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 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 1-44 of 44. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Yosemite and the Range of Light View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineFirst British Edition of Ansel Adams' YosemitePublisherThames & HudsonDate Published1979 Lot #37 37 Years of Public Service: The Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Johnson, Lyndon Baines)AuthorFrantz, Joe B.HeadlineA rather kitschy tribute to Lyndon B. JohnsonPublisherShoal Creek PublishersDate Published1974 Lot #41 The American Gazetteer . . . Of the American Continent and A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent by Jedidiah Morse View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMorse, JedidiahHeadlineMatching Set of Jedidiah Morse's First GazetteersPublisherS. Hall and Thomas & Andrews, Samuel EtheridgeDate Published1797 Lot #46 This I Remember View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, EleanorHeadlineEleanor Roosevelt's This I Remember Limited Signed EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1949 Lot #53 Vanity Fair: Vol. I, No. 1, December 31, 1859 - Vol. I, No. 26, June 23, 1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorThompson, Frank J., publisherHeadlineFirst 26 issues of Civil War era periodicalPublisherWm. E. Chapin, printerDate Published1859-1960 Lot #54 The Devil in the Book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTrumbo, DaltonHeadlineSigned limited edition Dalton Trumbo analysis of Smith Act defendantsPublisherCalifornia Emergency Defense CommitteeDate Published1956 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 #62 Frederick Douglass' Paper: Devoted to the Rights of All Mankind, Without Distinction of Color, Class, or Clime View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorDouglass, FrederickHeadlineFrederick Douglass' Newspaper, 1 857Date PublishedOctober 23, 1857 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 #82 History of the Buccaneers of America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBurney, JamesHeadlineBurney's Buccaneers of America 1816PublisherPrinted by L. Hansard & Sons for Payne and FossDate Published1816 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 #100 Manuscript list of Cuban slave owners who are mortgaging their slaves, with additional details on the slaves being mortgaged View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMortgaging slaves in Cuba, 1838Date Published1838 Lot #102 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDixon, GeorgeHeadlineRound the world to the Northwest coast, 1789PublisherPublished by Geo. GouldingDate Published1789 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 #106 A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorElliott, StephenHeadlineElliott's Sketch of the Botany of SC and GA, 1821-24PublisherJ.R. SchenckDate Published1821, 1824 Lot #110 El viagero universal, o noticia del mundo antiguo y nuevo... Tomo XXVI View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorEstala, PedroHeadlineEarly accounts of California & Nootka incident, 1799PublisherImprenta de VillapandoDate Published1799 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 #114 Mountain Lake, Florida: A private park of thirty-five hundred acres, in the beautiful ridge and lake country, with residential club-house and eighteen-hole golf course View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)HeadlinePrivate golf course community in FloridaPublisher[Mountain Lake Corporation]Date Published[c.1929] 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 #119 My Disillusionment in Russia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Red Emma to an anarchist comradePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 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 #135 Bound volume of eight Novenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineNovenas printed in Mexico, 1774 to 1886Date Published1774-1886 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 #137 Relacion Historica de la Fundacion de este Convento Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Compañía de María llamada vulgarmente la Enseñanza en esta ciudad de México, y compendio de la vida y virtudes de n.m.r.m. Maria Ignacia Azlor y Echeverz, su fundadora y patrona... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineLife of founder of Mexican convent, 1793PublisherPor Don Felipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1793 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 #147 Southern Pacific Company Division Maps (cover title) View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Railroad Maps)HeadlineScarce atlas of Southern Pacific Railroad mapsPublisherSouthern Pacific Co.Date PublishedMarch, 1938 Lot #151 History of San Bernardino County, California, with Illustrations, Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, etc., from Original Drawings, including Biographical Sketches [and] Historical Reminiscences of San Diego County, California View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(San Bernardino County)AuthorElliott, Wallace W., publisherHeadlineRare illustrated history of San Bernardino County 1883PublisherWallace W. Elliott & Co.Date Published1883 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 Lot #168 Ranch House for Mr. & Mrs. Randall Fawcett. Taliesin West WH57101. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorWright, Frank LloydHeadlineFrank Lloyd Wright designs ranch house in Los Banos, Cal.Date Publishedc.1955 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next