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Previous|1|Next Lot #12 Angel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBudd, HaroldHeadlineHeavenly Monkey's Angel by Harold BuddPublisherHeavenly MonkeyDate Published2012 Lot #16 if not in paint View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCampbell, Marion MayHeadlinePoetry by Marion May Campbell with drawings by Miriam MorrisPublisherElectio EditionsDate Published2011 Lot #28 Four Months / Four Seasons View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFine, RuthHeadlineFour Months / Four Seasons from Janus PressPublisherJanus PressDate Published2010 Lot #32 The Bicycle Diaries /One New Yorker's Journey Through September 11th View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorGoodman, RichardHeadlineThe Bicycle Diaries a journey through September 11thPublisherMidnight Paper SalesDate Published2011 Lot #36 Life in the Open: Sport with Rod, Gun, Horse and Hound in Southern California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHolder, Charles FrederickHeadlineEarly 20th c. account of the wild environment in Southern CaliforniaPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1906 Lot #49 Luz Plegada View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorSicilia, Jose MariaHeadlineThe final book in the Luz Plegada series by Michael WoolworthPublisherMichael WoolworthDate Published1994 Lot #61 Letter from Ex-slave, hairdresser to New York high society matrons, proposed for canonization as first African-American male Saint View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1828)AuthorToussaint, PierreHeadlineRare letter of ex-slave proposed as first African-American SaintDate PublishedDec. 18, 1828 Lot #65 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineArion Press Leaves of Grass, 1/275PublisherArion PressDate Published2014 Lot #66 A Book of Songs and Poems from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)HeadlineAshendene Press Songs from Old TestamentPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1904 Lot #67 The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)HeadlineAshendene Press The Wisdom of JesusPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1932 Lot #68 Manuscript book of horoscopes with charts of over 200 European personages of note, including Galileo View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astrology)HeadlineRare manuscript book of horoscopes, 17th centuryDate Published17th century Lot #69 A Hunters Summer in Yukon Territory View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorBannon, Arthur H.HeadlineBannon's Hunting in the Yukon, 1911, inscribedPublisherF.B. Toothaker, printerDate Published1911 Lot #71 Manuscript leaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Bible - manuscript leaf)HeadlineLeaf from a giant "Atlantic" Bible c.1100Date Publishedc.1100 or earlier Lot #77 The Writings of William Blake View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's Writings from Nonesuch Press, 1/75 copiesPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1925 Lot #80 Scrapbook recording the career of boxer Frankie Klick, onetime World Jr. Lightweight champion View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Boxing)HeadlineCareer of San Francisco boxer Frankie Klick documentedDate Published1927-1931 Lot #83 Letter from Edgar Rice Burroughs to a fan of the just-published Tarzan of the Apes (in The All-Story magazine), admitting he did "not like the ending of the story" and referring to the sequel he was writing View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEarly E.R. Burroughs letter on Tarzan, 1912Date PublishedNovember 13, 1912 Lot #84 Photograph album recording a trip from Los Angeles to Tijuana in 1901 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles & points south)HeadlinePhoto album of trip from L.A. to Tijuana, 1901Date Published1901 Lot #85 Original warrant for payment to Robert McKee for service in the Mariposa Indian War of 1850-1851 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(California - Mariposa Indian War)HeadlinePay warrant from the Mariposa Indian War 1851Date PublishedJuly 25th, 1851 Lot #95 My Early Life, A Roving Commission View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston ChurchillPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1930] Lot #96 Feathered Game, From a Sporting Journal View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorConnett, Eugene V.HeadlineConnett's Feathered Game, 1/50 deluxe ed.PublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1929 Lot #99 Manuscript giving a breakdown of the number of slaves in Cuba by location View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCensus of slaves in Cuba 1853Date Publishedc.1853-1854 Lot #103 Letter from Moritz Schlick to Albert Einstein, addressing topics relating to modern physics View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchlick, MoritzHeadlineLetter to Einstein from Moritz Schlick about physicsDate PublishedJune 9, 1920 Lot #104 Autograph note signed by Albert Einstein, with an envelope addressed by him and a birthday poem written for him View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein note as he turns 75Date Published1954 Lot #113 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character...as told to Ralph Leighton View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorFeynman, Richard PhillipsHeadlineSigned by Nobel Prize winner Richard P. FeynmanPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1985] Lot #115 Letter from Sigmund Freud to a colleague about a prospective female patient, stating she is not a good candidate for psychoanalysis View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineLetter from Sigmund Freud with reference to Carl JungDate PublishedJune 8, 1910 Lot #117 Nine Chains to the Moon View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorFuller, R. BuckminsterHeadlineInscribed copy of Buckminster Fuller's 1st bookPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1938] Lot #118 Original ink (or color pencil?) drawing of a geodesic polyhedron, basis for his most famous creation, the geodesic dome - inscribed and signed by Buckminster Fuller View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorFuller, R. BuckminsterHeadlineDrawing of geodesic grid by R. Buckminster FullerDate PublishedSeptember 7, 1980 Lot #121 Ejecutoria de Don Ramón Zazo y Ortega - patent of nobility View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Heraldry)HeadlineHand-colored patent of nobility from 18th c. SpainDate Published[1777] Lot #125 The Life Work of Dard Hunter: A Progressive Illustrated Assemblage of his Works as Artist, Craftsman, Author, Papermaker, and Printer View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorHunter, Dard IIHeadlineThe Life Work of Dard Hunter, 1/150PublisherMountain House PressDate Published1981;1983 Lot #130 The Sundering Flood View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott Sundering Flood with hand-illuminationsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1897 Lot #131 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott printing of Shakespeare's PoemsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] Lot #136 Letter written from Bisbee, Arizona, describing the Battle of Naco during the Mexican Revolution View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)Author"Dave"HeadlineAccount of battle in Mexican RevolutionDate PublishedApril 14, 1913 Lot #139 Manuscript book of musical lines, notes, and lyrics from various short songs and tunes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Music - 18th century manuscript American tune book)AuthorGifford, IsaacHeadlineAmerican manuscript music book 1797Date Published1797 Lot #140 Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake: Miscellaneous Poems, Paradise Regain'd & Samson Agonistes View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineNonesuch MIlton with Blake illustrations, 1/90PublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1926 Lot #153 Letter from Heinrich Schliemann regarding his Mycenian artifacts and excavations in Thermopylae View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorSchliemann, HeinrichHeadlineLetter from Troy discoverer Heinrich SchliemannDate Published26 January 1883 Lot #156 The Sportsman's Dude Ranch Map View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Sportsman's...)AuthorBlakeman, T.G.HeadlinePictorial map of Dude Ranches of the WestPublisherThe Sportsman Publishing Co.Date Published1934 Lot #159 Letter from Nikola Tesla to William T. Schley about a photograph to be taken of an "apparatus" View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorTesla, NikolaHeadlineLetter from Nikola TeslaDate PublishedMay 20, 1896 Lot #160 Appointment of Daniel Brinsmade as a first lieutenant in the Continental Army, signed by Jonathan Trumbull as Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorTrumbull, JonathanHeadlineContinental Army appointment signed by Jonathan Trumble 1776Date PublishedJune 10, 1776 Lot #161 Autograph manuscript fragment, single leaf written in ink on one side, the entry for the word "Admonish" with a lengthy etymological analysis View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineNoah Webster ms. leaf from his dictionaryDate Publishedbefore 1828 Lot #162 Letter from Walt Whitman, inviting the unnamed correspondent to visit him View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Walt WhitmanDate PublishedSept. 22 [no year] Lot #164 Posters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorRandle, John and Patrick, editorsHeadlinePosters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013PublisherWhittington PressDate Published2013 Lot #165 A Book of Posters printed at Whittington View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorRandle, John, editorHeadlinePosters Printed at Whittington, 1/50PublisherWhittington PressDate Published[1996] Lot #167 Envelope hand-addressed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, to Moritz Schlick View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorWittgenstein, LudwigHeadlineWittgenstein writes to Moritz Schlick in BerkeleyDate Published1931 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next