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 1-10 of 10. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Letter from a Connecticut doctor seeking legal aid in defense against charges of raping an African American servant girl in a tavern Heading(African American - 1835 rape scandal)AuthorGill, SamuelHeadlineRare account of inter-racial Connecticut rape scandalDate PublishedJuly 22, 1835 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 Heading(African American - Slavery archive)AuthorVan Bibber, Elizabeth (Betty) CarterHeadlineArchive with slave wedding at Maryland mansionDate Published1848-1853 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold 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 Heading(Civil Air Transport – Air America)AuthorOrlowski, Joseph L., compilerHeadlineAir America/CAT archive 1945-1975Date Publishedc.1945-1975 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #22 Theologie Curieuse Heading(Cosmology Manuscript)AuthorOsorio da Fonseca, JeronimoHeadlineRare 17th century Cosmology manuscriptDate Publishedc.1660 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #23 Archive of 13 letters by a soldier who served in the British infantry during the Crimean War Heading(Crimean War)AuthorPedder, JamesHeadlineLetters from the Crimean WarDate Published1853-1857 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #25 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date Published1 April 1868 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #27 Letters to Severall Persons of Honour AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineRosebury copy of John Donne's lettersPublisherPrinted by J. Flesher, for Richard MarriotDate Published1651 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Prophet AuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineInscribed copy of Gibran's ProphetPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1924 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #56 Le Signe de Vie Heading(Matisse, Henri, artist)AuthorTzara, TristanHeadlineSigned by Tristan Tzara & Henri Matisse, Signe de ViePublisherBordasDate Published1946 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #69 Seven-Times-The-Colour-Of-Fire: The ancient American mythology of The Popol Vuh Heading(Popol Vuh)AuthorWeatherwax, John M. and Clara F., translatorsHeadlineTypescript of 1st English language Popol VuhDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next