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 1-33 of 33. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Manuscript Signed (with initials), “Story of Kitty Mulgrave, the Negress Teacher” Heading(African American)AuthorSmith, Rev. Gerard.HeadlineSlave marries White MissionaryDate Published[c.1855] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 Heading(American Science, Art & Photography)AuthorSkirving, JohnHeadlineClassic painting of first American inventorsDate PublishedMay 29, 1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold 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 Heading(American Science, Medicine & Book Illustration)Author[Bigelow, Jacob, recipient]HeadlineLetters to American Botanist 1814-23Date Published1814-1823 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 Halftone photograph of all four Beatles, signed by each of them, and inscribed to Liberace ("Liber-archie") Heading(The Beatles)HeadlineSigned by all four BeatlesDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #7 The XXI [-LXVII] Days by Wilder Bentley - three manuscript fascicles AuthorBentley, WilderHeadlineMS by Wilder Bentley of Archetype PressDate Published1953 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #8 Seventeenth Century Chilean manuscript Coat of Arms in Spanish Heading(Chile - Coat of Arms)HeadlineChilean manuscript Coat of ArmsDate Published17th Century View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #9 Ouvrage de Loisir de Christine Reine de Suede - Manuscript copy AuthorChristina, Queen of SwedenHeadlineManuscript copy of the Maxims of Queen Christina of SwedenDate Published[early 18th century?] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #10 WITHDRAWN Typed Note, signed, thank the recipient for kind wishes on his birthday AuthorWITHDRAWN Churchill, WinstonHeadlineWinston Churchill Typed Note Signed 1962Date PublishedNov., 1962 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Story of My Life AuthorDarrow, ClarenceHeadlineClarence Darrow The Story of My Life Signed Limited EditionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #12 Original etched portrait of Albert Einstein, signed by both Einstein & the artist J.J. Muller Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorMuller, J.J.HeadlineSigned portrait of Albert EinsteinDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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 Heading(Emerson, Ralph Waldo)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineWith a manuscript leaf from Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisherCharles C. Little and James BrownDate Published1843 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #14 The Magnificat - Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlineThe Magnificat - Illuminated ManuscriptDate PublishedLate 19th or early 20th Century View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #15 WITHDRAWN. Printed Ship's Papers signed by Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States and James Madison as Secretary of State AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Jefferson and MadisonDate Publishedc.1805 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #17 WITHDRAWN. Document signed by Abraham Lincoln as President, 1862, appointing William H. White a Brigade Surgeon of Volunteers AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineLincoln appoints Brigade SurgeonDate PublishedApril 4, 1862 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #18 Coat of Arms Folio Manuscript on vellum, signed by Maria Theresa AuthorMaria Theresa, EmpressHeadlineCoat of Arms Folio Manuscript on vellumDate Published1764 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #19 Autograph Letter Signed, from Charles Hermite, the “Father of modern mathematical analysis”, to an English Lord Heading(Mathematics & Science)AuthorHermite, Charles.HeadlineFather of Modern Mathematical AnalysisDate PublishedAugust 21, 1874 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #20 WITHDRAWN Dictionaire de Musique, Tome Premier, A-E - Napoleon Bonaparte's Copy Heading(Napoleon I)AuthorRousseau, J.J.HeadlineNapoleon Bonaparte's copy of Rousseau's Musical DictionaryDate Published1792 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #21 Three Autograph Letters Signed, from George Arms, a traveling daguerreotypist in upstate New York, to his cousin Christopher Tilden Heading(Photography - itinerant Daguerreotypist )AuthorArms, GeorgeHeadlineLament of a wandering DaguerreotypistDate PublishedJuly 1, 29 and 31, 1846 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #22 WITHDRAWN. Signed and hand-addressed envelope panel, addressed to Major-General [Arthur] St. Clair with George Washington's signature frank AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Washington signature on envelopeDate Publishedc.1777 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold 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 AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineMS. leaf from Webster's DictionaryDate Published[Before 1828] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold 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 AuthorBeaumont, BlasHeadlineEarly Spanish medical instrumentsPublisherConvento de Nuestra Señora de la MercedDate Published1728 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (caption title) Heading(DNA)AuthorWatson, James D. & Francis CrickHeadlineRare DNA offprintPublisherFisher, Knight & Co.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #56 Four early papers by Albert Einstein, in four volumes of Annalen der Physik AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEarly papers by Albert Einstein.in Annalen der PhysikPublisherJohan Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902-1903 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #88 Signed photograph of the great comedic duo AuthorLaurel, Stan & Oliver HardyHeadlineLaurel and Hardy signed photographDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #94 A Treatise on Ligaments Heading(Medical)AuthorCooper, Bransby B.HeadlineBransby Cooper on Ligaments 1827PublisherLongman, Rees, et al.Date Published1827 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #95 Beobachtungen über Lähmungszustände der untern Extremitäten und deren Behandlung Heading(Medical)AuthorHeine, Jacob vonHeadlineFirst study of PolioPublisherFranz Heinrich KöhlerDate Published1840 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #96 Traite Pratique des Hernies, ou Memoires Anatomiques et Chirurgicaus sur ces Maladies - atlas volume only Heading(Medical)AuthorScarpa, AntonioHeadlineEngravings of hernias 1812PublisherChez GabonDate Published1812 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #102 Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals: being analogically handled according to the nature of things, and fitted with apt motto’s to the heroical science of herauldry in the symbolical world. Whereby is discovered what is signified by every honourable partition, ordinary, or charge, usually born in coat-armour, and mythologized to the heroical theam [sic] of Homer on the shield of Achilles... By Sylvanus Morgan arms-painter AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlineMorgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666PublisherPrinted by T. Hewer for Nathaniel BrookDate Published1666 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #146 Elemens de la Philosophie de Neuton AuthorVoltaire, [Francois Marie Arouet de]HeadlineNewton's Philosophy 1738 in French by VoltaireDate Published1738 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #153 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineSigned by Buzz Aldrin 1 of 500 copies: Magnificent DesolationPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #163 Les loix de la nature, expliquées par le Docteur Richard Cumberland…Traduits du Latin, par Monsieur Barbeyrac…Avec des notes du traducteur AuthorCumberland, RichardHeadline1757 Les loix de la nature by Richard CumberlandPublisherChez Theodore HaakDate Published1757 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #216 Signature AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineSigned in ParadiseDate Published[ca. 1890–94] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #222 Twice signed A.L.S. on "The Mill" stationery AuthorWyeth, AndrewHeadlineWyeth Twice signed A.L.S. on "The Mill" stationeryDate PublishedDec. 7, 1989 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next