Sale 781: PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts - at Pasadena, Cal. (#781) 02/09/2023 10:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/09/2023 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 1-45 of 45. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter thanking an Ohio women abolitionists for support of his Canadian Underground Railroad “station”; explaining his work feeding, clothing and teaching hundreds of newly-arrived Black “fugitives” Heading(African American – Underground Railroad)AuthorRice, Isaac J.HeadlineLetter from terminus of Underground RailroadDate PublishedApril 26, [1851?] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #7 Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa ('Epistles of the Brethren of Purity') Heading(Arabic Manuscript)HeadlineArabic ms Epistles of Brethren of Purity c.1495Date PublishedAH 900 (CE 1495-96) View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$125,000StatusSold Lot #8 Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAshbery, JohnHeadlineSigned by De Kooning, Rivers, Katz, AvedonPublisherArion PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #9 The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlineThe Physiology of Taste signed by Wayne ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #10 Don Quixote Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCervantes, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote signed by William T. WileyPublisherArion PressDate Published2009; 2010 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #13 Poems Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineSigned by Jasper Johns, Wallace Stevens PoemsPublisherArion PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #16 The Quadrupeds of North America AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds with original wrappers bound inPublisherV.G. AudubonDate Published1849-1851-1854 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #17 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineOctavo edition of Audubon's Birds of AmericaPublisherPublished by J.J. Audubon [and J.B. Chevalier]Date Published1840-1844 View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #24 Siete Poemas Sajones. Seven Saxon Poems AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineSigned by Jorge Luis Borges, one of 120 producedPublisherPlain Wrapper PressDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #26 Photograph of Kim Il-sung and Liu Shaoqi, signed by both of them Heading(China & Korea)HeadlineSigned photo of Kim Il-sung & Liu ShaoqiDate Publishedc.1960s? View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #27 Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung Heading(China)AuthorMao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung)HeadlineMao's Quotations signed first editionPublisherForeign Language PressDate Published1966 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #28 El Cocinero Mexicano, O, Colección De Las Mejores Recetas Para Guisar Al Estilo Americano, y De Las Mas Selectas Segun El Metodo De Las Cocinas Español, Italiana, Francesa E Inglesa Heading(Cookery - Mexican)Headline1831 Mexican cookbook w/ fold-out plates 3 vols.PublisherImprenta de GalvanDate Published1831 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #29 Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory Author[Cox, James, editor]Headline1st ed. Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of TexasPublisherWoodward & Tiernan Printing Co.Date Published1895 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #30 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, seven of whom died en route Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers settling in Cuba, 1867 manifestDate PublishedAugust 3, 1867 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #31 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date Published6 April 1867 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #32 Manuscript papers and documents relating to the formation of a Chinese Society in Cuba, with extensive additional documentation on its operations over some 70 years Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDocuments of Chinese Society in China 1890-1960Date Publishedc.1890-1961 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #33 Registro Civil de Esclavos de la jurisdicion de... Cedula... (from first page) Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineListing of Cuban slaveowners c.1850Date Publishedc.1850s View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #34 Zona Central de Puerto Principe año de 1879 Heading(Cuba)HeadlineManuscript maps of Cuban communities 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #35 Sheet with lithographed (or engraved?) facsimile signatures of 48 American patriots, 43 of whom are signers of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, with outline portraits of each Heading(Declaration of Independence)HeadlineFacsimiles of Declaration signatures with portraitsDate Publishedc. early to mid 19th century View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #37 The Alloys of Steel. By J. Stodart, Esq. F.R.S. and Mr. M. Faraday, Chemical Assistant in the Royal Institution. From the Philosophical Transactions AuthorFaraday, MichaelHeadlineRare offprint inscribed by Michael FaradayPublisherPrinted by William NicolDate Published1822 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 Memorias para la historia de la guerra de Tejas, por el Sr. General de division y actual Presidente del supremo Tribunal de la guerra y marina de la República... Don Vicente Filisola AuthorFilisola, VicenteHeadlineImportant account of Texas war, 1848-49PublisherTipografia de R. RafaelDate Published1848 & 1849 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #45 Archive relating to Tomiji Takeda, a Japanese-American resident of Milpitas, California, who was interned at Tule Lake camp, then allowed to move to Utah and eventually Colorado Heading(Japanese-American Internment)HeadlineJapanese American interned at Tule LakeDate Publishedc.1930-1950s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #46 The Loving Shepherdess AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers and Jean KelloggPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 Watermark Heading(Koch, Peter)AuthorBrodsky, JosephHeadlineSigned by Peter Koch and Robert MorganPublisherPeter Koch, PrinterDate Published2006 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #50 The Fragments of Parmenides Heading(Koch, Peter)AuthorParmenidesHeadlineSigned by R. Wagener, P. Koch, and R. BringhurstPublisherEditions KochDate Published2003 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #51 A Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West Passage, Between Asia and America; Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779 AuthorLedyard, JohnHeadlineLedyard's Cook journal with part of rare mapPublisherNathaniel PattenDate Published1783 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #52 To Kill a Mockingbird AuthorLee, HarperHeadlineTo Kill a Mockingbird with Harper Lee letterPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #58 El Exmo. Sr Presidente interino... que sigue... Ley Constitucional. Estantes y habitantes en el territorio Mexicano, sus derechos y obligaciones... Heading(Mexico)AuthorBarragan, MiguelHeadlineMexico moves from Federalist to Centralist 1835Date Published15 de Diciembre de 1835 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #60 Encheiresin Naturae: Fifteen Engravings by Barry Moser; A Heroic Crown of Sonnets by Paul Muldoon Heading(Moser, Barry - Nawakum Press)AuthorMoser, Barry and Paul MuldoonHeadlineEncheiresin Naturae with 15 Moser engravingsPublisherNawakum PressDate Published2015 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Waste Land Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineFinely printed Waste Land signed by T.S. EliotPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #64 The Oyez Press collection and archive Heading(Oyez Press)HeadlineOyez Press collection & archivePublisherOyez PressDate Published1964-2000 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #65 The Knave of Hearts Heading(Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)AuthorSaunders, LouiseHeadlineParrish's Knave of Hearts with 2 ALSPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #67 At Low Water: An Intertidal Memoir Heading(Pie in the Sky Press)AuthorChamlee, RebeccaHeadlineLetter A of 5 deluxe copies, At Low WaterPublisherPie in the Sky PressDate Published2017 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 Atlas Shrugged AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #73 Handwritten letter by J.D. Salinger, signed Jerry, to Rose-Ellen Currie, relaying news of his recent wedding to Claire Douglas, with mention of Franny and Holden Caulfield AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineAutograph letter from J.D. "Jerry" SalingerDate PublishedWednesday [1955] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #74 Letter from J.D. Salinger to the principal of a Michigan elementary school, recommending a former neighbor, friend and tutor for employment as a teacher AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineJ.D. Salinger recommends neighbor as teacherDate PublishedOctober 29, 1982 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #75 Farmers: Wood Engravings—Interviews [with] Farmers Progressive Proofs AuthorSchanilec, GaylordHeadlineFarmers by Schanilec with progressive proofsPublisherMidnight Paper Sales PressDate Published[1989]; 1992 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them Heading(Society of Wood Engravers)AuthorHamway, Nigel, compilerHeadlineDeluxe edition with portfolio of wood engravingsPublisherNomad Letterpress / Society of Wood EngraversDate Published2020 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #79 The Columbian Harmony. Containing the Rules of Psalmody; together with a Collection of Sacred Music. Designed for the Use of Worshiping Assemblies & Singing Societies AuthorStone, Joseph & Abraham WoodHeadlineEarly American scaleboard hymnal, completePublisherEngraved by J. AllenDate Published[1793] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #81 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, Mark [pseud. of Samuel L. Clemens]HeadlineHuckleberry Finn with card signed by TwainPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #84 Heart Disease AuthorWhite, Paul DudleyHeadlineSigned by Paul D. White & 3 colleaguesPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1932 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #86 Remarks Concerning the Government and the Laws of the United States of America: In Four Letters, Addressed to Mr. Adams Heading(Adams, John)AuthorMably, Gabriel Bonnot deHeadlineThe Abbé De Mably’s Letters to John AdamsPublisherPrinted for Messrs. Moncrieffe, Jenkin, Walker, Burton, White, Byrne, Cash, and HeeryDate Published1785 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #89 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America Heading(Declaration of Independence)HeadlineFirst miniature printing of the Declaration of IndependencePublisherL. H. BridghamDate Published1836 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #97 Historical Memoir of The War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 AuthorLatour, A. LacarriereHeadlineWar in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15PublisherJohn Conrad and Co.Date Published1816 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #99 Florida Architecture AuthorMizner, AddisonHeadlineAddison Mizner on Florida ArchitecturePublisherWilliam HelpurnDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next