Sale 748: Rare Books with Science, Medicine & Natural History (#748) 11/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 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 1-25 of 25. Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed about building a transatlantic iron Steam Boat View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(American Inventor)AuthorBurden, HenryHeadlineProposal for building a transatlantic iron steam boatDate PublishedDec. 30, 1846 Lot #14 L’Ere Des Robots [The Era/Age Of Robots] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)AuthorDucrocq, AlbertHeadlineInscribed by a pioneering French robotic inventorPublisherJulliardDate Published1953 Lot #20 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$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of show business luminaries, etc.Date Published1952-1988 Lot #21 Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Autographs)AuthorThompson, HenryHeadlineSir Henry Thompson Signed LetterPublisherNo publisherDate PublishedNo date Lot #41 Songs of Nature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, John, editorHeadlineInscribed with signature by John BurroughsPublisherMcClure Phillips & Co.Date Published1901 Lot #51 Arms and the Covenant View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston S. ChurchillPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published1938 Lot #59 My African Journey View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's travels in Africa, w/ signaturePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 Lot #61 The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's The River War, 1899, 1st printingPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1899 Lot #67 The World Crisis View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineThe World Crisis, 6th Duke of Portland's copyPublisherThornton Butterworth LimitedDate Published[1923-1931] Lot #82 Autograph Note Signed about a revised edition of his 1872 book on the Coral Islands View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDana, JamesHeadlineNote Signed by Leading American Geologist of the 19th centuryDate PublishedApril 4, 1890 Lot #88 Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Charles DickensDate PublishedApril 1, 1850 Lot #93 The Art Of The Dance View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDuncan, IsadoraHeadlineIsadora Duncan's Art of the DancePublisherTheatre ArtsDate Published[1928] Lot #120 Die Lehre vom Urteil im Psychologismus: Ein kritisch-positiver Beitrag zur Logik View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorHeidegger, MartinHeadlinePresentation copy of Heidegger's first bookPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1914 Lot #134 The Owls of North America (North of Mexico) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKaralus, Karl E. and Allan W. EckertHeadlineSigned by Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. EckertPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1974 Lot #142 Note Signed by Joseph Lister View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1897 Lot #143 Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister Photo and AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1903 Lot #158 Autograph Letter Signed about the first Math textbook published in America. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorPike, NicolasHeadlineLetter by the author of the 1st Math textbook in AmericaDate PublishedJan. 1, 1788 Lot #160 Leaf Signed by Twenty-Three French Physicians and Zoologists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Medicine and Zoology)HeadlineTwenty-Three Autographs of French Physicians & ZoologistsDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #165 Large four-sheet indenture document for sale of property, signed by the Earl of Sandwich and others View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMontagu, John, 4th Earl of SandwichHeadlineEarl of Sandwich signs a documentDate Published23 March, 1743 Lot #173 Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPaget, JamesHeadlineSigned letter and portrait of James PagetDate Published1877 Lot #193 Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Psychiatry - Insanity)Headline2 late 19th c. letters relating to treatment of insanityDate Published1876-1892 Lot #194 Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Psychology)AuthorFromm, ErichHeadlineNoted psychologist advocates UN recognition of ChinaDate PublishedApril 18, 1963 Lot #233 Certificate of Election Signed by John C. Warren View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Warren, John C.)HeadlineJohn C. Warren AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1821 Lot #234 Benjamin Waterhouse Clipped Signature View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWaterhouse, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Waterhouse AutographDate PublishedEarly/mid 19th century Lot #240 Autograph Letter Signed about the British Museum’s collection of reptiles and amphibians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zoology and Herpetology)AuthorDumeril, AugusteHeadline1865 Letter from leading French HerpetologistDate PublishedApril 7, 1865 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next