & RavaudDate Published1663 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #96 The World Crisis AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Churchill to H.H. AsquithPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1923-1931] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #103 Manuscript chart listing rebellious African and Chinese slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineAfrican & Chinese slaves rebel on CubaDate Published1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #104 Manuscript document listing Chinese slaves Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineList of Chinese slaves in Cuba 1875Date Published1875 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #105 Manuscript list of Chinese indentured servants on a plantation Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured servants on CubaDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #106 Manuscript list of slaves, mostly African, who died in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManuscript lists of slaves who died in CubaDate Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #110 The Descent of Man AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man First American EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1871 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #112 Traite de nomographie. Théorie des abaques. Authord’Ocagne, MauriceHeadlineTheories by the creator of normographyPublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #114 Forty-five years of diaries from a Seventh Day Adventist Missionary Nurse in Africa Heading(Diaries)AuthorBlaine, Mariel JeanHeadlineNearly 50 years of diaries from a nurse in AfricaDate Published1953-1998 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #121 Manuscript letter signed by General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas AuthorDumas, Thomas-AlexandreHeadlineLetter from Alex Dumas' African general fatherDate Publishedl'an trois [c.1795] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #130 The Ruffled Grouse Book AuthorEvans, George BirdHeadlineSigned by George Bird EvansPublisherThe Amwell PressDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #135 Industrial Psychology Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHarrell, Thomas WillardHeadlineHarrell's Industrial Psychology finely boundPublisherRinehart & Company, IncDate Published1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #152 Archive of photographs, letters, ephemera, and related items by, of, or about Judy Garland Heading(Garland, Judy)HeadlineJudy Garland archiveDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #153 Typescript draft with ink manuscripts corrections and emendations of an autobiographical article written for Ladies Home Journal AuthorGarland, JudyHeadlineDraft of Judy Garland autobiographyDate Publishedc.1967 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #177 Fan signed by the Italian Royal Family of Umberto di Savoia Heading(Italian Royal Family)HeadlineFan signed by Italian Royal Family c.1940Date Published[c.1940] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #187 The Collected Works of C.G. Jung AuthorJung, Carl GustavHeadlineWorks of C.G. Jung 21 volumesPublisherPantheon BooksDate Published[1967-1989] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #188 Abhandlung Über den Croup, Welche den am Vierten Juni 1807 von dem Vormaligen Kaiser Napoleon Ausgesetzten Preis Getheilt Hat. AuthorJurine, LudwigHeadlineJurine, Abhandlung Über den Croup, 1807PublisherGeorg Joachim GöschenDate Published1816 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #192 Manuel Complet du Vétérinaire Heading(Kofoid, Charles Atwood)AuthorLebeaud, M.HeadlineManuel du Vétérinaire w/Charles Atwood Kofoid bookplatePublisherLa Librairie Encyclopédique de RoretDate Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #195 A Description of the Genus Cinchona, comprehending the various species of vegetables from which the Peruvian and other barks of a similar quality are taken. Illustrated by figures of all the species hitherto discovered... AuthorLambert, Aylmer BourkeHeadlineBotany of malaria cure, 1797PublisherPrinted for B. and J. WhiteDate Published1797 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #207 British Mathematician, called 'America's 1st Jewish Professor', rare letter to the Doctor of Poe and Melville, after a harrowing American "adventure" Heading(Mathematics, Judaica)AuthorSylvester, J.J. [James Joseph]Headline'America's 1st Jewish Professor', Mathematician, letter to Poe's DoctorDate PublishedJune 13, 1846 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #208 Carte de visite and handwriting sample from Jacob Doorn, a Dutch man with two prosthetic arms. Heading(Medical devices - prosthetics)HeadlineCdV of man with two prosthetic arms, and handwriting sampleDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #216 Picasso Dreaming of Franco's Dream AuthorMugnaini, JosephHeadlineJoseph Mugnaini, Picasso Dreaming etching APDate Published1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #221 The Complete Conveyancer; or, the Theory and Practice of Conveyancing in All its Branches. AuthorNewnam, WilliamHeadlineRare lawyer's reference book 3 vols. 1781PublisherPrinted for S. BladonDate Published1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #232 Essais de physique, ou Recueil de plusieurs traitez touchant les choses naturelles. Tome I AuthorPerrault, ClaudeHeadlinePerrault Essais de physique Vol. I 1680PublisherChez Jean Baptiste CoignardDate Published1680 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #234 Manuscript document on vellum, signed by Jérôme Phélypeaux AuthorPhélypeaux, JérômeHeadlineDocument signed by French naval minister, 1725Date Published1725 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #238 An American Genius. The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence - signed by ten Nobel laureates Heading(Physics)AuthorChilds, HerbertHeadlineLife of Ernest Orlando Lawrence - signed by ten Nobel laureatesPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1968 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #255 Absurdities: A book of Collected Drawings AuthorRobinson, W. HeathHeadlineW. Heath Robinson Absurdities signed 1/250PublisherHutchinson & CoDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #266 KISSTORY II: Toys Games & Girls Collector's Bible - signed by Gene Simmons Heading(Simmons, Gene)HeadlineKISSTORY II -signed by Gene SimmonsPublisherKisstory LTD.Date Published[1999] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #267 Essays on several curious and useful subjects, in speculative and mix'd Mathematicks. Illustrated by a variety of examples AuthorSimpson, ThomasHeadlineSimpson's mathematical curiosities, 1740PublisherPrinted by H. Woodfall, jun. for J. NourseDate Published1740 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #272 Lot of six sporting books from Derrydale Press and others Heading(Sporting Books)HeadlineSix sporting books, two signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #279 Fiancee of American missionary to Ottoman Turkey (Iraq) fears “deceitful, oppressed and morally degraded” Arabs - letter Heading(Turkey, Iraq - Missionary)AuthorPeck, Julia WhiteHeadlineAmer. woman missionary to Ottoman Turkey fears “deceitful" ArabsDate PublishedMarch 19, 1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #287 The Complete Writings - Autograph Edition AuthorWarner, Charles DudleyHeadlineComplete Writings of Charles Dudley WarnerPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #293 Archive of letters from Pete Wilson as Mayor of San Diego, U.S. Senator and Governor of California, from 1981-2003 - addressed to Mrs. Helen K. Copley AuthorWilson, PeteHeadlineArchive of TLs & ALs from Gov. of CA/Mayor of San Diego Pete WilsonDate Published1981-2003 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #298 Lord John Film Festival AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival 1 of 174 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #299 Lord John Film Festival - Presentation copy AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival Presentation CopyPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #365 Group of ten autographs of American military men, politicians, etc., most identified Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of U.S. soldiers & politiciansDate Published19th century View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #380 Untitled AuthorGraham, RigbyHeadlineRigby Graham linocut signedDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #387 Untitled AuthorLaune, PaulHeadlinePaul Laune original signed drawingDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #393 The Mental Mysteries and Other Writings of William W. Larsen, Sr. - presentation copy Heading(Magic)AuthorLarsen, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Larsen's Mental Mysteries inscribedPublisherGenii Publishing CompanyDate Published1977 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #394 Two manuscript leaves on vellum, one of a Gregorian chant, the other of an unidentified text Heading(Manuscript leaves on vellum)HeadlineGregorian chant on vellum + another ms. leafDate Publishedc.15th century View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #422 Two Pencil Studies for Beneath a Blue Umbrella AuthorWilliams, GarthHeadlineTwo pencil studies by Garth WilliamsDate Publishedno date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next