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 1-100 of 113. Previous|12|Next Lot #1 History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster; With the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospital View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Author[Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher]HeadlineAckermann's History of the Colleges 1816PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1816 Lot #2 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq.; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineLarge paper subscriber's copy, Anson's VoyagePublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 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 #5 Almanacks 1688 (spine title) View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Astronomy)Headline12 almanacs from 1688 in period bindingDate Published1687-1688 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 #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 #10 Zeespiegel, inhoudende eene beschryvinghe der seekusten van de Oostersche ende Noordsche schipvaert. Wt ondervindinghen van veel ervaren zeevaerders vergadert... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBlaeu, Willem JanszoonHeadlineVariant of Blaeu's Sea Atlas 1623PublisherGhedruckt by Willem Iansz BlaeuwDate Published1623 Lot #11 William Blake's Watercolour Inventions in Illustration of The Grave by Robert Blair View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineWilliam Blake's Illustrations of The Grave 2009PublisherWilliam Blake TrustDate Published2009 Lot #12 Ficciones View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineBorges' Ficciones with 18 engravingsPublisherEdiciones Dos AmigosDate Published1984-87 Lot #13 The Light of the World: A most True Relation of a Pilgrimess, M. Antonia Bourignon, Travelling towards Eternity. Published by Mr. Christian de Cort, late director of the Isle of Noordstrand... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorBourignon, AntoniaHeadlineFrench-Flemish mystic foresees end of timesDate Published1696 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 #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 #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 #21 Manuscript Diary of William Edgar Geil, Missionary and Explorer Documenting his Trip Through China in 1910 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorGeil, William E.HeadlineManuscript Diary of William Edgar Geil, 1910Date Published1910 Lot #22 Original watercolor painting, likely of Hong Kong harbor, with numerous ships and boats, both western and Chinese, before it View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineChina trade painting, likely of Hong KongDate Published19th century 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 #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 #30 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCook's Third Voyage with Atlas Volume 1785PublisherPrinted by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol... and T. CadellDate Published1785 Lot #31 Picturesque Representations of The Dress and Manners of the Turks, [Chinese], [Russians], [Austrians] - four volumes View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Costume)AuthorAlexander, WilliamHeadlineCostumes of the Turks, Chinese, Russians, AustriansPublisherJames Goodwin; Thomas McLeanDate Published[1825-29] 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 #33 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd edition, choice copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 Lot #34 Photograph of James Dean at a ballet class conducted by Katherine Dunham View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dean, James)AuthorStock, DennisHeadline1955 photo of James Dean ballet classDate Published1955 Lot #35 Photograph of James Dean at a bongo class conducted by Cyril Jackson View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dean, James)AuthorStock, DennisHeadlineOriginal 1955 photo of James Dean bongo classDate Published1955 Lot #36 Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDu Tertre, Jean BaptisteHeadlineHistory of the French Antilles, 1667PublisherChez Thomas JollyDate Published1667 Lot #37 Max Planck als Forscher - author's offprint from Die Naturwissenschaften View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein bio of Max Planck - rare offprintPublisherVerlag von Julius SpringerDate Published1913 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 #39 The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineEuclid's Elements in color, 1847PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1847 Lot #40 Voyage aux Moluques et a la Nouvelle Guinée, fait sur la galere la Tartare en 1774, 1775 & 1776 par ordre de la Compagnie Angloise View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorForrest, ThomasHeadlineFrench ed. of English voyage to New Guinea 1780PublisherHôtel de Thou, rue des PoitevinsDate Published1780 Lot #41 Mathematical Collections and Translations: The First Tome. In two parts... View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold Heading(Galileo)AuthorSalusbury, ThomasHeadlineFirst publication of Galileo's Dialogo in EnglishPublisherPrinted by William LeybournDate Published1661 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 #44 Atlas Geographique et Physique du Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne, fonde sur des Observations Astronomiques, des Mesures Trigonometriques et des Nivellemens Barometriques View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$23,750StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, AlexanderHeadlineAtlas volume to Humboldt's Essai PolitiquePublisherChez G. DufourDate Published1812 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 #46 Manuscript Antiphonal Leaf View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlineIlluminated Antiphonal leaf c. 1350Date Publishedc. 1350 Lot #47 Manuscript Leaf from a Liturgical Psalter View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlineIlluminated liturgical Psalter leaf c. 1270Date Publishedc. 1260-1280 Lot #48 Bronze Nias adu siraha salawa (ancestor figure) View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Heading(Indonesia)HeadlineRare bronze Indonesian Nias ancestry figureDate PublishedUndated [c.1880] Lot #49 [Views in Russia, Sweden, Poland and Germany] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Author[James, J.T.]HeadlineWith 21 hand-colored lithographsPublisher[John Murray]Date Published[1826-27] Lot #50 Album with 30 large ink & watercolor paintings of Japanese country scenery View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Japan - Landscape Paintings)HeadlineStriking Japanese landscape paintingsDate PublishedLate 19th century Lot #51 Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)HeadlineStunning visual document of monstrous Japan earthquakeDate Publishedc. 1923 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 #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 #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 #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 #56 The History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Limericks)Headline1st book of Limericks, with colored plates, 1822PublisherJ. Harris and SonDate Published1822 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 #59 Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, By Reference to Causes Now in Operation View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineLyell's Principles of Geology, a boon to DarwinPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-33 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 #61 Amstelodami Celeberrimi Hollandiae Emporii Delineatio Nova View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Maps)AuthorBlaeu, JoanHeadlineBirds-eye view of Amsterdam c.1650Date Publishedc.1650 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 #63 Asia Noviter Delineata View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Maps)AuthorBlaeu, WillemHeadlineCarte-a-figures map of Asia by BlaeuDate Publishedc.1631 Lot #64 Europa Recens Descripta View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Maps)AuthorBlaeu, WillemHeadlineBlaeu's carte-à-figures map of EuropeDate Publishedc.1640 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 #66 World at One View View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Maps)AuthorEnsign & ThayerHeadlineMarvelous pictorial map of the WorldDate Published1847 Lot #67 Le Golfe De Venise, Avec ses Principaux Caps, Promontoires, & Ports de Mer View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Maps)AuthorJaillot, Alexis-HubertHeadlineLarge detailed map of Gulf of Venice, 1693Date Published1793 Lot #68 Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Maps)AuthorKeur, Hendrik & JacobHeadlineStriking world map with pictorial surround, 1682Date Published1682 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 #71 Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio, et Vita View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Maps)AuthorOrtelius, AbrahamHeadlineOrtelius map of Holy Land with 22 vignette viewsDate Published1586-[1608] 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 #73 Über das Unendliche View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorHilbert, DavidHeadlineHilbert's major paper on infinityDate Published1926 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 #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 #79 Now We Are Six View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.AHeadlineSigned with delightful inscription to a young girlPublisherMethuen & CoDate Published1927 Lot #80 The Almanack Explained View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Miniature Books)HeadlineMiniature almanac in multi-color leather binding 1796PublisherPrinted or the Company of StationersDate Published1796 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 #84 Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed In The Years 1819-20, In His Majesty’s Ships Hecla and Griper. With an Appendix, Containing Scientific and Other Observations View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorParry, William EdwardHeadlineFirst edition of Parry's search for NW PassagePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1821 Lot #85 Outlines of the Globe [comprising] The View of Hindoostan [with] The View of India Extra Gangem, China, and Japan [and] The View of the Malayan Isles, New Holland, and the Spicy Islands View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Author[Pennant, Thomas]HeadlinePennant's Outlines of the Globe, 1798-1800PublisherHenry Hughs; Luke HanfordDate Published1798; 1800 Lot #86 The View of Hindoostan View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Author[Pennant, Thomas]HeadlineWith lovely hand-colored platesPublisherHenry HughsDate Published1798 Lot #87 New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Author(Phillips, Richard)HeadlineFifty-seven narratives of travel and explorationPublisherSir Richard Phillips and CompanyDate Published1819-23 Lot #88 Arte de navegar em que se ensinao as regras praticas, e os modos de cartear... e roteiro das viagens, e costas maritimas de Guine, Angola, Brazil, Indias, e llhas Occidentaes, e Orientaes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorPimentel, ManoelHeadlinePortuguese navigation guide to world ports 1762PublisherOfficina de Miguel Manescal da CostaDate Published1762 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 #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 #92 The History of Java View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorRaffles, Thomas StamfordHeadlineRaffles' Java with the rare atlasPublisherJohn Murray & Henry G. BohnDate Published1830 & 1844 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 #94 L'Art du Menuisier View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorRoubo, André JacobHeadlineMassive work on French furniture, 1769-75Publisher[Academie Royale des Sciences]Date Published1769-1775 Lot #95 A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country... in the years 1809 and 1810... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSalt, HenryHeadlineHenry Salt's account of Abyssinia, 1814PublisherPrinted for F.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1814 Lot #96 Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stâmme nach den neuesten Entdeckungen und vorzüglichsten Originalien bearbeitet von H.R. Schinz Med. Doct. und Professor der Naturgeschichte in Zürich... Dritte Vermehrte Auflage View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchinz, H.R.HeadlineEthnographic lithos with Bodmer picturesPublisherLithographirt und gerausgegeben von der J. Honeggerschen Lithographischen AnstaltDate Published1845 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] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next