Sale 822: Rare Books & Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction (#822) 09/19/2024 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/19/2024 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 822 702 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 1-28 of 28. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Autograph letter signed by Nathanael Greene View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorGreene, NathanaelHeadlineLetter signed by Nathanael Greene, 1781Date Published1781 Lot #6 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineComplete 8vo edition of Audubon's Birds in full moroccoPublisherPublished by V.G. AudubonDate Published1856 Lot #11 Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineBlake's Book of Job, Trianon Press, 1987PublisherThe William Blake TrustDate Published1987 [printed c.1974] Lot #13 Autograph letter signed by Buffalo Bill to his sister [with] photograph of Buffalo Bill's family View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold HeadingBuffalo Bill [i.e. William Frederick Cody]HeadlineAutograph letter signed, Buffalo Bill to sisterDate Published1881 Lot #27 Diary of a Kentucky woman during the American Civil War, 1862-1864 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineU.S. Civil War diary of KY woman, 1862-64Date Published1862-1864 Lot #30 Ship Manifest from the Spanish Ministry of War listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana, Cuba View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers embark for Cuba, 1861Date Published1861 Lot #31 A file of proceedings ("expediente diligiencias") regarding a request by African Carabali slaves "of this class," i.e. bozales, who wish to celebrate a traditional holiday with festivities and dancing View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRitual celebration by slaves in Cuba 1814Date Published1814 Lot #32 Legal file relating to a manumitted slave who is not being supplied proper documents or a promised stipend View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMorena slave liberated in Cuba, 1880Date Published1880 Lot #33 Manifest listing 133 African slaves ("bozales") embarked on the steamer "Cristobal Colon" apparently bound for Caño, Cuba, or possibly the Philippines View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)Headline"Bozales" African slaves shipped to CubaDate PublishedJuly 10, 1866 Lot #34 Manuscript listing in table format of some 217 escaped or rebellious slaves (“Cimarrónes”) who had been freed under the lottery and were now to be given identification papers. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineList of Cuban slaves freed through lottery, 1886Date Publishedc.1886 Lot #35 Manuscript roster of a Company in the 2nd "Battallon de Orden Publico" in Cuba of black, white and Chinese soldiers at the start of the Little War (Guerra Chiquita) between Cuban rebels and Spain View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 Lot #36 Pierre Curie View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorCurie, MarieHeadlineMarie Curie's bio of her husband w/signed cardPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #50 Specimens of Hawaiian Kapa Assembled from Various Institutions and Private Collections View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(Hawaii & Polynesia)AuthorSeverson, Donald R.HeadlineSeverson's Hawaiian Kapa from Arion PressPublisher[Published by the Author]Date Published1978 Lot #51 Specimens of Polynesian Tapa assembled from various institutions and private collections View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(Hawaii & Polynesia)AuthorSeverson, Donald R.HeadlineSeverson Polynesian Tapa from Arion PressPublisher[Published by the Author]Date Published1984 Lot #53 Iliad and Odyssey. Translated into German by Carl Edmund Richter View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineGerman manuscript of Homer, c.1830Date Published1828-1832 Lot #54 Sharh al-Mawaqif View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Islam)AuthorJurjānī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, al-Sayyid al-SharīfHeadlineArabic printed theological text by JurjaniPublisherBulaq PressDate Published1850 Lot #61 Dissertatione de Generatione Fungorum View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorMarsili, Luigi FerdinandoHeadlineEarly microscopic analysis of fungi, 1714PublisherEx Officina Typographica Francisci GonzagaeDate Published1714 Lot #62 Des Principes et Dimensions Geometriques et de la figure circulaire et partie d'icelle View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorBouvells, Charles deHeadlineRemarkable 17th cent. Geometry manuscriptDate Publishedc.17th century Lot #68 Il Etait une Petite Pie View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,750StatusSold AuthorMiró, Joan and Lise Hirtz (pseud. of Lise Delharme)HeadlineJoan Miro & Lise Delharme's first artist bookPublisherÉditions Jeanne BucherDate Published1928 Lot #70 Stencil typescript letter signed by Indian trader John B. Moore, to John M. Long in Eaton, Indiana, sending a copy of his first Navajo catalogue (not present) and offering for sale the rugs and blankets listed therein View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Navajo Trader – New Mexico)AuthorMoore, John BradfordHeadlineNew Mexico Indian Trader offers Navajo textilesDate PublishedMarch 15, 1905 Lot #72 File of mine registration documents from sixteenth century Peru, for mercury mines in Huancavelica View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Peru - Quicksilver Mines)HeadlineMercury mining in Peru, 1577 ms. archiveDate Published1577 Lot #73 Expediente del Marques de Casa Hermosa 1793 (cover title) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Peru)AuthorMesa y Ponte Pagés, Francisco José de, 1st Marquis of Casa HermosaHeadlineRebuilding Peru after Tupac uprising 1793Date Published1793 Lot #74 Archive of approximately 75 letters written by Robert F. Long, a Corporal in the 45th U.S. Volunteer Infantry View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Philippine-American War - Letter Archive)AuthorLong, Robert F.HeadlineAmerican soldier's view of Filipino insurrectionDate Published1898 – 1901 Lot #80 Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle, in the Collection of Lt. Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce, designer)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlinePrivate Papers J. Boswell, Isham EditionPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1928-1934] Lot #81 Insectes, vingt planches en phototypie coloriées au patron donnant quatre-vingts insectes et seize compositions décoratives View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorSeguy, E.A.HeadlineSeguy's Insects in 20 pochoir platesPublisherEditions du Chartre et van BuggenhoudtDate Published[c.1926] Lot #82 Papillons: Vingt planches en phototypie coloriées au patron donnant 81 papillons et 16 compositions décoratives View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$20,000StatusSold AuthorSeguy, E.A.HeadlineE.A. Seguy Papillons portfolio of Pochoir illustrationPublisherTolmer EditeurDate Published[c.1928] Lot #85 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly [with] autographed letters signed by H.B. Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st issue Uncle Tom's Cabin with Stowe A.L.S.PublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #87 Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorWasson, R. GordonHeadlineWasson's Soma, inscribed to Stella KramrischPublisherMoutonDate Published[1968] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next