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 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 1-51 of 51. 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 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