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 1-54 of 54. 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 AuthorAdams, HannahHeadlinenew england massachusetts colonial americaPublisherPrinted for the Author, by H. Mann and J.H. AdamsDate Published1799 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #4 Hearth and Home, for the Farm, Garden, and Fireside Heading(Agriculture & Botany, etc.)Author**Headlinefarming plants horticulture botanyDate Published1868-1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson AutographsPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1946 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #7 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson Autographs RedPublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1939 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #8 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson AutographsPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing Inc.Date Published[1953] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #9 Collection of 96 steel-engraved plates from Allom's China, its Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits... AuthorAllom, ThomasHeadlineAllom China Engraved Prints EphemeraPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 Heading(Atlas)AuthorBurr, David H.Headlinemaps atlas americaPublisherD.S. StoneDate Published[1835] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #17 Vollständiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung über alle Theile der Erde in 80 Blättern HeadingzzgAuthorSohr, K[arl], Dr.Headlinemaps texas atlasPublisherC. FlemmingDate Published1844 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #19 Historic Lithographs of San Francisco AuthorBaird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr., & Edwin Clyve EvansHeadlinesan francisco birds eye viewsPublisherSteven A. Waterson for Burger & EvansDate Published1972 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #23 Scotland. Illustrated in a Series of View Taken Expressly for this Work AuthorBeattie, WilliamHeadlineScotland, EngravingsPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #35 4 printed leaves from Thielmann Kerver's 1520 "Hore Deipare Virginis Mariae Secundum Usum Romanum" (Book of Hours) Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineearly printing, book of hoursPublisher[Thielmann Kerver]Date Published[1520] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #43 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinemormon americana travelPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #54 [Museo Fiorentino] AuthorCampiglia, Geiovanni DomenicoHeadlinerome italy engravings statues museum florenceDate Publishedc.1760 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #60 Picture Book II AuthorCharlot, JeanHeadlineart lithographsPublisherZeitlin & Ver BruggeDate Published1973 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 Femmes Modernes AuthorChompré, S.Headlinepochoir artDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #64 "Christ Appearing before the Virgin." An unusually large and highly finished painting on vellum, likely a frontispiece from an illuminated Renaissance missal Heading(Christ - Painting on Vellum, 16th century)Author**Headlineilluminated manuscriptDate Published[circa 1530] View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 Armsmear: the Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt. A Memorial Heading(Colt, Samuel)AuthorBarnard, Henry and Elizabeth Jarvis ColtHeadlineSamuel Colt Firearms Americana Decorative BindingPublisher[Privately printed by Alvord]Date Published1866 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #84 The True History of the Conquest of Mexico AuthorDiaz del Castillo, BernalHeadlinemexico spanish war indiansPublisherPrinted for J. WrightDate Published1800 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #94 National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc., Etc. - 2 vols. AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A. and Alonzo ChappelHeadlinesteel engravingPublisherJohnson, Fry & Co.Date Published[1862 & 1864] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #95 The American Aboriginal Portfolio AuthorEastman, Mary H.HeadlineNative Americans, IndiansPublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published[1853] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #106 Collection of 50 hand-colored lithographed plates, bound together Heading(Fashion)Author**Headlinefashion dress lithographs hatsDate Publishedc.1830's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #116 Idylls of the King Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlinefore-edge painting poetry bindingPublisherStrahan and Co.Date Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #119 South Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views, Comprising the Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Seats of Nobility & Gentry, Antiquities, &c. HeadingzzcAuthorGastineaux, HenryHeadlineSouth Wales, MezzotintsPublisherJones & Co.Date Published[c1832] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #121 The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 AuthorGilliss, J[ames] M[elville]Headlinetravel americana ornithologyPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Public PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #166 The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting...the American Continent, also of the West-Indian Islands... AuthorMorse, JedediahHeadlinemaps atlas geography americanaPublisherS. Hall, and Thomas & AndrewsDate Published1797 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #191 Botanical Harmony Delineated: or, Applications of Some General Laws of Nature to Plants AuthorSaint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin deHeadlinePlants Early American Imprints Botanical PlatesPublisherJ. NancredeDate Published1797 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #195 Lot of seven naval commisions for Frank Schofield, each signed by a President of the United States Heading(Schofield, Frank W.)Author**HeadlinePresidential autographs navyDate Published1892-1924 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #208 A System for the Discipline of the Artillery of the United States of America, or, The Young Artillerist's Companion AuthorStevens, WilliamHeadlinemilitary army artilleryPublisherWebsters and SkinnersDate Published1815 View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #210 "Quail Gathering" - circa 1600 copper engraving AuthorStradanus (Jans van der Straet)HeadlineengravingPublisher[No Publisher]Date Published[Circa 1600] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #218 The American New Dispensatory... AuthorThatcher, JamesHeadlinemedicine medical doctorPublisherThomas B. Wait and Co., and C. WilliamsDate Published[1813] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #220 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlinetranscendentalism ecology thoreauPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #224 Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England, from Drawings made principally by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. and Engraved by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke, and Other Eminent Engravers. Heading(Turner, J.M.W.)Author**HeadlineTurner, EngravingsPublisherJohn & Arthur Arch, et al.Date Published1826 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #237 American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. AuthorWillis, N[athaniel] P[arker]HeadlineAmericana, Steel engravingsPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1840 View details Estimate$600 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #241 The Gallery of Engravings AuthorWright, G.N., editorHeadlineengravings englandPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[1844] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #249 The Wreck Of The Golden Mary:A Saga of the California Gold Rush Heading(Allen Press)AuthorDickens, Charles and Wilkie CollinsHeadlinecalifornia gold rush history shipwrecksPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1956 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #251 Heraldry of New Helvetia: With Thirty-two Cattle Brands and Ear Marks Reproduced from the Original Certificates Issued at Sutter's Fort Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHall, Caroll D.Headlinecattle brands western americana fine pressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1945 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #279 Jazz AuthorClaxton, WilliamHeadlinebookPublisherTwelvetrees PressDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #300 Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758. Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author[Franklin, Benjamin].HeadlineLEC Rockwell, IllustratedPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1964 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold 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 Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorLewis, Meriwether & Clark, William.HeadlineLimited Editions Club, Western AmericanaPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #340 California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869 HeadingzzeAuthorBaird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr.Headlinelettersheets gold rush grabhorn hoyemPublisherDavid MageeDate Published1967 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #342 Lot of 16 Bibliographies of Individual States Headingzze(Bibliographies - Americana)Author**HeadlineAmericana, bibliographiesDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #344 Lot of 3 California Bibliographies Headingzze(Bibliographies - California)Author**HeadlineCaliforniaDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #349 Lot of 2 Native American Bibliographies Headingzze(Bibliographies - Native American)Author**HeadlineIndianDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #351 Lot of 3 Texas Bibliographies Headingzze(Bibliographies - Texas)Author**HeadlineTexasDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #352 Lot of 7 bibliographies of Western Americana Headingzze(Bibliographies - Western Americana)Author**HeadlineWest, BibliographyDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #362 The Etchings of Edward Borein: A Catalogue of his Work Headingzze(Borein, Edward)AuthorGalvin, JohnHeadlineEtchings BoreinPublisherJohn Howell BooksDate Published1971 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #365 William Wendt and His Work Headingzze(California Painters)AuthorAnderson, Antony, et alHeadlineCalifornia PaintersPublisherStendahl Art GalleriesDate Published1926 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #373 A Bibliography of the History of California, 1510-1930. AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest & Robert Grannis CowanHeadlineCaliforniaPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #377 Yosemite, The Big Trees, and the High Sierra: A Selective Bibliography HeadingzzeAuthorFarquhar, Francis P.HeadlineYosemite, CaliforniaPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1948 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #386 The House of Beadle and Adams and It's Dime and Nickel Novels AuthorJohannsen, AlbertHeadlineBooks about booksPublisherUniversity of Oklahoma PressDate Published[1950 & 1962] View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #388 Etchings and Lithographs of American Ships Headingzze(Maritime Illustrations)AuthorWales, George C.HeadlineLithographs, Etchings, MaritimePublisherCharles E. GoodspeedDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #398 Charles M. Russell: The Cowboy Artist. A Biography [with]Charles M. Russell; The Cowboy Artist. A Bibliography (2 copies) Headingzze(Russell, Charles M.)AuthorAdams, Ramon, Homer Britzman and Karl Yost.HeadlineRussell, WesternPublisherTrail's End PublishingDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #399 A Dictionary of Books relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time. HeadingzzeAuthorSabin, JosephHeadlineAmericana, BibliographyPublisherMini-Print Corp.Date PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #423 Approximately 28 volumes American Art Author[Shelf Lot]Headlinebook View details Estimate$20Sold for$437.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next