Sale 607: Rare Books & Manuscript (Sunday at 8:00 am, Oakland, CA) (#607) 02/12/2017 8:00 AM PST Closed

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    (African-American, 1817 – Tennessee slaves, Daniel Boone)
  • Author
    Pleasant Henderson
  • Headline
    Letter "leasing" slaves of Daniel Boone's Revolutionary War friend and Indian battle companion
  • Date Published
    Dec. 27, 1817
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
3
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    (Antiphonal Leaves)
  • Headline
    Large vellum antiphonal leaves
  • Date Published
    1740
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
17
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    (Botanical color plates)
  • Author
    Andrews, Henry C.
  • Headline
    Two volumes from the Botanist's Repository 144 plates
  • Publisher
    For the author by T. Bensley
  • Date Published
    1802-03
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
37
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Albert Einstein letter signed 1927
  • Date Published
    1 Sept. 1927
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$2,375
StatusSold
38
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein commentson distribution of heavy metals
  • Date Published
    October 20, 1952
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$7,500
StatusSold
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
Sold for$62,500
StatusSold
56
  • Author
    Halévy, Fromental
  • Headline
    Fromental Halevy Letter and Musical Manuscript
  • Date Published
    October, 1849
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
57
  • Heading
    (Hawaii, 1840)
  • Author
    Mary Kittredge Clark [Mrs. Ephraim Clark]
  • Headline
    1840 Hawaii letter by American woman missionary - anti-slavery and French Catholic threat
  • Date Published
    July 12, 1840
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
58
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    (Hawaii, California Gold Rush, 1849)
  • Author
    George S.[eymour] Kenway
  • Headline
    1849 Hawaii Letter by an anti-missionary British merchant who visited Gold Rush California
  • Date Published
    Oct. 11, 1849
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$875
StatusSold
67
  • Author
    Justinianus I, Emperor
  • Headline
    Manuscript copy of the Institutiones of Justinian I
  • Date Published
    (17th Century?)
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
72
  • Heading
    (Law Manuscript - Venice, Italy, 1580)
  • Headline
    Rare manuscript statutes of Venice 1580
  • Date Published
    1580
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
StatusUnsold
76
  • Author
    Lear, Edward, attrib.
  • Headline
    Manuscript Limericks & Drawings with Lear attbution
  • Date Published
    19th century
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
77
  • Author
    Leidesdorff, William Alexander
  • Headline
    Accounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44
  • Date Published
    1843-1844
Estimate$30,000 - $50,000
StatusUnsold
79
  • Author
    London, Jack
  • Headline
    Inscribed by Jack London to his personal physician
  • Publisher
    The Macmillan Company
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
87
  • Author
    Mill, John Stuart
  • Headline
    John Stuart on The Subjection of Women 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer
  • Date Published
    1869
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
88
  • Author
    Muir, John
  • Headline
    Writings of John Muir Manuscript Edition Deluxe
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin
  • Date Published
    1916-24
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
89
  • Author
    Nimmo, Joseph
  • Headline
    The most important of the "Big Four" cattle books
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
Estimate$40,000 - $60,000
StatusUnsold
109
  • Author
    Russell, Charles M.
  • Headline
    Studies of Western Life Charles M. Russell 1890
  • Publisher
    The Albertype Co.
  • Date Published
    1890
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
111
  • Author
    Sander, Henry Frederick Conrad
  • Headline
    Sander's Reichenbachia Imperial Edition
  • Publisher
    H. Sotheran & Co. & F. Sander & Co.
  • Date Published
    1888-1894
Estimate$30,000 - $50,000
StatusUnsold
126
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    (Volta, Allesandro)
  • Author
    Galileo Galilei
  • Headline
    Volta's copy of Galileo
  • Publisher
    Dalla Società tipografica de' classici italiani contrada del Cappuccio
  • Date Published
    1811
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
140
  • Author
    [Burton, Richard F., translator]
  • Headline
    The Behâristân (Abode of Spring)
  • Publisher
    Kama Shastra Society
  • Date Published
    1887
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
152
  • Author
    De Waal, Ronald Burt
  • Headline
    De Waal's Sherlock Holmes Bibliography
  • Publisher
    New York Graphic Society
  • Date Published
    1974
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
154
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    2 volumes from The Nonesuch Dickens
  • Publisher
    The Nonesuch Press
  • Date Published
    1937-38
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
155
  • Author
    Eliot, George
  • Headline
    Eliot's The Mill on the Floss
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood and Sons
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
211
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Twain's Innocents Abroad
  • Publisher
    American Pub. Co.
  • Date Published
    1869
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
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