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 1-34 of 34. 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 #9 Les Fleurs du Mal View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold AuthorBaudelaire, CharlesHeadlineBaudelaire Les Fleurs du Mal 1st Edition 1857PublisherPoulet-Malassis et de BroiseDate Published1857 Lot #12 Ficciones View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineBorges' Ficciones with 18 engravingsPublisherEdiciones Dos AmigosDate Published1984-87 Lot #14 Two photographs of Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell with a holograph note by Bourke-White to a Mrs. Sprackling on Bourke-White's business card View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Bourke-White, Margaret and Erskine Caldwell)AuthorBourke-White, MargaretHeadlineVintage photos of Bourke-White and CaldwellDate Published1941 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 #25 Lord Jim: A Tale View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineFirst issue of Conrad's Lord JimPublisherWilliam Blackwood & SonsDate Published1900 Lot #26 The Nigger of the "Narcissus." Preface View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineSuppressed preface to Nigger of the "Narcissus"Publisher[Privately printed for the author by J. Lovick]Date Published[1902] Lot #27 The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineFirst issue of Conrad's The Secret AgentPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1907] Lot #28 The Shadow Line View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineThe Shadow Line, first edition in scarce jacketPublisherJ.M. Dent & SonsDate Published[1917] Lot #29 Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineIncludes 1st book version, Heart of DarknessPublisherWilliam Backwood and SonsDate Published1902 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 #53 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Johnson, Samuel)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, early statePublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 Lot #55 King Kong View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(King Kong)AuthorLovelace, Delos W.HeadlineKing Kong first edition in first state dust jacketPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[December 1932] 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 #74 Cien años de soledad View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMárquez, Gabriel GarcíaHeadlineTrue first of Marquez' SolitudePublisherEditorial SudamericanaDate Published[1967] Lot #75 Narrative of a Four Months' Residence among the Natives of a Valley of The Marquesas Islands; Or, A Peep at Polynesian Life View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFirst Edition of Melville's First Book 1846PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1846 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 #89 The Works of Plato, viz. His Fifty-Five Dialogues, and Twelve Epistles View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineThomas Taylor's Platonic corpus in EnglishPublisherPrinted for Thomas Taylor by R. WilksDate Published1804 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 #97 The Merry Wives of Windsor View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Wives of Windsor from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #98 A Midsommer Nights Dreame View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline2nd folio Midsommer Nights Dreame 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #99 Much Adoe About Nothing [&] Loves Labour's Lost View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo plays from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #100 The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo plays from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #101 The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineRichard III from 4th folio Shakespeare 1685Publisher[H. Herringman, et al.]Date Published[1685] Lot #102 The Jew of Venice. A Comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Author[Shakespeare, William]. Granville, George (Baron Lansdowne)HeadlineAdaption of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, 1701PublisherPrinted for Ber. LintottDate Published1701 Lot #104 The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the Other Works of England’s Arch-Poët, Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume, and carefully corrected View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser, England's Arch-Poët, finely boundPublisherPrinted by H. L. for Mathew LownesDate Published1611 Lot #105 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr HydePublisherScribner'sDate Published1886 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