Sale 694: Rare Books & Manuscripts at the Pasadena Book Fair (#694) 02/06/2020 10:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/06/2020 10:00 AM PST Auction Info 694 508 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 1-30 of 30. Previous|1|Next Lot #38 Historia Rerum Britannicarum ut et Mulicarum Gallicarum, Belgicarum, & Germanicarum, Tam Politicarum. Quam Ecclesiasticarum, Ab Anno 1572, Ad Annum 1628: View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnston, RobertHeadline17th c. history of early ScotlandPublisherJoannis RavesteyniiDate Published1655 Lot #47 Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Philadelphia to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Rosetta Stone)HeadlineTranslating the inscription on the Rosetta StoneDate Published1859 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 #63 Asconii Pediani explanatio in Ciceronis orationes in C. Verrem, in orat. pro C. Cornelio, in orat. contra competitores, in orat. pro M. Scauro, in orat. contra L. Pisonem, in orat. pro Milone View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorAsconius Pedianus, QuintusHeadlineQuintus Asconius Pedianus from Aldine PressPublisherPaulus ManutiusDate Published1563 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 #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 #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 #122 Mein Kampf: Eine Abrechnung View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineHitler's Mein Kampf, 2 volumes, 1st editionPublisherFranz EherDate Published1925 & 1927 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 #145 The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorPyne, William HenryHeadlinePyne's Royal Residences on large paperPublisherPrinted for A. DryDate Published1819 Lot #148 Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot... View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineFolio edition of Roberts' Egypt & NubiaPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1846-49 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 #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 #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