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View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorBartram, WilliamHeadlineBartram's Travels First English Edition 1792PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1792 Lot #33 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineSeparate Reality inscribed by Carlos CastanedaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1971] Lot #42 Set of Cook’s Three Voyages, first editions, with Atlas View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorCook, JamesHeadlineCook’s Three Voyages, first editions, with AtlasPublisherW. Strahan & T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1773, 1777, 1784 Lot #46 WITHDRAWN The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorDarwin, Charles WITHDRAWNHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man Presentation copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #51 Swiat/The World View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Dine, Jim, artist)AuthorMilosz, CzeslawHeadlineSwiat/The World, One of 250 signed copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 Lot #55 The Complete Poems and Plays - Inscribed and with a TLS View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot Signed Book and LetterPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] Lot #62 Lettera Apologetica del Galileo [i.e. La Difesa di Galileo] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Heading(Galileo Galilei)AuthorAverani, BenedettoHeadline17th century manuscript defense of GalileoDate Published[late 17th century] Lot #72 The Federalist: on the New Constitution, by Publius, Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality, Wrtten in 1793. Likewise, the Federal Constitution, with All the Amendments. Revised and Corrected View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorHamilton, Alexander, et al.HeadlineFederalist Papers, Revised Edition, 1802PublisherGeorge F. HopkinsDate Published1802 Lot #77 Report on Horne Zoological Corporation View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Horne, Trader)AuthorInvestment Auditors of California, Inc.HeadlineArchive on adventurer Trader HorneDate Publishedc. 1930 Lot #79 Single Leaf on vellum, from a Calendar (May), illuminated in colors and liquid gold View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated 15th century vellum leafDate Publishedmid-15th century Lot #80 Single leaf on vellum with gold initials, from a French Book of Hours View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineVellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initialsDate Publishedc.1500 Lot #81 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript Leaf from French Missal c.1500Date Publishedc.1500 Lot #93 Document signed by Abraham Lincoln, appointing the Secretary to the United States Legation in St. Petersburg, Russia View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineDocument signed by Abraham Lincoln 1861Date PublishedJuly 15, 1861 Lot #94 The Seasons View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineInscribed by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1842 Lot #109 Collection of 34 manuscript leaves with paintings from Persia or Mughal India View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Persian/Mughal Manuscript Leaves)Author**Headline34 Persian/Mughal Manuscript LeavesDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #110 Manuscript book of Poetry in Arabic Script with illuminations in gilt and colors View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Persian Poetry Manuscript)AuthorAbu Mo'in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn KhusrawHeadlineIlluminated Persian Poetry ManuscriptDate Published1897 Lot #120 The Little Prince View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineThe Little Prince Signed Limited EditionPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] Lot #131 An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineAdam Smith's Wealth of Nations 2nd Amer. Edn.PublisherThomas DobsonDate Published1796 Lot #140 Abeceda Dusevniho Prazdna [Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorTmej, Zdenek, photographerHeadlineAbeceda Dusevniho Prazdna Tmej ZdenekPublisherNakladatelstvi ZadruhaDate Published1946 Lot #143 Vermont Marble Company's Designs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Trade Catalog)Author**HeadlineTombstone Trade Catalog with Marble SamplesPublisherVermont Marble CompanyDate Published[c. 1910?] Lot #149 Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.)... Portraits from Life... Autograph View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman's Complete Poems & Prose signedDate Published[1888 or 1889] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next