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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Frederick Douglass' Paper: Devoted to the Rights of All Mankind, Without Distinction of Color, Class, or Clime View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1855)AuthorDouglass, FrederickHeadlineFrederick Douglass' Newspaper, 1855Date Published1855 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 #3 Les Mosquees de Samarcande, Fascicule I: Gour-Emir (all published) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Asia)AuthorShchusev, Alekseĭ Viktorovich; Pokryshkin, Pëtr PetrovichHeadlineElaborate study of Timur's Tomb in SamarkandPublisherPublié par la Commission Impériale AchéologiqueDate Published1905 Lot #4 H. Cardani medici Mediolanensis Metoposcopia libris tredecim, et octingentis faciei humanae eiconibus complexa... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astrology)AuthorCardano, GirolamoHeadlineFortune telling by lines in forehead, 1658PublisherApud Thomam IollyDate Published1658 Lot #5 Astrologia Restaurata; or, Astrologie Restored: Being An Introduction To The General and Chief Part of the Language of the Stars. In Four Books. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astrology)AuthorRamesey, WilliamHeadlineAstrology from William Ramesey 1653PublisherPrinted for Robert WhiteDate Published1653 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 #7 Sense and Sensibility: A Novel View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten Sense & Sensibility 1833 illus. editionPublisherRichard Bentley, et al.Date Published1833 Lot #8 The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English - Great "She" Bible)HeadlineKing James Great "She" Bible, 1613-1611PublisherRobert Barker, Printer to the Kings most excellent MaiestieDate Published1613-1611 Lot #9 The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments according to the Authorized Version. Illustrated by Modern Artists View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineCecil B. DeMille's copy of an illustrated BibleProvenanceCecil B. DeMille (bookplate); Sotheby's (his sale, October 1988)PublisherIllustrated Bible SocietyDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #10 Original Leaves from Famous Bibles: Nine Centuries 1121-1935 A.D. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Bible)AuthorEge, Otto F. compilerHeadlineOtto Ege, Leaves from Famous Bibles 1121-1935Date Publishedc.1950 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 #12 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, 1791 2 volsPublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 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 #14 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 Lot #15 Auburn, Cal. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(California - Auburn)AuthorCook, C.P., artistHeadlineBird's-eye view of Auburn, Cal.PublisherW.W. ElliottDate Published[c.1879] Lot #16 Swimming Championships of the Pacific Coast: Sutro Baths, Friday, July 4, 1913 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSwim Meet with Duke Kahanamoku in S.F. 1913PublisherThe James H. Barry Co.Date Published1913 Lot #17 Insurance Map of San Francisco, California. Volume One. Published by Dakin Publishing Company, 320 Sansome Street, San Francisco, 1887 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Heading(California – San Francisco)HeadlineRare 40-sheet insurance map of S.F. 1887PublisherDakin Publishing CompanyDate Published1887-[1892] Lot #18 Memoria del Secretario de Estado y del Despacho de la Guerra, presentada a las Camaras en enero de 1825 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorMier y Teran, Manuel de,HeadlineMilitary affairs in California 1825PublisherImprenta del Supremo Gobierno de los Estados-unidos mexicanos, en PalacioDate Published1825 Lot #19 Theoria Lunae, eius Motum per Eccentricum et Epicyclum Demonstrans View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorCellarius, AndreasHeadlinePtolemaic model of lunar motion, 1661Date Publishedc.1661 Lot #20 Theoria Solis per Eccentricum sine Epicyclo View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorCellarius, AndreasHeadlineChart showing Sun's orbit around the Earth, 1661Date Publishedc.1661 Lot #21 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineBrussels edition of Don Quixote 1607PublisherPor Roger VelpiusDate Published1607 Lot #22 The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, 1/200 large paper copiesPublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published1879-1884 Lot #23 Les Principales avantures de l’incomparable chevalier errant Don Quichotte de La Manche; peintes par Charles Coypel, premier peintre du roi, Et gravées, sous sa direction, par les plus habiles Artistes en ce genre View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSuite of most famous Quixote illustrationsPublisherJacques-François ChereauDate Published[c.1747-1770 Lot #24 Les Voyages de la Nouvelle France occidentale, dicte Canada faits par le Sr Champlain Xainctongeois, Capitaine pour le Roy en la Marine du Ponant, & toutes les Descouvertes qu'il a faites en ce païs depuis l'an 1603 jusques en l'an 1629. View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$37,500StatusSold AuthorChamplain, Samuel deHeadlineChamplain's voyages in rare first state, 1632PublisherChez Louis SevestreDate Published1632 Lot #25 Lettre à M. Dacier... relative à l'alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques [with] Lettres à M. le Duc de Blacas d’Aulps... relatives au Musée Royal Egyptien de Turin View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorChampollion, Jean-FrançoisHeadlineChampollion deciphers Egyptian hieroglyphicsPublisherFirmin DidotDate Published1822-1826 Lot #26 "Little Sheaves" Gathered while Gleaning after Reapers. Being letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and ending in 1873 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Caroline M.HeadlineProgressive woman's travels in California 1874Date Published1874 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 #28 An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.; by John Hawkesworth LL.D. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorHawkesworth, JohnHeadlineCook's first voyage, second edition 1773PublisherW. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1773 Lot #29 Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America. To Which are added, the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce Between Russia and China View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCoxe, WilliamHeadlineCoxe's account of Russian Discoveries 1780PublisherJ. Nichols for T. CadellDate Published1780 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 #37 La Divina Commedia View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDante's Divine Comedy by G. GnocchiPublisherG. GnocchiDate Published1878 Lot #38 Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's journal of Beagle voyagePublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1839 Lot #39 The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved; and Their Agency, Particularly in Relation to the Human Race. Explained and Illustrated View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Demonology)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineWalter Scott on Evil Spirits, 1845PublisherJackson and WalfordDate Published1845 Lot #40 The Penny Pickwick View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorPrest, Thomas PeckettHeadlineSweeny Todd author rips off Dickens' PickwickPublisherPrinted and published by E. Lloyd for J. GravesDate Published1837-1839 Lot #41 The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles, his book)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineDickens' copy of Shakespeare playsPublisherF. C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1821 Lot #42 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol, first edition, first issuePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 Lot #43 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorDixon, GeorgeHeadlineDixon's voyage round the world, 1789PublisherPublished by Geo. GouldingDate Published1789 Lot #44 Les Arts au Moyen Age View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorDu Sommerard, AlexandreHeadlinePlate volumes to Sommerard's Arts au Moyen AgePublisherHotel de ClunyDate Published1838-1846 Lot #45 Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena (1615) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadlineOnce the smallest printed book in the worldProvenanceCarrol Atwood WilsonPublisherTipogr. SalminDate Published1896 (colophon dated 1897) Lot #46 Para verte mejor, America Latina [To See You More Clearly, Latin America] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGasparini, Paolo, photographerHeadlinePhotographic journey through Latin America in turmoil, 1972PublisherSiglo veintiuno EditoresDate Published1972 Lot #47 The arraignment, trials, conviction and condemnation of Sir Rich. Grahme... and John Ashton, Gent. for high treason against... King William and Queen Mary... [bound with 13 other works relating to the uprising and subsequent rebellious actions] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Great Britain - Jacobite rebellions of 1689 & 1696)HeadlinePlots to restore Jame II to British throne, 1691-96PublisherPrinted for Samuel Heyrick and Thomas CockerilDate Published1691 Lot #48 Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineBasil Hall's Voyage to Korea & Okinawa, 1818PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1818 Lot #49 Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus in rare binding variantPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 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 #52 A Farewell to Arms View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFarewell to Arms first edition in djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 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 #55 Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco to report to the Civil Control Station at 1530 Buchanan Street View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)AuthorDeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.LHeadlineJapanese Exclusion Act broadsidePublisherU.S. ArmyDate PublishedMay 5, 1942 Lot #56 Turris Babel, sive Archontologia qua Primo Priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, Secundo Turris fabrica civitatumque extructio, consusio linguarum, inde gentium transmigrationis... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineAthanasius Kircher Turris Babel 1679PublisherJanssonio-WaesbergianaDate Published1679 Lot #57 Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par J. De La Fontaine View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineProfusely illust. edition of Fontaine's FablesPublisherChez Des LauriersDate Published1765-1775 Lot #58 The Maner of Kepynge a Court Baron & a Lete: With Dyvers Fourmes of Entreis, Playntes, Processes, Presentementes & Other Matters Determynable There. Newely Imprynted and Corrected View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Law)HeadlineRare guide on English manor courts, 1544PublisherWilliam MiddiltonDate Published1544 Lot #59 Reminiscences of a Stock Operator View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorLefèvre, EdwinHeadlineEdwin Lefèvre's speculative investment classicPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #60 The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineMachiavelli's works in English, 1675PublisherPrinted for John StarkeyDate Published1675 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 #63 Über das Unendliche ¹). View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorHilbert, DavidHeadlineDavid Hilbert on the infinite, rare offprint, 1925Publisher[Julius Springer]Date Published1925 Lot #64 The Differential Method: or, a Treatise Concerning Summation and Interpolation of Infinite Series View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorStirling, JamesHeadlineJames Stirling's principal math contributionPublisherPrinted for E. CaveDate Published1749 Lot #65 Bootleggers' Map of the United States: "Honi soit qui mal y pints!" View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMcCandlish, Edward, cartographerHeadlineBootleggers pictorial map of U.S. 19267Date Published1926 Lot #66 Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage; and some account of the Trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorMeares, JohnHeadlineMeares on NW Coast of America, 1790PublisherPrinted at the Logographic Press and sold by J. WalterDate Published1790 Lot #67 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books [with] Paradise Regain'd View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery LaneDate Published1688 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 #69 Utopia: Containing an excellent, learned, wittie, and pleasant discourse of the best state of a publick weale... View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineMore's Utopia in English 1624PublisherPrinted by Bernard AlsopDate Published1624 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 #71 Relacion Historica de la Vida y Apostolicas Tareas del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, y de las Misiones que Fundo en la California Septentrional, y Nuevos Establecimientos de Monterey View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorPaloú, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Biography of Serra First EditionPublisherFelipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1787 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 #75 Photograph album of the Philippine insurrection, compiled by Robert F. Long View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Philippine-American War – Photographs)AuthorLong, Robert F.HeadlinePhilippine-American War soldier's photo albumDate Published1899-1902 Lot #76 Philosophical transactions: giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society)HeadlinePhilosophical Transactions, 1668--1669PublisherPrinted by T.N. for John MartynDate Published1669-1670 Lot #77 Il Vaticano Descritto ed Illustrato View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorPistolesi, ErasmoHeadlinePostolesi's Vatican Art & Architecture, 8 vols.ProvenanceCecil B. DeMille; George BancroftPublisherTipografia della Società editriceDate Published1829-1838 Lot #78 The Whole booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrue, with apt notes to sing them withall ... View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Psalter)HeadlineOnly known copy of 1589 PsalterPublisherprinted by Iohn Wolfe, for the Assignes of Richard DayDate Published1589 Lot #79 The Seven Famous Cartons [sic] of Raphael Urbin, Drawn at the Command of Pope Leo the 10th as Patterns for Tapestry... in 1707... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorRaphael [Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino]HeadlineRare engraving of Raphael "Cartoons" 1720Date Published[1707]-1720 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 #83 The Pastures of Heaven View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven in rare jacketPublisherRobert O. BallouDate Published1932 Lot #84 Treasure Island View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson Treasure Island. 1st editionPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published1883 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 #86 The XII Aeneids of Virgil, the most renowned Laureat Prince of Latine Poets; Translated into English deca-syllables, by John Vicars View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorVirgilHeadlineVicars' translation of Aeneid 1632PublisherAre to be sold by Ni. AlsopDate Published1632 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] Lot #88 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION View details StatusCLOSED! HeadlineTHANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next