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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Sketch Book with 39 original pen-&-ink drawings and 12 watercolors of scenes and people in South Africa during the Second Boer War Heading(Africa - Boer War)Author**HeadlineOriginal drawings & watercolors of Boer WarDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 On Climate in Connection with Husbandry...[with] Review of the Agricultural Statistics of France...[with] On the Construction of a Collar Roof, with Arched Trusses of Bent Timber, at East Horsley Park [together with] two other publications Heading(Agriculture and Civil Engineering)AuthorLovelace, Earl of, et. al.Headline5 London pubs from 1848-49 bound togetherDate Published1848-49 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #16 Les Temples Immergés de la Nubie: The Temple of Derr AuthorBlackman, Aylward M.HeadlineTempel of Derr 1913 Lower Nubia by BlackmanPublisherL'Institut Français D'Archéologie OrientaleDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 The True and Eccentric Life of Betty Bolaine, (Late of Canterbury) A Well Known Character for Avarice, Meanness, and Vice; Who Died June 6, 1805, aged Eighty Two, Whilst Eating a Brown Crust; Although Worth Twenty Thousand Pounds! Heading(Bolaine, Betty)Author**HeadlineLife of Betty BolainePublisherJ. Scales, et alDate Published[c. 1805] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #19 Manuscript Breviary in red ink on vellum, with initials in red and blue Heading(Breviarium - Latin Manuscript)Author**Headline15th century manuscript Latin BreviaryDate Publishedcirca 15th century View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #23 The Kasîdah AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinethe Kasidah by Richard F. Burton 1/10 copies1905PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #28 Wordsworth: An Anthology Heading(Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy or WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #34 An Historical and Political View of the Constitution and Revolutions of Geneva, in the Eighteenth Century AuthorD'Ivernois, FrancisHeadlineConstitution and Revolutions of GenevaPublisherT. CadellDate Published1784 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #42 Clipped signature of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineClipped signature of Charles DickensDate Publishedc.1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #48 Typed Letter signed by Albert Einstein, to Frantisek Navara, in German AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineTyped Letter signed by Albert Einstein, 1938Date Published28 August 1938 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 Signed portrait of Albert Einstein AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineSigned portrait of Albert EinsteinDate Publishedc.1938 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #51 Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchilpp, Paul Arthur, editorHeadlineAlbert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist SIGNEDPublisherThe Library of Living Philosophers, Inc.Date Published1949 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 The Waverly Novels - Collectors' Autograph Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Waverly Novels Collectors' Autograph EditionPublisherGeorge D. SproulDate Published1900 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 Autograph manuscript draft of The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross AuthorGrey, RomerHeadlineautograph mss draft of Romer Grey's SouthernCrossDate Published[c.1925] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #74 Archive of approx. 120 letters to African American tenor Roland Hayes Heading(Hayes, Roland)Author**HeadlineLetters to African American tenor Roland HayesDate Published1932-1933 and later View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #77 The Log of the "Laura" in Polar Seas; a Hunting Cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the Polar Ice Off East Greenland and the Island of Jan Mayen in the Summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes AuthorHolmes, Bettie FleischmannHeadlineLog of "Laura" in Polar Seas by B.F. Holmes 1907PublisherThe University PressDate Published1907 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #79 De Re Metallica - Inscribed by Herbert Hoover Heading(Hoover, Herbert Clark)AuthorGeorgius AgricolaHeadlineDe Re Metallica - Inscribed by Herbert HooverPublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #81 These Pages Recount Little Journeys Made to the Homes of Ruskin and Turner AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineRuskin and Turner illum by Bertha Hubbard 1/473PublisherRoycroft Printing ShopDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #84 Illuminated manuscript leaf from an Antiphonal, on vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Headlineillum manuscript Antophonal on vellum 16th centDate Publishedc.16th century View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #96 A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences; and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers AuthorLoudon, JohnHeadlineScarce Architectural Treatise by John LoudonPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1806 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #106 Memoir on the salubrity of the Isle of Pines. Heading(Medical)AuthorHernández, José de la LuzHeadlineSalubrity of the Isle of Pines, Havana 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #138 Collection of manuscript copies of early occult texts Heading(Occult)Author**HeadlineManuscript copies of early occult textsDate Published[Late 19th - early 20th centuries] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #150 Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into Upper Egypt, and an appendix Heading(Pyramids)AuthorVyse, [Richard William] HowardHeadlineHoward-Vyse explores Egyptian pyramidsPublisherJames FraserDate Published1840-1842 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #160 Paintings of India and Africa AuthorShepherd, DavidHeadlineDavid Shepherd Paintings of India and AfricaPublisher[Tryon Gallery]Date Published[1978] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #169 Autograph passage in Whitman's hand, matted with photograph AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineAutograph passage in Walt Whitman's handDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next