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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Two notebooks containing manuscript abstracts of lectures on the natural sciences, paleontology, geology and related subjects given by Louis Agassiz View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Agassiz, Louis)AuthorLeonard, Eliza B.HeadlineNotes on lectures by Louis Agassiz 1860-61Date Published1860-61 Lot #5 Inscribed photograph of Josephine Baker View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorBaker, JosephineHeadlineInscribed photograph of Josephine BakerDate Published1936 Lot #16 The Hunger Games View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorCollins, SuzanneHeadlineFirst edition of Hunger Games by CollinsPublisherScholastic PressDate Published[2008] Lot #23 Autograph Letter, signed, on Kensington Palace stationery View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorDiana, Princess of WalesHeadlineThank you letter from Princess DianaDate PublishedJuly 1, 1988 Lot #24 Autograph Note, signed, on Harrod's Gift Voucher folder View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorDiana, Princess of WalesHeadlineA birthday gift from Princess DianaDate PublishedNo date Lot #25 Official Royal Family Christmas Card, signed by Diana View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDiana, Princess of WalesHeadlineRoyal Family Christmas Card, signed by DianaDate Published1990 Lot #53 The Sun Also Rises View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineSun Also Rises inscribed by HemingwayPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1926 Lot #83 Three documents relating to French medicine View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Medical - French)Author**Headline3 19th cent documents relating to French medicineDate Publishedc.1828-1895 Lot #84 Autograph Letter Signed, to Dr. George Clymer, Naval Surgeon aboard the USS Cyane, Norfolk, Virginia View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Medical - Naval)AuthorNorris, George W., M.D.HeadlineLetter introducing assistan naval surgeonDate PublishedAugust 10, 1841 Lot #85 Autograph Letter Signed (in French), as Prussian Ambassador to Ottoman Turkey, relating to medical treatment and nursing in the Crimean War, with veiled reference to the accomplishments of Florence Nightingale View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Medical - Nursing)AuthorWildenbruch, Ludwig vonHeadlineLetter about hospital care in Crimean War 1855Date PublishedMarch 29, 1855 Lot #86 Autograph Letter, signed, from the doctor on New York City's first "Quarantine Island" for immigrants View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Medical - Quarantine Island, New York)AuthorDeWitt, BenjaminHeadlineAutograph Letter, signed, from Quarantine IslandDate PublishedMay 17, 1817 Lot #98 Four French translations of his letters to “our great” and “excellent friend”, the French commander of the “Province of Fistat” (Cairo, Egypt) View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleon in Egypt)AuthorMourad BeyHeadlineLetters from Egyptian Mamluk chieftain c.1800Date Publishedc.1800 Lot #124 Fasciculus temporum – manuscript on vellum View details Estimate$100,000 - $150,000Sold for$106,250StatusSold AuthorRolewinck, WernerHeadlineManuscript Rolewinck’s Fasciculus Temporum 1471Date Publishedc.1471-1473 Lot #134 Log book of the Barque Hindostan, of Aberdeen, Scotland. 1878-1881 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Ship's Log)HeadlineLog book of the Barque Hindostan, 1878-1881Date Published1878-1881 Lot #141 Short Sayings of Great Men with Historical and Explanatory Notes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Twain, Mark, his copy)AuthorBent, Samuel ArtherHeadlineMark Twain's own copy signed by himPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 Lot #152 A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWatson, James D.HeadlineJames D. Watson A Passion for DNA signedPublisherCold Spring Harbor Laboratory PressDate Published[2000] Lot #169 Four Fictions. A Concise Presentation of Literature, Book Arts and Crafts of England, France, United States, and Italy. Joseph Conrad: The Lagoon. Gustave Flaubert: The Legend of Saint Julian. Henry James: The Jolly Corner. Luigi Pirandello: The Annuity View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorConrad, Joseph, et al.Headline(Allen Press) Conrad et al Four Fictions, Ltd Ed.PublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1973 Lot #173 Four Poems of the Occult View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorGoll, YvanHeadlineGoll, Allen Press, Four Poems of the Occult 1/130PublisherAllen PressDate Published[1962] Lot #179 Christopher Columbus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorKazantzakis, NikosHeadline(Allen Press) Kazantzakis, Christopher ColumbusPublisherAllen PressDate Published1972 Lot #181 The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorMann, ThomasHeadline(Allen Press) Mann, Transposed Heads 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1977 Lot #189 Quartet: Four Stories View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorWharton, EdithHeadline(Allen Press) Edith Wharton, Quartet, 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1975 Lot #199 Two Arabic Folk Tales View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Corvinus Press)AuthorLawrence, T.E., translatorHeadlineT.E. Lawrence Arabic Folk Tales Corvinus PressPublisher[Corvinus Press]Date Published[1937] Lot #202 Themes in My Poems View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Dean, Mallette)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Themes in My PoemsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1956 Lot #264 South Wind View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorDouglas, NormanHeadlineNorman Douglas South Wind Finely BoundPublisherArgus BooksDate Published1929 Lot #338 Where the Wild Things Are - With original sketch by Sendak View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineWhere the Wild Things Are w/original SendakPublisherHarper & RowDate Published1963 [but later] Lot #339 Where the Wild Things Are View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineSgnd copy 1974 reprint Where the Wild Things ArePublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1974] Lot #344 Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineThinks You Can Think! signed by Dr. SeussPublisherBeginner Books / Random HouseDate Published[1975] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next