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8
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    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Apianus
  • Headline
    Superb facsimile of Apianus' Astronomicon
  • Date Published
    1967
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
9
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Barnard, Edward Emerson
  • Headline
    Barnard photos Milky Way at Lick Observatory
  • Publisher
    State Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
10
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Guillemin, Amedee
  • Headline
    Heavens illustrated, with Woodburytype of the sun
  • Publisher
    Librairie Hachette et Cie.
  • Date Published
    1877
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
11
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Keeler, James Edward
  • Headline
    Spiral nebulae seen from Lick Observatory
  • Publisher
    A.J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing
  • Date Published
    1908
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
12
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Schaeberle, John Martin
  • Headline
    Chilean solar eclipse with original photograph
  • Publisher
    A.J. Johnstone, Supt. State Printing
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
13
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Weinek, Ladislaus
  • Headline
    Photos of moon from Lick Observatory 1894
  • Publisher
    A.J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
14
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Wolf, Max
  • Headline
    Stereoviews of the night sky
  • Publisher
    Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1909-1918
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
30
  • Author
    Bohr, Niels
  • Headline
    Collected Works of Niels Bohr in 12 volumes
  • Publisher
    North-Holland
  • Date Published
    [1986]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
36
  • Author
    Boyle, Robert
  • Headline
    Robert Boyle on the barometer, 1666
  • Publisher
    Royal Society of London
  • Date Published
    1666
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
62
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    A slave inherited in Cuba, 1870 manuscript
  • Date Published
    c.1870
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
63
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Listing of Chinese slaves in Cuba 1862
  • Date Published
    c.1862
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
64
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Chinese & Black slaves sold in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1856-57
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
65
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Contracts for Cuban Chinese indentured servants
  • Date Published
    1872-[1877]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
68
  • Heading
    (Darwin, Charles)
  • Headline
    Four volumes relating to Charles Darwin
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
69
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Works of Charles Darwin, Westminster Edition
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    [1893]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
70
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    19th cent. eds. of works by Charles Darwin
  • Publisher
    John Murray [& Ward, Lock]
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
71
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Life & Letters of Darwin & his family
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
82
  • Author
    Doyle, Arthur Conan
  • Headline
    Works of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signed
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1903
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
StatusUnsold
85
  • Heading
    (Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)
  • Author
    Fitzgerald, Edward, translator
  • Headline
    One of 750 signed by artist Edmund Dulac
  • Publisher
    Hodder & Stoughton
  • Date Published
    [1909]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
86
  • Heading
    (Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)
  • Author
    Poe, Edgar Allan
  • Headline
    Poe's The Bells illustrated by Edmund Dulac
  • Publisher
    Hodder & Stoughton
  • Date Published
    [1912]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
90
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert and Leopold Infeld
  • Headline
    Einstein's Evolution of Physics
  • Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  • Date Published
    1938
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
91
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Inscribed by Einstein to future Baptist minister
  • Publisher
    Princeton University Press
  • Date Published
    1950
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$5,625
StatusSold
94
  • Heading
    (Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)
  • Author
    Hare, Amory
  • Headline
    Signed by Wharton Esherick and Amory Hare
  • Publisher
    The Slide Mountain Press
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
95
  • Heading
    (Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)
  • Headline
    Centaur Press Song of Solomon, Esherick woodcuts
  • Publisher
    [Centaur Press]
  • Date Published
    [1927]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
98
  • Heading
    (Galilei, Galileo)
  • Headline
    Tasso & Galileo considered, 1793 4to edition
  • Publisher
    Nella stamperia Pagliarini
  • Date Published
    1793
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
99
  • Heading
    (Galilei, Galileo)
  • Author
    Nelli, Giovan Battista Clemente
  • Headline
    Life of Galileo 1793
  • Date Published
    1793
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
100
  • Author
    Galilei, Galileo
  • Headline
    Unpublished letters of Galileo, 1818-21
  • Publisher
    Per G. Vincenzi e comp.
  • Date Published
    1818-1821
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
104
  • Author
    Gilkerson, William
  • Headline
    With 12 color plates signed by the artist
  • Publisher
    Edward J. Lefkowicz
  • Date Published
    [1983]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
108
  • Author
    Harte, Bret
  • Headline
    Complete set of Harte's writings, nicely bound
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press
  • Date Published
    [1896]-1914
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
128
  • Author
    Kasner, Edward, and James Newman
  • Headline
    1st Ed., First use of term "Google" in print
  • Publisher
    Simon and Schuster
  • Date Published
    1940
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
130
  • Author
    Kepler, Johannes
  • Headline
    Opera Omnia of Johannes Kepler, 9 volumes
  • Publisher
    Heider & Zimmer
  • Date Published
    1858-1871
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
132
  • Author
    Lawrence, D.H.
  • Headline
    Crowley's copy of Lawrence's Love Poems
  • Publisher
    Mitchell Kennerley
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
135
  • Author
    Lefebvre, L. Charles
  • Headline
    Lefebvre on probability theory, 1909
  • Publisher
    L. Dulac
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
140
  • Author
    [Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de]
  • Headline
    Early treatise on heredity & evolution, 1744
  • Date Published
    1744 & 1745
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
141
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Boyle, Robert & Richard Lower
  • Headline
    1st published account of blood transfusions
  • Publisher
    Royal Society of London
  • Date Published
    1666-1667
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
142
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Bruggemann, Eustache Grégoire, collector
  • Headline
    Auction catalog of rare medical books, c.1860
  • Publisher
    Chez M.A. Mahne, Libraire
  • Date Published
    c.1860
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
144
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Clarke, John
  • Headline
    Nineteenth century work on pediatrics, 1815
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
  • Date Published
    1815
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
145
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Clymer, Meredith
  • Headline
    With map of New York 1872 Meningitis outbreak
  • Publisher
    Lindsay & Blakiston
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
146
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Coutto, Josephus Antonius de
  • Headline
    Dissertation on human birth, 1794
  • Publisher
    Cum privilegio Typis Gulielmi Creech
  • Date Published
    1794
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
148
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Heberden, William
  • Headline
    On the History and Cure of Diseases, Heberden
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Payne
  • Date Published
    1803
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
149
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Laennec, Rene Theophile Hyacinthe
  • Headline
    Mediate auscultation by inventor of stethoscope
  • Publisher
    Chez J.-A. Brosson et J.-S. Chaudé
  • Date Published
    1819
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
150
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Liceti, Fortunio
  • Headline
    Fortunio Liceti on formation of the soul, 1602
  • Publisher
    In Aedibus Iosephi Pavonii
  • Date Published
    1602
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
151
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Linden, Joan Antonidae Vander, editor
  • Headline
    Hippocrates' Works in Greek and Latin, 1665
  • Publisher
    Apud Danielem, Abrahamum & Adrianum
  • Date Published
    [1665]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
152
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Marey, Étienne-Jules; Goze, Eugène
  • Headline
    Medical works inscribed by Marey
  • Date Published
    1865 & 1867
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
153
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Mitchell, S. Weir
  • Headline
    Weir's Medical Work on Nerve Trauma, 1872
  • Publisher
    J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
154
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Morton, William J. and Edwin Hammer
  • Headline
    Early reference book for X-Rays in America
  • Publisher
    American Technical Book Co.
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
155
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Quain, Jones; William James Erasmus Wilson
  • Headline
    Series of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body
  • Publisher
    G.N. Loomis
  • Date Published
    [1842]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
156
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Rush, Benjamin; William Hillary
  • Headline
    Two works on Epidemical diseases & Yellow Fever
  • Publisher
    B. & T. Kite
  • Date Published
    1811
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
157
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Rush, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Benjamin Rush on mania, derangement, psychiatry
  • Publisher
    Kimber & Richardson
  • Date Published
    1812
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
158
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Spock, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Signed by Dr. Benjamin Spock
  • Publisher
    Hawthorn Books, Inc., Publishers
  • Date Published
    [1976]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
159
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Underwood, Michael
  • Headline
    Underwood's Diseases of Children, 1808
  • Publisher
    Published by David West
  • Date Published
    1806
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
160
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Vesalius
  • Headline
    Leaves from Vesalius' Human Anatomy 1543
  • Publisher
    Johannes Oporinus
  • Date Published
    1543
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
161
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Whytt, Robert
  • Headline
    The Works of neurophysiologist Robert Whytt
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt and J. Balfour
  • Date Published
    [1768]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
164
  • Author
    Mizauld, Antoine
  • Headline
    Mizauld's agricultural "secrets" 1560-75
  • Publisher
    Fédéric Morel
  • Date Published
    1560-1575
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
166
  • Author
    Montessori, Maria
  • Headline
    Second Edition of the Montessori Pedagogy
  • Publisher
    Ermanno Leoscher & Co.
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
175
  • Heading
    (Norman, Haskell F.)
  • Author
    Hook, Diana H. & Jeremy M. Norman
  • Headline
    Deluxe Haskell Norman Library, 1/35
  • Publisher
    Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc.
  • Date Published
    1991
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
181
  • Author
    Pasteur, Louis
  • Headline
    Louis Pasteur on Brewing
  • Publisher
    Gauthier-Villars
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
182
  • Author
    Pasteur, Louis
  • Headline
    Pasteur's seminal work on fermentation in wine
  • Publisher
    L'Imprimerie Imperiale
  • Date Published
    1866
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
183
  • Author
    Pasteur, Louis
  • Headline
    The Works of Louis Pasteur
  • Publisher
    Masson & Cie.
  • Date Published
    1922-1939
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
217
  • Author
    Varignon, Pierre
  • Headline
    Paul Varignon on infinitesimal calculus, 1725
  • Publisher
    Chez Rollins
  • Date Published
    1725
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
221
  • Author
    Wallace, Alfred Russel
  • Headline
    Wallace defends Darwinism 1889 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
222
  • Author
    Wallace, Alfred Russel
  • Headline
    Studies Scientific by Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1900
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
231
  • Heading
    (Wood Engraving)
  • Author
    Linton, W.J.
  • Headline
    Signed by W.J. Linton
  • Publisher
    Published by the Author
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
232
  • Author
    Yogananda, Paramhansa
  • Headline
    Signed with inscription by Swami Yogananda
  • Publisher
    Los Angeles
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
233
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Dine, Jim, artist
  • Headline
    Signed by Jim Dine and Andrew Hoyem
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
235
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Molière
  • Headline
    Signed by Richard Wlbur and William Hamilton
  • Publisher
    The Arion Press
  • Date Published
    2004
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
237
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Stoppard, Tom
  • Headline
    Arion Press Arcadia signed by Tom Stoppard
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    2001
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
238
  • Heading
    (Artists' Books)
  • Author
    Heebner, Mary
  • Headline
    Intimacy, magnificent artist's book by M. Heebner
  • Publisher
    Simplemente Maria Press
  • Date Published
    2017
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
239
  • Author
    Baskin, Leonard
  • Headline
    Deluxe variant signed by Leonard Baskin
  • Publisher
    Medicina Rara
  • Date Published
    [1972]
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
241
  • Heading
    (Clark, Emilie, artist)
  • Author
    Hejinian, Lyn
  • Headline
    Signed by Lyn Hejinian and Emilie Clark
  • Publisher
    Granary Books
  • Date Published
    1998
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
244
  • Heading
    (Granary Press)
  • Author
    Cage, John, Barbara Fahrner, and Philip Gallo
  • Headline
    Signed by John Cage and the other contributors
  • Publisher
    Granary Books
  • Date Published
    1990
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
245
  • Heading
    (Grenfell Press)
  • Author
    Morrow, Bradford
  • Headline
    Signed by 18 artists and the author
  • Publisher
    Grenfell Press
  • Date Published
    1990
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$3,437.50
StatusSold
246
  • Heading
    (Grenfell Press)
  • Author
    Tarn, Natasha
  • Headline
    Signed by Gregory Amenoff
  • Publisher
    Grenfell Press
  • Date Published
    1994
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
248
  • Author
    Jess
  • Headline
    Two works by SF poet/artist Jess
  • Publisher
    Les Ferriss
  • Date Published
    1994; no date
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
251
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent, illustrator
  • Headline
    Six woodcuts signed by Vincent Perez
  • Publisher
    The Yolla Bolly Press
  • Date Published
    1985
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
252
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent, illustrator
  • Headline
    Twenty illustrations signed by Vincent Perez
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1998
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
253
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Lithograph signed by Vincent Perez, one of 20
  • Publisher
    CCAC
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
254
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Carousel signed by Vincent Perez
  • Date Published
    1970
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
255
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Woman with Collar, signed by Vincent Perez
  • Date Published
    1967 [but 1957]
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
256
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Nude study signed by Vincent Perez, 1963
  • Date Published
    1963
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
257
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Two lithographs signed by Vincent Perez
  • Date Published
    1965
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
258
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Original drawing from Army recruitment poster
  • Date Published
    1963
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
259
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Suite of six woodcuts, each signed by V. Perez
  • Date Published
    c. 1990's
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
260
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Lithograph signed by Vincent Perez, one of 20
  • Publisher
    CCAC
  • Date Published
    1981
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
261
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Three original illustrations by Vincent Perez
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
262
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Three woodcuts signed by Vincent Perez
  • Publisher
    Arion Press for the Bohemian Club
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
263
  • Author
    Perez, Vincent
  • Headline
    Thus the Soldiers, aquatint signed by V. Perez
  • Date Published
    1960
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
265
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Arts Festival)
  • Headline
    SF Arts Fest Poetry Folio Sgd broadsides 1964
  • Publisher
    [Four Seasons Foundation]
  • Date Published
    1964
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
267
  • Heading
    (Twelvetrees Press)
  • Author
    Claxton, William
  • Headline
    Jazz, signed by William Claxton
  • Publisher
    Twelvetrees Press
  • Date Published
    [1987]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
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