Sale 344: Fine & Rare Books, with Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#344) 11/30/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/30/2006 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 344 199 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-56 of 56. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 A Summary History of New-England, from the First Settlement at Plymouth, to the Acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorAdams, HannahHeadlinenew england massachusetts colonial americaPublisherPrinted for the Author, by H. Mann and J.H. AdamsDate Published1799 Lot #4 Hearth and Home, for the Farm, Garden, and Fireside View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Agriculture & Botany, etc.)Author**Headlinefarming plants horticulture botanyDate Published1868-1869 Lot #6 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson AutographsPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1946 Lot #7 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson Autographs RedPublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1939 Lot #8 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson AutographsPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing Inc.Date Published[1953] Lot #13 Antiphonarium et Hymnuarium Universale. In Quo Omnes Antiphonae Tam Propriae Quam Communes Temporum atque Sanctorum ad libitum, et Sanctorum Hispaniae, ac Ordonis Minorum Includuntur View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Heading(Antiphonal, circa late 14th century)Author**HeadlineantiphonalDate Published[circa late 14th century] Lot #15 Rare and important collection of 8 mid-16th century astronomical manuscripts in Hebrew. View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astronomy)Author**Headlineastronomy, sciencePublisherNo PublisherDate PublishedCirca mid-16 century Lot #16 A New Universal Atlas; Comprising Separate Maps of All the Principal Empires, Kingdoms & States Throughout the World: and forming a distinct Atlas of the United States View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Atlas)AuthorBurr, David H.Headlinemaps atlas americaPublisherD.S. StoneDate Published[1835] Lot #17 Vollständiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung über alle Theile der Erde in 80 Blättern View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold HeadingzzgAuthorSohr, K[arl], Dr.Headlinemaps texas atlasPublisherC. FlemmingDate Published1844 Lot #19 Historic Lithographs of San Francisco View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorBaird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr., & Edwin Clyve EvansHeadlinesan francisco birds eye viewsPublisherSteven A. Waterson for Burger & EvansDate Published1972 Lot #33 11 Illuminated manuscript leaves from various sources View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineilluminated manuscriptPublisher[No Publisher]Date Published[Circa 14th-16th centuries] Lot #43 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinemormon americana travelPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1861 Lot #69 Armsmear: the Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt. A Memorial View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Colt, Samuel)AuthorBarnard, Henry and Elizabeth Jarvis ColtHeadlineSamuel Colt Firearms Americana Decorative BindingPublisher[Privately printed by Alvord]Date Published1866 Lot #78 Los Hombres y Las Cosas Querian Jugar - with original drawing on A.L.s. by José Luis Cuevas View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuevas, José Luis)AuthorPiazza, Luis GuillermoHeadlinemexican artPublisherRevista de Poesia UniversalDate Published1963 Lot #84 The True History of the Conquest of Mexico View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDiaz del Castillo, BernalHeadlinemexico spanish war indiansPublisherPrinted for J. WrightDate Published1800 Lot #91 Micah Clarke View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle Literature Fiction Sherlock Holmes LettersPublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1889 Lot #94 National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc., Etc. - 2 vols. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A. and Alonzo ChappelHeadlinesteel engravingPublisherJohnson, Fry & Co.Date Published[1862 & 1864] Lot #95 The American Aboriginal Portfolio View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorEastman, Mary H.HeadlineNative Americans, IndiansPublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published[1853] Lot #109 The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Football - Notre Dame)AuthorPeterson, James A.Headlinesports football autographsPublisherNotre DameDate Published1958 Lot #116 Idylls of the King View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlinefore-edge painting poetry bindingPublisherStrahan and Co.Date Published1869 Lot #121 The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGilliss, J[ames] M[elville]Headlinetravel americana ornithologyPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Public PrinterDate Published1855 Lot #122 Le Livre de Cuisine: Comprenant la Cuisine de Menage et la Grande Cuisine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGouffé, JulesHeadlinecookery gastronomy food drinkPublisherHachetteDate Published1867 Lot #131 Hirschfeld by Hirschfeld View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHirschfeld, AlHeadlineHirschfeld Art Autographs Caricatures HollywoodPublisherDodd, Mead & Co.Date Published[1979] Lot #149 The Modern Cook: Containing Instructions for Preparing and Ordering Publick Entertainments for the Tables of Princes, Ambassadors, Noblemen, and Magistrates... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorLa Chapelle, VincentHeadlinegastronomy food drink cookeryPublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1736 Lot #166 The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting...the American Continent, also of the West-Indian Islands... View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorMorse, JedediahHeadlinemaps atlas geography americanaPublisherS. Hall, and Thomas & AndrewsDate Published1797 Lot #191 Botanical Harmony Delineated: or, Applications of Some General Laws of Nature to Plants View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSaint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin deHeadlinePlants Early American Imprints Botanical PlatesPublisherJ. NancredeDate Published1797 Lot #192 Ebrietatis Encomium; or, The Praise of Drunkenness: Wherein is Authentically, and Most Evidently Proved, the Necessity of Frequently Getting Drunk... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Sallengre, Albert Henri de] Oinophilus, Boniface, pseud.HeadlineAlcohol Drinking Humor Literature HistoryPublisherC. ChappleDate Published1812 Lot #195 Lot of seven naval commisions for Frank Schofield, each signed by a President of the United States View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Schofield, Frank W.)Author**HeadlinePresidential autographs navyDate Published1892-1924 Lot #206 Steichen the Photographer View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Steichen, Edward)AuthorSandburg, CarlHeadlineSteichen Photography Sandburg AutographsPublisherHarcourt, Brace & Co.Date Published[1929] Lot #208 A System for the Discipline of the Artillery of the United States of America, or, The Young Artillerist's Companion View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorStevens, WilliamHeadlinemilitary army artilleryPublisherWebsters and SkinnersDate Published1815 Lot #212 Living by Zen View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSuzuki, Daisetz TeitaroHeadlineZen Buddhism Religion Autographs Abstract ArtistsPublisherSanseidoDate Published[1949] Lot #218 The American New Dispensatory... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThatcher, JamesHeadlinemedicine medical doctorPublisherThomas B. Wait and Co., and C. WilliamsDate Published[1813] Lot #220 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlinetranscendentalism ecology thoreauPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 Lot #228 Original document, signed by Queen Victoria View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorVictoria, Queen of England (1819-1901)HeadlineQueen Victoria Royalty Documents Autographs EnglandDate Published1859 Lot #231 [Works, i.e.] The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorWarner, Charles DudleyHeadlinebindings sets literature autographsPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #232 Archive of 5 letters from George Westinghouse to J.G. Schreuder including an ALS with 3 diagram sketches, along with related materials View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Railroad)AuthorWestinghouse, GeorgeHeadlineGEORGE WESTINGHOUSE ARCHIVE Letters Sketches etc.Date Published1883-1913 Lot #235 Original and highly important page of autograph manuscript titled "Democracy" framed together with signed portrait photograph View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineautographs, walt whitmanPublisherNo PublisherDate PublishedCirca 1882 Lot #237 American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. View details Estimate$600 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorWillis, N[athaniel] P[arker]HeadlineAmericana, Steel engravingsPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1840 Lot #243 A Vision View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorYeats, W[illiam] B[utler]HeadlineliteraturePublisherMacmillan & CoDate Published1937 Lot #249 The Wreck Of The Golden Mary:A Saga of the California Gold Rush View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorDickens, Charles and Wilkie CollinsHeadlinecalifornia gold rush history shipwrecksPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1956 Lot #262 The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlinefood drink cookery fine pressPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published1994 Lot #279 Jazz View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorClaxton, WilliamHeadlinebookPublisherTwelvetrees PressDate Published[1987] Lot #300 Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758. View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author[Franklin, Benjamin].HeadlineLEC Rockwell, IllustratedPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1964 Lot #302 The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark to the sources of the Missouri...to the Pacific Ocean View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorLewis, Meriwether & Clark, William.HeadlineLimited Editions Club, Western AmericanaPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 Lot #320 The Sphere of Rocks and Water. Original text and prints… - Author / Artist’s Copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorLubbock, J.G.Headlinefine pressPublisherBertram RotaDate Published1983 Lot #342 Lot of 16 Bibliographies of Individual States View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Headingzze(Bibliographies - Americana)Author**HeadlineAmericana, bibliographiesDate PublishedVarious Lot #344 Lot of 3 California Bibliographies View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold Headingzze(Bibliographies - California)Author**HeadlineCaliforniaDate PublishedVarious Lot #349 Lot of 2 Native American Bibliographies View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Headingzze(Bibliographies - Native American)Author**HeadlineIndianDate PublishedVarious Lot #351 Lot of 3 Texas Bibliographies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzze(Bibliographies - Texas)Author**HeadlineTexasDate PublishedVarious Lot #352 Lot of 7 bibliographies of Western Americana View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Headingzze(Bibliographies - Western Americana)Author**HeadlineWest, BibliographyDate PublishedVarious Lot #373 A Bibliography of the History of California, 1510-1930. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest & Robert Grannis CowanHeadlineCaliforniaPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 Lot #377 Yosemite, The Big Trees, and the High Sierra: A Selective Bibliography View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzeAuthorFarquhar, Francis P.HeadlineYosemite, CaliforniaPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1948 Lot #388 Etchings and Lithographs of American Ships View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Headingzze(Maritime Illustrations)AuthorWales, George C.HeadlineLithographs, Etchings, MaritimePublisherCharles E. GoodspeedDate Published1927 Lot #390 The Book of Tea View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold HeadingzzeAuthorOkakura-KakuzoHeadlineBook Arts Tea History Reference DrinkPublisherFox Duffield & VCo,Date Published1906 Lot #399 A Dictionary of Books relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold HeadingzzeAuthorSabin, JosephHeadlineAmericana, BibliographyPublisherMini-Print Corp.Date PublishedNo Date Lot #423 Approximately 28 volumes American Art View details Estimate$20Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Shelf Lot]Headlinebook Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next