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 1-16 of 16. Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #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 #35 Contemporary bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Emerson, Ralph Waldo)AuthorCarew, JosephHeadline1857 Marble portrait of Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisherJ. Carew SCDate Published1857 Lot #41 The Prophet View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineInscribed copy of Gibran's ProphetPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1924 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 #67 Personal photograph album kept by a Dutch oil engineer recording his business endeavors, life and travels from 1918 to 1936, spanning the globe, much of it in California View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Photograph Album - Oil)AuthorTydeman, F.W.L.HeadlinePhoto album of Dutch oilman, 1918-1936Date Published1918-1936 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 #83 Walden; Or, Life in the Woods View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Walden First EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1854 Lot #85 Collection of 14 engraved portraits and 1 lithograph of George Washington View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Washington, George)HeadlineRare engraved portraits of George WashingtonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #86 The Will of General George Washington: To which is annexed, a schedule of his property, directed to be sold View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Washington, George)HeadlineWashington's Will first edition 1800ProvenanceEugene Ernst PrussingPublisherPrinted From the Record of the County Court of FairfaxDate Published1800 Lot #88 Three works related to American Wars View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Wars)Headline3 works about American warsProvenanceArmorial bookplate of Oscar S. LivingstoneDate Published1884-1887 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next