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 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 #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 #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 #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 #102 The Anatomy of the Horse: Including a Particular Description of the Bones, Cartilages, Muscles, Fascias, Ligaments, Nerves, Arteries, Veins, and Glands View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorStubbs, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Stubbs, Anatomy of the Horse 1766PublisherPrinted by J. Purser, for the AuthorDate Published1766-1815 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