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Previous|1|Next Lot #12 Angel AuthorBudd, HaroldHeadlineHeavenly Monkey's Angel by Harold BuddPublisherHeavenly MonkeyDate Published2012 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #16 if not in paint AuthorCampbell, Marion MayHeadlinePoetry by Marion May Campbell with drawings by Miriam MorrisPublisherElectio EditionsDate Published2011 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #28 Four Months / Four Seasons AuthorFine, RuthHeadlineFour Months / Four Seasons from Janus PressPublisherJanus PressDate Published2010 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #32 The Bicycle Diaries /One New Yorker's Journey Through September 11th AuthorGoodman, RichardHeadlineThe Bicycle Diaries a journey through September 11thPublisherMidnight Paper SalesDate Published2011 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #36 Life in the Open: Sport with Rod, Gun, Horse and Hound in Southern California AuthorHolder, Charles FrederickHeadlineEarly 20th c. account of the wild environment in Southern CaliforniaPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #49 Luz Plegada AuthorSicilia, Jose MariaHeadlineThe final book in the Luz Plegada series by Michael WoolworthPublisherMichael WoolworthDate Published1994 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Letter from Ex-slave, hairdresser to New York high society matrons, proposed for canonization as first African-American male Saint Heading(African-American, 1828)AuthorToussaint, PierreHeadlineRare letter of ex-slave proposed as first African-American SaintDate PublishedDec. 18, 1828 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,763StatusSold Lot #65 Leaves of Grass Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineArion Press Leaves of Grass, 1/275PublisherArion PressDate Published2014 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$11,243StatusSold Lot #66 A Book of Songs and Poems from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha Heading(Ashendene Press)HeadlineAshendene Press Songs from Old TestamentPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1904 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,543StatusSold Lot #67 The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus Heading(Ashendene Press)HeadlineAshendene Press The Wisdom of JesusPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1932 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #68 Manuscript book of horoscopes with charts of over 200 European personages of note, including Galileo Heading(Astrology)HeadlineRare manuscript book of horoscopes, 17th centuryDate Published17th century View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold 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 #71 Manuscript leaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible Heading(Bible - manuscript leaf)HeadlineLeaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible c.1100Date Publishedc.1100 or earlier View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold 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 #80 Scrapbook recording the career of boxer Frankie Klick, onetime World Jr. Lightweight champion Heading(Boxing)HeadlineCareer of San Francisco boxer Frankie Klick documentedDate Published1927-1931 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #83 Letter from Edgar Rice Burroughs to a fan of the just-published Tarzan of the Apes (in The All-Story magazine), admitting he did "not like the ending of the story" and referring to the sequel he was writing AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEarly E.R. Burroughs letter on Tarzan, 1912Date PublishedNovember 13, 1912 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold 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 #95 My Early Life, A Roving Commission AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston ChurchillPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,323StatusSold Lot #96 Feathered Game, From a Sporting Journal AuthorConnett, Eugene V.HeadlineConnett's Feathered Game, 1/50 deluxe ed.PublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,758StatusSold 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 #103 Letter from Moritz Schlick to Albert Einstein, addressing topics relating to modern physics Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchlick, MoritzHeadlineLetter to Einstein from Moritz Schlick about physicsDate PublishedJune 9, 1920 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #104 Autograph note signed by Albert Einstein, with an envelope addressed by him and a birthday poem written for him AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein note as he turns 75Date Published1954 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #113 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character...as told to Ralph Leighton AuthorFeynman, Richard PhillipsHeadlineSigned by Nobel Prize winner Richard P. FeynmanPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #115 Letter from Sigmund Freud to a colleague about a prospective female patient, stating she is not a good candidate for psychoanalysis AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineLetter from Sigmund Freud with reference to Carl JungDate PublishedJune 8, 1910 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,643StatusSold Lot #117 Nine Chains to the Moon AuthorFuller, R. BuckminsterHeadlineInscribed copy of Buckminster Fuller's 1st bookPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #118 Original ink (or color pencil?) drawing of a geodesic polyhedron, basis for his most famous creation, the geodesic dome - inscribed and signed by Buckminster Fuller AuthorFuller, R. BuckminsterHeadlineDrawing of geodesic grid by R. Buckminster FullerDate PublishedSeptember 7, 1980 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #121 Ejecutoria de Don Ramón Zazo y Ortega - patent of nobility Heading(Heraldry)HeadlineHand-colored patent of nobility from 18th c. SpainDate Published[1777] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,114.50StatusSold Lot #125 The Life Work of Dard Hunter: A Progressive Illustrated Assemblage of his Works as Artist, Craftsman, Author, Papermaker, and Printer AuthorHunter, Dard IIHeadlineThe Life Work of Dard Hunter, 1/150PublisherMountain House PressDate Published1981;1983 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,268StatusSold 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 #131 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott printing of Shakespeare's PoemsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #156 The Sportsman's Dude Ranch Map Heading(Sportsman's...)AuthorBlakeman, T.G.HeadlinePictorial map of Dude Ranches of the WestPublisherThe Sportsman Publishing Co.Date Published1934 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #159 Letter from Nikola Tesla to William T. Schley about a photograph to be taken of an "apparatus" AuthorTesla, NikolaHeadlineLetter from Nikola TeslaDate PublishedMay 20, 1896 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold 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 #161 Autograph manuscript fragment, single leaf written in ink on one side, the entry for the word "Admonish" with a lengthy etymological analysis AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineNoah Webster ms. leaf from his dictionaryDate Publishedbefore 1828 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,003StatusSold 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 Lot #164 Posters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013 Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorRandle, John and Patrick, editorsHeadlinePosters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013PublisherWhittington PressDate Published2013 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #165 A Book of Posters printed at Whittington Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorRandle, John, editorHeadlinePosters Printed at Whittington, 1/50PublisherWhittington PressDate Published[1996] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #167 Envelope hand-addressed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, to Moritz Schlick AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineWittgenstein writes to Moritz Schlick in BerkeleyDate Published1931 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next