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” 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #105 Original ambrotype photograph of two Los Angeles Latina women wearing patterned dresses, standing side-by-side, in leather case View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Ambrotype)HeadlineRare ambrotype of Latina womenDate Publishedc.1860? 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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Photography - Cameron, Julia Margaret)AuthorRitchie, Anne ThackerayHeadlineJ.M. Cameron photographs British LiteratiPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1893 Lot #114 Changing New York View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Photography)AuthorAbbott, BerniceHeadlineBernice Abbott Changing New YorkPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1939 Lot #115 The Art of Edward Weston View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorArmitage, MerleHeadlineBook of photraphs by Edward WestonPublisherE. WeyheDate Published1932 Lot #116 The Decisive Moment View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The Decisive MomentPublisherSimon and Schuster in collaboration with Èditions VerveDate Published[1952] Lot #117 The Europeans View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The EuropeansPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1955] Lot #216 Signature View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineSigned in ParadiseDate Published[ca. 1890–94] Lot #222 Twice signed A.L.S. on "The Mill" stationery View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWyeth, AndrewHeadlineWyeth Twice signed A.L.S. on "The Mill" stationeryDate PublishedDec. 7, 1989 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next