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 1-44 of 44. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Yosemite and the Range of Light AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineFirst British Edition of Ansel Adams' YosemitePublisherThames & HudsonDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #37 37 Years of Public Service: The Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson Heading(Johnson, Lyndon Baines)AuthorFrantz, Joe B.HeadlineA rather kitschy tribute to Lyndon B. JohnsonPublisherShoal Creek PublishersDate Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #41 The American Gazetteer . . . Of the American Continent and A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent by Jedidiah Morse AuthorMorse, JedidiahHeadlineMatching Set of Jedidiah Morse's First GazetteersPublisherS. Hall and Thomas & Andrews, Samuel EtheridgeDate Published1797 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #46 This I Remember AuthorRoosevelt, EleanorHeadlineEleanor Roosevelt's This I Remember Limited Signed EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1949 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #53 Vanity Fair: Vol. I, No. 1, December 31, 1859 - Vol. I, No. 26, June 23, 1860 AuthorThompson, Frank J., publisherHeadlineFirst 26 issues of Civil War era periodicalPublisherWm. E. Chapin, printerDate Published1859-1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #54 The Devil in the Book AuthorTrumbo, DaltonHeadlineSigned limited edition Dalton Trumbo analysis of Smith Act defendantsPublisherCalifornia Emergency Defense CommitteeDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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$7,500StatusSold Lot #62 Frederick Douglass' Paper: Devoted to the Rights of All Mankind, Without Distinction of Color, Class, or Clime Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorDouglass, FrederickHeadlineFrederick Douglass' Newspaper, 1 857Date PublishedOctober 23, 1857 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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$2,125StatusSold 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$3,125StatusSold Lot #82 History of the Buccaneers of America AuthorBurney, JamesHeadlineBurney's Buccaneers of America 1816PublisherPrinted by L. Hansard & Sons for Payne and FossDate Published1816 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold 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$937.50StatusSold 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$1,000StatusSold 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$8,125StatusSold 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$1,875StatusSold 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$625StatusSold Lot #100 Manuscript list of Cuban slave owners who are mortgaging their slaves, with additional details on the slaves being mortgaged Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMortgaging slaves in Cuba, 1838Date Published1838 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #102 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon AuthorDixon, GeorgeHeadlineRound the world to the Northwest coast, 1789PublisherPublished by Geo. GouldingDate Published1789 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold 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 #106 A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia AuthorElliott, StephenHeadlineElliott's Sketch of the Botany of SC and GA, 1821-24PublisherJ.R. SchenckDate Published1821, 1824 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #110 El viagero universal, o noticia del mundo antiguo y nuevo... Tomo XXVI AuthorEstala, PedroHeadlineEarly accounts of California & Nootka incident, 1799PublisherImprenta de VillapandoDate Published1799 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #114 Mountain Lake, Florida: A private park of thirty-five hundred acres, in the beautiful ridge and lake country, with residential club-house and eighteen-hole golf course Heading(Florida)HeadlinePrivate golf course community in FloridaPublisher[Mountain Lake Corporation]Date Published[c.1929] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold 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$6,250StatusSold 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 #119 My Disillusionment in Russia AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Red Emma to an anarchist comradePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold 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$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #135 Bound volume of eight Novenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886 Heading(Mexico)HeadlineNovenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886Date Published1774-1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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$812.50StatusSold Lot #137 Relacion Historica de la Fundacion de este Convento Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Compañía de María llamada vulgarmente la Enseñanza en esta ciudad de México, y compendio de la vida y virtudes de n.m.r.m. Maria Ignacia Azlor y Echeverz, su fundadora y patrona... Heading(Mexico)HeadlineLife of founder of Mexican convent, 1793PublisherPor Don Felipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1793 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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$625StatusSold Lot #147 Southern Pacific Company Division Maps (cover title) Heading(Railroad Maps)HeadlineScarce atlas of Southern Pacific Railroad mapsPublisherSouthern Pacific Co.Date PublishedMarch, 1938 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #151 History of San Bernardino County, California, with Illustrations, Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, etc., from Original Drawings, including Biographical Sketches [and] Historical Reminiscences of San Diego County, California Heading(San Bernardino County)AuthorElliott, Wallace W., publisherHeadlineRare illustrated history of San Bernardino County 1883PublisherWallace W. Elliott & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold 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$937.50StatusSold 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$750StatusSold 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$10,000StatusSold 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 #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 Lot #168 Ranch House for Mr. & Mrs. Randall Fawcett. Taliesin West WH57101. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect AuthorWright, Frank LloydHeadlineFrank Lloyd Wright designs ranch house in Los Banos, Cal.Date Publishedc.1955 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next