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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter thanking an Ohio women abolitionists for support of his Canadian Underground Railroad “station”; explaining his work feeding, clothing and teaching hundreds of newly-arrived Black “fugitives” View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(African American – Underground Railroad)AuthorRice, Isaac J.HeadlineLetter from terminus of Underground RailroadDate PublishedApril 26, [1851?] Lot #7 Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa ('Epistles of the Brethren of Purity') View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$125,000StatusSold Heading(Arabic Manuscript)HeadlineArabic ms Epistles of Brethren of Purity c.1495Date PublishedAH 900 (CE 1495-96) Lot #8 Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAshbery, JohnHeadlineSigned by De Kooning, Rivers, Katz, AvedonPublisherArion PressDate Published1984 Lot #9 The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlineThe Physiology of Taste signed by Wayne ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 Lot #10 Don Quixote View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCervantes, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote signed by William T. WileyPublisherArion PressDate Published2009; 2010 Lot #13 Poems View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineSigned by Jasper Johns, Wallace Stevens PoemsPublisherArion PressDate Published1985 Lot #16 The Quadrupeds of North America View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds with original wrappers bound inPublisherV.G. AudubonDate Published1849-1851-1854 Lot #17 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineOctavo edition of Audubon's Birds of AmericaPublisherPublished by J.J. Audubon [and J.B. Chevalier]Date Published1840-1844 Lot #24 Siete Poemas Sajones. Seven Saxon Poems View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineSigned by Jorge Luis Borges, one of 120 producedPublisherPlain Wrapper PressDate Published[1974] Lot #26 Photograph of Kim Il-sung and Liu Shaoqi, signed by both of them View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(China & Korea)HeadlineSigned photo of Kim Il-sung & Liu ShaoqiDate Publishedc.1960s? Lot #27 Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorMao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung)HeadlineMao's Quotations signed first editionPublisherForeign Language PressDate Published1966 Lot #28 El Cocinero Mexicano, O, Colección De Las Mejores Recetas Para Guisar Al Estilo Americano, y De Las Mas Selectas Segun El Metodo De Las Cocinas Español, Italiana, Francesa E Inglesa View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery - Mexican)Headline1831 Mexican cookbook w/ fold-out plates 3 vols.PublisherImprenta de GalvanDate Published1831 Lot #29 Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Author[Cox, James, editor]Headline1st ed. Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of TexasPublisherWoodward & Tiernan Printing Co.Date Published1895 Lot #30 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, seven of whom died en route View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers settling in Cuba, 1867 manifestDate PublishedAugust 3, 1867 Lot #31 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date Published6 April 1867 Lot #32 Manuscript papers and documents relating to the formation of a Chinese Society in Cuba, with extensive additional documentation on its operations over some 70 years View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDocuments of Chinese Society in China 1890-1960Date Publishedc.1890-1961 Lot #33 Registro Civil de Esclavos de la jurisdicion de... Cedula... (from first page) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineListing of Cuban slaveowners c.1850Date Publishedc.1850s Lot #34 Zona Central de Puerto Principe año de 1879 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineManuscript maps of Cuban communities 1879Date Published1879 Lot #35 Sheet with lithographed (or engraved?) facsimile signatures of 48 American patriots, 43 of whom are signers of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, with outline portraits of each View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Declaration of Independence)HeadlineFacsimiles of Declaration signatures with portraitsDate Publishedc. early to mid 19th century Lot #37 The Alloys of Steel. By J. Stodart, Esq. F.R.S. and Mr. M. Faraday, Chemical Assistant in the Royal Institution. From the Philosophical Transactions View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorFaraday, MichaelHeadlineRare offprint inscribed by Michael FaradayPublisherPrinted by William NicolDate Published1822 Lot #38 Memorias para la historia de la guerra de Tejas, por el Sr. General de division y actual Presidente del supremo Tribunal de la guerra y marina de la República... Don Vicente Filisola View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorFilisola, VicenteHeadlineImportant account of Texas war, 1848-49PublisherTipografia de R. RafaelDate Published1848 & 1849 Lot #45 Archive relating to Tomiji Takeda, a Japanese-American resident of Milpitas, California, who was interned at Tule Lake camp, then allowed to move to Utah and eventually Colorado View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)HeadlineJapanese American interned at Tule LakeDate Publishedc.1930-1950s Lot #46 The Loving Shepherdess View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers and Jean KelloggPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 Lot #49 Watermark View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Koch, Peter)AuthorBrodsky, JosephHeadlineSigned by Peter Koch and Robert MorganPublisherPeter Koch, PrinterDate Published2006 Lot #50 The Fragments of Parmenides View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Koch, Peter)AuthorParmenidesHeadlineSigned by R. Wagener, P. Koch, and R. BringhurstPublisherEditions KochDate Published2003 Lot #51 A Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West Passage, Between Asia and America; Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorLedyard, JohnHeadlineLedyard's Cook journal with part of rare mapPublisherNathaniel PattenDate Published1783 Lot #52 To Kill a Mockingbird View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorLee, HarperHeadlineTo Kill a Mockingbird with Harper Lee letterPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1960] Lot #58 El Exmo. Sr Presidente interino... que sigue... Ley Constitucional. Estantes y habitantes en el territorio Mexicano, sus derechos y obligaciones... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorBarragan, MiguelHeadlineMexico moves from Federalist to Centralist 1835Date Published15 de Diciembre de 1835 Lot #60 Encheiresin Naturae: Fifteen Engravings by Barry Moser; A Heroic Crown of Sonnets by Paul Muldoon View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Moser, Barry - Nawakum Press)AuthorMoser, Barry and Paul MuldoonHeadlineEncheiresin Naturae with 15 Moser engravingsPublisherNawakum PressDate Published2015 Lot #63 The Waste Land View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineFinely printed Waste Land signed by T.S. EliotPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published[1961] Lot #64 The Oyez Press collection and archive View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Heading(Oyez Press)HeadlineOyez Press collection & archivePublisherOyez PressDate Published1964-2000 Lot #65 The Knave of Hearts View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)AuthorSaunders, LouiseHeadlineParrish's Knave of Hearts with 2 ALSPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 Lot #67 At Low Water: An Intertidal Memoir View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Pie in the Sky Press)AuthorChamlee, RebeccaHeadlineLetter A of 5 deluxe copies, At Low WaterPublisherPie in the Sky PressDate Published2017 Lot #69 Atlas Shrugged View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] Lot #73 Handwritten letter by J.D. Salinger, signed Jerry, to Rose-Ellen Currie, relaying news of his recent wedding to Claire Douglas, with mention of Franny and Holden Caulfield View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineAutograph letter from J.D. "Jerry" SalingerDate PublishedWednesday [1955] Lot #74 Letter from J.D. Salinger to the principal of a Michigan elementary school, recommending a former neighbor, friend and tutor for employment as a teacher View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineJ.D. Salinger recommends neighbor as teacherDate PublishedOctober 29, 1982 Lot #75 Farmers: Wood Engravings—Interviews [with] Farmers Progressive Proofs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchanilec, GaylordHeadlineFarmers by Schanilec with progressive proofsPublisherMidnight Paper Sales PressDate Published[1989]; 1992 Lot #77 2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Society of Wood Engravers)AuthorHamway, Nigel, compilerHeadlineDeluxe edition with portfolio of wood engravingsPublisherNomad Letterpress / Society of Wood EngraversDate Published2020 Lot #79 The Columbian Harmony. Containing the Rules of Psalmody; together with a Collection of Sacred Music. Designed for the Use of Worshiping Assemblies & Singing Societies View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorStone, Joseph & Abraham WoodHeadlineEarly American scaleboard hymnal, completePublisherEngraved by J. AllenDate Published[1793] Lot #81 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorTwain, Mark [pseud. of Samuel L. Clemens]HeadlineHuckleberry Finn with card signed by TwainPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #84 Heart Disease View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorWhite, Paul DudleyHeadlineSigned by Paul D. White & 3 colleaguesPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1932 Lot #86 Remarks Concerning the Government and the Laws of the United States of America: In Four Letters, Addressed to Mr. Adams View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Adams, John)AuthorMably, Gabriel Bonnot deHeadlineThe Abbé De Mably’s Letters to John AdamsPublisherPrinted for Messrs. Moncrieffe, Jenkin, Walker, Burton, White, Byrne, Cash, and HeeryDate Published1785 Lot #89 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Declaration of Independence)HeadlineFirst miniature printing of the Declaration of IndependencePublisherL. H. BridghamDate Published1836 Lot #97 Historical Memoir of The War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLatour, A. LacarriereHeadlineWar in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15PublisherJohn Conrad and Co.Date Published1816 Lot #99 Florida Architecture View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorMizner, AddisonHeadlineAddison Mizner on Florida ArchitecturePublisherWilliam HelpurnDate Published1928 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next