Sale 723: PBA Platinum - Rare Books & Manuscripts (#723) 02/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-41 of 41. Previous|1|Next 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... Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold 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 #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 Heading(Bible - Concordance)AuthorMarbecke, JohnHeadlineFirst Concordance in English to Bible, 1550PublisherRichardus Grafton]Date Published1550 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #9 The Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles from the 1583 folio Geneva Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineOld Testament history from 1583 Geneva BiblePublisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #13 Prajnaparamita sutra - Japanese woodblock-printed Scroll Kamakura Heading(Buddhism)HeadlinePrajnaparamita sutra on Japanese scroll, 1250Date Publishedc.1250 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #16 Carey's American Pocket Atlas Heading(Carey's American Pocket Atlas)HeadlineCarey's American Pocket Atlas, 1814PublisherMathew CareyDate Published1814 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold 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$2,125StatusSold 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$3,437.50StatusSold 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$2,500StatusSold Lot #29 A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries Heading(Egypt)AuthorPococke, RichardHeadlinePococke's Description of the East, 1743-45PublisherW. BowyerDate Published1743-45 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #31 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)HeadlineFirst printing of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #35 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineRalph Waldo Emerson Essays First Edition 1841PublisherJames MunroeDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold 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$4,062.50StatusSold 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$25,000StatusSold 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$1,625StatusSold Lot #49 Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDLXXXXII: Ad Patres Et Fratres eiusdem Societatis [bound with] Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDXCIII... Heading(Jesuit letters)HeadlineLetters from Jesuit missionaries in late 1500'sPublisherApud Philippum IunctamDate Published1600 & 1601 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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$3,750StatusSold 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. Heading(Letters signed by Celebrities)HeadlineAutographs of 1940's show business luminariesDate Publishedc.1948 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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$31,250StatusSold 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$15,000StatusSold 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$22,500StatusSold Lot #61 Memoria presentada al Soberano Congreso Mexicano por el secretario de estado y del despacho de relaciones interiores y exteriores Heading(Mexico)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$1,625StatusSold Lot #62 Esposicion hecha al Soberano Congreso Constituyente Mexicano. Sobre las provincias, de Sonora y Sinaloa Heading(Mexico)AuthorMier y Teran, Manuel deHeadlineMilitary security in northern Mexican provinces, 1823PublisherImprenta Nacional en PalacioDate Published1823 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #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$3,125StatusSold Lot #73 Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids Heading(Photographs)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs EgyptPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #75 Upper Egypt and Ethiopia Heading(Photographs)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs Upper Egypt & EthiopiaPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold 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$5,625StatusSold Lot #78 George Washington autograph matted and framed with Presidential Engraving of Washington Heading(Presidents, 1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph of George Washington with the Presidential EngravingPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published[c. 1796] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #79 Naval commission for Lieutenant Henry B. Rumsey signed by President Abraham Lincoln Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineSigned by President Abraham LincolnDate Published1864 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold 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$625StatusSold Lot #90 Cazadores del Desierto en la Ciudad de "San Bernardo" departmento de la Victoria, Provincia de Santiago, Chile,... Heading(South America - War of the Pacific)HeadlineRare Chilean broadside printed in gold, 1879PublisherLitografia de Pedro CadotDate Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #100 Letter signed by Rafael Gonzales as Governor of Texas and Nuevo Leon Heading(Texas)AuthorGonzalez, RafaelHeadlineLetter from Governor of Texas, 1825Date Published28 February 1825 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #101 The Tibetan Book of the Dead; or the After-Death Experience on the Bardo Plane, according to Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering Heading(Tibet)AuthorEvans-Wentz, W.Y., editorHeadlineEvan-Wentz edition of Tibetan Book of DeadPublisherOxford University Press/Humphrey MilfordDate Published1927 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #102 [Tibetan Buddhist Sutra for recitation in rituals of the white parasol Goddess] Heading(Tibetan Buddhism)HeadlineTibetan sutra in praise of the white parasol GoddessDate Published[ca. 1450?] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #105 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn, near fine first editionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #106 Mark Twain's Autobiography AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePublisher's wrappers copy as mentioned in BALPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1924 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #109 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States - complete set AuthorWilson, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Wilson's American Ornithology, complete setPublisherBradford and Inskeep; Laval & BradfordDate Published1808-25 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #110 Elements of Bacchus: or, Toasts and Sentiments, given by Distinguished Characters. Illustrated with forty portraits in aqua tinta, of the most celebrated bon vivants in Great Britain. With a variety of anecdotes and remarkable traits, prefixed to each portrait. Written and designed by George Murgatroyd [sic] Woodward AuthorWoodward, George MoutardHeadlineColored aquatint plates of inebriated Britons, 1792PublisherPublished by William HollandDate Published1792 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next