Sale 500: Rare Books & Manuscripts (Monday after San Francisco Antiquarian Book Fair) (#500) 02/18/2013 11:00 AM PST Closed

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8
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    (Alcoholics Anonymous)
  • Author
    [Wilson, William (Bill W.)]
  • Headline
    16 ptgs of AA Big Book in dust jackets
  • Publisher
    Works Publishing Co. / Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    1939-1954
Estimate$200,000 - $300,000
StatusUnsold
12
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    (Anatomy)
  • Author
    Anonymous
  • Headline
    19th century medical manuscript with drawings
  • Date Published
    c.1832
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
17
  • Author
    Ball, W. Rouse
  • Headline
    W. Rouse Ball Recreations Mathematiques
  • Publisher
    Librairie Scientifique A. Hermann
  • Date Published
    1907-09
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
20
  • Author
    Barnum, P.T.
  • Headline
    PT Barnum's biography inscribed to Brother in law
  • Publisher
    J.B. Burr & Company
  • Date Published
    1869
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
25
  • Heading
    (Bible)
  • Author
    Wahl, Hanz, editor
  • Headline
    Facsimile color woodcuts of Lubeck Bible
  • Publisher
    Gustav Kiepenheuer
  • Date Published
    1917
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
26
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    (Bible in English)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Third folio edition of Bishops' Bible 1574
  • Publisher
    [Richarde Iugge]
  • Date Published
    [1574]
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$20,000 - $25,000
Sold for$12,500
StatusSold
29
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    (Bible in English)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Esdras I & II from King James Bible 1613
  • Date Published
    [1613]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$625
StatusSold
30
  • Heading
    (Bible in English)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Maccabees I & II from King James Bible 1613
  • Date Published
    [1613]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
31
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    zzf(Bible in English)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Holy Bible with engravings by Charles Heath
  • Publisher
    White, Cochrane, and Co.
  • Date Published
    1815
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
33
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    (Bible in Latin)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible
  • Publisher
    [Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]
  • Date Published
    [1462]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
34
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    (Bible - Polyglot)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    2 leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible
  • Publisher
    [Arnald Guillen de Brocar]
  • Date Published
    [1514]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
40
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    zzj(Art - 1908 San Francisco Artist)
  • Author
    Klumpke, Anna
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter Signed - 1908 San Francisco arti
  • Date Published
    Jan. 16, 1910
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
48
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Doré, Henry
  • Headline
    Chinese Supertitions
  • Publisher
    T'usewei
  • Date Published
    1914-1920
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
56
  • Author
    Croker, Temple Henry, et al.
  • Headline
    Dictionary of Arts and Sciences with 146 plates
  • Publisher
    Printed for the authors
  • Date Published
    1764-1766
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
59
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    (Cuba - Chinese laborers)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Chinese "colonos" (enforced laborers) in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1865-1884
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$2,812.50
StatusSold
60
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    (Cuba - Cholera Epidemic of 1833)
  • Author
    *
  • Headline
    MS. docs re: Cholera epidemic in Havana in 1833
  • Date Published
    1833
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
61
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Columbus Monument)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Columbus monument in Cuba 1854 ms. documents
  • Date Published
    1854
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
62
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Immigration Laws)
  • Author
    Gutierrez de la Concha, Jose, Captain General of Cuba
  • Headline
    Immigration laws for visitors to Havana 1856
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
64
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Manzanillo)
  • Author
    Rodriguez, Miguel
  • Headline
    Ms. history of Manzanillo Cuba 1830
  • Date Published
    September 10, 1830
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
66
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Sancti Spiritus)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Sea port for the town of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
  • Date Published
    1856-1858
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
67
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Sugar)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Documents related to sugar cane industry in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
68
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Author
    Salazar, Thomas de
  • Headline
    Manuscript on tobacco cultivation in Cuba 1849
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
69
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Documents re: manufacture of cigars in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1847-1858
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
70
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Tobacco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Tobacco production and commerce in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
76
  • Author
    Despiau, L.
  • Headline
    Select Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics
  • Publisher
    G. Kearsley
  • Date Published
    1801
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
85
  • Author
    Dionysius Areopagite (pseud.)
  • Headline
    14th century ms. of Dionysius Areopagite
  • Date Published
    c.1300
Estimate$60,000 - $90,000
StatusUnsold
94
  • Author
    Fante, John
  • Headline
    Ask the Dust 1st ed w.dj, inscribed by author
  • Publisher
    Stackpole Sons
  • Date Published
    [1939]
Estimate$7,500 - $8,500
Sold for$5,625
StatusSold
101
  • Author
    Freud, Sigmund
  • Headline
    The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychologica
  • Publisher
    Hogarth Press
  • Date Published
    [1964-1974]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
105
  • Author
    Guyot, [Edme-Gilles]
  • Headline
    Nouvelles Recreations Physiques et Mathematiques
  • Publisher
    Chez Gueffier
  • Date Published
    1769-70
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
106
  • Author
    Harrison, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Future President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyer
  • Date Published
    1862-1869
Estimate$160 - $200
StatusUnsold
109
  • Author
    Houdini, Harry
  • Headline
    Original typescript for Houdini's last work
  • Date Published
    [c.1926]
Estimate$70,000 - $100,000
StatusUnsold
118
  • Author
    Josephus, Flavius
  • Headline
    Large Paper Copy of L'Estrange's Josephus 1702
  • Publisher
    Printed for Richard Sare
  • Date Published
    1702
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$750
StatusSold
122
  • Heading
    (Koran)
  • Author
    Sale, George, translator
  • Headline
    First George Sale edition of The Koran 1734
  • Publisher
    Printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilcox
  • Date Published
    1734
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
124
  • Heading
    (Krishnamurti, Jiddu)
  • Headline
    64 issues of Krishnamurti's The Star 1928-9
  • Date Published
    1928-1929
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
127
  • Heading
    (Lebanon)
  • Author
    Takla, Selim
  • Headline
    Typed Letter Signed - 1943 Birth of Lebanon
  • Date Published
    December 6, 1943
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
134
  • Heading
    (Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Manuscript Passport - 17th Century
  • Date Published
    c.1650
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
135
  • Heading
    (Map - Holy Land)
  • Author
    Jansson, Jan
  • Headline
    Wall map of Holy Land on 6 sheets
  • Date Published
    [1662]
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
StatusUnsold
140
  • Author
    Marx, Karl
  • Headline
    Max's Capital 1st ed in English
  • Publisher
    The Humboldt Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    [1887]
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
141
  • Heading
    (Mathematics Manuscript - 17th century)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Manuscript text of mathematics 1680
  • Date Published
    1680?
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
148
  • Heading
    (Napoleon in Egypt)
  • Author
    Bey, Murad
  • Headline
    1800 Egyptian General who fought Napoleon - four
  • Date Published
    c.1800
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$625
StatusSold
149
  • Heading
    (Newton and Leibnitz)
  • Author
    Clarke, Samuel
  • Headline
    Leibnitz on Newton, 1717
  • Publisher
    James Knapton
  • Date Published
    1717
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
155
  • Author
    Pennethorne, John
  • Headline
    Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture
  • Publisher
    Williams and Norgate
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
161
  • Heading
    (Photography)
  • Author
    White, R.P.
  • Headline
    1842 Traveling daguerreotypist in Gettysburg
  • Date Published
    Jan. 19, 1842
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
162
  • Author
    Picart, Bernard
  • Headline
    3 voluems of Picart's Religious Ceremonies
  • Publisher
    Nicholas Prevost/Claude Du Bosc
  • Date Published
    1731 & 1736
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
164
  • Author
    Plato
  • Headline
    Jowett translation of Plato, 4 vols. 1871
  • Publisher
    Clarendon Press
  • Date Published
    1871
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
166
  • Author
    Prado, Jerónimo de, & juan Bautista Villalpando
  • Headline
    Prado's Commentaries on Bible 1596-1604
  • Publisher
    Ex typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. Marcum
  • Date Published
    1596-1604
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
174
  • Heading
    (Sauer, Christopher)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Psalms of David printed by Christopher Sauer
  • Publisher
    Christoph Sauer
  • Date Published
    1764
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
197
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    Prayers Written at Vailima with signed voucher
  • Publisher
    Chatto & Windus
  • Date Published
    1908
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$625
StatusSold
199
  • Author
    Stolcius de Stolcenberg, Daniel
  • Headline
    Rare hermetic emblem book 1624
  • Publisher
    Sumptibus Lucae Jennisii,
  • Date Published
    1624
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
Sold for$13,750
StatusSold
201
  • Author
    Stowe, Harriett Beecher
  • Headline
    Uncle Tom's Cabin signed by H.B. Stowe
  • Publisher
    Ingram, Cooke & Co.
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
204
  • Heading
    (Telugu Palm-Leaf Manuscript)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Palm-Leaf Manuscript in Telugu Script
  • Date Published
    [17th century?]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$625
StatusSold
206
  • Author
    Tolet, François
  • Headline
    Tolet's Treatise on Lithotomy 1689
  • Publisher
    Chez l'Autheur
  • Date Published
    1689
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
207
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Letter from Mark Twain to his English publisher
  • Date Published
    June 3, [1878]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
212
  • Author
    Valéry, Paul
  • Headline
    Presentation copy inscribed by Paul Velery
  • Publisher
    Librairie Gallimard
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
218
  • Author
    Watts, I[saac]
  • Headline
    Psalms of David printed by Robert Aitken 1781
  • Publisher
    R. Aitken
  • Date Published
    1781
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
219
  • Heading
    (Whaling)
  • Author
    Goddard, Lemuel
  • Headline
    ALs by Lemuel Goddard whaling voyage 1849
  • Date Published
    Nov. 9, 1849
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
222
  • Author
    Wright, Thomas
  • Headline
    Atlas to Wright's Theory of Universe w/32 plates
  • Publisher
    [H. Chapelle]
  • Date Published
    [1750]
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
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