Sale 688: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Alcoholics Anonymous - Miniature Books (#688) 11/21/2019 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/21/2019 11:00 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 #31 Manuscript diary and record of fly-fishing in Colorado over a period of nearly a half-century by master angler Billy P. Langfeldt Heading(Angling - Colorado)AuthorLangfeldt, Billy P.HeadlineA half-century of fly-fishing in ColoradoDate Publishedc.1956-2000 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #53 Elaborately calligraphed birthday greeting to Otto Von Bismarck Heading(Calligraphy)HeadlineBirthday greeting to Otto von Bismarck in elaborate calligraphyDate Published1895 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #60 WITHDRAWN - La Peinture, Mon Passe-Temps AuthorChurchill, Winston S.PublisherÉditions de la PaixDate Published[1949] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #70 Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology - featuring Francis Crick's The Genetic Code—Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Heading(Crick, Francis)HeadlineSigned by Francis CrickPublisherCold Spring Harbor Laboratory of Quantitative BiologyDate Published1966 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #71 Two works from the library of Francis Crick Heading(Crick, Francis)HeadlineTwo volumes from Francis Crick's libraryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #72 Graphs: An Introductory Approach Heading(Crick, Francis)AuthorWilson, Robin J. and John J. WatkinsHeadlineWith notes from Francis Crick laid inPublisherJohn Wiley & SonsDate Published[1990] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #73 What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery AuthorCrick, FrancisHeadlineSigned by Nobel laureate Francis CrickPublisherBasic BooksDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #76 Insurance certificate for slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineInsurance paid on Cuban slaves, 1856Date Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #77 Twenty death certificates from Havana, Cuba, mostly for African slaves Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineDeath certificates of African slaves in CubaDate Publishedc.1888-1889 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #78 Burial notice of a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese indentured servant buried in CubaDate Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #79 Case file ("Expediente") relating to the mustering in, military service, and death of a sergeant in the Cuban army just following the Spanish-American War Heading(Cuba)HeadlinePoliceman in newly independent CubaDate Published1900-1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #80 Death certificate for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineDeath certificate for Chinese indentured servant in CubaDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #81 Manuscript document regard the fulfillment of his contract by a Chinese indenture servant in Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese indentured servant signs new contract in CubaDate Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #82 Manuscript document signed by Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, Captain General of Cuba and Florida, future Viceroy of New Spain Heading(Cuba)HeadlineSigned by Cuba/Florida governor & future viceroy, 1812Date Published21 October 1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Original indentured servant contract for a Chinese man in Cuba, for a period of eight years Heading(Cuba)HeadlineIndentured servant contract for Chinese in Cuba, 1860Date Published1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #84 Ten documents from the period of the U.S. occupation of Cuba following the Spanish-American War, each signed by Emilio Bacardi as Alcalde (i.e. Mayor) of Santiago de Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban documents signed by son of Bacardi Rum founderDate Published1898-1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #87 Traité des Maladies des Yeux , avec des Planches Coloriées Représentant ces Maladies d'après Nature AuthorDemours, Antoine-PierreHeadlineDemours, Traité des Maladies des Yeux 1818PublisherChez L'AuteurDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #93 Marchand du Sel AuthorDuchamp, MarcelHeadlineSigned by Marcel DuchampPublisherLe Terrain VagueDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #94 Traité Général des Pesches: et Histoire des Poissons qu'Elles Fournissent, Tant pour la Subsistance des Hommes... AuthorDuhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis and L H de La MarreHeadlineTraité Général des Pesches, 1769PublisherSaillant & Nyon / DesaintDate Published1769 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #117 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$700 - $1,000Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #118 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$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Works of Edward Gibbon - Edition Lausanne AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineWith receipt for royalties signed by GibbonPublisherFred De FauDate Published1907 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #130 Three offprints of seminal papers on nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann AuthorHahn, Otto, & Fritz StrassmannHeadlineThree seminal German papers on nuclear fission, 1939-1944PublisherVerlag der Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1939; 1942; 1944 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,758StatusSold Lot #132 The Immortalist: An Approach to the Engineering of Man's Divinity AuthorHarrington, AlanHeadlineInscribed to Nobel laureate Donald GlaserPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1969 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #143 Brave New World: A Novel AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineBrave New World, signed limited, 1/324PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1932 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,758StatusSold Lot #151 From Rhymes to Riches AuthorLewis, AlHeadlineFrom Rhymes to Riches, signed by Al LewisPublisherDonaldson, Douglas & GumbleDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #155 The Mick - signed AuthorMantle, Mickey with Herb GluckHeadlineSigned by Mickey MantlePublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #156 A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism AuthorMaxwell, James ClerkHeadlineMaxwell's Treatise on Electricity and MagnetismPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1873 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$9,563StatusSold Lot #158 The Anatomy of the Human Body Heading(Medical)AuthorCheselden, WilliamHeadlineCheseldon's Anatomy, 1st US ed.PublisherJ. White, S. Hall et al.Date Published1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #159 The Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves. With an Account of the Reciprocal Motions of the Heart, and a Description of the Human Lacteal Sac and Duct Heading(Medical)AuthorMonro, AlexanderHeadlineAnatomy of bones & nerves 5th edition Alex MonroPublisherG. Hamilton and J. BalfourDate Published1750 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #160 The Morbid Anatomy of the Human Gullet, Stomach, and Intestines Heading(Medical)AuthorMonro, AlexanderHeadlineMorbid Anatomy by Alexander Monro 1811PublisherGeorge Ramsay and CompanyDate Published1811 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$201.90StatusSold Lot #166 Henry Moore Heading(Moore, Henry)AuthorPenrose, RolandHeadlineSigned by sculptor Henry MoorePublisherStedelijk MuseumDate Published1961 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #169 The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy... Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, Newton's System of the World; A short comment on, and defence of, the Principia, by William Emerson. With The laws of the moon's motion according to gravity. By John Machin... AuthorNewton, Sir IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia, first complete edition in English, 1803PublisherPrinted for H.D. SymondsDate Published1803 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #170 Contradictiones, Dubia, et Paradoxa, in Libros Hippocratis, Celsi, Galeni, Aetii, Aeginetae, Avicennae: Cum Eorundem Conciliationibus AuthorNicolaus RorariusHeadlineContradictiones, dubia, et paradoxa, in libros Hippocratis...1572PublisherApud Franciscum, Gasparem Bindonum, & fratresDate Published1572 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #172 Operationes et Experimenta Chirurgica AuthorNuck, AntoniusHeadlineAntonius Nuck Operations and Experiments w/fold-out charts 1733Publisherapud Samuelem LuchtmanDate Published1733 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #178 Copybook kept by Stephen Bartlett with handwriting specimens and exercises, three watercolor drawings, etc. Heading(Penmanship)AuthorBartlett, StephenHeadlinePenmanship copybook, 1812Date Published1812 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #194 The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla; with special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting Heading(Tesla, Nikola)AuthorMartin, Thomas CommerfordHeadlineThe Inventions of Nikola TeslaPublisherThe Electrical EngineerDate Published1894 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next