Sale 526: Rare Books & Manuscripts (At Pasadena, Sunday, 8:00 am) (#526) 02/09/2014 8:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/09/2014 8:00 AM PST Auction Info 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-100 of 222. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Souvenir Program, First Annual Motion Picture Unity Award Assembly. Staged by the Committee for Unity in Motion Pictures, Sponsored by the Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. April 23, 1944 at Second Baptist Church Auditorium, Los Angeles, California View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African American)HeadlineFirst Motion Picture Unity Award, signed by actorsDate Published1944 Lot #2 Manuscript Signed (with initials), “Story of Kitty Mulgrave, the Negress Teacher” View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorSmith, Rev. Gerard.HeadlineSlave marries White MissionaryDate Published[c.1855] Lot #3 Autograph Letter Signed, from John Skirving to Jordan Mott, about the making of the first classic work of art to pay tribute to American invention and technology View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(American Science, Art & Photography)AuthorSkirving, JohnHeadlineClassic painting of first American inventorsDate PublishedMay 29, 1860 Lot #4 Archive of 44 Autograph Letters Signed written to Dr. Jacob Bigelow of Boston by 20 notable correspondents, which illuminate the foundations of Botanical Science in America View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Heading(American Science, Medicine & Book Illustration)Author[Bigelow, Jacob, recipient]HeadlineLetters to American Botanist 1814-23Date Published1814-1823 Lot #5 Manuscript Document Signed by Charles Biddle as Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, presided over by Benjamin Franklin, offering aid to Chinese sailors in U.S. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(1785 First Chinese immigrants to the new American nation)AuthorBiddle, CharlesHeadlineMss doc signed about early Chinese 1786Date PublishedMay 30, 1786 Lot #6 Halftone photograph of all four Beatles, signed by each of them, and inscribed to Liberace ("Liber-archie") View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Heading(The Beatles)HeadlineSigned by all four BeatlesDate Published[1964] Lot #7 The XXI [-LXVII] Days by Wilder Bentley - three manuscript fascicles View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBentley, WilderHeadlineMS by Wilder Bentley of Archetype PressDate Published1953 Lot #8 Seventeenth Century Chilean manuscript Coat of Arms in Spanish View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Chile - Coat of Arms)HeadlineChilean manuscript Coat of ArmsDate Published17th Century Lot #9 Ouvrage de Loisir de Christine Reine de Suede - Manuscript copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorChristina, Queen of SwedenHeadlineManuscript copy of the Maxims of Queen Christina of SwedenDate Published[early 18th century?] Lot #10 WITHDRAWN Typed Note, signed, thank the recipient for kind wishes on his birthday View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorWITHDRAWN Churchill, WinstonHeadlineWinston Churchill Typed Note Signed 1962Date PublishedNov., 1962 Lot #11 The Story of My Life View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorDarrow, ClarenceHeadlineClarence Darrow The Story of My Life Signed Limited EditionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 Lot #12 Original etched portrait of Albert Einstein, signed by both Einstein & the artist J.J. Muller View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorMuller, J.J.HeadlineSigned portrait of Albert EinsteinDate Published[1934] Lot #13 Past and Present - With a leaf of original manuscript for the title page and notice by Carlyle's American editor, Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Emerson, Ralph Waldo)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineWith a manuscript leaf from Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisherCharles C. Little and James BrownDate Published1843 Lot #14 The Magnificat - Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlineThe Magnificat - Illuminated ManuscriptDate PublishedLate 19th or early 20th Century Lot #15 WITHDRAWN. Printed Ship's Papers signed by Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States and James Madison as Secretary of State View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Jefferson and MadisonDate Publishedc.1805 Lot #16 Summoned by Bells - inscribed from the author to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kennedy, Jacqueline)AuthorBetjeman, JohnHeadlineBook inscribed by author to Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1960 Lot #17 WITHDRAWN. Document signed by Abraham Lincoln as President, 1862, appointing William H. White a Brigade Surgeon of Volunteers View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineLincoln appoints Brigade SurgeonDate PublishedApril 4, 1862 Lot #18 Coat of Arms Folio Manuscript on vellum, signed by Maria Theresa View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMaria Theresa, EmpressHeadlineCoat of Arms Folio Manuscript on vellumDate Published1764 Lot #19 Autograph Letter Signed, from Charles Hermite, the “Father of modern mathematical analysis”, to an English Lord View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Mathematics & Science)AuthorHermite, Charles.HeadlineFather of Modern Mathematical AnalysisDate PublishedAugust 21, 1874 Lot #20 WITHDRAWN Dictionaire de Musique, Tome Premier, A-E - Napoleon Bonaparte's Copy View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleon I)AuthorRousseau, J.J.HeadlineNapoleon Bonaparte's copy of Rousseau's Musical DictionaryDate Published1792 Lot #21 Three Autograph Letters Signed, from George Arms, a traveling daguerreotypist in upstate New York, to his cousin Christopher Tilden View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Photography - itinerant Daguerreotypist )AuthorArms, GeorgeHeadlineLament of a wandering DaguerreotypistDate PublishedJuly 1, 29 and 31, 1846 Lot #22 WITHDRAWN. Signed and hand-addressed envelope panel, addressed to Major-General [Arthur] St. Clair with George Washington's signature frank View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Washington signature on envelopeDate Publishedc.1777 Lot #23 Autograph manuscript fragment, single leaf written in ink on both sides, with definitions of about ten words, from Webster's American Dictionary, Admit to Admonish View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineMS. leaf from Webster's DictionaryDate Published[Before 1828] Lot #24 291 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(291)AuthorStieglitz, Alfred, et al.HeadlineAvant Garde from Stieglitz' 291 StudioPublisher"291" (Gallery)Date Published1915-1916 Lot #25 The Fables of Æsop Paraphras’d in Verse, and adorn’d with Sculpture, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Aesop)AuthorOgilby, JohnHeadlineEarly edition of Ogilby's AesopPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for Andrew CrookDate Published1651 Lot #26 Exercitaciones anatomicas y esenciales operaciones de cirugia, con un breve resumen de los instrumentos y vendages. El modo de circular la sangre y un riñon extraordinario y algunos remedios; con las laminas finas y mas essenciales de la anatomia è instrumentos de las operaciones View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorBeaumont, BlasHeadlineEarly Spanish medical instrumentsPublisherConvento de Nuestra Señora de la MercedDate Published1728 Lot #27 Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Headline2 leaves from Complutensian Polyglot BiblePublisherArnald Guillen de BrocarDate Published1514-1517 Lot #28 The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, as may appeare in the epistle to the reader View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineLargest 16th century English BiblePublisherChristopher BarkerDate Published1583 Lot #29 The first [seconde] booke of the Machabees - from the 1574 folio edition of the Bishops' Bible View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBishops' Bible Machabees 1574Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #30 The first booke of Esdras [bound with] The second book of Esdras, otherwyse called the booke of Nehemia [bound with] The booke of Esther View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)Headline3 books from 1574 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #31 Three books an early folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, 1574 View details Estimate$600 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Headline3 books from 1574 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #32 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(1568 Bible in Hebrew)Headline1516 Hebrew Bible printed by Daniel BombergPublisherBomberg PressDate Published[1568] Lot #33 Illustrations for the Book of Job View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's Illustrations for the Book of JobPublisherPierpont Morgan LibraryDate Published1935 Lot #34 Small archive of items relating to the town of Dana Point on the Pacific coast in Orange County, California, and its development View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California - Dana Point)HeadlineLand development in Southern CaliforniaDate Published[c.1929] Lot #35 Spinifex and Sand: A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCarnegie, David W.HeadlineSpinifex and Sand 5 years exploration in Western AustraliaPublisherC. Arthur PearsonDate Published1898 Lot #36 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John NewtonDate Published1687 Lot #37 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadline4 volume 5th edition of Don Quixote 1788PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1788 Lot #38 The Jerusalem Windows View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineChagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] Lot #39 Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorChalmers, ClaudineHeadlineSplendide Californie! Book Club of California rarityPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2001 Lot #40 Five Months on the Yang-Tsze; With a Narrative of the Present Rebellions in China. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorBlakiston, Thomas W.HeadlineFive Months on the Yang-Tsze by BlakistonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862 Lot #41 "Excelsior" Being an Inadequate Description of the Upper Yangtze View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(China)Author"Charon"HeadlineThe Upper Yangtze on a GunboatPublisherNorth-China Daily News & Herald Ltd.Date Published1934 Lot #42 Historic Macao. International Traits in China Old and New View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorMontalto de Jesus, C.A.HeadlineHistoric Macao Second Edition 1926PublisherSalesian Printing Press and Tipografia MercantilDate Published1926 Lot #43 U.S.S. Augusta Under Fire. Sino-Japanese Incident 1937-1938, Shanghai, China View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineU.S.S. August Under Fire 1937-1938Date Published1938 Lot #44 China, Mother of Gardens View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorWilson, Ernest H.HeadlineChina: Mother of Gardens by Ernest Wilson signedPublisherStratford CompanyDate Published[1929] Lot #45 Official Program featuring Bruce Lee's Karate Debut at the International Karate Championships, Los Angles (i.e. Long Beach), 1964, plus 1965 program View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese-American; Martial Arts)HeadlineBruce Lee's Karate DebutDate Published1964 & 1965 Lot #46 Chinese-Japanese Cook Book View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery - 1st Chinese & Japanese Cook Book in America)AuthorBosse, Sara and Onoto WatannaHeadline1st Chinese & Japanese Cook Book in AmericaPublisherRand, McNallyDate Published[1914] Lot #47 Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCopeland, R. MorrisHeadlineR. Morris Copeland Country Life: A Handbook of AgriculturePublisherJohn P. Jewett and CompanyDate Published1859 Lot #48 An Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings by Jurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, of Late Times by Some Chalenged, and Also Diversly by Them Impugned. By Which Apologie (in Their Severall Due Places) All the Reasons and Allegations Set Downe as Well in a Treatise, as in Certaine Notes (That Goe From Hand to Hand) Both Against Proceeding Ex Officio, and Against Oaths Ministred to Parties in Causes Criminall... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Author[Cosin, Richard]HeadlineAn Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings 1593PublisherThe Deputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1593 Lot #49 The Brownies Around the World - Inscribed with a small sketch by the author View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCox, PalmerHeadlinePalmer Cox Brownies Around the WorldPublisherCentury Co.Date Published[1894] Lot #50 The comical history of the states and empires of the worlds of the moon and sun. Written in French by Cyrano Bergerac. And newly Englished by A. Lovell, A.M View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorCyrano de Bergerac, Savinien deHeadline17th cent. SciFi by Cyrano de BergeracPublisherPrinted for H[enry] RhodesDate Published1687 Lot #51 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineCharlie & the Chocolate Factory 1st in jacket, near finePublisherKnopfDate Published[1964] Lot #52 [1601] Being a fireside conversation in ye tyme of ye Goode Queene Bess in which divers persons of reknown hold converse on concerns personal and intimate View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's 1601 from Derrydale PressPublisherPrivately printed [at the Derrydale Press]Date Published1926 Lot #53 Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (caption title) View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(DNA)AuthorWatson, James D. & Francis CrickHeadlineRare DNA offprintPublisherFisher, Knight & Co.Date Published1953 Lot #54 Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineDoves Press Milton One of 300 copiesPublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1902 & 1905 Lot #55 Vision of Wat Tyler View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ebenezer Press)AuthorBirtwhistle, JohnHeadlineEbenezer Press Vision of Wat Tyler 1/75PublisherEbenezer PressDate Published1972 Lot #56 Four early papers by Albert Einstein, in four volumes of Annalen der Physik View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEarly papers by Albert Einstein.in Annalen der PhysikPublisherJohan Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902-1903 Lot #57 Scenes of Clerical Life View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineFirst Edition in book form, inscribed 'From the Author.'PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1858 Lot #58 The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000StatusUnsold Heading(Federalist)Author[Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay]HeadlineFirst Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. IIPublisherPrinted and Sold by J. and A. M'LeanDate Published1788 Lot #59 The Essays, or Counsels Civil and Moral and Wisdom of the Ancients View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBacon, Francis Lord VerulamHeadlineBacon's Essays finely bound by Birdsall & SonPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1845 Lot #60 Bacon's Essays View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineBacon's Essay's finely boundPublisherCambridge University PressDate Published1906 Lot #61 Catherine de Medicis View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBouchot, HenriHeadlineCatherine de Medicis finely bound by DurvandPublisherGoupil et CieDate Published1899 Lot #62 A Message to Garcia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineA Message to Garcia 1/100 copies signed by Andrew RowanPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published[1903] Lot #63 Libellus Precum et Piarum Exercitationum View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineFinely bound by the binder to the EmperorDate Published1778 Lot #64 The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMarvin, Frederic RowlandHeadlineFamous Last Words extra-illustrated & finely boundPublisherC.A. Brewster & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #65 The Collected Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineWorks of D.G. Rossetti finely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherEllis and ScruttonDate Published1886 Lot #66 Prince of Players View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRuggles, EleanorHeadlineExhibition binding by Charlotte UllmanPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1953] Lot #67 The Week-End Book View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineNonesuch Week-End Book Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #68 Exposition of Psalm CXIX - with a fore-edge painting of children playing marbles View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorBridges, C.HeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of children playing marblesPublisherSeeley, Jackson, and HallidayDate Published1862 Lot #69 English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century - with a fore-edge painting of the ship Henry Grace à Dieu, "Great Harry" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorFroude, James AnthonyHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of the ship "Great Harry"PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1897 Lot #70 The Holy Bible - With a fore-edge painting of a Pedestrian Curricle or Hobby Horse View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)HeadlineWith a fore edge painting of a pedestrian curriclePublisherFree Bible Press CompanyDate Published1846 Lot #71 The Christian Year - with a fore-edge painting of Windsor Castle View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorKeble, JohnHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of Windsor CastlePublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published1898 Lot #72 Irish Melodies - With a fore-edge painting of Castlehale, County Kilkenny View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorMoore, ThomasHeadlineWith a fore edge painting of an Irish CastlePublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1850 Lot #73 The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - with a fore-edge painting of Oxford University View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorQuiler-Couch, ArthurHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of Oxford UniversityPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1912 Lot #74 Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field - With a fore-edge painting of Norham Castle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's Marmion with fore edge paintingPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1840 Lot #75 Idylls of the King - With a fore-edge painting View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineIdylls of the King with fore-edge paintingPublisherStrahan and Co.Date Published1869 Lot #76 Poems - with a fore-edge painting of Trinity College, Cambridge View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of Trinity College CambridgePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1866 Lot #77 Proverbial Philosophy - with a fore-edge painting of two gentleman angling View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTupper, Martin F.HeadlineWith a fore edge painting of a 2 gentlemen anglingPublisherHathcard and Co.Date Published1861 Lot #78 Memoria sobre las observaciones de latitud y longitud en el mar View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorGaliano, Dionisio AlcaláHeadlineRare Spanish treatise on determining longitude 1796PublisherEn la Imprenta de la viuda de D. Joachîn IbarraDate Published1796 Lot #79 Four pamphlets on Hawaii bound together View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)Headline4 Hawaiian Pamphlets Bound TogetherDate Published1881-1896 Lot #80 The firste[-Laste] volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. Conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest. The description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first originall of the Scottes nation, till the yeare of our Lorde. 1571. The description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the firste originall of that nation, vntill the yeare. 1547. Faithfully gathered and set forth, by Raphaell Holinshed View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorHolinshed, RaphaelHeadlineHolinshed's Chronicle 1577PublisherLucas HarrisonDate Published1577 Lot #81 Rare archive of original photographs, most from life, some of architectural drawings, of the Los Angeles land development “Hollywoodland,” the landmark sign of which, without the “land,” remains perched on the side of Mt. Lee to this day View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Hollywoodland)HeadlinePhoto archive of HollywoodlandDate Published1923-1925 Lot #82 Odyssey - Book XVII - Complete text from the first printed edition View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadline1488 printing of Homer's Odyssey, Book 17PublisherBernardus Nerlius & D. DamilasDate Published1488 Lot #83 A Voyage to Abyssinia. By Father Jerome Lobo, a Portuguese Jesuit View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Johnson, Samuel, translator)AuthorLobo, JeromeHeadlineLobo's Voyage to Abyssinia tranlated by Samuel JohnsonPublisherA. Bettesworth & C. HitchDate Published1735 Lot #84 Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)AuthorKaempfer, EngelbertHeadlineKaempfer's History of Japan 1732PublisherChez P. Grosse, & J. NeaulmeDate Published1732 Lot #85 Original proof printing of the first bifolium from the Kelmscott printing of Chaucer's works View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineKelmscott Chaucer bifoliumPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1893] Lot #86 Moby Dick or the Whale View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineLakeside Press Edition of Moby Dick with Rockwell Kent IllusPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 Lot #87 The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorKeynes, John MaynardHeadlineKeynes General Theory of Employment Interest and MoneyPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1936 Lot #88 Signed photograph of the great comedic duo View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLaurel, Stan & Oliver HardyHeadlineLaurel and Hardy signed photographDate PublishedNo date Lot #89 California as an Island View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLeighly, JohnHeadlineJohn Leighly California As An Island 1/450 copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1972 Lot #90 Color Etchings View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorAndrews, BennyHeadlineBenny Andrews Color Etchings One of 60 SuitesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published2005 Lot #91 The Jean Giono Suite View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorFranck, MartineHeadlineMartine Franck The Jean Giono Suite 1/45PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1999 Lot #92 The Macchu Picchu Suite - One of 60 suites of photogravures View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRanney, EdwardHeadlineEdward Ranney The Macchu Picchu SuitePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1999 Lot #93 [The arte of warre, written in Italian by Nicholas Machiauel, and set foorth in English by Peter VVithorne, stude[n]t at Graies Inne: vvith other like martial feates and experiments, as in a table in the ende of the booke may appeare] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccolòHeadlineMachiavelli's Art of War 1573Publisher[VV. VVilliamson: for Ihon VVight]Date Published[1573 & 1574] Lot #94 A Treatise on Ligaments View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorCooper, Bransby B.HeadlineBransby Cooper on Ligaments 1827PublisherLongman, Rees, et al.Date Published1827 Lot #95 Beobachtungen über Lähmungszustände der untern Extremitäten und deren Behandlung View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorHeine, Jacob vonHeadlineFirst study of PolioPublisherFranz Heinrich KöhlerDate Published1840 Lot #96 Traite Pratique des Hernies, ou Memoires Anatomiques et Chirurgicaus sur ces Maladies - atlas volume only View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorScarpa, AntonioHeadlineEngravings of hernias 1812PublisherChez GabonDate Published1812 Lot #97 Autobiography View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineAutobiography of John Stuart Mill 1873PublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1873 Lot #98 Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineJohn Stuart Mill Principles of Political EconomyPublisherJohn W. Parker and SonDate Published1852 Lot #99 Winnie-The-Pooh View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineFirst American Edition of Winnie the PoohPublisherE.P. Dutton & CompanyDate Published[1926] Lot #100 The Prints of Joan Miró View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Miró, Joan)AuthorLeiris, MichelHeadlineThe Prints of Joan Miro 1/1500 copiesPublisherCurt ValentinDate Published1947 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next