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 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 1-24 of 24. Previous|1|Next Lot #12 Derrier Le Miroir: Calder Stabiles AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineSigned by Alexander Calder w/ 7 lithographsPublisherMaeght EditeurDate Published1963 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #13 Manuscript document on vellum regarding a land claim by Antonio Maria Pico and Henry M. Naglee Heading(California - Land Grant)HeadlineSan Joaquin Co. land grant 1865Date PublishedMarch 10, 1865 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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 Heading(California - Railroad Land Grants)HeadlineRailroad land grants in Calif., 1867-1915Date Published1867-1915 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #17 Archive of 14 deeds for land in San Francisco, plus an abstract of title and a manuscript survey map. Heading(California – San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco land deeds, 1851-1875Date Published1851-1875 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #27 Document signed by Che Guevara as Jefe Depto Inscrucción Heading(Cuba)AuthorGuervara, Ernesto "Che"HeadlineDocument signed by Che GuevaraDate PublishedJanuary 5, 1960 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #29 Manuscript conveying the request of a freed black slave in Cuba to form a "brotherhood" of freed black slaves Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban society for freed black slaves, 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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 Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #31 Pierre Curie AuthorCurie, MarieHeadlineMarie Curie's bio of her husband w/signed cardPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 Two books inscribed by Jacques Derrida to Hubert Dreyfus AuthorDerrida, JacquesHeadline2 books signed and inscribed by DerridaProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1967 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #37 The Complete Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineComplete Sherlock Holmes signed by DoylePublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #43 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Application to Chemistry 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 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold 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 AuthorFillmore, MillardHeadlineWhaling ship papers signed by Millard FillmoreDate PublishedAugust 6, 1850 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #68 Short Notes of a short Tour in Ireland by Charles Piesse Heading(Ireland)AuthorPiesse, CharlesHeadlineManuscript account of Ireland in 1842PublisherImprimatur. Guil. MathesonDate Published1842 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #72 Typescript letter by Jack Kerouac, 1947 AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineKerouac 1947 original letterDate Published1947 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #74 Philosophie Zoologique AuthorLamarck, Jean-Baptiste deHeadlinePhilosophie Zoologique inscribed by LamarckProvenanceProfessor George Starr Collection; Frank Mace MacFarlandPublisherDentuDate Published1809 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold Lot #84 [Aphorisms) AuthorMesmer, FranzHeadlineMs. of Mesmer's Magnetic HealingDate PublishedLate 18th-early 19th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #94 Archive of documents regarding the pious fund of the Colegio Maximo de San Pablo de Lima, c.1750 Heading(Peru)HeadlineDocuments regarding pious fund in Peru, 1750Date Publishedc.1750-1760 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #99 Three books inscribed from Richard Rorty to Hubert Dreyfus AuthorRorty, RichardHeadline3 books inscribed by Richard Rorty to Hubert DreyfusProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1979-1991 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #100 The Red Pony AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLimited edition Red Pony, signed by SteinbeckProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1937 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #101 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin w/ signed Stowe noteProvenanceDr. George D. LacyPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #102 The Anatomy of the Horse: Including a Particular Description of the Bones, Cartilages, Muscles, Fascias, Ligaments, Nerves, Arteries, Veins, and Glands AuthorStubbs, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Stubbs, Anatomy of the Horse 1766PublisherPrinted by J. Purser, for the AuthorDate Published1766-1815 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #103 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 AuthorThompson, Hunter S.HeadlineFear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail inscribed by HSTPublisherStraight Arrow BooksDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 Cabinet card photo portrait of Mark Twain inscribed and signed twice by Twain with an aphorism. Heading(Twain, Mark)HeadlineSigned twice by Mark Twain with an aphorismPublisherSarony Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #113 Leaves of Grass [with] Two Rivulets AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineTwo volumes signed by Walt WhitmanPublisher[Printed for the Author]Date Published1876 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next