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 1-34 of 34. Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #39 Photographs of Charles Bukowski and Linda Lee Beighle's wedding, 1985 - 3 signed by Bukowski View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles)Author**Headlinephotos of Charles Bukowski 1985 wedding, 3 signedDate Published1985 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #133 Der Tod in Venedig View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineDeath in Venice, 1912, 1/100 publisher's copyPublisherHyperionverlag Hans von WeberDate Published1912 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 #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 #144 Original watercolor painting by Henry Miller - "Abstract From Paris" View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineOriginal watercolor painting by Henry MillerDate Published1942 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 #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 #192 The Life of the Body View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorSmiley, JaneHeadlineJane Smiley The Life of the BodyPublisherCoffee House PressDate Published1990 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 #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 #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 #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 #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