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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 View details Estimate$200,000 - $300,000StatusUnsold 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 Lot #12 Nineteenth century medical manuscript with anatomical drawings View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Anatomy)AuthorAnonymousHeadline19th century medical manuscript with drawingsDate Publishedc.1832 Lot #17 Recreations Mathematiques et Problemes des Temps Anciens et Modernes - The author's copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBall, W. RouseHeadlineW. Rouse Ball Recreations MathematiquesPublisherLibrairie Scientifique A. HermannDate Published1907-09 Lot #20 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlinePT Barnum's biography inscribed to Brother in lawPublisherJ.B. Burr & CompanyDate Published1869 Lot #25 Die 92 Holzschnitte der Lübecker Bibel aus dem Jahre 1494 von einem unbekannten Meister View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Bible)AuthorWahl, Hanz, editorHeadlineFacsimile color woodcuts of Lubeck BiblePublisherGustav KiepenheuerDate Published1917 Lot #26 [The Holy Byble, conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe. Set foorth by aucthoritie] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThird folio edition of Bishops' Bible 1574Publisher[Richarde Iugge]Date Published[1574] 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 View details Estimate$100,000 - $150,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineKing James "He" Bible, 1611Publisher[Robert Barker]Date Published[1611] 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 View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**Headline[Bible in English] [King James Bible] 1634PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1634 Lot #29 Esdras I & II, from the first edition of the King James Bible View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineEsdras I & II from King James Bible 1613Date Published[1613] Lot #30 The Book of Maccabees I & II, from the first edition of the King James Bible View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineMaccabees I & II from King James Bible 1613Date Published[1613] 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineHoly Bible with engravings by Charles HeathPublisherWhite, Cochrane, and Co.Date Published1815 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 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Hebrew)AuthorHutter, Elias, editorHeadline1603 Hutter Hebrew BibleDate Published1603 Lot #33 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] Lot #34 Two original leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Author**Headline2 leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot BiblePublisher[Arnald Guillen de Brocar]Date Published[1514] Lot #40 Autograph Letter Signed - 1908 San Francisco artist - Rosa Bonheur's lover View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Headingzzj(Art - 1908 San Francisco Artist)AuthorKlumpke, AnnaHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed - 1908 San Francisco artiDate PublishedJan. 16, 1910 Lot #48 Researches into Chinese Superstitions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorDoré, HenryHeadlineChinese SupertitionsPublisherT'useweiDate Published1914-1920 Lot #56 The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, in which the whole circle of Human learning is explained... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCroker, Temple Henry, et al.HeadlineDictionary of Arts and Sciences with 146 platesPublisherPrinted for the authorsDate Published1764-1766 Lot #59 Eight documents relating to Chinese "colonos" (enforced laborers) in Cuba View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese laborers)Author**HeadlineChinese "colonos" (enforced laborers) in CubaDate Published1865-1884 Lot #60 Seventeen manuscript documents relating to the cholera epidemic in Havana in 1833 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Cholera Epidemic of 1833)Author*HeadlineMS. docs re: Cholera epidemic in Havana in 1833Date Published1833 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Columbus Monument)Author**HeadlineColumbus monument in Cuba 1854 ms. documentsDate Published1854 Lot #62 Manuscript document signed by Jose Gutierrez de la Concha containing immigration laws for visitors arriving in Havana. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Immigration Laws)AuthorGutierrez de la Concha, Jose, Captain General of CubaHeadlineImmigration laws for visitors to Havana 1856Date Published1856 Lot #64 Manuscript: "Historia Geografica, Civil y Politica de la Poblacion del Manzanillo y sus litorales, su Patrona la Purisima Concepcion de Nuestra Senora" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Manzanillo)AuthorRodriguez, MiguelHeadlineMs. history of Manzanillo Cuba 1830Date PublishedSeptember 10, 1830 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Royal Decrees)Author**HeadlineRoyal Spanish decrees relating to Cuba 1813Date Published1813 Lot #66 Three manuscript documents relating to a proposed sea port for the town of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Sancti Spiritus)Author**HeadlineSea port for the town of Sancti Spiritus, CubaDate Published1856-1858 Lot #67 Nine manuscript or partially printed documents related to the sugar cane industry in Cuba and a refining apparatus View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Sugar)Author**HeadlineDocuments related to sugar cane industry in CubaDate Published1861 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" View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)AuthorSalazar, Thomas deHeadlineManuscript on tobacco cultivation in Cuba 1849Date Published1849 Lot #69 Fifteen manuscript documents relating to tobacco and the manufacture of cigars in Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)Author**HeadlineDocuments re: manufacture of cigars in CubaDate Published1847-1858 Lot #70 Eight manuscript documents relating to tobacco production and commerce in Cuba View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)Author**HeadlineTobacco production and commerce in CubaDate Published1849 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. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorCulpeper, NicholasHeadlineCulpeper's Complete Herbal 1850PublisherThomas KellyDate Published1850 Lot #76 Select Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics: Proper for Agreeably Exercising the Minds of Youth View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorDespiau, L.HeadlineSelect Amusements in Philosophy and MathematicsPublisherG. KearsleyDate Published1801 Lot #85 Opera - manuscript in Latin on vellum View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorDionysius Areopagite (pseud.)Headline14th century ms. of Dionysius AreopagiteDate Publishedc.1300 Lot #94 Ask the Dust View details Estimate$7,500 - $8,500Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineAsk the Dust 1st ed w.dj, inscribed by authorPublisherStackpole SonsDate Published[1939] 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorFloyer, John & Edward BaynardHeadlineA History of Cold Bathing 1722 5th EditionPublisherWilliam and John InnysDate Published1722 Lot #101 The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineThe Standard Edition of the Complete PsychologicaPublisherHogarth PressDate Published[1964-1974] Lot #105 Nouvelles Recreations Physiques et Mathematiques View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorGuyot, [Edme-Gilles]HeadlineNouvelles Recreations Physiques et MathematiquesPublisherChez GueffierDate Published1769-70 Lot #106 Future President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyer, Two legal documents, 1862-69 View details Estimate$160 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorHarrison, BenjaminHeadlineFuture President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyerDate Published1862-1869 Lot #109 A Magician Among the Spirits - Original typescript View details Estimate$70,000 - $100,000StatusUnsold AuthorHoudini, HarryHeadlineOriginal typescript for Houdini's last workDate Published[c.1926] 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 ... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHutton, CharlesHeadlineHutton's mathematical and philosophical subjectsPublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1812 Lot #118 The Works of Flavius Josephus: Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineLarge Paper Copy of L'Estrange's Josephus 1702PublisherPrinted for Richard SareDate Published1702 Lot #122 The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Koran)AuthorSale, George, translatorHeadlineFirst George Sale edition of The Koran 1734PublisherPrinted by C. Ackers for J. WilcoxDate Published1734 Lot #124 The Star View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Krishnamurti, Jiddu)Headline64 issues of Krishnamurti's The Star 1928-9Date Published1928-1929 Lot #127 Typed Letter Signed - 1943 Birth of Lebanon View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Lebanon)AuthorTakla, SelimHeadlineTyped Letter Signed - 1943 Birth of LebanonDate PublishedDecember 6, 1943 Lot #134 Elaborate hand-painted & lettered letter of introduction for a Doctor of Divinity to sites in Europe and then the New World View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)Author**HeadlineManuscript Passport - 17th CenturyDate Publishedc.1650 Lot #135 [Holy Land] Dimida Tribus Manasse ... / Tribus Ruben, et Gad ... / Pars Maxima Tribus Iuda ... / Tribuum Ephraim ... / Tribus Aser ... / Tribus Simeon … View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Map - Holy Land)AuthorJansson, JanHeadlineWall map of Holy Land on 6 sheetsDate Published[1662] Lot #140 Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMarx, KarlHeadlineMax's Capital 1st ed in EnglishPublisherThe Humboldt Publishing Co.Date Published[1887] Lot #141 Manuscript text of mathematics, primarily algebra and geometry View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics Manuscript - 17th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript text of mathematics 1680Date Published1680? 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 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlineMorgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666PublisherPrinted by T. Hewer for Nathaniel BrookDate Published1666 Lot #148 1800 Egyptian General who fought Napoleon - four letters View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Napoleon in Egypt)AuthorBey, MuradHeadline1800 Egyptian General who fought Napoleon - fourDate Publishedc.1800 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Newton and Leibnitz)AuthorClarke, SamuelHeadlineLeibnitz on Newton, 1717PublisherJames KnaptonDate Published1717 Lot #155 The Geometry and Optics of Ancient Architecture, illustrated by Examples from Thebes, Athens, and Rome View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPennethorne, JohnHeadlineGeometry and Optics of Ancient ArchitecturePublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1878 Lot #161 Autograph Letter Signed - 1842 Traveling daguerreotypist in Gettysburg View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorWhite, R.P.Headline1842 Traveling daguerreotypist in GettysburgDate PublishedJan. 19, 1842 Lot #162 The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPicart, BernardHeadline3 voluems of Picart's Religious CeremoniesPublisherNicholas Prevost/Claude Du BoscDate Published1731 & 1736 Lot #164 The Dialogues of Plato. Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions by Benjamin Jowett, M.A. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlatoHeadlineJowett translation of Plato, 4 vols. 1871PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1871 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPrado, Jerónimo de, & juan Bautista VillalpandoHeadlinePrado's Commentaries on Bible 1596-1604PublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1604 Lot #174 Das Kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions,... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Sauer, Christopher)Author**HeadlinePsalms of David printed by Christopher SauerPublisherChristoph SauerDate Published1764 Lot #197 Prayers Written at Vailima - with document signed by Stevenson View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlinePrayers Written at Vailima with signed voucherPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1908 Lot #199 Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorStolcius de Stolcenberg, DanielHeadlineRare hermetic emblem book 1624PublisherSumptibus Lucae Jennisii,Date Published1624 Lot #201 Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life Among the Lowly; Or, Pictures of Slavery in the United States of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorStowe, Harriett BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin signed by H.B. StowePublisherIngram, Cooke & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #204 Palm-Leaf Manuscript in Telugu Script View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Telugu Palm-Leaf Manuscript)Author**HeadlinePalm-Leaf Manuscript in Telugu ScriptDate Published[17th century?] Lot #206 Traité de la lithotomie ou de l'extraction de la pierre hors la vessie... View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorTolet, FrançoisHeadlineTolet's Treatise on Lithotomy 1689PublisherChez l'AutheurDate Published1689 Lot #207 Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark Twain to his English publisherDate PublishedJune 3, [1878] Lot #212 Lettre sur Mallarmé Adressée a Jean Royère View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorValéry, PaulHeadlinePresentation copy inscribed by Paul VeleryPublisherLibrairie GallimardDate Published1928 Lot #218 The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament; and Applied to the Christian State and Worship View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorWatts, I[saac]HeadlinePsalms of David printed by Robert Aitken 1781PublisherR. AitkenDate Published1781 Lot #219 Autograph Letter Signed - 1849 Harpoon guns for New Bedford whaling voyage View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Whaling)AuthorGoddard, LemuelHeadlineALs by Lemuel Goddard whaling voyage 1849Date PublishedNov. 9, 1849 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. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorW[ilkins], J[ohn]HeadlineWilkins's Mathematicall Magick 1648PublisherM. F. for Sa. GellibrandDate Published1648 Lot #222 [An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, Founded upon the Laws of Nature...] - Atlas Volume View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorWright, ThomasHeadlineAtlas to Wright's Theory of Universe w/32 platesPublisher[H. Chapelle]Date Published[1750] 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 View details StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Schnurmann Family Archive)Author**HeadlineArchive of German Jewish family 1880-2010Date Publishedc.1880-2010 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next