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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Le livre d'Images sans Paroles (Mutus Liber); où toutes les opérations de la philosophie hermétique sont décrites et représentées View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorSaulat, Jacob, sieur des Marez, attrib.HeadlineRare facsimile of major alchemical workPublisherLibrairie Critique Émile NourryDate Published1914 Lot #2 Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. 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... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 Lot #5 Suite of twelve original paintings of the signs of the Zodiac on vellum View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Astrology)HeadlineHand-painted signs of the ZodiacDate Published19th century or earlier Lot #11 Dark Carnival View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, inscribed to Herb YellinPublisherArkham HouseDate Published1947 Lot #12 The Dogs that Eat Sweet Grass View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherMorgan PressDate Published[1965] Lot #22 Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light [with] original holograph manuscript poem from the book View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorCrowley, AleisterHeadlineSigned by Aleister Crowley with manuscript poemPublisherWalter Scott Publishing Co.Date Published1907 Lot #31 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)HeadlineFirst printing of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 Lot #41 The Herald of the Coming Good: First Appeal to Contemporary Humanity View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorGurdjieff, Georges IvanovitchHeadlineRare mysticism by G.I. GurdjieffDate Published1933 Lot #52 Coffeehouse Days View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Pete, printer)AuthorKadare, IsmailHeadlineSigned by Ismail Kadare and Peter KochPublisherRainmaker EditionsDate Published2004 Lot #53 2137 Tanger Socco View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorBowles, Paul and Ira YeagerHeadline2137 Tanger Socco, edition variée of 30PublisherDel Milion EditionsDate Published2011 Lot #54 Hormone Derange: The First Sixteen Broadsides 1991-2000 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)HeadlineHormone Derange, broadsides by Peter KochPublisherHormone Derange EditionsDate Published[2001] 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. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Letters signed by Celebrities)HeadlineAutographs of 1940's show business luminariesDate Publishedc.1948 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... View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold 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 Lot #63 The House at Pooh Corner [with] autograph letter signed by illustrator Ernest H. Shepard and addressed to an American admirer View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineSigned by A.A. Milne, with Ernest H. Shepard ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1929] Lot #68 Fairy Tales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Kay Nielsen, 1/500PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1924] Lot #78 George Washington autograph matted and framed with Presidential Engraving of Washington View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph of George Washington with the Presidential EngravingPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published[c. 1796] Lot #79 Naval commission for Lieutenant Henry B. Rumsey signed by President Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineSigned by President Abraham LincolnDate Published1864 Lot #80 Aesop's Fables [with] original ink drawing by Arthur Rackham View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineSigned by Rackham with an original ink drawing laid inPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 Lot #81 The Sleeping Beauty View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/625PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] Lot #82 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/750PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1909 Lot #83 The Ingoldsby Legends View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud. of Richard Barham]HeadlineSigned by Rackham, large paper edition, 1/560PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 Lot #84 A Midsummer-Night's Dream View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMidsummer-Night's Dream with Rackham illustrationsPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday, PageDate Published1908 Lot #93 The Forgotten Village View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck and his sister EstherPublisherVikingDate Published1941 Lot #95 The Red Pony View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLimited edition signed by John Steinbeck, 1/699PublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1937 Lot #96 The Red Pony - inscribed to Burgess Meredith View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Steinbeck, inscribed to Burgess MeredithPublisherVikingDate Published1945 Lot #97 Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck with inscriptionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1962 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 View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold AuthorSun Yat-senHeadlineSun Yat-sen letter about his kidnapping in London, 1897Date PublishedJune 21st, 1897 Lot #100 Letter signed by Rafael Gonzales as Governor of Texas and Nuevo Leon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorGonzalez, RafaelHeadlineLetter from Governor of Texas, 1825Date Published28 February 1825 Lot #102 [Tibetan Buddhist Sutra for recitation in rituals of the white parasol Goddess] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Tibetan Buddhism)HeadlineTibetan sutra in praise of the white parasol GoddessDate Published[ca. 1450?] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next