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 1-32 of 32. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Autograph letter signed by Nathanael Greene Heading(American Revolution)AuthorGreene, NathanaelHeadlineLetter signed by Nathanael Greene, 1781Date Published1781 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #7 Sense and Sensibility: A Novel AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten Sense & Sensibility 1833 illus. editionPublisherRichard Bentley, et al.Date Published1833 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #12 The Life of Samuel Johnson AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, 1791 2 volsPublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #13 Autograph letter signed by Buffalo Bill to his sister [with] photograph of Buffalo Bill's family HeadingBuffalo Bill [i.e. William Frederick Cody]HeadlineAutograph letter signed, Buffalo Bill to sisterDate Published1881 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #22 The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, 1/200 large paper copiesPublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published1879-1884 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #27 Diary of a Kentucky woman during the American Civil War, 1862-1864 Heading(Civil War)HeadlineU.S. Civil War diary of KY woman, 1862-64Date Published1862-1864 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #30 Ship Manifest from the Spanish Ministry of War listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana, Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers embark for Cuba, 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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 Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRitual celebration by slaves in Cuba 1814Date Published1814 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #32 Legal file relating to a manumitted slave who is not being supplied proper documents or a promised stipend Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMorena slave liberated in Cuba, 1880Date Published1880 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 Manifest listing 133 African slaves ("bozales") embarked on the steamer "Cristobal Colon" apparently bound for Caño, Cuba, or possibly the Philippines Heading(Cuba - Slavery)Headline"Bozales" African slaves shipped to CubaDate PublishedJuly 10, 1866 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold 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. Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineList of Cuban slaves freed through lottery, 1886Date Publishedc.1886 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #36 Pierre Curie AuthorCurie, MarieHeadlineMarie Curie's bio of her husband w/signed cardPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #40 The Penny Pickwick Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorPrest, Thomas PeckettHeadlineSweeny Todd author rips off Dickens' PickwickPublisherPrinted and published by E. Lloyd for J. GravesDate Published1837-1839 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare... Heading(Dickens, Charles, his book)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineDickens' copy of Shakespeare playsPublisherF. C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1821 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #42 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol, first edition, first issuePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #49 Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus in rare binding variantPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 Iliad and Odyssey. Translated into German by Carl Edmund Richter AuthorHomerHeadlineGerman manuscript of Homer, c.1830Date Published1828-1832 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #57 Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par J. De La Fontaine AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineProfusely illust. edition of Fontaine's FablesPublisherChez Des LauriersDate Published1765-1775 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #62 Des Principes et Dimensions Geometriques et de la figure circulaire et partie d'icelle Heading(Mathematics)AuthorBouvells, Charles deHeadlineRemarkable 17th cent. Geometry manuscriptDate Publishedc.17th century View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #67 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books [with] Paradise Regain'd AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery LaneDate Published1688 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #68 Il Etait une Petite Pie AuthorMiró, Joan and Lise Hirtz (pseud. of Lise Delharme)HeadlineJoan Miro & Lise Delharme's first artist bookPublisherÉditions Jeanne BucherDate Published1928 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,750StatusSold Lot #69 Utopia: Containing an excellent, learned, wittie, and pleasant discourse of the best state of a publick weale... AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineMore's Utopia in English 1624PublisherPrinted by Bernard AlsopDate Published1624 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold 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 Heading(Navajo Trader – New Mexico)AuthorMoore, John BradfordHeadlineNew Mexico Indian Trader offers Navajo textilesDate PublishedMarch 15, 1905 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #72 File of mine registration documents from sixteenth century Peru, for mercury mines in Huancavelica Heading(Peru - Quicksilver Mines)HeadlineMercury mining in Peru, 1577 ms. archiveDate Published1577 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #73 Expediente del Marques de Casa Hermosa 1793 (cover title) Heading(Peru)AuthorMesa y Ponte Pagés, Francisco José de, 1st Marquis of Casa HermosaHeadlineRebuilding Peru after Tupac uprising 1793Date Published1793 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #74 Archive of approximately 75 letters written by Robert F. Long, a Corporal in the 45th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Heading(Philippine-American War - Letter Archive)AuthorLong, Robert F.HeadlineAmerican soldier's view of Filipino insurrectionDate Published1898 – 1901 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #80 Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle, in the Collection of Lt. Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham Heading(Rogers, Bruce, designer)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlinePrivate Papers J. Boswell, Isham EditionPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1928-1934] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #84 Treasure Island AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson Treasure Island. 1st editionPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #85 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly [with] autographed letters signed by H.B. Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st issue Uncle Tom's Cabin with Stowe A.L.S.PublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #86 The XII Aeneids of Virgil, the most renowned Laureat Prince of Latine Poets; Translated into English deca-syllables, by John Vicars AuthorVirgilHeadlineVicars' translation of Aeneid 1632PublisherAre to be sold by Ni. AlsopDate Published1632 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #87 Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality AuthorWasson, R. GordonHeadlineWasson's Soma, inscribed to Stella KramrischPublisherMoutonDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next