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Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon... AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,643StatusSold Lot #3 Il Genio Vagante, Biblioteca Curiosa di Cento e piu Relazioni di Viaggi Stranieri de Nostri Tempi. Parte II AuthorAnzi, Aurelio DegliHeadlineWith early map of Louigiana in New FranciaPublisherL. M. RoinetiDate Published1691 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #4 72 Hand-painted designs for Boys' Haori HeadlineStriking hand-painted illustrations for Haori jacket liningsDate Publishedc. 1910-1920 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #5 Suite of twelve original paintings of the signs of the Zodiac on vellum HeadlineHand-painted signs of the ZodiacDate Published19th century or earlier View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #6 The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasHeadlineLe Morte d'Arthur with Aubrey Beardsley illustrationsPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,226StatusSold Lot #7 Album of Thomas Bewick vignettes or 'tale-pieces', presented to Richard Arkwright HeadlineThomas Bewick vignettes inscribed by the artistDate Published[1824] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$3,993StatusSold Lot #8 A Concordāce, that is to saie, a work wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A.B.C. ye maie redely finde any worde conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mentioned AuthorMarbecke, JohnHeadlineFirst Concordance in English to Bible, 1550PublisherRichardus Grafton]Date Published1550 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,003StatusSold Lot #9 The Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles from the 1583 folio Geneva Bible HeadlineOld Testament history from 1583 Geneva BiblePublisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #10 Histoire Naturelle, Agricole et Économique du Mäis AuthorBonafous, MatthieuHeadlineFolio monograph on maize with color plates 1836PublisherHazard / BoccaDate Published1836 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 Dark Carnival AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, inscribed to Herb YellinPublisherArkham HouseDate Published1947 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,992StatusSold Lot #12 The Dogs that Eat Sweet Grass AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherMorgan PressDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #13 Prajnaparamita sutra - Japanese woodblock-printed Scroll Kamakura HeadlinePrajnaparamita sutra on Japanese scroll, 1250Date Publishedc.1250 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,683StatusSold Lot #14 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineBurton's Arabian Nights finely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885-1888 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #15 Butte County, California: Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Manufactories, Fine Blocks, Mines, Mills & C., from Original Drawings by Artists of the Highest Ability, with Historical Sketch of the County HeadlinePioneer John Kempf's copy of this rare county historyPublisherSmith & ElliottDate Published1877 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #16 Carey's American Pocket Atlas HeadlineCarey's American Pocket Atlas, 1814PublisherMathew CareyDate Published1814 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #17 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice in Wonderland, first edition, second issuePublisherD. AppletonDate Published1866 [1865] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #18 Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters and Notes, Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's Indians in chromolithography 1876PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1876 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,992StatusSold Lot #19 Hand-painted American Civil War theme metal chess set HeadlineChess set with Civil War themed piecesDate Published20th Century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #20 The Chinese At Home and Abroad AuthorFarwell, Willard BrighamHeadlineChinese at Home Inscribed to Representative J.K. LuttrellPublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,758StatusSold Lot #21 Reasons for Non-Exclusion, With Comments on the Exclusion Convention AuthorHealy, Patrick J.HeadlineReasons for Non-ExclusionPublisherPrinted for the authorDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$997.50StatusSold Lot #22 Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light [with] original holograph manuscript poem from the book AuthorCrowley, AleisterHeadlineSigned by Aleister Crowley with manuscript poemPublisherWalter Scott Publishing Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #23 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineFirst issue of Two Years Before the Mast finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #24 La Divina Comedia di Dante, di nuovo alla sua vera lettione ridotta con lo aiuto di molti antichissimi esemplari AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineIllustrated edition of Dante's Divine Comedy 1555PublisherApresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, et FratelliDate Published1555 [colophon dated 1554] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #25 La Divina Commedia AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineOne of the most coveted miniature books ever producedPublisherSalminDate Published1878 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,093StatusSold Lot #26 "Three Papers on the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection". In: The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History AuthorDarwin, Charles and Alfred R. WallaceHeadlineSeminal papers by Charles Darwin & Alfred WallacePublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1858 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,093StatusSold Lot #27 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations, Perils, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by "Boz." AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst American Edition, preceding British book editionPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836-37 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,268StatusSold Lot #28 Histoire de La Gravure en Italie, en Espagne, dans les Pays-Bas, en Angleterre, et en France AuthorDuplessis, GeorgesHeadlineHistoire de La Gravure in original publisher's binding, 1880PublisherHachetteDate Published1880 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #29 A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries AuthorPococke, RichardHeadlinePococke's Description of the East, 1743-45PublisherW. BowyerDate Published1743-45 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #30 Le Temple de l'Homme: Apet du Sud à Louqsor AuthorSchwaller de Lubicz, R.A.HeadlineClassic study of ancient EgyptPublisherCaractéresDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #31 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius HeadlineFirst printing of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #32 La Visita del Profesor Alberto Einstein AuthorCastineiras, Julius R.HeadlineAlbert Einstein visits Argentina, 1925PublisherImprenta y Casa Editora ConiDate Published1925 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #33 Untersuchungen über die theorie der 'Brownschen bewegung' AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's papers on Brownian motionPublisherAkademische verlagsgesellschaft m.b.h.Date Published1922 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #34 The Waste Land AuthorEliot, T. S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot's niece's copy of The Waste LandPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1922 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #35 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineRalph Waldo Emerson Essays First Edition 1841PublisherJames MunroeDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #36 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Essays, 1841 1st edition in original clothPublisherJames Munroe and CompanyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,290StatusSold Lot #37 Le Morte DArthur: The Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte DArthur, full vellumPublisherPhilip Lee Warner / Medici Society Ltd.Date Published1910-11 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #38 The History of Little Goody Twoshoes; otherwise called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes HeadlineFirst Worcester Edition of Little Goody Twoshoes 1787PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1787 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,641StatusSold Lot #39 Les Fleurs Animées [bound with] Botanique des Dames [and] Culture des Fleurs: Horticulture des Dames AuthorDelord, TaxileHeadlineGrandville's Les Fleurs Animées 1847PublisherGabriel de GonetDate Published1847 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #40 Scenes de la vie Privee et Publique des Animaux AuthorGrandville, [J.J.]HeadlineAn anthropomorphic classic by Grandville, 1842PublisherJ. HetzelDate Published1842 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Herald of the Coming Good: First Appeal to Contemporary Humanity AuthorGurdjieff, Georges IvanovitchHeadlineRare mysticism by G.I. GurdjieffDate Published1933 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #42 Amor und Psyche. Eine Dichtung in Sechs Gesängen AuthorHamerling, RobertHeadlineIn a lovely German publisher's binding, 1882PublisherAdolf TitzeDate Published[1882] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #43 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisHeadlineHeap's Central Route to Pacific with rare map 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo and Co. / Trübner and Co.Date Published1854 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,718StatusSold Lot #44 Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill. For Four Years, One Month, and One Day, or Camp Life; Day-by-Day, of the W. P. Lane Rangers. From April 19th, 1861, to May 20th, 1865 AuthorHeartsill, William W.HeadlineHeartsill's Confederate Journal with 61 original photographs, 1876PublisherPrivately printed by the authorDate Published[1876] View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$22,243StatusSold Lot #45 Über den bau der atomkerne, I, II, III AuthorHeisenberg, WernerHeadlineHeisenberg's theory of atomic nuclear forcesPublisherVerlag von Julius SpringerDate Published1932-1933 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #46 The British Herbal: An history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineHill's British Herbal with 75 plates 1756PublisherPrinted for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, et al.Date Published1756 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,992StatusSold Lot #47 Album of approximately 700 still and behind the scenes photographs from the 1937 film The Woman I Love AuthorKahle, AlexHeadline700 photos by Alex Kahle from The Woman I Love, 1937PublisherRKO Radio PicturesDate Published1937 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #48 Oklahoma! Politically and Topographically Described. History and Guide to the Indian Territory. Biographical Sketches of Capt. David L. Payne, W. L. Couch, Wm. H. Osborn, and others. A Complete Guide to the Indian Territory, Illustrated with Map, Hunting and Fishing Grounds AuthorJackson, A.P., & E.C. ColeHeadlineRare promotional guide to Oklahoma 1885PublisherPrinting House of Ramsey, Millett & HudsonDate Published[1885] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,524StatusSold Lot #49 Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDLXXXXII: Ad Patres Et Fratres eiusdem Societatis [bound with] Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDXCIII... HeadlineLetters from Jesuit missionaries in late 1500'sPublisherApud Philippum IunctamDate Published1600 & 1601 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Jungle Book / The Second Jungle Book AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's First and Second Jungle BooksPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894, 1895 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,992StatusSold Lot #51 Arithmologia sive, De abditis numerorum mysterijs qua origo, antiquitas & fabrica numerorum exponitur; abditæ eorundem proprietates demonstrantur; fontes superstitionum in amuletorum fabrica aperiuntur; denique post Cabalistarum, Arabum, Gnosticorum, aliorumque magicas impietates detectas, vera & licita numerorum mystica significatio ostenditur AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher examines mystical numerology, 1665PublisherEx typographia VaresijDate Published1665 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #52 Coffeehouse Days AuthorKadare, IsmailHeadlineSigned by Ismail Kadare and Peter KochPublisherRainmaker EditionsDate Published2004 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 2137 Tanger Socco AuthorBowles, Paul and Ira YeagerHeadline2137 Tanger Socco, edition variée of 30PublisherDel Milion EditionsDate Published2011 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #54 Hormone Derange: The First Sixteen Broadsides 1991-2000 HeadlineHormone Derange, broadsides by Peter KochPublisherHormone Derange EditionsDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #55 Set of twenty-four first editions by Andrew Lang, including all of his Fairy Books AuthorLang, AndrewHeadline24 Andrew Lang First Editions Finely BoundPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1889-1912 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,763StatusSold Lot #56 Collection of letters signed by Charles Boyer, Margaret Hill, and various luminaries in show business and the preforming arts, relating to fundraising for American Aid to France, Inc. HeadlineAutographs of 1940's show business luminariesDate Publishedc.1948 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,758StatusSold Lot #57 Nicholas Machiavel's Prince. Also, The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca. And the meanes Duke Valentine us'd to put to death Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto of Fermo Paul, and the Duke of Gravina. Translated out of Italian into English; by E[dward] D[acres]. With some animadversion noting and taxing his errours AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineMachiavelli's Prince, 1st in English 1640PublisherR. Bishop for Wil. Hils, and to be sold by Daniel PakemanDate Published1640 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$27,743StatusSold Lot #58 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman Emperor, His Meditations Concerning Himselfe: Treating of a Naturall Mans happinesse; Wherein it consisteth, and of the meanes to attaine unto it AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineMeditations of Marcus Aurelius, 1st edition in EnglishPublisherPrinted by M. Flesher, for Richard MynneDate Published1634 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$13,443StatusSold Lot #59 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #60 The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring... AuthorMather, CottonHeadlineCotton Mather on the Salem Witch Trials, 1693PublisherPrinted first, at Bostun [sic] in New-England; and reprinted at London, for John Dunton, at the Raven in the PoultryDate Published1693 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$20,043StatusSold Lot #61 Memoria presentada al Soberano Congreso Mexicano por el secretario de estado y del despacho de relaciones interiores y exteriores AuthorHerrera, José Manuel deHeadlineCaliforina & Texas in 1822 Mexican documentPublisherEn la oficina de D. Alejandro Valdes, impresor de Cámara del ImperioDate Published1822 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,524StatusSold Lot #62 Esposicion hecha al Soberano Congreso Constituyente Mexicano. Sobre las provincias, de Sonora y Sinaloa AuthorMier y Teran, Manuel deHeadlineMilitary security in northern Mexican provinces, 1823PublisherImprenta Nacional en PalacioDate Published1823 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #63 The House at Pooh Corner [with] autograph letter signed by illustrator Ernest H. Shepard and addressed to an American admirer AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineSigned by A.A. Milne, with Ernest H. Shepard ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,763StatusSold Lot #64 Philosophical Poems AuthorMore, HenryHeadlineThe collected poetry of Henry More, 1647PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1647 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #65 Mushrooms, Russia and History AuthorWasson, Valentina Pavlovna & R. Gordon WassonHeadlineWassons' Mushrooms, Russia and History, 1957PublisherPantheon BooksDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #66 Canto General AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineNeruda's Canto General, 1 of 50 copies on Chateau paperPublisherPropriedad del AutorDate Published1950 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #67 The mathematical principles of natural philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, Newton's System of the World; a short comment on, and defence of the Prisipia, by W. Emerson, with the laws of the moon’s motion, according to gravity. By John Machin... AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English in the original boardsPublisherPrinted for H.D. SymondsDate Published1803 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,443StatusSold Lot #68 Fairy Tales AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Kay Nielsen, 1/500PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,226StatusSold Lot #69 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #70 Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia AuthorOrta, Garcia de, et al.HeadlineBotany of East & West Indies, 1593PublisherEx officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, & Ioannem MoretumDate Published1593 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #71 Relacion Historica de la Vida Y Apostolicas Tareas del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, Y de las Misiones que Fundo en la California Septentrional, y Nuevos Establecimientos de Monterey AuthorPaloú, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Biography of Serra First EditionPublisherFelipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1787 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,563StatusSold Lot #72 Dr. Joseph Goebbels AuthorEisenstaedt, AlfredHeadlineGoebbels caught by a remarkable Jewish photographer, 1933Date Published1933 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,758StatusSold Lot #73 Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs EgyptPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$822StatusSold Lot #74 Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs Egypt, Thebes & the PyramidsPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,718StatusSold Lot #75 Upper Egypt and Ethiopia AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs Upper Egypt & EthiopiaPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,718StatusSold Lot #76 Mirrors / Messages / Manifestations AuthorWhite, MinorHeadlineWith original photograph by Minor WhitePublisherApertureDate Published1982 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,109StatusSold Lot #77 California Gold Regions, with a full account of their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various Routes. With Sketches of California; an Account of the Life, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Its History, Climate, Soil, Productions, &c. AuthorPratt, F. M., compilerHeadlineRare 1849 Gold Rush GuidePublisherF.M. PrattDate Published[1849] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,093StatusSold Lot #78 George Washington autograph matted and framed with Presidential Engraving of Washington AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph of George Washington with the Presidential EngravingPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published[c. 1796] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,763StatusSold Lot #79 Naval commission for Lieutenant Henry B. Rumsey signed by President Abraham Lincoln AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineSigned by President Abraham LincolnDate Published1864 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #80 Aesop's Fables [with] original ink drawing by Arthur Rackham AuthorAesopHeadlineSigned by Rackham with an original ink drawing laid inPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #81 The Sleeping Beauty AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/625PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,056StatusSold Lot #82 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/750PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #83 The Ingoldsby Legends AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud. of Richard Barham]HeadlineSigned by Rackham, large paper edition, 1/560PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #84 A Midsummer-Night's Dream AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMidsummer-Night's Dream with Rackham illustrationsPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday, PageDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #85 Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh HeadlineRoyal Society of Edinburgh Transactions, 1799-1888PublisherWilliam & Charles Tait, et al.Date Published1799-1888 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #86 Principia Mathematica AuthorRussell, Bertrand & Alfred North WhiteheadHeadlineRussell's Principia Mathematica 3 volumesPublisherAt the University PressDate Published1925-1927 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #87 Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans. The Result of Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Troy and Throughout the Troad in the Years 1871-72-73-78-79 AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlinePresentation copy of Schliemann's IliosPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1880 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #88 Demonstratio Et Constructio Horologiorum Novorum. Radio Recto; Refracto in Aqua; Reflexo in Speculo; solo Magnete Horas Astronomicas, Italicas, Babylonicas indicantium AuthorSchönberger, GeorgHeadlineScarce study of horology, 1622PublisherApud Ioannem StrasserumDate Published1622 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #89 Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, Being a reproduction in facsimile of the First Folio Edition 1623 from the Chatsworth copy in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFacsimile of Shakespeare 1623 First FolioPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #90 Cazadores del Desierto en la Ciudad de "San Bernardo" departmento de la Victoria, Provincia de Santiago, Chile,... HeadlineRare Chilean broadside printed in gold, 1879PublisherLitografia de Pedro CadotDate Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #91 In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria AuthorStanley, Henry M.HeadlineStanley's In Darkest Africa Deluxe Edition signedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1890 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #92 In the matter of appeal from the action of the director of the Motion Picture Division in refusing to license a motion picture entitled The Forgotten Village: petition for review to the Board of Regents of the State of New York HeadlineAppeal to ban on screening The Forgotten VillagePublisherAppeal Printing Co.Date Published1941 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Forgotten Village AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck and his sister EstherPublisherVikingDate Published1941 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #94 The Moon is Down: Play in Two Parts AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineOne of only 250 copiesPublisherViking PressDate Published1942 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,641StatusSold Lot #95 The Red Pony AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLimited edition signed by John Steinbeck, 1/699PublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1937 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #96 The Red Pony - inscribed to Burgess Meredith AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Steinbeck, inscribed to Burgess MeredithPublisherVikingDate Published1945 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #97 Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck with inscriptionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1962 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #98 The Antiquities of Athens Measured and Delineated AuthorStuart, James and Nicholas RevettHeadlineStunning survey of Greek antiquities, 1762-1816PublisherJohn Haberkorn; John Nichols; T. Bensley for J. TaylorDate Published1762; 1787; 1794; 1816 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$16,743StatusSold Lot #99 Autograph Letter Signed by Sun Yat-sen, to a Mr. Volkhosky, regarding Sun Yat-sen's kidnapping in 1896 by the Chinese legation in Great Britain AuthorSun Yat-senHeadlineSun Yat-sen letter about his kidnapping in London, 1897Date PublishedJune 21st, 1897 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold Lot #100 Letter signed by Rafael Gonzales as Governor of Texas and Nuevo Leon AuthorGonzalez, RafaelHeadlineLetter from Governor of Texas, 1825Date Published28 February 1825 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,056StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next