Sale 806: Rare Books & Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction (#806) 02/08/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed

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  • Heading
    (African American - Slavery archive)
  • Author
    Van Bibber, Elizabeth (Betty) Carter
  • Headline
    Archive with slave wedding at Maryland mansion
  • Date Published
    1848-1853
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$6,875
StatusSold
5
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    (Ashendene Press)
  • Author
    St. Francis
  • Headline
    Ashendene Press St. Francis 1922
  • Publisher
    Ashendene Press
  • Date Published
    1922
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
13
  • Heading
    (Calder, Alexander, illustrator)
  • Author
    Aesop
  • Headline
    Aesop's Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder
  • Publisher
    Harrison of Paris
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
19
  • Heading
    (Civil Air Transport – Air America)
  • Author
    Orlowski, Joseph L., compiler
  • Headline
    Air America/CAT archive 1945-1975
  • Date Published
    c.1945-1975
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$5,625
StatusSold
22
  • Heading
    (Cosmology Manuscript)
  • Author
    Osorio da Fonseca, Jeronimo
  • Headline
    Rare 17th century Cosmology manuscript
  • Date Published
    c.1660
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
23
  • Heading
    (Crimean War)
  • Author
    Pedder, James
  • Headline
    Letters from the Crimean War
  • Date Published
    1853-1857
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
25
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Chinese)
  • Headline
    Chinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867
  • Date Published
    1 April 1868
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
26
  • Author
    Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien de
  • Headline
    Astronomical fantasy by Cyrano de Bergerac 1659
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Cottrel, and are to be sold by Hum. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1659
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
27
  • Author
    Donne, John
  • Headline
    Rosebury copy of John Donne's letters
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Flesher, for Richard Marriot
  • Date Published
    1651
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$5,312.50
StatusSold
30
  • Heading
    (Dun Emer / Cuala Press)
  • Author
    Yeats, W.B. et al.
  • Headline
    Mammoth collection of Dun Emer / Cuala Press
  • Publisher
    Dun Emer Press; Cuala Press
  • Date Published
    1903-1946
Estimate$40,000 - $60,000
StatusUnsold
37
  • Author
    Flaubert, Gustave
  • Headline
    English edition of Madame Bovary
  • Publisher
    Vizetelly & Co.
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
39
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    (Fore-edge Paintings)
  • Author
    Murry, Ann
  • Headline
    Murry's Poems with double fore-edge paintings
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Author, and sold by Edward and Charles Dilly
  • Date Published
    1779
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
41
  • Author
    Gibran, Kahlil
  • Headline
    Inscribed copy of Gibran's Prophet
  • Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date Published
    1924
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
45
  • Heading
    (Gurdjieff)
  • Author
    Ouspensky, Peter D.
  • Headline
    Gurdjieff in custom binding by Philip Smith
  • Publisher
    Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1950
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
49
  • Heading
    (Kabbalah)
  • Author
    Rosenroth, Christian Knorr, Baron von, compiler & translator
  • Headline
    Great 17th century text of the Kabbalah
  • Date Published
    1677 & 1684
Estimate$20,000 - $30,000
StatusUnsold
50
  • Author
    Kipling, Rudyard
  • Headline
    Kipling's First & Second Jungle Books finely bound
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1894-1895
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
56
  • Heading
    (Matisse, Henri, artist)
  • Author
    Tzara, Tristan
  • Headline
    Signed by Tristan Tzara & Henri Matisse, Signe de Vie
  • Publisher
    Bordas
  • Date Published
    1946
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
61
  • Author
    Milton, John
  • Headline
    1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688
  • Publisher
    Printed by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery Lane
  • Date Published
    1688
Estimate$12,000 - $18,000
StatusUnsold
63
  • Heading
    (Occult)
  • Author
    Higgins, Godfrey
  • Headline
    Godfrey Higgins, Anacalypsis 1st ed. 1836
  • Publisher
    Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman
  • Date Published
    1836
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
69
  • Heading
    (Popol Vuh)
  • Author
    Weatherwax, John M. and Clara F., translators
  • Headline
    Typescript of 1st English language Popol Vuh
  • Date Published
    [1931]
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
72
  • Heading
    (Rogers, Bruce)
  • Author
    Homer
  • Headline
    Bruce Rogers prints T.E. Lawrence's Odyssey trans.
  • Publisher
    Sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$4,375
StatusSold
75
  • Author
    Schaefer, Jack
  • Headline
    Shane 1st ed. proof jacket, film studio copy
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Date Published
    1949
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
76
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Two tragedies from 2nd Folio Shakespeare
  • Date Published
    [1632]
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$6,250
StatusSold
83
  • Author
    Thoreau, Henry David
  • Headline
    Henry David Thoreau Walden First Edition
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1854
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
Sold for$8,750
StatusSold
92
  • Author
    Du Maurier, George
  • Headline
    Deluxe copy of Peter Ibbetson, Lyric Drama
  • Publisher
    J. Fischer & Bro.
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
93
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Headline
    2 finely bound - Balzac and Petrarch
  • Date Published
    1823-1906
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
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