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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Autograph Letter signed by Martin Madan, to a bookseller, complaining about the valuation of some books he wants to sell HeadingAAA(Bookselling)AuthorMadan, M.(?)HeadlineLetter to bookseller about values, 1808Date PublishedMay 31, 1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #2 Contemporary manuscript copy of two dispatches by Sir Robert Cecil giving account of his embassy to King Henry IV of France, 1597-1598 HeadingAAAAuthorCecil, Robert, first Earl of Salisbury and first Viscount Cranborne.HeadlineMS account of Lord Cecil's Mission to France 1597Date Published17th century [after 1603] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #3 Autograph Letter signed by T.M.G. Brown, a disabled veteran, to President Andrew Johnson, requesting a government job Heading(Civil War)AuthorBrown, Thomas Moore GiffordHeadlineALs to A. Johnson from disabled Civil War veteranDate PublishedAug. 17, 1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #4 Autograph Letter signed by John William Colenso, first Bishop of Natal HeadingAAAAuthorColenso, John WilliamHeadlineLetter from first Bishop of NatalDate PublishedDec. 4, 1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #5 Autograph Letter signed by John Thacher, to Lt. Governor William Stoughton of Massachusetts HeadingAAA(Colonial Indian Wars)AuthorThacher, JohnHeadlineColonial Indian War Letter 1694Date PublishedDec. 22, 1694 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #6 Autograph Letter signed by George Stevenson, describing the passage to Madeira Heading(Colonial Shipping)AuthorStevenson, GeorgeHeadlineLetter describing the passage to Madeira 1768Date PublishedJan. 28, 1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #7 Archive of letters, documents and photos relating to his work with Dailey Paskman AuthorFriml, RudolfHeadlineRudolf Friml ArchiveDate Published1940s-1970s View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #8 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold HeadingAAA(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineSingle vellum leaf from a French missalDate Publishedc.1500 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #9 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #10 Five Autograph Letters signed by William Mitford HeadingAAAAuthorMitford, WilliamHeadlineFive Autograph Letters signed by William MitfordDate Published1790-1805 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #11 Land grant document, signed by James Monroe as President AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineLand grant document, signed by James MonroeDate PublishedNov. 27, 1820 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #12 Manuscript petition by Lewis Cook to the Great Council of the State of New York, at the Albany Council-Fire HeadingAAA(Native American)AuthorCook, LewisHeadlineMS. plea for redress by African-MohawkDate PublishedMarch 24, 1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #13 Manuscript document pleading the case of James Gamonell, a merchant who fled America during the Revolution, and makes claim for monies owed him HeadingAAA(Revolutionary War Claims)Author**HeadlinePlea for monetary damages from Am. RevolutionDate Published1798 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #14 Autograph Letter, signed by John Moffat, to the mercantile firm of Reynells & Coates HeadingAAA(Revolutionary War)AuthorMoffatt, JohnHeadlineLetter on shipments during RevolutionDate PublishedAug. 31, 1775 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #15 Manuscript Document signed by William Nelson granting power of attorney to Robert Joutt and Joseph Crocket, signed as witnesses by Charles Scott and James Wood AuthorScott, Charles; James Wood; William NelsonHeadlineDoc. signed by Charles Scott & James WoodDate PublishedOct. 22, 1790 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #16 Copybook containing letters written by Marcus C.M. Hammond over a period of 6½ years HeadingAAA(South Carolina)AuthorHammond, Marcus C.M.HeadlineSouth Carolina letterbook 1842-48Date Published1842-1848 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #17 Autograph Letter signed by Egbert Benson, + 13-page manuscript article + 4 manuscript maps, all relating to the St. Croix Boundary Dispute HeadingAAA(St. Croix Boundary Dispute)AuthorBenson, Egbert, etc.HeadlineMS. letters and maps on St. Croix dispute c.1802Date Publishedc.1802 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #18 Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Stewart, to Thomas L. Smith at the Treasury Department AuthorStewart, CharlesHeadlineLetter from "Old Ironsides" CaptainDate PublishedJune 17, 1829 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #19 Autograph Letter signed by John Trumbull, to J[edediah] Huntington HeadingAAAAuthorTrumbull, JohnHeadlineLetter from Painter of Revolution John TrumbullDate PublishedSept. 24th, 1799 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #20 Autograph Letter signed by Wellesley, to an unnamed recipient HeadingAAAAuthorWellesley, Arthur, first Duke of WellingtonHeadlineAutograph Letter signed by Duke of WellingtonDate PublishedMay 4, 1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #21 Autograph Letter, signed by William MacRea, regarding the the appointment of Joseph Garden Smith to West Point HeadingAAA(West Point)AuthorMacRea, WilliamHeadlineLetter about 1st West Point graduate, 1801Date Published24 March 1801 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #24 Atomic Energy for Military Purposes Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorSmyth, Henry D.HeadlineAtomic Energy Signed by ScientistsPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1945 View details Estimate$10,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #25 The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A Fragment. AuthorBabbage, CharlesHeadlineCharles Babbage 9th Bridgewater TreatisePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1838 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #33 Ueber die mechanischen Analogien des zweiten Hauptsatzes der Thermodynamik AuthorBoltzmann, LudwigHeadlineRare Boltzmann offprint on EntropyPublisher[Georg Reimer]Date Published[1885] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #34 Complete set of the Bridgewater Treatises Heading(Bridgewater Treatises)Author**HeadlineComplete set of the Bridgewater TreatisesPublisherPickeringDate Published1834-40 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #44 The Madrid Codices AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineDa Vinci's Madrid CodicesPublisherMcGraw-HillDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #45 A Treatise on Painting AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineDa Vinci's Treatise on PaintingPublisherJ. TaylorDate Published1802 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #48 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineCharles Darwin Descent of Man First Edition 1871PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #52 Grundlagen der Alegemeinen Relativitatstheorie AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #54 Message From the Interior - inscribed copy AuthorEvans, WalkerHeadlineMessage From the Interior inscribed copyPublisherEakins PressDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #62 Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot AuthorGosse, Philip HenryHeadlinePhilip Henry Gosse Omphalos First EditionPublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #71 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 #72 Manuscript account of Zane Grey's first visit to Santa Cruz Island AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1910s-1920s] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #73 Why I Live in California - Original Typescript AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Typescript Why I Live in CaliforniaDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #91 Principles of Geology AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineCharles Lyell Principles of Geology First EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1830, 32, 33 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Lot #94 Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni AuthorMaimonides, MosesHeadlineMaimonides on Regimen of Health 1489PublisherFranciscus de Benedictis for Benedictus HectorismDate Published1489 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #119 Commentaria sancti thome super libros physicor[um] AuthorThomas AquinasHeadlineRare incunabula of Thomas Aquinas on AristotlePublisherJoanem & Gregoriuu[n] de Gregoriis fratresDate Published1492 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #121 The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineThe Hobbit Inscribed 1st Edn. Jeweled BindingPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published1937 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #127 The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineWallace The Geographical Distribution of AnimalsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #128 Is Mars Habitable? AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineAlfred Rusel Wallace Is Mars Habitable 1907PublisherMacmillanDate Published1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #130 Orlando: A Biography AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Orlando Signed Limited EditionPublisherCrosby GaigeDate Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next