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Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Collection of the 16 printings of the First Edition of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, each in the original dust jacket Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]Headline16 ptgs of AA Big Book in dust jacketsPublisherWorks Publishing Co. / Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing Co.Date Published1939-1954 View details Estimate$200,000 - $300,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 Nineteenth century medical manuscript with anatomical drawings Heading(Anatomy)AuthorAnonymousHeadline19th century medical manuscript with drawingsDate Publishedc.1832 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #17 Recreations Mathematiques et Problemes des Temps Anciens et Modernes - The author's copy AuthorBall, W. RouseHeadlineW. Rouse Ball Recreations MathematiquesPublisherLibrairie Scientifique A. HermannDate Published1907-09 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #20 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlinePT Barnum's biography inscribed to Brother in lawPublisherJ.B. Burr & CompanyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #25 Die 92 Holzschnitte der Lübecker Bibel aus dem Jahre 1494 von einem unbekannten Meister Heading(Bible)AuthorWahl, Hanz, editorHeadlineFacsimile color woodcuts of Lubeck BiblePublisherGustav KiepenheuerDate Published1917 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #26 [The Holy Byble, conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe. Set foorth by aucthoritie] Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThird folio edition of Bishops' Bible 1574Publisher[Richarde Iugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #27 The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineKing James "He" Bible, 1611Publisher[Robert Barker]Date Published[1611] View details Estimate$100,000 - $150,000StatusUnsold Lot #28 The Holy Bible, Containing The Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, By his Majesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)Author**Headline[Bible in English] [King James Bible] 1634PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1634 View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #29 Esdras I & II, from the first edition of the King James Bible Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineEsdras I & II from King James Bible 1613Date Published[1613] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #30 The Book of Maccabees I & II, from the first edition of the King James Bible Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineMaccabees I & II from King James Bible 1613Date Published[1613] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #31 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and The Apocrypha. Embellished with Engravings by Charles Heath from Designs by Richard Westall Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineHoly Bible with engravings by Charles HeathPublisherWhite, Cochrane, and Co.Date Published1815 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #32 Biblia Ebraea: Eleganti Et Maiuscula Characterum Forma, qua ad facilem sanctae linguae & scripturae intelligentiam primo statim intuitu literae Radicales & Serviles & Qviescentes, &c. situ & colore discernuntur Heading(Bible in Hebrew)AuthorHutter, Elias, editorHeadline1603 Hutter Hebrew BibleDate Published1603 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 Two original leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Author**Headline2 leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot BiblePublisher[Arnald Guillen de Brocar]Date Published[1514] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #40 Autograph Letter Signed - 1908 San Francisco artist - Rosa Bonheur's lover Headingzzj(Art - 1908 San Francisco Artist)AuthorKlumpke, AnnaHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed - 1908 San Francisco artiDate PublishedJan. 16, 1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #48 Researches into Chinese Superstitions Heading(China)AuthorDoré, HenryHeadlineChinese SupertitionsPublisherT'useweiDate Published1914-1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #56 The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, in which the whole circle of Human learning is explained... AuthorCroker, Temple Henry, et al.HeadlineDictionary of Arts and Sciences with 146 platesPublisherPrinted for the authorsDate Published1764-1766 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 #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 #67 Nine manuscript or partially printed documents related to the sugar cane industry in Cuba and a refining apparatus Heading(Cuba - Sugar)Author**HeadlineDocuments related to sugar cane industry in CubaDate Published1861 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #69 Fifteen manuscript documents relating to tobacco and the manufacture of cigars in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)Author**HeadlineDocuments re: manufacture of cigars in CubaDate Published1847-1858 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #70 Eight manuscript documents relating to tobacco production and commerce in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)Author**HeadlineTobacco production and commerce in CubaDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #71 The Complete Herbal, to Which is Now Added, Upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, with a Display of Their Medicinal and Occult Qualities Physically Applied to the Cure of All Disorders Incident to Mankind: to Which are Now First Annexed, the English Physician Enlarged, and Key to Physic. With Rules for Compounding Medicine … A New Edition. HeadingzzfAuthorCulpeper, NicholasHeadlineCulpeper's Complete Herbal 1850PublisherThomas KellyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #76 Select Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics: Proper for Agreeably Exercising the Minds of Youth AuthorDespiau, L.HeadlineSelect Amusements in Philosophy and MathematicsPublisherG. KearsleyDate Published1801 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #85 Opera - manuscript in Latin on vellum AuthorDionysius Areopagite (pseud.)Headline14th century ms. of Dionysius AreopagiteDate Publishedc.1300 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #94 Ask the Dust AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineAsk the Dust 1st ed w.dj, inscribed by authorPublisherStackpole SonsDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$7,500 - $8,500Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #99 Psychrolousia [in Greek]: or The History of Cold Bathing: Both Ancient and Modern. In two parts. The first written by Sir John Floyer of Lichfield, Kt. The second treating the genuine use of hot and cold baths. Together with the wonderful effects of the bath water, drank hot from the pump, in decay’d stomachs, and in most diseases of the bowels, liver and spleen etc. Also proving that the best cures done by the cold baths, are lately observed to arise from the temperate use of the hot baths first, by Edward Baynard. HeadingzzfAuthorFloyer, John & Edward BaynardHeadlineA History of Cold Bathing 1722 5th EditionPublisherWilliam and John InnysDate Published1722 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #101 The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineThe Standard Edition of the Complete PsychologicaPublisherHogarth PressDate Published[1964-1974] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #105 Nouvelles Recreations Physiques et Mathematiques AuthorGuyot, [Edme-Gilles]HeadlineNouvelles Recreations Physiques et MathematiquesPublisherChez GueffierDate Published1769-70 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #106 Future President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyer, Two legal documents, 1862-69 AuthorHarrison, BenjaminHeadlineFuture President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyerDate Published1862-1869 View details Estimate$160 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #109 A Magician Among the Spirits - Original typescript AuthorHoudini, HarryHeadlineOriginal typescript for Houdini's last workDate Published[c.1926] View details Estimate$70,000 - $100,000StatusUnsold Lot #111 Tracts on mathematical and philosophical subjects, comprising among numerous important articles, the theory of bridges, with several plans of recent improvement; also the results of numerous experiments on the force of gunpowder, with applications to the modern practice of artillery ... AuthorHutton, CharlesHeadlineHutton's mathematical and philosophical subjectsPublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #118 The Works of Flavius Josephus: Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight... AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineLarge Paper Copy of L'Estrange's Josephus 1702PublisherPrinted for Richard SareDate Published1702 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #122 The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed Heading(Koran)AuthorSale, George, translatorHeadlineFirst George Sale edition of The Koran 1734PublisherPrinted by C. Ackers for J. WilcoxDate Published1734 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #124 The Star Heading(Krishnamurti, Jiddu)Headline64 issues of Krishnamurti's The Star 1928-9Date Published1928-1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #127 Typed Letter Signed - 1943 Birth of Lebanon Heading(Lebanon)AuthorTakla, SelimHeadlineTyped Letter Signed - 1943 Birth of LebanonDate PublishedDecember 6, 1943 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #134 Elaborate hand-painted & lettered letter of introduction for a Doctor of Divinity to sites in Europe and then the New World Heading(Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)Author**HeadlineManuscript Passport - 17th CenturyDate Publishedc.1650 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 #140 Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production AuthorMarx, KarlHeadlineMax's Capital 1st ed in EnglishPublisherThe Humboldt Publishing Co.Date Published[1887] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #141 Manuscript text of mathematics, primarily algebra and geometry Heading(Mathematics Manuscript - 17th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript text of mathematics 1680Date Published1680? View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #147 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. A work of this nature never yet extant. By Sylvanus Morgan arms-painter AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlineMorgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666PublisherPrinted by T. Hewer for Nathaniel BrookDate Published1666 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #148 1800 Egyptian General who fought Napoleon - four letters Heading(Napoleon in Egypt)AuthorBey, MuradHeadline1800 Egyptian General who fought Napoleon - fourDate Publishedc.1800 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #149 A Collection of Papers...between Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke, in the Years 1715 and 1716. Relating to the Principles of Natural Philosophy and Religion Heading(Newton and Leibnitz)AuthorClarke, SamuelHeadlineLeibnitz on Newton, 1717PublisherJames KnaptonDate Published1717 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #155 The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture, illustrated by Examples from Thebes, Athens, and Rome AuthorPennethorne, JohnHeadlineGeometry and Optics of Ancient ArchitecturePublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1878 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #161 Autograph Letter Signed - 1842 Traveling daguerreotypist in Gettysburg Heading(Photography)AuthorWhite, R.P.Headline1842 Traveling daguerreotypist in GettysburgDate PublishedJan. 19, 1842 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #162 The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World... AuthorPicart, BernardHeadline3 voluems of Picart's Religious CeremoniesPublisherNicholas Prevost/Claude Du BoscDate Published1731 & 1736 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #164 The Dialogues of Plato. Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions by Benjamin Jowett, M.A. AuthorPlatoHeadlineJowett translation of Plato, 4 vols. 1871PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1871 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #166 Hieronymi Pradi et Ioannis Baptistae Villalpandi e Societate Iesu In Ezechielem explanationes et Apparatus vrbis ac Templi Hierosolymitani commentarijs et imaginibus illustratus. Opus tribus tomis distinctum. Quid vero singulis contineatur, quarta pagina indicabit AuthorPrado, Jerónimo de, & juan Bautista VillalpandoHeadlinePrado's Commentaries on Bible 1596-1604PublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1604 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #174 Das Kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions,... Heading(Sauer, Christopher)Author**HeadlinePsalms of David printed by Christopher SauerPublisherChristoph SauerDate Published1764 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #197 Prayers Written at Vailima - with document signed by Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlinePrayers Written at Vailima with signed voucherPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1908 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #199 Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum AuthorStolcius de Stolcenberg, DanielHeadlineRare hermetic emblem book 1624PublisherSumptibus Lucae Jennisii,Date Published1624 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #201 Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life Among the Lowly; Or, Pictures of Slavery in the United States of America AuthorStowe, Harriett BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin signed by H.B. StowePublisherIngram, Cooke & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #204 Palm-Leaf Manuscript in Telugu Script Heading(Telugu Palm-Leaf Manuscript)Author**HeadlinePalm-Leaf Manuscript in Telugu ScriptDate Published[17th century?] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #206 Traité de la lithotomie ou de l'extraction de la pierre hors la vessie... AuthorTolet, FrançoisHeadlineTolet's Treatise on Lithotomy 1689PublisherChez l'AutheurDate Published1689 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #207 Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark Twain to his English publisherDate PublishedJune 3, [1878] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #212 Lettre sur Mallarmé Adressée a Jean Royère AuthorValéry, PaulHeadlinePresentation copy inscribed by Paul VeleryPublisherLibrairie GallimardDate Published1928 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #218 The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament; and Applied to the Christian State and Worship AuthorWatts, I[saac]HeadlinePsalms of David printed by Robert Aitken 1781PublisherR. AitkenDate Published1781 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 #221 Mathematicall Magick, or, The Wonders That May be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry. In two books. Concerning mechanicall povvers. motions. Being one of the most easie, pleasant, usefull, (and yet most neglected) part of mathematicks. Not before treated of in this language. AuthorW[ilkins], J[ohn]HeadlineWilkins's Mathematicall Magick 1648PublisherM. F. for Sa. GellibrandDate Published1648 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #222 [An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, Founded upon the Laws of Nature...] - Atlas Volume AuthorWright, ThomasHeadlineAtlas to Wright's Theory of Universe w/32 platesPublisher[H. Chapelle]Date Published[1750] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold 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