Sale 500: Rare Books & Manuscripts (Monday after San Francisco Antiquarian Book Fair) (#500) 02/18/2013 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/18/2013 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 500 34 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 1-41 of 41. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments Heading(Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher)Author**HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #23 Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work AuthorBeattie, WilliamHeadlineSwitzerland views by William Beattie 1836PublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #24 Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia, to Various Parts of Asia AuthorBell, JohnHeadlineTravels from St. Petersburgh in Russia 1788PublisherPrinted for William CreechDate Published1788 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #43 Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan AuthorCatherwood, FrederickHeadlineAncient Monuments in Central AmericaDate Published[1844] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #48 Researches into Chinese Superstitions Heading(China)AuthorDoré, HenryHeadlineChinese SupertitionsPublisherT'useweiDate Published1914-1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #49 An Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability that the Language of the Empire of China is the Primitive Language Heading(China)AuthorWebb, JohnHeadlineWebb on Chinese Language with map 1669PublisherPrinted for Nath. BrookDate Published1669 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 Eight documents relating to Chinese "colonos" (enforced laborers) in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese laborers)Author**HeadlineChinese "colonos" (enforced laborers) in CubaDate Published1865-1884 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #60 Seventeen manuscript documents relating to the cholera epidemic in Havana in 1833 Heading(Cuba - Cholera Epidemic of 1833)Author*HeadlineMS. docs re: Cholera epidemic in Havana in 1833Date Published1833 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Thirteen manuscript documents related to the construction and collection of funds for a monument that would commemorate and house the ashes of Christopher Columbus Heading(Cuba - Columbus Monument)Author**HeadlineColumbus monument in Cuba 1854 ms. documentsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #62 Manuscript document signed by Jose Gutierrez de la Concha containing immigration laws for visitors arriving in Havana. Heading(Cuba - Immigration Laws)AuthorGutierrez de la Concha, Jose, Captain General of CubaHeadlineImmigration laws for visitors to Havana 1856Date Published1856 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 Reglas para el domicilio de nuevos colonos y sus auxilios Heading(Cuba - Immigration)Author**HeadlineDocument regarding colonists in Cuba 1818Date Published1818 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #64 Manuscript: "Historia Geografica, Civil y Politica de la Poblacion del Manzanillo y sus litorales, su Patrona la Purisima Concepcion de Nuestra Senora" Heading(Cuba - Manzanillo)AuthorRodriguez, MiguelHeadlineMs. history of Manzanillo Cuba 1830Date PublishedSeptember 10, 1830 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #65 Two Royal Decrees issued in 1813 by the Spanish King Fernando VII (1784-1833), each are signed by Captain General of Florida and Cuba Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito Heading(Cuba - Royal Decrees)Author**HeadlineRoyal Spanish decrees relating to Cuba 1813Date Published1813 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #66 Three manuscript documents relating to a proposed sea port for the town of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba Heading(Cuba - Sancti Spiritus)Author**HeadlineSea port for the town of Sancti Spiritus, CubaDate Published1856-1858 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #68 Manuscript: "Apuntes sobre el cultivo del tabaco en la Isla de Cuba y mejoras que puden hacerse especialmente en la parte occidental o vuelta de abjo" Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)AuthorSalazar, Thomas deHeadlineManuscript on tobacco cultivation in Cuba 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #87 Remarks on the Voyage of John Meares, Esq., in a letter to that gentleman by George Dixon, late Commander of the Queen Charlotte in a Voyage round the World. AuthorDixon, GeorgeHeadlineOpening salvo of Dixon-Meares Controversy 1790PublisherPrinted for the Author, and Sold by John Stockdale; and George GouldingDate Published1790 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #88 Histoire Physique, Civile et Morale des Environs de Paris AuthorDulaure, J[acques]-A[ntoine]HeadlineDulaure's History of Paris 1829PublisherLevavasseurDate Published1829 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #90 Album of original albumen photographs of Egypt by Pascal Sebah, Antonio Beato, and others Heading(Egypt)AuthorBeato, Antonioi, Pascal Sebah, et al.HeadlineAlbum of over 100 photographs of EgyptDate Published1887 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #93 An Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated with a Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together with separate Views of their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. To Which is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-Terms and Phrases Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. HeadingzzfAuthorFalconer, WilliamHeadlineUniversal Dictionary of the Marine 1784PublisherT. CadellDate Published1784 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #96 Histoire de la Ville de Paris AuthorFelibien, MichelHeadlineHistoire de la Ville de Paris by FelibienPublisherGuillaume Desprez & Jean DesessartzDate Published1725 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #97 Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Emperor of Japan HeadingzzcAuthorFleisher, Benjamin, publisher and editorHeadlineEnthronement of the 124th Japanese EmperorPublisherThe Japan AdvertiserDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Lakes of Scotland: A Series of Views, from Paintings Taken Expressly for the Work AuthorFleming, John & John M. LeightonHeadlineJohn Fleming The Lakes of ScotlandPublisherJoseph SwanDate Published1834 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #103 Description of a Mystic Play as Performed in Ladak, Zaskar, &c., [Contained in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, part 1, no. 2] AuthorGodwin-Austen, Captain H. H. & Captain Alexander Melville (Photographer)HeadlineDescription of a Mystic Play as Performed in LadaPublisherBaptist Mission PressDate Published1865 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #104 Journal d'un Voyage de France et d'Italie Fait par un Gentilhomme Francois, Commence; le Quatorzie'me Septembre 1660, et Acheve; le Trente-unieme Mai 1661.. Author[Grangier de Liverdis, Balthazar]HeadlineJournal of a Voyage to France & Itlay 1667PublisherMichel VaugonDate Published1667 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #113 Treasures of the Shosoin: The Middle [South; North] Section Heading(Japanese Antiquities)Author**HeadlineTreasures of the Shosoin in Nara, JapanPublisherAsahi Shimbun Publishing CompanyDate Published[1960-62] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #117 Travels Through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland; Along the Southern Shores of the Baltic...Illustrated with Maps and Numerous Coloured Plates AuthorJohnston, RobertHeadlineJohnston's Travels Through Part of Russia 1815PublisherJ.J. StockdaleDate Published1815 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #128 A Journey to Paris in the Year 1698 AuthorLister, MartinHeadlineA Journey to Paris in the Year 1698PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1699 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #131 Voyages From Montreal on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade in that Country AuthorMackenzie, AlexanderHeadlineMackenzie's Voyages from Montreal 1801PublisherT. Cadell and W. Davies, et alDate Published1801 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #135 [Holy Land] Dimida Tribus Manasse ... / Tribus Ruben, et Gad ... / Pars Maxima Tribus Iuda ... / Tribuum Ephraim ... / Tribus Aser ... / Tribus Simeon … Heading(Map - Holy Land)AuthorJansson, JanHeadlineWall map of Holy Land on 6 sheetsDate Published[1662] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #151 Scenes from the Chiushingura and the Story of the Forty-seven Ronin Headingzzc(Japan - Ogawa, Kazumasa)AuthorMurdoch, JamesHeadlineScenes from the Chiushingura & the 47 RoninDate Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #152 Illustrations of Japanese Life...Reproduced and Published by K. Ogawa Heading(Ogawa, Kazumasa)AuthorTakashima, S.HeadlineIllustrations of Japanese Life 1896PublisherKelly and WalshDate Published1896 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #154 Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed In The Years 1819-20, In His Majesty’s Ships Hecla and Griper. With an Appendix, Containing Scientific and Other Observations AuthorParry, William EdwardHeadlineParry's Voyage in search of the NorthWest PassagePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1821 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #158 A Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 HeadingzzcAuthorPhipps, Constantine JohnHeadlineA Voyage Towards the North Pole 1774PublisherW. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J. NourseDate Published1774 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #160 The History of South Wales and Monmouthshire Heading(Photography)AuthorAllen, Charles SmithHeadlineThe History of South Wales and MonmouthshireDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #173 Instructions for the Drill and the Method of Performing Manœuvres as Ordered For His Majesty's Forces AuthorRussell, JohnHeadlineJohn Russell Instructions for the Drill 1799PublisherT. EgertonDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #193 Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas AuthorSnow, W[illiam] ParkerHeadlineVoyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir JohnPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1851 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #200 The Picture of Petersburg AuthorStorch, HenryHeadlineThe Picture of Petersburg by H. Storch 1801PublisherT.N. Longman & O. ReesDate Published1801 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #210 The Present State of Hudson's Bay. Containing a Full Description of that Settlement, and the Adjacent Country, and Likewise of the Fur Trade, with Hints for Its Improvement, &c. &c. AuthorUmfreville, EdwardHeadlineThe Present State of Hudson's Bay 1790PublisherCharles StalkerDate Published1790 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #219 Autograph Letter Signed - 1849 Harpoon guns for New Bedford whaling voyage Heading(Whaling)AuthorGoddard, LemuelHeadlineALs by Lemuel Goddard whaling voyage 1849Date PublishedNov. 9, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #224 The Arctic Regions, Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland by William Bradford. With a descriptive narrative by the artist HeadingzzcAuthorBradford, WilliamHeadlineBradford’s Arctic Regions with 141 albumen photosPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1873 View details StatusUnsold Lot #225 Large archive of letters, documents, photographs, and other material relating to the life and family of Alfred Schnurmann, a German Jew who managed to emigrate from Germany in 1940, with much correspondence from family members in Palestine and the new state of Israel as well Headingzzc(Schnurmann Family Archive)Author**HeadlineArchive of German Jewish family 1880-2010Date Publishedc.1880-2010 View details StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next