Sale 754: PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#754) 02/10/2022 10:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/10/2022 10:00 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-21 of 21. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Archive of original photographs, drawings, and ephemera largely by Fred R. Archer from the Archer estate AuthorArcher, Fred R.HeadlineFred R. Archer archive with original signed workDate Published[1908-c. 1950] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #15 Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, In the Years 1824-1825 AuthorByron, Captain [George Anson]HeadlineByron returns the body of King KamehamehaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1826 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #16 Observations upon the First Five Bookes of Caesars Commentaries, setting fourth the practise of the art military, in the time of the Roman Empire... Heading(Caesar, Julius)AuthorEdmondes, Clement, SirHeadlineEdmondes on Caesar's Commentaries, 1600PublisherPrinted by Peter ShortDate Published1600 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #17 Archive of documents relating to the Redington Quicksilver Mining Company in northeastern Napa County, California Heading(California - Quicksilver)HeadlineArchive on Napa Cal. Quicksilver Mine, 1870sDate Publishedc.1870-1880 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #19 Manuscript Royal Order to Colonize the Californias, signed by Philip V, King of Spain Heading(California)AuthorPhilip V, King of SpainHeadlineKing of Spain authorizes colonization of CaliforniaDate PublishedAugust 13, 1705 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$173,000StatusSold Lot #24 Simple Cooking Precepts for a Little House Heading(Conrad, Joseph)AuthorConrad, JessieHeadlineSigned by Joseph ConradPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published[1921] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #32 A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig Heading(Culinary)AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineIllustrated calligraphic ms. of Lamb's Roast PigDate Published20th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #38 Enthroned initial letter portrait of Elizabeth Heading(Elizabeth I)HeadlineRare Enthroned initial letter portrait of Elizabeth IDate Published20th July [1576] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #42 Sketchbook with original pencil drawings by William Hammond Hall of Oregon & California, 1867-68 AuthorHall, William HammondHeadlineWilliam Hammond Hall sketches OR & CA 1867Date Published1867-1868 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #43 Herodotou Alikarnasseos I'storiōn logoith: epigraphomenoi Mousai tou autou Exegesis peri tes Homerou biotes = Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarvm lib. IX: Eiusdem narratio de vita Homeri AuthorHerodotus, Henri Estienne, Lorenzo Valla, Joachim Camerarius, and CtesiasHeadlineEstienne edition of Herodotus, 1592PublisherExcudebat Henricus StephanusDate Published1592 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #45 Primitive Papermaking: An account of a Mexican sojourn, and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper AuthorHunter, DardHeadlinePrimitive Papermaking, one of 200 copiesPublisherMountain House PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #57 Letter from Jack London to Emil Jensen, who was the model for London's character Malemute Kid in "The Son of the Wolf" AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to the Malemute Kid, 1906Date PublishedAug. 15, 1906 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #58 Rerum Germanicarum Sub Matthia, Ferdinandis II. & III. IMPP. Gestarum, Libri LV... AuthorLotichius, Joannes PetrusHeadlineRare complete copy, Lotichius' Rerum GermanicarumPublisherTypis exscripti Wolfgangi Hoffmani, Impensa Matthaei MerianiDate Published1646-50 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1675 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherPrinted for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-BarDate Published1675 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #81 Autograph manuscript draft of the poem “The Seasons” AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineEarly manuscript draft of William Morris poemDate Publishedc. 1868-1869 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #82 Epitalamio / Una Carta en el Camino [or] a sus amigos (cover title) AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineWith color etchings signed by Alicia ScavinoPublisher[Ediciones Dos Amigos]Date Published[1989] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #91 Autograph letter to Mme Catusse concerning a recent duel fought on l'Île de la Jatte and referring to his lover Lucien Daudet AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineProust autograph leter regarding a duelDate Published1907 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 A historical collection on Rasputin's assassination at Iusopov Palace on December 30, 1916 Heading(Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich)HeadlineRasputin's assassination documentedDate Published20th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #107 An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, Sent by the Governor-General of India, in the Year 1795 AuthorSymes, MichaelHeadlineWith Symes to Burma and the Kingdom of AvaPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer and Co.Date Published1800 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #108 The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies. Containing an entire translation of the Spanish work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo... with Large Additions and Compilations from modern voyages and travels and from original and authentic information AuthorThompson, G.A.HeadlineThompson's Alcedo 5 vols. 1812PublisherPrinted for James Carpenter, et al.Date Published1812-1815 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #112 A Suite of Daze. Etchings by William Wiley AuthorWiley, William T.HeadlineSuite of Daze etchings by William T. WileyPublisherLandfall PressDate Published1977 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next