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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Afghanistan)AuthorGodard, A., et al.HeadlineThe Buddhas of BamiyanPublisherLes Editions G. Van OestDate Published1928 Lot #15 Collections of Imperial Academy, Song and Yuan Dynasties View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlinePaintings from Song and Yuan DynastiesDate Publishedc.1910? Lot #16 [Fusumae Senshu: A Collection of Japanese Screen Paintings] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)Author**Headline120 plates of Japanese Screen PaintingsDate Publishedc.1920? Lot #17 Gomotsu Jodai Senshokumon: Textile Fabrics of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D. in the Imperial Household Collection View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineTextile fabrics of 6th-8th century JapanPublisherImperial Household MuseumDate Published1929 Lot #18 Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)Author**Headline41 vols. Journal Royal Asiatic SocietyDate Published1865-1948 Lot #19 The Kokka: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of the Fine and Applied Arts of Japan and Other Eastern Countries View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)Author**Headline250 issues of Kokka Asian art 1890-1951PublisherThe Kokka Co.Date Published1890-1951 Lot #21 [Report on the Excavation of Two Southern T'Ang Mausoleums] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineRare report on Chinese excavations 1957PublisherCulture Objects PressDate Published1957 Lot #22 Ying-Ch'êng-Tzu: The Han Brick-Tomb with Fresco-Paintings, &c., near Chien-Mu-Ch'êng-J, South Manchuria View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)Author**HeadlineHan Brick-Tomb Fresco-Paintings ManchuriaPublisherKwanto Government MuseumDate Published1934 Lot #23 Shi Liao Xun Kan [Journal of Historical Sources] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorArchive department of the Palace MuseumHeadlineJournal of Historical Sources Quing DynastyPublisherPrinted by Jin Hua Printing HouseDate Published1930-1931 Lot #24 Manmo hokushi no shukyo bijutsu [Religious art of Manchuria and Mongolia], in Japanese View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorBaiei Henmi, editorHeadlineReligious art of Manchuria and MongoliaPublisherMaruzen Company, LimitedDate Published1943-1945 Lot #25 Biographies des artistes Japonais dont les oeuvres figurent dans la collection Pierre Barboutau View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorBarboutau Collection, PierreHeadlineJapanese Artists in Barboutau Collection 1905PublisherR.W.P. de VriesDate Published1905 Lot #26 Lang Shi Ning Hua Di Wu Ji [The collection of Giuseppe Castiglione’s paintings—Volume Five) ] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorCastiglione, GiuseppeHeadlineGiuseppe Castiglione’s paintingsPublisherNational Palace MuseumDate Published1935 Lot #27 Tung-ching-ch'êng: Report on the excavation of the site of the capital of P'o-hai View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold 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 Lot #28 A New Edition of the Omei Illustrated Guide Book View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorHuang Shiu-fu and T'an Chung-yoHeadlineNew Edition of the Omei Illustrated Guide BookPublisherWest China Union UniversityDate Published1936 Lot #29 Yong Le Da Dian Ben Shui Jin Zhu [Commentary on “ The Waterways Classic” taken from “The Encyclopedia of the Young Le Era”] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Dao Yuan (d. 527)HeadlineWork on the ancient geography of ChinaPublisherThe Commercial PressDate Published1935 Lot #30 Tai Ping Yu Lan [Imperial Readings of the Tai Ping Era] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorLi Fang and othersHeadlineImperial Readings of the Tai Ping EraPublisherXue Hai TangDate Published1892 Lot #31 Choice Masterpieces of Korin and Kenzan View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorMurayama, JungoHeadlineReproductions of Korin and Kenzan ArtPublisherKokka CompanyDate Publishedc.1906 Lot #32 Kwan Ko Dzu Setsu. Notice historique et descriptive sur les arts et industries Japonais...art ceramique View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorNoritané, NinagawaHeadlineRare work on Japanese ceramics 1877PublisherH. Ahrens & Co.Date Published1876-1877 Lot #33 Les grottes de Touen-Houang: Peintures et sculptures bouddhiques des époques des Wei, des T'ang et des Song View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorPelliot, PaulHeadlineGrottes de Touen-Houang, ChinaPublisherLibrarie Paul GeuthnerDate Published1920-1924 Lot #34 Gao Lan Xian Xu Zhi [Gao Lan County Chronicle] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 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) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorSchlegel, Gustave & Henri Cordier, et al., editorsHeadline1st 38 volumes of T'oung Pao Archives 1890-1931PublisherE.J. BrillDate Published1890-1931 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] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorWang Jie and othersHeadlineCatalogue of Chinese Antique BronzesPublisherBeiping (Beijing) Antiquities Exhibition Institute (the National Museum)Date Published1931 Lot #38 Fei Hung Tang Yi Pu [Fei Hung Tang Seal Collections] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Asian)AuthorWang Qi ShuHeadlineFei Hung Tang Seal Collections - ChineseDate Publishedc.1900? Lot #39 Nan Zhao Ye Shi Shang [An Unofficial History of Nan Zhao Kingdom: Volume One] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Asian)AuthorYang Shen; revised by Hu WeiHeadlineHistory of Nan Zhao KingdomPublisherYunna BookstoreDate PublishedDuring Reign of Emperor Guan Xu (1875-1908) Lot #56 Le Surréalisme en 1947 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorBreton, Andre & Marcel DuchampHeadlineLe Surréalisme en 1947PublisherMaeghtDate Published[1947] Lot #59 Portfolio of original carpet designs View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Carpets)Author**HeadlinePortfolio of original carpet designsDate PublishedEarly 20th century 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorChaffers, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Chaffers The Keramic GalleryPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1872 Lot #62 Illustrations for the Bible View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineIllustrations for the Bible by Marc Chagall 1956PublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1956] Lot #63 The Jerusalem Windows View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] Lot #64 Journal D'Un Cheval View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Chagall, Marc)AuthorGoll, ClaireHeadlineJournal D'Un Cheval with orig illus by ChagallPublisherBrukerDate Published1952 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 #71 Description Geographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$23,750StatusSold AuthorDu Halde, Jean-BaptisteHeadlineDu Halde’s China, 1st ed., 4 volumes, 1735PublisherP.G. Le MercierDate Published1735 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... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorGuernieri, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineRare work on Italian architecture 1706PublisherTypis Henrici HarmesDate Published1706 Lot #97 Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineVoyage of Discovery to the West Coast of CoreaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1818 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 #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... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineAthanasius Kircher Turris Babel 1679PublisherJanssonio-WaesbergianaDate Published1679 Lot #123 Two scarce works on René Lalique - One signed by him View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Lalique, René)Author**HeadlineTwo scarce works on René Lalique - One signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #127 Under the Northern Lights View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMacGahan, J.A.HeadlineUnder the Norther Lights by MacGahan 1876PublisherSampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & RivingtonDate Published1876 Lot #136 Metropolitan Opera Fine Art: A Collection of Original Graphic Works by Eight Renowned Contemporary Artists View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Metropolitan Opera Fine Art)Author**HeadlineOriginal Graphic Art for Metropolitan OperaPublisherMetropolitan Opera Association/Circle Gallery Ltd.Date Published1978 Lot #149 Voyage a Travers la Mongolie el la Chine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPiassetsky. P.HeadlineVoyage a Travers la Mongolie el la ChinePublisherLibrarie Hachette et Cie.Date Published1883 Lot #152 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - With an original painting by Willy Pogany View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Pogany, Willy)AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám with original artPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published[c.1930] Lot #157 Mule Train Crossing the Sierra - Signed print View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorRemington, FredericHeadlineFrederic Remington Signed PrintDate Published[1888] 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 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Rochefort, Charles de]HeadlineHistory of the Caribby Islands 1666PublisherPrinted by J.M. for Thomas Dring and John StarkeyDate Published1666 Lot #165 "The Old Harlot's Dream" - Original watercolor drawing View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorRowlandson, Thomas (British, 1756-1827)HeadlineOriginal erotic Thomas Rowlandson drawingDate PublishedUndated Lot #166 Journal of a Missionary Tour Through the Desert of Arabia to Bagdad View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorSamuel, JacobHeadlineTour thru Arabia to Bagdad 1844PublisherMaclachlan, Stewart, & Co.Date Published1844 Lot #168 Genesis / Exodo - illustrated collector's edition limited to 40 copies View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorScavino, Alicia [and] Kupferminc, MirtaHeadlineGenesis / Exodo 1/40 illus by Alicia ScavinoPublisherEdiciones Dos AmigosDate Published2001 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 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Shipwreck)AuthorOfficer of the Porpoise, AnHeadlineLoss of the Porpoise and CatoPublisherThomas TeggDate Published[1808] Lot #180 Collection of poster art and posters for theatrical productions of John Steinbeck's "The Moon is Down" View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Steinbeck, John)Author**HeadlineThe Moon is Down theater poster artDate Publishedc.1942 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 #186 Verve: The French Review of Art, Nos. 5-6 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Verve)Author**HeadlineVerve: The French Review of Art, Nos. 5-6PublisherVerveDate PublishedJuly-October 1939 Lot #190 Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia; With Some Account of Corea View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWilliamson, AlexanderHeadlineWilliamson's Journeys in North ChinaPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1870 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next