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 1-41 of 41. Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Sugar-Loaf Mountain Heading(Baum, L. Frank)AuthorBancroft, LauraHeadlineScarce and popular non-Oz title by Baum under pseudonymPublisherReilly & LeeDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #9 Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls Heading(Baum, L. Frank)AuthorVan Dyne, EdithHeadlineL. Frank Baum's last book published in his lifetimePublisherReilly & BrittonDate Published1918 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #11 Two Autograph Letters and Four Typed Letters Signed by Pearl S. Buck AuthorBuck, Pearl S.HeadlineSigned letters from Pearl S. Buck to her illustratorDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1932-November 21, 1938 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #23 Scenes From the Life of Nickleby Married AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineScarce edition of Scenes From the Life of Nickleby MarriedPublisherJohn WilliamsDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #27 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. To Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineA beautifully bound copy of The History of Tom JonesPublisherPrinted for J. WalkerDate Published1819 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #39 Abacus AuthorKarr, MaryHeadlineFirst book by author of The Liars' ClubPublisherWesleyan University PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #40 The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places + Wee Willie Winkie + In Black and White AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineA Kipling SammelbandDate Published1889-1891 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #51 The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You AuthorStanford, FrankHeadlineThe Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love YouPublisherMill Mountain Press/Lost Roads PublishingDate Published1977 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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$937.50StatusSold 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 #92 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John NewtonDate Published1687 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold 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 #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 #108 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original clothPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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$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 #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 #124 Les Miserables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables with Victor Hugo ALSPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #129 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineJohnson's Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1775 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #143 An Essay on Man. Address'd to a Friend. Part I [with] An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend Author[Pope, Alexander]HeadlineAlexander Pope's An Essay on Man, 1733-34PublisherJ. WilfordDate Published[1733-34] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 #154 The Comedie of Errors AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Comedie of Errors 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #155 Measure for Measure AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Measure for Measure 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #157 The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineTrustam Shandy with Laurence Stern's signatures, 1760-1767PublisherR. & J. Dodsley/ T. Becket & P.A. DehontDate Published1760-1767 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next