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 526 321 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 1-40 of 40. 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #101 Vocabvlario en Lengva Castellana y Mexicana... / Vocabvlario en Lengua Mexicana y Castellana... View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorMolina, Alonso deHeadline1st Spanish-Aztec Dictionary 1571PublisherEn casa de Antonio de SpinosaDate Published1571 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlineMorgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666PublisherPrinted by T. Hewer for Nathaniel BrookDate Published1666 Lot #146 Elemens de la Philosophie de Neuton View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorVoltaire, [Francois Marie Arouet de]HeadlineNewton's Philosophy 1738 in French by VoltaireDate Published1738 Lot #153 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineSigned by Buzz Aldrin 1 of 500 copies: Magnificent DesolationPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #163 Les loix de la nature, expliquées par le Docteur Richard Cumberland…Traduits du Latin, par Monsieur Barbeyrac…Avec des notes du traducteur View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCumberland, RichardHeadline1757 Les loix de la nature by Richard CumberlandPublisherChez Theodore HaakDate Published1757 Lot #165 History of Political Conventions in Calilfornia, 1849-1892 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDavis, Winfield JHeadlineHistory of Political Conventions in Calilfornia, 1893PublisherThe California State LibraryDate Published1893 Lot #167 The North American Cowboy: A Portrait View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorDusard, JayHeadlineNorth American Cowboy inscribed by Jay DusardPublisherThe Consortium PressDate Published1983 Lot #190 Manuscript Petition, Signed by Madden, to Don Carlos de Hault deLassus, Last Governor of Upper Louisiana. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMadden, ThomasHeadlineManuscript petition in French made go Gov. of LousianaDate PublishedFebruary 3, 1804 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