Sale 822: Rare Books & Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction (#822) 09/19/2024 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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  • Heading
    (African-American, 1855)
  • Author
    Douglass, Frederick
  • Headline
    Frederick Douglass' Newspaper, 1855
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
2
  • Heading
    (American Revolution)
  • Author
    Greene, Nathanael
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Nathanael Greene, 1781
  • Date Published
    1781
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$5,312.50
StatusSold
7
  • Author
    Austen, Jane
  • Headline
    Austen Sense & Sensibility 1833 illus. edition
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley, et al.
  • Date Published
    1833
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
12
  • Author
    Boswell, James
  • Headline
    Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1791 2 vols
  • Publisher
    Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly
  • Date Published
    1791
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
StatusUnsold
13
  • Heading
    Buffalo Bill [i.e. William Frederick Cody]
  • Headline
    Autograph letter signed, Buffalo Bill to sister
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
22
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    Don Quixote, 1/200 large paper copies
  • Publisher
    William Paterson
  • Date Published
    1879-1884
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
27
  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Headline
    U.S. Civil War diary of KY woman, 1862-64
  • Date Published
    1862-1864
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$1,750
StatusSold
30
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Chinese)
  • Headline
    Chinese laborers embark for Cuba, 1861
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$4,062.50
StatusSold
32
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Morena slave liberated in Cuba, 1880
  • Date Published
    1880
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
36
  • Author
    Curie, Marie
  • Headline
    Marie Curie's bio of her husband w/signed card
  • Publisher
    The Macmillan Company
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
StatusUnsold
40
  • Heading
    (Dickens, Charles)
  • Author
    Prest, Thomas Peckett
  • Headline
    Sweeny Todd author rips off Dickens' Pickwick
  • Publisher
    Printed and published by E. Lloyd for J. Graves
  • Date Published
    1837-1839
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
41
  • Heading
    (Dickens, Charles, his book)
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Dickens' copy of Shakespeare plays
  • Publisher
    F. C. and J. Rivington, et al.
  • Date Published
    1821
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$5,000
StatusSold
42
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Dickens' Christmas Carol, first edition, first issue
  • Publisher
    Chapman & Hall
  • Date Published
    1843
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$8,125
StatusSold
49
  • Author
    Harris, Joel Chandler
  • Headline
    Uncle Remus in rare binding variant
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
53
  • Author
    Homer
  • Headline
    German manuscript of Homer, c.1830
  • Date Published
    1828-1832
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
57
  • Author
    La Fontaine, Jean de
  • Headline
    Profusely illust. edition of Fontaine's Fables
  • Publisher
    Chez Des Lauriers
  • Date Published
    1765-1775
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
62
  • Heading
    (Mathematics)
  • Author
    Bouvells, Charles de
  • Headline
    Remarkable 17th cent. Geometry manuscript
  • Date Published
    c.17th century
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
67
  • 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$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$6,875
StatusSold
68
  • Author
    Miró, Joan and Lise Hirtz (pseud. of Lise Delharme)
  • Headline
    Joan Miro & Lise Delharme's first artist book
  • Publisher
    Éditions Jeanne Bucher
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$3,437.50
StatusSold
69
  • Author
    More, Thomas
  • Headline
    More's Utopia in English 1624
  • Publisher
    Printed by Bernard Alsop
  • Date Published
    1624
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
Sold for$6,250
StatusSold
70
  • Heading
    (Navajo Trader – New Mexico)
  • Author
    Moore, John Bradford
  • Headline
    New Mexico Indian Trader offers Navajo textiles
  • Date Published
    March 15, 1905
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
72
  • Heading
    (Peru - Quicksilver Mines)
  • Headline
    Mercury mining in Peru, 1577 ms. archive
  • Date Published
    1577
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
73
  • Heading
    (Peru)
  • Author
    Mesa y Ponte Pagés, Francisco José de, 1st Marquis of Casa Hermosa
  • Headline
    Rebuilding Peru after Tupac uprising 1793
  • Date Published
    1793
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
74
  • Heading
    (Philippine-American War - Letter Archive)
  • Author
    Long, Robert F.
  • Headline
    American soldier's view of Filipino insurrection
  • Date Published
    1898 – 1901
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
Sold for$5,312.50
StatusSold
80
  • Heading
    (Rogers, Bruce, designer)
  • Author
    Boswell, James
  • Headline
    Private Papers J. Boswell, Isham Edition
  • Publisher
    [Privately Printed]
  • Date Published
    [1928-1934]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
84
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    Stevenson Treasure Island. 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Co., Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$5,937.50
StatusSold
85
  • Author
    Stowe, Harriet Beecher
  • Headline
    1st issue Uncle Tom's Cabin with Stowe A.L.S.
  • Publisher
    John P. Jewett & Company
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$4,687.50
StatusSold
86
  • Author
    Virgil
  • Headline
    Vicars' translation of Aeneid 1632
  • Publisher
    Are to be sold by Ni. Alsop
  • Date Published
    1632
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
87
  • Author
    Wasson, R. Gordon
  • Headline
    Wasson's Soma, inscribed to Stella Kramrisch
  • Publisher
    Mouton
  • Date Published
    [1968]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
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