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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Taos Pueblo View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Heading(Adams, Ansel)AuthorAustin, Mary and Ansel Easton AdamsHeadlineMary Austin and Ansel Adams Taos PuebloPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1930 Lot #2 The Progress of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert Through the Cape Colony, British Kaffraria, The Orange Free State, and Port Natal, in the Year 1860 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Albert, Prince Consort)HeadlineFirst book with original photos printed in AfricaPublisherSaul SolomonDate Published1861 Lot #3 Flowering Cactus - color linocut print View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorAngelo, ValentiHeadlineValenti Angelo Linocut print of a Flowering Cactus 1950Date Published1950 Lot #4 Poems of W.B. Yeats View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineArion Press Yeats' PoemsPublisherArion PressDate Published[1990] Lot #5 A Dissertation on the Philosophy of Aristotle, in four books. In which his principal physical and metaphysical dogmas are unfolded; and it is shown, from indubitable evidence, that his philosophy has not been accurately known since the destruction of the Greeks. The insufficiency also of the philosophy that has been substituted by the moderns for that of Aristotle, is demonstrated View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Aristotle)AuthorTaylor, ThomasHeadlineThomas Taylor's Dissertation on Aristotle 1812PublisherPrinted for the Author by Robert WilksDate Published1812 Lot #6 The Metaphysics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek, with copious notes, in which the Pythagoric and Platonic dogmas respecting numbers and ideas are unfolded from antient sources. To which is added, a dissertation on nullities and diverging series... By Thomas Taylor View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorAristotleHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Aristotle's MetaphysicsPublisherPrinted for the author, by Davis, Wilks, and TaylorDate Published1801 Lot #7 [Chronicles of London, i.e.] In this booke is conteyned the names of ye baylifs, custos, mairs, and sherefs of the cite of Londo[n] from the tyme of King Richard the Furst & also thartycles of the chartur & libarties of the same cyte, and of the chartur and libarties off England wyth odur dyuers mat's good and necessary for euery citeze[n] to vndir stond and knowe ... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorArnold, RichardHeadlineChronicles of London 1503Publisher[A. van Berghen]Date Published1503 Lot #8 Rare French annuals of masterpieces of Art Deco interior design, 1928-29 View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Art Deco - Rare French annuals, 1928-29)AuthorOlmer, PierreHeadlineArt Deco, interior designDate Published1928-1929 Lot #9 Rockwell Kent, dramatic Christmas Seals poster, 1939 View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Kent, Rockwell - dramatic 1939 Christmas Seals poster)HeadlineRockwell Kent poster for Christmas SealsDate Published1939 Lot #10 The Quadrupeds of North America View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds first octavo editionPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1851-1854 Lot #11 Orlando Furioso - one of only 100 large paper copies View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$4,167.50StatusSold Heading(Baskerville, John)AuthorAriosto, LodovicoHeadlineLarge Paper Baskerville Printing of Orlando FuriosoPublisherJohn Baskerville for P. and G. MoliniDate Published1773 Lot #12 The Marvelous Land of Oz View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineMarvelous Land of Oz First EditionPublisherReilly & BrittonDate Published1904 Lot #13 Recherches sur les Theatres de France, Depuis l'année onze cens soixante & un; jusques à present View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBeauchamps, Pierre Francois Godard deHeadlineHistory of French Theatre 1735PublisherChez Prault, PereDate Published1735 Lot #14 Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Headline2 leaves from Complutensian Polyglot BiblePublisherArnald Guillen de BrocarDate Published1514-1517 Lot #15 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 reuised by his Maiesties speciall commandement. Appointed to be read in churches. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineKing James Bible 1628PublisherBonham Norton and Iohn BillDate Published1628 Lot #16 Biblia Sacra: Quid in hac editione a theologis lovaniensibus praestitum sit, eorum præfatio indicat View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlinePlantin Bible 1583PublisherEx officina Christophori PlantiniDate Published1583 Lot #17 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] Lot #18 Nouveaux Voyages aux Indies Occidentales, Contenant une Relation des differens Peuples qui habitent les environs du grand Fleuve Saint-Louis, appellé vulgairement le Mississipi; leur Religion; leur gouvernment; leuis mœurs; leurs guerres & leur commerce View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBossu, Jean BernardHeadlineBossu’s first two voyages to LouisianaPublisherChez Le JayDate Published1768 Lot #19 Nouveaux Voyages dans l’Amerique Septentrionale View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBossu, [Jean Bernard]HeadlineBossu’s third voyage to LouisianaPublisherChez ChanguionDate Published1777 Lot #20 The Boy Scout Movement, To Perpetuate Docility, Stupidity and Brutality, 1911 Socialist leaflet View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Boy Scouts, rare Socialist attack leaflet, 1911, only known copy)AuthorKirkpatrick, George R.HeadlineSocialist slams Boy ScoutsPublisherThe MassesDate Published1911 Lot #21 Fragment of the Breydenbach map of Palestine View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBreydenbach, Bernhard vonHeadlineFragment of the Breydenbach map of PalestineDate Published1486 Lot #22 Sanctorum Peregrinatiionum in Hierusalem Opusculum View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorBreydenbach, Bernhard vonHeadlineEarliest account of a pilgrimage to the Holy LandPublisherPeter DrachDate Published24 November 1502 Lot #23 Burmese Kamawa-sa or Burmese Manuscript View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Burma)HeadlineBurmese Kamawa-sa or Burmese Manuscript, prior to WWIIDate PublishedNo date Lot #24 The eyght bookes of Caius Iulius Caesar conteyning his martiall exploytes in the realme of Gallia and the countries bordering vppon the same translated oute of latin into English by Arthur Goldinge G. View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorCaesar, JuliusHeadlineFirst in English of Caesar's Gallic WarsPublisherWillyam SeresDate Published1565 Lot #25 1849 letter, George Bush ancestor as Forty-Niner View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush, 1849)HeadlineCalifornia gold rush letter from George Bush Lot #26 1849 Humorist Alonzo Delano plans his California trek View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush, Alonzo Delano)HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush Letter, Alonzo DelanoDate Published1849 Lot #27 The Decisive Moment View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The Decisive MomentPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1952] Lot #28 The Europeans View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorCartier-Bresson, HenriHeadlineHenri Cartier-Bresson The EuropeansPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1955] Lot #29 William Caxton - with an original leaf printed by Caxton View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorDuff, E. GordonHeadlineWith original 1576 Caxton leafPublisherCaxton ClubDate Published1905 Lot #30 The Keramic Gallery. Containing Several Hundred Illustrations of Rare Curious and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the Earliest Times to the beginning of the Present Century View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorChaffers, WilliamHeadlineThe Keramic Gallery, by William ChaffersPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1872 Lot #31 Chagall Lithographe. Tome II, 1957-1962 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Chagall, Marc)AuthorMourlot, FernandHeadlineChagall Lithographe II One of 150 signed copies with original lithographsPublisherAndré SauretDate Published[1963] Lot #32 An History of Marine Architecture. Including an enlarged and progressive view of the nautical regulations and naval history, both civil and military, of all nations, especially of Great Britain View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorCharnock, JohnHeadlineJohn Charnock History of Marine ArchitecturePublisherR. Faulder, et alDate Published1800-1802 Lot #33 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Coburn, Alvin Langdon)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells Alvin Coburn The Door in the Wall and Other StoriesPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1911 Lot #34 Descrizione dei Progetti e Lavori per L'Innalzamento dei due Ponti sul Taro e Sulla Trebbia View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorCocconcelli, AntonioHeadlineCocconcelli's Bridges over the Taro and TrebbiaPublisherDalla Tipografia DucaleDate Published1825 Lot #35 General Orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Confederate States Army, For the Year 1863 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Confederate Imprint - Civil War)AuthorRobinson, R.H.P.HeadlineConfederate General Orders for 1863PublisherA. MorrisDate Published1864 Lot #36 The Life of Captain James Cook View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorKippis, AndrewHeadlineFirst Irish Edition of Kippis's Life of Captain CookPublisherH. Chamberlaine, et alDate Published1788 Lot #37 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineDana's Two Years Before the Mast 1840PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #38 The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin Variation of Animals and Plants Under DomesticationPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1868 Lot #39 Eleven papers on Thermodynamics by Albert Einstein, in four bound volumes of Annalen der Physik View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlinePapers by Albert Einstein.in Annalen der PhysikPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902-1911 Lot #40 The Waste Land View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineEliot Waste Land 2nd ptg.PublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published[1922] Lot #41 California Native Wildflowers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineHenry Evans California Native WildflowersPublisherPrinted for the SubscribersDate Published[1985] Lot #42 Sixty Five - one of only 26 on pure vellum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Everson Sixty Five 1/26 lettered copiesPublisher[Anne & David Bromer]Date Published[1980] Lot #43 [The exact surveyor: or, The whole art of surveying of land. Shewing how to plot all manner of grounds... and how exactly to prove the truth thereof. And also how to finde the area, or content of any land; to protract, reduce, and divide the same, as required to take the plot of a whole mannor, and to make a perfect map or chart thereof...] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorEyre, JohnHeadlineEarly surveying manual 1654Publisher[Printed for N. Brook]Date Published[1654] Lot #44 Go Down, Moses and Other Stories View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner Go Down, Moses signed limited 1/100 copiesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1942 Lot #45 The Sound and the Fury View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Sound and Fury 1st Edition in 2nd Issue JacketPublisherJonathan Cape and Harrison SmithDate Published[1929] Lot #46 A Passage to India View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorForster, E.M.HeadlineForster's Passage to India signed limited editionPublisherEdward Arnold & Co.Date Published1924 Lot #47 Two rare booklets on the coronation of Charles IX of France, 1561 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(France)HeadlineCoronation of Charles IX of France 1561Date Published1561 Lot #48 Collected Poems - Signed Limited Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineCollected Poems of Robert Frost signed limited editionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #49 Premier et second Procès Fualdès ou, Représentation Lithographiée des principales scènes de cette épouvantable affaire et des personnages qui y ont eu le plus part, avec un texte qui en rend un compte abrégé View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Fualdès, Antoine Bernardin)HeadlineLithographes of the Fualdes Affair 1818PublisherOsterveld l'Aine & Chex MartinetDate Published1818 Lot #50 A record of some of the meetings held by P.D. Ouspensky between 1930 and 1947 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Gurdjief, George Ivanovich)HeadlineOuspensky's meetings 1/20 copiesPublisherThe Stourton PressDate Published1951 Lot #51 A further record chiefly of extracts from meetings held by P.D. Ouspensky between 1928 and 1945 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Gurdjief, George Ivanovich.)HeadlineOuspensky's meetings 1/20 copiesPublisherThe Stourton PressDate Published1952 Lot #52 Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music Painting and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness. By J.H. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlineTreatises on Art, Music and HappinessPublisherPrinted by J. Woodfall, jun., for J. Nourse and P. VaillantDate Published1744 Lot #53 The Works of James Harris, Esq. With an account of his life and character, by his son, the Earl of Malmesbury View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlineEnglish grammarian James HarrisPublisherPrinted by Luke Hansard, for F. WingraveDate Published1801 Lot #54 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Scarlet Letter First English EditionPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1851 Lot #55 Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Book of Hours in Latin View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)Headline15th Century French Book of HoursDate Published[15th Century?] Lot #56 The Churching of Women View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlineIlluminated Manuscript The Churching of WomenDate PublishedLate 19th or early 20th century Lot #57 Special Attack Flotilla: Bushido in the War of Greater East Asia. - Japanese midget subs in the attack on Pearl Harbor View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese Midget Sub Attack on Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941PublisherJapan Times PressDate Published1942 Lot #58 Notes on the State of Virginia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineJefferson's Notes on the State of VirginiaPublisherJohn Thompson for R.T. RawleDate Published1801 Lot #59 Ulysses View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Ulysses First Edition 1 of 750PublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #60 Iudaea seu Terra Sancta, quae Hebraerorum sive Israelitarum Terra in suas duodecim tribus divisa View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica & Hebraica - map of the Holy Land)AuthorKoller, G.HeadlineLarge, beautiful map of Holy Land c.1700Date Published[c.1700] Lot #61 Contract between Boris Karloff and MCA Corporation for the use of Karloff's name and likeness View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorKarloff, BorisHeadlineBoris Karloff signed contractDate PublishedJan. 1, 1960 Lot #62 Bifolium on vellum from "The Wood Beyond the World" View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott bifolium on vellumPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1894] Lot #63 Someday You'll Be Lying View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineJack Kerouac Someday You'll Be Lying broadsidePublisherKriya Press of Sri Ram AshramaDate Published1968 Lot #64 The Town & The City View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JohnHeadlineJack Kerouac The Town & The City Advance CopyPublisherHarcourt, Brace & Co.Date Published[1950] Lot #65 Stoneware pitcher or jug presented by pirate/privateer William Kidd to the Gardiners of Gardiner’s Island, off Long Island, New York, in 1699 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kidd, Captain William)HeadlineStoneware Pitcher gifted by pirate Captain KiddDate Publishedc.1699 Lot #66 Kryptographik Lehrbuch der Geheimschreibekunst (Chiffrir- und Dechiffrirkunst) in Staats- und Privatgeschäften View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorKlüber, Joh. Ludw.HeadlineRare Cryptographic text book 1809PublisherJ.G. CottaDate Published1809 Lot #67 Fables and Tales from La Fontaine, in French and English. Now First Translated. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineFables of La Fontaine in French and English 1734PublisherA. Bettsworth and C. Hitch, and C. DavisDate Published1734 Lot #68 Histoire de la Louisane View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorLe Page du Pratz, (Antoine Simon)HeadlineLe Page Du Pratz Histoire de la LouisianePublisherChez de BureDate Published1758 Lot #69 The Spirit of St. Louis - inscribed to Chairman of Boeing Airplane Co. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineInscribed by Lindbergh to Boeing ChairmanPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1953 Lot #70 Jack London on Arnold Genthe photography, 1901 letter View details Estimate$900 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Letter to Arnold Genthe on photographyDate Published1901 Lot #71 An Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Magdalen Charity View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Magdalen Charity - Queen Charlotte of England)HeadlineThe Magdalen Charity, Queen CharlottePublisherW. Faden, for the CharityDate Published1763 Lot #72 Twelve mid-19th century works on mathematics View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Mathematics)Headline12 early mathematics papersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #73 Signature of John Milton (1608-1674), author of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineSignature of John MiltonDate PublishedBefore 1665 Lot #74 The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Mormon)AuthorSmith, Joseph, translatorHeadlineBook of Mormon Third European Edition Liverpool 1852PublisherF.D. RichardsDate Published1852 Lot #75 Autograph Letter, signed, from Napoleon to his Stepson Prince Eugene View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorNapoleon I, 1769-1821HeadlineLetter from Napoleon to his Stepson Prince EugeneDate PublishedJuly 3, 1813 Lot #76 WITHDRAWN - Kiowa "Ledger Book" with original watercolor drawings, from Indian Territory View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Heading(Native American Ledger or Drawing Book)HeadlineKiowa Ledger Book with paintingsDate PublishedLate 19th century Lot #78 The xv. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso: entituled, Metamorphosis.A worke verie pleasant and delectable. Translated out of Latin into English meeter, by Arthur Golding Gentleman View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid as Shakespeare source 1593PublisherPrinted by John DanterDate Published1593 Lot #79 Arctic Zoology View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Pennant, Thomas]HeadlineThomas Pennant Arctic ZoologyPublisherHenry HughesDate Published1784-5 Lot #80 [Khosrow and Shirin - manuscript in Arabic script, with 12 miniature paintings] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Persian Illuminated Manuscript)Author[Nizami Ganjavi]HeadlinePersian ms. with colored platesDate Publishedc.18th century? Lot #81 Rare 1987 Kertesz Hungarian Photo Calendar View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Photograph)AuthorKertez, AndréHeadlinePhotography by Andre KerteszDate Published1987 Lot #82 [Opera, i.e. Omnia Platonis opera] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Plato in Greek 1513Publisher[In aedib. Aldi, et Andreae Soceri],Date Published[1513] Lot #83 Two works on Pythagoras and his Golden Verses View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Pythagoras)Headline2 works on PythagorasDate Published1707 & 1813 Lot #84 The Night Before Christmas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorMoore, Clement C.HeadlineArthur Rackham, The Night Before ChristmasPublisherGeorge C. Harrap & Co.Date Published[1931] Lot #85 Autograph Letter, signed, regarding this purchase of his country home, Houghton House View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorRackham, ArthurHeadlineALs from Arthur Rackham regarding his Houghton HouseDate PublishedJanuary 27, 1920 Lot #86 The History of the World View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadlineWalter Raleigh's History of the World 1614 1st edPublisherPrinted [by William Stansby] for Walter BurrDate Published1614 Lot #87 Plantarum Succulentarum Historia. Histoire des Plantes Grasses View details Estimate$7,500 - $10,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Redouté, Pierre-Joseph, illustrator)AuthorCandolle, A[ugust] P[ryamus] deHeadlineRedoute's Succulents 1837 182 color platesPublisherChez GarneryDate Published1827 Lot #88 The Babe Ruth Story View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorRuth, BabeHeadlineThe Babe Ruth Story. First Edition, Signed.PublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published1948 Lot #89 "If" and "Recessional" View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Heading(Sangorski, Alberto)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineIlluminated Manuscript by Alberto SangorskiDate Published[c. 1928] Lot #90 Photographic Art Album for the Hoffman House, New York City View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorSarony, NapoleonHeadlineMassive Sarony Album for the Hoffman House New YorkDate Published[c.1885] Lot #91 Typed note signed from documentary filmmaker Erica Anderson with an 8 line holograph addition in Schweitzer's hand, signed by him View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSchweitzer, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Schweitzer and filmmaker Erica AndersonDate PublishedOctober 21, 1957 Lot #92 Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies View details Estimate$120,000 - $180,000Sold for$118,750StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Works 1632PublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot... at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yardDate Published1632 Lot #93 Original oil on canvas of an old Spanish Church View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold AuthorSparks, WillHeadlineOriginal oil painting of an old Spanish Church by Will SparksDate Published1920s-30s Lot #94 The Chief Works of Benedict de Spinoza View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSpinoza, BaruchHeadlineSpinoza's Works 1st English editionPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1883-1884 Lot #95 A Medal for Benny. Release Dialogue Script. With a Typed Letter, signed, from Steinbeck to Wagner regarding the joint copyright and division of any proceeds View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, John & Jackson WagnerHeadlineMovie Script and Letter from John Steinbeck to co-authorDate Published1944 Lot #96 WITHDRAWN - Cartes de Visite of Robert Louis Stevenson, Fanny Osbourne, and her son Samuel Lloyd Osbourne View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Stevenson, Robert Louis)HeadlineCDVs of Robert Louis Stevenson and FamilyPublisherBradley & RulofsonDate Published[c.1880] Lot #97 The Philosophy of our People: [Presidential Address at the Indian Philosophical Congress] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorTagore, RabindranathHeadlineSigned by Rabindranath TagorePublisher[A.C. Sarkar]Date Published[1925] Lot #98 Eleven renderings of the Temple of Solomon, being folding and/or double-page plates from "In Ezechielem explanationes et Apparatus vrbis ac Templi Hierosolymitani commentarijs et imaginibus illustratus..." View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Temple of Solomon)AuthorPrado, Jerónimo de, & Juan Bautista VillalpandoHeadlineEngravings of Temple of SolomonPublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1604 Lot #99 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau on the Concord and Merrimack his 1st bookPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1849 Lot #100 The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineJ.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit First American Edition in JacketPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1938 Lot #101 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Huckleberry Finn First Edition, later issuePublisherCharles L. Webster & CompanyDate Published1885 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next