Sale 830: Rare Books & Manuscripts: A PBA Platinum Auction (#830) 02/06/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/06/2025 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 830 716 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 #11 Voyage dans les quatres principales îles des mers d'Afrique pendant les années neuf et dix de la République (1801 et l802), avec l'histoire de la traversée du Capitaine Baudin jusqu'au Port-Louis de l'île Maurice View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBory de St.-Vincent, Jean-Baptiste Geneviève MarcellinHeadlineWith Bory de St.-Vincent in the Indian OceanPublisherChez F. BuissonDate Published1804 Lot #12 Derrier Le Miroir: Calder Stabiles View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineSigned by Alexander Calder w/ 7 lithographsPublisherMaeght EditeurDate Published1963 Lot #13 Manuscript document on vellum regarding a land claim by Antonio Maria Pico and Henry M. Naglee View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(California - Land Grant)HeadlineSan Joaquin Co. land grant 1865Date PublishedMarch 10, 1865 Lot #14 Archive of 24 original land patents verifying and itemizing grants made to the Western Pacific Railroad and its successor Central Pacific Railroad as compensation for construction of a portion of the transcontinental railroad View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(California - Railroad Land Grants)HeadlineRailroad land grants in Calif., 1867-1915Date Published1867-1915 Lot #17 Archive of 14 deeds for land in San Francisco, plus an abstract of title and a manuscript survey map. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(California – San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco land deeds, 1851-1875Date Published1851-1875 Lot #18 Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorCarver, JonathanHeadlineCarver's Travels, w/ 2 maps of N. America 1778PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1778 Lot #24 The Shop Signs of Peking View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorFung, H.K.HeadlineShop Signs of Peking with hand-colored illus.PublisherChinese Painting Association of PekingDate Published[1931] Lot #27 Document signed by Che Guevara as Jefe Depto Inscrucción View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)AuthorGuervara, Ernesto "Che"HeadlineDocument signed by Che GuevaraDate PublishedJanuary 5, 1960 Lot #29 Manuscript conveying the request of a freed black slave in Cuba to form a "brotherhood" of freed black slaves View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban society for freed black slaves, 1852Date Published1852 Lot #30 Manuscript roster of a company in the 2nd "Battallon de Orden Publico" in Cuba at the start of the Little War (Guerra Chiquita) between Cuban rebels and Spain View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 Lot #31 Pierre Curie View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorCurie, MarieHeadlineMarie Curie's bio of her husband w/signed cardPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #33 Two books inscribed by Jacques Derrida to Hubert Dreyfus View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDerrida, JacquesHeadline2 books signed and inscribed by DerridaProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1967 Lot #37 The Complete Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineComplete Sherlock Holmes signed by DoylePublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1953 Lot #43 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Application to Chemistry View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Heading(Feynman, Richard P., his copy)Author[Feynman, Richard P.]; Linus Pauling & E. Bright Wilson, Jr.HeadlineFeynman's copy of Quantum Mechanics textbookPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published1935 Lot #44 Ship's Papers for the whaling ship "Nassau", signed by Millard Fillmore as President of the United States and Secretary of State Daniel Webster View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorFillmore, MillardHeadlineWhaling ship papers signed by Millard FillmoreDate PublishedAugust 6, 1850 Lot #68 Short Notes of a short Tour in Ireland by Charles Piesse View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Ireland)AuthorPiesse, CharlesHeadlineManuscript account of Ireland in 1842PublisherImprimatur. Guil. MathesonDate Published1842 Lot #72 Typescript letter by Jack Kerouac, 1947 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineKerouac 1947 original letterDate Published1947 Lot #74 Philosophie Zoologique View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold AuthorLamarck, Jean-Baptiste deHeadlinePhilosophie Zoologique inscribed by LamarckProvenanceProfessor George Starr Collection; Frank Mace MacFarlandPublisherDentuDate Published1809 Lot #84 [Aphorisms) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMesmer, FranzHeadlineMs. of Mesmer's Magnetic HealingDate PublishedLate 18th-early 19th century Lot #93 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorPerry, Matthew CalbraithHeadlinePerry's Japan Expedition 3 vols. 1856ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Printer/Beverley Tucker, Senate PrinterDate Published1856 Lot #94 Archive of documents regarding the pious fund of the Colegio Maximo de San Pablo de Lima, c.1750 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Peru)HeadlineDocuments regarding pious fund in Peru, 1750Date Publishedc.1750-1760 Lot #95 The History of the Bucaniers of America; from their First Original down to this Time; written in several languages, and now collected into one volume. [bound together with] Lussan, Raveneau de. A Journal of a Voyage Made into the South Sea, by the Bucaniers or Freebooters of America in the Year 1684 to 1689... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Pirates)Author[Exquemelin, Alexandre Olivier]HeadlineBuccaneers of America, 1699 editionPublisherPrinted for Tho. Newborough, et al.Date Published1699 & 1698 Lot #99 Three books inscribed from Richard Rorty to Hubert Dreyfus View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorRorty, RichardHeadline3 books inscribed by Richard Rorty to Hubert DreyfusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1979-1991 Lot #100 The Red Pony View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLimited edition Red Pony, signed by SteinbeckProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1937 Lot #101 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin w/ signed Stowe noteProvenanceDr. George D. LacyPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #103 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorThompson, Hunter S.HeadlineFear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail inscribed by HSTPublisherStraight Arrow BooksDate Published[1973] Lot #106 Cabinet card photo portrait of Mark Twain inscribed and signed twice by Twain with an aphorism. View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Heading(Twain, Mark)HeadlineSigned twice by Mark Twain with an aphorismPublisherSarony Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #113 Leaves of Grass [with] Two Rivulets View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineTwo volumes signed by Walt WhitmanPublisher[Printed for the Author]Date Published1876 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next