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 1-44 of 44. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word. In Memory of Russell Varian [1898-1959] View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams' Portfolio IV 15 original printsPublisherSierra ClubDate Published1963 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 #13 Das Deutsche Heer und die Marine View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Costume)AuthorArnould, Georg & Felix von OlbergHeadlineColor lithos of German Military by ArnouldPublisherKunstanstalt (vormals Gustav W. Seitz) A.-O.Date Published[1891] Lot #20 Mian Ye Tu Shuo [An Illustrated Book of the Cotton Industry] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineChinese work on Cotton Industry 1911PublisherPrinting Division of Department of Agriculture & CommerceDate Published1911 Lot #42 The Quadrupeds of North America View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds with colored lithogaphsPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1851-1854 Lot #43 Lower California. The Peninsula. Now Open to Colonists: Tierra Perfecta, the perfect land of the mission fathers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Baja California)Author**HeadlineRare Baja California Land Brochures1887PublisherInternational Company of MexicoDate Published[1887] Lot #44 The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBateman, JamesHeadlineThe Orchidaceae of Mexico and GuatemalaPublisherJohnson Reprint CorporationDate Published[1974] Lot #49 Single Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Algonquin)Author**HeadlineSingle Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible 1663Publisher[Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson]Date Published1663-61 Lot #57 Northern California, a description of its soil, climate, productions, markets, occupied and unoccupied lands. Homes in a winterless climate, where all the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones grow to perfection View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineRare Northern California promotional booklet 1885PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #66 The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-Three Engravings View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Costume)Author**HeadlineThe Costume of the Russian Empire 73 color platesPublisherW. MillerDate Published1803 Lot #67 Von Wunderland zu Wunderland: Landschafts- und Lebensbilder aus den Staaten und Territorien der Union View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorCronau, RudolfHeadlineVon Wunderland zu Wunderland 50 collotype platesPublisherMax Spohr / T.O. WeigelDate Published[1885]-1887 Lot #72 The Butterflies of North America - First Series, plus several parts from second series View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEdwards, William H.HeadlineThe Butterflies of North America Color PlatesPublisherHoughton, Osgood and CompanyDate Published1879 Lot #76 Marriage Costumes of Various Nations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fashion)AuthorAckermann, R[udolph] (publisher)HeadlineMarriage Costumes of Various NationsPublisherR. AckermannDate Publishedc.1820 Lot #77 Bound volume of 111 hand-colored plates of woman's fashions from 1798-1802 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Fashion)Author**Headline111 Hand-colored fashion plates 1798-1802PublisherR. PhillipsDate Published1798-1802 Lot #78 Bound volume of 100 hand-colored plates of woman's fashions from the 1830s View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Fashion)Author**Headline100 Hand-colored fashion plates 1830sDate Published1830s Lot #79 La Mode - 9 volumes, with 103 hand-colored plates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fashion)Author**HeadlineLa Mode - 9 volumes, with 103 hand-colored platesPublisher[Edouard Proux]Date Published1830s-40s Lot #80 Magasin för Konst, Nyheter och Moder - Volumes 10 & 13 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fashion)Author**HeadlineSwedish fashion magazine from 1833 & 1836PublisherCarl DeleenDate Published1833, 1836 Lot #82 The Lady's Monthly Museum, or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction - Volumes 1 & 16 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fashion)Author**HeadlineThe Lady's Monthly Museum - Color Fashion PlatesPublisherVernor & HoodDate Published1798 & 1806 Lot #83 Townsend's Quarterly Selection of Parisian Costumes View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fashion)Author**HeadlineTownsend's Parisian Costumes Color PlatesPublisherJ. Townsend, et alDate Publishedc. 1825 Lot #85 Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America... To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1774PublisherPrinted for F. NewberyDate Published1774 Lot #96 Bound for Glory View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorGuthrie, WoodyHeadlineWoody Guthrie Bound for Glory First Edition in DJPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published1943 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 #102 Orchidaceae View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorHunt, P. FrancisHeadlineP. Francis Hunt Orchidaceae 1 of 600 copiesPublisherBourton PressDate Published1973 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 #115 Two Typed Letters, signed, regarding anti-Semitic portrayals in motion pictures View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Anti-Semitism)AuthorLewis, Leon L.Headline2 TLs regarding anti-semitic portrayals in filmsDate Published1914 & 1915 Lot #125 The Botanical Cabinet...with a short account of each, directions for management &c. &c. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorLoddiges, Conrad, & Sons.HeadlineLoddiges Botanical Cabinet 1100 color platesPublisherJohn & Arthur ArchDate Published1818-33 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 #135 Flores do Amazonas / Flowers of the Amazon View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMee, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Mee Flowers of the AmazonPublisherRecordDate Published[1980] 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 #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 #153 Le Costume Historique View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorRacinet, M.A.HeadlineRacinet's Le Costume Historique 1888PublisherFirmin-DidotDate Published1888 Lot #167 Golden Gate Park - The People's Paradise View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(San Francisco - Golden Gate Park)Author**HeadlineBroadside for Stow Lake Golden Gate ParkDate Publishedc.1895 Lot #173 Illuminated Ornaments Selected from Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Sixth to the Seventeenth Centuries View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineHenry Shaw Illuminated Ornaments Large Paper EdnPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1833 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 #185 The Golden Fleece, Divided into three Parts, Under which are discovered the Errours of Religion, the Vices and Decayes of the Kingdome, and lastly the Wayes to get wealth, and to restore Trading so much complayned of. Transported from Cambrioll Colehos, out of the Southernmost Part of the Iland, commonly called the Newfoundland, by Orpheus Junior, for the generall and perpetuall Good of Great Britaine View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Author[Vaughan, William]HeadlineThe Golden Fleece by William Vaughan 1626PublisherFrancis WilliamsDate Published1626 Lot #189 Wade & Croome's Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Albany. Drawn from nature and engraved by William Wade View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorWade, WilliamHeadline1846 Panorama of the Hudson RiverPublisherJ. DisturnellDate Published1846 Lot #191 American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorWilson, Alexander & Charles Lucian BonaparteHeadlineWilson & Bonapartes American OrnithologyPublisherWhittaker, Treacher, & ArnotDate Published1832 Lot #192 Printer's mock-up for the never published Wall Street periodical "The Woman Investor" View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Women's Rights)Author**HeadlineProspectus for The Woman Investor 1914PublisherThe Woman InvestorDate PublishedFebruary, 1914 Lot #193 Japanese Propaganda Poster Appealing to Filipino Anti-American Nationalism View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(World War II Propaganda Poster)Author**HeadlineWWII Japanese Propaganda PosterDate Publishedc.1942 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next