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 1-51 of 51. 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 #15 Collections of Imperial Academy, Song and Yuan Dynasties Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlinePaintings from Song and Yuan DynastiesDate Publishedc.1910? View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #16 [Fusumae Senshu: A Collection of Japanese Screen Paintings] Heading(Asian)Author**Headline120 plates of Japanese Screen PaintingsDate Publishedc.1920? View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #17 Gomotsu Jodai Senshokumon: Textile Fabrics of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D. in the Imperial Household Collection Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineTextile fabrics of 6th-8th century JapanPublisherImperial Household MuseumDate Published1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #18 Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Heading(Asian)Author**Headline41 vols. Journal Royal Asiatic SocietyDate Published1865-1948 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Kokka: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of the Fine and Applied Arts of Japan and Other Eastern Countries Heading(Asian)Author**Headline250 issues of Kokka Asian art 1890-1951PublisherThe Kokka Co.Date Published1890-1951 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #21 [Report on the Excavation of Two Southern T'Ang Mausoleums] Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineRare report on Chinese excavations 1957PublisherCulture Objects PressDate Published1957 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #22 Ying-Ch'êng-Tzu: The Han Brick-Tomb with Fresco-Paintings, &c., near Chien-Mu-Ch'êng-J, South Manchuria Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineHan Brick-Tomb Fresco-Paintings ManchuriaPublisherKwanto Government MuseumDate Published1934 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #23 Shi Liao Xun Kan [Journal of Historical Sources] Heading(Asian)AuthorArchive department of the Palace MuseumHeadlineJournal of Historical Sources Quing DynastyPublisherPrinted by Jin Hua Printing HouseDate Published1930-1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #25 Biographies des artistes Japonais dont les oeuvres figurent dans la collection Pierre Barboutau Heading(Asian)AuthorBarboutau Collection, PierreHeadlineJapanese Artists in Barboutau Collection 1905PublisherR.W.P. de VriesDate Published1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #26 Lang Shi Ning Hua Di Wu Ji [The collection of Giuseppe Castiglione’s paintings—Volume Five) ] Heading(Asian)AuthorCastiglione, GiuseppeHeadlineGiuseppe Castiglione’s paintingsPublisherNational Palace MuseumDate Published1935 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #27 Tung-ching-ch'êng: Report on the excavation of the site of the capital of P'o-hai Heading(Asian)AuthorHarada, Yoshito, et al.HeadlineExcavation of the site of the capital of P'o-haiPublisherToa-koko-gakukwai, or the Far-Eastern archaeological SocietyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #28 A New Edition of the Omei Illustrated Guide Book Heading(Asian)AuthorHuang Shiu-fu and T'an Chung-yoHeadlineNew Edition of the Omei Illustrated Guide BookPublisherWest China Union UniversityDate Published1936 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #29 Yong Le Da Dian Ben Shui Jin Zhu [Commentary on “ The Waterways Classic” taken from “The Encyclopedia of the Young Le Era”] Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Dao Yuan (d. 527)HeadlineWork on the ancient geography of ChinaPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #30 Tai Ping Yu Lan [Imperial Readings of the Tai Ping Era] Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Fang and othersHeadlineImperial Readings of the Tai Ping EraPublisherXue Hai TangDate Published1892 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #31 Choice Masterpieces of Korin and Kenzan Heading(Asian)AuthorMurayama, JungoHeadlineReproductions of Korin and Kenzan ArtPublisherKokka CompanyDate Publishedc.1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #32 Kwan Ko Dzu Setsu. Notice historique et descriptive sur les arts et industries Japonais...art ceramique Heading(Asian)AuthorNoritané, NinagawaHeadlineRare work on Japanese ceramics 1877PublisherH. Ahrens & Co.Date Published1876-1877 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #33 Les grottes de Touen-Houang: Peintures et sculptures bouddhiques des époques des Wei, des T'ang et des Song Heading(Asian)AuthorPelliot, PaulHeadlineGrottes de Touen-Houang, ChinaPublisherLibrarie Paul GeuthnerDate Published1920-1924 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #34 Gao Lan Xian Xu Zhi [Gao Lan County Chronicle] Heading(Asian)AuthorQin Weiyue, Huang Jing, Lu Zhitian & Zhang TingxunHeadlineChina - Gao Lan County Chronicle 1847PublisherGao Lan Shu Yuan [The Academy of Gao Lan]Date Published1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #35 T’oung Pao ou Archives pour servir à l’étude de l’histoire, des langues, la geographie et l’ethnographie de l’Asie Orientale (Chine, Japon, Corée, Indo-Chine, Asie Centrale et Malaisie) Heading(Asian)AuthorSchlegel, Gustave & Henri Cordier, et al., editorsHeadline1st 38 volumes of T'oung Pao Archives 1890-1931PublisherE.J. BrillDate Published1890-1931 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #37 Xi Qing Xu Jian [The supplement to the Catalogue of Chinese Antique Bronzes from the collection of the Emperor Qianlong of Quing Dynasty, Part B or Second Part] Heading(Asian)AuthorWang Jie and othersHeadlineCatalogue of Chinese Antique BronzesPublisherBeiping (Beijing) Antiquities Exhibition Institute (the National Museum)Date Published1931 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #38 Fei Hung Tang Yi Pu [Fei Hung Tang Seal Collections] Heading(Asian)AuthorWang Qi ShuHeadlineFei Hung Tang Seal Collections - ChineseDate Publishedc.1900? View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #39 Nan Zhao Ye Shi Shang [An Unofficial History of Nan Zhao Kingdom: Volume One] Heading(Asian)AuthorYang Shen; revised by Hu WeiHeadlineHistory of Nan Zhao KingdomPublisherYunna BookstoreDate PublishedDuring Reign of Emperor Guan Xu (1875-1908) View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #56 Le Surréalisme en 1947 AuthorBreton, Andre & Marcel DuchampHeadlineLe Surréalisme en 1947PublisherMaeghtDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #59 Portfolio of original carpet designs Heading(Carpets)Author**HeadlinePortfolio of original carpet designsDate PublishedEarly 20th century View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #61 The Keramic Gallery, Containing Several Hundred Illustrations of Rare, Curious and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Present Century AuthorChaffers, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Chaffers The Keramic GalleryPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #63 The Jerusalem Windows AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #64 Journal D'Un Cheval Heading(Chagall, Marc)AuthorGoll, ClaireHeadlineJournal D'Un Cheval with orig illus by ChagallPublisherBrukerDate Published1952 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #71 Description Geographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine AuthorDu Halde, Jean-BaptisteHeadlineDu Halde’s China, 1st ed., 4 volumes, 1735PublisherP.G. Le MercierDate Published1735 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$23,750StatusSold Lot #95 Delineatio montis a metropoli Hasso-Cassellana uno circiter milliari distantis, qui olim Winter-Casten, id est, Hiemis Receptaculum dicebatur, nunc autem Carolinus audit, ob ædificia & aquarum fontes quibus... Carolus, Langravius Hassiæ... illum posteritatis monumento magnificè exornavit... AuthorGuernieri, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineRare work on Italian architecture 1706PublisherTypis Henrici HarmesDate Published1706 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #97 Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineVoyage of Discovery to the West Coast of CoreaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1818 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #119 WITHDRAWN. Turris Babel, sive Archontologia qua Primo Priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, Secundo Turris fabrica civitatumque extructio, consusio linguarum, inde gentium transmigrationis... AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineAthanasius Kircher Turris Babel 1679PublisherJanssonio-WaesbergianaDate Published1679 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #123 Two scarce works on René Lalique - One signed by him Heading(Lalique, René)Author**HeadlineTwo scarce works on René Lalique - One signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #127 Under the Northern Lights AuthorMacGahan, J.A.HeadlineUnder the Norther Lights by MacGahan 1876PublisherSampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & RivingtonDate Published1876 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #136 Metropolitan Opera Fine Art: A Collection of Original Graphic Works by Eight Renowned Contemporary Artists Heading(Metropolitan Opera Fine Art)Author**HeadlineOriginal Graphic Art for Metropolitan OperaPublisherMetropolitan Opera Association/Circle Gallery Ltd.Date Published1978 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #149 Voyage a Travers la Mongolie el la Chine AuthorPiassetsky. P.HeadlineVoyage a Travers la Mongolie el la ChinePublisherLibrarie Hachette et Cie.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #152 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - With an original painting by Willy Pogany Heading(Pogany, Willy)AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám with original artPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published[c.1930] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #157 Mule Train Crossing the Sierra - Signed print AuthorRemington, FredericHeadlineFrederic Remington Signed PrintDate Published[1888] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #164 The History of the Caribby-Islands, viz. Barbados, St. Christopher, St. Vincents, Martinico, Dominico, Barbouthos, Monserrat, Mevis, Antego, &c. in all XXVIII. In Two Books. The First containing the Natural; The Second, the Moral History of those Islands. Illustrated with several Pieces of Sculpture, representing the most considerable Rarities therein Described. With a Caribbian-Vocabulary Author[Rochefort, Charles de]HeadlineHistory of the Caribby Islands 1666PublisherPrinted by J.M. for Thomas Dring and John StarkeyDate Published1666 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #165 "The Old Harlot's Dream" - Original watercolor drawing AuthorRowlandson, Thomas (British, 1756-1827)HeadlineOriginal erotic Thomas Rowlandson drawingDate PublishedUndated View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold 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 #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 #175 Interesting Narrative of the Loss His Majesty's Armed Vessels the Porpoise and Cato of London, Upon Wreck Reef, on Their Passage from New South Wales to China; Interspersed with Occasional Remarks on New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, &c. By an Officer of the Porpoise, Never Before Published. Also, The Loss of the Doddington, East Indiaman Heading(Shipwreck)AuthorOfficer of the Porpoise, AnHeadlineLoss of the Porpoise and CatoPublisherThomas TeggDate Published[1808] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #180 Collection of poster art and posters for theatrical productions of John Steinbeck's "The Moon is Down" Heading(Steinbeck, John)Author**HeadlineThe Moon is Down theater poster artDate Publishedc.1942 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold 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 #186 Verve: The French Review of Art, Nos. 5-6 Heading(Verve)Author**HeadlineVerve: The French Review of Art, Nos. 5-6PublisherVerveDate PublishedJuly-October 1939 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #190 Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia; With Some Account of Corea AuthorWilliamson, AlexanderHeadlineWilliamson's Journeys in North ChinaPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1870 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next