Sale 406: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#406) 06/25/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed

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    AAA(Bookselling)
  • Author
    Madan, M.(?)
  • Headline
    Letter to bookseller about values, 1808
  • Date Published
    May 31, 1808
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
2
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    AAA
  • Author
    Cecil, Robert, first Earl of Salisbury and first Viscount Cranborne.
  • Headline
    MS account of Lord Cecil's Mission to France 1597
  • Date Published
    17th century [after 1603]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
3
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    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Brown, Thomas Moore Gifford
  • Headline
    ALs to A. Johnson from disabled Civil War veteran
  • Date Published
    Aug. 17, 1865
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
4
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    AAA
  • Author
    Colenso, John William
  • Headline
    Letter from first Bishop of Natal
  • Date Published
    Dec. 4, 1879
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
5
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    AAA(Colonial Indian Wars)
  • Author
    Thacher, John
  • Headline
    Colonial Indian War Letter 1694
  • Date Published
    Dec. 22, 1694
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
6
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    (Colonial Shipping)
  • Author
    Stevenson, George
  • Headline
    Letter describing the passage to Madeira 1768
  • Date Published
    Jan. 28, 1768
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
7
  • Author
    Friml, Rudolf
  • Headline
    Rudolf Friml Archive
  • Date Published
    1940s-1970s
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
8
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    AAA(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Single vellum leaf from a French missal
  • Date Published
    c.1500
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
9
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    (Illuminated Manuscript)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    16th Century Persian Illuminated Manuscript
  • Date Published
    [c. 1576]
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
10
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    AAA
  • Author
    Mitford, William
  • Headline
    Five Autograph Letters signed by William Mitford
  • Date Published
    1790-1805
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
11
  • Author
    Monroe, James
  • Headline
    Land grant document, signed by James Monroe
  • Date Published
    Nov. 27, 1820
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
12
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    AAA(Native American)
  • Author
    Cook, Lewis
  • Headline
    MS. plea for redress by African-Mohawk
  • Date Published
    March 24, 1806
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
13
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    AAA(Revolutionary War Claims)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Plea for monetary damages from Am. Revolution
  • Date Published
    1798
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
14
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    AAA(Revolutionary War)
  • Author
    Moffatt, John
  • Headline
    Letter on shipments during Revolution
  • Date Published
    Aug. 31, 1775
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
15
  • Author
    Scott, Charles; James Wood; William Nelson
  • Headline
    Doc. signed by Charles Scott & James Wood
  • Date Published
    Oct. 22, 1790
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
16
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    AAA(South Carolina)
  • Author
    Hammond, Marcus C.M.
  • Headline
    South Carolina letterbook 1842-48
  • Date Published
    1842-1848
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
17
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    AAA(St. Croix Boundary Dispute)
  • Author
    Benson, Egbert, etc.
  • Headline
    MS. letters and maps on St. Croix dispute c.1802
  • Date Published
    c.1802
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$12,500
StatusSold
18
  • Author
    Stewart, Charles
  • Headline
    Letter from "Old Ironsides" Captain
  • Date Published
    June 17, 1829
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
19
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    AAA
  • Author
    Trumbull, John
  • Headline
    Letter from Painter of Revolution John Trumbull
  • Date Published
    Sept. 24th, 1799
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
20
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    AAA
  • Author
    Wellesley, Arthur, first Duke of Wellington
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter signed by Duke of Wellington
  • Date Published
    May 4, 1841
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
21
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    AAA(West Point)
  • Author
    MacRea, William
  • Headline
    Letter about 1st West Point graduate, 1801
  • Date Published
    24 March 1801
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
24
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    (Atomic Bomb)
  • Author
    Smyth, Henry D.
  • Headline
    Atomic Energy Signed by Scientists
  • Publisher
    Princeton University Press
  • Date Published
    1945
Estimate$10,000 - $20,000
StatusUnsold
25
  • Author
    Babbage, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Babbage 9th Bridgewater Treatise
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
33
  • Author
    Boltzmann, Ludwig
  • Headline
    Rare Boltzmann offprint on Entropy
  • Publisher
    [Georg Reimer]
  • Date Published
    [1885]
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
34
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    (Bridgewater Treatises)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Complete set of the Bridgewater Treatises
  • Publisher
    Pickering
  • Date Published
    1834-40
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
44
  • Author
    Da Vinci, Leonardo
  • Headline
    Da Vinci's Madrid Codices
  • Publisher
    McGraw-Hill
  • Date Published
    1974
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
45
  • Author
    Da Vinci, Leonardo
  • Headline
    Da Vinci's Treatise on Painting
  • Publisher
    J. Taylor
  • Date Published
    1802
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
48
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Darwin Descent of Man First Edition 1871
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1871
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$2,812.50
StatusSold
52
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's Theory of Relativity 1916
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
54
  • Author
    Evans, Walker
  • Headline
    Message From the Interior inscribed copy
  • Publisher
    Eakins Press
  • Date Published
    [1966]
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
62
  • Author
    Gosse, Philip Henry
  • Headline
    Philip Henry Gosse Omphalos First Edition
  • Publisher
    John Van Voorst
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
71
  • Author
    Grey, Romer
  • Headline
    autograph mss draft of Romer Grey's SouthernCross
  • Date Published
    [c.1925]
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
72
  • Author
    Grey, Zane
  • Headline
    Zane Grey Manuscript
  • Date Published
    [c. 1910s-1920s]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
73
  • Author
    Grey, Zane
  • Headline
    Zane Grey Typescript Why I Live in California
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
91
  • Author
    Lyell, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Lyell Principles of Geology First Edition
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1830, 32, 33
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
Sold for$10,625
StatusSold
94
  • Author
    Maimonides, Moses
  • Headline
    Maimonides on Regimen of Health 1489
  • Publisher
    Franciscus de Benedictis for Benedictus Hectorism
  • Date Published
    1489
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
StatusUnsold
119
  • Author
    Thomas Aquinas
  • Headline
    Rare incunabula of Thomas Aquinas on Aristotle
  • Publisher
    Joanem & Gregoriuu[n] de Gregoriis fratres
  • Date Published
    1492
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
StatusUnsold
121
  • Author
    Tolkien, J.R.R.
  • Headline
    The Hobbit Inscribed 1st Edn. Jeweled Binding
  • Publisher
    George Allen & Unwin
  • Date Published
    1937
Estimate$60,000 - $90,000
StatusUnsold
127
  • Author
    Wallace, Alfred Russel
  • Headline
    Wallace The Geographical Distribution of Animals
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
128
  • Author
    Wallace, Alfred Russel
  • Headline
    Alfred Rusel Wallace Is Mars Habitable 1907
  • Publisher
    Macmillan
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
130
  • Author
    Woolf, Virginia
  • Headline
    Virginia Woolf Orlando Signed Limited Edition
  • Publisher
    Crosby Gaige
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
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