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)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 1-23 of 23. Previous|1|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 #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 #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 #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