Sale 472: Rare Books & Manuscripts (Monday after S.F. Book Fair) (#472) 02/06/2012 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/06/2012 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 472 62 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 1-36 of 36. Previous|1|Next Lot #7 Autograph Letter, signed from an ex-Kentucky slave in Liberia View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineALs from an ex-Kentucky slave in LiberiaDate PublishedFeb. 2, 4, and 9, 1847 Lot #10 Autograph Document, signed. - Receipt for an ad in the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser offering "black girl for sale" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorClaypoole, JohnHeadlineSigned by Betsy Ross' husband John ClaypooleDate PublishedMarch 23, 1795 Lot #11 Draft Letter, signed with initials, predicting the defeat of General How[e] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorGurney, JosephHeadlineJoseph Gurney draft letter w Revolution contentDate PublishedSeptember 19, 1777 Lot #47 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 8 gouache paintings View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 8 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] Lot #73 Manuscript extract of a letter from British Captain Roe describing antiquities in Egypt, 1801 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorRoe, CaptainHeadlineBritish Captain describing antiquities in EgyptDate Published26th May 1801 Lot #89 WITHDRAWN - Autograph Letter Signed by George III as Prince of Wales View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGeorge III, as Prince of WalesHeadlineLetter from George III at age 11, 1749Date PublishedAug. 21, 1749 Lot #90 WITHDRAWN - Document Signed by George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGeorge IIIHeadlineDocument Signed by King George IIIDate PublishedJune 27, 1798 Lot #91 Autograph Manuscript, signed, from his cell in a Paris prison View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGreeley, HoraceHeadlineHorace Greeley writes from his Paris jail cellDate Published[June 2-4, 1855] Lot #99 Four Autograph Letters, signed, from an early American entrepreneur in Hawaii View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorCalkin, Milo and ElizabethHeadline1843-44 A YANKEE ENTREPRENEUR IN HAWAIIDate PublishedNovember 3, December 22, 1843; & January 28, 1844 Lot #106 Archive of over 1000 letters and other items, to and from Randolph Huntingon, who introduced the breeding of Arabian horses into the United States View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Horses)Author[Huntington, Randolph]HeadlineArchive on the introduction of the Arabian HorseDate Published1865-1909 Lot #107 Benedicite Omnia Opera - Illuminated manuscript with watercolor miniatures View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**HeadlineBenedicite Omnia Opera wonderfully illuminatedDate PublishedEarly 20th century Lot #108 Large, elaborate illuminated leaf from a manuscript Antiphonal View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**Headlineilluminated leaf from a manuscript antiphonalDate Published15th century Lot #109 Manuscript leaf on vellum, with illuminations and initials in gilt and colors View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellumDate Publishedc.1400 Lot #110 Illustrated manuscript arithmetic copy book - Fabulous original illustrations throughout View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Heading(Illustrated Manuscript)Author**HeadlineArithmetic copy book with fantastic illustrationsDate Published1808 Lot #112 Autograph Letter, signed, presenting a gift of a Jefferson law book to President Andrew Jackson View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Masonic)Author[Goodenow, John M.] Wonedoog M. NhojHeadlineGIFT OF A JEFFERSON LAW BOOK TO PRESIDENT JACKSONDate PublishedA[nno] L[ucis] 5830 [1830] Lot #114 Autograph Letter, signed, to his wife while fleeing from French Troops View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorJuarez, BenitoHeadlineALs From Benito Juarez to his wife while fleeingDate PublishedSept. 22, 1864 Lot #126 Two unpublished letters about General James Wilkinson, noted soldier, traitor, spy and first Governor of Louisiana View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Louisiana Territory)AuthorWilkinson, James B. (Jr.); Henry Dearborn; George IngersollHeadlineTwo letters re General James WilkinsonDate Published1803-04 Lot #128 Autograph Letter, signed, from the Utopian "Father of American Geology" then residing in Mexico View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorMaclure, WilliamHeadlineALs from the Father of American GeologyDate PublishedOctober 1, 1836 Lot #134 Lettres Américaines, dans lesquelles on examine l'Origine, l'État Civil, Politique, Militaire & Religieux, les Arts, l'Industrie, les Sciences, les Mœurs, les Usages des anciens Habitans de l'Amérique; les grandes Epoques de la Nature, l'ancienne Communication des deux Hémisphères, & la dernière Révolution qui a fait disparoître l'Atlantide : pour servir de suite aux Mémoires de D. Ulloa - Emperor Maximilian I's copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico - His Copy)AuthorCarli, M. Le Comte J.R.HeadlineEmperor Maximilian I's copyPublisherChez BuissonDate Published1788 Lot #137 Nexus II: Outline of Travels View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineHenry Miller's outline of travels for Nexus IIDate Published1961 Lot #139 Gone With the Wind View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorMitchell, MargaretHeadlineGone With the Wind inscribed in jacketPublisherMacmillanDate Published1936 Lot #141 WITHDRAWN. Document signed by Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy and Benito Mussolini View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mussolini, Benito)AuthorVittorio Emanuele III, King of ItalyHeadlineDocument signed by MussoliniDate Published14 July 1934 Lot #143 The New Dealers - Signed by F.D.R. and approximately 80 other New Dealers View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(New Deal)Author"Unofficial Observer"HeadlineThe New Dealers - Signed by F.D.R. and othersPublisherLiterary GuildDate Published[1934] Lot #144 WITHDRAWN Manuscript Document Signed by William Franklin as Colonial Governor of New Jersey View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(New Jersey)AuthorFranklin, WilliamHeadlineDocument signed by last colonial N. Jersey Gov.Date PublishedJune 20, 1765 Lot #147 The Masnavi [Spiritual Couplets] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Persian Manuscript)AuthorMawlana Jalaluddin RumiHeadline15th century ms. of Masnavi of MawlanaDate PublishedAH 860/AD 1456 Lot #155 Autograph Manuscript Signed for The Ayn Rand Column View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand Autograph Manuscript for her columnDate PublishedJune 26, 1962 Lot #156 Autograph Manuscript regarding European postage stamps View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand note on stamp collectingDate Published[c. 1970] Lot #158 An Old Sweetheart of Mine - With an Autograph Letter, signed, from Riley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJames Whitcomb Riley Old Sweetheart of MinePublisherBobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1903] Lot #159 The Old Swimmin'-hole, and 'Leven More Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineOld Swimmin'-hole signed w/8 line poem RileyPublisherGeorge C. Hitt & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #161 Rubáiyát of Doc Sifers - Finely bound, with an Autograph Letter, signed, from Riley to the illustrator tipped in View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineRubaiyat of Doc Sifers finely bound, with letterPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1897 Lot #162 The Works of James Whitcomb Riley - Homestead Edition, with a letter from Riley to the publisher View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Works of James Whitcomb Riley w/letterPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1897-1910 Lot #174 Manuscript Document Signed by Adam Eyre, relating to a survey of Sherwood Forest View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Sherwood Forest)AuthorEyre, AdamHeadlineRelating to a survey of Sherwood Forest 1659Date PublishedJune 1, 1659 Lot #178 The Tragedies of Sophocles View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Steinbeck, John)AuthorSophoclesHeadlineSteinbeck's copy of Sophocles with many notesPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1917 Lot #181 Autograph Letter, signed, from the future Supreme Court Justice, the a love-sick young attorney View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorStory, JosephHeadlineALs future Supreme Court Justice Joseph StoryDate PublishedMay 19, 1802 Lot #184 Autograph Letter Signed S.L. Clemens, to his British publisher, regarding the publication of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Twain to publisher about Huck FinnDate PublishedApr. 1/84 Lot #188 Manuscript Document Signed by Queen Victoria View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorVictoria, Queen of EnglandHeadlineManuscript Document Signed by Queen VictoriaDate PublishedJuly 22, 1862 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next