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 1-31 of 31. 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 #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 #24 291 Heading(291)AuthorStieglitz, Alfred, et al.HeadlineAvant Garde from Stieglitz' 291 StudioPublisher"291" (Gallery)Date Published1915-1916 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold 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 #91 The Jean Giono Suite Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorFranck, MartineHeadlineMartine Franck The Jean Giono Suite 1/45PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1999 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #92 The Macchu Picchu Suite - One of 60 suites of photogravures Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRanney, EdwardHeadlineEdward Ranney The Macchu Picchu SuitePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1999 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #105 Original ambrotype photograph of two Los Angeles Latina women wearing patterned dresses, standing side-by-side, in leather case Heading(Ambrotype)HeadlineRare ambrotype of Latina womenDate Publishedc.1860? View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #113 Alfred, Lord Tennyson and His Friends. A Series of 24 Portraits and Frontispiece in Photogravuer from the Negatives of Mrs. Julia Margaret Cameron and H.H.H. Cameron. Reminiscences by Anne Thackeray Ritchie Heading(Photography - Cameron, Julia Margaret)AuthorRitchie, Anne ThackerayHeadlineJ.M. Cameron photographs British LiteratiPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1893 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #114 Changing New York Heading(Photography)AuthorAbbott, BerniceHeadlineBernice Abbott Changing New YorkPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1939 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #115 The Art of Edward Weston Heading(Photography)AuthorArmitage, MerleHeadlineBook of photraphs by Edward WestonPublisherE. WeyheDate Published1932 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #116 The Decisive Moment Heading(Photography)AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The Decisive MomentPublisherSimon and Schuster in collaboration with Èditions VerveDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #117 The Europeans Heading(Photography)AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The EuropeansPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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