Sale 479: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Library of Michael Killigrew desTombe (with additions) (#479) 05/10/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/10/2012 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 479 55 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 1-28 of 28. Previous|1|Next Lot #16 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 8 gouache paintings Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 8 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #46 Atlas of Venereal Diseases AuthorCullerier, M.A.HeadlineAtlas of Venereal Diseases - ChromolithographPublisherHenry C. LeaDate Published1868 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #50 Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Darwin, discussing publication of the U.S. edition of the sequel to On the Origin of Species AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed by Charles DarwinDate PublishedWednesday [no date, c.1868] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #53 Monas hieroglyphica AuthorDee, JohnHeadlineJohn Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica 1564PublisherGuliel. Silvius Typog. RegiusDate Published1564 View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$40,000StatusSold Lot #63 Euclid's Elements of Geometry. In XV. books: with a supplement of divers propositions and corollaries. To which is added, a treatise of regular solids, by Campane and Flussas. Likewise Euclid's data: and Marinus his preface thereunto annexed. Also a treatise of the divisions of superficies, ascribed to Machomet Bagdedine, but published by Commandine, at the request of John Dee of London; whose preface to the said treatise declares it to be the worke of Euclide, the author of these Elements. Published by the care and industry of John Leeke and George Serle, students in the mathematicks AuthorEuclidHeadlineEuclid's Elements 1651PublisherPrinted, by R. & W. Leybourn, for Richard TomlinsDate Published1661 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #64 Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions...together with An Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves. Terra, a Philosophical Essay of Earth... AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineSilva, Or Discourse of Forest-Trees 1706PublisherPrinted for Robert Scott, et al.Date Published1706 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #65 Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions...together with An Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves... to which is added, Terra: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineEvelyn's Silva with engraved plates, 1812PublisherPrinted by Thomas Wilson & Son for Longman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1812 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #108 The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric AuthorHasluck, Paul N., editorHeadlineThe Automobile 1909 Special EditionPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #110 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$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #113 A translation of the Confucian [Yih king] or the "Classic of Change", with notes and appendix Heading(I-Ching)AuthorMcClatchie, Rev. Canon [Thomas]HeadlineI-Ching printed in China 1876PublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1876 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #117 The Lord's Prayer Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**HeadlineIlluminated Maunscript of the Lord's PrayerDate Published1899 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #119 I. Jonstons Naeukeurige Beschryving Van de Natuur der Vier-Voetige Dieren, Vissen En Bloedlooze Water-Dieren, Vogelen, Kronkel-Dieren, Slangen en Draken AuthorJonston, JanHeadlineJonston's natural history with 239 platesPublisherHipperDate Published1660 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #127 Typescript essay “Much Ado About Almost Nothing” on LSD and its effects, along with letter from Timothy Leary and related material Heading(Leary, Timothy)HeadlineTypescript on LSD 1963Date Published1963 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #133 An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into Our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils Which It Occasions AuthorMalthus, T[homas] R[obert]HeadlineMalthus on Population 1st Am. Ed. 1809PublisherJ. MilliganDate Published1809 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #138 The Gardeners Dictionary. Containing, the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Flower, Fruit, and Pleasure Garden AuthorMiller, PhilipHeadlineMiller's Gardeners Dictionary 6th Editon 1752PublisherPrinted for the Author; and sold by John and James RivingtonDate Published1752 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #141 The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather-Dressing; Theoretically and Practically Considered in all their Details AuthorMorfit, Campbell, editorHeadlineLeather-tanning in fine binding 1852PublisherHenry Carey BairdDate Published1852 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #158 Historia Mundi AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny the Elder Historia Mundi Froben's 1525 EdnPublisherFrobenDate Published1525 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #159 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History 1624PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #166 Autograph Letter, signed, containing an original poem AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJames Whitcomb Riley Autograph Letter SignedDate Published1882 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #167 Autograph Letter, signed, regarding a request for a poem from the Daughters of the American Revolution AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJames Whitcomb Riley Autograph Letter SignedDate PublishedNov. 21, 1891 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #168 Guest book from the home of James Whitcomb Riley AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineGuest book from the home of James Whitcomb RileyDate Published1913-1916 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #169 Our Kind of Man - original manuscript AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineOur Kind of Man - original manuscript by RileyDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #170 Little Johnts's Chrismus - original manuscript poem with an autograph letter signed AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineLittle Johnts's Chrismus orig mss James W. RileyDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #171 An Old Sweetheart of Mine AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineAn Old Sweetheart of Mine Inscribed by RileyPublisherThe Bowen-Merrill CompanyDate Published1891 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #172 Rubáiyát of Doc Sifers - A unique copy AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineRubáiyát of Doc Sifers - A unique copyPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #198 Fish by Schaldach: Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and Other Game Fish AuthorSchaldach, William J.HeadlineFish by Schaldach Deluxe Edn with EtchingPublisherLippincottDate Published1937 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #209 Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! HeadingzzfAuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineThinks You Can Think! signed by Dr. SeussPublisherBeginner Books / Random HouseDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #226 Short Sayings of Great Men with Historical and Explanatory Notes Heading(Twain, Mark, his copy)AuthorBent, Samuel ArtherHeadlineMark Twain's own copy signed by himPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next