Sale 739: PBA Platinum: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Art (#739) 09/02/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/02/2021 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-71 of 71. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Archive of thirty-two photographs from the research voyage of the Albatross to Alaska and the Philippines 1907-10 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Alaska & Philippines)HeadlinePhotographs from The Albatross voyage 1907Date Published[1907-10] Lot #2 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq.; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineAnson's Voyage Around the World 1748PublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 Lot #3 The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume I View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineVol. I of Audubon's Birds, 1840, 1st OctavoPublisherJ.J. Audubon & J.B. ChevalierDate Published1840 Lot #4 The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume II View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineVol. II of Audubon's Birds 1841 1st OctavoPublisherJ.J. Audubon & J.B. ChevalierDate Published1841 Lot #5 The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume III View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineVol. III of Audubon's Birds, 1841, 1st OctavoPublisherJ.J. Audubon & J.B. ChevalierDate Published1841 Lot #6 The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume IV View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineVolume 4 of Audubon's Birds 1842 1st OctavoPublisherJ.J. Audubon & J.B. ChevalierDate Published1842 Lot #7 The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume VII View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineVol. VII of Audubon's Birds 1844 1st OctavoPublisherJ.J. AudubonDate Published1844 Lot #8 Manuscript Guest Book for the Castello Bar in Mondsee, Austria, with hundreds of autographs of actors, authors, musicians, singers, dancers, race car drivers, and others View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of show business luminaries, etc.Date Published1952-1988 Lot #9 The Divine Comedy View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Birk, Sandow, artist)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineSandow Birk's complete Divine ComedyPublisherTrillium PressDate Published2003-05 Lot #10 Paradiso View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Birk, Sandow, artist)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Paradiso illustrated by Sandow BirkPublisherTrillium PressDate Published2005 Lot #11 Book of Hours (Horae B.V.M.) printed on vellum, with "Dance of Death" illustrations by Philippe Pigouchet View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Book of Hours)HeadlineHorae BVM with famed "Dance of Death" suitesPublisherPhilippe Pigouchet for Simon VostreDate Publishedc.1500 Lot #12 Trout Fishing in America View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineBrautigan's Trout Fishing inscribedPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1970 Lot #13 On Dreams View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineBrowne On Dreams, 1/21 copies on vellumPublisherPublished by Alexander Moring Limited, the De La More PressDate Published[1920] Lot #14 Posthumous Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne, Kt. M.D. late of Norwich... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineThomas Browne's Posthumous Works 1712PublisherPrinted for E. Curl... and R. GoslingDate Published1712 Lot #15 [Picture Book: Progressive Artists's Proofs] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorCharlot, JeanHeadlineCharlot progressive artist's proofs, original watercolorDate Published1933 Lot #16 Ten volumes of writings by Cicero published primarily by Sebastianus Gryphius in the mid-16th century View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineScarce 16th century printings of CiceroPublisherApud Seb. Gryphium, etc.Date Publishedc.1546-1567 Lot #17 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCook's Third Voyage with Atlas Volume 1785PublisherPrinted by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol... and T. CadellDate Published1785 Lot #18 The Pilgrim's Progress View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Cresset Press)AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineBunyan's Pilgrim's Progress from Cresset PressPublisherCresset PressDate Published1928 Lot #19 On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorDarwin, Charles & Alfred Russel WallaceHeadlineFirst statement of Darwin's Evolution TheoryPublisherLongman, Brown, et al.Date Published1859 Lot #20 Charles Darwin Framed Signature View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's SignaturePublisher[n.p.] Lot #21 Bratʹia Karamazovy: roman v chetyrekh chastiakh s ėpilogom [The Brothers Karamazov - Братья Карамазовы: роман в четырех частях с эпилогом] View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorDostoevsky, FyodorHeadlineDostoevsky's Brother's Karamazov, 1st edition in RussianPublisherTip. brat. PanteleevykhDate Published1881 [but Dec. 1880] Lot #22 Crime and Punishment. A Russian Realistic Novel View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorDostoevsky, FyodorHeadlineFirst in English. of Crime & PunishmentPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1886 Lot #23 Two items by Albert Einstein, with ownership stamps of his son Hans Albert Einstein View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineRare Einstein articles, presented to his sonDate Published1922 & 1924 Lot #24 The Hĕĕtōpădēs of Vĕĕshnŏŏ-Sărmā, in a series of connected fables, interspersed with moral, prudential, and political maxims; translated from an ancient manuscript in the Sanskreet language. With explanatory notes View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Fables - Indian)AuthorWilkins, Charles, translatorHeadlineFables by the Indian Aesop, 1787PublisherPrinted by R. Cruttwell, and sold by C. Nourse, et al.Date Published1787 Lot #25 Systema cosmicum, in quo dialogis IV. de duobus maximis mundi systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano, rationibus utrinque propositis indefinite ac solide differitur.... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorGalileo GalileiHeadlineGalileo's Systema Cosmicum, 1699PublisherFredericum Haaring et Davidem SeverinumDate Published1699 Lot #26 Anatomie et Physiologie du Système Nerveux en Général, et du Cerveau en Particulier... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorGall, Franz Joseph and Johann Gaspar SpurzheimHeadlineF.J. Gall advances science and phrenologyPublisherF. SchoellDate Published1810-19 Lot #27 Mechanik des Himmels View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Gauss, Carl Friedrich)AuthorLaplace, Pierre Simon deHeadlineGauss' copy of LaPlace's celestial mechanicsPublisherF.T. LaGardeDate Published1800 Lot #28 The Bells: A Numerical Exploration View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Glaister, Donald)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineNumber 1 in a signed édition variée of 12PublisherFoolsgold StudioDate Published2014 Lot #29 3 in Search of the Universe: Rumi Walt Whitman and the Voyager spacecrafts wonder at The Quest View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorGlaister, DonaldHeadlineNo. 1 of 10 numbered copiesPublisherFoolsgold StudioDate Published2016 Lot #30 Angelique and the Pearl Necklace: An Homage to Sail View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorGlaister, DonaldHeadlineSigned by Donald Glaister, no. 1 in the editionPublisherFoolsgold StudioDate Published2007 Lot #31 Brooklyn Bridge: A Love Song View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorGlaister, DonaldHeadlineCopy no. 1, limited edition signed by GlaisterPublisherFoolsgold StudioDate Published2002 Lot #32 A Few Questions View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorGlaister, DonaldHeadlineNumber 1 in a signed édition variée of 12PublisherFoolsgold StudioDate Published2009 Lot #33 The Works of James Harris, Esq. With an account of his life and character, by his son, the Earl of Malmesbury View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, JamesHeadlineHarris on philosophy of language, 1801PublisherPrinted by Luke Hansard, for F. WingraveDate Published1801 Lot #34 Mules and Men View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorHurston, Zora NealeHeadlineAfrican American folklore by Zora Neale HurstonPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.Date Published1936 Lot #35 Y-King: Antiquissimus Sinarum Liber Quem Ex Latina Interpretatione P. Regis Alorumque ex Soc. Jesu P.P. Edidit Julius Mohl View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Heading(I Ching)AuthorMohl, Julius, editorHeadlineFirst edition of the I-Ching, 1834-39PublisherJ.G. CottaeDate Published1834 & 1839 Lot #36 Fac-similes of the Miniatures & Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish Manuscripts View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)AuthorWestwood, J.O.HeadlineChromolithographs of miniatures in massive formatPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1868 Lot #37 Album with 12 original paintings on silk, featuring artisanal crafts, occupations, etc. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)HeadlinePaintings on silk of Japanese industryDate Published19th century? Lot #38 Album with 62 original paintings on silk, featuring pastoral scenes, artisanal crafts, occupations, etc. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese artisanal crafts painted on silkDate Published19th century Lot #39 Autograph Letter signed to his brother William, Georges Coffee House, Temple Bar, London, England View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Jefferson, Thomas)AuthorElwyn, ThomasHeadlineExpatriate British aristocrat defends Thomas JeffersonDate PublishedMarch 14-17, 1805 Lot #40 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineFirst edition of Johnson's DictionaryPublisherPrinted by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al.Date Published1755 Lot #41 Sefir Yesirah View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorFuchs, Ernst, artistHeadlineLivre d'artiste of Kabbalah text by Ernst FuchsPublisherAriane Lancell & Yves GauguetDate Published1978 Lot #42 Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineOriginal drawing signed by Edward LearDate Published[1848-49] Lot #43 Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette amid pyramids View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineOriginal drawing signed by Edward LearDate Published[1848-49] Lot #44 Herophilus: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Medicin View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorMarx, Carl Friedrich HeinrichHeadlineHerophilus & the anatomy of the brainPublisherD.R. Marx'sche Buch- und KunsthandlungDate Published1838 Lot #45 Cien años de soledad View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorMárquez, Gabriel GarcíaHeadlineTrue first of Marquez' SolitudePublisherEditorial SudamericanaDate Published[1967] Lot #46 Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineMcCarthy's classic, first edition in fine jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1985] Lot #47 Carnival Songs View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorMedici, Lorenzo de'HeadlineBeautiful large format artist book of Carnival SongsPublisherRaphael Fodde EditionsDate Published2000 Lot #48 El Ecmo. Sr. Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos me ha dirigido el decreto que sigue... Sabed: que el Congreso general ha decretado lo siguiente... 1.o El gobierno hará públicar tanto en el pais como en las naciones... que se va a emprender la comunicacion de los dos occeanos por el istmo de Tehuantepec... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorVictoria, GuadalupeHeadlineMexican plan to navigate the Isthmus, 1824Date Published1824 Lot #49 Large four-sheet indenture document for sale of property, signed by the Earl of Sandwich and others View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorMontagu, John, 4th Earl of SandwichHeadlineEarl of Sandwich signs a documentDate Published23 March, 1743 Lot #50 [Opera, i.e. Omnia Platonis opera] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Plato in Greek 1513Publisher[In aedib. Aldi, et Andreae Soceri]Date Published[1513] Lot #51 Phaedrus: a dialogue by Plato View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineGreenwood Press Phaedrus, 1 of 150 copiesPublisherGreenwood PressDate Published1976 Lot #52 Hand-Book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountains' Gold Region; Accompanied by Reliable Maps and a Preliminary Treatise on the Pre-Emption Laws of the United States View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorRedpath, JamesHeadlinePikes Peak Gold Region Guide and MapPublisherJ.H. ColtonDate Published1859 Lot #53 Principia Mathematica View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorRussell, Bertrand & Alfred North WhiteheadHeadlineFirst edition of Russell's Principia MathematicaPublisherAt the University PressDate Published1910, 1912, 1913 Lot #54 The life and death of King John View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare King John from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #55 The Winters Tale View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Winters Tale from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #56 Grapes of Wrath View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineGrapes of Wrath 1st inscribedPublisherViking PressDate Published[1939] Lot #57 "If This be Treason—" View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck unpublished MS. on McCarthy eraDate Published[c.1954] Lot #58 Nothing So Monstrous View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck Nothing So Monstrous 1/6 copiesPublisher[Pynson Printers]Date Published1936 Lot #59 The Pastures of Heaven View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFine copy of Steinbeck's Pastures of HeavenPublisherBrewer, Warren & PutnamDate Published1932 Lot #60 The Red Pony - Cutting Continuity script View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineThe Red Pony - Cutting Continuity scriptPublisherRepublic PicturesDate Published[1948] Lot #61 A Russian Journal View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck with Pigasus sketchPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1948 Lot #62 To A God Unknown View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Steinbeck and inscribed to his sisterPublisherRobert BallouDate Published[1933] Lot #63 Zapata: A Narrative, in dramatic form, of the life of Emiliano Zapata - special copy with text of publisher James Robertson's Address to the Steinbeck Festival August 14 1992 in custom box View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineZapata with James Robertson text on SteinbeckPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1991] Lot #64 Mt. Tamalpais in Distance, Point Bonita in Middle Distance, Looking North from Lands End, S.F., Cal View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorStuart, James EverettHeadlineSigned by artist James Everett StuartDate Published[1914] Lot #65 Viva la Independencia... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Texas)HeadlineTexas-Santa Fe expedition captured, 1841PublisherImprenta del Gobierno a cargo de Cayetano RamosDate Published1841 Lot #66 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795...under the Command of Captain George Vancouver View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's A Voyage of Discovery, First Edition 1798PublisherG.G. & J. Robinson, & J. EdwardsDate Published1798 Lot #67 General Washington View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Washington, George)AuthorTrumbull, John, artistHeadlineEngraving of Trumbull's George Washington 1796PublisherPublished by A.C. De PoggiDate PublishedJune 1796 Lot #68 An American Dictionary of the English Language... To Which are Prefixed, an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and of Europe, and a Concise Grammar of the English Language View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorWebster, NoahHeadlineWebster's American Dictionary 1st ed. 1828PublisherS. ConverseDate Published1828 Lot #69 Archive of 137 gelatin silver print photographs from World War I View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(World War I)HeadlineAlbum of World War I photographs, 1918-19Date Published[c. 1918-19] Lot #70 Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravée et lithographiée de Zao Wou-Ki, 1949-1954 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Wou-ki, Zao)AuthorJacometti, NestoHeadlineWith original etching signed by Zao Wou-KiPublisherGutekunst & KlipsteinDate Published1955 Lot #71 Auction catalogs for the sale of Yamanaka & Co. property seized during World War II View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Yamanaka Collection)HeadlineAuction Catalogs of Seized Japanese-American PropertyPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1943-44 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next