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)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 1-21 of 21. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Archive of original photographs, drawings, and ephemera largely by Fred R. Archer from the Archer estate View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorArcher, Fred R.HeadlineFred R. Archer archive with original signed workDate Published[1908-c. 1950] Lot #15 Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, In the Years 1824-1825 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorByron, Captain [George Anson]HeadlineByron returns the body of King KamehamehaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1826 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... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Caesar, Julius)AuthorEdmondes, Clement, SirHeadlineEdmondes on Caesar's Commentaries, 1600PublisherPrinted by Peter ShortDate Published1600 Lot #17 Archive of documents relating to the Redington Quicksilver Mining Company in northeastern Napa County, California View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Quicksilver)HeadlineArchive on Napa Cal. Quicksilver Mine, 1870sDate Publishedc.1870-1880 Lot #19 Manuscript Royal Order to Colonize the Californias, signed by Philip V, King of Spain View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$173,000StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorPhilip V, King of SpainHeadlineKing of Spain authorizes colonization of CaliforniaDate PublishedAugust 13, 1705 Lot #24 Simple Cooking Precepts for a Little House View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Conrad, Joseph)AuthorConrad, JessieHeadlineSigned by Joseph ConradPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published[1921] Lot #32 A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Culinary)AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineIllustrated calligraphic ms. of Lamb's Roast PigDate Published20th century Lot #38 Enthroned initial letter portrait of Elizabeth View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Elizabeth I)HeadlineRare Enthroned initial letter portrait of Elizabeth IDate Published20th July [1576] Lot #42 Sketchbook with original pencil drawings by William Hammond Hall of Oregon & California, 1867-68 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold AuthorHall, William HammondHeadlineWilliam Hammond Hall sketches OR & CA 1867Date Published1867-1868 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorHerodotus, Henri Estienne, Lorenzo Valla, Joachim Camerarius, and CtesiasHeadlineEstienne edition of Herodotus, 1592PublisherExcudebat Henricus StephanusDate Published1592 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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorHunter, DardHeadlinePrimitive Papermaking, one of 200 copiesPublisherMountain House PressDate Published1927 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" View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLetter from Jack London to the Malemute Kid, 1906Date PublishedAug. 15, 1906 Lot #58 Rerum Germanicarum Sub Matthia, Ferdinandis II. & III. IMPP. Gestarum, Libri LV... View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorLotichius, Joannes PetrusHeadlineRare complete copy, Lotichius' Rerum GermanicarumPublisherTypis exscripti Wolfgangi Hoffmani, Impensa Matthaei MerianiDate Published1646-50 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 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1675 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherPrinted for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-BarDate Published1675 Lot #81 Autograph manuscript draft of the poem “The Seasons” View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineEarly manuscript draft of William Morris poemDate Publishedc. 1868-1869 Lot #82 Epitalamio / Una Carta en el Camino [or] a sus amigos (cover title) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineWith color etchings signed by Alicia ScavinoPublisher[Ediciones Dos Amigos]Date Published[1989] 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 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineProust autograph leter regarding a duelDate Published1907 Lot #93 A historical collection on Rasputin's assassination at Iusopov Palace on December 30, 1916 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich)HeadlineRasputin's assassination documentedDate Published20th century Lot #107 An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, Sent by the Governor-General of India, in the Year 1795 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSymes, MichaelHeadlineWith Symes to Burma and the Kingdom of AvaPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer and Co.Date Published1800 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorThompson, G.A.HeadlineThompson's Alcedo 5 vols. 1812PublisherPrinted for James Carpenter, et al.Date Published1812-1815 Lot #112 A Suite of Daze. Etchings by William Wiley View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorWiley, William T.HeadlineSuite of Daze etchings by William T. WileyPublisherLandfall PressDate Published1977 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next