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 1-49 of 49. Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Les Antiquités Bouddhiques de Bamiyan Heading(Afghanistan)AuthorGodard, A., et al.HeadlineThe Buddhas of BamiyanPublisherLes Editions G. Van OestDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #7 Autograph Letter, signed from an ex-Kentucky slave in Liberia Heading(African-American)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineALs from an ex-Kentucky slave in LiberiaDate PublishedFeb. 2, 4, and 9, 1847 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #10 Autograph Document, signed. - Receipt for an ad in the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser offering "black girl for sale" Heading(American Revolution)AuthorClaypoole, JohnHeadlineSigned by Betsy Ross' husband John ClaypooleDate PublishedMarch 23, 1795 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #11 Draft Letter, signed with initials, predicting the defeat of General How[e] Heading(American Revolution)AuthorGurney, JosephHeadlineJoseph Gurney draft letter w Revolution contentDate PublishedSeptember 19, 1777 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #24 Manmo hokushi no shukyo bijutsu [Religious art of Manchuria and Mongolia], in Japanese Heading(Asian)AuthorBaiei Henmi, editorHeadlineReligious art of Manchuria and MongoliaPublisherMaruzen Company, LimitedDate Published1943-1945 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #42 The Quadrupeds of North America AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds with colored lithogaphsPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1851-1854 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #43 Lower California. The Peninsula. Now Open to Colonists: Tierra Perfecta, the perfect land of the mission fathers Heading(Baja California)Author**HeadlineRare Baja California Land Brochures1887PublisherInternational Company of MexicoDate Published[1887] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #47 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 8 gouache paintings Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 8 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #48 Biblioglyphé sive Icones Biblicae, Arte Chalcographica & Poetica praecipues S. Scripturae Historias perquam eleganter representanter. Heading(Bible - Polyglot)AuthorAmmon, Johan, editorHeadlineStriking Biblical engravings, 1643PublisherTypis Caspari Rötelii, impensis Johannis AmmoniiDate Published1643 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #49 Single Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible Heading(Bible in Algonquin)Author**HeadlineSingle Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible 1663Publisher[Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson]Date Published1663-61 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineKing James Bible 2nd folio 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #51 The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineJohn Baskerville's Bible 1763PublisherPrinted by John Baskerville, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1763 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Two title-pages from 16th century English language editions of the Bible Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineTitles of 16th century English editions the BibleDate Published1566 & 1576 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #53 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #54 Times of the Bible: veyled in cubits, shekels, talents, furlongs, chapters, verses, letters, of the Scripture: with the days, hours, watches, weeks and months of the Jewish year Heading(Biblical)Author**HeadlineRare Times of Bible with occult, 1667Date Published1667 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #55 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments... Heading(Book of Common Prayer)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer 1713 with engravingsPublisherJohn BaskettDate Published1713 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 Heading(California)HeadlineRare Northern California promotional booklet 1885PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #62 Illustrations for the Bible AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineIllustrations for the Bible by Marc Chagall 1956PublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #67 Von Wunderland zu Wunderland: Landschafts- und Lebensbilder aus den Staaten und Territorien der Union AuthorCronau, RudolfHeadlineVon Wunderland zu Wunderland 50 collotype platesPublisherMax Spohr / T.O. WeigelDate Published[1885]-1887 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #72 The Butterflies of North America - First Series, plus several parts from second series AuthorEdwards, William H.HeadlineThe Butterflies of North America Color PlatesPublisherHoughton, Osgood and CompanyDate Published1879 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold 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 AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1774PublisherPrinted for F. NewberyDate Published1774 View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #96 Bound for Glory AuthorGuthrie, WoodyHeadlineWoody Guthrie Bound for Glory First Edition in DJPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published1943 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #99 Four Autograph Letters, signed, from an early American entrepreneur in Hawaii Heading(Hawaii)AuthorCalkin, Milo and ElizabethHeadline1843-44 A YANKEE ENTREPRENEUR IN HAWAIIDate PublishedNovember 3, December 22, 1843; & January 28, 1844 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #108 Large, elaborate illuminated leaf from a manuscript Antiphonal Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**Headlineilluminated leaf from a manuscript antiphonalDate Published15th century View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #111 Partial leaf (1 column) of Liber Sextus Decretalium, printed on vellum by Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer Heading(Incunable)AuthorBoniface VIIHeadlineIncunable leaf printed on vellumDate Published1465 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #112 Autograph Letter, signed, presenting a gift of a Jefferson law book to President Andrew Jackson Heading(Masonic)Author[Goodenow, John M.] Wonedoog M. NhojHeadlineGIFT OF A JEFFERSON LAW BOOK TO PRESIDENT JACKSONDate PublishedA[nno] L[ucis] 5830 [1830] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #114 Autograph Letter, signed, to his wife while fleeing from French Troops AuthorJuarez, BenitoHeadlineALs From Benito Juarez to his wife while fleeingDate PublishedSept. 22, 1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #115 Two Typed Letters, signed, regarding anti-Semitic portrayals in motion pictures Heading(Anti-Semitism)AuthorLewis, Leon L.Headline2 TLs regarding anti-semitic portrayals in filmsDate Published1914 & 1915 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #120 The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed Heading(Koran)AuthorSale, George, translatorHeadlineFirst Sale edition of The Koran 1734PublisherPrinted by C. Ackers for J. WilcoxDate Published1734 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #121 The Holy Qur'an Heading(Koran in Arabic & Persian)Author**HeadlineKoran in Arabic & PersianDate PublishedLate18th Century View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #124 Le Musée Royal...ou, Recueil de Gravures d'apres les Plus Beaux Tableaux, Statues, et Bas-Reliefs de la Collection Royale HeadingzzfAuthorLaurent, HenriHeadlineLe Musee Royal 161 engraved platesPublisherF. DidotDate Published1816-18 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #126 Two unpublished letters about General James Wilkinson, noted soldier, traitor, spy and first Governor of Louisiana Heading(Louisiana Territory)AuthorWilkinson, James B. (Jr.); Henry Dearborn; George IngersollHeadlineTwo letters re General James WilkinsonDate Published1803-04 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #128 Autograph Letter, signed, from the Utopian "Father of American Geology" then residing in Mexico AuthorMaclure, WilliamHeadlineALs from the Father of American GeologyDate PublishedOctober 1, 1836 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #139 Gone With the Wind AuthorMitchell, MargaretHeadlineGone With the Wind inscribed in jacketPublisherMacmillanDate Published1936 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #143 The New Dealers - Signed by F.D.R. and approximately 80 other New Dealers Heading(New Deal)Author"Unofficial Observer"HeadlineThe New Dealers - Signed by F.D.R. and othersPublisherLiterary GuildDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #144 WITHDRAWN Manuscript Document Signed by William Franklin as Colonial Governor of New Jersey Heading(New Jersey)AuthorFranklin, WilliamHeadlineDocument signed by last colonial N. Jersey Gov.Date PublishedJune 20, 1765 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #146 Philosophy Reformed and Improved in Four Profound Tractates. The I. Discovering the Great and Deep Mysteries of Nature by that Learned Chymist & Physitian Osw: Crollius. The Other III. Discovering the Wonderful Mysteries of the Creation by Paracelsus: Being His Philosophy to the Athenians. AuthorParacelsus & CrollHeadlineParacelsus & others on alchemy 1657PublisherPrinted by M.S. for Lodowick LloydDate Published1657 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #147 The Masnavi [Spiritual Couplets] Heading(Persian Manuscript)AuthorMawlana Jalaluddin RumiHeadline15th century ms. of Masnavi of MawlanaDate PublishedAH 860/AD 1456 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #150 Dialogues AuthorPlatoHeadlineRare compilation of Plato's Dialogues in EnglishDate Published1759-1779 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #151 The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides, and Timæus of Plato. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor AuthorPlatoHeadlineThomas Taylor translates Plato 1793PublisherPrinted for Benjamin and John WhiteDate Published1793 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #166 Journal of a Missionary Tour Through the Desert of Arabia to Bagdad AuthorSamuel, JacobHeadlineTour thru Arabia to Bagdad 1844PublisherMaclachlan, Stewart, & Co.Date Published1844 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #167 Golden Gate Park - The People's Paradise Heading(San Francisco - Golden Gate Park)Author**HeadlineBroadside for Stow Lake Golden Gate ParkDate Publishedc.1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #168 Genesis / Exodo - illustrated collector's edition limited to 40 copies AuthorScavino, Alicia [and] Kupferminc, MirtaHeadlineGenesis / Exodo 1/40 illus by Alicia ScavinoPublisherEdiciones Dos AmigosDate Published2001 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #181 Autograph Letter, signed, from the future Supreme Court Justice, the a love-sick young attorney AuthorStory, JosephHeadlineALs future Supreme Court Justice Joseph StoryDate PublishedMay 19, 1802 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold 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 Author[Vaughan, William]HeadlineThe Golden Fleece by William Vaughan 1626PublisherFrancis WilliamsDate Published1626 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #189 Wade & Croome's Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Albany. Drawn from nature and engraved by William Wade AuthorWade, WilliamHeadline1846 Panorama of the Hudson RiverPublisherJ. DisturnellDate Published1846 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #191 American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States AuthorWilson, Alexander & Charles Lucian BonaparteHeadlineWilson & Bonapartes American OrnithologyPublisherWhittaker, Treacher, & ArnotDate Published1832 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #192 Printer's mock-up for the never published Wall Street periodical "The Woman Investor" Heading(Women's Rights)Author**HeadlineProspectus for The Woman Investor 1914PublisherThe Woman InvestorDate PublishedFebruary, 1914 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #193 Japanese Propaganda Poster Appealing to Filipino Anti-American Nationalism Heading(World War II Propaganda Poster)Author**HeadlineWWII Japanese Propaganda PosterDate Publishedc.1942 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next