Sale 561 - Rare Books & Manuscripts with the Paulette & Stephen Modiano Roycroft Collection (#561) 05/28/2015 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/28/2015 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 561 363 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 1-40 of 40. Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Apollo: Ten Years Since Tranquility Base - Signed by Neil Armstrong Heading(Armstrong, Neil)AuthorHallion, Richard P.HeadlineTen Years Since Tranquility Base signed by Neil ArmstrongPublisherNational Air and Space MuseumDate Published1979 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #12 "The Beatles / 1962-1966" - double-album vinyl LP signed in ink by Paul McCartney on the front of the cover Heading(Beatles)HeadlineBeatles album signed by Paul McCartneyPublisherCapital RecordsDate Published1973 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #15 Collection of nine original illustrated works by Franz Bergmann AuthorBergmann, FranzHeadlineFranz Bergmann Illustration ArchiveDate Published1930s-40s View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 Du Jeu des Echecs Heading(Chess - manuscript with illuminations)AuthorMüller, H. & H. RichardHeadlineExquisite French ms. on Chess finely boundDate Published1865 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of Pohatcong Railroad Company - Signed by Thomas A. Edison AuthorEdison, Thomas A.HeadlinePohatcong Railroad company Minutes Thomas A. EdisonDate Published1922 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #61 Note from "The Ediphone Boys" on the 54th Anniversary of Edison's invention of the phonograph, signed by Thomas Edison AuthorEdison, Thomas A.HeadlineThe 54th anniversary of the phonograph Thomas EdisonDate PublishedAugust 12, 1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #62 Original photograph of Thomas Edison with a group of employees at outside his West Orange, New Jersey laboratory AuthorEdison, Thomas A.HeadlineSigned group photograph of Thomas EdisonDate Published1920s View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #63 Seven unused check from the Private Account of Thomas A. Edison AuthorEdison, Thomas A.HeadlineChecks from the Private Account of Thomas EdisonDate PublishedEarly 20th century View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #64 Three checks signed by Thomas Edison, Mina Edison, and Charles Edison AuthorEdison, Thomas A.HeadlineChecks from Thomas Edison, Mina Edison, Charles EdisonDate Published1920s-40s View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #65 Two typed letters, signed, from Thomas Edison to his cousin, George M. Elliot AuthorEdison, Thomas A.HeadlineTwo letters from Thomas EdisonDate Published1920s View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #70 A Canticle of Praise - Bound by Belle McMurtry Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBynner, WitterHeadlineFinely bound by Belle McMurtryPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1918 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #71 Wild Flowers From the Mountains, Cañons and Valleys of California Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorClock, Emma GrahamHeadlineCalifornia Wild Flowers finely boundPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #73 Grammont's Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHamilton, AnthonyHeadlineMemoirs of Count Grammont finely boundPublisherArthur HumphreysDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #74 The Works of Samuel Johnson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson finely boundPublisherT. Longman, et alDate Published1796 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #75 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson First Pickering Edition finely boundPublisherTalboys and Wheeler / William PickeringDate Published1825 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #76 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To Which is Prefixed An Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.PublisherT. Longman, et alDate Published1796 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #78 Kim Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyar Kipling's Kim fine bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillanDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #79 The Life and Works of Charles Lamb Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Works of Charles Lamb 1/100 setsPublisherR.H. Hinkley CompanyDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #80 The Works of Lord Macaulay Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMacaulay, Thomas B.HeadlineLord Macaulay's Complete Works finely boundPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #81 Le Lépreux de la Cité d'Aoste Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMaistre, Xavier deHeadlineLe Lépreux de la Cité d'Aoste finely boundPublisherLéon PichonDate Published1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #82 "Creation" - designer binding on blank book Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMasalov, Sasha, bookbinderHeadlineDesigner binding "Creation"Date Published2014 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #83 "Marine Life" - designer binding on blank book Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMasalov, Sasha, bookbinderHeadlineDesigner binding "Marine Life"Date Published2014 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #84 "Mystic #1" - designer binding on blank book Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMasalov, Sasha, bookbinderHeadlineDesigner binding "Mystic #1"Date Published2014 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #85 "Mystic #2" - designer binding on blank book Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMasalov, Sasha, bookbinderHeadlineDesigner binding "Mystic #2"Date Published2014 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 The Bird Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMichelet, JulesHeadlineThe Bird by Michelt fine 19th century bindingPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published1869 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #87 Nouvelles, Histoires Extraordinaires - Finely bound by Donald Glaister Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineEdgar Allan Poe finely bound by Donald GlaisterPublisherLibrarie GrundDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #88 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; With a Life of the Poet and Notes, Original and Selected Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare Full MoroccoPublisherHilliard, Gray, and CompanyDate Published1836 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #89 Six finely bound works Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineShelf of finely bound booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #90 Restes: Collages from a Bookbindery Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSonnichsen, JoanneHeadlineJoanne Sonnichsen Collages from a BookbinderyDate Publishedc.1992 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #91 Quatre Livres de L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThomas a Kempis, SaintHeadlineCharming antique ebroidered bindingPublisherClaude HerissantDate Published1661 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #109 The Works of Thomas Hardy - The Mellstock Edition AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineWorks of Thomas Hardy Signed Mellstock EditionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1919-20 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #113 A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids. By a Friend to the Sisterhood AuthorHayley, WilliamHeadlineEssay on Old Maids 1793PublisherT. CadellDate Published1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #147 Letter signed by J. Pierpont Morgan, to Henry L. Higginson, regarding financial negotiations in the purchase of bonds AuthorMorgan, J[ohn] PierpontHeadlineLetter from J.P. MorganDate PublishedJune 12, 1889 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #151 Two Autograph Letters signed by poet Pablo Neruda AuthorNeruda, Pablo (1904-1973)Headline2 autograph letters signed by Pablo Neruda c1960sDate Publishedc.1969 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #154 Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare Heading(Papier-Maché Binding)AuthorHumphreys, Henry NoelHeadlineRare Papier Mache BindingPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & RobertsDate Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #164 Plutarch's Lives, The Translation Called Dryden's AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives Finely BoundPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1893 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #165 Color photographic print of Presidents Reagan, Ford, Carter and Nixon, standing in front of a U.S. and a presidential flag, signed by each of them in ink beneath their images Heading(Presidential)HeadlineSigned Photo of four presidentsDate Published[1981] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #174 Baseball signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as six members of the 1932 Chicago Cubs Heading(Roosevelt, Franklin Delano)HeadlineBaseball signed by Franklin Roosevelt & CubsDate Published[c.1932] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #194 The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Structure of DNA AuthorWatson, James D.HeadlineSigned by DNA's James D. WatsonPublisherTouchstone/Simon & SchusterDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #195 Darwin: The Indelible Stamp. The Evolution of an Idea AuthorWatson, James D., editorHeadlineSigned by DNA's James D. WatsonPublisherRunning PressDate Published2005 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next