Sale 488: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Property of Jane Hohfeld Galante & Other Owners (#488) 09/13/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/13/2012 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 488 46 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 1-18 of 18. Previous|1|Next Lot #14 Single manuscript leaf from a Bible View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin - manuscript leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from a Bible 13th centuryDate Publishedca. 13th century Lot #36 The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War - with autograph letter from Churchill View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston L. SpencerHeadlineMalakand Field Force with letter from ChurchillPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1898 Lot #42 A History of British Birds View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$56,250StatusSold Heading(Darwin, Charles, his copy)AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlineCharles Darwin's copy of Bewick's British BirdsPublisherT. BewickDate Published1826 Lot #45 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 #69 Collection of Love Letters from Howard Hughes to Billie Dove View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000StatusUnsold AuthorHughes, HowardHeadlineLove Letters form Howard Hughes to Billie DoveDate Published[1930s] Lot #70 Collection of telegrams sent from Howard Hughes to Katherine Hepburn View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorHughes, HowardHeadlineTelegrams from Howard Hughes to Katherine HepburnDate Published1937-1939 Lot #71 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] Lot #78 Autograph manuscript of a lecture by Kesey with a section devoted to psychedelic drugs View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorKesey, KenHeadlineKen Kesey lecture on psychedelic drugsDate PublishedAugust 1965 Lot #83 Archive of Correspondence from Timothy Leary to his childhood friend William Scanlon View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorLeary, TimothyHeadlineTimothy Leary ArchiveDate Published1930s-40s Lot #87 WITHDRAWN - Archive of material on George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch property, including blueprints, designs, photographs etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Lucas, George)Author**HeadlineGeorge Lucas' Skywalker Ranch propertyDate Published1980s Lot #89 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 #90 Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a missal View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Missal)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum from a missal c.1450Date Publishedc.1450 Lot #91 Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Cistercian Missal View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Missal)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from 12 cent. Cistercian MissalDate Publishedc.1160-11190 Lot #118 Illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Epistolae Morales ad Lucilium View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorSenecaHeadlineIlluminated leaf from manuscript of Seneca c.1475Date Publishedc.1475 Lot #128 Autograph manuscript leaf, in ink with pencil corrections, discussing Transcendentalist philosophy View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau manuscript leaf c.1840Date Publishedc.1840 Lot #130 Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark Twain to his English publisherDate PublishedJune 3, [1878] Lot #133 Lettre sur Mallarmé Adressée a Jean Royère View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorValéry, PaulHeadlinePresentation copy inscribed by Paul VeleryPublisherLibrairie GallimardDate Published1928 Lot #134 WITHDRAWN Autograph Manuscript for his novel The Smithsonian Institution View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorVidal, GoreHeadlineGore Vidal Manuscript Smithsonian InstitutionDate Publishedc.1998 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next