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Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed about building a transatlantic iron Steam Boat Heading(American Inventor)AuthorBurden, HenryHeadlineProposal for building a transatlantic iron steam boatDate PublishedDec. 30, 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #14 L’Ere Des Robots [The Era/Age Of Robots] Heading(Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)AuthorDucrocq, AlbertHeadlineInscribed by a pioneering French robotic inventorPublisherJulliardDate Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 Manuscript Guest Book for the Castello Bar in Mondsee, Austria, with hundreds of autographs of actors, authors, musicians, singers, dancers, race car drivers, and others Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of show business luminaries, etc.Date Published1952-1988 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #21 Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate. Heading(Autographs)AuthorThompson, HenryHeadlineSir Henry Thompson Signed LetterPublisherNo publisherDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #41 Songs of Nature AuthorBurroughs, John, editorHeadlineInscribed with signature by John BurroughsPublisherMcClure Phillips & Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #51 Arms and the Covenant AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston S. ChurchillPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published1938 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #59 My African Journey AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's travels in Africa, w/ signaturePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #61 The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's The River War, 1899, 1st printingPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #67 The World Crisis AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineThe World Crisis, 6th Duke of Portland's copyPublisherThornton Butterworth LimitedDate Published[1923-1931] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #82 Autograph Note Signed about a revised edition of his 1872 book on the Coral Islands AuthorDana, JamesHeadlineNote Signed by Leading American Geologist of the 19th centuryDate PublishedApril 4, 1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #88 Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Charles DickensDate PublishedApril 1, 1850 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #91 Physica Vetus Et Vera: Sive Tractatus De Naturali Veritate Hexaemeri Mosaici AuthorDickinson, EdmundHeadlineThe Syncratic beliefs of Edmund Dickinson, 1702PublisherHenri RibotteauDate Published1702 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #120 Die Lehre vom Urteil im Psychologismus: Ein kritisch-positiver Beitrag zur Logik AuthorHeidegger, MartinHeadlinePresentation copy of Heidegger's first bookPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1914 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #134 The Owls of North America (North of Mexico) AuthorKaralus, Karl E. and Allan W. EckertHeadlineSigned by Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. EckertPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #142 Note Signed by Joseph Lister AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1897 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #143 Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister Photo and AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1903 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #158 Autograph Letter Signed about the first Math textbook published in America. Heading(Mathematics)AuthorPike, NicolasHeadlineLetter by the author of the 1st Math textbook in AmericaDate PublishedJan. 1, 1788 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #160 Leaf Signed by Twenty-Three French Physicians and Zoologists Heading(Medicine and Zoology)HeadlineTwenty-Three Autographs of French Physicians & ZoologistsDate PublishedEarly 19th century? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #165 Large four-sheet indenture document for sale of property, signed by the Earl of Sandwich and others AuthorMontagu, John, 4th Earl of SandwichHeadlineEarl of Sandwich signs a documentDate Published23 March, 1743 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #169 The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works of Apuleius, Translated from the original Latin by Thomas Taylor Heading(Neoplatonism)AuthorApuleiusHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Apuleius, 1822PublisherRobert Triphook...and Thomas RoddDate Published1822 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #173 Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget AuthorPaget, JamesHeadlineSigned letter and portrait of James PagetDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #193 Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century Heading(Psychiatry - Insanity)Headline2 late 19th c. letters relating to treatment of insanityDate Published1876-1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #194 Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China Heading(Psychology)AuthorFromm, ErichHeadlineNoted psychologist advocates UN recognition of ChinaDate PublishedApril 18, 1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #208 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineAdam Smith's Wealth of Nations 1811 editionPublisherPrinted for J. Maynard and F. ZinkeDate Published1811 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #217 History of Philosophy: Containing the Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect. Illustrated with the Effigies of divers of Them AuthorStanley, ThomasHeadlineStanley's History of Philosophy, 1687PublisherPrinted for Thomas Bassett, et al.Date Published1687 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #228 On Dreams Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineBrowne On Dreams, 1/21 copies on vellumPublisherPublished by Alexander Moring Limited, the De La More PressDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #233 Certificate of Election Signed by John C. Warren Heading(Warren, John C.)HeadlineJohn C. Warren AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #234 Benjamin Waterhouse Clipped Signature AuthorWaterhouse, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Waterhouse AutographDate PublishedEarly/mid 19th century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #240 Autograph Letter Signed about the British Museum’s collection of reptiles and amphibians Heading(Zoology and Herpetology)AuthorDumeril, AugusteHeadline1865 Letter from leading French HerpetologistDate PublishedApril 7, 1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next