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 1-34 of 34. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Ackermann)Author**HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812 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Latin - manuscript leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from a Bible 13th centuryDate Publishedca. 13th century Lot #17 WITHDRAWN Series Chronologica et Imagines Regum Hispaniae ab Ataulpho ad Carolum II View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlondeau, Jacobus, engraverHeadlineSpanish Monarchs from Ataulphus to Charles IIPublisherPetrus de la TourDate Published1698 Lot #32 The Jerusalem Windows View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] Lot #34 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Together with a Version in Modern English Verse View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineCanterbury Tales Illustrations by Rockwell KentPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1930 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 #39 L'Art de Décorer les Tissus, d'après les Collections du Musée Historique de la Chambre de Commerce de Lyon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorCox, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Cox L'Art de Décorer les TissusPublisherP. Mouillot & A ReyDate Published1900 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 #43 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and England View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin Tour France & England extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. NicolDate Published1821 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 #47 L'art, la Décoration et l'Ornement des Étoffes et des Tissus: Chez les Anciens et Chez les Modernes...Recueil Historique, Pratique et Technique de Décorations Polychromes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDupont-Auberville, [Auguste]HeadlineRare work on decorated fabrics -ChromolithographsPublisherLibrairie Ancienne et Moderne de la Noblesse et des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c.1877] Lot #48 Macao et Cosmage ou L'Experience de Bonheur View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEdy-Legrand, [Edouard Leon Louis]HeadlineEdy-Legrand Macao et Cosmage 1919 1st EditionPublisherAux Editions de la Nouvelle Revue FrancaiseDate Published[1919] Lot #54 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns - With a fore edge portrait of the author View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Burns with a fore edge paintingPublisherDavid BryceDate Published[c.1890] Lot #55 Illustrations of Sterne - With a fore edge painting of Sterne's residence, Shandy Hall View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorFerriar, JohnHeadlineFore Edge Painting of Shandy HallPublisherCadell and DaviesDate Published1798 Lot #63 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - In a beautiful hand-painted full vellum binding View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Hand-Painted Binding)Author**HeadlineNew testament in a painted vellum bindingPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1881 Lot #68 The Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. WyethPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1929 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 #74 The Grammar of Ornament View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJones, OwenHeadlineOwen Jones The Grammar of OrnamentPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1910 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 #80 Etching. An Outline of Its Technical Processes and Its History, With Some Remarks on Collections and Collecting View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorKoehler, S.R.HeadlineS.R. Koehler on Etching 30 etched platesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[1885] 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 #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 #98 East of the Sun and West of the Moon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] Lot #110 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - In rare glassine dust jacket View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineTale of Benjamin Bunny in Glassine DJ 1907PublisherFrederick WarneDate Published[1904, but c.1907] Lot #114 The Compleat Angler View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWalton, IzaakHeadlineIzaak Walton's Complete Angler Rackham IllusPublisherGeorge C. HarrapDate Published[1931] 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