Sale 770: PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#770) 09/08/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/08/2022 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-30 of 30. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Author[Abbott, Edwin A.]HeadlineE.A. Abbott's Flatland, a geometric fantasy 1884PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #5 The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of Spanish by Thomas Shelton, MDCXII. View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineAshendene Press Don Quixote in full pigskinPublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1927-1928 Lot #8 Siebzehn Steinzeichnungen View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Berlin Free Secession)HeadlineBerlin Free Secession portfolio - 15 signed lithosPublisherVerlag Freie SecessionDate Published[1921] Lot #13 Fahrenheit 451 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineAsbestos edition signed by Ray BradburyPublisherBallantine Books, Inc.Date Published[1953] Lot #15 Photograph of Alexandra “Xie” Kitchin View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Carroll, Lewis)AuthorDodgson, Charles LutwidgeHeadlineLewis Carroll photograph of “Xie” KitchinDate Published5 July 1870 Lot #17 The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, with Divers Addicions, whiche were never in printe before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly dooeth appere View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineStowe's Chaucer w/ extensive marginalia, 1561PublisherJhon Kyngston for Jhon WightDate Published1561 Lot #20 Mexican manuscript cookbook in Spanish, with numerous recipes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cookery - Manuscript Mexican Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1830Date Publishedc.1830 Lot #24 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol, first edition, first issuePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 Lot #25 Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Heading(Doves Bindery)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth's Lyrical Ballads in Doves bindingPublisherPrinted for T. N. Longman And O. ReesDate Published1800 Lot #26 The Complete Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineComplete Sherlock Holmes signed by DoylePublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1953 Lot #30 The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Author[Fielding, Henry]HeadlineFielding's Early English Novel, 1st Ed.PublisherA. MillarDate Published1742 Lot #32 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 Lot #35 The Return of the Native View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineReturn of the Native first edition in book formPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #36 The Trumpet Major View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineHardy's The Trumpet Major, first book editionPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.Date Published1880 Lot #37 The Woodlanders View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy's The Woodlanders, first editionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1887 Lot #58 Manuscript document containing complaints about unjust actions and dereliction of duty by Joachin Joseph de Rivera, the Chief Justice of Sonora, and other government and military officials View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorAnza, Juan Bautista de, et al.HeadlineTroubles on Arizona frontier, 1720 documentDate PublishedFebruary 22 & May 19, 1720 Lot #59 Four manuscript letters from Juan Gutierrez de la Cueva, a Spanish officer active in the frontier regions of Arizona, California and Texas, to Joaquín de Amezqueta, Commander of the Presidio de San Carlos, Sonora View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorGutierrez de la Cueva, JuanHeadlineFighting Apaches on Mexico's frontier, 1786 lettersDate Published1786 Lot #60 Three original manuscript letters and one accompanying manuscript document on the defense of the northernmost Spanish territories of New Spain against the United States and the indigenous Apache and Comanche people View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorSalcedo, NemesioHeadlineDefending Mexico's northern frontier 1809-10Date Published1809-1810 Lot #67 Poems [and] Works of Alfred de Musset View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineAlfred de Musset, Illuminated Presentation SetPublisherEdwin C. Hill CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #83 The New Grant White Shakespeare. The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare, Old Stratford Ed, 1/124PublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1912 Lot #84 The Works of Shakespeare View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works in folio extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for Grant Richards, LondonDate Published1901-1904 Lot #85 The Works of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Head Press, Sangorski BoundPublisherThe Shakespeare Head PressDate Published1904-1907 Lot #90 Manuscript fragment from "The history and fate of sacrilege discover'd by examples of scripture, of heathens, and of Christians..." View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSpelman, HenryHeadlineMS fragment of Henry Spelman's SacrilegeDate Published[c.1632] Lot #92 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineWith Handwritten Note from H.B. StowePublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #95 The Writings of Mark Twain View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWith a Signed Letter by Sam ClemensPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1929 Lot #99 Theory of Games and Economic Behavior View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorVon Neumann, John and Oskar MorgensternHeadlineInscribed first edition of Theory of Games...PublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1944 Lot #100 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWalt Whitman, Finely Bound by JackelPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1902 Lot #102 The Happy Prince and Other Tales View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineFairy tales of Oscar Wilde, signed limited editionPublisherDavid NuttDate Published1888 Lot #104 Fly Leaves View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(Wilde, Oscar, his book)AuthorCalverley, C.S.HeadlineOscar Wilde's copy with his signature on titlePublisherDeighton, Bell, and Co.Date Published1873 Lot #106 Official copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed on September 2, 1945 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)HeadlineRare copy of Japanese Surrender Document 1945Date Publishedc.1945 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next