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Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Autograph of John Quincy Adams and eleven other prominent Whig Members of Congress View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadline12 Whig politicians on inauguration day 1841Date Published1841 Lot #2 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous First Edition in DJPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1939 Lot #3 The Boobus and the Bunnyduck View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMcClure, Michael and Jess CollinsHeadlineArion Press The Boobus and the BunnyduckPublisherArion PressDate Published2007 Lot #4 Aristotelous hapanta [in Greek] - Aristotelis summi semper uiri, et in quem unum uim suam uniuersam contulisse natura reru[m], opera, quæcunq[ue] impressa hactenus extiterunt omnia, summa cum uigilantia excusa View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorAristotleHeadlineAristotle's Opera in Greek 1531PublisherApud Io. Beb. [Johann Bebel]Date Published1531 Lot #5 Brett Weston Photographs View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorArmitage, MerleHeadlineBrett Weston PhotographsPublisherE. WeyheDate Published[1956] Lot #6 [Works] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen's NovelsPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1869 Lot #7 Collection of some 165 autographed items, most by late 19th-early 20th century American authors, with a few illustrators and actors View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of Authors 1898Date Publishedc.1898-1899 Lot #8 English autograph album, 1800-1830 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(Autographs)HeadlineEarly 19th century English autograph albumDate PublishedEarly 19th century Lot #9 Photograph album of a road race at the Beverley Hills Speedway in 1920, during which Gaston Chevrolet was killed View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Automobile Race)Headline1920 race at Beverly Hills SpeedwayDate Published1920 Lot #10 Official publication National Air Races: Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, September 4, 5, 6, 7. 16th Annual World's Premier Air Classic View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Aviation)HeadlineRare program for NationalAir Races 1936PublisherLos Angeles Chamber of CommerceDate Published1936 Lot #11 Ty Cobb: The Idol of Baseball Fandom View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Baseball)AuthorBraathen, Sverre O.HeadlineTy Cobb 1928 book, inscribed by author Sverre BraathenPublisherThe Avondale PressDate Published[1928] Lot #12 Spiele zur Uebung and Erholung des Korpers und Geistes, fur die Jugend, ihre Erzieher und alle Freunde unschuldiger Jugendfreuden View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Baseball)AuthorGutsmuths, Johann Christoph FriedrichHeadlineGutsmuths German book on sports with 18th century baseballPublisherBuchhandlung der ErziehungsanstaltDate Published1796 Lot #13 The booke of the prophete Ezechiel [&] The booke of the Prophet Danyel - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBooks of Ezekiel & Daniel 1566 BiblePublisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #14 The Gospell of Saynte Jhon - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineGospel of St. John 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #15 The Holy Bible - Presentation copy from the American Committee of Revision View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlinePresentation Copy of the Old TestamentPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1885 Lot #16 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 #17 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$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1617 Lot #18 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin)HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] Lot #19 Black Camel - inscribed by the author View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBiggers, Earl DerrHeadlineInscribed Charlie Chan Mystery by Earl Derr BiggersPublisherBobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1929] Lot #20 Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the Said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, One of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorBligh, WilliamHeadlineBligh's Account of the Mutiny, 1792 first editionPublisherPrinted for George Nicol, Bookseller to His MajestyDate Published1792 Lot #21 An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probability View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorBoole, GeorgeHeadlineFoundation of digital computingPublisherWalton and Maberly/Macmillan & Co.Date Published1854 Lot #22 The Highlands of the Brazil View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineHighlands of the Brazil by Richard BurtonPublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1869 Lot #23 Britannia: or a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorCamden, WilliamHeadlineCamden's Britannia with Morden maps 1722PublisherPrinted by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and sold by William TaylorDate Published1722 Lot #24 The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire... Containing the growth of the Othman Empire, from the reign of Othman the founder, to the Reign of Mahomet IV. That is from the year 1300, to the Siege of Vienna, in 1683. Written originally in Latin, by Demetrius Cantemir, late Prince of Moldavia. Translated into English, from the author’s own manuscript, by N. Tindal... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCantemir, Dimitrie, Voivode of MoldaviaHeadlineCantemir's History of Othman EmpirePublisherPrinted by James, John, and Paul KnaptonDate Published1734-1735 Lot #25 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorCarroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]HeadlineAlice in Wonderland & Through the Looking GlassPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1929 Lot #26 Original drawing by Lewis Carroll in illustration of "The Hunting of the Snark," and an autograph letter from him to the book's illustrator critiquing his designs - bound into a copy of the book View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorCarroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]HeadlineWith letter and drawing by Lewis CarrollPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1876 Lot #27 Single leaf from De consolatione philosophiae, printed by William Caxton View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorBoethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus SeverinusHeadlineEarly Caxton printed leafDate Published[c.1478] Lot #28 The Diamond Jubilee of the International Settlement of Shanghai View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineForeigners in Shanghai, 1940PublisherAdcraft StudiosDate Published[1940] Lot #29 Two bound albums showing Chinese Military Formations and Drills View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineChinese Military Formations and DrillsPublisherImperial Workshops(?)Date PublishedMid 19th-century Lot #30 Travels in Mexico and California: Comprising a Journal of a Tour from Brazos Santiago, Through Central Mexico, by Way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the Country of the Apaches, and the River Gila, to the Mining Districts of California View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorClarke, Asa B.HeadlineTravels in Mexico and California 1852PublisherWright & HastyDate Published1852 Lot #31 Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Cranbrook Press)HeadlineCranbrook printnig of Caxton's PhilosphersPublisherPrinted by George G. Booth at the Cranbrook PressDate Published1901 Lot #32 The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Divine Comedy 1st in English 1802PublisherPrinted by A. Strahan for T. Cadell jun. and W. DaviesDate Published1802 Lot #33 New Ballads - with a manuscript verse laid in View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDavidson, JohnHeadlineWith a manuscript poem by John DavidsonPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1897 Lot #34 Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold AuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, editorsHeadlineComplete Diderot EncyclopedieDate Published1751-1780 Lot #35 The first papers on DNA, in two issues of Nature magazine - signed twice by Watson & Crick View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Heading(DNA)AuthorWatson, James D. & Francis CrickHeadlineDNA articles signed by Watson & CrickPublisherMacmillanDate Published1953 Lot #36 The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and Women in Aviation - signed first edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorEarhart, AmeliaHeadlineAmelia Earhart The Fun of It signed copyPublisherBrewer, Warren & PutnamDate Published1932 Lot #37 Letter from Albert Einstein, signed, about the existence of God in relation to physics View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein solves the "God Problem"Date PublishedJuly 21, 1953 Lot #38 Eighteenth century embroidered map on silk of the Western Hemisphere, with color vignettes in the corners, the whole surrounded by signs of the zodiac View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Embroidered Map)HeadlineEmbroidered map of Western Hemisphere with Zodiac signsDate PublishedLate 18th century Lot #39 Paraphraseon. Tomus Primus [&] Tomus Secondus View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorErasmus, DesideriusHeadlineErasmus paraphrases the New Testament 1524PublisherFrobenDate Published1524 Lot #40 A Flight Commander View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWiliam Faulkner A Flight Commander One of 15 copiesPublisherSandhill PressDate Published1975 Lot #41 An Essay on the History of Civil Society View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorFerguson, AdamHeadlineFerguson's Essay on the History of Civil SocietyPublisherA. Millar, et alDate Published1767 Lot #42 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character...as told to Ralph Leighton - inscribed by Richard Feynman View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorFeynman, Richard PhillipsHeadlineSurely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!PublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1985] Lot #43 Les Fleurs du Mal View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBaudelaire, CharlesHeadlineBaudelaire in a fine French bindingPublisherA. Ferroud - F. FerroudDate Published1910 Lot #44 Salammbô - in a superb painted binding by Madame Marot-Rodde View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineFinely bound by Madame Marot-RoddePublisherLe LivreDate Published1923 Lot #45 Genesis: Die Schopfung der Welt - in a full morocco exhibition binding by Kurt Londenberg View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineKurt Londenberg Exhibition BindingPublisherGotthard de BeauclairDate Published1965 Lot #46 The Vicar of Wakefield - in a full morocco inlaid pictorial binding by Bayntun View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineVicar of Wakefield in a stunning inlaid bindingPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1889 Lot #47 The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England - with a charming fore edge painting View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)HeadlineFore edge painting "A Swain and His Lass"PublisherRenshaw and KirkmanDate Published1843 Lot #48 The Pickwick Papers - with a fore-edge painting of a London street scene View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Pickwick Papers with Fore Edge paintingPublisherNottingham Court PressDate Published1979 Lot #49 The Œconomy of Human Life - with a double fore-edge painting of flyfishing scenes View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)Author[Dodsley, Robert] Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl ofHeadlineDouble fore-edge paintings of an anglerPublisherS. and E. HardingDate Published1795 Lot #50 The Life of Nelson - with a fore-edge view of Abingdon, England View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorSouthey, RobertHeadlineFore-edge painting of Abingdon EnglandPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1876 Lot #51 Ballads and Other Poems - with double fore-edge paintings of whaling scenes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineDouble fore-edge paintings of Whaling SchoonersPublisherC. Kegan Paul & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #52 Enoch Arden, Etc. - with fore-edge painting of Copenhagen View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineFore-edge painting of CopenhagenPublisherEdward Moxon & Co.Date Published1865 Lot #53 The Complaint; or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality - with a fore-edge painting of an angling scene View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorYoung, EdwardHeadlineFore edge painting of an angling scenePublisherJ. Bumpus, et alDate Published1821 Lot #54 Elegant Extracts. Poetry, Prose, & Epistles - with 18 fore-edge paintings View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)HeadlineWonderful set with 18 fore-edge paintingsPublisherJohn Sharpe and Hector McLeanDate Publishedc.1810 Lot #55 The English-American, his Travail by Sea and Land, or, A New Survey of the West-India's: Containing a Journall of Three Thousand and Three Hundred Miles Within the Main Land of America ... With a Grammar, or Some Few Rudiments of the Indian Tongue... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorGage, ThomasHeadlineThomas Gage A New Survey of the West Indies 1648PublisherR. CotesDate Published1648 Lot #56 Opere di Galileo Galilei nobile fiorentino View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Galileo's Opera - Allesandro Volta's copy)AuthorGalileo GalileiHeadlineVolta's copy of GalileoPublisherDalla Società tipografica de' classici italiani contrada del CappuccioDate Published1811 Lot #57 The Form and Order of the Service that is to be Performed and of the Ceremonies that are to be Observed, in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George III. and Queen Charlotte, in the Abbey Church of S. Peter, Westminster. On Tuesday the 22d of September, 1761 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(George III)HeadlineCoronation of George III & Queen CharlottePublisherMark BaskettDate Published1761 Lot #58 Loring's Terrestrial Globe, containing all the late discoveries and geographical improvements, as well as the tracks of the most celebrated circumnavigators View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Globe)AuthorLoring, JosiahHeadlineTable top Globe with stand 1846PublisherManufactured by Gilman Joslin BostonDate Published1846 Lot #59 Extracts from the Treaties Between Great-Britain and Other Kingdoms and States of Such Articles as Relate to the Duty and Conduct of the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships of War View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Gostling, George]HeadlineTreaties with Great Britain 1792Date Published1792 Lot #60 The Wind in the Willows View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineFirst Edition in jacket The WInd in the WillowsPublisherScribnersDate Published1908 Lot #61 Cyrupædia: The Institution and Life of Cyrus...King of Persians View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Gregynog Press)AuthorXenophonHeadlineXenophon's Life of Cyrus Gregynog PressPublisherGregynog PressDate Published1936 Lot #62 Four typed letters, signed, from Grey to Fred Feldkamp, editor of "For Men" magazine View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineFour letters from Zane Grey to For Men magazine 1938Date PublishedSeptember-December, 1938 Lot #63 Manuscript accounts by Samuel Hancock of his journey across the plains to Oregon in 1845; his participation in the Cayuse war in 1848 and after; his activities as a trader to the Indians; etc. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Author[Hancock, Samuel]HeadlineManuscript reminiscences of Oregon pioneerDate Publishedc.1860? Lot #64 Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. - Minutes of Stockholder's Meetings (cover title) View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineMinutes of Hawaii Rapid Transit Co. 1898-1916Date Published1898-1916 Lot #65 Receipts and Expenditures of the Hawaiian Treasury for the Quarter Ending Dec. 31, 1889 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineBroadside of Hawaiian Treasury Accounts 1889Date Published[1890] Lot #66 Japanese Fairy Tales View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorHearn, Lafcadio, translatorHeadlineLafcadio Hearn Japanese Fairy TalesPublisherT. HasegawaDate Published[c.1905-1925] Lot #67 Ausstellung Kunsthutte Chemnitz View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHeckel, ErichHeadlineAusstellung Kunsthutte Chemnitz 1931 Erich Heckel art catalogDate Published[1931] Lot #68 Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women; Inscribed by ye Names of ye Nine Muses View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorHeywood, ThomasHeadlineNine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women 1624PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1624 Lot #69 Mosses, Lichens, and Ferns: Poems and Pen-Pictures - a manuscript volume of verse and drawings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHill, Frederick PaulHeadlineManuscript volume of verse and drawingsDate Published1878 Lot #70 His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineJohn Ogilby's Translation of Homer's OdysseyPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 Lot #71 Costume of the Ancients View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorHope, ThomasHeadlineThomas HOpe Costume of the AncientsPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1812 Lot #72 De Originibus Americanis View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHorn, GeorgHeadlineGeorg Horn De Originibus AmericanisPublisherAdrieni VlacqDate Published1652 Lot #73 Cyaniding for Gold View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorIdriess, IonHeadlineCyaniding for Gold by Ion Idriess 1939PublisherAngus and RobertsonDate Published1939 Lot #74 "Das Alpine America" - portfolio of 25 original albumen photographs View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlinePortfolio of original photos by W.H. JacksonDate Publishedc.1885 Lot #75 Album of 108 color woodblock prints combining Kabuki actors by Kunichika and war scenes by Utagawa Sadhide View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Japanese Woodblock Prints)AuthorToyohara Kunichika and Utagawa Sadhide.HeadlineAlbum of Japanese woodblock printsDate PublishedEdo period - mid 19th century Lot #76 ["Jewish Ritual Murder" - in Russian] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica)AuthorBrant, EugenHeadlineRare polemic on Jewish Ritual MurderDate Published1926, 1927, 1929 Lot #77 Moby Dick or the Whale View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineGreatest illustrated book of the 20th centuryPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 Lot #78 Cornelis de Bruins Reizen over Moskovië door Persië en Indië: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten, vertoonende de beroemste lantschappen en steden, ook de byzondere dragten, beesten, gewassen en planten, die daar gevonden worden: voor al derzelver oudheden, en wel voornamentlyk heel uitvoerig, die van het heerlyke en van oudts de geheele werrelt door befaemde Hof van Persepolis, by den Persianen Tchilminar genaemt View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorLe Brun, CorneliusHeadlineLe Brun's Travels to Moscow & the East 1714PublisherRudolph en Gerard Wetstein, et al.Date Published1714 Lot #79 A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion Party" View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorLeConte, JosephHeadlineLe Conte's Ramblings with original photographsPublisherFrancis & ValentineDate Published1875 Lot #80 The Song of Hiawatha View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Song of Hiawatha First EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1855 Lot #81 The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLoudon, [Jane Webb]HeadlineLoudon's Ornamental Greenhouse Plants 42 color platesPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1848 Lot #82 1828 letter about claims to a legendary treasure accumulated on the African island of Madagascar View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Madagascar)Headline1828 letter about the legendary African treasure of MadagascarDate Published1828 Lot #83 Consuetudo, vel, Lex Mercatoria, or, The Antient Law-Merchant...[Bound with] The Merchants Mirrour: or, Directions for the Perfect Ordering and Keeping of his Accounts... by Richard Dafforne. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMalynes, GerardHeadlineThe Antient Law-Merchant...[Bound with] The Merchants MirrourPublisherAdam Islip / R. YoungDate Published1636 / 1635 Lot #84 Pasiphaé: Chant de Minos (Les Crétois) - two volumes View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMatisse, HenriHeadlinePasiphae by Matisse 1 of 1500 copies from Galerie Patrick Cramer 1982PublisherGalerie Patrick Cramer in cooperation with the International Exhibitions FoundationDate Published1982 Lot #85 Collection of 28 titles published in, and/or about, the Mascarene Island group (Mauritius and Reunion) located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mauritius & Reunion)HeadlineMauritius Collection with rare imprintsDate Published1773-1901 Lot #86 Paradise Lost. A Poem Twelve Books View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost 1749PublisherPrinted for J. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1749 Lot #87 The Square Egg View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMunro, H.H. ("Saki")HeadlineH.H. Munro The Square Egg First Edition in djPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published[1924] Lot #88 Archive of 26 manuscript letters signed by King Philip IV of Spain, to Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste, his Viceroy in New Spain, written from February 1651 to February 1653 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold AuthorPhilip IV, King of SpainHeadlinePhilip IV writes his Viceroy in New Spain 1651-1653Date Published1651-1653 Lot #89 1839 Letter by an M.D. and Chemist who played an important role in the birth of American photography View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Photography 1839)AuthorJames R. ChiltonHeadline1839 letter by a pioneer of early American photographyDate Published1839 Lot #90 Picasso Toreros View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Picasso)AuthorSabartes, JaimeHeadlinePicasso Toreros w/four original lithographs 1st US Ed 1961PublisherGeorges BrazillerDate Published[1961] Lot #91 The Historie of the World. Commonly called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorPlinius Secundus, GaiusHeadlinePliny's Natural History, 1601PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1601 Lot #92 Atomic Physics - unpublished manuscript by Boris Podolsky, handwritten and typescript View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPodolsky, Boris (1896-1966)HeadlineBoris Podolsky original manuscript for unpublished 1945 workDate Published1945 Lot #93 De Officio Hominis & Civilis Juxta Legem Naturalem... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorPufendorf, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Pufendorf De Officio Hominis & CivilisPublisherAdam LundhausDate Published1673 Lot #94 Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPurchas, SamuelHeadlineFirst edition of Purchas His Pilgrimage 1613PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Henrie FetherstoneDate Published1613 Lot #95 Malerische Reise in Brasilien View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorRugendas, MoritzHeadlineBrazil in the 1830sPublisher[Daco-Verlag Blase]Date Published[1986] Lot #96 Twentysix Gasoline Stations View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorRuscha, EdwardHeadlineEdward Ruscha Twentysix Gasoline StationsPublisher[Cunningham Press]Date Published[1967] Lot #97 Bernardi Sacci Patritij Papiensis De Italicarum rerum varietate et elegantia libri .X. In quibus multa scitu digna recensentur, de populorum vetustate, dominio, & mutatione. Item de prouinciarum proprietate, & Ro. Ecclesiae amplificatione. Cum indice capitulorum in fine operis View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorSacco, BernardoHeadlineSacco's 1565 Italian history in English armorial bindingPublisherApud Hieronymum Bartholum.Date Published1565 Lot #98 Draperies in Action View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchenk, Charles.HeadlineDraped nudes by Charles SchenkPublisherPublished by Charles SchenkDate Published1902 Lot #99 Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies View details Estimate$200,000 - $300,000Sold for$180,000StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFine copy of Shakespeare Second Folio 1632PublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes, for William Aspley and are to be sold at the signe of the Parrat in Pauls Church-yardDate Published1632 Lot #100 Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century. Over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China. With descriptions and an introductory essay View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorSirén, OsvaldHeadlineChinese Sculpture from the 5th to the 14th CenturyPublisherErnest Benn / Scribner'sDate Published1925 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next