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 754 597 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 1-33 of 33. 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 #4 Collection of Twenty-five Drawings of the Arizona Territory View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Arizona)AuthorRoberts, A. G.Headline1870-1887 original drawings of Arizona TerritoryDate Published1870-1887 Lot #6 Three works on the development of the atomic bomb and its deployment and use over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima & Nagasaki)HeadlineAtomic bombs over Hiroshima & NagasakiDate Published1945 & [1946] Lot #7 Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Audubon, John James)HeadlineAudubon's first published writing, 1824PublisherPrinted for the Lyceum by J. SeymourDate Published1824-25; 1828 Lot #8 Sketch of the History and Resources of Dakota Territory View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorBatchelder, George A.HeadlineRare early history and report on the Dakota TerritoryPublisherPress Steam Power Printing Co.Date Published1870 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 #18 Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie Rescued from the Authorities, and Hung by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday August 24th at 3 O'Clock P.M. in the Presence of Fifteen Thousand People View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(California Pictorial Letter Sheet)HeadlineHanging by the 1st Vigilance Committee of S.F.PublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before Sept. 1, 1851] 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 #20 Our Catholic Heritage in Texas 1519-1936 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCastaneda, Carlos E.HeadlineScarce complete history of Spanish Texas, 7 vol.PublisherVon Boeckmann-JonesDate Published1936-1958 Lot #23 Twenty Original Watercolor Illustrations Depicting Chinese and East Asian Tradesmen View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlineBeautiful collection of Asian tradesmen illustrationsDate Publishedc. 1921-1922 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 #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 #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 #52 Archive of documents and bulletins from the Community Analysis Section of the War Relocation Authority detailing the role of American social scientists in the internment of United States Citizens of Japanese ancestry View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Heading(Japanese Internment - WRA Community Analysis Section)HeadlineSocial scientists abet Japanese InternmentPublisherCommunity Analysis Section of the War Relocation AuthorityDate Published1942-56 Lot #54 The Coast of California: Point Reyes to Point Sur View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorKillion, TomHeadlineSigned by Tom Killion, one of 126 copiesPublisherQuail PressDate Published1979 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 #62 Americæ nova Tabula View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Maps)AuthorBlaeu, WillemHeadlineBlaeu's carte-à-figures map of AmericasDate Published1617-[1635] Lot #65 Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by Them Established as the Seat of Their Government After the Year MDCC View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(Maps)AuthorEllicott, Andrew & Peter Charles L'EnfantHeadlineEllicott's Plan of Washington D.C. 1792PublisherEngraved by Thackara & VallanceDate Published1792 Lot #69 Brasiliae qua parte paret Belgis View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$179,000StatusSold Heading(Maps)AuthorMargraff, Georg, cartographerHeadlineRare oversized map of Brazil, 1657PublisherJoan Blaeu, publisherDate Published1657 Lot #70 Map of a Portion of Eden Township Alameda County. Compiled by Geo. L. Nusbaumer, C.E. County Surveyor 1891. Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Maps)AuthorNusbaumer, George L.HeadlineLarge MS. map of part of Alameda Co., Cal. 1891Date Published1891 Lot #72 The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorMarshall, JohnHeadlineMarshall's Life of Washington 1st Edition 1804-07PublisherC.P. WayneDate Published1804-1807 Lot #76 El Territorio Mexicano se divide en tantos Departamentos cuantos eran los Estados, con las variaciones siguientes. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorCorro, José Justo / Ortiz Monasterio, José MariaHeadlineDecree separating Coahuila and Texas, 1836PublisherPrimera Secretaria de Estado, Departamento del ExteriorDate Published1836 Lot #77 Comisión de inmigración : dictamen del vocal ingeniero José María Romero, encargado de estudiar la influencia social y económica de la inmigración asiática en México View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorRomero, José MaríaHeadlineChinese immigration into Mexico, 1911PublisherImprenta de A. Carranza e hijosDate Published1911 Lot #78 Two volumes of "Revista Mexicana" View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineWith lithos of Mexico, Texas & California, 1845-6PublisherJ.M. LaraDate Published1845 & 1846 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 #83 Ovid's Metamporphosis Englished by G.S. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineFirst significant literary translation in AmericaPublisherPrinted by William StansbyDate Published1626 Lot #90 California Gold Regions, with a full account of their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various Routes. With Sketches of California; an Account of the Life, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Its History, Climate, Soil, Productions, &c. View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorPratt, F. M., compilerHeadlineRare 1849 Gold Rush GuidePublisherF.M. PrattDate Published[1849] 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 #103 Belfrey of Capistrano (Mission) - original oil painting View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorSparks, WillHeadlineSparks oil exhibited at Oakland Art MuseumDate Published1920s-30s 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