Sale 806: Rare Books & Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction (#806) 02/08/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/08/2024 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 806 676 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 1-23 of 23. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse, and adorn’d with Sculpture, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Aesop)AuthorOgilby, JohnHeadlineEarly edition of Ogilby's AesopPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for Andrew CrookDate Published1651 Lot #3 Archive of letters from the wife of the owner of the Avondale estate in Maryland, to a relative the Rosewell Plantation of Gloucester, Virginia, with much reference to their slaves View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(African American - Slavery archive)AuthorVan Bibber, Elizabeth (Betty) CarterHeadlineArchive with slave wedding at Maryland mansionDate Published1848-1853 Lot #10 Works… Reproduced in Facsimile from the Original Editions View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Blake, 1876 colored facsimilesDate Published1876 Lot #13 Fables of Aesop: According to Sir Roger L'Estrange View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Calder, Alexander, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander CalderPublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published1931 Lot #19 Large archive of materials relating to Joseph L. Orlowski (Madison) and his employment by Claire Chennault’s Civil Air Transport, which was purchased by the Central Intelligence Agency and operated as Air America View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Civil Air Transport – Air America)AuthorOrlowski, Joseph L., compilerHeadlineAir America/CAT archive 1945-1975Date Publishedc.1945-1975 Lot #22 Theologie Curieuse View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Cosmology Manuscript)AuthorOsorio da Fonseca, JeronimoHeadlineRare 17th century Cosmology manuscriptDate Publishedc.1660 Lot #23 Archive of 13 letters by a soldier who served in the British infantry during the Crimean War View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Crimean War)AuthorPedder, JamesHeadlineLetters from the Crimean WarDate Published1853-1857 Lot #24 Greenwich Hospital, A Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Life of a Man-of-War's Man View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)Author[Barker, Matthew Henry] "An Old Sailor"HeadlineCruikshank Greenwich Hospital, plates in 2 statesPublisherJames Robins and Co.Date Published1826 Lot #25 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date Published1 April 1868 Lot #27 Letters to Severall Persons of Honour View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineRosebury copy of John Donne's lettersPublisherPrinted by J. Flesher, for Richard MarriotDate Published1651 Lot #30 Mammoth Collection of Dun Emer / Cuala Press View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dun Emer / Cuala Press)AuthorYeats, W.B. et al.HeadlineMammoth collection of Dun Emer / Cuala PressPublisherDun Emer Press; Cuala PressDate Published1903-1946 Lot #38 Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, The Magical Car View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorFleming, IanHeadlineChitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, Advetures 1,2,3PublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1964-65 Lot #41 The Prophet View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineInscribed copy of Gibran's ProphetPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1924 Lot #42 Troilus and Criseyde View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineEric Gill Golden Cockerel Troilus & CriseydePublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1927 Lot #44 The Canterbury Tales...With Wood Engravings by Eric Gill View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineGolden Cockerel Canterbury Tales Eric GillPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1929 Lot #48 Ulysses View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Ulysses First Edition 2nd PrintingPublisherEgoistDate Published1922 Lot #51 Das Illustrirte Mississippithal, dargestellt in 80 nach der natur aufgenommenen ansichten vom wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum golf von Mexico (eine Entfernung von ungefähr 2300 englischen Meilen) View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold AuthorLewis, HenryHeadlineLewis's Mississippi Valley in color lithographyPublisherArnz & Comp.Date Published[1854-1858] Lot #56 Le Signe de Vie View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Matisse, Henri, artist)AuthorTzara, TristanHeadlineSigned by Tristan Tzara & Henri Matisse, Signe de ViePublisherBordasDate Published1946 Lot #61 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books [with] Paradise Regain'd View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery LaneDate Published1688 Lot #69 Seven-Times-The-Colour-Of-Fire: The ancient American mythology of The Popol Vuh View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Popol Vuh)AuthorWeatherwax, John M. and Clara F., translatorsHeadlineTypescript of 1st English language Popol VuhDate Published[1931] Lot #76 The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida [&] The Tragedy of Coriolanus View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo tragedies from 2nd Folio ShakespeareDate Published[1632] Lot #87 The Sphinx View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineThe Sphinx, owned by Rita Moreno & Betty CompsonProvenanceInscribed to Rita Moreno; bookplate of Betty CompsonPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1920 Lot #94 The Painted Bird View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKosinski, JerzyHeadlineKosinski's The Painted Bird, signed 1stPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1965 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next