Sale 776: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#776) 11/17/2022 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/17/2022 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 1-40 of 40. Previous|1|Next Lot #34 Mille et un Livres Botaniques, repertoire bibliographique de la bibliotheque Arpad Plesch Heading(Botanical)AuthorPlesch, ArpadHeadlineArpad Plesch Mille et un Livres BotaniquesPublisherArcadeDate Published1973 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #46 Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America Intended to Contain Descriptions and Figures of All North American Birds... AuthorCassin, JohnHeadlineCassin's Birds of California finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #52 The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes Heading(Civil War)AuthorMiller, Francis Trevelyan, editorHeadlineComplete Photographic History of the Civil WarPublisherThe Review of Reviews Co.Date Published1911-12 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 Christopher Columbus His Own Book of Privileges 1502: Photographic Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text translation into English Heading(Columbus, Christopher)AuthorStevens, Benjamin Franklin, compiler & editorHeadlinePublisher's copy of Columbus' Book of PrivilegesPublisherB.F. StevensDate Published1892 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #58 Beautiful Seaweeds Illustrated by Natural Specimens. Also, Instructions for the formation of a Herbarium of Marine Algae, and a complete list of the British species AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineWith 42 plates of pressed seaweed specimensPublisherPublished by J. & J. Cook, PrintersDate Published[1881] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #61 Contract for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban Chinese indentured servant who "deserted"Date Published1872-[1877] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #62 Manuscript Expediente regarding a slave as the subject of an inheritance Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineA slave inherited in Cuba, 1870 manuscriptDate Publishedc.1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #63 Manuscript listing on printed form of Chinese indentures servants/slaves being imported into Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineListing of Chinese slaves in Cuba 1862Date Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #64 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1856-57 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #65 Two contracts for Chinese indentured servants/slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContracts for Cuban Chinese indentured servantsDate Published1872-[1877] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #66 The Animal Kingdom. Arranged in Conformity with its Organization... with Additional Descriptions of All the Species Hitherto Named, and of Many Not Before Noticed by Edward Griffith and Others. AuthorCuvier, Baron [Georges]HeadlineCuvier's Animal Kingdom, complete in 16 volumesPublisherPrinted for Geo. B. WhittakerDate Published[1827-1835] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #68 Four works relating to Charles Darwin, two of them signed by his son Francis Darwin Heading(Darwin, Charles)HeadlineFour volumes relating to Charles DarwinDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #69 Selected Works of Charles Darwin AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Darwin, Westminster EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #70 Seven works by Charles Darwin in eight volumes AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadline19th cent. eds. of works by Charles DarwinPublisherJohn Murray [& Ward, Lock]Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #71 Three works in seven volumes, of life and letters of Charles Darwin and his family AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineLife & Letters of Darwin & his familyPublisherJohn MurrayDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #80 The French Bulldog: History of the Origin of the Breed, Its Cultivation and Development Heading(Dogs - French Bulldog)Author[Vedder, O.F., et al.]HeadlineThe French Bulldog, 1926PublisherHamilton Printing Co. for The French Bulldog Club of AmericaDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports AuthorDoughty, John & ThomasHeadlineFirst American sporting book with color platesPublisherJ. & T. DoughtyDate Published1830; 1832 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #101 The Reptiles of British India AuthorGünther, Albert C.L.G.HeadlineWith 26 plates of various Indian reptilesPublisherPublished for the Ray Society by Robert HardwickeDate Published1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #102 Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum. Faksimileausgabe,... AuthorGessner, ConradHeadlineComplete set with 187 botanical color platesPublisherUrs GrafDate Published1972-1980 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #104 American Whalers in the Western Arctic: The Final Epoch of the Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet AuthorGilkerson, WilliamHeadlineWith 12 color plates signed by the artistPublisherEdward J. LefkowiczDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #110 General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, Of the Different Parts of the World... AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineJohn Hill A General Natural History 1748-52PublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1748, 51, 52 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #112 North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineHolbrook's expanded N. American HerpetologyPublisherJ. DobsonDate Published1842 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #122 The Naturalist's Library AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadlineWith +1000 hand-colored plates of animalsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1833-43 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #137 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineWritings of Lincoln, Constitutional EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published[1905-1906] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #145 Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis Heading(Medical)AuthorClymer, MeredithHeadlineWith map of New York 1872 Meningitis outbreakPublisherLindsay & BlakistonDate Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #157 Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind Heading(Medical)AuthorRush, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Rush on mania, derangement, psychiatryPublisherKimber & RichardsonDate Published1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #162 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineChromolithograph botanical illustrations after LunzerPublisherAmerican Natural History Publishing Co.; Charles Robson & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #163 Minerals: A Catalogue of about two hundred lots, of British and Exotic Minerals... Also, a small parcel of fine African Bird Skins, Mahogany Cabinets, &c. Which will be sold by Auction, by Mr. Thomas, at his Great Room... Heading(Minerals)HeadlineAuction of rare minerals, 1825Date Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #164 Three important 16th century works on horticulture "secrets" by Antoine Mizauld, bound together AuthorMizauld, AntoineHeadlineMizauld's agricultural "secrets" 1560-75PublisherFédéric MorelDate Published1560-1575 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #173 Zoology of New-York, or New-York Fauna...Part V. Mollusca Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorDe Kay, James E.HeadlineNatural History of New-York Part V: MolluscaPublisherCarroll and Cook, Printers to the AssemblyDate Published1843 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #174 Natural History of New York Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorSeward, William HenryHeadline18 volumes from Natural History of NYPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1842-54 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #185 History of Quadrupeds AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant classifies the quadrupeds, 1793PublisherPrinted for B. & J. WhiteDate Published1793 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #197 American Entomology, or, Descriptions of the Insects of North America AuthorSay, ThomasHeadlineThomas Say, American Entomology 1824-5PublisherPhiladelphia Museum / Samuel Augustus MitchellDate Published1824-5 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #198 Bibliotheca Botanica, sive catalogus auctorum et librorum, qui de Re Botanica, de Medicamentis ex Vegetabilibus paratis, de Re Rustica, & de Horticultura tractant... Accessit Bibliotheca Botanica Jo. Ant. Bumaldi, seu potius Ovidii Montalbani... AuthorSéguier, Jean FrançoisHeadlineSeguier's botanical bibliographyPublisherApud Cornelium HaakDate Published1760 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #205 Instructions for the Cultivating and Raising of Flax and Hemp: In a Better Manner, than that generally Practis'd in Ireland. [bound with] Observations made by Richard Hall... Hemp and Flax Dresser:... AuthorSlator, Lionel; Richard HallHeadlineIrish and Dutch methods of Hemp cultivationPublisherPrinted by George GriersonDate Published[1724] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #221 Darwinism: an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with some of its applications AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineWallace defends Darwinism 1889 1st ed.PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #222 Studies Scientific and Social AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineStudies Scientific by Alfred Russel WallacePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #223 Three volumes by A.R. Wallace, plus two others AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineNatural History by A.R. Wallace & othersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #226 Illustrations of Indian Botany; or Figures Illustrative of each of the Natural Orders of Indian Plants AuthorWight, RobertHeadlineBotanizing in India with Robert Wight, 1840PublisherJ.B. Pharoah for the AuthorDate Published1840 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next