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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 8 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] Lot #46 Atlas of Venereal Diseases View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorCullerier, M.A.HeadlineAtlas of Venereal Diseases - ChromolithographPublisherHenry C. LeaDate Published1868 Lot #50 Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Darwin, discussing publication of the U.S. edition of the sequel to On the Origin of Species View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed by Charles DarwinDate PublishedWednesday [no date, c.1868] Lot #53 Monas hieroglyphica View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$40,000StatusSold AuthorDee, JohnHeadlineJohn Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica 1564PublisherGuliel. Silvius Typog. RegiusDate Published1564 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 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorEuclidHeadlineEuclid's Elements 1651PublisherPrinted, by R. & W. Leybourn, for Richard TomlinsDate Published1661 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... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineSilva, Or Discourse of Forest-Trees 1706PublisherPrinted for Robert Scott, et al.Date Published1706 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 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineEvelyn's Silva with engraved plates, 1812PublisherPrinted by Thomas Wilson & Son for Longman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1812 Lot #108 The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHasluck, Paul N., editorHeadlineThe Automobile 1909 Special EditionPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1909] Lot #110 The British Herbal: An history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineHill's British Herbal with 75 plates 1756PublisherPrinted for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, et al.Date Published1756 Lot #113 A translation of the Confucian [Yih king] or the "Classic of Change", with notes and appendix View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(I-Ching)AuthorMcClatchie, Rev. Canon [Thomas]HeadlineI-Ching printed in China 1876PublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1876 Lot #117 The Lord's Prayer View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**HeadlineIlluminated Maunscript of the Lord's PrayerDate Published1899 Lot #119 I. Jonstons Naeukeurige Beschryving Van de Natuur der Vier-Voetige Dieren, Vissen En Bloedlooze Water-Dieren, Vogelen, Kronkel-Dieren, Slangen en Draken View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorJonston, JanHeadlineJonston's natural history with 239 platesPublisherHipperDate Published1660 Lot #127 Typescript essay “Much Ado About Almost Nothing” on LSD and its effects, along with letter from Timothy Leary and related material View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Leary, Timothy)HeadlineTypescript on LSD 1963Date Published1963 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 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMalthus, T[homas] R[obert]HeadlineMalthus on Population 1st Am. Ed. 1809PublisherJ. MilliganDate Published1809 Lot #138 The Gardeners Dictionary. Containing, the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Flower, Fruit, and Pleasure Garden View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, PhilipHeadlineMiller's Gardeners Dictionary 6th Editon 1752PublisherPrinted for the Author; and sold by John and James RivingtonDate Published1752 Lot #141 The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather-Dressing; Theoretically and Practically Considered in all their Details View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorMorfit, Campbell, editorHeadlineLeather-tanning in fine binding 1852PublisherHenry Carey BairdDate Published1852 Lot #158 Historia Mundi View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny the Elder Historia Mundi Froben's 1525 EdnPublisherFrobenDate Published1525 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History 1624PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1634 Lot #166 Autograph Letter, signed, containing an original poem View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJames Whitcomb Riley Autograph Letter SignedDate Published1882 Lot #167 Autograph Letter, signed, regarding a request for a poem from the Daughters of the American Revolution View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJames Whitcomb Riley Autograph Letter SignedDate PublishedNov. 21, 1891 Lot #168 Guest book from the home of James Whitcomb Riley View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineGuest book from the home of James Whitcomb RileyDate Published1913-1916 Lot #169 Our Kind of Man - original manuscript View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineOur Kind of Man - original manuscript by RileyDate PublishedNo date Lot #170 Little Johnts's Chrismus - original manuscript poem with an autograph letter signed View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineLittle Johnts's Chrismus orig mss James W. RileyDate PublishedNo date Lot #171 An Old Sweetheart of Mine View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineAn Old Sweetheart of Mine Inscribed by RileyPublisherThe Bowen-Merrill CompanyDate Published1891 Lot #172 Rubáiyát of Doc Sifers - A unique copy View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineRubáiyát of Doc Sifers - A unique copyPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1897 Lot #198 Fish by Schaldach: Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and Other Game Fish View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSchaldach, William J.HeadlineFish by Schaldach Deluxe Edn with EtchingPublisherLippincottDate Published1937 Lot #209 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] Lot #226 Short Sayings of Great Men with Historical and Explanatory Notes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Twain, Mark, his copy)AuthorBent, Samuel ArtherHeadlineMark Twain's own copy signed by himPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next