Sale 723: PBA Platinum - Rare Books & Manuscripts (#723) 02/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/18/2021 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 1-29 of 29. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Le livre d'Images sans Paroles (Mutus Liber); où toutes les opérations de la philosophie hermétique sont décrites et représentées Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorSaulat, Jacob, sieur des Marez, attrib.HeadlineRare facsimile of major alchemical workPublisherLibrairie Critique Émile NourryDate Published1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #2 Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon... Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #5 Suite of twelve original paintings of the signs of the Zodiac on vellum Heading(Astrology)HeadlineHand-painted signs of the ZodiacDate Published19th century or earlier View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #11 Dark Carnival AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, inscribed to Herb YellinPublisherArkham HouseDate Published1947 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #12 The Dogs that Eat Sweet Grass AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherMorgan PressDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #22 Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light [with] original holograph manuscript poem from the book AuthorCrowley, AleisterHeadlineSigned by Aleister Crowley with manuscript poemPublisherWalter Scott Publishing Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #31 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)HeadlineFirst printing of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Herald of the Coming Good: First Appeal to Contemporary Humanity AuthorGurdjieff, Georges IvanovitchHeadlineRare mysticism by G.I. GurdjieffDate Published1933 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #52 Coffeehouse Days Heading(Koch, Pete, printer)AuthorKadare, IsmailHeadlineSigned by Ismail Kadare and Peter KochPublisherRainmaker EditionsDate Published2004 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 2137 Tanger Socco Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorBowles, Paul and Ira YeagerHeadline2137 Tanger Socco, edition variée of 30PublisherDel Milion EditionsDate Published2011 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #54 Hormone Derange: The First Sixteen Broadsides 1991-2000 Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)HeadlineHormone Derange, broadsides by Peter KochPublisherHormone Derange EditionsDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #56 Collection of letters signed by Charles Boyer, Margaret Hill, and various luminaries in show business and the preforming arts, relating to fundraising for American Aid to France, Inc. Heading(Letters signed by Celebrities)HeadlineAutographs of 1940's show business luminariesDate Publishedc.1948 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #60 The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring... AuthorMather, CottonHeadlineCotton Mather on the Salem Witch Trials, 1693PublisherPrinted first, at Bostun [sic] in New-England; and reprinted at London, for John Dunton, at the Raven in the PoultryDate Published1693 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold Lot #63 The House at Pooh Corner [with] autograph letter signed by illustrator Ernest H. Shepard and addressed to an American admirer AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineSigned by A.A. Milne, with Ernest H. Shepard ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #68 Fairy Tales Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Kay Nielsen, 1/500PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #78 George Washington autograph matted and framed with Presidential Engraving of Washington Heading(Presidents, 1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph of George Washington with the Presidential EngravingPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published[c. 1796] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #79 Naval commission for Lieutenant Henry B. Rumsey signed by President Abraham Lincoln Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineSigned by President Abraham LincolnDate Published1864 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #80 Aesop's Fables [with] original ink drawing by Arthur Rackham Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineSigned by Rackham with an original ink drawing laid inPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Sleeping Beauty Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/625PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #82 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/750PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #83 The Ingoldsby Legends Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud. of Richard Barham]HeadlineSigned by Rackham, large paper edition, 1/560PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #84 A Midsummer-Night's Dream Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMidsummer-Night's Dream with Rackham illustrationsPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday, PageDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #93 The Forgotten Village AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck and his sister EstherPublisherVikingDate Published1941 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #95 The Red Pony AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLimited edition signed by John Steinbeck, 1/699PublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1937 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #96 The Red Pony - inscribed to Burgess Meredith AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Steinbeck, inscribed to Burgess MeredithPublisherVikingDate Published1945 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #97 Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck with inscriptionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1962 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #99 Autograph Letter Signed by Sun Yat-sen, to a Mr. Volkhosky, regarding Sun Yat-sen's kidnapping in 1896 by the Chinese legation in Great Britain AuthorSun Yat-senHeadlineSun Yat-sen letter about his kidnapping in London, 1897Date PublishedJune 21st, 1897 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold Lot #100 Letter signed by Rafael Gonzales as Governor of Texas and Nuevo Leon Heading(Texas)AuthorGonzalez, RafaelHeadlineLetter from Governor of Texas, 1825Date Published28 February 1825 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #102 [Tibetan Buddhist Sutra for recitation in rituals of the white parasol Goddess] Heading(Tibetan Buddhism)HeadlineTibetan sutra in praise of the white parasol GoddessDate Published[ca. 1450?] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next